Volume 1: Huatangchun Chapter 18: The Ling Family Plans to Refuse Marriage
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After attending the Qing Poetry Party, Ling Deyan led Qing Xi back to his residence. He asked Yueying, who had been staying in the house, to wait at the door, and then closed the door.
Qingxi looked at her father with a serious look on his face, pacing back and forth in the room with his eyebrows furrowed. He didn't say anything for a long time, and then she said, "Dad, I must have gotten into trouble." She bit her lip and lowered her head, a little bit.
At a loss.
Seeing her like this, Ling Deyan felt full of love in his heart. He pulled her to sit down and asked in a deep voice, "Did anything special happen when you stayed at the Princess's place last night?"
When Qingxi heard her father ask this question, she began to worry about it. On the way back, she analyzed that her father probably didn't know what happened last night, and Xiao Yizheng very solemnly told her not to leak it. Although she didn't know what King Heng had planned.
, but inexplicably felt that he would not embarrass herself and her family, and would even protect herself and her family. This kind of trust even she felt was a bit impossible to talk about, but she still chose to believe it. Whether it was from the confidentiality of the matter or from the
In order to avoid making her father anxious and worried, she couldn't even mention what happened last night, so she was silent for a while, made up her mind and said, "It's just that I met the Holy One when I came back this morning."
"Then yesterday, the Holy Spirit summoned you. Is there anything special about it?"
She shook her head: "I didn't say anything special, and I didn't even say a few words."
"What about this morning?"
She frowned slightly and thought for a while, "It's nothing. I just enjoyed the spring scenery. If there's anything special about it, the Holy Master asked about Brother Zeng. He asked about our feelings and said yes." She paused and continued in a low voice.
He said: "You can grant us a marriage."
"Then how did you answer?" Ling Deyan took two steps forward and asked anxiously.
"Answer truthfully!"
Ling Deyan felt dizzy. He shouldn't have asked. He should have known that his daughter would only answer truthfully. He sat down slowly on the chair and looked at Qingxi worriedly: "Heng'er, you haven't noticed yet.
What does the Holy One mean?"
Qingxi raised her head and looked at her father in confusion. She encountered too many unusual things that day and night. Which one should she spot?
"You! Where did your cleverness go in this matter?" Ling Deyan tapped his forehead, with an expression as if he hated iron.
Qingxi suddenly became excited, and all the emperor's words and actions were connected one by one, and she exclaimed: "Did your Majesty think so?" She stood up suddenly, with a look of disbelief on her face.
Seeing that she had understood, Ling Deyan sighed and said, "Although I'm not completely sure, I think this is what it means."
"How could it be? Shouldn't we be cautious about this matter? How could it be me? I just met by chance..." Qingxi stopped talking for a moment and did not say anything further.
Ling De said that she originally wanted to say that she met the emperor by chance this morning, but she was not suspicious and said worriedly: "Although the Holy One has this intention, I haven't mentioned it yet. We still need to consider the wishes of both parties about the marriage, and we can refuse.
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"Dad," Qingxi looked into his father's eyes and said worriedly, "but refusing would mean offending the royal family."
"Don't worry." Ling Deyan pulled her and sat down again, patting her hand: "The Holy Lord is a reasonable and broad-minded person. He will not force a marriage, let alone blame him for it."
Qingxi was worried. She thought of the marriage between the prince and Shen Tong. Her brother and Shen Tong had known each other for a long time. Although the two had always abided by etiquette and had never revealed their feelings for each other, the two elders were considered to be elders in this matter.
It was tacitly understood that the wedding ceremony would be held only after the elder brother finished the imperial examination. But when the prince wanted to marry Shen Tong as the crown prince, the Shen family did not say a word "no". How could the royal family refuse so easily because of the respect and dignity of the royal family?
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Perhaps he could see what she was thinking, and Ling De spoke with great emphasis: "Your sister Tong was chosen as the Crown Princess because of various considerations. I don't want to talk to you in detail about the court affairs. In fact, your Uncle Shen did not refuse."
There is no room for it, not to mention that no one of the sons of the Shen family is outstanding. The future of the Shen family is glorious, and you, Uncle Shen, have to consider it. I can't blame him for being weak in this matter. But, Heng'er, dad didn't treat you like this.
Looking forward to it. I won’t trade your lifelong happiness for the glory of the Ling family. Your brother will never agree to using your marriage as a guarantee for your brother’s official career. What’s more, Princess Heng is different from the Crown Princess.
It’s not something you have to do, so you don’t need to worry.”
Listening to her father's words, Qingxi felt infinite warmth in her heart. She leaned on her father's shoulder with a smile and said softly: "Father seems to be sure that I don't want to marry into the royal family?"
"Hey, I'm your father. How come I don't know your temperament? You're used to being free and independent. How can you be yearning for the royal life?" Ling Deyan gently patted her hand holding his own; "Actually, forget it.
Regardless of his identity, His Highness the Sixth is an extremely outstanding person. He has a handsome appearance, a clear temperament, a big chest, and a good character. Dad admires it very much. Look at what I said, even His Highness's identity is highly valued by many girls.
! What a pity, our Heng'er is also special." He said and smiled.
Qingxi held her father tighter again.
"It's just, Heng'er, if dad rejects this marriage, you may have to suffer some injustice and may not be able to get married in the short term."
Qingxi didn't say anything, her heart was in turmoil.
Ling Deyan continued: "However, I see that the boy from the Zeng family is determined, and he may be able to overcome all difficulties and wait for you."
"Dad" Qingxi: "Why do you think of him again?"
"Heng'er, do you know why your parents always ask you to keep a low profile in Shangdu?"
Qingxi nodded. She usually wore men's clothes when she went out because she didn't want people to know that she was the Miss Ling family.
"I'm not boasting, our Heng'er family is also a leader! In Shangdu, there are many families of officials. If parents don't deliberately keep a low profile, there will be an endless stream of people proposing marriage. In this officialdom, marriage is the most important thing
Normally, a father doesn’t want to cause unnecessary offence. A big family has difficulties in surviving. My parents just want you to live a more comfortable life, so you still want to make your own choices. General Zeng Ji is stationed at the border all year round.
The personnel relationship is also simple, and there are no other complicated relationships in Shangdu. The boy Yuanyi has close contacts with our family, and your mother and I feel relieved. He has two brothers, both of whom are in the frontier. General Zeng is
I won't let this little son go again." He paused as he spoke, as if he had something to say, and then said again: "No matter how you look at it, we hope to get married. But we also want you.
Are you willing?" He said, looking sideways at Qingxi: "Now that the situation is like this, there is no need to rush, just take your time and see."
While the two were talking, Yueying's voice came from outside the door: "Master, a servant is here."
Ling Deyan and Ling Qingxi looked at each other, stood up at the same time, and walked to the door together. Ling Deyan opened the door and saw that the person who came was not Guo Rui, but someone from the Queen's side.
The chamberlain saluted with a smile on his face: "Servant Ling, the Queen asked me to bring the guqin, saying it was for Miss Ling." After saying that, he handed the guqin over.
Ling Deyan hurriedly took it, "Thank you for the gift, my little girl deserves it."
"This guqin is the most famous: Taixuan Qin."
Qingxi, who was standing behind Ling Deyan and was bowing, was shocked when he heard the name of the piano.