When the two sisters Du Xuan and Du He heard that the Emperor was going to grant them a marriage, they all said that the Emperor's grant of marriage was a marriage sent by God. Even though the two sisters were deeply unwilling, they still kowtowed and thanked their father.
Li Shimin had done it many times to arrange marriages for his ministers. He skillfully called the two siblings of the Du family to him and took a closer look. Seeing that Du Ruhui's young master was quite talented, Li Shimin was not too picky and asked : "You are Du He,"
Although Du He often does ridiculous things and is also a dandy who is greedy for romance, he has never thought about getting married. Why can't he believe that yesterday he went out to provoke those talented women in Chang'an and today he will Facing the wedding, he knelt on the ground in great discomfort and said in panic: "Go back to the Holy Spirit, I am Du He."
Li Shimin looked at Du He carefully, and then said to Du Ruhui, who was also frightened by the side: "Du Qing's family, I see that Ling Lang is a very talented person. It just so happens that I have a daughter under my knees who has reached the age of marriage. Today is a good day, so I will send him to Du He." Princess Chengyang has granted marriage to Ling Lang, but I don’t know what Du Aiqing’s intention is.”
"Ah," Du He, who didn't know whether to live or die, muttered, but he felt extremely unhappy. After all, he, the young master of the Du family who attracted talented women because of his downfall, had the idea of three wives and four concubines, but now he was given the gift of marriage by the Holy God. Princess Chengyang, isn't his life completely over?
He was thinking in his heart, Dad, you must not agree. Your son's wealth and life, as well as the incense of the Du family, are all handed over to him. I heard that Princess Chengyang has a particularly bad temper. Our Dufu family is unfortunate.
Sighing, Du He longed in his heart for Du Ruhui to refuse this marriage with the emperor to his in-laws, but Du Ruhui's stubborn father didn't seem to take Du He's look for help into his heart at all. This unsatisfactory son It already gave him enough headaches. Maybe he could marry a princess and be bound by this. Therefore, Du Ruhui didn't even think about it. He didn't care whether Du He died or lived or was bullied by the princess every day. He was extremely serious and agreed: "Old minister I would like to thank the Holy One in advance for the dog."
Bang, it was all over. After being mercilessly hurt by his father, Du He, who had no right to speak, was helpless and hung his head, as if someone had suddenly taken all the strength from his body. He stood behind his sister Du Xuan with a bloodless face and said to For Du He, a restless person, being a prince-in-law is not a pleasant thing. On the contrary, it involves a lot of pain.
"Congratulations, congratulations, the Holy One has given the marriage to Princess Chengyang to Mr. Du's son. It is simply a good match from heaven." The other veterans standing here finally breathed a sigh of relief. Regarding this marriage in the house, apart from not daring not to pay Li Shimin's debt, I really don't want to marry my daughter to this idle young man. Now that the dust has settled, they come out to say a few congratulations, which is quite embarrassing. smell.
"He'er, why don't you kowtow and express your gratitude?" Seeing congratulatory voices everywhere, Du Ruhui took this opportunity to tell Du He to commit the crime. From now on, if the princess is in charge, he, a father, can't see what he wants, so he will let him fend for himself. Well, you don’t have to go out and do mischief every day.
"Du He thanked the Holy Spirit for his grace," he asked, "Does his father still have any caring heart? Du He wants to die."
Li Shimin did not feel that he was using his power to oppress others. Even if he oppressed others, no one would dare to resist.
"No need to give thanks," Li Shimin pressed his hand. He had solved the important matter of Du Ruhui's son's marriage without any delay, and directly chose a son-in-law for himself. Now it was time to choose a good son-in-law for Miss Du.
"As the saying goes, fair ladies are like gentlemen. Today, all my dear friends are here. I would like to be the elder of the moon and choose a marriage for Du Aiqing's daughter. I think all of you dear ladies must have unmarried men in their families. I don’t know which lord is willing to marry Du Aiqing. My dear friends, don’t be shy. Marriage between men and women has been a matter of human relations since ancient times. Let’s talk about it. Today I would like to choose for my first wife in the Tang Dynasty. An eternal marriage,"
Li Shimin was kind-hearted. He also knew that Miss Du's wife had not been married for several years. Today, Du He had such a happy event, and now it would be a happy event to have a double happiness.
The ministers whispered, Miss Du is undoubtedly the best daughter-in-law, and she is also a talented girl. If someone marries into the family, even a useless son can thrive under Miss Du's discipline. Now Li Shimin proposes , she is really like a hot piece of fragrant steamed bun, everyone wants to get it for their son.
"Your Majesty, I have a nephew who is pretty good in talent, appearance, and knowledge. He is also one of the top ten students in this year's imperial examination. He is now serving as the magistrate of Heqing County in Chang'an. He is still unmarried. My sister has written books many times and asked me to choose a wife for him. "It's a matter of marriage. Today, Your Majesty is acting as a matchmaker for Mr. Du's daughter, and I shamelessly want to ask for this marriage for my nephew." After saying this, an old man in his sixties walked out from among the ministers. He looked skinny and sickly. The man who could be blown down by the wind was none other than Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of Justice, and the person he proposed to marry was also known to Meng Xinghe. He was Zhao Haoran, the eldest brother who was now the county magistrate of Heqing County on the outskirts of Chang'an.
Meng Xinghe was a little puzzled. A few days ago, he and Mr. Chai made a special trip to Heqing County. They drank with Zhao Haoran all night in the dilapidated county government office. Based on his understanding of Zhao Haoran, he heard that there had been such a failure in the past. After the relationship, he no longer had any interest in worldly love. As for what the relationship was, Zhao Haoran didn't say anything, and the two brothers didn't ask much. Liu Shilang proposed for Zhao Haoran today, so he must have made his own decision without his consent.
It was not easy to intervene. After all, they were nephews and uncles. Meng Xinghe didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he hid behind him obediently. However, from time to time he endured Miss Du's malicious eyes from a distance, which made him wish that Miss Du would get married today. This little girl should find a man to take good care of her. I don't know which animal is so lucky that he can ruin Miss Du's juicy cabbage.
Why am I so envious and jealous? It can't be because of that girl Du Xuan. Could it be that I have fallen in love with him? Meng Xinghe couldn't believe it and asked his heart, but he heard the ministers in front of him talking about his son and relatives. Proposal.
After Liu Shilang proposed for his nephew, Li Shimin had a good impression of the first person who dared to ask for marriage. Hearing that he was one of the top ten students in this year's imperial examination, Li Shimin was curious and said: "Liu Qing's family, I don't know what you are doing." Who is the young master mentioned? If it is true that he is both talented and handsome, and Du Aiqing has no objection, then I will make the decision for this matter."
Liu Shilang said truthfully: "Back to the emperor, my nephew's surname is Zhao Haoran, and his father is the late Zhao Jingyi, the former Jiangdu school administrator."
"Zhao Jingyi, Jiangdu School Administrator," Li Shimin suddenly realized that the most talented man in Jiangnan back then was a true gentleman who was humble, polite and courteous. It is a pity that the jealous talent died young, otherwise the Tang Dynasty would have had another wise minister now. After the sage, he must be a person with better character. Li Shimin agreed and said: "Du Aiqing, what do you think?"
Du Ruhui was not in a hurry and agreed to marry Miss Du to anyone. But at this time, before Du Ruhui could answer, another minister came to propose marriage.
This person was none other than Hou Wenhai, the Minister of Rites, and behind him was Hou Junji, who looked not very good-looking. Hou Junji obviously didn't understand why his father came out to ask for his hand in marriage at this time, but he knew that he was not good at that. Hou Junji no longer had the domineering power that a man should have in competing for his spouse, but instead looked resentfully at Meng Xinghe behind him.
"Your Majesty, I have the audacity to propose marriage to Lord Du for my dog," Hou Wenhai did not mind being shameless, and his words were quite assertive. Today is the day when Du Ruhui opens the door to choose his son-in-law. Even if he knows that his son is not humane, But this matter has nothing to do with Miss Du. Even if the Hou family marries a widowed daughter-in-law, Hou Wenhai will feel as happy as after taking revenge.
"Hou Aiqing also wants to propose marriage on behalf of the son," Li Shimin grinned. This matter was getting more and more exciting. Although he didn't know that Hou Wenhai's son Hou Junji was no longer humane, but now two young masters came to propose marriage. This called him The face of the officiant also had a glow.
"Is there any other dear friend who wants to propose marriage to your son?" Li Shimin asked again, "Let's all tell them together, and then I will choose the best ones."
"Your Majesty, I also want to propose marriage to Master Du on Quanzi's behalf." Another old man stood up and spoke concisely. He wanted to put his son on the stage to compete. Even if he couldn't succeed, he mentioned it to Li Shimin at least. Secretly, he also paved some paths for his son.
For a while, the people who wanted to propose marriage came up one after another. Li Shimin remembered all their names in his heart, looked at the farthest man Meng Xinghe who had just paid homage to the minister, and said: "Meng Qing's family, My fair lady, you are a gentleman. You are so young and prosperous, and you don’t have a legitimate marriage yet. Why don’t you propose to Mr. Du? Isn’t it possible that Miss Du is not good enough for you?"
This damn old man, you forced me to marry your daughter a few days ago, and now you are kindly worried about Lao Du's married daughter. Do you want to deliberately humiliate me in front of everyone? It's a legitimate marriage. Doesn't it count as a private life-long marriage? Well, I just like to make a private decision for life.
Taking a step forward, Meng Xinghe didn't know if he really fell in love with that girl Du Xuan or if he couldn't swallow his bad breath. Anyway, he thought in his heart that marrying Lao Du's daughter was better than marrying Li Shimin's daughter, at least Three wives and four concubines, no one cares about them.
"Since the Lord's Chrysostom has opened, I would rather obey my orders than to be respectful, but I'm afraid that Miss Du will be wronged by bending down and marrying me. After all, compared to all the princes and ministers present, Meng Xinghe just came from Mengjia Village in Taoyuan. I am a man in cold clothes. I have been favored by the Holy One to be the official minister today. I am already extremely honored. I don’t dare to ask for a beautiful woman to fall into my arms. I am enjoying the joy of all the ministers and princes and come to join in the fun. I just went all the way. Anyway, I choose the best. If you don't get it from me, you will definitely be eliminated." Meng Xinghe only thought that he was stepping forward to have fun, but his move made Miss Du in the distance couldn't believe that Meng Xinghe would also come out to propose marriage, and she was happy in her heart And she hated it, if she really married him, would she have to tolerate his lustful and romantic habits? Huh, absolutely impossible. Miss Du bit her lips and cursed secretly.
However, when Du Ruhui saw that Meng Xinghe could come to propose marriage, he was really happy. My marriage is all decided by the Holy One. There are so many young talents nowadays. Who the Holy One chooses? Ruhui is just watching from the side. Everything is decided by the Holy One."
Li Shimin gave Li Shimin the right to choose his son-in-law, and Li Shimin did not shirk. He called Miss Du to him. Since he wanted to create a story that would last forever, how could it be a good story if he made the decision? Since ancient times, talented men and beautiful women have made a good marriage. It was a romantic and interesting story. Li Shimin also followed suit and said: "Miss Du is a wonderful woman of our Tang Dynasty. I am just a matchmaker for her. As for choosing a good son-in-law, that is left to Miss Du. In ancient times, there was a talented woman named Xie Daoyun who made things difficult for the groom. "Watching a strange woman choose her son-in-law in front of the court, wouldn't it be a good talk?"