Chapter 357: What is a marriage?
When Zhuang Mingyue received the message from the emperor ordering her to enter the palace quickly, she already knew what the emperor meant, but these days the ministers have jointly impeached, disturbing the emperor's upset, and the emperor can only come to himself when he is angry.
"Weichen see the emperor." Zhuang Mingyue was neither humble nor arrogant, and he was not afraid at all, which made the emperor very pleased, he had long been annoyed with those who were terrified when he saw him.
This may be the reason why I like Zhuang Mingyue so much, and there is always a feeling of relaxation when I get along with her.
"Zhuang Mingyue, do you know your mistake." The emperor made a straight face and glared at Zhuang Mingyue below.
Zhuang Mingyue shouted: "The minister knows his mistake. With that, he crossed his hands on the ground and knocked his head up.
"Do you know what you've done?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, obviously not expecting Zhuang Mingyue to admit his mistake so easily.
But he soon knew he was wrong. "The minister's mistake is that he doesn't know what mistake the minister has made, so the minister knows the mistake." The emperor knew that he would not be so worry-free.
"The marriage contract has always been the words of the matchmaker at the behest of the parents, how can you mess around, forget it if you don't listen to persuasion, and withdraw your sister's marriage contract." The emperor pointed to the fold next to his hand and said, "Now that this matter is well known, your notebook is almost higher than the sky."
Zhuang Mingyue suddenly raised her head: "Your Majesty, do you think they are happy?" The emperor was stunned when asked, and his words became no longer so majestic: "It should be happy." ”
"Your Majesty, they are not happy, the so-called parents' orders and concubines, everything is for the sake of profit, and they rarely take into account the wishes of their children." Zhuang Mingyue's eyes were firm, and she looked directly at the emperor.
The emperor wanted to escape from this gaze, but thinking that he was the emperor and couldn't fall behind, he met Zhuang Mingyue's gaze. "But after so many thousands of years, who has ever complained." The Emperor quibbled.
"Your Majesty, this is an injustice to women, and you don't understand the cruelty to women in this era." A trace of pain flashed in Zhuang Mingyue's eyes.
"When a man marries a woman he doesn't love, it never affects them to find other women, and they can marry again. Women are different, they can only guard a man at home whose heart does not belong to them. The Emperor opened his mouth to find that he was indeed unable to refute.
"It is said that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, but she has not to learn female precepts and female training since she was a child, four books and five classics, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Because this is the only way to find a good man. It's just that there is a greater interest in the family transaction. ”
The emperor thought to himself that this was the case, and it was rumored that no talent was virtue, and other places did not know, but among these women in the harem, there was one who was really illiterate, and they all had their own skills, so they could compete for favor in front of themselves.
"A man marries a wife and marries a virtuous man, in order to keep his reputation, a woman wants to marry a wife and take a concubine for her husband, and if she is not careful, she will be rumored to be a jealous woman.
Zhuang Mingyue straightened up as she spoke, as if she was kneeling and admitting her mistakes, and every word went straight into the emperor's heart.
The emperor sighed, he usually felt that there was nothing to mention all of them at once, and it was indeed not easy to look at the woman.
rushed to take the initiative to take a concubine for his husband, and the emperor felt the desolation and powerlessness of the woman.
"Your Majesty, that is my own sister, I love her and I can't bear to let her suffer like this, I promised her that I would definitely let her marry the person she loves. Your Majesty forgives, Your Majesty agrees" Zhuang Mingyue made a big salute to the emperor.
I love her and I can't bear her to suffer like this, this sentence echoed in the emperor's mind, and the emperor couldn't help but wonder if Sitong didn't want to marry, and whether he also envied Zhuang Xingxing for having a sister who could turn the river and the sea for her.
The emperor sighed and nodded, which was considered to have spared Zhuang Mingyue. "You go back first, I won't pursue this matter first." Zhuang Mingyue smiled and hurriedly thanked the emperor. Zhuang Mingyue wanted to go back earlier and tell her sister Zhuang Xingxing the good news.
"Wait, wait for Sister Mingyue." Zhuang Mingyue had already walked to the gate of the palace, but she heard someone calling her from behind. Zhuang Mingyue turned around and saw her sister's friend Long Sitong calling her from behind.
"Sister Mingyue." Long Sitong ran out of breath, raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead. "What's wrong, Sitong?" Long Sitong has a good relationship with his sister Zhuang Xingxing, and she is also Long Yuanxiu's own sister, so Zhuang Mingyue has a good impression of Long Sitong.
"Here, Sister Mingyue." Long Sitong handed Zhuang Mingyue a food box, "This is what I leave for the star to eat, the new imperial chef in the palace has very good skills, especially this peach blossom cake, which is sweet and soft, sweet but not greasy." ”
Zhuang Mingyue took the food box, and Long Sitong immediately took two steps back and bowed deeply to Zhuang Mingyue. Zhuang Mingyue was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Long Sitong. Long Sitong had tears shining in the corners of his eyes, and said to Zhuang Mingyue with a smile: "Thank you, Sister Mingyue." ”
It turned out that after listening to Zhuang Mingyue's words, the emperor went to find Long Sitong.
"Erchen has seen his father." Seeing that the emperor was coming, Long Sitong's round little face was full of smiles. The emperor had a thoughtful look on his face.
"Sitong, are you really willing to marry?" The emperor looked at Long Sitong, his face no longer had the usual majesty, and he looked like a good father who cared for his daughter at this time. Long Sitong was stunned for a moment, then put away his smile, shook his head and said, "Erchen is naturally willing." ”
The emperor touched Long Sitong's head and said, "Today, Zhuang Mingyue came to teach me a lesson. ”
Long Sitong naturally knew what Zhuang Mingyue had done recently, she was very envious, but she also knew that this kind of thing would not happen to her. After all, who would dare to disobey the emperor of the Ninety-Five Supreme for the sake of a princess who has no power and no power.
The emperor withdrew his hand and said, "If Sitong doesn't want to make it easy for his father to say, after all, you are his father's beloved child, how can your father be willing to let you be wronged." ”
After listening to the emperor's words, Long Sitong's eyes flashed with tears. Turning around and kneeling facing the Emperor. "Father, the son is unwilling, the son has never seen that person. Erchen didn't like him. ”
The emperor sighed, squatted down and hugged Long Sitong, patted her on the back and said, "You are my good boy, how could I not consider your feelings." "A picture of a father and a daughter.
Zhuang Mingyue returned to the mansion, Zhuang Xingxing was doing her written homework at Egret Academy, and when she saw Zhuang Mingyue coming back, she put down the pen in her hand and called out sweetly to Zhuang Mingyue Sister.
Zhuang Xingxing soon saw the food box in Zhuang Mingyue's hand, and immediately shouted happily: "Sister is really the best for you." "Zhuang
How could Mingyue take the credit for Long Sitong, and explained: "This is what the third princess asked me to bring to you." ”
Zhuang Xingxing picked up a peach blossom cake and said: "Sitong is really my Bole!" Zhuang Mingyue smiled when she heard it, nodded Zhuang Xingxing's forehead and explained: "Bole is a thousand miles away, you and the third princess should be Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi, little fools." ”
Zhuang Xingxing stuck out her tongue cutely and coquettishly at Zhuang Mingyue: "Hehe, my sister said that was it." ”
"Lord." The emperor stood in a corner of the cold palace, and behind him stood a man in a black night suit, and the man was half-kneeling and clenching his fists with the emperor. The Emperor turned his head and gave the man in black on the ground a look.
The third princess followed the second lady of the Zhuang family to go to school in the Egret Academy, and the princess looked at a man named Zhang Qiguang differently. This is Zhang Qiguang's information. The man in black handed a note to the emperor.
Zhang Qiguang, whose family was poor since he was a child, his father died early, and he was raised by his mother alone since he was a child. "He was sent to the White Egret Academy by Zhuang Mingyue?" "Yes."
"Follow me tomorrow, let's go to Egret Academy."
The emperor took off his yellow robe and put on the clothes of an ordinary son, although he was in his early forties, he also had a special taste.
The academy allows outsiders to enter and learn from each other, so the emperor who pretends to be a scholar and the secret guard who pretend to be a scholar swagger in.
"Don't you think there's something strange about here?" The emperor asked the secret guards beside him. The dark guard looked around and replied, "The clothes passing by are made of rough fabrics and rough workmanship, and most of them are poor students. ”
The emperor nodded, the students on this road are dressed ordinarily, and the book fee of such a big Egret Academy is definitely not cheap. How did these families who were not rich or even poor go to school?
"Zhang Qiguang is in the room in front." The Emperor followed the Dark Guard's finger to look. "Do you know what Zhang Qiguang looks like?" The Dark Guard nodded. The two of them were stuck next to the window, which was a blind spot for the people inside.
"What if your family has money, the articles you write are not as good as mine." His tone was full of pride, and the Emperor looked up to see that he was a man shorter than the average man, standing in a chair with a piece of paper in his hand, looking at another man at eye level with him.
The man was wearing a style of clothing that had been very popular in the capital recently, and the fabric pattern was also limited. The man's eyes were full of fire, obviously angry with the short boy, but he just raised his hand but didn't fight.
The short boy didn't care at all, and said sarcastically: "How can you deserve to study with us here with your grades, it's just a drag on the speed of the master's lecture to us." The fire in the man's eyes was extinguished.
"I've worked hard." It took a long time for the man in the Chinese costume to defend himself. It's interesting for the emperor to raise his eyebrows, it's not like the outside here, the outside is full of rich people who are powerful, and it seems that here is just looking at the results.
Since Zhang Qiguang is not there, there is no reason to continue to stay. "Lord, look."
There were several women of different races, with long, curly golden hair, glittering in the sun, deep features, and blue pupils.
"There are Gentiles here." The emperor chuckled, what is the secret of this Egret Academy, and what kind of reputation is he, the county lord of Qinghe, who is personally sealed.