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Chapter 71:
Emperor Qing attached great importance to the marriage between the two countries, but there were also some difficulties. According to the usual practice, if the two countries agree to marry, the emperor will appoint a certain prince or princess. After the two monarchs send people to join the two sides, if it is appropriate, the matter is settled. It is also not up to the willingness of the two parties to join the marriage, because this is a political marriage in itself, and as a royal child, there is a sense that marriage cannot be autonomous since childhood.
However, this time the marriage with Yunshao Country, it obviously seems impossible to do so.
Since the Queen Yunshao Country let the Third Princess come to Lijing City in person, she obviously intends to let the Third Princess choose her marriage partner. It is well-known that the Queen Yunshao Country dotes on Third Princess. Row.
If Yunshao Country Third Princess is allowed to choose her husband in Yuguo publicly, Emperor Qing is a little unhappy. After discussing with the courtiers, she was happy to give the queen face. The main reason is that if Emperor Qing personally appoints the candidates, he is also very difficult to choose. Therefore, Emperor Qing summoned Zhang Nian, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Etiquette, and finally drew up a plan, which is to hold a grand flower viewing banquet for young talents and ladies from Lijing City to attend, and hold martial arts and poetry sessions at the banquet. entertainment show. In this way, not only can Third Princess meet the young talents of Dayu Country, but at the same time, they will not lose track of Yuguo's face.
The location of the flower viewing feast was finally set in the Moon Villa, the royal courtyard in Jiuman Mountain, and the date was set on March 15.
Durian is now considered a talent in Lijing City and is also invited. Although Qin Jiu may not be considered a young lady, he is also the master of Tianchen Sect, and was also invited.
In the early morning of the 15th, Qin Jiu took a sedan chair, carrying loquat, lychee, yellow-haired, durian and cherries. Two groups of people one after another set off towards Jiuman Mountain.
Qin Jiu deliberately let the sedan chair pass in front of the Yunshao Country Inn.
On the corner of the street not far from the post building, there was a fortune-telling booth. An old man in a gray robe was sitting in front of the fortune-telling booth, shaking a broken fan in his hand. A bamboo pole was erected next to the fortune-telling booth, and a yellowed cloth strip hung on it. Long Feifengwu had three words: Li Tiezui. There is a small print in the following book: The word test is straightforward.
This Li Tiezui is obviously very accurate for fortune telling, and there are many people around the stall who are doing fortunes. Among them is Shang Linger of Yunshao Country.
Divination is popular in Yunshao country. Whenever there is a major event, you must first ask the hexagram to test for good or bad. Whether they believe it or not, this has become their habit.
Before departing from Yunshao Country, Shang Linger checked the hexagrams and asked about the marriage relationship, but the result was not very smooth. That's why thought of adding another hexagram.
Shang Linger squeezed into the crowd, only to see a man in the dust was asking for a divination. This man learned that his wife was about to give birth. He had just rushed back from the field and had never returned home. When he saw a fortune teller, he wanted to ask first. Gua, it depends on whether the child is a male or female.
For this kind of problem, Shang Linger actually thinks that the most accurate thing is to go home and take a look, but the man has to do the calculations. He has got three girls and is counting on his birth son.
Li Tiezui asked the man to stretch out his left hand and look at the lines on the man's palm. He smiled and squinted his beard and said, "From the perspective of your hand lines, you are the destiny of both children. This is a good one. Blessed."
The man was overjoyed. He paid the money and was about to go back. He happened to be seen by someone and pulled him and said, "You are back now, your wife gave birth to a big fat boy."
Shang Linger saw that Li Tiezui was quite accurate, and he was hesitating whether to count. He listened to Li Tiezui waved his hand and said, "If you count one more hexagram today, the hexagram will be full, so you won't count it anymore." It turns out that he only counts five hexagrams every day. .
Shang Linger couldn't even hesitate now, and hurriedly squeezed in front of Li Tiezui, and said softly, "Sir, help me figure it out!"
Li Tiezui raised his eyelids and glanced lightly at Shang Linger. A light flashed in his eyes. He covered half of his face with a paper fan, and said slowly: "Although the girl is a servant, she looks like a dragon and a phoenix, and her neck looks like a butterfly. , Is the appearance of great wealth and nobleness. If a girl wants to ask Gua, she must ask about marriage!?"
Shang Linger didn't expect Li Tiezui to say exactly what he said, and then nodded.
Li Tiezui grabbed his beard, and said slowly, "Since that's the case, please take a test for the girl!" As he said, he handed over a piece of yellowed rice paper and a pen with a fork.
Shang Linger raised the pen, frowning at the tip of his eyebrows. I really don’t know which word to write. Finally, after thinking about it, he finally wrote the word “夙” and glanced at Li Tiezui for fear that he could see that he was writing them King Anling. Fortunately, Li Tiezui didn't seem to notice it, so he gently pushed the paper in front of Li Tiezui.
Li Tiezui lifted his eyelids and looked at the word "夙". After pinching his fingers, he closed his eyes, his face darkened slightly.
Shang Linger looked at Li Tiezui's face, and his heart sank slightly. After a while, Li Tiezui opened his eyes, his gaze seemed to be able to guess what Shang Linger was thinking through, his eyes narrowed, and his voice became a little lowered: "This long-cherished word means a long-cherished wish, showing that girl There is a person in my heart. But after the word is opened, there is a bad word inside, which is bad. Bad, it is not a good relationship."
When Li Tiezui said this, Shang Linger's face had changed. But Li Tiezui's conversation changed again, and said: "But if this word is deleted and another word is added, it will be phoenix. Feng is a good match for the girl, but she needs to let go of her obsession. In addition, it is a pity that this phoenix Now I’m in a trap, I need the girl’s eyes to find it."
Shang Linger frowned, still a little puzzled, but Li Tiezui continued: "Let's talk about this sign together. Although the girl's marriage is quite rough, it must be a country with nowhere to go, and there will be a bright future for girls. Marriage in the future will be an extraordinary marriage. Girl, give it to the girl."
Li Tiezui emphasized the word "extraordinary". After speaking, without looking at Shang Linger's expression, he started to clean up the Guatan.
"The number of classes today is full, please test another day." Shang Linger was still thinking about the mystery in Li Tiezui's words. Li Tiezui finished packing up the hexagram stall, carrying the bag, squeezing the crowd, and facing away from a long distance. Qin Jiu nodded in the sedan chair, then smiled and walked away.
Sitting in the sedan chair, Qin Jiu opened the curtain with her bare hands. A pair of enchanting phoenix eyes saw Li Tiezui melt into the flow of people. She lowered the curtain, knocked a melon seed, and threw it into the yellow-haired mouth. Right!"
There was a light rain last night, after the rain, the Jiuman Mountain looked green and green. The mountains are shaded by trees, peaches and apricots are fragrant. The light rain is fine, and waterfalls can be seen everywhere, flying down in the sun, like a jade bead splashing, endless.
When walked almost halfway up the mountain, saw the green shade in front of me, and picked out a cornice. When walked closer, could vaguely see the houses and pavilions hidden by the green trees and red flowers. After bypassing the gurgling creek, we arrived at Moon Villa.
Moon Villa is a royal courtyard built on the hillside. It covers a large area. There are more than 100 kinds of precious flowers planted in the villa. Nowadays, it is the time when the spring flowers are blooming, and the warm breeze hits the people, and the flowers are in full bloom everywhere in the village, and the fragrance is full of colors. After Qin Jiu arrived at Moon Villa, under the guidance of the palace people, he headed for the flower garden.
Imperial Concubine Hui is currently being banned due to Liu Laishun's case a few days ago. Therefore, for this feast, Emperor Qing recalled the Imperial concubine Xian who was presenting Buddha at Green Parasol Mountain to host it. Imperial concubine Xian has always been obsessed with worshipping Buddha, and she rarely cares about world affairs. So she didn't show up, just sat in Moon Villa, and everything was presided over by officials of the Ministry of Reclamation.
Zhang Nian, Shangshu from the Ministry of Etiquette, first arranged a martial arts contest, aiming to show Yunshao Country the martial arts of Dayu Country men. The martial arts field is in the flower garden of Moon Villa, where there is a large open space with racks of weapons.
Around the open space, several large pergolas were built, all surrounded by gauze, and the women gathered in the pergola to watch the martial arts competition. Qin Jiu walked into the pergola, found a comfortable seat and sat down, squinting towards the court.
The wind in the early spring is full of sunshine and warmth, and the sunlight shines in through the fresh green leaves, and there is also a hint of freshness. The willow trees in the flower garden swayed slightly in the wind, and the peach trees bloomed with a few brilliant pink trees, and the snow-white pear blossoms on one side were beautiful and enchanting. With such a beautiful scenery, all the talents in the field are romantic and handsome. It can be seen that Emperor Qing sincerely wanted to marry Yunshao Country, and the selected talent was not inconspicuous.
In fact, in addition to the Yunshao Country Third Princess selection, this flower viewing banquet is also a good opportunity for these young talents to get in touch with the ladies. Therefore, not all of these talented people came for Yunshao Country Third Princess, and most of them came for other women.
Qin Jiu's eyes patrolled the crowd for a moment, and he saw a young man in Chinese clothes standing beside Xie Dichen.
The man with handsome eyebrows, a tall figure, and an elegant smile at the corners of his lips was Xie Dichen's second brother, Xie Zhuochen.
Xie Zhuochen is not only high in martial arts, but also handsome in appearance. What's more rare is that he doesn't have a favorite girl, so Yan Su was selected as the most suitable Third Princess candidate. The Xie family is Yan Su's powerful confidant. If Yunshao Country Third Princess marries Xie Zhuochen, it will undoubtedly become Yan Su's strongest support.
Qin Jiu glanced at Xie Zhuochen, stroked the yellow-haired in his arms, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Yellow-haired has nothing to say, but his tongue-learning skills are not small. After Qin Jiu finished speaking, he let go of yellow-haired.
In the pergola, Yingying and Yanyan gathered in one hall, chatting non-stop, guessing what the Third Princess of Yunshao Country would look like and which man she would choose. More is paying attention. don't know if King Anling will fancy Yunshao Country Third Princess.
At this moment, there was a commotion in front of people, and Qin Jiu knew that the Third Princess of Yunshao Country had arrived.
I saw several attendants at first, and then saw a tall man guarding a veiled woman walking slowly.
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I'm sorry, but the update was broken yesterday. Because it was originally planned to be changed, it was never written. In the future, if I ask for leave and do not change, I will leave a message to tell everyone, and then put it on top. Please pay attention to the comment area. What everybody.
New character in this chapter: Xie Dichen's second brother, Xie Zhuochen.
About the test: "The marriage of a girl in the future will be an extraordinary marriage."
"Extraordinary" here implies the name of durian, Qin Feifan.