"Your Majesty is partial to the Second Young Master, as you know. His Highness has been tolerant, but the father and son did not give him a way to survive. Once, the deputy general next to the Second Young Master bullied the people, causing the whole family to hang themselves. His Highness couldn't bear it and resorted to military law. The second young master defended his subordinate, and finally went to the prince with his highness. Instead of blaming the second young master, the prince felt that his highness deliberately used this matter to damage the second young master's reputation, and even wanted to beat his highness with thirty army sticks. A general said for his highness. After a few good words, the Second Young Master found an excuse to kill the general, but the prince still protected him. It was from this moment on that His Highness made up his mind to seize military power."
"The Second Young Master is addicted to bloodshed and has no military morale. Your Highness secretly summoned several generals in the army. They were all willing to be loyal to Your Highness, and then planned to kill the Second Young Master. Originally, Your Highness just wanted to ignore the prince and did not want to kill him, but... "
Seeing Danqing gritting his teeth, Liu Yunxiang's heart tightened, "What happened?"
"First he pretended to be sick, and then showed weakness. You also know that His Highness believed in the truths written in the books of sages. Even now, he still cared about the relationship between father and son and went to serve him at his bedside. The prince then took the opportunity to talk about His Highness's childhood. It was about how he loved His Highness, and when His Highness softened his heart, he suddenly drew a knife and stabbed His Highness in the chest."
Liu Yunxiang covered his mouth in shock, "What happened next?"
"Fortunately, His Highness dodged in time, and the knife did not hit the vital point. However, the prince did not give up and actually wanted to kill His Highness. Then...then His Highness pounced on the Prince and cut his throat with a knife."
Liu Yunxiang's eyes widened. He didn't expect Lu Changan to kill Prince Su himself. He was a person framed by the sages and sages. At that moment, what he adhered to and followed collapsed.
No wonder, no wonder he seemed to have changed.
"His Highness is very miserable. He never tells anyone, including you."
"He certainly didn't tell me."
"His Highness used to think that his father was a hero who protected the family and the country, and that the world was bright. Later, he saw the prince killing the people for power, and he also saw the darkness of the world. The moment he killed the prince, he also He melted into the darkness. Princess, your highness has changed, but he is not a treacherous and evil person. If one day he fails on the way up, please save him."
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Having said this, Danqing stood up and saluted Liu Yunxiang.
Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "One day, if I can save him, I won't stand idly by."
Three days later, Xiyue sent envoys to discuss the marriage, and the matter was settled. Liu Yunxiang hurriedly wrote to the court to prepare for the wedding.
Half a month later, Darong's bride-to-be team came to Zhenxiguan.
Liu Yunxiang went to the city gate to greet her in person. She sighed slightly as she looked at the long procession and the carriage with happy words in the middle.
The marriage was a helpless move, and it was also arranged by the emperor. Before Yan Mu took over the government, Princess Xiyue and Chang Ning had already married to their Da Rong, so the two princesses of their Da Rong must also marry as promised.
Fortunately for the tenth princess, at least Beijin and Darong both belong to the Central Plains and have similar eating habits and customs. Leng Yuxie is not a good man, but he is not a bully.
But Xiyue... Liu Yunxiang sighed again. Xiyue is in the northwest plateau. First of all, the climate and diet are different, which requires adaptation. In addition, the folk customs of Western Vietnam are fierce, and some customs are even unacceptable. For example, a woman can serve two husbands at the same time, brothers can exchange wives, and wives can only kneel down to eat, etc.
In Western Vietnam, women are just appendages of men. Not to mention inferior, they are basically the same as those cattle and sheep. It is not even illegal to kill them.
Compared with the tenth princess, she felt more sorry for the daughter of a noble family who came to get married.
The escort team arrived at the city gate, and the escorts dismounted one after another to pay their respects to Liu Yunxiang. The carriage stopped, and Po Xi and the maids on both sides asked the bride to get out of the car and salute Liu Yunxiang. However, the carriage doors were opened, but the woman in the wedding robe did not move.
Liu Yunxiang thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "That's all, you are tired from the long journey, so go back to the post house and rest first."
After hearing what she said, the escort team continued walking into the city.
The person who saw her off was the Minister of Rites, who had been friends with her father for decades. He had watched her grow up, and now he took over her father's position.
"How are you, Mr. Liu?" Minister Wen did not follow the escort team, but walked with Liu Yunxiang to the post house.
"After my mother passed away, my father set up a school in my hometown, and children from poor families could go to his school. Now I am still in good health and have a sufficient life."
Although she severed ties with her parents and never went back to visit them, she arranged for her father to be cared for by someone who would send a letter reporting on her father's condition every so often.
"That's good, that's good."
This Minister Wen was about the same age as his father, and his hair was already gray. He was really tired of the fast-paced journey from Shengjing to Zhenxiguan.
"Uncle Wen, please go back to the post house and rest first. If you have any questions, we'll talk about it tomorrow," Liu Yunxiang said.
"No, in some cases, Princess, you must have some confidence in your mind."
Seeing that Minister Wen's expression was serious, Liu Yunxiang took him to a private room in a nearby teahouse and let him rest first.
"Who is this newly appointed princess? Princess, do you know?"
Liu Yunxiang shook his head. The marriage to Xiyue came in such a hurry that there was no time to send the news, so she doesn't know about it to this day.
"Marquis Yun's sister, no, I should say she is a concubine."
"The girl from Yunhou Mansion!"
Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but frown. This Marquis Yun was considered to be Lu Changan's. The Princess of Xiyue married Lu Changan, and Marquis Yun's sister married the King of Xiyue. The relationship between Lu Changan and the King of Xiyue became even closer.
"There are many girls of the right age in the family, but no one wants their daughter to marry to Xiyue. Even if she is a princess and her family is glorious, Marquis Yun offered to let his eighth sister marry the King of Xiyue. No one wants to , the prince cannot force it, he can only grant the title of Marquis Yun, the concubine."
Liu Yunxiang nodded, thinking that this girl Liang Ba was not taken seriously in the family, and was used by Marquis Yun to consolidate his position. She was indeed a pitiful person.
"That doesn't matter, the most important thing is..."
"What is it?"
"This woman is no longer innocent."
"What?"
Liu Yunxiang was surprised. How could a woman who had not left the court be innocent?
Wen Shilang stroked his beard and sighed, "This girl Liang Ba was not taken seriously in the Hou Mansion, not even her marriage. Her mother, who was an aunt, betrothed her to her cousin. The two young people were childhood sweethearts. Very deep. The wedding date was set, and when it was about to get married in half a month, Marquis Yun intervened, annulled the marriage, and beat the cousin. The girl Liang Ba refused to accept it and actually eloped with her cousin, and She gave her body up. She thought she couldn't get married like this, but Marquis Yun still caught her and locked up the cousin."
Liu Yunxiang frowned, "So the reason why this eighth girl comes to get married honestly is to save her cousin?"
"yes."
