"Yes, boss!"
In front of the Yunshan Villa, after hearing Pang Feiji's order, a group of guards clasped their fists and responded, then drove the carriage and prepared to rush down the hillside.
"Help...help!"
Suddenly, a weak cry for help came from the carriage. The person calling for help spoke very non-standard Chinese. It was just three words, but it seemed very difficult and awkward for her to finally say them. Pang Feiji had an extraordinary ear. How could you not hear it? Just as he was about to stop him, the two sergeants driving the carriage moved faster than him and jumped down from the front of the carriage.
"Boss! Boss! There is someone in this carriage!"
At first, they heard that the eldest brother, King Shanbei, said that the carriage contained gifts, and they all believed it subconsciously, but then they were shocked to hear a woman's voice coming from inside the carriage. I was immediately frightened and caught off guard.
Pang Feiji felt confused. The first thought in his mind was that Shanbei's brother Wang had hidden an assassin in the carriage. When Li Zexuan opened the carriage and checked the "gift", the assassin would take the opportunity to take action. But when he thought about it more carefully, Pang Feiji I felt something was wrong, because assassinating Li Zexuan would not do any good to the Japanese envoy! Besides, there was a woman in the car. How could the Japanese envoy send a female assassin here?
"Who is playing tricks on the carriage? Why don't you get down quickly?"
Pang Feiqi put his right hand on the handle of the knife, and then shouted loudly into the carriage.
"General... spare your life, I... I am the princess sent by Her Majesty the Queen to marry the Marquis of Yong'an!"
The car curtain opened, and a bright-eyed woman with a small figure wearing a bright red robe with a row of butterfly buttons in the middle and an orange-red pleated skirt with hair hanging down on her waist walked out of the carriage.
Looking at her attire, her style is very similar to that of women from the Central Plains, but this style of dressing with pleats on the top and bottom is quite rare!
In fact, this is related to the fact that Prince Shotoku sent Sui envoys to the Sui Dynasty to study Han culture and introduce it to the country. At that time, not only the Confucianism, Buddhism and official system of the Sui Dynasty were introduced, but also the dressing style of the Han people!
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, after the Japanese rulers sent a large number of "envoys to the Tang Dynasty", Japan actively introduced Tang Dynasty Han-style clothing. The so-called "Tang style" clothing was also popular among Japanese people. Today's "kimono" in Japan was formed on the basis of Tang clothing. of. Kimono is an imitation or replica of Han-style clothing. It completely inherits the main characteristics of traditional Han clothing, such as wide clothes, large sleeves and no buttons.
Just looking at the woman's face, she was very beautiful. All the guards were dumbfounded at first, but Pang Feiji reacted quickly. His expression changed and he said sternly: "You just said that you were sent by the Empress of Japan." The heroine who got married to the Marquis?"
Pang Feiji's words woke up everyone in the field. The sergeants reacted and quickly looked away.
The Japanese woman who came out of the carriage frowned when she heard the words. It seemed that she was trying her best to understand the meaning of Pang Feiji's words. After a while, she said in her non-standard Chinese accent: "I am a Japanese woman." Princess Mingde is here to make peace with Lord Yongan! She also asked the general to go in and help convey the news, so that I can see Lord Yongan!"
"Princess of Japan!"
Pang Feiji's complexion changed greatly, and he secretly thought that this matter was not going to be a good thing. Since the other party was the princess of the Japanese country, she represented the royal family of the Japanese country. Even if Li Zexuan didn't want to meet the Japanese people, he couldn't just ignore the princess of the Japanese country! After all, this involves the diplomatic relations between the two countries!
"You guys watch her, I'll inform the Marquis!"
Pang Feiji glanced at the Japanese woman in front of the carriage, gave instructions, then turned and walked into the other courtyard.
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"Princess of Japan? Marriage?"
In the study room, Li Zexuan couldn't help but frowned after hearing Pang Feiji's report. He really didn't expect that Shanbei's elder brother Wang would actually send him a woman, and he also sent a princess. This was very difficult for him!
"Let's go and have a look with me!"
Since she is the princess of the Japanese Kingdom, she represents the royal family of the Japanese Kingdom. Although the Japanese Kingdom is now the younger brother of the Tang Dynasty, if she tramples on the dignity of the Japanese royal family at will, the Japanese royal family cannot defeat Li Zexuan, but many civil servants in the court will impeach her. He deliberately provoked disputes between the two countries and lost the dignity of a great country!
This era is so magical!
"Ms. sir, I heard some noise outside. Did something happen?"
When Li Zexuan took Pang Feiji through the main hall, Han Yuxi happened to come down from upstairs. The couple bumped into each other. Han Yuxi looked at Li Zexuan and asked.
Pang Feiji secretly exclaimed that something was wrong. This Japanese envoy was giving a woman to his Marquis, so why did the Marquis's wife bump into him? Isn't this going to cause family strife?
Although it is common for men to have three wives and four concubines in this era, those families with three wives and four concubines are usually full of all kinds of overt and covert struggles. After all, no woman wants her husband to have concubines! Pang Feiji secretly prayed in his heart that the two people in front of him must not quarrel, otherwise the family will be uneasy, and they, who are subordinates, will definitely not have a good life in the future!
"Oh! Madam! It seems that an envoy from the Japanese Kingdom sent a woman over. My husband is going to send her away now!"
Li Zexuan smiled at Han Yuxi with a normal expression, and then said.
Brother Ji couldn't help but sweat for Li Zexuan secretly. Shouldn't such things be done secretly? How could anyone say it directly in front of his wife like Li Zexuan?
What this guy didn't know was that Li Zexuan was not interested in the so-called Japanese royal princess at all. After all, in Li Zexuan's plan, destroying the Japanese country would be a matter of time, so he was not willing to have anything to do with the Japanese country at this time!
Besides, in his impression, weren't all the ancient Japanese women ugly?
"ah?"
When Han Yuxi heard this, she felt a little panicked, but after seeing the clear conscience on Li Zexuan's face, she immediately calmed down.
"Ms. sir, I'll go with you!"
Han Yuxi mustered up her courage and said to Li Zexuan.
"Haha! What? Are you worried about your husband?"
Li Zexuan couldn't help but laugh.
"No...of course not, sir, please don't get me wrong..."
Han Yuxi quickly opened her mouth to explain, but was interrupted by Li Zexuan: "Haha! Madam, there is no need to explain! Come on, let's go out and have a look together!"
After saying that, he took Han Yuxi's hand and walked outside the house. Pang Feiji, who was behind, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and then he quickly followed out.
Arriving outside the courtyard, Li Zexuan and Han Yuxi finally saw the Japanese princess that Pang Feiji mentioned. They saw that the woman's hair was tied up high on both sides, revealing a long neck as white and delicate as a swan. The eyelashes opened outwards, like an umbrella slowly opened by a girl in Jiangnan Yuzhen, arching a moving arc. A light touch of powder was applied on the face, maintaining the natural beauty but adding a touch of charm. Wearing a red robe on top and an orange pleated skirt on the bottom, it adds a bit of brightness to this woman!
Li Zexuan couldn't help but frowned, because the dress of the woman in front of him was different from what he saw in Japanese costume TV series in his previous life! Isn’t it said that ancient Japanese women liked to apply thick powder on their faces to look like ghosts? But the attire of the Japanese woman in front of me is clearly similar to that of a Tang Dynasty woman!
In fact, the costumes that painted one's face pale and pale in Li Zexuan's impression did exist in the history of Japan, but they were not in the current Asuka period, but began to appear later in the Heian period.
Our people have developed various powder makeup as early as the Shang Dynasty. There were two main types of powder used by women in ancient times. One was natural powder obtained by soaking rice, grinding it repeatedly, and sedimenting and filtering it. The other type is toxic and harmful metal lead powder. However, it is said that lead powder is clearer than natural white powder, so ancient women embarked on the path of harming themselves for the sake of beauty.
The production of lead powder is very complicated. It is necessary to put the rolled lead sheets into a wooden barrel, place them on a magnetic pot filled with dilute acetic acid, and then slowly heat them over a charcoal fire to allow the lead to be affected by the acetic acid vapor and undergo various chemical changes before it can become lead powder. Lead powder. Therefore, Japan, which was technologically backward at the time, had never been able to develop lead powder for makeup application and had to rely entirely on imports.
It was not until 692 AD that the monk Kansei was successfully trial-produced lead powder in Japan. This scientific research achievement was highly praised by the Empress Empress Jitsu. As a result, women in the Japanese country gradually began to fashion a new costume. They would shave all their eyebrows, paint their teeth black, and cover their faces with white powder. It sounds a bit similar to the costume of a dead man, but who said Japanese men like this style?
"You must be the Marquis of Yong'an! Princess Suga Natsume of Japan's Mingde Kingdom has met Lord Yong'an! From now on, you will be Natsume's husband!"
The Japanese woman saw that although Li Zexuan was dressed in regular clothes, his aura of calmness and self-reliance showed that he had been in a high position for a long time, so she hurriedly came over and saluted.
Han Yuxi's expression changed, and Li Zexuan squeezed his wife's hand, then looked at Soga Natsume and asked: "Your name is Soga Natsume? Or are you the royal princess of Japan? What does Soga Ezo have to do with you?"
When Li Xiaogong fought with the Japanese country before, Li Zexuan also took the opportunity to understand the current situation of the Japanese country. He knew that the Suga family was the top wealthy family in the Japanese country, and now in the Japanese country only the top big families have surnames, and ordinary people generally only have surnames. First name, no surname, so after hearing the woman in front of him call Soga Natsume, Li Zexuan thought of Soga Ezo who had been destroyed by Li Xiaogong!
A trace of fear flashed in Soga Natsume's eyes, and after a moment, she replied: "Soga Ezo is my brother! Lord Yonganhou, do you know him?"
Sure enough! The members of the Suga family can be considered to have the blood of the Japanese royal family. With Suga Mazi's previous strength in the Japanese court, wouldn't it be easy for Queen Tuigu to make her daughter a princess?
Li Zexuan nodded and said, "Your brother died at the hands of our Tang army. Don't you hate the Tang people?"
"No no no!"
Soga Natsume quickly shook his head and said: "My brother is a devil. He deserves his death. Natsume will not resent anyone!"
When everyone heard this, doubts arose in their hearts.
Li Zexuan was too lazy to pay attention to the complicated relationships within the Soga family. He looked at Soga Natsume and asked: "Your Highness, since the Queen of Japan wants to get married, she must first submit her credentials to the Tang Dynasty and obtain your Majesty's permission. Only then can we make peace! Furthermore, I am not a member of the royal family. Even if the Queen of Japan wants to make peace with me, she should not approach me. Therefore, Princess Mingde, please come back! I will send someone to send you back. Posthouse!”
Suga Xiamu is not ugly, but very beautiful. This really surprised Li Zexuan, but he is not the kind of stupid young man who gets excited when he sees a beautiful woman and doesn't care about anything. There is no free lunch in the world, Brother Shanbei The king sent the Japanese princess to him. He must have asked for something and accepted this woman. Then the next time Shanbei's eldest brother Wang made a request, he would not be able to refuse it as neatly as before!
Besides, for a prince outside the royal family to marry a foreign princess privately, doesn’t this mean his life is too long? As long as he dares to accept Natsume Sumaga, I guarantee that the memorial to impeach him in the court in a few days will be like snowflakes!
Hearing this, Natsume Soga's face suddenly turned pale as paper. She knelt down in front of Li Zexuan with a "pop" and said with tears in her eyes:
"Master Yong'an Marquis, please accept me! In fact, Natsume is a princess who has just been deposed. This time, she was ordered by the crown prince of our country to wander thousands of miles on the sea. She narrowly escaped death and came to the Tang Dynasty. If I can't marry you, why don't I come back? After arriving in Japan, Natsume will be imprisoned in the military camp by the Queen, and Natsume will live a life worse than death! Please Lord Yongan, please take Natsume in!"
Not to mention, her look of pity and pity really moved many people. Even though Li Zexuan was determined, he couldn't help but be touched in his heart, but he didn't intend to change his decision!
"Ms. sir, she...she is quite pitiful. How about we take her in?"
Just when Li Zexuan was about to refuse, Han Yuxi begged for mercy. This girl was kind-hearted. After hearing Soga Natsume's complaints, she immediately softened her heart!
Because being charged into a military camp is basically equivalent to being a military prostitute!
Hearing this, Li Zexuan glanced at his wife-in-law quite speechlessly, and said to himself: Madam, are you making a mistake? This little girl in front of you is trying to steal your husband from you! By taking her in, aren't you inviting the "wolf" into the house?
"Mrs. Marquis, are you Mrs. Marquis? You are a kind-hearted person. Please take Natsume in. Natsume will not compete with you for favor. Natsume can do any rough or tiring work. Please don't let Mr. Yongan Marquis take Natsume. Send it back!"
When Suga Xiamu saw Han Yuxi begging Li Zexuan, she immediately seized this glimmer of hope and quickly kowtowed to Han Yuxi and prayed.
Listening to what Suga Xiamu said was pitiful, Han Yuxi became even softer. She tugged on Li Zexuan's arm, her eyes full of unbearability. Li Zexuan waved her hand and said, "You don't need to persuade me anymore, you have your own plans for your husband!"
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Two chapters in one!
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Thanks to Black Red Plum Fang for the 100,000-dollar reward (March 8)
Brothers, tell me, do you want to accept this Japanese girl?
Thanks to Hans for the 叏叕叕叒 10,000 reward, +1=20 for the missing update, and the knight will try to restore the previous update tomorrow.
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