In the fifth year of Zhenguan, on the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Youshi, Chang'an City, Chongrenfang, Zhao Guogong Mansion
When Zhao Guogong returned to the house, he asked his servants to call Chang Sun Chong to his study. However, not long after Chang Sun Chong entered the study, Chang Sun Chong's servant at the door heard his master's angry roar coming from the book.
"Father, you clearly know that I have liked my cousin since I was a child. Why didn't you discuss it with your Majesty and just cancel the marriage between my son and my cousin..."
Changsun Wuji looked at his crazy-looking son in the center of the study with a calm expression. Changsun Chong usually behaved respectfully in front of him. In my memory, this was the first time that Changsun Chong dared to question him face to face.
But Changsun Wuji, instead of being angry, felt a little more relieved in his calm heart. Although there were some flaws in this marriage, judging from Chang Sun Chong's current performance, it may not be a bad thing.
He has always felt that his son, although somewhat talented, has a somewhat cowardly character. All day long I just spent time looking for flowers and flowers, hanging out with some dandy boys from Chang'an City. He also thought of various ways to change Changsun Chong's character, but to no avail. Chong'er still looked submissive in front of him.
But Changsun Chong was his eldest son after all, and sooner or later the family property would be handed over to him. Changsun Wuji was afraid that after he left, Changsun Chong would be framed by his cunning colleagues in the court.
Only then did she shamelessly ask for this marriage from her sister for him. In this way, even if he passes away one day, Chong'er will still have Li Zhi as a talisman.
What he didn't expect was that the breakup of the engagement would give him an opportunity to change Chong'er. Taking this opportunity, if Chong'er's character can be corrected, then for his eldest grandson's family, whether he marries the eldest princess or not will not be so important.
Thinking of this, Changsun Wuji raised his eyes and saw his son in the middle of the study, his eyes red and breathing heavily, saying:
"Chong'er, the issue of breaking off the engagement is a foregone conclusion. Instead of spending time being angry, it's better to think about who ruined the marriage between our eldest grandson's family and the royal family."
Changsun Chong was stunned, looked at his father in confusion, and asked stammeringly:
"Father...what do you mean?"
Changsun Wuji looked at Changsun Chong's appearance and sighed inwardly.
"Don't you think the rumors in Chang'an City are too strange? His Majesty just decreed the marriage, and within two days in Chang'an City, rumors began to spread that the cousins could not get married. This is obviously aimed at our family and the royal family."
When Changsun Chong heard this, he started to feel something was wrong after thinking about it. Then he raised his bloodshot eyes, looked at Changsun Wuji and asked word by word:
"Father, have you found out the person behind the scenes?"
Changsun Wuji was filled with hatred when he heard Changsun Chong's question. He didn't expect that he had tricked others before, but this time he was tricked by others.
And he was so thorough that if he hadn't arranged for someone to investigate whether the rumors were true, he wouldn't have broken off the engagement with His Majesty today.
After all, he didn't want the power of the eldest grandson's family to fall into the hands of his concubine or grandson one day.
If a family wants to inherit the family for thousands of years, it pays more attention to the superiority of elders than the royal family. The inheritance of the head of the family is the same as the inheritance of the throne. It is passed down to the elders but not to the young, and it is not passed on to the descendants but to the concubines. Otherwise, it won't be long before the family falls apart due to internal strife.
So even if I was tricked by others this time, from the perspective of family inheritance, I have to thank those who tricked me.
What's more, he can also use this matter to train his own son. It can be said that he kills two birds with one stone, and a bad thing turns into a good thing.
I have to say that there are many smart people like Changsun Wuji in history. They can always turn bad things that happen to them into good things that benefit them.
Changsun Wuji looked at Changsun Chong and said:
"The current spies at home have found that the reason why it spread so quickly at this time was because of the instructions of the Shandong nobles. My father guessed that it was because marbles had arrested many officials of their faction recently."
"So they deliberately used this matter to disgust His Majesty, and our family must have done it incidentally. Of course, it is also possible that they wanted to take revenge on their former father for taking the lead in donating money to the court."
After listening to Changsun Wuji's words, Changsun Chong looked a little gloomy and stood silently in the study.
But in his heart, he wished he could rush to the Shandong noble family right now and kill all those who ruined his marriage with his cousin.
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Huaidefang Lu Guogong Mansion Banquet Hall Youshimo
In the banquet hall, there was a dancer in the center of the hall, waving her long sleeves, dancing an unknown dance, and a musician sitting on a chair nearby, playing the pipa and other musical instruments.
In order to thank Qin Ming for sending him the down jacket, the two brothers Cheng Chumo kept toasting to Qin Ming.
It's just that the two of them were a little more cautious than usual when drinking, as if they were afraid of staining their clothes.
From time to time, the two of them would pat their clothes, as if there was dust on their down jackets.
Qin Ming was already a little drunk at this time. It was his first time to watch the dance of the Tang Dynasty. Looking at the dancer's agile dance and graceful figure, he couldn't help but think of "The Night Banquet at the Tang Palace" on Henan Satellite TV before he traveled through time.
Following this memory, he couldn't help but think of the busy traffic and high-rise buildings in later generations, as if everything was still yesterday, and as if a long, long time had passed.
Cheng Chuliang saw Qin Ming looking at a group of dancers in a daze. He smiled and poked the eldest brother next to him with his arm.
Seeing the confused look from his eldest brother, he tilted his head slightly and motioned Cheng Chumo to look at Qin Ming's position.
Cheng Chumo followed Cheng Chuliang's eyes and then gave Cheng Chuliang an "I understand" look.
Cheng Chumo picked up a bowl of wine from the table, then stood up, sat in front of Qin Ming, bumped Qin Ming with his arm with a vulgar expression, and then said:
"Brother Qin, what do you think of these singers? If you like them, just say so. My brother will ask her to serve you at night."
