[Rebirth] Anecdote of Li Tang

But Li Shimin suddenly said: "I heard that the daughter of the Cui family is just a doll. There is no such thing as this matter. From my point of view, Fang Xuanling's words are clearly an excuse for not wanting her son to be a son-in-law!"

Even if he was as calm as Wei Zheng, he couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat when he heard this.

"The Fang family doesn't want to marry, but I still want him to marry. I don't believe it, my daughter is no better than the daughter of a noble family!"

Li Shimin's stubborn temper surprised Wei Zheng, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty, this is not an appropriate move."

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with displeasure: "What's wrong? The Cui family's daughter and Fang Yizhi are quite different in age. If Fang Yizhi really wants to marry her, what year and month will he have to wait? Yinghui is about the same age as him."

Wei Zheng sighed and said: "Your Majesty, this is indeed true, but the marriage of Fang Cui and his family was settled in the early years after all. Fang Zhongshu even made it clear to the court, and now everyone knows about the marriage contract. When the princess gets married, offending Cui's family is a small matter, but it is a big matter to affect the princess's reputation."

Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng quite anxiously: "But now that I have said the marriage offer, everyone in the world knows that the Fang family rejected the marriage with the princess, and the gossip has reached Yinghui's ears. How can you let me do it?" Come to Taiwan?"

After Li Shimin said this, he suddenly froze.He pondered for a moment, then asked Wei Zheng seemingly without thinking: "I remember, Fang Xuanling's second son is called Fang Yiai?"

Wei Zheng nodded in doubt, and immediately understood Li Shimin's intention: "Your Majesty wants to..."

Li Shimin murmured: "The eldest son has a marriage contract, isn't there a second son?"

Wei Zheng didn't expect Li Shimin to come up with such an idea, and suddenly felt a little inappropriate: "Your Majesty, this Fangyi is the eldest son, and he and the princess are considered to be in the right family, but this Fangyi..."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Don't forget, Fang Xuanling doesn't even have a concubine room except Lu's. Although Fang Yiai is not the eldest son, he is also a descendant, and he is not bad for Yinghui. More importantly, In this way, Yinghui will still marry into the Fang family, and those gossips will stop."

Such an approach, at least in the history of the Tang Dynasty, was unprecedented.Although Wei Zheng felt a little awkward, he couldn't find anything that violated the etiquette, so he could only let the emperor go. "

Li Shimin saw that Wei Zheng didn't object any more, he felt that he had come up with a way to get the best of both worlds, and even his dissatisfaction with Fang Xuanling faded a bit, but he still cared about the straightforward rejection.

Turning around and seeing Wei Zheng still standing there, he asked aloud, "What else is there?"

"Your Majesty, you once ordered that Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji and others' former subordinates should not be held accountable, but now local officials have ordered the arrest of Li Jiancheng's former subordinates, and also ordered them to be escorted to Beijing, causing panic everywhere and leaving messages everywhere. If things go on like this, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the community."

Li Shimin sighed softly: "I have also heard about this matter. In the past, Li Jiancheng was very powerful, and his subordinates did a lot of unrighteous things in the local area. I originally thought of punishing them slightly. But now their behavior is becoming more and more excessive every day. I Ordering the world to reconcile, but they deliberately provoke troubles, it is really hateful."

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "Nowadays, prisoners from Hebei area have been escorted to Beijing. They are all subordinates of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. I implore Your Majesty to send someone to appease the people."

Wei Zheng's remonstrance made Li Shimin difficult. It is not an easy task to appease Li Jiancheng and others' old ministries.This person must have a certain weight in the court, be able to convince the local officials, and at the same time have the talent to accurately convey the emperor's meaning.

Seeing Wei Zheng looking at him with hope, Li Shimin smiled lightly and said, "Look at you, it seems that you have already found someone to go to Hebei, let's talk about it."

Wei Zheng said softly: "I feel that only Fang Zhongshu can take on this important task."

Li Shimin said in astonishment: "Fang Xuanling? He is the order of Zhongshu, is it appropriate to send him there?"

Wei Zheng said firmly: "Just imagine, Your Majesty, Fang Zhongshu's virtuous name spreads far and wide, and he is also a minister who has followed His Majesty all the way. If this job is entrusted to him, Your Majesty can rest easy."

Li Shimin knew that Fang Xuanling was definitely qualified for this job, and Li Shimin could not do without Fang Xuanling's assistance on weekdays, but at this juncture, Li Shimin was still dissatisfied with Fang Xuanling.He nodded and said: "Alright, save him from hanging around in front of me all the time, making me upset."

The two edicts arrived at the Fangfu together, and Fang Xuanling was so shocked that she couldn't recover for a while.

Yixin listened to the order with Fang Xuanling, but was also caught off guard by the order.

No one in the Fang family would have thought that Li Shimin bypassed Fang Yizhi and married Fang Yiai to Princess Gaoyang.

Xinxin was completely dumbfounded, he never thought that Fang Yiai could be involved in this matter.

"Father, Ai'er is still young, you..." Looking at Fang Xuanling's embarrassed expression, she was full of words, but couldn't utter a word.

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "Zhi'er, Your Majesty is determined to marry the princess to our Fang family. This is the first marriage offer, I have rejected it, but this second time, no matter what, I can no longer postpone it. .”

Never use the same excuse twice.Yixin understands that Fang Yiai's marriage is a certainty, and there is no running away.

He inexplicably felt guilty from the bottom of his heart.Fang Yi'ai is his most beloved younger brother. As the second son, he could have spent his whole life carefree under the protection of his elder brother, but now he has to replace himself as the princess.

No one knows better than Yixin that Fang Yiai grew up being pampered.He could have married a woman he liked and had a beautiful marriage, but now he was broken by his refusal to marry.

At the same time that she was complaining about herself, Fang Yiai walked into the front hall, as keen as he was, he immediately noticed the strange atmosphere in the front hall.

The eyes of his father and elder brother looked at him without the usual ease, replaced by an unspeakable guilt.

"Father, brother, what's the matter with you? Is something wrong?" Fang Yiai has long since lost her childish appearance, and her size has grown to the back of her head.But his expression was very lively and pure, obviously well protected.

In the past, Fang Xuanling was always kind and loving towards Fang Yiai, but this time his expression was very serious: "Ai'er, Father has something to tell you."

Fang Yiai walked forward without knowing why, but Fang Xuanling asked: "Ai'er, His Majesty ordered a marriage for you and Princess Gaoyang. After you perform the crown ceremony, you will marry the princess soon."

Fang Yiai was stunned. When he realized that Fang Xuanling was not joking, the expression on his face froze for a moment.

"I... don't want to marry the princess..." Fang Yiai lowered her head, with a hint of grievance in her voice: "I know that the elder brother of the Du family married the princess, but life is very aggrieved .”

Yi Xin held back words of consolation, but at this moment she couldn't say anything.The exclusive elder brother Fang Yiai refers to is Du Ruhui's eldest son Du He.

Fang's and Du's families have always been close, and Fang Yi'ai is very clear about Du He's life after marriage.When Du He was not yet married, he was a well-known man of insight in Beijing.As a young gentleman, I don't know how many women's hearts he has captured.Every time Du He was drunk, he would always come out of his mouth with the words of a few confidante friends.

But when he became a son-in-law overnight, the once romantic and talented man became a vassal of the princess mansion.Princess Chengyang's temperament is domineering and arrogant, and those Yingyingyanyans outside are not as understanding, but Du He can only swallow her anger, and the wife's wife after marriage has never seen Du He at the banquet.Although everyone didn't say it on the surface, the marriage between Du He and Princess Chengyang became a joke in private.

Fang Yiai didn't want this. Although he didn't perform the coronation ceremony, he hoped in his heart to have a gentle and pleasant wife.At this time, Fang Xuanling suddenly told him that His Majesty asked him to marry the princess.

Fang Yiai couldn't help resisting the thought of falling into a situation similar to Du He's.

This time, Fang Xuanling acted as if he hadn't heard his words, and said to Fang Yiai with a sullen face: "The order has been issued, even the father has to obey it. You have been spoiled by your brother since you were young, so remember not to be willful in the future. Let everything go to the princess, and the family will be harmonious and everything will be prosperous."

The more Fang Yiai listened, the more something was wrong. Seeing that Fang Xuanling didn't get in, she cast her eyes on Xinxin for help.Yixin suppressed her sadness, and smiled at Fang Yiai: "Ai'er, His Majesty has chosen you, so he can rest assured to entrust the princess to you. This proves that Ai'er has grown up and is a real man."

Whether it is Fang Xuanling or Xinxin, they have maintained the same agreement on the matter of giving the marriage.Fang Yiai listened carefully, the hopes in her heart were gradually extinguished.

He clenched his fists and said to Fang Xuanling expressionlessly: "Father, tell me the truth, do I have to marry this princess?"

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a long time, but finally he could only nod weakly.

Fang Yiai seemed to have expected this answer a long time ago, he forced a smile and said: "It's just a marriage, I can still live in the princess's house, and everyone who sees me has to call me Prince Consort, how nice ah."

Fang Xuanling's lips moved, and it took a long time before he could say: "It is indeed the honor of my Fang family that Your Majesty can bestow a marriage."

Yi Xin turned her head away, unable to bear to see the faces of the two forced to smile.What Xinxin doesn't know is that in her previous life, Fang Yiai took the initiative to marry Princess Gaoyang.He had always been displeased with Fang Yizhi, and he wanted to surpass his elder brother and achieve something, and Princess Gao Yang, who was rejected by Fang Yizhi, became his help.

The fact is just as Fang Yiai thought, with the support of Princess Gaoyang, he has been able to sit on an equal footing with Fang Yizhi for a long time, and all kinds of rewards can even surpass Fang Yizhi.

But in this life, Fang Yiai didn't have such thoughts at all.Fate was like playing a joke on him, the marriage that had nothing to do with him suddenly fell on him.