Chapter 336 You Go
When everyone heard Huo Zheng say this, they couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
They all thought that the emperors and ministers of the previous dynasties had done this, so there was nothing wrong with them following suit.
I never thought that King Chang'an had different ideas from those before.
Chunzhi glanced at Huo Zheng and felt more and more that her husband was a very good person.
He didn't think of replacing Yanran with someone else to marry Beili. He wanted to abolish this corrupt practice.
Even if no one has ever walked this road before, even if this road is extremely difficult.
Chunzhi said, "The ministers who support the emperor marrying the princess to Beili have a hundred arguments, and those who oppose the princess's marriage to Beili should also have many arguments. I would like to ask everyone to brainstorm and write down the disadvantages of marrying the princess of Daxing to Beili. It would be best to also write down the feasibility of Daxing and Beili having a friendly relationship without the princess's marriage."
Huo Zheng could first write a letter to persuade the emperor and delay the time for him to issue an order to marry Huo Yanran to Beili.
Then unite the ministers who are against the princess's marriage and make suggestions. In fact, there is no need to marry the princess to Beili, and Beili can still be won over.
Two parallel approaches, two-pronged approach.
Everyone present responded "yes" and began to brainstorm and write down feasible strategies.
Huo Zheng glanced sideways at Chunzhi, who was also looking at him at this time. Their eyes met, full of appreciation and love for each other.
Huo Zheng wrote a memorial himself and sent someone to send it back to the capital at an expedited speed of 800 miles.
Although the emperor was very likely not to listen to anyone at this time, as Yanran's brother, he must make his attitude clear, at least to let the emperor know that Yanran was not unloved.
It also let Huo Yanran know that her seventh brother and sister-in-law who loved her would always be there for her.
Everyone was busy in the hall for a whole day and wrote out many feasible plans. After Huo Zheng and Chunzhi read them one by one, they sent someone to deliver them to the ministers in the capital who opposed the princess's marriage, asking them to make suggestions accordingly.
When the people in the hall dispersed, it was already night, with only a lonely star and a half moon left in the sky.
Chunzhi ordered the maids and servants to carry lanterns to send the masters and staff back. She and Huo Zheng walked hand in hand slowly towards the main house.
After doing so much, no one knows what the outcome will be.
Most people have a sense of "do your best and leave the rest to fate."
But Chunzhi didn't want Yanran to just leave it to fate.
Huo Zheng saw Chunzhi was lost in thought, not knowing what she was thinking about, so he asked her in a low voice, "What are you thinking about?"
Chunzhi said, "This isn't enough. What if father is determined to marry Yanran to Beili?"
In just half a day, she had gone from deeply regretting why she had not found a good family for Yanran to marry earlier, to now being in this situation. How could she remedy the situation? If that didn't work, then she would have to rescue her!
Seeing Chunzhi was fully focused on this matter, Huo Zheng's eyes unconsciously became gentle.
Harue really treated his family as her own.
Treat his sister as his own sister.
He said slowly: "You have thought about it for so long, have you come up with any good ideas?"
It was late at night and there were not many people on the way back to the main house. Only the couple were walking in the corridor.
The lamp under the eaves was blown by the night wind, and the flames swayed slightly.
Chunzhi lowered her voice and said, "I don't know if this is a good idea."
Huo Zheng's eyes flickered slightly, "So you have an idea?"
"I was thinking..." Chunzhi said softly, "If the emperor doesn't listen to my advice, and those strategies are useless, and Yanran is still going to be married off to Beili, then we can go to the border and rob her."
"Bridal robbery?"
Huo Zheng didn't expect Chunzhi to come up with such a bold idea.
Go and rob the bride, or go to the border and rob the bride.
Chunzhi said, "Think about it, Concubine Shu and Prince Rui both hurriedly married off the twelfth princess, so feigning illness and death is a dead end. If they were to forcibly force the marriage, it would inevitably implicate the local officials and people in Daxing, and that wouldn't be easy to get away with..."
She thought it through very carefully. "But the border is different. We should wait until the wedding procession enters Beili and then take action. This way, not only can we rescue Yanran, but we can also make Beili suffer a loss."
Huo Zheng asked with great interest, "How do you say that?"
Hearing him ask this, Chunzhi felt more and more that her idea might actually be feasible. She said, "The people of Daxing are arguing endlessly over whether to marry the princess to Beili. Don't they have people in Beili who are disloyal? The Daxing princess who was married to Beili disappeared in Beili territory. Who can tell if it was the Daxing people or the Beili people who were responsible?"
Huo Zheng nodded and said, "As long as the matter is done secretly and Daxing takes the initiative, the Beili people will not be able to explain themselves even if they open their mouths."
Chunzhi said, "Bei Li sent envoys to ask for Princess Daxing's hand in marriage. It was for food, cloth, and other things. As long as they got those things, it didn't matter to them whether the princess came to the Bei Li royal court or not."
It's just that Yanran is wronged. She will have to change her name and live with them in Xizhou, and will never be able to appear in front of everyone as a princess again.
Chunzhi heard so many countermeasures from people in the hall today, all of which were based on the emperor's wisdom.
If the emperor does not listen to the advice, everything will be in vain.
When Chunzhi was an ordinary citizen, she was most afraid of corrupt officials. Now that she has become a princess, she knows whether the emperor is good or not is the key to a country's peace and prosperity.
She also gradually discovered that the emperor's foolish actions were not entirely due to the instigation of treacherous ministers, but mostly because the emperor was very selfish and his thoughts were not for the people, but for himself.
The emperor is ruthless and can abandon his wives, concubines and children.
To the emperor, all people are embellishments in his life, but the country and the throne are the most irreplaceable.
Chunzhi told Huo Zheng all these words.
After hearing this, Huo Zheng reached out and hugged Chunzhi into his arms, "Chunzhi, I am so lucky to have such a wonderful person like you, to share the world with me."
Chunzhi used to live in the small town of Linshui, and all she had eyes for was the tofu stall and the small vendors around her.
Now that she has seen the prosperity of the capital and the complexity of the royal family, she has begun to care about the world and the people.
Their hearts are closely connected.
No matter what kind of storms we will face in the future, we will never be separated.
It was several days later that the memorial from Xizhou was sent back to the capital.
Under the emperor's secret pressure, fewer and fewer ministers opposed the princess's marriage.
Huo Yanran became increasingly restless in her bedroom, and she stayed in Qiwu Palace for several days with Queen Wang.
Queen Wang couldn't bear to leave her daughter, nor could she bear to see her worrying about this, becoming increasingly thin. She sent everyone away and said to Huo Yanran privately, "Go, go to Xizhou, and never return to the capital in your lifetime."
"Mother..."
Huo Yanran didn't expect that Queen Wang, who always attached great importance to rules, would say such a thing.
As a princess, she was unwilling to marry far away in Beili and fled from the capital secretly. The emperor would inevitably vent his anger on Queen Wang in his rage.
"No, I can't leave." Huo Yanran shook her head and said, "Mother, I..."
She had barely finished her words when Lady Gao hurried back in through the rain. "Oh no! Liu Tanhua's resolute opposition to the princess's marriage has angered the Emperor, and the Emperor has ordered him to be tied up and beheaded outside the Meridian Gate!"
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