"How could a small matter make Wu Niang so worried?" Xiao Ran didn't believe that this was a small matter.
Although Xiao Ran lived more than a thousand years after the Tang Dynasty, it was impossible for him to know Li Lizhi's thoughts.
Li Lizhi was very conflicted. After thinking about it for a while, she decided to talk to Xiao Ran.
Maybe Xiao Ran has a way to cancel the engagement without putting his family in a difficult position.
"That's right, my engagement is coming soon!" Li Lizhi was still a little embarrassed.
Xiao Ran has been so focused on the little princess lately that he almost forgot that Li Lizhi is getting married next year.
"Wu Niang, this matter was decided a long time ago, and it was our parents' order. Why are you doing this now? Don't you like it?"
Historical records show that Li Lizhi and Changsun Chong were very affectionate.
It is not known whether Li Lizhi likes Chang Sun Chong, but at least she should not dislike him.
If Changsun Chong was too incompetent, Li Shimin would not look down on him.
"I... don't want to get married!" Li Lizhi was very conflicted. "But this matter has been going on for many years, and my parents are almost ready. Now I have to get married even if I don't want to."
Li Lizhi felt helpless and looked at Xiao Ran.
There was still a last bit of hope in my heart, hoping that Xiao Ran would have some way to have the best of both worlds.
The engagement can be cancelled without putting Empress Changsun and Li Shimin in a difficult position.
"If you don't want to get married, then don't get married!"
Li Lizhi shook her head. "How could it be that simple? The royal family's reputation would be affected, and there's also the element of political marriage involved..."
Consolidate the status of the Changsun family.
"Isn't Chang Sun Chong Wu Niang's cousin?"
"Yes!" Li Lizhi suddenly realized something was wrong. "Wait, does the young master know about this?"
Xiao Ran subconsciously looked at the little princess.
"Sizi doesn't know about this, and Qinglan and Yushu can't say it either. The young master hasn't had contact with other people. There can only be one explanation... The young master is from the Tang Dynasty!" Li Lizhi pointed outside the villa. "This is from the Tang Dynasty, right?"
Li Lizhi had guessed this before, but was not sure.
Now that Xiao Ran suddenly mentioned Changsun Chong, Li Lizhi was confirmed.
"So, my dear, we speak the same language and have the same writing system, right?"
The characters are slightly different, but they're pretty close. Don't worry about it! If you're stuck on the characters, then there's no way to write. There's no Mandarin in the Tang Dynasty, so communication would be a problem.
Xiao Ran scratched the back of his head and accidentally let the secret slip, which was caught by Li Lizhi.
"Wu Niang, let's talk about this later. Let's talk about your marriage first. I might have a solution." Xiao Ran wanted to change the subject.
The little princess ran over happily, "Little Bag~ Look at the sheep~"
"Okay!" Xiao Ran picked up the remote control and turned on the cartoon.
Hearing the voices of Lazy Sheep and Pleasant Goat, Li Lizhi couldn't help but look at the TV screen.
Then he retracted his gaze and said, "Young Master, is that right?"
Now Li Lizhi wants to confirm this issue.
"I guess so!" Xiao Ran knew he couldn't escape it, as Li Lizhi would definitely want to get the answer.
"So, you know what happened next?"
"I know about the big things, but not the small things. I know about the Tang Dynasty through various sources. The Tang Dynasty was more than a thousand years away from my current world. Wu Niang, you probably understand that historical books and unofficial histories only record the big things that happened more than a thousand years ago. Small things are generally unknown to anyone."
"Over a thousand years...has it been that long?"
"Well, don't dwell on this issue, let's talk about your marriage."
Although Li Lizhi wanted to ask many questions, the most important thing now was her marriage.
You can ask about other things later, there is still a long way to go.
"Young Master, what can you do?"
"Zhang Sun Chong is your cousin. You two are close relatives, and close relatives are not allowed to marry in our place."
"Close relatives? Wouldn't it be great if they were closer? It's always been that way, so why not allow it?"
This was the first time Li Lizhi heard this statement.
"Close relatives are not allowed to marry here. It's not legal."
Li Lizhi frowned, "Is there a law that explicitly prohibits this?"
"Yes! No close relatives allowed to marry!"
"Why is this?" Li Lizhi wanted to know.
"Children born from close relatives are more likely to get sick, die young, suffer from congenital diseases, deformities, and even have premature births and difficult labor. There are extreme cases where a close relative married and had seven or eight children, not one of them was normal; all of them had problems to some extent."
Li Lizhi was shocked, having never heard of such a statement before.
"This...how could this be..."
"Wu Niang, think about it, if the harm wasn't so great, would they explicitly prohibit it and write it into the law?"
The Tang Dynasty also had laws and regulations, and Li Lizhi was well aware of this.
Anything that can be written into laws and regulations is very important national policy.
“Never heard of it before.”
"No one had realised this problem before, but more than a thousand years later, with the development of medical and other technologies, these problems were naturally discovered."
Li Lizhi was also afraid that her future child would be deformed or have congenital diseases, or would die prematurely or have a difficult birth. She dared not even think about it.
Li Lizhi more or less knew what difficult and premature births meant in the Tang Dynasty.
In this era, giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell.
The mortality rate is too high!
Every childbirth is life-threatening for the pregnant woman.
"I believe what the young master said. How should I tell these to my grandparents? How can I make them believe me?" Li Lizhi understood that Xiao Ran was unwilling to reveal his identity now.
Li Shimin knew that Xiao Ran was a person from the future, so he would definitely not remain calm.
"This isn't difficult, Wu Niang. Send someone to investigate the fertility of couples married to close relatives to see if their children are normal. Then investigate the fertility of couples married to non-close relatives."
"Once you compare them, you'll know how serious the harm is. I don't know the exact proportion, because there are very few cases of close relatives marrying here. I don't know anyone around me who has done such a thing."
Li Lizhi's eyes lit up and she thought this method was feasible.
"This isn't just for you, Wuniang. Without inbreeding, the population of the Tang Dynasty will recover faster. The population of the Tang Dynasty is small now, and population is very important to the Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty will surely realize this."
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the country was in chaos, with warring factions fighting for their own rights and the population plummeting.
By the sixth year of Zhenguan, the situation was still far from recovery.
Li Lizhi also knows that population represents national strength.
Li Lizhi smiled. If these could be taken into consideration, then this reason would be enough for Empress Changsun and Li Shimin to cancel their engagement.
And no one will talk about it.
Li Lizhi was delighted at the thought that she could terminate the contract legitimately.
"Thank you, young master! I know what to do!" Now Li Lizhi is confident in canceling the engagement.
"When Wu Niang investigates, she should investigate more. A larger base will make it more convincing."
Xiao Ran did not forget to remind Li Lizhi.
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