Red and White
"He... is... a musician, he... is... a slave... You are as precious as gold and jade, you are priceless... Chang'an City, the Empress of the Li family, the Imperial Princess, the kings of the Heavenly Family, none of them are as noble as you... How could you marry a slave with no home, no job, no power, and no influence..."
The words were intermittent and the mistress of the Yan family burst into tears.
"Chang'an, Luoyang, Langya, Lanling, Xingyang, your ancestors have provided for you and blessed you for generations. Which daughter of a noble family would marry an actor? Which one would marry a musician?"
She is arrogant, self-righteous and disgusting, just like me.
She was crazier than usual.
I was very impatient.
"You could have married a saint, why marry a musician?"
Her throat is about to burst and my ears are about to be deaf.
"I am a bastard and the descendant of a criminal. What's wrong with me marrying a musician?" I said with a smile.
"If you have a relationship with the Zheng family, you are a noble and precious person. If you are not related to you by blood, you are a bastard who deserves to be put to death?" I asked with gritted teeth.
"Your Zheng family is truly remarkable, three times more prestigious than the Taiji Palace Li family. I was born humble, and I can't even reach the Li family. As for the Zheng family, you can just hold on to yourselves!"
I won't bother you and become a slave in these two families.
"You pretend to be doing good for me, but you are just luring me into a trap and trying to harm me. Put away your hypocritical tears. It makes me sick to watch." I said.
She was desperate and heartbroken.
"You belittle yourself and despise yourself. Your grandfather risked his life to pave the way for you. How can you be worthy of your grandfather by marrying a musician?"
"I'm sorry, General. Yes, I'm sorry to my father and brother, but he's dead, and I can no longer see him or ask him about him..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" I said angrily.
"You can't act recklessly just to be angry with me. Fine, fine, if you don't want to marry Zihuan, if you don't want to marry into the Zheng family, I will never mention it again. You can become a Taoist priest, or worship Buddha, or marry in Chang'an, Luoyang, Langya, Lanling, or even Tanzhou. Everywhere there are aristocratic families, civil officials and military commanders. You must not marry an actor!"
As soon as the words fell, they landed on the Marquis of Luoyang's mansion in Chang'an City.
The mistress of the Yan family said she wanted to die, but she refused to die.
Threatening with death is just a tactic to intimidate me. I'm just afraid that she will refuse to die.
She is just as bad as I am, and I know she is determined not to die.
The heart of the barbarian woman is not pure and innocent, the heart of the mistress is as black as charcoal, they are both bad on top of each other, and my heart is even more bloody and black.
I won’t marry into the Li family, and I certainly won’t marry into the Zheng family.
At the moment, whether I marry or not, whether I marry a musician or an actor, is not worth going into details. Madam, whether I die or not, when I die, and where I die, this is the most important thing.
I won't dirty my hands and force her to death, I just want to watch her die.
"Ah Xiang, go to the Taichang Temple..." I said with a smile, "Ask the Zheng family's Shaoqing to free my future husband from slavery. Go quickly..."
I asked Yuan Xiao to go to Prince Yu's mansion and immediately invite Prince Yu to come over to discuss my marriage with Yang Yanji.
The mistress of the Yan family couldn't stop Ah Xiang or Yuan Xiao, so she knelt on the ground and begged me not to marry Le Ren.
If she kneels to me, I will shorten my life.
What do I want with her knees? All I want is her life.
"If you die, I won't marry you. If you live, I must marry you."
Once she died, all the troubles and sufferings of my life turned into dust and were finally resolved.
Before the palace soldiers drove her out, the mistress declared that she would use all means and connections to never let me marry a musician.
She refused to die.
I only said one sentence, "If you die, all this will end. If you live, the hatred will remain, and I will never write off the right and wrong with you."
The musicians in my house were either rewards from the Taiji Palace or sent by Zheng Shaoqing to curry my favor. Ah Xiang didn't say much, and Zheng Zihuan knew nothing about it. The paperwork for their removal came faster than that of Prince Yu and Princess Yu.
At that time, it was around the Flower Festival when flowers were in full bloom in the spring. Princess Yu was gently waving a round fan, half covering her face, and looking up and down at the woman I was going to marry.
The princess looked over, and the king looked over.
The couple ordered Yang Yanji to retreat, and even my ear, Axiang, was sent out of the house by Prince Yu.
Princess Yu tutted twice in my ear, "His looks are far from those of a saint. To men and women, he's a delicate and elegant person, but... he's barely a match for you. Even with his talent and beauty, he can't make up for his humble background."
Prince Yu looked around, closed the door, and told me the truth from his heart.
"It doesn't matter if she's an actor or a musician. It doesn't matter if she's a slave or a servant. As long as she's good-looking and a good husband, it's fine. The Marquis of Luoyang should have been married long ago. It's precisely by marrying down that she can save her life."
"I'm going to say something truly treasonous and outrageous, something that goes against the will of the saint. Our saint, now the emperor, is petty-minded. On the one hand, he relied on the Yan family to ascend to the throne, but on the other hand, he is wary of them. He has held a grudge against you for years."
The king pointed at me.
"Who in any dynasty has ever been able to step down from the throne of empress peacefully?" Prince Yu said, "Although you have a scar on your face and your ears are broken, at least you sit here, with endless wealth and honor, and you still have your life."
"It is still unknown whether the Empress Yang in the palace will live long enough. The young Empress will have to make way for Concubine Feng sooner or later. Whether she lives or is imprisoned is just a decree from the emperor. We have no say in it." Princess Yu said.
"The saint is the real Li. We, the Li kings, are not the same Li as him after all," said the king.
"We are all the emperor's slaves. Now we still have the energy and the will, so we can't help but think more about you." said the princess.
"That Henu is clearly a saint who rules the world, but I don't know what he is not satisfied with, and he is in a bad mood every day, scaring the entire Li family so that they dare not breathe. But as long as he sees you, he will humiliate you and feel happy. He will chase you and bully you in Taiji Palace, Chang'an City, inside and outside the city, and he will never stop. Your Majesty, he hates you to the core!" The king was very confused.
"Niang Yan, the Saint views you as an enemy, treating you like the traitors Erlang and Sanlang." The princess couldn't help but sigh. "The Saint finds fault with you every time, and you two always stand together. We are worried that the Saint will behead you and display your head in public."
He Nu hates me to the extreme. Prince Yu and Princess Yu are older and have good eyesight, so they won’t be wrong.
"You have been away from Chang'an for more than half a year. The sage is no longer the sage he used to be, the empress dowager is no longer the empress dowager she used to be, and the emperor is becoming more and more powerful. He may seize power in Taiji Palace and Yongle Hall one day. When Henu comes to power and confers Concubine Feng as his empress, can you escape the emperor's punishment? He will definitely settle accounts with you." The king told me about the court affairs.
"Today, you still have the Empress Dowager protecting you. Although you are favored by Xingqing Palace, your surname is not Li after all. Xing and Qing Palaces in Yongle Palace are the real mother and son. If there is a choice in the future, Empress Dowager Feng will definitely protect Henu and give up Linu." The princess told me in detail about the relationship between mother and son.
"We were born and raised in Chang'an. If we leave Chang'an, we won't be able to survive. The world belongs to him, and we must be loyal and love him. People under the eaves have to bow their heads. When entering and leaving Tonghua Gate, even if you see Erlang, just pretend you didn't see him. This world will eventually belong to the Li family. Now I don't know when it will return, but power will eventually return to the hands of the saint. When that time comes, you will be imprisoned or imprisoned, and you don't know where to go!"
"In the past, Du Shaoqing of the Dali Temple and you were a perfect match, both talented and beautiful. You were a loyal and capable minister, but you were framed by the sage for no reason. He was a slave, and he just couldn't stand you. Du Shaoqing was imprisoned without any fault, and the court officials, the nobles, and the ministers of the Li family were so frightened that they dared not marry you, and none of them dared to say a word."
I had long guessed that the injustice and suffering of Du Shaoqing was the work of a saint. It turned out that it was not because of male jealousy, but because he did not want me to find a good husband.
"The Marquis of Luoyang's move was a brilliant one, a masterstroke," the king said with a smile. "Although Yang Yanji is a musician, you foolishly married him. Your absurd marriage would have been a sign of weakness to the Saint Consort. Marrying an actor would have naturally fulfilled the Saint Consort's wishes. Marry sooner rather than later and quietly withdraw from the Li family's Taiji Palace, so that the Lord cannot see you. The Saint cannot see, so out of sight, out of mind. How could he find fault with you?"
"Your marriage will be arranged by my husband and I!"
Prince Yu and Princess Yu said in unison.
I understand what you said.
I can't get married because of He Nu's instructions.
Only by marrying a man of low status can you get married.
Prince Yu and Princess Yu chatted with each other, and then the couple walked out of the Luoyang Marquis Mansion under the setting sun.
I want to get married, so I invite Prince Yu and his wife to my house first, without informing the two Empress Dowagers and the two Princesses. I have my own reasons.
Prince Yu has a loud voice and is very active. Princess Yu has been with him for many years and has gained experience in this field, so she is no less capable than him.
In less than one night, the news that Marquis Luoyang was going to marry a musician spread throughout the streets and alleys.
A life-and-death duel, the fight between me and my mistress began from that moment on.
I remember that from that night onwards, for the next ten days, my Luoyang Marquisate was as chaotic as the East and West Markets in the afternoon.
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