When I returned to the room, I saw Qiao Xin earnestly advising a few men at the corner of the second floor. Judging from the way they were dressed, they were obviously guards participating in today's event.
At this time, everyone looked depressed.
"What do you mean by no fate? We are not meant to be together. It's all because of your spending. Ah, this is a blind date. You have to take the initiative to ask the girl what you have now and whether you can support a family and children, young man!
If that doesn't work, you can learn a few words to cheer up the girls. Didn't I ask someone to teach you? Why are you still like a sawed-off gourd?
It's fine if you don't say a word to anyone, but when someone asks you, why are you so upset?
None of these hundreds of girls are to your liking. But if you take the initiative, any slightly better girl would be willing to show your love and hate to you.
Now, what do you guys want to do?"
"No one likes me!"
Qiao Xin could no longer control her temper.
"You are kidding me. There are many good-looking girls here, tall, short, fat, and thin. Don't you like them?"
Zhang Jun shrank his neck and whispered back, "We are guards. We are willing to protect you for the rest of our lives. Having a family would only be a burden. I don't care if others want to start a family, but I think so myself."
Qiao Xin's face darkened. Did they think that everything she said before had fallen on deaf ears?
They haven't got married yet, and these people are around her every day. Won't they be her responsibility for the rest of her life?
When will she be able to be truly free from worries?
"I don't mind. What are you afraid of? You're all so bold that you don't even listen to me. Get out of here. Don't come into the house if you can't find a wife!"
"Manager Yu, tell the band downstairs to sing the agreed tune." Yu Huanxi responded happily and was about to lead people downstairs.
Zhang Jun hesitated, but still asked the guess in his mind: "Madam, now that you have arranged for us, are you going to go somewhere alone?"
Qiao Xin paused as she was leaving, turned around and looked at him and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. As master and servant, can't we hope for something good?"
........
When Qiao Xin was called to the side room, Emperor Wu asked her the same question.
Qiao Xin refused to admit it and said seriously, "How could that be? No matter how much I put on airs and show off, I can't change the fact that I come from a peasant family. It would be inappropriate for me to learn the rules of those aristocratic families. I might as well just do what I want.
These young men are loyal, and I can't let them suffer all their lives just to serve an old woman like me. Seeing the people around me living a normal life, I am happy to see it too!"
Emperor Wu said with a smile: "Old Madam is so concerned about the marriage of her servants, I wonder if your grandchildren are looking for one!"
"Oh, Your Majesty, this matter really has no place for an old woman like me. Their parents will be back soon, how can I interfere? Besides, our grandchildren have become wild and I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to find a partner in the capital!"
"You are too modest, old lady. Everyone knows that your grandsons are very handsome and talented."
At this time, Emperor Wu suddenly asked an irrelevant question.
"What does the old lady think about the marriage?"
Qiao Xin was very puzzled.
Why did she ask such a question? She had been busy with her own affairs during this period and paid little attention to the affairs of the court.
But he remembered that Xiling seemed to be the defeated party. Shouldn't they have sent the hostages over? Why was it their turn to send the princess over? Wasn't that the wrong thing?
"Your Majesty, this is not my place to comment. Besides, we won, so why would we get married?"
"Many civil officials in the court have proposed sending the princess to marry to prove the friendship between the two countries! I want to hear your opinion on this matter. Madam, please feel free to speak up. It will not be heard by others."
“Your Majesty, I cannot comment without knowing the full story. I do not understand the affairs of the court.
But if the two families were fighting for their own interests, and my Qiao family won, but the head of the family had to humble himself and marry a granddaughter to them to seek peace, I would be the first to break his legs.
He needs to understand that fighting has costs, who he is standing on, who he is speaking for, and at least he can't do something that would sacrifice substance for the sake of face!
As a woman, I cannot explain those great principles, but many aspects of family, country and the world should be the same. Peace can be maintained by struggle, but peace will die by compromise.
Sending a princess will bring about long-term peace between the two countries. This is nothing but self-deception. It is also an insult to the soldiers who have been stationed in the northwest for many years.
The Queen choked up and said, "Your Majesty, the old lady doesn't agree either!"
"But those civil servants in the court must give an explanation!"
The Queen was unwilling to hear this and gritted her teeth and said, "It's not their child that is being given away, so it's easy for them to say it!!
"Why are you angry, Your Majesty? You are sending the princess away. You can't let her go to Xiling empty-handed in a foreign land. Your Majesty loves her daughter dearly, so you should arrange more maids and concubines to accompany the princess!
Any minister in the court who suggests sending the princess to marry a foreign prince will be required to send three legitimate daughters from each family to accompany the princess and serve the country!
In order to prevent someone from impersonating someone else, Your Majesty might as well invite everyone to the palace to meet them! Now that the country is in trouble, Your Majesty might as well give all the loyal and patriotic people a chance to prove themselves! "
If the knife doesn't stab you, you won't feel the pain. Now that it's stabbed in their bodies, will they still stand up? No matter how noble your daughter is, can she be more noble than a princess of a country?
The Emperor Wu's mouth curled up slightly, and the couple looked at each other and thought it was a good idea.
Why should they, the kings of a country, be separated from their own flesh and blood, while these ministers who fanned the flames want to stand by and watch!
It's not Qiao Xin's fault for being so talkative. It's just that the noble officials who are usually high and mighty are too soft-hearted. They use the salaries of the people of Dajing to seek benefits for other countries.
Do you really think Xiling is attracted to the princess?
What people are interested in is the dowry that the princess brings with her when she gets married.
Since ancient times, princesses who were married off to foreign countries generally did not have a good ending, and few of them could live long in a foreign country.
Once the princess died, the other party could find any excuse to get away with it. Emperor Wu couldn't start a war for a dead daughter, but the large amount of dowry brought by the princess became fat meat in the eyes of others. Gold and silver wealth were secondary, especially advanced books, craftsmen, etc., which were the most valuable things.
If the other party is willing, they can learn a lot of advanced technology from these books and craftsmen and improve their own domestic productivity.
Each marriage was just an opportunity for the Central Plains dynasty to outflow technology, and it gradually narrowed the technological gap between the Central Plains and the surrounding barbarians.
The whole court couldn't solve the problem, so they finally thought of pushing a weak woman to the front, and then deceived themselves by saying that the two countries were friendly? After the person died, they used pens to write about such things in history books.
Fuck you!
If you lose, you'll get a hostage; if you win, you'll get a princess!
So, I have to break my spine and lick other people's ass?
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