Reborn on the day of marriage! After the marriage exchange, the elder sister went crazy

Hearing that the emperor was going to marry him to a prince consort, Lu Bozhou was shocked and stood up suddenly:

"No! I only have one wife."

The emperor's eyes shrank a little, and he looked at Lu Bozhou with an unfriendly look.

"Wife? How come I didn't know you had a wife? Where is the golden book? Where is my edict? Does the Ministry of Rites have the book?"

"You have no evidence, no manners, no official diploma, and you haven't even been married. When did you get married?" The emperor glared at Lu Bozhou.

"Li Jinglan is my wife, my only wife!" Lu Bozhou looked into the emperor's eyes without flinching.

King Jin quickly stood up and tried to smooth things over: "These are all minor matters, we will discuss them later, later."

"We can't discuss this later! We must make it clear today." Lu Bozhou stared at the emperor, "She is my wife! This is a fact that no one can change. If you want me to marry another woman, I must die!"

The emperor was furious and stood up suddenly. "My body and hair are given by my parents. How dare you threaten me with death?"

Lu Bozhou refused to give in. "Mencius said, 'Benevolence does not mean waste, benevolence does not mean friendship.' He also said, 'Government should be based on virtue, and benevolent people should be in high positions.' Mencius also said, 'The ruler is like the wind, and the people are like grass. The wind blows and the grass bends. If the ruler is good, the people below will also be happy.'"

"Jing Lan is my wife. She accompanied me through the crisis and saved me from the Lu family. Now that I am rich and powerful, I am going to abandon her and marry someone else? How will the world see me? And how will they see Your Majesty who wants me to marry someone else?"

These sentences are all about kings, as Mencius said.

Being benevolent without being extravagant means that the king should give benefits and favors to the people, but he should not be too willful and there should be limits.

The following sentence is followed by "Those who govern with virtue and benevolence should be in high positions", which is "If one is unkind and in a high position, he will spread his evil to the public."

It means that people in high positions must be virtuous and benevolent, so that they can guide the people to do good.

If a ruler is without virtue and benevolence, the people will follow his example and become unvirtuous and unkind.

Of course the emperor understood.

Lu Bozhou was not only saying that he acted willfully without considering the consequences, but also that he was without moral integrity and kindness.

The emperor was so angry that he laughed, "You have such a sharp tongue! You dare to teach me a lesson?"

Prince Jin stroked his forehead, a little overwhelmed.

What a great achievement! Did he learn the Four Books and Five Classics just to quarrel with the emperor?

King Jin hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Ze Mei, what nonsense are you talking about?"

He also advised the emperor: "The child is still young and does not understand things! Don't argue with him."

"He's young? He's going to be a father in a few months. Still young?" The emperor pointed at Lu Bozhou, his eyes red with anger.

"I have made my words known today. Tomorrow I will issue an edict to appoint the girl from the Xu family as the Crown Prince's consort."

Hearing this, King Jin knew something was wrong and looked hurriedly at Lu Bozhou.

Lu Bozhou also stared back at the emperor with a pair of bloodshot eyes, "No!"

The emperor's face turned red in an instant, and his fingers trembled. "Say it again?"

When Lu Bozhou was about to say again that he would not marry, he suddenly thought of Li Jinglan.

Li Jinglan is in the palace now.

What if he really had a quarrel with the emperor and an imperial decree was issued to sentence Li Jinglan to death?

Thinking of this, Lu Bozhou took a deep breath and chose to avoid the sharp edge for the time being: "If the Han Dynasty did not have the power of eunuchs and relatives, and the Tang Dynasty did not have the disaster of vassal states and barbarians, how could the country be destroyed?"

"Your Majesty, if you look back to the past and present, you should know the harm caused by foreign relatives. You should take this as a warning."

For the emperor, this was not a temporary retreat, but a provocation.

A naked provocation!

The emperor's mind jumped three feet high. He looked around, grabbed the tea bowl and was about to smash it on Lu Bozhou's head.

Wouldn’t this hit disfigure his face?

The King of Jin was terrified, and he covered the Emperor's hand, and looked at Lu Bozhou: "The little one, bear with it, the big one, leave! Why don't you leave?"

If it were someone else, they would have left by now.

But Lu Bozhou refused to leave.

If I leave today, what will I do if an imperial edict is issued tomorrow?

Did he obey the order or not?

If we disobey the order tomorrow, the matter will become even bigger.

We must make things clear today.

Lu Bozhou argued, "I won't leave! Jinglan is my only wife, and I must make things clear today!"

"Ancestor! You are my ancestor!..." Prince Jin was going crazy.

Seeing that Lu Bozhou could not persuade him, the King of Jin could only snatch the tea bowl and hug the emperor: "Calm down, brother, calm down! Don't be angry with the child, he is still a child."

"I calm down? I'm going to be pissed off to death by this rebellious son today." The emperor was held too tightly by Prince Jin and could not move. He could only kick Lu Bozhou.

"Rebellious son, bastard! I will kick you to death today, so that I won't be mad at you in the future."

Lu Bozhou didn't even try to dodge and took the kick head-on, standing there with his lips pursed.

Looking at the big footprints on Lu Bozhou's body, the emperor put his foot down with both heartache and anger.

What makes me sad is that this is his own son.

He was also angry because this was his own son.

"Quick, take him away!" Seeing that the emperor seemed to be relenting, Prince Jin quickly called the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch stepped forward and hugged Lu Bozhou tightly, pulling him tightly.

Regardless of Lu Bozhou's resistance, he was pulled out.

Seeing Lu Bozhou being dragged away, the emperor seemed to have lost all his strength.

Pointing at Lu Bozhou's back, he was angry and said in a sad voice, "Tell me, what did I find?"

King Jin loosened his grip and began to find words to persuade him: "Blood is connected, father and son have the same heart. Zemei is so similar to you when you were young."

Hearing this sentence, the emperor's lips curled up slightly.

He sighed and sat back down. "Debt collector! He's here to collect debts!"

The King of Jin poured a bowl of water for the Emperor and brought it to him, "Your temper is exactly the same."

The emperor drank a mouthful of tea, and his anger subsided a lot. "How can this bad temper be like me? I am very gentle. Otherwise, how dare the ministers in the court treat me like a clay statue of Buddha to tease me?"

King Jin frowned and smiled, did not respond to this sentence, and talked about Lu Bozhou's experience over the years.

"Lu Xuande treated him like that, but he did not seek revenge and instead tolerated everything, which proves that he is kind. Li was his wife when he was poor, and he never left her, which shows that he is virtuous. Only those who are kind and virtuous are gentlemen, and Your Majesty should be happy."

These words were pleasing to the ears, and the emperor began to recall what Lu Bozhou had just said.

What Lu Bozhou said does make some sense.

The trouble with foreign relatives...

Li Jinglan's family is just an ordinary scholar. Even if she is granted a title of marquis in the future, it will be a leisurely marquis.

Thinking of this, the emperor became angry again.

Why should I confer a title of nobility on her family, just because this rebellious son contradicted me today?

I will confer a title of marquis on her family tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow the rebellious son will dare to jump on my head and wait for me to confer a title of king on her family too? !

Thinking of this, the emperor looked at Prince Jin and asked, "Should we confer the title of Duke or King on Lu Jingzu?"

Prince Jin smiled and said, "Your Majesty will naturally decide, but..." He thought for a moment, "From what I heard from Zhongyu, he wants to take the imperial examination."

The emperor nodded upon hearing this and said, "Well! Let Zemei be the one to bestow this favor."

Lu Zhongyu was only nine years old after the Chinese New Year, so there was no rush to grant him a title.

If after eight or ten years of failing the imperial examination, one can be granted a title and become an idle nobleman.

As for Lu Jingzu and his wife, it would not be too late to confer titles upon them when Lu Bozhou entered the Eastern Palace.

Hearing the words "leave it to Zemei Jiaen", King Jin lowered his eyelids slightly.

A young eunuch came over timidly, holding a letter in both hands.

King Jin saw it at a glance and asked, "Whose letter is it?"

"Is it Lu?...Prince?...A letter from His Highness." The young eunuch changed the address several times in a few seconds.

Prince Jin glanced at the emperor's expression and reached out to take the letter.

After opening it, he took a quick look and immediately held the letter in his hand.

"What did the rebellious son write?" Seeing the expression of Prince Jin, the emperor's face darkened slightly.

"Nothing." Prince Jin put his hands behind his back.

The emperor strode over, reached out to grab the letter, and after taking a look at it, his face turned green.

The letter contained only one sentence: "Abandoning your wife and marrying another is an outrage to both humans and gods."

The emperor was so angry that he slammed the table, causing the tea bowls on the table to jump around and make crisp clash sounds.

"This rebellious son! I..."

The emperor took several deep breaths, but was unable to finish the rest of the words.

After a while, "Let him go! Go as far as you can! Do you think I want to marry him off or give him a concubine?"

The young eunuch bowed and said tremblingly, "Your Highness asked again, when can he go to the palace to pick someone up?"

The emperor's eyes instantly turned red. "Am I a tiger? Will the queen eat people? Will Li die if she stays in the palace?"

The emperor sneered at this point and said, "Let the three of them stay in the palace and accompany the queen to celebrate the New Year. They can leave the palace after watching the Lantern Festival on the 18th day of the first lunar month."

"Tell him exactly what I said!"

After saying these words, the emperor felt relaxed and at ease.

there.

After hearing what the eunuch relayed, Lu Bozhou breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s great that the emperor didn’t detain Li Jinglan permanently.

He then asked the young eunuch, "Can I enter the palace to see the queen?"

After hearing the eunuch's report, the emperor snorted and said, "Tell him after the 18th day of the first lunar month."

Lu Bozhou: ...

He was indeed a stingy, suspicious, willful and cruel emperor, but he could still reason with some reason.

We have to think of a way to get the emperor to issue an edict to reward Li Jinglan.

He promised Li Jinglan that he would give her a grand wedding.

If you can't give her a wedding, then give her the etiquette and status she deserves.

He cannot retreat from this step of the Crown Prince's Consort.

He can't even protect his own wife, so who among the civil and military officials will trust him in the future?

If you take this step back, you will take countless steps back in the future.

There will be countless people bullying and humiliating him.

——*This chapter is an additional update to the long review of “Yijia Yuyu”. After several days of delay, I finally fulfilled my promise.

"If the Han Dynasty had no power over eunuchs and relatives of the emperor, and the Tang Dynasty had no trouble with foreign vassal states, how could the countries be destroyed?" These are the words of Zhu Yuanzhang.