The whole capital is urging me to get married

The "Zhen Guogong Mansion" plaque at the gate of Li's Mansion is hung high, and is cleaned by servants every day, and no dust can accumulate.After decades, it is still as grand as it was at the beginning, showing the glory of the Duke's Mansion for a hundred years.

Once the emperor deprives the dukedom of the country, the century-old glory of the Li family will be ruined. From now on, the descendants of the Li family will also start from scratch and become the same origin as countless white-clothed civilians.

Chongzhao remembers the scene where the former Guogong’s mansion fell and the plaque of the Zhenguo’s mansion was taken down.The gates of the entire Duke's Mansion looked gloomy, and the stone lions at the gates became dusty.

Li Zhengye said: "I have thought about it for a long time, and I have seen it. There are always better young people in the country, and the Li family's lintel cannot last forever. Your brother ruined the Li family and I have no other complaints." .If you can get rid of the emperor's suspicion and keep the entire Li family safe, then that's all."

Chongzhao understood his father's painstaking efforts.

There was a bit of loneliness in Li Zhengye's voice, "There's nothing wrong with it. I've been fighting outside all year round, and I haven't been with your mother for most of my life. Now that I'm free, I can be with her well."

Emperor Heng had been jealous of the Li family for a long time. Not long after he made Li Zhengye the Duke of Zhen, he emptied his power.Once Li Zhengye returned to Beijing, he would take back his military power, so that Li Zhengye had no real power in his hands when he left the battlefield.

Although the Zhong family was born as a lady, her mother's family is a declining scholarly family, and she moved out of the capital many years ago to hide in the world.

At that time, the emperor granted marriage to two people who had never met before. After a long time of running-in and compromise, the two were still singing in harmony, living an ordinary life like an old married couple.

Zhong Zhao said: "Tomorrow I will enter the palace and ask the emperor to deprive me of the title."

Li Zhengye looked back and showed him the private seal and the imperial decree from decades ago, "The imperial decree is the imperial edict that sealed the government of the country a few years ago. The emperor will definitely agree to it."

Zhongzhao took it solemnly, "Okay."

Li Zhengye said: "I suddenly remembered something important. I'm not in a hurry. I'm confused now, so I'll tell you when I remember it."

The caretaker looked at him again: "You say."

Li Zhengye said: "I think that Ji Zhengqing of the Great Zhou Kingdom is very arrogant. After a few days of autumn hunting, you go ride a horse and show off your hands, and let him see that Da Qi is not just a mediocre idiot like Prince Tang who only thinks about crooked ways. "

This autumn hunt, because the Great Zhou Mission came to Beijing, the people of Great Zhou were honored to be invited by Emperor Heng to participate.Ji Zhengqing threatened at the banquet between the two countries that no one of his age in Daqi could match his riding and archery, and the young man was full of vigor and sharpness.

The most traditional game of autumn hunting is riding and shooting. Whoever rides faster and shoots more prey is the winner.

Chong Zhao's face changed slightly, and the words of promise stuck in his throat.

He really couldn't agree to this request.

It’s okay to shoot arrows standing up, but riding a horse is too intense, and Imperial Physician Lin expressly forbids it.He didn't dare to take risks by himself.

He still didn't dare to tell his parents, and couldn't find an excuse to refuse for a while.

Fortunately, Li Zhengye only mentioned it a little bit. A servant at the door reported that Mrs. Zhong had invited them over. Li Zhengye looked at the sky and said, "It's almost time for dinner. You can go find your mother."

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In the early morning of the second day, Chongzhao knelt down to the Golden Luan Hall step by step, and presented the private seal of the Duke of Zhenguo and the brand-new imperial decree of ennobling in front of the door. Emperor Heng looked into his hand, and his face changed suddenly.

The hall of the Golden Luan Palace is spacious, the ground is spotless, there are many candlesticks, and the utensils are all exquisite and luxurious.

Chongzhao heard his own voice echoing in the hall: "The unworthy son Li Chongzhao, on behalf of his father Li Zhengye, begs His Majesty to deprive the Duke of Zhenguo, my father is willing to leave the court and return to the field."

As soon as he said a word, there was an uproar around him.

Chongzhao was unmoved, he knelt on the ground motionless, his knees were sore from the pain after kneeling over dozens of white jade steps, he took a deep breath slowly, fearing that his emotions would be too tense to affect the child.Chongzhao felt that he might be a bit brazen, and he was anxiously waiting for the emperor to issue the exact imperial edict, so he hurried back to find Lin Feibai.

Emperor Heng was also a little moved, but at this time Han Yongfeng led a group of Privy Council and the Ministry of War to quarrel, Chong Zhao listened to a few words, and his heart was a little chilled.

Quarrels in the court are inevitable, Emperor Heng planned to listen and watch, but Han Yongfeng didn't say a word, and Xu Changyan came back with Dali Temple and a group of historians.

Chongzhao heard someone laughing in front of him suddenly, and an old voice said: "Your Majesty, since Lord Li wants to open up, then let me allow it. It's meaningless to continue arguing like this. I'm afraid Xiao Zhaohou will kneel down and be useless." leg."

Chongzhao didn't expect the prime minister to help, he knelt to receive the imperial edict, and when he got up, he was supporting his knees when someone stretched out a pair of strong hands and pulled him up.

Smelling the familiar scent of Lengxiang, Zhong Zhao suddenly thought of a good idea.

Taking advantage of the situation, he fell into Xu Changyan's arms, pulled him to half-kneel on the ground, hooked the person's shoulders himself, and pretended to be unable to get up and fell for a moment.

Under the cover of a wide sleeve robe, through the eyes of hundreds of people in the court, Chongzhao pinched Xu Changyan's palm reassuringly, signaling that he was fine.

Chongzhao said in a flustered tone, "Your Majesty, forgive me. I have suffered from severe leg pain recently, and I offended you for a moment."

Emperor Heng expressed his condolences to him worriedly, and said again that he was fine, and only said: "After seven days, the autumn hunting, I am afraid that I will miss it, Your Majesty forgive me."

Emperor Heng waved his hand and said, "Go down and take good care of yourself, there will be opportunities after the autumn hunting."

Xu Changyan supported Chong Zhao and sent him out.Seeing the backs of them leaving, the Minister of Military Affairs turned to the Minister of Hubu with a puzzled face and said, "Do you feel that Xiao Zhaohou and Master Xu are acting too intimately?"

Hubu Shangshu has a bad temper: "It's none of your business. He is a friend of young classmates studying."

The Minister of the Ministry of War turned his head, and wanted to ask Chongzhao and the prime minister about their friendship, but just now the prime minister actually pleaded for Chongzhao on his behalf, didn't he say that civil and military disagreements, what is going on here.

Zao Zhaozhao continued, and Xu Changyan supported Chongzhao out of the palace gate, Chongzhao let go of his strength and simply leaned on Xu Changyan.Xu Changyan was angry at first and wanted to reprimand, but then saw that the person was pale and worried, his whole expression was distorted.

Xu Changyan lowered his voice and said, "You're messing around again! That's all... Are you feeling unwell?"

Zhongzhao frowned and rubbed his knees, and said: "Probably I can't stand it anymore, I feel a lot of pain now. But don't worry, it's not that I can't even stand up, it's just to scare people, I just don't want to Participate in autumn hunting."

Xu Changyan helped him to sit down on the steps, and rubbed him a little bit, "If you don't want to participate, just tell me, and I'll cross off the names on the list for you. The worst thing is to pretend to be sick. Putting on airs in the hall?" He scolded people, as if it wasn't him who changed his face at that time.

Chong Zhao showed a slight smile: "Isn't this to be more real and to win the sympathy of the emperor? The emperor suspected us before because the Li family was too strong. I pretended to be weak and pitiful, so he would not suspect and care about us."

Xu Changyan was half-kneeling on the steps, his eyes were exactly level with him, when Chongzhao smiled, he felt the same as when he was a child, there seemed to be warmth in his eyes.

Xu Changyan raised his hand and scratched his nose out of nowhere, "What a clever ghost."

Xu Changyan's fingers were slightly cold, Chongzhao was startled by this unexpected movement, and blinked several times.

Xu Changyan quickly withdrew his hand.Neither of them spoke for a while.

This action is too intimate.When he was young, only Chongzhao did it to Xiao Changyan, but at this moment, in a large court and deep in the palace, this action seems to be extremely ambiguous.

Zhongzhao was stunned for a while, then suddenly stretched out his hand to pinch Xu Changyan's nose. They liked this small gesture of pinching people's faces when they were young. Children's skin is delicate and soft when pinched, but it's just that they don't play it much when they grow up.

Zhongzhao smiled and said, "Lord Xu, are you getting more and more unruly? This is in the palace. Well, I should go, so as not to delay your return to work for the emperor."

Xu Changyan got up hurriedly, and grabbed his hand through the cover of the wide sleeve robe, "Wait a minute, I'll take you out of the palace."

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In the autumn of the seventh year of Jiaxing, Emperor Heng ordered the deprivation of one of the Dukes of Zhen Guo, and Li Zhengye, the Duke of Yuan Zhen, was demoted to a commoner.The eldest son Li Chongxing took bribes and colluded with foreign officials, abolished his official position and demoted him to a commoner, and was exiled to work as a coolie at the border.

Li Chongzhao, the second son of the Li family, retained the post of Marquis of Zhaohou and Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

In front, it was Emperor Heng's punishment and warning to the Li family, leaving Li Chongzhao in order to leave room for turning around.

After the dust settled, Han Yongfeng worked hard for several months, but in the end he found that although the Li family lost the Duke and military power, they still had the Zhaohou Mansion to rely on, and Emperor Heng's sympathy and pity after suspicion and suspicion, as well as the world's reputation and countless scholars. praise.

What is even more suspicious is that Jiulongwei seems to be very polite to the Li family.

The dust settled in Li's family, and Chongzhao took care of Qiu Lie again. For a while, he seemed to be relaxed, but soon he couldn't laugh anymore.

His mother was looking for a suitable woman to marry all over the capital.

Although the Li family has lost the dukedom, the farmland and shops are still there, and there is still a considerable amount of income every year, which is enough to provide food and clothing for two generations of the Li family.

Li Zhengye and the Zhong family lost the burden of a famous family, and like countless ordinary couples, they happily chose a wife for their son.

Chongzhao, who was drinking tea in Zhaohou Mansion, spit out water after hearing this, "At this time, there should be a so-called tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, right? Then I won't be able to marry a girl, right?"

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