Happiness Consist in Contentment

Now that it's time to get married, Liu Fang has to choose a consort.

The consorts chosen by Emperor Chengwen for all the princesses are from noble families, second sons and the like, with mild temperament.

In fact, there is no law in Chenggu that the princesses and concubines are not allowed to be officials, or that they are not allowed to participate in politics. On the contrary, if you have talent, Emperor Chengwen is very happy to have his consort as an official.

However, what he hopes more is that his daughters will not be involved in politics.

Therefore, the consorts he chose for his daughters were basically ordinary talents and mild-mannered.

Liu Fang was the same age as the seventh and eighth princesses, so the three of them chose it together.

There are 150 candidates for the consort. This is the final list that has been selected several times by Emperor Chengwen. The final decision is still up to Liu Fang and the seventh and eighth princesses.

Figure paintings in ancient times are actually not as difficult to understand and abstract as imagined by later generations. In fact, there were also realist painters in ancient times.

For example, the painters in the Ministry of Punishment are actually the same as the sketch masters of later generations.

Anyway, in the ancient tasks that Liu Fang has done, he has never been troubled by the inconsistency of the portraits with himself.

Emperor Chengwen gave them the roster directly, and told them to choose according to their own wishes.

The three of Liu Fang saluted and retired, and when they returned to Qingyang Palace, they got together and commented on the candidates on the roster.

The seventh princess was talking, and suddenly pushed away the roster and sighed, "Looking at the roster like this, how do you know what the person is like? It's better not to marry."

The eighth princess also closed the roster and said, "Who said no. I really envy the eldest sister, she dared to say to the royal father: I will never marry!"

After he finished speaking, he showed a look of extreme admiration.

The seventh princess dragged Liu Fang and said, "Why don't we go to the eldest sister? Let's not get married! What's so good about getting married! Every day, I'm stuck in the backyard, busy with housekeeping, and have to have children... I am most afraid of children..."

Liu Fang: ...(ー_ー)!!

"Seventh sister, did you forget that the eldest sister will be back in two days."

Seven Princesses:…

She sighed and lay down on the table, "Ah, I almost forgot."

Liu Fang ignored her and continued to flip through the roster: If you are married or not, it doesn't matter what you say, the emperor's father says it doesn't matter.

Even if it is the eldest princess, doesn't she have to go through a "marriage urging" every year when she comes back?

Therefore, Emperor Chengwen is really a lover of his children.

Good father, change to another emperor? Hehe, it's already a loss of face for not pressing you to marry someone.

Liu Fang didn't think there was anything wrong with marrying obediently. Of course, if she could, she also wanted to choose not to marry.

However, with the eldest princess in front of her, if she is making a fuss at this time, it is really hard to say whether the emperor's father will agree: if a daughter is like this, and another one comes later, it will definitely make him face embarrassed, and it will be counterproductive.

Might as well have a look first.

Besides, if you choose someone, you may not be able to marry in the end!

Liu Fang smiled slightly and clicked on the name of the person on the roster: Yang Luo, the second son of Yang Anbo's house.

I heard that there is a cousin who lived in his family since childhood. In ancient times, cousins, cousins, etc., it is easy to have accidents.

Maybe, this person is also a "good cousin"?

Liu Fang told Emperor Chengwen of the person he had chosen. Seeing this, the seventh and eighth princesses also chose people and handed the list to Emperor Chengwen.

Emperor Chengwen looked at their list of candidates, raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything, he ordered the draft.

The next day, the three consort mansions received the imperial decree. As the head of the family, they must be happy, but it is not necessarily the case.

Yang Luo of Yang Anbo's mansion was exactly as Liu Fang thought. What he admired in his heart was his cousin, and naturally he didn't want to marry Liu Fang. He couldn't make trouble with his parents at home. He even eloped with his cousin!

They were so angry that Yang Anbo and his wife were almost over, but the younger son resisted so much, and they didn't dare to really press him to marry the princess, otherwise, the family would not be turned upside down by then?

In desperation, they could only enter the palace and explain the situation to Emperor Chengwen and the Empress. Of course, the words must be mainly crying, and try to reduce their guilt as much as possible.

Emperor Chengwen didn't make it difficult for them, but he couldn't let it go easily. He took away all of Yang Anbo's positions, and demoted their titles to become viscounts.

Yang Anbo fell ill as soon as he returned, and the dignified uncle's mansion, because of his son's impulse, became a viscount mansion.

Yang Anbo's mansion, oh, no, now it is Viscount Yang An's mansion, which has completely become the laughing stock of the capital.

Liu Fang, the sixth princess, has also become the object of pity from everyone in Beijing.

Originally, Emperor Chengwen planned to choose another concubine for Liu Fang, but it happened that the eldest princess had returned to Beijing, and things were interrupted like this. In a short time, he was not in the mood to pay attention to Liu Fang's marriage.

Liu Fang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In ancient times, if you wanted to get married or not, it really took a lot of thought.

However, she looked at her courtyard

Those rice grains, smiled, after all, she also has a way to live comfortably.

As soon as the eldest princess returned to Beijing, she advanced to the palace to meet Emperor Chengwen.

When Emperor Chengwen saw this heroic daughter, he had a headache.

"You really plan to stay at the border for the rest of your life?"

Emperor Chengwen stared at her with heavy eyes, as if he was about to burst into rage.

The eldest princess replied calmly, "Father, you know the temperament of your son, why do you need to ask more?"

Emperor Chengwen slapped the desk with a slap, pointed at her, and said, "You are so presumptuous! A princess, all day long, thinking about how to mix with the men in the military camp, what kind of formality? I'm not just yours Father, still the emperor!

I order you, this time, you must choose a concubine to marry! If not, you don't have to go back. I don't believe it anymore, how dare you resist! "

The eldest princess looked at the desk that was photographed by Emperor Chengwen, still with a calm expression, and said, "Father, what's the point of you being like this? You know better than anyone about border issues. Exactly what you mean?"

Emperor Chengwen looked at her for a long time, and finally heaved a long sigh and said, "You are a girl's family, why do you have to live so tired? It's not that I don't have a son, and it's not that you don't have a brother. Moreover, because You, your sister has followed suit, this time Liu Niang will follow you, and she is still doing small things under my nose... hum!"

The eldest princess smiled lightly and said, "Father, isn't it bad? You look at the life of the second sister, are you living well?"

The second princess was fond of painting and calligraphy, and married to the Marquis of Linping. She was also the second son of a direct descendant. The second son was willing to marry her, but the good times didn't last long, and he fell in love with a Hualou woman in just two years.

Although the second princess is mild-mannered, she is a royal princess after all. How can she be willing to endure the derailment of her consort? As soon as he turned his head, he went to the palace, left with his concubine directly, and lived in the princess mansion with his daughter. Except for the New Year, he basically did not want to enter the palace.

Apart from her, the third princess is always worried about her difficult in-law's family.

As for the fifth princess, she had chosen her own cousin at the beginning, and she had a good life.

After all, the noble family's maiden family, Emperor Chengwen bestowed face with an earl, in fact, it was just an empty name, and it was still an ordinary family. Moreover, this earl can only be inherited for three generations, not hereditary.

In the end, the fifth princess is the real nobleman of Tianhuang. After marrying, naturally

It was offered by her in-law's family, and she lived a leisurely life.

If it wasn't for the lack of suitable candidates for Liang Guiren's family, in fact, Liu Fang also wanted to marry, which would be the most worry-free choice.

Emperor Chengwen was torn apart by the eldest princess of the so-called "good" marriages of several daughters, and he couldn't hold on to his face.

He snorted, "My daughter, the dignified princess, naturally doesn't need to be in the future, but you can't just say that if you don't marry, you really won't marry, right? How many years has it been since the country was founded? You are the princess now. Don't the people in the future have to follow you to learn? How can the national policies and laws be implemented? Ah!"

It is true that the establishment of the Chengguo was not long. It was only more than thirty years ago. The Tai/zu reigned for only more than ten years, and the Chengwen Emperor reigned for less than twenty years.

Due to the large-scale population reduction caused by the years of war in the previous dynasty, in ancient times, the sharp decline in the population was not a good thing.

Therefore, after the Tai/zu established a state, he had already promulgated a series of laws to encourage folk women to marry, and they had to marry, otherwise they would be fined, or even imprisoned and exiled. At the same time, widows are also encouraged to remarry, and the government also subsidizes dowry or something.

This law is actually intended to increase the population of the nation.

Even for the sake of this law, Tai/zu also limited the number of concubines that nobles, wealthy households and other wealthy families could accept, and specified in detail who could accept concubines, how many concubines could be accepted, and so on.

Of course, there are many tricks in this law, and Emperor Chengwen also knows it, so it has been difficult to really implement it so far.

But his own daughter made a mess of not marrying in front of the world, which simply made Emperor Chengwen unable to step down.

To this end, Emperor Chengwen has done a lot of things over the years to completely calm down the influence.

However, now, this daughter is still stubborn, and Emperor Chengwen just wants to sigh.

The eldest princess smiled and said, "Father, don't worry, you wait two more years for your servant, and after two years, the servant will listen to you."

Emperor Chengwen looked at her and said, "Really? You will listen to me in two years?"

The eldest princess nodded, "Well, after two years, Erchen will listen to you."

Seeing that she was serious, Emperor Chengwen was relieved.

It's not that he wants to force his daughter to marry, but the laws of a country are not taken by the royal family, and the future kingdom will only be overthrown by others like the previous dynasty.

As the ruler of a country, he cannot only consider personal gains and losses, not only the mood of his own children, but also the impact on the future of the country and on the people of the world.

Therefore, even if the eldest princess thought and acted, he was actually pleased and appreciated from the bottom of his heart, but he couldn't let her really do it.

Besides, as a princess, can't she lead troops at the border when she is married?

Emperor Chengwen sneered: My daughter, as long as she wants, she can marry someone!

That's right, you have to get married first.

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