A seven-point wife.
A marriage contract has a time limit. After the expiration date, it is invalid.
Ordinary people's expectations for love and marriage are based on "growing old together" and "living together for the rest of your life".
A Lei and Zhu Zhanji are no different from ordinary people emotionally, but reality and reason tell them that it is not easy to have a beautiful life, live in the present, enjoy life while it lasts, and satisfy love.
Especially for Zhu Zhanji, who had been deprived of happiness since childhood, he would be very satisfied with just a little bit of it.
This is still much better than quenching thirst by wishing for something, or filling hunger with empty promises. At least he actually had it. In the Ming Dynasty court, there was really no such thing as "forever". He was extremely lucky to have these.
In the future, he will go through thick and thin together, and someone will walk with him.
Zhu Zhanji agreed without hesitation.
But Hu Shanwei firmly opposed it!
At one point, Mu Chun even wanted to rebel!
The couple played doubles, forcing Are to change his ridiculous idea.
The child he personally protected and raised! Yesterday she called him godfather, but today she shamelessly called him father-in-law. The girl he had worked so hard to raise was snatched away by the ungrateful wolf he had raised!
Mu Chun was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Impossible! Zhu Zhanji must have taken advantage of you and given you some kind of drug when you were on the isolated island! You had clearly made up your mind to go to the West and wait for him to become a father before coming back. How come he tricked you back now?"
A Lei: "I didn't take any drugs, I just looked straight into my heart. I like him."
Ecstasy? Hu Shanwei didn't believe in such a thing. Isolated island, storm, and a single man and a single woman, these three keywords quickly played out a bloody drama in the mind of this experienced old mother.
She dragged A Lei to the bedroom, drove Mu Chun away, closed the door, and tried to stay calm. She held A Lei's hands, looked directly into her daughter's eyes and said:
"Whatever happens, it's not your fault. I believe you."
Ale: “Huh?”
"It's not your fault." Hu Shanwei said, "Chastity is something that is used by ethics to restrain women. It doesn't mean that if you are not a virgin, you are not pure and you must marry this man to stop the loss in time. This idea is wrong. As long as you treat the world with kindness, you are still a pure and good girl."
The old mother Hu Shanwei imagined that Arei encountered pirates, Zhu Zhanji rescued the girl, Arei had a crush on him, Zhu Zhanji also had a crush on Arei, a man and a woman experienced a life-and-death crisis, and were trapped on an isolated island by a typhoon. Sixteen years old is the age of youth and impulsiveness, and it is easy to get carried away. The dry wood is like a fire, and the storm is like adding fuel to the fire. The result is...
Hu Shanwei is an open-minded old mother. She thinks that it is not a big deal for young people who love each other to sleep together for one night. She can accept this result. Not to mention sleeping together for one night, even sleeping together for two nights does not require marriage.
Not to mention the marriage with the royal family and marrying the crown prince's grandson. This is not an ordinary family. Arei will be the queen of the Ming Dynasty in the future!
At this point, A Lei understood what Hu Shanwei meant. His face turned red and he said quickly, "No, really. How about I test it now? He and I are soulmates. He is the first and deepest love of my life. I want to walk a path with him and make this love come true. When the road comes to an end, I will leave and fulfill myself."
Hu Shanwei did not approve of the contract marriage between A Lei and Zhu Zhanji. "You and he are too young and naive! Do you think you are the only ones who think this way? Are you the only couple in love? Let me tell you, the Emperor Gaozu and Empress Ma Xiaoci, the Emperor Jianwen and Empress Ma Xiaoci, and the current Emperor Yongle and Empress Renxiao, they were all young couples who got married. They also shared hardships and experienced storms. I dare say that the love of these three pairs of emperors and empresses was definitely more passionate than that between you and Zhu Zhanji at the beginning."
Hu Shanwei paused, "Well, Emperor Jianwen and Empress Xiaoma may be slightly inferior. But the other two pairs of emperors and empresses definitely supported each other in their youth and went through thick and thin together. After the death of these two generations of empresses, the two generations of emperors never appointed a successor, but what was the result? When I entered the palace, Empress Xiaoci had already regarded being an empress as a job. If Empress Renxiao had not died of injuries and died in her prime, and had lived until today, do you think she would be happy with the current situation? A Lei, learn from the past and don't repeat the same mistakes."
A Lei said, "My sister also said that Empress Renxiao passed away early and at the right time. She left when love was at its most brilliant, before it withered and changed its taste. This is the kind of love that Zhu Zhanji and I want. We don't ask for eternity, but only for having it once. We knew there would be no good results, but we still decided to be together. It's good enough to have had it, and we won't regret it in this life."
This guy actually found the loophole so quickly. At this moment, Hu Shanwei wished his daughter was dumber. "Do you think you two can end it just by saying it's over? At that time, you were the emperor and empress, the first couple of the Ming Dynasty. Your marriage was not something you could decide to continue or end. It's not like driving on the street where you can stop whenever you want. The Forbidden City is not our vegetable garden where we can enter or leave whenever we want."
The greater the resistance to young love, the more powerful it is. Resistance is a catalyst. A Lei said, "We can do it. My sister doesn't believe in us, but we believe in ourselves."
No matter how much she was told, A Lei was still stubborn. She was only sixteen years old, and facing her first love, she was as persistent as Hu Shanwei when he was sixteen.
The mother and daughter have strikingly similar personalities, but Arei is still inexperienced and has not experienced the hardships and tests that Hu Shanwei has. She naively believes that as long as they believe in each other, they can fulfill their promises and overcome all difficulties.
Hu Shanwei was furious. She had forgotten what she was like at the age of sixteen. It was only when she was twenty that she began to transform in pain and became the Hu Shang Gong of today.
Now the furious Hu Shanwei thought that since she couldn't win the argument with reason, she would use some hard truth. She picked up the long bamboo ruler that A Lei used to draw on the desk and slammed it on the table with a loud slap. Suddenly, dust flew up everywhere:
"If you don't punish him for three days, he will tear down the roof of the house! I am just too tolerant of you. You don't know that the world is dangerous, especially politics. I only let you see the good side. You can get whatever you want. You have lived a very smooth life for 16 years. But you don't know that you have a good life for half of your life. Even the princess of Daming can't hope to have it. Is all this you have mainly because of your wisdom and ability? No, it's because you are the daughter of Muchun and me!"
"You are our daughter. We are able to give you all of this. We let you grow up freely and unfettered. You can learn whatever you want. If you want to delve into mechanics, we have the money to buy all the clocks on the street and let you disassemble them and play with them at will. You don't have to consider the consequences."
"But once you marry Zhu Zhanji and become the Crown Prince's Consort, the palace walls will block you and we will be unable to do anything. How you live your life in the future will all depend on you. Even if we work together, we may not be able to help you live a comfortable life. Do you understand?"
A Lei said: "Of course I understand that my sister and brother-in-law can't protect me all my life. Sooner or later, I will have to rely on myself. What's more, I am in the palace, and Zhu Zhanji and I are facing it together. My sister doesn't believe in us, but we believe in ourselves."
"You—" Hu Shanwei was so angry that he vomited blood, "Stretch out your hands!" This meant he was going to slap the palm of his hand.
Arei spread out his palms, closed his eyes, and thought to himself, you can hit me as much as you want, I won’t give up anyway.
Hu Shanwei looked at her daughter's determined expression, made up her mind, raised the ruler high, and swung it vigorously. She couldn't bear to watch herself beat her daughter, so she closed her eyes.
I can do it just by closing my eyes.
Bang!
The board fell down with a crisp sound, which must have hit him, but there was no sound of Arei crying out in pain.
This child is too stubborn! Hu Shanwei hardened his heart and attacked again.
"Sister, stop it!" A Lei shouted, "You hit my brother-in-law!"
Hu Shanwei opened his eyes and saw Mu Chun coming in at some point. He squatted beside him and stretched out his hand to cover A Lei's palm. A half-foot wide red mark was visible on the palm of his hand. It was the slap he had just received.
Mu Chun, who lacked fatherly love since childhood, raised his daughter as his "daddy" and was a "filial son". Although he was angry about the contract marriage between Are and Zhu Zhanji, he also wanted to teach his daughter a lesson, but he didn't dare to be cruel and scold her, and his temper was always lukewarm. Are was dragged to the bedroom by his wife for a private lesson. The lesson was changed from men's and women's doubles to women's singles, and his firepower became even stronger.
Sometimes education is like this. When one party always holds back and is unwilling to make up his or her mind, one plus one equals zero. Joint education by the couple is not as effective as widowhood-style education.
Hu Shanwei was educating her inside, while Mu Chun was cheering her on outside the door, nodding his head continuously, saying "yes", "that's it", "you're absolutely right", "do you understand now", etc., to support his wife spiritually.
It was fine at first, but later when Mu Chun heard Hu Shanwei using a stick, he couldn't bear to see his daughter get beaten, so he came in, pushed his daughter away, and took the beating for her.
Hu Shanwei opened his eyes and looked at the man. He felt so distressed that he quickly threw away the stick and said, "Why didn't you tell me to stop? I got hit twice in vain."
Mu Chun said: "I'm afraid you'll get angry if you hold your anger in. You'll feel better if you release it."
Mu Chun was caught in a dilemma. If he hit him, he was afraid of hurting his daughter, but if he didn't, he was afraid of upsetting his wife. So he had no choice but to rush over and take the blame himself.
"You—" Hu Shanwei felt distressed and angry, and began to shift his focus, "It's you who has been pampering her and has made her a bad person!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Mu Chun admitted frankly, absolutely not shirking responsibility, "It's all my fault. It has nothing to do with you and A Lei. It's all my fault. Don't hit her. If you want to hit someone, hit me instead."
Muchun's palms were slightly swollen. A Lei quickly took out the ice tank in the room to cool down, wrapped a few pieces of ice in a handkerchief, and applied them to his brother-in-law to reduce the swelling.
Hu Shanwei was reluctant to hit him. He just felt exhausted. "I've said all kinds of good and bad things. I'm tired. It's your turn now. She's your daughter. Don't always make me the bad guy. We must change her temper today. We can't agree to this marriage. If we don't agree, will the Zhu family dare to force her to marry? What's more, the selection is over. The thirty or so selected beauties are already in the Chuxiu Palace waiting for the imperial decree to grant them marriage. If it weren't for the Prince of Han..."
Thinking of Zhu Zhanhe, whose body has been lost, Hu Shanwei felt sad, his eyes were red, "The Princess of Han and the two concubines have been selected, and it was decided by the Emperor himself. He planned to grant the marriage upon his triumphant return. Now, due to the death of the Prince, the palace cannot hold a wedding, so the marriage has been postponed.
The Crown Prince's Consort has also been decided, and everything is ready. Even without A Lei, Zhu Zhanji can still marry a wife."
A Lei hugged Mu Chun's arm, which was her greatest support. "Sister and brother-in-law, I will tell you a secret. After listening to it, you will understand the decision of Zhu Zhanji and me. Originally, Zhu Zhanji should have died this time..."
Arei told me about Zhu Zhanhe's fake death, "… This is what happened. Zhu Zhanhe didn't die. It was Zhu Zhanji who gave him the chance to fake his death. Zhu Zhanji originally planned to let go of everything and ask me for marriage after everything calmed down. But something unexpected happened halfway through and he was stuck in a dead end. Zhu Zhanji couldn't leave. I couldn't bear to see him go on alone, so I decided to accompany him through the most difficult part of his life, and that's how we got into a contractual marriage. Sister and brother-in-law, you fell in love and decided to be together. Who would have believed that you could succeed? Now it's Zhu Zhanji and I's turn. If you don't believe in us, will we never succeed?"
The Chunwei couple were extremely sad and happy because Zhu Zhanhe was resurrected, and their hearts were put to an unprecedented test.
Mu Chun also faked his death and married Hu Shanwei, so he understood how much courage it took for Zhu Zhanji to let go of everything... and his love for A Lei.
Mu Chun said, "Well, Zhu Zhanji is very smart and resourceful. I believe that you two can succeed together. But when he ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, controls the supreme imperial power, arranges the Han family clearly, and fulfills his promise to Zhu Zhanhe, then you will retire and leave him to realize your ideals. Will he really let you go?"
Mu Chun sighed, "I am also a man. I also gave up everything and became the man behind your sister. I also got everything I wanted—to live hand in hand with your sister until we grow old together. I never regretted my choice back then. Everything I lacked before I was seventeen was made up by your sister and you. It's like a person who has been hungry for years now having a full meal every day. Of course I am satisfied."
"Zhu Zhanji is just the opposite. Except for the few years I took care of him in Yunnan, he had almost no childhood and no time to relax. He was full of tricks, like a human hornet's nest. You married him for love and walked through the most difficult road together. If you want to leave at that time, he will have tasted the sweetness, so how could he let go easily?"
"I'm a man." Mu Chun patted A Lei's hand. "If it were me, I would never let go. I would presumptuously do something to compensate you to comfort you. I clearly know that what you want is freedom, but apart from freedom, I can give you everything. You want salt, but I can only give you sugar. Over time, love gradually fades, and a couple becomes a couple of resentment. Love is exclusive and is the greatest selfish desire. Letting go is much harder than holding on. For most people's love, they would rather sink together than let the other person be free."
Mu Chun finally said something sensible! Hu Shanwei quickly offered his help, "You are young and frivolous, and you are self-righteous. I don't blame you. It's not too late. I will go to the palace and explain everything to Zhu Zhanji."
"Mom." A Lei held Hu Shanwei's hand, "I believe him, can you believe me?"
When he heard the word "mother", Hu Shanwei's heart softened. He turned around and looked at A Lei's eyes. The three-time Shang Gong who had solved countless problems and overcome countless difficulties was helpless and felt powerless. At this moment, Hu Shanwei was as confused as all the parents in the world:
She tried her best to provide a roof over her head for her child and paved a seemingly smooth and easy road for him. However, the child refused to take that smooth and bright road and insisted on jumping into pits and taking the winding road. He insisted on struggling all the way, getting his head broken and covered in injuries.
Why is it always like this, generation after generation
In an instant, Hu Shanwei recalled the grudges he had with his father Hu Rong, and the conversation his father had with her when he was seriously ill and on his deathbed:
Father: "… Children are like bamboo shoots in the forest, growing faster than you think. They just showed their sharp tips today, but after a heavy rain, they will grow rapidly and will be taller than you before you know it. Parents can only spend a short time with their children, so you should cherish their growing time. Even though they still rely on you now, you have been getting farther and farther away from them since they were born. When children grow up, they will not be bothered to talk to you when they have something on their mind."
How did I answer my father at that time? I said, "When the child grows up, she will naturally have her own ideas... Not to mention with her parents, even we ourselves, today and tomorrow, five years and five years later, or ten or twenty years later, our own ideas are different. Everyone lives in the present, let her make her own decision. In the end, each of us can only be responsible for our own life. Mu Chun and I just want to give her a perfect childhood, give her a good body, give her confidence and wisdom, and she will make her own choices in the future."
My father forced me to remarry, thinking it was for my own good. But it ended up being a falling out between father and daughter, and it took us 20 years to make amends. At that time, my father was very pleased and said:
"That's good. However, you may not necessarily do this in the future just because you say it now. Parents always want to give their children what they think is the best, thinking that their children are inexperienced and don't think as thoroughly as they do. In fact, their children may not like this. If you encounter the same problem as A Lei in the future, you must remember the promise you made to your father today and you can't go back on your word."
"You don't regret it, but do you want me to write a receipt for A Lei to keep?"
My father waved his hands weakly on the recliner, "No need, I believe you."
"I believe you", "Mom, I believe him, can you believe me?"
The past and the present intertwined, Hu Shanwei was tangled up in the struggle, the promise she made easily back then was now too difficult to fulfill. Back then, she thought it was natural for A Lei to make his own decision, but now he strongly opposed it.
Yes, everyone can only live in the present. A Lei now, A Lei five years later, and A Lei ten years later will all have different views on the same issue. How can I expect her, who is sixteen years old, to have the same political awareness as I have for more than twenty years? To see things as clearly as I do
The sixteen-year-old girl thought that she could change some things through her own efforts, and she had no doubt that she could do it.
I am already fifty-seven years old. I have served as a concubine for three dynasties. I burned an emperor to death with my own hands and pushed another emperor to the throne. The more I do, the more I understand that some things cannot be changed—even if I once naively tried to change them...
As he was thinking, Mu Chun pulled Hu Shanwei out of the room and said, "Let's just trust A Lei for once."
Hu Shanwei shook his head, "You clearly know the result."
Mu Chun said, "At A'lei's age, she knows it's impossible but still does it. It's the hot-blooded impulsiveness of teenagers. You and I were like that when we were young. I've finally understood that parents can't make mistakes for their children. Children have to grow up, and they have to endure hardships and take detours. If we don't agree now, it will be even worse if she does something extreme. She is our biological daughter, and her temper is exactly the same as ours. She will never give up."
"Just think of A Lei as not getting married. We will let her go down to earth to survive. Zhu Zhanji is her calamity, and she must survive. When she survives, we will take her home. With our abilities, even if Zhu Zhanji wants to stay by force, he won't be able to."
At the same time, in the East Palace.
Zhu Zhanji paid his respects to Crown Princess Zhang.
In the battle against the Japanese pirates, the young army won a tragic victory. No matter how much conflict there was between the East Palace and the King of Han, Zhang still liked her nephew Zhu Zhanhe very much. When she mentioned him, she sighed and said, "… I selected beautiful girls with the same temperament as the King of Han's son, and the list of concubines was ready. I was just waiting for him to come back and get married, but I didn't expect the bad news to come and everything was in vain."
Zhu Zhanji accompanied his mother in tears for a while, and then talked about today's topic, "In this Chuxiu Palace, mother has taken a fancy to the young lady Sun from Yongcheng County?"
Zhang was selected through the beauty pageant in Yongcheng County. The Zhang family has already obtained the title of Earl of Pengcheng. The Earl of Pengcheng's mansion is in the capital. The Zhang family moved to the capital long ago, but their ancestral home and hometown have not changed. This is the root of the Crown Princess.
"This..." Crown Princess Zhang was a little embarrassed, "It's not that I'm nepotistic. Sun Liuyi is the daughter of a friend I knew when I was a girl. She knows everything about me and has a clean family background. She was raised by your grandmother, the Lady of Pengchengbo, and was brought up in the capital. She has learned a lot from your grandmother. Although she comes from the common people, her vision and conversation are definitely not inferior to those of the rich ladies in the capital. If she is named the Crown Prince's Consort in the future, she will be able to get started immediately, secure this position, take care of everything for you, be your good wife, not be afraid of the stage, not shrink back, and have no barriers with me. She is the most perfect candidate."
Since they are all good girls who have been carefully selected, the Crown Princess certainly hopes to find one of her own as a daughter-in-law!
If you don't use people based on your relationship with them, is it possible to use people based on their unfamiliarity
Zhu Zhanji said: "My grandmother always takes her with her wherever she goes. I have met her many times and have a good impression of her."
The Crown Princess smiled and said, "That's even better. You can live in harmony in the future—"
"But mother." Zhu Zhanji interrupted the Crown Princess, "You think Sun is yours, you are totally wrong. Sun's father Sun Zhong, including Sun, are actually the Crown Prince's people."
When the Crown Princess heard this, she was like swallowing a fly, "How...how did you know?"
Zhu Zhanji said: "Wang Zhen told me - mother. Wang Zhen was also someone the Crown Prince stuffed into the Crown Prince's Palace, and he has been subdued by me." The Crown Princess's face changed drastically. How could she not know that the Crown Prince was afraid of his eldest son
She just didn't expect that the prince had already deployed chess pieces against the eldest son, and she, his bedmate, had been kept in the dark!
The Crown Princess realized the seriousness of the problem and said, "Now that the candidate has been decided and the Emperor has acquiesced, it's too late to change it."
Zhu Zhanji said, "There is a way. Mother, I want Miss Hu to be my Crown Prince's Consort."
"Hu?" The Crown Princess was confused. "There is no concubine named Hu in Chuxiu Palace."
Zhu Zhanji said: "She did not participate in the selection of concubines, but her sister chose mother."
The Crown Princess suddenly realized, "You mean Hu Shanxiang who presented the clock to the Emperor!"
The author has something to say: The farewell conversation between Hu Rong and Hu Shanwei is the 200th chapter of this book: Lanzhou urges to set off. At that time, it was already decided that today's 284th chapter: Lan Yin Xu Guo.
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