Chapter 43: Imperial Decree for Marriage

Chapter 43

Lv Desheng couldn't understand why his daughter looked like her father had died after snatching the pill? Bah, isn't he cursing himself?

Before he could ask, someone came outside the study.

The doorman came to the study panting, knocked on the door, and said anxiously, "Master, Second Miss, there is an imperial decree from the palace, and the lady wants you to go to the front yard as soon as possible."

The father and daughter looked at each other, got up without delay, and rushed to the front yard together.

Lv Songli thought as she walked, without guessing, she knew that this imperial decree must have come from the hands of the Empress Dowager of Changle Palace. Could the Empress Dowager have been awake all night early in the morning?

Lv Songli didn't know, she just guessed casually and guessed the truth.

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That night, the Empress Dowager of Changle Palace tossed and turned in bed. The next morning, she issued two imperial decrees with a bad face after staying up late.

When Rong Qiu heard this, she was shocked, "Will this be too unfair to Lu Songli?" She knew that the Queen Mother was angry and was deliberately torturing the Lu family. How angry was the Queen Mother? Yesterday, she was still worried about not daring to issue an imperial decree, but today she just ignored it.

The Queen Mother said coldly, "Who doesn't feel wronged when living in this world? Didn't I suffer less when I was young?" She rushed to get there last night, but she was still a step late, allowing Lu Desheng to take the death-free gold medal out of the palace, which made her very angry.

"Queen Mother, I am worried about you. Lu Desheng, the Lu Yushi, is a mess. I am worried that he will impeach you for this matter and take revenge on you."

The Queen Mother sneered, "What a joke, I would be afraid of him? Is the emperor dead?" She is a dignified Queen Mother, the Queen Mother who is second to none and above ten thousand people, and she still needs to be afraid of a mere minister?

"He doesn't dare to confront you openly, but he dares to deal with the Cheng'en family."

"No need to say! I have made up my mind."

The imperial edict has been issued, and Rong Qiu Ma simply shut up.

In the front yard of the Lu family, people knelt on the ground, and the three members of the Lu family knelt in the front to receive the edict.

The eunuch Hai Gonggong who came to announce the edict saw that everyone had arrived, and began to read the imperial edict loudly.

"The Queen Mother's decree: Qin Sheng, the son of Qin Yue, the General of the Western Expedition, the Marquis of Pingxi, is a cavalry officer at the time. He is a man of integrity, has great potential at a young age, is a master of military strategy, and is filial but unmarried. Songli, the second daughter of the Lu family, is the descendant of a capable minister. She is well-mannered, virtuous, and outstanding in appearance. She is still young and waiting to be married. The two of them are a match made in heaven. The Queen Mother has granted you a marriage! I hope you two will choose a good day to get married, be of one mind and one heart, serve the country with all your heart, and do not let me down. This is my decree!"

Lü Songli: "Your servant accepts the decree and thanks the Queen Mother for her grace!"

Lü Desheng led everyone to kneel, "Thank you for your grace!"

After receiving the decree, Lü Songli stood aside. To be honest, this decree of marriage really caught her off guard. She thought that her self-exposure last night would make the Queen Mother hesitate and give up her original idea.

Who would have thought that she would issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage the next morning without caring about anything? She was really willful and reckless, completely ignoring the criticism of public opinion. It seems that her father was granted a golden medal of immunity from death, which really hit the soft spot of the Queen Mother.

After the eunuch who announced the imperial decree gave out the imperial decree, he looked at the three people of the Lu family and said condescendingly, "Lord Lu, have you understood the imperial decree of the Queen Mother?"

Isn't it just a marriage? What else? Lu Desheng suppressed his anger and said, "Please let Eunuch Hai make it clear."

"The Queen Mother's intention is to let your daughter and the sixth son of the Qin family get married as soon as possible." Eunuch Hai emphasized the word as soon as possible.

As soon as possible? Lu Desheng's heart jumped, what does this mean?

"How early is as soon as possible?" Lu Songli asked lightly.

Eunuch Hai looked at her with pity, "The Queen Mother requires that Miss Lu Er and the Sixth Young Master of the Qin Family must get married within two months."

Lv Songli asked again, "May I ask Eunuch Hai, did the Queen Mother also grant marriage to Xie Zhan and Zhao Yutan?"

When Lu Desheng and the others thought that Eunuch Hai would arrogantly refuse to answer this question, he replied, "Yes."

Eunuch Hai thought that before leaving the palace, the Queen Mother told him that if anyone from the Lu family asked about this, he should answer directly. It seems that the Lu family has offended the Queen Mother.

"They didn't ask for a quick marriage, did they?" Lu Songli said with certainty.

"Yes, Miss Lu Er is really smart." Eunuch Hai stretched out his tone.

This was a clear target. As they asked and answered, Lu Desheng and Jiang both felt this.

"Thank you, Eunuch Hai, for clearing up my doubts. It's getting late, Eunuch Hai should go back and report as soon as possible." Lu Songli began to see the guests off.

Let's not talk about how the three members of the Lu family felt at this time. Jiang suppressed her emotions and gave the eunuch who announced the decree a red seal. After Lu Desheng sent the people away, Jiang also asked the servants to leave.

The Lu family cleared the scene, and only the three of them were left in the entire flower hall. The atmosphere was dull.

"Revenge, this is a blatant revenge." Lu Desheng was really furious, "It's too much!"

Jiang couldn't understand it either, "How could the Queen Mother do this."

Lu Desheng and Jiang looked at their daughter who was silent at this time with worry.

Lu Songli was silent and slowly savored the imperial decree just now: forcibly breaking up her engagement with Xie Zhan, and forcibly matching her with Qin Sheng, and finally forcing them to get married within two months.

This is really a feudal dynasty where the emperor wants the minister to die and the minister has to die. After traveling for so long, she now feels what it means to be helpless.

Lu Songli sighed lightly, it's really time and fate.

Now the Lu family and the Qin family were really tied to death. She and Qin Sheng were married by the Queen Mother. Such an engagement was usually difficult to terminate unless one party died. But, who would want to die if they could live?

The Empress Dowager, in the whole world, there is nothing but the imperial land, and on the shore of the land, there is nothing but the royal ministers. Queen Mother, you are one of the highest role models in Dali. If you are not unreasonable, is there any room for reason in the world? So, Queen Mother, don’t blame me.

She thought it was time to prepare for something.

"Daughter, are you okay?"

Lu Songli smiled and said, "Mom, I'm fine."

At this time, Lu Songli was extremely calm. She felt that she was very good, as good as ever. She has never been a submissive person.

"I'm going to the study!" Seeing his daughter like this, Lu Desheng felt very uncomfortable.

"Dad, let's calm down first." Lu Songli held her father in hand. Needless to say, her father went to the study to draw the sword again. But this time they couldn't move and had to endure.

"His father, can you ask the emperor for help? Let the Queen Mother take back the decree?" Jiang asked.

Lu Desheng said nothing, as if he was considering this possibility.

Lu Songli answered for her father, "No, dad, don't go and beg the emperor." It would have been possible for her father to go and beg the emperor before the decree was issued, but after the decree, it was impossible for the emperor to disobey the queen mother for such a trivial matter. . And she didn't want her father's little body of a hundred pounds to bully the Queen Mother. She felt that the Queen Mother should be eager for her father to make trouble and plead for mercy. It would be better if she could take the opportunity to take back the death-free gold medal she gave her father last night.

"Mom and Dad, aside from the fact that the Queen Mother forced the marriage regardless of our wishes, it is still good to marry the Qin family, right? Mom, don't you really like Qin Sheng?"

Lu Desheng and Mr. Jiang nodded. Indeed, their daughter was right. There was nothing wrong with marrying Qin Sheng, but the Lu family felt aggrieved when they were forced to accept it.

Ms. Jiang forced a smile and said, "That's the truth. It's just for my mother's sake..."

Lu Songli understood that her mother just felt uncomfortable. To put it bluntly, her mother imagined the royal family too well. She had filters and expectations for the royal family, and then let them control her own emotions.

I thought that after learning that she paid such a high price to save Xie Zhan, she would feel pity, give up her original plan, and stand on the side of fairness and justice again. However, the Queen Mother did not do this, so her mother used this filter It broke, and then I felt uncomfortable.

No, not only her mother thought so, but she herself overestimated the royal virtues. Lu Songli thought to herself, it turned out that she was not unaffected after wearing it.