Cao Zhongxian went outside. Upon seeing this, his son Cao Li came over immediately and asked: "Father, I wonder why the emperor keeps you here?" Cao Zhongxian glanced at him and said, "Let me be the matchmaker and let me come to Washington for peace." The princess is planning to marry Hua Xing!"
"What?" This was quite a surprise! Cao Li stepped back and said in a panic after regaining his composure: "Father, you must have tried every means to prevent the emperor from changing his mind, right? If you let us go, wouldn't it mean that we would help Huaxing strengthen the power of their Hua family? You know The Hua family and we are enemies! We are at odds with each other!" Cao Li was very anxious, he just wanted his father to do what he suggested.
Cao Zhongxian said lightly, which made Cao Li take a big breath of air-conditioning: "I have already promised the Holy Father that I will go to Washington in person to propose marriage! Hee!"
"What?" Cao Li almost fell down. He couldn't believe it and stammered: "Father, why did you agree, and you can still laugh?" Because Cao Zhongxian was not only not in a hurry, but also very happy. If you want to propose marriage in person, isn't this to enhance the enemy's strength? It's hard to say that Cao Li was completely stupid.
"Haha!" Cao Zhongxian laughed up to the sky and said, "Why can't I laugh? The Hua family is about to be in disaster! I will go to the Meridian Gate later! I really look forward to the Hua family coming Shang Xia Xia was taken to the Meridian Gate and beheaded!"
"Ah!" Cao Li didn't understand. Cao Zhongxian glared at him and said, "Idiot! You still can't understand? Anyway, I'll make it clear to you that this is a problem for Washington! It seems to be the emperor's favor. In fact, a disaster is imminent! Haha! People are in high spirits when happy events happen! I want to go immediately! Go to Washington immediately!"
Of course, Cao Li, the stupid young man, couldn't understand and couldn't figure out the whole story. He was still dumbfounded. However, when Cao Zhongxian walked away, he realized what was going on and hurriedly followed.
When Cao Zhongxian saw Eunuch Li and Eunuch Liu coming, he said: "Hello, my two father-in-laws!" Eunuch Li and Eunuch Liu also saluted: "Hello, Prime Minister!"
Cao Zhongxian clasped his hands in his fists and said, "The emperor is so kind to the Hua family! But he is so kind that he wants to marry Princess An Ning to Hua Xing as his wife! What a blessing from heaven!"
The two eunuchs, Eunuch Li and Eunuch Liu, sneered, because this was not joy, on the contrary, it was sadness but worry! Cao Zhongxian smiled in return, Eunuch Li and Eunuch Liu did the same, and the three of them smiled knowingly.
Because the two eunuchs Li and Liu benefited a lot from Cao Zhongxian, they can be said to belong to Cao Zhongxian's faction. That's why Cao Zhongxian said: "Two father-in-laws, I would like to stop by the Wangdong Vegetable Market, is it okay?" Eunuch Li and Eunuch Liu naturally know that making things convenient for others means making things convenient for themselves, and Cao Zhongxian also gave it to them. For two silver taels, of course they were willing.
When Cao Zhongxian arrived at the Meridian Gate, he asked to get out of the car. He jumped excitedly at the Meridian Gate, looking forward to it, as if he had seen what he wanted to see. He was dancing and jumping around, looking very happy like a child.
The two eunuchs Li and Liu also saw through Cao Zhongxian's heart. Eunuch Li said: "It seems that the catastrophe of the Hua family cannot be relieved!" Eunuch Liu said: "But in my opinion, Prime Minister Cao is stronger than General Hua, but what? ? The emperor can't live without the Hua family, but he has to guard against the Hua family! Hee! We can only act according to the situation!" Eunuch Li also nodded understandingly.
Cao Zhongxian came back with a happy face, but Cao Li was still muttering in his heart when he looked at his father. However, the car still headed towards Washington, arriving in Washington very quickly.
As soon as they heard the imperial edict arrived, Hua An and Hua Xing, father and son, and the whole family, including the servants and servants, all came out. They all knelt down to listen to the imperial edict being read out.
Cao Zhongxian finished reading the imperial edict, which was to grant marriage to Hua Xing and Princess An Ning. At this time, the Hua family was shocked. They had mixed feelings and it was very complicated, because Princess An Ning's marriage was a blessing or a curse for the Hua family! In particular, Princess An Ning is famous for being unruly and willful. If she marries her, won't she bring chaos to the Hua family?
Hua Xing couldn't figure it out: "You want me to marry a princess? Why do you want me to marry a princess? I already have two wives, and now these two wives are already causing me a lot of headaches. What if I marry a more powerful princess?" , isn¡¯t that the end of the game? But the imperial edict, the emperor¡¯s will, how can you disobey it?¡± Hua Xing was in a dilemma.
Hua An pressed Hua Xing's shoulder and said, "Son, you must obey this! If you don't obey the decree, it won't work! But the princess is also a beauty, but she is a bit unruly and willful! Besides the beauty, There is nothing you can do about being favored by the emperor!"
"Alas!" Hua Xing sighed helplessly. If he were asked to immediately lead a thousand soldiers to fight against an army of millions, he would not be afraid, but now he has to fight with a notoriously unruly and willful man.?It is an extremely difficult thing for a beautiful and respectful princess to get married! It¡¯s nice to be a beautiful woman, but this one is the type of aunt. If you marry her, you will suffer. Huaxing, the indomitable general, has become a bitter man.
Cao Zhongxian couldn't help but look at Hua Xing with interest, and it goes without saying that he felt proud in his heart. Cao Zhongxian also looked at Hua An and his son with a look of gloating, clasped his fists and said: "Congratulations! Congratulations! What a great joy for your Hua family! I will come to ask for a wedding drink then! Haha! I am happy for your Hua family. ! I really envy the dead!" Cao Zhongxian said the word "dead" very seriously!
With a soft tone, the conversation changed and became extremely severe: "The emperor attaches great importance to this matter! It is regarded as a major matter of the country! Okay! I have to go back to resume my life. After all, your majesty is waiting very impatiently!"
When Cao Zhongxian said these words, his eyes fell on Hua An from beginning to end, with a provocative gaze. Think about it, how could any smart person in Hua'an not know Cao Zhongxian's evil intentions? But the cunning old man is different, he still pretends that nothing happened.
Hua An politely sent Cao Zhongxian off and walked him out of the house. He didn't go back until Cao Zhongxian and the two eunuchs got into the car, and then called his son Hua Xing to the study.
Hua An said to Hua Xing: "Qiang'er, you must marry the princess this time! Although I know that the princess is unruly and willful, and if I marry the princess, our Hua family will be in trouble, but this is the decree that we have to follow. ! If you don¡¯t comply, then the whole Hua family will have no choice but to die!"
Hua Xing frowned. Others thought this was a happy event, but he thought it was a bad thing. The emperor's daughter was not easy to marry!
Hua An then solemnly said: "Our Hua family has been a general for three generations. [Note 1] There is a saying that anyone who has been a general for three generations will be defeated. Who will be defeated? He must have killed many people. Later, I received this bad omen. I have killed too many people as a general in my third life, and I already have a strong evil barrier that will definitely bring disaster to my descendants."
(Note* I took this sentence from "Historical Records. Biography of Wang Jian". Wang Jian's grandson Wang Li led troops to attack the newly created Zhao Kingdom, and a guest said this.)
"Since your grandfather's time, our Hua family has been a heavy soldier for three generations. His reputation in the army is extremely high. Your grandfather has even reached the treasure level and can be called a legend. The royal family has long been suspicious, but because of There is an unscrupulous general in the country, and his reputation is so high that he has to be taken seriously, but even though he is taken seriously, he is extremely cautious!"
"The current marriage between the emperor and Ming Li is actually to worry about our Hua family. Firstly, through the princess, we can relax our vigilance. Secondly, it can be consolidated through marriage to prevent our Hua family from having a rebellious heart! No matter what, we can't Betrayal so easily! We, the third generation general of the Hua family, have received so much favor from the Han Dynasty, we cannot betray it!"
"So you must obey the imperial edict! Otherwise, the emperor will think that we have rebellious intentions, and then his butcher knife will be raised, and then our Hua family's reputation for loyalty to the country will be ruined! This is better than It would be even more uncomfortable to die!¡±
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