Chapter 115 - Six Paths
Zhao Chen returned to the imperial palace. After eating lunch, Zhao Chen continued to learn how to be a carpenter from Wang Pu.
Today, Zhao Chen was making a sailboat, and Wang Pu was giving pointers from the side!
"Your Majesty, as a carpenter, first you have to have a frame, and then you have to go through the details! If the framework was not done well, the details would be useless no matter how well it was done! "If the framework is done well, and the details are bad, we can still slowly modify it!" Wang Pu said.
This Wang Pu is an honest man, he has been teaching Zhao Chen extremely diligently! In fact, Wang Pu also had his own "ambitions". He planned to teach Zhao Chen to be the only one in all of history, the best carpenter emperor, and make him the future "Ten Thousand Flows".
"This lowly one does not understand the principle of governing a country! This little one is just a carpenter, I don't dare to think about those truths! " Wang Pu laughed.
"Actually, everything in the world is linked to each other, and they all share the same principle!" Zhao Chen said indifferently.
On the surface, he was working as a carpenter, but deep down, he was thinking about many things! He was just patiently enduring, doing some extremely absurd thing to numb Zhe Keqiu, but on the other hand, he was also thinking about it.
Zhao Chen only stopped when it was deep into the night!
He sat there while Lin Bao rubbed his shoulder!
"Has His Majesty seen Miss Zhuo today?" Lin Bao said with a charming smile.
"That's right, I've seen her!" Zhao Chen said.
"What does Your Majesty think of Miss Zhuo?" Lin Bao Dao.
"Beautiful and delicate, your reputation is well-deserved!" Zhao Chen said.
Zhao Chen was indeed exceptionally beautiful, almost the most beautiful woman Zhao Chen had ever seen in his life! Even that A Yao, because he was younger than Zheyue Ru and his body had not grown up yet, he was still lacking a little compared to him! Furthermore, Zheyue Ru had the temperament of a talented girl. In addition to her talented temperament, she also had a submissive temperament. She had practically brought the spirit of the ancient Chinese woman from the four virtues to the extreme! To a man, this kind of woman was incomparably soul-stirring!
"If Your Majesty likes Miss Pinkie, then marry him into the palace!" Lin Bao said with a charming smile.
"Marry the Miss Pinkie right now? This … Isn't it too fast? " Zhao Chen was a little stunned.
He had only met Zheyue Ru once. Other than knowing that Zheyue Ru was abnormally beautiful and feeling that Zheyue Ru was abnormally pure, Zhao Chen didn't have any other understanding towards Zheyue Ru and didn't think that Lin Bao would say such a thing right now! He had come from the modern era and experienced many things and learned many things, but he still did not understand much about this era's worldly affairs! In this era, the matters between men and women were completely unlike the modern society of the future. In this era, it was normal for men and women to never meet before they got married! Many men and women did not even know each other's appearance or temperament. Under the arrangements of their parents, they would marry and have children! For Zhao Chen to be able to see Zheyue Ru early was already an exception in this era!
It was because he was a sovereign that he made such an exception!
"Could it be that His Majesty is dissatisfied with the Miss Pinkie?" Lin Bao exclaimed in surprise.
"Not really!" Zhao Chen said.
"Then what is Your Majesty worried about?" Lin Bao laughed as he rubbed his shoulder.
"His Majesty is the Son of Heaven, the king of a country. He is the object of any woman's admiration. Miss Zhuo naturally admires and admires the Emperor!" Lin Bao Dao.
Seeing Lin Bao trying to make and herself happy, Zhao Chen smiled and said: "If Miss Qu does not agree, what do I do?"
Lin Bao smiled charmingly, "Your Majesty, ever since the ancient times, matters of marriage have always been ordered by the parents and the words of the matchmaker. As long as Master Fold agrees, Miss Zhuo would naturally agree as well!"
Zhao Chen said: "Then does Master Fold agree?"
Lin Bao said, "Master Fold naturally agrees very much! The Master Fold had personally witnessed the entire journey from the Tongguan to the Middle Han Area, personally supporting the emperor to ascend to the throne, and now he was trying so hard to help the emperor deal with national affairs! He is loyal and devoted to His Majesty, if he could form a family with Your Majesty, I wonder how happy Master Fold would be! "
Zhao Chen was silent for a long time, then said: "I'll leave this matter to you! You should greet the Master Fold first! "
Lin Bao's face was full of smiles as he replied, "Okay! Your Majesty, don't worry. I will definitely make this happen! By this time next year, Miss Zhuo should have already entered the palace! "
Ancient emperors spent a long time preparing for their grand wedding, usually around a year! Of course, sometimes time was relatively short, but it still required about half a year!
According to Zhao Chen's conjecture, Zhe Keqiu probably couldn't wait to send his daughter into the Imperial Palace, so the wedding preparation time shouldn't be long, it should be around half a year!
"I'm a little tired today. I don't want to talk, and I don't want to move!" "Go out, close the door!" Zhao Chen said softly.
Lin Bao nodded and agreed. He then quietly left Zhao Chen's room.
Zhao Chen opened the window and stood before the window!
In winter, the cold wind blew coldly. Zhao Chen allowed the cold wind to blow on his face, and this kind of cold wind was able to clear his mind!
During the past year, all sorts of things had happened. There were times of escape, assassinations, being reprimanded by trusted aides, hunting carpenters, and so on. Now, there was the wedding! If it was an ordinary eleven year old boy, he would probably break down when he encountered so many things! Although Zhao Chen was not too far away from being defeated, at this moment, he felt that his mind was a little chaotic. The road ahead was vast, and he did not know how much control he had over it! He didn't know where his own destiny would lead!
"With this kind of patience, this kind of depression, I still don't know if I'll be able to defeat Zhe Keqiu in the future! Now that Zhe Keqiu has shoved his daughter into my side, although his daughter is extraordinarily beautiful, I really don't want her to be forced into my side! Forget it, just let him take care of everything! The only thing I can do now is to follow him and make him satisfied, to make him not even the slightest bit wary of me! Now that Kang An has pledged his allegiance to me, I hope that he can find a few more people who are loyal to me! Now, everything still depends on the outside, and look at the situation of Li Gang, Yue Fei and the others! If they have enough strength, I can coordinate with them from inside out. They should be able to kill the thief! However, he still needed time! I want to wait for the best opportunity. Once I make a move, there cannot be the slightest mistake, I must make sure that Zhe Keqiu no longer has the slightest chance of surviving! "
Zhao Chen's martial arts gradually increased. The cold wind was only waking him up, but not making him sick!
After a long time, he finally closed the window and lay down on the bed to rest!
The next morning, Lin Bao told Zhe Keqiu the news of Zhao Chen's agreement to the marriage. Zhe Keqiu was overjoyed, and immediately went to arrange this matter!
The ancients had six gifts for marriage, namely, Nachet, Wen Ming, Naji, Na Zheng, and Xi Li! Na Cai was a matchmaker who came to propose marriage. If the woman agreed, he would ask for her name, and the woman would tell her name to the man! Then there was Nudge, who delivered the names of the two to the temple for divination, and finally told the woman the result of the divination! As for Nudge, that was the end of their engagement. They could no longer go back on their words! Na Zheng was the one who sent the betrothal gift to the woman's house! The deadline was when the man told the woman about the auspicious day, and both sides began to prepare for the marriage! The welcoming ceremony was to welcome the groom to his wife's home and bring her to his own home, completing the entire process of the wedding!
The emperors also had to follow these six etiquette, but unlike the common people, they all had a large scale, which was why it was called the Great War! The monarch's marriage was decided after the Venerate Heavens Sect sacrificed themselves to the Heavens, so the time of the marriage was decided by the Venerate Heavens Sect! In addition, with his status as an emperor, he could not personally go to the woman's house to marry a bride. Instead, he had sent out ministers from the imperial court to escort the bride.
Zhe Keqiu began to hastily arrange for this matter. He hoped that his daughter and Zhao Chen would get married sooner rather than later! The sooner he became the nation's leader, the more solid his position would be!
On the 25th of November, the imperial court's, the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of Revenue, Xue Rui all came together to Zhe Keqiu's house. They were in's place to perform the "question marks" and "question marks"! It was equivalent to these three being Zhao Chen's matchmakers!
The three of them were all Zhe Keqiu's trusted aides, so Zhe Keqiu treated them nicely at home.
Today, the identities of the three people were different from the rest. Naturally, he could not act like they were his superiors!
It was only until dusk did the three of them leave Zhe Keqiu's house. The three of them went all the way to the Imperial Palace, and informed Zhao Chen of the results of "Na Cai" and "Wen Ming", indicating that the Zhuo Family had agreed to the marriage.
The first two parts of the ceremony were finally completed!
Looking at the name of Zheyue Ru written on the silk cloth, Zhao Chen laughed coldly!
Regardless of Zheyue Ru's temperament, this marriage was still a conspiracy! He had no choice but to accept this conspiracy. He didn't have any good feelings towards this marriage!
"There's only half a year left, Li Gang and the others are definitely not ready! Wouldn't I have to marry a traitor's daughter? " Zhao Chen's heart was extremely bored!
After Na Ce and Wen Ming, there was still Na Ji. This matter would still be done by Han Ping and the other two!
Han Ping and the other two had sent Zhao Chen's and Zheyue Ru's name to a nearby temple, and finally obtained the "Big Ji" sign! Whether it was their name or their birth date, both matched perfectly. They were suitable to be husband and wife!
Na Ji was an ancient betrothed marriage, so when Han Ping and the other two informed Zhe Keqiu's family about the results, they could say that this marriage was already decided! In addition, when Naji, men and women need to exchange gifts! Han Ping brought the man's gift to the woman's house. It was a strange stone seal! At night, Zhao Chen also received a gift from the woman! The lady's gift was actually a scented sachet, and according to Han Ping's explanation, the scented sachet was personally made by Zheyue Ru!
Deep into the night, Zhao Chen held the scented sachet in his hand and took a whiff of the scented sachet's fragrance. It was a pity that this person was Zhe Keqiu's daughter. Otherwise, if he was a little older, when he truly possessed the ability to control his own fate, he might really consider this woman! Now he had no choice but to accept it!
At this very moment, in the Heavenly Tome Monoliths, it was difficult for Zheyue Ru to fall asleep!
Nudge had already passed, and the marriage between the two of them had finally been officially decided! In half a year's time, she would enter the Imperial Palace and be officially married off! At this moment, it was impossible for her to not be perturbed in her heart!
She was different from Zhao Chen, who only saw this marriage as something that he had to accept and endure. Zhao Chen did not have any expectations nor joy for this marriage, but Zheyue Ru truly hoped that it would happen.
"Bodhisattva, may everything go smoothly! Everyone had said that His Majesty was an unconscious king, but when they saw him at home that day, His Majesty didn't seem like an unconscious king at all! When I get to the palace, I want to properly assist Your Majesty and become a true queen with a motherly image! "
Thinking about his bashfulness, Zheyue Ru's face flushed red!
Until the end, when Zheyue Ru fell asleep full of happiness, she did not mention anything!