Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 182 Engagement
After the meeting.

Zhao Xin didn't even have time to go back to Miao Niang's courtyard to eat, so he summoned Ouyang Xiu and others.

In the Lecture Hall, he was having a meal and holding a meeting with several people.

"The Yellow River has burst its banks. Do you have any ideas?"

Ouyang Xiu asked, "The emperor has handed this matter over to you, Your Highness Prince Yu?"

Zhao Xin ate his meal, and when he was done, he asked, "Yes, what is the current disaster situation?"

Since Ouyang Xiu and others had never been there, they naturally didn't know it very clearly.

only……

According to reports, at least hundreds of thousands of people will be affected to varying degrees.

When Ouyang Xiu said this, Zhao Xin also said: "It's meaningless to just discuss this. You all go home and prepare. Let's go to Hebei next."

Ouyang Xiu said, "But Your Highness Prince Yu, you have just returned."

Zhao Xin said, "What can we do? If we don't go and see it with our own eyes, how can we know how to solve it?"

After saying this, he asked Ouyang Xiu and the others to go back and prepare.

……

Then return to Miao Niangzi's courtyard.

Then he said to Madam Miao: "Madam Miao, I found a daughter-in-law for you!"

When Miao heard this, she also said loudly, "What?"

Zhao Xin repeated: "I found a daughter-in-law for you!"

Then Madam Miao said, "You found it for yourself! You didn't find it for me."

But let’s just say.

Madam Miao was still a little curious and asked, "Whose family is this young lady from? And... you are so young, will she agree to marry you?"

Zhao Xin replied: "That's true. I am the Prince of Yu after all. If I just make a call, those who are willing to marry me will line up from the west gate to the east gate of Dongjing City. But saying this hurts my feelings. I like her very much. She is very dignified and generous, even prettier than you, Madam Miao!"

Madam Miao: “…”

Madam Miao really wanted to beat him up.

He suppressed the urge and asked, "Whose family is this young lady from?"

Zhao Xin said, "The Chen family is in the timber business."

When Madam Miao heard this, she was surprised that he was not a nobleman.

He suddenly became more worried and asked, "Do you know who you are?"

Zhao Xin asked, "What is my identity?"

Madam Miao: "You are the Prince of Yu, so why don't you just find someone whose family sells wood?"

Zhao Xin: "What's wrong with that? Now, relatives by marriage cannot interfere in government affairs. If you marry the daughter of a great general, wouldn't it be very easy for her to interfere in government affairs?"

Madam Miao said, "But you can't just marry a wood seller."

Zhao Xin replied: "I didn't do it casually. I have been playing with her for more than a month and I feel that our personalities are compatible. She also thinks I am good. This is a decision made after careful consideration."

Madam Miao: "Does the other party think you are good?"

Zhao Xin: "What else? Madam Miao, am I not pretty?"

Madam Miao said, "They see you as the Prince of Yu."

Zhao Xin replied: "Who can say I am not the Prince of Yu? I also think he is handsome!"

Madam Miao simply ignored it and said, "Go ask your father."

Then Madam Miao said, "Speaking of which...your elder sister Huirou is also engaged."

Zhao Xin didn't care and asked, "With whom?"

Madam Miao said, "Your father's cousin, Li Wei."

Zhao Xin asked, "How old is he? Thirty, forty?"

Madam Miao: "Don't talk nonsense. She is only fourteen years old, and it is said that she is very good at painting. She is very good at painting."

Zhao Xin then said, "But this father's cousin is a relative, does this count as incest? Uh... No, I remembered it wrong, does this count as a close relative marriage?"

Madam Miao asked, "What do you mean by close relative marriage?"

Zhao Xin: "If you marry your relatives, the children you give birth to will be sick and deformed. Nine out of ten will die, and the remaining one will be abnormal."

When Madam Miao heard this, she also expressed her doubt, "Is it really like what you said?"

In fact, there must be a lot of consanguineous marriages among the people.

But in terms of probability, it's not that scary. But Zhao Xin must have exaggerated it. After all, even if the probability is only one percent, it's best not to gamble.

People are not horses.

If a horse is sick, just slaughter it and eat it.

People can't be killed.

Zhao Xin said, "Dad is so confused! The ancients all knew that you must not marry a close relative. Isn't this definitely going to harm both of you? I am against this marriage!"

Madam Miao glanced at him and asked, "Is it your turn to object?"

Zhao Xin also said: "Marriage between close relatives is really unacceptable. Madam Miao, you have to believe in science!"

Madam Miao said, "I don't understand what science you are talking about."

Zhao Xin added: "I want to get engaged too!"

Madam Miao: "What kind of marriage are you going to have?"

Zhao Xin: "I want to get engaged to the daughter of the Chen family! Madam Miao, please prepare the betrothal gifts and the wild geese."

Madam Miao thought to herself, I don’t even know what my daughter-in-law looks like, and I’ll prepare a betrothal gift and wild geese for you, but I’ll prepare a big-headed ghost for you!
"Do you have a portrait of the Chen family's daughter?"

Then he asked.

Zhao Xin also picked up the pen and drew it for her.

The painting was so horrible.

But Shen Yun still came out.

Especially in terms of body shape.

I can tell……

The butt is a bit big.

I feel like it's a good birth.

of course!

Madam Miao has no right to decide.

and so……

Let his father decide.

It was late again.

His father came over because he had just finished a meeting with Ouyang Xiu and others.

Zhao Xin first said that he had taken a liking to the daughter of the Chen family, and then expressed his real opposition to the marriage between close relatives.

His father always obeys him.

Furthermore, it might have harmed two people, and the reason is so sufficient.

So I thought, let's just forget about this marriage.

but……

He still felt that he owed Li Wei's family.

Then he specifically told Zhao Xin what was going on with Li Wei's family.

to be honest!
His father always regarded Liu E as his biological mother, but in the end he found out that Liu E was just adopted by him and his real biological mother was someone else.

I was unable to fulfill my filial duties before my death, so after my death, I thought about helping my biological mother and her family as much as possible.

Zhao Xin said, "Dad, you want to be good to the Li family, how can you marry the princess to them? Dad, haven't you seen the princesses of the Tang Dynasty? They don't even want dogs."

Zhao Zhen rolled his eyes at him: "..."

"You mean, your eldest sister doesn't even want a dog?"

Zhao Xin said, "That's about right. Who would want to be a royal consort if they have ambition?"

Zhao Zhen said, "I haven't seen you for half a year. I'm glad you've gotten better at taking a beating."

Zhao Xin said, "I am just telling the truth! The scholars of the Tang Dynasty don't like to marry princesses. There is a saying that goes, 'Marry a princess and you will get a duke.' If the emperor hadn't forced them, anyone who wants to marry can marry. I think Li Wei must think the same. Daddy, you are not consolidating the relationship or compensating for it. You are harming others."

Zhao Zhen then asked, "So you mean that your elder sister will never get married in the future?"

Zhao Xin said, "I didn't say that. Anyway, this matter must be based on mutual consent."

Zhao Zhen then said, "Your uncle didn't say he was unwilling."

Zhao Xin said, "You are an official, how dare they say no? And if you marry a close relative, don't let them have no descendants."

(End of this chapter)