Diqin Designer

Chapter 133: Although Liu Hou is dead, his plan still exists

The girl was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a beautiful face and elegant temperament.

Shunhua refers to the hibiscus flower. Ying Zheng named the girl "Shunying" from the Book of Songs, hoping that his daughter would be like the hibiscus flower.

"No need to be so polite. How is Shunying these days? Is there anything you need?"

While walking towards the girl's palace, Ying Zheng asked her about some trivial matters in her daily life.

While answering Ying Zheng's questions, the girl felt puzzled.

Her father had dozens of children, and she was not the most favored among them, so he would never come to her house normally.

Why did I suddenly think of her today and come to ask about her well-being?
The girl thought about her age and her married sisters. Could it be that her father came here to...

After arriving at the girl's palace, Ying Zheng confirmed the girl's guess. He looked at the girl and said, "Shunying has reached the age to get married. I have chosen a husband for Shunying."

As expected, her father came here for this purpose, and the girl sighed in her heart.

As she grew up, this was bound to happen sooner or later. Like her sisters, she would be ordered by her father to marry someone.

This matter was not up to them, and they could not make the decision. But after hearing Ying Zheng's words, the girl still couldn't help wondering who the husband she was going to marry was, what he looked like, and what his personality was like?

I hope he doesn’t end up like Li Tingwei’s eldest son!
Although there was a huge age gap between the two, the father, in order to show his favor to Li Tingwei, forced his elder sister to marry Li Tingwei's eldest son.

Her brother-in-law is not much older than her father.

The girl knew in her heart that the reason Ying Zheng came to see her today was all because of her husband whom she had never met. So it seemed that the family background of the unknown husband she was going to marry would not be bad.

Suddenly, an idea came to the girl's mind: Could it be that my father wants to marry me to that mysterious Li Nian?

After Ying Zheng mentioned the name Li Nian himself, he did not prohibit its spread. Therefore, even though she was in the deep palace, the girl knew about the existence of Li Nian.

After all, some of the things and food they are using now, such as the tables, chairs and benches, and the tofu she likes to eat recently, are said to be made by Li Nian.

The girl felt bitter at the thought that her father might marry her to Li Nian.

I heard that Li Nian was knowledgeable and talented, and could make all kinds of wonderful things, but the more talented Li Nian was, the more it proved one thing: Li Nian was probably not young, but a very old man.

Because if you are young, it is unlikely that you know so many things. You must have accumulated so much knowledge over time, which means you are older.

But even if she had to marry an old man in his seventies or eighties, she couldn't resist.

The girl responded obediently: "It's up to my father to decide!"

On the bright side, if the husband her father wanted her to marry was really Li Nian, she would be marrying a talented person.

Moreover, she was the one who guessed that Li Nian was older. What if he wasn't?
Ying Zheng noticed the subtle changes in the girl's expression and probably guessed what his daughter was thinking, but he did not tell the girl what she meant. Instead, he was curious to know how the girl changed when she saw that Li Nian was not an old man.

He came to the girl today because of what Zhang Liang said:

"Having left his own era and coming here alone, Brother Nian is the loneliest person of this era." "Liang has a word for Brother Nian: Hometown is where your heart is at peace!"

Zhang Liang's words were not only spoken to Li Nian, but also to him: Li Nian was alone in this era, which meant he had no worries.

Even though Li Nian said that he was afraid of pain and the torture of the Qin Dynasty, he behaved very honestly and told him everything he wanted to know.

But this all has a prerequisite, that is, Li Nian still wants to live, but what if one day Li Nian doesn’t want to live anymore?

A person who has no worries is equivalent to having no weaknesses. If such a person doesn't want to live, it would be really difficult to deal with.

It is easy to kill a person, but it is difficult to prevent someone who does not want to live from dying.

What's even more difficult is that if such a person doesn't want to live, even death can no longer scare him, which means that nothing in the world can scare him into submission, and it will be even more impossible to do anything for him. All restrictions and constraints will become invalid, making him truly invincible!
I just don't want to do anything for you. If you have the guts, just kill me. I don't want to live anyway. Come on, here is my head, you can chop it off as you like.

If he wants Li Nian to not become such an invincible person and still be used and controlled by him, then he has to make him have some concerns in this world and in Daqin.

What kind of concern can bind people the most?
Of course they are relatives, parents, wife and children. However, it is impossible to create a pair of parents for Li Nian out of thin air, so they can only be a wife, sons and daughters!
This is also the true meaning of Zhang Liang’s words “Wherever the heart is at peace is my hometown.”

Only when Li Nian takes root in Daqin and feels at ease, will he regard Daqin as his hometown.

Given Li Nian's situation, it was impossible for him to marry any other woman but his daughter.

But in this way, Li Nian became his son-in-law and he became Li Nian's father-in-law.

Considering this relationship, even if he wants to kill Li Nian again in the future, he will probably hesitate a little.

"Is this what you want to leave for Li Nian? Let him be my son-in-law, so that he can have an extra layer of protection in the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Liang Zhang Zifang!"

Thinking of the young man who died this morning, Ying Zheng sighed again. His words had both him and Li Nian taken into account. No matter what choice he made, he would fall into the trap.

If he chooses not to marry his daughter to Li Nian, Li Nian will feel that he does not trust her and will become alienated from her. Once this distrust begins, the consequences will be unpredictable. It will be difficult to expect Li Nian to assist him wholeheartedly.

It was not like he had never seen a breakdown in trust between a monarch and his subjects, such as in the State of Zhao, where Guo Kai instigated discord between the King of Zhao and Li Mu, leading to the King of Zhao killing Li Mu, and the State of Zhao was destroyed by the Qin Dynasty.

And isn't it a great thing for those who are plotting against Qin that Li Nian is no longer trying hard to help Qin?

But if he chose to marry his daughter to Li Nian, it would be exactly in line with Zhang Liang's original intention, allowing Li Nian to have an additional identity as his son-in-law, easing Li Nian's crisis in the Qin Dynasty and providing an extra layer of protection for Li Nian in the future.

This is an open conspiracy. It seems that he can choose and the decision-making power is in his hands, but as long as he is still rational, he actually has no choice.

Of course, Ying Zheng himself had long intended to marry his daughter to Li Nian, but Li Nian had not yet achieved sufficient results, and the history Li Nian said had not been verified. At that time, Li Nian did not give him enough trust.

But now it is different. New plows, papermaking, refined salt, cement, honeycomb coal, etc. all demonstrate the benefits that Li Nian can bring to Daqin. Some of the history he said has also been confirmed, such as the double pupils of the Xiang family and Zhang Zifang...

Now Li Nian is qualified to marry one of his daughters.

Ying Zheng thought to himself and looked at the girl. Although he had more than ten daughters, she was the only one who had not yet married after reaching marriageable age. There was no other choice.

(End of this chapter)