Chapter 1748 Sima Pi proclaimed himself emperor, Yue Lao explains the reason
"Nephew is indeed young, but age is the limit for ambition, and living without ambition is meaningless! Compared with you, I am really ashamed!"

Father Zhu smiled and chatted with Su Mingzhe.

Not long after, the two saw Zhu Yingtai walking in from outside in a neat suit of men's clothes.

It was Su Mingzhe who wrote the letter in advance. Zhu Yingtai had no choice but to inform her family and ask them to help conceal her identity as a man dressed as a woman.

But Zhu's father, a "daughter slave", looked extremely unhappy when he saw his daughter and Su Mingzhe chatting and laughing happily.

……

Su Mingzhe stayed at Zhu's house for three days, and Zhu's father's face was ugly for three days.

three days later.

Su Mingzhe and Zhu Yingtai said goodbye reluctantly.

……

Return to Yuyao again.

Different from the deserted scene in front of the door last year.

Under Su Mingzhe's operation, the Yuyao Su family has upgraded its status and become the most prestigious family in Yuyao.

As the year draws to a close, other prominent families and local tyrants all come to pay their respects to the Su family.

When these noble families heard the news that Su Mingzhe had returned, they came to visit him one after another.

……

The New Year passed in a flash.

In the first month of the year.

Emperor Murong Jun of Yan, who was seriously ill and bedridden, passed away.

By the time the news reached Jiangnan, it was already February.

February.

Upon learning of the death of Emperor Yan, Emperor Sima Dan of Jin went for fun in Xuanwu Lake. He fell into the water, became seriously ill and died as well.

March.

The ministers discussed and nominated Sima Pi, the Prince of Langya, as the new emperor.

People of that era did not know that Sima Pi ascended the throne one year earlier than in history.

……

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on ascending the throne. Our Great Jin has finally returned to its rightful place!"

Su Mingzhe congratulated Sima Pi.

Sima Pi was very satisfied with Su Mingzhe's congratulations:

"Prime Minister, I have said that we, the ruler and his subjects, share the same honor and disgrace, so we should rejoice together!"

……

Mid April.

Sima Pi arrived safely in Jiankang City under the protection of three thousand elite troops led by Su Mingzhe.

Early May.

Sima Pi officially ascended the throne and became emperor.

After he became emperor, Su Mingzhe was among the first batch of meritorious officials to be rewarded. Because of his military merits in resisting the Yan army last year, he was named Marquis of Kaiyang.

Kaiyang is Kaiyang County, the capital of Langya State.

Sima Pi bestowed the fiefdom he had during his Qianlong period on Su Mingzhe, which was enough to show the affection between him and Su Mingzhe.

In addition to the title, Su Mingzhe was also appointed General of Conquering the Enemy, a third-rank official.

In fact, it was not Sima Pi's intention to appoint Su Mingzhe as general.

When Sima Pi first came to Jiankang, he was full of energy and ambition, and naturally he was reluctant to let Su Mingzhe, his right-hand man, leave him.

Unfortunately, those aristocratic families were afraid that Sima Pi would have too many close friends around him and would be difficult to control, so they all tried to dissuade him.

As the saying goes, 'It is easy to get thousands of soldiers, but difficult to get a good general'.

The Yan and Qin people are too powerful, and without a brave general like Su Mingzhe on the border, they are not strong enough to defend the country.

In the end, Su Mingzhe was excluded from the court and became one of the generals guarding the border.

……

"Mingzhe, I am sorry for you. If you have any other requests, just ask. I will do my best to satisfy them!"

When Sima Pi summoned Su Mingzhe alone, he looked ashamed.

In his opinion, Su Mingzhe helped him in times of need, but after he became rich, he let Su Mingzhe continue to fight on the battlefield. This was wrong on his part.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to blame yourself. Now the entire Great Jin belongs to Your Majesty. Wherever I go, I am serving Your Majesty..."

Su Mingzhe really wanted to go to the border, but seeing Sima Pi's depressed expression, he could only feel sad as well.

After persuading Sima Pi for a while, Su Mingzhe finally smiled and said:

"Your Majesty, I really have something that I need your help with."...

Early June.

On the eve of Su Mingzhe's departure for Langya to take up his post.

Sima Pi issued an imperial decree, granting the ninth sister of the Zhu family in Shangyu, Wang Lan, from Nishan Academy, to marry Su Mingzhe as his wife.

This corresponds to the "three wives of princes" in "Zhou Li".

……

The "Book of Zhou" stipulates that ordinary people can only marry one wife. After the age of 40, if they have no children, they can take a concubine.

Scholar-officials could marry one wife and two concubines.

Princes can marry three wives (one principal and two concubines).

Now, Su Mingzhe has been canonized as Marquis of Kaiyang, and is eligible to marry a second wife.

……

Kaiyang Marquis Mansion.

The night Su Mingzhe received the imperial edict, he was wondering what Zhu Yingtai's expression would be when she heard the news, when he heard the guards report:

"General, there is a Taoist who wants to see you!"

"Oh?"

Su Mingzhe expanded his spiritual sense and saw thousands of red clouds outside the door. He immediately understood who the person was:
"Please ask him to sit down in the main hall!"

……

The lights in the main hall flickered.

An old Taoist priest came floating in. His hair and beard were all white, but his face was ruddy. He sang as he walked:

"Tai Chi is divided into two, Yin and Yang are originally one. The Palace of Harmony and Harmony sits in charge of marriage."

When Su Mingzhe heard the other party introduce himself, he couldn't pretend not to understand, so he could only bow and say:

"It turned out to be Yue Lao who came to visit. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person. Please forgive me!"

When Yue Lao saw Su Mingzhe, he also bowed his head and returned the greeting:

"Little Immortal Chai Daohuang, I pay my respects to the Heavenly King Buddha!"

"Do you know this poor monk?"

Su Mingzhe looked at the matchmaker in front of him and couldn't help but start smacking his teeth.

He crossed into the Small Xumi Realm twice, but both times the woman escaped from the marriage.

If someone said that Yue Lao was not involved, he would definitely not believe it.

Now, this matchmaker has confirmed this by directly calling out his identity.

Seeing Su Mingzhe's cold eyes, Yue Lao immediately guessed what the man was thinking and quickly explained:
"The Heavenly King Buddha is joking. How could I be qualified to know the Heavenly King Buddha? It was Lingji Bodhisattva who told me that the Heavenly King Buddha was coming to this world to select celestial maidens. And my 'Red Thread of Lovesickness' magical power was broken, so I guessed the identity of the Heavenly King Buddha."

"sit down!"

With the other party's implicit reminder, Su Mingzhe finally remembered his identity and the purpose of coming to this small Xumi world. In the end, he swallowed his anger and did not seek revenge from Yue Lao later.

Wait until the maid serves tea and leaves.

The matchmaker did not dare to beat around the bush and stated his intention directly:
"I wonder if the Heavenly King Buddha has chosen a woman for this day?"

"All right."

When Su Mingzhe saw the other party asking the question, he knew that the other party was most likely the master of this world, so he did not hide it and directly pointed out:

"They are Xie Daoyun, Gu Xinlian, Zhu Yingtai, and Wang Lan."

When Yue Lao heard that Su Mingzhe had chosen the "female lead", he immediately said:
"Heavenly King Buddha, Zhu Yingtai is the core of this world and cannot go with you. Please choose someone else!"

"The core of this world?"

Su Mingzhe asked in surprise:
"Yue Lao, don't lie to me. She is just an ordinary girl. She doesn't have any cultivation power. How can she be the core of a world?"

"What the Heavenly King Buddha doesn't know is that the core of this world is a wisp of harmonious energy born from chaos."

Yue Lao smiled and explained:

"I have refined this harmonious energy for ten epochs, and it has long lost its spirituality. Now that it can be reincarnated as a human, it can be considered a marriage destiny. She has a lifetime of love with the Heavenly King Buddha. However, starting from the next life, she will be forever condemned to the animal realm!"

"Just a lifelong relationship?"

After Su Mingzhe heard Yue Lao's explanation, he could no longer suppress the anger in his eyes:

"You will be reborn as an animal forever..."

"Heavenly King Buddha, this has nothing to do with me. It is her destiny!"

Yue Lao was afraid of being implicated, so he quickly explained the reason:

"This world is one of the seven realms of suffering, the 'realm of love and separation'. If the Heavenly King Buddha wants to save her from the sea of ​​suffering, he can only obtain the true Mahayana Buddhist scriptures..."

(End of this chapter)