It turned out that although Wang Mian's grandfather, Wang Bao, was a general of the five senses, her father, Wang Bo, was only a prefect. He was in charge of Leping County in Bingzhou. At this time, Wang Bao had passed away, so the Wang family was not very powerful in the court. Moreover, Wang Mian's elder brother, Wang Bin, was not very outstanding. It could be said that the family was gradually declining.
However, Wang Mian had a beauty that could topple a country and was well-educated. She had always been regarded as the pearl of Wang Bo's palm. In the feudal society that valued sons over daughters, Wang Mian's status in the family even surpassed her brother, Wang Bin.
Of course, Wang Bo had his own selfish reasons for going against common sense. Wang Bo knew that the current Emperor, the Spirit Monarch, loved beauty. If he could send Wang Mian into the palace, with Wang Mian's beauty that could topple a country, she would definitely be favored. Then, the entire Wang family would be able to soar and recover their former glory, or even surpass the past.
In ancient times, when a woman was thirteen or fourteen years old, she was already considered an adult. When she was fifteen or sixteen years old, she could get married. Wang Mian was already fourteen years old this year, so in two years, Wang Bo could send his daughter Wang Mian into the palace. However, something happened this year, causing Wang Mian to not be able to enter the palace in the end.
This matter was that the Provincial Governor Ding Yuan had sent a betrothal gift to his family to propose marriage for his son. Moreover, the target was his eldest daughter, Wang Mian. Although Wang Bo had a younger daughter, in terms of purple, she was like heaven and earth compared to Wang Mian. Moreover, she was even less obedient and clever.
In the prefect's mansion of Leping County.
At this moment, Wang Bo was sitting in the study with a terrible headache. Ding Yuan was his immediate superior, and more importantly, Ding Yuan had a deep relationship with some of the ministers in the court. In today's world where factional disputes were popular, he could not afford to offend Ding Yuan. However, he could not bear to send his daughter, who was originally going to be sent to the palace, to the Ding family as a daughter-in-law.
When his father, Wang Bao, was alive, the Wang family was doing quite well. After all, his father was a general of the five senses (the general of the five senses was the assistant of the Guanglu Xun, one of the nine ministers of the Han Dynasty. He assisted the Guanglu Xun in the selection of the officer. His position was slightly lower than the nine ministers and was the same level as the servant). However, in his generation, he only became the prefect of a county. Although his official position was not small, it was not as good as when his father was alive.
In ancient times, if a son could not surpass his father, it was regarded as a decline in the family. What Wang Bo could not tolerate was that his son, Wang Bin, was dull and not very talented. It would be difficult for him to have a future. Originally, if he wanted his family to prosper again, he could only rely on this beautiful and smart daughter. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen at this juncture? It was really difficult.
Wang Bo thought about it, but he couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds, so he fell asleep in the study.
At this moment, Wang Mian came to serve tea to her father, but she realized that her father had already fallen asleep on the table. He was still holding a letter tightly in his hand.
Wang Mian didn't dare to wake her father up, so she put the teacup on the table. Then, she went back to the bedroom and took a blanket. She gently covered Wang Bo to prevent him from catching a cold.
Wang Mian took the letter out from Wang Bo's hand. After reading it carefully, she could not help but be shocked. Originally, Wang Mian had never read any of her father's letters, nor did she dare to read them. This was because most of them were official matters. However, Wang Mian had never seen her father fall asleep with a letter in his hand. Presumably, he had encountered some extremely difficult matter. Out of curiosity, Wang Mian read this letter.
It turned out that this letter was written by the provincial governor Ding Yuan to Wang Bo. The general idea was that he wanted to form a marriage alliance with Wang Bo and let his daughter Wang Mian marry his third son Ding Huai.
After reading the letter, Wang Mian's heart surged and her imagination ran wild.
In the past, Ding Yuan had also come to Leping. Wang Mian had seen him before and had also heard Ding Yuan talk about his youngest son. He was very mischievous, but because his mother was too pampered, Ding Yuan felt a headache because of this. Every time he talked about it, he would laugh bitterly and feel very helpless.
To be honest, Wang Mian absolutely did not want to marry such an extremely mischievous profligate young master. However, she had long known that her father wanted to send her into the palace and then rely on this relationship to restore or even surpass the Wang family's past glory.
Wang Mian was a very sensible and filial daughter. She understood her father's hardships. Wang Mian was unwilling to go against her father's wishes. In fact, she had long made preparations to enter the palace.
Actually, in this era where men were superior to women, under the shackles of feudal society, coupled with the education of the three obedience and four virtues, even if Wang Mian did not agree, so what? In the end, she would definitely not be able to resist her father and would still have to follow her father's wishes.
Between marrying into the Ding Family as a daughter-in-law and entering the palace to become one of the Emperor's concubines, Wang Mian would naturally choose the former.
Wang Mian had read many books since she was young and knew the complexity of the competition for favor in the palace of the past dynasties. The battle in the palace was terrifying. If she was not careful, she would die without a burial place. Moreover, her personality was not suitable for that environment. After entering, she would only be very passive and be beaten everywhere.
Although the son of the Ding family was extremely mischievous, he was only ten years old after all. No one could say for sure what would happen in the future. After he married her, if he could use his emotions and reason with her, it should not be difficult to change her.
Moreover, Ding Yuan was currently in a high position as the governor of Bingzhou. He had heard from his father that this person was very close to several ministers who held real power in the court. Now that he had become his daughter-in-law, Ding Yuan would definitely help his father in the officialdom. Wasn't this the same effect as his father letting him enter the palace?
Thinking of this, Wang Mian secretly made a decision to persuade her father to marry her into the Ding Family. Thus, Wang Mian quietly left the room and closed the door. Unexpectedly, when the door was closed, a creak woke Wang Bo up from his sleep. Wang Bo asked,"Who is outside the door?"
"Father, it's Mian 'er."”With that, he pushed the door open and entered.
At this time, Wang Bo had already noticed that the letter that should have been in his hand was placed on the table. He knew that his daughter had already read the contents of the letter, so he sighed and said,"Since Mian 'er has already read the contents of the letter, I won't hide it from you. Originally, I wanted to send you to the palace, but I didn't expect Governor Ding to propose marriage at this time. I'm in a difficult position. What do you think?”
If Wang Mian hadn't seen the contents of the letter earlier, she would definitely have panicked and didn't know how to make a decision when her father suddenly asked about it. However, Wang Mian had already thought it through and said without hesitation,"Provincial Governor Ding is father's superior. If father rejects this matter, he will definitely be unhappy. Moreover, Provincial Governor Ding is too close to some of the powerful ministers in the court. If he is our backer, it will be beneficial to our Wang Clan. Moreover, this time, the Ding Clan took the initiative to propose marriage to the Wang Clan.”
Wang Bo listened to his daughter's analysis and stood up. He walked in front of Wang Mian and looked at her kindly."Ai, my Wang Clan is unfortunate. If your brother was half as smart as you, I wouldn't have made things difficult for him. However, I heard that the son of the Ding Clan is an extremely mischievous and spoiled brat. Once he marries over, I'm afraid that my son will suffer.”
Wang Mian consoled Wang Bo," Father, don't worry. The son of the Ding Family is only ten years old. If I can guide and seduce him after I go over, I might be able to become a talent."”
Wang Bo knew that his daughter was comforting him. He looked at his daughter guiltily and sighed."That's the only way."
The news that Wang Bo had accepted Ding Yuan's betrothal gift immediately reached Jin Yang.
Ding Huai, who had learned of this news, was naturally overjoyed and proud of the success of his plan and the beauty Wang Mian had given him. Wang Bo, on the other hand, was still a little disappointed that his daughter could not enter the palace. Little did they know that it was precisely because Wang Mian did not enter the palace that she managed to save her life. This way, Wang Mian would not die in the hands of Empress He in the future due to the jealousy among the concubines in the harem.
At the same time, this also caused Emperor Ling of Han to lose a son, Liu Xie, who would become Emperor Xian of Han in the future. This caused a fundamental change in history.
After Wang Bo accepted Ding Yuan's betrothal gift, he sent Wang Mian to the Provincial Governor's Office. In fact, this was also a rule. Once the two families were married, the woman would send her daughter to the man's family within a few days. She would be considered a member of the in-law's family. Although Ding Huai and Wang Mian were still young and could not consummate the marriage, it was still the same.
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