C355 Tell Me Who I Should Marry
C355 Tell Me Who I Should Marry
During the two days of the Spring and Autumn Equinox, he was the one who held Queen of Loulan's ceremony to worship the gods.
Actually, his most important duty was to act as the 'Minister of Imperial Household'. Until now, he had accompanied two Queen of Loulan and had the power to decide which member of the royal family would become the monarch.
Let's put it this way, Tuoba Qianjun was the second most influential person in King of Loulan other than Queen of Loulan. Even the little prince Brother Mo had to treat him with respect when he saw him.
Therefore, every time he came to see Queen of Loulan, he wouldn't even need to kneel.
There was a rule in the country that when Queen of Loulan went to Temple of Forest, it had to be during the daytime.
Tuoba Qianjun had come to the palace at night.
Tuoba Qianjun greeted King of Loulan and stood not far behind her without saying a word.
King of Loulan also didn't say anything, as if she had summoned Tuoba Qianjun just to face him silently.
In reality, the two of them were staring into each other's eyes. However, there was a layer of gauze between them, so they couldn't see anything.
Tuoba Qianjun's face was covered by a black veil, and even his eyes were hidden behind the black veil. As for King of Loulan's eyes, they were behind the mask, so Tuoba Qianjun could blink, but not hers.
However, in the next four to five minutes, King of Loulan's cold and bright eyes never blinked. It was as if they were not eyes but a pair of shiny gemstones.
The footsteps of the patrolling guards could be heard from outside, breaking the current silence.
Tuoba Qianjun lowered his head and said slowly, "Her Majesty The Queen, are you sure you want to do that?"
Only then did King of Loulan look away, he turned around and looked out of the window again, and said lightly: "High Priest Tuo Ba, let me ask you a question, from when you were young, how many generations of monarchs have you been through?"
Tuoba Qianjun was silent for a moment before saying, "It's the 4th generation monarch."
King of Loulan asked again, "How old are you this year?"
Tuoba Qianjun answered, "My thirty-third birthday is coming up in nine days."
King of Loulan said in a cold voice, "You are only thirty-three years old, but you have experienced four generations of Lou Lan princes. If you leave aside the fact that I have been on this throne for two years, you have experienced three monarchs in your thirty-first year. According to the Ancestor System, every monarch under the age of seventeen is not allowed to ascend to the throne. This way, the average lifespan of the first three monarchs would only be around twenty-eight years. "
After a pause, King of Loulan's voice was laced with sadness, "Twenty-eight years old, be it in ancient times or modern times, he is very young. But why is it that the third generation of monarchs can only live to twenty-eight years old? Let's ignore these three generations for now and push forward ten generations of monarchs. Who among them can live past forty? Which male can live past twenty-one!? "
Tuoba Qianjun did not say anything because he knew what King of Loulan was going to say.
King of Loulan let out a low sigh and continued, "It's because I knew Brother Mo's life span would not exceed 21 years, that's why I pampered him so much. My goal is to let him enjoy everything that others can enjoy in a limited amount of time! "Tuoba Qianjun, tell me, why can a member of the royal family only live such a short life?!"
Tuoba Qianjun was silent for a long time before he said in a hoarse voice, "That's because, that's because the royal family can only marry close relatives."
"Haha, so you know the reason, High Priest."
King of Loulan chuckled and turned around to look at him. His eyes became deep and scary and his voice became light, "According to the ancestor's rules, when I get married at the age of 20, who should I marry?"
The black veil on Tuoba Qianjun's face trembled. But he didn't say anything.
King of Loulan's voice still sounded as coquettish as before, "Tell me, who should I marry!?"
As if he was holding something in his mouth, Tuoba Qianjun said with difficulty, "According to the ancestor system, Her Majesty The Queen should marry Huyesa at the Spring Equinox date …"
Queen of Loulan suddenly interrupted Tuoba Qianjun with a high-pitched voice, "Huyesa, what does it have to do with me?"
This time, Tuoba Qianjun didn't answer immediately. Instead, he lowered his head and thought for a long time before slowly saying: "Her Majesty The Queen's father and Huyesa's father are brothers. Her Majesty The Queen and Prince Huyesa are cousins. "
As if she didn't know anything, Queen of Loulan kept asking, "Other than Huyesa, who else can I marry?"
Gritting his teeth, Tuoba Qianjun replied: "It can only be Brother Mo. Because among the royal male members, only Huyesa and Brother Mo are suitable for Her Majesty The Queen's age. "
"Oh, so that's how it is."
King of Loulan seemed to be smiling as he asked, "If I were to ascend to heaven at the age of 28, who would be in charge of Lou Lan?"
Tuoba Qianjun could answer: "Once Her Majesty The Queen ascends to heaven, you will be replaced by Salia, who is already seven years old this year. And five years old Daisy, four years old. In eighteen years, perhaps your daughter will be the new Queen. "
Tuoba Qianjun said the names of four to five royal girls in one breath. It seemed like he had already made a detailed plan in his mind.
Looking at Tuoba Qianjun, King of Loulan's eyes, which could not be covered by the mask, slowly became crazed. His coquettish voice also became hoarse: "Tuoba Qianjun, why must the royal family get married?"
Tuoba Qianjun raised his head and replied calmly: "This is to maintain the purity of our bloodline! It was a rule set by the first generation king of Lou Lan's rebirth that could not be defied! Only this way could the female royal members maintain the most beautiful appearance for generations, and only then would they be able to ascend to the heavens and enter the path of Asura, becoming an immortal body! Therefore, even if the lifespan of the members of the royal family isn't long, as long as they wholeheartedly do good deeds after ascending to the heavens, they can live forever! "
Legends said that there were six paths in the world. One was the Heavenly Dao, two was the Asura Dao, three was the Mortal Dao, four was the Beast Dao, five was the Hungry Ghost Dao, and six was the Hell Dao.
The first three are the three good ways, because their work (good and evil, cause and effect) is better.
The next three paths were the three evils. Because of their heavy work, all the living beings who had fallen into a state of life and death could only go through six paths of reincarnation.
Legend has it that the men of the Asura Dao were extremely ugly and the women were extremely beautiful. Their blessings were great, and were not far from those of the Heaven Realm. Those who were born in this path had great karma in their past lives, but because of their hateful habits, they were unable to be born in the Heaven Realm. They could only be born in this kind of form of life that was like the heavens and not the heavens.
Legend has it that the hatred and jealousy of the masses of the Shura Dao are extremely strong. They would often fight against the beings of Heaven Realm, but would always return after being defeated and covered in wounds.
Legend has it that although all the beings of this line are blessed with great wisdom, longevity and wisdom, they are unhappy because of their hatred.
Legend has it that the male Asuras roamed the world, often roiling the winds and billowing the waves in an aggressive manner. In the heavens, they would attack the Heavenly King from time to time in order to seize power from him, whereas the female Asuras were beautiful and often bewitched the living, making it difficult for them to cultivate.
As a result, although the male and female Shura did not have to suffer, they had a high chance of becoming the Three Evils (Beast, Hungry Ghost, Hell, the Three Evils) after death.
"To ascend to the heavens and ascend to the Shura Dao, and become an immortal body?"
King of Loulan repeated Tuoba Qianjun's words in a low voice. Suddenly, he chuckled and took off the mask on his face.
When she giggled, Tuoba Qianjun's body trembled and he quickly lowered his head.
After King of Loulan took off the mask, the entire empty hall seemed to brighten up because of her beautiful face. Even the stars outside the window had lost their radiance!
What kind of face was this?
Even using all the words in the world that described beauty, it was impossible to describe just what it looked like!
Beautiful to the extreme. Beautiful to the point that all the men in the world were willing to kneel under her skirt with a single glance.
Charm!
So, even Tuoba Qianjun, who stayed in the Temple of Forest all day and was in the company of the Snake Dowager, did not dare to take a single glance.
However, King of Loulan said, "Tuoba Qianjun, raise your head."
Tuoba Qianjun didn't look up. Instead, he lowered his head even more: "Her Majesty The Queen, Tuoba Qianjun doesn't dare!"
King of Loulan sneered and walked in front of him. He stretched out his right hand and used his long white index finger to gently lift up his chin.
"Her Majesty The Queen!"
Tuoba Qianjun felt a lump in his throat. Just as he was about to raise his right hand to push away the hand, King of Loulan's left hand pressed down on his shoulder. Then, all the strength in his body disappeared and he was forced to raise his head.
"Tuoba Qianjun, if I were to tell you now that I do not want to ascend to the Shura's Path after death, I would only want to be like the rest of Lou Lan's women and find a happy husband to bear his children for you. Would you believe me?"
Tuoba Qianjun stared at King of Loulan, his eyes glazed, "Her Majesty The Queen, I, I believe that once you decide to marry a man other than the royal family, you will be polluted by the secular world. Not only will you be unable to ascend to the Asura Dao after death, but you will also have an unspeakably bitter death …"
King of Loulan's gaze immediately turned cold as he said flatly, "Just like the Shen Ruoxuan who married Su Beishan after leaving Lou Lan for twenty-nine years? I heard that after she died, her entire body was snow-white and her entire body was a translucent white. Her appearance was as if she was poisoned by a 'heaven', and her soul was imprisoned within her fleshly body, then disappeared along with the disappearance of her fleshly body? "
"Yes, it's like this."
Tuoba Qianjun swallowed his saliva with difficulty and muttered: "However, Her Majesty The Queen, you might know this, but before the original name of Zhuo Ma gave up on becoming King of Loulan and left Lou Lan, she still had to endure seven days and seven nights of tribulation within the Temple of Forest. In these seven days and seven nights, she is not a beauty like the mortal world. Her Majesty The Queen was beautiful. To a girl, it was more important than life. For the sake of what's called love, give up your immortality after ascending to heaven, give up your otherworldly divine arts, give up … "
King of Loulan let go of Tuoba Qianjun's chin and asked with a cold tone, "I only want to know, how long can the daughter of Shen Ruoxuan and Su Beishan live?"
As King of Loulan removed his finger, Tuoba Qianjun let out a long sigh of relief as if he had taken off a heavy burden, "Su Beishan is a mortal, and the child born after combining with Zhuo Ma, other than having some of the characteristics of the Shura Path, is no different from a mortal. According to the medical conditions there, you can live to around 80 years of age. "
"Eighty, eighty?"
King of Loulan repeated it a few times and then suddenly laughed: "If my child can live to be eighty, no matter what I have to do, I will do it willingly."