Late at night that day, Zhuge Liang completed the heavy work, breathed a sigh of relief, left the palace city from the official office, and headed towards his own home, which was not far away.

Since the founding of the Wei Empire, it still maintained a curfew policy, but compared with the previous dynasty, in several major cities, the Wei Empire curfew time was much later than before.

The more prosperous commodity economy drove the commercial market in Luoyang City to give birth to the [Huang City] market after the morning market and the afternoon market.

As the name suggests, after the end of Wu, the sun sets until the fourth hour of Xu. The four major markets in the southeast, southwest and northwest still maintain commercial activities until the specified time.

Many Luoyang residents often have finished their day's production work at this time, and they are in their spare time, so they will choose to go shopping with their families in the dusk market or have dinner.

So the Huo City naturally became the most lively market in Luoyang City. Whenever the Huo City starts, the four major cities in the southeast, west and north are crowded with crowds. Standing at the intersection, you can’t see the end of the street at a glance, it’s so prosperous.

It was the last time when Zhuge Liang came out of the official office. The residents who visited the dusk market in Luoyang City returned home from the market.

Following the crowd, Zhuge Liang felt this prosperity that was very different from the previous dynasty and sighed deeply.

From his childhood experience of displacedness to his final settlement in Jingzhou, from using his two sisters to obtain a place to live, to gain an independent foothold in the Guowei regime, he has seen countless wonders of the world and found that this is his ideal country.

Everything here is what he longs for and what he wants to see extremely.

He has experienced many trials and many years of tests in many places. He has personally participated in every link of political actions, and even experienced economic and political crises personally.

So he understood even more how hard-earned all this was.

Putting down the curtain on the frame, Zhuge Liang sat quietly in the car without saying a word.

When he returned home, his wife Huang had prepared a stew for him and asked him to drink it before going to bed.

Huang was always worried that Zhuge Liang's body could not withstand such a long period of destruction of government affairs, so he tried every means to nourish his body. Even if he had supper at the official office, he would stew some soup for Zhuge Liang to drink so that he could nourish his body and not get tired.

Zhuge Liang drank the soup prepared by his wife warmly and drank a bowl. When Huang took the second bowl, he asked, "Has Qiaoer gone to bed?"

"Yeah, I'm going to bed."

"What's his homework recently?"

"It's great. I work hard every day. After A Ke passed the exam, he worked harder. He said that he would also get the exam in two years. As the son of the top scorer, he could not embarrass the top scorer."

Huang said with a smile.

Zhuge Liang also laughed.

"Ake is talented and Qiaoer is a little less than that, but as long as he is willing to work hard, he will achieve success in the end. If he lacks talent, he must make up for it with hard work. This is so good, you should also pay attention to his body and don't get tired."

"Don't worry, I will take good care of Qiaoer."

Huang said as he showed a lonely expression and said with a forced smile: "Now, he is already my own son."

Zhuge Liang instantly understood what Huang meant.

He reached out and held Huang's hand: "I have never blamed you. Whether it is verbally or in my heart, I have been traveling around the world, and even traveling to the Western Regions for more than ten years. You have been with me and taking care of me. We are a husband and wife, so don't feel sorry for me."

Huang's heart warmed, his eyes turned red, and he snuggled in Zhuge Liang's arms and sobbed.

"I was unable to give birth to you, I'm sorry..."

"I said it, I haven't blamed you. Isn't it the same now? Qiaoer is our child, I have descendants and have entered our genealogy. What's the point?"

Zhuge Liang hugged Huang and kept comforting her.

It is true that he said this, but in his heart, Zhuge Liang was somewhat regretful and a little disappointed.

He and his wife Huang have been married for more than ten years, but they still have no children until now. Even though he worked harder, he did not make any progress.

As Huang grew older, Zhuge Liang no longer had any expectations and gradually felt that perhaps God was destined to have no children with Huang.

Originally, according to Zhuge Liang's identity, he could take a concubine, and he was older. Even among the people, he could take a concubine without a son at the age of 40 and continue the incense. He could take two to three concubines to continue the incense for himself.

However, for various reasons, perhaps more considering Huang's mood, Zhuge Liang did not decide to take a concubine in the end.

Originally, Zhuge Liang wanted to work harder and have a son with Huang, but after he returned to Luoyang to take office, he had a key position but had no legitimate son, so he caused some discussion in the Guo Wei regime, which emphasized the importance of being single and not being single.

Some words are not so friendly.

For example, if he doesn't have a child or has no legitimate son, either he has a physical problem, his wife has a physical problem, or his wife is jealous, Zhuge Liang is afraid of taking a concubine, or he has ulterior motives and doesn't know what he is thinking.

His extraordinary promotion has caused dissatisfaction among many people, and this situation is even more dangerous now.

Knowing the strong atmosphere tradition of Guo Wei Group [single and not being single] and knowing that time is not on his side, Zhuge Liang made up his mind and discussed with his brother Zhuge Jin, hoping to adopt one of his three sons and be given to him as his son.

Zhuge Jin also understood Zhuge Liang's situation. While agreeing to Zhuge Liang's request, he also advised Zhuge Liang to take a concubine and give birth to a biological son. At worst, he could just give it to Huang to raise.

There must be anyway.

Zhuge Liang was very conflicted about this.

"She treated me deeply and had a great friendship. She followed me from thousands of miles away. She suffered all the hardships after she was breeze and sand. How difficult was it for the daughter raised by the Jiangnan water town in the northwest? She persisted for more than ten years, and now she has suffered all the hardships, so how can I take a concubine?"

Zhuge Jin comforted Zhuge Liang.

"You are an official, and it is okay to take a concubine himself, not to mention that I, Wei, paying attention to a [single and not being single]. Even if you adopt my son as your own, others will inevitably have some gossip.

Moreover, if your younger brother and sister have not made any debut for many years, and you still don’t take a concubine, what will outsiders think of her? Wouldn’t she think she is a jealous woman and resentful woman, and thus treat her even worse? Isn’t the rumors outside like this now?"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while, but still shook his head.

"She and my husband have been in love with each other for many years. They are no longer the gossip that can be shaken by these gossips. Besides, I am busy with official business and rashly taking a concubine, and I don't have much time to manage family affairs. I don't know how many troubles will happen at home. I'd better forget this."

Zhuge Liang once again rejected Zhuge Jin's suggestion. Zhuge Jin's persuasion was ineffective and could only shake his head and sigh.

Then Zhuge Jin chose his second son Zhuge Qiao, and asked the elders of the clan to come forward to witness and completed the adoption ceremony.

So from then on, Zhuge Qiao became Zhuge Liang's son.

At that time, Zhuge Qiao was only fourteen years old.

Now two years have passed, Zhuge Liang and Huang are in harmony with Zhuge Qiao. Zhuge Liang spent some time studying and practicing calligraphy himself and explaining him difficult problems.

This made Zhuge Qiao, who had been covered up by his elder brother Zhuge Ke at home before, feel happy.

Zhuge Ke is too smart. Zhuge Jin likes him the most. He ignores Zhuge Qiao and his younger brother Zhuge Rong very much. He doesn't pay much attention to it and finds it difficult to get fatherly love. He often feels lost and a little jealousy.

After adoption, Zhuge Qiao experienced full fatherly love from Zhuge Liang, and gradually accepted Zhuge Liang to become his father, and felt that adoption may not be a bad thing, and maybe it was a lucky thing.

Huang also regarded Zhuge Qiao as his son and took care of him more, so the family of three became closer.

But after all, Huang and Zhuge Liang were still a little regretful.

But now that things have come to this point, Zhuge Liang saw that he was in his forties and his youth had long been smoothed out by years of hard work, so he no longer had any thoughts and put away his regrets.

"By the way, I have something to tell you."

Zhuge Liang smiled, changed the subject and said, "Tonight, my brother called me and my third brother to go to his house with me, and told us that His Majesty plans to let his brother's daughter marry the prince and become the prince's concubine."

Huang was stunned for a moment, very surprised.

"Crown Princess? Crown Prince's wife?"

"Yes, no one expected that His Majesty actually chose his elder brother's daughter as the crown princess. I heard that the Supreme Emperor also agreed to such a candidate, and this matter was basically settled."

After Zhuge Liang said this, Huang covered his mouth in surprise.

"Then doesn't this mean that our Zhuge family wants to... become a royal relative?"

"Well, that's it."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "It's true that things happened suddenly, but since Your Majesty said it, he must have thought it carefully. I'm afraid it will be announced to the public soon. At that time, our Zhuge family will become the focus of everyone's attention."

What Zhuge Liang expected was nothing wrong.

About half a month later, after Guo Peng secretly summoned Zhuge Jin for an hour-long conversation, the matter was officially announced.

The emperor issued an edict that after the crown prince's practice not long after, Zhuge, the daughter of Zhuge Jin, the Minister of Agriculture, was officially married to Crown Prince Guo Chengzhi.

The news broke out and instantly became the front-page headline of Luoyang City that day. More than 10,000 officials and their families in the Luoyang court, ordinary people and even the soldiers stationed in the garrison began to discuss the marriage in a heated manner.

The crown prince's crown ceremony will be held in a few months. After the crown ceremony, the wedding will inevitably be held. By then, Zhuge will be directly upgraded to a royal relative. After many years, the crown prince will succeed to the throne. Zhuge will be a serious relative of the foreign country.
Chapter completed!