Chapter 016 - Marriage(1/2)
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After saying a few casual comments, Xiao Fengxian asked Wu Zhi with a smile: "Does the noble king Qiansui know where Xiao and others are doing this?"
Wu Zhi nodded slightly.
Xiao Fengxian said again: "Your Majesty Qiansui thought we were all in every way?"
Wu Zhi looked at Xiao Fengxian and smiled: "Success or failure is always about 50%."
Xiao Fengxian heard Wu Zhi’s excuse, sighed, and nodded slightly.
Seeing that the atmosphere gradually became cold, Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Everyone is tired of boats and cars, so let's take a break soon. There are still some things in my mansion, so I'll say goodbye!" As he said, he stood up, Xiao Fengxian hurriedly got up and saw him off, walked to the entrance of the inn, and followed Xiao Qianqian behind Xiao Fengxian and said, "Uncle, tell me that Qianqian is going to accompany her father today, and she won't go back to the mansion."
Wu Zhi nodded, and Xiao Fengxian looked at his daughter in surprise. If I come to the southern country, you will go back to the noble palace? I immediately realized that for many years in the Southern Dynasty, my daughter had already regarded the noble palace as a writer.
"The noble king is Qiansheng, after a few days, the king of Japan wants to visit Princess Shaoyang. I wonder if it is convenient?" Xiao Fengxian suddenly said before Wu Zhi got on the carriage.
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Of course it's okay. No matter when Brother Xiao comes to my noble palace, brothers will sweep the bed and treat each other." It's reasonable and there is nothing wrong with others seeing Jin Zhi.
Xiao Fengxian smiled and thanked him. After Wu Zhi drove away, Xiao Fengxian and his team returned to the inn.
A few days later, Xiao Fengxian led Xiao Qianqian to the noble palace. Xiao Fengxian went to visit Jinzhi himself, but Xiao Qianqian came to Qiqiao's bedroom with a lot of worries. In the bedroom gauze tent, Qiqiao was wearing a tender yellow dress. She was humming a small song and sat at the head of the bed, with two snow-white little feet bare, holding a brush, and concentrating on applying her toenails.
Xiao Qianqian walked in and sat on the soft chair, staring at Qiqiao's busy work. Soon, Qiqiao put away her makeup, looked at her feet and smiled with satisfaction, turned to Xiao Qianqian and said, "Qianqian, do you see if your aunt's feet look good?" She proudly stretched her feet to Xiao Qianqian.
The snow-white and beautiful little feet, the nails are light red, like the ten-point red plum in the snow, making them even more gorgeous. Even Xiao Qianqian couldn't help but want to kiss her gently on it.
"It looks good..." Xiao Qianqian looked at Qiqiao's slender feet enviously.
"This is the Qionghua oil my husband gave me, hehe, isn't it beautiful?" Qiqiao looked at her little feet with satisfaction for a long time. She then took the tender yellow socks next to her and put them on them. She turned to Xiao Qianqian and said, "I'll go back and my aunt will give you a bottle!"
Xiao Qianqian said "happy": "Thank you aunt..."
"Why are you listless?" Qiqiao discovered Xiao Qianqian's abnormality.
"It's okay..." Xiao Qianqian lowered her head.
Qiqiao glared at her: "You tell me to say it! Why are you hesitating?"
Xiao Qianqian hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Dad...Dad has made a marriage for me..."
"What?" Qi Qiao's voice suddenly rose and she said angrily: "What kind of marriage?" It seemed even more angry than Xiao Qianqian.
"Dad told me that I would get married when I returned to the North..." Xiao Qianqian sighed, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Why should he get engaged to you? This old fool!" Qi Qiao was so angry that she scolded Xiao Fengxian, as if her cheap aunt was more qualified to take care of Xiao Qianqian's affairs than her father.
"What do you think?" Qiqiao asked Xiao Qianqian.
"Qianqian...Qianqian doesn't know..." Xiao Qianqian saw that Qiqiao was very angry and hung her head in panic.
"I don't know what? I want to get married even if I haven't seen him. My aunt told you that the marriages decided by the family are not good..." Qi Qiao persuaded Xiao Qianqian with great experience. After a while, she said, "Besides, what good men are there in your Khitan? They are all monsters with hair!"
Xiao Qianqian didn't dare to refute. She could only say carefully: "Qianqian was not ugly when she saw the candidate she decided by her father..."
"Then do you want to marry him?" Qi Qiao lowered her face.
"No, no, if Qianqian wants to get married, there is no need to worry..." Xiao Qianqian explained in a hurry.
Qiqiao's face was slightly relaxed, "This is almost the same. You said you saw him? Then he is also the official who accompanied this time?"
Xiao Qianqian said: "Yes, he is the commander of the accompanying guards, called Xiao Tiancheng."
Qiqiao nodded slightly: "Xiao Tiancheng. I've recorded it." He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, muttering: "This guy dares to come and rob his husband's woman, he's really looking for death!" He looked up at Xiao Qianqian and said: "Qianqian. You go back first."
Xiao Qianqian nodded slightly, stood up and said respectfully: "Aunt Qianqian said he was leaving."
Xiao Qianqian walked out, Qiqiao thought about it, suddenly felt a little worried and shouted: "Qianqian!"
Xiao Qianqian stopped hearing the sound and looked back at Qiqiao.
Qi Qiao smiled and said, "Qianqian, it's not that my aunt doesn't let you get married, but you are always my aunt's baby. If you want to get married, you will naturally get married!"
Xiao Qianqian looked at Qiqiao for no reason.
Qiqiao smiled again and said, "Oh, let me tell you clearly. My aunt thinks you are okay, beautiful and virtuous, and it is also suitable for my aunt's temper..." Perhaps Qiqiao would think that Xiao Qianqian is rude and virtuous.
It was rare to hear Qiqiao praise her. Xiao Qianqian felt happy and smiled and said, "Thank you aunt!"
Qi Qiao ignored her and said to herself: "Auntie has been thinking for a long time. You can barely deserve your husband, oh, it's your uncle..."
"Ah?" Xiao Qianqian raised her head and grew up in surprise.
"Why, don't you want to? Is there anyone in the world better than your uncle? I'll give you a cheaper look and feel this way!" Qi Qiao was a little unhappy when she saw Xiao Qianqian's expression.
"No...no, it's Qianqian who didn't... I never thought about it..." In Xiao Qianqian's heart, Wu Zhi was her father, just like a strict father. She never thought about anything that would happen between her and her "uncle".
"Does this still need to be thought?" Qi Qiao opened her eyes wide in surprise, as if all the women in the world should cheer when they hear that they can marry her husband.
"Can you still be wrong if I marry my aunt?" Qi Qiao remembered that she knew her keen eyes and became a little proud again, crossed her legs and picked up the teacup.
Xiao Qianqian's thoughts were completely confused and she stared at Qiqiao blankly.
"Okay, okay, go! Let me tell you. If you say something indifferently, I can't spare you!" Qiqiao waved her hand and Xiao Qianqian walked out in a daze. She had something in her mind, but the first thing she thought was to talk to her aunt. Who knew that she was even more confused when she left than when she came...
The Southern Dynasty was led by Xu Yi to negotiate with the Liao Dynasty's missions on the Song and Liao dynasties. The Liao envoys proposed that they were of course hoping that the Southern Dynasty could return the Liaoyang Prefecture, the Dading Prefecture and its twenty or thirty prefectures to the Liao Dynasty. However, let alone the Southern Dynasty, even Xiao Fengxian himself knew that the nineteenth thing was difficult to accomplish, but it was just to do its best and obey the will of heaven.
After more than ten days of consultation, the two sides still made no progress. The Liao delegation gradually became impatient, especially with several officials in the delegation, who were still treating themselves as the country of the Northern Kingdom when it was at its peak. Seeing that the Southern Dynasty was negligent, they were muttering and demanding to return to the country in anger.
It happened that at this time, Xiao Tiancheng, the commander of the escort of the mission, made mistakes. First, a brothel woman came to the door and said cryingly that Xiao Tiancheng was not sure about her words. She was a priest, and Xiao Tiancheng agreed to redeem her. Then she stayed with Xiao Tiancheng for one night, and he broke her body. Who knew that Xiao Tiancheng slipped away early in the morning, which made her shameless to see people. After searching for a few days, she found Xiao Tiancheng. The night she said that Xiao Tiancheng happened to be not in the inn, which made Xiao Tiancheng really reasonable and said no to invite him. After slandering, he finally sent her away.
Then, a casino Laodeng came to the door. He said that Xiao Tiancheng was so angry that he injured his friend and asked Xiao Tiancheng to pay for the medicine. Xiao Tiancheng did stay in the gambling house for one night, which was the night the brothel woman said. However, he was the first time he saw the Golden Flower Card. He was curious and played for one night. Where did he hurt someone? The casino owner yelled to report to the official and even pulled Xiao Tiancheng. Xiao Tiancheng got angry and slapped him twice. Now the casino Laodeng took the opportunity to spit out and cried on the ground. Xiao Fengxian couldn't see it and paid the money to send him away. However, when the officials looked at Xiao Fengxian again, their eyes were a little strange.
Xiao Tiancheng's nightmare was not over yet. A few days later, he accidentally broke the precious antiques while wandering in Bianjing. He didn't have enough money, so he finally took the card to the victim and went back to the inn to get the money. Who knew that the owner had disappeared after he came back. The next day, a yamen runner came to the door and found Xiao Tiancheng's card at the scene of a murder case. Xiao Tiancheng explained hard that the yamen runner just refused to listen. Fortunately, Xiao Tiancheng was an envoy. Finally, Xiao Fengxian came forward to send the yamen runner away. When the yamen runner left, he almost exclaimed Xiao Tiancheng's blood. All officials in the Liao Kingdom thought that Xiao Tiancheng was a disaster star, and most of them began to alienate him. Only Xiao Fengxian still treated him as before, which made Xiao Tiancheng cry.
In the living room of the Prince's Mansion, Wu Zhi and Xiao Fengxian were talking and talking happily. Xiao Fengxian was very worried about the meeting between Song and Liao in a few days. This was the first time in a few days when he came to the Prince's Mansion to pay homage to Wu Zhi.
As he spoke, he spoke to Xiao Qianqian's head. Xiao Fengxian smiled and said, "Your Majesty Qiansui, do you know about the engagement of the little girl?"
Wu Zhi was stunned for a moment, "But I don't know if this is a prominent family in the northern country?"
Xiao Fengxian smiled: "It can be considered a prominent family by force, but what I like is not his identity, but his talent. He has been known as a genius of military strategy since he was a child. Although there was a small storm, he finally survived. Now he is the best among the young generals in my dynasty!"
"Is Xiao Tiancheng?" Wu Zhi said with a smile.
"That's right, the noble king said he didn't know it? It seems that not only did the noble king know it, but he also found it clearly..." Xiao Fengxian looked at Wu Zhi with great meaning. This time, Xiao Fengxian rarely used the Song Dynasty to call Wu Zhi brothers, and the situation was stronger than others. If he was still old, he would feel awkward.
"Brother really doesn't know." Wu Zhi was so surprised, not knowing what he meant.
"Oh, since the prince doesn't know, then Xiao Wang will talk about his affairs in the past few days..." Xiao Fengxian saw Wu Zhi refuse to admit it, and without saying much, he told the unlucky incident that Xiao Tiancheng had encountered in the past few days.
Wu Zhi couldn't help but feel funny. Is this guy too unlucky? He didn't laugh, so he could only comfort Xiao Fengxian. Although he had not yet married, he was also a prospective son-in-law. Xiao Fengxian must be unhappy when he was humiliated so much.
"What do you think of the little girl?" After saying about Xiao Tiancheng's affairs, Xiao Fengxian suddenly asked Wu Zhi.
"Qianqian is not bad..." Wu Zhi said with a smile. However, when he remembered the marriage between Xiao Tiancheng and Xiao Qianqian, Wu Zhi couldn't help but frown. Xiao Tiancheng, but he wanted to get rid of the person he wanted to get rid of.
"Brother Xiao, I know that something is too abrupt. Brother Xiao, don't blame me!" Wu Zhi pondered for a while, then turned to Xiao Fengxian and said.
Xiao Fengxian said: "Your king has something to say, but please tell me clearly."
Wu Zhi said: "Qianqian is at the age of time to talk about marriage, but the candidates are still needed to consider..." He looked up at Xiao Fengxian's face and smiled: "Talk casually. I'm just afraid that Qianqian will regret it, so Brother Xiao doesn't have to take it seriously..."
Xiao Fengxian smiled and said, "It's okay!" He picked up the teacup and brought it to his mouth. However, he was stunned and showed that there was a problem in his heart that he could not resolve.
Wu Zhi rarely saw Xiao Fengxian lose his mind in front of others, and he felt a little strange. He didn't ask much.
"Your Majesty, Qianqian wants you to take more responsibility in the future!" Xiao Fengxian suddenly turned around and said to Wu Zhi.
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "What are you saying? When did I treat her badly!"
Xiao Fengxian nodded and smiled, "It was me who was wrong, I was speechless... But Qianqian had a tough temper, and I was really worried..."
Wu Zhi took the opportunity to say, "That's why I think Xiao Tiancheng is not a good match for love. When a young man becomes famous, he will definitely be frivolous. I am afraid that he can't stand Qianqian's temper. Brothers think that it's better to find a name for Qianqian and be honest and upright person!"
Xiao Fengxian smiled and looked at Wu Zhi a few times, "It seems that the noble king likes that girl Qianqian is so tight!"
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "Qianqian is really likable!" He showed her heart, is she likable?
Xiao Fengxian stood up and said, "The noble king's land is a good word. Xiao Wang remembers it, Xiao Wang says goodbye!"
Wu Zhi stood up and sent Xiao Fengxian out of the mansion. When he arrived in front of the mansion, Xiao Fengxian turned around and said, "Don't send it to him again, but Tiancheng is bothering him to take care of him more..."
Wu Zhi was stunned. Why did he not hear it after a long time of talking, and he actually wanted to take care of his son-in-law by himself? If it were someone else, it would be fine, but I would take care of him? Well, I have to take good care of him. If it weren't for the relationship between Liao and Song dynasties, I would have thought of killing him, but although I can't do it now, I will definitely cut him in a few years. By then, Xiao Qianqian would be a widow at a young age, and I really couldn't bear it when I think about it.
Wu Zhi was still a little unfair after returning to the mansion. He persuaded Xiao Fengxian a few words, which was also for Xiao Qianqian. Who knew that he would not get in and asked him to take care of Xiao Tiancheng, which made Wu Zhi very angry.
But after thinking about it, he laughed silently. Who is he? Xiao Qianqian's lifelong affairs are not his turn to take care of. After thinking about this, his anger gradually faded away. When he remembered what Xiao Fengxian said today, Wu Zhi was suddenly stunned. What is Xiao Fengxian's meaning?
The more Wu Zhi thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. When he thought about Xiao Tiancheng's experience, it was not just as simple as unlucky. It was obvious that someone was manipulating it behind the scenes. When he thought about it, Wu Zhi immediately realized that Xiao Fengxian thought that he would continue to do the matter. As for the reasons..., when he remembered Xiao Fengxian's words, such as Xiao Qianqian, he was both funny and angry. Didn't he think that he was interested in Xiao Qianqian? He also thought about Xiao Fengxian's thoughts.
Wu Zhi smiled bitterly and shook his head, got up and walked towards the study, and ordered the guards to pass on Wu Yong.
When Wu Yong arrived at the study, Wu Zhi was reading ancient books. Wu Yong was surprised. When did the noble king start reading ancient books?
"Come on, sit down!" After Wu Yong saw the ceremony, Wu Zhi pointed to the chair opposite him.
Wu Zhi put down the book in his hand and smiled and said, "Is there any news from Lu Cheng?"
Wu Yong said: "This is not. Since Miss Yan changed her residence, Cai Jiu seemed to have become suspicious. Seeing that Lu Cheng had less time, he was still secretly investigating the origin of Lu Cheng."
Wu Zhi said: "Don't just go to Yanggu by him!"
Wu Yong smiled and said, "That's not possible. Lu Cheng is a native of Bianjing. Many people think he grew up..."
To be continued...