Inside Daming Building, elegant room.
A thin puff of smoke slowly overflowed from a small beige-green glazed smoker and passed over the girl's pink and delicate face.
The girl rested her left hand on the desk, holding her forehead, as if she was sleeping lightly. The pearl-pierced earrings stretched from the top of her head to a few inches below her ears, with a faint pink skin shining through. The earrings swayed slightly behind her ears, hinting that The girl seemed uneasy.
Kneeling next to the girl was a maid with black hair. She looked at the girl for a while, and then looked at the noisy door outside. She didn't know what she was thinking.
Next to her, there was a little girl in Xuanduan clothes, who was busy arranging the furnishings on the desk and the girl's large dress with black stockings and red trim. She seemed to have no time to spare.
"Clang-"
The girl's slender eyelashes trembled slightly, and there was a faint mist. She looked out the window at the agitated crowd, her fingertips were resting on the window and she was about to touch something, when she suddenly heard the sound of the door opening in her ears.
"Dalangjun!"
The little girl was startled at first, and then realized what she was doing, but she seemed to be unable to move her legs, and was kneeling on the ground with her head lowered. The maid was very familiar with it, and immediately stepped forward to help the visitor take off the red bird, and then stood up on tiptoes. Pick off the crown for him.
The visitor's cloudy eyes looked at the girl uneasily. The girl slowly opened her eyes wide at this moment, her face still calm, and she straightened her body slightly.
The gauze fan was placed in front of her, but she seemed to have no intention of picking up the gauze fan to cover her face. She just made a hasty salute: "Aye!"
"The general's troops have returned to the court!"
"General!"
"General..." Outside the window, crowds of soldiers and civilians were chasing the cavalry that was slowly disappearing.
The visitor hurriedly glanced at the grand scene outside the window, then sat down opposite the girl, held his breath and picked up the prepared tea, and slowly rubbed the outer edge of the teacup with his fingertips.
Wang Hong, the eldest son of Shangshu Ling Wang Xun, is currently the minister of Huangmen. He is the biological father of the girl.
The girl looked at the large group of people advancing slowly on the street. Her eyes rested on the handsome man on the horse in the front. She murmured: "Looking at it is like the breeze and the moon, looking up at it like the pines and cypresses on the mountain, the beauty is as bright as the morning glow. The water is like a willow tree in the spring moon. His literary talent and martial arts are unparalleled in the world. His prowess and martial arts are unparalleled. His country has a succession of jade, and he is no longer like a man in the world!"
The girl's evaluation fell on Wang Hong's ears word for word, and he said with a slight smile: "Aye originally thought that Aweng would marry you to this person, but you were still unwilling. Now it seems that it is not just the hero who feels sad for the beauty. Guan, it’s difficult for even a beauty to be a hero!”
A bright red appeared on the girl's face, and she said with an angry smile: "Aye, what are you talking about!"
"The Xu family of Donghai said that they are not a high-class noble family, but Xu Xiao has the style of Huan Wen. How could he know that the Xu family of Donghai cannot become the second Longkang Huan family?" Wang Hong held the tea cup but never drank it.
In the Tai Chi Hall, Xu Zongwen changed into the lacquered gauze Wu Bian crown and plain silk cap prepared by the ancestral hall in the side hall, and replaced the purple ribbon and gold seal around his waist. This is the eighth official ceremonial uniform, which means that Xu Zongwen will be promoted to an official position again.
Xu Zongwen walked into the Tai Chi Hall from the outer hall. Before he could sit down in court, he heard Hua Fuzi, who was above the hall, receiving a prepared silk book and slowly unfolding it.
Hua Fuzi cleared his throat: "The Emperor of the Jin Dynasty said: In accordance with the order of heaven and the times, I accept the order of the king. The king should be driven by civil and military principles, fight chaos with force, and maintain success with literature. This is a difficult principle!"
"Since the spring and summer, the affairs of the country have been difficult. The traitor Sun Ni has caused trouble in the southeast, Jiangzuo has been shaken, and the three Wu countries have been in ruins. At this time of chaos and disaster in the country, when the country is about to collapse, fortunately, Xu, the general of the expedition to the north, convened. The righteous soldier respects the king and fights the barbarians, wins all three battles, supports the danger and saves it, shocks it with thunder, moistens it with wind and rain, thus clears the land of Wu and overcomes the chaos."
"His great cause was to stop the war, to defend the Qing Dynasty, to assist our royal family, to spread his virtues all over the world, to protect our ancestral temple, and to make great achievements in Kyushu... He has done a great job!"
"According to the decree of the Empress Dowager, he wrote a central essay to narrate his achievements. After consultation with the princes and ministers of Fubi in Taiwan Province, he promoted General Xu Xiao, who conquered the North, to the position of Commander-in-Chief, and the military affairs of the seven states of Bing, You, Ji, Yong, Qin, and Liang. Jie Yue and Kaifu Yi are the same as before. Huan, the wife of General Zheng Beida, was granted the title of Lord of Tianshui. She was given a green jade pendant, especially gold and purple, and was ordered to build the Linhe County Duke's Mansion..."
After the emperor wrote the book, Xu Zongwen immediately left his duties and came to the steps. He bowed his head to the little emperor who was holding the armrest of the throne and laughing: "I thank your majesty for your kindness!"
What can a three-year-old emperor know?
However, Queen Mother Chen spoke up: "General, please get up quickly!"
This time to put down Sun En's Rebellion, Xu Zongwen lost four thousand soldiers of the Cavalry Army, but the lives of these four thousand soldiers were only exchanged for the name of the seven prefectures. Blood loss, blood loss!
However, with the title of Governor of these seven states, Xu Zongwen would have an excuse for his northern expedition in the future.
Huan Xianrong's position as a county prince was beyond Xu Zongwen's expectation. Most of the princesses, county lords, county princes, and township princes in the Jin system were only awarded to the wives of the clan's daughters. Huan Xianrong, as the wife of a foreigner, was not qualified to be awarded the title of a county prince. No, Xu Zongwen was only slightly surprised, and he didn't feel much gratitude to the court in his heart.
The imperial court was unable to seal the title, so it was delegated to family members.
The court meeting in the Tai Chi Hall ended in a hurry. It was originally a small meeting prepared for Xu Zongwen's promotion, otherwise the Tai Chi Hall, which was held only a few times this year, would not have been used.
"Congratulations to the general on your promotion!"
"Congratulations to Xu Zhengbei!"
"General, please take more care of me in the future!"
Hundreds of officials saluted Xu Zongwen on the stone steps outside the palace, congratulating him for being the commander-in-chief of all military affairs in the seven states, and for becoming the military commander with the most extensive command over the prefectures and counties after Taifu Xie'an.
Xu Zongwen dealt with them one by one with a fake smile, his dark face almost stiff from exhaustion.
Before leaving, Shangshu ordered Wang Xun to stop him again: "Zong Wen, wait a moment, old man."
When Xu Zongwen heard a familiar voice, he turned around and bowed to Wang Xun: "Wang Lingjun!"
Wang Xun stepped forward happily and gave Xu Zongwen a post wrapped in red silk. He left Xu Zongwen without saying anything, and quickly left Xu Zongwen who was stunned on the spot. Behind him.
"This is Geng Tie!" When Xu Zongwen opened it, he realized that it was a woman's birth date. This name was born in the third year of Taihe. She had just turned seventeen, and her name was Wang Ning.
"Isn't this the daughter of the Langya Wang family? What does this old man want to do?" When Xu Zongwen raised his head, Wang Xun had already left the Dasima Gate, leaving only a miniature of his back.
Sure enough, at the end of Geng's post, it was written that Wang Ning was Wang Xun's eldest granddaughter, and Wang Xun wanted to marry his precious granddaughter to himself as his concubine!
"Wang Lingjun, Wang Shangshu, Wang Gong, Wang... wait for me!"
Xu Zongwen returned to the mansion and handed the Geng Tie to his wife Huan Xianrong, and described in detail how Wang Xun stuffed the Geng Tie into his arms while Wang Xun was not prepared, and how he slipped away quietly.
But in the end, it only elicited a snicker from Huan Xianrong: "Hahaha - I thought something big had happened to make my husband so disrespectful, but it was just a marriage!"
"You don't object?" Xu Zongwen approached, leaned against Huan Xianrong, and asked tentatively.
Huan Xianrong covered his face and chuckled: "It is old practice for nobles to enter into marriages and exchange their needs. They think that aid is a common practice. What's more, it is the Langya Wang family who wants to marry my husband. Why do I still object?"
Xu Zongwen shook his head repeatedly and said that he was talking about marriage when he had never met anyone before.
"Isn't it true that I was married to my husband by the late emperor? We had never met each other at that time. Husband, not to mention the fleeting glance at Zhu Queheng, and not even a word, can we call it a meeting? Since that was the case at the beginning. , why doesn’t it work now?”
Speaking of which, Xu Zongwen once stayed in the small courtyard of Huanfu for a while. In comparison, Xu Zongwen and Huan Xianrong were really better than a simple gentry marriage.
"It is not an exaggeration for a man to have many wives and concubines when he is born in heaven and earth, not to mention that the husband only has one concubine. Now the husband has repeatedly made military exploits. He is honored as a prince, holds military power, is a minister of the late emperor, and assists the young master. There are already some among the nobles. I can’t wait to marry my husband!”
With that said, Huan Xianrong asked Shuangyue to take out a fragrant wood dowry, and took out a large pile of Geng stickers: "These are the evidence that the minister of the DPRK wants to marry her husband. The Long Kang Huan family in Huanjiangzhou Female, the daughter of the Liu family of Pengcheng, the sister of Wang Sanqi of the Wang family of Donghai, the daughter of Yuyou of the Yu family of Yingchuan, the youngest daughter of Governor Xie of the Xie family of Chenjun, the daughter of Lu Zuomin, the daughter of the Bian family of Jiyin..."
"So many?" Xu Zongwen looked at the dazzled Geng Tie. Now he understood why Wang Xun couldn't wait to force his own granddaughter's Geng Tie onto him!
