"Master Hou, I..."
"What are you? Why can't you just say it freely if you have something to say?"
Xu Yunyan looked at Zhao Dong who was hesitating, and after speaking to him sternly, Zhao Dong immediately stood up straight in front of Xu Yunyan, and then looked at Xu Yunyan's words with anxiety.
"Master Hou, this is a private matter for me. I don't have many close people in Chang'an City, so I can only come to see Master Hou."
Xu Yunyan nodded after Zhao Dong said this.
"Yes, yes, that's it. I'm very pleased that you came to me when you had difficulties. Tell me, what's wrong?"
Then Zhao Dong scratched his head.
"Isn't this because I'm not married either?"
"Oh, I see."
Zhao Dong just said that Xu Yunyan is right here.
"I know what's wrong. You don't have to worry. I'm going to find a suitable wife for you and the others, right?"
Zhao Dong looked at Xu Yunyan and shook his head.
"Master Hou, that's not what I meant."
Xu Yunyan watched Zhao Dong reject his proposal and looked at him in surprise.
"That's not what you meant. What did you mean? Don't you want a wife? Do you have any other plans? Didn't you just want to find a wife???????????????? For women and children?”
Under Xu Yunyan's questioning, Zhao Dong scratched his head again in embarrassment.
"That's what happened, Mr. Hou."
Then Zhao Dong told Xu Yunyan that he had fallen in love with a girl from an ordinary family.
"You mean to ask me to propose marriage to you?"
Xu Yunyan asked Zhao Dong, who nodded.
"Hmm, isn't this going to cause trouble to the Marquis? I also want the Marquis to be able to propose a marriage to me if he doesn't mind the trouble."
"Easy to say, easy to say, no problem."
But just after Xu Yunyan agreed, he looked at Zhao Dong and said something else.
"By the way, tomorrow is the time for the collective wedding. It's just the right time for you to propose marriage. If the other party agrees, you will get married tomorrow. This is just right."
Xu Yunyan said this, Zhao Dong scratched his head and looked at Xu Yunyan awkwardly. He didn't know what to say for a moment, and kept giggling there.
Seeing Zhao Dong looking like this, Xu Yunyan chuckled.
"You, look at this stupidity.
But as the saying goes, fools are blessed, and that should be what you are talking about, right? "
It was originally a good thing, but I don't know why it turned out like this after Xu Yunyan said it.
Although what Xu Yunyan said was a bit unreliable, after Xu Yunyan finished speaking, he still looked at Zhao Dong in front of him and asked.
"Tell me which girl you are interested in. Also tell me what kind of betrothal gift you need to prepare. I will arrange everything for you."
Xu Yunyan teased Zhao Dong like this, and Zhao Dong shook his head hurriedly.
"There is no need for the general to prepare a betrothal gift for me. After all, I am also a former general of the Anbei Army and now a battalion commander of the Tiance Guards. I still have some money. What's more, I found out that she is a girl from an ordinary family."
When Zhao Dong said this, Xu Yunyan shook his head.
"Since you have come to me, that means you trust me. No matter what, I will do this thing beautifully for you. You can't blame me when you two have conflicts in the future, right?"
Xu Yunyan told Zhao Dong some precautions, and Zhao Dong lowered his head.
"Then it all depends on the general."
Then Xu Yunyan stood up, patted the non-existent dust on his body, and pulled Zhao Dong.
"Let's go and eat something first. After eating, I will go with you to the house of the girl you selected to propose marriage to you. How about that?"
Zhao Dong had a shy look on his face, but he still followed Xu Yunyan to the place chosen by Xu Yunyan to have breakfast, not to mention that the breakfast was not a delicacy, but a simple breakfast.
Breakfast is quite simple and the number of people is quite small.
Those literati did not come to eat, but they did not stay in bed. Instead, they took advantage of the good time in the morning and read the books of sages there.
As for Xu Yunyan’s wife? There hasn't been any movement yet, maybe it was too late last night because of the fuss with Xu Yunyan.
Seeing that his wife was silent, Xu Yunyan was even more proud, feeling that his brother's preparation of medicinal materials was too effective.
But just as he was getting confused, he discovered that his brother and sister-in-law were somewhere.
Did he go to take care of Yue'er again?
Although he didn't see his sister-in-law and brother, he still had to eat, not to mention that these meals were just simple porridge, rice and pickles.
After eating, the two of them arranged their own clothes. Xu Yunyan put on a slightly more luxurious one, and then ordered two soldiers from the Anbei Army to change into ordinary clothes, and then carried the unique clothes of the Anbei Army. The dried meat walked towards the outside of the mansion.
As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Mrs. Zheng who was returning from shopping for groceries again. Xu Yunyan hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Sister-in-law, are you going shopping again so early?"
Mrs. Zheng said with a smile, "Yes, the food in the morning is fresh. My brother hasn't eaten yet. I'm going to make something for him. I can't go out hungry!"
As soon as Zheng finished speaking, Xu Yunyan shook his head.
"I ate it. It just so happened that my brother fell in love with someone else's daughter-in-law. I was going to propose marriage to him. How could a young woman let you buy food for her belly every day? It really makes me feel bad."
"Oh, is that so? This brother is so lucky. Having me as your matchmaker must be a match made in heaven."
Zheng just finished speaking, and then she continued, "Brother, why do you need to worry? When my children first came, I was going to go out to buy some food and cook something delicious for my children. But my two younger siblings are here to help." You have given me a lot of money, I can’t do it if I don’t take it, it’s not all your money, Lord Marquis, but I also want to tell you, brother, don’t resent my sister-in-law for spending so much money.”
When Mrs. Zheng said the money was spent on her own mansion, Xu Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Yunyan was not worried about Zheng's money, but Zheng's family was not very wealthy. Although they had several shops, his brother always gave away meat to others.
As for her husband, her brother Xu Xiaosan treated others free of charge and also sent medicinal materials, which made her feel that their life was not easy. Since she spent the money of her own mansion, she was happy.
"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? We only have a few relatives, so what does this little money mean?
I haven’t seen my nephews for a long time, or not at all, and I should give them a good break. "
After Xu Yunyan was so polite, Mrs. Zheng didn't be polite to Xu Yunyan, and immediately told Xu Yunyan to get up and see if there was anyone she could help.
"Then do you want me to go with you? Although I am a womanizer, isn't it just right for this counselor to talk about these things?"
Xu Yunyan scratched his head when he heard this.
"That's what Madam-in-law said."
Then Xu Yunyan turned to look at Zhao Dong, "Why don't Zhao Dong let my sister-in-law go with us? Let's talk to their family and let me, my wife, go have a good talk with your wife? What do you think?"
Zhao Dong nodded hurriedly, "It all depends on the general. Whatever the general says will be whatever." Then Xu Yunyan looked at Ms. Zheng embarrassedly, "Mrs. Sister-in-law, look at this matter, I have to trouble you to take action!"
Mrs. Zheng chuckled, "No problem, we'll go after I put my things down."
But Xu Yunyan did look at her a little uneasy.
"Sister-in-law, you haven't had breakfast either, right?"
"Eat, eat, why didn't I eat? Aren't these some Chang'an naan pancakes I bought on the road? I just ate half of them and I'm already full."
Mrs. Zheng said as she shook a half-eaten naan pancake in her hand, and then Xu Yunhan looked at Ms. Zheng apologetically.
"This time I really need to trouble Madam-in-law. If Madam-in-law feels sorry for anything, I would like to bear with you a little."
Xu Yunyan's unreasonable words stunned Zheng.
"Brother, look at what you said. This child of mine has come to Chang'an City to live and eat in your mansion for a few months. Shouldn't I fulfill my duties as a sister-in-law? I can help you. It’s not too late to be happy.”
Xu Yunyan and Zheng were bumping into each other again, while Zhao Dong lowered his head beside him and did not dare to say anything, for fear of causing trouble to Xu Yunyan.
However, Zhao Dong lowered his head here, with an honest look, and his face was a little red, which made Xu Yunyan notice something unusual again, and looked at him curiously. asked.
"What's wrong with you? You're so anxious to see your wife. Okay, I won't tell my sister-in-law anymore. Let's set off now. Is that okay?"
After Xu Yunyan spoke, Zheng hurriedly came to the door, gave the things to the soldiers who escorted Xu Yunyan out at the door, and then walked forward with Xu Yunyan to work on Zhao Dong's life-long event.
Finally able to set off, Zheng asked Xu Yunyan what he had prepared, but Zhao Dong hesitated and said that he had nothing prepared.
Zheng was not happy when she heard that there was nothing, so she immediately changed direction and went to the market to buy something for Zhao Dong.
"Since we are brothers' subordinates, we can't lose etiquette, let alone brothers coming forward."
Zheng was talking here, and Zhao Dong lowered his head, "This... I didn't think about it so much."
Although the sentence was very straightforward, Zheng did roll her eyes at him.
"You didn't think about it so much? Shouldn't you think about it? What a big deal it is for a girl to get married. You didn't think about anything. It's really nonsense. Fortunately, I'm here, otherwise you two would have gone It’s not necessarily going to cause any kind of trouble.”
Xu Yunyan was a little tearful in the back. I was originally carrying the dried beef of this cow and bought something on the way. How could I not consider it? But he didn't dare to say anything. What if it turned out that Mrs. Zheng was going crazy?
Just when Xu Yunyan took Zheng and Zhao Dong to purchase items, and after purchasing the items, they went to work hard for Zhao Dong's lifelong event. Li Chengqian, who was in the East Palace, was reported by his servants that all the materials were ready, and he was rubbing his hands happily. With.
"Is my master here? I'm talking about Master Li."
After Li Chengqian suddenly asked such a question, the eunuch serving beside Li Chengqian hurriedly shook his head.
"Your Highness, the Champion has not come yet."
"Not here yet?"
Li Chengqian looked at the sky and saw that it was still early, "Maybe the master has some things to finish, so just wait a moment. When my master comes, I will do what my master asks."
But just as Li Chengqian finished speaking, the craftsman next to him said, "Your Highness, since we have prepared enough materials, why don't we test it first?
If it succeeds, it's all the result of the champion. If it doesn't work, wait until the champion comes, talk to the champion, and ask the champion if there is anything he missed.
I wonder what His Highness the Crown Prince thinks of saving time like this? "
