In Yanliu Lane beside the Long'an River, a beautiful woman sits on jade and plays the flute at night.
Qingyu Pavilion, one of the several newly built hook rails that Xu Yuan saw in Xuanying Pavilion before.
Compared with those bustling hook bars, Qingyu Pavilion focuses on an elegant style.
The blue light emitted by the lotus-shaped special clear pattern lamps, along with the spread of sandalwood, makes the entire lobby feel cool but still somewhat ambiguous.
There were quiet strings on the stage, and the young lady in black stockings danced gracefully on the stage.
Three young men dressed in expensive clothes gathered in the corner of the lobby, talking about some important family and country affairs that they had overheard at home.
One of the mediocre men wearing a turban suddenly asked softly while drinking a glass of fancy craft beer:
"Xiao Lizi, I heard from my father that the war in the north seems to be a little rough?"
The person called Xiao Lizi is a rather handsome man.
Under the blurry blue light,
Xiao Lizi had a feminine look between her brows and eyes, and her voice sounded deliberately lowered and slender, and she replied angrily:
"The war in the north, what do you ask me to do? And don't call me Little Plum."
The man in scarf didn't care when he heard this and continued to ask:
"The fighting in the north was so fierce, didn't your old man receive any transfer orders?"
"Tsk, the fighting in the north is fierce, what does it have to do with my old man? My Xiyuan Army is responsible for the group of wolf cubs on the desert grassland." Little Lizi said, while glancing sideways at the last person on the table who was listening intently. A handsome man in brocade.
The man in brocade clothes is handsome and has a ring on his left index finger and middle finger. His eyes are fixed on the long-sleeved young lady on the stage who is good at dancing. He looks quiet and contented under the light.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Lizi snorted coldly:
"Isn't there a person involved? Two months ago, Uncle Xu went to Wuchenghou Mansion to propose marriage. Two months later, this guy returned to Beijing. The time was just right including the time on the way back to Beijing. Xu Changtian, Mr. Xu didn't Could it be that you made some kind of deal with that Marquis?"
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Xu Yuan slowly turned his eyes after hearing this, staring at these two friends with a strange look:
"Gong Yuanzang, Li Junwu, you two didn't take the wrong medicine, right? When did you start caring about these things?"
Watching these two people talk about family and country affairs was like watching a sow climb a tree.
The man in the scarf twitched his face when he heard this, knocked on the table, and hummed softly:
"Xu Buyi, I am an official now, be careful what you say, be careful. I will go to the emperor tomorrow to read a copy."
Xu Yuan grinned:
"Okay, I, the commoner, will go to my father's study early tomorrow morning to wait for your book to be delivered."
"." Gong Yuanzang.
Li Junwu gave Xu Yuan an angry look, but he was also not surprised:
"Okay, just say a few words."
Xu Yuan waved his hand, glanced sideways at the lobby entrance screen, and asked:
"That guy Wang Chengping hasn't come yet? I remember he was the most active person when I came here."
Li Junwu leaned on the soft cushion behind him and said lazily:
"That boy was arranged by his father to join the Tianyu Guards as a composer, and he got married last year."
Xu Yuan was stunned when he heard this:
"Is this guy married? Whose girl is this?"
"The daughter of Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Li Junwu replied.
Xu Yuan thought for a moment after hearing this, and then said:
"Shilang Liu, a daughter of a servant's family shouldn't be able to control this boy Wang Chengping, right?"
Li Junwu smiled ambiguously and replied:
"I can't control it, but this kid has more ambition than strength~"
The words fell,
Silence for a second,
The three of them all laughed in unison.
Drink up one cup,
Li Junwu's feminine tone was filled with teasing:
"I haven't seen you for two years, and the atmosphere has become bigger. You returned to Beijing more than half a month ago, and we have to go to your house to invite you in person. Isn't it convenient to come out?"
Xu Yuan glanced at a few people and said with a smile:
"Jun Wu, there is something in your words."
The relationship is very strong, and Li Junwu’s soft voice is direct:
"Wu Chenghou's fiery personality can make you return to the capital. Who would believe that there is nothing in it?"
Saying,
Li Junwu glanced at Gong Yuanzang: "Do you believe it?"
"Do not believe."
"I don't believe it either."
"."Xu Yuan.
After sighing and taking a sip of wine, Xu Yuan didn't hide anything, and said in a serious tone:
"I'm engaged."
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Silence, a moment,
The other two laughed out loud at the same time.
Li Junwu raised his hand and patted Xu Yuan on the shoulder:
"real or fake?"
Xu Yuan's expression remained as usual:
"Before returning to Beijing, my father told me about the engagement with the princess of Wuchenghou Mansion."
The other two people were stunned at the same time.
Li Junwu thought for a moment and whispered quickly:
"I remember that the news about your eldest brother two months ago seemed not to be getting married, but to marry into the family?"
Xu Yuan seemed very calm about the word "brother-in-law" and nodded:
"Well, I'm going to marry you."
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Speaking of which, both Li Junwu and Gong Yuanzeng already understood that this engagement should be a private transaction between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Wuchenghou Mansion.
Without asking further questions, Li Junwu, with plump red lips, said with a sly smile:
"Changtian, you were bullied when you got married, remember to tell us and make us happy~"
Xu Yuan glanced at his friends who were listening to music together:
"You are the only daughter of the Marquis of Zhenxi. I guess she will arrange a marriage for you soon."
Li Junwu stretched his waist without any image, and his restrained chest swelled slightly:
"It doesn't matter, he knows about this girl, and no matter what I say, he is better than your son-in-law."
After a pause,
Li Junwu glanced at Xu Yuan with his beautiful eyes and half-joked:
"Changtian, why don't you marry into the Wuchenghou Mansion? Why don't you marry into my Zhenxihou Mansion? You can still deal with my old man's pressure to get married, and I can allow you to take concubines~"
Xu Yuan rolled his eyes:
"I'll take a concubine into your Zhenxihou Mansion. I'll take it for you, right?"
Li Junwu crossed his legs, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and narrowed his beautiful eyes;
"Don't say it so harshly. Changtian, you are here as a bride-in-law. I can't exclude you no matter what I say~"
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Xu Yuan suddenly fell silent, and then gave the other party a like.
"Okay, okay."
On the side, Gong Yuanzeng rubbed his eyebrows and interrupted helplessly: "Changtian, after you marry Princess Namu, won't you be as bad as Wang Chengping?"
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Before Xu Yuan could answer, a rich male voice came from the side: "What are you like me?"
Looking back, I saw that it was Wang Chengping, the last of the "Four Young Masters in the Capital".
He has a face with a Chinese character and is wearing a military uniform. He seems to have a sense of self-reliance at first glance. He is in his early twenties and looks like he is in his thirties.
Sitting down on the soft couch, Wang Chengping, wrapped in military uniform, crossed his legs and said:
"I'm a little late, and you guys start talking bad about me? Who can't do that?"
Xu Yuan ignored him and replied to Gong Yuanzeng:
"Don't compare me with him, I'm much better than him."
Wang Chengping naturally knew what these people were talking about:
"Fart, are you better than me?"
Xu Yuan calmly glanced at the young lady dancing on the stage:
"Tonight, the top brand of Qingyu Pavilion, Miss Nanxiang, comes out of the pavilion. I'll buy it for you. Will Wang Qu stay here in Qingyu Pavilion?"
Wang Chengping's expression changed and he coughed lightly:
"I'm busy with official duties, so forget it tonight."
Gong Yuanzang raised his eyebrows and asked casually:
"Tingping, your status doesn't mean you're absent from work, right? Why are you here so late today?"
Wang Chengping took a sip of wine, took a long breath, and said with a hint of weariness in his voice:
"Today my troops are responsible for guarding Dahonglu Temple. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally ordered us to do so. We really can't leave and will have to go back soon."
Xu Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this:
"Honglu Temple? That guy Li Yucheng personally gave the order. Who is coming?"
The other three people didn't care that Xu Yuan called the prince by his name.
As the biggest dandy in Dayan, let alone the prince, he even dared to call the emperor's name directly.
Wang Chengping thought for a moment and replied lazily:
"It seems to be a noble among the barbarians over there in the desert, probably at least a prince or something."
Saying,
He glanced sideways at Li Junwu, who was pouring a drink for himself.
Li Junwu smacked his red lips:
"Watch what I do?"
"Who are you looking at if not you?" Wang Chengping rolled his eyes.
Li Junwu curled his lips:
"My old man never talks to me about military and national affairs."
Xu Yuan asked at this time:
"Jun Wu, has the Marquis of Zhenxi left the capital?"
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silence.
After a long while, Li Junwu took a breath and then said with slight hesitation:
"When you ask Changtian, I realize that I haven't seen my old man in the house for more than half a month."
As soon as the words fell, the other three people instantly understood that there seemed to be signs of an alliance between the Desert and the Northern Barbarians, and their Dayan Dynasty was also ready to expand the scale of the war.
Gong Yuanzeng glanced at the dancer on the stage and whispered:
"The world seems to be getting more and more uneven."
Although he is a dandy, his childhood experience allowed him to understand one thing.
Just to deal with the desert and northern barbarians, the Dayan Dynasty did not need to mobilize such troops.
In other words, the enemy is someone else.
Wang Chengping was a little dismissive of Gong Yuanzang's words:
"Okay, even if there is a fight, we warriors will go first. Yuan Zeng, a civil servant, what do you have to worry about?"
"Everyone is responsible for important matters of the family and the country, let alone me, an official of the imperial court."
"Tsk tsk. The imperial official who missed work and came to hook up."
After the words fell, there was a burst of joking.
I do not know how long it has been,
"Click——"
There was a sudden sound of wooden boards shattering in the quiet lobby.
A figure smashed through the wooden wall, flew down from the Accord on the third floor, and fell heavily on the table next to Xu Yuan and the others.
Qingyu Pavilion has a lobby and a pavilion.
Qingyu Pavilion is a famous imperial palace, so naturally there are high and low levels of distinction. Most of the pavilions on the third floor are high-ranking nobles.
As senior dandies, the four people present were already familiar with the scene in front of them.
Places such as hooks and rails that attract the opposite sex have been prone to small frictions since ancient times. If the friction escalates slightly, it will turn into a fist fight.
However, when Dai Xuyuan and others looked at the table next door, they discovered that the person who fell down was none other than Mr. Turtle from Qingyu Pavilion.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan asked in a low voice:
"Who owns Qingyu Pavilion?"
As for who opened these famous hook bars in the Imperial Capital, Xu Yuan used to have a clear background.
After all, if you get angry and want to smash something, you have to bear the responsibility for the financial loss if you smash the building and hit your own head.
Of course, the most important thing is that Hua Hong wants to beat him.
After hearing this, Li Junwu thought for a while and said hesitantly:
"It seems to be the Yulian Chamber of Commerce that the third prince is in charge of."
Most of the backgrounds of these hooks in the Imperial Capital are not as mysterious and complicated as drawing books and rumors, and they can be known through basic investigation.
"Third Prince?"
The younger brother whom he had just met appeared in Xu Yuan's mind: "So, does it count as the property of the prince's family?"
Wang Chengping was still leaning on the soft couch, staring at the hole on the second floor with no intention of getting up:
"The man on the second floor is also very brave."
"Yes, it's comparable to Chang Tian's back then."
"No, it's still a bit worse than Changtian's back then. At least this person didn't dare to greet the prince's mother."
"."Xu Yuan.
While Mr. Turtle continued to struggle, the four of them were still chatting and joking, completely acting as if the matter had nothing to do with them.
And soon,
The attacker appeared in the hole on the second floor.
This burly figure, with bare breasts and bronze skin, was wrapped in a snow wolf skin.
The Tachao people in the desert.
He stood at the hole made by Turtle Gong and said:
"My master even said that I would sell you Nanxiang girl Luo Hong for 3,000 taels, and I'm asking for face."
Seeing the visitor, Wang Chengping in the lobby on the first floor had a strange look in his eyes:
"Ouch"
Xu Yuan heard this murmur and asked:
"know?"
"Come to Honglu Temple today and follow the guard of the prairie prince." Wang Chengping whispered.
"How dare these barbarians be so arrogant in the Imperial Capital?" Li Junwu frowned.
Gong Yuanzeng shook his head and guessed in a low voice:
"I heard from my old man that there is a blizzard in the north and the soldiers are not allowed to move rashly. Judging from this attitude, he probably wants to take advantage of the fire."
The voices of several people were blocked by the soundproof array on the seats.
And the man from the desert casually threw three thousand-tael silver notes and one hundred-tael silver note at Mr. Turtle through the air:
"My master won't bully you. It's a fair trade. I'll buy your card for three thousand taels and lose the money. I'll use a hundred taels to treat illnesses and buy medicine."
"Which poor guy comes from nowhere?"
Before the words fell,
A strange voice sounded, quite feminine, but very mocking: "You don't even dare to bid?"
It didn't come from Xu Yuan's table, but from another private room on the third floor.
When he heard this voice, Xu Yuan's expression became slightly strange.
Eunuch Hou.
Before he could think deeply,
The third prince's voice came from another room nearby:
"What kind of bullshit master dares to pretend to be a master in our imperial capital? I will pay you three thousand five hundred taels."
"."Xu Yuan.
This new younger brother has always been good at business.
After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan, who was sitting in the lobby, suddenly answered with a smile:
"Indeed, I will increase the price, too, to three thousand, seven hundred taels."
Li Yunqing continued to bid:
"Master, don't raise the price too much to scare these barbarians. I'll just offer another four thousand taels."
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There are many dignitaries in the Imperial Capital, and the Qingyu Pavilion has been promoting Nanxiang's coming out of the pavilion for nearly a month. There are quite a few young masters who came here tonight for the sake of their marriage.
As Eunuch Hou, Li Yunqing, and Xu Yuan's three reeds sounded, other voices in the Accord also joined in.
The price went up little by little, and the Tachao man was not too angry. He walked back to the Accord silently, as if to consult his master's opinion.
The originally elegant and chic lobby suddenly seemed a little noisy, like an auction house.
"boom!"
Amidst the commotion, a muffled sound seemed particularly abrupt.
An indoor rockery was thrown directly from the hole on the third floor and hit the seats in the lobby from a distance!
An hour late, sorry
Happy Valentine's Day
(End of chapter)
