In this silence, Li Hao glanced at Qu Lengjun sitting opposite, but he felt more and more embarrassed.
Since there seemed to be no results from such discussions, Li Hao planned to leave first. However, as a junior, it was hard to say that he would withdraw voluntarily. What's more, if nothing happens, the two present would soon become father-in-laws. With my uncle.
He had no choice but to tap his hand on the side, trying to signal Liang Wuji to come forward and say goodbye. Liang Wuji didn't object after seeing it, and said, "We can't discuss anything today, so we won't bother you for now."
Naturally, the Qu family and his son would not stop this, so Li Hao and Liang Wuji left the Qu Mansion together. No one mentioned the marriage from beginning to end.
However, Li Hao did not go to his carriage outside the house, but got into his carriage with Liang Wuji.
In the carriage, Liang Wuji smiled and said jokingly: "You kid has always had your own plans. I didn't expect that you shot yourself in the foot this time. Let's see if you dare to do it in the future." Claim.”
Li Hao replied: "Uncle, please don't make fun of me. Originally, the prince made a fuss. Who would have thought that His Majesty would be so unexpected? I never expected this situation.
But if this marriage can really happen, my father and the Qu family can agree. "
Liang Wuji replied: "What does the Qu family have to disagree with? Marrying Lord Chang'an to you is, in the final analysis, better than marrying your useless uncle.
As for your father, the relationship between the Liang, Yuan, and Qu families must be maintained, and His Majesty has personally pointed it out, so I guess he won't refuse.
Now that I think about it, Your Majesty has also put a lot of thought into this. Mr. Chang'an, isn't Chang'an County in Jiaodong!
So don't think too much about it, not to mention that the girls from the Qu family are both good-looking and good-looking. Apart from being slightly older than you, there are no disadvantages.
If you really don't like it, at worst, if you meet someone you like in a few years, you can just take a concubine. I guess the Qu family girl and the Qu family won't say anything. "
After hearing this, Li Hao sighed and replied: "I don't hate Mr. Qu Leng, but I never thought that this marriage would be decided like this. I thought it was a bit too sudden."
"Since ancient times, marriages have been decided by parents and matchmakers, and blind marriages are common among ordinary people. There is nothing unexpected about it.
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You, because your parents were used to being left alone, you ended up with this problem. "
Faced with Liang Wuji's words, Li Hao was not happy, and said immediately: "Let's stop talking about my family's affairs. I think my uncle should think about how to explain it when he goes back.
That old lady has a bad temper. I don't think she dares to come to the Yuan family's door to provoke her, but I'm afraid my cousin won't be able to escape.
And after this incident, Liang Shang is afraid that he will have opinions about the Yuan and Qu Liang families. If he really becomes the head of the Liang family in the future, can the situation of common prosperity and common loss among these three families really be maintained? "
Liang Wuji's face darkened after hearing this. It was true that his family had more troubles than the Yuan family, so he probably had a headache for a while.
Seeing Liang Wuji like this, Li Hao felt much better. Sure enough, the best way to change his mood was to see someone who was worse off than himself.
So Li Hao stopped the carriage, walked out, and then respectfully saw Liang Wuji off by the roadside, making Liang Wuji helplessly shake his head.
At this time, the Yuan family who had been following the Liang family's carriage caught up and asked, "Sir, should we go back directly to the house now?"
Li Hao was in a good mood at this time. He thought for a while and said, "No, I have been in the capital for so many days and I have been too busy with business to go shopping. Let's take a walk today when I have free time."
While Li Hao was visiting the capital, the father and son of the Qu family in the Qu Mansion were also asking Qu Lengjun for his opinion. "If you are asked to marry Yuan Ang as His Majesty said, would you be willing?"
Qu Lengjun was in a low mood at this time. This was already the second time. The prince had finally let her down again. But this was good, at least it would allow her to stop thinking about things she shouldn't have and live her own life.
Therefore, when faced with the questions from the Qu family and his son, Qu Lengjun replied: "I will obey your Majesty's words, and in this way, the relationship between the three families can be maintained, and at the same time, it will be several times better than the original plan. Why wouldn't I want to?
It's just that I'm much older than Mr. Yuan, so I'm afraid he might have a grudge against me. "
Qu Enlin replied: "Don't worry about this. Yuan Ang is an open-minded and open-minded person, and he is by no means a person who sticks to such minutiae. What's more, with your appearance and talent, you are more than enough for the Yuan family, so there is no need to worry."
Seeing that Qu Lengjun was not disgusted by the matter, Qu Taigong and Qu Enlin left with peace of mind.
In the market, Li Hao followed the servants of the old house around and bought some interesting things. Then Li Hao saw a familiar figure from behind, who seemed to be Qing Cong beside Xiao Yuanyi.
Of course, Li Hao was not sure, because Qing Cong should have been still in Xuzhou when Li Hao left. However, it is also possible that Cheng Shi was moved by his words, so he asked Qing Cong to see the situation in the capital.
Too lazy to guess, Li Hao called over someone who had seen Qingcong and said, "Follow me and see if it is Mrs. Qingcong who is beside General Cheng. If so, follow her and see where she is going. Remember." Don’t let anyone find you here.”
"Yes, I understand." After saying that, he chased the figure and quickly disappeared into the sea of people.
Then Li Hao led him around for a while, and then returned to the house to rest. However, Bu Qu, who was sent to chase the person, did not come back until curfew was about to come.
"Reporting to the young master, what you saw on the street was indeed Mrs. Qingcong beside General Cheng. I followed her all the way today and watched her enter a house.
I waited outside the house for a long time and didn't come out. I think she plans to stay there tonight."
After hearing the visitor's report, Li Hao asked, "Oh, have you found out who owns that house?"
The visitor replied: "I have already asked someone to agree to this matter. The owner of that house is named Wan. The owner said he is a general who leads troops to fight outside. I think it should be the house of General Wan Songbai and Wan Wan."
Li Hao nodded slightly when he heard this. If you say so, Qing Cong should indeed be sent back by Cheng Shi and Xiao Yuanyi. I think they will know about Cheng Shaoshang's current situation soon, but they don't know what the two of them will do next.
Li Hao then waved for Qu to go down, but before leaving, he asked: "Will Qu continue to follow me tomorrow?"
Li Hao thought about it for a moment and decided to forget it. Now that he is facing a lawsuit, he should let the Cheng family worry about it.
In addition, before taking a break, Li Hao personally wrote two letters and sent people to Jiaodong and Qingzhou to inform his parents one by one.
After all, I don’t know what Emperor Wen wrote in his letter, so it’s better to explain the situation to them myself.
Early the next morning, Li Hao planned to rush to the manor as usual and then focus on the equipment manufacturing. However, before he could go out, he was blocked by his servants again, saying that there were new rumors in the capital.
Seeing the expression on the servant's face, Li Hao roughly guessed what the news was. Sure enough, he just heard the servant say: "There are rumors outside that the person the Qu family girl really wants to marry is you."
Li Hao was helpless when he heard this and had no intention of taking care of it. After all, 99% of the news came from the palace, so it would be useless to take care of it.
He had no choice but to hide outside the city by himself, so he immediately got on the carriage and headed to the manor. He planned to stay in the manor for the next few days and return to the capital after all the equipment was built.
As for the Qu family, Li Hao also sent someone to inform them of his movements, so that they would not find anyone. In the past, he would have run away, which would have been too hurtful.
But Li Hao didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at the manor, the Prince's bicycle frame would also arrive.
When he saw the prince, Li Hao immediately stepped forward and took him to a remote corner where they had last talked, and asked: "Prince, what happened in the palace? Why did the news spread that you were going to marry Qu Lengjun? All of a sudden, His Majesty asked me to marry Qu Lengjun again."
The prince also looked depressed at this time and said: "It is Gu's fault. It was Gu who didn't know the person and spread the news. In order to calm the dispute, my father wanted to get Qu Lengjun married as soon as possible.
Originally, her father wanted her to marry into the Liang family. After all, there had been rumors about the marriage between the Liang and Qu families for a long time, but how could she let Qu Lengjun marry an inhumane person.
So I thought of you, and with the persuasion of my mother, my father agreed and gave you the title of Lord Chang'an. "
Li Hao was completely speechless after hearing this. The prince had betrayed his feelings. Now Li Hao really wanted to slap himself twice. He was so obsessed that he wanted to use him to achieve something.
Seeing Li Hao's appearance, the prince continued: "Gu Ye knows that I can't help you, so I will make up for it with you.
In addition, this matter has nothing to do with Qu Lengjun, and I hope you can treat her kindly in the future. And you can rest assured that after this, Qu Lengjun and I are already dead, and we will never be involved again. "
Li Hao sighed and didn't want to discuss this matter with the prince anymore. He agreed and left first. The prince continued to sit in the courtyard for a long time before leaving.
With the information given by the prince, Li Hao finally knew roughly the reason for this marriage, and also got another important information.
That is, Emperor Wen never wanted Qu Lengjun to marry the prince from beginning to end. Did he not want the prince to have strong support, or for some other reason.
Li Hao still can't see through it now, but he finally has a direction. It seems that he should be more cautious about the prince's plan.
But this was all a matter for the future. Li Hao turned around and joined the craftsmen of machinery manufacturing. Finally, three days later, he completed the construction of all the siege equipment.
Li Hao invited the prince to come over to check and accept it in person, and Ling Buyi also came with him.
When he saw the real thing again, the prince was okay, but Ling Buyi's eyes felt like they were shining all the time, so Li Hao simply asked him to participate in the drill in person, so that he would have a good time.
After confirming that there was no problem, the prince went into the palace to reply to Emperor Wen, and then the Infantry School Lieutenant Department of the five schools of the Northern Army sent people to take over the equipment.
After all, there will be a drill in the capital, and Emperor Wen will also come to watch it in person. Naturally, this matter cannot be left to outsiders. After all, the people from the fifth school of the Northern Army are definitely more trustworthy than the Yuan family.
Li Hao's next task was to teach the infantry captain how to use these equipment correctly. It happened that the infantry captain had experience in using siege equipment, so he got started quickly and learned it properly in a few days. .
Then Emperor Wen took some time to attack the city with the siege equipment of the Infantry School Command, and the Archery School Command served as the defender. The two sides fought a beautiful offensive and defensive battle on the south wall of the capital. Of course, the final result must be the infantry. The captain's team won.
Who let Shesheng Xiaowei's department is famous for its crossbows. The targets of the early attack were blocked by the siege equipment and did not cause much damage.
After waiting for the rush car and the ladder to reach the city wall, the next step is to fight in close combat. Although the shooting of the captain is not bad at all, at least it is better than the one trained by Li Hao.
But compared to the infantry school captains, they were naturally inferior, and they were all quickly wiped out in close combat.
Basically all the generals in the capital that day came to watch near the city wall and expressed their affirmation of the role of these instruments.
Emperor Wen was very happy to see it, and said in public that Li Hao had made great achievements in presenting the treasure, and he must give a good reward and let Li Hao go to the palace to receive the reward tomorrow.
Li Hao was naturally very happy about this. After all, he had been busy for so many days and finally gained something.
The next day, Li Hao happily rushed to the palace, but he met Qu Lengjun behind the palace gate. As Li Hao approached, he felt that the atmosphere was slightly awkward.
But the atmosphere would have been even worse if he didn't speak. But just when Li Hao was about to speak, he heard Qu Lengjun speak first: "I also heard about the siege drill at home yesterday. Those things you made The siege equipment shines.”
"Yes, that's why Your Majesty allowed me to enter the palace today, saying that I was given a reward." Li Hao replied, and then asked Qu Lengjun why he entered the palace today: "By the way, why did you enter the palace today? Xuan Did the Queen summon you?"
Unexpectedly, Qu Lengjun shook his head and said, "No, His Majesty sent someone to summon me. He said he had something to call me."
This statement made Li Hao very strange, so he asked: "Your Majesty only summoned you, Grandpa and the others were not summoned."
Qu Lengjun replied: "I'm actually very surprised, but His Majesty indeed only summoned me, and he didn't strictly specify the specific matters."
It was indeed strange to summon a minister's daughter to the palace alone. If Empress Xuan did this, there would be no problem, but if Emperor Wen did it, something would be wrong.
Just as the two of them were speculating, a chamberlain came out and said, "Ms. Qu, Mr. Yuan, please come with me. His Majesty is waiting for you at Xuande Hall."
Well, Li Hao had originally included himself in the marriage. It seemed that Emperor Wen had decided on this marriage in his heart, so it was reasonable for him to accompany him.
But what happened next made Li Hao even more surprised, and that was about the origin of Qu Lengjun's title of Chang'an Lord.
Because in the main hall, among the rewards given by Emperor Wen to Li Hao, the title of Lord Chang'an was also included in it. He said that they were husband and wife. He also said that Li Hao took the initiative to request this matter, which made the ministers see it. The look in Li Hao's eyes was quite meaningful.
