Guanyin stood in front of the window, looking at the pear tree in the courtyard outside.

When I woke up one night, the pear blossoms had already bloomed, and it was like snow falling overnight.

This mansion is very small, neither as luxurious as the big mansion of the former eldest grandson's family, nor as spacious as the previous mansion of the uncle.

But when she was eight years old, her father died, and she, her mother and brother Wuji were kicked out of the eldest grandson's mansion. Fortunately, my uncle took them in, but they didn't live for a few years, and my uncle was demoted because he was implicated in Hu Sizheng.

The uncle was far away and couldn't bring his wife and mother with him, so he asked his uncle Xian Yu to help take care of it. The uncle was worried that the three of them would have no one to take care of after leaving, so he deliberately sold the family's big mansion, and then bought two small courtyards, one of which was left for the aunt and grandmother to live in, and the other was given to the three of them.

This small courtyard is not big, but for the eldest grandson, it is home.

Brother Wuji's figure appeared in the small courtyard, he came back from outside, and after a while, he had already arrived downstairs to her, "Sister, come down, my brother brought you delicious snacks." ”

Innocent cleaned up and went downstairs.

My brother always loves him the most, and every time he comes back from a trip, he brings her snacks.

"Brother!"

The eldest grandson Wuji is twenty years old this year, tall and mighty, very similar to his father Changsun Sheng. However, because he was kicked out of the house by his half-brother Sun Anye when he was a teenager, he has been living in his uncle's house and has not been taken care of by the family, so he is now twenty years old, but the eldest grandson Wuji is still just a white cloth.

He was not able to study in the Guozi Prison, nor was he able to enter the palace as a guard.

Although with the help of his uncle, he also studied hard, was well-versed in literature and history, and was skilled in arching and horses, but after all, there was no one to help him, and he immediately became a ding, or white, and now that his uncle is degraded, he has no one to take care of him.

Fortunately, he is finally an adult and can take care of himself.

"Sister, guess who I saw today?"

"Who?"

"When I came back just now, I saw that the Duke of Chu was so young. Riding a famous horse given by the emperor, wearing golden armor, followed by a team of elite knights, it seems that he is accompanying the emperor to shoot and hunt in the suburbs. ”

Speaking of Luo Cheng, the eldest grandson Wuji's eyes were full of yearning.

As early as three years ago, as Luo Cheng's achievements in conquering Liao continued to return, the eldest grandson Wuji gradually regarded this man of the same age as himself as an idol.

As a child of the eldest grandson's family, he has always fantasized that one day, he can also ride a horse to gallop across the frontier, make achievements, and then fight for his mother's life.

He hopes that one day, he can return to the eldest grandson's house, and let the eldest grandson Anye and others see that he can get ahead by himself and not by the glory of his father's family.

"Sister, if I want to join the army, I will join Luo Cheng. Now His Majesty has set up an envoy, Andong Province has eleven counties, and the army is 50,000, but the Goguryeo people still occupy the land of the five counties, and sooner or later there will definitely be a war, which is a good opportunity to make contributions. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said that he was happy, but he saw that his sister didn't seem to have any reaction.

"What's wrong, don't seem to be happy? Don't worry, I'll be fine, my martial arts are not bad. ”

'I know my brother is good at martial arts. "Innocent Road.

"Then why are you upset?"

"Nothing."

The brother and sister chatted for a while, and Wuji saw that his sister didn't seem to have much energy, so he didn't talk much.

He carried another bag of snacks to his mother.

"Mother, my sister seems to have something on her mind today, do you know what's going on?"

Gao smiled and said to his son, "It's a good thing, you know that you're running outside all day long, but you don't know yet, the third lady from the Chu State Mansion came over in the morning to propose." ”

"The third lady of the Duke of Chu? But the third sister of Shimin? Is she here to propose marriage to the people? Mowgli asked.

The eldest grandson Wuji is two years older than Li Shimin, they know each other, and the relationship is okay. Before, the Li family intended to marry Li Shimin's sister, and Wuji and the Gao family knew about it, but this matter was just an intention and had not been officially discussed.

"It's Sanniang, the daughter of Tang Guogong, but she is not proposing marriage for Li Erlang, but for Chu Guogong."

"What do you mean?"

"The third lady said that the Duke of Chu heard that your sister is very talented and gentle, so she intends to include the Duke of Chu Mansion."

The Gao family has no objection to this proposal, although it is a concubine, but it is Luo Cheng who accepts a concubine.

Although she also knew that the Li family intended to marry in the past, but since her brother was demoted, there was no follow-up to this matter, and she was also a smart person, so she didn't know the reason for this.

When she was kicked out of the eldest grandson's house, she had no husband's family, and now her brother has been demoted, and she has no care for her mother's family.

Although the elder brother bought them a small courtyard before leaving, they did not have any property, and they sat and ate all day long, and their lives were very difficult.

Besides, if her daughter enters the Duke of Chu, then with Luo Cheng's status, it is logical to arrange an errand for her son to help her son enter the office.

The son is also twenty years old, and he is about to become a Ding, but he is still a white Ding.

Even with Luo Cheng's status, maybe he can get his brother back to Beijing, no matter how bad it is, Luo Yi has already been appointed as the envoy of the Annan Festival, and the brother who is degraded in Jiaozhi can also be taken care of under Luo Yi's rule.

Either way, it's a good thing.

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned for a long time.

"Luo Cheng wants to marry his sister?"

"Yes." Gao corrected that Luo Cheng already had a wife, and even Li Sanniang, the concubine of the Tang State Mansion, could only be accepted as a concubine, and Cui Qiniang, the daughter of the Ministry of Industry, was not also Luo Cheng's concubine.

"Oh, Luo Cheng wants to take his sister as a concubine?"

"Well, yes."

"Mother, you agreed?" Mowgli asked.

"Sanniang came over today, just to ask what she meant by her mother, and I said that I would ask you brothers and sisters, and I will give a formal answer in two days."

Mowgli let out a long breath.

"But didn't you already tell the Tang Guogong Mansion before, and my sister promised it to Shimin?"

"Son, don't mention that matter again, it was just a verbal statement at the beginning, neither a marriage contract nor a ceremony, and now your uncle is far away from Jiaojiao, and Li Jiati no longer mentions this matter, don't you still understand? The Li family can't look down on our family anymore! ”

"But they always have to give us an account."

"Hey, son, the marriage of this powerful family is like this, and it is common for the Li family to regret it. Even if there is a marriage contract, we can go back on it, not to mention that there has never been a formal agreement, since they dislike us, we don't have to cling to them with a dead face. ”

"But how can my sister be a concubine?" Wuji couldn't accept this and married Li Shimin, although he was the second son of the Tang State Mansion, but after all, he was his second son.

"Mowgli, Luo Cheng is actually quite good, not only is he in a high position at a young age, but he is also said to be very good to his wife and concubine, you look at Li Yuan, if he didn't give Sanniang to Luo Cheng as a concubine, I am afraid that at this time, the Li family of the Tang State Mansion has suffered the same disaster as the Li family of the Chengguo Mansion, how can he still serve as an important position in Huainan to pacify such a frontier?"

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned, just now he saw Luo Cheng's majesty when he was traveling on the street, and he was very envious and admired it very much. Unexpectedly, when I go home now, I actually heard that my sister is going to be a concubine for Luo Cheng.

"Wuji, you also know the current situation of our family, those famous families now look down on our family, even if they are willing to marry your sister, they must be the children of the family, maybe they are still those useless fools. If you are an ordinary person, I am afraid that your sister will be wronged, and besides, you will have no one to help. Now that Chu Guogong is willing, this is a good thing, and you can also have a help. ”