The moment Xue Shao turned around to leave, Ai Yan trembled and subconsciously stretched out his hand, but suddenly couldn't help but didn't pull Xue Shao's sleeve, but just froze in mid-air, and finally clenched himself into a fist.

Xue Shao left, striding into the clouds, and his figure quickly disappeared at the gate of the Xuanwu Palace, and also disappeared into Ai Yan's gradually blurred vision.

"Xue Shao, I don't blame you. I only complain about the will of God, you and I are born enemies. ”

"If you stay in the Central Plains, take me as your wife."

"I have promised the country, and it is difficult to promise Qing."

"These two sentences, I will always remember!"

"I hope ...... You don't regret it! ”

"I ...... too No regrets! ”

Seven days later, Cheng Qizhi, the son of Cheng Wuting, the general of Zuo Yulin, got married and married Pei Shi, the daughter of Prime Minister Pei Yan. Although this wedding was far less than the scale of Xue Shao's wedding with Princess Taiping, it was also very lively.

One is the prime minister who is hot in the court today, and the other is the new general of the army who is in the limelight, and the marriage between the two families has attracted everyone's attention and attracted a lot of discussions.

Datang is a very family-oriented and birth-oriented era, Wenxi Pei's family is the surname of the world's wealthy family, but the Cheng family is a small surname. According to the secular concept, these two families are not suitable for intermarriage.

However, after Empress Wu came to power, in order to break this traditional concept, a new "Surname Directory" was issued, which forcibly stipulated that the rank of surnames in the world should be judged according to the rank of officials in the court. According to this statement, the marriage between Pei Yan and Cheng Wuting is just right.

Careful people can see that such a high-profile marriage between Pei Yan and Cheng Wuting, a political and military leader, not only has the obvious political intention of "strong alliance", but also has the meaning of openly supporting the "Surname Record" and inviting the favor of the Empress Wu. This also means that the two are publicly announcing their position to the world.

But there is an important thing that only "insiders" know, that is: Pei Yan still only married a concubine to Cheng Qizhi. The intentions in this are really very subtle!

Xue Shao and Princess Taiping were invited to their wedding.

When he arrived at the scene, Xue Shao found that the mode of holding this wedding was similar to his own wedding, that is, the marriage was more grand and lively than the marriage of the daughter-in-law. In addition, Pei Yan only married a concubine, and this contrast is even stronger!

Despite this, the Cheng family was still elated and festive.

But it's not that the Cheng family's father and son are all servile and knee-friendly people who blow their beards and slap horses, it's only that the Tang Dynasty's "family concept" is too deep, and even the "Surname Record" forcibly promulgated by the imperial court can't reverse people's habitual thinking for a while. In the eyes of the people of the world, even if a small surname like the Cheng family achieves the rank of a third-grade general, it is a great luck to be able to marry a woman surnamed Wenxi Pei who is in the middle of the family, and when they get married, the Cheng family has to offer a considerable amount of "loss of money", and openly express that their family is inferior to the woman with a very humble attitude - not to mention, Cheng Qizhi is still married to the daughter of the prime minister?

Therefore, the schedule of marriage is extremely beautiful, and the momentum seems to be that he has already glorified his ancestors. Even when his sworn brother Cheng Boxian and Zuo Fengchenwei's top boss Zhou Jitong stepped forward to congratulate him, Cheng Qizhi couldn't help but show off a few words. Colleagues also gave Cheng Qi enough face, and expressed their congratulations and jealousy.

Only when Xue Shao arrived with Princess Taiping, Cheng Qizhi immediately reined in. No matter how noble the daughter of the Pei family is, can she still be more expensive than Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping, the only concubine of the Tang Dynasty?

Xue Shao completely understands that Datang is an era of being born in a better family, fighting for a father and a wife.

Princess Taiping, who was dressed up and traveling, became the focus of the audience as soon as she appeared. Her status as a princess is certainly an important plus point, but what makes her even more striking is her alluring appearance and unmatched grace and elegance.

Xue Shaodu felt as if he was a little bit noisy. So he took Princess Taiping to hide in the living room early, and only called Cheng Boxian, Zhou Jitong and Xue Chuyu, a few close colleagues, to have a banquet and reminisce about the old days.

During the chat, everyone naturally chatted about why the good brother Liu Mian did not come to Cheng Qizhi's wedding today. Zhou Jitong looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, obviously he knew but it was inconvenient to say.

Cheng Boxian is a fiery and upright person, and he can't hide his words after drinking a few more glasses of wine, so he asked everywhere where Liu Mian went, and scolded him that he was not interesting enough, and he dared to be absent from his brother's wedding. In the end, there was really no way, and Zhou Jitong whispered to everyone that Liu Mian was secretly sent to leave Beijing to perform important official duties.

Everyone woke up at the same time, Liu Mian is Liu Renliang's own grandson, and he is also an important general of the Son of Heaven's personal guard, and the "secret official business" that can be sent out to perform is definitely not simple, and it can't be said that it is a state secret!

As a result, everyone was very interested in not asking questions, and naturally no one blamed Liu Mian anymore.

Xue Shao woke up in his heart. He quietly invited Zhou Jitong to the secret place and asked, "Cousin, if I ask you a question, you just have to answer yes or no." Is that possible? ”

Zhou Jitong seemed to have guessed what Xue Shao was going to ask, as the general of the Imperial Guards of the Son of Heaven, "secrecy" was his top priority. But he really owed Xue Shao too much favor, so he had to stiffen his head and answer: "Brother, you ask!" ”

"Liu Mian, did you go to the north?"

"......" Zhou Jitong gritted his teeth and was silent for a moment, nodding.

"Thank you, cousin!" Xue Shao nodded quietly, "Don't worry, I just want to have a number in my heart." I'm not going to give out anything. ”

"I can trust my brother!" Zhou Jitong slapped his chest with a fluttering sound.

Xue Shao immediately separated from Zhou Jitong, sighed secretly, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said in his heart: Ai is still gone after all, and he was secretly escorted by Liu Mian, the general of the imperial guard, to the northern grassland to carry out the "secret mission" assigned by the imperial court! …… Is this her choice, and the answer to me?

After participating in the man's "He Lang Banquet", Xue Shao sent Princess Taiping home, and he, Zhou Jitong, Cheng Boxian and others acted as members of Cheng Qizhi's man's relatives and friends, and went to Pei Yan's house to welcome his relatives.

If it weren't for Cheng Qizhi's colleague and Cheng Wuting's great friendship between life and death, Xue Shao would not want to set foot in Pei Yan's house half a step again.

The Pei family is far more lively than the Cheng family, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty seem to have reversed black and white very tacitly, and put the main attention on the Pei family, and the scene is very lively and noisy. Xue Shao just wanted to marry the bride as soon as possible and go out to complete this mission. Unexpectedly, the threshold of the Pei family was too high, Cheng Qizhi tried his best, and the man's relatives and friends tried their best, but the Pei family still refused to come out.

Cheng Qizhi is in a hurry, if he can't come up with a decent "unique job", he won't be able to go down this step today. Zhou Jitong, Cheng Boxian and others gave Cheng Qizhi ideas in a mess, but none of them worked. I don't know when or from where a "gossip" came, saying that the Pei family was extremely high, and the groom and official wanted to marry the bride, so they had to borrow a "ladder".

The implication is that you have to find a very noble person to be a matchmaker and knock on the door of the bride's boudoir.

Everyone turned their eyes to Xue Shao, "Xue Yuma, you have to come forward!" ”

"Me?" Xue Shao was stunned, what kind of plane, I'm just here to play soy sauce!

"Xue Yuma, I beg you!" Cheng Qizhi cried with a sad face, and he almost kowtowed to Xue Shao.

Xue Shao sighed bitterly, "Okay, for the sake of your happiness, brother, I have to sell my face - I'm afraid that other girls still think that my face is not enough!" ”

"If you are not enough, we are even less enough! If you are willing to invite Xue to the horse, you might as well give it a try! ”

"Okay!"

Surrounded by a group of people and shouting, Xue Shao came to the boudoir where Pei's daughter lived, and patted the door, "Bride, I am Xue Shao of Fenyin, and I came to ask the girl to marry on behalf of my brother Cheng Qizhi!" ”

Everyone cheered, festive and lively.

For a long time, there was no response in the hospital.

Xue Shao was already extremely impatient, but for the sake of face, he had to slap the door again, a total of three times.

The door is still not open.

The scene was a little embarrassing, and the scene suddenly became a little quiet.

Xue Shao gritted his teeth and didn't have a seizure, and stretched out his hands to Cheng Qiyi, "Brother, there's no way." I can't help it! ”

"Hey...... How good is that! Cheng Qizhi hung his head and stomped his feet.

At this time, a cold middle-aged female voice came from the courtyard, "The daughter of my Pei family is not something that ordinary people can invite to the pavilion." ”

Obviously, this is Pei's daughter's mother, and Cheng Qizhi's mother-in-law is speaking.

Cheng Qizhi was so patient, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down to the door, "I am willing to ask my mother-in-law to make it clear, who should my son-in-law invite to welcome and knock on the door?" ”

"Just that Lang Jun's - madam, that's it!"

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was shocked!

Xue Shao's wife, isn't she Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping?

Pei Yan's concubine is going to get married, but she wants Princess Taiping to come to greet her, what a big breath!!

Xue Shao's face did not change, and his heart was already burning with anger: Pei Yan, did you deliberately want to embarrass me in public and slap me in the face?

Cheng Qizhi, who was kneeling on the ground, turned his head and looked at Xue Shao with straight eyes, cold sweat and his face turned white.

Everyone turned their eyes to Xue Shao.

Xue Shao took a deep breath, stepped forward and pulled Cheng Qizhi up from the ground, and said, "Brother, you have to understand that everything I did today is all for the sake of your father's face and the affection of you and my brother!" ”

As soon as Xue Shao's voice fell, the atmosphere at the scene was almost stagnant. Everyone heard Xue Shao's off-string sound - I only give you the face of the Cheng family's father and son, and the Pei family cares about my!

Without waiting for everyone to come back to their senses, Xue Shao pushed away the crowd and turned around and left.

At this moment, the gate of the boudoir opened. Two beautiful women stood in the door with a bride in a bright red wedding dress, but a thick and long male voice came from the depths of the courtyard.

"Why is Xue Juma so impulsive, he can't stand a little bit of verbal jokes at the wedding?"

Most of the people present are familiar with this voice - Pei Yan!

Xue Shao immediately stood on his feet, turned around and smiled, "Brother Cheng, your father-in-law and mother-in-law are just funny!" - Why don't you marry your bride quickly? ”

Everyone suddenly woke up, and Cheng Boxian led everyone to cheer loudly together, covering up this embarrassing conflict that was almost a hand-to-hand encounter.

Xue Shao stood in the noisy crowd and looked coldly at the courtyard, and said in his heart: Pei Yan, you seem to have made a little too much of a joke. I'm afraid Xue's face is not so easy to beat!