Chapter 212 Delayed Marriage
The four sons and two daughters of His Majesty Zhao Changyuan, except for their youngest daughter, Princess Jingrou, have been married. The next step is to marry Princess Jingrou of Gaochang. Originally, in the Gaochang envoy that came to the Zhou Dynasty to see the emperor, except for the son Ju Chenhao, all the people were confused about how they could marry the Celestial Empire. However, the Gaochang envoy was very happy to marry the princess of the Zhou Dynasty.
After a friendly negotiation, both sides are very satisfied. His Majesty is scheduled to send a wedding to Princess Jingrou after the marriage of the fourth prince. Because Princess Jingrou is the emperor's favorite daughter, she really has a lot of dowry. That is, the team that sent relatives were all elite soldiers drawn from Yu Linwei. The general who escorted him was still the youngest general at present, Huo Qingsong.
"What, how could it be Qingsong? He and Xiang'er got married after three days?" Li Xingzhou's eyebrows stood up, his eyes were round, and he glared at Li Luo in front of him.
Li Luo was also a little uncomfortable, but he nodded and said, "Dad, can I lie to you about this? In the early morning today, Your Majesty suddenly changed the candidate to escort the general, and the Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty was in sight. As soon as Qing Song was about to ask for his resignation, His Majesty left.
"What about Qingsong? How did he react?" Li Xingzhou asked immediately after Li Luo's words. Li Luo hurriedly said, "After the dispersal, Qing Song went to the apse to see your majesty. Looking at his look, it doesn't seem like he knows what's going on today.
Li Xingzhou nodded, then suddenly got up and walked out: "I'll go to the Duke's Mansion to find the old man, and you don't have to go. By the way, you don't have to wait for me for dinner..." Before the voice fell, Li Xingzhou's people had left the study and were about to leave the door of the yard. Mrs. Li, who rushed over, looked at Li Luo doubtfully, but saw the bitter smile on his face.
Besides, when Li Xingzhou left the royal palace, he rode the horse prepared by the attendant and rushed to the national palace. When the gatekeeper of the Guogong Mansion saw that Li Xingzhou was coming aggressively, he didn't let him wait for the announcement, so he watched the old prince swagger into the Guogong Mansion as if he had gone back to his home.
I don't know how many times Li Xingzhou has been to the Guogong Mansion. He is really familiar with the road and goes straight to the martial arts arena of the Guogong Mansion. Looking at a person dancing with a sword from afar, Li Xingzhou's loud voice sounded: "The old prince is so interested, how about I accompany you to practice?"
This old thing. As soon as Song Beiqiao heard Li Xingzhou's voice, he took a fierce breath in his heart. Since the two met as teenagers, Song Beiqiao has never won Li Xingzhou in the competition of martial arts. This incident was cited as the only regret in Song Beiqiao's life. And Li Xingzhou will only propose to accompany Song Beiqiao to "walk his muscles and bones" when he is unhappy. Of course, these are all what happened in the barracks as Huo Jing's right-hand man.
Feeling that Li Xingzhou strode, Song Beiqiao took away his sword without finishing his swordsmanship. Turning his head and looking at Li Xingzhou's face, Song Beiqiao laughed and scolded, "Are you upset again?" Come on, who provoked you and let you go to the Duke's Mansion to find a balance.
"Who else can it be? It's your good grandson." Li Xingzhou snorted coldly and fiddled with the gun on the weapon. It seemed that he would not fight with Song Beiqiao, so he refused to give up.
But Song Beiqiao ignored it and directly handed the sword in his hand to the stewor Song next to him, and said strangely, "Qingsong? How did he provoke you?"
"If he goes to send a wedding, he has to postpone the wedding date. If the wedding is postponed, Xiang'er will definitely be unhappy. Xiang'er is not happy, and I'm not happy. When Li Xingzhou talked about Lv Xianger, his tone eased a lot. But thinking of Lv Xianger's sad appearance, Li Xingzhou's tone became tough again: "Your grandson provoked my granddaughter, and I will look for your grandfather, which is not a bully. Come on, fight with me for 300 rounds, and then go to the palace with me to meet your majesty.
"You reckless man, you are open-mouthed again." When Song Beiqiao heard Li Xingzhou's words, he wink at the steward Song. Song Daguan immediately retired from the martial arts field and checked if anyone was close to him.
Li Xingzhou looked sideways at stewor Song's withdrawal, and also knew what he was going to do, so he said, "I can't recognize the fragrance, and I can't talk about it yet. Xiang'er is my granddaughter of Li Xingzhou. Even if I can't recognize her, I can't change this fact. I can't help but protect her.
"Protect, how to protect. Your Majesty has made a decree. How can it be changed? Song Beiqiao stared at Li Xingzhou, then brushed his beard and said, "Your Majesty uses Qingsong, even if you believe him, Qingsong understands it. Why don't you understand?"
"I understood it, but now I don't understand it more and more." Speaking of this, Li Xingzhou raised his head and looked at the sky, and his tone was strange: "In my life, Li Xingzhou, I have been up to the sky and down to the ground. I am worthy of the trust of the former emperor and His Majesty, but... It's far away, I'm close. I'm ashamed of Xiang'er."
"Jingzhou, what you said is too serious. Qing Song just went to see him off, and it's not that he didn't come back. He and Xiang'er just delayed the wedding, not the dissolution of the marriage. Song Beiqiao walked to Li Xingzhou's side and just wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but Li Xingzhou suddenly turned his head and couldn't help but be stunned.
Li Xingzhou sneered: "Although I am reckless, I have experienced too much. You, Song Beiqiao, can see what your majesty is thinking. Don't I know anything? I'm afraid that Qingsong will not come back in a short period of time. Do you think so?
"You old man, no wonder Brother Huo often says that you are careless." Song Beiqiao shook his head with a smile and said to the door of the courtyard, "Come out quickly. If you don't persuade him, this old man is really going to enter the palace."
Li Xingzhou listened to Song Beiqiao's words, and his body stiffened. He slowly turned around and looked at the entrance of the martial arts arena. Outside the courtyard wall, there were two people walking in. It was Huo Qingsong and Lv Xiang'er. Looking at Huo Qingsong's costume, he should have come to the Duke's Mansion after attending the court meeting. I just don't know how Lv Xianger heard so much outside in the Guogong Mansion. However, looking at Lv Xianger's slightly red eyes, Li Xingzhou's heart was a little blocked.
Lv Xianger looked at Li Xingzhou, who had more vicissitudes than Song Beiqiao, but suddenly there was something more in her relieved heart. Maybe this is the kind of blood-related family affection. Looking at Huo Qingsong, Lu Xianger slowly walked to Li Xingzhou and knelt down. When Li Xingzhou was about to help Lv Xianger get up in a hurry, Lv Xianger gently said 'grandfather' and stopped and his eyes turned red.
Li Xingzhou never thought that Lv Xianger would recognize her. He was very excited and said repeatedly, "Get up, get up and talk. It's cold on the ground. Get up and talk about you, stinky boy. As he spoke, Li Xingzhou felt that he was a little embarrassed in front of the younger generation, so he stared at Huo Qingsong next to Lv Xianger to hide his gaffe.
When Lv Xianger saw Li Xingzhou's angry performance, she couldn't help but be happy and approached the distance between herself and Li Xingzhou. Looking at Huo Qingsong angrily, Lv Xianger got up and walked to Li Xingzhou and said gently, "Grandfather, don't be angry with him. He has figured out a way to remedy it."
"What did you think of?" Li Xingzhou looked at Lv Xianger with a smile, and there was only her in his eyes. When Song Beiqiao next to him saw this scene, he shook his head with laughter and took the initiative to say, "Your Majesty has agreed to Qingsong's request and let Xianger follow him. After the princess arrived in Gaochang, the two returned to the border to get married.
"Minging at the border?" Li Xingzhou turned his eyes and nodded and said, "It's good for Xiang'er to leave the capital, and there are also Feng'er and his wife there. You don't dare to bully my granddaughter."
"You old man, what are you thinking about all day?" Song Beiqiao found Huo Qingsong's embarrassed face, so he pulled Li Xingzhou out and continued, "Today is your wish. You have to have a good drink with me."
Li Xingzhou listened to Song Beiqiao's words and had more smiles on his face. Looking at Lv Xianger again, she didn't break free from Song Beiqiao's hand and shouted, "Drink, just drink. I will be afraid of you. When I left the royal palace before, I also planned to drink with you. I knew that you wouldn't compete with me, and I would be with you at the wine table..."
The two of them went far away, but their unyielding tone was still far away. Lv Xianger took a look at Huo Qingsong, covered her mouth and smiled, and the last entangle in her heart also dissipated. It turned out that Li Xingzhou really wanted to recognize her as his granddaughter. Moreover, he did not ignore the family relationship between the two because he had never met his granddaughter.
"I'm satisfied this time." Huo Qingsong held Lv Xianger's hand with a smile in his eyes.
To be honest, at the court meeting, Huo Qingsong really didn't expect that His Majesty would suddenly change the candidate and let him be the general to send his family. Although the news from the palace was that Princess Jingrou saved the emperor and asked Huo Qingsong to 'send his family'. Huo Qingsong knows that today's emperor is not a 'stupid king' who cares about state affairs for the sake of his children. After meeting His Majesty the Emperor, Huo Qingsong determined his thoughts. His Majesty has chosen the crown prince in his heart and is going to start paving the way for him. The first step is to transfer Huo Qingsong out of the capital.
And His Majesty did not expect that Huo Qingsong, who is very excellent in all aspects, would have such a long relationship with his children. However, it was also because Huo Qingsong had such a 'weakness' and was completely exposed in front of His Majesty the Emperor, which made His Majesty more reassured him and agreed to his request.
When Lv Xianger knew everything, everything had been settled. Huo Qingsong didn't say so much, and Lv Xianger was also used to not asking much. Although some people are reluctant to give up Lv Erniang and others, Lv Xianger knows that she may not be able to stand not seeing Huo Qingsong for a long time.
Leaning in Huo Qingsong's arms, Lv Xianger said with some regret, "It's a pity that I can't see my brother marrying my sister-in-law, nor can I see Qingqing marrying, and I don't know if I can see my mother giving birth..."