() Xie He sat at the table in a daze, holding his mobile phone in his hand.
Half an hour ago, he received a call from the Royal Attendant Hall. On the phone, the Royal Attendant spoke in a calm tone that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, and invited him on behalf of His Majesty to attend the ceremony of Prince Yong of the Empire and the Founding First Class Yongwu in three days.
Hou Xiening's engagement ceremony.
Then, he kept the posture of just hanging up the phone and sat at the table, sitting in the master bedroom of the small courtyard where Zhao once lived, where he visited every day.
Xie He did not allow anyone to enter this bedroom, and even arranged special security guards. However, the bedroom was spotless, no different from what it was more than a year ago - Xie He would clean it carefully with his own hands every day.
I don't know how long it took, but he finally put the phone on the table and sighed deeply.
He looked at the head of the bed - the place where Zhao used to rest day and night.
There is still a photo on the bedside table - in the photo, a beautiful woman is squatting on the ground, holding a six or seven-year-old little boy with a tiger-like head in her left hand, and a three- or four-year-old boy in her right hand.
little girl.
The three of them squeezed together sweetly, one smiled gently, one smiled happily, and the other smiled charmingly...
Xie He's face gradually trembled, and he closed his eyes in pain.
Suddenly, he slapped himself hard! He leaned on the table and hugged his head. The gray hair stretched out from the fingers of this aging man. They trembled slightly and gently
The wind blows by, like a desolate reed.
…
"Master Hou? Master Hou?" A soft call sounded outside the bedroom door.
Xie He suddenly raised his head as if he had woken up. He straightened his face and returned to his usual silent and indifferent expression.
Walking out the door, a retainer was standing there respectfully.
"What's the matter?" he asked in a deep voice.
"The inquirer is back. The eldest young master's maternal ancestors, the Zhao family... have received the eldest young master's personal invitation and are celebrating grandly." The retainer hesitated for a moment and finally said.
…
He looked at Xie He, a look of worry flashed across his face, but he stopped talking.
"Oh...I know." Xie He said indifferently.
He waved to his retainer, turned around and staggered into the bedroom.
"Prepare a car for me, I'll go to the airport in the afternoon." A faint word came to the ears of the retainer along with the sound of gently pushing the door.
"Master Hou..." the retainer finally couldn't help shouting.
…
Seeing Xie He turn around and look at him indifferently, the retainer was about to speak, but was interrupted by the footsteps of a steward-like person who came in a hurry.
"Master Hou."
The butler came up and bowed, and then took out a red gold invitation: "Di Du has sent you an invitation to attend the young master's engagement ceremony, but the wording is very strange. And the signature is also wrong.
even more--"
The housekeeper was talking in confusion, but before he finished speaking, he saw that the Marquis in front of him had his eyes suddenly lit up, he stepped in front of him and took the invitation away, unfolded it and read it carefully.
…
On the gilded red invitation, a line of beautiful words appeared on it——
"To my father: I will bow down and bow to you, and invite my father to attend the engagement ceremony of my son and others at di du Yuhu Hotel in three days. The unfilial daughter-in-law-to-be, Su Su, is ri."
Xie He silently looked at the line of words, looking at the lines of words infatuatedly. Gradually, his hands began to tremble slightly again. But his eyes were already sparkling with tears.
"Good boy... good boy... Ning'er's vision is really good... much better than his father's - no, his useless father's vision is actually not bad either... just stupider than him..."
He murmured, as if he was scolding himself. However, his eyebrows seemed to relax a lot in an instant, and a slight, warm smile seemed to appear at the corner of his mouth.
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"To my grandma and uncle: My son Xie Ning and my fiancée Su Su are going to hold an engagement ceremony at Di Yuhu Hotel in three days. I hope that my grandma and uncle will take the time to enjoy it. I am very grateful. My grandson, my nephew Xie Ning, is ri."
Zhao Guang held an invitation with his eyebrows flying, and after reading it triumphantly, he said: "Do you know what the prefix of my nephew Xie Ning's name should be? The crown prince of King Yong of the Empire, the founder of the Empire, first-class Marquis Yongwu
!”
Around him, there were people who had earthy faces, or were extremely flattering, but all of them were fat-bellied and looked like businessmen. After hearing what Zhao Guang said, there was a sudden burst of congratulations.
…
"Old Zhao, can you take me with you to congratulate you? You must know very well how my Wang family has treated your Zhao family for more than a year. It can be said that you will never leave." A businessman in the crowd shouted loudly.
road.
Zhao Guang bowed his hands towards the man: "Old Wang, the Zhao family is very grateful for your kindness. According to my brother, if you have any request, I, the Zhao family, will agree without any hesitation. But I hope you will consider our difficulties. My nephew's
The engagement ceremony will definitely be full of celebrities. Even my father and I would be quite uneasy if we were to attend the wedding as relatives. If we have to bring some guests there..."
"In this case, Lao Wang, I will leave the gift to you. I will also add your name to the gift list, saying that you are a family of brothers who are as close as my Zhao family, and congratulate you together. What do you think?"
"That's it!" The businessman suddenly beamed with joy.
…
Some people in the crowd suddenly started making noises, but they all demanded such treatment. Most of them didn't open their mouths, looking at those who spoke one after another, with eyes full of envy, but also a trace of regret and anxiety.
Zhao Guang smiled: "I, Lao Zhao, am also very happy that you can come to support me. In the past year, you have either taken good care of my Zhao family, or... 'more' taken care of me."
!I’ll remember it all and I’m so grateful!”
"Here, please don't worry. Our Zhao family has finally survived that extremely difficult year. Now, we are even better! Here, I solemnly express to you that I will never forget it.
Dear good friends and comrades, I will take care of you. Of course, I will never forget the kindness of all of you 'better' friends and 'better' comrades!"
Zhao Guang just raised his hands to the crowd, stared at some people briefly, then said "hum", leaving the guests who were either overjoyed or sad, and went straight into the back hall.
…
"Father, I have done as you said, do you think?" He was already happily reporting to an old man in the back hall.
"Humph!" The old man slapped the crutch in his hand hard and snorted angrily.
"It's still not enough for success, but more than enough for failure! Any good words that come into your mouth will change the taste! What businesses pay attention to is to be friendly and make money, not to let you shame others. Those who squeezed and excluded us in the first place may not be sincere.
To deal with us, you are just being forced by Mr. Guo. What did you want to express with that smug look just now? Do you want to express that you are a nouveau riche? Do you want to express that Ning'er's uncle is such a superficial idiot?"
"This... isn't it just to feel proud... Anyway, you plan to pass the family fortune directly to Sheng'er, and you are going to make me a rice bug for the rest of my life, but you don't allow me to indulge in my addiction? You also know that this year,
My family's property has been severely suppressed. I said, you left Sheng'er alone and deliberately asked me to go out to receive the reception. I must have felt a little bit unhappy..."
Zhao Guang whispered.
…
The old man was startled, but then he laughed.
"You're not ignorant," he said, dumbfounded.
Then, he looked lovingly at the young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes next to him, and spoke in a harmonious voice.
"Okay, Sheng'er, go out and wipe your father's butt. Showing kindness and power at the same time, and singing in unison, is the way to win in competition and cooperation among businesses. Do you understand? Now, I, Mrs. Zhao, are taking advantage of the style of your highness brother.
——No, it’s a hurricane. It’s the time to spread your wings and show your great ambitions, so be sure not to make any mistakes.”
"Especially, don't be like your father. At that time, he was blinded by his profit, but at this time, he got his way. Although business competition has become more and more cruel in recent years, sometimes you actually cheated me and I cheated you. But we have Huanghuangji's backing
Beixie family, why do you need to trick people? Why are you afraid of being tricked? Therefore, you only need to remember the eight characters: operate with integrity, be harmonious and make money. That’s it, do you understand?”
"My grandson understands that he will not live up to his grandfather's expectations, let alone cause trouble to Brother Ning. I only hope that my grandson can take his grandson to attend his brother's engagement ceremony so that his grandson can meet his long-awaited brother and his little sister Ning'er.
By the way, let’s meet Sister-in-law Su Su.”
The young man bowed and smiled.
After receiving the affirmative answer, he was overjoyed, but still went out calmly.
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(Seeing brother fj2001’s support and encouragement again. I would like to say one more thing here to everyone who cares about me and the era of great mana energy: This book is actually extremely good in every recommendation and collection. Even when the score was high at the beginning, maybe because of
Due to fantasy, it received surprisingly few clicks from new readers, which made the review fall into disrepair. Since then, there have been no recommendations for a month. Yesterday, I sent a letter of appeal to the editor explaining the situation. If I still can't get him
If I don’t accept it, then there’s nothing I can do about it, time is my fate.)
(I was really anxious and annoyed a few days ago, and my writing state was not good, and I lost several thousand words in my manuscript. But now I have made up my mind, and I tried my best anyway, even if the editor continues to
I won’t recommend it to me either. I will write it down and write it down seriously. Anyway, my life is worry-free and my work is comfortable. And in the era of great mana energy, this is the first child in my life...)
(There are ten chapters left in the second volume, which is about to end. In fact, the first volume is just the prologue, and the second volume is just the foundation. Starting from the third volume, the tall buildings gradually rise from the ground, and the story really begins.
A magnificent and exciting part. Please look forward to it, brothers and sisters.)