Listening to the news brought back by Peng Gengche and Nangong Jingzhi, Chen Jian felt both happy and sad. The happy thing was that he could survive this year. The sad thing was that there were people outside the city who were thinking about his country, and there were people inside the city who were thinking about his property.
When Chen Jian received the news of Dugu Xiao's banquet, he felt even more unhappy. The whole world belonged to him, Chen Jian, but why couldn't he get it? He now doubted whether he was the Emperor of Daqian. Destiny is not with him.
Among the brothers, none of them are more comfortable than him now. The eighth brother likes learning, so he was favored by the dean and entered Lishan Academy. The second brother is good at military affairs and became a great leader in the military god's mouth. A good fighter. The youngest one doesn't know anything, but his father insists on passing the throne to him.
Now even the uncle in the far east capital has become the hope of the people. So who is Chen Jian? He is a usurping emperor, a useless person who has all his talents but has nowhere to display them.
He refused to accept it, but it was just the matter of money that troubled him...
At night, the Dugu family held a banquet. Although no one mentioned the matter between the Li family's eldest son and Dugu Qingqing at the banquet, Mu Pinshan noticed it. This family treated her husband as an uncle.
This is the Dugu family, and it is Dugu Qingqing who steals the limelight. If it had been anyone else, with Mu Pinshan's temper, he would have overturned the wine table.
I saw Mu Pinshan pinch Li Taiping's thigh, grinning and gritting his teeth. "Tell me, did you pretend to be dead before? Did you hear all those words in the carriage?"
Li Taiping felt that he had been wronged. He endured the pain and said with a smile. "Jiu Mei, I have told you so many times that I really fainted and I really don't know anything."
Mu Pinshan was reluctant and stretched out his hand under the table again. "Tell me, how many do you want to marry? Do you also want the seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard..."
After eating this meal of wine, Li Taiping endured the pain and laughed, half of his legs were numb. But he saw Dugu Qingqing standing up and said with a smile: "Jiu Mei has a good meal, sister will take you around."
Before Mu Pinshan could answer, the man in green shirt next to him had his head almost turned into a chicken sucking rice...
Not long after the two girls got up and left, Dugu Xiao pulled several princes out of the banquet, leaving Jiu Mengzi and Dugu Qingfeng behind to accompany Li Taiping.
Everyone who had to leave left, and Dugu Qingfeng sneered and said: "Drink! If you have wine now, you will get drunk now, so don't be so sad. The hard times are ahead."
Li Taiping drank the cup, but no longer thought about the love between his children, but asked: "How is the war in Dongdu?"
Dugu Qingfeng sighed and said: "Ye Fangshan is a talented person. With ten thousand cavalry and thirty thousand infantry, he nailed Nangong's 40,000-strong army to the hanging pot and said it couldn't move."
Li Taiping frowned and said, "That shouldn't be the case. That's 40,000 riders."
Dugu Qingfeng took the wine glass from Li Taiping's hand, replaced it with a larger bowl, filled it up and drank it all. "Not only the 40,000 cavalry, but also the Red Lady's more than 10,000 foreign cavalry."
Li Taiping said with some disbelief: "Don't be kidding, it's not like I haven't fought before. With the strength of King Fu and Xuanhu City, how can it be impossible to defeat Ye Fangshan's 40,000 people?"
Dugu Qingfeng poured wine and drank.
"Either Ye Fangshan is a talent. During the few months of siege, this guy did nothing else and kept building fortifications. Did you know that this guy built dozens of light arrow towers? You must know that that thing can be installed four times. A heavy crossbow bearer."
Li Taiping said suspiciously: "Why did he build so many arrow towers instead of taking the opportunity to attack the city? Could it be that he wants to move Jiangning City here."
"You ask me, I'll ask who is going. I don't even know what the Tuoba family wants to do now."
Some people can guess things that Dugu Qingfeng cannot guess, such as the head of the Dugu family.
In the study room of Dugu's family, Dugu Xiao made tea himself, but did not mention his granddaughter. Instead, he waited for Hou Wenyuan and Mu Daozong to decide on the marriage of their two children before speaking.
"The child Qingqing is indifferent and doesn't care about emotional matters. But as a grandfather, I can't help but care about it. Mr. Mu, do you have any objections about the three children?"
Mu Daozong laughed. "The relationship between our three families has improved. This is a good thing. It's too late for me to be happy. How can I have any objections?"
Maximizing interests is the most important thing for the patriarch of a large family. The three children are all above the master. If they become a family, then the three families in the world can go sideways. It will not matter who becomes the emperor, and they must not be respectful.
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Since things are tacitly understood, you are an old fox on what to do and don’t need anyone else’s guidance.
After the children finished talking about the matter, they naturally brought up the current situation. Daxing City will not be broken for a while, and what should be worried about is the deadlock between King Qi and Xuanhu City who are standing still.
The Dugu family has been able to remain undefeated for thousands of years, not only because of its strong foundation, but more importantly, every head of the family is far-sighted.
Duguxiao did not mention Tuoba Jiong but Ye Fangshan, because in military affairs it was the man named Ye who had the final say.
"Chen Bing hangs in Hu City, holding Prince Fu and Nangong Shou unable to move. He is waiting for Daxing City to start fighting. If Daxing City is in danger, Nangong Shou General will be forced to return for reinforcements. Then Dongdu will fall into Ye Fangshan's hands."
After listening to Dugu Xiao's words, Hou Wenyuan was silent, but Mu Daozong was puzzled: "Ye Fangshan only has 40,000 soldiers and horses, how can he win the Eastern Capital."
Duguxiao just said two words "King of Qi", and the two princes were enlightened, and they immediately knew that Ye Fangshan must have colluded with the King of Qi.
Seeing the two princes frowning, Dugu Xiao said disapprovingly: "Let's take care of Dalang's marriage first, and we'll take care of Qingqing's affairs. Whoever becomes the emperor will have to respect us."
The three princes discussed it and decided to get married in one month.
The eldest son of the Li family married Jiutian Feihu, a grand wedding between the two masters. The news spread throughout Daqian as if it had wings.
As soon as this news came out, both friends and foes had to express their feelings. Of course, whether it was good or bad, it was hard to say.
The empress dowager thought that their marriage was settled and that her son would marry Dugu Qingqing. But after one meal, she realized that was not the case at all. What they said was both implicit and explicit, indicating that Qingqing already had a sweetheart.
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It was not appropriate to talk about love. Then we could only talk about money. But Duguxiao said that there was no rice in the house, and he blocked the Queen Mother's words.
The Dugu family has done a great job, but the Queen Mother looks very ugly. This is because the orphan and the widowed mother are easy to bully.
Not to mention, the Dugu family is really not optimistic about Chen Jian. In the current situation, Chen Jian, who cannot hold the military power, is like a caged bird, not even as good as the King of Qi. Bet that the Dugu family will not put pressure on Chen Jian...
The wedding day of the eldest son of the Li family is approaching day by day, but the busiest people are not the groom and the bride, but Sai Jinhua, the sister-in-law of the Li family.
Some people came to the city, and these people entered the city through the Li family's caravan, because only the Li family's caravan and the Shu army would not create difficulties.
Those who congratulate each other, those who want to establish relationships, those who should come, and those who shouldn't come, all come. Sai Jinhua is busy from morning to night, but she has no time to spare.
Welcomed and sent off without touching the ground, Sai Jinhua did not dare to breathe a sigh of relief until Li Taiping's wedding day. Fortunately, Sai Jinhua did not have to worry about anyone making trouble, after all, Da Lang's abilities were there. Besides, at home
, several masters have come to sit on top, and they can withstand it even if the sky falls.
Early in the morning, the Li Mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, everyone was smiling, and everything was festive. Guests from all over the world came in droves, making the whole street lively...
A white-clothed man came flying in the wind and landed directly at Li Mansion.
The eldest maid of the Li family is back, but with her current status, even if Sai Jinhua sees her, she still has to bow to others.
The Queen of Silla Kingdom, the head of a country, is so majestic. However, when she returned home in Qiudong, she turned back to the silly Baitian. As soon as she landed, she shouted, "Master, Madam, why don't you follow such a big thing?"
Let’s discuss it in autumn and winter.
Autumn and winter are still the same autumn and winter as before, and she is still the same big maid that people are familiar with.
Qiu and Dong were unable to see the master and his wife because the appearance of a man made the arrangements for the little girl clear.
When the strong autumn mood in a blue shirt appeared in front of Qiudong, the little girl suddenly withered.
"Mr. Big, okay."
"My identity is different now, I have to be measured in my words and deeds..."
Preaching is unavoidable, and Qiu Dong can only accept the teachings with an open mind. However, when Qiu Dong caught a glimpse of the two little guys making faces behind Mr. Big, he smiled like a flower and winked...
Qiu Yi Nong watched Mei Zhili and Yu Shining pull Qiu Dong away and shook her head helplessly.
In front of the gate of Li's Mansion, Qian Mancang couldn't close his mouth with a smile, until the two guests appeared, which made Qian Mancang, who was used to seeing big shots, a little panicked.
I have seen two monks, one of whom has a lot of money.
The relationship between the Buddhists and their master seems not to be good, especially the Buddhist disciple in white in front of him, who also caused some conflicts back then.
If there was only Buddha in white, Qian Mancang wouldn't be worried. After all, there were several big bosses in the family, and even Buddha couldn't make much trouble. But when Qian Mancang found out about the person in front of him, he immediately became sweaty.
What is the situation with the Buddha himself? This person is above the nine heavens. Even if the emperors of the world want to see him, they cannot see him.
When the Buddha and the Buddha appeared in the Li Mansion, the noise and noise disappeared immediately. However, Li Taiping, the groom official, had to greet him personally...
Li Taiping was not surprised by whoever came to congratulate him, but these two. Li Taiping bowed, came to the Buddha, and whispered softly.
"It's such a big deal, can we wait until we get into the bridal chamber to talk about it?"
The Buddha said the Buddha's name and said with a smile: "The old monk is here to congratulate Dalang."
After listening to the Buddha's words, Li Taiping's heart was still hanging in a knot. It was not until the bride was welcomed back with a high horse and firecrackers in the sky, and the two monks did not cause any trouble, that Li Taiping felt relieved.
All the guests were here, and the nobles in the palace also sent representatives. The appearance of Chen Luan and Er Hei could no longer shock the guests, because those two monks were the most shocking.
Everything went well. As it was approaching dusk, it was time to pray to heaven and earth. However, two more guests came to the Li family. And they came with the wind...