After Xiang Xiaoqiang and Zhu Yourong kissed each other goodbye, he opened the car door and came out, suddenly becoming the center of attention in the airport. Hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at him in surprise, speculation, and ambiguity. Zheng Gongyin came over immediately and pulled Xiang Xiaoqiang with a smile.
, said don’t take your own car, let’s go back in the same car.
So, Xiang Xiaoqiang got what he wanted, and sat back in the luxury car, sitting with Zhu Yourong again. Zheng Gongyin also sat in, looked back at them with a smile, and ordered to drive. At this time, everyone knew that Mr. Zheng
Xiang Xiaoqiang was invited to return with the car. They all got on the car one after another, formed a long motorcade, and left with Zheng Gongyin's car as the center.
The convoy drove into Nanjing City in a mighty manner and advanced along Changping Road. In front of it were twenty sidecar motorcycles clearing the way, just like the scene of a head of state on a tour. But that's about it. Zheng Gongyin will be the Ming Dynasty Yanping King the day after tomorrow.
He is half the head of state. What’s more, the real head of state, Zhu Yourong, is also in the car.
This long motorcade is composed of three different units: Changping Marquis Mansion, People's Guards, and Dongchang. According to the usual rules, the motorcade should send off the person with the highest status first, that is, it should stop at Changping Marquis Mansion first.
, let Zheng Gongyin and his party return home, and then arrange them according to their status. Even if the status of the People's Guard and Dongchang are equal, they can still be arranged according to the distance and whether they are on the way.
But now, Zheng Gongyin directly ordered the driver to take Mr. Xiang home first. The driver originally planned to drive directly to the Changping Marquis Mansion, but now he hurriedly used the radio in the car to notify other vehicles to drive to Xiang Xiaoqiang's official residence first. Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that this was very eye-catching.
But I couldn't refuse, I just said a few times how dare I do this.
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After returning home, the first thing Qiu Qiu did was to give Xiang Xiaoqiang a quick kiss. Although she also went to the airport to pick up Xiang Xiaoqiang, she still hadn't even said a single word to her. Her second
The first thing is to ask Mr. Zheng who is in the car.
Xiang Xiaoqiang told her openly that Zhu Yourong was inside. Then, Qiu Qiu tentatively asked what they were doing inside. Xiu Xiu smiled beside her and said nothing, and did not ask anything, but Qiu Qiu obviously asked the same question.
What he wanted to ask.
Xiang Xiaoqiang pinched Qiu Qiu's cheek and said with a smile:
"We are discussing how to marry her into our family!"
Qiu Qiu was startled for a moment, then said "Oh" and tried to pretend to be happy.
Xiang Xiaoqiang laughed, pinched her cheek again, and said with a smile:
"Silly girl, we are discussing how to keep me outside the prison, do you understand?... Well, you all have read the newspaper, I want to touch the tiger's butt of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The Metropolitan Procuratorate has been chattering these days.
They want to arrest me and prosecute me, but Yourong was discussing this matter with me in the car, do you understand?"
Qiu Qiu and Xiu Xiu looked at him in surprise, hearing that he actually called Her Majesty the Queen "You Rong" directly, and did so so naturally. The two little girls looked at each other, and then Xiu Xiu asked how to deal with it.
She knows how powerful the Metropolitan Procuratorate is.
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:
"I'll probably have to pay a fine, tens of thousands of yuan. Hey, you two can't make new clothes next month, so you need to help make up for it."
Xiu Xiu was a little surprised:
"It's just a fine? Nothing else?"
She originally thought that even if you had a good relationship with Her Majesty the Queen, at most you would not have to go to jail, but at least you would have to have your position demoted, your title changed, or your annuity reduced. Unexpectedly, all you had to do was pay tens of thousands of yuan painlessly.
.This is simply symbolic for my family.
Xiang Xiaoqiang held them both in his arms, smiling and saying:
"So...for such a good girl, we still have to bring her home...Qiu Qiu, didn't I promise you that I would marry Zhu Yourong home?"
"Um?!"
Xiu Xiu looked at Qiu Qiu in disbelief, her mouth slowly became an O-shape, her expression was complex, and she began to think about it.
Qiu Qiu quickly waved her hands and stammered to explain to Xiu Xiu that it was not like that... Then she explained to Xiu Xiu and told her about the last quarrel with Xiang Xiaoqiang in the German hotel room. At that time
It was the first time Qiu Qiu knew that Xiang Xiaoqiang liked Zhu Yourong, and she was terribly sad. But what made her most sad was not that Xiang Xiaoqiang liked another girl, but that the girl Xiang Xiaoqiang liked was the Empress of Ming Dynasty, who was out of reach.
girl.
According to Qiu Qiu's logic, if Xiang Xiaoqiang likes an ordinary girl, then it's not a big deal to marry her home. Anyway, Xiang Xiaoqiang will marry many people, and Qiu Qiu is confident that Xiang Xiaoqiang's favorite will always be
Himself. But Xiang Xiaoqiang fell in love with the Empress of Ming Dynasty, so it is definitely impossible to marry her back, and what you can’t get is always the best. So the one Xiang Xiaoqiang loves most in his heart will not be Qiu Qiu, but Qiu Qiu.
It’s Zhu Yourong who can’t get it...
So at that time, Xiang Xiaoqiang promised that he would either marry Zhu Yourong or forget about Zhu Yourong. But judging from the current situation, Zhu Yourong's entry into Xiang's family is not only not out of reach, but also very realistic.
Qiu Qiu's explanation really shocked Xiu Xiu. Xiu Xiu covered her mouth and was stunned for a long time. She gradually realized that Qiu Qiu's logic seemed absurd, but it still made sense after careful examination.
"Besides," Xiang Xiaoqiang hugged them both and sighed, "look at me, at such a young age, I suddenly occupy a high position, hold huge power, and have close contacts with today's people... all of this is my age.
, which is not consistent with my political experience. How many pairs of eyes below, left and right, are staring at me, most of them have bad intentions... Last time it was the Marquis of Changping who framed me, this time it's the Prince of Siam
Framing me...especially this time, is extremely dangerous. As time goes by, things more dangerous than this will continue to come...
"If I marry Zhu Yourong home, the situation will be completely different. Then I will have an unshakable position... It will not only benefit me, but also our family. Xiuxiu, think of you
Mom, and your brother...especially your brother, he will have a completely different future. If I am just a commander and earl, then the most I can do is arrange him into the People's Guard and give him a less important position.
He slowly followed others to get along... If I were the prince of the Ming Dynasty, then as my brother-in-law, he would become one of the most outstanding relatives of the Ming Dynasty."
Xiu Xiu listened intently. The people she cared about most in the world, besides Xiang Xiaoqiang, were her mother and brother. Or it could be said that her mother and brother came first, and then Xiang Xiaoqiang. Her mother was fine.
Her younger brother was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and his future was what Xiu Xiu was most worried about. Now that she heard Xiang Xiaoqiang outline a bright future like this, she couldn't help but become deeply obsessed with it.
Xiang Xiaoqiang poured a handful of oil and said:
"When the time comes, I can even arrange a prestigious marriage for Ziyu. Last time Princess Kunshida of Siam proposed to marry her daughter, Prince Bhumibol's younger sister Princess Umarin, to the Ming Dynasty. He didn’t even ask to marry into the Zhu family or the Zheng family, he just said that he could marry a young nobleman from the Ming Dynasty... Xiuxiu, do you understand? Of course, I’m not saying that Ziyu’s marriage must be to Uma Lin. Princess, but at least at that time, no one can say that our Ziyu is not worthy of Princess Umalin... Well, that's the relationship. Xiuxiu, do you understand?"
When Xiang Xiaoqiang said this, he was frothing at the mouth, his chest was thumping, but his heart was a little drumming. He knew that Xiuxiu was not easy to fool. If she could fool her, she would willingly accept Zhu Yourong, and even help him make suggestions, which would be even more difficult. But he also knew that Xiuxiu loved her younger brother the most, and now that her brother-in-law was talking about her future and life-long events, it just hit Xiuxiu's weakness.
Sure enough, Xiuxiu smiled, put her head gently on his chest, and lightly traced his chest with her fingers, and said with a smile:
"Sir, look at what you said... Actually, even if she is just an ordinary woman without as many benefits as you mentioned, as long as you really love her and are willing to marry her back, that would be a very good thing... I You and Qiu Qiu both understand this truth, right? Qiu Qiu."
Qiu Qiu lay on the other side of Xiang Xiaoqiang's arms and nodded quickly.
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Xiuxiu's elated look and was secretly happy. It seemed that Xiu Xiu was now willing to accept Zhu Yourong in. What he had to do next depended on his own methods.
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Not long after returning home, the maid sent two invitations, both of which were delivered just now. One was from Army Aviation Commander Li Guoliang. Please invite Xiang Xiaoqiang and his family to his humble residence for a banquet, and the two families will be there by the way. Also know each other.
The second one was from Marshal Zhang Zhaoxian, Chief of General Staff of the General Headquarters, and he also invited Xiang Xiaoqiang and his family to have a banquet with him.
Li Guoliang reacted quickly and immediately came to deepen the relationship with him. Xiang Xiaoqiang was not surprised. What was a bit unexpected was that Old Zhang also reacted so quickly. Xiang Xiaoqiang never realized that Zhang Zhaoxian might still be a cunning old man.
While I was watching, the maid sent in two more invitations. One was from the big boss of Taipingji Military Industry Company. However, he was more self-aware and probably knew that his weight was not enough, so he did not dare to write an invitation to your Excellency to come over tonight. A banquet, but it was written for tomorrow night. The other invitation was not a formal invitation. I opened it and looked at it. It turned out that it was my father-in-law Qiu Huhu who invited me to take Qiu Qiu to the house for dinner.
In such a short time, all four dinner parties were gathered together.
Qiu Qiu naturally wanted Xiang Xiaoqiang to take him back to his home for dinner, as the saying goes, "go home often." What Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't expect was that Xiu Xiu also suggested that he take Qiu Qiang to Qiu Laohu's house for dinner. She politely declined several other invitations. She said that Xiang Xiaoqiang's current status is more delicate than before. Many people have already speculated about his relationship with Her Majesty the Queen. It is only that it has not been published in the newspapers. Therefore, at this time, Xiang Xiaoqiang Xiaoqiang should be more cautious. If he doesn't marry Zhu Yourong, he can't let down his guard. Now with his status, it is indeed a bit taboo to make friends with senior military officials in such a blatant and high-profile manner, and it can easily give some people room to speculate. .
At this time, I went to my father-in-law's house for dinner, and it was perfect to use this reason to refuse. Baishan filial piety comes first, and even Zhang Zhaoxian couldn't say anything. After a few days, the matter of the Prince of Siam was dealt with, and Xiang Xiaoqiang was no longer so
Now that the storm is at the forefront, it would be perfect to quietly go to Zhang Zhaoxian's home for a cup of tea, a meal, and an apology and explanation.
Xiang Xiaoqiang listened to Xiuxiu's advice and thought it was right. So he wrote three letters, declined them politely, and sent someone to deliver them. That night, Xiang Xiaoqiang took Qiu Qiu and Snail to Qiu Laohu's home.