Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 551 The wedding day
Yuan Xi originally wanted to go to Da Qiao to ask about Mrs. Liu, but when he thought of what happened just now, he felt a faint restlessness in his body. He was afraid that he would be exposed, so he quickly pressed down the bulge in his robe and hunched back to the house.

Not long after Yuan Xi left, Da Qiao came out of the corner of the room with a look of shock and confusion.

Just now she wanted to talk to Xiao Qiao, but she heard some movement in his room from a distance, so she came over quietly.

Then she saw the gauze on the window reflecting the shadows of the two people in the room. Under the candlelight, the thought-provoking posture made Da Qiao's eyes widen in an instant, and his mind went blank.

Is that so?
So Fierce Tiger actually likes his sister?

Unfortunately, he still wanted to sacrifice himself to protect his sister. It turned out that it was all his own fault. So the two of them had already been together?

Da Qiao felt angry and stared at the window in a daze. It wasn't until she heard a cry from inside that she realized what she was doing. She hurriedly ran away and hid, secretly watching Yuan Xi leave.

She looked at the door of Xiao Qiao's room with extremely complicated emotions. Ever since the last time the two sisters had a fight, Da Qiao felt that there was a vague estrangement between them.

Although the two sisters talked as usual when Mrs. Liu came, in fact, they rarely talked in private these days. Da Qiao came here tonight because she thought that as a sister, she should take the initiative to talk to Xiao Qiao, but instead I didn't expect this to happen!
It's too late!

She was entangled in her heart. Was Xiao Qiao deceived by the fierce tiger, forced by him, or willing?

But now that things have come to this, what else can I do?

Da Qiao felt that what she had done before was like a joke. She stood blankly at Xiao Qiao's door for a long time, and finally sighed softly, turned around and left.

Two days later, Yuan Xi accompanied Lu Lingqi to relax at night. During the day, he prepared the navy with Lu Xun and Tai Shici, and handled political affairs and allocated food with Jushou. Seeing that everything was ready, he only waited for a few days before setting off.
Because there were too many things to do, he forgot about the previous affairs of the Liu family. It was not until the newly appointed county governor Li Shu sent someone to invite Yuan Xi to attend his son's wedding tomorrow that Yuan Xi gradually remembered the previous affairs.

He was sitting in the study, thinking that things were settled anyway, and he could go tomorrow. He looked at the wedding invitation in his hand, which said that the woman was a girl from the Liu family, and felt vaguely that it was against the law.

When the person who sent the wedding invitation came over, Yuan Xi also inquired and learned that the bride was Liu Xun's daughter. They had just divorced. He thought that Li Shu was a man who had both sides. He was willing to let his son marry an abandoned woman?

The more Yuan Xi looked at it, the more he felt that he seemed familiar with this Liu family matter?

Suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, Jiao Zhongqing?
At this time, he just remembered what Xiao Qiao had said about Liu the day before yesterday. Are all the emotions coming together?

After thinking about it, he asked his maid to invite Da Qiao over. After a while, Da Qiao came over wearing dark red clothes. After entering, he stood far away and bowed to Yuan Xi: "Your Majesty, please call me my concubine." What's the matter?"

Yuan Xi saw his cold tone and wondered how he had offended him?
He didn't take it seriously and said: "I want to ask the girl about Liu Xun's daughter Liu."

Da Qiao felt inexplicably angry for some reason, but she had a gentle temperament and could not say anything harsh. She could only say coldly: "I heard that there are many women around you, so why bother thinking about the woman to be married?"

Yuan Xi did not understand the meaning of Da Qiao's words and said, "I am indeed very interested in her."

Da Qiao bit his lip. This fierce tiger was so shameless that he openly admitted it!

After doing it for a long time, this person either likes young people or he likes married women!
She bit her lip, "Mrs. Liu is about to get married. If you do something rude and disrespectful, won't you be afraid of the criticism of the world?"

Unknowingly, her tone also contained a bit of resentment.

Yuan Xi was startled, "Where do you start talking about this?"

He immediately reacted, "I'm afraid the girl may have misunderstood."

"I just want to ask, is Mrs. Liu's ex-husband named Jiao Zhongqing?"

Before Da Qiao could react, he subconsciously said sourly: "It seems that you have inquired about a lot of information about Mrs. Liu. You can say that you have taken great pains."

Yuan Xi asked again: "Is Mrs. Liu's name Liu Lanzhi?"

Da Qiao raised his head in surprise, "How come you can even find out the girl's maiden name?"

Yuan Xi couldn't say that he learned about it from later generations, so he could only excuse himself and said: "I know some stargazing methods."

Da Qiao was full of suspicion and heard Yuan Xi say: "I saw the girl speaking softly and touchingly the day before yesterday. Why is she so resentful today? Do you think I have disturbed the peace of life of the girl's sisters?"

"But don't worry, girl. I will leave in a few days. If the girls and sisters are willing to stay in Wancheng, I will ask the prefect to send some guards to protect you two."

Da Qiao was stunned and said, "Your Majesty, are you leaving?"

She was inexplicably agitated and hesitated to speak. Finally, she mustered up the courage and whispered: "Do you want to abandon my little sister from beginning to end?"

Yuan Xi was stunned, "What did I do?"

Da Qiao was stunned. She thought to herself that she had seen it wrong the night before.
The two looked at each other in confusion, and finally came to their senses. Yuan Xi smiled bitterly and said, "Did you see it?"

"Xiao Qiao accidentally fell down. The door was not closed at that time. I am not that careless, right?" Da Qiao thought about it carefully and realized that it was really the case. The door was indeed open at that time!

She blushed deeply and rubbed her fingers nervously a few times, thinking if she closed the door, would you take action?

Yuan Xi felt a little guilty when she thought about Xiao Qiao's reaction when she jumped on him the night before. He quickly changed the topic and said, "Mrs. Liu is going to remarry. I always feel that something bad happened."

He remembered the content of the poem, his face changed, and he said: "It's broken!"

Da Qiao didn't know why, so he heard Yuan Xi say: "Mrs. Liu may not be able to think about it. I want to go out."

Da Qiao was shocked, "How could this happen?"

Yuan Xigang stood up and thought to himself that if Mrs. Liu really was like the peacock flying southeast as recorded in the poem, she would have gone to the church to get married tomorrow after they had passed away. She would have waited in the green tent and thrown herself into the water while there was no one around. of.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xi secretly discovered that the Liu family was indeed in a dilemma. He followed the family's orders to get married and then died in the opposite house, which was an explanation to the other party.

Later, Jiao Zhongqing was also hanged. The two families collected the bodies and buried two people together. But in the end, including the county governor Li Shu, there was no winner among the three parties.

He stood up and said, "Girl, go back and rest first. I'll go talk to Li Shu."

Yuan Xi took Sun Li and sat on the carriage, thinking to himself, how should he intervene in this matter?
If one person is not good, it may cause trouble for several families. After all, if he forces the other party to break off the engagement, it will only make Li Shu lose face. After all, all the respectable people in Lujiang have received wedding invitations.

When things have reached this point, the Liu family is also in a dilemma. I'm afraid they would rather Liu died than bring her home, right?
This is the helplessness of this era. Whether a man or a woman marries, it is not a matter of two people, but a matter of the family status of the two families. Isn't it the same with Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai?

To put it another way, filial piety comes first in this world. Even if Li Shu and the Liu family break off their engagement, will the Liu family be able to reunite with Jiao Zhongqing?

I heard that Jiao's mother is in quite a difficult situation. I'm afraid that with Liu's temperament, there will be more conflicts in the future, right?

He tapped his fingers slowly on the wall, wondering if there wasn't a solution that had the best of both worlds?
When the car arrived at Li's Mansion, Li Shu came out early to greet Yuan Xi and said respectfully: "I am so frightened that I have sent you to come, and let me shine and be proud of you."

Li Shu now knows very well that he is an outsider and cannot move forward in Lujiang without relying on Yuan Xi's power, so he is now eager to get closer to Yuan Xi.

He casually pulled his son aside, pushed him to the ground and kowtowed, and said, "I am extremely ashamed that my son got married and alerted the envoy."

Yuan Xi heard this and said, "That's why I'm here today."

"Go in and talk."

A few people went in and sat down. When Yuan Xi finished telling the reason he had made up, Li Shu opened his eyes wide in disbelief, "Did you mean that according to the stargazing, this marriage is unknown?"

"If it is not handled properly, it will only ruin the reputation of the Li family?"

Yuan Xi nodded slightly.

Li Shu's face was full of doubts, "Shijun's ability to observe stars is unheard of in Shu. If Shijun doesn't want the two families to marry, he can make it clear and Shu must comply."

Seeing that Li Shu was doubtful, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "I can make a bet with Mr. Fu."

"If what I said does not happen, then the wedding will continue as usual, and I will make up for it with a generous gift."

"But if this happens, let me arrange the next thing. When the time comes, I can help Fujun keep his reputation and avoid being criticized."

Li Shu saw that Yuan Xi had talked about this, and immediately bowed: "Shu will obey the envoy's order!"

By the time Yuan Xi returned to the house, Xiao Qiao had already learned from Da Qiao that Mrs. Liu was getting married tomorrow and that Yuan Xi was going out to intervene. Neither of the two women understood Yuan Xi's style of acting. They both said anxiously: "Tomorrow Liu will be married." Is something happening to my sister?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "We will see the result tomorrow, maybe we can turn around."

The next day in Wancheng, the Li family's wedding party lined up in a long line, filling the long street. The whole city knew that the Li family was going to marry Liu Xun's divorced daughter, and they all laughed at the Jiao family.

At the end of the market, a drunkard in a liquor store laughed and said: "The Jiao family has been in great disgrace this time. They thought Mr. Liu was defeated and ran away, so they were anxious to divorce their daughter for fear of being implicated."

"As a result, Yuan Shijun treated Liu Fujun's family with courtesy, and the newly appointed Li Fujun understood clearly, and instead married the Liu family. In comparison, the Jiao family is like a joke!"

Another drunkard laughed and said: "Then the head of the Jiao family died young, leaving orphans and widows, with a woman as the head of the family. That's short-sighted."

Jiao Zhongqing walked by in despair, the words in the wine shop were like knives stabbing into his ears. Thinking of what he said when he met Liu the day before yesterday, he felt even more despairing.

He listened to the lively sound of musical instruments coming from the long street in the distance, and thought of his mother at home, and his heart was filled with helplessness and despair.

(End of this chapter)