Fortunate Young Gentleman

Tang Qi looked at the maid from the Western Region and said word by word: "From today on, you will be with Mr. Xu."

The maid was panic-stricken, with a look of confusion on her face. She obviously didn't understand Chinese.

Tang Qi pointed at her, then at Mr. Xu, and after a while, the maid seemed to understand something. She spoke a sentence in Western dialect and stood respectfully behind Mr. Xu.

He glanced at the maid from the Western Region with satisfaction, looked at Mr. Xu, and said, "I will not disturb Mr. Xu's elegance..."

After that, he walked out with his hands behind his back.

Tang Qi walked out of the courtyard, and the next moment, the young man next to Mr. Xu walked out of the room and closed the courtyard door.

In the room, after Tang Qi left, the panic on the face of the maid from the Western Regions was gone. She looked at Mr. Xu, gave a slight salute, and said in extremely standard Chinese: "Thank you for your hard work, sir."

Mr. Xu was not surprised. He sat at the table, poured two cups of tea, and asked, "Who is the envoy coming this time?"

The maid said: "It's Mr. Liu."

"He's here too?" Mr. Xu finally showed a look of surprise on his face and asked, "Does the king have any important instructions?"

The maid nodded and said: "The king said that Mr. Xu doesn't need to do that matter."

"Why?" Mr. Xu frowned for a moment and said, "It took a lot of effort for us to get to where we are today. If you give me another year, we can complete the task, so why don't we have to do it again?"

The maid waited patiently for him to finish, then slowly said: "Someone will do this for us. The Lord asked you not to interfere anymore."

Mr. Xu calmed down for a while and then said, "I understand. Does the Lord have any other instructions?"

The maid looked at him and said slowly: "Yes."

The maid from the Western Region lowered her voice and spoke slowly. Mr. Xu seemed to have learned something unexpected, and her expression changed from indifferent to surprised, and then turned to shock...

Tang Mansion, elsewhere, Tang Jing walked into the room, looked at Tang Qi and said: "Second uncle, you gave away that beauty from the Western Regions..."

Tang Qi looked at him and said: "It's just a maid, just buy another one. There are some people that cannot be bought with money. You will be the head of my Tang family in the future, so you should know these things clearly in your mind."

Even though Tang Jing was dissatisfied, he could only nod in agreement.

Maidmen are easy to buy, but beauties from the Western Regions are hard to come by. This time, the Western Regions Envoy brought out very few, and the one he bought was the best among the best. She was almost snatched away by Ling Feng, but that The beauty chose him. Although he often went to brothels, beauties like these from the Western Regions could not be encountered in brothels.

Unexpectedly, he had just bought it half a day ago, and before he could do anything urgently, his second uncle took it away and gave it away. He was extremely unhappy.

"I know what you are thinking." Tang Qi looked at him and said: "You are not young, and it is time to start a family. I have discussed this matter with your father and mother-in-law, and we will wait for some time. , when the time is right, I will mention it to Your Majesty.”

Tang Jing was startled when he heard this and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"I know you have always liked Princess Pingyang." Tang Qi looked at him and said: "Princess Pingyang has already reached the age of marriage. No one could stop the marriage. Now that the marriage has failed, if the empress speaks in person, Your Majesty Shouldn’t refuse.”

Tang Qi looked at Tang Jing's stunned look and asked, "What, you don't want to?"

Tang Jing came back to his senses, a strange smile appeared on his face, and nodded: "Yes."

…

Xiao Jue's private money was confiscated, and he gave up his desire to buy a beauty from the Western Regions. Fortunately, Lu Ya did not do anything to him. There is a saying in the capital that children are not spanked on the first day of the new year. Although today is not the first day of the new year, but before the fifteenth It's the New Year's Day, so it's not very auspicious to do it during the New Year's Day.

Xiao Jue sat opposite Tang Ning and looked at Tang Ning with resentful eyes and a hint of confusion.

Tangning looked at him and asked, "Do you regret it?"

"A bit." Xiao Jue nodded and asked, "Will I be like this in the future?"

Tangning shook her head and said, "If you can beat her, the situation can be reversed. Practice your martial arts well and fight like a man."

Among the generals, dignity and status are achieved with fists. Who made him like Lu Ya and not someone else? If he liked Princess Anyang, wouldn't these things happen?

"Compared with Lu Ya, I think Miss Tang is simply too gentle." Xiao Jue looked at him with an annoyed face and said, "Why do you meet such a good girl?"

"This is fate." Tangning looked at him and said regretfully: "As the saying goes, there is a time in life that must come, but there is a time in life, don't force it... This is fate. If you can't resist, then close your eyes and enjoy it. ”

"Where did the saying come from?" Xiao Jue glanced at him and said, "There is a time in life, but there is no time in life, so don't force it..., I only know that my master told me that my destiny is up to me and I can't help it. sky……"

Tangning asked in surprise: "When did you get a master?"

"When I was a child," Xiao Jue said, "in order to cure my illness, my father asked me to become my master from a Taoist priest. He stayed at my house for a few months and then went out to travel. I also learned fortune telling and fortune telling from him. "Xiang, do you want me to take a look at it for you?"

"No need." Tangning waved her hand, believing that Xiao Jue could read fortune tellers, it would be better to believe in Xiu'er's marriage lottery. The probability that Xiao Jue could read fortune tellers was lower than the chance that he would get married again this year.

"Let's take a look, see if there is no missing piece of meat..." Xiao Jue stared at his face carefully, and after a moment, he said in surprise: "I see your face is red, your brows are springy, it's like peach blossoms... , Within a month, you will have good luck!”

"You are so beautiful and full of peach blossoms..." Tangning stood up, not wanting to listen to Xiao Jue's nonsense anymore, and said, "Let's go. I'll go to the Xiaoqi Camp on the 16th of the first lunar month. See you then."

Tangning turned around and walked a few steps when she saw a person limping over in front of her.

Xiao Jue stepped forward and said, "Brother Han, you are here."

The middle-aged man with a kind face looked at him and asked with a smile: "Is the old general here?"

Xiao Jue said: "My dad should be in the back garden now. Brother Han, please go directly there. My dad was still talking about you yesterday, saying why you didn't come this year..."

The middle-aged man said: "The old problem happened again a few days ago. This injured leg hurts terribly. I feel better today, so I came here in a hurry."

After he said something, he suddenly looked at Tang Ning and asked, "Is this Mr. Tang? I met him from a distance a few days ago during the court meeting. Mr. Tang is really a young talent. He is already a lieutenant general at a young age. When I was your age, I wasn’t even a captain..."

The middle-aged man sighed with emotion and limped away. Tangning looked at Xiao Jue and asked, "Who is this..."

"He is Marquis Wu Lie." Xiao Jue explained: "He used to serve under my father and made many military exploits. Later, he injured his leg and could no longer fight. Your Majesty made him a Marquis and allowed him to stay in the capital. ”

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court has rarely granted titles to marquises. Tang Ning has yet to get even the smallest title. In the two years he has been in the capital, he has only seen Emperor Chen reduce titles, but has never seen him be granted titles. This shows how difficult it is.

For this Wu Liehou to be a special case, his military achievements must have been considerable.

Xiao Jue looked at Wu Liehou's limping back and said with some admiration: "Back then, one of Sushen's troops invaded our border and slaughtered all the people in the village. Brother Han led his troops three hundred miles deep into the grassland and cut the grassland with his own hands. He beheaded the tribal leader and captured all of them. This is how he got his title. Over the years, he is one of the few former tribesmen who are willing to come to the Xiao family to visit my father..."

The Xiao family began to decline very early, so they could still come to visit Mr. Xiao's old team every year, which was considered a sign of friendship.

He sighed, walked outside the Xiao Mansion, looked at Xiao Jue, and asked, "Why are you following me?"

Xiao Jue said matter-of-factly: "I'll follow you back to your home."

Tangning asked, "Why did you go to my house?"

Xiao Jue looked back at Xiao Mansion and said: "You were here just now, so she didn't do anything to save me face. Now that you are gone, leave me alone to go back. Aren't you looking for death? I will go back after she leaves at night... …”

Tangning explained: "But I'm not going home, I'm going to Tiantianju."

Xiao Jue said: "You are looking for your Miss Su, I will be right next to you and I will never disturb you."

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "When you and Lu Yayue went up to the willow branches and hugged each other after dusk, I stood by and watched. Do you think this is appropriate?"

"Hug each other, make love to each other?" Xiao Jue looked at him and said in surprise: "Is this what you usually do?"

"No." Tangning shook her head and said, "We usually sleep together."

"Sleeping with the most beautiful woman in the capital?" Xiao Jue glanced at him disdainfully and said, "Do you think I will believe it?"