Shuangjiao

After walking through this corridor, you can reach the largest hall of the Wen family.

Swinging back the servants who followed, Wen Xueqing stood still in front of the corridor.

It's very quiet here, save for the patter of rain.

There are only a few servants patrolling silently nearby, and the master's family is discussing important matters inside, and has issued an order early on, not allowing idlers to approach, even if they are guarding, they cannot get too close to hear half of the words.

"Little lady, stop." A patrolling servant saw Wen Xueqing and saluted respectfully, "His Royal Highness is discussing matters inside, and the little lady will come to you later if you have something to do."

Wen Xueqing looked at the roof of the hall from a distance, the sound of rain perfectly covered up the fierce quarrel inside.

"I want to go in, please inform me."

"I'm afraid it won't work," the servant who stopped Wen Xueqing laughed dryly, "Little lady, let's go back, the master said, no one can be let in."

Although the eldest uncle's official position is not as great as his brother Wen Guang's, and he seldom shows dignity on weekdays, but his elders are orderly, he is a well-deserved patriarch in the Wen family, and he has the final say at critical moments.

Wen Xueqing clenched her fists secretly: "Go and report, go and tell uncle, he will let me in."

"The lord said that no one should bother..."

"Get out of the way!" Before the obstructing servant could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the squad leader who came from behind, and stepped back to make way, "Please, little lady."

"Captain—" Watching Wen Xueqing walk away quickly, the servant who stopped him was dumbfounded, "Didn't the lord say that..."

"What do you know, you idiot," the team leader waved impatiently, "Hurry up and take a look at the other side."

What the adults were discussing inside was the little lady's marriage. The little lady must have known about it before coming, so how could she stop it.

The corridor was exhausted, and the closed doors and windows could not shut out the quarrel inside.

"I have already torn face to face with the Gao family, and it is impossible for Zhenzhen to marry into the Gao family." Princess Lekang blushed, and she couldn't even drink the water. "The magic pot is important, isn't Zhenzhen important? She is Wen The daughter of the family, not someone else!"

"Your Highness," the eldest uncle was still gentle, and put a cup of tea in front of Princess Lekang without any haste, "Everyone is just discussing the future of the Gao family, and did not say that Zhen Zhen must marry into the Gao family."

The god pot, the Wen family, must be in his hands, especially now that Gao Qi has begun to cooperate with other forces in an attempt to get rid of the Wen family.

"Gao Qi leans toward King Zhao," this is what Wen Jiming found out, "My great-aunt doesn't know about it, it's all a secret move by the underlings."

Taking advantage of the banditry, King Zhao wanted to expand his military power, and wrote to the court to ask for a large amount of military funds.After preparing so much, King Zhao did wipe out most of the bandits.However, just looking at the number of refugees fleeing from the south in Linzhou, one knows that there is still a lot of money that is not used by the people.

Especially the rumors about the Kunlun slave squad under King Zhao, who were brave and not afraid of death, were slowly spreading.

Thinking of the shy emperor and the weak prince in Luoyang, no one would believe that King Zhao didn't mean anything.

If King Zhao stretched his hand into Linzhou, King Wei in the north would not sit still.

The internal disputes of the Gao family continued, attracting forces from all sides.But no matter who is in power, they all have the idea of ​​leaving the Wen family to control the magic pot alone. No matter who wins it, it will be extremely detrimental to the Wen family.

"So Zhenzhen must marry the Gao family, right?" Princess Lekang waved her uncle's hand away, her chest rising and falling, "I absolutely disagree."

That day, she deliberately sent her cronies to hold him back, in order to completely dissolve the engagement.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Wen family, the left and the right are all surnamed Gao, and they can't help each other. No matter who Wen Xueqing marries, she is the one in control.Especially those who are lacking in ability but have ambitions in vain, as long as they are given a little guidance, they can be firmly grasped.

"Zhenzhen has made it clear that she will not marry Gao Jialang again, what should you do if you do this?" Princess Lekang looked directly at her uncle with anger in her eyes, "Marriage is not a matter of a word, it is a matter of marriage." Most of my life! When you are stable, tell me what happened, you men stand up to it, and when something happens, you have to rely on your wife to come out, saying that you have to do this, it is not because you are incompetent!"

If the Wen family can take back the magic pot from the Gao family, why would Wen Xueqing marry into the Gao family!

Princess Lekang was furious.These days, the discussion about Wen Xueqing's marriage has never stopped.

"Your Highness has made a slip of the tongue." The uncle shook his head at Princess Le Kang, his eyes were no longer gentle.

The Gao family and the Wen family have been married for generations. It can be said that the Gao family was single-handedly supported by the Wen family. The two families have a deep entanglement, but it is always Wen's married daughter who enters. In order to show respect for the Gao family, the Wen family never reveals their face. seize power.Girls from the Wen family tended to manage the god pot together with Mr. Gao. On the other hand, it was the Wen family who used half of the rights to the god pot as a dowry to marry their daughter into the Gao family.

The Wen family has a small population, and the grandparents only gave birth to a daughter from the aunt and grandmother, and there is no more in the generation of the uncle Wen Guanghe.Wen Xueqing is also the only daughter of the younger generation of the Wen family, so it is natural for her to complete the marriage.

Now the Gao family is extremely dissatisfied with the Wen family, and the old lady who can mediate is no longer around. If there are other Wen family daughters in the Gao family, the Wen family will not consider easing relations with the Gao family in this way.

"Now that Zhenzhen doesn't marry the Gao family, who else can she marry?" the uncle asked back.

Of course he hoped that Wen Xueqing would have a good home, but the reality was like this.Wen Xueqing's insolent temperament made many aristocratic families shy away.

They raised Wen Xueqing like this so that they could take over the power of the old lady, and the whole Linzhou knew it well.Now that Wen Gao's marriage has been ruined, which family can accept such a strong bride as Wen Xueqing?

Even if you don't consider the issue of the magic pot, there are very few children from the family who are willing to marry Wen Xueqing, and you have to measure his character and talent. After such a calculation, there are basically none.

"You still have to think about marrying a daughter from the Wen family?" Princess Lekang raised her eyebrows and said disdainfully, "Before you think about it, you have to think about whether they are worthy or not!"

Without Gao Qi, there are other people. From Princess Lekang's point of view, Wen Xueqing not only wants to marry, but also to marry a man who is better than Gao Qi.

"The world is so big that Linzhou is not the only one." Princess Lekang looked directly at her uncle, "Your husband may have forgotten that I was married to Linzhou from Luoyang back then."

The uncle raised his head suddenly, staring at Princess Lekang.

"Your Highness..." His voice was hoarse, "Of course I haven't forgotten that His Highness came all the way from Luoyang back then to marry me."

Wen Guanghe blinked his eyes vigorously, then lowered his head secretly.His eldest sister-in-law is strong, but his elder brother is not weak.Otherwise, I would not have the guts to marry Princess Lekang.It's just that he was born with a pair of smiling eyes, and he always greeted people with a smile, and he was not particularly keen on being an official, so as time passed, he gave others an impression of being easy to talk to.

As the patriarch of the Wen family, how could it be as it seems on the surface.

Wen Guanghe has been an official for dozens of years, and he is used to seeing strong winds and waves. There are very few problems that make him feel difficult, but once he encounters them, he will definitely go back to his uncle for help in making a decision.

"Luoyang is very good, but Linzhou belongs to the Wen family." The uncle was quite patient, "Everyone watched Zhenzhen grow up, don't you have the heart to watch her marry far away?"

"It's all about marrying the Gao family! I won't allow it, the Gao family is already a puddle of mud, I won't let Zhen Zhen sink into it!"

Princess Lekang was on the verge of losing control, and her sideburns fell down: "The person she wants to marry must be better than Gao Qi. Linzhou Linzhou, you only have Linzhou. I haven't been back for so many years. Why, Is Zhenzhen going to be like me in the future..."

Princess Lekang's speech has already begun to be confused.But everyone understood what she meant.

Since Princess Lekang married into the Wen family, she has indeed never left Linzhou, she only communicated with Luoyang through letters.Even when the emperor left Beijing in a hurry and was picked up by King Wei 16 years ago, she did not accompany the Wen family in Beijing to congratulate her in person, but wrote a letter to go there.

"The daughter of the Wen family can only be in Wenzhou, there is no second possibility!" The uncle was unmoved, "Your Highness, please don't think about anything else, there are still many things in the family waiting for His Highness to preside over the decision..."

"Ha, I knew it would be like this, you old fox, you have to count everything," Princess Lekang laughed angrily, "You don't allow me to leave Linzhou, so I have to. At home, you have a headache , how can I work hard every day, and you are drinking tea and playing chess on the other side!"

The eldest uncle only has Princess Lekang in his backyard, and Wen Wulang has only one son under his knees for so many years. He entrusts most of the affairs to the clan brothers, and he has a leisurely life.With him like this, Princess Lekang was embarrassed to push things away, and took the initiative to take care of many affairs in the family.

"I'm leaving now!"

Seeing that her uncle was still standing still, Princess Lekang dropped the teacup he handed over earlier, turned around and left: "I want to go back to Luoyang and marry Zhenzhen to Luoyang!"

As soon as the door was opened, Princess Lekang froze in place.

"Zhenzhen, did you hear that?"

Wen Xueqing never went in, just stood outside the door.

Most of the Wen family in the hall looked solemn, obviously they didn't agree with Princess Lekang.

Wen Xueqing nodded.

"Alright then," Princess Lekang grabbed Wen Xueqing's hand, "I don't need to explain anymore, let's go, to Luoyang!"

Wen Xueqing wanted to say something else, but as soon as her eyes touched Princess Lekang's red eye sockets, she swallowed all the words.

She had never seen Princess Lekang in such a state of embarrassment, she almost ran away, dragging her all the way.

The door of Wen Xueqing's courtyard was pushed open vigorously.

"You guys should be quick and tidy, and pack out all the things that the little lady needs next to her body," Princess Lekang directed the servants in a hurry, "Especially winter clothes, bring them all, I want to take the little lady back to Luoyang!"

Princess Lekang was determined to take Wen Xueqing to Luoyang. Seeing that Wen Xueqing's things were almost packed, she went back satisfied.

Uncle and father didn't stop them.

Wen Xue was greatly surprised, obviously there was a fierce quarrel before, but now no one came.

Looking around the cages, Wen Xueqing stopped a maid who was about to pack her zither into it.

"My fifth brother gave it to me before I left, so I won't take it with you—" she sighed, "I will take it to the Ling family when I leave."

She is about to leave, so it is better to find a good owner for this qin, so as not to let this qin go to waste with her.

"Goro gave it to you, don't you feel sorry for others like this?" A voice came from the door.

"Uncle! Why are you here?"

Wen Xueqing was surprised. Could it be that the eldest uncle waited for his aunt to leave before he came to persuade her not to go to Luoyang?

In fact, the eldest uncle not only did not come to persuade, but also sent Wen Xueqing a lot of things.

"These are for your aunt," said the uncle with loving eyes, "Zhenzhen, take good care of her on the way."

Wen Xueqing: "...Uncle?" Did you get it wrong.

"It's not wrong." The uncle could see through what Wen Xueqing was thinking at a glance, "This matter is because His Highness was impulsive and angry with me."

He sighed softly: "I was also at fault. I shouldn't have found so many things for her, forced her to stay in Linzhou, and made her have no time to go back for so many years."

Wen Xueqing opened her eyes wide and gasped silently.

"Zhenzhen, there are some things I don't need to say, I think you understand. When you go to Luoyang, be careful in everything. I still stick to what I said before. Now Luoyang is not a place to stay for a long time. I'm not worried about Goro..." He wrinkled Frowning, he ordered softly, "Be careful the prince, we will wait for you and His Highness to come back."

Prince?The sickly prince actually made his uncle feel like an enemy.

Wen Xueqing recalled the news she had learned before.

Could it be that he was pretending to be sick, just waiting for one day to suddenly sit up from the bed and show off his might.

Wen Xueqing was so frightened by her absurd idea that she couldn't even walk steadily, her feet tangled together and almost fell down the steps.

"Little lady, be careful!"

Chang Tianyuan followed Wen Xueqing from a distance, and when he saw that she was not standing still, he hurried over.

Long before Chang Tianyuan made a sound, Wen Xueqing reacted and quickly balanced her body.

"What's the matter with Chang Shi?" Wen Xueqing stood up straight.

In fact, Chang Tianyuan was not ready to appear in front of Wen Xueqing.

"Little... little lady," he said with reddened ears and shortness of breath, "Actually, I'm here to apologize to little lady."

"Ok?"

"Those guard servants were all brought out by me. I heard that they had annoyed the little lady before, so I... I just came here."

Wen Xueqing waved her hand: "It's not a big deal, Chang Shi doesn't have to take it to heart, besides, I was the one who wanted to force my way."

"No, I... I... I heard that the little lady is going to Luoyang, so I'll just drop by, no, no, no, not by the way..."

Chang Tianyuan almost bit off his tongue.

Wen Xueqing's going to Luoyang had already been decided. Princess Lekang intended to betroth her to the descendants of Luoyang's aristocratic family. These high-ranking officials could probably guess it.

But what did all this have to do with him?

He also knew that with Wen Xueqing's current situation, it would be difficult to stay in Linzhou.only……

"Will the little lady come back?"

Looking at Chang Tianyuan's shining eyes with anticipation, she suddenly remembered that day at Gao's house, among the bustling crowd, Ling Rou looked at her with calm and firm eyes, looking at her from afar.

She could tell Ling Rou at a glance.

With a smile on her lips, Wen Xueqing said without hesitation, "Of course."

"Great!" Chang Tianyuan heaved a sigh of relief, cheered and left happily.

Wen Xueqing was inexplicable: "Huh? Is it worth being happy that I'm back? Lingrou might think I'm annoying..."

She thought for a while, then turned her head and told the maidservant: "Let me take care of the Qin that I said to give to Ling Qiniang earlier, and I will bring it to her personally."

Maid: "Huh?"

Didn't your Highness say that the little lady will not come back after going to Luoyang?

"My piano is not so easy to hold!"

Wen Xueqing clenched her fist.