After the funeral of Jin Niang, the Duke of Qi returned to calm. The funeral was solemn and decent, and even the emperor and queen had their own rewards, but there was no remembrance of the deceased. Except for a few people brought by Jin Niang or the newborn baby girl, her death did not bring any changes to other people's lives.

Lian is still very active in the social circle of the capital, and receives invitations from this or that family to a banquet or a play every once in a while. Due to Li Duan's loss of his wife, Lian found that many ladies deliberately appeared in front of him with their daughters, intentionally or unintentionally.

Many of these girls are young and beautiful, and their families are good. In contrast, Qi Jiao's identity as the daughter of a five-grade official is a little inadequate. After all, his son is the future Duke of Qi Guo, and his wife's status is low, and her face is not very good-looking. At that time, Jin Niang made herself hate her teeth, and this time she was finally able to choose a satisfactory daughter-in-law.

But at that time, there was already such an exchange with the Wang family, and he really liked Qi Jiao's child, and even Li Duan had some thoughts about that Qi Jiao. At that time, if it wasn't for the fact that he wanted to take a concubine first and then straighten it out, he wouldn't have beaten Qi Jiao's idea, but he didn't expect that Jin Niang to go so soon, which would leave a problem for himself.

Of course, Mother Pei, who was beside her, felt the contradiction of her master, and looked at the worried Lian family, she came up with an idea for the Lian family very well.

"Madame, are you worried about that Miss Zhang?"

"yes, it was too much at the time, and it's not going to end now. You have to stay away from them first. ”

Actually, the old slave didn't think it was a difficult thing. Lian's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"How?"

"Madame must not only not be far away, but also closer. Lian's face was puzzled.

Let people know that Mrs. Zhang likes Miss Zhang as much as she likes her daughter, but she doesn't want to marry her as a daughter-in-law. Lian shook his head.

"But I've already mentioned the family matter to them, and it's not good to suddenly regret it, not to mention that offending the Wang family is a small matter, and doing so will offend Wang Shangshu, which will bring trouble to Grandpa Guo. ”

"If the lady has a good family matter, she might as well ask the lady in the palace to ask the emperor for marriage, so that the Zhang family can't say anything. What's more, the lady is in the circle of the capital, saying a few good words about Miss Zhang's family, and taking her to stand in front of those noble ladies. Lian listened and a smile gradually spread across his face.

"Yes, yes, you know my mind. ”

"It's the old slave's job to share the worries of his wife. ”

In the next few banquets, Lian deliberately showed his affection for the Wang family, and took care of Qi Jiao. In the eyes of outsiders, as soon as the words of this goddaughter came out, everyone understood the meaning, and some people inquired about Qi Jiao's situation. In this way, Qi Jiao is also famous in the capital, and her vanity has been unprecedentedly satisfied, and she finally overwhelmed Saitama in her eye.

It's just that when the Lian family faced the Wang family, they didn't mention the matter of marrying Qi Jiao. But he promised the Wang family that Concubine Shu would mention Qiying's matter in front of Concubine Chen. The Wang family was secretly frightened by the change in Lian's tone, and couldn't help but worry about his daughter's marriage into the Qi State Mansion, but because of the difference in identity, he couldn't ask the Lian family. Only then did she regret that she believed in the Lian family too much, and let Qi Jiao and the Qi State Mansion get too close, for fear of trapping her daughter in it.

Lian Shi watched things develop in the direction he expected, and he was free to agree, and he only counted which famous and noble women were worthy of Li Duan every day.

On this day, when Qi Guogong and Li Duan returned home, their faces were very ugly. Lian then asked them what was going on.

"Sijon invaded. These four short words made Lian's heart pull together.

"What do you mean, are you going to go on another expedition?" asked Lian in a trembling voice. When the Duke of Qi went out with his son, nightmares kept her awake at night.

"This time I went instead of my father, and the emperor has already given permission. ”

"Duan'er, why, why can't it be someone else?" Lian couldn't help crying.

"The food of the king, the worry of the loyal king, at this time to go into battle to kill the enemy is the true nature of a man. ”

"Mother, Xijon harassed, at least half a year, at most a year, the son will come back, don't worry. ”

"But the sword and gun have no eyes, so how can I rest assured. Lian said and cried again. Qi Guogong didn't want his son to go on the expedition, but there was no other way. I have to look at the camp in western Beijing, in this somewhat turbulent period, how can the emperor rest assured that he will hand it over to others. Now that he saw Lian's appearance, he felt uncomfortable, so he had to comfort:

"When the time comes, I will arrange for him to be brave and good at fighting, and experienced people will follow him, and there will be no major problems. Lian knew that it was useless for him to say more, how could it be redeemed for what the emperor had decreed, and he could only pray for the blessing of the Bodhisattva.

Qi Guogong still had something to explain to Li Duan, so he came to his study with Li Duan, and sent someone to call Li Yi over.

Qi Guogong looked at his son, who looked like him, and had thousands of things to explain in his heart, but he couldn't say it, and he was reluctant to let his son go to the battlefield, especially since he only had this one son. Over there, Li Duan said:

"Father, the son must fight bravely to kill the enemy, and not fall into the name of the father. Qi Guogong sighed,

"Duan'er, as a father, I am worried that you are too anxious to make meritorious contributions and venture into bad things. Li Duan's face turned red, remembering that the last time he went out with his father, he was in a hurry to chase that general, fell into a trap, and was almost captured.

"Duan'er, this time you are the generalissimo, and your father is not by your side, you must not be reckless, I sent Vice General An to your side, this person is resourceful and experienced in battle, listen to his opinion. Li Duan listened to his father's words, and disagreed in his heart, that An He, once said that he was brave and ruthless, and had no talent for commanding the army, this time he must be asked to bow to his feet, but he said:

"The son obeyed his father's teachings. Qi Guogong nodded when he heard this. At this time, a family member came in to report

"Grandpa Qiyuguo, Shiziye, the second son is not here this time, and he has not explained where he went. Qi Guogong couldn't help but be furious when he heard this,

"This unscrupulous son, if it weren't for the second brother's face, I would have kicked him out of the house a long time ago. Li Duan also looked down on Li Yi's actions very much, and saw his father angry, and hurriedly persuaded:

"Father, don't be angry, I'll talk about him later. He is still young and uncertain, and it will be good to have a family when he becomes a family. ”

"At a young age, I don't think I'm ambitious at all. At your age, you have already entered the camp for training, but now he is mixed with that group of sour and rotten literati, which is a shame for our country's government. Li Duan comforted his father while secretly scolding his second brother for being unreliable.

In the next few days, Lian Shi was not in the mood to do anything else, just to help Li Duanzhang Luo go out to bring things to bring, after all, there is not even a reliable woman by his son's side now. I just hope that my son will come back soon, marry his daughter-in-law, and rest his burden.