The Yun clan took the twelve ladies and thirty-seven young ladies of the royal family to greet the Qu family, the He family, Li Jingjing, and the twins at the second gate.

Qu was very happy to be so valued, and smiled with Yun: "You are a birthday star today, why did you come out to greet me in person?" ”

"It's hot, I didn't expect you to actually come in person." The Yun clan actually took Qu's hand affectionately and walked forward.

Bai and He walked side by side. Wang Yanyu took Li Jingjing's arm.

The twins were directly hugged by the two young women of the royal family who had been looking forward to giving birth for several years.

The more than 30 women and young ladies who can sit in the hall are all noble.

The royal family's old princess Niu, Princess Li, He Xiu, Princess Deng, He Jingfu, He Jingyun, the main mother, eldest daughter-in-law, and Miss Chang'an of the three major families of Chang'an, and the daughter-in-law and Miss Yan of the Yun, Niu, Hong, and Bai clans with a history of hundreds of years.

All the women looked at Qu's family, and they all said in their hearts that she was younger and much better looking than the three duchesses, but they didn't know how to behave.

Then they all went to see He's, Li Jingjing, and the twins.

The He family has good looks and temperament, and when he came to the birthday banquet today, he dressed up in style and was not rude, and he was not worse than the wives of the family for hundreds of years.

Li Jingjing has become famous in Chang'an because of two poetry meetings and the treatment of Deng Qilang, and she is wearing a pink dress today.

I saw that her eyebrows were like ink paintings, her big eyes were black and bright, her eyes were clear like water, her nose and cherry lips, her lips were like rouge, and she was beautiful and aura.

The twins looked similar to Wucheng and followed the He family, wearing exactly the same sea-blue shirt and silver-gray trousers, without squinting, and generous and courteous.

The women guessed which one was He Jiye and whispered.

"I don't know which one is Xiaolang who has passed the surname He?"

"The Li family is really willing to give such a good Xiaolang the surname He."

"The county lord of He is deeply favored by the Li family, otherwise how could Mr. take the surname of the third grandson to the county lord of He."

Li Jingjing looked at the ladies and young ladies one by one, and knew less than half of them.

The Qu clan was personally introduced by the Yun clan and was invited to sit at the head of the old princess Niu.

He sat down at the head of Deng, and the twin sons stood behind her.

Li Jingjing sat next to Wang Yanyu, and inadvertently raised her eyes, just in time to meet the kind gaze of a lady of the Yun clan, and smiled slightly.

The Bai clan was very familiar with this Yun Clan lady, and asked curiously, "Do you know the Lord of Jing County?" ”

Mrs. Yun said: "I don't know, it's the first time I've met Lord Jing, but I've known her for a long time." ”

This time, it was the Yun clan's turn to be puzzled and asked, "You stay in the clan every day, where did you hear about the Jing County Lord?" ”

Mrs. Yun said with a smile: "My third uncle has only one son, Dr. Hong of Tanzhou Academy, and he is also my seventh cousin. My third uncle once said in a letter to my father that the lord of Jing County was a great pharmacist, and my seventh cousin was bitten by a pit viper while playing the piano by the stream, and the lord of Jing County passed by and saved his life very kindly. ”

She not only knew about it, but also knew that Dr. and Mrs. Hong especially wanted Li Jingjing to be their second daughter-in-law, but they didn't want to say it in public.

Yun Shi was a little shocked and said, "It turns out that there is such a thing inside. The venom of the pit viper is extremely domineering, and there is no cure. Xiaojing Niang saved the life of your seventh cousin, and she is kind to your third uncle's family. ”

Hong continued: "Not only that, but the county lord of Jing also saved the life of the second son of the seventh cousin. ”

Wang Yanyu asked, "What's going on?" Xiao Jing Niang, tell me about it. ”

Bai Shi smiled and said angrily: "Don't be rude, you have to call the county lord of Jing." ”

Li Jingjing smiled: "It's okay. Yu Niang called me by name. ”

Everyone wanted to hear how Li Jingjing saved Dr. Hong's second son, but Yun said another topic.

He paid close attention, and saw that Yun's gaze at Li Jingjing was different from that of other little girls, and he said: It turns out that Yun's fell in love with my Jingniang.

He Jingyun deliberately walked over, leaned over Li Jingjing's ear and smiled: "Xiao Jingniang, we meet again today." ”

Li Jingjing stood up and nodded slightly.

He Jingyun's eyes were strange, and he said in a low voice: "I have something about your family, you come out with me, and I will tell you." ”

Li Jingjing was not afraid that He Jingyun would play tricks in the royal family, so she said hello to the He family, and followed He Jingyun out of the hall.

A big slave in front of the Yun clan followed without moving.

He Jingyun was not familiar with the royal family, and when he saw the male guests walking back and forth outside the courtyard, he didn't dare to go far, and stood in the corner of the corridor where the hot sun couldn't shine.

Li Jingjing asked, "I don't know what the county lord told me?" ”

He Jingyun looked at Li Jingjing fixedly, and said in a low voice: "Now the three little ladies beside you, Deng Yun has killed people, Tian Susu poisoned the three aunts so that they cannot have heirs, Qin Wanjing has a life in her hands, and she has also made a private agreement with my cousin King Qingjun for life." ”

Li Bing has the information of the entire Ding Dynasty, and he can't say that he knows everything about the affairs of the rich and noble families in Chang'an, and He Jingyun must know the things of the Dao.

If there is a problem with the character and style of the three girls, Li Bing will definitely not list them as candidates for the eldest granddaughter-in-law.

He Jingyun knew that the three girls were Li Jingjing's best friends, and he dared to say such things, especially since King Qingjun was still her cousin, which showed that his character was inferior.

Li Jingjing was annoyed in her heart, frowned and asked, "What is your purpose?" ”

He Jingyun hated iron but not steel, and asked rhetorically: "Do you really not understand or fake don't understand?" The three of them revolve around you, don't they just want to marry into your family and become your eldest sister-in-law? They don't deserve it! ”

Li Jingjing asked, "Then who do you think is worthy?" ”

He Jingyun was embarrassed to say that it was far away and close to the sky, and said: "Our royal county lords have not decided on their relatives. ”

Li Jingjing bowed her head and said: "My eldest brother is handsome and chic, strong in martial arts, and has won many military exploits. I don't know what kind of little lady he will marry to be my eldest sister-in-law? ”

He Jingyun's face was slightly red, his eyes looked away, and he said softly: "When I went to the Northland to visit my father and brother, I once saw your eldest brother. He's fine, just stay a little longer. ”

Li Jingjing really didn't want to listen to He Jingyun, so she rubbed her eyes and shook her head: "Oops, my eyes are in the sand, I'll go find my mother to blow it." ”

He Jingyun shook his head, and Li Jingjing had already walked quickly.

Li Jingjing entered the hall and sat back in place, and found that several noblewomen had come, including Deng Jing's eldest daughter-in-law Sun and Tian Jin's wife Hong.

A beautiful big slave came in to report that several juniors in the clan were going to give gifts to the Yun family to celebrate their birthday.

Yun Shi smiled with all the ladies and ladies and asked, "A few naughty young men in my family started preparing birthday gifts for me a few months ago, and I want to give them a chance to show off, what do you think?" ”

The women nodded their heads.

Li Jingjing said in her heart: Mrs. Yun is a real person, isn't it just a show off to give a birthday gift on such an occasion.

The big slave and maid were ordered to retreat, and soon seven young men in fine clothes with handsome faces and noble temperament strode up.

Yun pointed to the seven young brothers, and said with a smile: "The seven young men have not yet decided on their marriage. Three of them have official positions as jinshi, and the other four have made a name for themselves and will take the examination in the autumn. ”

"The royal family is a scholar, and the young men in the clan are all handsome, and they will be on the list."

"You are the wife of the patriarch of the royal family, and there are successors in the clan, which is the credit of your hard work."

"I see that the seven little men are all very good, and they will be the pillars of the court in the future."

And all the women praised it. All the ladies were secretly thinking about it.

The most conspicuous of the seven was a young man in a purple shirt, who was neither tall nor short, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a face of Chinese characters, skin like white jade, black eyebrows about to enter the sideburns, a straight nose like a peak, red lips and white teeth, and an unusually handsome appearance.

Wang Yanyu's proud voice sounded in Li Jingjing's ears, "Xiaojing Niang, the most handsome purple-shirted young man is my second brother Haoran, he is the leader of the scientific expedition in the upper realm, and now he is the youngest teacher of Chang'an Academy." The princesses and county lords of the royal faction want to marry him. ”

Li Jingjing smiled: "It turns out that Wang Bangyan is your second brother. ”

For a period of time after the end of the scientific expedition three years ago, Li Yunxiao and He Yiyang chanted the names of champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua in her ears all day long.

She knew that Niu Haoxing's brother Niu Haori was Tanhua, and now she knew that Wang Yanyu's brother was the leader.

When will her brother Li Yunxiao also become the top three in the palace examination?

Wang Yanyu held Li Jingjing's hand and said in a low voice: "My grandmother's tutoring is very strict, and my father has no concubines to have sex with. My second brother was raised by my grandmother herself. My second brother is 18 years old this year, and he still hasn't decided to marry, and he doesn't even have a room. ”

Li Jingjing suddenly realized: "No wonder your second brother looked at him as soon as he came in, it turned out that he was so good." "The heart said: If your second brother is brought up by your mother, it will be strange if he can be admitted to the list.

Wang Yanyujiao smiled and said, "Have you looked at my second brother?" ”

Li Jingjing smiled and said, "Your second brother looks very similar to you, I'll just look at you." ”

Wang Yanyu looked at Li Jingjing who was not a little shy, and sighed lightly in his heart, feeling that Li Jingjing had not yet opened his mind. But don't rush, take your time. She didn't understand anything at the age of eleven.

She took a favorite word and stuffed it into Li Jingjing's mouth.

Since Wang Haoran entered the hall, the Bai family looked at He Jingfu again and again, and was looked at by the He family.

Congratulatory gifts from the youths, "Shou" pictures in 100 fonts, four-foot-high coral, and a set of diamond-inlaid ancient jade heads.

"Grandma, this is a little bit of grandchildren's heart." What Wang Haoran gave was a long skirt made of peacock feathers from Persia, which was gorgeous and beautiful. The most important thing is that the price is expensive, and there is only one piece in the Quanding Dynasty.

Li Jingjing was shocked by the craftsmanship of the peacock skirt.

Wang Yanyu said tentatively in a low voice: "My second brother has opened two shops in the east and west markets of Chang'an, and has also opened shops in Luoyang, Suzhou and other big cities, specializing in selling imported goods. Among the young men in our family, he has the most money. Whoever marries him will be able to enjoy the gorgeous costumes and jewelry of various countries. ”

Li Jingjing praised from the bottom of her heart: "Your second brother is really powerful while being a teacher and doing business." ”

Wang Yanyu smiled triumphantly: "I love to hear you say this." It's not like some people who love money very much in their hearts, but they say that they look down on business. ”

No matter how old the Yun family is, she is also a woman, and she can't resist the temptation of gorgeous clothes, so she tries it on and shows it in the envious eyes of all the women.

Bai Shi smiled: "Mother, you are more than ten years younger all of a sudden. ”

Wang Yanyu stepped forward, stretched out his hand and stroked the very beautiful peacock feather dress, and praised loudly: "Grandma, you are so beautiful today." ”

"The old woman is old, and she is too glamorous to wear this. You should keep it for my future granddaughter-in-law. Yun said this, but he was a little reluctant to take it off.

More than a dozen young ladies looked at Wang Haoran, but it was a pity that Wang Haoran didn't see anyone squarely.

He praised him heartily: "My grandson thinks you are dressed just right." ”

The women couldn't help but step forward to touch the peacock dress, and the Yun family was surrounded by a group of noble ladies in the middle of envy and praise, and they were very happy and happy.

Princess Deng took the opportunity to walk to her sister Deng's side, and whispered in her ear: "Go back and tell your concubine that the royal family wants to marry with the husband's family, and the second son Wang Haoran will marry Xiaojingniang." ”

Deng's eyes were surprised, and he said softly: "Sister, I see that the Bai family's favorite candidate for the second daughter-in-law is your Fu Niang." ”

Princess Deng was not surprised, shook her head and said: "The two sons of the Bai family were not brought up by her, where did she become the master of her son's affairs." ”

Deng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "That's right." The royal family is now in charge of the old lady Yun and her son Wang Shangshu. ”

Wang Yanyu pulled Wang Haoran, who was surrounded by all the noble ladies and asked the price of the peacock feather dress, pointed at Li Jingjing and said with a smile: "Second brother, this is my good sister Jingniang." ”

"Thank you for giving me medicine to cure my sister's stubborn illness." Wang Haoran looked at Li Jingjing and saw that she was a little beauty with a smart temperament, and the most striking thing was a pair of big eyes that were as bright as stars and could speak.

Li Jingjing said: "Master Wang, your family has passed me several times. You don't have to thank you anymore. ”

Li Quzhi and Li Yunxiao are now students of Chang'an Academy, and He Jiye and Li Yunfei will also enter Chang'an Academy in the future, Wang Haoran is the teacher of Chang'an Academy, and Li Jingjing wants to respect him.

Wang Haoran suddenly asked seriously: "I heard that the two great doctors who followed you have cured Shang Liang's paralysis?" ”

"If nothing else, it will be back to normal in a few days." Li Jingjing said in her heart: Didn't your father go to Shangfu to see it in person, why did you ask again?

Wang Haoran's eyes first flashed with joy, and then he said in a deep voice: "Speaking of which, Shang Liang was paralyzed in a fall in Lishan last year, which has something to do with the people of our family. Afterwards, our family searched for famous doctors for him, but we could not cure his illness. ”

Wang Yanyu hurriedly said: "Second brother, don't talk nonsense. Shang Liang's fall injury was obviously due to his own bad eyes, and it had nothing to do with the people of our family. ”

Wang Haoran looked guilty and said, "If it wasn't for the people of our family who shot arrows and startled the bear at that time, the bear would not have pounced on Shang Liang, and he would not have fallen into the valley in a hurry to flee for his life. ”

Wang Yanyu exclaimed angrily: "Is it only our family that shoots arrows, isn't there another person from the three major families, the people of our family only shoot two arrows, and the people from the other three families see that Xiong Chasing Shang Liang continues to shoot more than a dozen arrows." ”

Wang Haoran said calmly: "Even if there are only two arrows, it is still a shot." ”

Wang Yanyu said: "You don't have to take responsibility. He explained to Li Jingjing: "My second brother is Shang Liang's division commander. After Shang Liang's accident, my second brother went to Shang's house to apologize for the two people who shot two arrows from our family. ”

It was the first time that Li Jingjing heard the reason for Shang Liang's paralysis, and vaguely felt that there was some shady conspiracy inside.

So far, she has not seen Shang Liang, but when she was hunting in Lishan, she heard from the military attache that he was very powerful in both civil and military affairs.

She said in her heart: "Anyone who is particularly outstanding will be envied by many." Shang Liang was paralyzed by a bear chasing and falling into the valley, which should be caused by the joint efforts of the teenagers of the three families of Ouyang, Hu, and Liu.

"It's useless to apologize, it still can't cure his illness." Wang Haoran actually bowed deeply to Li Jingjing and said, "Thank you for healing Shang Liang." ”

Li Jingjing saw the knife-like gaze of all the little ladies coming over, nodded slightly and stopped talking.

At this time, the two slaves hurriedly walked in and reported: "Old lady, the old man has sent someone to say that the queen mother and the lady concubine have left the palace to congratulate you on your birthday, and they will be there in half an hour." ”

The women of the Yun family and the royal family were overjoyed.

When the ladies heard that Murong Ying had personally come to the royal family to congratulate the Yun family on his birthday, and congratulated the Yun family with a smile, they were very puzzled in their hearts.

The Yun clan and the royal women all went to change their court clothes.

The hall is filled with dozens of kinds of fat powder fragrances, even if the fat powder is all good, it can't stand being mixed together, making people smell it for a long time.

Qu, He, and Li Jingjing walked outside the courtyard to take a breath.

He said softly: "The queen came to the royal family to show goodwill this time, so that Yiyang can successfully canonize the crown prince. ”

Li Jingjing nodded and said, "Concubine Wang Shu can't leave the palace without the consent of the queen." This queen not only allowed Concubine Wang Shu, but also came over to congratulate Mrs. Yun on her birthday, which is really broad-minded and very atmospheric. ”

She said in her heart: There are no eternal enemies in the palace, only eternal interests. The royal faction of the poetry meeting in the Lotus Garden, Princess Yun was presided over by He Jingmei, the daughter of Concubine Wang Shu. At that time, the queen had already begun to win over the royal family.

He Shi said in a low voice: "The queen does everything with an atmosphere, and her heart should be extremely bitter. She can endure what ordinary people can't, so that she can always be respected and loved by His Majesty, and her position is stable. ”

"Mother, I won't be drafted or enter the palace, you don't have to tell me this." Li Jingjing made her attitude straightforward for the first time.

The age of the draft is twelve. She'll be twelve next year, and she'll be sick and won't have to participate in the draft.

He stretched out his hand to stroke his beloved daughter's hair, and said slowly: "My Jing Niang, even if she doesn't enter the palace, she will marry in the future, and her mother-in-law's family is not as good as her mother's family." Sometimes it's time to endure it, and life can be good. ”

Li Jingjing shook her head and said, "I still have five years to become an adult, and I don't want these things." ”

Qu Shi followed: "Sister Jing's family affairs are not in a hurry to decide. ”

The gate of the royal family was fully opened, led by Wang Hezhi and the Yun family, and even the little babies who were more than one year old were dressed up and waiting to welcome the phoenix.

All the guests were ranked behind the royal family according to the rank of the mansion, and the Li family and the people from the prince's mansion were ranked first.

Murong Ying wore a golden crown and a phoenix skirt, and was the first to enter everyone's sight supported by four palace maids, followed by Wang Shufei with an excited face, and then He Yiyun and He Jingmei.

The protagonist of this one is the Yun family, Murong Ying came to the palace to show goodwill, so he would not steal the limelight of the old birthday star, give a birthday gift, and say auspicious words, just sat for a while, gave the Yun family and the royal family enough face, and then took He Yiyun back to the palace.

Concubine Wang Shu and He Jingmei were deliberately left in the royal family by Murong Ying, allowing them to accompany the Yun family for a day and return to the palace before the Chang'an City Gate was closed.

In July, classes at Chang'an Academy began, and Shang Liang, who was already able to walk on crutches and legs, returned to the teaching house after a year's absence.

His appearance caused a shock in the entire Chang'an medical community.

The military attache sent all the ladies to hold a poetry meeting in the Lotus Garden, and each of them gave ten taels of silver. No lavish lunch was arranged, but each of the three factions who made the best poems was given a pot of precious Junzi Orchid as a prize.

Early one morning on the eve of the August scientific expedition, dark clouds were thick, lightning and thunder were roaring, and it was pouring rain from the sky.

An officer in armor rode a fast horse to the palace gate and shouted, "Eight hundred places in the north hurry up the military report!" ”

In the Xuanzheng Palace, He Dong wore a golden crown and a dragon robe, sitting high on the dragon chair, and hundreds of civil and military officials were lined up on both sides.

The officer, who was drenched and couldn't tell whether it was sweat or tears, knelt down in the center of the hall and cried out in a broken voice: "Your Majesty, Taishi Li and 30,000 troops disappeared in the Hun Dynasty chasing the wind grassland, and there has been no news for 27 days!" ”

He Dong stood up in a frenzy and asked urgently: "The Wind Chasing Grassland is the place where my Xuanlang buries his bones, why did Mr. go there?" ”

The officer leaned on the ground and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, Taishi Li wants to avenge the King of Xuanjun, and led an army of 30,000 people deep into the Chasing Wind Grassland, who expected that he would completely lose contact with Qingcheng after just seven days of entering." I have nowhere to send the military grass and food that I have prepared. ”

He Dong burst into tears and said bitterly: "Mr. was killed? ”

"Your Majesty, the 30,000 army has not been supplied for 27 days, how can it be possible to survive in the vast grassland?"

"Li Binggang used it for himself and killed 30,000 soldiers of this dynasty!"

"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu Dynasty has suffered Li Bing's loss, how can it eat it again?"

Li Bing thought that he could still defeat the Huns like last time. He was too arrogant and arrogant, causing the indignation of people and gods, and a catastrophe fell on this dynasty from heaven, and 30,000 soldiers died for his mistakes! ”

"How can Li Bing be the commander-in-chief of the Northland?"

"The minister begged His Majesty to soothe the souls of 30,000 soldiers and heroes, and ordered the Li family, one county duke, two marquises, and three county lords."

The voices of dozens of civil and military officials who were overwhelmingly crusading against Li Bing and the Li family were about to lift the roof of the main hall.

He Donghu's eyes were round, and he shouted angrily: "What is the noise, shut up!" ”

The officials were silent, with different expressions on their faces.

He Dong asked in a dumb voice, "What generals are there with 30,000 troops?" ”

The officer kowtowed heavily and said, "King Yanjun, Duke of Qin, Prince of Qin, Prince of Qin......"

He reported the names of the nine generals in a row, and when he heard it, He Dong's face turned from blue to white.

There was no sound in the hall for a long time, and He Dong was already grief-stricken and burst into tears.

Shang Shengshan knelt down and kowtowed, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death." The minister thought that he should send a sergeant to find out the whereabouts of Li Taishi and the 30,000 army. ”

He Dong closed his eyes and waved his hand: "Yes." Retreat. ”

However, one day, Li Bing led an army of 30,000 to disappear in the Hun Dynasty chasing the wind and grassland, and the news spread all over the streets and alleys.

Li Bing was surrounded by hundreds of women, children, and children of the missing soldiers at the county government not far from the palace, crying and scolding, blocking the road in front of the door.

In the grass and under the trees outside the gate of the Li Mansion of Chang'an Academy, dozens of students who had made a name for themselves made a few poems to scold Li Bing for humiliating the Li family, and called the names of the men of the Li family one by one to give an explanation to the 30,000 soldiers who sacrificed.

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