In the year 354 of the era, the twenty-fifth year of Tianxuan Guotai'an, the capital of Xuandu

In March, when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the unknown flowers and plants on the roadside swing in the wind, and the warm sun with the soft spring breeze is really indescribably pleasant.

In the good spring season, if on weekdays, the city gate of Xuandu is bustling and crowded, not to mention those noble scholars who take advantage of the spring light, often invite to go out of the city to go out of the city to go on a spring trip, that is, ordinary people enter the city to do some small business, or go out of the city to visit relatives and friends is also a common thing.

But today, before the imperial city ordered the city to be closed for half a day, the idle people in the suburbs of Xuandu all avoided it, and the curious people surrounded the south gate of the main entrance of Xuandu, speculating that the royal relatives and nobles of which country would come to Xuandu. At the end of the day, I saw the carriage and horse embroidered with the word "Tang" on the gold background and the black edge of the flag from the south gate, and saw that the carriage and horse honor guard were actually the prime minister to greet him.

The people were even more surprised, in addition to the royal family Zhongsun, Tianxuan Kingdom has Tang, Jin, Wang, Chen four major nobles, and now Tang Cheng, the head of the four nobles, is personally welcomed, what a big face, the people talked about it for a while.

"Hey, I really don't know who can have such a great ability to let the prime minister greet him personally, when Che came to Xuandu, the proton son of the Shaking Light Country, he only greeted him in the city, who could have such ability?" The vendor who sells sweet potatoes on his shoulder is obviously not very well-informed.

"As far as I know, the head of the Ling family is about to arrive in Xuandu and present a large number of war horses and military supplies to the Tianxuan Kingdom." The shopkeeper of the silk village does business in the bazaar all the year round, and there are often rich and noble people who come to the store, and they seem to hear some rumors.

"But the Ling clan who has the customs clearance token of the six countries, does business all over the six countries, is rich enough to rival the country, has dealings with the magnates of various countries, has become a neutral faction, and has a transcendent status?" The pottery vendor had apparently heard of the legend as well.

"Isn't it, the head of the Ling family of this generation is very casual, and he can stay as long as he likes to stay in the six countries, and now because his own seven princesses want to get a glimpse of my country's secret treasure Moon Shadow Wall, they came to Tianxuan Country with a large number of supplies, hoping that my king can take out this secret treasure for a look." The shopkeeper of the silk village continued to proudly tease the news he heard.

"Seven princesses? Which Seven Princesses? "The sweet potato vendor obviously doesn't have enough gossip ability and continues to make up for it.

"You don't even know that? The seventh princess is the only daughter of the current head of the Ling family, and everyone has three wives and four concubines, and she is patriarchal, but the Ling family is a loving wife like life, and the exception of loving women is crazy. The Ling family had five sons in a row, and it was only in middle age that they finally gave birth to such a baby daughter who had a dragon and phoenix, but she was spoiled like a pearl in her palm.

And the above six brothers are also very fond of it, if there is a request, they will not agree, and as long as the Ling family is not too demanding, all countries are not very rebellious, with such a father and brother spoiled, it is not more powerful than the princess, because this girl is ranked seventh in the family, and the people of the six countries jokingly call the little old man of the Ling family the seventh princess. The pottery vendor sighed endlessly, in such a troubled world, I really don't know how many lifetimes of blessing I have saved to be a daughter in such a family.

"I heard that the seventh princess is now fifteen years old, and she is sixteen years old, which is the age of Ji Lu, and the Ling family has traveled to six countries, maybe she is also looking for a fast son-in-law for her beloved daughter. I don't know who has the blessing to marry her, I heard that a few days ago, the king selected a lot of young talents, and they were also for the seventh princess, so he must have wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to keep the seventh princess in Tianxuan, which is equivalent to leaving the Ling family in Tianxuan. The shopkeeper of the Silk Village lowered his voice.

Everyone instantly understood, since seventeen years ago, the Great War of Nanyuan, Tianxuan Kingdom was killed by the Tianshu Kingdom 200,000 soldiers, has been in a slump, due to the scarcity of men, labor shortage, shortage of rice and grain, lack of materials, the national strength is declining, if you can marry the seventh princess, get the support of the rich and rival Ling family, presumably can change the current decline, once again become a hegemon, no wonder the king values the Ling family so much, deliberately selected the young talents of the clan nobles, and no wonder the prime minister wants to go out of the city to greet him.

In the middle of the hour, the yellow dust could be seen rising from a distance at the end of the carriage and horse official road, and when the horse pawn saw it, he immediately turned around and reported: "Prime Minister, the distinguished guest has arrived!" "The one who went out of the city was Tang Yueting, who was around forty years old, slightly blessed, but his eyes were shining, he had a prestige that was not angry and self-prestigious, and he was in a high position as a prime minister.

At this time, Wen Yan stood up half of his body near the front of the frame, squinted and looked into the distance, and he could already see that several horses in the lead were galloping towards the city gate, led by a woman, and the red cloak was extraordinarily conspicuous.

"Drive!" There was a coquettish sound from afar, if the bell in the wind was crisp and refreshing, but for a moment, the woman was already near, she combed a neat single screw bun, and the gallop of the horse was heroic.

It's close, it's close, it's too close! Seeing that she was about to ride her horse into the group, the forefeet of the horse in front of her were gasping, and she didn't know how to deal with it for a while. But before she could get a foot away from them, she stopped and said in a loud voice, "I won!" A worldly face with a smile that is arrogant in the world, wanton and arrogant, but it does not feel abrupt, as if she was born to be such a proud daughter of the sky.

At this time, everyone saw clearly that it was a girl, twenty-eight years old, gorgeous but not vulgar, wearing a red riding uniform, red cloak, red riding boots, really red eye-catching, red arrogance, red heroic, it seems to be red over the most gorgeous spring tea, red over the most dazzling warm sun, her appearance is like a fire, burning to the bottom of everyone's heart, the girl's eyes drift over is like to stir up the spark in the bottom of people's hearts.

"Xiao Qi'er, your riding skills are getting better and better!" Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes away from the girl, and looked at an older elder behind her lovingly touching her hair bun, full of pampering, this person was long, and his instrument was lofty, and his handsome and dusty face made it impossible to estimate his true age, and the gentle and noble air naturally revealed in his gestures made people's hearts break.

Tang Yueting saw the man immediately get off the frame, and took the lead in saying: "Mr. Ling's name is like thunder, and I have the fate to see it today, and it is truly extraordinary." ”

The person who came was Ling Yixuan, the head of the Ling clan who was famous in the Six Kingdoms, and his daughter Ling Qingyu, he looked up at the flag embroidered with Tang characters and the chariot and horse honor guard, and naturally knew who it was, so he hurriedly dismounted with his daughter and saluted, "Prime Minister Tang personally went out of the city to greet him, it was really a shame for Ling, Ling Mou was just a small people, and he really couldn't afford the prime minister's drive!" ”

While speaking, he took out the official document of the king of the Kingdom of Jin Tianxuan from his sleeve and handed it to Tang Yueting, the other party symbolically opened it and glanced at it, handed it to the little servant to put it away, and with a wave of his hand, someone sent a signal, and the city gate immediately sounded in unison, and put down the suspension bridge of the city gate to welcome the distinguished guests into the city.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and after Ling Yixuan's son Ling Qichen led the frame of Mrs. Ling and the elite guards of three hundred people to arrive, Tang Yueting personally invited Ling Yixuan to go with the car, while Ling Qingyu handed over the horse to the servants, got into Mrs. Ling's carriage, and the group entered the city in a mighty way.

Tang Yueting sat beside Ling Yixuan and said with a smile: "The king admires Mr. Ling's intentions very much, the hundred horses that arrived first the day before yesterday are all good horses, the king placed the horses in the large pasture in the eastern suburbs of Xuandu, and tonight he will also hold a banquet in the palace to entertain Mr. "Tang Yueting's tongue is full of lotus flowers, from personally going out of the city to greet him, to dictating the emperor's grace, it can be described as a step-by-step scheming, expressing the importance that Tianxuan Kingdom attaches to his Ling family, showing unprecedented sincerity.

The corners of Ling Yixuan's mouth raised slightly, and when he heard the strings, he knew the meaning of the song, and he made a gesture in the direction of the palace and said: "Thanks to the king's love, Ling is ashamed to be, so gracious, Ling should do his best in Tianxuan Country, so as to live up to the king's good intentions!" ”