Zhang Xuān was originally very close to Huanniang, which seemed to be the fate of the initiative. After Huanniang's father died at the hands of the Tubo people, Zhang Xuān took pity on her helplessness, so he accepted her as a righteous daughter, and Huānuer took care of her personally.

Although she thinks that the time of father and daughter is less than half a year, in Huanniang's heart, Zhang Xuān has risen to the same position as her dead father. In her eyes, Zhang Xuān has become her only relative, especially in this strange Yongning Palace, she has not seen Zhang Xuān for so long, and it is even more unstable.

Huanniang almost pounced.

Zhang Ji smiled and hugged Huanniang in his arms, stood up and beckoned to Huā Nu'er, "The family banquet in the front garden, you also go over with me to have a lively ↓ I can take advantage of this opportunity and let Huanniang recognize my relatives!" Zhang Xuān decided to officially announce Huanniang's identity in front of his family.

Although she is not her own daughter, as long as she has Zhang Xuān's patronage, Huan Niang will be the little princess favored by countless people in Yongning Palace.

Huā Nu'er was happy in her heart at first, and then shook her head silently, "The slave family is gone, you take Huanniang there." ”

Zhang Xuān walked over and sighed, grabbed Huā Nuer's hand, Huā Nu'er's charming face turned red, and he struggled for a while, but was grabbed tighter by Zhang Xuān.

The current relationship between the two is no longer the relationship between the master and the slave, for so long, huā slave has been staying by Zhang Xuān's side to protect and take care of his diet and daily life, especially after the huā slave tǐng outside the city of Buzhou as Zhang Xuān blocked the flying arrow, Huā slave's position in Zhang Xuān's heart is fundamentally different from the past.

Man is an emotional animal, and the two have been together for a long time, and it is false to say that there is no emotion.

It's just that Huā Nu'er can't face the Zhang family for a while, and she can't face the depths of her heart↓ as if she hasn't completely opened her heart and handed over her body to Zhang Xuān.

Zhang Xuān didn't force her and kept waiting.

"It's all up to you, as long as you like." Zhang Xuān stared into Huānu'er's eyes and said softly.

Huānuer nodded silently, but did not speak.

What kind of person Zhang Xuān is, she knows very well what kind of person she is, and Zhang Xuān also knows very well that some kind of wordless tacit understanding has already been formed between people.

Zhang Xuān squeezed Huā Nu'er's somewhat cold hand, and then Qiao Huanniang's hand took her to the vestibule and went straight into the banquet hall.

In the hall, two rows of shì women waited, and then the relatives of the Zhang family arranged the seats according to their generations, plus Cui Ju and his wife, Cui Huan and his wife, and Xiao Shisanlang and his wife, and Lala, there were almost fifty or sixty people.

Of course, this is only the core layer of the core of the Zhang family.

Huan Niang grabbed Zhang Xuān's hand tightly, and followed suit, her little face flushed, although she was a little nervous but not flustered.

And this point of hers is what Zhang Xuān likes most about her.

Although she was born poor and young, Huanniang has a different kind of grace, these ordinary children can't learn, they should be born.

Zhang Xuān tightened Huanniang's hand, gave her an encouraging glance, and then led her to the front seat as everyone stood up together.

On the way to the vestibule, Zhang Xuān had already instructed Huan Niang to say something.

Therefore, as soon as she saw Zhang Xuān stop in front of a kind old lady with her, Huan Niang knocked down obediently and said crisply, "Huan Niang, please meet grandmother and old lady!" ”

Liu smiled kindly, and quickly asked the shì girl to help Huanniang up, carefully looked at Huanniang's delicate face, and said with a smile, "Good boy, be good!" Come and see the responsibility! Mrs. Liu rewarded Huanniang with a few new clothes and a few pieces of money, and when Zhang Xuān took her all the way to visit, she had already received a lot of rewards and various treasures.

In the end, Zhang Xuān took Huanniang to Cui Ying and Li Tengkong, and smiled and said, "Huanniang, you are your mother......" Huanniang blushed and called "Niang" made Cui Ying blush, she had not given birth, she was called a mother, and she was a little uncomfortable for a while. But Cui Ying is not looking for money after all, she quickly adjusted her mentality, and pulled Huanniang beside her with a smile and a smile.

Zhang Xuān smiled slightly, and then walked back to his seat.

Although it is a family banquet, in this hierarchical Tang Dynasty, although he is a junior, his status is the highest, so his seat is placed in the center, and his mother Liu is on the left, Liu is below Zhang Jiuming, Zhang Jiugao and others, and on the right side of Zhang Xuān are Cui Ju and his wife, Cui Ying and Li Tengkong, Cui Huan and Xiao Shisanlang and his wife.

"Sister, this child is handsome and so well-behaved," Li Tengkong took Huanniang's little hand and admired it.

Cui Ying smiled lightly, "Huanniang, this is also your mother, and you will be called Aunt Kong in the future." Li Tengkong's face turned red, and he withdrew Huanniang's little hand as if he was electrocuted, and lowered his head.

Zhang Xuān glanced at Cui Ying's two daughters, then slowly got up and raised his glass and said, "Mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, two uncles, brothers and sisters, Zhang Xuān hereby toasts everyone!" After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere gradually broke the gloom and began to warm up.

Brothers and sisters of the same generation constantly came forward to toast, and Zhang Xuān Suo xìng kept standing so as not to be rude.

Zhang Jiuming's youngest daughter Zhang Xuemei walked last, she was wearing a goose yellow sè long dress, holding a gorgeous bun, and applying fat powder, and the whole person looked extremely feminine.

Zhang Xuemei smiled respectfully and saluted, "Brother, little sister toasts brother, a cup!" ”

Zhang Xuān got up and saluted back, "Sister Xuemei doesn't need to be polite. ”

Zhang Xuemei and Zhang Xuān exchanged pleasantries slightly, suddenly hesitated, and knelt down in front of Zhang Yi, and shouted in a trembling voice, "Brother, please make the decision for the little sister!" ”

Zhang Xuān was taken aback, quickly leaned over to help Zhang Xuemei up, and smiled awkwardly, "Sister Xuemei, isn't she going to kill the little brother like this?" If you have something to say, please speak! ”

The elders of the Zhang family present also looked at Zhang Xuemei in shock, and Zhang Jiuming even scolded angrily, "Xuemei, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhang Jiugao frowned and said, but he pulled Zhang Jiuming's clothes.

What Zhang Xuemei wanted to say, Zhang Jiugao and Zhang Jiuming brothers also faintly guessed a few points.

It's just that Zhang Jiuming doesn't want to involve Zhang Xuān in this kind of thing, so he has always strictly ordered his family not to leak half a word to Zhang Xuān.

Zhang Xuemei also let go, and she choked up sadly and told Zhang Xuān about her embarrassment.

She is nineteen years old, and she has long reached the age of marriage. But because of Sheng Wang Li Qi, even though there is a happy object in his heart, he has never been able to come together.

In the past, in order to pull Xu Xuan repeatedly, King Sheng Li Qi once proposed to Zhang Jiuming. Because Li Qi's marriage proposal had a very strong political color, Zhang Jiuming saw that Zhang Qi had no intention of supporting Li Qi, so he politely declined. Therefore, he offended Li Qi, the king of Sheng, but with Zhang Xuān there, Li Qi didn't dare to do anything.

However, Li Qi, the king of Sheng, let out the wind in Chang'an City, he did not marry Zhang Xuemei, and in fact, he has never given up, and is still creating opportunities to contact Zhang Xuemei and please him.

Zhang Xuemei actually has a favorite man for a long time, and it is Zheng Jie, the son of Hanlin Bachelor Throwing Lin.

It's just that Li Qi suddenly inserted such a lever, who would dare to marry her? Whoever marries him is equivalent to being an enemy of King Sheng, and the Hanlin scholar is just an ordinary official family, how dare he offend the prince of the royal family? Therefore, Zhuo Lin strictly ordered his son not to have anything to do with Zhang Xuemei.

Zhang Xuemei and Zheng Jie had no choice but to secretly sī meeting, and as for the marriage, they also did not mention it.

And the Zheng family has recently forced Zheng Jie to marry another daughter, Zhang Xuemei was desperate, and when she saw Zhang Xuān today, she had the courage to ask her cousin for help.

Listening to Zhang Xuemei's words, Zhang Xuān suddenly fell silent.

He didn't expect that Sheng Wang Li Qi would be so "persistent", and so far he has not calmed down the ambition that should not have been bred.

Seeing that Zhang Xuān was silent, Zhang Xuemei's heart sank∨xuān was already her last hope, if Zhang Xuān refused to help her, she and Zheng Jie were destined to be separated.

Zhang Jiuming sighed and closed his eyes sadly. The reason why he was reluctant to let Zhang Xuān know about this was that it was almost impossible for Zhang Xuān to offend King Sheng and make enemies with the royal family because of Zhang Xuemei's children. If it is replaced by Zhang Jiuming, he will also feel that it is not worth it.

However, this is just the logic of Zhang Jiuming and ordinary people, but not Zhang Xuān's values. In Zhang Xuān's heart, family affection is higher than politics. For the sake of so-called political interests, he couldn't sacrifice his cousin Zhang Xuemei's life happiness.

This life is completely different from the previous life, and the power in a high position is not about personal wealth and glory, but about showing one's ambitions and protecting one's family to live a happy and healthy life.

If he really had a bad relationship with King Sheng because of this, he would not hesitate to do it.

Therefore, Zhang Xuān smiled unexpectedly and said, "Sister Xuemei, it's a good thing that men and women love each other, in this case, why didn't the son of the Zheng family hurry up and ask his uncle for marriage?" ”

Zhang Xuān turned his head to look at Zhang Jiuming and said half-jokingly, "Uncle, don't beat the mandarin ducks, Sister Xuemei and the son of the Zheng family are in love, and we should take it as all." ”

Zhang Jiuming smiled bitterly, and said in his heart, where is the old man's stick beating mandarin ducks, Sheng Wang Li Qi, this big stick is lying there, how dare the Zheng family come to propose?

Zhang Xuān smiled again, looked back at Zhang Xuemei and said solemnly, "Sister Xuemei, if you like the son of the Zheng family, then marry!" If someone obstructs you and wants to break you up, my brother will call the shots for you! ”

As soon as Zhang Xuān said this, Zhang Xuemei immediately burst into tears and thanked her again and again. As long as Zhang Xuān is willing to support, what is Sheng Wang Li Qi? As long as Zhang Xuān has a post, the Zheng family will send a matchmaker to Zhang's house to ask Zhang Jiuming for marriage as soon as possible.

Zhang Jiuming suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Xuān and said in a low voice, "Zhu'er, don't do it."

Zhang Xuān shook his head with a smile, and said indifferently, "Uncle doesn't have to. Marriage is free and protected by law, and even the royal family cannot interfere. Besides, His Royal Highness King Sheng is not an unreasonable and arrogant person, I think he will understand. ”！。