Reunion after a long absence, Lang is in love with concubines.

The warmth and happiness at this moment made Princess Taiping feel that all the waiting and suffering before were worth it. Now, at this moment, she felt that it was a non-negotiable refusal to exchange the whole world with her for Xue Shao's arms!

For the first time in so many years, Princess Taiping recognized what she really needed. As her mother once said to her, a woman, whether she shines in the world or just hugs the three feet in front of the stove, all she expects is a man's warm embrace, a home of her own.

Home, for the first time in Princess Taiping's life, felt that "home" was such a magical and great thing. It will be a woman's greatest pursuit and the most difficult destination in her life, and it can make a woman give everything for it without regrets.

"Xue Lang, don't leave tonight, okay?" Princess Taiping lay in Xue Shao's arms and murmured softly.

Xue Shao hugged Princess Taiping tightly and responded as a response.

Princess Taiping was faintly emotional, turned over in Xue Shao's arms and lay on her back in his arms, hugged his neck with both hands and gave him a warm kiss.

Before Xue Shao closed his eyes, he saw Chen Xian'er dancing on the dance floor looking at him.

The meaning in that look is indescribable.

No woman would be happy to see the man she loves and be intimate with other women. But Chen Xian'er could only accept it, and she didn't even have the right to avoid it.

Not only that, but she also had to smile on her face, wear that gorgeous feather coat that did not belong to her, and dance with all her heart.

No one can understand this feeling.

Xue Shao saw a trace of tears hanging in the corner of Chen Xian'er's smiling face.

Her expression perfectly illustrates what it means to be forced to smile.

Xue Shao's heart feels very complicated, there are evils left and right, what should I do? Am I wrong from the beginning?

……

Just when Xue Shao and Princess Taiping were in love, Zhu Bajie, who was guarding outside the hall, came in cautiously, and saw that Xue Shao and Princess Taiping were forgetting their affection, he stared at him dryly and was anxious, how dare he disturb.

Xue Shao patted Princess Taiping, raised his head and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness forgives your sins, and your son forgives your sins!" Zhu Bajie first cautiously asked for the sin, and then said: "The Queen of Heaven sent a female envoy in the palace to call His Royal Highness back to the palace." ”

"Don't go!" Princess Taiping did not hesitate.

Xue Shao asked: "Did the female envoy say that the Queen of Heaven wants to call His Highness?" ”

"Didn't say." Zhu Bajie said cautiously, "It's just that according to the rules of the palace, His Royal Highness is not allowed to stay outside the palace before the wedding." Especially in recent days, officials from the Ministry of Rites, the Inner Court, and the Soshoji Temple have come to visit His Highness every day to discuss many matters related to the wedding ceremony and the government. If these people can't see His Highness tomorrow, I'm afraid they will cause some criticism and gossip......"

"Shut up, you're so unshy!" Princess Taiping, who was very annoyed, sat up straight from Xue Shao's arms with a wave of her sleeves, so frightened that Zhu Bajie fell to his knees.

"Damn it!"

Xue Shao stroked Princess Taiping's back and persuaded with a smile: "An Ran, it's better to go back to the palace." Don't we have a lifetime left? ”

Princess Taiping pursed her lips, "But I just don't want to be separated from you now......"

"Baby, obedient." Xue Shao patiently persuaded, "We are about to get married, and when the time comes, we can be together every day." Wouldn't it be nice if we met here again tomorrow? ”

Princess Taiping still pouted, hugged Xue Shao's arm and whispered in his ear: "But the baby just doesn't want to be separated from his beloved Xue Lang today......"

Xue Shao smiled, "Don't make trouble." Go back. ”

"I don't ......"

Princess Taiping was coquettish for a while, and Xue Shao persuaded her with kind words, and finally made her reluctantly agree to go back to the palace first.

"Then I said okay, tomorrow you will come to the Yixin Hall as soon as you get up, and I will ask someone to pick you up!" Princess Taiping pulled Xue Shao and refused to let go.

Xue Shao nodded, "If you don't summon me in the palace tomorrow, I will definitely accompany you." ”

"Hey, that's right!" Princess Taiping said, "Now that you have returned to Beijing, the Second Sage will definitely summon you." If you enter the palace, say to the chamberlain, and I will wait for you in the palace, and I will take you to Taipingfang to see our future home. In short, we will see you tomorrow. ”

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Princess Taiping was willing to leave with peace of mind.

Chen Xian'er and the group of maiko followed Princess Taiping and returned to the palace together. From beginning to end, Xue Shao failed to say a word to her alone.

Princess Taiping is gone. The Yixin Palace, which was still singing and dancing, suddenly quieted down, and only a few eunuchs left behind were left here to clean up the dining hall.

"The guest room has been packed, will the ponies stay here tonight?" The eunuch left behind came to ask.

"No, I'll go home."

Xue Shao got off Longwei Road, took the horse but didn't ride it, and led the horse to walk slowly.

The night breeze is blowing, and everything is silent.

Walking alone on the embankment of Qujiang Pond, after a long time, Xue Shao's nerves finally relaxed.

Now Xue Shao has figured out one fact, his marriage to Princess Taiping is no longer a simple question of whether the relationship between the two people is the end of their relationship. This brown marriage is directly related to his fate and future.

There are also the people standing behind him, Xue Chuyu, Guo Yuanzhen, Niu Ben, the brothers of the Three Swords Brigade, Wu Ming and Yuenu, plus those people in the Martial Arts Academy, their future and fate are also more or less closely related to themselves.

There have been examples of this, but once there is a crisis in this brown marriage, everything will become tricky. On the contrary, it seems that all problems are not a problem now. What Wu Chenghe's ill intentions, Li Xiantong's potential threat, including Chen Xian'er's life and death and the career and fate of those behind him, are no longer big problems.

"Horse", Xue Shao was very unimpressed before, and once thought of a way to escape this brown marriage. Later, after having a relationship with Princess Taiping, Xue Shao also sighed more than once - if An Ran was just An Ran but not a princess, how good it would be!

But now it seems that he must accept the identity of "colt" and take the initiative to adapt to this role.

Walking all the way to Qinglongfang, Xue Shao stood at the door of his house.

It's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's hard to be away for a day. If you don't experience a long journey, you won't know the beauty of Taoism.

Xue Shao looked at the familiar door and showed a relaxed smile that he hadn't seen for a long time. He was about to step forward and knock on the door, but the door had already opened from the inside, and the moon slave jumped out, smiled at Xue Shao, and took the reins of the horse in his hand.

Xue Shao smiled, and pinched the face of the moon slave a little mischievously, "How are you at home?" ”

"It's all good!" The moon slave was so happy that she was a little excited, but Childe hadn't shown such a relaxed smile for some days, and he hadn't had any intimate actions with him!

Xue Shao let out a long breath and walked into the house with his feet raised.

The house was brightly lit, and everyone didn't sleep. The housekeeper Chen Xinghua came forward with the servants in the house to welcome Xue Shao home. Wu Ming and several guards guarded Ai Yan in the courtyard and did not show up. Sister-in-law Xiao Shi heard that Xue Shao was back, and hurriedly took a few maidservants to the front hall with lanterns.

The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and Xue Shao hurriedly stepped forward to pay a visit. When Xiao Shi saw Xue Shao, tears flowed down his eyes.

"Erlang has finally returned home...... Look at you, how did you lose weight like this, and your face is black. Where is this still the famous Lantian Gongzi, who is clearly a thin black monkey! Xiao choked up and said, "Listen to my sister-in-law, I have a good life at home for more days." I'm going to stew some supplements for you, and you'll have to eat all of them! ”

Xue Shao smiled, "Just listen to my sister-in-law!" ”

The first feeling of returning home is warmth. For the first time, Xue Shao felt that he was so important. There are so many people who regard themselves as the backbone and the pillars of a large family.

"Hey, where's the demon?" After seeing a lot of people, Xue Shao didn't see this naughty little demon, so he asked.

"Back to Gongzi, the demon girl often follows Mrs. Pei in and out of the palace now, and occasionally stays in the palace or lives in Pei's house, but she happens to be not at home today." The servant replied.

Xue Shao nodded, I have to see it sooner or later, don't worry.

Xue Shao asked again, and in the more than half a year that he had been away from home, he had his sister-in-law Xiao Shi presiding, and everything in the family was quite peaceful.

However, during this period, a not very pleasant thing happened, the Xue family's Yongye Tiantian property was in the suburbs of Lantian County, inherited by the second son Xue Shao, which was his biggest capital in the world. About a month ago, when the grain was harvested in the autumn, the tenants who rented the Xue family's land collectively quit their rents and will not rent the Xue family's land next year.

In the agricultural era of the Tang Dynasty, an important income for nobles and officials was the lease of land. Farmers who lost their land would rent the landlord's property and pay rent to the landlord after the autumn harvest. The rent that peasants need to pay to landlords to rent this kind of private land is several times the standard of grain tax levied by the state, and in some cases even as much as 10 times.

The reason why those tenants quit the Xue family's land was that the Xue family's land was poor but the rent grain was high. The housekeeper Chen Xinghua was in a hurry at that time, if no one renews the lease and cultivation of the land, there will be no harvest next year, what is the old snack of the dignified Lantian Gongzi's family?

So Chen Xinghua hurriedly took the big and small servants in the house and rushed to Lantian County to deal with the matter. The first is to reduce the rent of grain and persuade those tenants to continue to rent crops, and the second is to investigate whether there is anyone behind the scenes.

After checking it, it was really found out, and it turned out that there were nearly ten hectares of fertile land not far from Xue's property, which was recently bought by a rich man. He first halved the grain rent and pulled away some of the tenants, and then coerced and lured many of the remaining tenants to abandon the Xue family's land together. That's not all, they threw a lot of dead pigs, dead chickens and even dead bones dug up from the mass graves into the Xue family's fields, spreading around that the Xue family's fields were not clean and haunted, and whoever rented them was unlucky!

After Chen Xinghua found out about the matter, he reported it to the Lantian County Ya, but the people in the county Ya shirked the blame and refused to deal with it. In desperation, Chen Xinghua took the initiative to find the other party's subject theory, but before he could speak, the other party rushed out of more than a dozen people and beat Chen Xinghua and others.

Chen Xinghua, who was nearly half a hundred years old, almost died on the spot, lying on the bed for half a month without getting off the ground. The other servants were also badly wounded.

Despite this, the Lantian County Ya still ignored it and pretended not to see anything.

Up to now, no one from the Lan family's more than a dozen hectares of land has come to rent and cultivate, and all of them are empty.

When Xue Shao heard this, he was a little shocked while being angry, and thought: Although I have never paid much attention to the fields, the previous "Lantian Gongzi" was a veritable "local tyrant" in the area of Lantian County, and it was too late for the county magistrate in the county to convince Lantian Gongzi.

This time, where did a freak who is not afraid of death come out of nowhere, and dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head?