In the middle of the night, Xue Shao rested his head and looked at the inky night sky outside the window, listening to the sound of the night wind blowing the branches from the courtyard, and he stayed awake for a long time.

He felt that it was necessary for him to sum up the lessons learned in the past six months, and think and plan his future life.

In less than a year, Xue Shao's experience is too rich. First of all, death brings the end of a life, an abrupt crossing changes his identity, a new life and a strange era come to his face, and an unexpected marriage has planted a heavy time bomb in his new life.

At that time, Xue Shao felt that he was like falling into a turbulent torrent of fate, and if he didn't want to be swallowed up and drowned by it, he could only go up to the tide and work hard to change his life.

Next, Xue Shao did exactly that.

From the moment he obeyed the call to leave Lantian County and stepped into Chang'an City, until he returned to Chang'an again after returning from this expedition, Xue Shao always understood that everything he did had a selfish and utilitarian element in it. Whether it is taking the initiative to make friends with all kinds of characters, or risking his life to fight in Rong, everything he does is to change his fate.

It was not until now that Xue Shao realized that he had invisibly integrated into this era and recognized his identity as "Xue Shao".

He began to really care about some of the people around him, Princess Taiping, who is about to become the other half of his life, is undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt, as well as teachers like Pei Xingjian, relatives like eldest brother and sister-in-law, and then Xue Chuyu and Guo Yuanzhen, brothers who were born and died together, and confidantes like Shangguan Wan'er...... and so on, some people who have different intersections with themselves but are very important.

At the same time, Xue Shao also had thoughts about the current situation and the way out of the Tang Empire. Because there is a soul in his body that comes from a thousand years later, he has a vision that no one in this era possesses. He is very aware of the basic trend and upcoming crises of the Tang Empire in the next few years, and he also knows what kind of disasters and pains the fall of the Tang Empire in the past three hundred years has brought to future generations.

He also knew how the Taiping princess in history went to destruction, and how Shangguan Wan'er was incense!

All these misfortunes are not what Xue Shao wants it to happen again.

But it is far more difficult to change all this than to change your own destiny!

Maybe all this starts with changing your own destiny...... Only if you are strong enough can you protect those who are very important to you in your life, and you can also influence this era more, so as to change this history and shape your own ideal, the Celestial Empire!

"It's a long way to go......," Xue Shao couldn't help but sigh loudly, "Are these my ideals and retribution?" ”

It's dawn.

Xue Shao maintained the habit of getting up early and came to the backyard polo to temper his body. The moon slave got up earlier and was taking the demon there to practice a simple set of fitness boxing.

After practicing obstacle crossing for a while, Xue Shao took a short break out of breath. With keen insight, he felt that someone was watching him. After a closer look, he turned his head and saw that the window of the wing room in the courtyard near the polo field was open, and Ashina Aiyan was standing by the window, looking at him with a smile.

On the periphery of the wing room, there were seven or eight elite guards sent by Pei Xingjian. Since returning to Chang'an, Ai Yan has been under house arrest in this small courtyard and has never left.

Xue Shao nodded to Ai Yan from afar, and continued his morning exercises, but he was thinking in his heart: When he first returned to Chang'an, Wei Yuanzhong reported Ai Yan's matter to the Queen of Heaven. Then why did the Second Sage and the Imperial Court remain indifferent to such an important figure as Ai Yan and still keep her with me?

After thinking about it, what if the imperial court really killed Fu Nian and Ai Yan...... Xue Shao's heart felt a little strange, and it was reasonable to execute Fu Nian, after all, he was a careerist who instigated the grassland rebellion. But Ai Yan is being used by others at most, what is the crime?

Did I bring her from the grassland to Chang'an just so that she would suffer the severed head?

The more he thought about it, the more chaotic Xue Shao's heart became. Turning his head to look at the window of the other courtyard, Ai Yan was still looking at himself with a smile.

Her smile seems to have never been so calm and quiet. She doesn't even look like the little she-wolf with her teeth and claws, but more like a warm wife gazing at her beloved husband.

Xue Shao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable with such Ai Yan, and he even felt that her gaze made him a little cramped. So he ended his morning exercise early and left Ai Yan's sight. However, this did not make Xue Shao's heart much easier, and when he thought that Ai Yan was about to be executed, he felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

After breakfast, Princess Taiping sent Zhu Bajie to pick up Xue Shao by car as promised to visit the newly renovated Princess Taiping Mansion.

Later, when he arrived at Taipingfang, where the mansion was located, Xue Shao saw from a distance that a lot of chariots, horses, and men were busy coming in and out here, all of them were busy for the new Taiping Princess Mansion.

Xue Shao couldn't help but be a little amazed, the situation in front of him was like building a house, and it was more like building a large-scale national project. I once heard Princess Taiping say that the mansion has almost been completed, and only some partial repairs are left—there are still so many people busy at the end of the project, how huge should the earlier project be?

Princess Taiping still didn't come, and Xue Shao first climbed a tower to look at the mansion. Looking at it from the heights, the entire Taiping Princess Mansion is too huge, just like a palace complex. In addition to covering an extremely large area, its splendor and luxury even surpass that of the imperial city of Daming Palace.

Xue Shao compared it with the Forbidden City in Beijing in his memory, and concluded that it was nothing worse than that - this was the mansion of a Tang princess more than a thousand years earlier than the Qing Dynasty!

The wealth of the Tang Dynasty, the high level of architecture and the favor of Princess Taiping almost shocked Xue Shao.

About half an hour later, Princess Taiping's car came. It is still a back-and-forth embrace, and the style is extraordinary.

"Xue Shao, come and pick me up!" Before the carriage stopped, Princess Taiping was cheering.

It can be seen that Princess Taiping's interest today is not ordinarily high, and her mood is also extraordinarily beautiful.

Xue Shao stepped forward with a smile and took Princess Taiping's hand to help her get out of the car.

"Do you like it?" Princess Taiping happily and proudly pointed to the amazing mansion in front of her, "This is our future home!" ”

Xue Shao nodded with a smile, "Of course." ”

"Huh?" Princess Taiping blinked in surprise, "You say you like it, but the interest doesn't seem to be particularly high?" What's the matter, do you have something on your mind again? ”

"Nope." Xue Shao smiled and said, "Let's go, take me in for a visit." ”

"Good!" Princess Taiping smiled and waved her cloud sleeves, "Give rewards to the workers first!" ”

After the words were settled, more than a dozen eunuchs took down a lot of wine and silk from the car and distributed them to the busy workers, making them grateful and kneeling on the ground to thank them.

"Xue Lang, the mansion was about to be repaired, but I had a new idea a few days ago, so it was busy again." Princess Taiping said mysteriously, "Can you guess what I asked them to build for me?" ”

Xue Shao shook his head with a smile, "I can't guess, you can say it!" ”

"Hmph, it's really boring, you didn't even guess!" Princess Taiping was angry and played a petty role.

"Then I want to think about it...... Is it a polo field, or is it a kemari field? Xue Shao said.

"Neither!" Princess Taiping smiled and said, "Guess again? ”

“…… Swimming pool? Xue Shao said.

Princess Taiping frowned depressedly, "I hate it, how can you guess it?" ”

Xue Shao smiled, "Did you really let them dig a swimming pool?" ”

"That's right!" Princess Taiping smiled and took Xue Shao's arm and walked in, saying, "After you took me to swim that day, I thought swimming was quite fun, so I wanted to dig a pond at home to attract living water, in addition to swimming, I can also raise some fish." That way, you don't have to go fishing in Qujiang anymore! - Walk, walk, I'll take you to see the pool at our house! ”

Princess Taiping pulled Xue Shao to trot with great interest, ran all the way and stopped in the backyard, and saw a "pond" that was being repaired and decorated.

It is no longer accurate to say that it is a pond, because it is twice the size of a football field and more like a small lake. There are still many willows planted by the lake, pavilions and pavilions are being built in the center of the lake, and there are even carpenters building painting boats for swimming in the lake - it is simply an ancient version of a water park!

"Do you like it, Xue Lang?" Princess Taiping asked expectantly.

"What else do you need to say?" Xue Shao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I have always liked swimming and fishing. It's just that this mansion is a bit too big and luxurious, and I don't seem to be used to it. ”

"You'll get used to it slowly. In fact, I didn't think about building the mansion so large and luxurious, which is actually the meaning of the two saints. Princess Taiping said, "According to the practice of the Tang Dynasty, the princess will be married by the imperial court to build a mansion for living." The second saint said that I must make my mansion surpass all the Tang princesses. On the day I get married, the entire Chang'an City will be closed, and the two saints will let all the officials and people come to watch the ceremony and congratulate! ”

Xue Shao couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously remembered the records in the history books about the wedding day of Princess Taiping. Few weddings are recorded in serious official history, but Princess Taiping's wedding is recorded in considerable detail. Moreover, it is worthy of the words "unprecedented and unparalleled in the world".

"Xue Lang, we will get married in a few days." Princess Taiping said, "Can you honor the wedding gift you promised me?" ”

Wedding gifts?

Xue Shao pondered for a moment before he reacted, and said, "I'm curious, how did you think of asking me for such a special gift?" ”

"It's simple." Princess Taiping said, "I want to prove to my mother before I marry that it is wiser for me to marry you than to marry someone from the martial family!" ”

I see!

Xue Shao couldn't help but glance sideways at Princess Taiping, little girl, she really has a little bit of a queen's style, she will actually let me go to a man's duel for her!

Having said that, beauties love heroes, if there is a woman today who has enough capital for men to duel for her, then she must be Her Royal Highness Princess Taiping of the Tang Empire!