The wedding continued, and the scene was still lively. But Pei Yan's joke full of sarcasm was as eye-catching and dazzling as a black line drawn on a large piece of white paper.

From this moment on, the contradiction between Pei Yan and Xue Shao has become public.

There were many officials present, who were shocked by Pei Yan's arrogance and Xue Shao's agitation. They couldn't figure it out, Pei Yan, as the prime minister of a country, has always been old-fashioned and respectful, and the relationship between him and the queen of heaven is also unusually close, why he is so openly provoking at his daughter's wedding banquet today, and it can even be said to "insult" Xue Shao, a concubine who has just married Princess Taiping. What's more, Xue Shao is also the person who was picked up by the queen of heaven!

Is Pei Yan's increasing position and power already a little fluttering, or did Xue Shao really do something to violate Pei Yan's bottom line, so that Pei Yan tore his face with him in public regardless of his image and consequences?

People don't know!

In front of many guests, Pei Yan smiled proudly, and Xue Shao remained quiet and elegant, but the people around them could feel that the bodies of these two men were faintly revealing an aura full of attacking power, just like two fierce beasts that were about to fight for life and death when they met on a narrow road.

The most nervous is Cheng Qizhi. Originally, he should be happy to successfully marry a bride, but when he rode on a tall horse to accept the congratulations from the guests, he couldn't help but be covered in a cold sweat, and from time to time he cast a begging glance at Xue Shao begging for forgiveness.

Xue Shao always smiled indifferently at him and nodded lightly to show that he didn't have to mind.

Cheng Boxian and others pretended not to know, and still happily helped create the wedding atmosphere. It wasn't until the groom took the bride to the Cheng family, all the etiquette was completed, and a few glasses of wine were drunk at the wedding banquet, that Xue Shao said goodbye and left.

At this time, an official of the Cheng Mansion quietly invited Xue Shao to a quiet room in the back hall, and Cheng Wuting made a special trip to wait for Xue Shao here.

Xue Shao had just entered, and Cheng Wuting hurriedly greeted him and closed the door himself, and then bowed to Xue Shao with a long bow, "Master Xue, forgive your sins!" ”

"Evil general, don't do it!" Xue Shao hurriedly held him up and said, "You and I are friends of life and death, and you are still my elder, why is this so?" ”

"Hey, Cheng is ashamed!" Cheng Wuting refused to get up with a look of shame, and said bitterly, "Cheng has heard about what happened in Pei's Mansion. It was all because of the children's wedding, which caused the son to lose face in public. Cheng, ashamed of his son! ”

"General Evil, it's none of your business. You don't have to blame yourself. Xue Shao smiled indifferently.

Cheng Wuting stood up straight, his thick eyebrows furrowed, and he slapped his palms a few times with a depressed face, "Pei Xianggong, could it be that you drank too much today?" ”

Xue Shao still waved his hand with a smile on his face, and said: "General Evil, you and I have a fateful friendship, I might as well tell you the truth, and I am not afraid that you will tell Pei Yan what I said." ”

Cheng Wuting's eyes widened, "Xue Gongzi said this, didn't he believe me Cheng someone?" ――That's right, I, Cheng, am in-laws with Pei Xianggong, but in Cheng's mind, there is no one more precious than the robe of life and death! Cheng would rather be in a different place, and it would never be possible to betray and betray the robe. There is a god three feet up, if Cheng's words are half false, Guan Jiao will die in the place where he was buried!! ”

"On a day of great fortune, why did the evil general make such a poisonous oath?" Xue Shao smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, the contradiction between me and Pei Yan has been going on for a long time. Even if there is no excuse for Ling Lang's wedding ceremony, he will find other ways to humiliate and suppress me. ”

"This! ......" Cheng Wuting was stunned, and sighed with hatred, "You two have always been well water and not river water, how can this be?" ”

"That's really, it's a long story!" Xue Shao shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

"Then why don't you tell Cheng to hear about it?" Cheng Wuting looked at Xue Shao with depression and expectation.

Xue Shao was speechless for a while.

Looking at the upright and awe-inspiring tiger general in front of him, Xue Shao couldn't help but think: Although Cheng Wuting has made great achievements, now he has become a third-grade general, and his son has just married the daughter of the prime minister's family, which can be said to have reached the peak of his life proudly. However, Cheng Wu has been in Biansai for a long time, and he has never been particularly sensitive to politics, so he is not particularly aware of some factional struggles within the court. For example, the confrontation between Pei Yan and Pei Xingjian, the political dispute between Pei Yan and Xue Yuanchao, and the tacit understanding and divergence between the queen of heaven and the emperor.

Since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Cheng Wuting was used as a gun by the Queen of Heaven and Pei Yan. Cheng Wuting successively helped them solve Li Chongyi and Li Shangdan's father and son, squeezed out his most respected division commander Pei Xingjian, and even snatched part of the imperial forest army from the emperor's hands. But Cheng Wuting himself was completely unaware, he thought that his current status was all killed by himself in the frontier, and it was all he deserved as a matter of course!

"Xue Gongzi, you are talking!" Cheng Wuting is still in a hurry.

"General Evil, I know that you are frank and upright, and Xue has always regarded you as a robe for life and death." Xue Shao frowned slightly, and his tone was sincere, "That's why I don't want you to be embarrassed." There are some things that you still don't know as well. ”

"Why?" Cheng Wuting became even more impatient, almost roaring, "If you really believe someone or not, I will ...... it now."

Halfway through his words, Cheng Wuting suddenly pulled out a foot-long dagger from his boots and slashed it at his left wrist!

Xue Shao was taken aback, and hurriedly grabbed his wrists and struggled to snatch his dagger down.

"Xue Gongzi, return the dagger to me! Let me cut off my wrist to show my sincerity! Cheng Wuting was both annoyed and shocked, and said in his heart, I really didn't expect the seemingly elegant Xue Gongzi to be so powerful, and he could easily snatch the white blade from my hand empty-handed!

"General Evil, you ......" Xue Shao really couldn't cry or laugh, "You really don't deserve the name of 'Evil Lai', on the day of Linglang's wedding, as a high hall, you don't forget to hide a dagger in your boots!" ”

Cheng Wuting patted his head and smiled bitterly, "Get used to it, get used to it!" - Wait, don't get off the hook! Tell me, what's going on between you and Pei Yan? ”

"It's hard to put into words." Xue Shao put the dagger behind him and said, "You are now the general of the Imperial Forest Army, so you just have to be loyal to the two saints." You don't have to ask about some complicated matters in the DPRK and China, let alone inquire about them. If the general's heart is shaken, you, the general of the Royal Forest Army, will not be able to do it anymore! ”

Cheng Wuting was slightly stunned, then sighed and nodded, "What Xue Gongzi said is that Cheng is now the general of the Imperial Forest Army, and he can no longer be as unrestrained as when he led troops at the border pass before." But Cheng still wants to say that for Cheng, no one is more important than my life and death robe - even if it is my son and my in-laws! ”

Xue Shao's heart trembled slightly, and he was very moved.

Only the words spoken by people who have really been side by side on the battlefield are worthy of Xue Shao's belief and will also move Xue Shao.

"General Evil, with your words, Xue will be content." Xue Shao smiled, "I also ask you to believe that no matter how far the relationship between me and Pei Yan has reached, you and Ling Lang will always be my robe of life and death!" ”

"A gentleman's word?"

"It's hard to chase a horse!"

The two of them clasped their hands together.

An hour later, it was dark, and Xue Shaofang returned home, and Cheng Qizhi sent his family back in a carriage.

At the wedding banquet, Xue Shao didn't drink much, but he and Cheng Wuting got drunk in the back hall. Princess Taiping was very distressed when she received Xue Shao, and hurriedly sent someone to carry him into the bath to take a bath, and brought him sobering soup to relieve his hangover.

Princess Taiping personally untied her clothes and soaked in the bath, and stayed by Xue Shao's side for a moment.

After sobering up for more than half a while, Princess Taiping asked, "Xue Lang, did something unpleasant happen when you were welcoming your relatives in Pei's Mansion today?" ”

Xue Shao nodded without denying it, I am afraid it is not easy to hide this matter from Princess Taiping.

Although Princess Taiping never cares about the government of the court, she will see everything about Xue Shao in her eyes and ears.

"Pei Yan, it's too arrogant!" Princess Taiping's apricot eyes glared at the willow eyebrows, gritted her teeth and said, "If it weren't for my mother's promotion and weight on him, would he be where he is today?" I've only been the prime minister for a few days, and I've bullied us! ”

Xue Shao smiled and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Pei Yan is not naïve enough to bully me in public. He is doing this today with deep meaning. ”

"What's the point?" Princess Taiping asked curiously.

"Not for, Cheng Wuting?" Xue Shao said.

Princess Taiping blinked unexpectedly, and then suddenly realized, "I understand!" ”

"Got it, tell me about it?" Xue Shao asked with a smile.

"Hmph, looking at your expression, don't you believe it? Say it! Princess Taiping pursed her lips and said, "On the day of your wedding, Cheng Wuting led the whole army of Zuo Yu Lin Wei to open the way for my wedding honor guard. At that time, I rewarded Cheng Wuting with a pair of very precious jade unicorns in public, and almost everyone above Zuo Yu Lin Wei saw them. Pei Yan, of course he will know! ”

Xue Shao smiled, "Did you deliberately do it for Pei Yan to see?" ”

"No!" Princess Taiping raised her eyebrows and said, "I know that you and Cheng Wuting are friends of life and death, but Cheng Wuting is about to become in-laws with Pei Yan." As a result, Cheng Wuting will be very important to both of you, and I am helping you fight for Cheng Wuting! ”

Xue Shao laughed.

"What are you laughing at? Dislike! Princess Taiping got angry and pinched Xue Shao's arm, "Could it be that I did something wrong?" ”

"That's right, that's right! How could my precious princess do wrong? Xue Shao stroked her face and smiled, "It's too late for me to be happy to have a wise and virtuous helper like you!" ”

"Hmph, but I don't think you're happy at all!" Princess Taiping turned her face away and pretended to be angry, "You just laughed, obviously you are laughing at me for not being successful enough and more than failing." ”

"No, not really." Xue Shao stopped smiling and said seriously, "If it weren't for your preemptive strike, Pei Yan wouldn't have deliberately provoked and humiliated me in public today." Actually, Pei Yan deliberately did it for Cheng Wuting to see today. He wanted Cheng Wuting to sober up and let Cheng Wuting make a wise choice between me and Pei Yan! ”

"A wise choice?" Princess Taiping blinked her eyes and suddenly realized, "I understand-Pei Yan humiliated you in public just to show his confidence and strength, so as to induce and force Cheng Wuting to cut off relations with you and completely stand on his side?" ”

"That's right." Xue Shao nodded approvingly, Princess Taiping is right, Pei Yan's behavior of humiliating me in public today seems to be stupid and naïve, but it is actually quite shrewd. He was turning a corner and admonishing Cheng Wuting that "those who know the times are handsome"! - However, he, a literati who has never been on the battlefield, does not seem to understand much of what "robes" are!

"Husband, I'm so smart and sympathetic to you, can I have a reward?" Princess Taiping was like a water snake, entangled in Xue Shao's body.

"How about rewarding you with a lingering?"

"Hee-hee, come quickly!"