Li Xianyuan waited for Xue Shao's answer with curiosity.

Xue Shao shook his head with an embarrassed expression, "The holy will is unpredictable, and I don't know the way." But now that the decree has been issued, I can only proceed with it. As you know, my family was exiled many years ago, and it has been ten years since my parents died. The so-called people go to tea and cool, and those high-powered clan elders surnamed Xue may not take me seriously. Even my brother, who is a marquis, is only a foreign official assassin and is not known in the capital, and his reputation in the Xue clan is not very high. Coupled with Xue's bad reputation before, I'm afraid I'll eat their closed door! ”

"Brother Xue's worries are not unreasonable...... Li Xianyuan said thoughtfully, "Brother Xue is worried, if this matter is not handled properly, it will be difficult to explain the place of the Queen of Heaven?" ”

"That's nature." Xue Shao made a bitter face and said, "If I can't handle this little thing that the queen of heaven has confessed, what face do I have to make her trust me?" Besides, if the elders of the clan give me a closed door, it doesn't matter if I am humble and shameful anyway, the queen of heaven will not be able to get over my face! ”

"That makes sense!" Li Xianyuan said suddenly, "Although most of the courtiers still don't know about the fact that the two saints want to choose Brother Xue to match Princess Taiping, Xue Yuanchao and Xue Kegou, the two high-powered central ministers, must know the Tao. The queen of heaven asked Brother Xue to visit the elder of the Xue clan first, probably to know the attitude of the Xue clan towards this marriage. If the Xue clan has a blunt attitude or gives Brother Xue a closed door, then it will be ......"

Xue Shaozhi shook his head, "Then my Xue clan will really offend the queen of heaven a lot, and it will be a great disaster!" ”

"That's right......" Li Xianyuan also seemed to realize this layer of stakes, and his expression became grim.

As we all know, Princess Taiping is the child and the only daughter of the second saint, and the only child who personally raised her from a young age. The two saints, especially the Empress Wu, have always regarded Princess Taiping as the lady of the sky and the pearl in the palm of her hand.

In the eyes of Empress Wu, whoever marries Princess Taiping should be the greatest glory in the world.

However, the people of the Xue clan may not think so, in recent years, most of the people of famous families are more resistant or even respectful of marrying a princess.

Especially Xue Shao's father was a concubine, because the princess was involved in the disaster of disgust and the family was exiled for so many years and could not return to the court, the husband and wife both died in a foreign land, and the lessons of the past are in front of him, and the clan elder surnamed Xue cannot be much interested in this marriage. Moreover, Empress Wu was in power, and there were many people in the court who didn't dare to say it, but they were very disgusted in their hearts - Xue Yuanchao was one of them. His relationship with Empress Wu has always been a bit stiff, which is almost universally known.

Empress Wu deliberately asked Xue Shao to visit the clan elder surnamed Xue at this time, but he couldn't say it, there was such a layer of "dangerous" intentions in it. If Xue Yuanchao is not so cooperative, it may stimulate the potential contradictions that have long been out of control.

Xue Yuanchao is the banner and leader of the Xue clan above the court today, once he tears his face with the martial queen, the consequences can be imagined - as Xue Shao said, it will be a great disaster!

Xue Shao didn't intercede with Li Xianyuan, but let him figure out the benefits and disadvantages by himself, and if he wanted to report the situation to the queen of heaven, he would also know the seriousness. This was far more effective than Xue Shao telling him to beg him.

Li Xianyuan was a little nervous at this time, "Then how does Brother Xue plan to act?" ”

"I must have a steady way to meet Xue Yuanchao and Xue Kegou, instead of recklessly running to their mansion to try my luck." Xue Shao said, "This is the third important thing I want to tell you. ”

Li Xianyuan was a little confused, "The second thing hasn't been solved yet, why did the third thing come again?" ”

"The third thing is that I have to find someone who is important enough to introduce me to those two clan elders." Xue Shaodao.

Li Xianyuan's eyes lit up, "Brother Xue is wise!" As the saying goes, if they don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, even if they don't think of the blood relatives of the same clan, they should give the person who introduced them a little face - but the question is, who to recommend? ”

"Pei Xingjian."

Li Xianyuan's eyes widened, and then he smiled bitterly, "Then Brother Xue might as well go directly to the mansion of those two clan elders and try your luck!" ”

"How?" Xue Shao asked.

"Brother Xue first entered the officialdom, and he didn't know the subtle interests above the court. Xiao Sheng gave a little explanation to Brother Xue. Li Xianyuan was also patient and said, "The three families of Pei Xue and Liu are also called the 'three surnames of Hedong', and they are all wealthy families in the world, and now the Pei Xue family is the most prosperous. Above the court, the Pei Xue clan was both fighting together and secretly competing. In today's central Zaige political affairs hall, there are Zhongshu Ling Xue Yuanchao, Tongzhongshu Sanpin Pei Yan, and the servant Hao Chujun and Shangshu Zuo Servant Liu Renliang, which can be called the four great Zaifu of the dynasty. ”

"The discord between Hao Chujunsu and the queen of heaven is gradually losing its prestige, and everyone in the government and the opposition knows it. Liu Renliang was very meritorious in the early years of the Baekje army, and he was trusted by the two sages, but he was from a humble background, lacking in cultural governance, and he was already extremely old, which was not enough to compare with Xue Yuanchao and Pei Yan. As a result, there was a situation of Xue Pei's 'two competing for each other' in the court. Pei Xingjian is Pei Yan's brother, and his martial arts are not idle, and his recent rise is impressive. This time Montenegro returned triumphantly, Pei Xingjian will definitely be rewarded and reused, and it is a matter of time before he enters the phase. ”

"In this way, it is very likely that there will be a situation of 'two Pei and one Xue' above the court. Xue Yuanchao is about to fall to the downside. Li Xianyuan paused when he said this, "At this time, if Brother Xue goes to ask Pei Xingjian to introduce him on his behalf, Xiaosheng estimates that Xue Yuanchao may want to ...... Vomit blood and die! ”

"It makes sense, Xue was almost abrupt." Xue Shao nodded, although he had learned a lot about this period of history in the history books, some subtle things in the current situation in the court could indeed only be experienced by "people in the bureau". Not to mention, although the half-hung god stick is not a big official, after all, he is a Beijing official who works in the imperial city, and his explanation is still very in place and has reference value.

But Xue Shao still has his own ideas.

"Even if I don't recommend it, I have to get to know Pei Xingjian." Xue Shao said, "Even if the Xue Pei clan is secretly competing, it has nothing to do with me, Xue Shao." Anyway, those Xue clan elders didn't treat me as a clansman, and they never had any contact with me over the years. ”

"Brother Xue, no." Li Xianyuan persuaded bitterly, "No matter what, you are surnamed Xue after all." If you want to make friends with Pei Xingjian at this time, you will be regarded as out of line by the clansmen. I'm afraid, it's not good for you! ”

"Joke, where do you get so many portals?" Xue Shao said, "A few days ago, I just sent a girl from the Pei family in Hedong home, so what should I say?" ”

"Uh......" Li Xianyuan was stunned, and then laughed strangely: "In this way, Brother Xue and the Pei family are still a little related?" ”

"At least it's familiar." Xue Shao also laughed twice, "Anyway, even if I don't get Xue Yuanchao's approval, I must get to know Pei Xingjian!" ”

"Just because Pei Xingjian is in charge of the troops?"

"You've finally got the hang of it!"

Li Xianyuan suddenly realized, "In this way, Xiaosheng finally understands." Brother Xue thinks that the elders of the Xue clan must have prejudices against you, so it is better to marry Pei Xingjian? ”

"Yes." Xue Shao nodded, "You also know that I have always been interested in military affairs. Xue Yuanchao, Xue Kegou and Pei Yan are the great Confucians, prime ministers and famous ministers of the time, full of Confucian knowledge and splendid articles, and I may not be able to talk speculatively with them if I spend another thirty years studying poetry and books. Although Pei Xingjian is also a generation of Confucian handsome, he is a man who leads soldiers after all. For the general, he is broad-minded and open-minded, and he does not have so many scholarly temperaments and gateway views. It's so much easier for me to have fellowship with! ”

Li Xianyuan listened to what Xue Shao said, his eyebrows furrowed slightly and pondered for a moment, and he nodded slowly.

Xue Shao glanced at him, and hurriedly reported what I said to the queen of heaven, hurry up! If you don't say it, I'm in a hurry with you!

In fact, there is an important intention in this, Xue Shao did not tell Li Xianyuan, and it is impossible to tell anyone.

Xue Shao remembered that there were records in the history books that after Xue Yuanchao passed away from Gaozong Li Zhi and Empress Wu officially took charge of the government, he resigned and retired in the name of old age and infirmity. No matter what Xue Yuanchao's real motive for resigning was, judging from his position alone, his move inevitably makes people think that he is expressing dissatisfaction with Empress Wu.

Therefore, don't look at Xue Yuanchao as one of today's Dazaifu, but it won't be long before he will withdraw from this big stage of the court, and he may be jealous of Wu Zetian - it is clear that he is a garbage stock.

Choosing between a prime minister's junk stock that is about to plummet and an imperial potential stock that is about to rise, anyone with no brain convulsions knows how to choose.

If you have to make a comparison from a selfish standpoint, the future mother-in-law and wife will be added together, and they will not be as good as an uncle who doesn't even know what he looks like and has never interacted with?

So, Xue Shao quietly passed a message to Li Xianyuan - I don't call Xue Yuanchao! Compared to that, I'd rather get close to Pei Xingjian!

"Then how does Brother Xue plan to visit the Xue clan elder?" Li Xianyuan asked again. He seemed to care more about this matter than Xue Shao.

The reason is simple, Xue Shao doesn't want the Xue family to offend the Empress Wu, and Li Xianyuan doesn't want to either! The fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, the Xue family was miserable, Xue Shao might be miserable, and if this marriage was blown, it would be even worse - when Li Xianyuan, a small official of the ninth grade, went to a good buddy like Xue Shao?

Therefore, Li Xianyuan has been actively matching the marriage between Xue Shao and Princess Taiping. If Xue Shao becomes a colt, doesn't he, an old friend of Lantian Gongzi and a "marriage intermediary", mean that he will hug his thighs from now on?

Xue Shao snorted, "Since Pei Xingjian can't be used as an introducer, then I have to make a ruthless move!" ”

"W-What tricks?" Li Xianyuan suddenly became a little nervous, Brother Xue, don't mess around!

"I'm looking for a ruthless character who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and even the second saint wants her to have three points, and go with me to visit the clan elder of the Xue clan!" Xue Shao said hatefully.

"Huh?" Li Xianyuan was stunned for a moment, "Brother Xue, Emperor Taizong has been in the Dragon Command for many years, and now he is lying quietly in the Zhaoling Yuan Palace with Empress Changsun!" ”

"Foolish! I mean, Princess Taiping! Xue Shao scolded angrily, "Even if Xue Yuanchao and Xue Kegou don't wait to see me again, they don't dare to refuse Princess Taiping outside the door, right?" ”

"Ugh!" Li Xianyuan was stunned, "This is indeed ...... It's a little too ruthless! ”

"Just talking." Xue Shaoha's big man laughed, "I haven't gotten a word about my marriage with Princess Taiping yet, and the relationship is not particularly close, how can I take her to visit the Xue clan elder at this time?" - Don't worry, I have another way! ”

"Brother Xue, you! ......" Li Xianyuan's expression was speechless and ashamed, he was simply being molested alive!.

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