It was unexpected. But Xue Shao didn't particularly care.

Xue Shao felt that if the history in front of him had changed, Xue Shao and Princess Taiping would not come together again, then of course there was nothing to care about today's affairs.

If you still want to become husband and wife with Princess Taiping in this life, then understanding and running in with each other is a necessary process. Innocuous quarrels and awkward quarrels are the best way to get to know each other.

Because whenever there is a quarrel, it is often the truth. Princess Taiping said a lot to Xue Shao today.

Princess Taiping's love affair is casual at the beginning, and she is a heavenly lady who is a collection of thousands of pampered and has never dared to be disobedient, so it is normal to have a little emotion occasionally. Xue Shao is an uncle who is already thirty years old in psychological age, and he has long passed the age of being anxious and depressed all day because of a little awkwardness between lovers.

It should be a good idea to give Princess Taiping a little time and space to think, and then coax her when her little temperament is over.

So Xue Shao didn't catch up with Princess Taiping and was eager to make amends and coax, but went against her and prepared to leave the imperial city.

Princess Taiping walked a hundred or so steps with a sullen frown, suddenly froze, and turned around suddenly.

It startled the eunuchs and maids behind her.

"Xue Lang...... Let's go? Princess Taiping's eyes widened and she looked far away in astonishment, Xue Shao's back had become a little blurred.

"Why did the heart of this palace suddenly become so sad?" Princess Taiping covered her chest, looked at Xue Shao's back in the distance in a daze, and muttered to herself.

"Take care, princess!" The eunuchs beside him knelt down neatly, and put their heads on the ground in fear.

Only Linlang stood by Princess Taiping's side left and right, still as if nothing had happened, her eyes were bright and her expression was cold, like a pair of goshawks monitoring the airspace.

"Linlang, isn't this palace stupid? Bengong finally met with Xue Lang once and was able to get along for a while, but then he made a temperament and walked away? Princess Taiping looked at the pair of sisters in confusion, and said, "Did this palace make Xue Lang unhappy?" Will he ignore me in the future? ”

The Linlang sisters showed a confused look at the same time, and they were really stopped by this question. The two sisters had the same heart, and said in unison: "Back to His Highness, the slave doesn't know!" ”

"This palace is really in a hurry, and he actually asks you such a question!" Princess Taiping became more and more depressed, "You two have been living in the harem since you were born, and you haven't even seen a man very much, so how can you understand the love between men and women?" ”

"Your Highness is wise!" The two sisters still spoke in unison, even in the same tone, as if they were spoken in one mouth.

"What wisdom is this!" Princess Taiping flicked her sleeves angrily, "There is no governor around, all of them are incompetent!" ”

Linlang lowered her eyebrows and bowed her hands in worship, silent.

"Your Highness's forgiveness!" A group of eunuchs and palace maids lying on the ground cried bitterly, Your Highness, Your Highness, do you think we don't want to "understand" about men and women! …… The problem is, if you want to understand, you have to have an innate condition!

"Don't kneel, get up!" Princess Taiping turned her head and glanced at the direction where Xue Shao had gone, and there was no one in sight. The more anxious and angry he felt in his heart, he stomped his feet, "Move to the Xuanzheng Palace, and the palace will go to the queen of heaven to ask for advice!" She understands it after all! ”

When Xue Shao had just walked out of the East Inner Garden, he suddenly heard three huge drums near the Hanyuan Hall not far ahead, as if the entire palace was shaken. Immediately afterward, a burst of high-pitched and heavy golden horns sounded into the sky, shaking the sky and making a noise.

There is a bell and drum tower in front of the Hanyuan Palace, one is used to report the time in the palace, and the other is used to announce the hundred officials to the court or when there is a major event, temporarily summon the re-dynasty of the provinces and ministries in the imperial city to face the king in the Xuanzheng Palace. Now that it was almost noon, the drum tower sounded unexpectedly, and Xue Shao couldn't help but be a little curious.

A group of civil and military ministers dressed in scarlet robes walked to the palace in groups. Seeing that they were talking happily with each other, they didn't look nervous, as if they weren't worried about something suddenly happening in the court.

At this time, Xue Shao saw that there were two officials in green robes standing not far away, so he stepped forward and arched his hand and asked, "Two colleagues, I don't know what happened to the court, so beating drums and horns to summon ministers?" ”

The two men returned the salute, and one of them replied, "Your Excellency is very face-to-face, and it must have been conferred an official position for a short time, right?" ”

"Exactly."

The man replied: "The bell and drum tower beat the drums and horns to celebrate the achievements of the generals who returned triumphantly, and to show the ministers to the world. ”

Another person said: "Pei Xingjian, the general manager of the Dingxiang Road march, went north to quell the rebellion of the Turkic tribes, and broke the enemy army in Montenegro, and the enemy chieftain was familiar with the head, and the army triumphantly returned to the division. The two saints were overjoyed when they heard the news, and summoned Pei Xingjian and his party to the court to award the meritorious generals, and set up a banquet in the Qide Hall to celebrate the merit and let the ministers accompany them! ”

"I see, but I'm lonely and unheard, ashamed, ashamed!" Xue Shao suddenly realized and his heart lit up, how could I ignore such an important person - Pei Xingjian?!

The two of them looked Xue Shao up and down in unison, and said with a wry smile with a little sympathy: "Since Your Excellency doesn't know about this, I think you haven't been invited to the celebration banquet of the Qide Palace?" ”

Xue Shao smiled disapprerovingly, "That's natural, otherwise why bother asking about it?" ”

"Hey, the two saints set up a banquet, and only invite more than five grades to be noble. I waited for the end of the green robe to enter, and I could only look at it from a distance. ”

Tonggui, usually speaking, means to reach the noble. In the bureaucratic system of the Tang Dynasty, Wupin is a huge watershed. Officials above the fifth rank can wear red official uniforms, and below the fifth rank are green and cyan official robes, and in the face of the law and the shadow and descendants, the meaning of "Tonggui" is even more extraordinary, which means that it is roughly equivalent to the nobility and has special treatment.

"You don't have to sigh, sooner or later you will become expensive!" Xue Shao smiled and said a few words to the two of them, then bowed goodbye and went straight to the Taishi Bureau.

When I came to the palace today, Li Shenguo, the "department manager" who undertook the feng shui renovation project of Xuefu, also came to the imperial city with Xue Shao. disappeared for many days, he came to the official office to order, and the two made an appointment to go back together.

When he arrived at the gate of the Taishi Bureau, Xue Shao saw Li Xianyuan's leisurely wandering Zheng and two colleagues walking out of it, and they were bragging there, saying how to practice Taoism and how to comprehend the heavenly machine in the Sichuan Shu Immortal Mountain with his uncle Li Chunfeng back then.

"Yo, Immortal Li is in a hurry to go to the Qide Hall for a banquet, right?" Xue Shao said with a smile.

The two colleagues next to Li Xianyuan also recognized Xue Shaozhi and said that the two of them were good friends, and laughed together, "What Xue Gongzi said is exact, and the guess is accurate!" Li Xianchang is the only Jiupin official invited to the banquet, which is amazing! ”

Li Xianyuan touched his face, as if he felt a little hot, and said curtly: "Xiaosheng is a person from outside the square, hungry Xianxia thirsty for heavenly dew, and he can't stand the meat and fishy diet of the Qide Palace. Therefore, although I was invited, I refused! ”

The two of them laughed for a while, and took their leave for lunch.

Xue Shao said with a smile: "Immortal Li doesn't even like the royal banquet, presumably he can't stand the poor diet of the cold house, so he plans to open the valley?" ”

"Ahem...... Is there any wine today? ”

The two of them walked out of the palace together, and just got on the horse, Li Xianyuan said with a gleam in his eyes: "Brother Xue, why rush home if you have leisure today, why don't you go to the West Market for two drinks?" ”

"Don't go!" Xue Shao's face was flat, this wine bag and rice bag were hungry ghosts, I was afraid that I hadn't fooled around for a while, and I couldn't stand it.

Li Xianyuan smiled bitterly with a dishful face, "Brother Xue quit drinking, and Xiaosheng also became a monk from Qingshuidao." ”

In the past, Li Xianyuan was next to Xue Shao, a big celebrity in the Fengyue field, and which high-end wine shops and Yingyuan consumed a lot of money, which was not something that Li Xianyuan, a nine-grade petty official, could easily afford. But as long as Xue Shao goes, those shopkeepers' eyes will light up when they see Lantian Gongzi, and the beautiful girls will be confused, not only will they not charge Lantian Gongzi's expenses, but they can often make a sum of money. Li Xianyuan naturally followed the light.

"It's not that Xue is pretentious or unkind." Xue Shao said, "I will be extremely busy in the next few days, how can I have the leisure and mood to patronize the place of sound?" ”

Li Xianyuan said curiously: "What is Brother Xue busy with?" ”

"Three big things." Xue Shao frowned lightly and said, "First, the queen of heaven issued an edict ordering my brother to return to Chang'an to face the king, which is estimated to be related to my marriage and the burning tail banquet." ”

"What a good thing! It seems that Brother Xue is really about to become a colt! Li Xianyuan said happily, "However, what's the busy?" ”

Xue Shao said: "The eldest brother is like a father, and I can't start to do a lot of things when my brother comes, can I not be busy?" ”

"Oh, Brother Xue is referring to the business with Yu Hongye?" Li Xianyuan said with a smile, "This matter is easy to do, let Xiaosheng do it for you!" ”

"You save it, Yu Hongye is not interested in you!" Xue Shao glared at him angrily and said, "Besides, this matter is only done by me, and no one can handle it on my behalf." When it comes to business, I will do it in full swing and in secret. The house must be repaired and taken care of as soon as possible so that my brother can move in, and this is what you should help me do. There are two other things that are really tricky. ”

"What?"

Xue Shao frowned and said, "Today, the Queen of Heaven suddenly asked me about the Burning Tail Banquet, and asked me to take the initiative to visit the clan elder surnamed Xue before my brother arrived in Beijing. ”

"Oh?" Li Xianyuan replied curiously, "This matter is strange. Traditionally, the two saints would not ask their courtiers about such trivial matters. Brother Xue has ever thought of what the queen of heaven intends to do? ”

Xue Shao thought about it, it is indispensable to guard against people, and it is difficult to guarantee that Li Xianyuan will report some of the things I said and did to Wu Zetian. It's not that Li Xianyuan wants to be a traitor, but he was originally sent by Wu Zetian to be this "marriage intermediary". With Wu Zetian's personality, he will definitely monitor and inspect me in all directions.

Li Xianyuan is certainly my friend, but he also has his position and responsibility. The queen of heaven is not the one who dares to deceive and offend him, a nine-rank petty official.

So all along, Xue Shao has consciously used both Li Xianyuan and Li Xianyuan.

The business matter made Li Xianyuan know that it was harmless, and Wu Zetian himself was still the daughter of a businessman. Since she came to power, commerce has been greatly encouraged, and there are not a few princes and ministers who secretly participate in commerce above the court. From Rong Zhizhi, quitting alcohol and sex, moving to buy a house, studying and practicing martial arts, and extinct in the land of fireworks and willow lane, these are not even necessary to hide, so that Wu Zetian knows that it is a good thing.

In addition, it is better not to say some things that may be taboo, such as words such as vain divine will.

Living in this era of misfortune from the mouth, it is indispensable to guard against people.

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