Chapter 9: The Queen's Choice

The summer passed, the lotus gradually withered, and Xie An did not wait for Wang Xizhi to come back, but waited for his niece Chu Garlic to come back. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This time, not only did the garlic come back, but also Chu Pei's family of four returned to Jiankang to live. Chu Li is famous, he was in and out of Yu Liang's mansion frequently when he was a child, and he is also a talent that Yu Liang admires, and now he is working under Xi Jian, if it weren't for Xi Jian's dragging, this person would have been accepted by the Yu family a long time ago.

Chu Li took his family back to Jiankang, firstly, to visit relatives and friends, and secondly, Yu Liang asked him to say a family matter.

Let's not talk about who Yu Liang wants to do for first, just say that the family he likes is the little lady of the Jingzhao Du family, named Du Yangling, thirteen years old.

Xie An felt very familiar when he heard this person's name, and the gossip expert Garlic said, "Did the third uncle forget?" In fact, you took the little lord to see Yangling five years ago, but at that time, Yangling couldn't have teeth since he was a child, so the little lord didn't talk to her much, so angry that the Du family and the Yu family turned their faces, and now they want Daddy to be a middleman to talk and make peace. ”

"Daddy and Yangling's Daddy are not only friends but also talents of the same name, and they entered the main list in the same year."

Xie An was stunned, and then remembered that when Sima Yan was still the prince five years ago, he had a crush on Song Yuan, and Yu Liang asked Xie An to take Sima Yan to meet with some little ladies.

Thinking about it, Yu Liang was far-reaching early on, and the first emperor must have agreed, no matter whose little lady it is, in short, it should not be Langya Wang's family, just to prevent Wang Dao's forces from attacking.

When Xie An heard this, he couldn't help but exhale lightly, this small detail was captured by Garlic, Xiao Nizi snickered: "Now the third uncle can rest assured, except for the Queen Mother who is confused for a while, who dares to rob Xizhi's sister with you?" ”

It's messed up again! Xie An pinched a handful of garlic cheeks and said to Xie Zhenshi: "Sister, is this little girl too beautiful, afraid that she will grow into a little pig after eating too much?" It's just that there is no half of meat on this side. If you don't eat well at regular times, you will let the third uncle feed you later. ”

Xie Lang said with a smile: "I heard that the little lady is very beautiful, if you don't eat garlic well, I'm afraid that you will be compared to others." ”

Chu Garlic and Du Yangling are both little beauties who have been known as stunning since childhood. Because the Xie family has become more famous than the Du family in recent years, the garlic has also been stained and occupies the name of the first little beauty, but Du Yangling has lost a little because he has no teeth.

Garlic pushed up his brother Chu Xin, who was only smiling silently, and said angrily: "Brother, teach Brother Alang a good lesson for me!" Usually he bullied me at home. ”

Chu Xin is a newcomer. In addition, his temperament was already gentle and indisputable with his father, and he stared at Xie Lang for a while before saying, "Hu'er, your saber is so beautiful." ”

Xie Lang held his cousin's hand and stuffed the wooden sword into his hand, "Brother Xin, this sword was given to me by the third uncle, and now that you are new here, if you don't dislike it, accept this gift!" ”

Garlic stomped her feet angrily, Xie An pinched her face and laughed on the side, "Xin'er is the most stable, and her brother-in-law teaches well." No wonder Lord Yu values his brother-in-law so much. ”

After a while, I saw Garlic and Xie Lang biting their ears and whispering, and the sister-in-law who was about to give birth was watching the intimacy of the juniors in the family on the side, and couldn't help but look forward to the safety and smoothness of her own child.

A few months ago, Wang Dao used a small trick to make the Empress Dowager Yu dizzy, and wanted to marry the Langya Wang family, and privately had a long-term conflict with his brother.

as a party to the marriage. Sima Yan has always regarded Wang Xizhi as the proud daughter of the sky and the future wife of his brother, as for that brother, of course it is Xie An, who in the younger generation does not know that Xie An and Wang Xizhi have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, and their relationship is extraordinary. And Wang Xizhi's calligraphy talent is superior, and other idle people dare not climb, and he has a strange temperament on weekdays, only when he is with Xie An, can he really show the coquettishness of his little daughter.

Even if there are really people who like Wang Xizhi, if you compare yourself with Xie An. I have to dispel this thought.

That time after the Empress Dowager Yu invited Wang Xizhi to the palace dinner, Wang Xizhi left the city to avoid robbery within a few days, Xie An's nameless fire fully affected the entire Sima clan, not only Sima Yan's summons was gone, when Sima Yue came to Taixue to learn calligraphy, he also had a cold face, Sima Yu pulled down his face several times to go to him to play, but was refused.

In the end, it was Sima Xingnan who made a move, but this sister came to laugh at him, "Gotta got, our San Lang will finally be angry?" How will you live these days when you will be separated from us for a few months? ”

Xie An was so noisy by her that he had no intention of repairing the book, and he knew that he had no way to get angry at all, obviously it was Director Wang who was teasing the younger generation and casually separated the Yu brothers and sisters, and actually tried his and Wang Xizhi's reaction, the older this person became, the more naughty he became, but he couldn't be angry with the teacher, so he could only sprinkle this fire on the Sima sisters and brothers.

To put it bluntly, he is not a saint, and when he encountered this, especially when he saw Wang Xizhi crying that day, his mind was in chaos.

The most annoying thing when I grow up is naturally marriage, whether it is a child of a family or a commoner, there are too many obstacles for people to ask for.

Wang Xizhi left Jiankang to avoid marriage, but fortunately, every few days Xie An could receive letters from Hengshan, and the little things in the mountains came little by little, which was the best companion for him to study alone in Tai Academy.

"The dumplings made by Nuyi are delicious, but I prefer you to make them."

"I couldn't sleep tonight, so I copied the "Shangqing Sutra", and when I finished copying, I realized that it was noon, there was no sun in the mountains, and I didn't feel hungry when my stomach was empty, and I felt that I could grow in the sun."

"Actually, I can't blame Long Bo, I can't hold my breath, I cried that day, it really hurts my Wang family's demeanor, Long Bo said that he will die sooner or later, if I haven't married at that time, if I am bullied to the door, it is useless to cry. I will protect myself and my family. ”

"Ascension is the death of a person's physical body, Mrs. Wei has been preparing for ascension recently, I helped her copy the "Huang Ting Sutra" on the four walls of the altar to help her practice, if she dies on that day, I should come back."

Wang Xizhi's letter is full of the shadow of the green forest and bamboo, and the sea of clouds lingering around the tip of the pen, her letter is more and more immersed between the lines, although Xie An is thousands of miles away from her, but in the silence, looking at her handwriting, in his sleep it is also like arriving in that mysterious place.

Jiankang's affairs are much more complicated than Hengshan's, although he lives in seclusion in Tai Academy, he can know all the details of Jiankang. This is also the privilege given to him by Director Wang, as the same low-key Director Wang, his intelligence network can be the first in Jiangzuo, and it extends to Jiangbei.

So Director Wang knows. Xie An will only know a little later.

For example, brother-in-law Chu Li returned to Jiankang at the invitation of Yu Liang to act as an intermediary for the Du family. Yu Liang wants the little lord to marry the Du family, which is good. Du's ancestor Du Pre's reputation is not low, although his grandfather Du Shangshu has passed away, but Du Yi is outstanding in beauty, and he is as famous as my brother-in-law's literary talent, but his person is more idle, not as diligent as my brother-in-law, so even if Du Yangling becomes the queen, Du cannot threaten Sima and Yu. ”

Director Wang smiled: "Aren't you saying that Du Jiakong is beautiful?" ”

Xie An said: "Don't you pay attention to appearance? If I was born ugly, would you take me as a student? ”

"Nonsense." Director Wang felt that he was getting more and more annoying. Probably because the child's temper has not disappeared.

Xie An pondered: "It's just that there is one more point, what if Ah Yan doesn't like Du Yangling?" In the past, he suspected that the little lady had no teeth. Even if you don't think that Du Shi is a threat anymore, don't force Ah Yan to marry someone he doesn't like. ”

Director Wang wrote lightly: "The lord is the emperor, liking it is another matter, if you don't like it, what if you marry it, it won't matter if you find someone you like in the future and then include it in the harem." At this point, I think he will be more rational than you. ”

Xie An said coldly: "If I like people, I won't do anything that makes her unhappy, if she is unhappy." I'm going to be uncomfortable too, life is short, I've died once, and now I don't make myself uncomfortable. ”

Director Wang was stunned. His face was expressionless, but there was a faint smile in the depths of his eyes, "You, you have the weakness to do big things, as a man, if you can't let go of small things." How do you stay above others? ”

"There are so many people waiting in line to be the supreme one, you are still alive, what do you have to do with me?" Xie An gave him a blank look, "Anyway, I will be on Ah Yan's side in this matter, but I will also try my best to facilitate this matter, so as not to make Empress Dowager Yu fight Ah Su's idea again." ”

Xie An's influence on Sima Yan is a hundred times more important than others, Yu Liang and He Chong were afraid that Sima Yan would be influenced by Xie An, but how can the friendship of the teenagers be easily separated by these people who like infighting?

When Chu Li and Du Yangling's father Du Yi were together, Xie An entered the palace after a few months, and met Sima Yan in the palace by Sima Xingnan to train riding, Sima Xingnan's small whip was thrown unambiguously, really referring to where to hit, if Sima Yan's demeanor on the horse was slightly unpleasant, her whip would gently fall on the back of the little lord.

Sima Yue was shocked when he saw Xie An, and when he saw Xie An, he hurriedly said, "Teacher, I still have to learn this riding technique from you in the future." ”

"I'm also very strict." Xie An said with a smile, and hurriedly stepped forward to free Sima Yan from the clutches of the eldest sister, "Eldest princess, let me take the lord to the north gate for a turn?" ”

"Are you willing to come out of the Tai Academy? In a place as barren as the Imperial Mausoleum, I'm afraid that your temperament will change after staying for a long time. Sima Xingnan smiled, "That's good, the queen mother now wishes you to come to play with him more, lest he become a nerd in his studies, and even his riding and shooting will be wasted, how will he fight against the Qiang people in the future!" ”

is worthy of being the eldest princess, and she has won the style of the first emperor.

Xie An and Sima Yan rode out of the north gate together, and after half a circle around Taicheng, Sima Yan gasped and said, "You're finally not angry?" Isn't it as simple as coming to me today to reconcile? ”

Xie An smiled and said, "I think it should be the lord who asks me, right?" ”

Sima Yan couldn't take him, and said calmly: "I knew you were going to save me, I didn't think about your family at all, so you have to help me, that little lady Du...... I really don't want to marry. ”

Xie An said: "Do you dislike that little girl for having no teeth, or do you ......?"

Sima Yan shook his head, "Now that I have grown up and experienced the past, I am by no means a person who values hue, but this matter was arranged by my uncle, and I am not interested." ”

Xie An smiled: "It's worthy of being the lord, and it's also interesting." Do you know that you suspected that the little girl had no teeth, which made the Du family turn against your uncle, you don't have to think about it, you broke the little girl's heart at that time. ”

……

Sima Yan was confused, "I just met once, but I didn't say it to my face, why am I sad?" ”

Xie An exaggerated: "My garlic is better with Du Yangling, she said that Du Yangling originally had some inferiority, and you never played with her after that day, she became more and more withdrawn, she was originally a stunning little girl, and she was disliked by her peers because of her teeth, and now your uncle is befriending Du with great fanfare, and the whole Jiangzuo knows that this Du Xiaoniang is the queen's candidate, if you refuse, where will she put her face?" ”

……

Sima Yan was completely stunned, he thought that this matter would disappear in a few days like Wang Xizhi before, but he didn't expect Xie An to say it so seriously, so he couldn't help but ask blankly: "How is that good?" ”

"First of all, I think you should go and apologize to Du Yangling." Xie An raised one finger, and then erected a second one, "Second, find a way to cure the toothlessness." ”

"The first is easy to do, but the second ......"

Xie An patted him on the shoulder and said with relief: "There is me and Senior Brother Xiaoxian!" You can try. ”

Sima Yan always felt that this matter was becoming more and more complicated by Xie An, but now it seemed that he could only follow his method, otherwise he could only sit in the palace alone and wait.

"When to apologize?" Sima Yan asked.

Xie An patted him on the back, "The lord practice his riding skills well, choose a sunny day, I will let Garlic take her out of the city, and then we will go to Beihu for an outing." ”

Sima Yan was depressed, "What does this have to do with my riding practice?" ”

Xie An longed to have a whip like the eldest princess, "I can't read books all day long, and I can breathe after only half a lap on a horse, I'm afraid that when the little lady Du sees you like this, she doesn't even need to apologize, she immediately went home Her father said that this little lord is sick and can't marry." ”

Sima Yan was so stimulated by his straightforward words that he didn't speak for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Am I as bad as you say?" ”

But Xie An's stimulation was useful after all, in the days of waiting for the outing of Beihu, Sima Yan pushed aside the pile of homework assigned by He Chong very domineeringly, and asked Bian Wangzhi to teach him riding skills after the daily court meeting.

And because he wanted to see Du Yangling, he looked at his demeanor in the mirror every time, for fear of being said by Xie An, not that he disliked the little lady who had no teeth, but that the little lady thought that his lord was a weak chicken.

In the meantime, Xie An was also recommended by his brother-in-law to take Huang Chuping to see Du Yangling, a strange disease that has been toothless since childhood, but even Huang Chuping felt strange, not only could not find a way, but also couldn't prescribe a conditioning prescription, and finally went to write a letter to Ge Hong overnight.

In a blink of an eye, I saw the day of the outing in Beihu, and there were Xie An of the Xie family in the group, Xie Wanchu garlic, Xie An even called Ah Jing to be the background in order to hide people's eyes and ears, Hu Zhi was exempted, let him blow the wind too much, this head will hurt more. Huan Wen's father also came with his younger brother Chong'er, as for Sima Yan to go out, it was a big problem, but fortunately, Sima Yu interceded for him in the Empress Dowager Yu, and carried out Xie An, and the Empress Dowager Yu finally nodded and asked Sima Yu to accompany him with a group of secret guards.

Du Yangling is naturally the protagonist of this fair, the little beauty because of toothlessness, and because of inferiority, go out with a veil, and look at it from a distance is even more beautiful, I see pity.

(To be continued.) )