On the second day of the departure of the welcoming team of Jiannan Palace, Wu Sutai, the Duke of Anguo, received a letter from Xiao Dingfeng.

Although Wu Sutai, the Duke of Anguo, is sixty years old, he still has a straight waist and a strong figure, but he has been fighting for the country for many years, fighting on the battlefield, and his sideburns have been dyed with frost. Fifteen years ago, he was killed by a traitor and was imprisoned, at that time he was just a small Yingcheng Duwei, as a military general on weekdays, he was not good at socializing, and he was loyal and upright Geng Jie offended many people, his family had no money, no connections outside, he was wronged and aggrieved, and there was no way to ask for help, and no one spoke for him for a while.

The eldest son Wu Jiannian was fifteen years old, and the youngest daughter Wu Xiang had just turned two years old.

In order to repay the kindness of King Jiannan, after being released from prison, he took half of his family property to Dazhou in person, but was politely rejected by Xiao Dingfeng. Although Xiao Dingfeng refused his thanks, after some conversation, one was an idle prince and the other was a Geng Zhi general, and there was a huge difference in identity, but the two talked happily with each other, and they hated each other. It is also fate, just when he and the king of Jiannan sympathized with each other, he saw the son of the king of Jiannan, the seven-year-old Xiao Lingting, and then remembered his own Yuxue's lovely daughter Wu Xiang, so there was a marriage contract between the two.

Although it is an oral marriage contract, Wu Sutai has always taken it seriously, and even in terms of raising his daughter, he came according to the standards of the future prince and concubine. But slowly, he found that since the title of Duke An fell on his head, King Jiannan was obviously not as enthusiastic about himself as before, and even gradually cut off correspondence. Two years ago, after Wu Xiang's fifteenth birthday, he wrote to Xiao Dingfeng to hint at the marriage of the children of the two families, but he only received a few vague replies, which really made him angry.

But after calming down and analyzing carefully, he gradually understood King Jiannan's distress.

For example, if it is three points today, in addition to Ningguo, which occupies the southeast, there are also neighboring Western Chu and Northern Yan.

There are many plains in Ningguo, the most favored by God, suitable for farming, the people have been educated by poetry, books and etiquette for many years, recuperation, living and working in peace and contentment, and the most prosperous and stable in the Three Kingdoms, especially after the current Ningguo Emperor Xiao Lingzhen ascended the throne, he has widely implemented benevolent government, lightly punished the meager endowment, greatly developed farmland and water conservancy, the population has gradually increased, and the number of long-term residents has approached the total population of the other two countries.

Western Chu Shangwu, over the years there have been many famous generals, especially the 200,000 iron cavalry led by Murong Shi, the general of the Western Chu Protectorate, the army is one in a hundred elites, when the war horses neigh, the iron armor is cold, and the combat effectiveness is strong and has the tendency to sweep the world, which has always made the other two countries frightened.

Beiyan is heavy on business, large and small businessmen all over the world, many years of operation make Beiyan not only full of treasury, but also hide wealth in the people, gather two-thirds of the wealth of the world, can be called a country of great wealth, money can make ghosts grind, although there are no elite soldiers, the national strength should not be underestimated.

In the past 100 years, the three countries have all cherished the ambition of eliminating the other two countries and ruling the world, but after many wars, they have sadly found that none of the three countries can destroy anyone in a short period of time. In the long run, no one is willing to damage their own national strength and cheapen other countries, and mutual defense and suspicion have become a sharp weapon for war dissipation, so the current situation of Ningguo, Western Chu, and Northern Yan being under each other's jurisdiction has been formed.

Over the past few decades, the envoys of the three countries have been in frequent exchanges, and the people's trade routes have been exchanged, and they are peaceful and tranquil on the surface, but in private, there are inevitably undercurrents surging and competing with each other. Especially Ningguo and Western Chu, the two countries have tried each other many times for decades, and the border has been rubbing constantly, and Liangzhou is the border of Ningguo, adjacent to Pingcheng in Western Chu. As a border general stationed in Liangzhou, if the generals of Ningguo can fight with the Murong clan of Western Chu, then he Liang Guogong must be on the list.

With heavy troops and military strength, as the vassal king, King Jiannan, if he has close contacts with him, once he is used by people with ulterior motives to make a big fuss and arouse His Majesty's suspicions, then the marriage contract between the two families will become a catastrophe for the Jiannan Mansion and the Anguo Mansion, not to mention, for so many years, the King of Jiannan has been acting in a low-key manner and protecting himself wisely, so he is not surprised by Xiao Dingfeng's ambiguous attitude.

It wasn't until King Yi sent someone to the house to propose that he had to send a letter to Xiao Dingfeng again, the situation was critical, and he couldn't care about it, he took out the frame of the quasi-father-in-law of the prince of Jiannan, spoke earnestly, and told Xiao Dingfeng bluntly, asking him to get ready as soon as possible, and let Xiao Lingting marry Wu Xiang in the shortest possible time.

The letter was sent, but his heart hung up, Xiao Dingfeng's attitude, he still couldn't figure it out, in case Xiao Dingfeng shirked again, he was helpless, and now he received a positive reply, and he was finally down-to-earth.

Wu Sutai fixed his mind, asked the personal guards to call his eldest son Wu Jian, and asked Yahuan to go to the backyard to invite Mrs. Qin.

Soon, Wu Jian helped his mother Qin to the main hall, and Wu Sutai handed Wu Jian the letter from King Jiannan.

Wu Jian was a little surprised after reading the letter: "Father, the prince of Jiannan married his sister on June 22, will he be in a hurry?" ”

"It's really in a hurry, but King Yi is aggressive, if Xiang'er doesn't get out of the cabinet as soon as possible, I'm afraid they will think that our Wu family deliberately delayed." Wu Sutai also understood that there were only two months left before June 22, so he had to sigh, "I'm afraid I don't have time to prepare so thoroughly in terms of etiquette." ”

Hearing her husband say this, the Qin family was anxious, "Since ancient times, women have been out of the pavilion, and these etiquettes are indispensable, and ordinary people are still paying attention to marrying women, not to mention our Anguo Mansion?" Jiannan Wangfu has saved the whole province this time, and my Xiang'er is too aggrieved! Qin folded his fingers and counted, and in the end, he wiped his tears.

"Ignorant woman!" Wu Sutai broke off his fright, startling the Qin family. He slapped the case on the table, "If it wasn't for the prince to speak to His Majesty, how could there be today's Wu family?" How can you live a good life today? ”

"What's more, are you easy to mess with when you are the king? If the marriage between Xiang'er and the prince of Jiannan is not done as soon as possible, and King Yi sends someone again, how can you let me deal with it? Without further ado, the welcoming team of Jiannan Wangfu is already on the way, if you don't want to be embarrassed anymore, hurry up and prepare a dowry for Xiang'er. After speaking, he turned around and added: "Remember, Xiang'er is married to the benefactor of our Wu family, and she is the son of the king of Jiannan, her dowry, you can ask Jian's daughter-in-law to help buy it, as rich as you can." ”

Seeing that his mother was scared stupid by his father's scolding, Wu Jian hurriedly walked to his mother's side to help her sit down, and comforted her softly.