Xie He sat at the table in a daze, holding his mobile phone in his hand.

Half an hour earlier, he had received a call from the Royal Chamberlain. In the microphone, the royal attendant invited him to attend the engagement of Xie Ning, the prince of the imperial Yongwang and the founder of the country, Xie Ning, the first Yongwu Marquis on behalf of His Majesty, in an indifferent tone that has not changed for thousands of years.

Then, he kept the posture of just hanging up the phone, and sat at the table, sitting in the master bedroom of the small courtyard where he must come every day, where the Zhao family once lived.

Xie He did not allow anyone to enter this bedroom, and even arranged for people to be on guard. But the bedroom was spotless, no different from more than a year ago - every day, Xie He would clean it with his own hands.

I don't know how long it took, but he finally put his phone on the table and sighed heavily.

He looked at the head of the bed, where the Zhao family had rested day and night.

On the bedside table, there is still a photograph of a beautiful woman squatting on the ground, holding a six- or seven-year-old boy in her left hand and a little girl of three or four years old in her right hand.

The three of them huddled together sweetly, one smiling softly, one smiling happily, and one smiling coquettishly......

Xie He's face gradually trembled, and he closed his eyes in pain.

Suddenly, he suddenly slapped himself hard! He fell on the table and hugged his head. Gray hair protruded from the old man's fingers. They trembled slightly, and the breeze blew like a bleak reed.

……

"Master Hou? Hou Ye? A soft call rang out outside the bedroom door.

Xie He suddenly raised his head as if he had woken up, he straightened his face, and returned to his usual silent and indifferent look.

Walking out the door, a retainer was standing respectfully.

"What's the matter?" He asked in a deep voice.

"The inquirer is back, the grandfather of the eldest prince, the Zhao family...... I've received an invitation from the eldest young master, and I'm celebrating it. The retainer hesitated, and finally said.

……

He looked at Xie He, his worried expression flashed, but he wanted to say something.

"Oh...... I know. Xie He said indifferently.

He waved to his retainer and turned and staggered into the bedroom.

"Prepare my car, I'll go to the airport in the afternoon." A faint word came to the ears of the retainers with the sound of gently pushing the door.

"Master Hou......" The retainer finally couldn't help but shout.

……

Seeing that Xie He turned around and looked at him indifferently again, the retainer was about to speak, but was interrupted by the footsteps of a housekeeper-like person who came in a hurry.

"Master Hou."

I saw that the housekeeper had already approached and bowed, but he took out a red gilded invitation: "The imperial capital has sent an invitation to invite you to the eldest young master's engagement, but the language is very strange." And it's even more—"

The housekeeper was talking in wonder, and before he finished speaking, he saw that the Hou Ye in front of him had his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stepped in front of him and snatched away the invitation, and unfolded it to look at it carefully.

……

On the gilded red invitation, a line of beautiful words jumped on it-

"To the father: The child will bow to him and invite the father to attend the wedding of the child at the Imperial Capital Rain Lake Hotel three days later. Unfilial prospective daughter-in-law, Su Su, on the same day. ”

Xie He looked at the line of words silently, looking at the line of words stupidly. Gradually, his hands began to tremble slightly. His eyes were already shining with tears.

"Good boy...... Good boy...... Ning'er's vision is really good...... Much better than his father—no, his useless father's vision wasn't bad...... It's just stupid ...... him."

He muttered, as if he were cursing himself. However, his eyebrows seemed to stretch a lot in an instant, and the corners of his mouth seemed to float a faint, warm smile.

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"To my grandfather and uncle: The child Xie Ning and his fiancée Su Su held their engagement at the Imperial Capital Yuhu Hotel three days later. Grandson and nephew Xie Ning, on the same day. ”

Zhao Guangmei pinched an invitation card with a fluttering eyebrow, and after reading it triumphantly, he said again: "Do you know my nephew Xie Ning, what should the prefix of this name be?" The prince of the Yongwang of the empire and the first-class Yongwu Marquis of the founding of the empire! ”

Around him, there was a circle of people who were like earth, or flattering, but all of them looked like businessmen, and when they heard what Zhao Guang said, they were immediately congratulated.

……

"Lao Zhao, can you take me with you to congratulate? How my Wang family has treated your Zhao family for more than a year, you must know very well, it can be said that you will never give up. A merchant in the crowd shouted.

Zhao Guang arched his hand towards the man: "Lao Wang, the foot is gracious, the Zhao family is very impressed, according to the brother, what do you want, my Zhao family has nothing to say, I have to agree." But I also hope that you will take into account the difficulties of our waiting, and my nephew's engagement must be full of vermilion. Even when my father and I were listed as relatives, I was already quite uneasy, and I had to bring some guests over......"

"In this way, Lao Wang, I will give you a little go, and I will also add your name to the gift list, saying that it is a brother family that is close to my Zhao family, and I will celebrate the great joy together. What do you think? ”

"That's it!" The merchant's face was filled with joy.

……

Some of the people in the crowd suddenly made an uproar, but they all demanded this treatment. Most of them didn't open their mouths, looking at those who spoke one after another, their eyes full of envy, and a trace of remorse and anxiety.

Zhao Guang smiled: "You can come to cheer, my old Zhao is also very happy." In the previous year, you have either taken good care of my Zhao family, or ...... 'more' taken care of it! I'm so grateful! ”

"Here, please don't worry, my Zhao family has finally survived that extremely difficult year. Now, it's even more floors! Here, I solemnly express to you that I will never forget the care of all your good friends and colleagues. Of course, we will never forget the kindness of all our "more" good friends and "more" good colleagues! ”

Zhao Guang threw his hand to the crowd like this, and stared at some people lightly, but he "hummed", leaving behind the full hall of guests with happy or sad faces, and went straight into the back hall.

……

"Father, I have done what you said, you see?" He had already reported happily to an old man in the back hall.

"Humph!" The old man slammed the cane in his hand, but he snorted angrily.

"It's still not enough to succeed, and more than enough to lose! Any good words will taste bad in your mouth! Merchants pay attention to making money in a friendly way, not to let you give people a face. Those who squeezed and excluded us at the beginning may not really want to deal with us, but they were just forced by the Guo family. What do you want to express with that smug face just now? Want to show that you're an upstart? Do you want to express that Ning'er's uncle is such a superficial idiot? ”

"This ...... Don't you want to raise your eyebrows...... Anyway, the family business is planned to be passed on directly to Sheng'er, and you are ready to let me be a rice worm for the rest of my life, and I am not allowed to live a mouthful of addiction? You also know how badly my family's industry has been suppressed for more than a year. I said, you don't need to let Sheng'er go, and deliberately let me go out to receive you. Presumably, there is also a little bit of resentment......"

Zhao Guang muttered in a low voice.

……

The old man was stunned, but he laughed.

"You're not shrewd." He said with a smile in his eyes.

Then, he looked lovingly at a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes beside him, but he said in a harmonious voice.

"Alright, Sheng'er go out and wipe your father's ass. Grace and power, white face and red face singing, is the way to win in business competition and cooperation, understand? Now, I, the Zhao Clan, are taking advantage of the wind of your Royal Highness's brother - no, a hurricane. It is the time to spread your wings and soar and make great progress, so you can never make a mistake. ”

"Especially don't be like your father, who was dizzy at that time, and a villain at this time. Although the competition among merchants has become more and more cruel in recent years, sometimes it is the beginning that you pit me and I pit you. But I have my back to the Xie clan in the extreme north of Huanghuang, so why do I need to pit people? Why are you afraid of being pitted? Therefore, we only need to remember the eight characters: honest management, harmony and wealth. That's it, you know? ”

"Sun Er understands that he will not live up to his grandfather's expectations, let alone cause trouble for Brother Ning. I just ask that grandpa can take his grandson to attend his brother's engagement wedding, so that his grandson can meet his brother and little sister Ning'er, who have been separated for a long time, and recognize Su Su's sister-in-law by the way. ”

The young man bowed and smiled.

After receiving an affirmative answer, he was already overjoyed, but he still went out calmly.

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(See FJ2001's support and encouragement.) I want to say a word here again to everyone who cares about me and I care about the era of great magic energy: This book was actually good at the beginning, but when it was strong, it may be due to fantasy, and the number of clicks from new readers was very small, which made that strong score sink into the sand. Since then, there have been no recommendations in January. Yesterday, I sent a letter of appeal to the editor to explain the situation, and if I can't get his approval, then I can't do anything, and I can't do it. ）

(A few days ago, I was really a little anxious and a little annoying, and my writing was not in a good state, and the manuscript was missing a few thousand words.) But now that I've made up my mind, I've done my best anyway, even if the editor doesn't recommend me anymore, I'll write it down and write it down seriously. ）

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