Late at night, Li Jiaojiao tossed and turned on the bed. She is a cheerful person and rarely can't sleep. Recently, Chen Xingwen has appeared in her mind. It turns out that acacia is so tormenting, it can make people unable to sleep and eat deliciously. She simply sat up and lit the lamp.

Footsteps outside walked from the window to the door, and then someone knocked softly on the door.

Li Jiaojiao didn't have to guess to know that it was her brother Li Siyuan. "Is it my brother?"

Li Siyuan said softly: "Hmm." Jiaojiao, haven't you slept yet?"

Li Jiaojiao's voice was sleepy: "I can't sleep, I just don't sleep." Is there something wrong with my brother?"

Li Siyuan: "I'll talk to you before I sleep." ”

Li Jiaojiao got up and got out of bed and went to open the door.

Li Siyuan walked into the room, his face tense.

Li Jiaojiao saw that his face was wrong, and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?" ”

Li Siyuan sighed: "Your thirteenth brother was arrested by his father, and he was convicted of rebellion." ”

Li Jiaojiao was shocked: "Is it for the gun?"

Li Siyuan nodded: "Father said that your thirteenth brother conspired with Chen Xingwen to make weapons and rebel. ”

Li Jiaojiao said indignantly: "He is talking nonsense! In fact, the thirteenth brother is loyal, in Bianzhou, if it weren't for the thirteenth brother and Brother Wen sacrificing their lives to save him, he would have been burned to death." ”

Li Siyuan said: "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse." Rebellion is a great crime!"

Li Jiaojiao said anxiously: "Can you find a way to save him?" Brother Thirteen is very good to me, I must find a way to save him." ”

Li Siyuan shook his head: "There's really no way." If I don't get it right, I will be implicated, but fortunately, there are not many people who know your relationship with Chen Xingwen, just a few henchmen. ”

Li Jiaojiao stood up and walked a few steps, "If you plot against a major crime, I'm afraid you will be beheaded." ”

Li Siyuan sighed, "Father is too suspicious. I also blame your thirteenth brother for his martial arts being too high, and there is no good result for his high martial arts. ”

Li Jiaojiao said more and more loudly: "Zhu Wen is eyeing the Jin Kingdom, and it is not good for him to slaughter the general at this time, doesn't Li Keyong understand this?"

Li Siyuan hurriedly gestured with his hand: "Be quiet." This shows that he knows that the deadline is approaching, and he wants to pave the way for your third brother to succeed to the throne. We have to be very careful at the moment, if he catches some tricks, he will have an excuse. ”

Li Jiaojiao nodded: "Well, I know." ”

Li Siyuan listened to whether there was any movement around him, and said in a low voice: "Don't go out and run around in the future." He's gone, right?"

Li Jiaojiao also whispered: "Let's go, go to Chang'an." ”

Li Siyuan rubbed his hands: "That's also a dangerous move, when you go to Chang'an, you will inevitably be chased by Zhu Wen, and there are those people who don't know the height of the sky." But the time has not yet come, and I can't accommodate him here. It's a pity!"

Li Jiaojiao said in an affirmative tone: "He will never be used by Zhu Wen, brother rest assured." ”

Li Siyuan nodded: "I also heard your thirteenth brother talk about his character, perseverance and kindness. I'm relieved of that. It's just a shame that it doesn't work for me. ”

Li Jiaojiao had tears in her eyes: "Speaking of the thirteenth brother, my heart is panicked. Can't you raise troops to save him?"

Li Siyuan put his index finger to his mouth and "shh The thirteenth brother is kind to you both, and he is also my good brother, and my brother also wants to save him. But now is not the time, you can only resign yourself to fate. ”

Li Jiaojiao said indignantly: "The bigger you officials, the more timid and afraid you are, and you don't even have any backbone." ”

Li Siyuan smiled bitterly: "That's another matter. Okay, let's not talk about that. ”

Li Jiaojiao said: "I want to wait for the limelight to pass, and then go to my brother Wen." ”

Li Siyuan glanced at her: "If he leaves, he may never return to Jinzhou, the world is so big, where do you go to find him." Forget about him. Today, your third brother Li Cunqiao asked someone to propose marriage, and I have promised him. ”

Li Jiaojiao jumped up: "I don't marry him, I only marry Brother Wen." ”

Li Siyuan took his sister's hand and asked her to sit down. "You listen to my brother slowly. Li Cunmiao will soon take over the affairs of the Jin Kingdom. He is an all-round man in civil and military affairs, destroying the Khitan in the north and entering the Central Plains in the south, and the Jin State can only look at him. He is a corporal, not as violent and ferocious as the King of Jin, and it is the best choice for a woman to marry him. Besides, you and he grew up together, and they won't have a relationship. He's always treated you very well. ”

Li Jiaojiao pouted: "I am already a member of the Chen family, even if Li Cunqiao becomes the emperor, I will not marry him." ”

Li Siyuan exclaimed: "What, you are already a member of the Chen family? What do you mean......" He didn't want to ask.

Li Jiaojiao raised her head. "Yes, I'm already one of his people. Even if I never see him again in this life, I will defend him. ”

Li Siyuan let out a "hh "Jiaojiao, you're too willful. I know you're so nonsense, so I won't help you!"

Li Jiaojiao knew that she couldn't reason with her brother, and said, "It's my mother and her old man who agreed!"

Li Siyuan was stunned for a while, and said, "Don't use my mother and her old man to press me, she is not as confused as you." ”

Li Jiaojiao insisted: "If you don't believe it, go and ask your mother, her old man likes Brother Wen more than you, which means that I will marry Brother Wen." ”

Li Siyuan was helpless, so he had to say slowly: "It's not that my brother doesn't love you, and he intends to break up you and Chen Xingwen." You know that the situation we are in right now is not up to you and me. You think, at this time, if you refuse Li Cunmiao's proposal, and the King of Jin will pursue it, not only you, but our whole family will have to pay the price. It's not easy for my mother to pull us to a big time, do you still make her frightened and don't let her live out her old age in peace?"

Li Jiaojiao was silent.

Li Siyuan continued: "The matter has come to this point, it is only advisable to hurry. If there is such a coincidence, you carry your belly, and you can't hide it. Hurry back to Taiyuan and marry Li Cunqiao!"

Li Jiaojiao gritted her teeth: "I don't!"

Li Siyuan said again: "Now is not the time for you to be willful. You also have to think about Chen Xingwen: hide Li Cunqiao and keep a little blood for the Chen family. Although he went to Chang'an to go to Shuzhong, he was extremely dangerous along the way, if I didn't curse him, it was difficult to say whether he could save his life on the way. ”

Li Jiaojiao cried sadly.

Li Siyuan wiped her tears: "You be quiet! What my brother said is a foolproof strategy, get ready quickly, go back to Taiyuan, the more you delay, the more passive you become." ”

Sima Junjie learned that Tang Susu already had a sweetheart, and his mood was extremely irritable, so he changed his habit of having to read books on weekdays and nights, and drank wine with a wine jug. He poured the last drop of the jug into his glass, tossed the jug aside, took a full glass of wine, and drank it down. Then he shouted, "Butler Jin, bring me another pot of wine." ”

Steward Jin came to the table: "Young master, you hurt yourself by drinking." You've drunk two pots. I can't drink it anymore. ”

Sima Junjie put down his wine glass heavily: "I'm not drunk yet!"

Butler Jin took away his wine glass: "You're drunk!"

Sima Junjie leaned weakly back in his chair. "It's good to be drunk, but when you're drunk, you don't know how uncomfortable it is. ”

Steward Jin helped him sit down, "I know things are not going well for you, but you can find another way." ”

Sima Junjie squinted at him: "What else can be done? Why didn't you let me know her earlier?"

Steward Jin asked, "Which young master is going to marry Miss Tang?"

Sima Junjie waved his hand: "I don't know, I just know that I want to come from Jinzhou." ”

Steward Jin said while thinking: "The only people who can be worthy of Miss Tang are princes and nobles, rich businessmen and giants." Who can be worthy of her in the little Jinzhou? The young master's family is in the same place as the Tang family, how can others compete with you? I heard that Tang Lao'er, who is in charge of the Tang family, said: If you want to marry his sister, you must be equal to his family. Do you think there are a few rich people in Jinzhou? If it is a high-ranking official, he will not dare to come to Chang'an at this time. If you think about it again, there is still a chance. ”

Sima Junjie staggered to his feet. "You haven't seen her infatuation, how can I have a chance?"

Steward Jin thought for a while: "I don't want to come again to save the beauty of heroes." This time it will be more dangerous, so that she owes you a favor and repays your kindness. also let her know that your first-class martial arts are not under her Tang Sect. ”

Sima Junjie sat down again: "But I think this is despicable." If I let her know, won't my Sima family's face be lost?"

Steward Jin straightened his goatee: "Don't worry, young master, she didn't see any clues last time." I'll take care of it, just treat it as if it's real. After speaking, he changed his tone: "This girl, my young master's heart hurts so much, I'll find someone to treat her tomorrow!"

Sima Junjie hurriedly said: "You must not hurt her." Even if she doesn't marry me, you can't hurt her. She is a heavenly saint and must not be offended. ”

Steward Jin said twice: "Then you have to protect her tomorrow." Otherwise, something would have happened to her. ”

Sima Junjie fell halfway to the table and muttered, "Go protect her, protect her." ”

In the Tang family's house, Tang Susu has not slept yet. With a blowpipe in her hand, she recalls her first meeting with Chen Xingwen. Xiaoqing walked into the house from outside the door, and she didn't notice until she was beside her.

Xiaoqing said softly: "Miss, it's all time, go to sleep." ”

Tang Susu woke up: "I'm so sleepy, I can't sleep." Chat with me. ”

Xiaoqing sat beside her: "Miss is thinking about Chen Gongzi again, right? Maybe he'll be there tomorrow. Don't think about it so much. ”

Tang Susu put down the blowpipe: "Okay, don't think about him." Xiaoqing, you are eighteen years old this year, do you want to find a Lang Jun?"

Xiaoqing said shyly: "I don't want to, I want to serve Miss for the rest of my life." ”

Tang Susu straightened Xiaoqing's hair: "Even if you follow me for the rest of your life, you have to start a family." What do you think of that Sima Gongzi?"

Xiaoqing looked even more ashamed: "It's you who Sima Gongzi has a crush on, how can he take a fancy to me." ”

Tang Susu said: "Xiaoqing, from tomorrow onwards, you won't be a maid." Our two sisters are commensurate, and you are also the eldest lady of the Tang family. ”

Xiaoqing hurriedly shook her head: "Xiaoqing doesn't dare to have this idea, it's my blessing to be able to serve Miss." There are noble and low people, how dare I call the young lady sisters? ”

Tang Susu took Xiaoqing's hand, and the two were next to each other. "Your ancestors have been doing things for the Tang family for several generations, and they have contributed a lot. If it weren't for your father's stubbornness, we would have been called sisters a long time ago. ”

Xiaoqing said movingly: "Miss treats me like a sister, and never treats me as a person, I know in my heart." But the name should not be messed up, it is a rule of the ages, and it is also the explanation of my father and mother before he died. ”

Tang Susu: "My second brother also said that after I get married, I will find you a mother-in-law and send you to the specifications of the Tang family's daughter." ”

Xiaoqing was so moved that she couldn't help crying: "How can I repay the kindness of the Tang Sect?"