Chapter 178: Ask the Three of You to Bear a Witness
is also a wealthy family in the imperial capital, compared with the low-key Xiao Mansion, the Nangong family is a completely different style, which can be described as extremely luxurious.
The vermilion gate is made of 3,000 years of mahogany, carved with peculiar and strange spiritual patterns, and the four big characters of "Nangong Family" on the plaque at the door actually exude colorful light, shining under the scorching sun, eye-catching.
The stairs in front of the house are all paved with white jade, sprinkled with heartbreaking falling Ying, the colorful glazed tiles above the roof reflect the brilliant brilliance, there are both majestic halls, scales of high-rise buildings, and small bridges and flowing waters, winding paths are secluded, compared with the area of the Xiao family, the first family of Daqian, it is several times wider.
"Uncle Clan, how did the discussion go?"
For the returning veteran Lingzun Nangong Iron Hand, the head of the family, Nangong Tianxing, behaved respectfully, completely like a junior treating an elder.
"Go in and say. Nangong Tie's eyes flashed, and he glanced at the outer courtyard, "There are many people here, and it is inconvenient to discuss matters." ”
Nangong Tianxing nodded, and was about to turn around and enter the building, when he suddenly looked ahead and scolded: "You still know to come back!"
Not far away, the second master, Nangong Linzheng, crept into the courtyard door, desperately lowering his voice, trying not to let Nangong Tianxing find out.
"Big, big. After his whereabouts were recognized, Nangong Lin showed an embarrassed smile on his face, "Long time no see." ”
"Now that I'm back, I should let you know. Nangong Tianxing frowned, and did not hide his contempt for the master of the second room, "I plan to let Xiaojie marry into the Xiao family and marry Xiao ruthlessly." ”
"What!" Nangong Lin was shocked when he heard this, "My daughter's marriage should be decided by my father, why don't you send a letter to discuss such a big matter with me? No, absolutely not!"
"You don't agree?" Nangong Tianxing was quite surprised by the second brother's fierce attitude.
"That's natural, didn't you originally let Ling'er marry the Xiao family?" Nangong Lin shook his head again and again, "I think that Xiao is ruthless and attentive to Ling'er's niece, why did he suddenly change to Xiaojie?"
He didn't say what he really thought.
A few years ago, Nangong Lin and Xiao Wuru once had a relationship, and the eyes of the two peerless beautiful men met each other, and they instantly felt like confidants, understanding that the other party and himself were the same kind of people, both of whom had been in the midst of thousands of flowers, and the petals were covered with petals.
How did he not know that if Nangong Jie married such a romantic seed, her future life would definitely not be happy, although he was not concerned about his daughter, but he would not be able to do such a move to push his biological daughter into the fire pit anyway.
"The marriage is imminent, and it can't be delayed for a moment, Ling'er is far away in southern Xinjiang, and he won't be able to come back for a while. "Nangong Tianxing is categorical," besides, Xiao Ruthless's life experience, appearance and talent are all the best choice, and he will not insult Xiaojie, so it's decided. ”
"I don't agree!" Nangong Lin rarely mustered up the courage to confront his brother and said, "If your daughter doesn't come back, you will take my daughter to the top cylinder, how can there be such a reason in the world?"
"What are you talking about!" Nangong Tianxing was furious, with a wave of his right palm, he turned into a huge golden fist in the air, and slammed it on a big stone in the courtyard, smashing the stone to pieces, "All this I did was not for the sake of the family!"
Nangong Lin was intimidated by the power of his brother's terrifying heavenly wheel, and he had the heart to argue, but he dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, his face was blue and red, and his heart was depressed.
The two brothers stared at each other with big eyes, relatively speechless, and the atmosphere in the courtyard was heavy.
As an elder of the family, Nangong Tieshou naturally didn't want to look at the discord between the head of the family and his brothers, and was about to open his mouth to persuade him, when he suddenly heard a report from the door outside: "The head of the Qiqi family, Prince Wu Li Qing is visiting!"
Nangong Tianxing was stunned when he heard this, he didn't have any friendship with Li Qing, and now he was in alliance with the Xiao family, and the royal family was even more faintly on the opposite side, and he was completely unprepared for the sudden visit of this hot Prince Wu.
Soon, Li Qing, the white-clothed and handsome Prince Wu, entered the compound under the guidance of the maid.
"What a good day it is. Nangong Tianxing was full of smiles, how could he have the appearance of arguing with Nangong Lin at half a point, "It is really admirable to be able to get Prince Wu to come, the day before yesterday in the battle of Yuxiao Villa, the prince showed his might, he is young, but his strength is far above us old guys, it is really admirable." ”
"Where, where is it, the head of the Nangong family has a generation of outstanding people, and this king has admired him for a long time. Li Qing is still gentle and elegant, "I was invited to come today, what does the head of the family command, and I ask for instructions, but if this king can do it, he will not refuse." ”
"Invited?" Nangong Tianxing was stunned when he heard this, "What invitation?"
Without waiting for Li Qing to answer, the men from outside came in again and reported: "The head of the Qiqi family, the prime minister, Lord Sun Jian, is visiting!"
"It turns out that the head of the family also invited the eldest grandson. Li Qing was slightly surprised.
It's just that what is more surprising than him is Nangong Tianxing himself, he has been low-key in recent days, rarely in contact with people, where will he send any invitations to the prince of the royal family and the emperor's henchman and lackey Changsun Jian.
"The head of the Nangong family. The prime minister's eldest grandson was wearing a red robe, with a warm smile like spring on his face, "It is an honor to be invited by your mansion." ”
Who invited you?
Nangong Tianxing's head was full of black question marks, and he felt inexplicable.
Immediately afterwards, Menzi attracted another heavyweight guest, General Xue Dingxi.
"Nangong Lao'er, it's really strange that you would give an invitation to the old man. Old General Xue's temperament is completely different from the other two, straight to the point, and he grinned, "The old man is here, you might as well have something to say, and let go of the fart quickly." ”
Nangong Tianxing was familiar with the character of this old general, and when he saw his vulgar words, he was not annoyed, but he just looked at the three guests and said, "Three, have you all received invitations from my Nangong family?"
"Exactly. The three nodded in unison.
"But......" Nangong Tianxing's expression was quite embarrassed, "I haven't sent an invitation, second brother, could it be these three distinguished guests you invited?"
"I only came back today, how can I have the opportunity to post?" Nangong Lin waved his hand again and again.
"Okay, you Nangong Lao'er, it turns out that you are in a panic, and you are using us for entertainment!" Old General Xue said unhappily when he heard this.
Nangong Tianxing couldn't cry or laugh, Prince Wu and the three of them were all prominent people, although they stood in a hostile position, until the last moment, he was not good at tearing his face at will, and he was in a dilemma, and he didn't know what to do.
"These three distinguished guests were invited by me. ”
A crisp and soft voice came from behind him, causing everyone to turn their heads.
I saw Nangong Ling, the eldest lady of the Nangong family, standing at the door vividly, with picturesque eyebrows, a graceful posture, orange stripes embroidered on the pink gown, and a pair of beautiful eyes as bright as stars, as if she wanted to suck people in, and said the beauty of the world.
Behind her, there was a woman in a green shirt, with a graceful figure, a green scarf covering her face, blocking her appearance below the nose, and her water-like eyes contained endless elegance.
"Ling'er!" Nangong Tianxing was shocked when he saw his daughter.
Could it be that I was wrong to blame Ye Qinglian? Did she really bring Ling'er back to the imperial capital?
He thought he was a wise man, just from the letter paper sent by Ye Qinglian, he saw the flaw, and deduced that Nangong Ling would never return to the imperial capital in a short time, so he had the move of changing people and marrying, but unexpectedly, the second daughter appeared directly in the mansion, and his thoughts were confused for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with it in front of several guests.
"It turned out to be Nangong's niece who invited her. The eldest grandson stroked the beard under his chin and smiled, "I don't know what the so-called matter of the virtuous niece invited the three of us to come?"
The little woman dared to ask the three of them to be witnesses. Nangong smiled dexterously, bright and moving, "Where it is abrupt, please don't blame Uncle Eldest Sun." ”
"Oh, what is so important that the three of us need to witness it together?" Changsun Jian secretly praised the beauty of this woman's appearance in his heart, which is rare in the real world, and his tone was even softer.
"Or is your girl a little responsible, and she looks very beautiful, I don't know if you have allowed others? . Old General Xue laughed and said, "If not, what do you think of the unsuccessful kid in the old man's family?"
Uncle Xue laughed. Nangong Ling pursed her cherry lips and smiled slightly, and directly brushed off the half-truths and half-truths of General Xue's jokes, "Speaking of which, it is also unfortunate for the family, a few days ago, my second uncle gambled with others outside, and lost all the assets of the second room of the Nangong family." ”
Hearing this, Nangong Tianxing's eyes were full of light, and he glared at Nangong Lin fiercely, seeing that the second brother's face changed greatly, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead, he knew that what his daughter said was mostly true.
"Thanks to the little woman's hard work outside all these years, she earned some book money, and she met the person who gambled. Nangong Ling continued, "After all kinds of negotiations and thousands of pleas, I finally let the other party relent, and discounted the assets of the second room in the family at a price, and transferred all of them to me. ”
With that, she reached into her arms with her bare hands, took out two copies of contract paper, and handed them to Prince Wu Li Qing.
Nangong Lin was already frightened, and when he heard that his niece had redeemed the assets of the second room, he couldn't help but feel relieved.
The head of the family, Nangong Tianxing, looked at Nangong Ling's actions, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, for this daughter who had been witty since she was a child, he often felt a headache, but he was helpless.
"Yes, there are no problems with these two contracts. After Li Qing examined it carefully, he nodded and handed the contract to Changsun Jian beside him.
After the three of them had read the documents and confirmed that they were correct, Nangong Ling said softly: "Lord Wang, Uncle Eldest Sun, Uncle Xue, do you have any doubts about these two contracts?"
"No problem. Li Qing and others agreed.
In this way, from now on, the little girl will be the master of the second room of the Nangong family. Nangong Ling's eyes shone brightly, "Yes and no?"
Li Qing and Changsun Jian were stunned when they heard this, it is said that Nangong Ling can indeed be regarded as the owner of the second-room assets of the Nangong family based on the contract, but in such an imperial capital wealthy family, there has never been a precedent for a woman to be in power, and they looked at each other for a while, not knowing how to answer.
"Nonsense!" Nangong Tianxing had already guessed what his daughter was thinking, and scolded sharply, "How can there be a reason for a woman to be in charge of a house, since the assets have been redeemed, then quickly return it to your second uncle and let him give you some compensation." ”