The main street of Jian'an City is extremely wide and can accommodate at least four carriages traveling simultaneously.

On the main road from the palace to the West City, spacious and comfortable carriages kept coming and going, and naturally they were filled with dignitaries from the Great Zhou Dynasty. Luxury and shelter were respected here, and the dignitaries often had hundreds of relatives accompanying them when they went out. Some people once laughed and said that the reason why the imperial court wanted to

The main reason why the main road is so wide is to prevent the nobles from being stuck in the road and unable to move.

Some unwritten rules are firmly kept in mind by all the horsemen who follow them. When encountering a big man who cannot be offended, they must avoid it early. They have all developed a pair of sharp eyes that can identify the identity of the owner through the carriage.

The main road today was still busy with traffic. When an ordinary-looking carriage came from the north, it hit several luxurious carriages with dozens of followers each. Surprisingly, the ordinary carriages did not give way.

As expected, he walked straight through the middle of the street, and the servants of the nobles on the opposite side gave way to the road.

Some sharp-eyed passers-by recognized the emblem on the ordinary carriage and sighed in their hearts.

This is the Xu family's carriage. No wonder no one dared to collide with it along the way.

When the former Wei Dynasty collapsed, a large number of civilized families in the north moved southward with their families to escape the endless wars at that time. According to statistics by some good people, there were at least two hundred aristocratic families who traveled south in their attire at that time, almost including all the people of the country that had existed for hundreds of years in the former Wei Dynasty.

The reading seeds cultivated by Zuo. Nowadays, Daliang literature is not booming. Only the Han family in Luling and the Fu family in Jiangbei are relatively well-known, which cannot be compared with the Southern Zhou Dynasty.

Among the many great poetry and calligraphy families in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, the Xu family in Qinghe is particularly unique. It was already the leader in the world of literature a hundred years ago. After crossing to the south, it only took a few short years to impress the world.

A piece of land took root and sprouted, and now it has flourishing branches and leaves.

The current head of the Xu family, Xu Huiyan, is forty-seven years old. He is the chief minister of the Southern Zhou Cabinet. He is known as the twin treasures of Zhenguo Gong Fang Xie Xiao, who serves as the Prime Minister and Minister of Military Affairs.

Sitting in this ordinary carriage today is Xu Huiyan's young daughter, named Xu Churong, who is fifteen years old.

Only such a family background could allow her to say such bold words in the palace, actually intending to hinder the marriage plan approved by His Majesty the Emperor. Moreover, after hearing this, Princess Qinghe did not have an exaggerated reaction, just a simple one.

Just a few words of advice.

The carriage returned to Xu Mansion without any obstruction, entering through the side door and heading straight to the inner courtyard. Xu Churong got off the carriage, looked up and saw a young man standing not far away, and shouted affectionately: "Third Brother!"

The young man was Xu Xi, Xu Huiyan's third son. He stepped forward to signal the maids and women to leave, and asked softly: "Are you going to the palace today?"

Xu Churong nodded slightly, blinked and said, "Third brother, do you want to know what the princess sister said to me today?"

Xu Xi sighed softly, shook his head and said: "What else can I say? They are just common sayings about saving the common people. I don't mean to question her intentions, but how can the national war be trapped by a marriage?"

Xu Churong said angrily: "Third brother, how can you think of the princess sister like this? Now His Majesty has only her, a princess of the right age who has not yet been betrothed to another family. You can't just find a palace maid to pretend to be a maid. Who asked you to dawdle all these years?

Not decisive?"

Xu Xi blushed a little when she said it, turned around and said, "I originally planned to mention this matter to my father in the next few days."

Xu Churong knew that he was very disciplined at heart. Even though His Majesty had mentioned to Xu Huiyan more than ten years ago that he would marry the Tian family and the Xu family in the future, hence the title Princess Qinghe, Xu Xi had never exceeded it recklessly.

, when I met Princess Qinghe by chance, she was very polite and respectful.

Thinking of this, Xu Churong stopped taunting him and lowered his voice and said: "Third brother, don't panic, little sister has a way."

Xu Xi's eyes lit up, he cheered up and asked, "What's the solution?"

The two of them talked while walking along the path in the house. Xu Churong's eyebrows were lively, and his expression was even brighter when he talked about it.

"Ahem..." Xu Xi suddenly covered his mouth with his hand and coughed twice.

Xu Churong quickly closed his mouth, turned to look at Xu Huiyan standing on the steps not far away, and said with a sweet smile: "Bless me, daddy."

"Meet father." Xu Xi saluted respectfully.

Xu Huiyan was wearing a navy blue scribe's gown. He had an upright and peaceful demeanor, his eyes were warm and calm, and he had a leisurely temperament as if he was looking at the clouds rolling in the sky. He did not expose his little daughter's trick, but only said to Xu Xi: "Although I have won the Jinshi

, it’s not good to just leave your studies behind and go back to study.”

"Yes, father." Xu Xi is the most gentle and honest among his brothers and sisters. Especially in front of Xu Huiyan, he is not the kind of pretended respect, but completely sincere awe.

Xu Churong walked up the steps, hugged Xu Huiyan's forearm affectionately, and couldn't help laughing and said: "Dad, you are scaring the third brother again."

Xu Huiyan was not annoyed, but sighed: "It would be great if you two could reconcile your tempers."

Xu Churong shook his head and said: "Dad, the golden mean is not advisable."

"So you are going to summon those sloppy scholars in the capital to give the Beiliang envoy a show of strength, and then ruin the marriage appointed by His Majesty?" The gentleness on Xu Huiyan's face gradually faded.

Xu Churong shrank his neck and said softly: "Dad, even if the princess sister marries to the north, will the Emperor of Beiliang care about her face and completely stop the confrontation on the border? The princess sister has a gentle temperament and has not been with anyone since she was a child.

I blushed, suddenly went to a place where I had no friends, and had to face Liang people with malicious intentions. I was bullied and there was no one to complain to. How can you let me rest assured? "

Her voice became lower and lower, but then she heard Xu Huiyan say: "Since you treat Princess Qinghe as your own sister, you should not act rashly."

Xu Churong raised his head in surprise and looked at his father with a worried look on his brows.

"If you think about it again, our mission is still on the way. Even if the Emperor of Beiliang agrees to this matter, it will still take several months to come and go." At this point, Xu Huiyan paused and reminded:

"You have to remember one thing, you can't let His Majesty and the court lose face."

After a while, Xu Huiyan had already left, and Xu Churong was still standing there, feeling quite like he was in a dream.

She didn't expect that her father would acquiesce to her deviant ideas and even give some suggestions. This was not like his usual style.

Xu Churong suddenly realized that his father did not know about Princess Qinghe's marriage to Beiliang, or that His Majesty did not ask for his opinion. But for the chief minister of a country, this little thing will definitely not make him feel resentful. Look,

The undercurrents between the various forces in North Korea and China have become increasingly intense and are almost coming to the surface.

She turned around and walked back to her courtyard. The birds on the porch sang loudly, as if to welcome the young lady's arrival.

Xu Churong fed the birds for a while, then came to the study and looked at the words pressed with a paperweight on the table, and couldn't help but frown slightly.

There is a poem written on the paper, which she wrote on a whim before going out this morning. The handwriting is elegant and fast, not like the graceful and graceful words of ordinary girls.

only……

She stared at her book for a moment, shook her head and said, "What a pity."

The first sentence written on the paper is: The fragrance of red lotus roots lingers in the jade mat of autumn.

It was the same song that shocked everyone at the Qiujiang Banquet in Lingzhou.

Xu Churong removed the paperweight, then picked up the piece of paper, handed it to the maid standing next to him, and said lightly: "Burn it."

The maid was stunned for a moment. Miss Mingming loved this poem very much when she saw it two days ago. Why did she react like this today?

Xu Churong curled his lips and said, "Tell those people outside not to send in any more poems written by people like this who deceive the world and steal fame."

The maid nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Miss."

It became quiet in the study room. Xu Churong looked at the maid's retreating figure through the window and murmured to himself: "How can there be a genius in this world who didn't even touch a book when he was young and became a genius in just a few years?"

"I don't know where you copied this poem from. I don't think I'll ever have the chance to expose your scandal in person."

"What a pity."
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