The carriage gradually went away under the setting sun. The smoke and dust on the road had not completely dispersed, but a big tree on the roadside suddenly started to shake.
After a moment, a figure fell from the tree and hit the ground.
The man didn't care whether it hurt when he fell to the ground, or whether the dust on the ground stained his plain white clothes. He just lay on the ground holding his stomach and laughing wildly.
"Hahaha... General Luo's daughter really deserves her reputation! A tiger father has no dog daughter!"
"Your Majesty." A young man in gray clothes walked out of the woods on the roadside and looked helplessly at the man lying on the ground, shaking with laughter.
If the soldiers at the border were to know that their commander had such a moral character, I wonder if they would collectively mutiny?
The laughter of the people on the ground stopped, and they immediately got up from the ground, dusting themselves off, and they saw another handsome young man with a graceful manner.
This person was none other than Wei Changting, who had met Luo Junyao before.
"You must tell Xie Yan about such an interesting thing as soon as possible." Wei Changting murmured, touching his chin.
The young man standing beside him was silent. He didn't hear anything in the woods just now. When he came out, he saw his eldest son lying on the ground and going crazy.
In the Prince Regent's Mansion, Xie Yan sat on the bedside with a pale face and looked coldly at Wei Changting, who was swaying with laughter.
"I asked you to go out of town to do something, and this is what you did?" Xie Yan said calmly.
Wei Changting spread out in his chair and said with a smile: "The army will not arrive for at least a few days. How big of a deal can it be now? My lord, I'm serious, that little girl from the Luo family is quite interesting."
Xie Yan said: "You also know that she is a little girl, and a child's angry words are worthy of your special accusation? Wei Changting, are you going back as you live longer?"
Wei Changting couldn't help but look at the sky and sigh, like an old father worried that no one would want his son, "Who am I doing this for?"
"Shut up." Xie Yan said: "Don't say I didn't remind you, if these words reach Luo Yun's ears..."
Wei Changting's smile suddenly froze. Thinking of General Luo, who loved his daughter dearly, he could only touch his nose and whispered: "I'll just say it casually."
Xie Yan is too lazy to pay attention to him, so he can talk about the girl's family affairs casually?
But...that little girl from the Luo family...
"Since you think so, I'll leave it to you to arrange for the prisoners. It just so happens that I can't go out these days, so I asked them not to bother me," Xie Yan said.
When Wei Changting thought of those complicated things, he felt like his scalp was going to explode.
"No, this is a major matter between the two countries. How can a small person like me handle it? Besides...the Prime Minister, Prince Ning and the Grand Tutor, which one can I handle?"
Xie Yan ignored his yelling, closed his eyes, leaned against the bed to rest, and said calmly: "Find a way by yourself."
"..."
Today I had a blast with Xie Chengyou in the academy, and got some books related to Xie Anlan. Luo Junyao was in a very good mood, and he was even humming a little tune and bouncing around when he walked in.
Luo Jinxing happened to come in from outside and couldn't help but laugh when he saw Luo Junyao like this, "Are you in a good mood today?"
"Second brother!" Luo Junyao called sweetly.
Luo Jinxing suddenly became happy, "School is over? Did you encounter anything happy?"
In the first two days after they came back, Shake Yao always looked gloomy and in a bad mood, and didn't pay attention to him.
Luo Jinxing was four years older than Luo Junyao. He was only six or seven years old when his sister was sent back to the capital. After so many years of separation and separation, he truly loved his sister.
His sister refused to get close to him, and Luo Jinxing was secretly sad for a long time.
Luo Jun shook his head and said, "I'm very happy in the academy today."
"Just be happy." Luo Jinxing smiled and said, "Second brother hasn't come back from the military camp these days. Do you miss him?"
"think!"
"Shake is so good."
There was a muffled laugh from behind, and Luo Jinyan walked out, smiled at Luo Junyao and said, "I heard that you made trouble with someone again in the academy today?"
Luo Junyao said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, how come you knew about it just after I came back? Could it be that you have planted spies in the academy?"
Luo Jinyan came over and slapped her on the head, "What nonsense are you talking about, but your academy should really take control of it. The girls had a quarrel in the dining hall, and it only took an hour for the news to spread back to the city."
Luo Jinyan had never seen Anlan Academy in its heyday, but he was somewhat disapproving of the current Anlan Academy.
If it weren't for the fact that all the noble girls in the capital went to Anlan Academy, he felt that there was no need for his sister to go and it would be better to hire someone to teach her at home.
Luo Jun shook his eyes and looked at Luo Jinyan, "Brother, do you think Xie Xuanyu will pay me back?"
Luo Jinyan said with a smile: "Unless he doesn't want to hang out in the capital anymore." If he doesn't pay back the money he owes, will Xie Chengyou and the Regent's Palace lose their reputation?
"Shaoshao, you did a good job today." The little girl was quite smart to choose that kind of place to spread the word.
Luo Junyao was satisfied, "I think so too, but..."
He frowned worriedly, "Xie Xuanyu is so poor, will the regent repay it for him?"
This is not because Luo Junyao arranged for others, Xie Xuanyu did not have enough money.
Otherwise, he would not think of any way to defraud Luo Junyao of the treasure in his hand. After all, this is still somewhat risky.
It stands to reason that close relatives of the royal family are indispensable for glory and wealth. However, although Xie Chengyou's grandfather, King Mu, was the younger brother of the great ancestor, he was a wealthy young man who grew up in a splendid family.
Unlike his brothers, nephews and even sons who fought in the north and south, he never left Shangyong Imperial City in his life. After the founding of the Great Sheng Kingdom, King Mu only received the title of prince and some rewards from the emperor.
And Xie Chengyou's biological father was only the eldest son of the concubine of Prince Mu's Palace, and there was another person who took the position of the heir apparent of Prince Mu's Palace.
Emperor Taining brought peace to the world, and his wife, Mrs. Zhou, played a great role in assisting her husband. In addition, Emperor Gaozu himself was also a direct descendant. When he was young, he was also angered by his father's concubines and concubines, so he attached great importance to the distinction between direct concubines and concubines.
After Emperor Taining came to the throne, he established clear rules: concubines cannot be raised up, and concubines cannot take the title. Even if the legitimate wife has no son, she can only adopt the son from the clan, and the legitimate son can ascend the title, and the concubine cannot be raised in the legitimate wife.
under the name.
In this way, the expectation of concubines and concubines to inherit the family business was completely cut off.
Not only the title, but also the family property.
The inheritance of the female family members naturally belongs to their children, but the father's inheritance is divided among the legitimate sons and 60%, the eldest son gets another 10%, the eldest son gets 10%, and the remaining 20% is divided equally among all the heirs.
As a result, Xie Chengyou's biological father, as the eldest son of King Mu, not only could not inherit the title after King Mu's death, he could not even receive 10% of his property.
Although King Mu is still alive today, with his two legitimate sons, the Crown Prince Mu and Xie Yan, it is impossible to subsidize him much.
Besides, Xie Heng himself was more than just a son, Xie Chengyou. You can only imagine how many more he would have in the end falling into Xie Chengyou's hands.
If Xie Chengyou was just a carefree and unambitious young man, the problem wouldn't be big. But Xie Chengyou himself has a very high self-esteem and is very ambitious. If he wants to win over people, he has to spend real money on making connections.
So didn’t this idea come to Luo Junyao?
In fact, strictly speaking, Xie Chengyou is not even qualified to adopt Xie Yan.
Although he was also the legitimate son, if it hadn't been for Old King Mu's insistence and Xie Yan didn't bother to argue with him, the clan would never have agreed to this matter.
Luo Junyao was a little curious. Was it Xie Chengyou's own idea or Shen Lingxiang's idea to calculate her in the first place?
Luo Junyao always felt that neither of these two people seemed so bold.
Luo Jinyan was stunned for a moment, obviously not thinking about this problem.
After thinking for a moment, he said: "It's hard to say. But don't worry, he will find a way by himself. If he refuses to return it, let's ask the regent for it."
"Second brother, help you get it!" Luo Jinxing said immediately.
Luo Junyao said with a smile: "Thank you, eldest brother, thank you, second brother. Don't worry, I will definitely come back. You are still busy with business, don't worry about this little thing."
Luo Jinyan looked at his little sister thoughtfully, nodded and said, "If you need help, just ask."
"Yeah, I'm going back first. I'll see you later, brother, see you later, brother."
Seeing the little girl skipping away, Luo Jinxing touched his chin and looked at his eldest brother, "Our little Yaoyao is quite smart."
Luo Jinyan glanced at his younger brother and said, "Smarter than you."
"..."
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Luo Jinyan: If he refuses to return it, we will go to the regent.
His Royal Highness the Regent: It is impossible to pay back the money, but you can give gifts.
Luo Jinxing: What gift should I give to someone who is not celebrating the new year?
His Royal Highness the Regent: ...Any kind of ceremony is acceptable.
