When He Yunxiao told his father, He Yuanhao, about Fan's marriage proposal, He Yunxiao, who was already prepared to be beaten, found that his father agreed very readily.
"good."
He Yunxiao:
"You think I will disagree?" He Yuanhao laughed.
He Yunxiao rubbed his head, "After all... this is the third one..."
"You bitch know it's the third one?"
He Yuanhao slapped the corner of the table and almost got up, while He Yunxiao took half a step back with muscle memory.
The two looked at each other. He Yuanhao sat back, while He Yunxiao took half a step back, pretending nothing happened.
He Yuanhao said again: "Earlier, this Marquis asked the Queen Mother to marry the Princess Nanzhu, but the Meng family agreed on the surface, but actually pushed back three times. Later, when the war was about to start, he made an agreement with the Meng family to marry the Princess Xiaoyue. It is still missing today. No news. Forget it. Our Hou family is sparsely populated, and we can't afford to play with the royal family with a big family. Marry a girl from an ordinary family who is educated and reasonable."
He Yunxiao was submissive and dared not speak.
He Yuanhao said: "Miss Fan has always had a good reputation, and his father is also an old acquaintance of mine. We can trust each other. When I see the Fan family father and daughter at the celebration meeting tomorrow, I will ask him personally."
"Hmm, um, um." He Yunxiao nodded quickly.
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Early the next morning, He Yunxiao went to Fan's mansion to look for his younger sister Ziqiang.
It doesn't matter if he goes there, unexpectedly, he ran into several colleagues from the rear army, Ling Wang, Chen Wu and Shen Kai.
"Brother He." "Commander He." King Ling and others greeted He Yunxiao one after another.
He Yunxiao's men, although there are only about 2,000 short-sword troops, but in the rear army dominated by the new Chu army, no one dares to underestimate this "thousand commander". Even Ling Wang, the nominal commander of the rear army, is usually polite to He Yunxiao.
Not to mention He Yunxiao's father, He Yuanhao, "Chu Fan", "Fairy Daoist" and others who often walk with He Yunxiao are all outstanding people. Future performance will never be low.
The stupidest thing is to offend those in power, and the second stupidest thing is to offend those in power in the future.
"King Ling, General Chen, and General Shen." He Yunxiao felt 10,000 shit in his heart, and he had to be polite to his colleagues on the surface.
King Ling smiled at He Yunxiao and said, "Brother He is also here to visit the military advisor?"
He Yunxiao thought to himself: If you don't come, it's not just a visit, I have to stay overnight.
"Ah yes. Are the Spirit Kings too?"
The three Lingwangs looked at each other and smiled, and said: "We have some important matters to discuss with the military advisor."
Shen Kaidao: "I heard that the Fan Mansion is in a semi-reclusive state all the year round, and I don't know if I can see Mr. Military Advisor this time."
Chen Wuze said: "King Ling is a relative of the emperor, and the imperial palace is free to enter and leave, how can the Fan residence close its doors to thank guests?"
King Ling was quite complimented, and said calmly: "There are many people here, let's go into the mansion with this king and talk about it first."
He Yunxiao, a regular visitor to Fan's Mansion, was coerced by a group of people and forced to pretend to be unfamiliar and knock on the door of Fan's Mansion. You know, when He Yunxiao came here on his own, he did it all by himself. There is no need for a maid to lead the way.
Several people knocked for a long time, but no one responded.
He Yunxiao couldn't bear it any longer, and said: "His Royal Highness, the Fan residence is understaffed, and they live in seclusion all year round, so their maids rarely pay attention to the movement of the gate. In my opinion, we might as well go in directly."
Ling Wang hesitated and said, "This...isn't appropriate?"
He Yunxiao smiled and said: "It's okay, it's the same when you go in and wait. Otherwise, you'll have to stand here all morning."
He Yunxiao pushed open the door and led King Ling and the others to walk in. Just two steps away, he bumped into the maid of the Fan Mansion who was walking towards him. Among them, He Yunxiao's small masterpiece Red Luxury is also there.
He Yunxiao walked early and stepped into the courtyard of Fan's mansion first. The rest of the colleagues only stepped in with half a foot. Seeing the maid came, the half foot that stepped in was taken back.
King Ling and the others looked at each other, thankful that they moved quickly, otherwise their disrespectful behavior of being admitted to the hospital might have passed from the mouth of the maid to the ears of the military adviser. That would be very bad.
But what everyone didn't expect was that the maid who came from the Fan Mansion not only did not criticize He Yunxiao, but also said very politely: "I have seen Mr. He."
He Yunxiao also greeted the girls, then turned around and saw the three Lingwangs, half a zhang away from him, staying neatly outside the threshold.
"You guys come in."
"This..." King Ling hesitated, then cleared his throat, and solemnly said to the girls in the Fan residence: "Meng Zeng, King Ling, please see Mr. Fan Ziruo."
Chen Wu and Shen Kai followed suit and said together: "Please see Mr. Fan Ziruo."
The antics of the three of them really amused the girls enough.
Hong She smiled and said: "Come in. Although the Fan Mansion is said to be a scholarly family, there are not so many rules. You just need to be as casual as Mr. He."
Facing the smiling faces of the girls and He Yunxiao's strange eyes, the three of Lingwang's faces turned red, and they followed He Yunxiao without saying a word.
He Yunxiao shook his head while sighing.
In fact, this is not to blame these military colleagues. Ruobao usually behaves like they do now. Whether it's facial expressions, speech, movements, sitting posture, or etiquette, the standards are outrageously decent, and it's no wonder that they deliberately pay attention to etiquette when they visit.
Since he was with his colleagues, He Yunxiao did not go to the study alone, but went with the crowd to stay in the living room of Fan Mansion. Everyone was seated, but He Yunxiao, who knew the inside story of Fan's residence, did not see Chu Fan.
It stands to reason that Chu Fan should be waiting for Fan Yu in Fan Mansion at this time.
Could it be that a clue has been found
Before He Yunxiao had time to think about it, Ruobao walked into the waiting room.
"King Ling, Mr. He." Fan Ziruo saluted politely.
"Military division." King Ling, He Yunxiao and others also saluted her.
After everyone was seated, King Ling explained the purpose of his visit.
"Military division, this king heard that the eldest princess intends to appoint some people from the army to participate in the peace negotiation."
Ruo Baosu didn't care about politics, but he frowned this time.
Generally speaking, peace negotiations are the important tasks of civil officials such as Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites, and military generals generally do not participate.
"What the eldest princess means is what I mean." Ruobao expressed his attitude.
King Ling said: "Military Master, the Southwest King is in charge of the battle. If he participates in the peace negotiation and deliberately argues with the Yan Kingdom, then our efforts will be in vain?"
Fan Ziruo said indifferently: "The attitude of the King of Southwest is known to both the government and the public. If the eldest princess sends him to participate in the peace negotiation, the result of the peace negotiation will be doomed. Even if we prevent the King of Southwest from going, there will be other main fighters involved."
Hearing Ruobao's words, King Ling and the others were suddenly enlightened.
Whether it's war or peace, after all, it just depends on what the eldest princess and Yanhuang want. Others should not worry about it blindly, trying to figure out the meaning of the high-level people. The general trend of Qi Yan will not be changed because of the efforts of a few people.
"What does the military division think?"
Ruobao sat on the chair, "War will benefit one generation and benefit the future, and peace will save the people of the two countries from the flames of war. No matter how you choose, there is no fault. We, the leaders, just do our best and obey the destiny."
After listening to Ruobao's words, King Ling couldn't help nodding.
If you are in doubt, just ask the military division.
He Yunxiao idly picked out his ears. Negotiating such a matter, even if it involves the military, is something that the King of Southwest, the Duke, the Marquis, and the generals should consider. In any case, it will not be his turn.
In fact, normally speaking, such a major event as negotiating a peace has nothing to do with the "little captain" He Yunxiao who leads two thousand people. But what he didn't know was that he was Li Xiangjun's default candidate to participate in the letter to Mengbao, and Mengbao made an exception to let the general participate in the peace negotiation, in fact, to pave the way for him to participate.
Recently, I have been a little bit Calvin, and I will update it today.
(end of this chapter)