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After the prince left the city, the family got off the chair, jumped off the table, and sat down again.
Although he didn't see the young man who was suspected of his grandson, Liu was also very excited to see the prince. The prince looked good and favored his daughter very much. Heaven must have eyes and witnessed the hardships his daughter had suffered, so he arranged for the prince to give her daughter so that her daughter could completely avoid the former Xu family after she got married.
Knowing that Liu was happy, Meng deliberately praised the prince for a long time.
As expected, Liu was soaked in spring breeze that the smile at the corner of his mouth never stopped.
After resting, eating some tea, cakes and fruits, the streets again issued an order, and the triumphal army was about to enter the city.
The family quickly returned to the chair and the table.
The sound of horse hooves and footsteps rumbled. After the ceremonial guard approached, the prince and others were still walking in the front.
This time, Gillian looked directly at the grandson who was suspected to be the third master Xiao Lian. She saw that the young man had a sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. Her handsome face indeed had a shadow of Zhao Yanping, but the demeanor of the royal family was difficult to cultivate by the small Zhao family. As she looked at it, Gillian seemed to glance at this side. Gillian was nervous and subconsciously hid back. When she looked closer to the window, the prince and others had already passed.
Next is the general.
During the three years of the Northern Expedition, tens of thousands of soldiers were killed or injured. When A Jiao heard from her aunt that her uncle had written several letters from home, she reported good news but not bad news every time. Her uncle was indeed capable. In her early years, she changed from a bandit leader to a fourth-rank General Mingwei. This time she went to the battlefield, her uncle made several more contributions, and her aunt underestimated it, but Zhao Yanping told A Jiao that her uncle's contribution was almost all of her hard work.
The most dangerous one was that my uncle took five thousand cavalry to attack the Tatar camp at night under the command of the commander. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by the Tatars. Not only did his 5,000 troops caught the Tatars off guard, but he became alone and surrounded by Tatars archers. The arrows were like rain, and the cavalry led by my uncle fell one after another. At the critical moment of life and death, my uncle poured the tung oil he brought on the war horses and ignited them. The war horses ran around like fire, scattering the Tatars' arrow formation and rushing out the vitality for my uncle and others.
That night, my uncle took advantage of the chaos to change into the Tatars' robe, lurked among the Tatars, and finally captured a prince of Tatars alive, and then turned defeat into victory.
If my uncle reacted slowly, prepared less, or had a less courage, or even had luck that there was no prince in the camp who could be held hostage, he might have died in the enemy camp.
After hearing Zhao Yanping's words, Gillian could understand a little bit how dangerous the battlefield was. The murderer who committed the murder case would at least hide in the dark and wait for an opportunity to move. The enemy on the battlefield rushed over with a big knife, and a group of enemy soldiers rushed over at the same time. Just to meet the enemy requires extraordinary courage.
My mood was turbulent, and Gillian saw her uncle.
Xue Ao is in a high position, almost behind the head coach and two main players. Xue Ao, who is 50 years old this year, is already strong and looks more majestic when wearing armor. She looks extremely powerful, as if she can fight on the battlefield for more than ten years.
Such a brave general, the people applauded, but Jiao wet her eyes after seeing the scars or scars on her uncle's face and neck.
Meng did not cry, her husband was still alive, that was enough. What was a few scars? He was completely disfigured. As long as the person came back, she would not care.
After the army all entered Beijing, the people who were guarding the streets to watch the fun finally dispersed. The two families went back to their respective houses. When they separated, Gillian made an appointment with her aunt. When she was resting the day after tomorrow, she and Zhao Yanping went to the general's mansion to visit her uncle.
Meng smiled and said, "It's better to take the children with us now, stay at the General's Mansion for two nights, and come back with Yanping the next day."
Gillian was embarrassed to drag her son and daughter to cause trouble for her aunt, and her uncle and aunt's family were reunited, so she was somewhat inappropriate for her to be present.
"Let's go again the next day." Gillian said with a smile.
Meng did not force her niece to force her niece, and brought her two children back to the general's mansion to wait for her husband.
The palace prepared a celebration banquet for the soldiers. After Meng fell asleep in a restless afternoon, Xue Ao came back in a drunken state. The general who had been fighting on the battlefield for three years laughed and pointed at Meng and said, "You, you set a bunch of rules for us every day. As a result, he was also an irregular person. He actually went to his niece's shop to poke the window holes. I immediately saw the row of window holes and almost fell off his horse with a smile!"
Of course, Xue Ao knew where Ah Jiao’s shop was, so he rode his horse through the embroidery shop and took a look. Xue Ao guessed what the window holes were for. Fortunately, he had been in the capital for so many years and was quite steady. When he first entered Beijing, his wife dared to do this, so Xue Ao dared to rush over and pick someone up and kiss him hard before talking about it!
Meng's face turned slightly red, and she didn't expect her husband to see it.
Xue Ao smiled like a student who had been scolded for many years and finally found the handle of Teacher Yan. Meng simply sat on a chair and drank tea, too lazy to pay attention to him.
Xue Ning looked at the scars exposed by his father with heartache and said in tears: "Dad is still in the mood to laugh at us. Look at your scars, do you have them?"
Xue Ao had long seen his precious daughter. When he left the capital, his daughter was still a little girl. He grew so tall in the blink of an eye that he was so beautiful that he couldn't even take action even if he wanted to hug his daughter. He had to pat his son's shoulder heavily and smiled and said, "I'm fine, it's all a little injury. But you two, are you taller, right?"
Xue Ning is getting more and more beautiful as he grows older, while Xue Yan is close to his father, but he is not as strong as Xue Ao. The father and son stand together, which is more like a sword and a long gun, each with their own heroic spirit.
Xue Ao talked with his children for a while, but he still missed his wife even more, so he went back to the room to take a shower on the excuse of being dirty and smelly.
Xue Yan and Xue Ning withdrew with tactfully.
Xue Ao went to sleep with Meng in the inner room until dusk, and he was very fond of his wife. Xue Ao hugged Meng and said proudly: "Tomorrow, the court will reward me for me on merit. I think that I, the fourth-rank general, should be promoted, and maybe I can still get a title."
Meng stared at him and said, "You are so hard-working, just to get a title?"
Xue Ao was not ashamed but proud: "I don't want to be promoted or let you live a good life with me, why should I fight to the death? There are a lot of rules in this place in the capital. If it weren't for you, why should I move on? Is it uncomfortable to live in the copycat in my hometown?"
Because she married a lady like a fairy and because she hoped that her children would have a future, Xue Ao gritted her teeth and went to the battlefield.
He is so strong. He wants to be the leader of the bandits and come to the capital to be a general. He also wants to be a well-known general. The promotion of a military general can only look forward to fighting. He has been holding back for ten years and finally waited for the opportunity. If he doesn't do his best, he is sorry for his depressedness over the years!
"Talk well." Meng scolded him first, not like him calling himself "I".
Xue Ao hummed.
Meng leaned against him, moved his fingers accidentally and encountered a scar.
She felt sorry for her man, but she still asked him to prepare in advance that he would not be too satisfied: "You have made a lot of contributions in the three-year Northern Expedition. You will probably be promoted, but your title is not so easy to be granted. If you really don't have any, don't show any traces outside. The royal family is most taboo to take credit and be proud."
Xue Ao understood that he wanted to be promoted, but he was not stupid either. If the emperor asked him why he was so hard, he would definitely say that he had been deeply favored by the emperor and devoted himself to serving the court to defend his country.
After a good night's sleep, Xue Ao entered the palace with an expression of "Although I have made merits, I just want to serve the court without expecting promotion and wealth", and waited for Emperor Chunqing to reward him for his merits.
Xue Ao thought beautifully, but he also felt that it would be good if he could be valued by Emperor Chunqing, how could he be awarded the title? He stood behind the commander of the Northern Expedition and the commander. He just waited for Emperor Chunqing to reward him and kowtowed him to be rewarded. However, what made Xue Ao overjoyed was that Emperor Chunqing not only promoted him to the second-rank general, but also gave him the title of "Marquis Zhenbei"!
Become a marquis, and be named a marquis directly to him!
Xue Ao was so happy that he was so happy that he forgot to maintain his loyalty to serve the country and the noble general. He just stared at Emperor Chunqing with wide eyes until Emperor Chunqing teased him if his ears were not good enough. Xue Ao suddenly came back to his senses, knelt down and kowtowed to Emperor Chunqing three times!
Marquis, he has become Marquis. Now, he sees whether his wife dares to say that he is dreaming in the daytime!
"I thank you for your kindness! When the court fights again in the future, I will definitely be the first to rush out and sacrifice my life for the emperor!"
Xue Ao said loudly, and the voice shocked several ministers around him to move to the side.
Emperor Chunqing liked Xue Ao's honest and honest spirit. When he received the reward, he was happy, not hidden, as if the emperor rewarded him was not a happy event.
After the court was dispersed, Emperor Chunqing returned to Xuan Xue Ao to the imperial study room.
After receiving the reward, Xue Ao should enjoy a five-day post-war leave. He went home and reported the good news to his wife. As a result, Emperor Chunqing still wanted to find him.
Xue Ao had no choice but to suppress the urge to go home and come to the imperial study room.
When the king and his ministers met, Emperor Chunqing once again praised Xue Ao's heroic performance in this Northern Expedition. After praising him, he talked about family matters: "I remember, you have a son and a daughter, and you are all at the age of marriage this year, right?"
Xue Ao was alert. Did the old emperor take a fancy to his daughter's beauty and wanted his daughter to come to the palace to serve him?
If this is true, he would take his wife and children back to his hometown when he left the palace and continue to be the leader of the bandits!
"The emperor still remembers the marriage of a dog and a dog daughter every day. I am so moved." Xue Ao lowered his head and pretended to wipe away tears that did not exist in the corner of his eyes. This trick was learned from the old ministers who were occasionally cared for by the emperor at the court meeting.
Emperor Chunqing smiled so much that he wanted to throw him a note, but fortunately he held it back and continued, "Now you have made meritorious service and you will definitely have a bunch of matchmakers rushing to line up in front of your house to propose marriage."
Xue Ao said to himself: "I hope this is a good thing. It's just that I came from a turbulent family and the great families in the capital are disdainful to marry me."
Emperor Chunqing smiled and said, "I think you are good if you don't ask the source of the hero."
Xue Ao's heart skipped a beat. What does it mean? Is this old thief really interested in Sister Ning?
Emperor Chunqing fell in love with Xue Ning and said to Xue Ao: "The third brother of the prince's family should get married. There is no one to choose after picking them. If my dear friends are willing, I want to make a family with you and the prince. What do you think?"
Xue Ao was stunned again!
Isn’t the third son of the prince’s family the eldest son of Zhao, the favorite concubine of the East Palace, or the blood nephew of the niece son-in-law Zhao Yanping?
The first thing Xue Ao thought of was Zhao Yanping, but his eyes were opposite to Emperor Chunqing. Xue Ao didn't know what happened, and a burly man appeared in his mind, namely, Fan Yi, the Marquis of Pingxi, one of the main generals of this Northern Expedition.
The Fan family has been generals for generations and is quite famous among the soldiers and the people. In addition to his outstanding military achievements, Fan Yi, the Marquis of Pingxi, also has a certain identity - Empress Hui's nephew, and the second prince Huai's cousin.
Xue Ao is really not stupid.
No famous families looked down on him and disdained to be with him. How could Emperor Chunqing really want to marry him? The promotion and reward of silver is enough to make him grateful. As a result, Fan Yi is the Marquis of Pingxi, Emperor Chunqing appointed him as the Marquis of Zhenbei, Fan Yi is the Party of King Huai, and Emperor Chunqing wants him to be the Party of Prince De to die. In the final analysis, Emperor Chunqing just wanted to add a useful general to the Prince!
Chapter completed!