The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 163 Don't Guess About My Daughter
In just a few days, Chai Shao lost twice in a row, lost troops and generals, and lost Xianyang. Prince Yuande didn't blame him. Instead, he comforted him a few words and told him to go to rest early. Stick to the city.

The next day, Yang Zhao called Chai Shen and Li Yuan to the palace and asked them what to do next.Chai Shen also had no plan, and both of them looked at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan thought for a while and saluted: "Your Highness is here, so don't panic. Soldiers come to block you, water comes to fight against the earth, and the rebel army is a mob. There is nothing to be afraid of. But the thieves are in full swing, and our Qin King's division has not arrived, so don't take the initiative to attack." , there are nearly [-] tiger and ben troops in the city, and we stick to it and wait for help."

Prince Yuande didn't have any good ideas, so he adopted Li Yuan's suggestion and ordered the city guards to strengthen the city defense.For two days in a row, Yang Yong's rebel army did not send troops to the capital, and Li Yuan and his wife were invited to visit Chai Mansion with their eldest son Li Jiancheng and princess Li Xiuning.

I heard that Chai Shao was depressed and sulked in the room after losing battles. Li Jiancheng and his sister came to visit Chai Shao. After the three met, they greeted each other and comforted each other. Get off the three of them.

Seeing Li Xiuning, Chai Shao wiped away the resentment and disappointment accumulated for several days, and happily said to the two: "Brother Jiancheng, sister Ning'er, you don't have to worry about me, victory or defeat is common in military strategists. What is it. Now Uncle Li, Brother Jiancheng, and Sister Ninger, your family has arrived in the capital, I am so happy, the thief Yang Yong has been playing for a few days!"

Li Jiancheng was very helpful when he heard this, but Li Xiuning was not. He pursed his mouth and said angrily, "Brother Chai Shao, why did you say that? Yang Yong and the others are not thieves, but volunteers. Our Li family also It's not as powerful as you imagined, if you can't reject the rebels, wouldn't it mean setting our Li family on fire, why are you at ease?"

Chai Shao quickly explained, "Oh no, no, sister Ning'er, where are you thinking? How could I, Chai Shao, do that? Our two families have been repaired for generations. Uncle Li's literary and martial arts are well-known all over the world, and he resisted a group of rabble. My words. I don't mean any malice, don't you understand my heart..."

"Your heart? What kind of heart?" Li Xiuning's almond eyes flashed, full of charm.

"Of course it's kind... kindness!" Chai Shao likes to talk to her the most, and is often impressed by Li Xiuning's unique insights and surprising words.

"Good intentions may not be rewarded these days!" Li Xiuning said with a curl of her lips.

"Oh, yes, yes, yes," Chai Shaoxin said, sister Ning'er, you don't know yet, the reason why I have such a fiasco is not all thanks to you in the final analysis?If it weren't for your family looking for an opportunity to connect with the rebels and leave a way out for yourself, Yang Yong would have been arrested in Xianyang Zuixianlou Restaurant, and he wouldn't be able to fly out of Xianyang City even if he had wings. Can it become today's climate?Do I, Chai Shao, still have the humiliation of today?But I dare not say this, lest she be unhappy.She is a typical strong woman, and she would stare at me when she heard what I said was not pleasant to her ears.

But Chai Shao felt that it was not good to agree with her, so he quickly denied it with a smile, "No, no, sister Ning'er, I believe that good intentions will be rewarded..."

While the two of them were laughing and joking, Chai Shen and Li Yuan came in, and when they saw Chai Shao and Li Xiuning chattering, they looked at each other tacitly. At this moment, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiuning, and Chai Shao hurried over Several elders saluted and greeted them.

Li Yuan and his wife comforted Chai Shao a few words, Mrs. Chai held Li Xiuning's hand and smiled happily, and praised Li Xiuning for being virtuous and beautiful, knowledgeable and courteous, as if all the advantages of a woman were concentrated in Li Xiuning alone In a few words, Li Xiuning was praised as a fairy.Chai Shen twirled his beard with one hand and didn't speak, smiling and thinking.

Because the kindness is hard to turn down, lunch is served in Chaifu.At the dining table, Chai Shao and Li Xiuning were sitting together. Chai Shao would add food to Li Xiuning's bowl from time to time.

After the meal, Rong waited for the remnants of the table to be removed, and served refreshments and fruits. After Li Jiancheng, Chai Shao and Li Xiuning all went out, Chai Shen and his wife happily mentioned their marriage. Mrs. Li nodded and said to Li Yuan: " Master, our two families are well-matched, Shao'er and our Ning'er grew up together, so we can be regarded as childhood sweethearts, so let's give them a happy event."

"Okay." Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction. Seeing that Chai Shao is a good-looking man, he needs both culture and martial arts. Li Yuan is very satisfied with Chai Shao, so this marriage is accepted. .

When they returned to the Li Mansion, Li Yuan and his wife talked about the marriage with their daughter in private, Li Xiuning inexplicably widened her almond eyes: "Father, mother, can the child decide on his own?"

"Ah? This..." Li Yuan and his wife looked at each other, thinking that their daughter would be happy with the marriage, but Li Xiuning's attitude and tone were just the opposite. The fate of the matchmaker, the words of the matchmaker, when will it be your turn to decide?"

"No, I have to decide my own affairs." Li Xiuning pouted as she spoke.

Seeing that the father and daughter were really strong, Mrs. Li knew that her daughter had a strong personality and had many things to do. His brother Li Jiancheng had to follow her, so she quickly winked at Li Yuan and said, "Ning'er, your father and I This is also for your own good, why, what's wrong with Shao'er?"

"Mother, there's nothing wrong with brother Chai Shao, but there are too many good people. Does my daughter have to marry? Anyway, I have to decide my own affairs, and my daughter will resign." After finishing speaking, he left the house alone.
"You?..." Mrs. Li was so choked by her daughter that she looked at the back of her going away, and the two shook their heads. They didn't know what the problem was, and they thought it was safe, but now something went wrong.

Li Xiuning went back to her room, closed the lock, sat in front of the dressing table and looked at herself in the mirror. The beauty in the mirror had black hair like silk, scattered on her puffy chest like a waterfall, her face was as delicate as a flower , from the color to the matching of the facial features, even she herself was overwhelmed. Looking at it, two red clouds flew up her cheeks, and Yang Yong's voice and smile popped out from time to time. The big beauty frowned slightly.

At this time, the words of her parents rang in her ears, and Chai Shao's figure also appeared in her mind.Feeling too messy, she finally lay down on the bed, put down the incense curtain, and began to organize her thoughts.

In the past, if her parents proposed this marriage, she would undoubtedly be happy to let her parents decide, and then run away with a girl's shyness, but today she doesn't know where the courage came from, and she actually said "no" to her parents. Say "no" to this marriage, but now Li Xiuning is not thinking about this kind of wrong issue, and there are ripples in her heart, consciously or unconsciously comparing Chai Shao with Yang Yong...

(End of this chapter)