The passerby who doesn't have a word in the book

Chapter 28 28

Dayan established the country with martial arts, and the founding emperor was born as a military general, so the descendants of the royal family emphasized martial arts and despised literature. In recent generations, the status of civil servants was promoted, but even so, the weight of military officials in the court should not be underestimated.

Wei Baili is a general, and he has actually been on the battlefield. He is even more important among those military princes who rely on their ancestors.In the past years, the palace banquet guards were all alone. The old general was old but full of momentum. The officials he met would just say hello symbolically. No one dared to communicate too much. The old general didn't like to show off, he was low-key Yes, but this year is different...

"Master, master!" The wife of Minister of the Ministry of War just got out of the car and tugged at his own lord who was walking in front of him.

"What's the matter?" The Minister of the Ministry of War impatiently turned his body sideways, and he did not forget to tidy up his appearance while talking.

"Master, look at General Wei." Mrs. Shang Shu hurriedly urged.

"What's wrong with General Wei." The Minister of the Ministry of War was even more impatient when he heard the words, wouldn't you be able to see General Wei at the palace banquet every New Year's Eve?

Although he thought so in his heart, Minister of the Ministry of War still cast a look in the opposite direction of what his wife was looking at.

"What's wrong with General Wei? It's alright, looking at his posture, his body is very strong."

Mrs. Shangshu gave him an angry look, "I didn't tell you to look at General Wei, but to look at the young man next to him."

Young man?What boy?

Who in Xijing didn't know the situation of Wei Baili's family, his daughter was gone, his wife was gone, he was the only one who didn't fill in the house, he was alone, and he came to the palace banquet every year by himself.

The Minister of the Ministry of War never considered who Wei Baili would bring to the banquet at all.

If his wife hadn't looked carefully, he might not have discovered that Wei Baili had brought someone with him this year. As for the identity of the young man behind him, he was considered an old man in the court. The marriage of the master's residence can be regarded as a major event in Xijing. Thinking about it this way, the identity of the young man is ready to be revealed.

It wasn't just Mrs. Bingbu Shangshu who was careful, and it wasn't just Bingbu Shangshu who knew what happened back then.

As soon as Xie Fanghan got off his horse, he felt the scrutiny of the surrounding people. Those who came to the palace banquet were all above a certain level in the imperial court. Xie Fanghan didn't get involved with the activities of those princes and buddies in Xijing on weekdays, but this did not affect these people The elves know her identity.

Wei Baili handed over the horse rope in his hand to the palace man, he didn't react too much to the surrounding gaze, he greeted Xie Fanghan behind him, and walked towards the palace with big strides.

Xie Fanghan took a deep breath, straightened her waist and followed Wei Baili. If her eyes could turn into reality, she felt that she might be tied into a hedgehog all the way, until she entered the hall and followed her eyes It gradually disappeared.

Wei Baili is a first-rank military marquis. Although he has not participated in the government in recent years, his status is still the top among military generals. This is why Xie Fanghan is sitting so close to the throne for the first time.

Coincidentally, Yan Yutang, the youngest princess, was at the end of the seating arrangements for the imperial servants. If it wasn't for the six steps separating them, the two of them could be regarded as sitting at the next table.

I don't know if it's because of beauty in the eyes of beauties, Xie Fanghan thinks that Yan Yutang looks extraordinarily good-looking today, maybe it's because Jiji's temperament has matured a bit?Or is it because she hasn't seen her for half a month?

Xie Fanghan was looking at Yan Yutang in a daze, but he didn't expect that the person concerned suddenly turned his head to meet her gaze. Xie Fanghan immediately turned his face and stared at the table in front of him solemnly, as if there was no 300 taels of silver here.

The old general sitting in front looked sideways at his granddaughter, and let out a cold snort in a voice that only the two of them could hear, quite disgusted.

She was laughed at by the old man? ? ?

Xie Fanghan took two deep breaths and began to build himself up.

What are you panicking about?

Yan Yutang is so pretty, what's wrong with her eyes!

What happened to the line of sight?

Isn't it over when you go back!

Xie Fanghan cheered himself up in his heart, and turned his head to look over again. Yan Yutang's eyes did not move away, and the two eyes met again. He smiled unceremoniously.

Her smile made Xie Fanghan dumbfounded.

What is she laughing at?

Yan Yutang still remembered where she was, and after a simple smile, she straightened her posture again. From the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Xie Fanghan looking down at herself with suspicion on her face, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.

The former Xie Fanghan is back.

For the past half month, she has been busy taking over the concubine Shu's concubine gave her. She has never rested for a day, and in the rare free time she has, she is thinking about Xie Fanghan.

Not thinking, but thinking.

After she told Xie Fanghan that day, Xie Fanghan was a little strange.Although she has been hiding it very well, but Yan Yutang grew up in the deep palace since she was a child, and she works on people's hearts, so she still feels a little unnatural.

At first she thought it was too shocking, Xie Fanghan couldn't believe it for a while, and didn't think too much about it.Then came the painting that Xie Fanghan gave her on her birthday, the emotions expressed on it were too contradictory.

She thought that Xie Fanghan was afraid and didn't dare.She also thought about finding time to meet him after the palace banquet and clarifying it. After all, this was considered a secret secret in the palace, and it was normal for him to retreat. Just think that she was impulsive and misunderstood the wrong person that day.

He didn't expect to see Xie Fanghan at the palace banquet, let alone Xie Fanghan "changed" back, and he no longer has that awkwardness when facing her.

Gently caressing her chest with her palm, she felt her heartbeat suddenly speed up. Yan Yutang could not deny that this knowledge made her feel happy.

"I don't know what made the imperial sister so happy?" Harsh laughter suddenly came from the side.

The smile on Yan Yutang's face remained the same, but it disappeared, and she replied with a smile on her face, "Today is New Year's Eve, so we should be happy as we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new."

"Farewell to the old and welcome the new..." The third princess repeated in a low voice, her eyes drifted downwards, and fell on Xie Fanghan, she agreed in a serious way: "What the emperor said is that today should be happier." After finishing speaking He also smiled at Xie Fanghan.

Xie Fanghan has been paying attention to Yan Yutang's movement all the time, and naturally also saw the third princess on the side. Faced with the other party's sudden "goodwill", she was unambiguous, and smiled back generously. When they met, Xie Fanghan felt that he and her were at odds, that they were born at odds.

Coupled with what Yan Yutang told her before, Xie Fanghan felt that intuition was indeed very accurate sometimes.

"The Emperor is here!"

Before the two could further confront each other, they were interrupted by the eunuch's voice.

"See Your Majesty (Royal Father)!"

The originally bustling hall became orderly because of Emperor Yan's arrival.

"Today is New Year's Eve, so don't be so formal, get up." Yan Huang's tone was gentle, and even his usual majesty was lost by three points.

"Thank you, Your Majesty (Royal Father)!"

Re-seat, the etiquette officer began to say some polite and auspicious words as usual.Taking advantage of the good location, Xie Fanghan carefully looked at the people above.

Yanhuang is still the same, the years are a butcher's knife, coupled with worrying about state affairs, making him look older than the girls around him by more than a star and a half, but fortunately, his body seems to be quite tough.

The queen had a smile on her face, she looked very graceful and luxurious, and her demeanor was hard to find fault with, probably because Xie Fanghan knew more things, she always felt that the queen's eyes looked malicious.

After the official's auspicious words were finished, Emperor Yan waved his hand and announced the opening of the banquet. Xie Fanghan bowed his head obediently to eat according to the rules. The concubines and princes above began to toast one after another.

Grand Master Xie also came, along with his eldest son Xie Mingtao and eldest grandson Xie Fangsheng.

Thanks to Wei Baili's help, Xie Fanghan's location is better than that of Taishi Xie's family, so Xie Fanghan didn't find them immediately. Xie Fangsheng didn't go home for the New Year when he was away last year. Although he came back this year, most of the time he wasn't away from home. , but did not expect to meet at the palace banquet.

Xie Fangcheng had obviously been paying attention to him for a long time. As soon as Xie Fanghan glanced over, the two eyes met. Xie Fangcheng looked like Xie Mingtao, and he was quite mature when he was cold-faced. Xie Fanghan took the opportunity to glance at the other two.

Grand Master Xie sat comfortably in his seat, not listening to anything outside the window, staring at the table in front of him wholeheartedly, not knowing what flowers were on the table.

In contrast, Xie Mingtao was much more "lively", chatting with the ministers around him.

"The food is not to your appetite?" Wei Baili's voice suddenly came from the front.

Xie Fanghan quickly looked away, and replied in a low voice, "It's okay."

She's not a picky person, as long as it's not too bad, it's fine. Although the imperial chef has some skills, but as a modern traveler, Xie Fanghan really doesn't think much of these dishes.

"Every family has brought a lot of young talents today." Wei Baili pointed out.

Xie Fanghan blinked, but Wei Baili turned around and stopped talking.

What does her grandfather mean?

What young talent?

Xie Fanghan was thinking about Wei Baili's words, when she suddenly felt a gaze from above, the feeling of being watched, so she couldn't even ignore it.

But when she was about to raise her head to find the owner of her gaze, the sense of staring suddenly disappeared again, as if it was just her illusion.

when!when!when!

The bell of the new year is ringing, and the 17th year of Jiahe has begun.

Probably because of something in his heart, after the bell rang, Yan Huang spoke again.

"It's been another year, and in a blink of an eye, my fifth princess has reached the age of Ji." Yan Huang looked at Yan Yutang lovingly while talking.

Yan Yutang lowered her head slightly, and called out "Father Emperor" softly.

Yan Huang turned his eyes to the off-court again, because he drank too much wine, his face was particularly rosy.

"I want to choose a son-in-law for the fifth princess..."

Yanhuang seemed to be drunk, even forgot to say "Zhen", but he didn't seem to be drunk, and looked at the people in the field with bright eyes.

The hall fell into silence due to Emperor Yan's words. Xie Fanghan was in the hall, and he clearly felt the change in the atmosphere in the hall. He suddenly fell from being happy to the platform of interests. The courtiers who were laughing at Yan Yan just now began to speculate on what Emperor Yan said. purpose of speaking.

Xie Fanghan now understood the meaning of Wei Baili's words. She raised her glass and looked at the other people present. The eyes of the ministers were full of calculations. The "young talents" who sat next to them and entered the palace There are different shapes, some are cautious, some are aboveboard, some imply thoughts, and some have dirty faces, but the target is all the woman sitting on the high place.

Xie Fanghan looked at these people and felt a little funny in his heart.The people above came from noble backgrounds, and it was extremely rare for them to even see her in the past, but today, when they learned that they might have her, their awe in the past was forgotten, they took out their respective measuring sticks, and began to gesture People who are still in high positions.

She was a little angry.

What she saw in the eyes of these people was not a princess to be married, but a commodity. This perception made Xie Fanghan very annoyed.

click!

The cup in his hand landed on the table in a non-heavy manner, which was not considered rude, but it also attracted the attention of the surroundings.

Xie Fanghan glanced at Yan Yutang who was expressionless, and slowly got up and knelt in front of the imperial court under all kinds of stares.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what is the standard for a son-in-law?" Xie Fanghan knelt down and looked directly at Emperor Yan.

Xie Fanghan dared to ask, but Emperor Yan didn't answer, nor did he ask her about her crimes, but looked at her with great interest and asked back: "Then what kind of consort do you think my princess should choose?"

Xie Fanghan bowed far away, looked at Emperor Yan with a smile in his eyes, but said in a very serious tone: "I think I'm pretty good."

"Bold!"

"presumptuous!"

The ceremony officer and the father-in-law beside Yanhuang spoke at the same time.

Emperor Yan can call himself me instead of me, but Xie Fanghan can't call himself that.

The atmosphere in the hall became tense again. The ministers who knew Xie Fanghan's identity looked at Grand Master Xie and some at Wei Baili.

Unexpectedly, the two of them didn't react at all, they lowered their eyes and looked indifferent.

Yan Huang, who was originally smiling, also stopped laughing, looking at Xie Fanghan who was kneeling below, his eyes flickered.

Xie Fanghan knelt down expressionless, still distracted.

She was wondering if Emperor Yan ordered her to be killed, and if the dark guards could rescue her and leave the green hills there, so she wouldn't be afraid of running out of firewood.She doesn't regret what she just said, even if the trend of the times is like this, it doesn't mean she wants to follow the times.

But the facts were not as extreme as she thought. Emperor Yan did not convict her, but looked at Yan Yutang and asked with a serious expression, "What does the princess think?"

When Yan Yutang heard this, he glanced at Xie Fanghan as usual, and replied with a smile: "Father, stop making fun of your daughter. My son wants to stay with Father for a few more years."

Hearing this, Emperor Yan smiled again, Yan Yutang continued to say: "Sister Sanhuang has not yet found a husband, so it should be Sister Huang who chooses a son-in-law first."

The third princess put down the chopsticks in her hand and looked at Yan Yutang with a half-smile, "I didn't expect the imperial sister to care about me so much. As for this son-in-law, I really feel that there is a son-in-law in the field who is very sympathetic to me."

Yanhuang didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and asked: "Oh? Listen to what the emperor said?"

The third princess smiled and looked at the audience, Xie Fanghan gave a "thud" in his heart, and heard the third princess say: "It is this Xie Fanghan who is kneeling below, Xie Shizi."

There was an uproar.

The ministers present were a little confused by this melon.

What kind of triangular relationship Shura field is this?

Despite the turbulent waves below, the people sitting above are still calm.

After the third princess finished speaking, she looked at Yan Yutang intently and added: "Young Master Xie is the companion of the imperial sister, the imperial sister will not be reluctant, right?"

Yan Yutang's expression became calmer, she didn't say a word as if she hadn't heard what she just said.

Xie Fanghan really doesn't like the feeling of being treated as an object. She understands that the three princesses' words are for revenge on Yan Yutang, and she can understand that Yan Yutang's current situation really can't say anything. She should be sent to the third princess tomorrow. The princess is gone, no, then she is deceiving the emperor, and it is empty talk to accompany Emperor Yan for a few more years...

"I don't want to." Xie Fanghan spoke again in a Lang Lang voice.

She must have drunk too much wine today. After being cautious for more than ten years, she shook off her arrogance overnight.

"Oh?" Yan Huang raised his lower eyelids, and his tone could not hear any joy or anger.

The words have been spoken, so die!

Xie Fanghan looked up at Emperor Yan and said word by word: "I have my own heart, and I will marry no one in this life except her."

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent again.In this short cup of tea time, the people kneeling in the hall could be regarded as having quarreled with Emperor Yan, or the whole royal family twice.

Xie Fanghan's encounter was unprecedented.

Everyone is waiting for Emperor Yan's next disposition, to kill or to punish?Although Xie Fanghan was disrespectful, there was a grand master's mansion and a general's mansion behind him, and Emperor Yan still wanted to give some face.

But in fact, what Yan Huang did really made them puzzled, he asked Xie Fanghan to get up and go back to his seat without even saying a single serious word.

The palace banquet continued, Yan Huang raised his glass with a smile as if nothing had happened just now, the emperor didn't say anything, naturally no courtiers dared to ask, they all raised their glasses with smiles, and the hall returned to its previous happy state, so lively .

Xie Fanghan gently rubbed his knees that were sore from kneeling for a long time under the table, thinking that Yan Yutang might be angry with her again with a blank expression.

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