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Chapter 681 Confidant (Part )

After discussing the main business, Jiang Shaohua took some time to chat with Tao Da and others.

"Master Tao, you were seriously injured in the battle in Pingzhou that day. It's only been more than half a year since you took care of yourself. Are you really fully recovered now?"

Tao Da replied in a muffled voice: "Dr. Sun was here and he sewed up the wound in time and saved my life. I am all well now."

Qin Zhan rolled his eyes at Tao Da in annoyance, then turned to Jiang Shaohua and complained: "Actually, Tao Da should be kept for a few more months. But when he heard that the emperor summoned us to the capital, he couldn't stay there anymore and insisted on coming with us. I had no choice but to take him with me."

Qin Zhan has always treated Tao Da as his half son. Although he complained and grumbled on the surface, he was actually pleading for Tao Da!
Jiang Shaohua pursed his lips and smiled: "Now that he's here, can I still chase him back? How about this, you have to ride horses to go back to the garrison, so Tao Da shouldn't go so far. Stay in the palace first and be my imperial guard for a while."

As for the imperial guards, they wore soft armor and carried swords every day, and took turns to guard the palace. The job was not too hard, but it was also very respectable.

Unexpectedly, Tao Da was not very happy: "Princess, there are too many rules in the palace. If I stay in the palace, I will definitely break the rules and get beaten often. Let me go on a business trip!"

Qin Zhan glared at him and said, "If you call me Your Majesty, you should call yourself a subordinate."

Tao Da scratched his head, feeling a little aggrieved: "Your Majesty, I am not used to staying in the palace. I can't do such tasks as running errands and delivering messages. Just let me go out and do my job!"

That's true. Tao Da is a wild horse. Staying in the palace is like being put in a heavy yoke. How can he get used to it?

Jiang Shaohua thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Then you can go to the nearest garrison. It's a short distance and you can make a round trip in ten days or eight days."

Tao Da was cheered up and responded loudly.

Jiang Shaohua smiled and asked Xiaotian: "Is your family still urging you to get married?"

Xiaotian's family consists of a father, a mother, three brothers and two sisters. Life was difficult with so many people. Xiaotian joined the Royal Guards for the generous military pay. With the money Xiaotian sent back every month, the Tian family built a new house, married three daughters-in-law, and bought a generous dowry, and married off their two daughters.

Only Oda has not married yet.

In the past two years, Xiaotian has been working with the Tang family grain shop in the northern provinces and counties. He has been busy running around and has no time or intention to get married and start a family.

When Jiang Shaohua asked about this, Xiaotian, who was already over 20, was a little shy and scratched his head: "They kept urging me, but I told them that there are many bachelors in the military camp. Brother Tao is five or six years older than me, and he's not married yet! I'll wait until Brother Tao gets married before I talk to him."

Which pot does not open which pot.

Does he not want to get married? Is it because his sweetheart does not want to get married?

Tao Da's eyes widened and he glared at Xiao Tian fiercely: "I will be single all my life."

Xiaotian grinned and quickly replied: "Then I am the same as you."

Everyone was happy.

Jiang Shaohua is busy with government affairs every day. Today, he rarely chats and laughs with his confidants. He is in a relaxed and happy mood: "Since you are not in a hurry to get married, then wait for another two years. I will make the decision for you and find you a good wife in the future."

Oda smiled and thanked him.

Qin Zhan kicked Tao Da and said, "Why are you standing there in a daze? Hurry up and thank the emperor for his grace."

Tao Da still refused to thank him: "I don't want to get married."

This is still thinking about Kong Qingwan, the teacher in the guard camp, and he is also infatuated. Jiang Shaohua was very tolerant of Tao Da, and said with a smile: "If you don't want to marry, then don't marry. When you want to marry a wife, come and tell me."

Then, he looked at Li Tianxi with a smile and said, "You are also coming to the capital this time. How will you arrange the task of raising and training eagles in the Royal Guard Battalion?"

Li Tianxi has also made great contributions in recent years. He has trained dozens of goshawks to deliver messages. The message delivery in Nanyang County is nearly twice as fast as that in the imperial court. This is all thanks to Li Tianxi.

Li Tianxi replied in high spirits: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I have not hidden anything and have already trained four disciples. They are very good at raising and training hawks."

"This time I came to the capital with a team of fifty people and a dozen eagles that have been trained for two years. After training for a year or so, they will be ready for use. In the future, when the emperor wants to send a message to Nanyang County, it will be faster."

Jiang Shaohua smiled and praised Li Tianxi, and then asked Li Tianxi how many children his wife had given birth to.

Li Tianxi smiled and said, "The first baby is a boy, surnamed Li. My cousin is pregnant again this year, and this time, no matter whether the baby is a boy or a girl, the surname will be Liu."

Liu Hengchang had only one daughter, and Li Tianxi was both his son-in-law and his nephew. Before the marriage, it was decided that the second child would have the surname Liu.

Liu Hengchang smiled and continued, "I plan to lead the troops to the farthest garrison camp and stay there for a while before returning. I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the birth of the child."

It was not at all inappropriate to say this in the Showa Hall, because their empress was also pregnant, and no matter how wide the dragon robe was, it could not cover her growing belly.

Jiang Shaohua was very interested and said with a smile: "Calculating the time, it was born at about the same time as the baby in my belly. If it is a boy, he will come to the palace to be a guard in front of the emperor. If it is a girl, she will also come to the palace to get a job."

Liu Hengchang was promoted four levels, but he was not as happy as he was at this moment. He bowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.

Li Tianxi was also very happy and bowed to thank the emperor for his grace.

Meng Dashan looked at her with envy, and thought that he should urge his son to marry Yin Zhu as soon as possible.

Qin Zhan sighed repeatedly in his heart. His own son was also a love-struck child. Sun Zelan was determined not to marry for the rest of her life, and Qin Hu was unwilling to marry another woman, and seemed to be determined to stay single forever. It was really depressing.

This time they brought two thousand guards to Beijing, and Sun Zelan and her daughter also came to Beijing, and are now staying in the palace - mainly to help the empress with her pregnancy. Jiang Shaohua doesn't trust any of the doctors in the Imperial Hospital.

Speaking of which, Qin Hu would be able to meet Sun Zelan more often if he served the emperor in the future. There might be another chance.

……

After Jiang Shaohua had lunch, Doctor Sun came to check his pulse.

Sun Zelan also came along.

Jiang Shaohua asked casually with a smile: "Are you bored?"

Sun Zelan was not afraid of the emperor's majesty and nodded without hesitation: "In the past, I was busy in the military camp. These few days, I have been in the palace. Apart from coming to check on Ping'an's pulse, I have nothing to do..."

Imperial Physician Sun coughed lightly, interrupting his daughter's disrespectful words: "The emperor's pulse is calm and steady, and the fetus in the womb is also very healthy."

Sun Zelan continued: "...Why don't you let me go back to Nanyang County earlier!"

Doctor Sun: "..."