Tiantang

Chapter 137
Chapter 146

After Feng Changqing and Yan Zhenqing left, Zhang Xuan stood alone in the courtyard of the backyard, under the vigorous ancient locust tree, staring at the vast starry night sky, thinking of all kinds of past lives, and thinking of all kinds of present, full of emotion Thousands, it feels like a dream.

Xiao Shisanlang and Li Susu walked side by side, and greeted from a long distance, "Brother is really in a good mood. The cold wind is blowing, but I am watching the night scene in the courtyard!"

Zhang Xuan glanced back and saw Xiao Shisanlang smiling and helping Li Susu walk over, and Li Susu's lower abdomen was slightly protruding, and she was obviously pregnant.

Zhang Xuan laughed, "Brother, I drank too much wine today, and my head is dizzy, so I just stand here blowing the air, sober!"

Li Susu approached, put aside Xiao Shisanlang's support, and gave a respectful salute, "I have seen the general!"

Zhang Xuan dodged quietly, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, don't do this—it's cold in the courtyard, and sister-in-law is pregnant, please come into the hall to talk."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xuan was not polite, and took the lead to enter the hall.

He knew in his heart that Xiao Shisanlang and his wife must have something to look for when they came here, otherwise, Li Susu would definitely not show up.

Sure enough, after entering the hall, Xiao Shisanlang couldn't hold back, and ignored Li Susu's eyes to stop him, he said directly, "Brother, there is no outsider at this moment, I have something to ask for my brother."

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Brother, the most important thing in friendship between you and me is to treat each other with sincerity and sincerity. If you have something to say, please speak up. As long as you can do it, you will do your best."

"Okay." Xiao Shisanlang's expression was slightly moved.

Although he and Zhang Xuan established diplomatic relations before Zhang Xuan started his family, but with Zhang Xuan's status and power soaring, especially Xiao Shisanlang became a captain under his command again, will Zhang Xuan gradually fade away from this point of affection, Xiao Thirteen Lang is actually not sure himself.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan's attitude is still the same, still as sincere as in the past, without a little water, Xiao Shisanlang is very moved.

"Brother, it's about sister Xiuxiu." Xiao Shisanlang said softly.

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, his heart skipped a beat.Thinking: Could it be something between Li Xiuxiu and Cui Huan?During this period of time, I heard that Cui Huan often went in and out of Zhang's residence, under the guise of visiting Mrs. Liu, in order to meet Li Xiuxiu.

After that, the two had some contacts, and they seemed to have affection for each other.

"Brother, sister Xiuxiu is getting older and has reached the age of marriage, but brother and wife have no foundation in Chang'an City——so, I want to ask my brother to come forward and choose a spouse for sister Xiuxiu..."

Before Xiao Shisanlang could finish his sentence, Zhang Xuan frowned and interrupted him, "Wait, elder brother—isn't sister Xiuxiu with Cui Huan from the Cui family?"

Xiao Shisanlang sighed when he heard the words, but he was speechless.

Li Susu forced a smile, "General, Xiuxiu came from a humble background, how can she be worthy of a young master like the Cui family. But I ask the general to make the decision for Xiuxiu and choose a good match. It's a matter of my slave's family."

Zhang Xuan sighed secretly in his heart, his heart was indeed so...

He pondered for a while, then smiled softly, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. Xiuxiu is also my younger brother's younger sister. Xiuxiu performed her filial piety in front of my mother, and my mother was very happy. My mother told my younger brother that day—in the future, Xiuxiu It is the Fourth Miss of the Zhang family."

Li Susu was so grateful, she got up and gave a blessing, "Thank you for your support, the general, and I thank you for the general and the old lady on behalf of Xiuxiu."

Zhang Xuan frowned and said in a deep voice, "Sister-in-law, we are a family, if sister-in-law still sees others like this in the future, don't blame my brother for turning his face."

Xiao Shisanlang coughed twice, and said with a hey smile, "Okay, Su Er, don't thank me any more - I just said, Xiuxiu is now the old lady's daughter, who would dare to underestimate her?" lost her?"

"Sister-in-law, please tell the truth to my younger brother - do younger sister Xiuxiu and Cui Huan have affection for each other? And did the Cui family object to this matter?" Zhang Xuan hesitated for a moment, but asked directly.

Li Susu sighed quietly and didn't answer, but his demeanor said everything.

"Okay, sister-in-law, younger brother understands." Zhang Xuan waved his hand and said, "A man's love for a woman should put aside those worldly views of family status. It's all nonsense! As long as sister Xiuxiu and Cui Huan are sincere in their relationship, Zhang Xuan will definitely do his best to fulfill this marriage."

"Okay, it really is the brother of a certain person. I'm afraid even a hero in this world will be hard to match." Xiao Shisanlang's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands in applause.

Li Susu glanced at Xiao Shisanlang reproachfully, shook his head and said softly, "General, Xiuxiu has a humble appearance and a humble background, so she is really not worthy of Mr. Cui."

"What kind of background? The princes and generals have a kindness? The Zhang family is now a famous family in the Tang Dynasty, but before my father and my ancestors, it was just a merchant in the south of the Yangtze River. The family is prosperous because of people, but it is actually worthless." Zhang Xuan He waved his hand disapprovingly, "Even in terms of background, the younger sister of the Fuguo Zhongyonghou, the General of the Two Guards, and the governor of Jingzhao, isn't she worthy of a white-clothed son of the Cui family? My sister Zhang Xuan, who dares to underestimate her?" watch for?"

Zhang Xuan's words were full of pride, and Xiao Shisanlang nodded secretly after seeing the invisible self-confidence and arrogance.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry about this matter, let me decide everything. In a few days, I will ask Yinger to go back and talk to Cui's family. If it doesn't make sense, I will come and talk about it in person!" Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, "If my younger sister is not worthy of the Cui family, who else in Chang'an city is worthy?"

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After the morning meeting on the second day, Zhang Xuan returned to the mansion without going to Yuzhen Temple.

To expose the alchemy scam of the Three Idiots, he originally wanted to mobilize people to hold an "on-the-spot observation meeting" in Yuzhen Temple, so as to correct the social atmosphere in Chang'an City.But after thinking about it, he thought it was unnecessary, so he changed his mind.

Deciding to do this on a small scale, giving Princess Wanchun an explanation is one aspect, and he also has deep considerations.

The flower hall in the front yard of the general.

Zhang Xuan ordered several servants to place a large painted pottery basin on the ground, filled the basin with water, laid a layer of smooth pebbles on the bottom of the basin, and put in a dozen red small pots taken from the release pond of Yuzhen Temple. Crucian carp fry.

Then someone carried in a beautifully painted wooden frame and placed the pottery basin on it.

There are four large braziers around the flower hall, and the indoor temperature is very high, as warm as spring.After a while, the fish were swimming around in the basin lively.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, and ordered his servants to go to the kitchen to fetch some Hubing, crushed a piece at random, and then sprinkled it into the basin.

Dozens of small red fishes scrambled for food, swimming back and forth in the basin, and some of them even splashed and splashed lightly.

Several maidservants looked around curiously, they didn't have this kind of concept in their cognition - the fish raised in the pond in the river, can they be kept in the pot indoors?

Ruyu tentatively stretched her hand into the basin, and immediately let out a soft scream, "Ah, my lord, it bit the finger of the slave!"

Ru Yan also asked curiously, "My lord, can the fish be kept alive in the basin?"

Zhang Xuan laughed, "Ruyan, you can keep it. If you take care of it well, you can live for many years."

But he said in his heart, it is possible to raise it, but it can't be too much, like the ten tails, it is obviously too much, and it will definitely die from lack of oxygen after a long time.

In fact, Zhang Xuan originally wanted to get a few goldfish as props, but there were no goldfish in this era, and goldfish would only be bred in the Song Dynasty.

However, it is just a prop, enough to achieve the effect, so it is not so serious.

"General, Her Royal Highness Princess Wanchun has arrived!" Zhang Li rushed in to report.

A strange smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Xuan's mouth, he raised his hand, and floated out to greet Princess Wanchun in person.

As they went out of the mansion, Wan Chun got out of the car and walked in with a dozen maids, while the accompanying eunuchs and guards stayed outside the gate of the mansion to wait for orders.

And the three idiots followed behind the maid with their heads held high, but when they saw Zhang Xuan's indifferent but cold eyes, he immediately lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

"His Highness Wanchun arrived, and my minister Zhang Xuan was far behind to welcome me, please don't blame your Highness!" Zhang Xuan bowed down with a smile.

"General Zhang, isn't your General's Mansion not bad? Fortunately, it's in a courtyard, quiet and deep. It's not bad. Was it given to you by the emperor?" , Regardless of the dignified manners of the princess.

Zhang Xuan blushed for a while, and thought to himself, don't you know that this is the former Prince Rong's Mansion?
After thinking about it again, the old emperor has many children, adding up to nearly a hundred. If there are too many people, the relationship will become weak, and it is normal for some of them not to communicate with each other.Wan Chun doesn't have much contact with other princes and princesses, so it's not surprising that he hasn't been to Prince Rong's Mansion.

But Zhang Xuan couldn't explain, just laughed without saying a word.

Zhang Xuan accompanied Wan Chun to the flower hall in the front yard. In front of the flower hall, there was a stone in front of the gate, which was about three inches above the ground. Just jumped over.

A touch of white snow blooms on the chest, the waves are undulating, and it is extremely fragrant.

Zhang Xuan glanced subconsciously, but immediately turned his head away.

Wan Chun caressed his chest and suddenly blushed, turned around and gave Zhang Xuan a hard look.

Entering the living room, Wan Chun looked at the decorations in the living room for a while, and his big watery eyes fell on the painted pottery basin that kept more than a dozen golden crucian carp fry. He paused curiously, and then ran away in a hurry. Go, leaned over to take a look, and said with surprise and joy, "Ah, Zhang Xuan, you actually raise fish in a pot. Well, can this fish live in a pot?"

"It can be kept, Your Highness. It's just that the fry have grown so large that they must be released and replaced with smaller ones." Zhang Xuan walked over and said with a smile.

"When raising fish in pots, the water should be changed frequently, usually once every three days, using the same kind of water; and the feeding should be less, a small amount of feeding once every two days is enough." Zhang Xuan said casually.

Wan Chun blinked his eyes and listened attentively to Zhang Xuan's words, obviously very interested in raising fish in this pot.

"Okay, there is golden crucian carp in the release pond in the palace, I will also get a pottery pot to raise fish when I go back - he is indeed the number one talented person in Chang'an, and such elegant things can be imagined... Well, look at this pot For the sake of raising fish, if you can’t prove that the elixir is poisonous today, I won’t argue with you.”

Wan Chun giggled, and immediately lowered his head to look at the red crucian carp swimming in the basin, he had long put aside the purpose of coming out of the palace.

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