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Chapter 160 Chapter 168 Angry at the crown (third change)
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Chapter 168

Although Li Bai was proud, he was extremely upright and forthright. Instead of becoming angry because his limelight was overshadowed, he was humble and educated. This kind of celebrity demeanor made Zhang Xuan quite admire, and the bit of grudge he had towards Li Bai disappeared long ago.

The Shangyuan poetry meeting and the Shangyuan banquet lasted until the early morning. Zhang Xuan also drank a lot of wine, slightly drunk, and brought Ruyan Ruyu, the two little girls who stole the limelight tonight, back home.

Even though they knew that these two song orders were not made by Ruyan Ruyu, these two beautiful maidservants who were as beautiful as pearls and jade dew still won a lot of applause.Not only Prince Li Henghou added rewards, but even Yang Yuhuan also rewarded many items.

So much so that even a cart couldn't fit in it, Zhang Li, who was waiting downstairs at the city gate, hurried back to his residence to transfer a carriage.

The carriage moved forward slowly, with slight bumps.

Outside the car window, the all-night carnival in the city was far from over, and laughter came in from time to time.

Zhang Xuan leaned on the brocade quilt in the car in a comfortable mood, looked at Ruyan Ruyu who was kneeling beside him with drunken eyes, and couldn't help laughing, "Ruyan Ruyu, tonight you two One is the biggest winner, having received so many rewards from the prince and the imperial concubine, hahaha!"

Ruyan obediently kneaded Zhang Xuan's calf, while Ruyu giggled, "It's all the brilliance of the young master..."

Ruyan also smiled and said, "If you want any rewards, I will hand them over to the accountant in the mansion when I go back to the mansion."

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "No, no, you can stay in the room and use it by yourself."

Zhang Xuan's remark was an unintentional remark, but it came out smoothly.

But to Ruyan's ears, she became ecstatic, which meant that Zhang Xuan would accept them as concubines in the future.Otherwise, they are a maid, where did they come from a single room, usually they wait and sleep wherever the master is.

Like smoke, tears and tears, he choked up and knelt on Zhang Xuan's lap, "Thank you, my lord, I will serve you well..."

Ruyu is not stupid, and also knelt down with Ruyan.

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, and thought to himself, is this so grateful?
However, Zhang Xuan has such a mind, he immediately figured out this problem, and at the same time figured out the real "ambition" of the two little girls, and couldn't help but feel emotional.

Being a concubine has become a pursuit of life, which is evident in the strict hierarchy of this era.

Zhang Xuan sighed, and the drunkenness dissipated a lot immediately.

He held the two little girls in his arms one by one, and said softly, "Okay, don't cry, I know what you are thinking. You are still young now - in the future, I will never treat you badly."

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Almost at the same time, Li Chiying's carriage also drove slowly through Suzaku Street, heading for Yuzhen Temple outside the city.

Li Chiying and Li Bai sat opposite each other in the carriage, with a small tea table between them.

"Qing Lang, have you made up your mind?" Li Chiying asked softly.

"Ying'er, what Zhang Xuan said is very true. A certain family has touched a lot tonight." Li Bai sighed softly, "I am a scholar, why did I read so much poetry and books? It's not because reciting poems every day is against arty, The greatest realm is to serve the country and help the country and the people, so as to show what you have learned."

"Ying'er, as long as you have a calm mind, you can be born anywhere."

"Ying'er, if you insist on leaving Chang'an, a certain family...a certain family would rather give up what you want, and stay with you, never leave."

Li Chiying stared at Li Bai closely, remained silent for a long time, and then sighed quietly, "Qing Lang, as long as you want, it's okay for us to stay in Chang'an. It's just that entering the court as an official...for you, I'm afraid..."

Li Bai's eyes flickered, and he nodded, "A certain family was still thinking about Zhang Xuan's words just now. To write essays, you must first be a man, and you can learn to be a man before you can do things. Before this family, they could only write essays but not be a man, so they thought they could do things It turned out to be nothing.”

"It's like waking up from a dream. This sentence is like enlightenment, which makes a certain Maosai suddenly enlightened."

"For decades, to be so ignorant and wasteful, wouldn't it embarrass a certain family?"

"Qinglang, I'm so happy that you can understand this verse." Li Chiying reached out her hand gently, took the initiative to grab Li Bai's hand, and rubbed it lightly.

"Tomorrow, a certain family will go to the General's Mansion to join the door. A certain decided to join the General as a student in order to make progress." Li Bai said with emotion.

Li Chiying was taken aback, and said in a trembling voice, "Qing Lang, this..."

"Ying'er, aspirations don't lie in being old, and if you don't have ambitions, you can live a hundred years. Zhang Xuan's talent, courage, and heart are among the best in the world, and he is completely different from Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu. A certain person is willing to work under him, so that he can serve the imperial family."

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On the morning of the second day, the red sun hung high.

Before Zhang Xuan got up, Zhang Li hurried into the backyard of the General's Mansion, stood far outside the door of Zhang Xuan's bedroom, hesitated for a while, and called softly: "General!"

Just as Zhang Li yelled, he saw the door of the bedroom pushed open, and Ruyan peeped out his head and softly hissed, signaling Zhang Li not to yell again.

Ruyan came out and said in a low voice, "Zhang Li, the young master was still sleeping from the banquet last night until the early morning, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Li smiled wryly and said in a low voice, "Ruyan, I don't want to bother the general, but there is a distinguished guest at the house, and the general must come forward to receive him!"

"Who, came to visit her mansion so early, and told her not to sleep." Ru Yan muttered dissatisfied.

Zhang Li smiled wryly again, and pointed at the sky, "My little aunt, it's almost noon..."

"This person is the younger brother of the Crown Prince Zhang Liangdi, Taichangqing Zhang Qing, who is also number one..."

Zhang Liangdi was the highest-ranking and most favored among the wives and concubines of Prince Li Heng, and she was also from a famous family.Her grandmother, Dou, was the younger sister of the old emperor's mother, the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng. She had been kind to Li Longji in raising her, and had a very good fortune.

According to the current situation, if the crown prince ascends the throne, Zhang Liangti will definitely be named a queen in the future, and her younger brother will be the uncle of the country. How dare Zhang Li neglect it?

Ru Yan was taken aback, hesitated, "Okay, I'll try to go back and wake up the young master, to see if the young master will accept you."

Ruyan hurried into the bedroom, but Zhang Xuan was already awake.

He is a very light sleeper and will wake up whenever there is any movement.He could clearly hear the conversation between Zhang Li and Ru Yan in the courtyard.

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Zhang Xuan is a member of Prince Li Heng's lineage, and is a major pillar that unswervingly supports Li Heng's ascension to the throne.Therefore, the people around the prince are naturally very affectionate to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan actually didn't know what Li Heng's brother-in-law was doing with him.The two had no contact before, they just met once or twice in the East Palace.

However, in terms of face, he also had to be submissive.

When Zhang Xuan entered the hall, he saw a row of charming and plump orchids standing on the wall of the hall. There were 12 of them, and there were silk, silk, satin, jewelry, fine wine and other things on the floor. He frowned and thought to himself You came here just to give gifts?

Well done, what gift do you give?

Zhang Xuan quickly turned his head, with a stylized smile on his face, he cupped his hands and said, "Master Zhang!"

Zhang Qing is not too old, that is, 23 or [-] years old.

When he saw Zhang Xuan entering the hall, he quickly stood up with a laugh and said, "I have seen the general!"

Zhang Xuan also smiled, "Master Zhang, you are being polite—I wonder if Master Zhang is...?"

Zhang Qing did not answer directly, but pointed to the twelve beautiful orchids with a smile and said, "General, this is the twelve orchids bought by a certain family at a high price. They are young, beautiful, good at singing and dancing, and have an exotic style. ... and these small gifts, I will give it to the general, and I hope the general will accept it with a smile!"

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, "How can Zhang Xuan dare to accept such a generous gift without merit."

"Hehe, it's not a big deal. Last night at the Shangyuan Poetry Meeting, I saw that the two maids in the general's mansion were really pretty and pleasant, and I really liked it...so-hehe!" Zhang Qing said naturally , although the words are not exhaustive, but the implication is very straightforward.

He wants to use these gold and silver treasures and twelve beautiful orchids in exchange for Ruyan Ruyu as concubines.

To be honest, in this heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it was not uncommon for dignitaries to exchange and give each other maidservants and even concubines.Zhang Qing saw Ruyan Ruyu last night, and his heart was like a cat scratching it. When he got home, he decided to buy it at any cost to use it as a concubine's hothouse.

From Zhang Qing's point of view, it was already very righteous for him to exchange such a high price for two maidservants.

In addition, he believed that he was the prince's brother-in-law, and the prince's succession to the emperor was not far away, how could Zhang Xuan not give this little face?
But for Zhang Xuan, this is absolutely unacceptable.Even, for him, this is almost equivalent to a kind of humiliation.

Although he didn't have a broken body like smoke and jade, the two women had been with him for so long, and they had already developed a deep relationship between their ears and temples.His own woman, how could he exchange the two women?How unreasonable!

Zhang Xuan's face darkened suddenly, he slammed the table and scolded angrily, "You bastard, how unreasonable it is!"

Zhang Xuan's reaction was too intense, which startled Zhang Qing.

Zhang Qing got up and said a little annoyed, "General, why did you lose your composure? It's just two maids, what's the point? Don't say that the lower official brought a generous gift, but he didn't bring any gift. The general gave it to the lower official." What can I do?"

If Zhang Qing didn't add these words, but fled in embarrassment, Zhang Xuan really wouldn't do anything to him.

But his words really aroused Zhang Xuan's anger.

Zhang Xuan's face turned red. Since traveling to this era, he has never been so angry and uncontrollable like today.

He raised his finger and pointed at Zhang Qing, and roared angrily, "Come on, give me a stick and blow this bastard out!"

In an instant, dozens of sturdy Habayashi guard soldiers rushed into the hall, armed with spears and sticks, and Zhang Qing couldn't help but drive him out.

Zhang Qing fled in panic, but how could he escape from the hands of these wolf-like soldiers of the Habayashi Guard?
(End of this chapter)