Tiantang

Chapter 298 Family affection is higher than politics
Chapter 306 Family affection is higher than politics

Zhang Xuan had always hit it off with Huan Niang, and this seemed to be fate.After Huanniang's father died at the hands of the Tubo people, Zhang Xuan felt sorry for her helplessness, so he adopted her as his adopted daughter, and Hua Nuer took care of her all the time.

Although the time between father and daughter is less than half a year, in Huanniang's heart, Zhang Xuan has already risen to the same position as her dead father.In her eyes, Zhang Xuan has become her only relative, especially in this strange Yongning Palace, it is even more uneasy not to see Zhang Xuan for such a long time.

Huanniang almost rushed over.

Zhang Xuan hugged Huanniang in his arms with a smile, stood up and waved to Hua Nuer, "Family banquet in the front courtyard, you also come with me to join in the fun. Just take this opportunity to let Huanniang recognize her relatives !"

Zhang Xuan decided to officially announce Huanniang's identity in front of her family.Although she is not her own daughter, as long as she has Zhang Xuan's care, Huan Niang will become the beloved little princess of countless people in the Yongning Palace in the future.

Hua Nuer was overjoyed at first, and then shook her head silently, "I won't go to Nu's house, you can take Huan Niang there."

Zhang Xuan came over and sighed, grabbed Hua Nuer's hand, Hua Nuer's charming face turned red, and she struggled a bit, but Zhang Xuan grabbed her even tighter.

The current relationship between the two is no longer that of a master and a slave. For so long, Hua Nuer has stayed by Zhang Xuan's side to protect him and take care of his daily life, especially when Hua Nuer stood up outside Shanzhou City. After blocking the flying arrows for Zhang Xuan, Hua Nuer's position in Zhang Xuan's heart is fundamentally different from before.

Humans are emotional animals. If two people have been together for a long time, it would be false to say that there is no emotion.

It's just that Hua Nuer can't face the Zhang family for a while, and can't face the depths of her heart.Just as she has never completely opened her heart and handed over her body to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan didn't force her, just kept waiting.

"Everything depends on your will, as long as you like it." Zhang Xuan stared into Hua Nuer's eyes and said softly.

Hua Nuer nodded silently, but did not speak.

What kind of person Zhang Xuan is, she is very clear, and what kind of person she is, Zhang Xuan is also very clear.There has long been a silent tacit understanding between the two.

Zhang Xuan squeezed Hua Nuer's somewhat cold hand, then took Huan Niang's hand, and led her to the vestibule, straight into the banquet hall.

In the hall, there were two rows of maids serving, and then the family members of the Zhang family arranged seats according to their seniority, plus Cui Ju, Cui Huan, Xiao Shisanlang, and miscellaneous people, there were about fifty or sixty people.

Of course, this is only the core layer of the Zhang family's core.

Huan Niang tightly grasped Zhang Xuan's hand, following every step, her little face flushed, although she was a little nervous, she was not flustered.

And this point of her is exactly what Zhang Xuan likes about her the most.

Although she came from a poor background and was young, Huanniang possessed a different kind of grace, which ordinary children couldn't learn, it should be innate.

Zhang Xuan tightened Huan Niang's hand, gave her an encouraging glance, and then led her to the front seat under the watchful eyes of everyone standing up together.

On the way to the vestibule, Zhang Xuan had already told Huan Niang some words.

Therefore, when Zhang Xuan led her to stop in front of a benevolent old lady, Huanniang kowtowed obediently, and said crisply, "Huanniang pays respects to grandmother, old lady!"

Liu Shi smiled kindly, and quickly asked the maid to help Huan Niang, looked at Huan Niang's delicate face carefully, and said with a smile, "Good boy, be good! Come and see!"

Mrs. Liu rewarded Huanniang with some new clothes and a few pennies. When Zhang Xuan took her all the way to visit, she had already received a lot of rewards and various treasures.

Finally, Zhang Xuan took Huan Niang to Cui Ying and Li Tengkong, smiled and said, "Huan Niang, you are your mother..."

Huanniang blushed and called "Mother", which made Cui Ying blush. She was called a mother before she gave birth, and she was not used to it for a while.But Cui Ying is not an ordinary woman after all, she quickly adjusted her mentality, and smiled and kindly pulled Huan Niang by her side to ask questions about her health and wellbeing.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, and then walked back to his seat.

Although it was a family banquet, in this highly hierarchical Tang Dynasty, although he was the junior, he had the highest status, so his seat was placed in the center, and his mother Liu was on the left. Below Liu were Zhang Jiuming, Zhang Jiugao and others, and on Zhang Xuan's right are Cui Ju and his wife, Cui Ying and Li Tengkong, Cui Huan and his wife and Xiao Shisanlang.

"Sister, this child is handsome and so well-behaved..." Li Tengkong held Huanniang's little hand and was full of praise.

Cui Ying smiled lightly, "Huan Niang, this is your mother too, from now on you will be called Aunt Kong."

Li Tengkong's face flushed, he let go of Huanniang's little hand like an electric shock, and lowered his head.

Zhang Xuan glanced at Cui Ying's two daughters, then slowly stood up and raised his glass, "Mother, father-in-law and mother-in-law, two uncles, brothers and sisters, Zhang Xuan hereby toasts everyone!"

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After drinking for three rounds, the atmosphere gradually broke the dullness and became lively.

Brothers and sisters of the same generation kept coming forward to toast, so Zhang Xuan simply stood there all the time so as not to be rude.

Zhang Jiuming's youngest daughter, Zhang Xuemei, walked last. She was wearing a goose yellow dress, with a gorgeous bun, and a thin layer of makeup. She looked extremely soft and charming.

Zhang Xuemei smiled respectfully and bowed her knees, "Brother, younger sister toast to elder brother!"

Zhang Xuan stood up and replied, "Sister Xuemei, you don't need to be too polite."

Zhang Xuemei exchanged pleasantries with Zhang Xuan, then hesitated for a while, and knelt down in front of Zhang Xuan, shouting in a trembling voice, "Brother, please make decisions for my little sister!"

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, and quickly leaned over to help Zhang Xuemei, smiled awkwardly and said, "Sister Xuemei is going to kill my brother? Please tell me something!"

Zhang's seniors also looked at Zhang Xuemei in shock, and Zhang Jiuming even angrily said, "Xuemei, what are you going to do?"

Zhang Jiugao frowned and said, but pulled Zhang Jiuming's lapel.

Brother Zhang Jiugao and Zhang Jiuming guessed what Zhang Xuemei was going to say.It's just that Zhang Jiuming didn't want to involve Zhang Xuan in this kind of thing, so he has always strictly ordered his family not to reveal a word to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuemei also went all out, and she choked up sadly and told Zhang Xuan about her embarrassment.

She is nineteen years old, and she has already reached the age of marriage.But because of Sheng Wang Li Qi, even though there is someone in his heart who loves each other, they still can't get together.

Sheng Wang Li Qi once proposed to Zhang Jiuming in order to win over Zhang Xuan.Because Li Qi's marriage proposal has a strong political color, Zhang Jiuming politely declined when he saw that Zhang Xuan had no intention of supporting Li Qi.Therefore, he offended Sheng Wang Li Qi, but with Zhang Xuan around, Li Qi didn't dare to do anything.

However, Sheng Wang Li Qi spread the wind in the city of Chang'an, he must not marry Zhang Xuemei, but in fact, he has never given up all this time, he is still creating opportunities to contact Zhang Xuemei, trying to please Zhang Xuemei in every possible way.

In fact, Zhang Xuemei already had a favorite man, Zheng Jie, the son of Zheng Shilin, a Hanlin scholar.It's just that Li Qi made such a mess all of a sudden, who would dare to marry her?Anyone who marries him is equivalent to making an enemy of King Sheng. Zheng Shilin, a Hanlin scholar, is just an ordinary official family, how dare he offend the royal prince?Therefore, Zheng Shilin strictly ordered his son not to have any relationship with Zhang Xuemei.

Zhang Xuemei and Zheng Jie had no choice but to have a private meeting in secret. As for the matter of marriage, they did not mention it.

And the Zheng family is forcing Zheng Jie to marry another daughter recently, Zhang Xuemei was in despair, seeing Zhang Xuan today, she bravely asked her cousin for help.

After hearing Zhang Xuemei's words, Zhang Xuan fell silent immediately.

He didn't expect Sheng Wang Li Qi to be so "persistent", and he still hasn't calmed down the ambition that shouldn't have been born.

Seeing Zhang Xuan's silence, Zhang Xuemei's heart sank.Zhang Xuan is already her last hope, if Zhang Xuan refuses to help her, she and Zheng Jie are doomed to be separated.

Zhang Jiuming sighed and closed his eyes sadly.The reason why he didn't want to let Zhang Xuan know about this was because he knew that it was almost impossible for Zhang Xuan to offend King Sheng and the royal family because of the affair between Zhang Xuemei's children.If it was Zhang Jiuming, he would feel that it was not worth it.

However, this is just the logic of Zhang Jiuming and ordinary people, not Zhang Xuan's values.In Zhang Xuan's heart, family affection is higher than politics.For the so-called political interests, he could not sacrifice the happiness of his cousin Zhang Xuemei's life.

This life is completely different from the previous life. Being in a high position and holding power is not about personal wealth and glory, but about expressing your ambitions and protecting your family to live a happy and peaceful life.If he really turned against King Sheng because of this, he would not hesitate.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan unexpectedly smiled and said, "Sister Xuemei, it is a good thing for men and women to love each other. If that is the case, why doesn't this son of the Zheng family hurry up and propose to his uncle?"

Zhang Xuan turned his head to look at Zhang Jiuming and said half-jokingly, "Master Uncle, why don't you beat the mandarin ducks with a club? Sister Xuemei and Mr. Zheng's family are in love with each other, so we should be considered all-rounders."

Zhang Jiuming smiled wryly, thinking that the old man beat mandarin ducks with a stick... Sheng Wang Li Qi's big stick is lying there, how dare the Zheng family come to propose marriage?

Zhang Xuan smiled again, looked back at Zhang Xuemei and said solemnly, "Sister Xuemei, if you like that young master of the Zheng family, then marry him! If someone obstructs you and wants to separate you, brother, I will make the decision for you!"

As soon as Zhang Xuan said this, Zhang Xuemei immediately thanked her repeatedly with tears in her eyes.As long as Zhang Xuan is willing to support, what is Sheng Wang Li Qi?As long as Zhang Xuan posts a message, the Zheng family will immediately send a matchmaker to the Zhang family to propose marriage to Zhang Jiuming.

Zhang Jiuming suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Xuan and said in a low voice, "Xuan'er, you must not..."

Zhang Xuan shook his head with a smile, and said calmly, "Your uncle, don't worry. Marriage is free and protected by the law. Even the royal family cannot interfere. Besides, His Royal Highness King Sheng is not an unreasonable and arrogant person. I think he will understand. "

(End of this chapter)