Tang Dynasty Hidden Guards

"Okay, okay! That's my man, I'm getting jealous."

Yuan Min finally couldn't help but pat Dugu Jiao's shoulder. At this moment, Dugu Jiao was tightly hugging Xue Wei's waist, burying her head in his chest, and crying softly with gratitude.

Xue Wei was so frightened that he raised his hands high and looked at Yuan Min with an innocent expression, his eyes clearly saying, "It has nothing to do with me, she ambushed me."

But... Gillian's ample bosom feels really good.

Yuan Min was both annoyed and amused. Seeing that A Jiao's front was flattened by Xue Wei, she couldn't hold back any longer and took Du Gu Jiao's hands off Xue Wei, making her hug her.

Gillian realized her mistake, her pretty face flushed slightly, and she hugged Yuan Min, whispering an apology: "I'm sorry, Yuan Min, I was too excited just now."

"It's okay, I'm happy for you too."

Yuan Min patted Dugu Jiao's back generously, but her pretty eyes glared fiercely at Xue Wei, as if to say, "I'll settle the score with you when we get back."

Just then, Yuan Mao rushed over, "Amin, what's wrong?"

When Dugu Jiao saw Yuan Mao arrive, she became shy and turned her face away, not daring to look at him.

Xue Wei put his arm around Yuan Mao's shoulder and said with a smile, "Mao, you owe me a huge favor."

Yuan Mao was very unhappy today because of Dugu Jiao's blind date. The two were in love and agreed that if he didn't marry her, Dugu Jiao wouldn't marry him either, giving him time to persuade his father.

Unexpectedly, he heard that Dugu Jiao had gone on a blind date today, which made him both angry and sad. He knew that Dugu Jiao was not young anymore and would become an old maid if she dragged it out any longer, but he also hated himself for not being able to persuade his father.

He thought his father cared about Dugu Jiao's status as a widow, but he had no idea what his father wanted.

What favor do I owe you?

Yuan Mao spoke curtly, his tone filled with emotion. He noticed that the fragrance on Xue Wei was exactly the same as that on Dugu Jiao—Dugu Jiao's favorite ambergris. He immediately felt very uncomfortable.

Yuan Mao pulled Xue Wei's hand off his shoulder and said coldly, "Let go of me. I don't like the smell on you."

Seeing this, Yuan Min quickly covered for Xue Wei, "Third Brother, Third Uncle has agreed to your marriage with Ajiao. It's all thanks to Xue Wei. The three of us were so excited just now that we hugged each other to celebrate."

"What?"

Yuan Mao was stunned for a moment, and he looked at Xue Wei in confusion.

Xue Wei smiled and said, "I had a good talk with your father, and he agreed to send someone to the Dugu family to propose marriage tomorrow."

"How did you negotiate? My father is such a conservative old man, how could he possibly agree?"

"He's not old-fashioned at all, you just don't know what he wants. I'm not trying to persuade him, I'm making a deal with him, so he agreed to your marriage."

"Aha!"

When his father agreed, Yuan Mao was overjoyed and excitedly hugged Xue Wei.

"Wei, I'm sorry about earlier! And thank you."

Xue Wei was speechless. Why did both of them like to hug him? He could at least somewhat enjoy being hugged by Dugu Jiao, but this one…

"Let go of me, it's too hot!"

Seeing Xue Wei's embarrassed expression, Yuan Min burst out laughing.

"Third Brother, don't hug him, hug Ajiao instead!"

"Who wants to hold him!"

Dugu Jiao ran away with a flushed face. Xue Wei pushed Yuan Mao, and Yuan Mao hurriedly chased after her.

"Gillian, wait for me!"

Seeing that the two of them had run away, Yuan Min reached out and pinched Xue Wei, "Was that hugging you comfortable just now?"

"I swear to God, I didn't hug her, she hugged me!"

"In my opinion, it's all the same thing. As punishment, the sleeping arrangement has been canceled."

Xue Wei immediately panicked, "You can't just discard someone after they've served their purpose!"

"I'm going to kill you, you stupid donkey, so what?" Yuan Min said domineeringly.

Xue Wei was displeased. His smile vanished, and he turned around, saying indifferently, "It's nothing. I have some matters to attend to at my office, so I'll head back now."

Seeing that he was angry, Yuan Min felt a little remorseful, so she hugged his waist from behind. "I was just joking with you. I promised you, and I won't go back on my word."

"I don't want to force you!"

Yuan Min turned him around, looked up at him, her eyes sparkling, "I also want to sleep holding my own man!"

"But... you won't give it to me."

Yuan Min sighed, "Old Xue, I... not having a wedding night has always been my biggest regret, a demon in my heart. I want to make up for it. Can you help me?"

Xue Wei pulled her into his arms and kissed her forehead. "I was just kidding. I promised to help you with this regret, but... sigh! Three years is too long."

"Who said we have to wait three years?"

Yuan Min was a little shy and said softly, "It doesn't have to be officially recognized to be considered a marriage. I just want a ceremony, for us to acknowledge it ourselves, for both of our mothers to acknowledge it, that's enough."

Xue Wei's eyes lit up. "I have an idea. We can get married abroad. That way, no one can stop us. We can get married openly and legitimately abroad."

"No need to go abroad."

A sly glint flashed in Yuan Min's beautiful eyes, and she smiled like a little fox stealing meat.

"Only the Wannian County government knows about our severance agreement; other counties don't. We can go to a more remote county, hold a grand wedding, and get a merged household registration certificate stamped with the official seal from the county government. Anyway, Wannian County won't know, so isn't that fine?"

Xue Wei slapped his forehead hard. He'd been so foolish! He'd forgotten this was the Tang Dynasty; there was no internet in the Tang Dynasty.

Xue Wei couldn't help but praise, "My wife is the smartest! How did you come up with that?"

"When I was acquiring the restaurant in Chang'an, it suddenly occurred to me that my manager changed the owner's registration in Chang'an, but the Wannian County Government made a mistake and registered it as a newly established business. We then discovered that the restaurant was registered in Luoyang City. It was clearly registered in Luoyang, but Chang'an did not know that and registered it again. The owners on both sides are different, but both are legal."

Then I thought of our marriage. We could move our household registration to a remote county, get married there, and then move our household registration back. This is actually a loophole.

Xue Wei nodded. Let alone the Tang Dynasty, bigamy is very easy in later generations, especially in the 1980s and 1990s when marriage registration was not networked. Some Hong Kong and Taiwan men had wives at home, but they would go back to the mainland to marry another wife without either side knowing. This was de facto bigamy.

Besides, he wasn't committing bigamy; he had married the same wife twice.

"Is it easy to change your household registration?" Xue Wei asked again.

"It was very difficult in the early Tang Dynasty. Migration was strictly prohibited, mainly to prevent farmers from taking advantage of loopholes in the equal-field system and receiving multiple land grants, and also to prevent soldiers from shirking their duties. Now, land grants are no longer distributed, and we are not soldiers, so with a little effort, it's not difficult to transfer our household registration. We'll first transfer our household registration from Luoyang County to Yinchuan County, wait a year, and if there's no reaction from any parties after a year, then we can implement it."

In fact, Yuan Min had been thinking about this for a long time. She smiled and comforted Xue Wei, "Old Xue, money makes the world go round, so don't worry! As long as the money is in place, even if the officials in Luoyang County guess our intentions, they will turn a blind eye."

"Actually, there's no need to move. We can change our identity again and have two sets of household registrations."

"No!"

Yuan Min shook her head. "I must marry you openly and honestly. I don't want to use a fake identity."

Xue Wei knew in his heart that their biggest trouble was not the loophole in changing household registration, but Wu Zetian. What if she asked him to marry Wu Suisui three years later?

Three years later, it will be the first year of the Shenlong era. By then, Wu Zetian may not have been able to care about anything else, but she was afraid that she would change history. Three years later, Wu Zetian was still doing well.

Nobody knows what will happen three years from now, so for now we can only take it one step at a time.

Just then, a familiar voice came from behind, "Brother Xue, Sister Min, what are you doing here?"