The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

After the banquet, Chen Huai'an was slightly tipsy.

He drank quite a bit, but he was far from drunk.

Stepping out of Xiande Hall and feeling the breeze, Chen Huai'an's slight drunkenness dissipated.

"Duke Anguo!"

A voice called out from behind him.

Chen Huai'an paused, then turned around and said, "You don't need to call me Duke Anguo. If you'd like, you can call me Huai'an."

Feng Zhidai nodded. They would soon be family, so there was no need to be so polite.

However... Chen Huai'an was ultimately someone who could stand on equal footing with his father, so he really couldn't treat this future brother-in-law normally.

"Let's go, we can go home together," Chen Huai'an said with a smile.

Feng Zhidai was merely a figurehead; he didn't actually perform any official duties.

Protons, you know.

The fact that they are able to attend the banquet today is probably because Li Shimin tried his best to bring them together.

Feng Zhidai smiled, and the two of them walked out into the wind and snow.

"Actually, I've always been curious, why did you have to choose me?" Chen Huai'an asked, voicing his doubts.

He was truly puzzled by this.

He could understand that the Feng family did not want to rebel or marry into the royal family.

After all, they're royalty; those who know, know.

Unless it's someone like the Crown Princess, many people are unwilling to marry their daughters into the royal family, unless they are not the legitimate daughters.

In Chang'an, besides him, there are many other suitable marriage partners.

After he clearly expressed his resistance, the Feng family should not have persisted.

The Feng family is a wealthy and powerful family, and Feng Ang is a local tyrant. This makes it seem like they're giving him money away.

Feng Zhidai sighed, "Now that we're about to become family, I won't hide it from you anymore."

"Initially, my father had no intention of sending my younger sister over. He thought that with me as a hostage, I could contribute to the war effort and then manage Lingnan properly. He believed that His Majesty would not do anything to our Feng family."

"But before the envoy arrived, a respected local old woman found my father and told him that if the Feng family wanted to continue its lineage peacefully, and if Lingnan wanted to get rid of the prejudices of the world and achieve better development, the solution lay with my younger sister and in Chang'an."

"She told my father that she had her destined husband in Chang'an and asked him to send her younger sister over as well."

Chen Huai'an listened attentively without interrupting.

He waited for a while, but found that Feng Zhidai didn't follow up.

Chen Huai'an was completely bewildered: "And then?"

"That's all." Feng Zhidai said somewhat awkwardly, "Grandma just asked my father to bring my little sister here, saying that her destined husband was here, and she didn't say anything else."

Chen Huai'an: ? ? ?

"No, then how did you decide it was me?" Chen Huai'an was dumbfounded.

What kind of bullshit reason is that?

Feng Zhidai was also somewhat speechless. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Well, that old woman is quite extraordinary; she has some special abilities."

"Of course we wanted to ask more, but the old lady said she couldn't see through it. The only thing she was sure of was that she would definitely send the little girl over."

"Searching for my little sister's destined husband."

"We asked the old woman how she planned to search, since we didn't have a single clue—no name, no background, no age. How could we possibly find her?"

"Yeah, right." Chen Huai'an was utterly speechless. "So how did you guys do it?"

"I didn't do much." Feng Zhidai shook his head. "Because Grandma said that it would be fine to let my younger sister do it. Since he is my destined husband, everything is preordained."

"My father was worried, so he collected a lot of information on eligible men in Chang'an and finally found you."

Feng Zhidai exclaimed in amazement, "When my father found out about your actions, he was full of praise for you, saying that many of your ideas were similar to his, but you were better and more pragmatic."

"My father said at the time that you might be the most suitable marriage partner, but we can't force it."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "On the way to Chang'an, we heard many rumors about you. Your reputation among the people is quite good, though of course, there are also some bad ones."

Chen Huai'an's face darkened slightly.

He was certainly aware that some aspects of his reputation were not good.

Back in April of this year, he swindled a group of grain merchants to death, and these people, along with the people behind them, now hate him to death.

It would be strange if his reputation were good.

Feng Zhidai smiled and said, "Considering all these factors, I think you are the best marriage partner, just like Father said."

"Perhaps you are the person the old woman was talking about!"

"You probably know what happened next. After we arrived, we immediately expressed our interest in you, hinting to His Majesty."

"His Majesty may also want to facilitate this matter, which is why he brought it up with you. However, you have too many things to consider, and therefore you are somewhat resistant to us."

"I once thought you weren't the person Grandma was talking about, and that I was going to marry into royalty."

"Until His Majesty summoned us and told us in person that he wanted to make this happen."

"Considering your actions, your official position, your age, and the changes that a marriage with you would bring to Lingnan, for all these reasons, I feel that you are the one!"

Chen Huai'an twitched the corner of his mouth.

This is very unscientific, but also very mysterious.

To be honest, many people in ancient times were really quite mysterious.

Let's not even mention Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, who created the Tui Bei Tu.

Even just considering Qin Qiong, his existence is extremely illogical.

Even with a population of 1.4 billion and such advanced internet technology in later generations, he had never heard of anyone born with superhuman strength.

But the most elite generals in ancient times basically all had this ability.

Various talented and extraordinary people are also frequently seen.

In places like Lingnan... it's understandable to have an old woman there.

"..."

"So, you've decided that I'm the one destined for you?" Chen Huai'an asked, turning his head.

Feng Zhidai frankly said, "That's right. In fact, my younger sister and I both feel that since it's already so uncertain, we might as well follow our hearts."

"Chang'an isn't without other options, but you are the best!"

"Besides, don't you think there are too many coincidences in this matter?"

"We're still on the road, and the thing we hear most often is your name, both good and bad."

"Upon arriving in Chang'an, I learned that it was because of you that His Majesty did not heed the words of the officials in Lingnan and send troops to Lingnan."

"We didn't have much hope at first, because everyone knew that a marriage between the Chen and Feng families was too risky, and His Majesty would most likely not agree."

"Who would have thought that His Majesty would go to such lengths to make this happen."

"One coincidence is a coincidence, two coincidences can be attributed to luck, but three or four coincidences combined are no longer coincidences!"

Feng Zhidai patted Chen Huai'an on the shoulder: "Brother-in-law, my sister is in your care from now on!"

"..."