Gu Yuan blinked, deliberately put his hand on Pei Chun's head, and carefully blew away the snow for her.

Then he slowly turned his head and looked at Jiang Yue: "Brother Yue, you are joking. Yuan wants to marry Mingcheng not because of the defeat in Xijiang.

But my heart has been happy and clear for a long time.

What's more, Mingcheng's marriage was arranged by Duke Xin himself.

Duke Xin is at ease because he trusts Yuan.

Brother Yue, you agree, right?

Fourth brother Pei Che fanned his nose and could smell the fragrance of tea.

Pei Chun was a little amused, but she also knew that her two brothers were doing this for her own good.

I can't say too much at this time, it will hurt my two brothers' feelings.

But, it is still a bit funny to see Gu Yuan, who looks like a miser with full fighting capacity.

She squinted her eyes and looked at Gu Yuan's Adam's apple moving up and down. Suddenly, her hands felt itchy and she couldn't help but reached out and pinched it gently.

Gu Yuan was pinched so hard that he trembled all over. He subconsciously glanced at Pei Chun's expression, fearing that she would show any anger.

He was a little afraid that Ming Cheng would get angry at him because he bullied Jiang Yue.

As a result, it seems... no?!

He blinked and moved a little closer to her.

Jiang Yue raised his eyebrows, really underestimating this pretty boy. He was about to speak.

The eldest brother Pei Qing finally spoke at the right time: "Brother Yue, His Royal Highness the Third Prince was specially selected by Daddy in front of the Emperor, you have to trust Daddy's vision.

It's New Year's Day, don't make things difficult for him, we are all a family from now on."

Besides, even if daddy chooses the wrong person, mom is there to back him up.

Mother cares about Mingcheng the most. She didn't express any opinion, which means she must be somewhat satisfied with Gu Yuan.

Moreover, Gu Yuan was a hostage. According to the original requirements of the two countries, the hostage had to stay in Zhao for a full forty years.

In other words, even if Ming Cheng had the title of a princess married to a foreign country, she could still stay in the capital of Zhao State after getting married.

Gu Yuan came to Zhao State as a hostage when he was ten years old. He will only be eighteen after this year. If he returns to Western Xinjiang, he will have to be forty-two years old.

After so many years, it is clear enough to see whether this man is a qualified husband.

What's more, their family has been targeted by the prince.

The conditions for finding a son-in-law for Mingcheng were lowered a lot.

As long as Ming Cheng didn't jump into the fire pit of the royal family, share a husband with other women, waste her life in the backyard, erase her current happy and willful nature, and become a political victim, it would be fine.

The lower Gu Yuan's status, the better it is for Ming Cheng's personality.

One strong and one weak.

At least Gu Yuan didn't dare to give Ming Cheng instructions after marriage, and asked Ming Cheng to be humble and serve him.

They also have to endure the common problem of men hiring prostitutes and buying concubines.

As long as they, as brothers, work hard to climb up or build good relationships with him, they can naturally make Gu Yuan concerned or moved, and Ming Cheng will be the only one left in the future.

Of course, if Gu Yuan really didn’t know what was good for him, their Pei family would never let a woman endure humiliation!

Didn’t you see that daddy has only had mom for all these years?

Once a man from the Pei family chooses a wife, it’s a lifelong commitment and they can’t just accept someone who is dirty or smelly!

Well, Gu Yuan also needs to be informed of this matter in advance.

Jiang Yue turned off the engine. He understood what Pei Qing meant. This man must have some outstanding qualities to be chosen by his godfather.

Pei Chun looked through the snow-covered bamboo forest at the direction where the setting sun was setting. "Let's go to the front hall. There's a New Year's Eve dinner that Daddy prepared himself."

After saying that, she took Gu Yuan's hand and walked towards the front hall first.

Pei Ding cooked several dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner himself. The princess even asked a servant to send a portion to her grandmother who lived far away in Huiming Temple.

Tomorrow their whole family will go to Huiming Temple to pay respects to their grandmother. Pei Chun was a little lost in thought when he thought that his grandmother, whom he had not seen for many years, would soon appear before him.

I was so absorbed in picking up the food that I didn't notice a drop of oil splashed on my sleeve.

Gu Yuan saw this and silently rolled up his sleeves for her.

She smiled and secretly conspired with Gu Yuan under the table.

She secretly slipped a slender jade hairpin hidden in her sleeve into his hand through the cover of their wide sleeves.

This hairpin was carved just before Gu Yuan came today, what a coincidence.

Gu Yuan was a little surprised. His slender finger bones kept rubbing the jade hairpin under the table, and he didn't lift his chopsticks to eat for a long time.

The princess smiled and said, "Your Highness, please eat more food. Don't be polite. We are all family.

I heard that you have a younger brother. If I have the chance, I will definitely meet him."

Gu Yuan came back to his senses and humbly took the meat that Pei Cui beside him passed to him.

It is speculated that this is the eldest princess's attempt to find out the attitude of the Western Xinjiang side towards Ming Cheng's marriage proposal, but she ended up marrying him.

He did not hesitate, and thinking of the news from Western Xinjiang this morning, he said, "My younger brother proclaimed himself the new king of Western Xinjiang this morning, and he also knows about Mingcheng and my marriage."

As soon as he finished speaking, the table suddenly fell silent.

The eldest brother Pei Qing frowned.

Second brother Pei Cui glanced at his father with an ambiguous meaning.

The dish that the third brother Pei Zhan passed to him immediately turned around and threw it into Pei Chun's bowl.

The fourth brother narrowed his eyes, somewhat curiously: "How do you know? The capital is separated from the Western Frontier by an entire country."

"Yuan is an expert in controlling poisonous insects, so it is not difficult for him to send messages through poisonous insects." Gu Yuan carefully put the hairpin that Pei Chun gave him into his sleeve, for fear that it would be damaged by knocking it.

Fourth brother wanted to ask again.

Pei Ding on the other side suddenly spoke up and interrupted him: "It would be great if the new king of Western Xinjiang is successfully replaced today.

Western Xinjiang needs to recuperate, and the Pei family no longer wants to work for the Liu royal family.

Except my wife, of course."

After saying that, he took the hand of the eldest princess beside him with his big bear-like palm.

What the royal family did in the previous life was truly disgusting.

The Pei family members could cause a huge uproar by making just a small mistake, which was magnified to the point where all the officials in the court jointly impeached them.

Also, the empress dowager, as her own mother, did not feel any sympathy for her own daughter Jiashan. Is this justifiable?

The Queen Mother clearly watched the Pei family being exploited and destroyed.

It's really overwhelming.

Oh, but who would believe that there is no mastermind behind this?

The mastermind who can manipulate all the officials, haha.

The deaths of several children were still fresh in his mind. How could he devote himself to serving the Liu royal family?

Pei Chun nodded silently, and agreed very much with his father's current idea. Even if the Pei family did nothing, the fact that they had 80,000 soldiers was enough to arouse jealousy.

How many people want Dad to fall from a high place so that they can divide the military power in his hands.

Now that the Crown Prince and the Sixth Prince are fighting fiercely, it is right to temporarily avoid the conflict.

However, there was indeed no imperial edict from Xijiang seeking marriage in the previous life.

She thought it was in this life, because Gu Yuan and she had many interactions, that the imperial edict of marriage proposal was sent from Western Xinjiang.

But I didn’t expect that Gu Yuan didn’t seem to know about this matter?

"That's right. I made an exchange between your brother and I for the marriage proposal. I asked him to use the marriage proposal to ask Mingcheng not to marry someone from the Liu family.

It just so happened that you had expressed to your brother at that time your intention to marry Mingcheng, so he proposed on your behalf and your name was included in the imperial edict.

In exchange for the Pei family not getting involved in the fight between Xijiang and Zhao, it’s a good deal.”

Pei Ding did not explain the reason to his curious sons, but simply stated what he had done.

Gu Yuan pursed his lips and rubbed his fingers on the bulge of the jade hairpin.

There was always a pie in the sky that just happened to hit him. How could he have deserved such a reward, and he could have married Mingcheng with nothing but an imperial decree.

He did express his love for Mingcheng to his brother, but that was when he was fifteen years old and his brother was just an unpopular prince.

Who would have thought he had remembered it for so many years.

No wonder he said mysteriously before that there would be a surprise today.

It turns out that the surprise is what Pei Ding said...

It turns out that what he was worried about, that he could not have both family and country, has actually been achieved today.

“So, what Jiashan said just now, that we are all one family, is no longer empty talk.

Gu Yuan, child, please treat Ming Cheng well. I, Pei Ding, hope that you and Ming Cheng will get along well in the future.

Since we, the Pei family, have made a promise, we will not break our promise.

I will also treat you like my own son, just like Jiang Yue, and like Feng Huan in the past."

He could rest assured and hand his daughter over to Gu Yuan, who was able to collect Ming Cheng's body and avenge their entire family.

After Pei Ding finished speaking from the heart, he took the smiling princess' hand and left the table first.

Only the Pei family children and Gu Yuan were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Dad, have you been possessed by evil spirits? The Pei family has been fighting with Xijiang for so many years.

We are fine, saying that we will not get involved in the battle between Xijiang and Zhao State, but the military command of Zhao State is still in our hands.

Do we have to hand over the military token?"

Third brother Pei Zhan asked soul-searchingly.

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