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After returning from the palace, Zhao Xu settled down in the mansion "to be married".The Zhao family in Yingchuan has a very upright family style, except for the concubine and concubine, the capable ones always prevail among the children in the family, so Zhao Xu has a very high reputation in the clan.

It is precisely because of this that, no matter which house in the family, there are few people who are gloating about misfortunes and many people are panicking.Fortunately, Zhao Ruoping beat everyone up in advance, otherwise, I don't know how many people will come to Zhao Xu's place to comfort, explain and ask advice.

Zhao Xu was sitting in the study, and in front of him stood four servants—Bai Shao, Bai Zhi, Bai Su, and Bai Hu.

"My lord, these 25 people are all death contracts." Bai Shao presented a list, on which the origin, sequence, and director of each servant were clear.

Zhao Xu took it and looked at it carefully, and circled ten people out with cinnabar, "These people will follow me, and the rest will stay and be dispatched by Bai Zhi."

Bai Zhi took a step forward and knelt down, "This servant has been with you since childhood, and I really don't want to be away from you, so I ask you to take it back!"

"What about you? You don't want to stay either?" Zhao Xu looked at the other three.

"I will also swear to follow the young master!"

Zhao Xu looked at him, "Do you think that if you follow me, you will sacrifice your heart and soul, and if you stay, it will be useless to enjoy life? You are so wrong! It may be difficult to follow me, but I will always take care of you. If you stay, you have to rely on yourself , The hardships and hardships during this period may be even worse than those in the frontier. But you have to know, if no one stays in Beijing to be my eyes, ears, hands and feet, then what is the difference between me and the deaf, blind, dumb, and crippled?"

Bai Zhi immediately kowtowed, "I would like to stay!"

Zhao Xu handed him the list, "I have a shop selling incense, candles and altars next to the Dabaoen Temple. I gave it to you this time. If anyone comes from the northwest, I will meet you there. As for the rest of the staff, Placed in East Market and West Market, I also have restaurants, teahouses, bookstores, and silk and satin houses under my name, you can do it as you see fit."

"My lord, you left all your property in Beijing, don't you need to take some away?" Bai Shao hesitated.

Bai Su spoke quickly, "Idiot, don't you understand being a son? In terms of income, how can Northwest compare to Beijing and Central?"

Zhao Xu looked at it coldly, and thought in his heart——Bai Zhi is loyal, mature and prudent, but the key is that he speaks very strictly. He is obviously the best candidate to stay in Beijing to mediate; I have the longest time, and he is the one who takes care of the daily life; Bai Shao looks dull at first glance, but she is still thoughtful, and has a face that is very pleasing to three aunts and six wives, so it will be most suitable for use in the inner house in the future; Bai Hu has a strong body , and the footsteps are also fast, allowing him to run errands to deliver letters and communicate in the middle.

Zhao Xu had made up her mind, she raised a few words to Bai Zhi, and then sent a few people to leave.

It's rare for men to get married, and they were too hasty this time, so they couldn't reason about it as usual, so there were three days left in the divorce period, and Xuanyuan Hui's bride price came late.

Zhao Xu took Bai Shao to rummage inside for a long time before finding a thin book, which contained all Xuanyuan Hui's belongings in Chang'an and Suzhou.

"What a good prince, but he is actually a little poorer than me," Zhao Xu flipped through the notebook and marveled, pretending to be melancholy, "This time I really married lowly. In my opinion, this business has lost a lot."

Bai Shao didn't dare to make a sound beside him, and heard Zhao Xu say: "How many dowries did my grandmother prepare for me?"

"Eighteen lifts."

Zhao Xu was not surprised either, his grandmother always loved him, she said she would go to the Northwest immediately, there were no in-laws to curry favor with, no sister-in-law and sister-in-law to watch jokes, why bother to give so much dowry as a facade, it would be better to turn it into a private house, just now he gave Bai Zhi Many of the shops in China were written by grandmothers.

"There are not many princes and concubines as impoverished as His Royal Highness and me, who started the dynasty." Zhao Xu laughed lightly at himself.

Since receiving the decree, Zhao Xu has become more and more calm day by day, and now she even regards herself as Princess Su from time to time, and Bai Shao's admiration for his son has increased to a higher level.

A few black magpies flew by outside the window, their cries clear and clear.

Zhao Xu turned his head to listen, and said with a smile, "It's a good sign."

In the 15th year of Jinghe, on the seventh day of the sixth month, Xuanyuanhui, the fourth son of the emperor, was granted the title of king of Su, and Zhao Xu, the eldest son of the Duke of Yingchuan County, was designated as his concubine.

Same as civil men's marriage, Xuanyuan Hui went to the Yingchuan County government office early in the morning to greet the bride, took Zhao Xu's hand, boarded the carriage, and went straight to the palace.

The two wore similar auspicious clothes, the only difference being that Xuanyuan Hui embroidered a four-clawed golden dragon, while Zhao Xu wore a fire phoenix.

"Actually, there are quite a few spectators," Zhao Xu raised a corner of the car curtain, and glanced at the crowd. "Marrying a man and wife is done with such fanfare, and we are the first to start the trend."

Xuanyuan Hui felt a little uneasy, "Have you seen the Queen Mother?"

Zhao Xu couldn't help laughing after noticing the address of others, "Your Highness is joking, I'm a white man, how can I see her old man's kind face?"

"I won't be a foreigner in the future." Xuanyuan Hui had already felt that his calm and breezy appearance was an eyesore, so he couldn't help but sarcastically said.

He has a serious face, full of youth and maturity, but how can the cunning, agility and complacency in his eyes be deceiving?

Remembering that they are destined to help each other in the next few years, Zhao Xu will inevitably feel a bit like an elder brother, so he doesn't care about him, and just smiles: "It's still in the honor of the prince."

Xuanyuan Hui twitched the corners of his mouth a little bored.

The carriage stopped slowly, and the expressions of the two became solemn in an instant.

Xuanyuan Hui took a deep look at him, "I have wronged you today, and this king owes you." After finishing speaking, he turned around and got out of the carriage first, and held out his hand to him.

Zhao Xu smiled silently, put on his hand with a docile look.

Xuanyuan Hui led him and climbed up the jade steps of Hanyuan Hall step by step.

Even the thousand-layered jade steps have an end. Amid the eunuch's singing of promises, the two first worshiped the emperor and queen, then the emperor and empress, and finally stood face to face.

Xuanyuan Hui hadn't grown up yet, and the auspicious clothes with wide robes and wide sleeves looked a little weird hanging on his body, but his expression was extraordinarily dignified, and he was married with endless forbearance.

Zhao Xu suddenly felt like laughing, and he really did.

Xuanyuan Hui stood up after worshiping, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Zhao Xu who was three steps away, his wedding dress was like fire, and his eyes were smiling.

Under the malicious or joking eyes around him, he was still calm and upright, fearing that even if the enemy army was pressing down on the border or approaching the city, he would not be able to move him in the slightest.

The real crown of the river east, the celebrity is romantic.

The melancholy and confusion in Xuanyuan Hui's heart faded away, and the corners of his mouth raised.

Everyone talked and commented, and they smiled at each other amidst the overwhelming blood red.