NFBE Chapter 167 The bond between Li Changsheng and Xiao Ziyan!
Chapter 167 The bond between Li Changsheng and Xiao Ziyan!
Li Changsheng originally didn't want to accept the gift.
But I can't resist it, they give me too much.
Moreover, he thought about it.
He did save Xiao Ziyan twice.
It is only natural to receive some compensation.
At worst, I can just think of it as a dowry given in advance by the Xiao family.
Seeing that Li Changsheng accepted the gift, Xiao Yunfei took it for granted that the other party had agreed to his attempt to win him over.
At least there was no resistance.
Anyway, it's a good start.
Well begun is half done.
Because of the gift, the relationship between Li Changsheng and the Xiao family became closer invisibly.
The host and the guests drank and chatted happily, and they were in a very happy mood.
Li Changsheng was worried that if he got drunk, his identity as a fake eunuch would be accidentally exposed, so he didn't dare to drink too much.
After drinking a few glasses, he went back to the guest room to rest on the pretext that he was not drunk anymore.
After Li Changsheng left, Ge Lin, who had been hiding in the dark and observing, showed up.
Xiao Yunfei quickly stood up and stepped forward to ask, "Mr. Ge, what do you think of this Li Changsheng?"
Ge Lin narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction where Li Changsheng was leaving.
"This Eunuch Li is a talented person. If we can use him, he will definitely be a great help to us!"
Xiao Yunfei said, "Mr. Ge, His Majesty thinks highly of Li Changsheng and has even broken precedent by having him succeed Jiang Li as the Dragon Guard's Cavalry Captain."
"As the saying goes, a woman dresses to please her, and a man dies for his confidant. Your Majesty has entrusted Li Changsheng with such an important task. I'm afraid he won't be easy to win over, right?"
Although Li Changsheng just accepted the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and ten thousand taels of silver with a smile.
But compared with a fourth-rank captain with real power, these are nothing.
Xiao Yunfei was not so foolish as to think that with just a few tens of thousands of taels, he could make Li Changsheng willingly work for him.
Ge Lin said, "It's not easy to win him over, but since Li Changsheng has accepted the prince's banknotes and Ganoderma lucidum today, he will have to accept a favor from the prince in the future!"
"Furthermore, we can publicize this matter. If His Majesty knew about this, what do you think he would think?"
Xiao Yunfei paused for a moment and said, "Eunuchs colluding with military commanders is a taboo in the imperial court. If His Majesty knew, he would be furious, or at the very least, he would become suspicious and distance himself from Li Changsheng!"
Ge Lin smiled and nodded: "Yes, what the prince said makes sense!"
"Wait until Li Changsheng becomes suspicious of His Majesty, then we can try to win him over. Wouldn't that be much more effective?"
"By then, will we still worry about Li Changsheng not dying for the Crown Prince?"
Xiao Yunfei was overjoyed when he heard this.
But after a while, he looked embarrassed again.
"Mr. Ge, given Li Changsheng's intelligence, it's probably not difficult for him to see that we deliberately spread this news to alienate the relationship between him and His Majesty, right?"
Ge Lin disagreed and said, "Even if he finds out in the end, so what? We didn't force him to take the thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and the banknotes!"
"Besides, by then, His Majesty will be suspicious of him, the Jiang family will hate him, and the aristocratic families will despise him."
"He, Li Changsheng, is just a eunuch, a rootless duckweed. Besides dying for the Crown Prince, do he have any other choice?"
Xiao Yunfei was overjoyed and clapped his hands in praise.
"Dad, has Li Changsheng come to our house?"
Just as Xiao Yunfei and Ge Lin were planning how to carry out this divisive plan without anyone noticing.
Xiao Ziyan ran over in a hurry.
When he saw his daughter coming, Xiao Yunfei frowned.
"Zi Yan, you're going to be married soon, why are you still so frivolous? You don't act like a lady from a noble family at all!"
Xiao Ziyan curled her lips and muttered indifferently.
"I have always been like this, don't you know?"
Seeing that his daughter still refused to repent and even dared to talk back, Xiao Yunfei immediately flew into a rage and made a move to hit her.
But at this moment, a noble lady who was dressed gorgeously and looked quite similar to Xiao Ziyan ran over hurriedly and protected her daughter.
"Master, what are you doing? Zi Yan just came back from the brink of death. If you beat her up, I will never forgive you!"
This noble lady is Xiao Yunfei’s first wife, Yan Wanqiu.
Yan Wanqiu's mother's family is from the Yan family in Jizhou.
Although the Yan family has long been in decline, its overall strength is far inferior to that of the Xiao family, a military noble who holds a large number of troops.
But in terms of foundation, the Xiao family, which has only risen for a hundred years, is no match for the Yan family, a family with a history of thousands of years.
When Xiao Yunfei married Yan Wanqiu.
The Yan family used the word "marrying down" in the marriage certificate.
Xiao Yunfei doted on his first wife so much that he had never taken a concubine until now.
Seeing his wife coming out to protect their daughter, Xiao Yunfei had no choice but to put down his arms and sighed helplessly.
"Madam, why are you still protecting her? You've spoiled this girl!"
Yan Wanqiu said, "My dear, when I was still a girl, I was also as willful as Zi Yan. But I think I'll be fine after I get married!"
When the word "marry" was mentioned, Xiao Yunfei's eyes lit up.
"Madam, Zi Yan is now old enough to get married, why not find her a husband?"
"I remember your nephews from your mother's side. They were all quite good, charming and talented, both civil and military..."
"I don't want to get married!"
Before Xiao Yunfei could finish his words, Xiao Ziyan suddenly interrupted him.
Xiao Yunfei's face darkened as he scolded, "Zi Yan, you're not young anymore. You can't let your temper get the better of you this time!"
This time, even Yan Wanqiu no longer stood on her daughter's side.
"Zi Yan, men should marry when they grow up, and women should marry when they grow up. This is a matter of course. How can you be so willful and refuse to marry just because you want to?"
Xiao Ziyan suddenly raised her voice and said, "I said I won't marry, unless..."
"Unless what?"
Xiao Yunfei and Yan Wanqiu asked almost at the same time.
Xiao Ziyan bit her lip and said, "Unless the person I marry can surpass Li Changsheng in every aspect!"
"Better than Li Changsheng?"
Xiao Yunfei and Yan Wanqiu looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Zi Yan, what nonsense are you talking about? Li Changsheng is a eunuch!"
In fact, let alone Li Changsheng, he is a eunuch.
Even if he was not a eunuch, it would be impossible for him to marry the daughter of the Xiao family just because he came from a poor family.
Xiao Ziyan bit her lip lightly and said loudly, "Li Changsheng is a eunuch, so what?"
"Besides, I didn't say I wanted to marry a eunuch. I said I could be better than Li Changsheng!"
"The man I, Xiao Ziyan, will marry in the future must be a peerless hero, both civil and military. If they are not even as good as a eunuch, why would I marry them?"
After hearing their daughter's words, Xiao Yunfei and Yan Wanqiu suddenly felt...
What she said seemed to make a lot of sense.
No matter what, their son-in-law must be better than a eunuch, right?
Otherwise, why would he marry her daughter?
Yan Wanqiu said, "Okay, I'll take care of this matter for you."
"However, if we find a young talent who is superior to Li Changsheng in both literary and military strategy, then Zi Yan, you must not act so willfully anymore!"
Xiao Yunfei, who was standing next to him, saw that his wife had already made the decision, so he didn't want to offend her anymore.
Besides, the Kyushu is so vast that heroes are everywhere.
Are you afraid that you can't find a young hero who can defeat Li Changsheng, a eunuch?
Xiao Ziyan agreed without even thinking about it.
"Okay, it's a deal!"
After saying that, he looked at Green who had been silent.
"Mr. Ge, you are the most respected, so please be a witness!"
Green didn't want to get involved in these private matters, so he kept pretending to be deaf and dumb.
But he never expected that the eldest lady would actually take the initiative to find him and bear witness to this.
Helplessly, he could only look at Xiao Yunfei with an inquiring look.
Xiao Yunfei didn't care and said, "Mr. Ge, since Zi Yan wants you to be a witness, then you can be a witness!"
After hearing what Xiao Yunfei said, Ge Lin could no longer refuse, so he had to agree.
Xiao Yunfei said, "Zi Yan, Mr. Ge has agreed to be a witness."
"When the time comes, when Dad finds you that incomparable hero you mentioned, you must accept the loss and never act so willfully again. Got it?"
Xiao Ziyan snorted proudly: "Humph, who will win is still uncertain!"
Xiao Yunfei looked puzzled and asked, "Zi Yan, no matter what, Li Changsheng is just a eunuch. Why do you have such great confidence in him?"
Hearing her father's question, Xiao Ziyan's little head was a little confused.
In fact, even she herself couldn't explain where her confidence in Li Changsheng came from.
In other words, this is not confidence.
But it's a bond!
A bond formed in the Peach Blossom Thief's cellar...