Chapter 61: Li Yuan Visits, Adding a Child Bride

Just as Li Er and Su Liang were discussing football, Li Yuan came over with Wu Shiyue and others.

At this moment, Su Liang also witnessed the third female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zhao, Wu Zetian.

Historically, there were two female emperors before Wu Zetian.

The first female emperor was Emperor Shang of Northern Wei, known as Yuan the Girl, with the reign title Wuqin. The second female emperor was Chen Shuozhen, the Wenjia Emperor of the peasant uprising in the fourth year of the Yonghui era of Emperor Gaozong of Tang.

However, the endings of these two female emperors were relatively miserable. Emperor Shang of Northern Wei was just a farce arranged by Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Wei; she was killed in less than a year on the throne, and she did not even leave a name. Chen Shuozhen could not bear to see her fellow villagers being exploited and persecuted by court officials, so she led the masses in an uprising. After the uprising, she called herself "Wenjia Emperor," but unfortunately, she could not defeat the Tang army and was defeated and died.

Just as Su Liang was sizing up Wu Zhao, Li Yuan had already arrived in front of Li Er, staring at the football in Li Er's hand and saying: "This ball is quite interesting."

"Hehe... Father can try it."

Li Er could see that his father was quite interested in the football in his hand. Before Li Yuan could ask for it, he immediately handed the football to his father.

"Good, good, good... It has elasticity. Using this for Cuju will definitely be much more interesting," Li Yuan said, patting the football.

Just as the words fell, Li Yuan kicked the football into a water vat outside the door.

Damn it... Is this really a 60-year-old man?

At this moment, Su Liang was truly shocked by Li Yuan's ball skills.

What shocked Su Liang was not that the distance to the water vat was a full 20 meters, nor was it the water vat with a diameter of only 80 centimeters. What shocked Su Liang was that the mouth of the water vat was facing upward, and the football had to be shot in with an arc; this required such precise force!

Looking at Li Yuan's floating expression, it was clear he had not used his full strength.

"Hehe... What are you two, father-in-law and son-in-law, discussing again?" Li Yuan said, still wanting more.

"Cough, cough..."

Su Liang coughed twice, then looked at Li Yuan and said: "Retired Emperor, His Majesty and I are discussing the Cuju match to be held during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Hey, hey, hey... Stop right there. From now on, just call me Grandpa Li. Starting today, Grandpa Li will be staying here in the Furong Garden."

"Uh..." Su Liang was truly shocked by Li Yuan. Last time, he thought Li Yuan was just joking and did not take the title "Grandpa Li" to heart, but today, Li Yuan's attitude made it truly difficult for Su Liang to speak.

He immediately cast his gaze toward Li Er, who also shook his head helplessly.

Just as Su Liang and Li Er were communicating silently, Grandpa Li's next words left Su Liang speechless.

"Hehe... Little Su, my old friend here will be setting off for the south in a few days to help you handle the materials needed for building the roads. Let the little girl Wu Zhao be taken care of by your Furong Garden."

This... this... Su Liang did not know what to say for a moment.

What does Wu Shiyue going south have to do with Wu Zhao? Didn't the Wu family move to Changan City this year? Besides, doesn't Wu Zhao have a mother? Doesn't she have two older brothers and an older sister?

What the hell is this situation... Su Liang was already in a mess.

Could it be that Wu Zhao hadn't come to Furong Garden before because she was planning this?

Just as Su Liang was thinking about these things, Wu Shiyue said with a smile: "Hehe... I will trouble the Prince of Chu to take care of my little daughter. I can also focus on handling the raw materials."

After Wu Shiyue said this lightly, he immediately bowed slightly to Li Yuan, Li Er, and Su Liang, and then... then he left?!

Damn it... He didn't give Su Liang a chance to refute at all.

This was clearly... making Su Liang take her as a child bride!

Su Liang never expected that his first meeting with Wu Zhao would end like this.

However, after thinking slightly, he also thought that historically, it was precisely because of Wu Zhao's outstanding beauty that Yang Shidao recommended his niece to Li Er, and Li Zhi also doted on Wu Zhao! Su Liang had no choice but to accept it with tears.

Now that Little Sizi had completely settled in Furong Garden, Su Liang's place had become a nursery, so one more wouldn't hurt.

At this moment, Wu Zhao was looking at Su Liang with shyness, not saying a word.

"Cough, cough..." Seeing this, Li Yuan coughed twice and then said: "Aren't you two, father-in-law and son-in-law, just discussing the Cuju match! Has the tournament been decided yet?"

"It's decided, it will be held on the 15th of the eighth month. The morning is the preliminary round to select four strong teams, and the afternoon is the final..." Li Er informed Li Yuan of the tournament process he had discussed with Su Liang earlier.

Simply put, there were 32 teams in this competition, the bracket was decided by drawing lots, and one match decided the winner!!

The team that finally won the championship could receive the "Hercules Cup." The four teams that entered the finals could receive a tournament prize of ten thousand gold, which was ten thousand taels of gold.

After Li Er finished speaking, Li Yuan couldn't help but look at Su Liang and laugh: "Hehe... Little Su, you really have money with nowhere to spend."

As the words fell, Su Liang smiled slightly.

His prize money was still too small compared to the World Cup prize money of later generations.

"But I think this plan is very good, just do it according to this." After Li Yuan finished speaking, he immediately urged Li Er to quickly announce the tournament to the world. With a month and a half left, he should let as many teams participate as possible.

Upon hearing this, Li Er immediately went to get busy.

After Li Er left, Li Yuan asked Su Liang to quickly arrange a cooler place to stay, as he was not leaving today.

Since the last time Li Yuan said he wanted to live in Furong Garden, Su Liang had already reserved a luxury residence for him.

Now he only needed to settle Wu Zhao. For a moment, he was in a dilemma, not knowing what kind of room Wu Zhao liked. In the end, he had no choice but to leave this matter to the thoughtful Miss Ruyan.

That evening, at the dinner party in Furong Garden, except for Princess Changle, Little Sizi, and Li Xian, everyone else was extra cautious.

Although they had eaten with Li Er and Empress Zhangsun before, facing the Retired Emperor Li Yuan, this stranger, they were still a bit unnatural.

Li Yuan also noticed that the atmosphere was a bit strange and immediately said happily: "From now on, just call me Grandpa Li. Just treat me as your own grandfather, no need to be restrained."

As the words fell, Princess Changle also chimed in: "Sisters, don't worry, Grandpa Emperor won't blame you."

At this moment, Li Yuan also looked at everyone with a loving face.

Gradually, under Li Yuan's initiative, everyone in Furong Garden soon got along well with Grandpa Li.

It's just that they couldn't bring themselves to call Li Yuan "Grandpa Li." Finally, under Little Sizi's suggestion, they followed Princess Changle, Little Sizi, and Li Xian and respectfully called Li Yuan "Grandpa Emperor."

Zhangsun Yue was fine; after all, she was a royal relative, so calling him Grandpa Emperor was not excessive.

Wu Zhao had also been watched by Li Yuan as she grew up, so calling him Grandpa Emperor was no big deal.

Miss Ruyan and Yu Er had inexplicably gained a Grandpa Emperor, and they were simply flattered!

After the meal, Li Yuan pulled Uncle Fu and Er Hu to chat about family matters. Seeing that both were still single, he patted his chest on the spot and guaranteed that he must let them hold a beauty in their arms soon. ===== CHAPTER 62 =====