Chapter 62: Xue Rengui Returns, Proposing Marriage in Hedong

At the same time, Su Liang also gave the gifts he had prepared long ago to the several young ladies.

Of course, Wu Zhao, the new member, was not left out!

On weekdays, Su Liang would prepare many gifts for Little Sizi from time to time, most of which were clothes. At this moment, he simply took some from Little Sizi's share and gave them to Wu Zhao.

A moment later, Wu Zhao was completely immersed in the surprise of Su Liang's gifts.

And at this moment, something that made Su Liang's jaw drop happened: Li Yuan, seeing that marrying Princess Jiujiang to Er Hu was not working, actually set his sights on Uncle Fu.

Damn it, can you play like this?

Er Hu's reason for refusal was also very simple: he and Su Liang were brothers after all, so wouldn't that mess up the seniority?

But Uncle Fu was also not happy and politely declined; he had no achievements and did not want to be a son-in-law who married into the family.

Princess Jiujiang, as Su Liang knew, was one of the few daughters of Li Yuan who had not yet been married off.

Historically, Princess Jiujiang married Zhishi Sili of the Zhishi tribe of the Eastern Turks in the fourth year of Zhenguan, and was the first princess of the Tang Dynasty to marry into a foreign tribe.

At this moment, Su Liang also remembered the matter of Zhishi Sili, and he did not know what the situation was like in the Western Turks now.

Although for Su Liang, reopening the Silk Road was not that important now, Su Liang still urgently wanted to open up the Silk Road. That Middle East region had massive amounts of "black gold," which was the important blood for the industrialization of the Great Tang!

Just as Su Liang was considering this matter, a shout came from outside the door: "Young Master... Young Master..."

Before long, he saw Xue Rengui rushing in in high spirits...

"Young... Your humble servant pays respects to the Retired Emperor!" Xue Rengui just wanted to greet Su Yu when he saw Li Yuan, who was talking eloquently with Uncle Fu.

And Li Yuan, who was extremely depressed at the moment, saw Xue Rengui and his eyes lit up. Haha... his daughter's marriage had a lead! Xue Rengui's ancestors could also be considered a famous family, and now that he had made contributions in helping Su Pi quell the rebellion and resist the enemy, he had already been named General Xuanwei by Li Er. Marrying Princess Jiujiang to Xue Rengui was just right!

Su Liang saw Li Yuan staring at Xue Rengui like a tiger, so he quickly leaned into Li Yuan's ear and told him that Xue Rengui already had a little sweetheart, and that he was planning to take Xue Rengui back to his hometown in Longmen County, Jiangzhou, Hedong tomorrow to propose marriage. He advised Li Yuan not to set his sights on Xue Rengui, unless... Princess Jiujiang was willing to be a concubine.

"Sigh... Little Su, what you said is wrong. Xue Rengui has the potential of a great general. Now, at such a young age, he is already a General Xuanwei of our Great Tang, and sooner or later he can become a Grand General of our Great Tang. I believe Princess Jiujiang would be very willing."

As the words fell, Su Liang also nodded heavily. Historically, Xue Rengui was already a Grand General of the Right Wei Guard before he died, and was later posthumously awarded as Grand General of the Left Xiao Guard. Now that he had made such military exploits at a young age, he would sooner or later be a Grand General of the Sixteen Guards.

At this moment, Xue Rengui, who was on the side, did not know what had happened in Furong Garden earlier and was looking at Su Liang and Li Yuan with a confused face.

Immediately after, he heard Li Yuan's voice continue to come: "Hehe... You kid, aren't you going to take Xue Rengui to propose marriage tomorrow? I will go with you too. I haven't ridden in your little car yet."

Damn... The Retired Emperor also wants to go with him to Longmen County to propose marriage? What the hell... is this situation?

Xue Rengui was very grateful that Su Liang was going to help him propose marriage tomorrow. For this matter, he had specifically rushed back before the Qixi Festival, not expecting Su Liang to really agree to go tomorrow.

That evening, Li Yuan sent someone to notify Princess Jiujiang, Li Anran, to dress up early tomorrow morning and come to Furong Garden, as he wanted to take her to see her future husband.

At the same time, Su Liang told Xue Rengui that Li Yuan wanted to marry Princess Jiujiang to him, telling him to be mentally prepared.

Sure enough, the next morning, Princess Jiujiang, Li Anran, arrived at Furong Garden early. Although she lived in the palace, she had also heard of Xue Rengui's name.

Since ancient times, royal princesses were generally tools for political marriage. Being able to have such a husband now, she was already satisfied. Besides, Xue Rengui was handsome and was exactly the ideal husband candidate she wanted.

Although she was to be a concubine to Xue Rengui, she accepted it.

Xue Rengui was now a fourth-rank official of the Great Tang, and he could still not forget his little sweetheart, so he naturally wouldn't treat her badly in the future. However... she also wanted to see this woman whom Xue Rengui was so longing for.

At this time, the people in Furong Garden had not yet started breakfast.

A moment later, Princess Changle also fully displayed her status as the hostess of Furong Garden, cordially inviting Li Anran to taste the breakfast in Furong Garden.

Facing such a sumptuous breakfast, Li Anran, although greedy, controlled her appetite and just simply drank a glass of milk and ate an egg.

Seeing this, Little Sizi was afraid that her aunt would not be full, so she tried hard to add various breakfast items to Li Anran's bowl.

Although Li Anran was helpless, she did not want to disappoint Little Sizi's kindness. After all, seeing that Little Sizi ate more than she did, she finally finished it all with a bit of reserve.

Immediately after, Su Yu took Li Yuan, Er Hu, and Xue Rengui to prepare to set off for Longmen County to propose marriage for Xue Rengui.

The several young ladies in Furong Garden saw that Su Yu had serious business to attend to, so they didn't act coy about it being Qixi. But suddenly, Li Anran looked at Li Yuan and said: "Father... I also want to go and see this sister I have never met."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan immediately cast his gaze toward Su Liang. If Li Anran wanted to go, then he could only let Er Hu stay behind, and Su Liang would have to drive himself.

Seeing this, Su Liang nodded slightly, and then took the three of them and some betrothal gifts to drive to Longmen County.

At this moment, Li Yuan was sitting in the passenger seat, calling it the passenger seat with a good view. Su Liang smiled at this. Anyone with eyes knew what Li Yuan was planning; he just wanted to leave some space for Xue Rengui and Li Anran.

Within an hour, the group had arrived at Tongguan and was preparing to ferry across the Yellow River to reach the territory of Jiangzhou.

At this moment, Li Yuan looked at Su Liang and said: "Little Su, now that the roads of the Great Tang have all been built, do you think you can build a few big bridges on the Yangtze River and the Yellow River?"

Su Liang could even do things like reclaiming land from the sea to build lakes; Li Yuan did not believe that Su Liang could not build a small bridge a few dozen meters long!

"It is possible. In the future, the Great Tang will have three years of drought, and the river water volume will be relatively small. This is the right time to prepare to build bridges!" Su Yu did not shy away from this at all.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan was shocked. This was too shocking. Although the drought in Hebei had already been verified, and it had not rained in Shandong for more than a month, hearing Su Liang say this now still felt unbelievable. ===== CHAPTER 63 =====