Chapter 910 Willing or Unwilling
That night.
The Wangjiang Tower was packed with people, and the noise was more than ten times louder than usual.
After all, in the past, only the rich or noble could come to Wangjiang Tower to listen to opera, and even those sitting in the hall were mostly from middle-class families.
The ones who came today were a group of soldiers who had just left the battlefield. They were drunk and their crazy behavior was beyond comparison with ordinary people.
Private room on the second floor.
Seeing Sun Shaozong staring downstairs in a daze, Lu Jianxing thought that he just couldn't stand such wanton behavior - after all, this place usually entertained princes and nobles.
So he asked quietly, "Sir, can you please go down and tell the brothers to be more restrained?"
"What?"
Sun Shaozong didn't understand for a moment, but when he came to his senses, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "There's no one else here today, who are you restraining them for? "
After a pause, he explained, "I just thought of some trivial matters in the court, so I was a little distracted."
Bang!
Han Bang slammed the table and jumped up, frowning and shouting: "Are you worried about those Liaodong barbarians? No problem, I, Old Han, will take people to chop them up right away..."
"Sit down for me!"
Sun Shaozong glared at Han Bang, who was full of enthusiasm, and suddenly wilted. He sat down in his original position awkwardly and picked up the chopsticks again, but he didn't dare to pick up any food. He just fiddled with his cup and plate.
Seeing this, Sun Shaozong casually picked up a large piece of deer trotter tendon and threw it directly into his plate, scolding him with a bad smile: "This big table of food can't stop your stinky mouth - let alone a few barbarians, even if there are hundreds or thousands of them, why would I care about them?"
This Han Bang had always been a talkative person, and he was always good at climbing up the ladder. Seeing that Sun Shaozong was not really angry, he threw away his chopsticks with a smile on his face, grabbed the tendon and stuffed it into his mouth, while asking incoherently: "What were you thinking about just now, sir?"
"I was thinking about the cabinet. What? Are you planning to get involved?"
"No, no."
The Han gang immediately withered again.
But Sun Shaozong's words were not meant to fool the Han gang. The reason why he was distracted just now was indeed because of the latest developments in the cabinet.
This is the news I heard from Yu Qian at noon: the popular and highly anticipated Lord Xu Furen will most likely not join the cabinet!
Although Yu Qian did not elaborate, based on the complaints in his words [like Lord Xu, Yu Qian also believed that the current situation in the Great Zhou could not tolerate any further internal friction], this sudden change was most likely due to the fact that Lord Xu had previously made it clear that he supported the prince.
Once this becomes an established fact, there will definitely be new changes in the court structure and even the situation of the fight for the throne.
Being in the middle of the situation, Sun Shaozong naturally had to carefully consider the impact this matter would have on himself.
in addition……
If Xu Fu-ren does not join the cabinet, who will fill the position of second-in-command of the cabinet?
Could it be the Minister of Personnel Wang Zhe?
If that's the case, Xue Pan can be said to have found a treasure!
You have to know that if he takes over as the second prime minister at this time, there is a great probability that he will reach the top within two or three years and become the chief prime minister of the cabinet, second only to the emperor.
“Second brother, second brother!”
It is true that as soon as you mention Cao Cao, he will appear.
Just as I thought of Xue Pan, his rough voice rang out in the corridor. Not long after, the door opened slightly and Xue Pan walked in carelessly. He bowed and apologized, "Please forgive me, Old Xue, for being late!"
Except for Sun Shaozong, everyone else stood up to greet him. One reason was to give Sun Shaozong face, and the other was that Xue Pan's father-in-law was a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Personnel after all, and he might be of use that day .
In fact, Xue Pan couldn't recognize all of them. After finally dealing with them, his eyes fell on Shen Lian.
In fact, Shen Lian had been secretly paying attention to him ever since he entered the door.
Seeing that Xue was staring at him, Shen Lian looked away at first out of guilt, but then he felt that he was showing too much weakness, so he looked at him again.
"good!"
Xue Pan suddenly clapped his hands and praised: "She is indeed worthy of being someone that Second Brother values. Her appearance is so good!"
If someone else said this, Shen Lian might not care too much, but when it came from Xue Pan's mouth, he couldn't help but feel his anus tighten.
After all, Shen Lian had once known Xue Pan's background, and he knew very well that this young master Xue did not care about anyone.
At that moment, I felt three parts alert and seven parts annoyed.
But before he could reply, Xue Pan clapped his hands again and shouted without turning his head, "Come in, let Captain Shen take a good look at you!"
Before he finished speaking, a graceful woman holding a pipa walked into the private room gracefully. She bowed her head and chest and bowed slightly, exuding a thousand kinds of charm and style.
Shen Lian's eyes suddenly widened, and he blurted out in a dreamy voice: "Ms. Yun... Miss Yun'er?!"
Then he calmed down a little, and looked at Xue Pan suspiciously: "Master Xue, what do you mean?"
"Ha ha……"
Xue Pan smiled brightly, took out a thin piece of paper from his sleeve, and casually handed it to Shen Lian: "I heard from my second brother that Captain Han has no one to serve him. It just so happens that I, Xue, just bought a girl, so I will simply give her to Captain Han - this is a personal contract, you can be a slave or a concubine!"
Shen Lian looked at the contract in astonishment . After a while, he looked up at Yun'er, then turned back to look at Sun Shaozong. Suddenly, his face turned red. He grabbed the wine glass beside him, filled it up, and poured it down his throat in one gulp.
Regardless of the wine dripping from his chin, he threw down the wine glass and walked straight to Yun'er, asking word by word: "You...are you willing to obey me?"
Yun'er actually didn't have much impression of Shen Lian. It was not until Xue Pan reminded her that she remembered that there seemed to be such a person who had practiced with Liu Xianglian in Jinxiangyuan.
But how could a girl from a brothel say no when faced with such a situation?
She nodded her head lightly and said shyly, "Yun'er is willing to follow the general."
“Okay, okay, okay!”
After hearing this, Shen Lian said "OK" three times, then turned around and took the indenture from Xue Pan's hand, and tore it to pieces without saying anything.
Everyone was envious of him for having picked up such a beautiful girl for free, but they were all shocked when they suddenly saw this scene.
Lian Yun'er was also a little confused, and the shy smile on her face gradually turned into bewilderment and fear.
At this time , Shen Lian asked again word by word: "It doesn't matter what good day it is. I will marry you in three days, okay? Not a slave, not a concubine, in the future you will be my Shen Lian's principal wife!"
Now Yun'er really didn't know how to respond!
The people around were also in an uproar.
You have to know that the current Shen Lian is no longer the frustrated seventh-rank general flagrant of the past. This time when he returns to Beijing, he will at least be awarded a fifth-rank thousand households. Moreover, with the merits of Huguang as a foundation, it is very likely that he will be promoted to lieutenant general within three to five years!
With such a bright future, how many decent women can choose from him?
But he wanted to marry a prostitute!
Lu Jianxing couldn't help but scolded: "Second brother, you are drunk..."
“Brother!”
Shen Lian shouted without turning his head, and then asked again: "Are you willing?"
"I……"
After confirming that Shen Lian was not talking nonsense after drinking, Yun'er's confused gaze gradually became firm, but there was also a layer of mist on it.
She took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice: "I...I am not worthy of you..."
"Just say yes or no!"
"I...I do."
The three words were uttered tremblingly, and tears were already streaming down.
"good!"
Shen Lian reached out and held her hand, then turned around and bowed solemnly to Xue Pan: "Shen Lian has the audacity to ask Master Xue to be my matchmaker."
Then he bowed to everyone again. This time, Yun'er followed suit. However, when she heard Shen Lian's next words, she was stunned with tears in her eyes:
But Shen Lian said in a resounding voice: "Please be my witnesses, my lord and all the brothers. If I, Shen Lian, betray her in this life, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
