The dishes on the table have gone cold.
However, Fu Xiaoguan and others did not seem to feel hungry.
Perhaps it was Fu Xiaoguan's remarks about Fan Long that awakened Wen Xingzhou, and he began to discuss with Fu Xiaoguan, starting from the principles and ending with the law.
As the sky gradually darkened, Wen Xingzhou was extremely excited. He asked Wen Xiruo to prepare a table of dishes again. The four of them sat at the table, drinking and still discussing the problem.
Wen Xingzhou gradually accepted the concept of Xinxue, but he still had many doubts about the implementation of the law. However, the law had too many clauses and regulations, and Fu Xiaoguan did not memorize all the laws from his previous life, so he could only give some general ideas.
This made Wen Xingzhou admire him even more, and he wanted to marry his granddaughter to Fu Xiaoguan even more.
"What do you think of the taste of this dish?"
To be honest, Fu Xiaoguan was really starving at this time. He was eating with big mouthfuls and nodded, "It's so delicious!"
"Then...I will marry Xiruo to you, okay?"
Fu Xiaoguan couldn't swallow it in one gulp and was almost choked to death by these words.
"Cough, cough, cough..." He turned his head and coughed violently for a while before he caught his breath.
"This matter, you..."
Wen Xiruo interrupted him before he could finish his words. It was very rude, but Wen Xiruo didn't care about that - what if this guy agreed?
I listened to him for the whole afternoon and he is indeed very impressive. Looking around the world, a young man as knowledgeable as him is really unheard of. But he is not my type, Wen Xiruo!
"I need to explain this to you." Wen Xiruo looked at Fu Xiaoguan. "I was raised as a boy, so I made a great ambition since I was young. In this life, I don't love women, but military affairs. I want to join the army. As you said, all people are created equal. If men can go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make merit, why can't women?"
"As for marriage, I will definitely get married, but the man I want to marry must be a soldier! And a very powerful soldier at that."
"I admire your talent, but you're not the person I envision. The mind is reason..." She turned to look at Wen Xingzhou, "Grandpa, since the mind is reason, what I think is what I wish for. Although you are my grandfather, according to the theory of mind, you have no right to interfere with my freedom of choice."
Wen Xingzhou was stunned. Learn and use it immediately?
Is this considered shooting oneself in the foot?
Fu Xiaoguan smiled and said, "Your granddaughter's words make sense, and I should support them."
He looked at Wen Xiruo again and smiled, "I have a very good brother. He's a soldier. Let me put it this way, he's a soldier you can hardly imagine. He's currently training an army the likes of which has never existed in this world. When this army appears before the world, I guarantee you that armies around the world will be changed by it!"
Wen Xiruo's eyes widened. "Really? Are you trying to trick me?"
"If I say that the army he trained can defeat any country's 20,000 regular troops with only 2,000 men, even heavy cavalry, would you believe it?"
Wen Xiruo pursed her lips and said, "You can't drink much."
Fu Xiaoguan touched his nose and said, "How about this? This army is called Divine Sword, and its leader is the person I introduced to you, Bai Yulian. You can wait for a year at most. During this year, if you don't hear about the glorious achievements of this army, just forget about it. But if it is really as I said..."
"If he is really that powerful, I will definitely marry him!"
"Is it a deal?"
"It's a deal!"
"Aren't you afraid that he might be ugly?"
"As long as he's not disabled, even if he's sixty, I'll agree!"
Fu Xiaoguan was stunned. This woman was not picky about taste?
Wen Canghai glared at him and said, "Nonsense!"
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That night, there was also an ordinary family dinner in Zhengyang Palace, the harem of the Wu Dynasty.
Naturally, it was Empress Xiao of the Wu Dynasty who invited Emperor Wen, as well as her son, the current Crown Prince Wu Gan, and her daughter Wu Zhao.
This was Emperor Wen's arrangement, and he needed to explain the reason to Wu Linger.
This table of dishes was prepared by Empress Xiao herself. They were extremely exquisite and their skills were comparable to those of the imperial chef.
Wu Linger, however, was not happy to eat. She thought that ever since she read the book A Dream of Red Mansions last year, she had been thinking about that man. She even redeemed Liu Yaner from Liuyuntai and let her go to Jinling of Yu Dynasty, just to know more about him.
He had finally arrived in Guanyun City. He had wanted to invite the two sisters for tea and tell them about his thoughts. He thought they would agree, and then the matter between him and him would be almost settled.
As for the literary gathering, ever since she saw the song he composed casually at Xianqingju in Fanning City, she believed that no young man in the world could be his opponent. So, her original worry about her father's decree turned it into a safety talisman. However, she did not expect that her father suddenly withdrew the decree and did not allow her to see him again.
What exactly happened here?
Wu Linger racked her brains to figure it out, but her mother kept saying, "You'll know later—later? Could it be that I won't know until I'm eighty?"
Faced with this table full of food that she once loved so much, Wu Linger had no appetite at all. She looked at her father.
Emperor Wen sighed inwardly and said, "You know that your father once spent some time in Jinling. What you don't know is that your father fell in love with someone during that time, and she... was Fu Xiaoguan's mother, Xu Yunqing!"
Empress Xiao looked at Emperor Wen in astonishment. She was not surprised by this incident, but was surprised at why Emperor Wen told this to Wu Linger.
Wu Linger was stunned. Her father had done many romantic things when he was young, but this was the first time she heard of it, and it was from her father himself!
But what does this have to do with her and Fu Xiaoguan?
"We were young then, and my father and Xu Yunqing were deeply in love. Later, Xu Yunqing gave birth to a son..."
Empress Xiao was shocked, while Wu Linger was stunned. Only Crown Prince Wu Gan was still eating with relish, making smacking sounds with his mouth. Empress Xiao was furious and slapped Wu Gan on the head, leaving him confused.
"Just eat, eat, eat!"
Wu Gan's eyes widened innocently. This was a family dinner, and he'd been locked up in the Eastern Palace by his father recently. So what if I ate a few more bites? What did his father's affairs have to do with me?
Emperor Wen just glanced at him and didn't care at all. This expression caught Empress Xiao's eyes, and her heart sank, knowing Emperor Wen's attitude towards the prince.
"Do you understand what your father means now?" Emperor Wen asked Wu Linger.
Wu Linger opened her mouth in bewilderment, "He... is my brother?"
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