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  After pressing her face into his chest, Lang Ling Wang turned to Zhang Xuan who was standing there in a daze and said slowly: "Ninth brother, let's get on the carriage together. Ranking list."

  "Ah, okay, okay."

  Zhang Xuan walked to his own carriage. Almost as soon as he got on the carriage, several noble sons jumped down from their own carriages and climbed onto his with a whooshing sound.

  A young man looked outside and turned to Zhang Xuan with sparkling eyes, saying: "Youngster, quickly tell me, what's it like to hold such a stunning beauty in your arms?"

  Zhang Xuan thought for a moment and said: "My heart is racing, I'm as dull as a wooden chicken, my mind is in a daze, my spirit has already left me."

  He was shocked and stunned, without any feeling at all.

  Many young people rolled their eyes at the same time.

  The team started moving again.

  After a while, under the encouragement of his companions, Zhang Xuan's carriage came alongside that of Langya Wang. Lifting the curtain, Zhang Xuan looked at Zhang Qi being held in Langya Wang's arms and softly called out: "Ah Qi, have you been well these years?"

  Zhang Qi twisted a few times in Lang Ling Wang's arms, and her head stretched out from his arm. Under the gauze hat, her voice was as soft as the most beautiful music in the world, "Are you okay? Ninth brother, are you okay?"

  "I'm good too, Ah Gui, I've gotten married. Some other day, I'll bring my wife to meet you."

  "Alright, alright."

  "...... How about Amo in Qi country?"

  As soon as Xiao Mo was mentioned, the people around Chen fell silent.

  Zhang Qi was also stunned. Back in her hometown, she couldn't help but think of that figure who always wore a white robe, carefree and leisurely. As she thought about it, Zhang Qi felt a tightness in her chest, only to realize that Lang Ling Wang had tightened his arm around her. She came back to her senses and smiled: "He's doing well, he was promoted to the third rank as soon as he arrived in Qi State, and now he's a second-rank official." After a pause, Zhang Qi glanced at Zhang Xuan and other Southern Chen nobles who were weak and frail, and said: "And he looks even more robust, quite spirited indeed."

  With Zhang Xuan and others, he compiled the "Book of Sui".

  "Yes." Zhang Xuan said: "Anyway, when the time comes, you'll know when you see her. That, it's really changed a lot." Zhang Xuan looked at Chen Yun and suddenly thought: Fortunately, Ah Gui didn't marry him back then. Not to mention the mess in his mansion, just with Ah Gui's stunning beauty, I'm afraid if she fell into Chen Yun's hands, she would be snatched away by others in no time. In just three years, who knows how many times she would have changed hands?

  Unlike Zhou Qi's two places, the nobles of Chen Guo spent their entire lives indulging in pleasure, and the two words "pleasure" were nothing but sex, wine, Wushi powder, and gambling. With Zhang Gui's stunning beauty, if she were in Chen Di, I'm afraid there would be several families ruined because of her.

  Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan suddenly felt that Chen Yun was actually quite lucky.

  Seeing Zhang Xuan's strange expression, Chen Yun asked repeatedly, but Zhang Xuan just shook his head. He drove the carriage and was about to follow Zhang Xuan into the Zhang Mansion when someone came running in a hurry, saw him and said panting: "Lang Jun is not good, Xiuniang has moved her fetus, the doctor says that if she gives birth prematurely."

  "What?" Chen Yun's face sank, and he shouted in a loud voice: "How can you be so careless? Are you fighting again? Let's go back."

  Far away, Zhang Xuan heard Chen Yu's roar and shook his head, thinking to himself: Chen Yu is really not good enough. His family background is not strong, he has many concubines, one after another, a house full of women fighting over trivial matters, and there is no elder in the family who can keep things under control. Moreover, he himself is also not capable, easily swayed by others' words, acting rashly and impulsively. It's been two or three years since they got married, and although they have had many children, they were all bullied to death by those women in his household, leaving only two weak daughters alive.

  Zhang Xuan returned to the mansion and spoke a few words with his wife before going to see his father. Upon learning that his father had gone to appreciate a painting, he turned around and went to his mother's room instead.

  Zhang Xiao's eldest son died and Xiao Mo's life was exposed, she fell ill and has not fully recovered until now.

  Looking at the room that was shaded by thick curtains, looking cold and gloomy, Zhang Xuan respectfully called out: "Mother, I've come to see you." as he gazed at the white-haired Zhang Xiao Shi being supported by a maid while sitting on a couch.

  "Is it Xuan Er?" She raised her head and looked at Zhang Xuan, asking: "I heard that Ah Qi's little hoof is back, is it true?"

  "Yes, she's back."

  "Her husband, is he really a duke who knows how to fight and also values her highly?"

  "Yes."

  As soon as the word "yes" came out, Zhang Xiao's eyes widened in shock. She stared blankly ahead, then suddenly said: "Ah Jin has been having a hard time, how can she be doing well?" Her voice was tinged with a sharp chill.

  Zhang Xuan furrowed his brow and whispered, "Mother, it's not Ah-jin's fault about Ah-ji. It's because she couldn't let go of Ah-mo that her husband's family looked down on her!" Ever since Xiao Mo escorted Zhang Ji out of the mansion, Zhang Jin had been bedridden with illness. Later, when she married a man, she lived an extremely unhappy life. Although she hadn't been divorced, it was only because her husband considered the prestige of the Zhang family. In reality, Zhang Jin's husband had not set foot in her room for two years after their marriage of two years and three months.

  The eldest son was killed by the emperor, and the youngest one was actually stolen and replaced by someone, and he went far away to the north. The daughter was also like this. Zhang Xiao had been thinking about it every day since she got sick. She thought and thought, and finally figured out one thing: of course, Xiao Mo approached Zhang Jin just to get that cheap Zhang Gui.

  If it weren't for Zhang Qi, Xiao Mo's bloodline wouldn't have approached his own daughter, causing her to constantly think of him and leading to an unhappy marriage. If it weren't for Zhang Qi, Xiao Mo also wouldn't have repeatedly asked for marriage but was rejected, those people also wouldn't have started suspecting from this matter and discovered that Xiao Mo is the bloodline of Zhang Xiaoshi, resulting in the originally carefree young son being forced to flee far away, unable to return home.

  At this time, Zhang Xiao had completely forgotten that when Emperor Chen killed the sons of aristocratic families, he specifically targeted the most talented ones among them. If Xiao Mo was still in the land of Chen and his identity had not been exposed, he would have long been killed by Emperor Chen's meticulous plans.

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  It's the end of the month, asking for pink tickets, everyone stop holding back and throw them out.