Chapter 458 Shangguan Ping'an's Sweetheart
Chapter 458 Shangguan Ping'an's Sweetheart
Unable to borrow food, the envoys from Xuanyue Kingdom were unwilling to leave and even had an argument with the people at the post station.
Gongsun Tianhua came upon hearing the news and looked at the Xuanyue envoys calmly: "My Yuan Dynasty does not owe you Xuanyue anything. If Xuanyue wants food, it can only buy it with real gold and silver."
Envoy Xuan Yue said unwillingly: "Then why would you do that to Penglai Kingdom..."
Gongsun Tianhua sneered, "Xuan Yue is worthy of being compared with Penglai? Since you don't know what's good for you, don't blame me, the Yuan Dynasty, for not hosting you well. Come on, drive them out."
When the war between the Yuan Dynasty and Beiyi and Fuso broke out, although Xuan Yue did not help those two countries, he secretly had dealings with Beiyi, mocked the Yuan Dynasty behind its back, and even sent people to sneak into the Yuan Dynasty to secretly investigate the high-yield grain.
When the new Emperor Xuan Yue ascended the throne, he thought Xuan Yue would no longer be in cahoots with Bei Yi. He never expected that the new Emperor Xuan Yue was a hypocrite who said one thing in public and another in private.
Not to mention that they were secretly planning to steal the Yuan Dynasty's high-yield grain, white sugar craftsmanship, handmade soap and other things, but when they came to the Yuan Dynasty for help this time, they had not yet secretly sent people to investigate how the Yuan Dynasty survived the ice disaster. Haha, a bunch of scoundrels also wanted to get help from the Yuan Dynasty, which was simply a pipe dream.
Gongsun Tianhua very rudely found the Xuanyue spies, killed them in front of the Xuanyue envoys, and then drove the Xuanyue envoys out of the capital.
Envoy Xuan Yue was almost mad with anger, but he couldn't lose his temper. Now they were asking for help, so no matter how angry they were, they had to endure it.
They returned to Xuanyue unwillingly.
Here, Shangguan Peng and his party had just arrived in Haicheng when they met Shangguan Ping'an who was about to go to the capital.
Shangguan Ping'an was shocked but also very happy when he saw that the people who brought supplies from the Yuan Dynasty were Shangguan Ping and Shangguan Zhenhua.
Shangguan Peng looked him up and down: "My son has grown taller and stronger!"
Shangguan Ping'an said: "Dad, you have white hair."
He looked at Shangguan Zhenhua and saw that Shangguan Zhenhua's hair had turned white, and he felt extremely distressed.
"Grandfather, why do you look so old?"
Shangguan Zhenhua did not hide anything and told him about his illness.
Shangguan Ping'an felt even more distressed when he heard this.
Shangguan Peng asked: "Do you want to continue to return to Beijing, or go to Penglai with us?"
Shangguan Ping'an said, "I'm going back to Beijing. Dad, grandfather, I have good news for you. I found two small islands in the sea near Penglai. There are two small countries on the islands. It's very interesting!"
"After returning to the capital, I will report this to the emperor, and then build a bigger ship and travel far on the sea. Cousin Nalan told me that the sea is boundless and there are countries we don't know about in many places. It's just that they are too far away, so we don't know the existence of these countries."
"The world is now at peace. I want to sail to the lands of those unknown countries and spread the prestige of my country!"
Shangguan Peng was surprised: "You are going to sail again, can you please calm down, you little brat? You are already so old, but you still want to run around everywhere. Hurry up and find a wife, marry a wife and have children to carry on the family line."
Shangguan Ping'an frowned: "Dad, traveling far away and getting married are not in conflict. I can take my wife with me on the sea voyage."
Shangguan Peng slapped him on the back: "It's fine if you go and suffer alone, but you want to take your daughter-in-law with you to suffer. You...wait, what do you mean by taking your wife with you on a voyage? Do you have a lover?"
Shangguan Ping'an's handsome face turned red: "No, don't make blind guesses."
Shangguan Peng grabbed his collar and asked, "Who is it? Who is my daughter-in-law?"
"I don't have a daughter-in-law. You misunderstood!"
"I misunderstood you. No one knows a son better than his father. I can tell from your expression that you are thinking about love. Tell me, where is my daughter-in-law?" Shangguan Peng had no intention of letting Shangguan Ping'an go: "You are already in your twenties, you should have married and had children long ago!"
"Dad, be gentle, okay, okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you." Shangguan Ping'an finally compromised and said, "My son does have a lover."
Shangguan Peng quickly pricked up his ears, his eyes shining.
Shangguan Zhenhua also put his ear close and looked at Shangguan Ping'an eagerly.
Shangguan Ping'an's eyes twitched as he said, "You know that person, it's Jiaojiao."
Shangguan Peng didn't react for a moment: "Who is Jiaojiao?"
Shangguan Zhenhua slapped him on the head: "Stupid! Jiaojiao is the little girl who saved Ping An twice!"
Shangguan Peng suddenly realized, "So it's her! Hahahaha, that's great, she's a good girl, son, you finally got it! When Senior Dugu wanted to match you and Jiaojiao, you two disagreed, but now, you're together without anyone's help! When do you plan to propose marriage? Your father is going to Penglai Country, or you can wait for your father to come back and get married?"
Shangguan Ping'an said, "Of course I have to wait for Dad and Grandfather to come back. By the way, Dad, Grandfather, don't tell anyone about my affairs for now. Actually, Jiaojiao hasn't agreed to marry me yet, haha."
Shangguan Peng glared at him, "You useless thing. People haven't agreed to your marriage yet. Why are you telling me and your grandfather all this? Hurry up and go back to Beijing to find your wife. You have to settle the matter before we come back."
"Okay, son, I won't let you down."
After Shangguan Peng and Shangguan Zhenhua boarded the boat, the huge ship gradually sailed away until it turned into a small dot in the vast ocean. Only then did Shangguan Ping'an return to Beijing without stopping.
After returning to the capital, Shangguan Ping'an first went to the palace to meet the emperor and the prince, and then went to Da'an Guo Temple after leaving the palace.
"Jiaojiao!" Shangguan Ping'an came to a small courtyard.
Master Qingshuang, who was playing with crickets in the yard, immediately stood up and looked over when she heard the sound: "Who... are you?"
Seeing that Master Qingshuang didn't recognize him again, Shangguan Ping'an smiled and said, "Master, I am Ping'an."
"Ping'an!" Guo Jiaojiao came out from the small kitchen and was very happy to see Shangguan Ping'an.
She was at her most beautiful when she was in her twenties.
Compared to several years ago, Guo Jiaojiao has matured a lot.
"Jiaojiao, I'm back!" Shangguan Ping'an ran over and wanted to give Guo Jiaojiao a hug, but when he thought about how he hadn't confessed his feelings to her yet, he stopped the impulse and said to Guo Jiaojiao with a smile: "Jiaojiao, I'm back from the sea again. This time I encountered a lot of interesting things, and I want to tell you now."
Guo Jiaojiao smiled faintly: "Okay, I'm happy to listen to your stories about the sea. There was a snowstorm last year, and I was really worried that you wouldn't be able to come back. Fortunately, you came back. By the way, have you eaten?"
Shangguan Pingan said hurriedly: "Not yet."
Guo Jiaojiao: "It's time for dinner now. I'm making dinner. You stay and eat. We can talk after you're full."
"I'll cook with you."
"No, you are a guest..."
"What guest? I'm an acquaintance, a very familiar acquaintance!"
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