At this time, a carriage in front was coming with four knights, but Prince Qing Long Shixing came here.

After the carriage stopped, Prince Qing lifted the curtain and shouted, "You are so brave that you dare to disturb the Queen Mother."

Long Xixi said: "Do you care about me or your own life?"

"Get in the car and go back with me!"

Long Xixi leaned tighter into Qin Lang's arms: "I'll go back with you, can you protect me?"

Long Shixing was speechless and stared at Qin Lang with his eyes.

Qin Lang sighed in his heart, "You can't control your daughter, why are you glaring at me?"

Long Shixing pursed his lips and said, "You all go back with me!"

Qin Lang and Long Xixi returned to the Prince's Mansion with Long Shixing.

The reason why he was able to let his daughter come back with him was at the cost of Long Shixing's concessions. After returning to the palace, Long Shixing called the two of them to the study and asked them to sit down: "You shouldn't go to find the Queen Mother."

Qin Lang smiled and said, "Prince, are you worried that we will anger the Queen Mother?"

Long Shixing sighed and said, "Can't you see that this matter is her manipulation? Why do you have to do useless work?"

Long Xixi said: "Father, do you think that quitting the marriage can resolve this crisis? You are cautious in your life and tolerant in every way. In the end, the court still questioned your loyalty as well? Even if you marry me into Daye as she wishes, you will not be able to guarantee that you will be given a crime of being open to foreign countries in the future."

Long Shixing knew that his daughter was right, and sighed again, "I know your intentions and don't want to force you. I thought that Lord Sang could come forward to mediate, but..." He looked at Qin Lang with an extremely depressed expression. This titular prince was really cowardly.

Long Xixi said: "Since the court does not believe us, it will be really rebelled. What's the point of being afraid of?"

Long Shixing scolded: "What are you talking about? Do you know that it will be executed by the whole family?"

"You would rather die standing than live on your knees. Haven't you lived a life of silence?"

"No nonsense." It would be fine if it were just the father and daughter. After all, Qin Lang was present, and Long Shixing still did not repay Qin Lang with full trust.

Qin Lang said calmly: "Xixi is talking all angry."

Long Shixing said: "I don't have the heart to break up you, for nothing. Since you are in love, I will take you away by going out of the city to hunt you down tomorrow. The further you go, the better you will go, and don't come back." He hesitated and made this difficult decision.

Qin Lang said: "What should the prince do as soon as we leave?"

Long Shixing shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about me, I have my own countermeasures."

Long Xixi said: "What can you do to deal with it? You don't even dare to go to the Empress Dowager to argue."

Long Shixing's old face was hot, and his daughter really didn't leave any face for him.

Qin Lang said: "Don't worry, Prince, the Queen Mother has promised to give us a chance. I believe that since she said that, she will definitely do it."

Long Shixing thought to himself that perhaps it was a new trap, but it might not be known that this woman's methods were really amazing. If Long Shixing had ambitions when he went to visit his mentor Lu Buyao to visit him, he soon defeated the battle in front of reality. Empress Dowager Xiao Zirong was even more powerful than his uncle, Shunde Emperor Long Mingcheng.

How could a woman who even had to give in to her mentor Lu Buyao, he could fight, and the ending of taking risks could only be failure. Long Shixing was actually dissatisfied with the marriage between his daughter and Qin Lang. If his daughter really married Zhang Yanzong, the sixth prince of Daye Kingdom, it would not be a bad thing for him, but Long Shixing intuitively believed that this matter was not that simple. Who knew what other tricks this woman had? Perhaps she was really criticized by her daughter, and it would be possible to cure him as a foreigner in the future.

Long Xixi asked about Emperor Shunde’s engagement with him, but Long Shixing had no impression of him at all, and he was even more sure that this matter was planned by the Empress Dowager.

It was almost midnight when Qin Lang left, and Long Xixi was still reluctant to leave when he saw him outside the door. Qin Lang smiled and said, "Go back, maybe there will be a turnaround tomorrow."

Long Xixi whispered: "At worst, I'll go and kill that Zhang Yanzong, so we won't have any trouble."

Qin Lang held up her pretty face and said, "Don't think about it all, I will carry it when the sky falls. The queen mother should have a backup plan. We just need to write more patience." She kissed her hard on the forehead and turned around and left the Prince Qing's Mansion.

Gu Xiefei, Wang Houting, and Zhao Changqing were all waiting for Qin Lang in Jixiang Lane. They already knew the news that Prince Qing had broken the engagement. When the good brothers were in trouble, they certainly could not sit idly by.

When Qin Lang went back, he saw the three of them waiting for him while drinking. Wang Houting came over and asked Qin Lang to sit down.

Zhao Changqing quickly brought the dishes and chopsticks for Qin Lang and poured wine for him.

Gu Xiefei went to the kitchen to give Qin Lang a good dish specially left.

Qin Lang smiled and said, "Why do you guys suddenly care so much about me?"

Wang Houting picked up the wine glass and said, "Brother Qin, I know you feel bad. After fucking this glass of wine, I will relieve my worries after getting drunk."

Zhao Changqing said: "There is no fragrant grass everywhere in the world. Even if Long Xixi retreats to his marriage, you still have the White Jade Palace." Compared to Qin Lang, he seems to be the one who should be comforted.

Gu Xiefei didn't say anything, and fucked the glass of wine together, wiped his lips and said, "This beef is good, you can try it."

Qin Lang was indeed a little hungry after running around for a day, so he would fill his stomach first.

Seeing Qin Lang eating so sweetly, the three old friends thought that this guy turned grief into appetite.

Qin Lang found that the three of them were looking at him and greeted him: "Eat together, don't just look at me."

Zhao Changqing said: "Brother Qin, what's going on? Why did Prince Qing suddenly want to break off the engagement?"

Gu Xiefei said: "Did you really take us on the Xieyue Street?"

Qin Lang laughed: "Good things go a long way, the three brothers don't need to worry about my affairs."

Wang Houting said: "Are you really planning to hand over Princess Xixi?"

Zhao Changqing said indignantly: "It's really outrageous. Is there any justice in the world?"

Gu Xiefei said meaningfully: "There has never been a shortage of justice in this world. Just maintaining justice and justice must also speak based on strength. It's like two people quarreling and you take all the truth, but in the end, someone kills you with one knife, who else can you reason with?"

Zhao Changqing looked at Gu Xiefei a little surprised. Although he knew that Gu Xiefei was a fallacy, he had to admit that what he said made sense.

Qin Lang knew that Gu Xiefei was not as superficial as he seemed on the surface. He accidentally learned from Lu Buyao that the relationship between Wang Yingzhi and Gu Yuesheng of Qingshan Academy was a secret from him. Qin Lang and Gu Xiefei were already brothers who shared life and death. He could have asked him directly about this matter, but at present he had to focus on resolving the engagement matter, so Lao Gu could only postpone his affairs.

Qin Lang was thinking about what kind of situation the empress dowager wanted to do? Through this incident, slapped Sang Jingtian and Long Shixing in the face at the same time. It seemed that there was no need. Including this time, Long Shixing had bowed his head twice. The Prince Qing was really a little cowardly. As for Sang Jingtian, he had a estrangement from himself due to Xue Wu's affairs, but the matter of breaking up the engagement must still hurt his face. He actually chose to acquiesce, which proves that he had seen through the empress dowager's situation and did not want to be involved in this situation after weighing the pros and cons.

Of course, my own affairs must be solved by myself, no matter what the empress dowager is planning? Since she promised to give herself a chance, she should see what this opportunity is? I just hope that she will not let herself wait too long.

Xiao Zirong did not let Qin Lang wait too long. She also kept her promise and gave Qin Lang a chance. This opportunity was announced by Prince Qing. Emperor Shunde promised first and the empress dowager gave marriage later, but a daughter could not betrothed to both families.

Xiao Zirong proposed a seemingly fair solution, which was a competition between the two sides, namely calligraphy, archery, poetry, painting, and martial arts battle. This was the traditional procedure for Da Yong to choose a son-in-law in the past. Of course, in the past, there was no competition in the past, and the candidates only needed to evaluate the comprehensive abilities of the candidates. This time, the two were directly confronted, with three wins in five games, and the winner married Long Xixi.

Before An Gaoqiu came to inform Qin Lang, Xiao Zirong had specifically solicited Zhang Yanzong's opinions, and Zhang Yanzong agreed.

An Gaoqiu kindly reminded Qin Lang: "We heard that Zhang Yanzong is amazing. He is a proud disciple of Zhao Shituo, the national teacher of Daye Kingdom. He has both excellent calligraphy and painting, and has unparalleled shooting skills. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He is only twenty-six years old this year and has reached the level of a master of the fifth grade and third grade."

Qin Lang had to admit that the solution of Empress Dowager Xiao Zirong was brilliant enough. On the surface, he looked very fair. He won three games in five games, and there were those who could compete in the position of the county horse. In fact, Zhang Yanzong would definitely not take the identity of the county horse in his eyes. He was the sixth prince of Daye Kingdom.

For fairness, the Empress Dowager specially arranged five people to serve as on-site reviews, namely, Prime Minister Lu Buyao, Master of Painting Cultivation Qin Daozi, National Master of Daye Kingdom Zhao Shituo, Grand Secretary of Tianshui Pavilion of Daye Kingdom Lin Guyi, and one person was a master of the monk Yichan elected by both sides. The reason why they invited Yichan Master was because both sides believed that Yichan Master would not be biased against either side. As for the other four, after all, they had different positions, and it was inevitable that they would be fair and just.

These five competitions made Qin Lang feel a little troublesome. In the current order, calligraphy, archery, poetry, painting, martial arts competition, and the first two competitions, he almost lost. Although his handwriting is well written, he has no chance to win compared to those who have been playing with brushes since childhood. Not to mention anything else, Zhao Changqing's first-hand calligraphy is enough to make him look up to him. Zhao Changqing is only the fourth rank of literary cultivation. I heard that Zhang Yanzong is a rare genius from the Daye Kingdom. Both civil and military cultivation have reached the fifth level. From this point of view alone, he can compete with Gu Yuesheng, the son-in-law who died in Dayong.

Qin Lang also knew himself in terms of shooting skills. He was not good at archery. Daye Kingdom is located in the Western Wilderness, with a vast land and a vast territory. Most of the people in China are good at riding and shooting. Zhang Yanzong, who has been trained for a long time, should be able to win.

So if Qin Lang wants to win, he can only win the next three competitions. He is confident in poetry and prose. The longer he comes to this world, the more he finds there are really no good poems here. Not to mention bringing Li Bai and Du Fu, two great gods, to bring Li Bai and Du Fu, and just making Li Du, would be enough to shock the world's literary world.

Painting is his strength. He may not be able to surpass Zhang Yanzong in painting skills, and may be able to win by chance.

If the fight in the last game is the top priority if it can be successfully tied with two to two, the martial arts battle in the last game is the top priority. Using the help of Shenming and going all out, there is a chance to win.

An Gaoqiu said: "How confident are you?"

Qin Lang said: "The final winner must be me!"

An Gaoqiu had already learned about Zhang Yanzong's strength and was not optimistic about this public choice of son-in-law. He sighed and said, "That Zhang Yanzong is definitely not an ordinary person, don't underestimate the enemy. The Empress Dowager said that on the surface, it seems that you two are competing for the position of county horses, but in fact it also represents the face of both countries. If you can win, you can not only embrace the beauty, but also inspire the prestige of the country. Do you understand the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts?"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager. Please help me report to the Empress Dowager. I will never let the Empress Dowager down." Qin Lang thought to himself that this old woman had done so many things. On the surface, she gave her a chance, but in fact she did not leave any chance. In these five games, she had already lost two of them. As for the next three games, only poetry and essays are sure. As for painting, his comics may not be able to be seen by everyone in such an occasion.

An Gaoqiu quietly handed a letter to Qin Lang, saying that the Empress Dowager Xiao Zirong wanted to hand it over to Qin Lang. Qin Lang opened it and saw that it was a painting test question. Only one of the five competitions was a pre-designed question. Empress Dowager Xiao Zirong asked them to paint a portrait of Lu Buyao on the spot. Such behavior was equivalent to cheating and missing questions. Qin Lang thought in his mind, why did Xiao Zirong show kindness to himself?

After sending An Gaoqiu away, not long after, someone from the Prince Qing's Mansion informed Qin Lang that the five competitions of choosing a son-in-law were the idea of ​​the empress dowager, but it was announced publicly by Prince Qing's Prince Long Shixing.

Now that things have come to this point, Prince Qing County Long Shixing could only accept it.

Qin Lang came to Prince Qing's Mansion, but in fact, he wanted to see him was Long Xixi. Long Xixi was immediately anxious when he learned that the Empress Dowager had given them this opportunity. She still had some understanding of Qin Lang. In these five competitions, Qin Lang had a very low victory.

When he saw Qin Lang, Long Xixi complained: "What should I do? What opportunity? She just dug a hole to let us jump. Your handwriting is not as good as mine. How can you compare to Zhang Yanzong?"

Qin Lang smiled and said, "You just don't have confidence in me?"

"It's not that I don't have confidence, it's not fair at all. Zhang Yanzong is Zhao Shituo's apprentice. As far as I know, his literary, martial, and painting cultivation have all entered the master realm. There are five judges, two of us in Da Yong, two of them, the old monk Yichan has always regarded himself as fair, and it is impossible for him to favor us."

Qin Lang said the truth: "I should have lost calligraphy and archery, but I still have a chance to compete in the last three games."

"Isn't that the winning chances are very low? No, I will beg the Queen Mother again. I don't want to marry Zhang Yanzong, why should she do this?"

"You don't have to worry, I have my own way to deal with it."

Long Xixi said: "If you lose, your wife will be gone."

Qin Lang smiled and said, "Actually, Zhang Yanzong's conditions are indeed very outstanding. If you lose, you may not suffer any losses."

Long Xixi gritted her teeth and said, "Are you still a man? Do you want to give up me? Retreat and abandon me now?"

"If you don't leave me, I will never give up!"

Long Xixi smiled like a flower in an instant and said softly: "Hate, I feel so tingling in one sentence. I know you are a liar, but I still like it. Alang, have you poisoned me?"

Qin Lang said: "You are not poisoned, you are accustomed to death."

Long Xixi pulled his hand and twisted his delicate body: "Yeah, what should I do? People can't help but be mean to be mean to be mean to you when they see you, they just want to be mean to be mean to you."

Qin Lang hugged her in his arms: "I will only be allowed to be humble to me in this life."

Long Xixi blew the air and said, "Well, I'll listen to you."

This open son-in-law selection was set at Babu Academy. On the morning of the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Qin Lang came to Chunqiu Hall with Gu Xiefei, Zhao Changqing and Wang Houting.

I saw Jiang Konghou and Jiang Nuanmo from afar. Sang Jingtian had government affairs today so he did not come to the scene in person, but Jiang Konghou and his daughter still came to cheer for Qin Lang. Although there was a gap between Sang family and Qin Lang due to Xuewu's incident, Jiang Konghou did not take his anger on Qin Lang afterwards. She also knew that their behavior was too selfish. As Qin Lang's adopted mother, if she did not appear, she would inevitably be gossiping.

Jiang Nuanmo was one of the two talented women in Dayong. She has been studying in Babu Academy. She doesn't like the excitement, but when her mother comes, the matter is related to the marriage of her brother-in-law, so she also wants to come and see the competition scene.

Qin Lang stepped forward to see him, Jiang Konghou said, "Your godfather is busy with government affairs today and I can't get away with it, so I'll come to cheer for you on his behalf."

Qin Lang smiled and said, "Thank you godmother."

Jiang Nuanmo said: "Brother Yenius, I heard that Zhang Yanzong is a genius of the world. Do you have a chance of winning?"

Qin Lang said: "How do you know? I only know one thing, Xixi, I will marry you."

Jiang Konghou sighed in his heart that Sang Jingtian did not do his best in this matter, and came to cheer today to ask for peace of mind. He could not let Qin Lang fight alone. Seeing his daughter who encouraged Qin Lang, Jiang Konghou felt sad and disappointed again. If something had happened in the middle, maybe his daughter had been saved. The couple hid the matter from beginning to end. If they were to let their daughter know, they might not agree with their actions.

At this time, several elegant young men came over from afar, but it was Cao Sheng, Zhong Haitian and Li Yuting. Prince Qing’s open son-in-law selection shocked the entire Yongdu. In this matter, all the nobles and grandsons of Dayong reached a consensus. After all, they all hated the enemy and supported Qin Lang. This competition was extraordinary. It was not just the competition between Qin Lang and Zhang Yanzong, but it already had special significance. In the hearts of many people, it even concerns the honor and disgrace of the two countries.

Cao Sheng and Jiang Nuanmo had an engagement. Jiang Nuanmo wanted to break off the engagement before, so it was inevitable that they would be embarrassed to meet here. Cao Sheng quickly greeted Jiang Konghou.

Jiang Konghou smiled and said, "You young people talk, I'll go first."

Qin Lang was surrounded by several people and cheered him up.

Qin Lang thanked him one by one, and the minor official who was responsible for today's competition led Qin Lang to prepare.

Gu Xiefei and others stood there and talked a lot.

Cao Sheng said: "From you see, how likely is Qin Lang to win today?"

Li Yuting said: "Zhang Yanzong's three-cultivation of civil and military paintings, I heard that he has reached the level of a fifth-grade master."

Gu Xiefei said: "Don't want to increase others' ambition and destroy your own power. So what about the fifth-grade master level? This is Da Yong, and a strong dragon does not suppress the local snake."

Zhong Haitian sighed and said, "Although that's the case, the strength is there. I heard from the master that, just by painting techniques, Brother Qin is inferior to Zhang Yanzong."

Wang Houting said: "Only three of the five judges, Da Yong accounted for three. What's there to be afraid of?"

Cao Sheng said: "This brother may not understand. Our judges of Da Yong are all fair and just, especially the Master Yichan. He would not consider the distinction between Da Yong and Daye. In his eyes, all sentient beings are equal. This time, he asked him out to convince Daye."

Prince Qing County Long Shixing had already arrived at the Chunqiu Hall at this time. Five judges arrived one after another. Long Shixing first greeted Lu Buyao: "Is your mentor better?"

Lu Buyao smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, you have recovered." Until now, he has not received the wedding invitation from Long Shixing. He thought he would not have the chance to get this wedding, but he did not expect this storm to happen in the middle. As a bystander, Lu Buyao had already seen that the matter was all controlled by the Empress Dowager Xiao Zirong.

While sighing at Xiao Zirong's methods, he also realized that his idea of ​​retiring and returning home was difficult to achieve. A few days ago, he came to these eight academies in the wind and snow to send a signal to Xiao Zirong. Xiao Zirong asked him out today to respond to him. Lu Buyao judged that he would serve as the chief grandmaster of the eight academies for a long time, and perhaps he would also give him a title without any realism. In short, he was ready to be kicked out of the power center.

Lu Buyao was very interested in what happened today. Xiao Zirong should have had the idea of ​​using marriage to ease the relationship between the two countries. As for the handwritten decrees left by Emperor Shunde, who knows whether it is true or false? This woman is not simple. In the five competitions, according to Lu Buyao's analysis, Qin Lang has a very small chance of winning. Before today's public son-in-law selection, Lu Buyao had already understood the works of the two young people. To be fair, Zhang Yanzong could win a complete victory in the three competitions of calligraphy, archery and painting. As for poetry, he had read Zhang Yanzong's poems, and he had never seen Qin Lang's poems, and as for the fifth competition, it was meaningless and less than the fifth one.

Long Shixing could feel his mentor's distantness to him, and he did not dare to go too close to Lu Bu, so he went to say hello to Qin Daozi again.

The national teacher of Daye Kingdom, Zhao Shituo and Lin Guyi, the Grand Secretary of Tianshui Pavilion, also arrived. They went to meet with Long Shixing, the king of Qing County.

After sitting down, Qin Daozi took the opportunity to greet Lu Buyao and said, "Prime Minister, who has a greater chance of winning?"

Lu Buyao smiled and said, "I only realized after comparing, we both judge by our hearts."
Chapter completed!