At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Zhuge Liang took a deep breath and slowly shook the feather fan in his hand.

"That's true. If this is true, the Zhuge family will be the relatives of the emperor. When the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, the Zhuge family will be the relatives of the emperor."

"The relative..."

Zhuge Jun seemed to think of something: "Foreign relatives, are they the same as the Cao family in the past and the Cai family today?"

Zhuge nodded.

"Yes, the Cao family in the past and the Cai family today are all relatives, important relatives, but I can't understand why the Supreme Emperor chose the Zhuge family."

"This……"

Zhuge Jun also felt a little strange when Zhuge Liang asked this question.

But Zhuge Jun felt that this was not important. Once this matter came true, what kind of peak the Zhuge Clan would reach was the most important thing.

With such thoughts in mind, Zhuge Jun and Zhuge Liang returned to the official office separately, continuing the unfinished tasks.

Chapter 1631 One thousand five hundred and fifty one Zhuge Liang had no choice but to put away the regrets in his heart

Late that night, Zhuge Liang finished his heavy work, heaved a sigh of relief, left Miyagi from the government office, and headed for his home not far away.

Since the founding of the Wei Empire, it still maintains a curfew policy, but compared with the previous dynasty, in several major cities, the curfew time of the Wei Empire is much later than before.

The relatively prosperous commodity economy has driven the commercial market in Luoyang City. After the morning market and the afternoon market, the market "Dark Market" was born.

Twilight market, as the name suggests, after the afternoon market ends, from the sunset at dusk to the four quarters of Xu time, the four major markets in the southeast, northwest, and north still maintain commercial activities until the specified time.

Many Luoyang residents often have finished their day's production work at this time, and it is time for leisure, so they will choose to go shopping with their families in the dark market at this moment, or settle for dinner.

As a result, the dark market naturally became the busiest market in Luoyang City. When the dark market started, the four major cities in the southeast, northwest, and north were crowded with people. They stood at the intersections and could not see the end of the street.

When Zhuge Liang came out of the official office, it happened to be the last hour of the curfew, and the residents of Luoyang City who were visiting the dim market were returning home from the market.

Following the flow of people, Zhuge Liang felt the prosperity which was completely different from the previous dynasty, and sighed deeply.

From his childhood experience of displacement, to finally settling in Jingzhou, from using the marriage of his two older sisters to gain shelter, to gaining a foothold in the Guowei regime independently, he has seen countless wonders in the world along the way, He found that this is his ideal country.

Everything here is what he longs for, what he hopes to see so much.

He has gone through a lot of trials, experienced tests in many places for many years, personally participated in every link of political action, and even experienced economic and political crises.

So he understands how hard-won all this is.

Putting down the curtain on the frame, Zhuge Liang sat quietly in the car without saying a word.

When he got home, his wife Huang had prepared stew for him and told him to drink it before going to bed.

Huang was always worried that Zhuge Liang's body would not be able to withstand such a long period of government affairs, so he tried every means to replenish his body. Even if he had dinner at the government office, he still had to cook some soup for Zhuge Liang, so that he could replenish his body and not get tired broken.

Zhuge Liang warmly drank a bowl of soup prepared by his wife, and when Mrs. Huang took the second bowl, he asked, "Did Qiao Er fall asleep?"

"Well, fell asleep."

"How is his homework recently?"

"Very good. I work hard every day. After Ah Ke got the honor in the exam, he worked harder. He said that he will also get the honor in two years. As the son of the champion, he can't embarrass the champion."

Huang said with a smile.

Zhuge Liang also laughed.

"A Ke is talented, Qiaoer is not as good as him, but as long as he is willing to put in the effort, he will eventually be able to achieve something. If he lacks talent, he must use hard work to make up for it. That's great. You should also pay attention to his body, don't get tired .”

"Don't worry, I will take good care of Joe."

Huang said with a lonely expression, and forced a smile: "Now, he is my own son."

Zhuge Liang instantly understood Huang's meaning.

He stretched out his hand to hold Huang's hand: "I never blamed you, whether it was in words or in my heart, I traveled from north to south, and even went to the Western Regions for more than ten years. You were the one who accompanied me and took care of me. We are one husband and wife. Don't feel sorry for me."

Huang's heart warmed and her eyes turned red, so she snuggled into Zhuge Liang's arms and sobbed.

"I couldn't give you a baby, I'm sorry..."

"I've said it all, I didn't blame you, isn't it the same now? Qiaoer is our child, and I also have descendants, and I have entered our family tree, so what does it matter?"

Zhuge Liang hugged Huang Shi and kept comforting her.

It was true to say so on the lips, but in his heart, Zhuge Liang was somewhat regretful and disappointed.

He and his wife Huang have been married for more than ten years, but they have no children until now, and despite his efforts, they have not produced any.

As Huang's age grew, Zhuge Liang no longer had any expectations, and gradually felt that perhaps God destined him and Huang to have no children.

Originally, according to Zhuge Liang’s status and conditions, he could take concubines, and he is also old. Even if he is a private person, he can take concubines and continue the incense at the age of 40 without a son. He can take two to three concubines to continue the incense for himself .

However, due to various considerations, perhaps more because of Huang's mood, Zhuge Liang did not decide to take a concubine in the end.

Originally, Zhuge Liang wanted to work harder and have a son with the Huang family, but after he returned to Luoyang to take office, he had no legitimate son because he held an important position, so it aroused some discussion among the Guo Wei regime that emphasized "single but not in office".

Some words are not so friendly.

For example, he doesn't have children, he doesn't have a son-in-law, either he has a health problem or his wife has a health problem, or his wife is jealous, Zhuge Liang is afraid to take a concubine, or he has ulterior motives and doesn't know what he is thinking.

The fact that he was promoted beyond the rules has caused dissatisfaction among many people, and the current situation is even more dangerous.

Well aware of the strong tradition of the Guowei Group's [Single, No Job], and knowing that time is not on his side, Zhuge Liang made up his mind and discussed with his elder brother Zhuge Jin, hoping to adopt one of his three sons as his own. son.

Zhuge Jin also understood Zhuge Liang's situation, and while agreeing to Zhuge Liang's request, she also persuaded Zhuge Liang to take a concubine and give birth to his own son, at worst, just hand it over to Huang's upbringing.

After all, there must be.

Zhuge Liang was very contradictory about this.

"She treats me with deep love and righteousness. She travels thousands of miles to follow me to the post. She suffers from wind and sand. How difficult is it for a daughter raised in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River to be in the wind and sand in the northwest? She has persisted for more than ten years. , how can I take a concubine?"

Zhuge Jin comforted Zhuge Liang.

"You are an official, taking a concubine is permissible, not to mention that I, Wei, pay attention to being single, even if you adopt my son as your own son, others will inevitably gossip.

Besides, your younger siblings haven't married for many years, and you still don't take concubines, what will outsiders think?Don't you think that she is jealous of women and hate women, and treat her even worse?Isn't that true of the rumors out there now? "

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, then shook his head.

"She and I have been husband and wife for many years, and we have a deep friendship. These gossips can no longer be shaken. Besides, I am busy with business and have taken concubines rashly. I don't have much time to manage family affairs. I don't know how many troubles will arise at home. This matter is still considered Alright."

Zhuge Liang rejected Zhuge Jin's suggestion again, but Zhuge Jin's persuasion was ineffective, so he could only shake his head and sigh.

Then Zhuge Jin chose her second son, Zhuge Qiao, and invited the elders of the family to witness, and completed the adoption ceremony.

So from then on, Zhuge Qiao was Zhuge Liang's son.

At that time, Zhuge Qiao was only 14 years old.

Now that two years have passed, Zhuge Liang and Huang's couple get along well with Zhuge Qiao. Zhuge Liang has spent some time on Zhuge Qiao, personally reading and practicing calligraphy for him, and explaining difficult problems to him.

This also made Zhuge Qiao, who had been overshadowed by his elder brother Zhuge Ke at home before, happy——

Zhuge Ke is too smart, and Zhuge Jin likes him the most, but he neglects Zhuge Qiao and his younger brother Zhuge Rong, doesn't pay much attention to him, and it's hard to get his father's love, and he often feels disappointed and a little jealous in his heart.

After adopting, Zhuge Qiao experienced full fatherly love from Zhuge Liang, gradually accepted Zhuge Liang as his father, and felt that adopting is not necessarily a bad thing, maybe it is a lucky thing.

The Huang family also regarded Zhuge Qiao as his son, and cared for him a lot, and the family of three became closer day by day.

But in the final analysis, Huang and Zhuge Liang still have some regrets in their hearts.

But things have come to this point, Zhuge Liang saw that he had reached the age of [-], and the desires of his youth had been smoothed away by years of hard work, so he no longer had any thoughts and put away the regrets in his heart.

"By the way, I have something to tell you."

Zhuge Liang smiled, changed the subject, and said, "Tonight, my elder brother asked me to go to his house with my third brother, and told us that His Majesty intends to let my elder brother's daughter marry the crown prince and become the crown princess."

Huang was stunned for a moment, greatly surprised.

"Crown princess? The crown prince's wife?"

"Yeah, no one thought that His Majesty would actually choose his elder brother's daughter as the Crown Princess. I heard that the Supreme Emperor also approved of such a candidate. This matter is basically settled."

When Zhuge Liang said this, Huang covered her mouth in surprise.

"Then doesn't this mean that our Zhuge family is going to...become a relative of the emperor?"

"Well, that's it."

Zhuge nodded and said: "It is true that the incident happened suddenly, but since His Majesty mentioned it, he must have considered it carefully, and I am afraid that it will be announced to the public in the near future. By then, our Zhuge family will become the focus of everyone's attention."

What Zhuge Liang predicted was not wrong.

About half a month later, after Guo Peng also secretly summoned Zhuge Jin for an hour-long conversation, the matter was officially announced to the public.

The emperor issued an edict to officially marry the crown prince Guo Chengzhi with Zhuge, the daughter of Zhuge Jin, the Minister of Agriculture, as the crown prince after the prince's custom in the near future.

When this news broke out, it instantly became the headlines of the day in Luoyang City. More than ten thousand officials and their families, civilians and even garrison soldiers in the entire Luoyang court began to discuss the marriage enthusiastically.

The coronation ceremony of the crown prince will be held in a few months. After the coronation ceremony, the wedding will inevitably be held. At that time, the Zhuge family will be directly promoted to the royal relatives. After a few years, the crown prince will successfully succeed to the throne. It's a serious relative.

No one would have thought that the Zhuge family, who was in a difficult situation at the time, would quietly become the choice of the crown prince's wife.

Chapter 1632 One thousand five hundred and fifty two

At that time, the Zhuge family was unknown, and Zhuge Jin, who was the first to become an official of Guo Peng, only entered the Guowei Group as a descendant from Xuzhou, and there seemed to be no outstanding points anyway.

If you really want to say that he is outstanding, he is not as outstanding as his younger brother Zhuge Liang.

At any rate, Zhuge Liang was still regarded as the number one scholar in the Wei Empire, and his resume was not bad, and he was quite beautiful. Zhuge Jin was not valued by everyone until he became Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture. Before that, he was completely indifferent.

As a result, once he entered the court, he could get such treatment?

Many families are actually staring at the location of Guo Chengzhi's wife, and there are also many good people making lists, trying to list all the families that meet the requirements.

For example, the Cao family and Xiahou family were the first among them. They were the first families to join forces with Guo Peng. They were of great help to Guo Peng, so they must be among them.

The Cai family, the family of Guo Peng's most important benefactor, and the family of the second emperor Guo Jin's empress, it is unknown whether they will be more or less close this time.

The rest, such as the Zhang Zhao family, Zhao Yun family, Li Dian family, Guan Yu family, etc., are all listed in it, and the Zhuge family is also included. This is because the emperor took special care of Zhuge Jin, so it is barely listed at the end. bit.

Everyone considered families with important political and military powers. Although the Zhuge family has been doing well recently, it has a shallow background and is not experienced enough, so it can only be ranked at the bottom.

As a result, it was never expected that it was this Zhuge family who was not senior enough and not favored by everyone won the final victory and was selected by the emperor to be the natal family of the crown prince's wife.

All of a sudden, there was an endless stream of officials who went to Zhugejin's mansion to congratulate him. Zhugejin's mansion was full of people, and there were so many cars and horses on the street in front of the gate that almost blocked the traffic of the whole street.

Zhuge Jin was originally popular, a good man, everyone didn't hate him, and now he was even more sought after, and all kinds of gift-giving people almost crowded his living room.

It has to be said that the political sense of officials has always been so keen.

While Zhuge Jin felt a little unaccustomed, she also felt refreshed from the bottom of her heart—how could anyone not like being flattered?

When the gate of Zhuge Jin's mansion was full of people, some people saw that they couldn't squeeze into Zhuge Jin's mansion, so they changed their minds and remembered that Zhuge Jin had two younger brothers who were also officials in the court.

So they immediately turned around and went to Zhuge Liang's mansion and Zhuge Jun's mansion.

Even if you can't curry favor with Zhuge Jin, if you curry favor with Zhuge Jin's two younger brothers, isn't this kind of relationship the same as indirect curry favor with Zhuge Jin?

Hey, I'm such a clever little ghost.

As a result, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jun's doorways were also blocked.

When the three sons of the Zhuge family successfully became the focus of Luoyang, Guo Peng called Guo Chengzhi to the Taishan Palace.

Guo Chengzhi didn't know why Guo Peng called him, but he came to Taishan Palace obediently.

When he arrived at Mount Tai Temple, Guo Chengzhi saw Guo Peng sitting in a small pavilion feeding the fish.

Many times when he came to Taishan Palace to greet Guo Peng, he saw Guo Peng feeding fish here.

So he leaned over.

"Father, I'm here."

"Cheng Zhi is here?"

Guo Peng smiled at Guo Chengzhi, and pointed to the place beside him: "Come, sit here and feed the fish with me."