Chapter 28: Discussing Marriage Proposal

  Zhuge Jin and his brothers saw their younger brother enter from outside the door, holding hands with none other than the county princess Sun Shangxiang. They hastily stood up, and the whole family followed suit, preparing to pay their respects to her.

  Zhuge Jun hurriedly stopped everyone and asked them to sit down.

  Huang Yueying and others understood what was going on, but Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment before sitting down.

  From the injury of his younger brother, Zhuge Jin knew that Sun Shangxiang and his younger brother had a deep relationship, but he didn't know how far it had progressed because he followed Sun Quan to leave Wu County and come to Chaisang County. After meeting with Zhuge Liang, when talking about his younger brother Xiaojun, he only praised his business achievements and said that Xiaojun had become a rich man.

  The matter of Sun Shangxiang was not brought up. That's why Zhuge Liang was surprised.

  Sun Shangxiang bowed to everyone: "Second Aunt, Big Brother, Second Brother, Big Sister-in-law, Second Sister-in-law, Shangxiang has paid her respects to you all."

  The second daughter warmly pulled her over and sat down beside her.

  Zhuge Jun said: "Second sister, big brother, second brother, big sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, Xiang'er is now our family's person, please help me propose to Wu Hou."

  Zhuge Liang looked at his brother with delight, genuinely happy for him, thinking: "Xiao Jun is really capable, coming to Eastern Wu for such a short time and already winning over the princess of Eastern Wu."

  The next evening, the three brothers had a private conversation. When it came to the matter of proposing marriage, Zhuge Jin said: "The county magistrate's daughter is a good girl, and it would be a good thing for Xiao Jun to marry her."

  Zhuge Liang said: "At present, we are discussing the alliance between Jingzhou and Eastern Wu. This matter can play a promoting role, so let's seize it tightly."

  It was a headache for the three of them to find someone to propose the marriage. Zhuge Jin, as a subordinate of Sun Quan, was not suitable, and Zhuge Liang's current situation was too sensitive, even more unsuitable. Zhuge Jin also suggested Lu Su and others, but they were all rejected one by one.

  Zhuge Liang fanned himself with his feather fan, pondering for a moment before saying: "This matter would be best handled by someone of high social standing who is close to the Wu royal family and not involved in either military or government affairs. Such a person would be most suitable to propose the marriage."

  Zhuge Jin put down the tea bowl in his hand and slapped his forehead, saying: "Right! I thought of a candidate..."

  Suddenly, Zhuge Jun said: "Wait a minute." He interrupted his brother's words, he was very curious, the Three Kingdoms described Liu Bei marrying Sun Shangxiang followed the old route of Qiao Guolao, and the idea was proposed by Zhuge Liang. He wanted to see who the current Zhuge Liang would choose. So he asked: "Second brother thinks who is most suitable?"

  Zhuge Liang did not understand why his brother asked this at this time, and without thinking much, he said: "Qiao's family has two daughters. The elder Qiao was married to Sun Ce, the younger Qiao was married to Zhou Yu, their status is prominent, and he himself does not hold a position in either the military or government, so naturally he is the best candidate."

  Zhuge Jin said: "Exactly, second brother is talking about the same person I was going to mention."

  Zhuge Jian thought: "The stories in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' are not all made up, and Second Brother's mention is really about Qiao Guo Lao"

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  Zhuge Liang said, "If you want things to go smoothly, it's best to let the princess first express her attitude to Queen Wu of Eastern Wu. When you go to Qiao Guo's place, also ask her to accompany you, which can reduce twists and turns."

  Zhuge Jin wrote a letter to Qiao Gong and handed it over to his brother, saying: "The war is imminent, you can go back tomorrow. Don't come again before the war is over. Take care of things at home. My second brother and I don't need you to worry about us. It's late, let's talk about this today."

  "Big brother, you rest first, I still have something to ask second brother," said Zhuge Jun.

  After seeing off Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang asked: "Xiao Jun, what is it that you want to ask?"

  His face was solemn, and he asked: "Second brother, after you left XinYe, how did you arrive at JiangXia? What happened on the way? Can you tell me?" He cared about the fate of the people of XinYe, so he inquired.

  Zhuge Liang briefly described the process of retreating from Xinye. When Zhuge Jun heard that there were not many casualties among the civilians, he felt relieved and his face showed a relaxed expression.

  Zhuge Liang saw his expression and thought of the several times he had proposed not to bring the civilians of Xinye, and was suspicious in his heart. He said: "Xiaojun, how did you think that when we leave Xinye, there would be civilians following us?"

  Zhuge Jian originally wanted to ask Zhuge Liang about his views on this matter, but he was also worried that if the thing was indeed Liu Bei's doing, once he reminded him, with Zhuge Liang's wisdom, it would not be difficult to detect the subtleties. This would affect Zhuge Liang's impression of Liu Bei, and now is not the time, Cao Cao's army is pressing the border, let's defeat Cao Cao first, otherwise, there will be no place to fall. So he said: "Second brother, this matter, let's talk about it after defeating Cao's army. It's late, you should rest early too." He stood up and bid farewell, leaving.

  After bidding farewell to the two brothers Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jun and others returned to Wu County. The next day, he and Huang Yueying went to Qiao Guo's old house to ask him to be a matchmaker for Zhuge Jun.

  Qiao Guo Lao saw the exquisite set of glassware and two boxes of soap presented by the two men, and was very pleased. He asked them what brought them here.

  When the two men took out Zhuge Zhan's letter and explained their intention, Qiao Guolao showed a difficult expression and said: "This matter is afraid of some inconvenience. If you had come two days earlier, it would have been better."

  Upon hearing this, both of them felt a pang in their hearts.

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