After the tea came, Duan Yunjie sat opposite Xu Ping and said with a smile: "You have been so glorious in the past two years. You can hear your name everywhere on Shaanxi Road. When I was in Chang'an, my neighbors chatted every day, and they always talked about what battles you won on Qinfeng Road, how many thieves you killed, and what official positions you promoted. Are you doing well?"

Xu Ping held the teacup and looked at Duan Yunjie for a while before thinking, "Okay, that's OK. You and I have known each other for many years, and you should know that I am always different from others in my life. Being an official in the morning, I always take one more step than others. It's extremely difficult to take this step. After more than ten years, I finally got through it. Now I'm tired, and I've done almost the same thing as I should. There is no need to take that step more. To be honest, this year is much easier than before."

Duan Yunjie smiled and said, "It's good to be relaxed. We are not teenagers, and we can't get tired anymore."

After a moment of silence, Xu Ping drank tea quietly. After a while, he said, "From the time when you left the capital and talked about the Jingzhao Mansion's helping people print books, many years have passed in a blink of an eye. I also received news from you, saying that you still open a book shop, print books, and live a life like in the capital. I don't know if you are doing well, I don't know where you live, and I don't write a letter."

Duan Yunjie pushed up the female tips with her forehead hanging down and chuckled, "What's the good or bad? I'll live the same life as before, and I'll live it day by day. I've been suffering since I was a child, and my life is already great than when I was a child."

Xu Ping looked at Duan Yunjie, as she had seen in her impression, the years left no trace on her. It was just that she did not have the vicissitudes of the long-lasting wind and frost he had when he first met her, nor did she have the aura she had at that time. Everything was restrained and she spoke with laughter. The years were restrained by her, and she looked particularly cheerful.

Sighing, Xu Ping said: "When you were in the capital, you valued filial piety and it was not convenient to talk about marriage. Years have you met a suitable family and have you ever thought about getting married?"

Duan Yunjie turned her head and looked at the two children outside the door and whispered: "Women's family, who doesn't want to get married? I also want to have a husband at home and call me a mother if I have children. What's the right person? How can I meet the right person?"

"Then have you met the right person?"

Duan Yunjie looked at Xu Ping and couldn't help laughing: "I met you, but you have already married and had a daughter. What's the solution? We barbarians don't keep everything in our hearts like you Han people, but they just refuse to say it. When we meet the right person, we like it all our lives, what's the matter if we are together every day? My mother met her father, but married another person, and lived a unhappy life. If they want to be together happily, aren't they going to another world? In this life, you already have a wife, concubine, children, and daughters. We are destined to be together. Is it okay to meet earlier in the next life?"

After saying that, Duan Yunjie looked at Xu Ping quietly.

Xu Ping looked at Duan Yunjie's eyes, was silent for a while, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have no choice but to not believe that there is another world in the next life. Even if this world is in front of me, I still don't believe it. For me, it is not happy that I will not fantasize about the next life. The happiness of the next life will ultimately belong to another person."

Duan Yunjie smiled and said, "What should I do? I sighed all my life? I can't think about it. What can you, a man, not be able to think about it? Now you have a great commander, with thousands of troops under your command and countless people. You should make a decision. How can you manage the military and manage the people? I don't believe that you are the same in your office."

"Of course I am not like this in office work. Perhaps it is because office work cannot be like this that I have this problem in private."

Duan Yunjie smiled and shook her head, stood up, and said, "I haven't seen you for many years, so let's have a meal here. I saw Tan Hu outside the door and called in to come in and talk about the past together. Everyone should be happy even if they are friends for many years."

Seeing Duan Yunjie walking towards the kitchen, Xu Ping was a little confused for a moment and felt a sense of loss. He could take a concubine, be with Duan Yunjie, and at least he could live a life with Xiuxiu, but it was impossible now. This is not because Duan Yunjie was born into an official family and could not be a concubine. There was no rule in this era. In order to curry favor with ministers and powerful officials, there was no one in the court to send their daughters to others as concubines. It is not because Xu Ping was a commander on the sidelines and could not take concubines under his rule. Due to this rule, they could at least make an agreement.

There is only one reason why Duan Yunjie cannot do this. Although Duan Yunjie grew up with her father since childhood, her personality has inherited her mother's side. She says it if she likes it, and doesn't like it if she doesn't like it. It's just that her mother Ashen is weak in nature and dares to express it but is powerless to resist. Duan Yunjie is different after all.

If you cannot be together, you must live happily. If you have no fate in this life, then you can cultivate the fate in the next life.

Xu Ping sighed. It is rare for women who have strong opinions in their hearts. There is no way to meet you. You have no way to change her. If you need to change her, she will change herself. If you don’t want others to persuade her, it will be useless for others to force her.

Tan Hu sat between Xu Ping and Duan Yunjie. He felt uncomfortable whether he was drinking or eating. He asked several times to go out after drinking and eating, but Duan Yunjie stopped him. In the end, there was no way. Tan Hu stood up and said, "Madam Duan, you and Duan Guardian are old acquaintances for many years, and they are both scholars. There is always a lot of things to say. Let me sit here, but I can't speak, and I'll delay you from speaking. It's really embarrassing. It's not easy for Duan Guardian to come out once. If you talk, I'll go out of the door."

Duan Yunjie put down the bowl, waved to let Tan Hu sit down, and said, "No matter how high the Protector is, can't he take out a drink of wine and have a meal? If I want to talk to him, I will go and say, it's not convenient for him to leave the mansion. I will go to the Protectorate's Mansion. Will you stop me from entering the door? Don't worry, if we want to speak, we will naturally talk. Do you think we have to be squeamish? Today we haven't seen each other for many years, just talk about love together. After so many years, sometimes I really miss my days in Yongzhou. Can you find an old friend thousands of miles away? Just sit down and everyone can have a meal with peace of mind."

Tan Hu had no choice but to sit back in his seat and said, "It's not difficult to find old friends. Gao Daquan and Sang Xiucai were leading troops not far away. When will they be called back? It's lively to sit together."

"They are all under their command. Although they are close, it is probably difficult to get together."

Duan Yunjie said, raising her glass to persuade Xu Ping and Tan Hu to drink together. The wine is water wine. Duan Yunjie is not worried about the indecentness of her daughter's drinking of white wine, because she is really not used to drinking white wine. There are many women who love wine in this era, but it is rare for them to accept white wine. For them, drinking is a feeling, not the taste of wine.

As he talked about the past, Xu Ping slowly relaxed his mood and gradually understood Duan Yunjie. Why bother with some things? If you can't be together for a while, you don't have to sigh, just let it go. Who knows when Duan Yunjie no longer gets used to wandering and hopes to be together forever?
Chapter completed!