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Lu Shiqing asked Lu Shuangyu to go back to her room, and then looked at Yuan Cixian: "Please go back home earlier, County Lady, so as not to make General Yuan worry."
Yuan Cixian glanced at the gloomy sky outside and finally felt annoyed by the rain, so she said, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow."
He frowned: "And tomorrow?"
"Of course, your injury is most important for the first two days. I will bandage it for you again."
Lu Shiqing sighed: "Lu has to go to court early tomorrow morning."
"Then I'll come back after you return home."
Seeing that he was still trying to refuse, she quickly gestured to stop him: "Please don't say any more. I'm doing this for your own good. According to your stupid way of bandaging the wound before, you will definitely have a scar in the future. You don't want to have a scar on your right hand but not on your left hand, do you? If I ask my brother to whip you again, I don't know if I can make you look exactly the same!"
"… "
Lu Shiqing had a headache. He couldn't think of any reason to reject her, so he had to let it go and asked the servants to send the giant Buddha away first.
Yuan Cixian gave him a few instructions about food, then acted as a lame man and went out. When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw Lu Shuangyu, who should have gone back to her room, standing there holding an oil-paper umbrella, with a frown on her face, as if she had something to say to her.
She stepped forward and asked, "Miss Lu is waiting for me?"
Lu Shuangyu lowered her eyes and shook her head: "No." But her hands kept twisting the umbrella handle, a little movement that seemed to be caused by nervousness.
Yuan Cixian laughed and said, "Then I can leave."
"Hey!" Lu Shuangyu took a few steps and called out to her.
She was just pretending to do so, so she turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I want to tell the county lady, you..." Lu Shuangyu hesitated for a while, and finally raised her voice, "Don't try to hit on my brother! My brother and Princess Shaohe have been in love for a long time, but the emperor refused to agree to this marriage. He was worried that my brother's career would be hindered if he became a prince consort, so he delayed the marriage!"
Yuan Cixian was slightly stunned, then suddenly laughed and asked, "Who taught you to say that?"
Lu Shuangyu was startled and said guiltily: "No... no one taught me, I just told the truth!"
"Then tell me how they are so compatible?"
She calmed down a little, "My brother goes to Hanliang Palace every now and then to teach the Thirteenth Prince, and your Excellency is often beside him... beside him..." She didn't say "beside him" for a long time, and then said, "In short, my brother likes her, and my mother likes her too. This morning, your Excellency accompanied my mother to Da Ci'en Temple."
Yuan Cixian let out a long "Oh" and said, "Okay, I understand."
Lu Shuangyu felt that her attitude was strange, so she asked cautiously, "What do you know?"
She grinned: "Thank you, Sister Shuangyu, for reminding me that Hanliang Palace and Daci'en Temple are indeed two good places to win people's hearts. I will make good use of them."
Lu Shuangyu choked and didn't notice that she changed her address. She asked in surprise: "You... why don't you listen?"
Yuan Cixian asked her back, "You mistook me for a man and fell in love with me at first sight. You searched for me for a year. During that time, I'm afraid some people also advised you to give up. What about you? Did you listen?"
"I… "
Seeing that she had nothing to say, Yuan Cixian smiled calmly and took the oil-paper umbrella from her hand: "Okay, I'll take this umbrella. Go back quickly and wait for the day when you call me sister-in-law."
After she finished speaking, she did not stop and turned back to get on the carriage, leaving Lu Shuangyu standing there in a daze.
…
As luck would have it, when Yuan Cixian passed the entrance to Yongxingfang Lane, a carriage brushed past her curtain. Seeing this, the driver Jianzhi asked, "Young lady, look behind, is that Madam Lu's carriage?"
She happened to be thinking about the relationship between Xuan and Princess Shao He, so she stopped and lifted the curtain to look out. She saw that the sandalwood carriage had indeed stopped in front of the Lu Mansion, and two people got out after a while. One was indeed Xuan, and the other was wearing a plain skirt with thin arms and waist, and it was Zheng Yun.
The two of them walked into the mansion talking and laughing.
Shi Cui asked: "Young lady, do you want to strike back?"
Yuan Cixian snorted coldly: "Don't kill me, go home."
Shi Cui saw that she was unhappy, so she didn't dare to say anything more. When they were close to Shengyefang, she heard her speak again: "No, why should I be angry? I'm not going to marry Madam Lu." After that, she said to the outside of the carriage curtain, "Pick up the branches and take them back."
Jianzhi hurriedly drove the carriage back to Lu's residence. He reined in the horse but saw no sign of Yuan Cixian moving. He asked in surprise, "Young lady, we are here. Aren't you going to get off?"
Yuan Cixian yawned and said, "What are you going to do? Make trouble? I'm just going to see when Zheng Jun will come out and meet her. You keep an eye on her for me."
After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and rested.
Jianzhi stared at the gate of Lu Mansion, afraid of missing her, but she waited and waited, and after half an hour, she still didn't see Zheng Yun. Just when her eyes were sore, a maid from Lu Mansion suddenly came over.
The maid came up to her and said politely, "Young lady, my husband has something to say to the Princess of Lancang County."
Yuan Cixian suddenly opened her eyes, lifted the curtain and asked, "What are you talking about?"
The maid bowed to her and said, "My lady, my husband said that before your carriage came back, he had already asked Shao and the princess to go back. You can't wait like this. Go home early before it rains."
After she finished explaining, the dark clouds between Yuan Cixian's brows disappeared in an instant, and she smiled sweetly: "I understand, I'll go back right away and come again tomorrow."
…
The next day, Yuan Cixian kept her word and went to Lu's residence again, but she did not stay long. She changed Lu Shiqing's medicine and returned to Shengyefang. She was sure that his injury would not worsen, so she stopped going out and "recovered" for the saint peacefully.
Emperor Huining obviously didn't think that a young girl like her could be so scheming, and he never suspected that her injury was fake. He sent people to send her many imperial tribute medicinal herbs and tonics, as well as many rare toys to make her happy, saying that it was his cousin's fault that such a terrible thing had happened under the emperor's feet.
Yuan Cixian sneered in her heart. She had never considered the Saint as her cousin. Her grandmother was just an unfavored concubine princess, and her relationship with the late emperor was not very close. Now that they were a generation apart, how could there be any affection to speak of? But she and her brother had a few drops of Zheng blood in their bones, which made the old emperor anxious all day long.
After a while of leisure, summer passed in the blink of an eye.
In the seventh month of early autumn, the weather was slightly cooler in the morning and evening, but the afternoon sun was still scorching. Yuan Cixian was annoyed by the autumn heat and stayed at home. Bored, she remembered Xu Shan and asked her brother to send someone to tell him whether he had time to keep the verbal invitation.
She certainly didn't want to discuss chess with Xu Shan. The reason for this was that he had come to inform her before, which made her feel Zheng Zhuo's position and goodwill. At least for now, they were indeed allies of the Yuan family. In this case, she shouldn't blindly reject him. The situation in Chang'an was complicated. It would be a good thing to become an enemy with Zheng Zhuo later, or to reverse the situation in the previous life and not become enemies.
Of course, she couldn't trust Zheng Zhuo completely, given the hint from her dream, especially since Xu Shan never showed his true face, which made her doubt his identity. The last time she made the invitation, she was just trying to test the waters.
The next day, Lu Shiqing was invited to Yuan Mansion as Xu Shan.
He had been really busy these days, but a message from Yuan Cixian forced him to put all his official duties aside. After all, "Xu Shan" said that he was a commoner and not busy, and if he refused the invitation, she would inevitably be suspicious.
Lu Shiqing adjusted his posture and went to the flower hall of Yuan Mansion, where he saw Yuan Cixian standing in front of the window teasing a thrush. She seemed to be in a very good mood, with curved eyebrows and full of smiles.
He paused at the threshold.
How come she hasn't visited him to check on his injuries for sixteen days, and hasn't even sent him a message, but now she is looking forward to seeing Xu Shan
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