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This situation was really like riding a tiger and it was difficult to get off. Lu Shiqing suddenly realized what a stupid thing he had done.
Yuan Cihan was originally unwilling and wanted to tease him, but she didn't expect him to be so easy to talk to. Now she couldn't help being surprised and looked down at his hand in a daze.
But she still remembered to seize the opportunity, quickly came back to her senses, and reminded him: "Minister Lu?"
Lu Shiqing, who was daydreaming, was called back to his senses by him and frowned slightly.
It's just a hairpin. If you put it in, you can feel comfortable from the inside out. What's not worth it? So he coughed awkwardly and said, "Sit down."
Yuan Cihan sat back obediently.
He walked around behind her, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly pushed the hairpin in little by little without touching her hair, making it exactly symmetrical with the one on the right.
The green beads strung together made her black hair look as black as obsidian.
The task was completed, he paused, quickly moved his hand away and returned to his seat.
Yuan Cixian knew without even touching it that the work done by Lu Shiqing's hands must be exquisite and proper. She smiled at him: "Thank you."
Lu Shiqing's mind was filled with the sight of the cascading black hair that he had seen when he walked around her. He was in a trance and had no words to say. He only said "hmm" and continued to open the book "Salt and Iron Theory" to read. After a long time, he heard the person opposite him calling him again in a low voice: "Lu Shilang—"
He glanced up at her, and just as he was about to frown, he saw that she looked embarrassed, pointed at the book in his hand and said, "I wanted to say that you held the paper upside down."
"… "
Lu Shiqing looked down, his face darkened instantly, and he asked, "Have you never heard of the principle of tracing back to the origin?"
Yuan Cixian was confused, nodded, and then shook her head. No, she had heard of this word before, but was this what it meant
"Are you trying to say that if we hold the book in reverse order, we can trace its origin?"
"Yes." Lu Shiqing remained calm and refused to hold the book straight, saying, "That's exactly what I meant."
Did the people of the Great Zhou know that the learned scholar who won the imperial examination in the eleventh year of Huining could be so serious and mislead the students in private? Yuan Cixian looked up at the sky with mixed feelings, but she didn't expose him after all. She accompanied him to read the "reversal book" for more than half an hour, until he went up to the high pavilion to check Zheng Hong's homework, and then left Hanliang Hall.
When she was leaving the garden, she happened to meet Zheng Zhuo and heard that he was going to teach Zheng Hong martial arts.
Yuan Cihan was a little puzzled. The little prince really needed to stretch his muscles at his age, but as far as she knew, the saint had previously asked the second prince to take care of this matter, so why was it his turn now
There were palace maids all around, so she didn't ask too many questions. She just briefly greeted Zheng Zhuo and left. After returning home, she asked her brother to pay attention to the recent changes in the court situation, and discussed with him about Xu Shan's matter: "I have asked Jianzhi to go to Xunyang, but it's not free to go back and forth, it will take at least a month, and there may not be any results. I think we have to do two things at the same time and find a chance to see his true face."
"Since we cannot break off relations with the Sixth Prince, we cannot directly tear off Mr. Xu's mask. How can we easily see his true appearance?"
Yuan Cixian smiled and said, "They are not stupid. How could they not realize that our Yuan family has not yet fully entrusted us with trust? To put it bluntly, this is a layer of window paper. We can pry it out, but the method must be clever, and we must leave enough room and affection for each other. Even if they find out the clues, they can only think that we are worried about this cooperation, not hostile, and that is enough."
"So, you have a solution?"
She nodded and said, "In three days, Mr. Xu will come to the banquet. We will set up the banquet in the courtyard. No servants will be needed. After three rounds of wine, my brother will pretend to get up and leave the rest to me."
…
Three days later at dusk, Lu Shiqing came to Yuan Mansion again as Xu Shan, responding to the invitation that Yuan Cixian had forced him to accept last time.
He was led by servants to an open courtyard, where he saw a large table full of delicacies, with a whole roasted lamb in the middle standing in an enchanting posture. Then he looked at the unusually enthusiastic smiles of the Yuan brothers and sisters across the table, and couldn't help feeling like he was heading for Hongmen, and was deterred for a moment.
Yuan Yu thought he was being reserved and greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Xu, please take a seat."
Lu Shiqing was exhausted both physically and mentally from running around, and wondered what trap the brother and sister had set for him tonight. He nodded to both of them, took his seat, and sat across from the long table.
Yuan Cixian rolled up her sleeves and poured him wine personally.
Haha, she is still as enthusiastic about "Xu Shan" as ever. I'm afraid she has forgotten the favor he showed her by putting a hairpin in her hair in Hanliang Palace a few days ago.
He sneered in his heart, but nodded his thanks calmly, saying, "Xu is not good at drinking, so let's have tea instead."
Yuan Cixian certainly didn't force him, and poured him some tea. Then she said, "Sir, please start eating. There's no one else here. My sister-in-law has gone back to her parents' home to visit relatives these days and is not at home."
Yuan Yu introduced the food on the table, one by one, saying: "This chicken stewed in milk is very tender, sir, please try it. There are also Tonghua soft beef intestines, clove minced meat, crystal dragon and phoenix cake..."
Lu Shiqing nodded, picked up the silver chopsticks, and put a few shredded lamb into the bowl. Yuan Cixian thought he liked it, so she quickly moved the plate to him.
There were no servants around, and there were only three people in the whole courtyard. The brother and sister drank wine, and Lu Shiqing drank tea. At first, they talked about the food, but as the sky darkened, Yuan Yu talked more and more, talking about how he got hit on the head when he was a child playing Cuju, and how he tripped on the threshold of the new house on his wedding night, and then he was concerned about Yuan Cixian's marriage.
He looked drunk and slammed the table, saying, "Ci Xian, tell me, when can you capture Minister Lu and bring him to our family as a son-in-law?"
Lu Shiqing's face froze.
Yuan Cixian hurriedly covered his mouth and apologized to the other party: "My brother is drunk."
He took a breath silently and said calmly: "It's okay."
Yuan Yu was really drunk. He waved her hand away unhappily and said, "Brother has even taught you the secret of playing hard to get. Why are you still..." He was halfway through his words when his mouth was covered again.
The expression on Lu Shiqing's face behind the mask became increasingly ugly.
Yuan Cixian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She had indeed told Yuan Yu to drink more so that he could get up and go to the bathroom, but she hadn't expected him to drink too much.
She quickly smiled at the person opposite her and said, "My brother is just talking nonsense after drinking. Sir, please don't tell others later, lest these words get to the ears of Minister Lu."
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Lu Shiqing felt that this play could not be performed, and for a moment he wanted to slam the table and stand up, but he finally calmed down his mood with great restraint and uttered the word "OK".
Unexpectedly, Yuan Yu continued to make trouble. This time, he simply stood up and stepped on the stool: "But Cixian, you said you wanted to disguise yourself as a servant and sneak into the Lu Mansion..."
Yuan Cixian was anxious and hurriedly reached out to stop him. While pulling his arm, he said, "I will send you back to your room first. Sir, please wait here."
After she finished speaking, she dragged Yuan Yu away, leaving Lu Shiqing looking up at the moon, feeling angry.
Oh, he was familiar with the art of war, but he almost failed in a trick of playing hard to get. No wonder he felt uneasy these days. It turned out that he was not secretly in love with Yuan Cixian, but was being plotted against.
Haha, this girl is planning to sneak into his mansion disguised as a servant? She thinks that the servants and guards in his Lu Mansion are just there to eat for nothing. This is simply wishful thinking!
He would rather live with dogs than let himself fall into her hands!
For a moment, Lu Shiqing felt as if ten thousand wild horses had broken free from their reins. When the horses had finished running and Yuan Cihan had returned, he had regained his composure, with a slight sneer on his face and a gentle gleam in his eyes.
As soon as Yuan Cixian came back, he apologized to him and said a lot of apologetic words, and then said: "Sir, I am sorry to have embarrassed you. I will punish myself by drinking three cups."
I have never heard of someone drinking alcohol as punishment for embarrassing others. As Xu Shan, Lu Shiqing should have been very considerate and stopped her, but he didn't want to stop her now. Punishment, it should be punished, can you punish her with three more glasses
Yuan Cixian drank three glasses of wine, sat back across from him, and began to think about what to do next. According to the original plan, she was going to wait for Yuan Yu to leave the table, and when there was no one around, she would pretend to be drunk and crazy, forcing Xu Shan to bend down and send her to the backyard, and then find an opportunity to take off his mask on the way.
She was already getting drunk, but her brother let her down, so she had to sober up. Even if she drank three glasses of wine, if she passed out immediately, it might not be convincing. She had to drink more.
She thought about it, a plan came to her mind, and suddenly she sighed heavily.
At this time, Lu Shiqing had to ask: "Why is the county lady sighing?"
She pressed her eyes and said, "Brother is talking nonsense after drinking. He didn't mean it, but it brought up my sad memories." After she said that, she poured another glass of wine and drank it.
Lu Shiqing sneered in his heart and said, "What's on the mind of the county lady? You may as well tell me."
Yuan Cixian pretended to be sad about autumn and spring, and sighed again: "There is nothing much to say, but your heart is as cold as iron, and my love for you is like water -" After that, she raised the cup and drank again.
Lu Shiqing's teeth ached and he coughed: "If that's the case, why don't you give up this idea?"
Yuan Cixian raised her hand to stop him: "Sir, how can one easily throw away the word love? Even if his heart is as cold as iron and he is just pretending to be nice to me, I have no regrets and am happy with it."
Lu Shiqing's mouth twitched slightly. This sour remark was well-written, but it was not him who was being hypocritical, it was obviously her.
Yuan Cixian kept muttering to himself as he drank desperately, looking heartbroken. When he had finished drinking, he naturally pretended to be drunk and began to talk nonsense, pointing at the table and giggling: "Look, sir, this suckling pig is so strong!"
Lu Shiqing glanced at the roasted whole lamb and hummed. Then he saw her lowering her head to play with the cup, looking at the reflection of the moon above her head and said, "Hey, Wu Gang! Sir, I saw Wu Gang who cut the cassia tree!"
"… "
Yuan Cixian raised his head and sipped the wine. Then he looked at the bottom of the cup carefully and exclaimed, "Hey, he's gone!" Then he stumbled under the table and asked, "Where did he go?" Seeing that he couldn't find him, he stumbled to a locust tree nearby, hugged the thick trunk, and asked in a tearful voice, "Do you know where Wu Gang went?"
Lu Shiqing wanted to hold his forehead. He looked around and saw no servants, so he walked to her side and said, "County Lady, you are drunk. Xu asked someone to take you back to your room. Where is your maid?"
Yuan Cixian turned around and looked at him in surprise: "Hey, Minister Lu?"
"… "
How come, when she’s drunk, she can see through walls
The blood flowing through Lu Shiqing's body almost froze, but she smiled foolishly the next moment and reached out to grab his arm: "Minister Lu, why did you come to my house? You came at the right time, can you help me find Wu Gang?"
No. She wished.
Seeing that she was just talking nonsense, he breathed a sigh of relief, gently and gracefully pulled her hand down, and said seriously: "County Lady, I am not Minister Lu. Can you tell me where the courtyard you live in is?"
"Yard? I don't live in the yard, I live in," she burped drunkenly and pointed upwards, "I live in the sky, I am a fairy!"
"… "
As she spoke, she pulled his arm again, shaking it and asking, "Minister Lu, don't I look like a fairy?"
Lu Shiqing remained silent. When she was about to break his arm, he answered helplessly, "Yes." Seeing her blushing cheeks and her silly smile, he had no choice but to continue, "Please wait here. I will call a few servants for you."
He turned and left, but suddenly a delicate body pressed against his back, and then a pair of delicate arms climbed around his neck, and the female hooligan almost hung on him.
He suddenly froze, and heard her mutter in his ear: "No, Minister Lu, you can't leave me..."
She spoke in a stammering voice, as soft as a mosquito, but the clear and burning smell of alcohol sprayed accurately on his earlobe, making him shudder. Then, he felt a handful of fire burning from head to toe, and his lower abdomen felt like ants crawling across it, and the "tent" underneath was erected without hesitation.
Lu Shiqing was so shocked that he was speechless. How could he be moved by this? Did she drug his food
He wanted to shake her off, but he didn't dare to do anything because of the embarrassing situation. His limbs were stiff, and he held his breath for a long while before saying, "County Lady, you really got the wrong person."
He felt awkward again after saying this. Could it be that since he was Lu Shiqing, she could do whatever she wanted
Yuan Cixian, however, pretended not to hear anything and continued to make trouble while lying on her back, hitting him and saying, "Minister Lu, carry me back to my room!"
Carry her on your back, damn it!
He frowned, furious, and was ready to dump her without thinking twice. Unexpectedly, just as he grabbed the pair of beautiful arms and tried to turn around to push her away, she hooked her ankles.
When he turned around, he tripped and knocked her down due to his unstable center of balance. Seeing that the back of her head was about to hit the tree trunk, he subconsciously reached out and pulled her into his arms.
Yuan Cixian let out a low cry and fell into his arms. At the same time, she accidentally elbowed him and hit his mask.
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