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The midsummer heat in Chang'an is unbearably hot, quite different from that in southern Yunnan.
Yuan Cihan was frightened by the scorching sun and did not go out for several days. One day, she received a thank-you gift from the old lady of the Lu Mansion, saying that she was grateful for her help last year and apologized for Lu Shuangyu's reckless behavior a few days ago.
This matter was over. She didn't care much about it, and was thinking about the business. She asked Jianzhi to go out to find out the situation in the capital, while keeping an eye on the news at home.
After a few days, she felt something was wrong at home.
She had been separated from her brother for many years, and although they had maintained correspondence, she could not understand his situation based on the few words on paper. In her impression, her brother had never liked to do homework or practice martial arts since he was young, and he was indifferent to political affairs and had no intention of competing for fame. But these days, she found that several servants in the mansion were acting strangely, and seemed to often talk with him in the study, and the conversation would last for a long time.
These people did not look like servants, but rather like retainers kept in the mansion.
But my brother doesn't even have a job, what does he need retainers for? Yuan Cixian asked twice, but Yuan Yu always avoided the question.
Since I can't ask directly, I'll just use tricks.
That afternoon, she went to play chess with her brother. After a few games, she tapped on the jade and asked tentatively, "Brother, you wrote to me last time saying that the Sixth Prince gave you a rare thrush. Why don't you show it to me now?"
Yuan Yu paused while holding Zi's hand and said, "Do you like bird watching now? I'll ask someone to buy you a cute bird tomorrow."
"I don't want it. It's rare to get a gift from a noble person."
"What's so strange about that?" Yuan Yu looked at her, "It died after just a few days."
Yuan Cixian glanced at him casually, propped up her cheek and said, "Then ask him to send another one."
"He is a prince, can he obey your brother's orders?"
She said "Oh" and said disappointedly: "I thought my brother and he were friends who gave birds as gifts, so they should be familiar with each other..."
Yuan Yu hissed in surprise. My sister doesn't seem to be the type to cling to toys. She shouldn't be interested in the Sixth Prince's bird, but is she interested in the Sixth Prince
He simply stopped playing and said solemnly, "Father wrote to me saying that you came all the way to Chang'an because you missed me, but I don't think so... Could it be that you have deceived father and actually came here to secretly see your ideal husband?"
Yuan Cixian choked.
Of course, she had coaxed and lied to her father and mother, otherwise she would not have come here. But it was not a bad thing that her brother misunderstood her in this direction. After all, she could not tell the truth at the moment.
Not to mention that she had little information and could not determine whether the dream was true or false, even if she knew that the dream was about the future, she could not easily tell her father and brother. Her father and brother were people who did not believe in gods and ghosts, and if she wanted them to believe, even if she could not provide real evidence, at least she would not just talk nonsense like this.
What's more important is that her father is an old stubborn man with a loyal heart and honesty that borders on foolish loyalty, while her brother is a little frivolous and easily influenced. She has to think carefully about how to deal with this matter in order to avoid a counterproductive effect.
She thought about it, made up her mind, and said with a smile, "Yes."
Yuan Yu stared at her for a long time, then pointed at her and said, "Well! Is it that your father and mother don't love you, or your brother has ignored you, that you are so anxious to throw yourself out?" He was so angry that he stood up with his hand on the table, "Last time you asked me about Lu Zishu, and this time you asked about the Sixth Prince. Yuan Cixian, you are so arrogant!"
She actually fell in love with two handsome men who were the most handsome in Chang'an! Was it because Yuan Yu was not good-looking enough that her sister was seduced away by someone else
Yuan Cixian stood up and pulled him to sit down, coaxing him, "Isn't it that the young men in Yaozhou are not good enough for me? I'm not in a hurry to get married, I just want to find one as soon as possible. Brother also knows about the Nanzhao incident. I managed to avoid it before, but what if it happens again?" She looked longing, "Last time, I knew that brother didn't like Minister Lu, what about this Sixth Prince?"
Yuan Yu glanced at her, hesitated for a while, and said unhappily: "Not appropriate."
Yuan Cixian kept asking him the reason, and after a long time, he finally got a vague explanation: "The Sixth Prince is a decent person, but the situation in the court is complicated. How can you just walk into the royal family? You'd better give up this idea as soon as possible."
"Since the crown prince was deposed and executed, the position of heir has been vacant for a long time. Isn't the so-called situation in the court just a few princes fighting for a position? In this case, could it be that the Sixth Prince is also coveting the throne?"
Yuan Yu gave her a shock: "You are so bold, you dare to say anything!"
Yuan Cihan felt nervous when she saw his reaction.
There is no prince of the current Great Zhou who is a true legitimate heir. She heard from Jianzhi that the two older princes were openly interested in becoming the crown prince. The sixth prince was a little younger, his mother's family was weak, and he was not favored by the emperor. He had always been in a mediocre situation. He was not the candidate for the crown prince that everyone expected, and he should not have such ambition.
But looking at my brother's attitude, it's clearly not the case.
But even if the Sixth Prince had great ambitions, since it was not something that was made public, how would her idle brother know about it
Yuan Cixian leaned over to his ear and said, "Look how anxious you are. Did you hide it from father..." She dragged out the last syllable and said, "You have joined the court to take sides?"
Yuan Yu was so frightened that he almost jumped up, but he managed to calm down and said, "How could I! Don't think too much, and don't tell my father nonsense!" After that, he was no longer interested in playing chess. "It's getting late. My brother has a distinguished guest to entertain later. You should go and have dinner with my sister-in-law first."
Yuan Cixian nodded and walked away as if nothing had happened. She turned around and whispered to Shi Cui, "We have guests at the mansion tonight. Keep an eye on them for me."
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After dinner, Yuan Cihan had just finished bathing when he heard Shi Cui say that a guest had arrived and was being led by a servant to his brother’s study.
Her brother had obviously hidden something from her, and most likely from their father as well. If this so-called "distinguished guest" entered the study, she would probably never see him again.
She told the maid who was dressing her to be quick and hasty, and after hurriedly tidying herself up, she ran out of the yard, with her black hair, still a little wet, loosely tied behind her head, and she didn't have time to comb it.
The evening breeze was hot and Yuan Cihan was sweating from running. He took a shortcut and stopped in the corridor in front of his brother's study, holding on to the pillar and catching his breath.
She looked around and was lamenting that she was a step too late, when she suddenly heard rustling footsteps coming from the other side of the corner.
Yuan Cixian looked up, but before she could stand up straight, she saw someone turning the corner. Unexpectedly, their eyes met.
He was a man in black with wide sleeves and a long robe. His hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin and his face was covered with a silver mask. His features were completely concealed, with only his mouth, nose and eyes barely visible. It was impossible to make out the corners of his mouth and eyes.
He didn't seem to expect that there was someone at this end. He paused slightly and stopped.
It was not yet dark, and afterglow was leaking in from the cracks in the corridor above. The entire city of Chang'an was enveloped in this yellow light. So was the woman in front of him.
His eyes first fell on Yuan Cihan's hand. He saw that her palm was supporting the corridor column, and her jade-like fingers looked particularly white against the deep red column surface.
His eyes moved slightly, and he saw her delicate nose, willow-shaped eyebrows, jade-like skin, cherry lips, her cheeks stained with a layer of red, a few strands of wet hair sticking to her cheeks, a pair of eyes covered with wet mist, and her lips slightly opened in surprise, revealing two small white teeth.
After a pause, the man bowed to her.
Yuan Cixian came back to his senses, straightened his back, nodded and accepted it very naturally, pretending to ask the servant behind him, and said in a long voice: "Who is this-?"
The servant replied: "Young lady, this gentleman is your honored guest."
As expected, I couldn't find out anything. I ran around for a long time, but I didn't even know whether the person had a white face or a yellow face.
Seeing him nod to indicate his departure, Yuan Cixian felt somewhat unwilling, so he rushed forward and knocked on Yuan Yu's door before him.
As she moved, her flowery skirt swayed, and the fragrance of soapberry and flower dew immediately entered the man's nose, making him subconsciously take a step back.
Yuan Cixian smiled, without looking at him or explaining, and said inside: "Brother, I left something in your study."
Yuan Yu said, "Come in."
She then looked at the man behind her and addressed him as the servant had addressed him, "Sir, please come in, too."
He seemed very polite and nodded to her again.
Yuan Yu hurried out to greet him with a respectful look on his face, "Here comes the sir." Then he whispered to Yuan Cixian who was walking quickly inside, "Tell me what you left behind, and I'll have someone send it to you later."
She waved her hand and said casually, "I can find it myself."
Yuan Yu choked and had to ask the guest to sit down first, saying, "My sister was rude. If I have offended you, please forgive me, sir."
Yuan Cixian pricked up her ears as she searched the room, and heard the man say, "You're too polite, General."
It was a very deep and rich voice, and it seemed that the voice was much older than that of the brother who was only twenty years old.
Yuan Yu sat down with him at the table. Seeing Yuan Cixian moving around like a headless fly, he waited for a while and urged, "Cixian, what did you lose? I was just about to talk about something."
She stood up from under the table, brushed her hair, and said without shame: "Brother, just talk. No matter what I do, I will come back when I find it. I won't delay your work."
Yuan Yu could only give a dry laugh to the person opposite him.
The man looked straight ahead, his face hidden by a mask, so his emotions could not be seen.
Yuan Cixian pretended for a long time, but when the two of them didn't speak again, she saw that her brother had made up his mind not to let her listen, so she had to give up. She used the screen to cover herself, bent down and pulled a pearl embroidered on the shoe with all her might, and pulled it off. She stood up in surprise: "Hey!"
She twisted the pearl between her fingertips and shook it: "Brother, I found it!"
Yuan Yu looked at her with a headache and said, "Then go back to your room quickly."
His sister's acting skills are probably learned from him, and are just as clumsy and exaggerated.
She walked over with a smile: "Yes, brother is busy." Then she pointed at the lychees on the small table and signaled the man opposite to her to eat, "Sir, these lychees are very sweet."
The man nodded again in return, his eyes swept across her skirt, glanced at the apricot-colored heeled shoe that was exposed, and quickly looked away.
After Yuan Cixian left, Yuan Yu said awkwardly, "Sir, please excuse me for making fun of you."
He shook his head: "Your sister is straightforward and pure, how can you say that I am embarrassed?"
Yuan Yu even felt that this was irony.
My mother named my sister "Ci Xian" because she thought it had a good meaning. But she didn't expect her to go astray and become more refined. Instead, she started playing polo and Cuju and became naughty. Especially in recent years, she has been living in the vast and free southwest and has been spoiled by her father and mother. She is just walking sideways.
He sighed to himself, then asked the main question: "Sir, why did you take the initiative to meet me this time?"
The man asked, "General, have you considered marriage for the county lady?"
Yuan Yu was stunned: "Why do you say that, sir?"
"I am here to reassure the Sixth Prince. Seeing that the General was hesitant, His Highness said that he was willing to take the County Lady as his concubine to show his sincerity. He also promised that if the plan succeeded, he would share the glory and wealth with the County Lady for the rest of his life and treat each other with respect. If the plan failed, he would do his best to protect the lives of the County Lady and the Yuan family."
Yuan Yu's expression tensed.
The man pursed his lips and asked, "General, think about it, if the county lady had such a relationship with Your Highness, would it be easy to persuade your father?"
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