Yunxiao Mansion is the most famous mansion in Beijing. Compared with the European royal palace-style architecture of the last century in the New Century Manor, which blindly pursues luxury, enjoyment, magnificence and showing off wealth, Yunxiao Mansion takes the essence of Chinese and Western architecture and strives to create the ultimate embodiment of luxury, refinement, romance, elegance, magnificence and nobility.
This mansion was a love nest carefully built by a powerful warlord for his beloved wife during the warlord era. The couple spent the most glorious time of their lives in this prosperous and famous mansion, and it is still talked about today.
Seen from the outside, the entire mansion looks like a huge white Western-style building. During the day, it stands there quietly, elegant and beautiful, noble and reserved, exuding a kind of dignity and beauty that can be admired from a distance but not desecrated.
But at night, the lights seem to have coated it with a layer of golden brilliance, making it look like a magnificent palace, pleasing to the eyes, luxurious and noble, worthy of admiration.
Wen Xinya and Si Yiyan’s engagement party was held in this legendary mansion named after love.
Because of Mr. Mo's highly respected status as a great scholar in the literary world, Si Yiyan's special identity that was kept secret, the Wen family's influence in the business world, and Wen Xinya's own reputation in Beijing and in the world of jewelry design, the guests who came to attend the engagement party came from all over the world, and it almost caused a sensation.
Si Yiyan was wearing a silver-grey engagement gown, which accentuated his tall, lean, and strong body, as slender and tough as bamboo. His hair was combed up to reveal his full forehead, which accentuated his sharp facial features, which were three-dimensional and deep, with perfect contours and sharp edges. His long eyebrows were as elegant as ancient ink, and his narrow and beautiful eyes were like black agate, which, after experiencing tens of millions of years of wind and frost, shone with a light that was light, restrained, and magnificent.
As the male protagonist of the engagement party, no one among the guests was willing to come forward and chat with Si Jiu, and most of the guests were entertained by the Wen family.
"Why does it have to be such a big deal for just an engagement party?" As a scholar, Mr. Mo was naturally indifferent and noble. He felt that such an extravagant and lavish engagement party was a bit of a show-off.
After Xinya graduated, Si Jiu personally proposed to Xinya to get engaged. Xinya herself agreed, and he did not stop her. However, Mr. Wen from the Wen family had some complaints.
Si Yiyan said calmly: "The more grand the declaration of ownership is, the better."
Yes, it is a declaration of ownership.
Wen Xinya became more and more outstanding and dazzling. There were countless eyes staring at her in Beijing, Country Z, and even the world. Especially in the past year, Chu Jingnan had pestered Xinya again and again, making him feel that his priceless treasure was being coveted every moment. This feeling made him very unhappy.
Although engagement cannot stop everyone from coveting Xinya, it can at least stop most of them.
Mr. Mo was wearing a green Tang suit, and he exuded a kind of dignity like a pine or cypress standing on a cliff. "How much of what you said to me eight years ago do you still remember?"
When Si Yiyan completely exposed Xinya's business in front of him, although Mr. Mo did not interfere in the affairs between the two of them, it did not mean that he would stand idly by.
He didn't start with Xinya because he didn't want to make Xinya embarrassed or even painful, and he didn't want to destroy the lost and regained family affection between the grandparents and grandchildren.
So, he started with Si Jiu.
"When did you start planning on Xinya?" Mr. Mo sat quietly in front of the tea table, with a deep and solemn expression. Even when asking such a question, he did not show any aggressiveness, but had a demeanor that made people dare not neglect him.
"From the first time I saw her." Even though the person sitting opposite him was Mr. Mo, who was admired and respected as a great scholar in the literary world, Si Yiyan remained calm and composed, and he made tea fluently.
The aroma of tea wafts through the air, and it seems like the two people are just making friends over tea!
"You know, as a student, I admire you very much, so I am willing to teach you everything I know, but as a grandson-in-law, I don't think highly of you." Si Jiu came to the Mo family when he was seven years old. Although he only taught for three years, it can be said that he taught him personally. He knows very well what kind of person he is.
He knew his granddaughter well. She was scheming, strategic, and intelligent, but she had a righteous heart and insisted on her own ideas. She always remained sincere in her heart.
But people like Si Jiu are extremely cunning, they play tricks on people, control people's minds, and use the tactics of Bihe (Bihe means to open and close by changing the yin and yang and the four seasons, to transform things... it is the art of diplomacy). Such people are too deep, and Xinya cannot grasp them.
Si Jiu was not surprised, he just respectfully added more tea for Mr. Mo: "I know."
Mr. Mo picked up the tea in his hand, put it to his nose and sniffed it. It seemed to lack some flavor and was tasteless.
He couldn't help but feel a little surprised and looked up at Si Jiu.
Si Jiu's tea-making skills are perfect. He can master every step of the tea-making process to perfection, and he has almost never been seen making mistakes.
It seems...
Sitting here with him today, he was not as calm as he appeared.
Si Jiu placed his hands on his knees and looked directly into Mo Gong's wise eyes: "I am not an ordinary man. I was born destined to be like this. I will not fight you for this. You once said that some people's true heart can only be seen when they are [pulled out of their tendons and bones] and nothing is left. And I am ready to let you and Xinya [pulled out of their tendons and bones] anytime and anywhere, hoping to prove my sincerity."
The extremely formal conversation with Mr. Mo eight years ago seemed like it happened just yesterday, leaving Si Yiyan a little dazed.
Mo Gong's eyes fell on him sharply.
Si Jiu came back to his senses: "The words I said to you eight years ago are engraved in my heart, and I dare not forget them for a moment."
Pull out the tendons and peel off the bones to prove your sincerity!
In love, although Xinya has never brought him pain like breaking tendons and bones, he is willing to break his bones for Wen Xinya, even if it means breaking tendons and bones.
Mo Gong retracted his sharp gaze calmly: "Since you remember, then don't forget it for the rest of your life."
Although he knew Si Jiu and admitted that Si Jiu was a man worthy of Xinya and his performance had always satisfied him, the road ahead was still long. The most changeable thing in this world is the human heart.
Wen Haowen is the best example.
Si Yiyan said solemnly: "Don't worry, I will keep my promise to you."