After all, Yuan Ning had just recovered from a serious illness. After spending a short time in the garden, he had to return to the palace to recuperate. Du Yan got up and accompanies her back.
Halfway through, Yuan Ning gently pulled the corner of La Duyan's clothes: "Sister, I have something to say to you."
Knowing what she meant, Du Yan turned around and said to everyone behind him, "Keep your distance."
"Sister, do you hate Chengyu very much?"
Du Yan was a little surprised: "Why did you say this?"
"Because you always bully him." Yuan Ning glanced at Du Yan cautiously, only to feel relieved when he saw that he was still smiling.
Yuan Ning knew that Du Yan treated him very well. Although everyone in the palace was afraid of her twin sister, Yuan Ning knew that her sister and her mother were the best people for her.
Therefore, Yuan Ning always told Du Yan to listen to what Yuan Ning had in mind.
"I think Cheng Yu is very pitiful, far away from his homeland, and everyone in this palace looks down on him..."
Du Yan didn't waver at all: "Then?"
"Sister, if you hate him, can you think that there is no such person?"
"Ninger, now Chengyu is just being bullied by me. If I don't bully him, then he will return to his previous situation. In the palace, everyone can step on him." Du Yan maliciously He smiled, "Which way do you think is more suitable for him?"
The trap in Du Yan's words completely stumped the simple Yuan Ning. She looked embarrassed and thought for a long time before she said, "Then, then I can protect him."
Du Yan stopped and looked at Yuan Ning in surprise. Yuan Ning's character can be regarded as weak. If it weren't for the queen and his support, maybe the children of nobles with a little status could bully her.
Could it be that the power of the plot is so hard to resist, no matter what, Yuan Ning will still be attracted to Cheng Yu, and even willing to do many things for him that are completely inconsistent with his character
As soon as the two heard their footsteps, the people who were following in the distance also stopped.
The thought in Du Yan's mind just flashed by.
He has always been a determined person. Since he is determined to isolate Cheng Yu and Yuan Ning, he will not be easily shaken: "Protect him? Would you dare to stand up when Yuan Jue bullied him?"
Yuan Ning blinked, as if recalling the scene when she was provoked by Yuan Jue. She had always been a little afraid of that arrogant younger brother. Basically, when she met the other party alone, she avoided it.
When she was four years old, she was bullied several times by the stubborn Yuan Jue, and it was Du Yan who helped her out.
Yuan Jue grabbed Yuan Ning's hair, and Du Yan put horse dung on Yuan Jue's hair. Yuan Jue used bugs to scare Yuan Ning, and Du Yan grabbed a whole handful of bugs and stuffed them into Yuan Jue's collar.
After that several times, Yuan Jue never dared to do anything with Yuan Ning, and only glared fiercely when they met.
Yuan Ning was about to speak, but was stopped by Du Yan: "You have to think about it before you speak, if Chengyu is not my plaything, when others bully him, I will not take action. I will only protect you from being bullied. ."
Yuan Ning's small shoulders still collapsed, a little dejected: "Good sister, I understand."
The two people talking in front of them didn't know what they were talking about at all, and they were completely caught in Cheng Yu's ears.
His hearing was different from ordinary people, and he was extremely sensitive. Even when Du Yan was talking with Yuan Ning, he lowered his voice, and a few words still drifted into his ears.
When Yuan Ning proposed to protect him, but Du Yan didn't express any objection, Cheng Yu's hand hidden in his sleeve silently clenched into a fist, so powerful that his arm even burst into blue veins.
Following the conversation that followed, his hands gradually relaxed, and his heart that was hanging high fell into his belly again.
He has never been as eager for power as he is now. Without power, he can only be slaughtered by others, and he has no say in his own going or staying.
If the eldest princess loses interest in him one day, the only fate is to be thrown into the dark room like her books and toys, and never be remembered again.
It's just that Cheng Yu is only a proton of Chengguo after all, and he is young. Even if he is determined and quick-witted, he can't think of how to establish his own power step by step in this enemy king's palace.
Not long after, this opportunity to build power was accidentally given to him by the eldest princess.
The capital city in spring is a bustling scene. After the ice and snow melted, more and more travelers came from various places to the former King's Capital.
Du Yan heard that a new restaurant has been opened recently, called "Jucai Building", and the shopkeeper provides free tea every day for scholars from various schools to give lectures.
The Jucai Tower is full of people every day, and scholars from all walks of life take pride in lecturing and proving Taoism in the building, and soon it will become a scene in the capital.
When Du Yan heard about this, he understood that this should be the opportunity for Cheng Yu to start to rise.
In the plot of the movie, Cheng Yu became the man behind the Jucai Building a few years later. Through the well-known tea party of lectures and discussions in the building, he attracted many guests.
In the plot, Yuan Ning is a gentle and kind princess. Naturally, she has nothing to do with Cheng Yu's help, and she will not impose more constraints on him on weekdays.
However, now, Du Yan needs to provide shelter to Cheng Yu in the name of a servant, and the other party naturally dare not act privately due to his deterrence.
If you want to lead Cheng Yu to Jucai Building without a trace, you can only use going out to play as an excuse. Fortunately, in recent days, Du Yan dragged Cheng Yu out of the palace to play, and this excuse is not abrupt.
Thinking of this, Du Yan turned to the maid behind him and said, "Call Cheng Yu for me."
After a while, the two of them had already finished their work, and took the guards and maids out of the palace gate and went straight to the Jucai Building.
The Jucai Building was on the most prosperous street in the capital. Halfway through the carriage, it suddenly stopped.
Du Yan lifted the curtain to look, and found that it was a long train of floats passing by in front of him.
The floats are all unique and intricately crafted, decorated with flowers blooming in spring. Even more charming than those flower decorations, is the woman on the float.
Passers-by all stopped, looked around, and occasionally whispered and complimented.
When Du Yan saw the scene, he knew what was going on.
On those gorgeous floats, the gorgeously dressed women are all female musicians from Zhangtai Street.
Nowadays, the folk customs are simple, and the etiquette is not yet upheld. These female music matters are not considered unimportant things. Among aristocratic scholars and officials, women's music is often used as a means of communication.
Even among the kings, the exchange of female music was used as a means of diplomatic relations.
Du Yan hung the curtain directly, looking very interested.
Cheng Yu was a few years older than Du Yan and recognized the identities of these women.
He just thought of the princess in the palace. He didn't know the identities of those women, so he frowned and asked softly, "Princess, what's so good about these girls? Why don't we take a detour?"
Du Yan glanced at him with a smile but not a smile: "The difference between these words, the role that these female musicians can play is far beyond your imagination. If you use it well, it is no worse than a thousand troops."
After all, Cheng Yu in front of him, and Emperor Cheng Gao in the future, used female music as a means at the very beginning, and the intelligence network has spread to almost every angle of this continent.
Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, and saw Du Yan turned his head, looking like he didn't want to speak, and didn't chat up again.
After arriving at the Jucai Building, Cheng Yu's calm eyes revealed a little interest.
Du Yan naturally pretended not to find anything, and instructed the other party to inquire about this Jucai Building for him.
After returning to the palace, he even pretended to be extremely interested in the tea party in Jucailou, but because of his status, he couldn't go out to play often. He could only ask Cheng Yu to attend the tea party in Jucai Building regularly, record all kinds of anecdotes at the tea party, and tell him back to the palace.
After that, everything went smoothly according to Du Yan's plan.
The deceased is so reluctant to give up day and night.
In the blink of an eye, nine years have passed, Cheng Yu is about to reach the crown, and Du Yan is already twenty-eight years old.
Du Yan took a few guards and directly entered the most conspicuous building on Zhangtai Street.
He walked familiarly outside the most ornate room, and then raised his chin.
"Kick."
The guard behind him stepped forward and kicked the door open.
The sound of door silk and bamboo came to an abrupt end.
The beauty beside Cheng Yu was panicked at first, but after seeing the person outside the door, she regained her composure, and after saluting, she filed out.
But in an instant, only Cheng Yu was left in the room.
He stood up and asked, "Princess, why are you so atmospheric."
Du Yan didn't answer, and covered his nose with his sleeves.
Cheng Yu quickly understood what he meant, got up and pushed open the connecting door.
But after a while, he came back with a body of water vapor.
Cheng Yu was so self-conscious that when he returned with the fragrance of fat powder for the first time, Du Yan asked someone to throw him into the pond and wash it before he was allowed to go ashore.
"This place stinks very much, and I don't know what fun you have in it every day." Du Yan said, "I knew I shouldn't have brought you here in the first place, but I didn't expect you to be a person who covets beauty."
Du Yan didn't care about Chengyu's wandering in such unpopular places. In his opinion, he only needed the other party to be on call.
Now both of them are no longer children, and Du Yan is not really that carefree and unruly princess.
Cheng Yu's absence made it easier for him to do some things.
For example, he could use Cheng Yu as an excuse to secretly contact the Wu family.
At this time, Du Yan just came out of the lieutenant's mansion. He learned that the former king has been moving frequently in recent days.
Now that Jiang Guo has fallen behind in the confrontation, the generals guarding the border slowly lose their value.
The original king did not want to rule the world, and all the people in the world only knew the great general Wu Qi.
Du Yan looked at Cheng Yu in front of him, he was already a handsome young man, like jade like a cut.
His rambunctious reputation spread throughout the capital. However, Du Yan knew that this person should have full wings and was about to leap up and soar into the sky.
In addition, the Wu family is becoming more and more difficult to deal with in the original country, Du Yan wondered whether to speed up the process and send the news of the affair between Queen Cheng and her cousin to Cheng Yu.
After all, the achievements of Cheng Yu's ascension to the throne can pose a threat to the original country and bring wars to the frontier that have been stable for a long time.
The situation in the frontier is unstable, so King Cheng will have some scruples and dare not easily attack the Wu family.