After Zhong Wan made up his mind, he talked to Xuan Rui and the others.
Zhong Wan didn't want them to worry for no reason, didn't take it seriously, and said lightly at the dinner table: "After the Longevity Festival, I want to stay in Beijing for a while."
Zhong Wan said it easily, but the children were still stunned.
Zhong Wan's expression was natural: "I still have one or two old friends in Beijing. It's inconvenient now. When you leave, I want to avoid people and take care of them."
Several people looked at each other, what "old friends" does Zhong Wan have
Xuan Congxin was the first to react, she pressed the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said slowly, "After this meeting... The emperor probably won't think of us again, and there is nothing serious about Qian'an, if you are in Beijing If you have unfinished business, just stay."
Xuan Yu looked at Xuan Congxin and then at Zhong Wan, her eyes turned red all of a sudden, she said anxiously, "Why stay?! I won't part with you! Can you bear it's so cold? Let's go back together. , what's the matter with you? Otherwise... Let my brother and sister go back first, I'll accompany you, and when your business is over, let's go back together!"
"Zhong Wan naturally has his own business." Xuan Congxin disdainfully despised his brother's useless appearance of shedding tears at every turn, and frowned, "What is there to cry about?! Don't cry! Hold back!"
"I..." Xuan Yu was afraid that her strong compatriot sister, who was scolded, didn't dare to cry since she was a child. With your head office? I, I... "
Xuan Yu went to the doctor in a hurry, and said indiscriminately: "I still have to study with you!"
"Who can't read with you?!" Xuan Congxin frowned, "Can't we afford a gentleman? How dare you cry!"
Xuan Yu immediately held back her tears and was too frightened to say a word.
Zhong Wan sighed, thinking that it was a pity, if Xuan Congxin was a man, he would definitely be able to establish himself in a family within two years, so he could really rest assured.
Zhong Wan looked at Xuan Rui, Xuan Rui buried his head and swallowed his food worriedly, and then slowly said, "Let's go back with us, you are here... You don't trust us, and we don't trust you either."
Xuan Congxin frowned: "Brother, why even you..."
Xuan Rui raised his head and glared at Xuan Congxin, and whispered angrily: "Is Beijing so stupid? You grew up carefree in Qian'an, how do you know the sins we suffered in the past? day, I don't want to…”
"Don't worry." Zhong Wan patted Xuan Rui's hand in relief, "I don't do anything, just..."
"Why don't you think about him at all?" Xuan Congxin couldn't help it. "Zhong Wan is twenty-four this year. In ordinary people's homes, this is all..."
Xuan Congxin is a girl, no matter how strong she is, she can't say anything. She blushed slightly before saying, "After the Longevity Festival, even if our palace is completely stable, after taking care of us for so many years, he has to think about himself. Is it something?"
Xuan Yu was dumbfounded, "What... my own business?"
Xuan Congxin's cheeks were blushing, and he whispered: "Now that the emperor has released Zhong Wan's slave status, it is time to make a decision. What kind of noble girl does Qian'an have? After returning, I couldn't find anything suitable. He wants to settle the marriage in Beijing, how can you do everything..."
Xuan Congxin said that she couldn't go on anymore, she lowered her head and took a sip of soup, her voice was inaudible, "When his marriage is settled... Naturally, he will bring his wife back. What's the hurry?"
Xuan Rui turned to look at Zhong Wan, and said happily, "So that's the case? Are you looking for my little sister-in-law?"
Xuan Rui also looked over, dumbfounded: "What do you mean?"
Zhong Wan looked at the three of them without words, and laughed dryly: "How can I say this..."
Xuan Congxin is very curious, but because of her daughter's identity, she can't talk much, so she can only say indifferently, "Or... Which one have you already fallen in love with?"
Xuan Yu said excitedly, "Is your little sister-in-law good-looking?"
Zhong Wan could only make mistakes and said embarrassedly, "It looks good..."
Xuan Congxin couldn't help but ask, "How old are you?"
Zhong Wan said with difficulty: "Twenty... three."
The three looked at each other.
Needles could be heard in the hall for a while.
The two little ones were embarrassed to say it, but Xuan Rui hesitated, "Is this a bit too old? You... don't wrong yourself."
Zhong Wan knocked down his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach, trying his best to smile: "No grievance... I don't think it's very big."
"It's not too young." Xuan Congxin murmured, "You...why did you find someone so old?"
Zhong Wan laughed dryly: "I'm not too young anymore, and he... doesn't look very old."
Xuan Rui was taken aback: "Have you seen it?!"
Zhong Wan regretted not falling down, "Um..." Zhong Wan wanted to bite himself to death, why on earth would he tell such a lie... Why can't he deceive them? !
Xuan Yu's eyes glowed: "Then tell me, how is your stature!"
Zhong Wan was secretly regretting it, but he didn't shut the door for a while, "He's taller than me."
"Huh..." Xuan Yu was shocked, "higher than you!!!"
Xuan Rui and Xuan Congxin's expressions also changed suddenly.
What kind of girl is Zhong Wan looking for? !
"Ah no." Zhong Wan clenched his fists tightly, "It's about the same as me... I... I don't value these things."
"As long as you like it." Xuan Congxin looked at Zhong Wan with a complicated face, and couldn't help but ask again, "Then... how is your personality?"
At such an old age, he was born so burly, and he could still make Zhong Wan like him. There must be something special about this person, perhaps he has a good temper and is gentle and considerate
"Characteristics..."
Zhong Wan's heart is uncertain, moody, always wanting to kill, always wanting to go crazy.
If these words were said, Xuan Rui Xuan Yu would not let herself stay if she was afraid of death.
This is some kind of monster...
Zhong Wan insisted: "Very good..."
The three of them looked at each other in pairs, thinking that Zhong Wan would be happy.
After a meal, several people went back to their respective houses with their own thoughts.
Zhong Wan breathed a sigh of relief, laughed twice, and returned to his courtyard.
As soon as he entered the house, butler Yan Pingshan followed him outside.
"What's wrong?"
Zhong Wan sat next to the brazier, took the iron chopsticks, put a piece of charcoal in his hand stove and put it in the brazier, plucked the charcoal from the basin, and blew lightly, and after a while, the charcoal basin became hot.
Yan Pingshan closed the doors and windows and whispered: "Listen to our people, the third prince is afraid it will be bad."
Zhong Wan frowned.
The third prince has been sick since he was born, and it has been difficult to drag on for more than 30 years, but why did something happen at this moment...
Yan Pingshan was very worried: "It's better to delay it for a few more months until the Longevity Festival is over... Otherwise, we will not be able to leave before the funeral rushes around the Longevity Festival."
"Yeah..." Zhong Wan asked, "what did the imperial doctor say?"
Yan Pingshan said: "The imperial doctor said that if you survive the spring equinox, you will be fine."
Zhong Wan heaved a sigh of relief: "This means that he will not survive the spring equinox... It happens to be around the Longevity Festival."
Yan Pingshan couldn't help complaining in a low voice, "I didn't choose the right time."
Zhong Wan asked, "The emperor must have known that too. Has the Longevity Festival been over yet?"
"Yeah." Yan Pingshan smiled contemptuously and said in a low voice, "The third prince is struggling to drink porridge now, and he hasn't seen the emperor so sad. What should I do? Just recently, I had a banquet for the imperial family, and I ate and slept well. Get it, no one is comfortable with him."
Zhong Wan was worried, so... I'm afraid it will take a few more months.
On the side of Prince Yu's Mansion, Yu She was in a bad mood for the past few days.
He wanted to find out what was wrong with Lin Si, and took him to Dali Temple for two more days. However, after a few days, Lin Si seemed to have suddenly slumped, and he huddled in the Fourth Prince's Mansion all day without showing his head.
Yu She didn't know that Lin Si had been instructed by Zhong Wan to stay put, but felt that this mute was born to restrain himself. When he was not used, he would get in the way every day.
Yu She became impatient, "He's fine, so I can't catch him? Don't make excuses, just get him!"
Butler Feng sneered: "If you arrest someone for no reason, I'm afraid you will offend the Fourth Highness..."
Yu She asked back, "I'm afraid of offending him?"
Butler Feng suffocated, and said yes, you dare to offend even the emperor, so what are you afraid of
Just like that, Lin Si just went out to get some air, and was arrested by the people from Prince Yu's mansion in a sack.
Yu She sat in the right seat and looked down at Lin Si condescendingly.
Seven years ago, after Zhong Wan left, Yu She didn't have any interaction with Lin Si at first.
Yu She didn't take care of him, nor would he trouble him, and they were at peace with each other.
Until Lin Si did not know whether to investigate Yu She's life experience.
Yu She was really tempted to kill that day.
Even after Xuanjing made a scene at Dali Temple, Yu She didn't change his mind.
Xuan Jing dared to check his own background, and if he didn't teach him a lesson, he was just waiting to die.
"If I hadn't seen it..." Yu She looked at Lin Si for a while, and said lightly, "Bring it up."
The servant brought up countless torture instruments and fell in front of Lin Si.
"You know my means..." Yu She said slowly, "don't tell me not to lynch rashly, in my case, there are no rules, so I will ask you one thing, you don't have to say, let's one thing Take your time with a torture tool."
Yu She was well versed in the way of torture, so he didn't rush to do it. Instead, he found an old yamen who was good at using torture, and asked him to arrange dozens of torture instruments one by one, and he was going to give Lin Si a showdown first.
The instruments of torture in Dali Temple are much more delicate than those in the Department of Punishment. The old yamen fiddled with them for half an hour before preparing them. Yu She sipped tea slowly, "Don't worry, I have time."
Lin Si looked at the torture tool and looked up at Yu She.
Yu She finally ignored Lin Si and asked, "What is Zhong Wan's nickname?"
Lin Si: "..."
Yu She's tone was calm: "Don't tell me you don't know, you two grew up together since childhood, I won't believe it."
Yu She put down the tea cup, looked at a torture tool, and said, "I don't want to talk about it? Okay, I'll talk about it first... Do you want to know what this is for? I'm just idle today, so I can talk to you slowly..."
Lin Si struggled slightly, and Yu She narrowed his eyes.
Lin Si raised a hand with difficulty and pressed it on the ground.
Yu She looked at him suspiciously.
Lin Si was pressed by the two servants, and it was quite inconvenient to move. He raised his hand, dipped the chili water on the ground with difficulty, and wrote two words stroke by stroke on the bluestone plate in front of him— Zhong Wan's nickname.
Then nodded.
Yu She: "…"
After a while, Yu She said, "You are so loyal, does your master Zhong Wan know?"
Lin Si's face was slightly ashamed, and he lowered his head and did not answer.
Yu She couldn't help but look at the torture instruments in the room...
What is the purpose of fiddling with these old-fashioned furnishings
"Very good, you can bend and stretch." Yu She said after a while, "You go."
Lin Si nodded again and left.