Let Me Pursue You

Chapter 4 – Beauty Out Of Bath

The midsummer heat in Chang’an is annoyingly hot, which is quite different from that in southern Yunnan.

Yuan Cixian was so scared by the sun that she didn’t go out for a few days. One day, she received a thank-you gift from the old lady of the Lu family, saying that she was grateful for her help last year and thanked Lu Shuangyu for her reckless behavior a few days ago. apologize.

This stubble also turned over. She didn’t pay much attention to it, she was focused on business, and ordered Caizhi to go outside to investigate the situation in Beijing, while paying attention to the movement in the house.

After a few days, she felt that something was wrong at home.

She had been separated from her elder brother for many years, and although she had kept in touch with letters, she couldn’t understand his situation with just a few words on paper. In my impression, my elder brother didn’t like to do homework and practice martial arts since he was a child, he was indifferent to political affairs, and he had no intention of striving for fame. But these days, she found that some of the servants in the house were acting strangely, it seemed that they often talked with him in the study, and the conversation lasted for a long time.

These people are not like servants, but like retainers kept in the house.

But my elder brother doesn’t even have a job, so what do you want a doorman to do? Yuan Cixian asked twice, but Yuan Yu always avoided talking about it.

Since you can’t ask directly, let’s just talk.

In the afternoon of this day, she asked her elder brother to play chess, and after killing a few games, she knocked on the jade and said tentatively: “Brother wrote back and said that the sixth prince gave you a rare thrush bird, why don’t you play it this time?” Show it to me?”

Yuan Yu held his hand for a moment: “You like bird watching now? I’ll ask someone to buy you a cute one tomorrow.”

“I don’t want it, it’s rare that you give it to me.”

“What’s so strange.” Yuan Yu looked at her, “He died within a few days of raising her.”

Yuan Cixian glanced at him casually, propped his cheek and said, “Then tell him to send another one.”

“A man is a prince, can he obey your elder brother’s orders?”

She let out an “oh” and said disappointedly: “I think brother and he are friends with birds, so it should be acquaintance…”

Yuan Yu gave a strange hiss. My sister doesn’t seem to be someone who is obsessed with playthings. Since she shouldn’t be interested in the sixth prince’s bird, is she interested in the sixth prince?

He didn’t give up at all, and said with a serious face: “Father wrote to say that you came all the way to Chang’an because you missed me, but I don’t think it looks like… You have deceived Father, but in fact this time Come secretly to see Mr. Ruyi?”

Yuan Cixian choked up.

Of course she coaxed and lied to my father and mother, otherwise how could I come here. But it’s not a bad thing for my brother to misunderstand in this direction. After all, she couldn’t tell the truth right now.

Don’t say that there is not enough information to determine whether the dream is true or not, even if it is sure that the dream is the future, she can’t easily tell her father and brother. My father and brother are people who don’t believe in gods, ghosts and heresy. If I want to convince them, even if I can’t produce real evidence, at least it is not such empty words.

What’s more, her father is a stubborn old man, with a blood and a heart, and his integrity is almost foolish and loyal, while her elder brother has a little temper and soft ears. She has to think carefully about how to do this to avoid backlash.

After thinking about it, she made up her mind, and said with a smile, “Yes.”

Yuan Yu stared at her for a while, then pointed at her and said, “Wow! Is it because Mom and Dad don’t love you, or is it because Brother has left you in the cold and told you to throw yourself out?” He was so angry that he stood up, ” You asked me about Lu Zishu last time, and this time I asked about the sixth prince, so you, Yuan Cixian, have a good tone!”

He actually fell in love with the two beautiful men who are the most handsome in Chang’an! Is he, Yuan Yu, not good-looking enough or handsome enough, that’s why his sister was hooked up?

Yuan Cixian got up and pulled him to sit down, and coaxed him: “Isn’t this the man of Yaozhou who is not enough for me? I am not in a hurry to marry, I just look for one as soon as possible. My brother also knows about the incident in Nanzhao. I hid in the past, but what if it happens again?” She looked forward to it, “Last time I knew that brother Lu didn’t like him, what about the sixth prince?”

Yuan Yu glanced at her, hesitated for a while, and said angrily, “That’s not right.”

Yuan Cixian asked the reason, and after a long time of talking, he finally got a vague explanation: “The sixth prince is a good man, but the situation in the court is complicated, how can the royal family enter casually? You should give up this idea as soon as possible.”

“Since the crown prince was abolished and executed, and the crown prince’s position has been vacant for a long time, isn’t the so-called situation in the court just a few princes fighting for a seat? In this way, is it possible that the sixth prince is also coveting the throne?”

Yuan Yu surprised her: “You are so courageous, you dare to say anything!”

Seeing his reaction, Yuan Cixian’s heart tightened.

Today’s Great Zhou has no prince who is a true direct descendant. She heard from Cai Zhi that the two older princes were the ones who clearly wanted to be the heir apparent. And this sixth child is a little young, his mother’s family is weak, and he is not favored. He has always been in a mediocre situation, and he is not the candidate for the crown prince that everyone expects, so he should have no such ambitions.

But looking at his brother’s attitude, it was clearly not the case.

It’s just that even if the sixth prince has great ambitions, since it’s not a matter of publicity, how does her idle brother know?

Yuan Cixian bent over to his ear: “Look, you are in a hurry, are you hiding it from Dad…” She dragged out the end of her voice, and said, “Participated in standing in the court?”

Yuan Yu was so frightened that she almost jumped up, and she managed to hold herself steady before she said: “How can I! You don’t think too much, and don’t talk nonsense with Dad!” After that, he didn’t have the heart to play chess, “It’s getting late, brother later There is a distinguished guest to be entertained sometime, so you go and have a meal with Auntie first.”

Yuan Cixian nodded and left as if nothing had happened. She turned her head and whispered to Shi Cui: “There is a guest at the house tonight, please keep an eye on it for me.”

…

After dinner, Yuan Cixian had just finished taking a bath when Shicui heard that the guests had arrived and was being led by the servants to her brother’s study.

The elder brother obviously has something to hide from her, and possibly even his father, if this so-called “visited guest” enters the study, it will be difficult for her to see him again.

She ordered the maidservant who was dressing her to move quickly, and after a hasty tidying up, she hurried out of the yard, her black hair, which was still a little wet, was loosely tied behind her head, and there was no time to comb it.

The evening wind was dry and hot, Yuan Cixian was sweating from running, picked up the path, and stopped all the way to the corridor in front of her brother’s study, holding on to the corridor pillar to breathe.

She looked around a few times, lamenting that she was a step late, when she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming from the other side of the corner.

Yuan Cixian raised her head, before she could stand up straight, she saw someone round the corner. Unexpectedly, the four eyes meet.

It was a man in black with long sleeves and a wooden hairpin. His face was covered with a silver mask, his face was completely covered, even his mouth, nose and eyes were only exposed, and the corners of his mouth and eyes could not be distinguished at all.

He didn’t seem to have expected that there was someone on the other end, he froze slightly and stopped in his tracks.

The sky was not yet dark, and the afterglow leaked from the cracks in the corridor above the head. The entire city of Chang’an was shrouded in this yellow halo of light. So did the woman in front of me.

His gaze fell to Yuan Cixian’s hand first, and he saw that her palm was supporting the colonnade, her jade-like fingers were extremely white against the dark vermilion pillar.

His eyes moved slightly, and he saw her beautiful nose and willow eyebrows, jade skin and cherry lips, her cheeks were dyed a layer of blush, a few strands of wet hair stuck to her cheeks, her eyes were like wet mist, and her lips were slightly parted in surprise, revealing two bright spots. white teeth.

After the man paused, he bowed to her.

Yuan Cixian came back to his senses, straightened his back, nodded in a very natural way, pretended to ask the servant behind him, and asked in a drawn-out voice: “This is—?”

The servant replied: “Little lady, this gentleman is your honored guest.”

Sure enough, I couldn’t hear anything. After running for a long time, I didn’t even know the white face and yellow face.

Seeing him nodding his head to signal his farewell, Yuan Cixian felt a little unwilling, and rushed forward, knocking on Yuan Yu’s door before he did.

With this movement, the flowery skirt on her body dangled, and the aroma of acacia and floral dew instantly entered the man’s nose, causing him to subconsciously take a step back.

Yuan Cixian smiled, didn’t look at him and didn’t explain, and said inwardly: “Brother, I left something in your study.”

Yuan Yu said “Come in”.

Then she looked at the man behind her, and said as the servant called him: “Sir, please come in too.”

He seemed very polite, and gave her another nod.

Hearing the sound, Yuan Yu hurriedly came out, showing respect, “Mr. is here.” Then he whispered to Yuan Cixian who was walking in quickly, “Tell me what happened, and I will ask someone to send it to you later.”

She waved her hand and said in a casual tone, “I’ll just find it myself.”

Yuan Yu choked, so he had no choice but to invite the guests to sit first, and said: “My sister is reckless, if you offend me, please take care of me.”

Yuan Cixian pricked up his ears while rummaging through the room, and heard the man say, “You’re welcome, General.”

It was a very deep and deep voice, and it seemed to be much older than his younger brother.

Yuan Yu sat down at the table with him, saw Yuan Cixian spinning around like a headless chicken, waited for a while and urged, “Cixian, what happened to you? I’m about to talk about something.”

She stood up from under the table, brushed her hair on her forehead, and said without shame: “Brother, just talk, don’t worry about what I do, I will go back when I find it, and don’t delay your business.”

Yuan Yu could only give a dry laugh to the person opposite.

The man kept his eyes straight, his face was covered by a mask, and his emotions could not be seen.

Yuan Cixian pretended for a long time, and the two of them never spoke again. Seeing that her elder brother had made up her mind not to listen to her, she had no choice but to give up. She used the screen to cover her, bent down and pulled a pearl embroidered on the shoe with all her might, and pulled it off. Get up: “Hey!”

She twisted the pearl on her fingertips and shook it: “Brother, I found it!”

Yuan Yu glanced at her with a headache: “Then go back to the room quickly.”

His younger sister’s acting skills are probably inherited from him, and they are equally clumsy and exaggerated.

She walked over with a smile: “Yes, brother is busy.” After that, she pointed to the lychees on the small table and signaled the man to eat them, “Sir, these lychees are very sweet.”

The man nodded again to return the salute, his eyes flicked to her skirt, glanced at the apricot-colored sandal with a corner exposed, and quickly moved away.

After Yuan Cixian left, Yuan Yu said in embarrassment: “Mr. made me laugh.”

He shook his head: “Your sister is outspoken and pure, why would you joke about it?”

Yuan Yu felt that this was irony.

At the beginning, A Niang named her younger sister “Cixian”, seeing what a good meaning, she didn’t want to make her go astray, and instead of being refined, she played polo, kicked Cuju, and gave birth to a bad stomach. Especially these years in the vast and free Southwest Territory, and being spoiled by parents, it is almost walking sideways.

He sighed to himself, and then asked about the business: “Sir, why did you take the initiative to make an appointment this time?”

The man said: “Has the general ever considered marriage matters for the county magistrate?”

Yuan Yu was taken aback: “Why did you say that, sir?”

“I’m here to deliver peace of mind for the sixth prince. Seeing that the general hesitated to make a choice, His Royal Highness said that he would accept the county magistrate as his concubine to show his sincerity, and promised that if things come true, he will share the honor and glory with the county magistrate for the rest of his life and respect each other as a guest. If the matter fails, we will also try our best to protect the lives of the county lord and the Yuan family.”

Yuan Yu’s expression tightened.

The man pursed his thin lips slightly, and asked: “Just think about it, general, if you have the relationship between the county lord and His Highness, is it easy to persuade your father…?”