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At this time, Li Yan had already reached the mountain road outside. He turned his horse's head and looked at Jianye City from top to bottom. Chai Ping smiled and said, "Your Highness, what are you looking at?"

Li Yan said lazily: "Look at a person."

"Your Highness, you really like that boy." Chai Ping said with a strange expression.

Li Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't like teenagers, I only like Yuan Xizheng."

Ziping had no choice but to say: "Your Highness, since you like Wuxi Zheng, why did you bother him just now? You must know that if these old ministers criticize each other, even if they are as wise as they are, they will be burnt out."

Li Yan sighed softly, and said: "With Ziqing's talent, sooner or later he will serve a certain prince of the Southern Dynasty. This person will not be anyone else, but the tenth prince Chu Yin. Because only Chu Yin can control the whole world." Put it in Ziqing's hands, trust him, and reuse him. How can I let...the two of them have a mutual understanding and rely on each other."

Chai Ping suddenly realized, and said: "Your Highness, you... are trying to sow discord."

Li Yan frowned slightly and said, "Chu Yin seems to be gentle and has no temper, but he is actually competitive, full of thoughts, and deep in the city."

Chai Ping said: "Could it be possible that Your Highness thinks that this meek tenth prince will ascend to the crown prince in the future? His qualifications are not good, not to mention that he is a little less powerful. In terms of power alone, he is the same as the third prince Chu Hao and the six princes." Prince Chu Min is far from him."

Li Yan's mouth curved in a beautiful arc, and he said, "Who do you think Yuan Xizheng is?" He looked into the distance, took a deep breath and said, "I'm waiting for your performance, Ziqing."

Chu Yin's mansion was built against a mountain, and the entire palace actually didn't occupy a large area, but after entering the door and bypassing the marble welcome screen, the layout inside was full of pavilions, long carved corridors, tall fangs, and a deep and wide courtyard.The walls in the courtyard are all vermilion powder and water milled, the steps are all white stone, and the ground is covered with passion tiger fur.In the garden, a pool of blue water was built along the mountain, surrounded by steep rockery, and the stream flowing down from the mountain meanders from top to bottom and flows into the Tan, which has a kind of elegance of still water flowing deep.A unique water pavilion was built on the mountain, surrounded by a few water lilies in large pots, which is also very unique and elegant.

Yuan Xizheng browsed it for a while, and said with a smile: "The prince's mansion is just a paradise, which makes people fascinated leisurely."

After Chu Yin and Yuan Xizheng sat down in the pavilion, he said with a smile: "Actually, I didn't mean anything else when I built this pavilion. I just wanted a place where I can talk to people without worrying about my own happiness." As a result, the words were heard by some people with ulterior motives."

Yuan Xizheng lowered her head slightly, then raised her head and said with a smile: "My lord, as long as you can be an idle lord at ease, there is no difficulty in living a happy life."

Chu Yin smiled wryly and said: "Ziqing, as a prince, it is so difficult to live freely in the world." His eyes were burning, which made Yuan Xizheng a little unnatural, so he had to turn his head slightly, and said: " Your lord, your wedding is coming soon, what do you need Ziqing to tell the patriarch?"

Seeing that Yuan Xizheng was still hesitating to others and refused to fall in love with him, Chu Yin couldn't help but feel sad. Zeng Chuyu seemed unable to dispel the disappointment in his heart, so he said disgruntledly: "Everything is arranged by the mother and concubine."

Ziqing said: "Chu Yu is a very good girl, I will entrust her to the prince from now on."

Chu Yin smiled and said, "She is someone Ziqing values, so how could I treat her badly?"

Yuan Xi stood up, bent down and gave a deep bow, and said, "Ziqing thanks the prince."

Chu Yin quickly grabbed Yuan Xizheng's arm, trying to help Yuan Xizheng up, but Yuan Xizheng took a step back, which made Chu Yin, who had just touched Yuan Xizheng, suddenly feel that his hands were empty, so he had to withdraw himself in a little embarrassment. She held her hand and said, "Actually, Ziqing, if Ms. Yuan marries me, she will be my family. Needless to say, I will treat her well."

Yuan Xizheng glanced at Chu Yin gratefully, and said, "Then Ziqing will leave."

Chu Yin had no choice but to watch Yuan Xizheng leave. As soon as Yuan Xizheng left, a man walked out, only to see that the man was in his thirties, with a pale face and no beard.He looked handsome from a distance, but when he got closer, he felt sickly.

When Chu Yin saw him, he immediately stood up and said, "Master Wang Han, you are here."

Wang Han lowered his head slightly as he had met Chu Yin, and said with a smile, "Looking at the lost look of the prince, could it be that Yuan Xizheng is still unwilling to serve the prince?"

Chu Yin smiled wryly, and said: "Since ancient times, good generals have been hard to find, not to mention this kind of emperor's teacher. I think Liu Bei asked Kong Ming to visit the thatched cottage. How can I compare myself to the King of Hanzhong?"

Although Wang Han was wearing a fox-fur cotton robe, he was holding a folding fan in his hand. He shook the fan lightly a few times and said, "My lord, since Yuan Xizheng learned from Gongsun Yan, he is destined to follow the emperor. I'll look at him three times." I have avoided the prince's invitation four times, I'm afraid it's not because I don't want to become an emperor, but because... I don't like the prince."

As soon as he said this, Chu Yin's expression changed no matter how well-mannered he was, Wang Han said: "My lord, please forgive me for saying this. Since you treat me like a dead man, I have no choice but to advise you. "

Chu Yin said softly, "Master Wang Han, where did you say you went? How could I not know your painstaking efforts?"

Wang Han sighed and said: "My lord, we are just grateful for your generosity and kindness, so we swear allegiance to the death. But speaking from the heart, you have neither the help of foreign relatives, nor the ministers of the court to rely on. It is really empty-handed. How can we let a Yuan Xi, who is familiar with the Emperor's Heart Sutra, is loyal to you?"

Chu Yin leaned against the railing, and said in a daze, "This...doesn't it mean that Ziqing and I are not destined to be monarchs and ministers?"

Wang Han shook his fan leisurely, and said: "We have been secretly paying attention to Yuan Xi for this person for a long time. He does have some abilities. Not to mention anything else, just seeing that it only takes seven or eight days of effort to create him." Cai Ji, the number one strange woman in the capital, can see it."

Chu Yin sighed, and said: "I saw that dance with my own eyes. If you hadn't arranged for Li Yan's staff, I would never have known that such a wonderful woman was just three or two days of effort by Ziqing. It's hard to make."

Wang Han bowed his head when Chu Yin praised Yuan Xizheng, and Chu Yin seemed to feel that he was too eager for Yuan Xizheng. It was different."

Because of Chu's praise, although Wang Han knew that he was trying to win him over, he couldn't help but feel happy, and said with a smile, "Your lord, don't think that Wang Han is jealous of Yuan Xi. Just now Wang Han was thinking that Yuan Xizheng's actions, if It is impenetrable, so naturally everything is closed, but if you want others to know that behind Cai Ji is Yuan Xizheng..."

Chu Yin said repeatedly: "I must not, I am very close to the father, so I can see that the belt belongs to Chen Angwen, one of the uncles of the country and one of the three princes. He is the uncle of King Rong. If passed on If you go out, Ziqing will become the target of public criticism."

After he finished speaking, he saw Wang Han raised his eyebrows for a while, and said: "In this case, there is only one way."

"Please tell me." Chu Yin said hastily.

"Kill Yuan Xizheng." Wang Han said leisurely; "A talent like Yuan Xizheng must never be kept in the hands of others. If he can't be used, he must be killed."

Chu Yin felt his heart sink, leaned back heavily, and was speechless for a long time, before finally saying, "Let me think, let me think."

Wang Han bent his head slightly again, waved his folding fan and walked away. In fact, he had already made up his mind on what to do.Wang Han went back to the house, where there was a beautiful woman waiting for him, Wang Han waved his hand, and the woman walked over to pour him a pot of tea.Tea is the top Dahongpao. This kind of thing can't produce two catties a year. Chu Yin only got two taels from Emperor Chang, but all of them went to Wang Han.

This was not the most important reason why Wang Han chose Chu Yin, but it was also one of the very important reasons.Concubine Ping's careful ingratiating attitude from a small family made her son less a bit of the domineering prince and nobleman, which made Wang Han feel comfortable.Wang Han chose Chu Yin precisely because Chu Yin obeyed him wholeheartedly, and the taste of being able to control the overall situation made Wang Han unable to stop.But he deeply understands that he can't accomplish great things by himself, and he needs a stronger helper.No one would be more suitable for this helper than that handsome young man who met in this mansion in a hurry, the closed disciple of the world's number one emperor, Gongsun Zuan.

Wang Han saw Chu Yin's desire for Yuan Xizheng. As a counselor, he naturally couldn't disappoint his lord, but at the same time, he would not let Chu Yin treat Yuan Xizheng like he did to him. Rest assured, everything will be obeyed.Thinking of this, Wang Han suddenly felt a little complacent about his long-term vision.The slightly bitter and then slightly sweet taste of the tea in his mouth made him a little drowsy.Wang Han closed his eyes and meditated for a while. He knew that maybe tonight was the last Taiping Eve. After that, if there were treacherous winds and clouds, bloody storms, and maybe a lifetime of glory, he might expose the corpse to the wilderness, but no matter what, it would be wonderful.He leisurely picked up the blue and white bone porcelain tea bowl in front of him and took another sip of the tea. The beautiful woman had already knelt down to rub his legs, her gestures were neither light nor heavy, just right.

Half a month later, the imperial decree arrived in Yuan Village, and Yuan Da was so excited that he led dozens of men in Yuan Village to kneel on the ground to receive the decree.Yuan Xizheng knew in his heart that this must be the will of the concubine who bestowed on Chu Yin, the tenth son of the emperor, even Yuan Xizheng felt a little uneasy.

"Following heaven's fortune, the emperor's edict said: I only inherit the order of heaven. Only Huaiyongtu has a false home. The emperor's tenth year is crowned in the ranks of the gods, and the ceremony is timely and there is a room. Only a lady at the right time. Salivate to show your destiny, and give it to me." Tell the group workers. The Ruren Yuan family, Sima Yuan's descendants, the eldest daughter of Enyan Gong Yuan Da, gentle and bright, with a peaceful heart, a long-standing gift, a good nature, eloquent and tolerant, a well-known family style, and an ancestor Qin Yan, Qing is a descendant, and he can choose to be the emperor's ten concubines. It is ordered by the commander to prepare a book of ceremonies. The master will implement it, announce it to the world, and let the envoys hear about it. I respect this."

The high-pitched voice of the eunuch who issued the decree carried the sound far away.It seemed that he bypassed the hanging corridor outside the door and circled on the ancient road outside.Yuan Xizheng closed her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel that her back was covered in sweat.Yuan Da was a little confused before realizing that his extra eldest daughter should be Zeng Chuyu.He couldn't help but feel happy and worry at the same time. The happy one is that the Yuan family has a princess, and the worried one is Zeng Chuyu. I don't know if he will still remember the pain of losing his mother.

Before Yuan Da received the imperial decree, Yuan Xizheng jumped up and rushed to Aunt Gu's house.

Yuan Da was taken aback, and quickly said to the eunuch who issued the decree: "Little boy, I'm so excited."

The eunuch knew that the original family was rich, and this was a great job, so he didn't care about such a trivial matter, so he just said generously: "It's okay for Mr. Enyan, I know about it."

Yuan Xizheng flew all the way, stopped in front of Aunt Gu's door, opened the curtain at once, and saw Zeng Chuyu sitting there, his face turned a little pale.When she saw Yuan Xizheng, her lips moved slightly, but she didn't make a sound.

Yuan Xizheng squatted down, grabbed her hands on her knees, and said, "Chu Yu...you are going to be the princess."

Zeng Chuyu let out an ah, and leaned back, as if all the anger in his heart had been vented.

Yuan Xizheng held her hand tightly, tried to calm down her mood, and then said: "I hope you will be happy."

It took Zeng Chuyu a long time to regain his composure, and said, "Does the imperial decree say that I want to be a princess?"

Yuan Xizheng cleared his throat and said with a smile, "Listen, you are a lady of the time. Salivate to show your fate, and tell the group of workers. The Ruren Yuan family, Sima Yuan's descendants, the eldest daughter of En Yangong Yuan Da, Rou Mingyu Virtue, Bingxinyuanjing, long-cherished, good nature, eloquent and tolerant, family style, ancestor Ze Qinyan, Qing is in the descendants, can be selected as the emperor's ten concubines. It is ordered by the Secretary of the ceremony. The Lord Those who implement it will announce it to the world, and the salty envoys will hear about it. I respect this."

"Rurenyuan...my name is not mentioned in the whole article." Zeng Chuyu listened attentively and said slowly.Yuan Xizheng lowered her eyes, and then said: "Ordinary women's names will not be revealed, but now in the imperial decree, the Ruren Yuan clan, Yuan Xun's descendants, the eldest daughter of Yuan Da refers to you."

Suddenly, Zeng Chuyu smiled and said, "It's the same as the chastity tablet at the entrance of our village. After three days of marriage and 63 years of widowhood, a chastity monument was erected. The husband's family has a name and surname, and the only virgins and martyrs are oxen. four characters."

Yuan Xizheng sighed softly, and Zeng Chuyu stood up and said: "It's good to have these four characters, but look at my mother, who has been a widow for most of her life, and she didn't even have these four characters when she died."

"I'm sorry..." Yuan Xizheng lowered her head and said, "I shouldn't have stayed in the capital for too long. I should have come back earlier."

Zeng Chuyu turned her head and said quietly, "Brother Ziqing, don't say that, you know I won't blame you for anything I say."

Before Yuan Xizheng opened his mouth to speak, Zeng Chuyu had already stroked his long hair, turned his head and said indifferently: "I have to freshen up, wait a while, I still have to be busy."

Yuan Xizheng smiled, and said: "That's right, I don't know how many people will come to congratulate you later, I will let Green Bamboo help you." After finishing speaking, he turned around and lifted the curtain to go out. At this time, Zeng Chuyu turned around again Turning around, she watched Yuan Xizheng leave, her eyes were indifferent, without any emotion, but she stared at the shaking door curtain for a long time.

Before the green bamboo arrived, Qingxiang, the maidservant sent by Yuan Da, had already arrived first.

"Miss, take a look at this branch of Cuibu, is it good? This is a treasure treasured by the eldest wife. If you put it in the place where you cover your temples, it will make you look more charming and charming." Qingxiang took out a makeup box and held it. An exquisite golden silk inlaid with rubies and double luan points green step swayed, Zeng Chuyu glanced lightly but didn't say anything.

Qingxiang immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Miss thinks this branch is a bit ostentatious, but I don't know what about this gold-plated chrysanthemum hairpin. ) but the craftsmanship is superb, you can see that the petals of this chrysanthemum are in various shapes, exquisite and elegant, and it is said that they are treasured by the second master and wife."

Zeng Chuyu didn't answer, just raised his hand and skipped over the jewelry, picked out a phoenix flower tree for himself, and said indifferently: "Just this jewelry in the heart (Note 17) is enough."

Qingxiang's eyes jumped, the phoenix flower tree was extremely exquisite, the whole flower tree was like a golden phoenix opening its screen, and the colored glass from Dashi was inlaid with the phoenix screen, radiant and colorful, extremely luxurious and gorgeous, and extremely beautiful. publicity.

Qingxiang immediately smiled and said: "Exactly, the young lady must be the princess, and she needs something that can support the scene to match."

Zeng Chuyu raised his eyes slightly, and said with a light smile, "Qingxiang, do you want to follow me?"

Qingxiang couldn't prevent Zeng Chuyu from asking this question, and couldn't help asking in a trembling voice: "Miss, does it mean that you want me to enter the palace with you?"

Zeng Chuyu said lightly: "Why not, unless you still want to serve the original clan head's wife."

Qingxiang didn't expect to be so lucky, overjoyed, immediately leaned down and said: "Qingxiang thanked the concubine for her appreciation." Zeng Chuyu smiled, pointed to the two pieces of jewelry that Qingxiang recommended to her just now and said indifferently: "These two things you If you like it, I will give it to you."

Qingxiang just got up, when he heard this, he knelt down again in fright, and said: "This, this is too precious, Qingxiang dare not take it."

Zeng Chuyu helped her up, and said: "There is no one around me. If I bring you there, you are my own family. What does it matter if I give you two old things from others?"

Qingxiang was overwhelmed by the sudden good luck, Zeng Chuyu had already turned his face away, and said calmly: "Come on and comb your hair, the guests are coming soon."

Qingxiang answered again and again, just after combing twice, the green bamboo came in through the curtain, she smiled and said: "Miss Chu Yu, congratulations to you, the young master asked me to help you."

Zeng Chuyu didn't speak, but Qingxiang said with a serious face: "There are no rules, you can call the name of the concubine and empress?" Lu Zhu was stunned, Zeng Chuyu turned his face and said lightly: "There is already Qingxiang here, and there is her. It's enough to help, you thanked Brother Ziqing for me, so I won't bother him about this matter."

Qingxiang saw that the green bamboo was still standing there, so he smiled coldly and said, "Can you comb the hair of the wives of this princess? Is it possible that you want the empress to comb your old lady's hair?"

Luzhu's face turned red for a moment, Zeng Chuyu frowned and said softly: "Okay, Qingxiang combs his hair carefully."

Lu Zhu stomped his feet, lifted the curtain and left in anger, and Zeng Chuyu said calmly: "I asked you to help me, not to make enemies for me."

Qingxiang smiled and said: "Madam, I have already seen that you don't like this girl, right? Madam, don't worry, I will never offend anyone who shouldn't be offended."

Zeng Chuyu lowered his eyes, noncommittal, only said: "This is good."

Seeing Luzhu come back with tears in his eyes, Yuan Xi couldn't help saying: "Didn't you go to help? Why are you back?"

Luzhu said with a serious face: "No need, I already have a high-level servant like Qingxiang serving, and I don't need a low-level servant like me."

Yuan Xi Zheng sighed, and said with a smile: "Chu Yu is about to leave the cabinet. It will not be easy for you to see her in the future, so don't make her idle for unnecessary things."

Luzhu mumbled, and said: "How dare you, she is a concubine." Even though he said that, he seemed to be not as angry as before, and said: "Young master, this concubine should have a dowry in the past, Chu Miss Yu doesn't have a maid, who do you think should be her dowry?"

Yuan Xizheng chuckled and said, "Could it be that you want to follow?"

Lu Zhu blushed, and said angrily: "I'm asking you something serious. I'm not her servant, why should I be her dowry!"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "If it weren't for the inconvenience of my mother being away from you, I really want you to accompany me... However, I think the spring girl in Wanru's house and the red embroidery in the fourth uncle's house are all good. , smart and down-to-earth, and have experienced some worldly situations, the key is to be reliable."

Luzhu hesitated for a while before being asked: "So, what about Qingxiang?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Qingxiang... the people in the wife's room are very smart, but they are a bit too city-like, not a peaceful person, Chu Yu will not want it."

As he was speaking, a servant came outside to deliver a message, saying, "Master Ziqing, the patriarch wants you to go over."

Luzhu murmured: "Young master, I'm afraid you might lose your sight this time..."

But Yuan Xizheng didn't hear this sentence. At this juncture, Uehara Jin came to him only for Chu Yu's marriage, so Yuan Xizheng hurried away as soon as he heard the summons.

Lu Zhu had no choice but to curl her lips at Yuan Xizheng's back, shrugged helplessly, and went back to the house.As soon as Yuan Xizheng entered Yuan Da's hall in a hurry, he saw Yuan Da drinking tea with someone with a smile on his face.

The person who came was Rong Wang Chuhao. He was wearing an eggplant-colored duoluo jacket, but he had a calm aura.Yuan Xizheng hesitated for a while, Yuan Da had already waved at him and said, "Ziqing, come here quickly and introduce you, this is the famous King Rong."

King Rong gently placed the tea bowl in his hand on the edge of the table, and said with a smile, "Old patriarch, Ziqing, we have already met."

Yuan Xi gave a salute before the fight, and said, "Ziqing has met King Rong."

Yuan Da's face was full of red. He only felt that this year, the door of the Yuan family was called by magpies. He had just gotten married with the tenth prince, Chu Yin, and the third prince, Chu Hao, came to visit him. Judging by the situation, he must also be interested in Yuan Xi. The third prince, Chu Hao, is no better than the other princes. He is the prince who is expected to be a great treasure. How can this not make Yuan Da overjoyed.

He stared at Yuan Xizheng fiercely, meaning you should be smarter, and then said with a smile: "My lord, I'll go down and ask someone to prepare some snacks, you and Ziqing will talk first."

Chu Hao gestured politely, and Yuan Da left with a smile on his face.

As soon as Yuan Da left, the atmosphere in the living room seemed to be a little bit colder.

Chu Hao drank the tea slowly, as if deliberately conveying a kind of coercion to Yuan Xizheng. After a long time, he put down the tea bowl and said with a smile, "Ziqing, I didn't expect us to meet so soon, did you?"

After hearing this, Yuan Xizheng just smiled kindly, and Chu Hao said slowly: "Ziqing, to tell you the truth, I'm here for you." When he said the word you, he looked at Yuan Xizheng in front of him. face, but did not see the slightest expression on that handsome face.

Chu Hao couldn't help feeling a faint sense of frustration in his heart. He didn't have this kind of feeling much, because he didn't have the need. If it wasn't for Chen Angwen to take care of himself repeatedly before leaving, no matter what, he would win over Yuanxi first, according to his ideas. , Yuan Xizheng will never stand in front of him in a good manner.

Chu Hao's thoughts changed, but only for a moment, he picked up the tea bowl again, and said indifferently: "Ziqing, you are the disciple of Sun Yan, the number one emperor in the world, and I have a question to ask you."

Yuan Xizheng bowed slightly, and said, "Ziqing knows everything."

Chu Hao said leisurely: "Among the sixteen princes, who do you think is the most likely to become a great treasure?" When he said this, his tone gradually revealed a kind of confidence.

Yuan Xizheng pondered for a while before saying: "When Ziqing was about to leave the mountain, the teacher had a strict order that Ziqing was not allowed to participate in any affairs of the Southern Dynasty royal family, and he was not allowed to use the banner of his emperor's teacher to serve the princes."

Chu Hao was taken aback, and said, "Why is that?"

Yuan Xizheng smiled indifferently, and said, "Because I am not a qualified disciple of the emperor's teacher."

Chu Hao frowned, and said, "Then Mr. Gongsun Yan must have expected too much of you. This king is just asking you a small question, and Ziqing has to talk to him. Difficulty..."

"Return to the prince, this is indeed the order of the family teacher, I dare not violate it."

Chu Hao looked at the peaceful Yuan Xizheng, and said slightly ironically: "Ziqing, you have rejected my king's kindness time and time again. You are always against me. Could it be that you don't want to have a bright future, but you should To help Chu Yin, a lowly-born Adou?"

Yuan Xizheng raised his eyes and said, "My lord, Ziqing will never have any ties to the emperor's business in this life. If you are worried that I will work for King Liang, you don't have to. Ziqing won't do it for the sake of it." Any prince in the Southern Dynasty will serve."

Seeing that Yuan Xizheng spoke so bluntly, with no room for change, Chu Hao couldn't help but sneered and said, "Yuan Xizheng, then why did Cai Ji's dance come?"

Yuan Xizheng seemed to have expected Chu Hao's question a long time ago, and said calmly: "My lord, Cai Ji's request is only for her life, not a bigger conspiracy. Please rest assured about this."

Chu Hao sneered and said: "Yuan Xizheng, if this king didn't pity you for your talent, do you think you could still stand in front of this king? You are also a smart person. The Yuan family is a famous family, don't Because if you are foolish for a while, you will hurt the whole family."

Yuan Xizheng still replied indifferently: "Yuqing thanked the prince for his generosity. As for the Yuan clan, since it can survive for six to seven hundred years in the three kingdoms, it has its own vitality. Besides, Ziqing is just this old tree. The most inconspicuous side branch on a tree has nothing to do with the whole world."

Chu Hao was furious, his eyes flicked for a while, and seeing that Yuan Xizheng never showed timidity because of his anger, he could only stand up and say, "Yuan Xizheng, I hope you won't regret today's decision one day. "

Yuan Xizheng lowered his eyes halfway, and said politely: "King Rong, go slowly!"

Chu Hao was furious, but he was helpless.I had no choice but to flick my sleeves angrily, and strode towards the door. As soon as I went out, I suddenly ran into a woman face to face.

The woman's face was so beautiful that Chu Hao couldn't help being surprised, but he only paused for a moment before leaving in a hurry.

The woman watched his back disappear before stepping into the hall. Yuan Xi scrambled to see him, then smiled and said, "Chu Yu, why are you here?"

Zeng Chuyu wore an extremely gorgeous dress that dragged to the floor, and a phoenix, bird, flower and tree heart was inserted in her high bun, making her look very luxurious.

Yuan Xizheng laughed and said: "Ah, she really looks like a princess, she can't even recognize her at such a glance."

Zeng Chuyu saluted, then sat down in the chair, and said, "Brother Ziqing, you are welcome."

"By the way, why did you come here suddenly?" Yuan Xizheng was stunned for a moment before asking again.

Zeng Chuyu still said firmly: "The family is too small, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of people coming later, so I came here to borrow the patriarch's hall."

Yuan Xizheng smiled, knowing that Zeng Chuyu was just using the resentment of being stepped on for years because of the first report, so he didn't take it seriously, and just smiled: "Okay, Brother Ziqing will be your bodyguard."

Zeng Chuyu raised his eyes slightly this time, and said, "Will brother Ziqing serve me?"

Yuan Xizheng felt that her wording was extremely strange, but there have been too many changes in the past few days, either great joy or great sorrow, Yuan Xizheng only thought that Zeng Chuyu had been stimulated too much, and smiled in relief: "Isn't Brother Ziqing always Saddle up for you?"

Zeng Chuyu was silent for a while, and then asked slowly: "Then if I ask you to serve King Liang, will you agree?"

Note 16: Jewelry or small utensils made of fine gold wire are called "tired silk", also known as "tired gold".

Note 17: Tiaoxin refers to the hair accessories worn on the front of the bun in ancient times.