comeback [rebirth]

As soon as Yan Xuan stepped into the Yan Mansion, a servant came up to welcome him: "Young Master, Master is waiting for you in the study."

Yan Xuan turned around and walked towards the study: "Father knows I'm coming?"

The boy said: "The master only said that if he sees the young master returning home today, he will call you to look for him in the study."

Hearing this, Yan Xuan nodded and told the servant to retreat, then walked around the front hall and walked along the corridor towards Yan Hexuan's study.

The twists and turns of this road seemed a little strange to him—to count, he seldom discussed matters with his father in the study, and more often they were in the school grounds or military camps.And in recent years, every time he went back to the mansion, he just went back to his yard after eating together in the main hall, and didn't set foot in his father's space very much.

After standing at the door for a while, Yan Xuan knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in."

Yan Xuan pushed the door open and entered: "Father."

Yan Hexuan sat behind the case, looked up at the person who came, and said directly, "I heard that His Majesty ordered a marriage?"

"Yes."

Yan Hexuan didn't answer for a while, just stood up, turned his hands behind his back and walked a few steps in the room.

Yan Xuan's fingers hanging by his side rubbed each other, and in a blink of an eye, he felt that the emotion was a bit obvious, so he put his hands behind his back.

He asked in a low voice, "Is father worried?"

Hearing this, Yan Hexuan's footsteps stopped, and he happened to stand in front of an offensive and defensive map of Daning heading north.

"Your Majesty is suffering from heart disease, but his mind is still very clear." After a long while, Yan Hexuan finally said, "Now that Your Majesty is offering you a marriage with the Second Prince, and the Yan and Duan families are suppressing each other, His Majesty will definitely not let one of them sit on the throne." I am still clear about this point, your father."

For thousands of years, the most important thing for important officials, especially those in a family like the Yan family that holds military power, is to arouse the suspicion of the superiors.

Yan Hexuan has always behaved well and sat upright, not afraid of other things, but if the Yan family falls, no one will be able to suppress the bandits who invaded the Daning border, and what will be hurt is the country, the country, and the home where the people feel happy.

Yan Xuan knew that her father had never really been on any side, so she didn't cover it up much.

"Your Majesty must have thought about it." He said, "I heard that Prime Minister Duan is adjusting the water transportation in the south of the Yangtze River recently."

"That's right." Yan Hexuan withdrew his gaze from the offensive and defensive map, "Is there something wrong?"

"After the Beginning of Autumn is the period when the Confederate Army will formally start conscription and selection. However, based on the lists submitted by the vassal states recently, the number listed by Chu State is obviously several times lower."

"Chu occupies a relatively small area, and it is understandable that the number of Chu is smaller than other vassal states." Yan Hexuan thought about it, "But since you say so, it means that the gap is no longer within the normal range."

Yan Xuan was noncommittal.

"Okay, I see." Yan Hexuan waved his hand, "You look at the situation and pass a note to His Majesty. It can be big or small at this time, and there must be no ambiguity. Choose a day for your father to talk to His Majesty."

Yan Xuan answered "Yes".

After talking about this topic, Yan Hexuan glanced at his son, and changed the subject: "I thought His Majesty was just trying to test it in the palace, but now he actually decreed a marriage for you and the second prince. Fortunately, our Yan family is more than This branch of yours is not broken. You can serve as an official for your father for dozens of years. I really can't think of it. If your majesty wants to suppress the Yan family and not allow you to make great achievements, there are other options. Why would you come up with such a choice? A decided marriage."

Yan Xuan's Adam's apple slid up and down suddenly, his long eyelashes trembled, his eyes lowered, and his hands behind him tightened and loosened.

After a while, he said in a deep voice, "I proposed it myself."

Suddenly there were several sounds of "嘎——" outside the room, flocks of wild geese flitted across the blue sky, flapping their wings to flap the grass-scented air after the rain.

Yan Hexuan subconsciously asked: "What?"

Yan Xuan repeated: "I asked His Majesty for the marriage."

"..."

It was rare for Yan Hexuan to show such an expression of confusion, his lips parted, hesitating for a long time, not knowing what to say.But Yan Xuan raised his eyes and looked back at him, calmly, his eyes were as quiet as a rock.

Yan Hexuan walked from one end of the study room to the other, and then walked back the same way. After half a cup of tea, he stood in front of Yan Xuan: "When will you..."

Yan Xuan lowered his eyes, and the eyes hidden under the eyelashes instantly became soft.

"I don't know either."

"you……"

Yan Hexuan said "you" several times, but couldn't take it for a long time, and only held down the desk with one hand.

"Xiao Han." He rarely called his son's name, "You know, this twisted melon is not sweet."

"Of course I know." Yan Xuan said.

"Then why did you..."

"Father." Yan Xuan interrupted him abruptly, "When mother left, what were you thinking?"

Yan Hexuan didn't expect him to bring up this topic, and was stunned for a while, his tough eyebrows seemed to have changed, as if they were imprinted with a soft light by the setting sun shining into the room.

He withdrew his gaze from staring at Yan Xuan, and looked at his hands.

"I'm thinking about it for my father..." Yan Hexuan murmured, "Why can I hold a weapon with my hands and kill thieves and bandits, but I can't protect the one I love."

The wild geese outside the house had long since lost their shape, the entire sky was rendered golden yellow, and the idle clouds were lazily half-hanging in the air, and the wind passed without a trace.

Yan Xuan closed her eyes, and said softly after a long while: "This is my reason."

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When Yan Xuan left the study, the sky outside was much darker. The lanterns hanging on both sides of the corridor were dimly lit, but the outside of the courtyard wall was almost as bright as day, accompanied by the voices of young men and women entering the garden.

It was rare to go back to Yan Mansion, Yan Xuan thought about it, and then simply went back to her own yard.

As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw a person sitting on the courtyard wall with his legs swinging, holding a wine jar in his hand, looking sideways towards the direction of Yong'an Avenue.

Yan Xuan has practiced martial arts for many years, and he is still silent in normal times, but when he stepped into the gate of the courtyard, Cen Yuan seemed to sense something, and suddenly cast his gaze over.

"Where have you been? I've been waiting here for almost half an hour." Cen Yuan was the first to speak, as if Yan Xuan had rejected the appointment.

The faint moonlight spread into the courtyard, illuminating Yan Xuan's face. For a moment, there was a strong surprise on his face, and it turned into joy in a blink of an eye, although the joy was extremely difficult to distinguish.

He approached and said, "I thought..."

"Why?" Cen Yuan asked.

"I thought you wouldn't want to see me."

Cen Yuan blurted out and asked, "Why?"

But in an instant, he realized that maybe the other party thought that he would be dissatisfied with this marriage letter, and that he would not take the initiative to provoke him again.

He sneered, and lightly said: "The deal is done, the marriage has already been granted, even if I have great skills, I dare not resist the order. No, I brought wine to my future wife."

After finishing speaking, he shook the wine jar in his hand at Yan Xuan, and jumped off the courtyard wall.

When Yan Xuan heard the word "wife", his eyes fluctuated, but before he could say anything, the other party jumped down, and before he could make a sound, he immediately stretched out his hand.

It's just that today is different from the past, Cen Yuan is no longer the lame young man in the past, even if he still holds a heavy wine jar in one hand, he still falls firmly on the ground.

"I went to Changping Mansion to look for you, but as soon as I turned inside, Steward Qi caught me and said that you had returned to Yan Mansion."

Butler Qi was the old housekeeper of the Yan Mansion, with a round body and as honest as his appearance, and now he followed Yan Xuan to Changping Mansion.

I had met Cen Yuan several times when he went to Yan Mansion before, and it so happened that people caught him climbing over the wall every time. At first, Butler Qi thought that he was old and dim-sighted, and wanted to report to the police when he woke up. Who this is, gradually got used to it, and it is no surprise to see it.

Cen Yuan lowered his head and patted the ashes off his hands on his clothes, turned his head to look at the courtyard wall, and said: "It's been a long time since I climbed the wall of your courtyard, there are so many vines growing outside, I can hardly recognize them, remember to call someone to regularly Trim trim."

With such an attitude, it seems that he has become the owner of this house, and he is not polite at all.

But probably only Yan Xuan would not mind at all, just took the wine jar from him, and after a little identification, said: "Suli?"

"Do you still remember?" Cen Yuan opened his eyes slightly, "When I went to Jin'an Palace to pay my respects last month, my concubine happened to dig out the jars of millet and wine that had been buried back then, and asked me to bring you some. You are a busy person right now, I kept the wine in my house for several days, and finally found a chance to send you a jar."

Yan Xuan ignored his teasing in the second half, and suddenly grabbed the hand holding the wine jar, but his face remained as calm as water: "Drink? I'll get the wine cup."

"Hey, no need." Cen Yuan hurriedly held him back, "You can drink it yourself later. Come on, go out with me tonight to have some fun."

"..." Yan Xuan frowned slightly: "Happy?"

"Yeah." Cen Yuan smiled lightly, his brows and eyes curved like a bright moon, and even his tone of voice was slightly raised, "It's very lively outside, after all, it's begging for a coincidence."

Yan Xuan: "..."

As a man, Cen Yuan knew what he was thinking when he saw his expression, and he couldn't help laughing a few times.Yan Xuan's lips were tightly pursed, and it was rare to see that the tip of her ears turned slightly red, and even the hand holding the wine jar could not help exerting strength.

"Hey, don't waste this good wine!" Cen Yuan tried to hold back his laughter, but his trembling tone and the curved corners of his mouth clearly showed the failure of this attempt.

He snatched the wine jar back from Yan Xuan's hand, rushed into the room and put the wine jar on the table in two or three steps. After walking out of the room, he pointed at the courtyard wall.

"Let's go!" He laughed, "Now there is no need to report to Father."