Yan Cigui

 For a moment, Jin Guiren thought he had heard wrongly.

 It is impossible to connect Xu Jian and Feng Qiang.

No matter how good Xu Jian was in the past, after his right leg was injured, he would never be able to do so again.

 “Did you see it with your own eyes?” he asked coldly.

Cheng Xi couldn't help but feel chills running down his back. It was clear that his master didn't say anything serious, but fear rose from his heart.

“That’s what the two spies said,” Cheng Xi said. “They said they followed Duke Fu from the time he went down to court until midnight, watching him climb over the wall and come out again.”

After the words fell, Cheng Xi felt that his master was a little gloomier again.

 Speaking of which, the master's temper has deteriorated a lot in the past six months, or in other words, his fear of the master has become much deeper.

As for the reason, Cheng Xi thought it might have something to do with the deaths of Dao Heng and Wang Qi, as well as the worry that Eunuch Tong kept talking to him that night, so that even if the master just had a cold face, he was afraid in his heart. .

 Afraid of death.

Afraid that disaster will happen to oneself.

 But he did nothing wrong at all!

 Dao Heng and Wang Qi were abandoned by their master after they missed each other one after another. Cheng Xi was just an errand messenger for his master, so he could not be blamed.

 The news being spread now was also brought back by the two followers.

 How could Cheng Xi know whether it was true or false?

Even if those two people had to make up a story to deceive their master because they had gained nothing for more than ten days, it was their fault and had nothing to do with him...

 Master, master, why do you look at him so coldly?

Cheng Xi didn't dare to look up, he could only feel the gloomy gaze falling on him, but what he didn't know was that Jin Guiren was not actually looking at him.

 Jin Guiren is thinking.

Xu Jian endured the walk every day when he went to court, Xu Jian had to quietly move his right leg when standing in the Jinluan Palace for a long time, and Xu Jian climbed over the wall in the early morning. Which one was pretending and which one was real?

 It is easy to pretend to be injured, but not easy to pretend to be healthy.

The courtyard wall of Uncle Chengyi's Mansion is not short at all. Xu Jian can come and go freely, which shows that his leg injury is completely different from what he usually shows.

 The doctor who was invited did some good things, but Xu Jian was pretending to be injured.

interesting.

Mockery flashed through his eyes, and Jin Guiren turned around, straightened his appearance in the mirror again, and then walked out.

Cheng Xi followed him respectfully and sent him outside the hospital. When he saw Jin Guiren walking away, his anxious heart finally dropped.

 The cold wind and fog in the early morning made his forehead hurt.

Cheng Xi touched it and found that his forehead was covered with thin beads of sweat.

 In the imperial city, hundreds of civil and military officials were preparing to go to court.

Today is the great court meeting. The Jinluan Hall is full of people, and there are more things being said than usual.

Xu Jian stood in the queue.

After standing for such a while, his right leg naturally felt uncomfortable, but he could only endure it as much as possible.

 On weekdays, Xu Jian often seizes the opportunity to move his injured leg, gag some officials, and stir up troubled waters.

 But today we were talking about serious matters, so he did not interrupt.

At the same time, he is also paying attention to other people.

The two stalkers must have repaid him, and after their master found out, he would be more concerned about his injury.

It may not be asked to ask, and it will not even look boldly, but it will not be indifferent, it will only be more hidden and carefully observed.

 But Xu Jian braced himself and paid attention, but saw no movement.

Whether it was Jin King Li Du, the virtuous king Li Yun, or even Prince Ping that he guessed, there was no clue.

Even Li Shao, who couldn't send out nails to work well, showed little interest in his leg injury today.

I have to say that Xu Jian was very happy.

 It can indeed be hidden.

The other party may not have thought that the follower would have been exposed a long time ago, but they are careful enough to prevent obvious flaws from being caught.

 Then, I can only feed a little more bait.

Xu Jian stood for a while longer. When the courtiers finished talking about the business and wanted to talk about some unimportant nonsense, he lightly moved his right leg twice.

The princes looked straight ahead and could not see Xu Jian's movement, but the two people sitting on the throne could see it.

 The Holy Spirit gave Eunuch Cao a look.

Eunuch Cao was about to speak, but Li Shao got the better of him.

 Li Shao has been honest for a long time since he meditated on the Little Throne, but he also became more and more curious about Xu Jian's injury.

  Xu Jian set up a small throne for him, clearly intending to manipulate him, but these days, Li Shao and Xu Jian did not communicate much.

Li Shao followed the emperor and the three orphans, and Xu Jian returned home after the court. It was really different from the big eyes when he was observing the government at the Ministry of Rites at the beginning of the year. Li Shao waited patiently for Xu Jian to show off to him, but he didn't even wait a moment. movement.

 On the contrary, Li Shao was very impatient to wait.

 In the early morning, Xu Jian moved his right leg several times, always when some blind and evil-minded people were picking on him, which made Li Shao unsure.

Does your leg really hurt? Why is it just a coincidence?

If his legs are fine, this kind of interruption is equivalent to giving Li Shao a break.

 The Little Throne's score is not displayed, and the rescue is silent. What's the matter? Do you want to write it down one by one and wait for the general ledger to be calculated later?

 With Xu Jian's energy to find trouble, he doesn't know how much interest he will get out of it.

Li Shao was impatient. When he saw Xu Jian moving his legs, he asked: "Does Duke Fu have a leg problem again?"

After the words fell, everyone in the palace looked at Xu Jian.

Hearing the sound, Xu Jian raised his head and looked at Li Shao, also passing by Li Du and others.

Those people looked natural.

"I have nothing to do," Xu Jian said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

Eunuch Cao was clever and did not dare to give Li Shao another chance to speak. He simply said, "If there is something going on, leave the court if there is nothing."

 He is really afraid of His Highness the Crown Prince.

　　When it comes to matters related to the Duke of Fu, His Highness always gets into trouble for no apparent reason.

 Even ordinary things can go wrong.

 That's enough in private, there's no need for it in a large court meeting.

The Holy Emperor intended to withdraw from the court, and the civil and military officials had no important matters, so they naturally sent him off respectfully.

Li Shao followed the Holy Master down, but stopped when he passed by Xu Jian.

"You don't have to insist on going to court even if your legs feel uncomfortable," Li Shao said angrily, "It's fun for you if you can't do these things."

Eunuch Cao's breath was choked in his throat. He really didn't expect that His Highness would stop.

 Sheng Shang, who was walking in front, also stopped and glanced at Li Shao and Xu Jian.

Li Shao said: "I think Duke Fu is in a good mood today, but this morning, there doesn't seem to be any big drama like before."

 For a moment, there was silence in the hall.

Everyone knows what Li Shao is referring to.

Those who have sung great operas and been seen having fun by the Duke of Fu are not here...

oh.

 There are people present, such as Xu Guogong.

Xu Guogong saw his eyes gradually returning to him and pretended to be dead with a dull face.

 Then, he heard someone laughing.

Xu Guogong couldn't help but look at the sound, and saw that the smiling person was Xu Jian.

 Maybe it was because he had retired from the imperial court, but Xu Jian looked much more relaxed than when the emperor was still sitting on the throne just now.

It may also be that what His Highness said was not serious, but seemed like daily chat. Xu Jian and His Highness were familiar with each other, and his tone of voice was not so respectful. I just heard Xu Jian say: "I am indeed in a good mood. I am getting married soon. How can I be in a bad mood?"

 Be well-founded and confident.

On the contrary, His Highness was stunned for a moment, and then said "congratulations" under the urging eyes of the Holy Master.

 Xu Guogong looked back.

 You can laugh at anything, just don’t laugh at them, just Xu Guogong’s Mansion.

 The royal chariot left, and the courtiers gradually dispersed.

Xu Jian then bent slightly, made fists with his hands, and punched his right leg twice, moderately.

 Yes, there has been progress, and Li Shao can actually speak in a neutral tone.

An Yibo and Lin Yu had something to discuss. After confirming that Xu Jian was in no serious condition, they took the initiative to speak out.

 Xu Jian lagged behind and was not walking fast. He was keenly aware that someone was staring at him behind him.

 As expected.

No matter how cautious a person is, when he is unsure of his situation, he will secretly look at and scrutinize him like this.

It's just that Xu Jian couldn't look back casually. It was difficult to tell whether he was the King of Jin, the King of Xian, or the Prince of Ping at the moment, but at least he could be sure that the instigator of people following him was among them.

 Xu Jian slowly walked down the sidewalk.

 “It seems a little more relaxed than the past few days.”

Hearing the sound, Xu Jian turned around and met King Jin's eyes.

Li Du said: "It seems that Dr. Yue's treatment is pretty good."

“Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty,” Xu Jian said, “This situation has been somewhat relieved.”

 “That’s good.” Li Du nodded, and without asking Xu Jian to say anything more, he greeted the Xian Wang and left together.

 Xu Jian watched the two of them off.

 The King of Jin’s words were timely.

The doctor was invited by the King of Jin. Li Shao had just asked clearly about his leg injury. It would have been strange if the King of Jin didn't mention it at all. A few words of concern are common sense.

We have to take another look, distinguish carefully, and dig out the person who is "hiding" behind Li Shao and points the country.

 It’s a nice day today.

 Shortly after going to court, the winter fog dispersed and the sun was shining brightly.

 In Qingpu Courtyard, when Lin Yunyan woke up, Lin Yunjing had already gotten up.

“The porridge is hot in the kitchen,” Lin Yunjing said with a smile. “If Wan Yue hadn’t said you hadn’t slept all night, my mother would have called the doctor.”

Lin Yunyan smiled.

"I see you look very good," Lin Yunjing pulled the person to sit down in front of the dressing table, "It seems you have figured it out."

Lin Yunyan knocked on the door in the middle of the night. Lin Yunjing was actually worried.

Although there is an answer to that question, Lin Yunjing feels that it is more than that.

What makes Lin Yunyan so anxious that she doesn't care about the time is not the problem itself, there must be other reasons behind it.

That was something Lin Yunjing could not have guessed.

Of course, the elders have said before that when a girl’s family is about to get married, their minds are particularly unstable.

Whether it’s uneasiness or fear, it’s all about leaving the family home where you’ve lived for more than ten years and going to a strange in-law’s house to start a new life, which will always make you sentimental to a certain extent.

 The second sister may be like this too, but...

"Tell me before you go to bed," Lin Yunjing said with a crooked smile, "that you really want to marry him, do you still remember?"

Lin Yunyan certainly remembers it.

 Remember the whole story, and also remember the state of mind when I said this sentence.

At that time, it was something she felt, and she was so sleepy that she didn't notice anything else. Now Lin Yunyan looked at the mirror and saw Lin Yunjing's joking smile in the mirror. She couldn't help but feel her ears tingling.

Lin Yunyan said: "I'm telling the truth."

Lin Yunjing smiled even more happily: "You are also embarrassed."

How good it is. No matter what problems are behind it, Yun Yan has thought it through, and that is enough.

Lin Yunyan was so "embarrassed" that she breathed heavily. Not only her ears but also her cheeks turned red.

 All this time, she didn’t seem to have much shyness.

The relationship between her and Xu Jian was more about being accustomed to each other and helping each other. This emotion was brought from the previous life to this life, and naturally it became a habit.

 As a result, many emotions are an afterthought.

 But her sisters obviously don't "see through things but don't tell them about them".

She was just breaking the soil at dawn. Lin Yunjing noticed it and took a **** and shovel to loosen the soil and apply fertilizer, just to see clearly what the flower seedlings would look like.

Thinking of this, Lin Yunyan laughed for a while, leaned back against Lin Yunjing, and sighed: "Sister, I seem to like him more than I expected."

With a gentle tone of voice, Lin Yunjing put away her teasing thoughts and gently ran her fingers along her long hair: "It's best if you like her. If you don't like the person you want to marry, that's bad."

“Originally I just wanted to work together. You see, when I do business with him, I can cooperate with him.”

“The Empress Dowager also thinks he is suitable, and the Holy Father has approved the marriage.”

 “I thought it would be nice to live like this.”

“But I suddenly realized it in an instant. Either it was suitable or satisfactory, or I just fell in love with this person.”

Lin Yunyan spoke very slowly.

There are many things that cannot be said, and there is no way to talk about them. There are only a few words to pick and choose, but Lin Yunyan said it very smoothly.

Lin Yunjing just listened to it, the corners of her lips curled up involuntarily, and her heart felt warm.

Who knew that Lin Yunyan was a good digger? She was still talking about herself at the beginning, but the conversation soon changed.

"What about eldest sister?" she asked, "eldest sister likes Mr. Yu, right? Next year is my eldest sister's wedding. Are you anxious? Are you worried about it? Are you embarrassed?"

Lin Yunjing knew that she had been fooled, and was so annoyed that she stretched out her hand to tickle her: "Bad thing! You're setting me up again."

Lin Yunyan laughed loudly while fighting back.

 Laughter spread across the courtyard and fell into Huang's ears, making her laugh too.

When she got up early in the morning, she heard that the princess came to look for Yun Jing all night, and Mrs. Huang was a little worried, but the two girls were still asleep, so she couldn't ask about the situation.

When Yun Jing got up, she only said "nothing" and didn't say much. Huang was half relieved, but not completely relieved.

 Now that I heard this joyful laughter, I felt completely at ease.

 Being able to smile so happily shows that there is no wind or waves.

 This is good.

 Solid, although plain, but real.

Beside me, Grandma Hong also laughed: "She's getting married, and she still acts like a child."

“It’s better to be like a child,” Huang said. “Only by being pampered by your mother’s family and your husband’s family can you preserve your character.”

"Yes," said Grandma Hong, "the princess is blessed, and we, the eldest girls, will also have this blessing."

Huang nodded: "I'll go ask my three younger brothers and sisters later to see if there's anything I can help with."

 Chan does need help.

 The closer the wedding was, the more things were going on. She kept Huang and Yuan busy, finalizing and arranging everything, until there were three days before the wedding, when a problem loomed in front of them.

 Before a girl leaves the court, her mother should give her some guidance.

Lin Yunyan’s mother passed away early. Which of their three aunts was brave enough to shoulder this heavy responsibility?

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