Let Me Pursue You

After he finished explaining, he asked again: "Is there any result about Yujie's matter?"

Cao An hurriedly said: "We found it, Mr. Lang. The jade ring is made from a piece of uncut jade that was tributed by Nanzhao. It is not owned by the county lord, but she asked for it from Princess Shaohe."

Lu Shiqing was slightly taken aback when he heard the words.

When he saw the jade ring in the Nanzhao military camp, he naturally guessed that it was given to Xiju by Yuan Cixian for his safety. Otherwise, the battle between the two armies would not end so easily that night. His words of peace talks It is not so easy to export.

But he didn't know why a jade ring made Nanzhao choose to cease fighting, and then he thought of what Yuan Cixian once said, she and Xi lived by the Chunye River at dusk, that kind of first encounter with a story , Afterwards, I couldn't help but outline seventeen or eight versions of Fengyue in my mind. Finally came to a conclusion: this jade ring may be a token that Xiju gave her, seeing the ring is like seeing someone, and he unconditionally agrees to her one request.

Fortunately, it turned out that he had too much imagination.

After thinking for a while, he clarified the origin behind the tribute, bent his lips and smiled, and said: "Got it, let's go do it, make another copy of the same hexagram, and show it to the old lady."

The next day, when Yuan Yizhi received the hexagram from the Lu family, he and Feng's eye-to-eye sighed.

Whether the birth date is compatible or not is naturally not the family's decision. After the two sides exchanged Geng Tie yesterday, the Yuan family had also sent people to do calculations, and the result was the same as the ominous hexagram that Lu Shiqing got at the beginning: the man did not attack the woman, but the woman actually restrained the man.

When they got the ominous hexagram, the couple felt that the marriage might not work out. After all, even if Lu Shiqing had the heart, there would always be elders beside the Lu family. How could the Xuan family, who had always believed in Buddhism and Taoism, allow such a daughter-in-law to come in? Unexpectedly, what the Lu family sent was clearly a harmonious and beautiful auspicious hexagram.

Although there are occasional slight deviations in this divination due to various factors of weather and time, the horoscope of birth and date is an unchanging dead thing, so how can it be so reversed in black and white? The only explanation is that Lu Shiqing changed the hexagram without authorization and deceived Xuan Shi.

This time, the couple hesitated. Lu Shiqing's meaning was already very obvious, it showed that he didn't care about fortune and destiny, but as insiders, how could they marry their daughter with such peace of mind?

Yuan Yi asked directly: "Have you not told Ci Xian about this?"

Feng shook his head. That child was so happy yesterday, she couldn't bear to hit her.

"Indeed, it's better not to say anything." Yuan Yizhi nodded and said, "Since Zishu is determined, it's really a good fight for us to expose him right now. The two of you and him are not yet married, so I will follow my original plan. Postpone the wedding date, let's have a look first."

The reason why Yuan Yizhi asked to postpone the wedding date yesterday was naturally not because of the so-called "hurry". But the current situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty is too complicated. Lu Shiqing, as the saint's most trusted courtier, actually controls the court quietly and secretly supports Zheng Zhuo. The days of licking blood with the tip of a knife will not end for a day However, Yuan Yizhi couldn't completely trust his daughter to him. But he was really moved by his sincerity and devotion, so he first agreed to get engaged.

Feng asked: "Yesterday, you didn't know whether the hexagram was good or bad, so you proposed to postpone the marriage, but you have other concerns? What's wrong with the child of the Lu family?"

Yuan Yizhi was silent for a while.

He has always been reluctant to talk about the court's secrets with the Feng family and his children. He is afraid that the more they know, the more dangerous they will be, and he is afraid that they will worry about it and worry about hurting their health. It seems a bit foolish and loyal. But in fact, whether it is the power tactics played by the saint, or the factions that stand in the middle of the court, he knows all about it. He is loyal to Da Zhou, but he is not completely ignorant of flexibility.

Yuan Yizhi remained silent and still chose to conceal it, lying and saying: "It's not wrong, but it's really too hasty. We haven't been in the capital all year round, and we don't know the details of that child. It's for the benefit of Xian."

After he finished speaking, he sighed in his heart.

In fact, there is no need to look any further. He has seen quite clearly how Lu Shiqing treats Yuan Cixian. That being the case, he will never underestimate the child. The sage was afraid of him so far, forcing him to choose a wise master to live in, and Zheng Zhuo is indeed a rare one in the royal family who has a heart for the common people, so he will give Lu Shiqing a helping hand and fully support what he supports.

Thinking of this, he suddenly heard three knocks on the door. After asking, he found out that it was the brother and sister who had come.

Yuan Cixian and Yuan Yu pushed each other after entering the door, as if they wanted to say something but couldn't speak, they were forcing each other to speak first. In the end, it was the younger sister who pinched the elder brother's waist severely and forced him to go up.

Yuan Yu staggered forward and was pushed out, so he had to smile "hehe" at Yuan Yizhi and Feng Shi, and said, "Father and mother, Cixian and I have something to say to your elders."

For more than a month, the brothers and sisters wanted to talk to Yuan Yi directly about the court situation several times, discuss the future trend of the Yuan family, and see if they could change the absurd dream into something he could accept and believe, so as to remind him of the situation in his heart. There is a precaution, don't be so ignorant and upright again, but once you open your mouth, you will be ordered not to talk about state affairs.

Seeing that father and mother will return to southern Yunnan tomorrow, and the correspondence between them will be monitored by the sage in the future, and there will be no chance if they don't talk about it, so the two of them mustered up their courage and prepared to try one last time.

Yuan Yi glanced at him and said, "Speak up if you have something to say, what does it look like hesitating."

Yuan Yu thought to himself that he vomited and swallowed because he was afraid that he would be beaten if he said it. He glanced at Yuan Cixian, and according to the previously discussed method of "saving the family in a roundabout way", he said tactfully: "Father, it's like this, you I don't know, as early as when Cixian first came to Chang'an, the sixth and ninth princes of the imperial court showed her kindness one after another. But the saint's attitude at that time was very strange, as if he didn't want the ninth prince to get too involved with Cixian, But he intends to ask the sixth prince to marry her."

Yuan Yi raised his eyebrows.

Yuan Cixian continued: "Brother and I didn't want to understand it at first, but then we got the answer. This is because the sage loves the ninth prince, but not the sixth prince. With the prestige of our Yuan family, no matter which prince is related to If I get involved, I will be feared by the other princes. From an emotional point of view, the ninth prince is already weak and sick, and the saint cannot bear him to be involved in those undercurrents. From the court situation, his mother ranks as the fourth concubine , the foreign relatives are very powerful, and we should put an end to close contacts with our Yuan family."

Yuan Yizhi's face became more and more ugly.

Yuan Yu stopped him with a smile: "Father, don't be angry, tell Ci Xian to finish talking."

Yuan Cixian bit the bullet and continued: "But the sixth prince is different. After the first prince was abolished, the second prince of the court and King Ping each held up half the sky, and the saint was worried that there would be a second threat to pull him down from the dragon seat as soon as possible." , so he wanted to do superficial work, pretending to support a son, in order to balance the two forces. After all, only the triangle is the most stable. So he chose to ask the sixth prince to be this pawn, this shield."

"The reason is very simple. One is that the sixth prince's mother's family is a down-and-out merchant with weak power and no backing. The other is that he does not seek fame and fortune, has no publicity, and is not popular with courtiers." She paused here. "At least it seems so on the surface."

"As long as I make a marriage agreement with the sixth prince, the courtiers, including the second prince and Prince Heping, will naturally notice him, and the parties will naturally be divided. And once the sixth prince really has bad thoughts, or reaches a situation that cannot be controlled At this point, the sage can also use means to destroy this marriage."

For example, in her previous life, she believed that the Jiang family's tricks also had the meaning of a saint. Otherwise, just relying on the cooperation of the Jiang sisters inside and outside, I am afraid that Zheng Zhuo will not be recruited. It should be that after he turned from darkness to light, the sage felt threatened, so he used the hands of the Jiang family to separate him from the Yuan family.

Yuan Yi frowned: "You brother and sister have gone through so many detours, what exactly do you want to say, just say it."

Yuan Cixian smiled embarrassingly: "I want to say, father, look, the saint is afraid and jealous of the second prince and the king of peace, controls and uses the sixth prince, and protects and loves the ninth prince. These few The prince, in fact, no one is the real candidate for the crown prince in his mind. Then, who is left in the court? Isn't it the thirteenth prince?"

Yuan Cixian breathed a sigh of relief after speaking. It is too unreliable to say directly that she dreamed of the thirteenth prince ascending the throne, and now she finally has a reason to make her words come true.

Yuan Yizhi was silent for a long time and said: "It's useless for me to be a father, and I have to ask you, a girl, to think about these things all day long."

She heard the words and said in relief: "Father, I'm so smart, it's easy to think about these things!"

"Father understands what you said. Since you are really worried about this, dad will not hide it from you anymore." He sighed after finishing speaking. He originally wanted to prevent his children from participating in these intrigues, but Yuan Cixian's analysis was so clear that it seemed that he had already been involved in the matter. If he kept hiding it from her, he might put her in danger and go the wrong way.

He hesitated for a while, and finally seemed to have made up his mind. He glanced at Feng Shi who had been silently aside, and then said: "It is true that the sage may intend to have the Thirteenth Prince succeed, but the court may not follow this direction. Even if he is revered as a saint, there is something he cannot control, that is the heart. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. According to the current situation, Dad believes that the one who can win the hearts of the people is definitely not the saints, nor the young thirteen princes, but The Sixth Prince who was randomly thrown in your mouth as pawns and shields."

Yuan Yizhi's words were very straightforward, which showed that his heart was for Zheng Zhuo.

Yuan Cixian choked in place all of a sudden, exchanged glances with Yuan Yu who was equally astonished, and was speechless for a while.

Zheng Zhuo in this life obviously has nothing to do with her, why did the Yuan family still go down this road?

The next day, the king and his wife of southern Yunnan set off to leave Beijing. Yuan Cixian had no reason to go back to southern Yunnan because he had already made a marriage arrangement with Lu Shiqing, so he stayed.

After sending their parents out of the city, the brothers and sisters returned to Shengyefang. As soon as they arrived at Yuan Mansion, they saw Cao An waiting in front of the door. When they saw Yuan Cixian, they hurriedly came forward and said, "Master Lancang, Mr. Lang please welcome me!" Someone bring you something."

She was taken aback, and looked down at the golden invitation in his hand: "This is?"

Cao secretly smiled and said: "Four days later, February 14th is the sixth prince's birthday, and I have invited Mr. Lang to have a banquet with you. Look, do you plan to go?"