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When Xing'er heard Lian Ying's question, her eyes widened in surprise, but she quickly realized and said excitedly: "Is it really possible? Can Brother Lian Ying really be my teacher? In that case, Xing'er I'll be so happy! Xing'er wanted to study for a long time, but at home... But it doesn't matter, it turns out that all this is for me to have a teacher like brother Lian Ying in the future!"

Xing'er smiled, her round face turned red, and her originally handsome face became so cute that Lian Ying couldn't help but reach out and rub her soft black hair again, "But maybe your mother won't Agree, besides, you will be able to go to a private school in the town next year, even so, do you still want to be my student?"

"Well, Xing'er likes Brother Lian Ying very much. Brother Lian Ying is good-looking, gentle and knowledgeable. If you can learn a lot from Brother Lian Ying, it doesn't matter if you go to private school or not. As for mother... Xing'er I don't know." Xing'er said as she jumped off the stone bench and rubbed against Lian Ying, wrapped her small arms around his waist, and rubbed against him very dependently and affectionately.

With no expression on his face, Shi Yu pulled Xing'er who was stuck to Lian Ying's body, pressed the small wooden sword in his hand and said, "After listening to the story, go practice your sword."

"Ah? Didn't Brother Shi Yu say he wants to rest?" Xing'er blinked and asked in confusion.

"Haven't you had enough rest yet?" Shi Yu glanced at Xing'er, his tone unchanged.

"Oh, then Xing'er is going to practice now." Xing'er walked towards the entrance of the courtyard with her small mouth pursed and holding a small wooden sword. Hehe said, "Thank brother Lian Ying for today's story, Xing'er is going to practice swords!"

Lian Ying touched the wet water marks on his cheeks, quite dumbfounded, looked up at Shi Yu, but saw his complexion was slightly gloomy.

"Dangtang Tingyun suddenly wants to recruit students?"

"I just think Xing'er is very appetizing to me. He is smart, kind and willing to endure hardships. He really wants to be his teacher. Don't you think so? Otherwise, how can you teach him how to practice swords? This is not a cold person like you. The fifth prince's temper!" Lian Ying teased.

Shi Yu glanced at him lightly, but did not refute. Sure enough, he thought that Xing'er was a good child.

"Do you think Yuniang will agree that Xing'er worships you as a teacher?"

"Why not?" Lian Ying asked back, thinking that he is also the famous Mr. Tingyun, ahem, but Yu Niang doesn't know it yet.

"Yu Niang, I'm afraid the origin of her identity is not simple. How can there be such a woman with such an extraordinary conversation in such a small village, so intuitively, I don't think that Yuniang will agree to your proposal." Shi Yu stood up after speaking. , picked up the wooden sword and went to practice the sword, but before he left, he swayed a little bit, "Hey, but the story you just told...is very good."

"What?" Lian Ying was immersed in thinking about Shi Yu's words just now, and didn't notice what he said for a moment, and asked quickly.

Seeing the rare blankness on Lian Ying's face, Shi Yu's eyes gradually darkened, and he stretched out his hand unconsciously to cover Lian Ying's cheek, and rubbed his finger on the place where Xing'er kissed just now, it was as smooth as expected touch.

"It's nothing."

Slowly sighed in a hoarse voice, but Lian Ying stared blankly at Shi Yu walking away.

Shi Yu's guess was right, not long after dinner that night, Yuniang went to talk to Lian Ying.

"I heard from Xing'er that Mr. Lian intends to take him as a disciple?" Yu Niang went into the room and sat down opposite Lian Ying, and asked straight to the point.

After listening to Yuniang's question, Lian Ying looked at Yuniang for a few times without any trace, and found that although Yuniang's face was calm, anxiety was already visible between her brows, and she couldn't help thinking of what Shi Yu said, maybe Yuniang was really The identity is not simple.

"Yes, I did tell Xing'er about this. The main reason is that Xing'er is smart and cute, and he is not arrogant or rash. I like him very much, so I want to accept him as a student." After Lian Ying finished speaking, seeing Yuniang was still Faintly unwilling, she couldn't help but said, "Yu Niang is worried that Lian Ying's teaching is not good? That's too much to worry about. Lian Ying thinks that she is still not inferior to those gentlemen in private schools."

"No, no, no, Yu Niang didn't mean to underestimate the young master, it's just, just..." Yu Niang bit the corner of her lips when she said this, as if she was quite embarrassed, she didn't even force her to answer, just waited for her to say something The moment of reason.

Yu Niang hesitated for a while, looked up at Lian Ying for a while, lowered her head to think for a while, and finally made up her mind: "It's just that Yu Niang doesn't want Xing'er to enter the capital, nor does she want him to get any fame or become a high-ranking official. I'll let him Reading is just to hope that he will not be too ignorant, and hope that he can understand Dali, understand right and wrong, learn the thoughts of his ancestors, and become a person of virtue and knowledge."

This is really strange. Throughout the ages, so many parents in the world hope that their children will study hard and study hard in order to gain fame, become famous, and glorify their ancestors. Why is Yuniang the exact opposite of those people?

Yu Niang saw that there was curiosity and puzzlement in Lian Ying's eyes, but there was no reproach and contempt as she imagined, so she couldn't help but feel relieved and continued: "Actually, it's all my fault."

"But it has something to do with Yu Niang's identity?"

"You're right. My husband's family name is Guan, and my... surname is Han." Seeing the shock and thoughtfulness in Lian Ying's eyes, Yuniang couldn't help but smiled wryly, "You guessed right, what I said The current Han family is the natal family of the current crown prince—the Han family. I was originally Han Yu, the eldest daughter of the current head of the Han family, and my husband was just a small teacher of the Han family. The following stories are like many folk tales. I had a long-term relationship with the husband who taught me reading at that time, and finally we made a promise to each other for life. We had a very good time. It’s just that the good times didn’t last long, and our relationship was still seen by others. My father... No, How could the old master Han agree to us being together? Even though I begged hard, what I got in return was a violent beating on my husband. In the end, my husband was even kicked out of the Han mansion. I was so angry Swearing a poisonous oath to sever ties with the Han family, she resolutely left with her husband.

I thought that my husband and I would be able to live happily together after leaving the Han family, but I never thought that everyone would be afraid of the power of the Han family, so they would never dare to ask my husband to teach again, and I can't make the two of us live together just by selling embroidery alone. We can live in the capital, not to mention the lackeys of the Han family who come to harass our door from time to time, so we can only come to this Baixia village to ask for a living.Fortunately, the people in Baixia Village are simple and honest. My husband thought that he might be able to earn some money by teaching the children in the village to read, but most of the people in the village are poor, so how can there be money to educate the children?My husband has no choice but to go hunting in the forest during the day, then sell it for money, and teach the children how to read and write for free at night. Although this life is poor and hard, it is also very happy, especially after the two of us have Xinger.

At that time, I thought it would be good to live like this all the time, but the weather is unpredictable, and people have misfortunes and blessings. Last year...my husband went hunting in the forest and never came out again. In the end, the villagers brought back his body At that time, when I heard the bad news of my husband's death, I wanted to follow along, but I finally gave up because of Xing'er's young age. "

Yuniang's eyes were red when she said this, and she hurriedly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and then said: "Not long after my husband passed away, someone came from the Han family, and that person was my youngest brother——Han Qiu. He was very close to me since childhood, and I treated him very well. I didn't want to have any contact with the Han family, but if it was him, I couldn't bear to see him, so I met him.

But what I never expected was that Han Qiu came to persuade me to take Xing'er back to the Han family. He said that he couldn't bear to see our mother and son living as orphans and widows. If we didn't go back to the Han family, he would take care of him.At that time, I knew from what he said that this matter was only his idea. The entire Han family probably would have disowned me as a young lady long ago. Wishing Xing'er to return to Han's house, he sternly rejected him.Han Qiu has always had a bad temper. I thought he would never come again when I said that, but he would come here once a month, using the excuse that he was visiting his nephew, so that everyone in the village knew that he was Xing'er's uncle. It's not easy for me to see him when I come here, and I will play with Xing'er for a while every time I come, and then persuade me to go back.Because I knew he had good intentions, I couldn't refuse him decisively. I just wanted to wait, and maybe he would give up when he got impatient one day, but the wait was one year. "

Hearing this, Lian Ying couldn't help but interrupted: "But why are you so opposed to going back? Even Xing'er...won't let him recognize his ancestors and return to his clan?"

"I object to going back, one is because of what happened back then, and the other is that I can still see the current situation clearly." Yuniang couldn't help sneering at this point, "Do you know what Xing'er's word is? His word is 'Sijia', Sijia Sijia, Shang Sijiade, I don't want him to go back and become like the current Han family children, who have long been unable to see their own status and status. Do you really think that the Han family can cover the sky with one hand? The old master Han is old, but his ambition has never been Xiaoguo, in those years in the Han family, I have faintly felt the undercurrents. Until now, the ambitions of the Han family must have reached the point of being obvious! I never thought that the current emperor would always favor the late Queen Zhaomin. The Han family, if the Han family can't recognize the current situation earlier, I'm afraid that the whole family will be faced with a catastrophe. Now it seems that this is just... sooner or later, knowing the ending, why should I send it away? Your own son to die?"

Yu Niang paused, and said with a wry smile: "I have reminded Qiu Er about this, but...he is also obsessed with it."

"I didn't expect that you, the little girl, are the most transparent person in the entire Han family. No matter what, you are just a group of mediocre people who have been dazzled by power and status." After hearing this, Lian Ying really sighed, "Sheng Everyone understands the simple truth that "the extreme must decline", but how many people can still remember it in the face of the desire for power?

"Young master Lian also understands. Since this is the case, you must understand why I don't want Xing'er to be an official in Beijing. Even if I follow you, you may be noticed by Han Qiu or the Han family. , if that's the case, I'm afraid that Xing'er will inevitably get involved with the Han family, and will end up in a dismal end, and this is what I, a mother, don't want the most."

After a long silence, Lian Ying couldn't help chuckling: "Does Yu Niang know who this young master is?"

"What?" Yuniang didn't understand why Lian Ying asked this question.

"I am 'Mr. Tingyun', one of the four princes of the Northern Dynasty." It was the first time to declare my identity in front of outsiders, and I felt a little shy, but Lian Ying still had the demeanor of Mr. Pianpianjia at the moment, "Mr. Tingyun I always like to be free in the world, and I don't want to be bound by secular power, I really want to take Xing'er as a disciple, both as a disciple and as a companion, so that I won't be lonely when I travel again in the future."

Yuniang was a little surprised when she heard the real identity of Mr. Lian. She had heard of Mr. Tingyun's reputation before, and knew that what Lian Ying said was true, but...

"Don't worry, Yuniang, as long as Xing'er is unwilling, I don't want him to come into contact with the officialdom, and I will also protect Xing'er from letting him have any connection with the Han family. Even if you can't trust Lian's ability, there are still five The prince is Shi Yu." Hey, it is a little frustrating to accept the apprentice as Shi Yu, but the most important thing at this time is to dispel Yuniang's worries, "Besides, for Han Qiu, Yuniang only thinks about him. Will be unable to bear it and then give up, have you ever thought that if it is really unbearable, will he force it? If so, Yu Niang still has the ability to protect herself and Xing'er."

After hearing this, Yu Niang turned pale instantly, Lian Ying sighed in her heart, what he said was a bit cruel, but it might really be the truth.Some things, it is better to recognize earlier, he believes that Yuniang will understand everything he said.

"Yu Niang, I hope you can make the right choice."