Chen Guan turned his head to look at Yang Jiyan and asked with a smile, "You seem to care about Mr. Yu very much. Could it be that you have taken a fancy to Dr. Yu's brother?"

Yang Jiyan lowered her eyes, pretending to be shy, and nodded slightly, "Sister Wan, please don't laugh at me when I tell you this."

Chen Guan showed a surprised look and walked down from the swing, "Sister Yan, are you really attracted to Doctor Yu's brother? I was just joking just now."

Yang Jiyan's eyes were filled with melancholy. "Not long ago, when the provincial examination was held, I went to the Imperial Academy to see my father off. I happened to meet Doctor Yu's brother. To be honest, Sister Wan, I liked him very much when I first saw him."

Shen Wan didn't know what to say for a moment, and only listened to Yang Jiyan continue to talk, "Sister Wan, I wanted to marry him, so I asked my father. My father didn't agree at first, but when the provincial examination results were announced and Master Yu won the first place, my father relented."

Chen Wan didn't expect Yang Jiyan to be so bold. She had only met Mr. Yu once, but she had already thought about marrying him. When she heard that Yang Zhifu agreed, she asked, "What happened next? Is your marriage settled?"

Yang Jiyan's voice dropped a lot, and she shook her head with a sad look on her face, "Mr. Yu has already arranged a marriage in the countryside, but he rejected my father."

Yang Jiyan did not say that Yu Jiao was the woman Yu Qizhe liked. According to the trajectory of her previous life, Yu Jiao could not come to the capital. Even if the robbers hired by Dai Bi failed to kill her, Yu Jiao would die of illness before Yu Qizhe's career became successful.

And now, Yu Jiao is not in the capital. It is a good opportunity for her to get close to Yu Qizhe by asking about his well-being and adding her charm.

"He is a man of affection and righteousness." Shen Guan sighed softly. Although she did not have any prejudice against family background, from a secular perspective, Yang Jiyan's status was more than enough to match that of Doctor Yu's brother.

Female doctor Yu was very well educated. Her brother was able to arrange a marriage for a country girl and reject the offer of the prefect's daughter, which was very rare among ordinary men.

"Sister Wan... I have decided in my heart that I will marry Master Yu. It is okay for me to be his concubine." Yang Jiyan held Chen Wan's hand, pretending to be infatuated, and begged softly, "Sister, if you know where he lives, please tell me."

Seeing her deep love, Shen Wan couldn't help but sigh softly, "Why do you have to be like this?"

Yang Jiyan looked at Chen Wan with sad eyes and a stubborn expression.

Chen Wan could only say, "I don't know where he lives, but I can go to Xinglou to ask Miss Miwu for you. She is the most well-informed. If she doesn't know where Mr. Yu lives, then I have no place to look for him."

Yang Jiyan's face brightened, and she happily pulled Shen Wan's sleeve and said, "Thank you, Sister Wan. I'm unfamiliar with the capital, so I need Sister Wan to take care of me more."

Shen Wan smiled helplessly and tapped Yang Jiyan's head with her hand, "You, don't say that, I should have taken care of you in the capital."

Yang Jiyan pursed her lips and smiled, "Sister Wan, is there a eunuch named Cheng in the palace? I heard that he is a big favorite of the emperor. In the palace, besides the emperor, he is the most powerful one."

Shen Guan pointed her finger in front of her lips, "Shh!" She looked around and lowered her voice, "Where did you hear these words?"

Yang Jiyan hid the strangeness in her eyes, "People in the streets say so, what's wrong? Can't this Eunuch Cheng bring it up?"

In her previous life, Zhou's family was ransacked and she was taken home. Although she rarely went out again, thanks to her father's husband, he often scolded Yu Qizhe at home for taking advantage of the influence of the Qingliu to rise to the position of Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, but later defected to Cheng Ying of the Silijian, and became more and more powerful by getting along with officials and treacherous parties.

Yang Jiyan still remembered that one time, she accidentally ran into her father and Master Shen playing chess in the courtyard. She heard the two of them talking about how before Yu Qizhe became Liu Ci Fu's tutor, he had known Cheng Ying, the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department, and they were close friends. It seemed that Yu Qizhe had already worshipped Cheng Ying as his teacher.

Yang Jiyan thought about it carefully. Cheng Ying was a eunuch in the palace and had been in power for so many years. It was impossible for such a big man to condescend to visit a small place like Qingyu Village. The two of them could only have known each other during the time when Yu Qizhe went to Beijing for the imperial examination.