Chapter 90 Brain Sickness

The Yu family would never admit to kidnapping Nan Lijun.

Nan Lijun would never admit that he kidnapped himself.

The group of "Yu family guards" who kidnapped Nan Lijun disappeared without a trace before they could be beaten to death.

In the end, this absurd disappearance became an "unsolved case" and could only be blamed on the "Yu family".

Using the excuse of the "missing case" and taking advantage of the emperor's anger, Nan Lijun used his skills to force all the officials and nobles in the court who had frequent dealings with the Yu family to remain silent.

Seeing that the situation was good, Nan Lijun urged Huo Gannian to plan and launch a general attack on the Yu family.

Even when Song Lan slapped Yun Chen, Nan Lijun did not mention a single word about how Huo Gannian had humiliated Song Lan in public, and even ordered Song Lan to go to his house to apologize.

Song Lan came with a bunch of gifts and palace maids and waited outside Qiyunju.

Huo Gannian was playing dominoes with Yun Chen in the house. When he heard that Song Lan had come to visit, Huo Gannian said to Run He:

"Tell her to wait."

After that, he continued to play cards with Yun Chen.

After a quarter of an hour, Yun Chen couldn't sit still anymore.

"Young Master, this isn't good. Isn't it a bit too much to let Lord Songlan wait outside all the time?"

He didn't even look up, concentrating on picking up the cards. "When you went to deliver the letter, you waited for two hours in vain. Why don't you feel that others treated you too harshly?"

She was speechless, and only then did she realize that the long wait that day was actually a deliberate harassment by Song Lan.

"How did the young master know that I had been waiting for two hours? I went there alone." She was curious.

He was playing with a domino, pretending to be mysterious:

"you guess."

Her cheeks flushed, her eyes dodged, and she made up her mind and whispered:

"I guess... the young master is always thinking about me, so he can notice many things about me."

He pursed his lips and smiled, looking at her clumsy tentativeness and forced composure, leaning close to her ear, breathing heavily, and said seriously,

"I'm asking you to guess the cards in my hand. I don't understand what you're saying."

Seeing her face flushed with embarrassment, he couldn't help laughing.

Outside Qiyunju, Song Lan and his group clearly heard laughter coming from inside the house.

One of the palace maids couldn't help but say, "It's always been others who waited for us, but Huo Gannian dared to leave us alone. How arrogant!"

Another maid echoed: "Exactly, does the Huo Gang still want to step on the princess's head?"

Song Lan didn't seem angry at all. She just listened to the two palace maids getting more and more excited as they talked, so she gave them a cold look and the two palace maids immediately fell silent.

After waiting for three full hours, Huo Gannian finally received Song Lan and his group in the side hall.

The maid behind Song Lan presented a gift and said to Yun Chen who was guarding her:

"I'll give you two Far North Silver Fox skins."

Huo Gannian didn't even raise his eyes, but said to Runhe who accepted the things:

"Go to the warehouse and get four more skins. Put all six together and make a cloak for Yun Chen."

The palace maid curled her lips and continued:

"I present you with two pieces of holly snow brocade."

Huo Gannian added, "Yun Chen has fair skin, so this color will suit him. Let's make him a set of casual clothes."

"Give me a piece of Yishanyuxiang wood."

"Give it to Yun Chen to smoke the house."

The palace maid read out the gift list, and every time she read out an item, Huo Gannian would interrupt. Except for the last box of gold melon seeds that were distributed among the many guards, the rest of the things were all given to Yun Chen.

From beginning to end, Song Lan did not show any reluctance. Instead, she raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Huo Gannian with bright eyes.

After the gift list was read out, Song Lan stepped forward and saluted Yun Chen, saying with a smile:

"I was really frightened by the snake that day. I lost my composure and wrongly blamed Guard Yun. I hope Guard Yun will forgive me."

Yun Chen returned the greeting with his sword in his arms. Just as he was about to say, "It's okay, Your Excellency, you are too kind," Song Lan turned around and said to Huo Gan:

"Master Huo, I have something to tell you."

Seeing that Song Lan had no intention of paying any attention to him, Yun Chen touched his face awkwardly.

Huo Gannian's face drooped slightly, "Except Yun Chen, everyone else should leave."

Song Lan said, "Guard Yun, please go down as well. I can only speak to you."

"Then don't say anything." Huo Gannian didn't give any face.

Looking at Huo Gannian with frosty eyebrows and cold eyes, who had never looked at her directly from beginning to end, but just sat there in a black pine and evening brocade robe, playing with an ox bone tile between his bony fingers, Song Lan smiled faintly, his expression revealing absolute confidence.

"Huo Gannian, you are the first man who dares to look down on me like this."

Huo Gannian finally lost his composure when Song Lan suddenly called him by his name. His expression was filled with impatience as he said:

"Where do you put the Emperor and all the civil and military officials in the court? I'm definitely not the first one."

Song Lan raised her chin slightly and smiled brightly.

"Very good, Huo Gannian, you have won my attention."

After saying that, Song Lan turned and left, the hem of her embroidered skirt drawing a graceful arc in the air, like a proud pheasant's tail feathers.

Huo Gannian and Yun Chen looked at each other and saw the word "confused" on each other's faces.

After pondering for a moment, Huo Gannian frowned, threw the ox bone tiles in his hand on the table, and said with annoyance:

"You're sick in the brain!"

Since the so-called "apology" that day, Song Lan has been coming to the Huo Mansion more and more frequently.

On the one hand, it was because the Huo Gang had begun to make intensive preparations to deal with the Yu Family, and Nan Lijun always had many confidential letters for Huo Gan to read, and each time they were delivered by Song Lan personally.

On the other hand, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Song Lan had a favorable impression of Huo Gannian.

That day, Song Lan said that the study was very stuffy and she wanted to sit somewhere with flowers and scenery.

Although Huo Gan was annoyed, the business between him and Nan Lijun could not be delayed, so he patiently chose Huatang Lake as the meeting place where the flowers were blooming in spring.

Ye Yan and his companions were stationed at a nearby guard post, listening to the shrill laughter of Isatis indigo, which sounded like horse bells. Hua Jue found a piece of straw to clean his ears and complained:

"This bitch is really obsessed with the young master. She's been coming here more and more often these days, and every time she comes she either asks to see the flowers and water or to listen to the wind and admire the moon. I'm convinced!"

Bu Yan was practicing one-handed push-ups on the side. He secretly glanced at Yun Chen, whose face was sore, and said breathlessly:

"That's not true. Perhaps Lady Songlan just admires our young master. After all, our young master's temperament, appearance, knowledge, family background, and personality are all one in a million, absolutely perfect. Most ladies-in-waiting are too picky. They tend to pay more attention to those who look down on them the most. It's just the desire to conquer that's at work. It will be fine after this period, don't worry!"

Ye Yan and Hua Jue Dui exchanged glances and said in unison, "Can you remove the 'temper'?"

Feeling that what Bu Yan said made sense, Ye Yan walked over, sat on Bu Yan's back, and gave him more push-ups, saying:

"I think so. Your 'Feixianfu Examination' is coming up soon, right? Hurry up! If you pass it this time, you'll be an official 'Secret Guard' from now on."

Bu Yan gritted his teeth when he spoke because he was trying too hard:

"Let's hope. If we fail this year, we'll have to start all over again next year."

Secret guards are the highest level of guards. The selection criteria of each family are different, but they all have the same characteristics of "inhuman" and "extremely difficult".

There are more than twenty subjects in total, which examine all aspects of the guards' mental and physical abilities.

If you pass all the subjects within three years, you can become a secret guard.

It took Bu Yan two years to pass the first fifteen subjects of the Huo Mansion's "Feixian Mansion Examination" secret guard examination. There are still twelve subjects left this year. If he fails, he will have to start again from the first subject next year.

Therefore, Bu Yan has been under great pressure recently. Whenever he has time, he is either doing push-ups or practicing diving and holding his breath. He said to Yun Chen:

"Achen, can you please teach me how to hold my breath? This subject is really difficult for me and I'm afraid I can't pass it."

Hearing that Yun Chen didn't respond, Buyan shouted twice before Yun Chen agreed.

Seeing Yun Chen's absent-mindedness, Ye Yan thought she was worried about Xun Yan who had taken leave to see a doctor, so she said:

"Achen, don't worry. The doctor I introduced to Gou Ge is our previous court physician. Although he's old, he's still considered a 'magic doctor.' If you're really worried, go find Gou Ge in White Horse Lane at the east end."

Yun Chen shook his head and looked in the direction of Huo Gannian.

The sky is high and the sun is warm, spring is in the air, and among the clusters of flowers, two figures sit facing each other.

Wearing the same brocade clothes, the same noble and majestic appearance.

The two of them look very compatible from behind.