Chapter 123 She has a crush on your elder brother

"What?"

Chu Xinyue couldn't help but raise her voice a few notches, her eyes widened in disbelief, "Don't lover's worms need blood to feed? How can she steal it?"

Fortunately, there were musicians playing at the banquet. To the pleasant sounds of stringed instruments, dancers danced gracefully in the hall.

Everyone was drinking and enjoying the singing and dancing, and no one paid any attention to them.

However, Xue Youli was very cautious and whispered a few words into Chu Xinyue's ear. Chu Xinyue suddenly realized, "Xue Qingyao is really the most hardworking heroine I have ever seen. She worked so hard to kill you."

"So we have to be extremely alert and make sure we don't fall into their trap."

Meng Shi could drink a lot, and even after being toasted by several ministers in turn, he remained not drunk at all.

At this time, he picked up the wine glass and walked to Yu Hongyi, "General Yu, you are the opponent I admire most. I toast to you."

During Yu Hongyi's last battle with Nanzhao, he was ambushed and injured. Although he had recovered for a long time, his injuries were not fully healed after the long journey.

After checking his old injuries these past two days, the imperial physician specifically warned him not to drink.

Yu Hongyi didn't want Meng Shi to see that his injury had not healed, so he picked up the wine glass without hesitation.

However, the next moment, a young man as tall as a pine tree took the initiative to stand in front of Meng Shi, "General Meng, you are also an opponent I admire. I toast to you!"

The person who blocked the drinking for Yu Hongyi was Xue Wuji.

Meng Shi met his gaze, raised his head and smiled, "Young man, I want to have a few drinks with General Yu alone."

Xue Wuji smiled slightly, "Although Jiuzhou's Yuquan wine is good, General Meng should not drink too much. After all, we still have to go hunting in the afternoon. If General Meng gets drunk and can't hold the arrow steadily, wouldn't it be an unfair victory for us?"

Meng Shi listened to Xue Wuji's provocative words, snorted coldly, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, "Okay, when we get to the hunting ground, I will compete with General Xue again!"

Xue Wuji raised the wine glass in his hand towards him and said, "I will definitely accompany you."

After Meng Shi returned to his seat, Xue Wuji bent over to pour wine and asked Yu Hongyi in a low voice, "Master, how is your injury?"

"The imperial physician has examined it and it is not serious."

"You can rest well in the tent this afternoon, citing the excuse that you are not strong enough to drink. I and my junior brother will take care of the hunting."

Yu Hongyi's only son, Yu Minyan, looked up at Xue Wuji and put down his chopsticks. "Yes, Dad, Senior Brother is right. We have many men in Jiuzhou who are proficient in riding and shooting. The Nanzhao envoy is definitely not our match."

Xue Wuji glanced at the wine glass that had just been filled with wine and said to Yu Minyan, "Junior brother, let's have a drink too."

Yu Minyan was stunned and waved his hands quickly, "Brother, I can't drink much, so I won't drink anymore, so as to avoid any trouble in the afternoon."

"Then you should eat more meat. You are thin to begin with. After spending more than half a year in Southern Xinjiang, your waist is almost gone. It looks like your waist is even thinner than those dancers in the palace."

Xue Wuji just made a joke, but Yu Minyan's hand holding the soup spoon suddenly slipped, and the spoon fell back into the soup bowl, staining his sleeves.

Yu Hongyi coughed lightly and reminded him softly, "Yan'er, why are you so reckless?"

"Son, son, I'm wrong. I'm going to change my clothes! Brothers, you guys eat first. I'll be back soon."

Yu Minyan said this and stood up from the table.

The commotion here was not big but not small either. Xue Youli was looking for her eldest brother in the hall. When she looked up, she saw Yu Minyan standing up from his seat.

[Name: Yu Minyan, 19 years old, the only son of General Yu.]

Xue Youli stared at Yu Minyan's ID card for a few seconds, and a trace of doubt arose in her heart: [What's going on? Why are there single quotation marks on Yu Minyan's profile? ]

The Book of Secrets was in tune with her thoughts and immediately appeared before her, answering her questions: [Because General Yu has no son, Yu Minyan is a woman disguised as a man.]

Dressed as a man?

Xue Youli had a mouthful of soup in her mouth but didn't have time to swallow it, and she almost choked herself: [What happened? Tell me in detail.]

The Secret Book: [When Yu Hongyi's wife was pregnant, Yu Hongyi was still killing enemies on the battlefield. Later, Mrs. Yu had a difficult delivery and suffered heavy bleeding. When Yu Hongyi rushed back, Mrs. Yu had already passed away.

In order to take care of his daughter at all times, Yu Hongyi announced to the public that Madam Yu had given birth to a son. From then on, Yu Hongyi raised his daughter as his own son and took her with him wherever he went.

After Xue Youli finished reading the explanation in the Book of Heaven's Secrets, he turned to look at Yu Minyan.

It has to be said that Yu Minyan's appearance is the official way to play the role of a woman disguised as a man.

The heroic eyebrows, the deliberately made-up long hair, and the three-dimensional and deep facial features. If you didn't know her gender in advance, you would just think she was a handsome young man from the Yu family.

Xue Youli watched her hurriedly walk away, and suddenly realized something: [Yu Minyan was so shy and nervous in front of my eldest brother, she couldn't be...]

Tianjishu: [Yes, she has a crush on your eldest brother.]

In the original novel, Yu Minyan never expressed her love for him, so Xue Wuji didn't know she was a girl until the entire Xue family was slaughtered.

Xue Youli thought that her eldest brother was old enough to get married, so she planned to find an opportunity to ask Xue Wuzhi what type of girls he liked.

If Xue Wuji happened to like a girl like Yu Minyan, she wouldn't mind helping them get together.

If all goes well, she will have a sister-in-law soon.

But why does this single quotation mark look more and more familiar? Could it be that she has seen single quotation marks somewhere else?

Xue Youli was still trying to recall, so Chu Xinyue served her a bowl of soup, "Ali, this black chicken soup is especially delicious, come and try it!"

"Okay." After being interrupted, Xue Youli was distracted for a moment and started chatting with her about other topics.

After the banquet, everyone went to the hunting ground.

The weather is very good today, with clear autumn air and a cloudless blue sky.

Longshou Mountain was closed half a month ago, and the entrances to the mountain were guarded by soldiers to prevent outsiders from approaching.

A tent had been built in advance on the hillside not far from the palace.

Murong Che led his ministers to the hunting ground and ordered his men to allocate tents to everyone.

After everyone has rested, they prepare to go into the mountains to hunt.

Yu Hongyi had an old injury on his body, and he took the initiative to serve as the chief referee of this hunt. "Today, everyone will go into the mountains to familiarize themselves with the terrain. You can go hunting alone or in groups of two or three. Remember to come back within two hours. We will determine the rewards based on the number and size of the prey you have killed. If you have not returned within the time limit, it will be regarded as giving up the competition."

After listening to the rules of the competition, Lan Zheng rushed to Murong Che and said, "Your Majesty, can you give Lan Zheng a chance to get to know you? I would like to invite you to join me in hunting."

Murong Che glanced at her, then reached out and pulled Xue Youli, who was standing next to him, and said, "My team is already full. Princess Lan Zheng, you can take a look at those military officers. They are all excellent."

Lan Zheng looked at Murong Che and Xue Youli holding hands tightly together, with disappointment on her face and hatred in her heart, "What a pity! It seems I can only look for someone else."

She turned her eyes and found that among the group of rough military officers, there were two handsome young men.

She recognized the two men at a glance as General Yu's only son Yu Minyan and General Yu's beloved disciple Xue Wuji.

Both of them stood out among the group of rough military officers in terms of both their stature and appearance.

Lan Zheng was hesitating whether to go over when someone grabbed her wrist.

Lan Luo followed her line of sight and narrowed his eyes slowly. "Fourth sister, Xue Wuji and Yu Minyan are the most promising generals among the younger generation, and they are highly regarded by the Emperor of Jiuzhou. Let's team up with them. If we can capture these two, it will be worth our journey all the way from Nanzhao to here."