When the princess stayed at the post station, everyone from the officials to the servants actively entertained her.
The rain, which had already stopped, dripped down the eaves intermittently, making a clear sound. The rain splashed on the ground, forming a small puddle.
When Xia Rong, leading the maids, wearing white socks and red skirts and carrying trays, walked through the corridor, Fang Tong greeted her and pulled Xia Rong over.
Fang Tong looked towards a side room and said, "Have you prepared some new clothes for Yan Erlang? Also, Yan Erlang came here in the rain, and his old wounds have not healed yet. He has been in the rain for a whole day. If he is delayed, he will catch a cold. You should also prepare some ointment, bandages, gauze, and ginger soup."
Xia Rong opened her eyes wide: "But His Highness said that I don't want to prepare these. His Highness said, 'He deserved to die of illness' and 'It's none of my business'. How can I disobey His Highness?"
Fang Tong sighed.
He gave her some advice: "Sometimes you have to listen to what the princess says in reverse. Why would she suddenly say something like 'she deserved to die of illness'? It's obvious that she is worried about Yan Erlang, but is too embarrassed to show it or visit him in person. At this time, you need to guess what the princess is thinking."
Xia Rong suddenly realized and hurriedly thanked him.
She was about to get busy, but couldn't help but step back and ask, "Guardian Fang, you have been with His Highness the longest and know His Highness best. Can you give me a definite answer? How should I treat Yan Erlang? Is the relationship between His Highness and Yan Erlang over or not?"
Fang Tong said vaguely: "Just serve me like a prince consort."
Xia Rong's eyes widened, and the hand holding the tray trembled for a moment.
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Muwan shakes his heart and feels upset.
She stayed in the best room in the post station, took a bath, and then sat on the edge of the bed, absent-mindedly wiping her wet hair. The maids were driven out by her and did not serve in the house. She was alone for a while and heard a knock on the door.
Mu Wan remained silent, staring at the wooden door a little angrily.
Although the person outside the door didn't speak, she instinctively knew it was him from the gentle and rhythmic knocks on the door.
Sure enough, Yan Shang's voice rang out: "Your Highness, I'll bring you some ginger soup. Can I come in?"
Mu Wan shook her head: "No."
There was no more talking outside the door.
Mu Wan stared at the door and saw that the shadow on the door had not left. Obviously, he would not leave unless she responded.
She became even more upset, and angrily threw the towel she was using to dry her hair on the ground, hating herself for being soft-hearted. She said angrily, "Come in."
Yan Shang pushed the door open, closed it, and quickly scanned the house.
He picked up the towel that Mu Wanyao had thrown on the ground, folded it and put it on the table, and brought ginger soup to Mu Wanyao who was sitting on the edge of the bed. He looked down at the princess who was sitting at the head of the bed in a gauze dress at night, looking depressed, and began to persuade her to drink ginger soup.
Mu Wanyao was annoyed by his meticulous consideration.
She glanced at him quickly and saw that he must have washed up.
His black hair was only half tied up with a silver hairpin, and it was still a little damp. He stood in front of her with his eyes downcast, and changed into a clean apricot-colored robe for men. This light color, against his clear and gentle eyebrows, made him look elegant and refined. The robe was a little loose, probably to avoid touching his wounds.
Thinking of the wounds on his shoulders and back that had not yet healed, Mu Wanyao felt soft-hearted as he thought about how he had been chasing her for most of the day and had been in the rain for so long.
She drank the ginger soup and handed the bowl back. Her beautiful eyes, which always contained a charming look, lowered their heads this time and did not look at him: "You are done, you can leave now."
Yan Shang hasn't left yet.
He stood in front of her for a while and whispered, "I have something to tell you."
Muwan shook his head in silence.
Yan Shang: "Let's make peace, okay?"
Mu Wanyao sneered, and this time she simply climbed onto the bed and rolled into it. She rolled up the quilt and covered her ears with her hands, as if to say, "I don't want to hear you talk."
Yan Shang sat down, reached out and pulled the quilt over her shoulders as usual.
He knew that was her temper, so he didn't take it as an offense and continued to speak softly, "I've thought about it. It doesn't matter if we have children or not. I can accept it."
Mu Wanyao had originally planned to ignore him no matter what he said.
But when he said that, she got so angry that she couldn't hold it back any longer.
So Mu Wan, who had just laid down, threw off the quilt and sat up. She sat on the bed with legs bent, facing Yan Shang, staring at him, and mocked him: "It took you a month to figure it out. You really took a long time to think."
Yan Shang felt a little ashamed.
He flexed his fingers on the bed, lowered his eyes, and said softly, "I'm sorry... but this is indeed a big deal, and I really need to think it through. When I said it didn't matter, didn't you blame me for just being perfunctory? When I didn't want to solve this problem, you blamed me for avoiding it... I won't avoid it now, I've thought it through."
Mu Wanyao thought it was ridiculous.
She raised her voice, "I want an answer from you. You spent more than a month thinking it through! What were you doing before? You wanted to come and reconcile with me after you figured it out. Don't you think it's too late? Do you think I will nod if you chase me? Who do you think you are? Do you think I can't live without you?!"
Her tone was excited, filled with anger and disappointment.
Yan Shang saw the anger in her eyes and panicked. He couldn't help but defend himself, "I, I am just this kind of person... I'm sorry. But I'm different from you... You just want to be happy for a while, but I want the long-term. You only care about the moment, but I can't do this... I have to think clearly about our future."
Mu Wan shook: "What have you thought about?"
Yan Shang paused for a moment and said, "I have met Chunhua."
Mu Wanyao's eyebrows twitched sensitively, and the look she gave him became sharp and cold.
And her guess turned out to be correct.
Because Yan Shang's next sentence was: "I asked Chunhua about your affairs in Wuman...Yahoo!"
When he was halfway through his words, she jumped off the bed and was about to leave. Yan Shang reached out to pull her. She struggled hard, but he knew he couldn't let her go. He hugged her tightly and dragged her into his arms.
Mu Wanyao kicked and hit, but couldn't break free. She was so angry that her face turned red, and she was crazy because of her self-esteem. She lowered her head and bit his wrist. Yan Shang groaned, but still didn't let her go. Mu Wanyao raised her head, her eyes shining with anger, she screamed: "Who told you to ask? Who told you to meddle in other people's business? We have separated! Don't mind my business!"
Yan Shang was kicked and hit by her, and his arms and knees were hit several times. He was in great pain and gradually felt that he could not control her. He could not help but speak more seriously and raise his voice a little: "I never wanted to separate from you. It was you who drove me away... I have been thinking about what happened between us, I..."
Mu Wanyao: "Do you care so much about my past?!"
Yan Shang: "Do I care? It's you who cares so much, and it's you who makes me do this. If you don't care anymore, how can it affect me?"
Mu Wan shook his head and sneered.
She was held in his arms, he held her waist to prevent her from leaving, but her hands were still free. This position was not suitable for quarreling, and the way she sat on his lap was really ambiguous, but it was obvious that neither of them had that intention at the moment. Mu Wan raised her hand and pinched his chin, and when he was stunned, she came over and kissed him.
Yan Shang was confused, and the arms that were holding her body relaxed. He couldn't explain clearly. By the time he figured it out, he and she were already inseparable, and his lips were sucked until they were moist and beautiful.
His body temperature was boiling, his heart was pounding, and he couldn't help but lean forward to get more. But Mu Wanyao leaned back, stepped away, and looked at him coldly.
Yan Shang's mind was in a mess, but he was awakened by her look.
Mu Wan shook him and scolded him: "Don't you care? When I kissed you, didn't you want other men to kiss me like that? When you hugged me, didn't you want other men to do the same? It's impossible for you not to care. Do you think lying can make you look noble..."
Yan Shang blushed and said, "I just didn't think about it."
Mu Wan shook: "I don't believe it!"
As they talked, they looked like they were about to start quarreling again.
Mu Wanyao pressed on step by step. Yan Shang was anxious and angry. After a long while, he uttered, "When you get close to me, I get confused. I can't think of those things at all. I'm not you. You can't plot against me or do bad things to me when I'm close to you... I won't do that at all!
"Do you think everyone is as cunning as you?"
Mu Wan was stunned.
After Yan Shang finished speaking, he realized what he had said. He was slightly stunned and a blush of embarrassment appeared under his eyes.
He stared at her for a while.
He said softly: "I really don't think about that."
Seeing him like this, Mu Wanyao actually believed him a little. She bit her lip and suddenly felt that she was ridiculous and unreasonable. She covered her face with her hands, turned away, and said dryly, "Oh."
Yan Shang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was well behaved and no longer making trouble. He hugged her shoulders and looked down at her. She covered her face and didn't let him see it. Yan Shang felt amused and whispered, "What are you doing..."
Muwan shook his head in silence.
Yan Shang: "Then...are you willing to sit down and listen to the result I have been thinking about for a month?"
Mu Wanyao: "Listen. I want to hear what you have been thinking about for the past month."
She felt a sense of relief, a sense of hopelessness.
If Yan Shang knew everything... her vigilance would be meaningless. She wanted to hear what he had to say.
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The maids outside the door heard the noise inside and the princess' screams. The princess was so angry that they were waiting outside, waiting for the princess to call them in and drive Yan Erlang away. But after a long noise inside, it became quiet.
Xia Rong and the other maids looked at each other and slowly backed away.
In the house, Yan Shang was using a towel to wipe Mu Wanyao's hair. He insisted on working so hard, and Mu Wanyao was too lazy to pay attention to him. Listening to Yan Shang's very detailed words:
"You are just injured. There are no good doctors in a place like Wuman. Maybe if you take good care of yourself for a few years, your body will be fine. I guess that Your Highness has never seen a doctor since you came back to Chang'an because you dare not... I think you can ask a doctor to take a good look. Even if you really can't have children, it can make up for the damage Your Highness has suffered over the years.
"If the weather changes a little, Your Highness will get sick. I am also worried."
Muwan glanced at him.
She was confused. She never thought that one day, she would be able to sit so calmly and discuss with a man that she couldn't have children. According to her nature, she would be angry and would leave after hearing one sentence. However, Yan Shang spoke calmly... Her hair was still in his hand.
His tone was leisurely, as if he was not talking about the big issue of her inability to have children, but just an ordinary discussion about what to eat tomorrow.
This attitude really comforted Mu Wanyao.
His conversation skills were so good that Mu Wanyao had to follow his lead and remain calm.
Mu Wan shook his head and said dejectedly, "I can't have children. I can't have children even if I go to the doctor for treatment. What should I do?"
Yan Shang: "I really can't, so I can only accept it. Fortunately, I still have brothers in my family. My eldest brother has a son, so our family will not be extinct. Besides, have I told Your Highness that my third brother is also going to get married? My third brother will also have children soon... I am the second child in the family, so it is not necessary for him to rely solely on me to carry on the family line.
"You are also Her Royal Highness the Princess. Even if we don't have children, no one would dare to say anything to you. You don't have to worry about anyone blaming you... Think about it this way, being a princess is actually pretty good, isn't it?"
Seeing that he was joking, Mu Wan turned her face away. She didn't laugh, staring at him with her dark eyes: "No one will say anything about me, but they will say anything about you. You will be affected wherever you go. The accusations of your family, the doubts of your clansmen, the concerns of your friends, the questions of your colleagues in the officialdom... You will have to bear this pressure for the rest of your life."
Yan Shang lowered his head and slowly said "hmm".
After a while, he said, “So… didn’t I think about it for a month before I made up my mind?”
Mu Wan turned her face away and pursed her lips: "You don't have to be like this. If you're sympathizing with me, then you don't have to. You're such a good person, there are many girls who like you. You don't have to bear this pressure at all."
Yan Shang repeated: "So I thought about it for a month."
Mu Wan shook her shoulders slightly, but she deliberately acted like a bad person, pretending not to understand him: "Are you using your kindness to force me?"
Yan Shang: "It's a heart-to-heart exchange. I want to tell you my thoughts, but if you don't accept it, there's nothing I can do."
Yan Shang came over to look at her, but she turned her face away from him. He sighed softly and held her in his arms, letting her face rest against his neck. This time he felt the wetness on her neck, but she didn't have to feel bad about being seen by him.
The girl was trembling in his arms, and Yan Shang gently stroked her back to comfort her.
She cried, "But you like children very much."
Yan Shang whispered: "I also... like Your Highness."
He coaxed her, "In the future, in the future, if you really can't have children, we can ask my eldest brother and third brother to adopt one. If you don't want our child, there are many orphans abandoned by their parents in this world... Of course... It doesn't matter if you don't want it. It's good to have a perfect life. There's no need to have everything go your way."
He spoke softly in her ear, telling her about his plans and ideas. He really considered the consequences of this matter seriously, and then thought of ways to solve them one by one. He comforted Mu Wanyao with his attitude. Mu Wanyao thought this was a big deal, but Yan Shang said this, she vaguely felt that it didn't matter.
As long as he is still here.
Mu Wanyao raised her face from his arms, and stroked his face with her hands, the mist on her eyelashes rubbing against his face. She wanted to kiss him, but Yan Shang stepped back, showing his refusal.
Yan Shang lowered his head: "I gave you an answer, why don't you give me an answer?"
Mu Wan shook her head in confusion: "What's the answer?"
He glanced at her, pursed his lips, and said in a slightly angry tone, "You want to marry someone else."
Muwan shook his head.
Said: "This one."
Yan Shang looked at it.
Mu Wanyao couldn't help but curl her lips and smiled thoughtfully: "You have already chased me out of Chang'an, do you know that I am going to Jinling? I am going to Jinling because I feel that the letter is not clear enough, and I plan to personally explain to my grandfather and others that I refuse the marriage. I didn't want to get married in the first place. Didn't I tell you a long time ago?"
The words are still silent.
After a long while, he said, "I didn't ask for this time. What I want is a reputation."
Mu Wan shook his hand and held his forehead.
Yan Shang thought she was going to refuse again, so he held her hand and said in a more serious tone: "Shake!"
He said: "Power is good, but am I not good? Do you think I can't help you? We can work together. You don't let me participate in many things, I am worried about you... Can we not be like this? Even if we are not that kind of relationship, didn't I still say I would be your retainer? How can a lord always leave his retainers outside? If something happens, the lord will take care of it himself."
Mu Wan shook her head and stared at him, to see what he had to say.
Yan Shang: "I just want a name... I can't be with you without a name or a name. What is this? Do you have a lover? I don't like this. I don't like that I have to be sneaky all the time and can't tell outsiders about our relationship. When others speculate and ask me, I can't admit it, for fear that you will be unhappy and cause you trouble... I don't want to be like this anymore."
Yan Shang grabbed her wrist. He was afraid that she would be vague and avoid the question again, so he simply made it clear at once: "I'm not forcing you to give me a result now... I'm saying, at least give me a deadline! How long do you want me to wait? I'm not afraid of waiting, I'm just afraid that you will keep torturing me and make me unable to see the future. Do you want me to wait for a year, two years, five years... or a lifetime? You have to tell me clearly."
Mu Wanyao: "If I ask you to wait for a lifetime, what will you do?"
Yan Shang was slightly stunned.
He released her wrist and whispered, "If that happens, I won't be with you anymore."
He said: "My bottom line is my reputation. You can't keep humiliating me."
Mu Wan shook his head and sighed.
Yan Shang felt upset after hearing this. He had waited for a long time but got nothing. His heart sank. He didn't want to humiliate himself any more. When he stood up to leave, Mu Wan shook him and laughed, and came over. She held his shoulders and asked him to sit down again.
She knelt in front of him and Yan Shang looked up at her.
Mu Wanyao stared at him intently, muttering, "I thought you were going to force me to give you a result now, but it turns out you just want me to think it over and give you a deadline. Second Brother Yan, why are you so tolerant of me?"
Mu Wan lowered her head to rub his face, and said softly: "Second Brother Yan, I am not afraid to tell you that I have such a past. Power is particularly important to me. I can't give up power for you. Without power, I feel uneasy. I can't have only love, I can't have only you.
"But you are also very important. I want both power and you, and I don't want to let go of either. Brother Yan, don't worry, if your bottom line is status, I will definitely give it to you."
She stroked his chin, and his eyes flickered, as if he was about to speak. Mu Wan shook a finger and pressed it on his lips to stop him from speaking.
Mu Wanyao stared at him seriously: "But have you really thought clearly about being with me? Even if there is a great possibility that we will be childless for the rest of our lives? Have you really thought clearly and will not regret it? If you have thought clearly, I will never trouble myself with such things in the future, nor will I allow you to regret it. Second brother Yan, you still have a chance to regret it now. Otherwise, if I am childless and bully you in the future, it will be too difficult for you."
Yan Shang whispered: “Don’t belittle yourself.”
He didn't give a clear answer, but raised his hand to hold her shoulders and looked at her. His eyes were as clear as water, and such a subtle answer made Mu Wanyao laugh, and she felt that he was amiable and lovely.
The withered flower in her heart bloomed again and its branches and leaves stretched out.
He just had the ability to make her die and come back to life.
Yan Shang still remembered his request: "My status..."
Mu Wanyao's eyes widened, and he deliberately said, "You have considered it for a whole month before you came up with a result. Why can't you allow me to think about it for two more days? I also need to think seriously and think clearly about the consequences. Marrying you is too troublesome. I am not such an impulsive person! I will not marry you if I can't get any benefits!
"Just wait for me to think it over."
Yan Shang was stunned, realizing that Mu Wanyao was taking revenge on him. He could only sigh and accept this answer.
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Mu Wanyao pressed him down and kissed him again.
However, after hesitating for a while, Yan Shang leaned against the bedpost and asked her breathlessly, "Are we reconciled?"
Mu Wan's fingers rubbed softly into his waist, causing him to tremble. He held down her mischievous hands through his clothes. She didn't answer him at all, and Yan Shang couldn't keep asking. He thought they must have reconciled, otherwise she wouldn't be like this...
It was just that it was getting later and later, and the sound of the night watchman rang more than once.
Yan Shang said: "It's getting late...I should go back to bed."
His tone was full of struggle, and it was obvious that even if he left the beauty's nest, he would be reluctant to leave. Moreover, the two of them were about to reconcile, and there was a gap of more than a month in between, so he couldn't control himself tonight.
Mu Wanyao sat on the bed and watched him get up. He turned around and looked at her.
Mu Wan raised her eyebrows.
Yan Shang said: "I'm really gone."
Mu Wanyao said nothing.
Yan Shang: "Tomorrow... I will go back tomorrow. I just came here to explain it to you. After I have explained it clearly, I will have to go back to Chang'an."
Mu Wanyao still didn't say anything, and seemed to be smiling.
Yan Shang turned his head to look at her again, and he did this three times. Mu Wan couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips, but finally she couldn't hold it anymore and fell back while sitting on the bed.
She rolled over with laughter, holding her face up with her hands, her eyebrows were tender, her eyes were full of water waves, and her cheeks were smiling like flowers: "Okay, okay, don't look at me all the time... I know what you mean, if you want to stay overnight, then stay!
"A short absence is better than a new love. I have never refused!"
Yan Shang blushed at her teasing.
He insisted, "That's not what I meant... I just wanted to talk to Your Highness for a while longer."
Mu Wan shook his head solemnly: "Just chatting under the quilt? You are amazing."
She was so teasing that he felt uncomfortable. He felt even more embarrassed by her laughter and felt dirty. When he was about to give up and leave, Mu Wanyao pulled him down and sat down with affection, and began to coax him with sweet words to keep him.
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When I go to bed at night, I usually leave a little light on.
Yan Shang always remembered her habits. He lit a lamp outside the tent, lowered the curtains, carefully returned to the bed, leaned on the edge of the bed, and lay down.
Mu Wan rocked in her sleep, staring at his back.
It was about to make a hole in his back.
Mu Wan said sarcastically: "Are you going to sleep now?"
Yan Shang hummed softly and said, "Your Highness has to travel tomorrow, and I have to return to Chang'an tomorrow."
Hearing the worry in his tone, Mu Wanyao guessed what he was thinking and couldn't help laughing: "You're here again. You were the one who didn't ask for leave when leaving Chang'an, and now it's not even dawn yet, and you're already getting restless and worrying about tomorrow's duties. Can you relax a little?"
Yan Shang: “I’m sorry.”
Mu Wan snorted: "You are sorry for me."
After a long pause, she suddenly said, "You are such a piece of wood!"
There was a hint of disappointment and helplessness in her coquettish tone.
Mu Wanyao was complaining about his indifference when she heard the young man with his back to her say, "Why am I a wooden man?"
Mu Wanyao: "If you were not stupid, there wouldn't be such a beautiful woman sleeping next to you. You just turned your back to me and didn't even turn your head back."
He said nothing.
Mu Wanyao stretched out her hand to poke him, but her fingertips only lightly touched his back. She remembered that his wounds had not healed yet, so she did not dare to touch him.
She lost interest and turned over to face away from him: "If I wasn't afraid that you would get hurt, I would sleep with you."
Yan Shang sat up, leaning against the edge of the bed, and pulled open the bed curtain. Mu Wanyao peeked at what he was going to do, wondering if he was angry about what she said and was going to leave?
She felt uneasy, and saw Yan Shang turned around to look at her. His eyes were still clear, but perhaps because the lights were too dim, his eyes were full of light and shadow, and had more meaning.
Yan Shang leaned over to hug her and picked her up. Mu Wanyao was confused and puzzled, and the next moment her face suddenly blushed, because his fingers gently hooked around her waist belt, and his warm fingertips rubbed her waist. Mu Wanyao's waist suddenly softened, and the not-too-cold air rushed to her icy skin, and dense goose bumps appeared on her calves.
Her face flushed, and she suddenly realized what he was doing. She had never seen Yan Shang take the initiative like this before, so she looked at him shyly and happily, and trembled slightly because her knees were empty and touched by the air.
Seeing him lower his head to look, she couldn't help being shy and reached out to cover his eyes, still smiling: "Don't look!"
Yan Shang grabbed her hand, tilted his head, and kissed her wrist. The delicate scent of the man pressed against her soft skin, and Mu Wan trembled all over, her eyelashes trembling. But he didn't stop there, his breath like raindrops flowed along her wrist, winding through the mountains and into the water.
Yan Shang squatted barefoot beside the bed, his face close to her abdomen, his other hand on her knee, pushing gently.
Mu Wan looked at him in confusion.
Because she never thought he would be so bold.
The next moment, he lowered his head and the kiss continued to flow slowly along the mountains and hills.
He knelt in front of the footrest, his long hair falling on his shoulders, his eyelashes drooping like a curtain. Mu Wanyao screamed like a kite with a broken string, she couldn't stand it anymore, her upper body fell backwards, and fell on the mattress. Her whole body flushed, and his breath gently fell on her, dyeing her pink.
Mu Wanyao is going crazy.
Her long hair fell on the pillow. She stepped on his shoulders with her snow-white feet and kicked him: "Let go! Let go! Don't do this... Don't do this!"
However, her voice was crying and trembling slightly with extreme joy.
The spring rain was pouring, the lights were swaying, her eyes were half closed, her lips were slightly parted. She covered her mouth with her hands in dismay, her eyes were full of crimson and tears.
The mountains and rivers are winding and graceful. The man is kneeling on the ground, and the woman is lying on the bed. The curtains illuminate the figures of the two people, the light and shadow are dim, hazy, and a warm color is lingering.
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In Chang'an city.
The troops in the northern camp outside the city had fallen asleep, with only patrol sergeants standing tall.
In the main account, only Liu Wenzhi was leaning on a couch with a sword in his hand.
He closed his eyes, and when he was about to fall asleep, he never let go of his sword. Sometimes he would wake up from a nightmare, suddenly open his eyes, see himself alone in the dark tent, and close his eyes again.
He was always on guard against the rebellion that might happen outside at any time - the North Camp must surrender!
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In the Wei Mansion, Concubine Zhao Ling had already gone to bed, but Wei Shu was still sitting at the desk in the study.
He sat alone for a long time. It was already late at night when he was startled awake by the meow of a cat outside.
He stared at the desk for a long time, spread out the paper, and began to write a letter -
Ask to go on a diplomatic mission to various countries to build connections and consolidate the relationship between Wei and the surrounding countries.
He wrote a memorial discussing the relationship between the Wei Dynasty and its neighboring countries, which was both friend and foe, and expressed his own ambitions, embellishing them with gorgeous literary talent so that people who read the memorial would be moved by his aspirations and agree to his request.
The Wei family used Wei Shu as a pawn.
Wei Shu wants to jump out of this chess game.
He felt sorry for his teacher, but he knew what was better. He would rather leave Wei and go on a diplomatic mission to other countries, and not be able to return for several years, than become a pawn in the hands of others.
The Wei family can ask the Censorate to remove him from his post.
However, they cannot cover the sky with one hand and make the surrounding countries obey them.
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In the palace, the emperor woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night and could not fall asleep again.
When he opened his eyes and waited for dawn, Cheng An, who was serving outside, knew that His Majesty had woken up, so he came in to serve him.
After a while, Cheng An reported a piece of news: "Your Majesty, Yan Erlang seems to have left Chang'an."
The emperor had sent people to monitor Yan Erlang before. Yan Shang behaved very properly, and finally something not so proper happened. The people below immediately reported to the emperor.
The emperor was silent.
He thought: "When did Danyang leave Chang'an?"
Cheng An understood what the emperor meant and said, "Her Royal Highness left at dawn, and Yan Erlang left after lunch...but the princess took a carriage, and Yan Erlang rode a horse...maybe we can really catch up. Your Majesty, it seems that Yan Erlang and His Royal Highness are really going to have a good time soon."
The emperor smiled.
He said softly: "Then I will give Yan Suchen a good opportunity to be promoted...it all depends on whether he can seize it."
He sighed: "If Yan Suchen is not strong, how can he protect Yaoyao?"
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