Yan Shisheng was hit all over by Mu Wanyao with chess pieces, and the corners of his clothes were splashed with mud and water. Not only that, Mu Wanyao decided to stay with them for two more days.
For the Yan family whose house was occupied, this was a bolt from the blue.
Yan Shisheng had to change his clothes because they were dirty. When he came out of the house, he was holding a pile of old clothes in his arms, and it was obvious that he was going to wash them.
"I'll do it, I'll do it!" As soon as he went out, the old clothes in Yan Shisheng's arms were snatched away by his youngest sister Yan Xiaozhou who was guarding the door.
She gave her brother an uneasy but flattering smile: "Second brother's clothes are dirty, let me help you wash them. Second brother still has to study, so don't do such trivial things."
Yan Shisheng's clothes were taken away, and he did not try to get them back. Looking down at the little sister who was hugging his old clothes tightly, Yan Shisheng smiled warmly: "Thank you, little sister."
After saying that, he turned and went into the house.
Yan Xiaozhou was stunned for a moment, she bit her lower lip, pushed the door open and went in. She saw Yan Shisheng's tall and slender back facing away from her, he seemed to be looking for something in the room.
Yan Xiaozhou thought that her second brother was angry with her and didn't want to talk to her. She felt wronged and went up to him and whispered, "Second brother, don't ignore me. It was my fault that you were hit by that lady Mu with a chess piece."
Yan Shisheng said: "It doesn't matter."
He sighed, "Even if you want to whisper to me in the future, you shouldn't sit under the guest window to do it. It's not polite, and it's easy for people to find out. And I don't know how Madam Mu offended you. Why do you come here to say bad things about people?"
He is still looking for something.
Yan Xiaozhou was anxious. She said, "That lady Mu occupied our house. Shouldn't I tell her about it?"
Yan Shisheng turned around and looked at his younger sister with his warm and clear eyes.
He said softly: "Do you know that she is of noble status?"
Yan Xiaozhou: "I, I know."
Yan Shisheng: "Then do you know that there is a difference between the gentry and the common people? People of noble status are born to enjoy more benefits than ordinary people like us? Do you know that our life and death are all in their hands? Do you know that if that lady Mu is really angry and wants our family to pay with our lives, maybe we will be unable to resist?"
Yan Xiaozhou was speechless.
She hesitated and said, "But... this is not right."
Yan Shisheng said softly, "This is the way the world is. What does it have to do with you whether it's right or wrong? You can't shake the authority. If you want to uphold justice, you might as well wait until you have the ability to do so. If one day you can be on an equal footing with that Madam Mu, then you can start a fight, so that you won't lose your life in vain, and you won't have to worry about me for you."
The young lady hugged her brother's clothes and fell on the couch in panic. After a while, she lowered her head and said, "I know I was wrong, second brother."
Yan Shisheng then came over, stretched out his hand to rub the top of his sister's head, and sighed: "You should talk more about these things with father, eldest brother, third brother and others. Since you won't be wronged, don't get close to Madam Mu. Madam Mu wants to stay in our house for two more days, I will take care of her more, you don't have any disputes with her people."
Yan Xiaozhou nodded in shame.
Maybe it was because the second brother had read more books and had a clearer view of worldly affairs than them. The second brother had always had the final say on all matters of the Yan family.
Yan Xiaozhou had already decided to tell his second brother's words to other people, especially his third brother. His third brother had a bad temper, so he must not cause trouble. If they waited for that lady Mu to leave, they might get some benefits. Even if it was just some money, it would be great...
As Yan Xiaozhou was thinking this, he saw Yan Shisheng find a bottle of medicine powder hidden under the layers of bedding on the bed. Yan Shisheng took the medicine powder and was about to go out.
Yan Xiaozhou was slightly surprised: "Second brother, why are you taking medicine? Were you injured by the chess piece? Take off your clothes quickly, let me help you take a look."
She anxiously grabbed her second brother's sleeve and urged Yan Shisheng to take off his clothes.
Yan Shisheng was embarrassed and helpless, his face slightly reddened, and he said, "I'm not injured. It's just that one of Madam Mu's guards was beaten with a stick twenty times last night because of us. I'm going to give him some medicine."
Yan Xiaozhou: "Ah..."
...This is something her second brother can do.
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Fang Tong is the chief guard of Princess Danyang.
He followed the princess from north to south, and no matter where he went, he swore to protect her. Last night, because he did not take good care of the Yan family's housing, the princess had him beaten with 20 sticks, but he did not complain.
The twenty blows would not kill him, but only caused flesh wounds. However, he was recuperating in his room today, so it was not convenient for him to report to the princess with his sick body.
Fang Tong was lying on the couch in the room, bored, staring into space, wondering how to get through this time of recuperation. Two knocks on the door came from outside, neither hurried nor slow.
Fang Tong said impatiently: "Come in."
He thought it was a guard coming back, so he was too lazy to even move. But when he looked up, he found that it was the young scholar in a blue shirt and black hat.
Fang Tong was startled and sat up shirtless. Thinking that this man was the one who got him beaten, he said in a bad tone, "What's the matter?"
Yan Shisheng bowed first, then put down the medicine bottle in his hand and said softly: "This is a medicine for injuries that my family has treasured for many years. My eldest brother was injured by a tiger when he went up the mountain to chop wood. This medicine only takes one night to work."
Fang Tong sneered: "No need."
Being with the princess, what kind of good medicine must he have seen?
Yan Shisheng observed her expression and said, "Of course, it is not as good as the good medicines that you have, but it is also a token of my love. I am ashamed that I caused you to be injured in a verbal dispute. I don't know how to apologize, so I can only send you some medicine."
Fang Tong: “…”
Yan Shisheng said again: "It must be very boring for you to stay in the room alone. Why don't I stay and talk to you?"
Fang Tong said indifferently: "I have nothing to say to you."
Yan Shisheng looked at him with an extremely tolerant look and smiled slightly: "I have also read a few storybooks, so I can tell you some legendary stories to entertain you."
Fang Tong was puzzled: "...You don't have anything else to do?"
Yan Shisheng said: "It's just a small token of my apology. My dear, you may not accept it, but I must do it."
Fang Tong: “…”
He coughed dryly.
The young man's dark face twitched slightly under Yan Shisheng's refreshing gaze.
I even felt a little embarrassed.
I feel that the other person didn't do it on purpose, and I was the one occupying his house. He was delivering medicine and chatting with me... Am I being too defensive towards him?
In this way, the strange atmosphere remained in the room until Yan Shisheng really began to tell this story to Fang Tong.
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Fang Tong felt awkward and strange, and after Yan Shisheng's persuasion, she used the ointment that Yan Shisheng sent. When Yan Shisheng left, Fang Tong's opinion of this scholar had completely changed, and she felt that he was a very kind person.
I had previously judged others by my own standards.
Especially on the morning of the next day, when Fang Tong woke up, he was surprised to find that his injuries were healed. He admired this man even more.
Not to mention that his injury was not serious in the first place, the captain guard Fang Tong, who had a very good impression of Yan Shisheng, had completely attributed the reason why he was able to get out of bed so quickly to the good medicine sent by Yan Erlang.
Now that his injury had healed, Fang Tong naturally had to report to the princess.
When Fang Tong was paying his respects to the princess, Mu Wanyao was leaning against a table, sitting in front of a wooden desk, watching the maid Chunhua packing her books.
Chunhua looked at the drizzling rain outside and asked the princess in a worried voice, "Madam, it has been raining heavily for several days. This is God blocking our way. Do we really have to stay in Lingnan to visit Lord Li?"
Chunhua was talking about the purpose of Princess Danyang's journey to Lingnan.
Visit Mu Wanyao's uncle, Li Zhi, who is now the magistrate of Nanhai County.
The death of the queen meant that the queen's family, the Li family, had lost the game with the emperor. The entire family moved back to Jinling, and the most capable member of the Li family, the late queen's brother and Mu Wanyao's uncle, was simply banished by the emperor to the desolate mountains of Lingnan.
The maids felt uneasy, thinking that the Queen had passed away and the Li family had left Chang'an. Wasn't the princess afraid that His Majesty would become suspicious by coming to Lingnan to visit Li Zhi with such fanfare?
Mu Wanyao said lazily, "Don't worry. I returned to Chang'an after my ex-husband passed away. In this situation, if I don't care about my uncle at all, my father will be suspicious of me. I came to see my uncle, and my father might think that I am filial and don't forget my roots."
After hearing what the princess said, Chunhua seemed to be thinking about something with a sad look in her eyes.
She knew best how difficult it was for the princess to return to Chang'an, and now in order to dispel His Majesty's suspicion, she had to travel thousands of miles to Lingnan to visit Lord Li... The princess was also a royal family, why did His Majesty treat her like this?
It wasn’t like this before.
She whispered in her heart that emperors and empresses had never treated princesses like this before.
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The emperor's youngest daughter, Princess Danyang, was the most beloved daughter of the emperor and the empress before she was fifteen years old.
At that time, the queen was still alive, and the emperor looked at Mu Wanyao with great affection.
Every year on her birthday, her father the Emperor would personally make hairpins and carve books for her, and her mother the Empress would personally grind facial cream, hand cream, rouge and powder for her.
The hairpins her father gave her were of all kinds, from insects and birds to flowers, all lifelike; the rouge and powder her mother gave her filled her boudoir, and those bright colors made countless people envious...
Suddenly, there was a loud cry with a crying tone outside, which woke Mu Wanyao from his memories.
Mu Wan raised her eyebrows.
Chunhua, who was following her, felt a little uneasy because she knew that the princess hated being disturbed the most.
Chunhua said, "I'll go out and take a look."
Mu Wanyao didn't say a word. After Chunhua left, she flipped through the books that Chunhua had sorted out. She didn't know if there was a unique copy that her father had given her among them... While she was lost in thought, the sound of Chunhua's hurried and anxious footsteps returned.
Muwan shook his head.
Seeing the beautiful maid was pale and looked miserable.
Chunhua knelt down in front of Mu Wanyao, her voice trembling: "Madam, it is my fault that I did not discipline the person well... The rouge and powder in the box we brought, and the box of facial cream and hand cream that the late queen had given to the princess, were somehow caught in the rain and got dirty, and are no longer usable..."
Mu Wanyao stood up suddenly.
Sharp voice: "Who did it?"
Chunhua trembled: "The servants said it was the Yan family..."
Before the maid could say anything, Mu Wanyao sneered. She stood up and walked past the guard, and she pulled out the sword from the guard Fang Tong's waist.
After hearing about the situation, Yan Erlang and Yan Shisheng hurried over. Standing in the rain with an umbrella, they suddenly raised their eyes.
Seeing the girl walking out of the house with a sword in her hand, her clothes fluttering and rain splashing, she was full of murderous intent!
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