Yan Shang said, "I can't say for sure."
Mu Wanyao: "But I just want to listen to you."
Sitting in the car, Yan Shang was silent for a long time.
However, Mu Wanyao obviously did not let him go. She kept staring at him and insisted that he give an answer.
After a while, Yan Shang slowly spoke: "Your Highness, do you want to hear my private words or my analysis?"
When Mu Wanyao heard him say "selfish", her heart skipped a beat. But she quickly realized that she was overthinking it - how could Yan Shang's selfishness be the same as she thought?
She smiled indifferently. Anyway, she had no idea about marriage and no expectations. Now she asked Yan Shang, just to bully him.
Mu Wan shook his head lazily and said, "Then just analyze it casually."
Yan Shang looked at her and said softly: "If personal feelings are not involved, I think both of them may be fine."
Mu Wan shook: "...Are you kidding me?"
Yan Shang said helplessly: "However, if I am selfish, I think that although Wei Juyuan is younger, Your Highness only needs to wait for him for two more years, and he will be very suitable for Your Highness."
Mu Wan glanced at him and said, "You say that because you are good friends with Wei Shu, right?"
She asked suspiciously, "Is it because you have a bad relationship with Yang Si that you oppose me marrying Yang San?"
Yan Shang frowned uncontrollably.
Even though he had a very good temper, he paused for a moment because of her speculation.
Fortunately, he had an extremely good temper. He just paused for a breath and adjusted his mood.
Yan Shang said, "I will not influence Your Highness because of my personal feelings. Besides, Yang Sanlang and I just have some misunderstandings. It's fine if we talk it out. Why would I slander him for no reason?"
Mu Wan smiled and said, "Yes, you won't slander anyone. I am just waiting for the time when the prince consort will move into my princess residence. You and my prince consort will live in harmony and love each other every day."
There are no words yet.
He continued to bring the topic back to the previous one: "I suggest that Your Highness choose Wei Juyuan, because compared to the prince, the Li family's arrangement for Your Highness is actually better. Although the prince will be the crown prince in the future...your Highness is already a princess, and it is enough to maintain the respect on the surface. What the prince can give to Your Highness, the Wei family and the Li family can also give.
"Besides, the Wei family is on the path of 'longevity'. Such a family will not easily get involved in any inappropriate things. Your Highness chose Wei Juyuan, and the Wei family and the Li family cooperated. It would be better for Your Highness to be in the middle of the two great families.
"What's even better is that Wei Juyuan doesn't have a very good relationship with the Wei family. So even if Your Highness chooses Wei Juyuan, it only means cooperating with the Wei family. Because of Wei Juyuan, the people of the Wei family won't easily interfere with the princess. This way, the princess can still be very comfortable after getting married. Your Highness and Juyuan live in Chang'an, the Wei family lives in Luoyang, and the Li family lives in Jinling... It's always easier when the emperor is far away."
Mu Wanyao was a little stunned.
She was just teasing Yan Shang, but she never thought that Yan Shang would actually analyze so much for her?
After listening to his analysis... Mu Wan adjusted her hairpin and looked at him curiously: "Were you sent by Ju Yuan to be his matchmaker? You keep saying how good he is. How many benefits have you received from him? Could it be that Ju Yuan is attracted to me?"
She covered her mouth and murmured to herself: "He is so young and already admires young girls? Isn't it too early..."
Yan Shang looked at her patiently, he turned his face away, clenched the book in his hand, and pursed his lips.
Mu Wan glanced over and saw that his nose was straight and his face was hidden in the shadow, casting a layer of gloom... He didn't say anything, but for a person with a good temper like him, this look was already a little displeased.
Mu Wan shook his head and chuckled.
She asked, "What's wrong, Yan Shang? Are you angry?"
Yan Shang said softly: "I dare not."
The two of them were separated by a distance in the carriage. Mu Wanyao couldn't reach him even if she stretched out her hand. She was lazy again, so she just raised her legs, and her skirt swung open like a lotus. In the carriage, the girl raised her shoes and tapped his knee lightly with her toes.
Yan Shang froze, looking down at the tip of her pearly shoes on his knees. The beauty swayed gently, and her jade feet were wrapped under it, and she hooked it again and again...
His knees were a little stiff from being stepped on by her, so Yan Shang had no choice but to look at her and try to persuade her: "Your Highness, don't do this."
Mu Wanyao said, "Go on. I was just joking with you. I don't believe you are really matchmaking for Ju Yuan."
Yan Shang looked at her helplessly and continued, "I am not speaking for Ju Yuan. Because in my opinion, if His Highness is with Yang Sanlang... it's actually OK."
Mu Wanyao was curious: "What do you mean by this?"
Yan Shang pursed his lips and lowered his eyelashes. He seemed to analyze her marriage very seriously: "Although I think it's not good to take sides, if the prince is the crown prince in the future... Your Highness wants to take a big gamble, it may not be impossible. Moreover, Your Highness and Yang Sanlang grew up together, childhood sweethearts, and their relationship is unmatched by others.
"When I saw your expression when you were talking to Yang Sanlang, I knew...you two actually trust each other, and he treats you very well. If...you were married, even if there is a crown prince in charge, Yang Sanlang would probably protect you. From a personal perspective, since you have an old relationship with Yang Sanlang, it would be safe for you to marry him."
Mu Wanyao: "You said it, it's the same as not saying it."
She said, "You think Wei Shu is pretty good, and Yang Si is pretty good too. You really don't want to offend anyone. No matter who your son-in-law is, you think he's good. Don't you have any personal opinions at all? As my retainer, are you going to keep trying to smooth things over like this?"
He still lowered his eyes when speaking.
Mu Wanyao scolded him again and told him a lot. He waited until she finished scolding him before saying, "I naturally have my own ideas. Your Highness, do you want to hear them?"
Mu Wanyao was used to his gentle and non-offensive style, so she said unhappily: "Tell me about it."
Yan Shang said: "If it comes to my personal feelings, I actually don't want Your Highness to choose any of them."
Mu Wanyao was stunned for a moment.
She looked over to him and saw him staring at her.
At this time, the carriage had arrived outside the East Palace and stopped. The servants outside asked the princess to get off the carriage. But they heard the princess's urgent voice: "Wait a minute!"
In the car, Mu Wanyao stared at Yan Shang closely, without missing a single word: "Don't speak halfway. Why don't you want me to choose any of them?"
Yan Shang leaned against the wall of the car, extremely quiet. He looked at her gently and said softly: "If possible, I secretly hope that Your Highness will not be swayed by any interests, and can marry the person you really love, and live in harmony with the person you really love.
"Your Highness's first marriage was about benefits and sacrifice. Will the second marriage be the same?
"If possible, I hope Your Highness has his own preferences and someone he really wants to marry. There must be someone in this world who truly loves Your Highness, and makes Your Highness feel that any benefit is not as good as choosing him. I secretly hope that Your Highness can meet such a person and be truly happy.
"So, if I am speaking from a personal point of view, I don't want Your Highness to choose either of them."
Yan Shang said sincerely: "I hope Your Highness will marry someone he likes."
Mu Wanyao stared at him blankly, stared at him infatuatedly.
His voice was gentle, his eyes were gentle, his temperament was gentle... He spoke slowly, but it was like a sharp knife piercing her heart, piercing her long-closed heart. She felt a little wronged and sad. No one had ever said such words to her...
And Shang stretched out his hand to her and smiled: "The car has stopped, Your Highness, why don't you get out?"
Mu Wan blinked her eyes to hide the momentary distraction in her eyes. He raised his palm upwards, in a supporting gesture. She put her wrist on it, and he gently held it up, and took her down from the carriage.
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When she arrived at the Eastern Palace to meet the Crown Prince, Mu Wanyao had already sorted out all her emotions.
She only showed a little bit of her soft-heartedness just now. When she stepped into the East Palace, she disguised herself completely again and became the cold and arrogant Princess Danyang again.
Yan Shang followed her in, but did not go in to see the prince. Because Yan Shang was not an official now, he was not qualified to meet the prince.
When Yan Shang was waiting for Mu Wanyao in the outer hall, he met Yang Sanlang Yang Si again.
Yang Si sat under a peach tree in the courtyard of the East Palace. He squinted his eyes and sat cross-legged, looking at Yan Shang: "Yan Suchen, right? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants me to meet you."
As he said this, Yang Si was fiddling with a nine-ring chain in his hand, which made clanging sounds for a long time.
A maidservant in the Eastern Palace couldn't bear to see this, so she whispered to Yang Si, "Sanlang, can you keep your voice down? His Highness has ordered you to reflect on your mistakes in the courtyard. Even if you want to play the Nine Rings game, don't make such loud noises. It will be hard for me to explain to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Yang Si waved his hand indifferently: "I know, I know."
His voice really softened.
But Yang Si was filled with deep hatred and sorrow as he fiddled with the nine linked rings in his hand, and it was obvious that he couldn't untie them.
Yang Si: “…”
He originally wanted to untie the Nine Links while giving Yan Shang a warning in a condescending manner, but he got stuck at the first step.
Yan Shang watched him silently for a long time, and at first he even crossed his arms to greet Yang Sanlang. But Yang Sanlang couldn't bear to save face, so he concentrated on solving his nine-linked ring and ignored Yan Shang.
Yan Shang stood beside him for a long time, and Yang Si's face became more and more stiff.
Getting more and more tense.
Anyone who shows off in front of another person and embarrasses himself like this will feel uncomfortable.
Yang Si was upset as to why he thought of playing with the Nine Rings. After thinking about it, he could only blame himself for seeing Yan Shang coming in. He thought that he looked gentle and refined, so he wanted to give him a warning... But he was good at boxing, so why did he need to solve the Nine Rings!
It's really embarrassing that I can't solve it.
When Yang Si was extremely embarrassed, he heard the annoying voice of Yan Erlang: "Take the ring below the ring on your right thumb and circle it to the right three times, then turn to the ring on your left middle finger..."
Yang Si glanced at him unkindly: "Can this kind of children's game stump me? Do you think I can't solve it?"
In fact, Yan Shang had seen him go around the same angle three times, three times like Dayu controlling the flood and passing by his home without entering. Yan Shang only spoke up to remind him when he saw Yang Si's face getting uglier and uglier and sweat starting to seep from his forehead.
Now that Yang Si was staring at him, Yan Shang smiled and said gently, "My dear, you can solve it naturally. Just spend more time. But for a brave man like you, it's a waste of talent to waste time on such trivial matters. You should do more important things."
Yang Si: “…”
He was speechless.
Not only was he speechless, he couldn't even utter a word to reprimand the other person, he even felt as if a ray of spring breeze had blown into his heart, comforting him extremely... As a devil who had been scolded by the prince since he was a child, Yang Si hardly ever heard anyone praising him, but when Yan Shang said this, Yang Si couldn't help but feel complacent.
He couldn't help but convince himself in his heart: what he said made sense.
Although he agreed in his heart, Yang Si didn't show it on his face. He put down the Nine-Linked Ring out of boredom, no longer embarrassed. The young man sat under the flower tree, looking at Yan Shang inquiringly. Even when he was sitting and looking up, Yang Si was still full of vigor, as fast as a sword and lightning, firmly suppressing Yan Shang.
Yang Si said: "Don't think that I will agree with you just because you can talk. This is the East Palace, not some other place."
Yan Shang sighed: "My dear, you seem to have some misunderstandings about me. Let me explain a little."
Yang Si sneered: "You must be joking. What misunderstanding could I have about you?"
Yan Shang felt subtly uncomfortable.
He comforted Yang Si as if he was comforting another Mu Wanyao. Because Yang Si's tone... was too similar to Mu Wanyao's.
Even someone as meticulous as De Yanshang felt uncomfortable.
How good of a relationship can it be like this?
Yan Shang suppressed the discomfort in his heart and kept a gentle smile on his face: "Then please tell me first, why are you so prejudiced against me. If it's just that you saw me last time in Beili and thought I have a bad character, I can explain it."
Yang Si: "You are on good terms with the princess while enjoying wine and women, do you think there is nothing wrong with your character?"
Yan Shang said: "My dear, didn't you sit in Beili to meet me while you were feeling sorry for the princess?"
Yang Si raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "What do you mean?"
Yan Shang: "My dear, you have your own reasons, and I am naturally the same as you."
Yang Si seemed to be thinking about something.
He said, "I ran into you and Yaoyao together at Yongshou Temple before. Why did you two hide from me then?"
Yan Shang naturally wouldn't say that Mu Wanyao was afraid that Yang Si would complain to the Crown Prince. He was surprised and said, "That time must have been an accident, right? I didn't even know you at that time."
Yang Si snorted and didn't believe it, but he couldn't find any evidence.
Yang Si said again: "You are still entangled with my cousin."
Yan Shang was stunned. This time he was really confused: "Who is your cousin?"
Yang Si was furious and jumped up: "You forgot about her so quickly? She is Zhao Wuniang, the Concubine Zhao Ling! My cousin mentions you to me every day, are you keeping her hanging?"
Yan Shang understood.
He smiled bitterly and sighed in embarrassment: "To be honest, I have been rejecting Zhao Wuniang. In order to reject Zhao Wuniang, I even moved... I have done so much, what else can you ask me to do?"
Yang Si was stunned. He looked strange: "...You actually moved to avoid her? Are you really a gentleman?"
The definition of being a gentleman has to be expressed by others. It is meaningless if you just praise yourself.
Yan Shang just didn't say anything.
Yang Si walked around him twice and threw out his last question: "Then how did you get so close to Yaoyao after your marriage was broken off?"
Yan Shang said: "Because I am grateful for the support of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and I have no foundation in Chang'an, I can only choose to rely on the Crown Prince."
Yang Si: "... attached to the prince?"
Yan Shang was surprised and asked, "Isn't the princess on the same side as the prince? If I become the princess's retainer, isn't that the same as being attached to the prince?"
Yang Si frowned.
He wanted to say that the princess and the prince were of course different, but when he saw Yan Shang's calm expression... he took his words back. Maybe this country bumpkin thought it was the same meaning.
After talking like this, Yang Si found that he actually had no misunderstandings about Yan Shang... When Yan Shang bowed to him and asked again, he snorted.
Yang Si: "You should explain why you appeared in Beili that day."
Yan Shang's eyelids twitched slightly.
I thought to myself that Yang Sanlang was probably a fool. After so much time, he was still asked to explain such a thing.
Yan Shang had a new understanding of Yang Si in his heart, but he did not show it on his face. He explained in a gentle voice the reason why he appeared in Beili.
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At this time, in the main hall of the East Palace, Mu Wanyao had just finished speaking his mind: "... This is what I mean. Since big brother wants money, my family is the best entry point. Over the years, my aunt has relied on the favor of my father to plunder treasures and keep beautiful boys. There must be a lot of treasures stored by my aunt. What I mean is that big brother and aunt should talk.
"We need our aunt to make concessions. With the eldest princess setting an example, you, brother, have already received money from her. Isn't it normal for you to ask for money from other families in Chang'an?"
The prince was in deep thought.
He said, "This is the most difficult. In fact, I have thought about it for a long time. There are so many noble families and aristocrats in Chang'an. If the treasury is short of money, I can ask them for it. Unfortunately, you know that I don't have many good friends with noble families... If I start with my aunt, it will naturally be the most appropriate. But the trouble is, why would my aunt help me? Wouldn't my aunt go to my father to complain about me?"
Mu Wanyao smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, big brother. I will help you to ask aunt for help. I will definitely do this for you and let aunt pay the money willingly. In fact, it is not easy for aunt either. Isn't she afraid that she will have no one to rely on after the death of our father? She just has been suppressed by our father for a long time and dares not ask for help from big brother.
"If I help my eldest brother to intercede, my aunt will definitely give in."
The prince seemed to be thinking about something.
He looked at Mu Wanyao with a half-smile and said, "It's just that you and aunt had some conflicts over the previous Tanhua Lang quota. I thought you had forgotten about it long ago, but I didn't expect that you were waiting for this opportunity to take revenge on aunt. Yaoyao, you are holding a grudge now."
Mu Wanyao retorted: "Brother, what you said is meaningless. I am helping you. What's wrong with taking revenge for personal gain?"
The prince laughed.
He really didn't care about personal vengeance, and even though Mu Wanyao had a grudge against the eldest princess, he was very happy.
The battle for the crown prince is a battle of sides. If you don't stand on anyone's side, you are no different from an enemy in the eyes of the crown prince. And Princess Luling's daily style is a bit problematic... The crown prince wants prestige, so he needs to use the princess as a scapegoat.
It's just that due to the emperor's concern, it's difficult to perform surgery on the prince.
But if Mu Wanyao helped him appease the eldest princess and made her willing to be plundered, the prince would naturally like it.
The prince stood up, patted Mu Wanyao's shoulder, and said with relief: "Sixth sister, you can finally do something for your brother."
Mu Wan raised her lips with a hint of smile and glanced out the window nonchalantly.
When she had no other role, the prince thought that her role was to quickly marry Yang Si; but now that she has other roles, the prince will not urge her to get married so much.
The idea Yan Shang gave her... was indeed very good.
Mu Wanyao made up her mind and thought that she would definitely hire Yan Shang as her aide.
However, Mu Wanyao was just casually glancing out the window, but she was stunned. She saw Yan Shang and Yang Si standing together in the courtyard, with their arms around each other's shoulders, fiddling with something together...
While Mu Wan was wondering, the prince also saw it.
The prince: "... Yang San won't cause me any trouble again, right?"
Mu Wan shook: "..."
She looked at the frightened expression of the prince and couldn't help but pursed her lips to hold back her laughter. She wondered how many times the prince had been tricked by Yang Si that he had a bad feeling whenever he saw Yang Si do something?
However, Mu Wanyao couldn't help but sigh that Yan Shang had good relationships with people.
Just when they were on the road, Yan Shang said that there was a misunderstanding between him and Yang Si, but now it seems... this misunderstanding should have been resolved.
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After Mu Wanyao and Yan Shang left the East Palace, Yang Si went in and told the prince what Yan Shang had said to him.
The prince said casually, "Well, whatever. He's helping my sixth sister, which at least means the same thing as helping me now."
Yang Si then said to the prince, "Then there is one thing you must not know. This Yan Suchen is not a simple person. He told me that the reason he showed up in Beili last time was because he knew that night that the princess had replaced the Tanhua Lang. He went to Beili specifically to find someone to resolve the matter."
The prince looked at him speechlessly.
Yang Si, who intuitively felt that he had discovered a big secret, was stunned and asked, "What's wrong?"
The prince said, "...You actually heard it from Yan Suchen himself and then knew that it was Yan Suchen who tampered with the matter?"
Yang Si: “…”
He said, "So you knew it a long time ago? Did you check it out on purpose?"
The prince said nonchalantly: "I didn't investigate it deliberately. I just asked about the whereabouts of several people that night, and I almost figured out how it happened. Otherwise, why do you think I wanted to win over Yan Suchen at the Qujiang Night Banquet? Just because he was the third place winner? There are the most third place winners every year."
Yang Simu lowered his head and sat down cross-legged.
After a while, he couldn't help but slam the table in anger.
The prince glanced at him.
Yang Siyin was angry: "So you knew about this a long time ago, and you still watched me being stupid for so long? You, you guys..."
He was suddenly stunned, and suddenly said: "Yan Suchen must also know that you already know about that matter, so he told me about it today without caring. Because he thinks you already knew it... So in fact, you all know that each other knows, but I don't know? I always thought he went out to have fun?"
The prince paused for a long while, then finally looked up and couldn't help laughing.
"I never thought you'd been so stupid for so long! If I had to tell you everything, what use would I have for you?"
Seeing him laughing, Yang Si was so angry that his eyes turned red and his neck became thick. He flipped the chopping board in front of him and rushed over angrily: "Smart people like you are really going too far! Bastard!"
Peach blossoms were falling in the courtyard. The maid was silent, squatting under the eaves feeding the cat.
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Mu Wanyao and Yan Shang were driving back. On the way, Yan Shang said gently, "Your Highness has just recovered from his illness. Go back and rest. Since I was the one who caused the incident with the Princess, it is natural that I will go to the Princess's mansion to connect the Princess and the Crown Prince."
Mu Wan shook his head in silence: "The eldest princess wanted to sleep with you but failed, and this is the idea you gave her to surrender to the crown prince? Let her sacrifice a little treasure and be humiliated by the crown prince in Chang'an?"
Yan Shang smiled.
He said: "This is the only way to make Her Royal Highness, who does not participate in any politics, sell herself to the Crown Prince."
Mu Wanyao: "But I think you are just seeking revenge for personal gain. I don't believe you can't think of a better way. It's obvious that you don't like the eldest princess and want to see my aunt suffer."
Yan Shang said: "How can you say that?"
But he didn't deny it.
Mu Wan glanced at him and found that his features were gentle and his smile was more sincere than before. It was obvious that he was on her side now and no longer worried about the limits as before. He would not say many things and would not tell her many things even if he did them.
He moved a little closer to her.
When Mu Wanyao saw him smile, she felt happy unconsciously. Even when he was doing bad things, he was so open and aboveboard, which made her really... admire him.
She said angrily, "But do you only want Aunt to suffer this once? You don't have any follow-up measures, so you let Aunt go? I don't think so."
Yan Shangwang looked over and asked, "Your Highness, why do you think I won't just let it go?"
Mu Wan looked up at the sky and said softly, "Because you resisted so fiercely that day."
Yan Shang: “…”
Mu Wanyao had a blank expression on her face, as if she was talking about someone else: "You are not in your right mind. You lost all your dignity when you saw me. The way you looked at that time... made me think you were completely gone. You were tricked by your aunt to such an extent. If you just took a small revenge like this, I don't think it's in line with your style."
She looked up at the sky and thought: "Your face was so red, your body was so hot, you held my hand tightly, you were so tense, you..."
Yan Shang's face showed a trace of embarrassment, and he quickly said: "Your Highness, please stop talking!"
Muwan looked at him mischievously.
When he turned his head, his earlobes were a little red. He coughed and pulled the topic back to the topic deliberately: "In fact, once the crown prince starts to meddle in the affairs of the princess, the princess will not be very good in the future. Because once things are opened, it is difficult to take them back. And your aunt has too many handles...
"In the future, whenever His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is short of money, he will use the eldest princess whenever he thinks of it. If we continue to let this go, sooner or later, the Crown Prince will be unable to resist and take action against the eldest princess, and the power that the eldest princess has today will be completely taken back by the Crown Prince."
Mu Wanyao's eyes widened and he said, "You are such a terrible person. She just wanted to sleep with you, but you wanted to retaliate by taking everything away from her... You are too cruel to the girl who wanted to sleep with you!"
Yan Shang glared at her.
There was a hint of mockery in her eyes, full of teasing.
He had been bullied by her all day and verbally bullied by her for so long that he finally couldn't help himself and replied, "Am I really too harsh on the girls who want to sleep with me? Is it true for every girl?"
Mu Wan was stunned for a moment, then blushed.
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