Mu Wanyao opened her beautiful eyes wide, and raised her voice as if trying to hide something, "What do you mean by everyone? Who are you talking about?"
Of course, Yan Shang is so smart, he certainly knows that she has always wanted to sleep with him...but she didn't succeed!
Doesn't he have a good understanding with her?
Isn't this something we never deal with?
Why did she say it out loud? Did she think she was the same as her aunt, unable to control herself when she saw a good-looking man?
Seeing the princess’s red face and a hint of anger, Yan Shang regretted that he had spoken too quickly and could not hold back.
He frowned and shut up, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and he himself didn't understand why he couldn't help but say something to her just now.
Maybe it was because she had been talking about it all day, even a clay Buddha would have a temper; maybe it was because she and Yang Sanlang were such a perfect match, but she didn't mention it, and she deliberately used her marriage to provoke him...
Between men and women, some emotions are prone to getting out of control.
When Yan Shang reflected on himself for not keeping his composure, he began to apologize: "I was talking about what happened before. After I came to Chang'an and won the third place in the imperial examination, didn't many people propose to me? I said that I rejected them. I didn't treat every lady like I did to the eldest princess.
"It's normal for men and women to admire young girls. There's no need to resort to despicable means. If a girl just likes me, I'm honored. Why should I humiliate her just because she likes me?"
After his explanation, Mu Wan looked better. But when she heard him admit that many ladies liked him, she raised her eyebrows again and felt a little unhappy.
It’s so good to hate him, that’s why many people like him!
It doesn’t matter whether you are a man or a woman!
Mu Wanyao had a gloomy face, his eyes moved around the car, he took a Putao from the fruit plate on the table and put it into his mouth.
Yan Shangze stared at her, wondering why she was still unhappy, when he saw the little princess suddenly raise her eyes, and her eyes as bright as starlight looked at him unexpectedly.
When he was still confused, he saw Mu Wanyao suddenly smile.
With charming eyes, she grabbed a Putao from the fruit plate on the table and sat towards him. Her jade-like fingers extended to his lips, trying to put the Putao into his mouth.
Yan Shang leaned back stiffly, Mu Wan knelt on the low seat, leaned on his shoulder, and breathed in his ear.
Yan Shang felt a little numb at the back of his head, listening to her trying to feed Putao into his mouth and threatening him: "If you eat it, I won't be mad at you anymore! Open your mouth!"
Yan Shang: "Your Highness..."
Mu Wan urged: "Eat, eat!"
He couldn't resist her teasing, but was also afraid that he wouldn't be able to handle her if she pounced on him. It was not easy for him to be in this dilemma.
So, in a daze, Yan Shang was urged by her to open his mouth and swallow the Putao that she was twisting between her fingers into his mouth.
Mu Wanyao lowered her eyes to look at him, and suddenly hooked her fingertips at the corner of his lips, and Yan Shang accidentally took it into his mouth.
An instant crispy feeling.
Yan Shang's face flushed, and he quickly opened his mouth to let her hand go. He then took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands.
He was confused and wanted to apologize in a panic, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he had the Putao she stuffed in his mouth. It was so impolite to talk with something in his mouth.
Yan Shang looked embarrassed.
Mu Wan shook herself and took a towel to wipe her hands. It was rare to see him so flustered, so she couldn't help but smile. But this was not enough, she stared at Yan Shang, and sure enough, the next moment, Yan Shang suddenly frowned and his face was a little stiff.
Mu Wan shook his head and opened his eyes wide with joy. He grabbed his shoulder and said with a smile: "Did you bite it? Did you bite Putao? It was very sour, right? It was so sour that it hurt your teeth, right?"
Yan Shang's face was already red, and he looked extremely embarrassed, so he quickly turned to the side. However, Mu Wanyao knelt beside him, leaned over and patted his shoulder, and came over to see his expression, to see how he couldn't stand the sour fruit in his mouth.
The more embarrassed he was, the happier she was, and she pulled him back to prevent him from hiding.
Ice and fire.
On one hand, there is the sourness that makes him want to die right now, and on the other hand, there is the intoxicating sweetness brought by her approaching.
His mouth was extremely sour, Yan Shang had never eaten anything so sour before. He couldn't help but admire Mu Wan for eating without changing his expression.
But she was mean and insisted that he also feel the taste of Putao.
Even Yan Shang, who was so good-tempered, was teased by her and broke out in sweat. He even began to blame who had put such sour Putao in the food for the princess... Wasn't he afraid that Princess Danyang would get angry?
Under normal circumstances, Mu Wanyao would definitely get angry, but at this moment, Mu Wanyao liked Pu Tao too much.
She lay on Yan Shang's shoulder and admired him for a long time.
He felt extremely uncomfortable, frowning, his whole face flushed, water stains on his long, thick black eyelashes, his body trembling slightly, and he couldn't find anything with his hands...and Mu Wanyao liked the way he looked when he was weak but still trying to hold on!
But after watching him for a long time, seeing how he was at a loss and wanted to vomit but couldn't, Mu Wanyao finally felt a little pity for him. She handed the handkerchief to his mouth and said softly, "Vomit it out. If you really can't eat it, just spit it out. You are really too weak... You can't even stand this little bit of acid."
Yan Shang didn't spit out Putao in the end. He closed his eyes and swallowed Putao after forcing himself to hold it in for a long time. Mu Wanyao handed him a cup of tea, and he relaxed, leaned against the wall of the car, and breathed a sigh of relief.
Yan Shang opened his eyes and saw Mu Wanyao staring at him teasingly.
Her little face was flushed, her eyes were bright, and she looked at him with a smile.
Apparently his suffering was her joyful day.
Yan Shang couldn't help but say, "Your Highness is too bad."
Mu Wan snorted and said, "You are too weak! I think you should practice quickly. If something happens in the future, and the enemy gives you something sour, you may confess everything before you can even punish him."
Yan Shang reflected: "Your Highness is right. Can you give me this plate of Putao?"
Mu Wan was stunned. She didn't expect that he really wanted to practice... Wasn't he too strict with himself?
Mu Wanyao didn’t like people who demanded too much from themselves. She found it boring and waved her hand, leaving him alone.
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After being teased by Mu Wanyao for a long time, Yan Shang's expression had calmed down when he got off the carriage in front of the Princess's Mansion. After he got off the carriage, he was about to bow to Mu Wanyao and leave, but the carriage did not wait for him to bow. Almost as soon as he landed, the carriage left.
There is nothing to say yet.
It was still his familiar evening swaying style.
No matter how nice you were to him the last moment, he will always turn against you and ignore you the next moment.
Don't think too much about this matter, thinking too much is useless and makes people upset. Yan Shang turned around and sighed, tidied his appearance and mood, went to the door, took the Danyang Princess's name card, and visited the eldest princess.
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Princess Luling met Yan Shang.
After letting Yan Shang leave that night, Princess Luling was wavering. She felt that this man was a ruthless person and that it would be better to kill him to eliminate the trouble forever. After all, he was not an official now, so it would be easy to kill him. Also, because Mu Wanyao had come over and had linked Yan Shang and the prince together in his words, the princess was wary.
The eldest princess had been hesitating for several days over Yan Shang's idea of submitting to the crown prince.
Originally, she was afraid that she would betray the prince and be discovered by her brother, who would punish her. But after several days of no movement from the prince, the princess began to worry whether Yan Shang was deceiving her or the prince simply didn't want to use her.
When the eldest princess was extremely anxious, Yan Shang came to her house, which made her feel relieved.
Yan Shang was very good at understanding the enemy's psychology. The more he rushed forward, the more hesitant the other party became; the more he delayed, the more anxious the other party became than he was.
So Yan Shang went to see the eldest princess again and used negotiation skills that were even easier than the last time in bed, which easily made the eldest princess feel relieved.
The princess no longer regarded Yan Shang as a beautiful boy who could only please her in bed, but asked with a respectful attitude towards her counselor: "... Then according to Yan Lang, should I take the initiative to donate money to the prince?"
Yan Shang said in a gentle voice: "If you take the initiative, in the eyes of others, your Highness is too sensitive about political affairs."
The eldest princess: "Please teach me, Yan Lang."
Although she had her own staff, over the years, her staff's role has become to help her find handsome men everywhere. Those staff have been spoiled by the princess herself, and in order to avoid bothering two masters, the princess simply asked Yan Shang directly what she should do.
Yan Shang's eyes flickered subtly, a little surprised, why did he ask such a simple question. Did this princess really trust him so much?
impossible.
That can only be because the eldest princess has no one available.
Yan Shang understood, but still had a gentle smile on his face: "Your Highness has so many male beauties in your house. Just let one of them make a mistake, let the prince catch him, and then your Highness will apologize. Isn't it simple?"
The princess nodded. She really didn't dare to touch politics, fearing that if she got involved, her brother would take away her power. Yan Shang came up with this idea, and she felt that it would only happen once, and it would not happen again.
Of course, the eldest princess could also see that Yan Shang wanted to embarrass her by asking her to do this in this way.
The princess laughed, thinking, after all, he is a young man, do you think I care about the loss of money and face? Well, he wanted to take such a small revenge, she would take it as an apology.
However, she didn't understand that Yan Shang was not planning for the present, but for the future.
The prince will not let go of the eldest princess's useful "money bag". Not only will he not let go of it, but after using it for a long time, he will become greedy.
For many things, once you do them for the first time, it’s hard to go back once you’ve spoken up.
Princess Luling felt that Yan Shang was so charming and graceful that she felt like she was in the spring breeze.
The way she treated him before, Yan Erlang did not show it on his face. If she and Yan Shang did not know it, no one would have known that she had drugged Yan Shang before.
This person...Princess Luling was a little unwilling.
Asked: "Yan Erlang, I am not trying to humiliate you, but I really admire your talent. Can you come to work in my eldest princess's mansion?"
Yan Shang said, "I am here today to question you on behalf of the Crown Prince."
The princess felt lost, knowing that the other party was rejecting her in a tactful way. She reluctantly left and asked her servant to see him off. Seeing the other party's graceful figure, as pure as bamboo, walking under the corridor outside the window, the princess was so happy that she drooled, but she had no choice but to let him go...
The servant was sending Yan Shang out. On the way, Feng Xianyu came over. Feng Xianyu gave the servant a few instructions and offered to send Yan Shang out.
Feng Xianyu is now a frequent visitor to the Princess's mansion and is the Princess's most favored person recently. The servants certainly dare not disobey this young man.
When it comes to speaking naturally, there is nothing wrong with it.
When they were alone, Yan Shang whispered to Feng Xianyu, "...I didn't think much about what Brother Feng reminded me of last time, and ended up wasting Brother Feng's good intentions."
Feng Xianyu remained silent.
After a while, he said, "You give this advice to the princess just to trick her because she has no advisers to ask."
Yan Shang smiled but said nothing. He thought that if there was someone to ask Princess Luling, he would not have come up with such an idea.
Feng Xianyu continued, "When she suffers a few more losses at the hands of the prince, she will come to her senses and cry to His Majesty, and maybe accuse the prince of 'forming a clique for personal gain'. At that time, the prince might even push you out to avoid the disaster.
"Yan Er, why would you come up with such an idea just to vent your anger?"
There was a hint of disappointment in Yan Shang in his tone, and he felt that he had overestimated Yan Shang's IQ.
Yan Shang smiled in surprise. He didn't expect Feng Xianyu would remind him.
Currently, all the concubines around the princess are clinging to her to enjoy wealth and glory. Feng Xianyu is probably the only one who is truly educated, talented, and wants to take the imperial examination...
Yan Shang has always been a person who returns a favor, so when the other party reminded him, he also wanted to help Feng Xianyu.
Yan Shang whispered: "But isn't this Brother Feng's chance to come forward?"
Feng Xianyu was stunned and looked at him: "...How do you say that?"
The two walked together and left the Princess's palace. To outsiders, it seemed like they were just a pair of good friends saying goodbye. No one knew what Yan Shang was talking about.
Yan Shang said: "After the princess realized that I had tricked her into suffering a lot from the crown prince, she wanted to file a complaint with the emperor, and it was Brother Feng who stopped her. Because she is really powerful, she really needs to prepare for the time after His Majesty passes away. But the people around her are all pleasure-seeking people. Seeing that the princess suffered a loss, they must have urged her to get rid of this matter.
"At that time, Brother Feng should persuade the princess to stay and analyze for her what is the long-term solution. How can serving someone with beauty last long? If Brother Feng can play a greater role, he can stay with the princess longer and gain more things.
"Of course, the premise of my suggestion is that Brother Feng wants to rely on the Princess to seek official position and fame. If Brother Feng wants to get rid of the Princess halfway, then just pretend I never said such a thing."
Feng Xianyu was so stunned that he stopped where he was.
Yan Shang looked at him with a smile.
The two had already left the princess's mansion. Feng Xianyu looked at the young man's demeanor and felt bitter and inferior.
He thought he had seen through Yan Shang's tactics...but he didn't expect that Yan Shang had left him a glimmer of hope.
If he hadn't come to see Yan Shang off today, maybe Yan Shang wouldn't have reminded him at all. He would have missed a good opportunity...
Feng Xianyu thought, he was a few years older than Yan Erchi, and he thought he understood the situation in Chang'an better than Yan Erchi. But now it seemed...what's the point of living a few more years?
He is not as good as Yan Shang, that is to say, he is not as good as him.
I need no thanks for your great kindness.
Feng Xianyu said nothing, but stood in front of the princess's mansion, bowed his hands, and performed a very solemn salute to Yan Shang.
Yan Shang turned sideways to avoid it, and naturally would not accept Feng Xianyu's gift.
The two stopped talking, but the conflict between the top scholar that day... Feng Xianyu sighed, thinking that the conflict seemed to be resolved by Yan Shang.
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A few days after Yan Shang finished dealing with the eldest princess's affairs, the eldest princess's lover was reported to Jingzhao Yin for whipping a commoner while drunk in the street.
Jingzhao Yin was originally the consort of Princess Yuyang.
Princess Yuyang's biological brother is the third prince, Prince of Qin. Logically speaking, the natural position of the Jingzhao Yin of Chang'an is actually on the side of Prince of Qin.
But before the King of Qin could react to the fact that the Princess' lover was beating someone, the Crown Prince took the people from the Dali Temple and directly took over the case. The King of Qin didn't know what the Crown Prince was doing, but the position of the political enemy was that he would stop the other party from doing anything he wanted to do, even if he didn't understand it.
This case exhausted the Dali Temple and Jingzhao Yin, and led to another fight between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin. In the end, the Crown Prince gained the upper hand.
There are so many things to think about behind this case.
Mu Wanyao followed behind the prince, witnessed the incident from beginning to end, helped the prince deal with it, and interceded for the prince in many ways.
She murmured in her heart, not knowing whether Yan Shang knew that she had dragged everyone into this, nor whether Yan Shang did it on purpose.
But this is a matter between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin.
Yan Shang naturally went back to Hongwenguan all day, concentrating on studying, and didn't ask about the follow-up of this matter. Mu Wanyao was relieved to see that he ignored her.
Yan Shang specially wrote a note to her and said, "Your Highness, don't be too obsessed with power."
Mu Wanyao immediately burned the note: "He cares about me?"
In fact, she was a little afraid that Yan Shang would steal the credit from her and steal the limelight from her in front of the prince.
He concentrates on studying and is the best.
In order to show her support for Yan Shang's studies, Mu Wanyao even took the trouble to move many books from her princess mansion to the house opposite, saying that they were gifts for Yan Shang.
This made Chunhua hesitate to speak.
I think the princess is too nice to Yan Shang.
However, Mu Wanyao was in high spirits, so why would she care about those things?
Because of her affairs as the eldest princess, she began to be noticed by the crown prince, and he began to assign her to do some things.
The ministers no longer just regarded her as a little princess who had returned from marriage, but would consider her opinions. Sometimes when Mu Wanyao spoke, they would also consider the position of the Princess Danyang.
The carriages in front of Princess Danyang's mansion were finally no longer just those of her aides who had left the mansion and were now officials.
Mu Wanyao then became more actively involved in government affairs and increased her own weight. She not only wanted to make the prince feel that she was useful, but also to make more people fear her.
On Yan Shang's side, Liu Wenzhi arrived.
When Yan Shang was busy studying, he would naturally care about his old friends.
But in March, when he and Chunhua listened to Liu Wenzhi's heartfelt words in Beili, and knew that Liu Wenzhi had a lot of opinions about him, Yan Shang distanced himself from Liu Wenzhi.
Liu Wenzhi felt upset. Both his lover and friends had opinions about him, and he finally began to reflect on himself.
This time when Liu Wenzhi came to see Yan Shang, he solemnly apologized to Yan Shang for what he had said that day, and asked Yan Shang to help him meet Chunhua so that he could apologize to Chunhua.
Yan Shang welcomed Liu Wenji into the mansion. He was not angry at Liu Wenji's previous contempt for him, but kindly suggested: "It's okay for me. I'm not as talented as you. It's normal for you to feel unfair. What's more, you apologized to me, so I naturally accept your apology.
"However, I still have some opinions about Chunhua. If you want to meet Madam Chunhua through me, I am afraid that as a middleman, you will hurt Madam Chunhua's heart again, which will make me feel guilty. I can't help but ask Brother Liu, what are your plans for the future?"
Liu Wenji bowed to Yan Shang.
After not seeing each other for three months, Liu Wenzhi looked very different from his previous arrogant appearance.
He restrained his aura a lot, no longer looking down on everyone in the world. Liu Wenji was handsome, he restrained his aura, standing in front of Yan Shang in a cloth, there was a bit of the brilliance of jade.
Liu Wenji said: "Yan Er, you are right. I underestimated the people in the world before. I think I am the most talented, so I don't take the people in the world seriously. I have wasted a year in Chang'an, and I finally figured it out. I should take the exam seriously and no longer reject the paper. Even if I still fail the exam next year, I should keep a calm mind...
"To be honest, I've been in Chang'an for more than a year, and my family's money can no longer support me. I feel ashamed, and I plan to learn from other poor children and sell my poems and essays for money to seek fame and fortune. I'm also thinking... If I still fail the exam next year, I can't let Chunhua wait for me anymore.
"I will ask for her hand in marriage, ask for her hand in marriage from the princess's mansion. I hope that you, Su Chen, can help me speak well of her to Princess Danyang when the time comes."
Yan Shang hurriedly congratulated him: "Then I wish Brother Liu the best in advance. Brother Liu, this attitude is the best... It's only been three months, Brother Liu, have you really figured it out?"
Liu Wenzhi looked into Yan Shang's smiling and gentle eyes.
Liu Wenji blushed and said awkwardly: "Su Chen, you also know my temper... I am trying hard to restrain myself, but you can't ask me to change my temper and become a different person in three months, right?"
Yan Shang smiled and said, "Of course I won't ask you to do that. This is already very good. As long as Brother Liu is willing to change, I will naturally help you."
He sighed, "How can a person's temper be changed overnight? Life is a hundred years long, and one needs to reflect on oneself every day in order to avoid making mistakes."
Liu Wenji: “…”
Liu Wenji was silent for a while and then said, "There's no need to be as hard on yourself as you are."
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After agreeing to this matter with Liu Wenji, Yan Shang would naturally come to the princess's residence to find Chunhua and help the two of them get together.
But Yan Shang obviously has a lot on his mind.
He not only studied, not to mention the fact that he went to the Hongwenguan every day; he also had a lot of friends to get together with, and because he was very popular, he was invited to every banquet, and he needed to screen and not lose face to everyone; and no one knew what he was busy with, so he went to the West Market all day.
Chang'an was divided into the East Market and the West Market. The East Market was mostly visited by dignitaries, while the West Market was more populated by foreign merchants and travelers.
According to the location of the market where Yan Shang currently lives, he is actually much closer to the East Market. But he often goes to the West Market, which is somewhat intriguing.
Mu Wanyao doesn't care about him.
She was now immersed in political affairs, and even though she didn't see Yan Shang next door every day when she went in and out of the door, she didn't think about him.
When she suddenly remembered, it was already June. January was coming, and the servants next door, who all had indentures from the Princess's Mansion, naturally had to come to the Princess's Mansion to collect their monthly wages.
When the steward of the mansion was distributing monthly wages, the servants were chatting, and Mu Wanyao, who had just returned home, overheard it.
Listen to them talking about what's happening next door: "Yan Erlang goes to the West Market every day, and I don't know what he's busy with."
Mu Wanyao remembered something, stopped walking, and interrupted, "I heard from a minister today that many beauties from the Western Regions have come to the West Market recently. They opened a wine shop in the West Market, and those beauties from the Western Regions, instead of going to the North Market, dance and sing in the shop.
"They are both beautiful and unrestrained! These beauties have recently fascinated the entire Chang'an. Many ministers want to see them."
There was no saying in the Wei Dynasty that officials were not allowed to visit prostitutes. Not only that, it was a good thing for anyone to be liked by the young ladies in Beili.
And if a high-ranking official in the court has never been to Beili, the Wei Dynasty will not say that this person is upright and dignified. Instead, it will say that this person is not good enough, a hypocrite, and a country bumpkin.
When Mu Wanyao thought of this, he swore, "I saw Yan Shang, he must have gone to the West Market to see the beautiful Hu woman."
As she said this, there was frost in her eyes, filled with murderous intent.
Everyone: “…”
As he was speaking, someone came to report: "Your Highness, Yan Erlang has come to pay his respects."
Mu Wan was stunned for a moment, then looked behind her with a smile on her face. When she heard that he was coming, she couldn't help but feel happy.
However, her joy was only momentary. Mu Wanyao soon thought that Yan Shang might be hugging Hu women in the tavern in the West Market, and her face turned cold.
Mu Wan shook: "No."
The servant who came to report: "Uh..."
In the evening, he shook his head and looked away with cold eyes.
The servant lowered his head and whispered, "Yan Erlang said that if His Highness is unwilling to see him, Madam Chunhua can also."
Mu Wanyao sneered: "...He is a prophet who knows that I don't want to see him! He even warned you in advance!"
Her eyes were blazing with fire as she glared at Chunhua who was standing next to her. Her eyes were filled with not only anger, but also grievance and unwillingness.
Chunhua was originally watching the fun, but when the princess looked over, she was stunned for a moment: "Ah? Looking for me? Why me?"
Chunhua quickly explained to the princess: "Your Highness, there is absolutely no private relationship between Yan Erlang and me... I will let him go now..."
Mu Wan grabbed Chunhua's hand and said with a smile: "Why let him go? Let him in! I want to hear what he has to say to you, Chunhua... I want to see what you are doing behind my back!"
So Mu Wanyao forced Chunhua to let Yan Shang in. She was afraid that they would not be able to relax, so she specially arranged an empty room for them.
Mu Wan paced back and forth for a long time, then simply changed into a maid's clothes and hid behind the screen.
Princess Danyang leaned against the screen, wanting to hear why Yan Shang wanted to find Chunhua.
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