Mu Wanyao asked Yan Shang to sit on the couch by the window. She took out the medicine powder and a small spoon, and asked him to raise his face so that she could apply the medicine on him.
When her fingers touched his face, she felt the skin beneath her fingers was slightly hot, and he seemed to tremble uncontrollably.
Mu Wan looked down and saw that he was looking down again, not looking at her. However, Mu Wan looked at his temples and saw that his ears were slightly red, so she sneered in her heart.
He was just trying to be nonchalant.
Mu Wan shook her lips and felt as if her fingertips were about to be burned by the temperature of his face.
But who wouldn’t be indifferent?
Mu Wanyao's mood always changed quickly. Before, she was so angry that she wanted to tear him apart. Now, she held his face calmly and forced him to look up. He resisted slightly, and Mu Wanyao scolded him: "Don't move."
Yan Shang lowered his eyes and said softly, "Your Highness, just use clean water to clean me, don't use wine."
Mu Wan was about to touch the sake cup on the table next to him when she shook her hand. She was surprised when she heard this: "Why is that?"
Yan Shang whispered, "Your Highness knows that I never drink, so you can't touch me at all. I'm afraid if the wine touches me... I'll get drunk."
Mu Wan shook: "..."
What a miraculous delicate physique this is.
She suddenly remembered the night she refused her father's marriage proposal, when Yan Shang came to see her. When she was drunk that night, she felt that Yan Shang staggered a little when he first came in... Was he a little dizzy from the alcohol at that time?
Then he, then he later... was able to endure the discomfort and rejected her.
It’s not easy either.
Mu Wanyao said "Oh" leisurely, poured another glass of water, and said, "It hurts a little, don't scream."
Yan Shang couldn't help but look up and glance at her.
She looked at him mischievously.
He coughed and looked away.
After that, it was natural to clean his wounds with water, wipe off the blood, then hold the medicine powder, sprinkle it on his face little by little with a spoon, and grind it gently.
But Mu Wanyao's hands were shaking slightly. After she wiped the blood off his face, she saw a long and narrow scratch that almost cut through half of his left face. Although the scar did not damage the young man's beauty, it still damaged it.
Mu Wanyao felt guilty.
It was her temper that hurt him.
Mu Wanyao gently rubbed the powder on his face with a cotton swab. It might have been a little stinging, and his drooping eyelashes trembled slightly. She stood in front of him and felt that his body was very tense. She looked down and saw the blush on his face flowing straight to his neck and continued downwards.
The sunlight sprinkled a layer of gold powder on his eyelashes, which trembled slightly, like dancing lights, so moving.
Mu Wanyao was stunned for a moment and stopped what he was doing.
Yan Shang thought that he had affected her, and said, "Sorry, I won't move around anymore."
Mu Wan was stunned for a moment and muttered: "It's none of your business..."
Continue to hold his face and apply medicine to him.
However, this time, I couldn't help but look at his face carefully.
In fact, she seldom looked at Yan Shang seriously. She was always full of anger and disdain for him, and sometimes when she was happy, she treated him like a toy. She knew he was good-looking from the first time she saw him, but so what?
Princess Danyang's heart was as calm as a still pond.
Only at this time, because she had to bend down to apply the medicine, she had to get close to him. She held his face, breathing very close to him, watching his long drooping eyelashes sprinkled with golden light, his tall nose bridge was somewhat delicate, his lips were slightly red and pursed, and his expression was peaceful.
He is handsome, yet somewhat gentle. His nose, mouth, eyes, and eyebrows all reveal the calm and composed side of his character.
Mu Wanyao said slowly, "Yan Shang."
"...Hmm?" She leaned so close to him and spoke to him, her breath brushing against his face, and Yan Shang's face became even hotter. But he never raised his eyes to look at her. He hesitated for a moment before replying.
Mu Wanyao said, "Do you think I have a bad temper?"
Yan Shang was slightly startled, and finally raised his eyes to look at her. The moment he raised his eyes, his eyelashes lifted, and the golden sunlight locked into his eyes, like the broken light of a clear lake, so beautiful that Mu Wan shook her hand and trembled lightly, pressing on his wound, which made him stiff for a moment.
However, he did not show it, so Mu Wanyao did not realize that she was clumsy and hurt him again.
Yan Shang looked at her for a moment and said, "Why did your highness say that?"
Mu Wanyao applied the medicine to him slowly and said slowly, "This is obvious. I often lose my temper and look down on you. Now I've even hurt you. I'm unreasonable and don't care about what you say. I'm willful and pretentious, and I only care about myself."
The corners of her lips curled up.
He smiled self-deprecatingly and coldly: "It must be tiring for you to get along with someone like me, right?"
Yan Shang said: "It is indeed very tiring."
Mu Wan shook: "..."
Her eyes suddenly became angry and she glared at him fiercely.
Seeing Yan Shang sitting on the couch, who seemed shorter than her, she smiled slightly. Mu Wanyao noticed his kneeling posture leaning back.
If they were lovers, their standing posture would be very suitable for him to put his arm around her waist or hold her on his lap to comfort her.
It’s a pity that Mu Wanyao and Yan Shang don’t have that kind of relationship.
Yan Shang's arms were propped up on the couch, close to her, but he tried hard not to get too tired. His upper body was slightly backward, his face tilted up, this action... Mu Wan glanced at his waist, thinking, his waist must be very painful?
Of course Yan Shang didn't know that Mu Wan was distracted and thinking about his waist or something.
He said softly, "Although it's very hard for people to get along with your Highness, it seems to be okay for me."
When he analyzed himself, he smiled a little uncomfortably: "Your Highness also knows me. I have always been very good at getting along with others. There are very few people who make me feel difficult and at a loss as to what to do. After a long time, I actually have some fixed routines when getting along with others."
Mu Wan shook his head and said, "Sure enough, he is very good at dealing with people."
Yan Shang was a person who was very used to self-analysis. He frowned slightly and continued to analyze himself: "But I often can't understand His Highness's mind, and I don't know what His Highness is thinking... Because His Highness is moody, he is always happy one moment and turns his face and ignores me the next moment. When I get along with His Highness, I have to be attentive, and it really feels like..."
Mu Wanyao interrupted: "Do you feel like you are still a human being and have not become a saint?"
Yan Shang: “…”
He said helplessly: "That's probably what it means."
Although what Mu Wanyao said was very unpleasant.
Mu Wanyao looked down at him and suddenly smiled. She said softly, "Actually, I wasn't like this originally... I used to be very gentle, even more kind than Zhao Wu Niang. If you think Wu Niang is cute, I was actually better than her before. If you saw me at that time, you would definitely think I was well-behaved and cute."
She thought about it again, puffed up her cheeks, and said angrily: "But if I had known you at that time, I would have been deceived by you, sold by you and counted the money for you, and thought you were the best man in the world, and cried and begged to marry you."
Yan Shang chuckled, probably he also thought about what the obedient and well-behaved Mu Wanyao would be like.
He smiled lightly, shook his head, and did not refute her words. It was rare for him to be so relaxed, no longer the calm and composed look that he always had, even if the sky was falling.
Mu Wanyao's heart was moved when she saw this.
She had already applied the medicine to him, but she couldn't bear to let go of his face. The cotton yarn was thrown on the table, and she still held his face with her fingers, watching him smile.
Her heart was slightly moved, and she looked a little foolish.
She murmured, "But that's not certain. You are such a good person, how could you deceive a weak and innocent girl like me?"
Yan Shang couldn't help but look at her and sighed, "Finally, Your Highness said something fair for me."
Mu Wanyao looked at her reflection in his upturned eyes. She was mesmerized and said in a daze: "...Why didn't I meet you then? If I had known you then..."
Perhaps even if she still couldn't escape the fate of marrying a foreign prince, things wouldn't have come to this point today.
If she had known Yan Shang at that time, if Yan Shang would still help her at that time, if he was in Wuman at that time and comforted her... she thought she would not have developed such a bad personality as she has today.
He remained silent for a long while.
After a while, he finally said in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness, has the medicine been administered?"
Mu Wan came back to his senses and stepped back.
She lowered her eyes and watched Yan Shang stand up. He stood in front of her for a long time before he whispered, "Your Highness, do you still want me to apply medicine for you?"
Mu Wan shook her head and said, "Aren't you unwilling to apply medicine to me?"
Yan Shang said gently: "I'm just afraid of offending Your Highness and humiliating Your Highness's reputation. Why wouldn't I want to do that?"
Mu Wanyao said: "...I thought you were afraid that your good reputation would be affected by me."
Yan Shang paused, he couldn't bear to see her so clear-headed.
Mu Wanyao always knew everything in her heart... Yan Shang felt a little pain in his heart, and he grabbed her wrist and whispered: "My reputation is not as important as your highness?"
He thought for a moment and said slowly, "Your Highness, you are a princess, you can be whatever you want. If a princess has to compromise her temper, wouldn't the world be too difficult? Your Highness can naturally become a princess that people love and admire, endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens without changing her expression, and no matter what happens, she won't show any signs, so that everyone around you can trust you and follow you.
"But if you don't want to be like that, what does it matter? Who says that princesses must be the same and that ladies in the world can't have their own temper? I haven't seen Your Highness beat your servants for every turn. At most, he would scold them a few times... I thought a princess could do whatever she wanted. It's good enough that you just lost your temper.
"Your Highness... it would be good if you could live a more comfortable life."
Mu Wan shook her head and looked at him.
She said nothing, but thought in her heart that Yan Shang said this now because he didn't know her past; when he knew it, he would know like the people in Chang'an that she, a princess, didn't have a very good reputation.
Yan Shang is a man who is said to be smooth with people, but he is very open with everyone he talks to. He seems to see everyone's difficulties and empathize with them... This kind of person is hypocritical, but also very gentlemanly.
Regardless of whether he was true or false, if Yan Erlang was willing to treat people like this for the rest of his life, he would be a gentleman. His words moved Mu Wanyao.
Mu Wanyao smiled indifferently, lowered his eyes, pushed him and said, "Go get the medicine."
Yan Shang turned around, put away the medicine on the table, went out to give it to the maid, and then got new medicine. While he was out, Mu Wanyao threw a piece of mint into a cup of clear water and drank the water with her lips pursed.
Her cheeks were red and her brows were frowned.
She thought that he would apply medicine to her mouth later.
She had to rinse her mouth quickly behind his back.
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At night, the princess's mansion was brightly lit.
Mu Wanyao sat on the third floor attic of the inner courtyard, staring at the mansion opposite the princess's mansion in a trance. Behind her, not to mention the maids waiting for her, there were also three or four staff members standing there, accompanying the princess.
But the princess just sat there without saying anything, and no one knew what she was looking at, which made her staff very confused.
In Mu Wanyao's eyes, the lights in the mansion opposite the princess's mansion were dim all the time. This meant that there were only servants in the mansion and Yan Shang was not there.
Half an hour ago, Concubine Zhao Ling was still waiting in the alley; now, the gate was about to close, and Concubine Zhao Ling left reluctantly.
After sitting in the cold wind for a while, Mu Wanyao saw the lights of the mansion opposite gradually light up, sporadically, as if the whole yard had come alive. Mu Wanyao changed her sitting position and rubbed her neck, knowing that Yan Shang had returned home.
Only after he came back, this place stopped being as calm as stagnant water.
Mu Wan shook her head and asked the maid behind her: "Has Zhao Wu Niang still been going out early and coming back late every day these days?"
The maid on duty today is Xia Rong. Chunhua said she was not feeling well and went to bed early.
Xia Rong quickly replied: "Yes, Zhao Wu Niang has persisted for almost ten days. It seems that... she can still hold on."
Mu Wan smiled, but felt a little envious in his heart.
That kind of persistence. If you decide on a person, do you have to follow him/her for life? Mu Wanyao no longer has this mentality.
For Mu Wanyao, she could throw back into the pool anything she had already obtained for the sake of profit. What about those things she had not yet obtained?
However, Mu Wanyao now gets upset when she sees Concubine Zhao Lingfei every day when she goes out of the house. In order to make herself less upset, she plans to solve this matter.
Mu Wan asked his staff, "You are all gentlemen, let me ask you, if a girl pesters you and insists on marrying you, and she comes from a good family, you can't afford to offend her. How can you avoid this girl?"
The staff immediately knew that Mu Wanyao was talking about Yan Erlang.
They pretended not to know and suggested: "If it were you, you could say that you already have a girl you love."
Mu Wan looked at the maid Xia Rong.
Xia Rong looked back blankly.
Mu Wanyao said impatiently: "Send this idea to the servants in the mansion opposite and ask them to give some advice to their master who will never refuse anyone."
Xia Rong said “Oh oh oh”, feeling ashamed that he and the princess had no tacit understanding, and hurried out to do his work.
But after a while, Xia Rong came back.
She said tremblingly, "I went to find the servant named Yunshu who often follows Erlang recently. He said that their master had coaxed Zhao Wuniang in this way a long time ago, but it was useless."
Mu Wan was puzzled: "Why is it useless?"
Xia Rong didn't dare tell the princess that Yunshu said this simple method had already been thought of by their husband, so there was no need for others to point it out.
Xia Rongjian said the important thing: "Yan Erlang told Zhao Wuniang that he had a favorite girl, and Zhao Wuniang asked who it was. Erlang made up a lie, and Zhao Wuniang left sadly that day. Erlang thought Wuniang had finally left, but Zhao Wuniang remembered what Erlang said and ran to find the girl that Erlang lied about.
"After searching like this, she naturally knew that Erlang was lying. When Zhao Wuniang came back to see Erlang, she not only did not question why Erlang lied to her, but also confessed with tears in her eyes, asking Erlang not to tease her even if he didn't like her.
"What can he do to a man as gentle as Erlang? Now, he is just hiding and not daring to see anyone."
Mu Wan shook his head and said, "Trash."
I don't know whether she was scolding Yan Shang for being a waste or the staff behind him who gave advice for being a waste.
Anyway, the people standing behind the princess lowered their heads and dared not speak. After that, they came up with some ideas, but found that Yan Erlang had also used them and they were useless. Everyone looked at each other, and then saw the princess snort coldly, get up and leave.
Mu Wanyao said impatiently: "Such a simple matter still requires me to do it myself."
Xia Rong whispered: "It's mainly because of my reputation..."
When the princess looked back at her, she dared not speak any more. She was trembling in her heart and secretly prayed that Chunhua would recover soon. It was really too hard to serve the princess personally.
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The next day, Mu Wanyao came back from outside and saw Concubine Zhao Ling squatting at the door of Yan Shang's mansion again, chatting with the maid with a smile.
Mu Wan shook her head indifferently and called out, "Concubine Zhao Ling."
"Ah?" Concubine Zhao Ling looked up and saw the princess coming back. She quickly stood up and saluted, smiling, "Your Highness, you came back so early today."
There was a hint of melancholy in her tone, and she thought that she would not be able to see Yan Erlang again today.
Mu Wan looked at her and said, "Come with me to my house. I have something to tell you."
Concubine Zhao Ling was bewildered, but she quickly lifted her skirt and followed Mu Wanyao with a smile.
She had been playing with her cousin for a long time, and although she often saw Mu Wanyao with a cold face, because Yang Si always spoke of Mu Wanyao in a nonchalant and casual tone, Zhao Lingfei had the impression that the princess was not a bad person.
However, others do not think so.
The maid who was happily chatting with Princess Zhao Lingfei at the gate of the mansion just now was a little panicked, because she knew that Princess Danyang had a bad temper and was afraid that such a lively and cheerful Zhao Wuniang would be bullied by the princess. The maid hurriedly went to ask for help from the servant in the mansion, and the servant said to go and find Yan Erlang and bring him back.
If the princess wants to torture Zhao Wuniang... probably only Erlang can stop her.
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Mu Wanyao brought Concubine Zhao Ling to the main hall and asked the maids to serve her tea and snacks first. She went back to the inner house to change her clothes.
When Mu Wan came back, she saw Concubine Zhao Ling standing there with a smile on her face, chatting with her maids who were waiting in the main hall.
The atmosphere was very harmonious and friendly, but when the maids saw the princess coming back, they quickly adjusted their expressions, as they were embarrassed to act so friendly with Zhao Wu Niang in front of the princess.
Mu Wan glared at the maids before taking a seat.
Mu Wanyao looked at Concubine Zhao Ling who was also kneeling beside him, and said, "Do you know why I want to talk to you today?"
Zhao Lingfei thought for a long time: "...Do you want to talk to me about my cousin?"
Mu Wan shook: "..."
She was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that Zhao Lingfei was Yang Si's cousin. I'm afraid that in Zhao Lingfei's eyes, the only intersection between the two was Yang Si.
The evening is filled with secret hatred.
She said with a straight face: "I want to talk to you about Yan Shang."
Concubine Zhao Ling suddenly realized, but was even more confused: "So that's how it is... But, but, why did Your Highness want to talk to me about him?"
Mu Wan shook her head and said succinctly: "I want you to give up Yan Shang and stop chasing him."
Concubine Zhao Ling was stunned.
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The neighborhood where the princess's residence was located was in an excellent location, and it was very close to the imperial city. If the people from the Yan residence wanted to help Zhao Wuniang, they could just ride on horseback to the imperial city to find someone to pass the message to the Hongwen Pavilion and ask Yan Erlang to come out in just a cup of tea.
When Yan Shang came out, he heard the servant say anxiously that Mu Wanyao had taken Madam Zhao away in a very aggressive manner, and the scene was very scary.
Yan Shang was slightly stunned.
The servant Yun said anxiously, "My dear, please come back with me to take a look. If we go back too late, what if His Highness beats poor Lady Zhao to death?"
Yan Shang suddenly found it ridiculous.
He said, "How could that be? She's not that kind of person."
He pursed his lips slightly, and said in a slightly strange tone: "Besides, Zhao Wu Niang is Yang San Lang's cousin. Even for Yang San Lang's sake, she can't embarrass Zhao Wu Niang."
The servant was completely unaware of the subtlety in Yan Shang's tone. He just pulled Yan Erlang's sleeve, hoping that Yan Shang would go back and stop the war between the two girls.
Yan Shang thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate.
Mu Wanyao has a bad temper, and Zhao Lingfei is good at martial arts... What if Mu Wanyao says something in a hurry and Zhao Lingfei loses control and accidentally hurts Mu Wanyao?
Besides...he really didn't want to be caught between two girls.
Yan Shang thought that he had to solve this problem completely.
Thinking of this, Yan Shang mounted his horse and returned to the mansion with his servants.
The people in the Princess's Mansion were already very used to seeing Yan Erlang coming to their house. Yan Shang just bowed and they let him go.
Fang Tong led Yan Shang to the mansion. Yan Shang said gently, "I don't think Your Highness will hurt Zhao Wu Niang, so I'm not here to ask for punishment. Let me see the situation first."
Fang Tong understood: "The main hall has no walls on all four sides, but is blocked by a screen. Erlang, stand behind the screen and listen to what they say, and you will roughly understand the situation."
Yan Shang nodded.
The attendants left, and Yan Shang found a seat behind the screen, leaning against a tree. While he was still thinking, he heard Mu Wanyao's clear and crisp voice: "I'm not forbidding other girls to pursue him just because I rejected him. I just think you're not worthy of him."
Yan Shang was stunned and couldn't help but look in the direction where the sound came from.
Unfortunately, there was a screen in front of him, so he could only see dim shadows.
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In the main hall, Concubine Zhao Ling, who jumped up and stood up after being told by the princess, blushed.
She was not convinced: "Your Highness, how can you say that I am not worthy of Yan Erlang? My appearance, family background, talent, and martial arts, how can I not be worthy of him?"
Mu Wanyao smiled slightly, looking relaxed.
Princess Danyang was so beautiful with her golden makeup that she overshadowed Concubine Zhao Lingfei who was standing in the hall in ordinary women's clothing.
This was naturally the result of Mu Wanyao deliberately changing her clothes.
She lifted the lid of the teacup in her hand without even raising her eyelids: "In your eyes, are appearance, family background, talent, and martial arts enough to marry a man? Do you think that a man should marry you just because these are good enough? Does he marry you because you are good enough and meet his requirements?"
Concubine Zhao Ling was stunned.
She was very young and just beginning to fall in love, so she was really ignorant in this regard and could not win over Mu Wanyao, who was four or five years older than her.
Concubine Zhao Ling murmured, "Is there something wrong?"
Mu Wanyao put down the teacup and looked at Concubine Zhao Ling: "Do you know that it's almost October, and the Boxue Hongci exam will be held soon. Yan Shang was born in Lingnan, and his father said he was a Jinshi, but his family is just farmers. He came all the way from Lingnan to Chang'an, do you think it was easy? Do you think he came to Chang'an to be affectionate with you and have a love affair with you?"
Concubine Zhao Ling was stunned.
Mu Wanyao said: "Do you know that there are 2,000 candidates in the imperial examination every year, but only 22 are selected? Do you know that these 22 candidates who pass the imperial examination every year cannot become officials immediately, but have to wait for the court to recognize their fate. Some people can't wait for these few years and leave Chang'an directly. For those who can't afford to waste time, the fastest way to become an official is to take the subject selection examination for all Jinshi in October every year. Once admitted, they will be assigned an official position immediately. This is the only chance for these Jinshi with no background.
"All the Jinshi who can't become officials or wait for an imperial examination compete for the subject selection. Do you know that this is more difficult than the imperial examination? Among the subject selections, the most difficult and ranked first is the Boxue Hongci subject. Yan Shang chose the Boxue Hongci subject, which shows that he has great ambitions, but at the same time, it also shows that he has to go all out and shouldn't have too much time to deal with other trivial matters."
Zhao Lingfei was at a loss: "I, I know... No, I don't know, I didn't, I didn't think that he was in such a difficult situation... I didn't mean to, I didn't want to delay him..."
She lowered her eyes and said guiltily, "I understand. I will never come to see him again."
Mu Wanyao said, "Don't look for it anymore in the future."
Concubine Zhao Ling raised her head and said, "How can this be? How can Your Highness do this? If I don't delay his exam, can't he finish it? Doesn't he have to talk about marriage and marry a wife?"
Mu Wanyao said in a gentle voice: "For a man like Yan Shang, if he wants to marry, how could he choose an ordinary woman? Wu Niang, you have known him for half a year, you should know that his ambition is not just to be an official."
Concubine Zhao Ling: "...What other ambitions does he have?"
Mu Wanyao didn’t know either.
But Mu Wanyao could make up a story and deceive the young lady: "He is dedicated to the people's livelihood. He wants to be an official, but he just wants to do things for the people and make the world clean. He wants everyone in the world to study, to make the distinction between the noble and the common people no longer oppress the world, to change the monopoly of the aristocratic families, and to pity the poor people who are living from day to day.
"He is determined to make the world a better place. His ambition, vision, realm, and mind are not based on ordinary love. If you want to be with him, don't you feel that you will hold him back? Can you really understand him? If he chooses country over family, will you not blame him? If he has to sacrifice 100 people to save 10,000 people, and one of the 100 people is your relative, can you really support him?
"Can you understand his selflessness and his concern for the people? Can you always love him as you do today, instead of one day... hating him?
"A man like him would never put the love between men and women first. You think you can accept it now, but as time goes by... you will never get his one and only love. Won't you turn love into hatred and hate yourself for choosing such a husband?"
Concubine Zhao Ling was completely stunned.
Mu Wanyao said a lot more, but Concubine Zhao Ling's brain was a mess. She was gripped by the princess' words, her face flushed, and she took a few steps back.
She tried to interrupt several times, but Mu Wanyao spoke faster and faster, and his words became more and more harsh... Like a bolt of lightning, it forced Zhao Lingfei to face her own heart.
Finally, after Zhao Lingfei fell, tears were in her eyes.
She murmured, "Yes... I am not worthy of Yan Erlang now."
Mu Wan stopped talking and didn't push anyone too far.
After watching Zhao Lingfei stay for a long time, she wiped away her tears and said sadly in a low voice: "Indeed, if I must be with him now, I can force him with my family status, and I can also force my father to agree. However, I am not worthy of Brother Yan's state of mind. I don't know his ideals, and I can't meet his requirements.
"I, I will go back and practice martial arts and study hard. I am not going to give up on Brother Yan, but... I need to think more and grow up. I want to stand shoulder to shoulder with Brother Yan, I want to help Brother Yan, not, not become a burden to him. It's not that I can't understand him in my life, but he doesn't know how to face me."
Concubine Zhao Ling bowed to Mu Wan, wiped her tears and choked up: "Thank you for your teachings, Your Highness. I understand. I will not bother him again."
Mu Wan shook his head and sighed.
Another "Second Brother Yan".
Just look at Yan Shang recognizing brothers and sisters everywhere.
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After sending Concubine Zhao Ling away, Mu Wanyao was in high spirits and drank a cup of tea leisurely.
A maid leaned over and whispered something in her ear. Mu Wan shook her head and froze, looking in the direction of a screen.
She saw Yan Shang walk out from behind the screen and look at her silently.
Mu Wanyao looked at him.
There was silence for a long while.
Mu Wanyao sneered: "Why, seeing that I scared Zhao Wu Niang away, do you think I'm a bad guy?"
Yan Shang reproached: “Why do you say that, Your Highness?”
Mu Wan was stunned.
She thought for a moment, then changed her tone and teased, "Then could it be that you couldn't control yourself because I praised you so highly?"
He said nothing and just looked at her quietly.
Mu Wan's hand holding the teacup became stiff.
Her heart skipped a beat.
He can't really lose control, can he?
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