The rain beats on the eaves.
The maid Chunhua stood behind Muwan and quietly looked at Yan Erlang who was blocking their way.
Seeing Yan Erlang coming out, Chunhua was actually relieved. After all, riding a horse with the princess in the rain was not a pleasant experience.
Behind the veil, in the evening, there is a cool laugh.
She sneered, "Yan Erlang, do you know what I came out for? You said you would help me?"
Yan Shisheng sighed.
In fact, it was Guard Fang who asked him to come out and look for Lady Mu. Guard Fang was busy punishing those bold maids, but he was afraid that the princess would get lost here, so of course he had to ask a local to help. And in Guard Fang's eyes, he always felt that Yan Shisheng seemed very capable.
Yan Shisheng is indeed very capable.
He advised the princess: "I heard from Guard Fang that the item that was damaged by the rain was a relic left to you by your mother. The cream was made by your mother herself, so it is naturally very important to you. You are out in the rain now, as I expected, you want to restore the cream, right?"
Mu Wanyao stopped talking.
She hated the feeling of being seen through and understood.
Yan Shisheng certainly knew that this lady was not an easy person to get along with, and he did not dare to show off his intelligence. After a little nod, Yan Shisheng said somewhat embarrassedly: "Actually, I can make facial cream and hand ointment."
Mu Wan shook: "......?"
Her eyes widened.
Even Chunhua exclaimed, "Ah!" in surprise: "What, you can do that?"
Chunhua murmured in her heart, isn't this Yan Erlang taking away too much of her work?
Seeing their reactions, Yan Shisheng couldn't help but laugh, and his embarrassment faded a little.
Yan Shisheng coughed dryly and explained, "My family is better off than our neighbors because my father is a local squire. But Lingnan is a remote place and many things are unavailable. I have a younger sister who is still unmarried. When she was younger, I helped her make the facial cream and hand cream."
Yan Shisheng: "My father collected some strange and bizarre ancient books, and I learned from them."
Mu Wan looked at him for a while and said, "However, facial creams and hand creams made by different people are different."
Yan Shisheng bowed to her and sighed, "I am just trying my best. I hope you will give me a chance. You have been in the rain for so long, it is worrying after all."
The words "worrying" sounded like a stone hitting a deep abyss, shaking Mu Wan's mind. Her icy heart was actually touched.
Mu Wanyao no longer looked cold, but narrowed her eyes slightly with a hint of smile: "Are you worried about me?"
Yan Shisheng raised his eyes.
She stood on the steps and leaned forward to look at him. Under her snowy neck, accompanied by wisps of fragrance, the hills made of ice and snow bulged slightly, as if they were about to stick out. Yan Shisheng's body stiffened and he took a half step back.
He was afraid that the lady would misunderstand that he had improper thoughts about her, so he said respectfully: "The lady is staying in this humble room. She has come from afar. I am naturally worried about whether the lady is staying well. I don't want her to get sick because of the humble house."
Mu Wan shook his face and suddenly sank again: "Humph!"
He actually used the host-guest routine to brush her off.
Doesn't he care about her anymore because she's not a guest?
Mu Wan walked behind Yan Shisheng, and Chunhua hurriedly followed. Yan Shisheng was a little dumbfounded, not knowing what he said wrong. He was so polite and respectful, why did she get more angry the more he talked?
"Madam!" Yan Shisheng turned around and called out, his long robe was wet by the rain, and his hairband and sleeves were tangled together.
Mu Wanyao was already standing in front of her white horse, ready to mount. She turned around and saw Yan Shisheng standing in the distance, his green robe slightly raised, his eyebrows and eyes as handsome as mountains and water.
Mu Wan's eyes flickered, she smiled, raised her lips and said angrily: "Didn't you ask me to go back and help me make facial cream and hand ointment? Why don't you leave?"
Yan Shisheng was surprised. He didn't expect that he had convinced her.
But when she grabbed the reins and was about to mount the horse, he hurriedly said, "Wait!"
Mu Wanyao was impatient with this nagging scholar: "What's wrong?"
Yan Shisheng came over with an umbrella. When he reached them, he asked Chunhua, who was puzzled, to help him hold the umbrella first. He put down the wooden box on his back and rummaged through the things in it.
Mu Wan shook her head doubtfully: "Are you going to get me an umbrella? No need! I'm wearing a veil. Don't be so long-winded..."
She swallowed her impatient voice, and her eyes narrowed slightly behind her veil. Because she saw clearly that Yan Shisheng took out a snow fox cloak from the wooden box on his back.
If she was not mistaken, such a big wooden box could only hold such a piece of clothing. And Yan Shisheng carried it all the way.
Yan Shisheng wanted to put the cloak on her.
Mu Wan shook and took a step back.
Yan Shisheng was stunned for a moment, then explained: "This is the cloak that belongs to you that I borrowed from Guard Fang before I left. It is not from my home. You don't have to worry that it has been worn by someone else and I am wronging you by taking it."
Through the veil, Mu Wanyao looked at him quietly.
She said, "You even prepared this."
Yan Shisheng explained: "I've always been like this. I won't go out without being fully prepared... I'm afraid my wife will get sick from the rain."
He saw that she was no longer hiding, but did not come over, she just stood there quietly.
He couldn't see her expression clearly through the veil, and after a moment's hesitation, he took the initiative to come forward, pulled the cloak over her, and put it on her. Seeing that she didn't even move, Yan Shisheng had no choice but to help her tie the belt.
I guess she is pampered and used to having others do things for her, so she doesn't even tie her own belt.
Mu Wanyao watched him standing within one step of her, lowering his eyes to help her put on the cloak. With a layer of gauze between them, Mu Wanyao looked at this handsome scholar with a new, strange, and complicated look.
She looked at him, her mind drifting away in a trance, thinking a lot... until Yan Shisheng stepped back and said in a clear voice: "Okay, my lady, get on the horse."
Mu Wanyao said "Oh" absentmindedly.
She got on the horse, and Chunhua also got on the horse. Mu Wan looked at Yan Shisheng, who was standing alone on the ground with an umbrella and following them.
Mu Wan shook his head and said, "Chunhua, come down and ride with me. Give your horse to Yan Erlang."
As if she was afraid that they would think too much, she quickly added, "I was afraid that Yan Erlang would walk too slowly and get lost."
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So the two horses carried the people and went back the same way.
Chunhua sat behind the princess. She turned around and quietly thought about Yan Shisheng. Because the princess had made many exceptions for this man. Although it was not obvious, the princess had changed her temperament and had no patience for anyone, but for this man... This scholar was amazing.
Mu Wanyao spoke slowly and leisurely: "Yan Shisheng."
Yan Shisheng was nervously controlling the horse. He was a country bumpkin from Lingnan, and unlike the princess, he rode a horse every day. He was nervous, afraid that he would fall off the horse. Mu Wanyao suddenly spoke, and he tensed: "Hmm?"
Because his attention was all on the horse, he didn't even bother to say "Madam" respectfully.
Mu Wanyao chatted with him: "How old are you?"
Yan Shisheng: "I am seventeen this year."
He paused, wondering if she was asking this because she was preparing to repay him.
Then it would be worth his attentive service to her.
Yan Shisheng then added: "I started preparing for the state road examination when I was fourteen, but perhaps because I am not very knowledgeable, I have not passed it yet."
In fact, in this era, if you want to pass the exam, you need support from above. But Yan Shisheng obviously didn't have that. When he said this, he was hinting at this lady Mu who seemed to have a different identity.
Mu Wanyao didn't notice his hint at all. She just turned around and smiled in surprise: "I'm also seventeen this year. My birthday is in March, what about you?"
Yan Shisheng: "I was born in October."
Mu Wanyao: "You are just seventeen, half a year younger than me... Are you married?"
Yan Shisheng: “……?”
What he cares about is his career, not his marriage! What is this lady thinking? Well...if this lady wants to be a matchmaker for him, then he can accomplish one of the two major things in life.
Yan Shisheng had no choice but to say, "I have been busy studying and have not met the right person."
Mu Wan shook her head: "Oh."
There was no further news after that.
Yan Shisheng stretched his neck and waited for a long time, but he never got any promise from Mu Wanyao that she would be his matchmaker.
I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
I guess she's really hard to please.
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Yan Shisheng persuaded Mu Wanyao to go back. When they returned to the Yan family, Mu Wanyao was naturally treated like a star by everyone and Yan Shisheng also breathed a sigh of relief.
Yan Shisheng found his brothers and sisters, and with a stern face, reminded them again to avoid the woman if possible and not to provoke her.
Moreover, Yan Shisheng began to have a fantasy: "…If I succeed in coaxing her into submission, maybe I can get some benefits."
The question Mu Wanyao asked him was obviously meant to arrange a marriage for him. Lingnan was such a remote place, and Yan Shisheng really didn't have any good marriage prospects.
If Madam Mu is willing... that would be great of course.
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Mu Wanyao never thought of becoming a matchmaker for him.
She slept well and was awakened the next day by noises in the yard.
When she opened the window unexpectedly, she saw that the rain had stopped last night, and the sky was clear today with a bright sun.
But this is not the point. The point is that she saw many maids and guards standing in a circle in the yard, and they were all watching the show.
Mu Wanyao also leaned against the window, looked carefully, and was so surprised that she almost popped her eyes out.
She saw that it was Yan Shisheng who was running in the yard, and everyone was watching.
Yan Shisheng changed into a narrow-sleeved shirt, with sandbags tied to his legs. His elder brother shouted at him to run: "Erlang, try harder, run another lap! It is important for you to study every day, but you can't be powerless. This is for your own good... run another lap!"
Guard Fang and others said: "Don't worry, Yan Erlang! These steps won't kill you. If you run a few more laps every day, you can be as strong as us..."
Yan Shisheng panted and smiled bitterly: "I didn't ask for a strong body..."
The maids blushed and whispered, "Yan Erlang looks so good with sweat on his forehead and a red face. Can you please ask the lady..."
Mu Wanyao snorted in his heart, sneering at their low standards. What's so good about a country bumpkin?
Mu Wanyao crossed her arms proudly, and suddenly saw Yan Shisheng, who was encouraged by everyone, glanced at her. Maybe he was not looking at her at all, but Mu Wanyao closed the window with a snap, as if she was guilty of a crime.
After closing the window, Mu Wanyao couldn't help biting her lip in annoyance, hating herself for feeling guilty. She took it for granted that she could do whatever she wanted!
However, she lowered her eyes in thought and did not open the window.
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Yan Shisheng finally finished the number of steps required by his elder brother. He was extremely tired, so he walked slowly, found a wall with few people around, and sat down with the help of a wall.
Over there, Yan Dalang and Fang Weishi were seriously discussing how to train Yan Shisheng next time.
Yan Dalang felt that even if his second brother could not be both civil and military, he should not be held back by physical strength and should exercise every day. Fang Weishi came from the military and had many methods to refer to.
Yan Shisheng saw how happy they were in the discussion; he couldn't help feeling melancholy as he sat under the wall.
Being too cared about by others is not a good thing...
When he was feeling lost, a window opened above his head, and the girl's laughing voice rang out above his head: "Hey, Yan Shisheng, let me do you a favor and improve your physical condition."
She asked in a serious tone: "Do you prefer a lot of money or a beautiful woman?"
Yan Shisheng was startled for a moment, then he looked up and saw Mu Wanyao's face leaning down. She had a narrow waist, a rosy face, and a charming look in her eyebrows and eyes.
Like the warm and beautiful spring scenery, everything is beautiful and gorgeous.
Yan Shisheng's mind went blank for a moment. He was so stunned by Sheng Li's beauty that he didn't even think of bowing.
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