When the maids came to lift the bed curtains, they were surprised to find that the princess had woken up early today.
I don't know when the princess woke up. She sat on the couch, wearing only a middle dress, with her long hair spread out on the mattress. In the dim light in the room, when Chunhua lifted the curtain, I saw that the princess's skin was white and she was looking into the air, wondering what she was thinking.
Mu Wan frowned, looking a little unhappy.
The maids signaled to each other with their eyes, reminding them to be careful in serving the princess who was in a bad mood for some reason.
After Mu Wanyao washed and combed her hair, she went out and stood in the corridor, watching the guards practicing martial arts in the small courtyard of the Yan family. She watched for a while and saw that the door of a side room near the fence gate was opened, and Yan Shisheng, wearing a blue shirt with wide sleeves, came out with a scroll in his hand.
Yan Shisheng looked up and saw Mu Wanyao standing under the eaves. Yan Shisheng stepped forward and bowed: "My lady got up very early today."
Mu Wan Yaoxu withdrew her gaze from the guards practicing martial arts in the yard and looked at the young scholar at the bottom of the stairs who was saluting to her.
Yan Shisheng thought that she was probably still blaming him for mentioning yesterday that she had a husband. He could neither explain nor persuade her, and he just thought that this woman might not have a good relationship with her husband, which was why she didn't like others mentioning it.
Seeing that she was still angry, Yan Shisheng decided to leave on his own.
Unexpectedly, Mu Wan shook her head and stared at him, her eyes as sharp as lightning and as sharp as a knife. Yan Shisheng, who raised his head, became a little stiff and felt as if he was going to be crushed to ashes by her.
When Mu Wanyao looked at Yan Shisheng's face, she thought of the dream she had last night. When she thought of her dream last night, she thought of her ex-husband in the dream, who was actually replaced by Yan Shisheng.
Then, Mu Wanyao blamed Yan Shisheng for what happened between her and her ex-husband.
Thinking of Yan Shisheng's handsome face, and the fact that he was her ex-husband, he did not give her the respect that a Princess of Wei should have.
He laughed at her and looked down on her without restraint, and allowed his own people to insult and slander her. He walked with other women and allowed his concubines to show off in front of her...
The fifteen-year-old Mu Wanyao, the Mu Wanyao who could only hide in the house and cry... Her majestic period died in the hands of her ex-husband, and the pride of the princess withered under the barren soil.
When the Wei envoy came to see her, her ex-husband threatened her, and she didn't even dare to ask for help. And she knew that even if she asked for help, it would be useless, as an envoy couldn't make the decision. The one who could make the decision just hoped that she would stay there forever and not come back. As soon as the Wei envoy left, her ex-husband began to torture her again...
How abominable!
Mu Wanyao, who was standing under the eaves, saw his face becoming increasingly uglier and his expression increasingly colder.
Yan Shisheng, who had only saluted her, was speechless at her cold gaze. He was somewhat surprised as to why the more she looked at him, the more murderous intent in her eyes grew...
Yan Shisheng quickly interrupted her thoughts and said, "Madam, you don't look well, but did you not sleep well last night?"
Mu Wanyao's thoughts were interrupted. She looked down at Yan Shisheng for a long while, snorted coldly, ignored him, and turned into the house.
Yan Shisheng: “…”
Naturally, he could not have imagined that the dream that Mu Wanyao had last night should have been a beautiful and charming one, but Mu Wanyao did not have the sentimentality of a young girl, and she went against her own dream.
Thinking of Yan Shisheng as her husband, Mu Wanyao was not only unhappy, but the more she thought about it, the angrier she became, so much so that when she saw him, her good impression of him disappeared and her aversion became stronger.
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That day, Mu Wanyao was playing cards with the maid in the house when he heard that Yan Shisheng had arrived.
She was disgusted: "Why do you come here so diligently every day? It's annoying just to see you."
The maid Chunhua had become familiar with the Yan family in recent days, so she apologized on behalf of Yan Erlang and said, "Yan Erlang respects the lady. I will go out and take a look."
Mu Wan pursed her lips and didn't say yes or no.
Chunhua immediately understood that the princess wanted to talk to Yan Erlang but couldn't let go of her pride.
After a while, Mu Wanyao looked out the window and saw Chunhua and Yan Shisheng talking to each other at the door. Then Chunhua turned around and actually led Yan Shisheng into the house.
Mu Wan shook: "......?"
She was a little flustered and ordered the maid: "Put down the curtain! I don't want to see a man outside!"
The maids looked at each other and had to stand up and lower the bamboo curtain in front of the princess.
When Chunhua led Yan Shisheng over, what Yan Shisheng saw was a bamboo curtain blocking the view, and he could only vaguely see the figures of Mu Wanyao and her maids sitting quietly behind.
Chunhua was surprised by the princess' unnecessary action, but she just knelt down and saluted: "Madam, Yan Erlang has something to tell you."
Mu Wan shook his head solemnly, lowered his head to look at his cards, and said lazily: "What do you want to tell me?"
The cards in her hand were leaf-shaped and looked very novel. Yan Shisheng took a look through the curtain. He had never seen such an object before, so he was somewhat interested.
Yan Shisheng came back to his senses and said, "I came to give my wife some tea."
Mu Wanyao sneered: "How many good teas have I not drunk? I have no interest in your country tea."
Yan Shisheng smiled and said, "Since I'm giving it to you, it must have its benefits. Try it."
Yan Shisheng called out and his younger sister Yan Xiaozhou came in carrying a teapot.
Yan Xiaozhou sat behind Yan Shisheng, looking timidly at Mu Wanyao behind his eyelids.
Every time she saw Mu Wanyao, Yan Xiaozhou felt that she was so noble that she dared not even look at her for too long. Yan Xiaozhou stole a glance at her second brother again, but she saw that he was very calm.
Yan Shisheng sat behind the curtain and asked Chunhua and others to bring teacups. He poured the brewed tea into the cups one by one, and his posture looked okay, not timid.
He first handed out a cup of tea and signaled the maid to give it to Mu Wanyao behind the curtain.
Mu Wan took the tea and saw that the leaves floating on the water were emerald green and slightly curled, and the tea color was bright. He was delighted and knew that it was good tea.
But she remained calm, and after drinking a cup of his tea, she closed her eyes and tasted it. She felt that the tea had a strong fragrance, a sweet and mellow taste, and an endless aftertaste.
However, aren’t Qingqian Longjing and Yuqian Longjing better than this tea?
Mu Wan shook her head and sighed, thinking that Yan Shisheng was, after all, a country bumpkin who grew up in Lingnan and had never tasted real good tea, so he was taking this ordinary tea as good one to curry favor with her.
But he flattered the wrong person.
Seeing her shaking her head, Yan Shisheng just smiled: "Why, it doesn't taste good?"
When Mu Wanyao saw him offering tea, the disgust she had felt when she saw his face two days ago faded a little. After coming to her senses, Mu Wanyao felt that it was unreasonable for her to take her anger out on Yan Shisheng because of a dream.
Mu Wanyao kindly analyzed his tea: "It's just so-so. You'd better not show off this tea to others in the future."
After hearing Mu Wanyao's words, Yan Shisheng didn't say anything, but Yan Xiaozhou, who was sitting behind him, had already blushed and felt quite ashamed.
Yan Shisheng insisted: "Then the taste of this tea is also considered above average, right?"
Mu Wanyao sympathized with his opinion and nodded.
Yan Shisheng smiled and said, "Then watch again."
He didn't drink the tea, but turned sideways and took the tea leaves from the handkerchief in his sister's hand.
He held the tea leaves in his mouth. When Mu Wanyao was surprised, she saw him take out a copper coin from the purse at his waist, which was so crudely stitched and worn that the color could not be seen, and hold it in his mouth.
He chewed the tea leaves together with the copper coins.
The house was silent, and everyone except Yan Xiaozhou looked at Yan Shisheng in surprise. Then everyone heard a very light "crack" sound, and Yan Shisheng smeared the thing in his mouth on the square handkerchief in his hand.
Chunhua, who was outside and close to Yan Shisheng, saw it first. She was shocked and said, "Madam, this copper coin has been broken into two pieces!"
Mu Wanyao suddenly lifted the curtain and finally walked out from behind it.
She came to Yan Shisheng in an instant, leaned down to look at the broken copper coins on the handkerchief in his hand. Yan Shisheng took another handkerchief and spat out the tea leaves in his mouth.
After Yan Shisheng finished doing all this, he turned around and froze for a moment. Because he saw Mu Wan shaking her head, she stood in front of him and bent down, her face almost touching him.
Mu Wanyao stretched out his hand and held his chin, commanding: "Open your mouth, let me see."
Yan Shisheng's eyelashes trembled violently and his eyes became vague.
Yan Xiaozhou was stunned.
This lady is so fierce! Not only did she run out of the curtain, she also grabbed her second brother's chin and ordered him to open his mouth...
Yan Xiaozhou lowered his head. Mu Wanyao was not shy, but she blushed with embarrassment.
Yan Shisheng is only slightly better than his sister.
His ears turned red, and after calming down for a while, he opened his mouth. The fragrant wind blew, and he held his breath, and her face enlarged in front of him.
Knowing that she was looking at his mouth, Yan Shisheng couldn't help but think about whether he rinsed his mouth clean today, whether there were any traces of tea leaves left, whether the color of his tongue coating was normal, whether his teeth were straight...
As his face became redder and redder, Mu Wanyao said in surprise: "You really bit the coin into pieces!"
She was as surprised as a little child.
She put down her chin and turned to look at the broken copper coin on the handkerchief. Mu Wanyao had never seen such a strange thing before, she didn't believe it, and reached out to touch the copper coin to see if it was real.
In a hurry, Yan Shisheng grabbed her outstretched slender fingers.
Mu Wan shook her hand and was held by him, and was stunned.
Yan Shisheng said: "Madam, that is dirty, don't touch it!"
It was only then that Mu Wanyao remembered that this was something he had held in his mouth... She pulled her hand away from him angrily and said angrily, "Don't I know? You have to tell me!"
Yan Shisheng looked at her helplessly.
Mu Wan shook her head with flickering eyes, avoiding his gaze, and lowered her head to rub her hand that had been touched.
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After a while, everyone held the tea leaves in their mouths, proving that the tea leaves could indeed crush the coins. Everyone was amazed.
Yan Shisheng said: "This is the Bainiu tea produced here. People don't care about this tea. The tea trees grow randomly in the wild without anyone taking care of them. I feel it's a pity. There are many good teas in the world, but this is the only one that can make money from tea."
Mu Wanyao nodded repeatedly: "You are thoughtful. If you take this tea to Chang'an to sell, those nobles will definitely like it very much."
Yan Shisheng said: "It's just a gift for my wife."
Mu Wanyao immediately thought of the political benefits she would get if she could get the tea. She didn't know if Yan Erlang understood it or not...but who cares, she wanted to monopolize the tea anyway.
Mu Wanyao was thinking in his mind how to monopolize the tea, but on her face she was looking at him with affectionate eyes.
Her cheeks blushed slightly, and she said softly, "I see. Thank you. Is there anything you can ask for?"
Yan Shisheng: "There is indeed one thing."
Mu Wan shook his face and his face suddenly sank.
She was unhappy in her heart, and said with a half-smile: "Why, you just gave me some tea and you want to get benefits from me? Aren't you afraid that I will hate you for being so realistic?"
Yan Shisheng said: "I just want to ask what kind of cards you play. I have never seen it before and I am a little curious."
Mu Wanyao looked at him for a while, then smiled again.
She said softly, "This kind of card is called 'You Xianghe', and it is a kind of card that only exists in the Chang'an Palace. The concubines and princesses are bored, so they play 'You Xianghe' all day long."
Yan Shisheng's eyebrows moved: palace, concubines, princesses... He roughly guessed the identity of this Madam Mu.
Mu Wanyao said softly, "Ah Lang, come here. Not only will I give you this deck of cards, I will also teach you how to play with them."
Yan Shisheng: "...I have to go to school, so there is no need for me to play cards."
He just came to test Mu Wanyao's identity, but now he has found out... His goal has been achieved, and Yan Shisheng is not going to stay any longer.
Mu Wan looked at him with a lecherous look: "But I want to teach you how to play cards."
"Sit down! Play cards with me!"
Yan Xiaozhou, who had been watching from the sidelines, saw her second brother being dragged away by Lady Mu and dragged behind the bamboo curtain. It was quite like a "wicked woman dominating her husband".
Mu Wanyao forced Yan Shisheng to sit down. Yan Shisheng refused several times, so Mu Wanyao said helplessly: "Then it's up to you."
Yan Shisheng stood up, put on his clogs, and prepared to leave.
Mu Wan shook her head slowly: "Ah Lang."
Yan Shisheng turned his back to her, his back stiff: "...maid, can you please not call me that?"
Mu Wanyao ignored his wishes: "Ah Lang, you have studied for so many years, but do you know that your ancient pronunciation is not correct? And if your ancient pronunciation is not correct, even if you pass the examination in your prefecture, you will have no hope of becoming a Jinshi. Even if you leave Lingnan, it seems to be useless."
Yan Shisheng turned around and looked at her in silence. It was indeed the first time that he realized that his ancient pronunciation was not correct. His father was lucky enough to give him the conditions to study, but he never cared about his ancient pronunciation.
Mu Wanyao saw that he had been reading for so many days, but only today did he say...
It's really hateful!
The hateful Mu Wanyao was leaning against the door, with tears in her eyes and brows.
Yan Shisheng rolled up his sleeves and walked back: "Then I will play cards with you for the whole afternoon. I only ask you to teach me ancient music."
Mu Wanyao embarrassed him: "That depends on how well you play cards. If I lose, I will be unhappy. If I win, I will also be unhappy. You decide for yourself."
Yan Shisheng sat down with a smile: "Just wait and see if I can make you happy."
Yan Xiaozhou: “…”
Yan Xiaozhou and Mu Wanyao's maids looked at each other and left the house.
I just feel that they are extremely redundant.
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