Yan Shisheng said politely: "I have never used incense."
Mu Wan shook her head in disbelief.
She sniffed and indeed felt that Yan Shisheng had a very light fragrance on him, which smelled very elegant. Princess Danyang naturally didn't have to consider other people's expressions. She liked the fragrance, so she walked towards Yan Shisheng, grabbed his sleeve and wanted to smell it carefully.
Mu Wan took a step forward.
Yan Shisheng took a step back.
Mu Wanyao stepped forward again.
Yan Shisheng retreated again.
Mu Wanyao was unhappy: "Why are you hiding?!"
Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, no matter how calm Yan Erlang was, his face turned red. How could he stand the princess acting so recklessly?
Why.
Just close the door...
In public...
No, even if the door is closed, it won’t work.
When Mu Wan grabbed Yan Shisheng's sleeve and asked him to stop hiding, Yan Shisheng had no way to retreat and had to interrupt her approach hastily: "Your Highness, I remember what this fragrance is!"
Mu Wan raised her eyelids and smiled: "As soon as I got close to you, you remembered it. Do you still need me to stimulate your quick wit?"
There was sarcasm hidden in his tone.
Yan Shisheng pretended not to understand the princess's ridicule. He calmly pulled his sleeves out of Mu Wanyao's hand, and after thinking hard, he answered: "...I really don't need perfume. But my little sister is a coquettish lady. I'm afraid that when I was fumigating her clothes, I accidentally got some perfume on her.
"This incense is called 'Jiangzhenxiang'. Your Highness can ask my little sister."
Mu Wan shook her head and said "Oh", which was fine with her.
With the princess interrupting like this, everyone stared at Yan Shisheng, probably wondering what the relationship between Yan Shisheng and Mu Wanyao was. They no longer paid much attention to the trivial matter of Yan Shisheng failing another year...
Afterwards, Mu Wan walked into the room and asked about Chunhua's health.
During this time, Mu Wanyao's eyes flickered to Liu Wenji who was standing outside the house and talking to Yan Shisheng. She saw Yan Shisheng congratulating Liu Wenji, and Liu Wenji's eyebrows were full of joy of success... Mu Wanyao sneered.
Chunhua was being helped by the maids back to the couch to rest. She saw Mu Wanyao kept glancing at Liu Wenji outside the room. For some reason, she felt a little nervous: "Your Highness... don't you like Liu Lang?"
Mu Wan shook her head and looked away.
She took a sip of tea, her beautiful eyes slightly raised, and a charming look flashed under her black pupils. She frowned, "It doesn't matter whether I like him or not. But he passed the state exam, why doesn't he go back to his home and still live in the Yan family? Is it to annoy Yan Shisheng?"
Chunhua's heart was beating fast.
Her face flushed, and she secretly guessed that Liu Wenzhi stayed in the Yan family because of her.
Chunhua hesitated and said, "Maybe Liu Lang and Yan Erlang have a very good relationship."
Mu Wanyao: "Is Yan Shisheng on bad terms with anyone?"
Chunhua and the princess looked at each other in shock. She had nothing to say about this.
Mu Wanyao quickly ended the topic: "It doesn't matter. Who of them passed and who didn't, what's the point. Liu Wenji seems to have achieved his goal now, as if he can fly to a high position just by passing the state exam... When he arrives in Chang'an, he will find out how many child prodigies like him there are in Chang'an!"
She gloated: "The state exam is just the first step. People without reputation want to move up. When they waste a few years in Chang'an and run out of money and can't find a way out, they will know how difficult this road is."
Chunhua sighed.
Chunhua asked: "Your Highness, when are we leaving here?"
Mu Wan was stunned.
She had kind of forgotten about it.
Originally, she should have gone to the South China Sea to look for her uncle after taking the white bull tea tree, but by chance, she returned to the Yan family and ran into Yan Erlang again... Mu Wanyao said vaguely: "Wait until you are better."
Chunhua pursed her lips. In fact, she was well enough to travel.
But... Chunhua looked at Liu Wenzhi outside the window. She had something on her mind, so she acted like an ostrich and didn't say anything.
Mu Wanyao sat with Chunhua for a while and left soon. After the princess and her group left, Chunhua sat in the room and heard Liu Wenji talking outside: "Madam? Madam, are you listening to me?"
Chunhua got out of bed and walked to the door. She heard Liu Wenji whispering outside: "I wrote a letter to my family, saying that I will stay here to teach Yan Erlang to study for a few days. I see that my wife's injury has not healed yet. Is there anything that my wife needs my care for?"
Liu Wenji waited for a long time behind a door before hearing the weak voice of the girl in the room: "Yes."
He was immediately delighted, knowing that she was implicitly agreeing for him to stay.
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In the afternoon, when Mu Wan woke up from her nap, Yan Shisheng's sister Yan Xiaozhou came to visit and said that she wanted to present "Jiangzhenxiang" to the princess.
Mu Wan, who had just woken up, rubbed his forehead and washed and dressed with the help of his maid Xia Rong.
Xia Rong observed the princess's face in the mirror and saw that Mu Wan had a smile on her lips, and she was obviously in a good mood.
After Chunhua fell ill, Xia Rong took over as the personal maid of the princess. Xia Rong wanted to please His Highness, so while combing the princess' hair, she said, "Miss Yan must have been sent by Erlang. Erlang is so considerate that he took His Highness's casual words to heart."
Mu Wanyao listened to her words and glanced at her.
Mu Wan shook his head and said, "What do you mean he took it to heart just because I mentioned it casually? I saw him surrounded by people, I felt sorry for him and helped him out. I helped him out, so he should return the favor, isn't that right?"
Xia Rong was stunned.
The other maids serving behind them were equally stunned.
Xia Rong spoke on behalf of the other girls to express their shock: "Your Highness, are you trying to help Yan Erlang out? I, I... didn't see that."
Mu Wanyao was still in a good mood and did not scold the maids: "You are such stupid people, naturally you don't understand my kindness. It's enough if Yan Shisheng can understand. He really understood. It's worth it for your kindness."
Yan Xiaozhou was a little afraid of Mu Wanyao before. Now that she knew that Mu Wanyao was a princess, she felt even more embarrassed standing in front of Mu Wanyao after entering the room. The young lady had a pretty face, but she kept her head down and blushed, which made Mu Wanyao feel strange.
Yan Xiaozhou handed the box in his arms to the princess' maid and said in a muffled voice, "This box contains the fragrant cakes that my second brother and I made together. I used up most of them, and there are still some left. If Your Highness doesn't mind, you can take them and try them. If Your Highness likes them, I will make some more."
Mu Wanyao asked the maids to put away the incense. Seeing Yan Xiaozhou kneeling and bowing, and about to leave, she glanced and saw that the young lady's eyes were a little red.
Mu Wan shook her head: "Why are you crying? Why do you feel so wronged when I gave you some incense?"
Yan Xiaozhou was startled by the princess's sharp eyes and cold words.
She looked up, and her eyes were red. But she waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, I'm not crying because I gave His Highness a little incense! It's my blessing that His Highness likes this incense, how can I feel wronged?"
Mu Wan looked at her.
Yan Xiaozhou's eyes were still red and he pursed his lips.
Mu Wanyao rested his chin on his hand leisurely and said lazily, "Just say whatever you want to say. Don't beat around the bush like your second brother."
Yan Xiaozhou's face turned red again, this time out of embarrassment.
She whispered: "...My second brother has been studying for so many years, Your Highness really can't help him?"
Mu Wan shook her head: "Yes."
Yan Xiaozhou was just trying it out, but when she saw Mu Wanyao doing it so straightforwardly, she immediately looked up in surprise.
But Mu Wan smiled seductively: "But I want him to beg me."
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Yan Shisheng sat at his desk, sorting books and thinking about his plans for the coming year.
He expected that he had become His Highness's savior, and after the princess left, the place in the next year's state examination would be in his pocket, and he wouldn't have to worry about anything at all.
He could go to Chang'an easily.
But Chang'an was the political center of the entire Wei Dynasty, and all the students and talents in the world were in Chang'an. So many people wasted many years and got no results in the imperial examinations... How could he, who was not good at poetry, stand out?
You have to put more effort into some areas.
Yan Shisheng thought as he wrote, listing the books he would read in the next year, deciding on the talents he would master, and planning how to seize the time when Mu Wanyao was still there to get information about the celebrities and wealthy families in Chang'an from her... He was so meticulous that he burned the notes as he wrote, leaving no trace.
Yan Xiaozhou knocked on the door and entered the room, but was choked by the smoke in the room and started coughing.
Yan Xiaozhou: "Second brother... ahem, are you burning something again?"
Yan Shisheng stood up and welcomed his sister in. He opened the window to let in some air, handed her some tea, and said with a gentle smile, "It's a little cold. I'll burn something to keep warm."
Yan Xiao was pressed down by his brother's shoulders and sat down: "..."
She didn't say anything else, and only got to the point: "...Anyway, His Highness is not unwilling to help you, he is just waiting for you to beg! Second brother, go quickly!"
She looked up at her second brother and urged him happily, "Second brother, your previous plan was right. I think Her Royal Highness the Princess still likes you very much."
Yan Shisheng was silent.
After a while, he was quite righteous and said with a wave of his sleeves: "A real man stands tall in the world, and he has his ways and his ways. How can you take these unconventional ways? Little sister, is this what I usually teach you?
"No need to say more! Just let me please you with my beauty, forget it."
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Under the sky with stars and the moon, at the border, the frontier troops guarding the border of the Great Wei welcomed a group of cavalry.
The cavalry came galloping from the direction of the Southern Barbarians. Amidst billowing dust and smoke, they arrived at the city of the border county, claiming to be the King of the Wuman.
As the troops left the city, the generals of the border army heard the news in their tents and were ready to face a formidable enemy: "King Wuman? Wasn't Wuman already caught up in civil strife a year ago and unable to take care of itself?"
The border troops of the Great Wei brought out a large number of soldiers and horses. Under the starry night, both sides led their troops and confronted each other across a long river.
The enemy cavalry stood on the mountain mist and shouted loudly: "...My new Wuman King has quelled the civil strife and has come to pay tribute to the Wei Dynasty! Please send the letter to Chang'an and inform the king and father!"
Because of the marriage alliance and submission, the King of Wuman directly called the Emperor of Wei "king and father".
The frontier army general had a serious look on his face. The Wuman people had reunited internally... I didn't know if this was good news or not.
However, he did not want to offend the other party, so he asked his soldiers to ride on horseback to get the letter, saying that he would send the letter to Chang'an as fast as possible to inform the world of the return of the King of Wuman.
The general knew that this was no small matter, so he said a few words and rode away on his horse. But a male voice came from the Wuman people, which was a little stiff, but it was already standard and fluent, speaking the official language of the Wei Dynasty: "Wait a minute, General."
The general looked back and saw a dense forest on the mountain where he was standing against his own troops. A black horse came out from the dark mass of Wuman cavalry. On the horse was a tall and majestic man with a hood and a tightly covered face.
Under the moonlight, the man's hood was lifted back a little, revealing a little bit of his chin.
Handsome, cold and proud.
The man smiled and said, "I am the new King of Wuman."
The general of the Great Wei State was tense, looking at the Wuman King who came to the border in person with vigilance. The Great Wei soldiers under his command also held their weapons to guard against the enemy's rebellion.
The hooded man on the horse remained calm.
He said, "I have no ill intentions. I just want to ask you all... do you know the whereabouts of Princess Danyang? To be honest, I have a close relationship with her... General, please help me pass on the message and ask her if she still remembers the agreement between me and her?"
The general was alert: "What agreement?"
The man laughed.
His laughter made the dense forest rustle and the birds fly high, and he laughed with his head raised. What a majestic spirit!
Then he said lazily: "What agreement did you make between a man and a woman?"
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