When Xu Yixing heard his original "plan", he almost gasped.
What? If you really used this token to open the eight gates of Kyoto overnight, would you be able to return intact in the morning? Would your father still be able to protect you? Are you still trying to deceive the emperor with the lie that you "found it"?
By then, from the defense officials in Beijing to the servants under your command, everyone will be held accountable!
"Then why did you look for Lu Ziming to open the door?"
"I called a lot of people, but in the end, only Young Master Feng and Young Master Guo were willing to go with me. Lu Ziming is Young Master Feng's lackey, and he was the only one willing to take the initiative, so I had no choice but to oblige him. As for Wu Songjin, I didn't even know he was there. It was all a coincidence!"
Listening to Xu Yiwen's light words, Xu Yixing's brain was about to explode: Never give him this kind of head-loosening job again in the future, he is really too stupid!
But I have to admit that fools have good luck, even God helps Xu Yiwen, or rather helps himself.
Such a risky move was unexpectedly made unintentionally. Xu Yixing couldn't even imagine how many times he would have to rehearse the plan in his mind before executing it if he were to carry it out.
"Actually, I just found out that the token is an old token discarded by the City Defense Bureau. It has no validity at all." Xu Yixing smiled slightly. I let you scare me, so this time I have to scare you too.
"What?" Xu Yiwen's eyes widened, his upper body stiffening as he clawed forward a few times. "So, that means I couldn't have opened the city gates in the first place? It was only because there happened to be a man named Lu that the city guards mistook him for a relative of the emperor, so they opened the gates for him?"
Xu Yixing nodded with some sneer.
"Oh my God! You've hurt my sister so much!" Xu Yiwen was frightened. If he hadn't made a bet with Feng Tangsheng, Lu Ziming wouldn't have followed him. It was very likely that the city guard would have arrested him and his group as soon as he found out there was something wrong with the token.
Then I would be the only one who needed to explain where the sign came from and why I broke into the city gate in the middle of the night.
"Are you scared now? I originally thought that your method was a bit stupid and would definitely hurt yourself and others, but it was good enough if it succeeded. Who knew you had no plan and actually relied on luck to accomplish such a thing? Brother, think more before doing anything in the future, ah~"
Xu Yiwen lay back down again, seemingly unhappy about his sister's scolding. However, he became happy again after hearing what she said: "Well, the matter is resolved anyway, right? I can be considered to have contributed to the family, right?"
When Xu Yixing saw his eyes, he nodded helplessly. What a child!
"Okay! Ouch!" Xu Yiwen screamed out in excitement, affecting the wound. His expression was ferocious, which made Xu Yixing laugh out loud.
"Brother, this matter is over now. Don't tell anyone else about it. Dad has you grounded. I guess he won't let you out until this matter blows over. Just take care of your injuries."
"Okay, okay. Anyway, those three people have probably been implicated by me and will definitely get beaten up. I guess no one wants to play with me now."
Xu Yixing watched him drink the medicine before leaving with peace of mind.
It is already mid-June, and the wedding date for Lu Anyuan and I is in three months. Poor Yi Wen will probably be confined at home for the next three months, so as to avoid his father feeling that he is causing trouble for him.
I should have told Lu Anyuan as well, he doesn't know about this yet. I just saw him yesterday, what excuse should I give for going there again?
However, this problem did not bother Xu Yixing, because Lu Anyuan came to him on his own. He said that it was hot in the capital, and the young ladies and gentlemen were cooling off by the Wei River outside the city. He also wanted to invite Xu Yixing to go with him, and the date was in three days.
When Xu Yixing got the news, he chuckled but was also ashamed of his strange feelings: Does Lu Anyuan really like me that much?
Last time when he was about to answer a question, Xu Yiwen interrupted him. He still had to find an opportunity to ask him how true his feelings for him were.
Therefore, these three days were exceptionally peaceful, but news from the capital kept reaching Xu Yixing's ears. For example, Feng Tangsheng was thrown into the military camp outside the city by his father. It was called training, but it was actually a punishment, and it was also a way to avoid the rumors in the capital.
For example, Lu Ziming, who was a good man, was forced by his father to change his name to "Lu Ziming".
When Xu Yixing heard the news, he was stunned. What? Didn't this old man Lu intend to acknowledge his son? Why did he even change his surname?
Siqin pursed her lips and smiled. "No, he just found a distant brother and nominally adopted him. Because those people wanted to avoid using the national surname, that branch changed their name from Lu to Lu. After all, they're still family members in the family tree."
As expected of Lu Military Advisor, he could even come up with such a method. Xu Yixing admired him very much.
But if you calculate it this way, Lu Ziming is still someone else's son. I wonder what he feels in his heart. He probably wants to curse Shang Yiwen a thousand times.
It's your fault that you haven't learned even a little bit of your father's wisdom.
There was no movement from Young Master Guo's side. After all, after his relatives took him back, he returned to his own residence and no one dared to interfere.
The story of General Xu using a stick to teach his son naturally spread throughout the capital. The long-term plan carefully laid out by the Second Prince gradually lost its effectiveness in this battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder as rumors spread.
In the Second Prince's first non-head-on confrontation with the Xu family, Xu Yixing emerged victorious. Except for his father's salary being deducted, he didn't mind it, so Xu Yixing pretended not to know about it.
The day before the trip, Xu Yixing was still carefully selecting clothes - now that Gu was no longer in charge, the accountant naturally made clothes for the young ladies and gentlemen of each courtyard according to the regulations.
Xu Yiyan finally had some new clothes and jewelry in his yard, which gave him a great advantage.
Hesitating between a light blue and a light purple dress, Ying Wu came in for some reason, holding a cup of tea. Xu Yixing knew at a glance that she had something important to say to him, otherwise she could have waited until the evening when no one was around.
"Forget it, I'll just leave these two here for now. I'll decide what to wear when I get up tomorrow morning. Siqin and Sihua, you two go check out the things I need to take with me for tomorrow's outing. Siwen, go tell the stables to choose a nice horse for tomorrow's outing."
Si Wen knew that it was the Second Young Lady who was chasing people away. When he thought that this unprepossessing Xiao Wuzi was actually the shadow guard left by Old Master Bai for the First Young Lady, Si Wen felt his blood boiling. He retreated without saying a word and no longer cared about the Second Young Lady's affairs.
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