Fortunately, General Xu hadn't been seriously injured during that time. Otherwise, before he could replenish his medicine, General Xu would have discovered her and Yi Yan would have been beaten to death. Therefore, he had always been very grateful to Xu Yi Yan, but he had never had the opportunity to repay her.
Fortunately, fortunately, God made Yi Yan fall ill recently, and I gave the medicine to her maid without hesitation, which can be regarded as a repayment for the kindness I had shown her that day.
But the thing he regretted most was when his father asked him two years ago if he had a woman he liked. He remembered the poisoned arrow on that snowy night and forced himself to swallow the "Xu Yixing" in his throat.
"No, it's all up to the emperor, the father."
So that autumn, he felt that the autumn rain in the entire capital city had fallen into his heart - Xu Yixing was engaged.
It was Sun Ziyou, the eldest grandson of the Duke's Mansion. He was handsome and came from a distinguished family. He had seen him and her racing together, and they were so well-matched and harmonious.
Then what am I!
Listening to the voices all around praising the couple's perfect match, he forcibly broke a nail in his sleeve. The blood was absorbed by the sleeve, but he didn't feel it. Yes, this little pain was nothing compared to the pain in his heart.
Hehehe, he felt like a rat in the cold palace, unable to see the sunlight. As long as he got even a little closer to Xu Yixing and was touched by a little of her confidence, he would feel as if his whole body was being scorched by the sun, hot and painful.
He was a man despised by his biological mother. After giving birth to him, his mother's figure was no longer the same as before, and her face became sallow and dull. She was no longer favored by his father, and she took out all her anger on him.
Whenever I dream of my mother, it is not warm and sweet. Instead, I always see her looking at me with resentful eyes. But what have I done wrong?
Yes, people like him should not have been born.
Looking at Xu Yixing again, Lu Anyuan felt ashamed every time she saw Xu Yiwen following her happily, acting like a slave to make her laugh; and when she saw General Xu willing to argue with several princes until his face turned red and his neck became thick, just to let his precious daughter get the little red horse she liked.
It's not that I'm embarrassed about Xu's family favoring me, but I'm embarrassed that someone like me shouldn't appear in such occasions and spy on other people's happiness.
So he rarely appeared in front of Xu Yixing, and even if he did, he would only glance at him from a distance, not daring to get close. He didn't dare let Xu Yixing's bright and proud eyes see a rat in the gutter.
"Merciful and boundless True Buddha, if I am willing to pay any price and return to the day when my father asked me, can you return Xu Yixing to me?"
After Lu Anyuan said this in his heart, he laughed at himself: Even if Xu Yixing didn't get married, it wouldn't necessarily be my turn, right?
She always deserved a better home and shouldn't have anything to do with a prince like him who was born to be a stepping stone for his brothers.
"The prayers are over, let's go, Ada."
Xu Yixing half-closed her eyes, trying to recall what she had just said to the shadow guard to see if there was anything she had missed. Siqin sat beside the carriage, watching her the whole time.
"Just say whatever you want to say. Why are you staring at me?" Xu Yixing opened his eyes and saw an excited smile on Siqin's face.
"I was thinking, Miss, you actually have a shortcut that can avenge my aunt faster!"
"What shortcut is it? Tell me about it."
Siqin smiled mysteriously and whispered in her ear: "I heard that the Seventh Prince has not yet decided on a princess. If you marry the Seventh Prince and become his princess, wouldn't we all be proud? By then, not only Mrs. Gu, but even Madam Gu wouldn't dare to offend you easily!"
Xu Yixing stared at Siqin, wondering whether this girl was speaking carelessly or deliberately trying to kill him.
Siqin felt uneasy and a little scared when she was stared at. "Miss? Did I say something wrong..."
Xu Yixing shook his head, calm and indifferent: "We are not a good match."
"Miss, why are you so self-deprecating? After all, you are the daughter of the General's Mansion. Let's..."
"You misheard me. I didn't say I wasn't good enough for him. I said we weren't a good match."
Siqin tilted her head: "What do you mean?"
"It's precisely because I'm the daughter of a general and he's a prince. If I marry him, the emperor will inevitably speculate about our Xu family's intentions, and the other princes will also be wary."
"But the eldest prince married General Fenwei's great-granddaughter, and the emperor didn't do anything about it, did he?"
Xu Yixing now believed that Siqin might really be doing this for his own good, but she just didn't have any political acumen at all.
"The eldest prince's mother is the daughter of the Imperial Academy's principal, and her family consists entirely of censors. The only person currently in charge of the military in General Fenwei's mansion is the old general himself, who is already over ninety years old and has long been a mere pile of bones in a grave. It doesn't matter who her great-granddaughter marries.
Dad is different. He still has great prestige among the border troops. It would be bad for such a person to get close to the prince."
"So that's how it is... Alas! But I'm still worried. You're only one year younger than the eldest lady. What if the mistress doesn't want to properly match you with someone? Wouldn't that ruin your entire future?"
In fact, when it comes to Yi Yan's marriage, Xu Yixing is also a little worried. If his father doesn't care about it, then if Gu just picks a random family for Yi Yan, it will be enough to give him a headache.
By this calculation, marrying the Seventh Prince is already the best way out. At least it can ensure that Yi Yan will have enough food and clothing and will not be bullied.
Xu Yixing shook her head and drove the thought out of her mind. Marriage was not something she could decide. Besides, she was now occupying Yi Yan's body and was not willing to let him down easily.
Her experience with Sun Ziyou made her realize that even someone who was initially thought to be a perfect match or a match made in heaven could inexplicably deteriorate, let alone two people who were not compatible at all.
The Seventh Prince was truly too insignificant. With the Crown Prince's position now vacant, several other princes had done everything they could to win the Emperor's favor, but the Seventh Prince remained largely unknown, with nothing much to behold.
At this time, Xu Yixing didn't know that there was a word called hiding one's shortcomings.
In fact, she couldn't understand why the prince wanted to hide his talent. They were all the emperor's sons, so who was worse than who? So she thought that Lu Anyuan had been silent all the time, which meant that he really had no talent.
"Actually, it's not impossible to marry him," Xu Yixing suddenly said, arousing Siqin's curiosity.
"When all the people in the general's mansion are killed, it will be almost over." After saying that, he laughed heartily, and Siqin stomped her feet in anger. It was too unlucky!
Yes, he didn't have to consider this path at all. As long as his father was still his father and the Xu Mansion was still the General's Mansion, neither Xu Yiyan nor Xu Yixing would have anything to do with the prince.
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