"That's the case, what's the matter?"
"Then why don't you just pick a good one and give it to him as a gift?"
Xu Yiwen's eyes lit up, but then his expression became awkward. "After all, it's my sister's stuff. If she wants it back someday, that would be terrible. Taking it without asking is stealing, and that's not right."
Silly brother, I, your sister, agree!
"You can't say that. After the accident, my sister hasn't written home since then. I went to see her several times but she didn't see me. I guess her mind is not on that. You can help her first, and then tell her when you have a chance. She won't blame you."
"Well... Yi Yan, thank you for your idea, but forget it. I'll just give him my saber, I'm sure he'll like it. You're right, I have to go. I'll leave first, otherwise it would be too rude!"
After Xu Yiwen finished speaking, he quickly walked towards his yard, leaving Xu Yixing here to continue wandering around.
"Siqin, is the Gu family really short of money? Why can't they even allow this kind of gift?"
"It seems so. The accountant at home has been very active these past few days, as if something really went wrong. Even half of the maids in the young master's room have been driven away. It's really scary."
"Haha, how can you be so poor?" Gu has been running the mansion for twenty years, and her private property for twenty years as well. Even if her stores don't make any money in a year, she wouldn't be so poor. She's clearly taking advantage of the situation.
"You know the small warehouse behind the master's study, right? Find a way to let Gu know. There are a lot of gold and silver utensils in there that have not been used for many years."
"Ah? Those are..." Siqin looked around, confirmed that no one was around and continued, "Those are Madam Bai's things. If Madam knew about this, she would be scolded to death by the master if she had such an idea."
"You know?"
Xu Yixing was very surprised. The things in there were his mother's things, all heavy and ugly gold and silver items, so his father had not included them in the dowry. But only his father and he should know about it, so how could she know?
"You told me that. Have you forgotten?"
Xu Yiyan knew? How many other things in this world were she secretly doing without telling him?
"Oh oh. Anyway, just go and do it. She deserves to be scolded by her father, right? Go ahead."
Xu Yixing wanted to make Gu have an idea. It would be best if he could secretly sell the item. When his father found out, he would not only kill Gu but also her!
Xu Yixing went back and quietly practiced calligraphy. These days, she would imitate Yi Yan's handwriting when she had nothing to do, and would occasionally think of what the Seventh Prince said that day.
"Do Yiyan?"
Unfortunately, I am who I am and cannot be a substitute for anyone else!
She knew that the Seventh Prince liked Yi Yan, but she couldn't pretend to marry him just because he liked her, right? This would be unfair to both him and herself.
The path she chose might be dangerous, and might even cost her life if she wasn't careful. But it was her choice, and she couldn't let herself live a life of confusion.
If you want to blame someone, blame Yi Yan for having a miserable life, and also blame you for not proposing to Yi Yan earlier, otherwise you would have already done it, what can I say?
Late at night, after listening to Yingjiu's report on Xu Housheng's latest progress and Sun Ziyou's schedule, Xu Yixing fell asleep peacefully. "No rush, there's still a long way to go. You'd better clean your neck and wait for me to kill you."
December, the last month of the year, had finally arrived. However, this year was strange; the first snow hadn't fallen yet, and the emperor and his court officials were deeply worried.
Xu Yixing got up and put on her makeup. She didn't care whether it snowed or not.
However, just as she had finished cleaning up and was about to eat, Xu Qian from the front yard came to the door and told her to hurry over.
Xu came to call, it must be that his father wanted to talk to him about something, could it be that something happened in the Sun Mansion again? So he hurriedly got up, went to the front yard and entered the door, only to see Madam Jing, his father and Gu, chatting and laughing.
When Mrs. Jing saw her, her eyes curved with a smile. Gu was also smiling, but her smile seemed a little bitter.
"Hello, Madam Jing, Father and Mother. I wonder what you are looking for me about?"
"Yan'er, come and sit here." Old Man Xu patted the stool next to Madam Jing and let herself over.
Xu Yixing sat down, feeling his heart pounding. Why did Madam Jing come?
"I told you before, I met you at the family dinner, but your father was worried and insisted on calling you over so I could take another look!"
See? There's something on my face?
"Ha! After all, it is a matter of a lifetime, so of course I have to let you make up your mind." Old Man Xu was very polite to Madam Jing, just like most of the court officials.
"It can't be wrong. I've even calculated your birth date and time. It's a perfect match for the one in our family!"
Eight characters... Your family's that one, where did you get your son? It can't be that one!
Xu Yixing didn't understand. Hadn't he made it clear last time? He'd also promised not to bother him again. Did he think he had evidence against her just because he'd admitted his identity and could force her to marry him? What a liar!
"Dad, what are you talking about?"
Only then did Father Xu look up and look at her seriously: "Yan'er, Daddy said I would definitely find a good marriage for you. Look around, who else can be the best man in all of Kyoto except the prince!"
Damn! There are seven other princes, why did you choose this one?
Xu Yixing pretended to be frightened and saluted quickly:
"Dad, are you talking about the Seventh Prince? Yi Yan would never dare to do that! The Seventh Prince is of noble status, how could I marry him? Besides, my sister just married the grandson of the Duke, and I'm marrying better than her. I'm afraid... it would be disrespectful, please think twice!"
"What are you talking about? Would your sister be unhappy to see that you married well?" Old Man Xu really didn't buy it.
Xu Yixing could only look at Madam Jing, who loved her even more. She said, "Don't panic. Yuan'er said he's attracted to you, and he's happy about it. What are you afraid of? My dear, think about it. Our Yuan'er has good looks and family background. Which one of us isn't good?"
I'm afraid of good things! If the emperor thinks we have bad intentions, he will be fine, but our family will be in trouble!
"Dad, you are a military officer. How will you cope if I marry the prince?" Xu Yixing wanted to quickly wake up his father and tell him not to do anything stupid.
What a pity, it's useless.
"Why should I be so self-sufficient? You're worried about this. The eldest prince is marrying General Fenwei's great-granddaughter. What's the big deal?"
Hey, this sounds so familiar.
She finally understood that her father couldn't guess the emperor's intentions at all, or rather, he was too lazy to guess. You are really good!
Seeing this, Madam Jing also came to the rescue: "Haha, of course, this marriage must be made with the child's consent. Yiyan, I know you are shy, but Yuan'er told me that you had a great chat that day."
Hmm? That day he almost strangled me? Chat, okay?
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