Chapter 355: In Wei Ning's heart, the commander is the best in the world
Facing Xie Guanlan's aggressive gaze, everyone thought of his long list of famous achievements from his youth to today, and suddenly did not dare to argue with him. They could only say timidly that they dared not raise any objections and promised to withdraw from the draft.
Xie Guanlan pursed his lips in satisfaction.
As he walked out of the courtyard, he ran into Wen Xingluo and Wei Ying who had just come down the escalator.
Their eyes met.
Wen Xingluo smiled and bowed as if they had just met, "Greetings, Your Highness."
Xie Guanlan stared at her.
Seeing the girl's fair skin and rosy cheeks, he felt relieved, but also a little unhappy.
He missed her madly in the north, but she was content and at ease in the south. Even her figure was a little fuller than before, which showed that she had been eating well and sleeping soundly these days.
He looked away and said reservedly, "I heard that the princess is choosing a husband in Jiangnan. Talented people from all over the world are flocking to Lin'an Prefecture, vying to become the princess's husband. I have come here specifically to witness this grand event and see who will be the princess's husband in the end."
Wen Xingluo suppressed his laughter, took a step forward, looked up at him, and asked, "Commander, are you just here to take a look?"
The girl's tone was soft and slow, as if it was stained with the misty rain of apricot blossoms in the south of the Yangtze River, and it seemed to linger sweetly into Xie Guanlan's heart.
The corners of Xie Guanlan's lips couldn't help but rise, but he forced them down.
He paused, then glanced at her expressionlessly. "From what the princess said, you hope that I, Xie, will participate in the selection? However, I, Xie, hold half the throne. How can I compete with an ordinary man for his affection? I cannot lower my status."
Wen Xingluo looked at him.
This guy was just showing off his power in the courtyard, tearing other people's new clothes and dealing with other competitors with thundering means. Now he pretends to be reserved in front of her.
She knew that Xie Guanlan was angry with her.
He wants her to coax him.
So she stepped on her pearl shoes and took two steps forward.
The autumn wind suddenly blew with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and the girl's lotus pink gauze shawl suddenly fluttered like ink, brushing against Xie Guanlan's nose wantonly.
When he came back to his senses from the scent of powder, slender white fingertips had already grasped the corner of his sleeve.
The girl before him, her rosy face tilted upwards, coquettishly twirling the hem of his sleeve. Her almond-shaped eyes sparkled as she asked, "Since our lord commander is here, why don't you want to join us?"
The sweet and soft tone is even better than this autumn's chestnut flower cake.
Xie Guanlan didn't drink any alcohol, but looking at Wen Xingluo's amber eyes, it was as if he had drunk a jar of osmanthus wine.
He held the girl's hand in return.
Such a delicate and tender little hand was easily holdable in his palm. He wanted to hold it tightly but didn't dare to use any force, for fear that a little force would hurt her.
He asked in return, "The princess wishes me to participate?"
Wen Xingluo quietly scratched his palm.
Xie Guanlan's breathing stopped.
Wen Xingluo stood on tiptoe and approached his face, looking directly into his thin lips, and whispered, "In Wei Ning's heart, the commander is the best in the world. Wei Ning is willing to open a backdoor for the commander."
The girl is very charming.
Xie Guanlan's heart was so soft.
He could no longer control his longing for her over the past few days, and amidst the girl's unexpected exclamation, he simply picked her up and carried her sideways.
"Leaving now?"
Xie Zan stood with his arms folded, watching his elder brother go away.
He quickly looked away and looked at the girl not far away.
Wei Ying glared at him, "What are you looking at?"
Xie Zan curled his lips and lazily took out an orange from his sleeve.
He tossed the orange to Wei Ying. "In Ningning's heart, my brother is number one in the world. In Yingying's heart, where do I rank?"
Wei Ying rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see the sign hanging at the city gate? Didn't you know what was going on?"
"Wei Gaoyang, I find you to be quite boring."
"You're interesting."
"I'm definitely more interesting than my eldest brother. I'm the most interesting person in my family."
Wei Ying rolled her eyes and didn't want to pay attention to him.
That night.
Nine lanterns were lit in the waterside pavilion.
Wen Xingluo hosted a small banquet to entertain Xie Guanlan.
While drinking, Xie Guanlan was stunned to learn that she was pregnant.
His eyes fell on the girl's abdomen, and he opened his lips to speak, but no words came out.
In his eyes, Wen Xingluo is a little girl who needs to be protected.
How did she suddenly become a mother?
After a long silence, he said seriously, "This child is not good."
Wen Xingluo frowned.
The man's reaction was completely different from the surprise she had expected.
She couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Xie Guanlan couldn't say it.
Deep down, he didn't want her to become a mother too early.
The little girl had lived such a hard life in the past, and now that she had finally killed Xie Zhe, she should have enjoyed a leisurely and wealthy life instead of taking on the risks of childbirth and the responsibilities of a mother too early.
Although the imperial law stipulated that women could marry and have children after reaching the age of 15, Xie Guanlan still believed that women could only have a general understanding and experience of the world when they were twenty-five or twenty-six, or even thirty. By that time, their minds were fully mature, and choosing whether to have children or not was considered responsible for themselves.
After a long silence, he held her hand and said frankly: "If Ningning doesn't want it, then you can choose to give up the child. I don't have any requirements for you when it comes to giving birth, and no one else in the Zhenbei Palace will have any requirements for you either."
Wen Xingluo looked at him in surprise.
After a while, she arched her brows and said, "I want to keep this child. Xie Ziheng, I want to be a mother, a mother like my mother."
The girl's tone was gentle and firm.
It seemed that because of Xie Guanlan's words, her round almond eyes were particularly bright and full of courage.
Xie Guanlan remained silent and stopped trying to persuade him.
He understood Wen Xingluo's desire for family affection.
"By the way," Wen Xingluo poured him a glass of wine, "Do you remember those hostages who defected to Pei Lin? He clearly killed several of them, but he framed them on Xie Zhe. Pei Lin used this to stir up conflict between Xie Zhe and the princes, and subjugated those princes."
Xie Guanlan instantly understood what she meant, "You lured me to Jiangnan, so you could give me this handle?"
Wen Xingluo held her face in her hands and smiled at him, "Yes, I want to tell Brother Ziheng that the alliance in Jiangnan is like a pile of loose sand. We can use Pei Lin to disintegrate them without sending out a large army. I have always wanted you to become the master of the world."
Xie Guanlan, he seems cold and unapproachable, but he is actually very nice to everyone.
Wen Xingluo firmly believed that he would be good to everyone in the world.
Outside the window of the waterside pavilion, pines and bamboos are swaying.
In Lin'an Prefecture, on the farther buildings and palaces with flying eaves and pointed corners, a thin figure in peacock blue sat on the eaves, drinking wine facing the moon.
The aroma of wine is lingering and the night wind is cold.
Pei Lin looked at the vermilion-painted waterside pavilion lit by candlelight from afar, his eyes filled with gloom.
Dark clouds covered the moon.
Pei Lin raised his head and drank all the wine in the pot.
…
The Gangnam talent show is coming soon.
The day before the audition was the Mid-Autumn Festival. The city of Lin'an was bustling with thousands of lanterns and various performances before nightfall.
In the boudoir, across a Su embroidered screen depicting a moon rabbit pounding medicine, Pei Lin looked at the young girl sitting at her dressing table, "I heard that the princess has been staying with Xie Guanlan for the past two days. I guess it's settled?"
Wen Xingluo put on the pearl earrings and said "hmm" nonchalantly.
Pei Lin was silent for a moment, then asked, "Since it's already happened, why do you still want to go to the street with him tonight to watch the lanterns?"
Wen Xingluo glanced at the tall, thin figure of a young man outside the screen, "Master Pei, with what identity are you questioning me?"
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