Chapter 181 Yun Yichen's Collection
So many years have passed, and the emperor has never said he would make him a prince. Even he himself thought that the emperor was afraid of him and would not give him a title. But the emperor made him a prince, and a prince of the first rank at that.
"If it weren't for Shu'er's words, I would have thought that His Majesty really wanted to compensate you, but it's clear that we were too naive."
The more Gu Renjie thought about it, the more he felt that the emperor was plotting something.
"I think so too."
Ji Wenjin echoed this sentiment.
"No matter what, at least I don't have to awkwardly use the identity of the Ninth Prince anymore. But in the future, we should have less contact. And because of this injury, my meridians have been damaged, which has caused my temperament to change drastically and I am unwilling to leave the manor."
The two understood Lu Hexuan's meaning: to use the injury to completely dispel the emperor's suspicion of him.
Now that the emperor has taken notice of him, it is no longer feasible for him to deliberately become high-profile as he and the others had previously discussed.
On the contrary, staying at home and not going out, and not even associating with court officials, made the emperor feel more at ease.
"If anything happens, send someone to the Marquis's residence to find me."
Gu Renjie still looked at Lu Hexuan with concern and patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry, I will." Lu Hexuan nodded, glanced at Gu Renjie and then at Ji Wenjin, before quietly leaving the General's Mansion.
When Gu Shuyan arrived at Ji Wenxuan's place, Ji Wenxuan was squatting in front of the stone table, playing with crickets.
"Second cousin, Shu'er, you've arrived?"
After Ji Wenxuan finished speaking, he had the crickets taken away before inviting the two of them to sit down.
"You're in such a good mood, letting your aunt be bullied by that old hag."
Thinking of Mrs. Ji, who was busy running around outside, Gu Shuyan couldn't help but complain about Ji Wenxuan.
“It’s not that I don’t care about Mother, it’s just that those people are so awful. My brother and I were both going to pick you up, but that old hag said that none of Second Uncle’s children were going, so why should we go and join in the fun? She insisted that we stay in the yard.”
Ji Wenxuan felt that Gu Shuyan's address of the General's wife as an "old hag" was very apt, so he simply started calling her that too.
"What are those second wives anyway? Don't worry, my sister will avenge you."
Gu Shuyan loves to tear the old hag apart. She's been playing tricks on her and bullying her aunt. Let's see how she gets back at her.
"Forget about those unlucky people, I have something good for you."
As Ji Wenxuan spoke, he pulled Gu Shuyan and ran into the house. After searching on the bookshelf for a while, Ji Wenxuan took down a book that looked a bit old.
"What's this?"
Gu Shuyan took it and looked at it curiously, and what she saw surprised her.
"Brother Wenxuan, where did you find him?"
Gu Shuyan's face was full of surprise. The slightly yellowed book in her hand was none other than the notes of Lu Qing, Gu Shuyan's favorite poet.
It records various interesting events that Lu Qing had during his travels, as well as the background stories behind his poetry writing.
"I heard you were searching for Lu Qing's poems and stories, so I asked a friend to help me, and I didn't expect that we would actually find them."
As Ji Wenxuan spoke, he scratched his head somewhat reluctantly.
Actually, it wasn't one of his friends who found this notebook, but Yun Yichen. Yun Yichen knew that Gu Shuyan was looking for this, so he had someone go and find it.
Before they could even see what the notes looked like, Ji Wenxuan beat them to it and took them.
If Yun Yichen found out that I had done him a favor by finding something I had painstakingly obtained, I'm afraid he wouldn't let me off the hook.
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