Inside the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Shang Yunlan was startled to hear that Yan Xuening had arrived. She quickly hid in her study and sent someone to find Li Langxuan, telling him to come over immediately.
Just then, Qingzhu brought over a few sheets of paper and handed them to Shang Yunlan; they contained news from the palace.
These sheets of paper clearly recorded everything that happened in the Qianqing Palace and the Eastern Palace, down to the details of everyone's expressions and words. Shang Yunlan carefully read through them, then pointed to the sentence, "The Crown Prince said: Excellent, very excellent!" The elderly man on the subway looked at his phone and asked, "Did I hear that right?"
Qingzhu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "My lord, I have just confirmed with them that this is indeed what they said."
Shang Yunlan: "..."
The family was overjoyed by the filial piety.
...
Shuzhou.
Qiao Xiuyu finally received Shang Shaoyan's letter. He smiled slightly, reluctant to open it, and took the letter for a walk around the mansion.
This was the same house that Shang Shaoyan had lived in before. The mansion was full of Shang Shaoyan's confidants and trusted men, so they all knew that this seventh prince of Northern Zhou was a love-struck fool. Seeing his smug look, everyone knew that the county princess must have sent a letter.
These confidants were all well-trained by Shang Shaoyan and were very supportive of Qiao Xiuyu.
Qiao Xiuyu became even more smug: "Oh, this is a letter that He Yang sent me... Oh, you heard that she writes every day? I didn't know that, but it's always a thick letter."
Bai Lu, who was passing by: "..."
She's actually been hesitant to appear in front of Qiao Xiuyu lately because the other day she bought a copy of Xu Xian's "masterpiece" and almost suffocated after reading just one page.
After giving Xu Xian a good scolding, Bai Lu suddenly realized that the source of these ghostly things seemed to be herself.
Bai Lu: "..."
Okay, okay.
So, she had been avoiding Qiao Xiuyu for the past few days. Fortunately, Qiao Xiuyu was a love-struck man with nothing but Shang Shaoyan on his mind and a master of male virtue, so he didn't care at all.
But here's the problem... The county princess said she would detour to Shu Prefecture before going to the Northwest. What if the county princess finds out...?
hiss--
Bai Lu was startled and quickly went to the glass factory to give some pointers. She then went to Chen Shu and Li Xuan as usual to win the county princess's favor, and subtly instilled in Xu Xian the idea that Emperor Chen was a terrible emperor and that it was time to change the emperor.
After she finished doing all this, it was already dark. She lay on the bed, staring blankly at the beam on the roof, wondering uncertainly—the county princess shouldn't be angry, right?
In the other room, Qiao Xiuyu finally opened the letter. He read it carefully several times, then stood up happily, rushed out of the mansion, and knocked on Xu Xian's door at the beginning of Chou hour (around 1 a.m.).
Xu Xian, his eyes still blurry with sleep, looked at Qiao Xiuyu and asked, "What happened?"
Qiao Xiuyu handed the letter to Xu Xian: "This was written by the county princess."
Xu Xian immediately tensed up, feeling that the county princess must have something important to tell him!
The next moment, he heard Qiao Xiuyu say smugly, "Look, the county princess said she's coming to Shuzhou and will take me with her to the Northwest."
Xu Xian: "...?"
He glanced at Qiao Xiuyu, somewhat dazed, and asked, "Huh? That's it?"
Qiao Xiuyu glared at him with dissatisfaction: "Isn't that enough?"
He paused, then smiled again, looking quite proud and smug: "Forget it, someone like you who has no one to like and no one to like you wouldn't understand."
Xu Xian: "..."
Endure, endure, endure.
This is the lover of Princess Heyang, and according to what he found out, she is also very likely the seventh prince of Northern Zhou.
Endure, endure, endure.
However, the next moment, he heard Qiao Xiuyu ask curiously, "By the way, I didn't sleep because I was reading the letter the county princess sent me. Why didn't you sleep either?"
Xu Xian: "..."
He gave a bitter smile—was it because he hadn't slept? Or because he didn't want to sleep?
It was your damn love-struck brain that woke me up in the middle of the night! And you think you're so important that I dare not say a word!
He held back for a moment, forcing a smile: "Yes, I haven't slept either. I'm admiring the moon."
Qiao Xiuyu gave him a strange look: "I heard from the county princess that staying up late is bad for you and can cause baldness. You should go to sleep."
Xu Xian forced a smile: "Okay."
Then I forced myself not to slam the door.
After sharing the good news of the day, Qiao Xiuyu was in an even better mood. Since he couldn't sleep anyway, he simply returned to his residence and began replying to Shang Shaoyan's letter.
"On the night of February 10th, as I was about to undress and go to sleep, I remembered a letter from home and happily got up to go out. Thinking that there was no one to share this pleasure with, I went to the prefectural government office to find Xu Buxian. Buxian was also awake, and we strolled together in the courtyard..."
The next day, Xu Xian, who had helped mail the letter and was forced by Qiao Xiuyu to read through the love letter, was speechless.
Ha! "Neither Envious nor Sleeping".
He glanced at Qiao Xiuyu, who looked back at him in confusion: "...?"
Xu Xian twitched his lips—forget it, he didn't want to offend this person, so he decided to just bear with it.
...
Ten days later.
Shang Shaoyan returned to Shuzhou. She looked at the now more prosperous Shuzhou than before and felt a sense of accomplishment.
She looked around and found that there were quite a few merchants, including some foreigners. They were all there to buy glass. Xu Xian, that cultured man, gave the glass a nice name, "Qingshui Li" (Clear Water Glass), which sounded very refined. He also wrote a matching tale of the strange and supernatural, which he gave to the storyteller in the teahouse to tell.
Suddenly, glass became something favored by both intellectuals and the general public.
For the umpteenth time, Shang Shaoyan thought that Xu Xian was truly a marketing genius.
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