When the emperor's decree came, Ye Fan was reading quietly. After dinner, Sima Xichen went to the villa to discuss matters. Xuelian went with him, leaving Jiaohe to take care of Ye Fan.
Jiao He stood silently, observing Ye Fan secretly. She was surprised by Ye Fan's quietness, which made her unable to sense whether the woman in front of her was happy or sad. "Young Madam, you don't seem to be happy.
,Are you not used to living here? Or-"
Ye Fan raised his head from the book, looked at Jiao He gently, and thought softly, fate is really strange, he did not possess a slave, but a rich lady, and the future
I am simply two completely opposite people. "I'm fine, you don't have to worry. By the way, is there any news ahead?"
"It seems so. I heard that the emperor's new imperial edict has come, temporarily suspending the siege of Aolin Villa, and temporarily allowing friends in the world to leave Aolin Villa. By the way, I heard that the emperor is also planning to choose one of yours.
The sisters entered the palace as concubines." Jiao He nodded and said, "I heard from He Ming. He said that just now, the guard guarding the door sent the news. It was Wu Huai who personally sent his subordinates to inform him. I guess it was
, at this moment, the young master and the owner of the village have already begun to send their friends away from the world."
Ye Fan nodded, put down the book in his hand, and said quietly: "Okay, this is best. By the way, Jiaohe, help me pack my luggage. I'm going back to the capital to see my parents tomorrow, no?"
I know which of my sisters the emperor has chosen."
"Go back to the capital?" Jiao He was stunned, "Why go back? Isn't it nice to live here?"
"I want to go back and see my parents." Ye Fan said calmly, "When a girl gets married, she has to come back home, right? By the way, I wonder if I can take Xuelian and Alizarin with me?"
Sima Xichen walked in from outside, Jiaohe bowed and left.
Ye Fan secretly thought to himself: Now he is just the young owner of Aolin Villa and he is so busy. If he becomes the emperor one day, how busy will he be? Even if he is one of his concubines, what can he do?
, just sitting here, talking to his slave, waiting lonely to be favored?
"The emperor has asked Wu Huai to withdraw his troops." Sima Xichen said gently, "Now all our friends in the world are ready to leave. I didn't expect that your words could actually make the emperor take back his original plan."
Ye Fan was talking when he heard someone coming in from outside.
"Xichen." Shang Xiuli called out softly and said hesitantly, "I want to discuss something with you."
"What's the matter?" Sima Xichen frowned slightly and asked calmly.
"I -" Shang Xiuli paused for a moment, as if she was thinking about how to tell her story, and looked at Sima Xichen with a somewhat obsessed look in her eyes.
Didn't they say they were not allowed to come here again? She and Du Ruoxin were not allowed to appear near her again, so how could they still come and go freely?
"Can you go out and discuss it?" Ye Fan said coldly, "I am the one who married into Aolin Villa, not you. If you still refuse to let go, please tell me out of my sight."
Shang Xiuli turned to look at Ye Fan, with tears in her eyes, and said firmly: "You don't have to humiliate me like this, I just don't have your special status. If I can do what you can do for Xichen,
How can I allow you to accuse me like this? Humiliate me? I can tolerate you now, why can't you tolerate me? Is Xichen just yours?"
Just as Ye Fan was about to say something, Sima Xichen on the side spoke out to dissuade him, "Come on, why are you angry about this? Okay, let's go out and talk."
Watching Sima Xichen and Shang Xiuli walk out together, when they were leaving, Shang Xiuli looked back at Ye Fan, with a kind of contempt in her eyes.
Ye Fan lowered his head. Sima Xichen was definitely not a man suitable for him. He was definitely not a man worthy of his love. In his world, he had a greater career, and she was just a passer-by, as small as dust.
After walking out of Ye Fan's room and outside, the cool autumn air blew over his face. Sima Xichen stood there, graceful but cold as ice. "What's the matter? Tell me."
Sima Xichen's suddenly cold tone made Shang Xiuli suffocate. She looked at Sima Xichen blankly and didn't understand what was wrong with him. He was fine in the room just now. Why did he look like this after he came out? "Xi Chen
Chen, what’s wrong with you?”
"Nothing, just please consider Xiaofan's feelings." Sima Xichen said coldly, "She is my wife now. No matter what the reason is, she is the woman I, Sima Xichen, chose. Just now
I don’t want to embarrass you too much, because you just want to do something for me. I appreciate your idea, but -" Sima Xichen shook his head gently and said in a gentle tone, "
Now, to me, Xiaofan is almost the most beautiful part of my life. I don’t want to hurt her. If I hurt her, I would rather hurt myself!”
Shang Xiuli couldn't say a word for a long time. Tears burst out of her eyes and she couldn't stop them. "How could you do this? How could you fall in love with her? You just met her and only got along for a few days."
, how could you treat her like a treasure? She is just a pawn in the plan, how can you be emotional?!"
"I know, I know what I have to do, and I know I can't live up to everyone's expectations and hard work, but what does all this have to do with Xiaofan?" Sima Xichen said in a deep voice, "I am the one who owes my family and country the grudges.
It is not Xiaofan's responsibility. I will try my best to complete the plan, but it is really not necessary to exchange her life for the lives of the Li family's descendants. It is not worth it."
"What if I am willing to go for her?" Shang Xiuli suddenly said, "I know that Alizarin's disguise is very good. If I can be disguised as Ye Fan, can't I also get close to the dog emperor? Besides,
Not only do you have a grudge against him, but I also have a deep grudge against him, and I wish I could cut him to pieces with a thousand swords."
"No." Sima Xichen shook his head, "Your father and our Sima family have life-saving grace. If your father hadn't let us go at that time, I wouldn't be standing here today. Absolutely not, Xiaofan can't risk it."
You can't take this risk either. I will come up with a better way to solve this problem. Don't worry about it anymore. As for your hatred, you will naturally get revenge one day. Don't rush it now.
You’ve been waiting for years, why do you still care about waiting for a few more days?”
Shang Xiuli pursed her lips tightly, trying to say something, but she seemed to have swallowed it back and stood quietly in a daze.