"Of course I will protect her." Xun Yang stood up with Shen Yunchu in his arms, his posture a little arrogant, "I, Xun Yang, like the wife I love, and I will keep her safe. You'd better go get some rest early."
After saying that, he strode away.
Xiao Jiu looked at his back, pursed her lips tightly, and clenched her fists tightly in her sleeves, "Does he disregard Ah Chu's honor by being so wanton?"
If someone were to see the dignified young master holding Shen's Jiaojiao who has not yet left the palace, the whole world would be in an uproar. However, Cheng Siyang felt that Xun Yang was not the kind of person who did things in a hurry and only cared about himself. "Don't worry, Xun Yang treats Ah Chu like this." Sincerely, I only advise you not to really fall in love with Ah Chu. If she is taken aback by Xun Yang, you will probably have no chance."
Xiao Jiu remained silent, his eyes dark.
"Perhaps you feel that you and Ah Chu have known each other much earlier than him. You and her were childhood sweethearts, but he and Ah Chu only have a half-baked teacher-student relationship. You should be more important to Ah Chu than Xun Yang in Ah Chu's heart. It's serious, but if I told you that Master Xun started caring for Ah Chu before she was born, would you still think so?" Cheng Siyang felt that he should have asked Xiao Jiu to give up his feelings for Shen Yunchu before leaving. thought.
"How could he care about Ah Chu at the age of seven or eight?" Xiao Jiu obviously didn't believe what Cheng Siyang said. "At that time, he was just a burden that was almost executed by Queen Mother Wei. He couldn't save himself and was still struggling to survive in Prince Xiang's Palace. Until Five years ago, he went to Yunzhou to look for me and had the opportunity to meet Ah Chu."
"If I tell you the reason, will you give up?" Cheng Siyang picked up the Sichuan pepper wine in his hand and drank a few sips before saying.
"Say." Xiao Jiu's voice was cold.
"When Princess Shanyin first married the King of Xiang, Xun Yang's mother was demoted to a concubine. Although she had an eldest son, she was not even considered a common wife, so naturally she was unwilling to do so. In order to keep Xun Yang's eldest son, position, so he chose to hang himself."
Xiao Jiu's eyes moved slightly, obviously he didn't expect Xun Yang's life experience to be so rough.
Cheng Siyang continued: "Xun Yang was probably born early, otherwise he would not have made a name for himself at the age of ten. He heard that His Majesty granted the marriage in order to win over the power of King Xiang, or in other words, to remove King Xiang from military power. , to be a prince-in-law who is comfortable and wealthy and cannot participate in government affairs. And the one who shares the same fate as King Xiang is General Shen!"
Xiao Jiu immediately sat up straight. General Shen's story was related to Shen Yunchu, so he naturally paid attention to it. He was interested in everything related to Shen Yunchu.
"General Shen had been married to his wife for five years, and the couple were very affectionate. General Shen's wife was still six months pregnant. But she was also forced by Empress Dowager Wei to abandon his wife and marry Princess Gaoyang. Xun Yang knew this After the incident, he began to pay attention to how General Shen's abandoned wife should deal with it. Later, Ah Chu's mother died after childbirth. Xun Yang felt more and more that Ah Chu had a similar fate to his, and he often cared about her without realizing it." Cheng Siyang. road.
"How did you learn about these things?" Xiao Jiu's beautiful eyes blinked. It stands to reason that things in Xunyang are rarely revealed by others. Cheng Siyang is far away in Yunzhou. He should not know these private things. , "Did he ask you to tell me?"
There was no need to say who he was, both of them knew very well that he was referring to the supreme emperor of the Liang Kingdom.
"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you." Cheng Siyang smiled, with a bit of bitterness in his smile, "Your Majesty just wants you to know that Xun Yang is bound to win over Ah Chu, so you should be patient and give in, and don't offend Master Xun for a mere woman. Let him
Become an obstacle for you to ascend to a high position."
Not as friends, at least not as enemies.
The royal family wanted to take advantage of Fanse and Xunyang, two saints whose status in the hearts of the people was as high as that of the royal family, but also wanted to guard against them. The distance between them was very subtle.
"He stopped caring about me five years ago, and now he's here to point fingers. He only cares about the Liang Dynasty's century-old foundation. And for me, the world is less important than Ah Chu. He asked me to let go of me.
Do you want to let go?" Xiao Jiu's eyes turned cold to frost.
"Put aside your status and the imperial hegemony, how about just talking about you and Ah Chu?" Cheng Siyang sighed, knowing that His Majesty gave him the important task of persuading Xiao Jiu, which was the heaviest burden!
"What about us?" Xiao Jiu asked.
"She only thinks of you as my younger brother." Cheng Siyang said, "If she likes you, how could she fall in love with His Highness Prince Jin at first sight?"
Xiao Jiu sneered, "She only treats Master Xun as her teacher, like a teacher and a father. Even if she treats me as a younger brother, at least we are equal in terms of seniority, so I will not lose to Master Xun."
"Don't you understand yet?" Cheng Siyang didn't understand Xiao Jiu's stubbornness. He originally had some thoughts about Shen Yunchu. When he was a child, when he thought about getting a wife when he grew up, he always thought about Shen Yunchu. Later, Shen Yunchu had feelings for Jin.
Wang Xiaoming fell in love at first sight and got engaged, so he took his thoughts back, but Xiao Jiu seemed to be stuck in it.
He remembered that Xiao Jiu asked him before coming to Beijing, "If I am also a prince, can I marry Ah Chu as my wife?"
Later, when he heard that she and the King of Jin had failed to come to the court to get married, Xiao Jiu decided to go to the capital to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan.
"If you don't understand what happened tonight, I will analyze it clearly for you. Ever since A Chu poured the cup of plum blossom wine, Xun Yang had expected that A Chu would drink it, so he drank it in advance
There was a hypnotic drug in the wine glass, and you could have guessed it?" Cheng Siyang asked.
Xiao Jiu's eyes darkened.
"He has figured out Ah Chu's thoughts. If he wants to plot against Ah Chu, Ah Chu will not be able to escape. But he doesn't bother to plot against her and always protects her with all his heart. Can you compare to Master Xun like this?" Cheng Siyang
Asked again.
Xiao Jiu pursed her lips.
"Have you seen Master Xun's bowl of porridge? A Chu was exhausted both physically and mentally today, but she was still willing to cook porridge for him patiently. You should also know A Chu's temperament. If she doesn't want to do something, take a knife.
She won't do it even if he puts it on her neck. Doesn't this prove that A Chu likes Master Xun in his heart?" Cheng Siyang asked again.
A trace of gloom flashed in Xiao Jiu's beautiful eyes.
Cheng Siyang sighed: "Your Majesty means to arrange for you to recognize your ancestor and return to the clan as soon as possible. If you hate the identity of the Ninth Prince, Your Majesty will bear the pain and recognize you as the illegitimate son of Prince Chen."
Prince Chen is the most powerful prince in the Liang Kingdom. Not only is he very prestigious in the military, he has never married, and his relationship in the palace is simple. Xiao Jiu was the eldest son of Prince Chen in the past, and will eventually inherit all of Prince Chen's connections and power.
"He has good intentions!" Xiao Jiu sneered, drank the wine jar in one gulp, and smashed it on the ground, "If I were the Ninth Prince, wouldn't I bring out the scandal of the year again? Besides, thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Jin
, Ah Chu is probably staying away from the royal family’s children at this time, I would rather choose to be Prince Chen’s illegitimate son.”
Cheng Siyang looked at the mess on the floor, smiled bitterly, and got up to go to bed.
Xun Yang took Shen Yunchu and flew directly into Wutong Garden. All the slaves in the courtyard fell asleep. When it was time to rest, Shen Yunchu didn't come back. Cui Ya realized the sense of crisis and quickly asked Mother Luo to find out. The courtyard door was locked and everyone was allowed to sleep.
So Xun Yang carried Shen Yunchu all the way to the innermost main room without running into anyone else.
Mother Luo and Cui Ya were startled when they saw Xun Yang holding Shen Yunchu in his arms. Mother Luo quickly looked outside a few more times and saw that no one suspicious was there, then she patted her chest and asked, "Scared." Damn this old slave, what happened to my Jiaojiao that I bothered Master to send her back in person?"
"Nothing, go and make a bowl of sobering soup." Xun Yang said calmly.
Only then did Luo's mother notice that Shen Yunchu smelled of alcohol, and quickly made a bowl of sobering soup in the place where she usually prepared medicine for Shen Yunchu, while Cui Ya took the initiative to tidy up the bed in the tent.
"You go and prepare the hot soup. Your Jiaojiao is cold, and she took some pills made from snow lotus. I helped her to get rid of the cold." Explained a few words.
Cui Ya responded and left.
By the time Luo's mother brought over the hot sobering soup, Shen Yunchu had already been laid on the bed by Xun Yang, sleeping soundly.
"Stay back." Xun Yang ordered expressionlessly.
Mother Luo naturally refused. In the middle of the night, although Xun Yang was a saint from the Liang Kingdom, he was still a man. How could he bring her Jiaojiao back and be alone at the same time?
Seeing that she was not moving, Xun Yang glanced over with faint eyes, "Aren't you going to retreat?"
Mother Luo was glanced at by his indifferent eyes, and she trembled all over, with a lot of cold sweat breaking out on her back, but she still said bravely: "Young Master, it is late at night, and it is already inappropriate for you to stay here. How can I be alone with my Jiaojiao? Jiaojiao's reputation will be ruined by Master Xun."
Xun Yang was too lazy to pay attention to her.
He saw that Shen Yunchu was sleeping soundly, but he couldn't bear to wake her up, so he put three pillows behind her and whispered in her ear, "Ah Chu, drink some sobering soup before going to sleep. Otherwise, you can do it tomorrow morning." It’s time to have a headache, that pepper wine is very fierce on the back of your neck.”
Shen Yunchu hummed.
Xun Yang's lips curled up slightly, and he picked up the bowl of hangover soup with his uninjured left hand. He took a sip first, tested the temperature, and then passed it to her lips, "Good boy, open your mouth."
Shen Yunchu hummed again and turned over impatiently.
A hint of helplessness flashed across Xun Yang's elegant brows. He took another sip, put it on her lips, and passed it to her.
Mother Meng almost fainted, "Young Master, men and women are not allowed to interact with each other. You must not look down on my delicate family!"
Xun Yang frowned, gently waved his sleeves, and a strong force came. Meng's mother retreated outside the screen and froze in place, her eyes sparkling with tears, as if she was watching her tenderness being bullied by bad guys, her eyes were incomparable. Sorry, this old slave is useless!
Her acupoints were tapped.
Shen Yunchu drank a lot of wine and was finally thirsty at this time. Xun Yang fed her hangover soup. She instinctively wanted to drink it in her mouth. She couldn't wait to drink it every time, her little tongue brushing the remaining liquid in his mouth with endless intention. Moist, Xun Yang was slightly stunned, wanting to hold her tightly and chew her, but it was obvious that she was thirsty, so he had to endure his desire.