"Young Master, Young Master!" Yan Ji shouted as he chased after him, "I'm already sixteen today, even if you go now, it's too late!"
"Why is it too late?" Yan Ling walked quickly and said as he walked to the school grounds, "We leave tonight and three days of fast riding are enough."
Rongguan is about a thousand miles away from Nanyuan, and there are mountains and rivers on the road. It takes at least four hundred miles every day to arrive on time.
This is the speed at which urgent military information is conveyed. The messengers have to change people and horses on the way. Now the local governments are in charge of their own affairs. They do not have the support of the post station, so they can only bring a few more horses and change them. Yan Ji just thinks about this difficulty and his legs get numb.
tremble.
"Sir, please calm down! What kind of person is Miss Xu San? Even if the puppet emperor comes to her door in person, she will never accept this order! Just keep your heart in mind and let's discuss it in the long run, okay?"
Yan Ling stopped and said, "Aji."
Yan Ji thought he had listened, and felt happy: "Hey!"
Yan Ling turned back, the anger on her face had subsided, and she said calmly: "I know she will not accept this order, and I will handle this matter properly."
"Isn't this enough..."
"But I have to go." Yan Ling cut off his words, "It's her attitude that she doesn't accept the order, and it's her ability that she can handle it. I also have my own attitude. You can't just blame everything on her just because she has the ability."
——I want this marriage, and even if I go through fire and water, I have to go and get it myself!"
Yan Ji was stunned: "Young Master..."
Yan Ling had already continued walking forward, and at the same time shouted to the guards: "Send my order, assemble in the school grounds!"
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Looking at the guest list, Xu Yin sighed.
Xu Si came in from the outside with soup in his hand and joked with a smile: "What's the matter? There are too many princes and grandsons, and our third lady is spoiled for choice?"
Xu Yin glared at her sister angrily and pouted: "The wedding is around the corner. If my sister doesn't arrange the dowry, how can she still have time to make fun of me?"
Xu Si had grown thick-skinned, and said without changing his expression: "You have to take a break after preparing the dowry, right? I'm just here to listen to the third lady talk about her worries!"
"elder sister!"
Seeing her cheeks turn red, Xu Si couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.
After she finished laughing, she served Xu Yin some soup and said, "Don't worry too much. Mr. Yan always keeps his word. When you were going to Yongcheng to assassinate Wu Zijing, he went with you without saying a word. The same happened in Jiangdu. He
Isn't it all about your face to serve as Li Shizi's substitute? For more than a year, he has gone to danger for you time and time again, and he has never shied away from it. Now that he has made an agreement with you, the Yan family will definitely not be absent.
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Xu Yin stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon and said, "Of course he will keep his promise. That's why I'm worried."
"You mean..."
"He said that his parents had already agreed to the marriage before going to the capital, and I also told him early in the day. Based on Duke Zhao's behavior, the envoy sent to discuss the marriage should have left long ago."
That said, Xu Si was startled and asked tentatively: "Did their family... regret it? They have a better choice and don't want to form an alliance with our family?"
Seeing that she was thinking wrongly, Xu Yin smiled: "No. No matter what our family's circumstances were last year, Duke Zhao Guo could agree to this marriage. How could he object to it now? Sister, I know in my heart that even though Yan Er and I have an engagement, we are also engaged."
Because the two are in love, forming an alliance is just a matter of course, just like you and Prince Li."
Xu Si thought the same thing and continued to ask: "Then what are you worried about?"
Xu Yin lowered his head and looked at the bowl of soup: "If you leave early and there is no trace now, I will naturally be worried that something will happen."
"Isn't this possible?" Xu Si didn't believe it, "Who dares to attack the Duke of Zhao?"
Xu Yin scooped up the soup absentmindedly. He had a vague idea in his mind, but he didn't see the signs yet. He hesitated for a moment and still didn't say it out loud.
Just as they were finishing eating, Xiao Man ran in from outside panting: "Miss, something bad has happened! The Zhaoguo Duke's motorcade has been robbed!"
The two sisters raised their heads at the same time: "What?"
Xu Yin stood up suddenly: "I'm going to see my father."
Xu Si called to her: "I'll go with you."
The sisters quickly crossed the atrium and went to the outer study.
Since Xu Yin became a director, the servants have become accustomed to the two ladies entering and leaving the study, and they were allowed to go in by themselves without even announcing the news.
"Father!"
There were many people in the study. In addition to Ji Jing, there were also several staff members. The two sisters saluted, and Xu Yin opened his mouth to ask: "I heard that the Zhaoguo Duke's motorcade was robbed. What happened?"
This news was brought by Xu Huan. He sighed and told the situation: "The envoy of the Yan family left last month. When they arrived at Fuyundu, they were robbed by a group of robbers. The limo was robbed by a group of robbers.
Everything was lost, including the letter requesting marriage. The messenger was seriously injured and could not travel, so he ordered his personal companions to report the news, but he did not arrive until today."
"Robbers? Which robbers dare to rob Zhaoguogong's mansion?" Xu Yin couldn't believe it, "Who is pretending to be?"
Xu Huan glanced at Ji Jing and asked him to explain: "Miss Third, we guess he is a pretender to the emperor."
False Emperor, King Duan!
Xu Yin felt that his bad premonition was becoming a reality.
The anger flashed away, and she quickly calmed down: "Fuyundu is not far from Nanyuan. Where did the robbers go?"
"I don't know. Your Excellency has already asked Wan Song to keep an eye on you." Ji Jing said.
"Ayin, what are you worried about?" Xu Huan asked directly.
Xu Yin replied: "Father, since the false emperor has sent people here, they will not just rob the limo. I suspect their real target is Nanyuan."
"You mean, he's also here to propose marriage?"
"To be precise, it's a call." Xu Yin raised the corners of his mouth, half-smiling, "Father, do you think they will carry an imperial edict?"
Xu Huan fell silent. What Xu Yin said was what he was worried about. If the visitor really came with the imperial edict of the false emperor, then he would have to make a decision. If he didn't accept the imperial edict, he would fall out of favor, and he could only do what he wanted to do.
If you accept it, it will be equivalent to acknowledging the legitimacy of King Duan's succession, which will mean you will backtrack on it in the future and implement it in the end.
Both options are not good for the Xu family.
"If that's the case, then we have to make a careful calculation."
Several staff members nodded in unison and started discussing in low voices.
After the matter was settled, Xu Huan comforted his daughter softly: "Don't worry, if the false emperor dares to do this, we will make him suffer a big loss. As for those who want to marry, you don't have to worry about it, my father will handle it properly."
At this point, he sighed: "I still want to arrange your marriage before your sister gets married, but unfortunately the Yan family can't come for the time being, so we can only wait."
Xu Yin said so, but his mind was far away.
The attack on the envoy from the Duke of Zhao was indeed an accident. However, there are still four days left. Is it true that the Yan family will not be able to come?