Chapter 736 I hope your heart is like mine [52k monthly vote requested! ]
Chapter 736 I hope your heart is like mine [5.2k monthly vote please! ]
Lobby.
The noodle bowl between the two girls was filled with hot mist, but it could not melt Yu Nianyuan's face, which was as cold as ice.
"Why aren't Seventh Junior Sister leaving and going back to find Ouyang Lianghan?"
【Stay with Second Senior Sister again】
"You don't need to accompany me. I'll leave in a moment. It's getting late and the insect lady is coming soon."
Yu Nianyuan turned away and looked at the increasingly bright morning sun outside. It was almost morning. She didn't look back and said calmly:
"Seventh Junior Sister, you should go back and stay with Ouyang Lianghan. In addition, you should think about how to welcome the Senior Sister and other Senior Sisters in advance. I am too soft-hearted to take you back. When today's matter is over, they will find you soon.
Come.
"Besides, if you didn't choose the first path but chose the second, then I wouldn't be able to intercede for Ouyang Lianghan. The senior sister and junior sisters would not agree to the favor of helping him to make contributions to the court.
Yes, you go back and talk to him... make preparations early so that you can take care of yourself."
Zhao Qingxiu lowered her head and wrote:
[Thank you, Second Senior Sister, for your concern, I would like to thank you on Tanlang’s behalf]
Yu Nianyuan turned around instantly and said:
"I don't care about him, I'm telling you."
Zhao Qingxiu didn't seem to hear it and continued to correct:
[Second Senior Sister, I just said, don’t choose either path, I will not betray Jianze, nor will I betray Senior Sister]
"It's useless, senior sister won't listen to you, and I'm not as soft-hearted as me to talk to you. One is one, two is two...Seventh junior sister, are you prepared to bear everything by yourself? Don't tell him.
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"If this is still the case, I maintain the view I just said and am not optimistic about your future at all."
The lady in white lowered her eyes and stared at the bowl of Yangchun noodles in front of her which she used to love so much, but she lost her appetite.
She continued:
"Instead of telling him the current situation and choices, I am trying to settle everything by myself. Seventh Junior Sister, if this is what you call home and what you call facing together, then it is really ironic. In my eyes, Senior Sister
, that’s not even a one in ten thousand chance.”
When Zhao Qingxiu heard this, she quietly pushed the noodle bowl forward to signal.
Yu Nianyuan didn't squint his eyes and said softly:
"Okay, you've made up your mind. It's useless to nag anymore. But one last thing, remember to tell him not to go to Xunyang Grottoes and to hide today."
Zhao Qingxiu suddenly wrote on the table in front of Yu Nianyuan:
[Second Senior Sister, do you really want to enable it?]
"The insect girl has gone."
Yu Nianyuan shook his head and said:
"You haven't come back for a long time. The white sturgeon that the senior sister specially caught for you to recuperate is temporarily borrowed. But Xiao Shu is very reluctant to part with it. After raising it for a long time, she even gave the white sturgeon the name Dabai. She has been looking forward to it for a long time.
I hope you, the seventh uncle, will go back to cook, but she will definitely not be able to eat it now, and she won’t dare to eat it if she sees it again."
Zhao Qingxiu asked:
[Is Xiaoshu the newly closed disciple that Second Senior Sister accepted in Xingzifang in Xunyang City last time?]
"Well, her full name is Li Shu."
[Is her biological father named Li Yu, a widower who previously opened a medicine shop in Xingzifang?]
"Well, it's him." Yu Nianyuan nodded and suddenly asked: "Have you seen him?"
Zhao Qingxiu seemed to remember the meal not long ago and wrote:
[I think I’ve seen it before]
Yu Nianyuan chuckled:
"Last night when you were away, I went to see him and planned to arrange for him to leave the city. He refused. Do you know what he said?"
【Are you asking for mercy from Tanlang? 】
Yu Nianyuan nodded gently:
"Not only was he begging for mercy, he himself refused to leave. The reason was that he could not bring trouble to his benefactor Ouyang Lianghan.
"He said that it was Ouyang Lianghan who pleaded for mercy in the water prison and vouched for the court's female officials before he was fished out. If he leaves now, if someone investigates afterwards, Ouyang Lianghan will be held accountable, so he cannot leave.
At least not now.
"In addition, he boldly pleaded for mercy, saying that Ouyang Lianghan was a great talent, a Jiangnan man, and a master of water conservancy. During his tenure, he provided disaster relief and flood control, and punished powerful bullies. Even though he is temporarily tied up in fame and fortune,
I submitted to the Puppet Zhou court, but overall, it was beneficial to the people of Jiangnan. I took up the official career of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty just to do some practical things for the elders of Jiangnan. I can advise and recruit him, but at least I can't deny it blindly..."
Before Zhao Qingxiu could move to write, Yu Nianyuan quickly ignored the matter and continued talking about the following:
"Actually, these are not important. What's interesting is what happens later. Seventh Junior Sister, do you know that when I asked him, if he continues to stay in Xunyang City, he is not afraid that after today, people from the Pseudo Zhou Dynasty will start to clean up and kill indiscriminately... Aren't he afraid of losing his life?
How did he respond?"
Zhao Qingxiu, who couldn't bear it, shook his head when he heard this.
Yu Nianyuan narrowed his eyes and said:
"He said he was not afraid of death because he had family on both sides."
Zhao Qingxiu was silent for a while and wrote one stroke after another:
【He is a loyal person】
Yu Nianyuan nodded: "Yes, this person is indeed interesting."
At this time, Zhao Qingxiu wrote again and asked:
[Second Senior Sister, in addition to the Big Buddha, are you and Senior Sister prepared to attack Prince Xunyang’s Mansion today?]
Yu Nianyuan asked back: "Who told you that we were going to attack Prince Xunyang's Mansion? Ouyang Lianghan?"
Zhao Qingxiu shook her head:
【Just a guess】
Yu Nianyuan asked:
"Ouyang Lianghan and Prince Xunyang's Mansion are indeed very close, but before coming here, at least I didn't receive any orders from the senior sister. Compared to Prince Xunyang's Mansion, I didn't know that Ouyang Lianghan was your boy husband before.
At that time, in Xunyang City, he was the one we preferred to liquidate... Seventh Junior Sister, now you know why I said that the Senior Sister would not agree to this, right?
"Moreover, when it comes to Prince Xunyang's Mansion, when we stayed at Shoeshan before, someone actually interceded for Prince Xunyang's Mansion, not just one or two..."
At this point, Yu Nianyuan slowly stopped talking, shook his head, and did not continue.
Zhao Qingxiu didn't ask too many questions. When she got the answer, her expression seemed to be relieved.
At last night's birthday ceremony, she listened obediently and got to know some of Tanlang's friends. She guessed that he seemed to have a good relationship with the people in the Xunyang Palace. Judging from the attitude of the eldest lady Zhen Shuyuan towards people coming from the palace, she and
This relationship in Xunyang Palace seems to involve Tan Lang's future career, so Zhao Qingxiu is naturally concerned about it.
Zhao Qingxiu asked again:
[Second Senior Sister, do you need my help to open it?]
Yu Nianyuan glanced at her sideways:
"You are also Madam Meng now, so it would be better if you can contribute. If you don't come, it won't be a big problem. Senior Sister and I didn't expect you to come before, because you were still at the seventh level at that time, and you hit a bottleneck.
Seeing that we won’t be able to reach Madam Meng in a short time, we won’t be able to go there... So the original plan was to have you go back to Jianze directly."
The lady in white looks a little complicated:
"However, you have now entered the sixth level and become Mrs. Meng. It is an unexpected blessing. You also captured the 'Trapped Dragon' in advance, which is even more surprising..."
Zhao Qingxiu corrected:
[It’s not an unexpected surprise, it’s Tanlang’s contribution. Without Tanlang, I wouldn’t be able to become Mrs. Meng so quickly]
[I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but every time I fall in love with Tan Lang... there seems to be something more in my body, like spiritual energy but not spiritual energy, insubstantial but extremely fulfilling, yes, fulfilling]
Yu Nianyuan was noncommittal, and seemed to have the same attitude towards anything the seventh junior sister praised someone.
She said matter-of-factly:
"You can help if you want, but you have to think about it.
"First, it's dangerous there. Logically speaking, senior sister and I should take you there slowly to explore and get familiar with it. But now the situation is a little urgent. You have to help me the first time you go there. To be on the safe side, it's better not to go.
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"Secondly, that giant Buddha was built by Ouyang Lianghan. Although he probably didn't know what he built and how much he was helping the evil tyrants, Si Tianjian would not tell outsiders either...
"But as a presiding official and having a career in the officialdom, it is impossible not to care about the Buddha. Now that you insist on staying and staying with him, if you get involved, have you thought about how to explain it?"
Zhao Qingxiu was a little silent.
Yu Nianyuan couldn't help but said:
"Do you feel it? Just on this matter, you are in such a dilemma. It is even more foolish to try to choose neither path and let the senior sister and junior sisters accept him.
"This is just the beginning. If you get together with him, you will have to weigh more things in the future. Either abandon this one or abandon that one. You will definitely be in a dilemma. In the future, you will definitely drift away from our Jianze.
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"And your identity, the more virgin you are, the more virgin you are, you are not as quiet as a virgin, and you don't have an innocent heart. How do you do a good job as a virgin, how do you become a future Yuanjun, and suppress that abyss?"
When Yu Nianyuan finished speaking, he waited for a while, but when she didn't reply, he waved his hand and said:
"Forget it, don't come. If you do, let Senior Sister see you. Plus, she can't spare her hand to teach you a lesson there. It just makes her angry, which only makes her more depressed."
Zhao Qingxiu calmed down and wrote:
[Thank you, Second Senior Sister, for your concern]
Yu Nianyuan emphasized: "Again, I don't care about you two."
The atmosphere at the table became quiet.
Zhao Qingxiu lowered her head slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.
Yu Nianyuan stared at the bowl of Yangchun noodles in front of him, but did not move his chopsticks for a long time.
However, when they just talked about the Big Buddha, the two of them maintained a tacit understanding from beginning to end.
Neither Yu Nianyuan nor Zhao Qingxiu seemed to have doubted that the Zhou court could not protect the Giant Buddha.
It seems that the final battle situation at Xunyang Grottoes has been determined.
Compared with the Xingzi Lake Giant Buddha, it was completely different.
Zhao Qingxiu stood up, picked up her sword, and groped out.
Yu Nianyuan sat in his original position, staring intently at Yang Chunmian in front of him. When Zhao Qingxiu walked out of the lobby door and was about to leave, she suddenly shouted:
"Seventh Junior Sister!"
Zhao Qingxiu faced the door, her back to her, tilted her head slightly, and waited for a while.
Yu Nianyuan in the rear did not say anything, as if he just wanted to call the junior sister to turn around.
In front of the door, Zhao Qingxiu lowered her head, took out an ice-white jade hairpin from her sleeve, and replaced the quiet and unpretentious mandarin duck jade hairpin on her temples in front of Yu Nianyuan.
She flicked the hanging pendant with her hooked finger.
"Longlongling~"
The sound of jade is clear and sweet.
Zhao Qingxiu smiled brightly, hugged her sword tightly, and strode out.
Yu Nianyuan didn't look, but she heard the voices of the Fang sisters outside respectfully greeting her, and her footsteps followed by Long Ling's sound as she walked away.
Only Yu Nianyuan was left in the lobby.
Her eyelids drooped.
I saw a line of wet writing on the table, which was left by the Seventh Junior Sister before she left.
[Sister, if you want to eat noodles, you can come to me at any time]
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Zhao Qingxiu returns to the luxury car.
Pei Shisanniang and Ye Weilai, who were waiting quietly, immediately stood up, greeted her, and helped her sit down.
Pei Shisanniang looked curiously at the red-walled courtyard outside:
"What did Miss Xiu Niang do back home? What took you so long? I and Miss Ye almost wanted to go in and look for you."
Ye Weilai looked at the missing food box in her hand and suddenly asked:
"Sister, is there anyone in the yard?"
Zhao Qingxiu did not write, but took out two azure ribbons from her sleeves and gestured, as if to say that she was going to get this.
Ye Weilai pursed her lips.
But Zhao Qingxiu couldn't see her expression.
Ye Weilai said: "Sister, it's time to go back. If Tan Lang comes back and finds that we are not here, he will be worried."
"Um."
Zhao Qingxiu nodded her little head. At this time, she started to write on Ye Weilai's legs. Seeing this, Ye Weilai simply lifted up her skirt and asked Zhao Qingxiu to write on her tight thighs that were only separated by her underpants for easy identification.
The belly of her hand touched Ye Weilai's trousers, and the thin vermilion material was familiar. Zhao Qingxiu didn't know what she thought of, and blushed, but she continued to write:
[Miss Ye, where did Tan Lang go before we came out? 】
"Something happened when I went out."
Zhao Qingxiu asked: [Do you know what is going on?]
"I don't know." After a pause, Ye Weilai said, "But he should have gone to Prince Xunyang's Mansion in Xiushui Fang."
She turned around and asked, "Why does Sister Xiu Niang ask this?"
Zhao Qingxiu didn't answer and asked again:
[Is there a place called Xunyang Grottoes outside the city? Tanlang was in charge of the construction a few days ago, right?]
Zhao Qingxiu didn't see it. After hearing this, Ye Weilai and Pei Shisanniang looked at each other inexplicably.
The two women did not speak immediately.
After a while, Ye Weilai cautiously spoke:
"Well, in fact, the new King Xunyang is responsible for the construction. Tan Lang is trusted and goes to act on his behalf. He can be regarded as his right-hand man."
Zhao Qingxiu lowered her head and wrote:
[So, the big Buddha is their joint contribution, right? Tanlang can also share some of it? 】
"It should be." Ye Weilai couldn't help but ask, "What does Sister Xiu Niang want to know?"
[Just curious... Hmm, does Tanlang really need this credit? 】
"Yeah." Ye Weilai looked more serious and explained more frankly:
"Actually, this is something Tan Lang has been planning for a long time. He said before that Xunyang City is a birdcage. We can't be a bird in the cage anymore. We have to find a way to leave.
"This time, thanks to the Donglin Giant Buddha, Tan Lang said that it was a rare opportunity to help him and the palace return to the sacred capital of Luoyang. Well, although there is nothing wrong with being an official in Jiangzhou, going to the capital will open up a wider world.
, people go to higher places, and water flows to lower places, Tanlang said he would take us with him."
Zhao Qingxiu listened silently and said nothing.
Ye Weilai asked strangely: "Sister Xiu Niang, what's wrong?"
【No, it's okay】
She asked worriedly: "But your face looks like this...do you feel uncomfortable?"
The pretty girl blindfolded with a ribbon shook her head and turned her head, looking a little absent-minded.
Ye Weilai had no choice but to shut up.
The silver-haired girl didn't know that Zhao Qingxiu, who had sworn to refuse the choice in front of the second senior sister Yu Nianyuan not long ago, felt inexplicably guilty in her heart at this moment.
Zhao Qingxiu didn't know why.
This emotion gradually lingered in her heart.
It was clear that Zhao Qingxiu still trusted Tan Lang in her heart and believed that he would firmly choose her when faced with the two paths, so she rejected Yu Nianyuan's proposal on the spot.
But now, I say goodbye to Second Senior Sister and am on my way back.
She suddenly felt...somewhat worried about gains and losses.
In fact, Zhao Qingxiu did not feel guilty that Tan Lang did not choose her, but felt guilty that her choice had caused Tan Lang trouble and harmed his interests.
It wasn't that Zhao Qingxiu didn't trust Ouyang Rong's determination to be with her, but inexplicably, she felt a sense of panic deep down in her heart that she couldn't resist.
This feeling is familiar yet strange, as if it was very far away, yet very close, just like in a dream not long ago; it is like a stray kitten that has returned home after being lost, and was taken to the busy street and remembered again
That afternoon when I was lost and confused; my heart felt empty, somewhat unsupported, as if I was unsure of something...
Zhao Qingxiu's heart is as clear as a mirror. She shouldn't be like this. When she faced the second senior sister not long ago, she was so firm and confident in her heart, but now she is worried about gains and losses after coming out. What is this? But that's it.
In other words, this is how people’s hearts are, what should we do?
At a certain moment, Zhao Qingxiu suddenly realized that what Second Senior Sister said might not be wrong.
There are some things that she really can't completely choose for the other person.
She doesn't have to care about Zhen Shuyuan's choice, because it's a matter between her and Tan Lang, but she can't hide it from Tan Lang, precisely because it's a matter between the two of them.
In addition, judging from this little worry about gains and losses, has that incident in the past, that shadow, really passed? It will definitely not come back one day in the future, and be hit again at the weakest moment.
Hit her?
Zhao Qingxiu didn't know.
She only knew that she really wanted to see Tanlang now and hug him.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."
Ye Weilai and Pei Shisanniang noticed the movement of the blind and mute girl next to them and couldn't help but turn their heads to look.
[Sister Wei Lai, Mrs. Pei, let’s not go back yet and go find Tanlang, okay? I want to see him]
Ye and Pei looked confused.
Pei Shisanniang, who had always been gentle and considerate to Zhao Qingxiu, did not speak immediately and looked at Ye Weila.
Ye Weilai carefully looked at Zhao Qingxiu's somewhat uneasy little face, pursed her lips, and asked softly:
"Sister Xiu Niang, do you have anything to say? If it's not urgent, you can ask Thirteen Niang to take the message. It's appropriate for her to go. Tan Lang may be busy with business, so we can go there directly. The impact may not be good, although Tan Lang
Lang will definitely meet us, but...
"But Mrs. Zhen has often warned us women not to disturb Tan Lang's business unless absolutely necessary."
Zhao Qingxiu's writing finger paused slightly, then continued to fall for a while.
[Yes, I have something to ask him about the palace and the Buddha]
The blind and mute girl lowered her head and wrote word for word.
Seeing this, Ye Weilai nodded almost instantly:
"good."
She asked no more questions and ordered the horseman to change direction and drive towards Prince Xunyang's Mansion in Xiushui Fang.
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