"It's good to be single. Anyway, you and your eldest father don't rely on me to continue the family line. You have Aze, my mother and their eldest brother."
Mei Shiniang glared at him: "What nonsense are you talking about? If your father hears this, he will beat you up again. You were raised by us and you are our son."
Mei Shiniang pushed Xiao Xuanan: "Go, go, if you want to be a bachelor, it's your business. Jiao Jiao still has to get married, so give me another yard to live in."
Xiao Xuanan walked forward quickly. After leaving Mei Shiniang's attack range, he turned to her and said: "No change!"
After saying that, he ran away immediately.
"Hey, brat, stop here!"
Mei Shiniang wanted to chase after her, but in the blink of an eye she didn't see Xiao Xuanan. She was so angry that she put her hands on her waist and shouted: "Let your eldest father come back to deal with you!"
Xiao Xuanan walked towards his yard and saw Wen Jiaojiao sitting on the porch from a distance, reaching out to catch snowflakes and play with them.
Seeing her, Xiao Xuanan's anxiety over the marriage and Wen Jiaojiao's marriage discussion just mentioned by Mei Shiniang calmed down.
"Why don't you go back to the yard?"
Wen Jiaojiao looked up when she heard the sound and saw Xiao Xuanan walking in front of her. She sighed, "It's too far. Why didn't I feel so far before?"
Xiao Xuanan laughed and said, "You never walked back to the yard by yourself before."
With that said, Xiao Xuanan squatted down with his back to her, "Come up, I will take you back to take a nap."
Wen Jiaojiao raised the corner of his mouth and immediately jumped on his back happily, "Second brother, you are so kind."
After hearing this, Xiao Xuanan smiled, picked up Wen Jiaojiao and walked into the snow, taking her to the yard where they lived.
As soon as he entered the yard, Wen Jiaojiao saw that there were swings, seesaws, and even slides and other things for children to play with.
Wen Jiaojiao pushed the door open and entered the room where she lived. It was clean, tidy and fragrant, and the decorations were all according to her preferences.
Wen Jiaojiao curiously opened the wardrobe and saw that there were all kinds of the latest and most beautiful winter clothes inside, and there were also various jewelry and rouge and gouache on the dressing table.
The bed was soft and comfortable, and the bedding exuded a scent of soap locust, as if it had just been cleaned. There were many soft pillows on the bed, similar to her room in Wen Mansion.
When Xiao Xuanan brought the charcoal basin in, Wen Jiaojiao had already fallen asleep holding a soft pillow.
Xiao Xuan'an stood at the door and watched Yuzhu and the others gently help her take off her thick cotton-padded jacket and cover her with a quilt. She always slept soundly and unshakably.
Xiao Xuanan watched for a while, then walked outside the courtyard and looked at the courtyard where they grew up together. Thinking of the time they spent together in the past, the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised.
How much he thought that they could get along like this for a lifetime, she would always be by his side, he would protect her and love her for a lifetime, and she could be happy forever.
But she was about to get her haircut, and the scene in the Yingqing Hall last time made him unable to help but feel frightened.
Yue'er is a piece of beautiful jade that radiates light. More and more people begin to covet her, and he becomes more and more uneasy, feeling as if he is about to lose her.
When he was in the Yingqing Hall, he wanted to rush to the emperor, pull her and tell everyone that Yue'er would not marry anyone, he liked Yue'er, and she would only marry him.
But that's just his personal delusion. He knows Yue'er too well. He clearly understands that she treats him as her brother from beginning to end. If he expresses his love to her,
She would definitely be frightened, and with her personality she would definitely avoid him.
He didn't want that result and could only maintain the status quo of the siblings.
But as she grew older, he felt more and more pain in his heart.
Xiao Xuanan stood in the yard for a long time, until the maid came to report that the Duke was back and asked him to go to the study.
In the study, the Duke of Zhen, Xiao Yan, was writing. When he saw Xiao Xuanan coming in, Xiao Yan glanced at him and said, "You will go back to Yunzhou tomorrow."
Xiao Xuanan was slightly startled: "Didn't you tell me to spend the New Year in the capital and then return to Yunzhou?"
Xiao Yan: "You will go back tomorrow. The border has been a bit uneasy recently. During the winter, bandits and barbarians began to rob some villages and towns in the border. You will celebrate the New Year with your parents in Yunzhou. Aze Changfeng and the others are all there.
Yunzhou, your New Year celebration in Yunzhou is more lively than in the capital."
Xiao Xuanan: "Then I will go back later. There are bandits and barbarians escaping at the border every year. Brother and the others can deal with it, so why should I go? Yue'er's birthday will be in the next year, and I want to spend it with her."
Xiao Yan paused and said, "Just give Jiao Jiao a gift. We will take care of her birthday."
"That's her haircut gift."
Xiao Yan put down his pen and said, "What does the bright haircut ceremony have to do with you? Xuan An, don't think I don't know what you are thinking."
Xiao Xuanxin tensed up and said with a sullen face: "Then since you know, why do you still want to drive me away?"
Xiao Yan rubbed his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Xuan'an, Jiaojiao is your sister."
"It's my cousin."
Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Xuan'an, whose face was still a little green, but had grown into an adult, but was still as stubborn as when he was a child.
"Then what does Jiao Jiao think of you? Do you know that clearly?"
Xiao Yan's words went straight to Xiao Xuanan's heart and pointed out the most critical issue.
"You are not allowed to live in the same courtyard as Jiao Jiao today. Prepare yourself and return to Yunzhou tomorrow. If you dare to disobey me, it will not be as simple as getting a stick."
Xiao Yan could tell by looking at Xiao Xuanan's appearance that he had a clear conscience.
"When you arrive in Yunzhou, your parents will arrange a marriage for you, and you will not return to the capital."
Xiao Yan thought of letting Xiao Xuanan leave Wen Jiaojiao for a while while it was still early. After he had forgotten about this relationship, he would arrange a marriage for him. By then, Jiaojiao would also be married, and he would not be able to mess around.
Xiao Xuanan was raised under their hands, so he naturally knew what kind of temper he was, and also knew what kind of temper Jiao Jiao was.
He seems obedient and docile, but in fact he is rebellious at heart. He is very tolerant, but this forbearance is a hidden danger that suppresses his personality. When he can no longer tolerate it, it will harm himself.
If Jiao Jiao was a healthy child, they would not stop him.
But it is hard to say whether her current body can carry her until she is eighteen years old. Only Xiao Yurong and her two brothers know about Jiao Jiao's condition, and the others are keeping it secret for the time being.
Now Xiao Yan and the others are looking everywhere for Jiao Jiao to find miracle doctors and medicines that can cure her illness.
But they were prepared for the worst.
Her body is most afraid of emotional ups and downs right now. If she is interested in Xuan'an, that's all. But she obviously has no intention of him. Knowing Xiao Xuan'an's feelings for her will be a burden to her.
This is their sister Xiao Yurong's only child. It took a day and a night to give birth to the child. They will not risk any problems with her.
If that day comes, it will also be a kind of hurt and pain to Xuan An, so it is better to let them separate now.
This was the real reason why Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuanan to leave the capital, but he couldn't tell him.