Mrs. Shi had been gone for less than an hour when Gu Yan arrived.
"What is she here for?" Gu Yan asked immediately when he saw Li Xiaonan.
As soon as Li Xiaonan came out, his eyebrows stood up at his direct question. She took a step back, turned around and went in.
"What is she here for?" Gu Yan followed closely and asked again.
"She said you are not good enough for her." Li Xiaonan replied angrily.
"What do you mean by this? She's not the kind of person who just relies on her emotions. What's the purpose of saying this? Didn't you hear it?" Gu Yan rushed in front of Li Xiaonan from the side, turned around and blocked Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan deftly took a step to the side to bypass Gu Yan.
"She said she now eats two meals a day."
"Why are you talking about this?" Gu Yan stretched his head forward from Li Xiaonan's side.
"It's just gossip."
"What else did you say? Tell me everything. You have to know her true intentions. She is a person who takes one step at a time and sees three steps at a time. She is different from you." Gu Yan asked reluctantly.
Li Xiaonan stopped in the middle of the yard, looked at Gu Yan, and let out a long sigh.
"I know what she is here for, so what if I know what her real intention is?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"It depends on what she wants to do." Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan, "You are also very thoughtful. Do you know what she wants to do?"
"Why are you looking for me?" Li Xiaonan changed the subject.
"Let's talk about Mrs. Shi first!" Gu Yan was unmoved.
"She wanted to find something to do, like Zelu Garden or something."
"Charity Association?" Gu Yan responded very quickly.
Li Xiaonan's eyebrows raised, "You and her are really a good match."
"You and I are a perfect match!" Gu Yan was annoyed, "You promised her?"
"Does the Ciyu Club belong to your family?" Li Xiaonan said one sentence and immediately added: "She belongs to your family, so I shouldn't agree to her."
Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan and laughed, "If she doesn't belong to our family, it's almost the same. If she wants it, you must nod her head. If you are willing to take care of it, then it won't be her turn. Today's charity organization is run by the Changsha Prince's Palace.
The old lady is in charge because she doesn't like to attend various ceremonies and sacrifices. Do you agree?" Gu Yan looked down at Li Xiaonan from a high position.
"What if I agree? What if I don't agree?" Li Xiaonan asked back.
"She came to you now to bully you and take advantage of your ignorance because you know almost nothing about the people and things in the capital. But~" Gu Yan protracted and snorted, "She has always been like this, smart and responsive.
You were fooled by cleverness. With your current status, what's the use of agreeing? Don't worry, the old lady in the Changsha Palace is confused in small things but shrewd in big things, so she won't hand over the charity association easily."
"I'm not worried, it's you who are worried." Li Xiaonan said.
"I don't trust you!" Gu Yan bent down and faced Li Xiaonan's face.
Li Xiaonan leaned back and took a step back.
"What do you want from me?"
"You told Aniang that I have to take care of everything for you, are you causing trouble for you?" Gu Yan put away the folding fan and pinched it.
"Did you say this, or did your mother-in-law say this?"
"You said that!" The folding fan in Gu Yan's hand tried to fall down, but then turned up again.
"That's not what I said. Although that's what I meant, that's not what I said."
Gu Yan straightened up, held the folding fan hard, and took a deep breath, "You are sincere!"
Li Xiaonan looked at Gu Yan and suddenly turned around and entered the room. Gu Yan wanted to follow, but felt it was inappropriate to raise his feet. Just as he turned to look for Wan Qing, Li Xiaonan had already dragged a heavy armchair out of the room.
Gu Yan stepped forward and picked up the armchair, "What are you dragging it for?"
"Sit down for you. Put it here." Li Xiaonan immediately let go and pointed to the side of the door to signal Gu Yan.
Gu Yan's expression suddenly softened, "The barbarians from the northwest have attacked a border town. I want to discuss with the Ministry of War the deployment of troops and the selection of generals. I have to leave after a few words. There is no need to sit down."
"Sit down, and I will say a word to you, a longer sentence." Li Xiaonan asked Gu Yan to sit down.
"Go ahead." Gu Yan sat down.
"Can we talk to each other in the future? If you are polite to me, I won't be rude to you."
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise. He wanted to laugh but held back, and nodded quickly, "Okay!"
"I think Mrs. Shi is pretty good. I don't think she wants to plot against me, and I don't think she has any thoughts about you now. If she lets go, you should let go too. Don't do this or that as soon as you hear Mrs. Shi.
." Li Xiaonan went down the first step and stood talking to Gu Yan, which was just right.
Gu Yan glanced at Li Xiaonan for a moment, then nodded: "Okay!"
"Have you said what you want to say?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"Aniang almost nodded, but," Gu Yan paused, thinking about his words, "It's because His Majesty is ill, and Your Majesty wants to see me at least settle the marriage first. This is why Aniang nodded."
"Um."
"You have no one to rely on, so I can only take care of it for you. Don't say whatever you want from now on." Gu Yan stood up.
"good."
Gu Yan was a little surprised by Li Xiaonan's simple word "good", and then he smiled and said: "Don't be too restrained. I'm leaving."
Li Xiaonan followed Gu Yan to the screen wall, watched Gu Yan get on his horse and leave, then went back and sat on the armchair.
Now that she has decided, she should think about it. She has thought about many things and where does she want to go?
Li Xiaonan sat in silence for a long time, her mind was in confusion and she couldn't figure out where to think of it. She knew that it was a sure thing that she would marry him, but now that it was certain, she suddenly felt an extremely unreal feeling in her heart.
Along with this, everything in this world seems to be in a trance and unreal.
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There are two broad rammed earth roads from Jiangle City to Jiangdu City, one in the south and one in the north. There is a constant flow of cars and horses going south and north, each going its own way.
On the high-speed horse road from north to south, a captain followed two horses galloping over, passing a convoy of vehicles with seal script Liu characters on them. The captain turned around at the curve in front and got onto the official road from south to north.
, catch up with the convoy, slow down the horse and join the convoy.
Mr. Liu lifted the car curtain and stuck his head out.
The sweaty Chang Sui walked beside the car window and leaned slightly to report: "Steward Zhou sent me to report: Yesterday morning, the Ministry of Rites invited Mr. Li Wenliang and Mr. Hong Shi'an to learn how to act, saying it was for the engagement of the prince."
Mr. Liu's eyes were bright and he burst out laughing.
Chang Sui stared at Mr. Liu who was laughing loudly, forgetting for a moment that he couldn't stare at his master like that.
"Thank you for your hard work." Master Liu handed a small silver coin to Chang Sui, "Rush back immediately and tell Lao Zhou to serve Master Li well. As long as Master Li needs it, give him whatever he needs.
Use this money to eat and drink well. Go quickly."
"Yes!" Changsui took the silver spear, turned onto the fast horse track, and rode away.
"Speed up the speed, from now on, non-stop, non-stop, day and night." Master Liu ordered.
Following the agreement from the steward next to him, he raised his voice and assigned people to take turns to rest.
