Xue Yan already knew about Xue Shao and his wife's encounter with Li Yuanmin, and did not intend to hide it. He had already written to Xue Shao to explain it. Xue Yan also wrote a letter to himself, briefly explaining that Ju Yunwei wanted to take her to Dunhuang.
What he meant was that it was just because he had a misunderstanding. Since nothing happened now, it would be good to clear up the misunderstanding. Things that were originally thought to cause big waves were deliberately "understated" by a few people.
Xue Yan also said that if nothing happened in the future, he would never exchange letters with this place again. It seems that he felt that too many people knew about it, so he was afraid that the matter would be exposed. Bai Li was most dissatisfied with this and scolded Xue Yan for several days.
He is a ruthless and unjust person. In fact, Xu Niang is not too dissatisfied with his behavior. She can understand it, because Xue Yan helped her so much before, mostly out of guilt. Now that Xue Shao and his wife know it, he also
Now that you have a family, there is no need to be like before.
In fact, this is fine, Xu Niang thought, as it would not implicate some innocent people. Then she would owe others too much. So, when she wrote to Chang Ning for the first time, she had already written
This letter is the first and the last. Even if Chang Ning replies, it will only be this time. From now on, she will not know whether she is alive or dead. She does not want to see any of her "relatives" in the capital.
Ju Yunwei didn't know about these things, but he didn't need to know anything. Xu Niang thought about it in her mind and felt that Ju Yunwei had nothing to say to her other than that.
, since there is no such thing, why bother walking together? Isn’t it just adding to the embarrassment?
Xu Niang thought about it for a while, but decided to refuse. She lowered her head and whispered: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have to go find my wife later... I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you."
Madam? That's the Lu family, right? Ju Yunwei snorted, "I saw her with General Xue just now, can you still remember your name this time?"
Xu Niang was silent.
Ju Yunwei was a little impatient, "You don't want to, right?"
The atmosphere around the two people suddenly cooled down.
Ju Yunwei felt inexplicably irritated when he saw her reticent look. He calmed down for a moment and asked, "When did you and Xue Yan meet?"
Xu Niang's heart skipped a beat when she saw him talking about the past in public. She looked around subconsciously. Fortunately, most of these people couldn't understand Chinese. She breathed a sigh of relief and answered honestly: "A long time ago, maybe.
Can’t remember.”
"It seems that you only treat him like this, and you don't even remember this."
Xu Niang didn't know why he spoke in such a sinister tone, and she was very impatient. Why should she remember? She was rejected by Xue Shao first, which made her lose face. She didn't hate him to death, so it was good.
.Many things went wrong, and now the two of them have their own ways to go, so she still has to remember to do those bad things!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect that the prince would have such a hobby and be so meddlesome in other people's business?"
Ju Yunwei smiled coldly, his voice full of ridicule, "Humph, Mrs. Jiang is too sentimental! It's just a joke with me. You have a deep love for me, but it's a pity that she has married another noble girl. It seems to be with me.
Compared to you, my hobby is nothing."
When Xu Niang heard this, she was as ashamed as if she had been stripped naked and thrown into the street in public. Her face felt burning pain. When she looked at Ju Yunwei, she felt even more hateful. It was necessary for this person to carry a gun and a stick like this when he spoke.
, so mean? "The prince has a good character and a good man, but compared with a weak woman, he turns out to be a bully and afraid of the strong."
Ju Yunwei's face darkened, he approached the person in front of him and looked down at him with an unreadable expression.
Seeing him like this, Xu Niang became frightened for a moment. She was indeed about to offend someone with her words. If he really wanted to embarrass herself, what should she do?
While she was thinking about how to remedy the situation, she suddenly heard a laugh above her head. It was also an emotionless laugh, which made Xu Niang feel flustered for no reason. She quickly took a step back and pulled the two of them so close that it was inappropriate.
distance.
Just as she was wondering, Ju Yunwei suddenly said to her: "Let's go."
Xu Niang didn't move, but her appearance changed, "Your Majesty...are you not angry?"
Ju Yunwei had seen through her to some extent. It turned out that she was a person with a big temper and did not want to be angered. The timidity and fear on her face was probably just an act to show to others. He deliberately asked, "What do you think?"
Xu Niang just shook her head and said nothing.
Ju Yunwei felt that he needed to give her a few words. He made a fist and coughed lightly and said, "I can give you a chance to make up for your mistakes."
Who cares? Xu Niang couldn't help cursing secretly, but she said with restraint, "Your Majesty, please tell me."
He pretended to be mysterious and said in a longer voice, "I haven't thought about it yet. We'll talk about it later."
Xu Niang wanted to give him a slap in the face. How could there be such a hateful person? It wasn't until she finally used up her last bit of patience and watched him go away that Xu Niang breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to his back: "Loushi Gu"
son!"
But she suddenly paused, and a thought flashed through her mind, which even raised her heart.
…
"Chang Shi, slow down!" Lu Kaiyan's entourage helped him back to the tent, who was staggering after drinking. The two of them staggered. After the entourage helped the man to the bed, he heard a servant coming from outside to deliver sobering soup. The entourage responded and went to greet him,
After receiving the hangover soup, place it on the table.
Lu Kaiyan rubbed his forehead, closed his eyes and ordered: "Go down first."
"Yes." The attendant responded and stepped back.
After the others left, Lu Kaiyan opened his eyes with clear eyes, walked to the table steadily, and drank the sobering soup in one gulp. He listened to the noisy crowd outside the tent and fell into deep thought.
Today, he also tested Chief Ashina's intentions both inside and outside his words. He did not want to start a war and wanted to submit to Daye, but he probably would not openly oppose the Ashina He clan. After all, there was a huge disparity in strength between the two parties.
Ashenamiru's attitude was not very clear, but he also knew that making people surrender did not happen overnight. In January, the imperial court issued a decree to send a propaganda envoy, and also ordered Anxi
When states collect grain, they must have prepared for the worse.
He carefully calculated how much food Xizhou could provide now. The weather in Xizhou has been relatively smooth in the past few years. He could provide tens of thousands of shi of food. With the donation from the temple, there was no big problem in money and silk.
, he and Xue Shao planned to send people to nearby places to purchase. However, they had different opinions on this matter.
He meant to have people from the government collect grain, but Xue Shao wanted to use merchants.
Xue Shaodao: "Businessmen are willing to do business for the imperial court. Moreover, most of the merchants in Xizhou have experience in escorting and have wider connections. They are no worse than those in government affairs. What's more, the price offered to the merchants will also make them profitable.
, using the power of businessmen, I don’t know how much government affairs are saved. This is a matter of great joy to everyone."
But Lu Kaiyan felt that he was just whimsical. It was easy to say it but difficult to do it. Businessmen were originally focused on pursuing profits. This matter must not be left to a certain family. However, this would easily lead to confusion in the accounts and make it difficult to do so.
Management can easily make mistakes.
Although Xue Shao discussed with him in detail how to arrange the arrangement afterwards, Lu Kaiyan still felt that the matter was unreliable. However, the matter could not be delayed. Afterwards, Xue Shao took him to meet with Dalang, Sanlang and others of the An family.
After several people discussed it carefully, Lu Kaiyan naturally agreed to Xue Shao's proposal.
At first, Lu Kaiyan couldn't help but suspect that this was Xue Shao's intention to form an alliance with the businessman and seek personal gain. However, after using it for a while, he did feel that this method was really trouble-free. But he couldn't help but still have doubts about Xue Shao, not to mention his recent
People frequently leave the city, seemingly heading to Yizhou, with unknown intentions and no idea what they are planning.
Starting from Xue Shao's garrison, it did give him a lot of help, but Xue Shao had hidden selfish motives, and now he had troops in Xizhou City. If he had other intentions, wouldn't it be a big problem?
It seems that he needs to be more careful about escorting grain and fodder in the future, secretly guarding against anyone tampering with it.
…
Tonight, Xuniang was equally uneasy. She was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, thinking hard.
What's the matter with Ju Yunwei's abnormal attitude? He was obviously very unhappy with her before, and his disgust was written on his face. What he said today was also confused. His last words seemed to be deliberately implying something. Could it be?
Does he know his identity? But Xue Yan clearly wrote that she had never revealed her true identity.
She remembered that after Gaochang was destroyed, the members of the Ju royal family were escorted to the capital. Ju Yunwei lived in the capital for several years as a hostage and later came back. So, maybe Ju Yunwei had seen her in the capital? In fact,
She had also heard of Prince Ju's reputation in the capital, but she was only a few years old at that time, and she was devoted to another person. She didn't care much about this at all. She only knew that Prince Ju was very romantic and had heard some of his romantic affairs.
It's just a rhyme, I don't know much about the rest.
According to Ju Yunwei's status, he must have attended many banquets in the capital... Probably not. How could he not have any impression if he had seen her? Xue Yan did the same! Why didn't he think that Ju Yunwei would recognize him?
?How could she remember so many people...
Xu Niang remembered that she had heard people say that this "Prince Ju" was well-born, charming, and a frequent visitor to Pingkangfang, where there were many brothels. He once spent a lot of money on a dancing girl, who was the daughter of the eldest princess of Shanyin.
, one of her cousins has become his guest... She is not close to that cousin. She only heard Chang Ning say that her cousin liked this "Crown Prince Ju" very much and asked for help.
She went with Aunt Shanyin to ask for a marriage from the saint. Aunt Shanyin didn't agree. It seemed that not long after, Prince Ju married another girl from a high family. She couldn't remember her last name. She only remembered that her cousin went out of her way to
Go to make things difficult for others... However, Crown Prince Ju's bride didn't seem to take him seriously, and her cousin returned home in vain many times. But the Crown Prince, on the other hand, stood by and watched from the other side.
Thinking of this, Xu Niang couldn't help but cover her face and sigh. She even felt that he might have an impression of her, otherwise why would he hate her so much? But this did not prove it. This Prince Ju was not a good person. Fortunately, he came back to pick her up for the first time.
At that time, she refused. At that time, she had no idea about this character. It was only after Bai Li reminded her that she suddenly remembered and matched the name with the person.
Thinking about it this way, she felt that it was necessary to distance herself from this "Prince Ju", and it was best not to meet him again.
Perhaps she was too "pious" and the Buddha heard her voice. Ju Yunwei, who had stayed in Xizhou for several months, finally returned to Qiuci in early April...