"This..." Alian wondered, "I'm not familiar with Master Si, where should I start?"
Based on what I just heard, it probably means that in addition to pursuing Princess Zhan’s ideas, His Highness Prince Yu is also pursuing Mr. Si’s ideas. What is he doing to inquire about the preferences of his male favorite?
Although Alian didn't understand the affairs of the officialdom, she heard from the eldest lady that the former dynasty was closely related to the back house, and the movements of the former dynasty could be spied on from the back house, and usually from the people around them...
Qixi took the tray from her hand and held it for her.
"Good sister, the princess and Princess Zhan are biological sisters. Princess Zhan and Master Si have a good relationship. Please think of a way..."
Arriving at a crowded place in the backyard, Alian took the tray and bit her lip and said, "Then I'll think of a way. There are a lot of people here, so hurry up and leave!"
The little girl seemed to be afraid of getting involved with him, so she ran very fast.
Qixi laughed. She was naturally not the only one he had a crush on in the backyard. Others wanted to stick to him when they saw him, giving him handkerchiefs and purses. This girl was even more unwilling than him to let others see that they were related.
At first it felt good, and it saved a lot of trouble, but when I looked back and thought about it, I felt it wasn't the same.
Qixi walked out with her hands behind her back.
Alian went back to her room, wrote a small note about what she heard and the tasks Qixi gave her, and quietly left the house.
Jiu Er brought the retrieved note back to Shen Moran. Shen Moran looked funny and put it in his purse for Jiu Er to send to the government office.
When Si Yiluo returned home after work in the evening, Er Qiao jumped into the door to welcome her and took out the purse sent by Shen Moran.
"Sir, Princess Zhan sent someone to deliver a purse during the day."
Shen Moran would often give Si Yiluo belts, socks, purses, and handkerchiefs. Everyone in the family was used to it. The purses were embroidered with the pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water, and contained herbs.
"Maybe it's because the weather has warmed up and we sent insecticides."
Er Qiao had a piece of maltose in her mouth, probably because Chen Zhuo was greedy. She stared at the maltose newly made by Aunt Chen.
"Sir, do you want to eat?"
Er Qiao turned around and brought a small plate. The orange-brown candy cubes were sweet and tempting. Si Yiluo was just thinking about something, not greedy for her candy...
"No, you can take it back and eat it..."
Er Qiao made a sound and hid the plate behind his back, and Chen Zhuo's voice came from outside the yard.
"Sister Aluo, come and judge! Brother Xiang Yun bullied me again!"
Xiang Yun grabbed Chen Zhuo by the neck from behind and dragged him to the backyard.
"Boy Zhuo, it's because your skills are inferior to others, yet you still have to quibble!"
Zhang Jin brought a group of boys to watch the fun, and there was a lot of noise everywhere. Except for him, all the boys who sent him back home had insomnia last night. They didn't fall asleep until dawn. When they woke up in the evening and looked at the sky, they were surprised again.
It's time for curfew...
Si Yiluo changed out of his official uniform and stepped across the threshold.
Seeing her, Zhang Jin's younger brothers were immediately frightened.
"Si, Si, Mr. Si, I, we are not, we did not do it on purpose..."
One of them stumbled and couldn't say a word, which made the other extremely anxious.
"We didn't mean to stay away, it's because there's a curfew outside again!"
Si Yiluo stuffed his purse into his arms and said, "Zhang Jin, entertain your friends."
She was about to go to Qiuhua Academy. She passed by a few people. She thought of something, took a step back and turned around and said, "The current ranking is not the last one. The palace examination will be held in two days. You have time to fool around, so why not read more books?"
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She was so powerful that even Zhang Jin, who had been playing like crazy for many days, became serious and took the lead in raising his hands to her and said: "Students obey!"
Scholars bowed their hands in salute. Zhang Jin had never been so serious in front of Xiping Marquis in Guancheng all these years. Si Yiluo originally wanted to make a joke, but saw that the younger brothers behind him also looked like this.
She patted him on the shoulder and told him that these people would be his helpers in the future and they had to save him some face.
Si Yiluo was forced to pretend, and even Chen Zhuo, who was making a fuss, forgot about the complaint... When he saw her raising her feet and about to cross the threshold of Qiuhua Courtyard, Chen Zhuo opened his mouth to call her, but Xiang was
Yun grabbed his neck and pulled him back.
"How can you complain about a fight between men? Your skills are inferior to those of others, and the more you take a few beatings, the longer your memory will grow..."
Chen Zhuo's wailing sound made people feel comfortable.
The dinner was placed in Qiuhuayuan, and Si Yiluo waited for a while. Wei Heyan never ordered the meal on time at night. She only picked up the chopsticks when the dishes were almost cold.
Wei Heyan walked out of the room.
"I thought you were going to delay again tonight..." Si Yiluo handed him the chopsticks, "The food is almost cold. I'll go to the kitchen to heat it up."
Although the courtyard of Qiuhuayuan is small, a special area is set aside for the kitchen. Si Yiluo has to stew medicinal food for him every night. He came back early today and the medicinal food is still being stewed.
"No need to bother." Wei Heyan picked up a piece of spring bamboo shoots, "I don't feel uncomfortable now."
The food was not too cold yet. After a brief dinner, Si Yiluo brought a bowl of the stewed medicinal food and put the rest on the fire to continue simmering. He would heat it up in the morning and drink another bowl.
Wei Heyan watched her busy and patted the place next to her.
Si Yiluo sat over, he breathed a long sigh of relief, leaned his tired body against hers, tilted his chin and let his thoughts go.
"This is the most relaxing and comfortable moment of the day."
Si Yiluo's shoulders sank.
"When you are tired, just lie down for a while. There are indeed a lot of things going on during this period."
Wei Heyan collapsed backwards and grabbed her, and the two of them lay side by side.
"Today at the Chunlou visit, you can see that Zhuo Wen and Yu Shibo don't get along, right?"
Subordinates would record the words and deeds of all officials every day. Just reading this record would consume most of Si Yiluo's time. These records would eventually be compiled into files and placed in a secret room. If necessary, they would be reported to Emperor Yao of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Si Yiluo didn't take Zhou Yu's little actions seriously at all, and sometimes the princes' words and deeds couldn't be recorded in too much detail.
After all, they were princes. If the records showed that every prince was secretly wooing the courtiers, Emperor Yao should have suspected that it was their Jin Yiwei who used chicken feathers as arrows to frame them.
This degree is difficult to control.
Dongchang also has spies spreading around, and Emperor Yao will not just look at Jin Yiwei's records. He will only believe it if both parties can match it.
It's not surprising that Wei Heyan knew this.
Si Yiluo hummed.
"Everyone has selfish motives. Once the distribution of interests is involved, it is easy to have conflicts. But it is not easy to separate the two people. Only when it comes to life and death, the two people will break up. Otherwise, it will be a check and balance that the emperor likes to see.
The way to balance.”
Just like Emperor Yao, he transferred her back to the capital from Guancheng in order to check and balance the power in Wei Heyan's hands.
The two of them must be opposites on the surface.
"What if I tell you that I have selfish motives too?"
Wei Heyan's voice echoed in Si Yiluo's ears, and her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he hadn't given up the fight for the throne yet?
"What selfish motives do you have?"
She asked tentatively, pretending to be calm and waiting for his answer, but she felt that every breath was filled with tension. She was so nervous that her palms became sweaty, so nervous that... her left hand subconsciously touched the dagger at her waist.
Wei Heyan chuckled softly and said: "I want to stay with you forever. I want to be upright and upright with you. The husband sings and the wife follows, and the piano and the piano are harmonious. It is best to have a son and a daughter. You teach them kung fu and war, and I teach them tactics..."
There was yearning in his tone.
"No, our family can live in seclusion in the mountains and forests. You teach them to hunt, and I teach them to read. It's ordinary, but actually very happy."
Si Yiluo felt the stone pressing on his chest moved away, and his breathing became smoother again. He released the handle of the dagger and rubbed his palms on his clothes to wipe away the sweat.
Wei Heyan is extremely sensitive, and he will read her mind if she is not careful. She needs to relax as soon as possible...
Feeling the breath of the girl next to him, Wei Heyan's eyes dimmed. What he just said was not a test, he wanted to know if she trusted him wholeheartedly, but he didn't expect that with just one word, she wanted to use a knife on him.