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Chapter 736 I hope your heart is like mine [5.2k monthly ticket request! ]

Lobby.

Hot mist rose from the bowl of noodles between the two women, but it could not melt Yu Nianyuan's face, which was as cold as ice.

"Why isn't Seventh Junior Sister leaving yet? Why isn't she going back to look for Ouyang Lianghan?"

【Accompany Second Senior Sister Again】

"You don't have to accompany me. I'll leave soon. It's getting late. Bug Lady will be here soon."

Yu Nianyuan turned her head away and looked at the morning light outside, which was gradually shining brightly. It was almost morning. Without turning her head, she said calmly:

“Seventh Junior Sister, you should go back and accompany Ouyang Lianghan. Also, you should think about how to welcome Senior Sister and the other Senior Sisters in advance. I was too soft-hearted to take you back. Once today’s matter is settled, they will come to find you soon.

"Also, since you didn't choose the first path and chose the second one, I won't be able to speak for Ouyang Lianghan. If you help him create merits and report to the court, the senior sister and the junior sisters won't agree. You should go back and... make preparations early. Take care of yourself."

Zhao Qingxiu lowered his head and wrote:

[Thank you for your concern, Second Senior Sister. I thank you on behalf of Tan Lang.]

Yu Nianyuan turned around instantly and said:

"I don't care about him, I'm telling you."

Zhao Qingxiu seemed not to have heard it and continued to correct:

[Second Senior Sister, I just said, choose neither of these two paths. I will not let Jianze down, and I will not let down Senior Sister.]

"It's useless. Senior Sister won't listen to you. She's not as soft-hearted as me. One is one, two is two...Seventh Junior Sister, so are you going to take it all on your own? Don't tell him.

"If this continues, I will stick to my previous point of view. I am not optimistic about your future at all."

The lady in white lowered her eyes and stared at the bowl of plain noodles in front of her that she used to love to eat, but she had no appetite anymore.

She continued:
"Instead of telling him about the current situation and the choices, you are trying to settle everything out of your own ego. Seventh Junior Sister, if this is what you call home and what you call facing it together, then it's really a bit ironic. In my eyes, there is not even a one in ten thousand chance of that happening."

Zhao Qingxiu heard this and remained quiet, pushing the bowl of noodles forward as a gesture.

Yu Nianyuan looked straight ahead and said softly:
"Okay, you have made up your mind. There is no point in nagging me. But I have one last word. Remember to tell him not to go to Xunyang Grottoes and hide away today."

Zhao Qingxiu suddenly wrote on the table in front of Yu Nianyuan:

[Second Sister, do you really want to activate it?]

"Mrs. Bug is gone."

Yu Nianyuan shook his head and said:
"Since you haven't returned yet, I have temporarily borrowed the white sturgeon that Senior Sister caught for you to replenish your body. Xiao Shu was reluctant to part with it. She has raised it for a long time and even named it Dabai. She was looking forward to your return and cooking for you, the Seventh Senior Sister. Now she is definitely unable to eat it, and she won't dare to eat it if she sees it again."

Zhao Qingxiu asked:
[Is Xiaoshu the new disciple that Second Senior Sister accepted at Xingzifang in Xunyang City last time?]

"Yes, her full name is Li Shu."

[Is her biological father called Li Yu, the widower who previously ran a herbal medicine shop in Xingzifang?]

"Yes, it's him." Yu Nianyuan nodded and suddenly asked, "Have you seen him?"

Zhao Qingxiu seemed to be thinking of the meal not long ago, and wrote:
[I think I have seen it before]

Yu Nianyuan chuckled:
"Last night when you were away, I stopped by to see him and tried to arrange for him to leave the city, but he refused. Do you know what he said?"

[Are you asking for mercy for Tan Lang? ]

Yu Nianyuan nodded gently:
"Not only did he plead for mercy, he also refused to leave because he wanted to avoid implicate his benefactor, Ouyang Lianghan.

"He said that it was Ouyang Lianghan who pleaded for him in the dungeon and vouched for him to the court's female officials and cruel officials. If he leaves now, someone will investigate and hold Ouyang Lianghan responsible, so he can't leave, at least not now.

"In addition, he boldly pleaded that Ouyang Lianghan was a man of great talent, a man from the south of the Yangtze River, and a master of water conservancy. During his tenure, he provided disaster relief and flood control, and punished the powerful and evil. Even though he was temporarily coerced by fame and position and succumbed to the pseudo-Zhou court, overall, he was beneficial to the people of the south of the Yangtze River. He entered the official career of the pseudo-Zhou court just to do something practical for the people of the south of the Yangtze River. We can persuade and recruit him, or at least we can't blindly deny him..."

Without waiting for Zhao Qingxiu to write, Yu Nianyuan quickly skipped over the matter and continued to talk about the rest:

"Actually, these are not important. What's interesting is what comes later. Seventh Junior Sister, do you know what he said when I asked him if he was afraid that after today, the people of the Pseudo-Zhou would start to settle accounts and kill people indiscriminately if he continued to stay in Xunyang City? Isn't he afraid of losing his life?"

Zhao Qingxiu, who had been holding back, shook his head when he heard this.

Yu Nianyuan narrowed his eyes and said:

“He said he wasn’t afraid of dying because he had family on both sides.”

Zhao Qingxiu was silent for a moment, and then wrote stroke by stroke:

[He is a loyal and righteous person]

Yu Nianyuan nodded: "Yes, this person is indeed interesting."

At this time, Zhao Qingxiu wrote again and asked:

[Second Sister, in addition to the Big Buddha, are you and the First Sister prepared to attack Xunyang Palace today?]

Yu Nianyuan asked back: "Who told you that we were going to attack Xunyang Palace? Ouyang Lianghan?"

Zhao Qingxiu shook his head:

【Just guess】

Yu Nianyuan asked:
“Ouyang Lianghan is indeed very close to Xunyang Palace, but before I came here, at least I did not receive the order from Senior Sister to take action. Compared to Xunyang Palace, before we knew that Ouyang Lianghan was your child husband, we were more inclined to settle accounts with him in Xunyang City... Seventh Junior Sister, now you know why I said that Senior Sister would not agree to this, right?

"Moreover, regarding the Xunyang Palace, when we were staying in Xieshan before, some people actually pleaded for mercy to the Xunyang Palace, and there were more than one or two people..."

Having said this, Yu Nianyuan slowly stopped talking, shook his head, and did not continue.

Zhao Qingxiu didn't ask too many questions. When he got the answer, he looked relieved.

At the birthday ceremony last night, she listened attentively and got to know some of Tan Lang'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 the people from the palace, this relationship with the Xunyang Palace seemed to involve Tan Lang's future career. Zhao Qingxiu was naturally concerned.

Zhao Qingxiu asked again:

[Second Sister, do you need my help to open it?]

Yu Nianyuan glanced at her sideways:
"You are Madam Meng now, so it would be better if you can contribute. If you don't come, it's not a big problem. My elder sister and I didn't expect you to come because you were still a seventh-rank and had hit a bottleneck. It was clear that you couldn't reach Madam Meng in a short time and couldn't go there... So the original plan was to let you go back to Jianze directly."

The lady in white had a complicated look in her eyes:

"However, you have now entered the sixth rank and become Madam Meng, which is a pleasant surprise. You also captured the 'trapped dragon' in advance, which is even more surprising..."

Zhao Qingxiu corrected:

[It's not a surprise, it's all thanks to Tan Lang. Without Tan Lang, I wouldn't have become Mrs. Meng so quickly.]

[I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but every time I make love with Tan Lang…, I feel like there’s something extra in my body, like spiritual energy but not spiritual energy, illusory but extraordinarily fulfilling. Yes, fulfilling.]

Yu Nianyuan did not comment, and it seemed that he had the same attitude towards anything that Seventh Junior Sister praised someone.

She said in a serious tone:
“You can help if you want, but you have to think it through.

"First, it's dangerous there. Logically, my senior sister and I should have taken you there slowly so that you can explore and get familiar with the place. But the situation is a bit urgent now, and you need help on your first visit. To be on the safe side, it's better not to go.

"Secondly, the Buddha statue was built by Ouyang Lianghan. Although he probably didn't know what he built, and how he helped the tyrant, the Imperial Astronomical Bureau would not tell outsiders...

"But as the official in charge, your career in the officialdom is also at stake, so it is impossible for you 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 silent for a while.

Yu Nianyuan couldn't help but say:
"Do you feel it? Just on this matter alone, you are in such a dilemma. It is a pipe dream to try not to choose either path and let the senior sister and junior sisters accept him.

"This is just the beginning. If you stay with him, you will have to weigh more things in the future. You will either give up this or that. It is bound to be a dilemma. In the end, you will definitely drift away from our Jianze.

"And your identity, the more virgin, the more virgin, without the quietness of a virgin and the innocence of a child, how can you be a good virgin, how can you become the future Yuanjun and suppress that abyss?"

Yu Nianyuan said this and waited for a while. When she didn't answer, he waved his hand and said:
"Forget it, don't come. If you go, the senior sister will see you. Besides, she won't be able to spare a hand to teach you a lesson there, so it will only make her angry and make her more upset."

Zhao Qingxiu calmed down and wrote:
【Thank you for your concern, Second Senior Sister】

Yu Nianyuan emphasized: "I'll say it again, I don't care about you two."

The atmosphere at the table quieted down.

Zhao Qingxiu lowered her head slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.

Yu Nianyuan stared at the bowl of plain noodles in front of him and was reluctant to pick up his chopsticks.

However, when they talked about the big Buddha just now, the two of them maintained a tacit understanding from beginning to end.

Neither Yu Nianyuan nor Zhao Qingxiu seemed to have ever doubted that "the Great Zhou court could not protect the Buddha."

It seemed to determine the final outcome of the battle at Xunyang Grottoes.

Compared with the Xingzi Lake Buddha, it is completely different.

Zhao Qingxiu stood up, picked up his sword, and groped his way out.

Yu Nianyuan sat in his original position, staring at the noodles in front of him. When Zhao Qingxiu was about to leave the lobby door, she suddenly shouted:

"Seventh Junior Sister!"

Zhao Qingxiu faced the door, with his back to her, and tilted his head slightly, waiting for a moment.

Yu Nianyuan at the back did not respond, and it seemed that he just wanted to call out to the little sister to turn back.

In front of the door, Zhao Qingxiu lowered her head, took out an ice-white jade hairpin from her sleeve, and in front of Yu Nianyuan, replaced the quiet and simple mandarin duck jade hairpin on her hair.

She flicked the dangling pendant with her finger.

"Longlongling~"

The sound of jade is crisp and pleasant.

Zhao Qingxiu smiled sweetly, hugged her sword tightly, and strode out of the door.

Yu Nianyuan didn't go to see, but she heard the voices of the Fang sisters outside greeting her respectfully, and her footsteps faded away with the sound of longling.

Only Yu Nianyuan was left in the lobby.

Her eyelids drooped.

I saw a line of wet words on the table, which were left by Seventh Junior Sister before she left.

[Senior sister, if you want to eat noodles, you can come to me anytime]

……

Zhao Qingxiu returned to the luxurious carriage.

Pei Shisanniang and Ye Weilai, who had been waiting quietly, immediately stood up, greeted her, and helped her to sit down.

Pei Shisanniang looked curiously at the red-walled courtyard outside:

"What did you do back there, Miss Xiu Niang? Why did you take so long? Miss Ye and I almost wanted to go in to look for you."

Ye Weilai looked at the missing food box at her hand and suddenly asked:
"Sister, is there anyone in the yard?"

Zhao Qingxiu did not write. Instead, she took out two sky-blue ribbons from her sleeve and gestured, as if to say that she was going to get the thing.

Ye Weilai pursed her lips.

But Zhao Qingxiu couldn't see her expression.

Ye Weilai said, "Sister, it's time to go back. Tan Lang will be worried if he comes back and finds that we are not here."

"Ah."

Zhao Qingxiu nodded her head, and then she began to write on Ye Weilai's legs. Seeing this, Ye Weilai simply lifted up her skirt and let Zhao Qingxiu write on her tight thighs, which were only separated by her underwear, so that it would be easier to identify.

The belly of his hand touched Ye Weilai's underwear. The thin scarlet material was familiar. Zhao Qingxiu didn't know what he remembered. He blushed, but 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 happened?]

"I don't know." After a pause, Ye Weilai said, "But he should have gone to the Xunyang Palace in Xiushuifang."

She turned around and asked, "Why do you ask this, Sister Xiu Niang?"

Zhao Qingxiu did not answer and asked again:
[Is there a place called Xunyang Grottoes outside the city? Tan Lang was in charge of building it some time ago, right?]

Zhao Qingxiu didn't see it, but Ye Weilai and Pei Shisan Niang looked at each other inexplicably after hearing what he said.

The two girls didn't speak immediately.

After a while, Ye Weilai spoke cautiously:
"Well, actually it was the new Prince Xunyang who was in charge of the construction. Tan Lang was trusted to take over and act as his right-hand man."

Zhao Qingxiu lowered his head and wrote:

[So, that big Buddha is their joint achievement, right? Tan Lang can also get some of it? ]

"It should be." Ye Weilai couldn't help but ask, "What does Sister Xiu Niang want to know?"

[Just curious... well, does Tanlang really need this credit? ]

"Yes." Ye Weilai's face became more serious and he explained frankly:

“In fact, this is something Tan Lang has been planning for a long time. He said before that Xunyang City is a birdcage and we cannot stay in it for too long. We have to find a way to leave.

"Tan Lang said that the merit of the Donglin Buddha this time could help him and the palace return to the sacred capital Luoyang. It is a rare opportunity. Although there is nothing wrong with being an official in Jiangzhou, going to the capital will give us a broader horizon. People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. Tan Lang said he would take us with him."

Zhao Qingxiu listened silently without saying a word.

Ye Weilai asked curiously, "Sister Xiu Niang, what's wrong?"

[No, nothing’s wrong]

She asked worriedly, "But you look...are you feeling unwell?"

The pretty girl with her eyes covered by a ribbon shook her head and turned away, 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 solemnly refused to make a choice in front of Second Senior Sister Yu Nianyuan not long ago, now felt inexplicably guilty.

Zhao Qingxiu didn't know why.

This emotion gradually lingered in her heart.

It was obvious that Zhao Qingxiu trusted Tan Lang very much in her heart and believed that he would firmly choose her when faced with those two paths, so she directly rejected Yu Nianyuan's proposal on the spot.

But now, after saying goodbye to Second Senior Sister, I am on my way back.

She suddenly felt a little... a little worried.

In fact, Zhao Qingxiu was not feeling guilty about Tan Lang not choosing her, but she was feeling guilty about whether her choice had caused trouble for Tan Lang and damaged his interests.

It wasn't that Zhao Qingxiu didn't trust Ouyang Rong's determination to be with her, but for some reason, a sense of panic arose in the deepest part of her heart that she could hardly resist.

This feeling is familiar and strange, as if it is very long ago, 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 is brought to the busy streets, and once again recalls the afternoon when it was lost and confused; the heart is empty, and has lost some support, as if it is unsure of something...

Zhao Qingxiu knew clearly that she shouldn't be like this. When she faced the second sister not long ago, she was so firm and confident in her heart. Now that she came out, she was a little worried. What was going on? But it was like this, or rather, people's hearts were like this. What should she do?

At some point, Zhao Qingxiu suddenly realized that what the second senior sister said might not be wrong.

There are some things that she really cannot completely choose for the other person.

She may not care about what Zhen Shuyuan chooses, because it is a matter between her and Tan Lang, but she cannot hide it from Tan Lang, precisely because it is a matter between the two of them.

In addition, judging from this little feeling of anxiety, is that incident, that shadow, really over? Is it sure that it will not come back one day in the future and hit her again when she is most vulnerable?
Zhao Qingxiu didn't know.

She only knew that she really wanted to see Tan Lang and hug him.

“Ahh… ahhh…”

Ye Weilai and Pei Shisan Niang 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, Madam Pei, let’s not go back yet. Let’s go find Tan Lang, okay? I want to see him.]

Ye and Pei looked puzzled.

Pei Shisanniang, who had always treated Zhao Qingxiu gently and considerately, did not speak immediately and looked at Ye Weilai.

Ye Weilai carefully looked at Zhao Qingxiu's somewhat uneasy face, pursed her lips, and asked softly:

"Sister Xiu Niang, do you have anything to say? If it's not urgent, you can ask Shisan Niang to pass on the message. She is the right person to go. Tan Lang may be busy with work. If we go there directly, it may not have a good impact. Although Tan Lang will definitely meet us, but...

"But Madam Zhen has often warned us women not to disturb Tan Lang from doing his work unless it is absolutely necessary."

Zhao Qingxiu's writing fingers paused for a moment, and then continued to write.

[Yes, I have something to ask him about the palace and the Buddha]

The blind and mute girl lowered her head and wrote word by word.

Seeing this, Ye Weilai nodded almost instantly:
"it is good."

She asked no more questions and told the coachman to change direction and drive towards Xunyang Palace in Xiushuifang.

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