Immersive Fast Wear: The Anti-Strike Manual of the Heartthrob

Liu Yao was shocked by the contradictory words and pointed at the jewelry inside and repeated what Yuan Jing had said before.

"This hairpin is made entirely of gold flakes. It's too monotonous..."

Yuan Jing: "I like red, and I need pure gold to embellish it. This ginkgo leaf-shaped gold hairpin matches my dress very well."

Liu Hao: "Jade looks old-fashioned..."

Yuan Jing: "There are many banquets in the palace that need to be attended, and dignified and steady jewelry is just right for it."

Liu Hao: "Pearls overwhelm people's color..."

Yuan Jing waved his hands casually, quite confident about his appearance.

"It's okay, you can't hold me down."

All the problems he had pointed out before became advantages when he himself appeared.

In fact, judging from his description, these jewels seemed to be a perfect match for him.

As a princess, she has everything, except the rewards that Liu Yao has received.

This made Liu Qiao feel an indescribable strange feeling in her heart, but she couldn't express that strange feeling in words for the time being.

Liu Yao shook his head, shook off the messy thoughts in his mind, and focused his attention on real life.

After confirming that Yuan Jing really wanted to make this exchange, she nodded slowly and agreed to the exchange.

"Then follow the princess's arrangements. Once the matter is resolved, I will... take my leave first?"

Yuan Jing looked at her, thinking that she was still going to go to the yard where Meng Huaisang lived, and once again tried to stop her.

"Master Liu, we have just returned to the capital. Does that mean our friendship in Yanzhou City doesn't count? Why are you so anxious to avoid me?"

"Of course not, how could the princess think so."

Liu Hao quickly shook his head.

Yuan Jing walked a few steps outside, opened the door, glanced at Xianyun who was waiting outside, then turned and looked at Liu Yao.

"Since you are not trying to avoid me, Lord Liu, please stay and have dinner with me."

Liu Hao frowned slightly and refused.

"Princess, please skip the dinner. I still need to give this jewelry to my cousin."

"Master Liu, it's just jewelry. It won't run away. I can give it to you anytime. If you are really worried,"

Yuan Jing shouted outside,

"Xianyun."

Xianyun had just conveyed the instructions to the people outside to prepare the meal, and when she heard her master calling her, she walked into the room and bowed.

"Princess."

Yuan Jing took the wooden box from Liu Hao's hand, put it in her hand, and said:

"Go and give it to my cousin from the Meng family."

After returning to the capital, he no longer addressed his beloved Liu Qiao, who lived in a separate courtyard, as Meng.

Using the same name as Liu Hao seems to be an attempt to subtly forget the special relationship between them.

Xianyun took the wooden box, bowed slightly, and quickly turned around and left the yard.

Yuan Jing looked at Liu Hao and said, "You can stay for dinner now, right? It's really hard to have dinner with Master Liu."

He said it in a joking manner, half angry and half resentful.

Liu Yao thought about that night when they worked side by side for the people in Yanzhou City, and he no longer had the thought of refusing.

It's just a meal together, it won't take much time.

But unexpectedly, after dinner, Yuan Jing invited her to take a walk to digest the food, admire the moonlight at night, and after coming back, they played a game of chess and exchanged some experiences in Yanzhou City.

When both of them were getting sleepy and he had no other way to delay time, he simply asked Liu Yao to rest in the side yard on the pretext that it was getting late.

"My cousin should go to bed. Why bother disturbing her sweet dreams?"

Yuan Jing said this, but in all that time, he had never cared whether he would disturb anyone.

Even in the past, when Liu Yao wanted to rest in his yard because of some worries, he would think of various ways to push her to Meng Huaisang.

Until now, his every move was a manifestation of his subconscious attempt to prevent Liu Hao from getting close to her cousin.

Liu Yao finally stayed in the side yard to rest.

This was not the only time he did something similar. After returning to the capital, he could no longer bear to see Liu Hao getting close to other women.

During the time when the two of them were away from the capital, Meng Huaisang lived a relatively carefree life thanks to Yuan Jing's advance instructions.

The Princess's Mansion will not restrict her travel. If she wants to go out, the Princess's Mansion will proactively provide several guards to protect her safety.

In the absence of the two masters of the princess's mansion, Meng Huaisang's presence was reduced to the extreme.

With guards by her side, she didn't have to worry about causing any trouble to her cousin, so she went out for some fresh air more frequently.

Coincidentally, she met two people who should be familiar to Liu Yao and Yuan Jing—Princess Song Anya, and Fang Linhan who loved Liu Yao.

Somehow, after putting aside their initial conflicts, the three of them actually got along very well and became good friends in just half a month.

Even after Liu Yao and Yuan Jing returned to the princess's mansion, they would still visit the princess's mansion from time to time.

Of course, it was Meng Huaisang who invited me.

Liu Yao felt a little guilty about his cousin being trapped in his own inner house, so he talked to Yuan Jing very early and allowed her the right to come and go freely and to entertain friends in her own yard.

Although Song Anya and Fang Linhan had conflicts with Yuan Jing before, they later came to Yuan Jing to apologize sincerely and admitted their mistakes.

The key point is that Yuan Jing gained a lot of benefits from it, including the Duke of Song's initiative to make friends with him, and Fang Linhan's compensation for several shops with good business.

He certainly would not give up the benefits that were within his grasp because of a momentary anger, and he did not express any opinion on the gathering of the three people.

But therein lies a problem.

After that negotiation, Fang Linhan gave up her admiration for Liu Yao.

But people like Liu Yao, regardless of gender, age or status, would want to spend more time with her, even if it's just to say a few more words.

Even strangers were like this, not to mention Fang Linhan and Song Anya, who had originally had a good impression of her.

Meng Huaisang alone is enough to worry about for him, and now there are two more people who have a crush on Liu Yao, so he is overwhelmed.

Yuan Jing knew that they would not have any other thoughts and would not cross the line, but when he saw the cheerful atmosphere when they were talking and chatting, he felt uncomfortable all over.

My heart felt sour, as if I had been filled with a large jar of vinegar, mixed with some unspeakable jealousy.

His emotions seemed to be completely controlled by the oak.

Whenever he saw someone he suspected of being in love with or when Meng Huaisang and Liu Yao got a little closer, he would feel sad and miserable.

Because of the uncomfortable emotions, they will think of various ways and use various excuses to send outsiders away.

If he was alone with Liu Yao, he would not be cold and arrogant towards others, and even smiled more often.

This change is obvious, and it is easy for people around you to notice the abnormality.

Most people either couldn't guess certain aspects due to limited information, or they were concerned about Yuan Jing's identity and just kept the matter secret by pretending to be mute.

Only Xianyun, whose mother was Yuan Jing's wet nurse, was a few years older than Yuan Jing. After her mother passed away, she almost watched him grow up.

Xianyun would not cross the line because of this different kind of friendship, she still maintained the respect she had for her master Yuan Jing.

The only difference between her and others was that she showed more concern and care for Yuan Jing like an older sister.

She was observant and noticed that something was wrong with Yuan Jing's mood, and she also made some guesses.

Even though she knew that some things might not be tolerated by the world, Xianyun couldn't bear to see her master sticking to her own ideas, so she gave Yuan Jing some pointers after Liu Yao's emotions fluctuated again.

"Master, do you have any special feelings for your husband?"

"What did you say!"

Yuan Jing's eyes widened, and his hands on both sides uncontrollably gripped the armrests of the chair, with blue veins bulging on the back of his hands.

Do you like oak?

Liu Hao, but he is a man!

Yuan Jing couldn't accept the news for a while.

When he was young, he disguised himself as a woman. Because he was beautiful and helpless, many people coveted him.

There are guards and eunuchs...

Yuan Jing recalled the dirty and ugly faces they had when they tried to seduce him, and a feeling of nausea surged up in him.

Although he had never let them succeed by relying on his own talents.

Those dark and ugly scenes in his childhood still clearly told him that he would not have any good feelings for men.

Furthermore, Yuan Jing’s biggest goal is to overthrow the current emperor and replace him with himself.

The friendship between Longyang and Yang is indeed a terrible mistake for an emperor whose foundation is not deep. He will be easily criticized by his ministers and it will be difficult for him to take over power later.

How could he be so irrational as to fall in love with a man?

impossible.

Yes, it's impossible.

A voice in his heart convinced him.

Yuan Jing spoke hastily, interrupting Xianyun's hint with short syllables.

"absurd!"

"That's all nonsense. Liu Yao is now the consort of the emperor. If she interacts with others too much, it will arouse suspicion from outsiders."

"I just want to avoid delaying the subsequent plans, that's all."

Is that right?

Xianyun glanced at her master out of the corner of her eye.

His eyes were firm, and apart from a little anger at being "slandered", there was no anger or guilt at being exposed.

Well, I must have been overthinking it.

In the past twenty years or more, the master has never looked at anyone differently, whether male or female.

Perhaps that was why she magnified her master's care for Lord Liu too much in her heart.

"Okay, step back. Xianyun, you've been following me, so you should know that we can't afford to make any mistakes in what we're going to do."

"You must remember to be careful with your words and actions in the future."

"Don't say some words casually."

"Yes."

Xianyun no longer had any doubts in her mind. She kept the four words "be careful in what you say and do" in mind and retreated silently.

at the same time.

In the space where Yuan Jing was the only one left, he held the armrest of the chair and repeated the four words he had said to Xianyun to himself.

"Be careful what you say and do!"

"I should also be more careful about my words and actions, and not do things that would make others suspicious."

After this day, Yuan Jing deliberately ignored Liu Yao's messages.

He no longer cared where she rested at night.

When she happened to see her talking to Anya Song and Fang Linhan at the Princess’s Mansion, she turned around and walked away, pretending not to see anything.

Out of sight, out of mind. These six words seemed to have some effect on him.

Yuan Jing felt that his heart was much calmer.

If he had not seen Liu Yao and Meng Huaisang interacting with each other that day, perhaps he would have been able to convince himself that there was nothing different about Liu Yao.