Me! The cannon fodder male supporting role, it's reasonable for me to torture the protagonist t

Li Mochuan keenly sensed the meaning behind Yun Yi's words, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on Li Moci beside him.

The third brother has been proficient in both civil and military strategies since he was young, and his riding and archery skills are the best among his brothers.

He was intentionally giving way to Jian Ran and always stayed behind her without overtaking her.

What about the third brother? Since he participated in this race, why didn't he run for victory?

"Your Highnesses, thank you for letting me go." Jian Ran didn't hear the hidden meaning in Yun Yi's words at all, "If I really was the last one to arrive, it would be too embarrassing."

Jian Ran got off the horse and walked to the river, looking at the gurgling water and listening to the sound of water hitting the rocks, accompanied by the singing of birds in the mountains. Everything was so pleasant and refreshing.

"The real pleasure of mountains and waters can never be compared with those fake ones." But soon, after returning to the capital, she would never see these mountains and waters again.

"Ran Ran likes mountains and rivers? How difficult is that?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mochuan immediately dismounted and walked over to express his determination, "After we get married, we can go out and travel freely. Wherever you want to go, I can accompany you."

Li Mochuan's words were full of love. Li Moci lowered his eyes and suppressed the sourness that kept welling up in his heart. What Li Mochuan could do for Jian Ran was something he could never do.

He wanted too many things, and it was impossible for him to spend his whole life traveling with a woman.

But what Li Moci didn't expect was that Jian Ran was not moved by his words, but asked in confusion: "Why should I ask you to accompany me wherever I want to go?"

"After I return to Beijing this time, I will tell my father that I will settle down in Jiangnan and live in my ancestral home. Then I can indulge in the mountains and rivers."

The Jian family's ancestral home is also in Jiangnan, but the ancestral home has been uninhabited for a long time. That is why Yun Mingli and Jian Ran will live in the Yun family's ancestral home when they return to Jiangnan this time.

When these words were spoken, Li Moci and Li Mochuan were both shocked.

But after thinking about it, she was not surprised anymore. With the Yun family and the Jian family as her backers, Jian Ran could do whatever she liked in her life.

"Don't you plan to get married for the rest of your life?" Li Mochuan asked anxiously.

Jian Ran was clearly right in front of him, but he felt that the distance between them was so far.

Jian Ran smiled and didn't answer. She turned around and mounted her horse and said, "How about we compete again to see who can run to the city gate first?"

After he finished speaking, without waiting for the three people to answer, he whipped his horse and ran forward.

Yun Yi followed closely behind, riding his horse forward.

Li Moci and Li Mochuan were still riding their horses slowly at the back.

But unlike the simple feeling of wanting to give in to Jian Ran just now, the two of them now have different thoughts.

"Third brother, Ranran has always been different from other women. No one can change the decision she makes. If she really makes up her mind not to marry for the rest of her life, what should I do?"

Li Mochuan looked at Li Moci and asked.

Li Moci remained silent, but a joy rose in his heart that he himself was not aware of.

Jian Ran is unwilling to get married, which just shows that she has no romantic feelings for Li Mochuan.

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Yun Yi and Jian Ran rode their horses to the city gate, but there was no sign of the two men behind them.

"Cousin, you said before that you wanted to live in Jiangnan permanently. How about we come together then?" Jian Ran looked at Yun Yi and asked.

"I have no problem with that, but I'm afraid your uncle won't agree to your going to Jiangnan so easily."

In ancient feudal society, the requirements for men and women were different.

He has been living a life of idleness and waiting for death, and at most people would call him a playboy; but if Jian Ran expressed that she did not want to get married, I am afraid that everyone would come to her and lecture her.

Jian Ran snorted, "He's still busy with a lawsuit, and he wants to control me? I'm just telling him, not trying to get his consent."

"I don't know about my uncle and aunt, but I don't think they will easily agree to your going to live in Jiangnan." Yun Mingli only has this one daughter, and she loves her so much, so how could she let her go so far away?

"That's a problem. I need to think carefully about it with my mother."

As they were talking, Li Moci and Li Mochuan rode over on horseback.

The group went into the city and found an inn to stay in. In the evening, Yunhui brought the others into the city and the two sides reunited.

Walking slowly, the day will finally come when we reach the capital.

Everyone went back to their homes. Yun Mingcang already knew that Yun Hui had successfully passed the imperial examination, and he affirmed his achievement.

"Since the people who went to the Western Regions to investigate came back, they followed the clues and found many people from the Western Regions who had been hiding in Beijing for many years." Yun Mingcang said.

Most of them were women, serving as concubines or maids in the homes of officials in the court.

If there was only Aunt Lin, it would be understandable, but now there are more than ten people, this is definitely not a coincidence.

"I have already written a memorial and will present it to Your Majesty at the right time."

Another reason why Yun Mingcang had been slow to submit his memorial was that the old emperor had become increasingly distrustful of him over the years.

Among those ministers who had women from the Western Regions in their families, two were people who had once reported him.

He was afraid that after he reported it, His Majesty would think he was taking revenge, which would bring him into trouble.

"Dad, I think it's better not to report it." Yun Hui said after thinking for a while.

This time when he went to Jiangnan to take the imperial examination, many people came to visit the Yun family's ancestral home. Yun Hui fully realized the wealth and risks of the position of "Prime Minister".

"Those women from the Western Regions have been hiding for several years. I don't think they will make any big moves in the short term. Even if they want to report it, there is no need to rush." ​​Yun Yi thought for a while and said.

"If Dad insists on submitting a memorial, you can remove the names of the two censors. That way, His Majesty won't think we are seeking revenge."

Yun Mingcang pondered for a moment and nodded. Since he already knew that the Western Regions had planted spies in the homes of ministers in the court, he would be letting the court down if he didn't find him out.

But in order not to implicate himself, he could only do as Yun Yi said.

However, what Yun Mingcang did not expect was that before he could submit the memorial, the old emperor suddenly issued an edict to give Jian Yuan to Li Moci as his principal wife.

It is said that the old emperor saw that Li Moci handled the Jiangnan imperial examination well and allowed him to ask for the reward he wanted.

Li Moci did not ask for any reward, but just said that he and Jian Fan's daughter Jian Yuan were in love with each other and asked for permission to marry them.

It was a bit inappropriate for a concubine to marry the prince as his principal wife, but the old emperor agreed because of Li Moci's insistence.

And the wedding date has been set, just two months later.

Originally, it was none of his business whether Li Moci married Jian Yuan, but Aunt Lin's identity as the Holy Maiden of the Western Regions had already been written in the memorial by Yun Mingcang.

However, it is well known in Beijing that Li Mochuan is pursuing Jian Ran, and Jian Ran is also Yun Mingcang's niece.

What if the old emperor becomes suspicious and regards this memorial as a means for him to help Li Mochuan and suppress Li Moci's bid for the throne?