I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 45 Girl's Heart

The second son of the Hedong Wei family, Wei Zhongdao...

Ah, long time no hear.

Rubbing the edge of the porcelain bowl lightly with her fingers, Cai Yan thought blankly.

Even she can't remember. I don't know when, that Mr. Wei whom she shyly called Second Brother Wei has gradually faded from her heart; It refers to the Marquis Shi who sent someone to forcibly take her to the Han Palace, not the Young Master Wei whom she had hoped to stay with for the rest of her life.

"Sister, you... are you okay?"

Looking at Cai Yan who looked unusually calm, Cai Zhenyan was a little uneasy.

As if guessing her sister's worry, Cai Yan shook her head and said, "Sister, I'm fine, that's what I really mean just now."

"Really?" Cai Zhenyan looked at Cai Yan carefully, and then sighed: "It's best if you can figure it out.... Although my sister also wants to help you, but... I asked Grandpa about this, which is your brother-in-law's. Father, the boss is now serving as the prefect in Nanyang, most of the high officials in the capital and in the local area, he has some friendship, but when I asked her if she could help my sister, he also said that there was nothing she could do... my sister is useless, I can't help you……"

"Don't say that."

Cai Yan interrupted her sister, held her hand and said, "I'm already very happy that my sister can come to see me. As for me... I actually didn't look away, it's just... Maybe I think differently." .”

Looking at Cai Yan with a calm face, Cai Zhenyan was incredulous, and asked in a low voice for a while: "Sister, you don't really have feelings for that Marquis Shi, do you? He... isn't he still a child?"

"He's not a child." Cai Yan shook his head, and the image of Liu Bian when he was playing tricks in front of him subconsciously appeared in his mind.

No wonder, after all, he loves to tease him all the time, and when he succeeds, he will show the kind of grin that makes her even more angry, but the real him...

Although it is rare, she has indeed seen him before. For example, when he was considering the strategy of Pingliang Prefecture, he was serious and wrote down rebellious names such as Wang Guo, Han Sui, and Ma Teng on the paper with cold eyes. His eyes seemed to be looking at the dead, and he was completely different from his usual jokes with her.

Even though she knew he would not hurt her, she still felt a little bit afraid at that time.

Mr. Wei is indeed a learned man, and even her father admired him, but in Cai Yan's opinion, that Shihou is not inferior to that Wei Gongzi—to be exact, that Shihou was born with She was terrified by the scheming and tricks, and that Mr. Wei was only better than literary talent, so she shouldn't compare the two together.

Of course, in fact, she didn't mean to compare, she just subconsciously felt that Shihou was not inferior to Mr. Wei, and there was no need for his sister to act as if he had wronged her. pretending to be innocent.

She knew that there were tens of thousands of court ladies in the entire Han Palace, and how many people envied her and envied her.

"Stop talking about him."

She smiled and changed the topic: "Sister, let's have a competition of piano skills. Since my sister got married, I have been practicing very hard, and I should be able to catch up with you."

"..."

Cai Zhenyan was startled, and then a bit of sadness appeared on her face: "...Okay."

Seeing this, Cai Yan excitedly carried Jiao Weiqin to the inner hall, and after placing it on the table, gave up his seat to Cai Zhenyan: "Sister, please first."

"Jiaowei..."

Cai Zhenyan sat behind the case, stroking the strings with one hand, and said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, my father gave this piano to you. I asked him when I got married, but he refused.... Fortunately, he didn't give me this piano. Otherwise it's really..."

Speaking of this, she looked up at Cai Yan, and said with a bit of embarrassment: "Sister, I haven't touched the piano for a long time, if you play the wrong one, sister, don't make fun of me."

Cai Yan expressed disbelief: "You lied to me like this since you were a child."

However, it is true that Cai Zhenyan hasn't touched the piano for a long time, and her skills are unfamiliar, and she even played a wrong note when she first started, which made Cai Yan show a look of consternation.

But at this time in the outer hall, Liu Bian chatted with Yang Qin without saying a word, watching his fingers tap the table continuously, Zhao Chun knew that this Shi Hou was actually impatient.

He secretly despised Yang Qi: He is still Yang Xu's son, he can't even speak, and others are vying to curry favor with Shi Hou, you two brothers are lucky, you actually left Shi Hou here.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of the qin coming from the inner hall, and coughed to break the embarrassing dullness: "Shihou, is Cai Ji playing the qin?"

"no……"

Liu Bian shook his head, because he heard the wrong play.

Although he didn't have a natural sense of pitch like Cai Yan, he could hear the player making several mistakes in a row.

Yang Qi on the opposite side obviously realized it too, frowning slightly thoughtfully.

After a while, Cai Zhenyan finished playing the song, and held down the strings in shame: "Sister, don't compete, I admit defeat....I didn't expect my piano skills to be so unfamiliar."

"..."

Cai Yan hesitated to speak, and did not bring up the matter of the piano competition, but asked in disbelief: "Sister, how long has it been since you touched the piano?"

"how long?"

Cai Zhenyan caressed the strings of the piano with her fingers, her eyes wandering: "I haven't touched it since I got married..."

Seeing Cai Yan's unbelievable appearance, hesitant to speak, she said with a wry smile: "Although the Taishan Yang family is famous, they don't have much money left. As the wife of the prefect, my mother-in-law has to do farm work to support the family. How dare I be lazy, and make any unreasonable demands... Besides, Fa'er and Cheng'er have not been in good health, I have to take care of them, even if I bought the piano, I don't have time to practice..."

"Fa'er?" Cai Yan was stunned and said, "I remember that he is the son of the Kong family, right?"

"It's Kong's legacy." Cai Zhenyan calmly mentioned her husband's late ex-wife.

"Cheng'er?"

"It's also your nephew, dear nephew." Cai Zhenyan winked at her sister.

Cai Yan's eyes widened when he heard the words, and he said in shock for a long time: "Sister, you...why didn't you say it earlier?"

Cai Zhenyan's brows concealed a touch of sadness: "It's not too late to say now."

Cai Yan asked anxiously, "Have you seen a doctor?"

"I've seen it all." Cai Zhenyan nodded and said: "...According to the doctor, Fa'er probably caught cold in the winter last year, so he kept coughing. After taking the decoction, he was much better, but his body was still weak. The two brothers are still weak. Du Xu, and Cheng'er too, according to the doctor, for those who are naturally weak like the two brothers, it's better to have someone by their side and drink some tonics from time to time...Let's not talk about them, let's talk about other things."

"It's all my fault for causing my sister to leave her flesh and blood." Cai Yan blamed himself.

Cai Zhenyan smiled when she heard the words, shook her head and said in relief: "It's okay, my father is in Nancheng now, and my mother-in-law and my husband's elder brother Yang Mi are there to take care of Cheng'er and Fa'er. My sister should be away for a month or two. It's all right." She blinked her eyes and pretended to be relaxed, "I just took this opportunity to take a rest."

"..."

Cai Yan hesitated to speak.

Originally, she wanted to show off to her sister the calligraphy she had practiced during this period, but it can be seen that her sister's piano skills are so unfamiliar, so it is the same for her calligraphy.

So she avoided these topics that might make her sister feel ashamed, and chatted with her sister about interesting things about the two sisters when they were young. Talking about these, Cai Zhenyan finally showed a smile on her face.

After more than an hour, Zhao Chun hurried in and hinted to Cai Yan in a low voice to avoid getting too close: "Cai Ji, Shi Hou has been sitting in the outer hall for more than an hour..."

"Sit dry? Why?" Cai Yan asked puzzled.

A trace of contempt appeared on the corner of Zhao Chun's mouth: "Then I have to ask Mr. Yang. Shi Hou asked a question, and he only answered a question. How can there be such a conversation?"

"That's my brother-in-law, don't be rude." Cai Yan said coldly.

Zhao Chun was stunned, and quickly changed his words: "I mean that Mr. Yang is honest, and there is no other meaning."

Seeing this scene, Cai Zhenyan couldn't help being embarrassed, she got up and said goodbye: "Sister, it's getting late, why don't you come here today."

"This……"

Cai Yan was a little bit reluctant, but she couldn't force it, so she walked out of the inner hall with her sister.

As soon as she walked to the outer hall, she saw Liu Bian resting his chin on his left hand and beating on the table with his right hand boredly, while Yang Yu and Yang Dan were sitting respectfully, with restrained faces.

The atmosphere in the hall was indescribably awkward.

This scene almost made Cai Yan laugh out loud.

In her opinion, Liu Bian sat with her brother-in-law and brother-in-law's younger brother for more than an hour just for her sake, just to let her chat with her sister for a while, otherwise, with his personality, how could he? Can you stand this dullness?
"He really dotes on me..."

Although it was strange to say that, Cai Yan felt it.

"Finished talking?"

Seeing Cai Yan and her sister come out, Liu Bian heaved a sigh of relief.

"Yeah." Cai Yan suppressed a smile and nodded, saying goodbye to her sister and his wife, as well as Yang Dan.

At the moment when Zhao Chun personally sent the Yangqi couple and Yangdan out of the hall, Liu Bian stretched his limbs, and immediately said to Cai Yan: "In order to let your sisters spend more time together, I sat here for more than an hour." , tell me, how are you going to thank me?"

Cai Yan was so surprised that this guy took the opportunity to ask her, with a smile on his face, he walked up to hold Liu Bian's face, leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

Liu Bian laughed, pretending to be dissatisfied and said, "That's it? No matter how you say it..."

Before he finished speaking, Cai Yan kissed him on the lips again: "Are you satisfied?"

"..."

Liu Bian was stunned for a moment, and stretched out his hand suspiciously to take the temperature on Cai Yan's forehead, until the latter slapped his hand away angrily, and his expression was relieved.

Well, this slightly stubborn temper is his Cai Yan.

That night, when Liu Bian was about to fall asleep with his arms around Cai Yan as usual, the girl said in a low voice, "Today my sister blamed me for being rude to you, saying that I am proud of being favored..."

"Hmm, indeed." Liu Bian said deliberately putting on airs.

"Then are you angry?"

"Of course! But if you are willing to call me a husband, I can barely forgive you."

Perhaps it was because similar words have been said many times, Cai Yan couldn't help but smiled, and then asked seriously: "I have always wondered, you obviously haven't seen me before, and you only heard about my childhood, but you sent someone Forcibly took me into the palace, made fun of me for being thin and flat, teased me, treated me nicely, and made me your queen...why?"

Sensing the girl in his arms curled up slightly, Liu Bian seemed to sense her uneasiness, hugged her lightly and said in a low voice, "Maybe I fell in love with you in the last life?"

"Like me, but make me cry? Make me laugh again?"

"It's interesting, isn't it?"

"It's you who think it's funny. Hmph! If you weren't the prince, I would have beaten you long ago.... In the village where I lived, I beat several naughty children."

"Really? Can't you tell?"

"Huh!" The girl snorted triumphantly and then fell silent.

After a while, she said in a low voice: "...In addition, my sister told me today that Mr. Wei is about to get married. I think you should know."

"Oh?" Liu Bian raised his eyebrows and said casually, "Congratulate him for me."

The girl didn't make a sound, but let out a long breath, as if she was making a decision, after some hesitation, she finally raised her right hand and grabbed one of Liu Bian's arms around her waist.

Liu Bian was taken aback, but in the end he didn't say anything to spoil the scenery, but just savored the warmth of the moment.

(End of this chapter)