Who Xu Jiangshan

Chapter 19 As long as I love her (1)
In the 25th year of Changhe, the capital of Dayu Emperor, in March.

That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high, two black figures flitted past the wall and entered a vast mansion cautiously.

The two figures were extremely fast. They walked around the mansion for a long time, and finally stopped in front of an ancient well.

Chuning stood in the dark, looked at the ancient well, and asked Mu Jian beside him in a low voice, "Did you see someone go in?"

Mu Jian didn't look at her, and replied in a low voice: "This subordinate has gone in."

"..." Chu Ning rolled his eyes, a little surprised, "You were not discovered?"

Mu Jian took out a jade pendant from his bosom, and said, "This is their token. There are three floors in the well, and I can only enter the first floor with this token."

Looking at the token, Chuning's eyes flickered, she took the token over, examined it carefully, and found that the token was exactly the same as the one on Xie Ziyu's body, but the color was yellowish, while Xie Ziyu's was white.

"Apart from yellow and white, what other colors are there?" Chuning asked suddenly.

"One layer of yellow, two layers of green, and three layers of white."

Chuning was silent for a while, and said, "Let's go back first, I have a way to enter the third floor."

The two were about to leave when they suddenly heard a noise. Two people walked out of the ancient well, one behind the other. Both of them wore half white masks. White clothes, tall and tall.

The person in front took off the mask first, and it was Uncle Lin Guo.

"Your Highness, did you have a good time today?" Uncle Lin Guo asked with a smile, with a bit of flattery in his voice.

"Uncle Guo arranges it personally, how can there be no reason not to have fun?" A nice and familiar voice rang out, it was Xie Ziyu.

Chuning's eyes narrowed suddenly, and after the two of them walked away, she looked at Mu Jian with deep meaning in her eyes.

Mu Jian pursed his lips, and said honestly, "The first floor is the Gold Selling Cave."

Chu Ning was taken aback, she didn't expect Uncle Lin Guo to be so bold that he actually built a gold-selling cave in his backyard. Judging by the situation, there are not a few people who come to the gold-selling cave.

Chu Ning and Mu Jian left the uncle's mansion, and Mu Jian went back to Prince Jin's mansion first. She wandered in the street alone, thinking about the clues she found in the uncle's mansion. Suddenly, a white figure appeared not far away. Flashing past, she squinted her eyes and followed quickly.

It was the middle of the night, and there were few pedestrians on the street except the watchmen. Chuning followed all the way, and saw the white figure enter an alley. She went to the entrance of the alley, but there was no one there.

She frowned, and suddenly felt a palm wind coming over her head, she raised her head abruptly, rolled forward, avoiding the palm wind, the man was still wearing half a white mask, but he struck mercilessly.

Chu Ning was a little annoyed, he was still too reckless, Xie Ziyu's martial arts were unpredictable, she was never his opponent, and it was very difficult to deal with it at this moment, after a few rounds, she was accidentally pushed against the wall On the bed, his hand pinched her neck, with a slight coolness.

On this cold night, his eyes were colder than the stars in the sky.

Chu Ning looked at him, wondering if she should reveal her identity. In order to enter Uncle Guo's residence, she deliberately changed her appearance. However, she still didn't know the relationship between him and Uncle Lin Guo, so she hesitated for a while.

Xie Ziyu stared at Chu Ning for a while, then suddenly smiled lowly, his cold eyes instantly melted like spring water, although the strength in his hands lightened slightly, he still held on to her neck.

He leaned forward and whispered in her ear: "In the middle of the night, Madam disguised herself and followed her husband, why?"

There was a very faint smell of powder on his body, Chuning did not change his face, and said with a light smile: "Your Highness knows why."

"Well, it must be because I'm worried that I'm looking for flowers and asking willows. Don't worry, Aning, no matter how beautiful the beauty in the Jinjin Cave is, it's not as beautiful as your finger. I don't like it." He smiled slightly, deliberately turning the truth upside down.

After hearing this, Chuning twitched the corners of her lips: "Your Highness, I am ashamed to show you love."

Xie Ziyu let go of the hand that was pinching her neck, gently caressed her eyebrows and eyes, and there was a hint of deep meaning in his eyes: "Qing Ben Qingcheng, why don't you dare?"

Chu Ning tilted his head, avoided his hand and said, "It's getting late, Your Highness should go back to rest earlier."

Xie Ziyu suddenly held her hand, with a meaningful smile on his lips: "I know what you want, I will wait for you at the palace tomorrow."

"tomorrow?"

"Yes, not tonight, not the day after tomorrow, just tomorrow." He smiled slightly, and said, "If you want it, bring enough sincerity."

After speaking, he let go of her hand and walked away.

Looking at his back, Chuning couldn't help but clenched his fists. This bastard did it on purpose!

He knew very well that tomorrow was his birthday, that both Chaowen and Wu would go to the palace to celebrate his birthday, and even more so that she would not go, but he wanted her to go!
More importantly, in such a short time, how could she prepare a sincere gift that would make him willingly hand over the token? !
Chuning returned home with a headache.

In the afternoon of the next day, Chuning took Uncle Zhang with him, and went to Prince Rong's Mansion as if resigned to his fate. As soon as he arrived at the gate, he saw Ye Qingyan jumping off a luxurious carriage, and several servants and servants were holding congratulatory gifts covered with red silk. Come forward from behind.

Chuning looked at the congratulatory gifts, and then at the small brocade box that Uncle Zhang was holding, and immediately felt that he had already lost in terms of momentum.

"Ning Chu, didn't you say you can't come?" Ye Qingyan saw her at a glance, stepped forward, and asked.

Chu Ning squeezed out a smile: "His Royal Highness Rong's birthday, all the Chinese and military officials have come. If I don't come, I'm afraid I won't have to go to court tomorrow."

After hearing this, Ye Qingyan laughed, patted Chuning on the shoulder, and said, "How can Your Highness be so stingy?"

Chuning also laughed, but it was a weak smile, he was so stingy!

"Let's go, Prince Rong's Mansion will be very lively today, let's join in the fun!" Ye Qingyan dragged Chuning into it.

Many officials had already gathered together to chat and laugh. Seeing them coming in, several of them came forward to say hello, "Master Hou and Lord Ning are here too? Your Highness and others are in the garden. Are we old men coming together?" It’s not too busy, the two of you can go over quickly.”

"It doesn't matter if you can't join in the fun, as long as the daughters can join in the fun." Ye Qingyan chuckled.

The faces of those people changed slightly, but they still laughed and said: "After all, they are young people, and they can always play together."

Chu Ning thought it was a bit funny. It seems that many people brought their own daughters in the name of birthday celebrations. Also, King Rong is in a high position and has never married a wife. It would be great if he could marry into Prince Rong's mansion. .

Ye Qingyan didn't bother with them, and took Chuning to the garden, and said as he walked, "Your Highness is really blessed, and so many beauties come to his door every year for him to choose from."

Chu Ning glanced at him, and said with a smile, "If Master Hou wants beauties, I believe that Huanfei Yanshou can send them to your door."

"I want to accept it, but if I accept it, my old man will definitely break my leg!" Ye Qingyan said with emotion, "I don't know what evil he has, he insists on me marrying that ugly girl from the Chu family, alas !"

Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat: "Miss Chu San? I heard that you've already divorced. Can Master Ye let you ask for marriage again?"

"That's not right!" Ye Qingyan became a little annoyed when he thought of this matter, "The old man said, if I want to marry someone else, I have to marry Chuning back to him first!"

Chuning's face froze slightly, and there was an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Ye Qingyan, you still haven't dealt with Mr. Ye? Do you really want to marry that ugly girl?" Xie Lingshuang's voice came from afar, and Chuning looked up. In the huge garden, everyone played games together, Xie Lingshuang Sitting with Chu Yan, she turned her head to look at Ye Qingyan.

"If I want to marry, can I still call off the engagement? Since Master Ben has retired, don't expect me to marry her!" Ye Qingyan snorted with his nostrils upturned.

Chu Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and echoed, "Marriage is a matter of life. If you marry someone you don't like, and face each other day in and day out, how can you be happy? Rather than that, it's better not to marry, Marquis, what do you think?" Am I right?"

"Ning Chu still understands me."

Chu Ning curled his lips, looked at Xie Lingshuang, and said with a meaningful smile: "If someone like Lord Hou wants to marry a wife, he must marry a beautiful woman."

A blush rarely appeared on Xie Lingshuang's delicate face. She glanced at Chuning, then at Ye Qingyan, and turned her head to pretend to look at the scenery.

"What about someone like Your Highness? What kind of woman does Ning think she is worthy of?" A gentle voice rang out. It turned out to be Xie Lingran. He was playing chess with Xie Ziyu in the pavilion. After hearing her words, Looking back, there was a smile on the corner of his lips.

"You should ask His Highness this question. The woman His Highness wants to marry is naturally a woman who is worthy of His Highness." Chu Ning said with a slight smile.

"Every lady in the imperial capital is here today, everyone must be very interested in this answer." Xie Lingran listened, looked around, and finally looked at Xie Ziyu, with teasing in her eyes.

Xie Ziyu glanced at Xie Lingran, then at the people in the garden, and said with a faint smile: "The woman this king wants to marry doesn't have to be stunning, gentle and virtuous, she can be bad at working girls, and she doesn't have to stick to small details, as long as..."

Everyone was quiet for a while, listening to Xie Ziyu talking alone, seeing him suddenly stop, the hearts of all the ladies were raised in their throats.

"As long as I love her." Xie Ziyu's voice was like a spring breeze, and there was a rare warmth in his usually cold eyes. His eyes fell on Chuning, and he smiled slightly, "So what Master Ning said is right. The woman this king wants to marry is someone who is good enough to match this king."

Chu Ning looked at him, and he lowered his head after a long time, but Ye Qingyan got excited when he heard this: "Your Highness, if you say this, it means you didn't say it. This is not a condition, it is clearly a roadblock!"

"That's right, brother Ziyu, your conditions are too difficult. Of course we know that the princess you want to marry is the one you like, but how to get you to like it is the key point, everyone agree?" Xie Lingshuang stood up, Looking at all the daughters, he smiled.

All the daughters wanted to nod but were embarrassed, but all of them had peach blossom faces, infinitely shy.

"Your Highness, it looks like you can't escape today." Xie Lingran glanced at Xie Ziyu and said with a smile.

Xie Ziyu chuckled lightly and said: "It's also simple, the condition is - extremely talented, beautiful, unrestrained, unrestrained, emphasizing love and righteousness, extremely intelligent, and outstanding martial arts..."

Xie Ziyu spoke slowly, and everyone listened carefully, but the more he spoke, the more subtle their expressions became.

Ye Qingyan couldn't help laughing: "Isn't the condition of Your Highness contradicting what I said before?"

Xie Lingran also laughed: "I don't know where Your Highness is going to find such a princess?"

Chu Yan, who had been silent at the side, heard this, and summoned up her courage to ask: "Your Highness, there are women in this world who are talented and beautiful, but it's just that they are outstanding in martial arts..."

This question really touched the hearts of all the daughters. All of these ladies are from famous families, but even Chu Yan from the General’s Mansion has never learned martial arts, let alone other people, even if someone has learned it, they are three-legged cat kung fu, which is not related to martial arts. The two words are also very far apart.

"That's right, brother Ziyu, you are marrying a princess, why do you have to be outstanding in martial arts?" Xie Lingshuang also asked.

Xie Ziyu listened, and said seriously: "Without martial arts, how can she protect herself?"

"His Royal Highness's concubines are protected by people." Xie Lingshuang blinked and said.

"My king was also protected, but he still escaped death in North Vietnam."

Xie Ziyu blocked Xie Lingshuang's mouth with a single word, and those who had some expectations for Xie Ziyu turned pale at this moment.

"A few words can break the hearts of all the beauties present. Your Highness really doesn't know how to be sympathetic." Ye Qingyan laughed.

In the late spring and March, it is the time when all things recover. Xie Ziyu's garden is also full of vitality and beauty. Although Xie Ziyu managed to destroy the atmosphere with a few words, after all, besides Xie Ziyu, there are other men in this world. What's more, all the people who came today were from nobles and descendants of famous families, so the daughters of each family quickly played with their usual expressions on their faces.

"Ning Chu, let's have some fun!" Ye Qingyan looked around and saw that everyone was either playing chess or chatting, which was rather boring, so he took out a few dice from his arms, and pulled Ning Chu and said.

"What do you want to play? We want to play too!" Xie Lingshuang approached and asked with blinking eyes.

Ye Qingyan chuckled: "Let's roll the dice, and whoever loses will take off his clothes!"

Xie Lingshuang's face was flushed red, she stared and scolded: "Ye Qingyan! You, you are a rascal!"

Chu Yan who was standing aside also blushed, not knowing what to say.

"I didn't ask you to play!" Ye Qingyan rolled his eyes, looked at Ning Chu and said, "Go, let's play by ourselves!"

Before Chuning agreed, Ye Qingyan dragged her to find a grassy place to sit down.

"Who wants to play together? Come here!" Ye Qingyan roared at the top of his throat.

Immediately, many young masters rushed over, and they all laughed and said, "Qing Yan, do you have any fun ideas?"

Ye Qingyan looked at Xie Ziyu in the pavilion, and said with a smile: "Isn't it His Highness's birthday today? In this way, if any of us loses, we will disguise ourselves as a woman and confess to His Highness once! How about it?"

"...Ye Qingyan, why are you crazy?" Xie Lingshuang heard this, and looked at Xie Ziyu speechlessly, "Brother Ziyu, look what's going on in his mind!"

"The grandchildren of the entire Dayu Dynasty, men disguised as women to confess their love to His Highness, this is rare in a hundred years. If it weren't for His Highness's birthday today, who would have seen this scene? Don't you want to see it?" Ye Qingyan asked with raised eyebrows.

"Hahaha...Qing Yan, you are the only one who can come up with such a bad move!" Someone laughed loudly.

"I'm afraid that once today is over, rumors that all the men in the court have broken sleeves will spread throughout the imperial capital." Xie Lingran smiled helplessly, "Your Highness, Qing Yan doesn't know the severity. Damage to their reputation is a minor matter, but His Highness's reputation is a major issue."

Xie Ziyu smiled faintly, "If the words spoken in Prince Rong's mansion can be spread outside, then this king is incompetent." After a pause, he continued, "Since everyone is interested today, this king is also happy to watch a good show. "

As soon as Xie Ziyu said this, everyone no longer hesitated, and soon started with great enthusiasm.

Ye Qingyan assigned a number to each person, and if the dice rolled to this number, the person would lose.

Sitting next to Ye Qingyan, Chuning felt a little headache, wanted to refuse but couldn't, felt like sitting on pins and needles.

Everyone watched Ye Qingyan roll the dice with bated breath, fearing that he would be the first unlucky one.

"Six! Haha, it's Qingyan!" As soon as the dice hit the ground, someone shouted gleefully.

Ye Qingyan was stunned, as if he didn't expect that he would win the first prize.

"Haha, hurry up and get a set of women's clothes for Master Ye!" Someone laughed loudly.

Ye Qingyan's complexion was very bad. Chuning looked at him, and the corners of his mouth twitched. This is probably the legend of lifting a rock to shoot himself in the foot, right?
"Master Hou, go by yourself!" Ye Qingyan stood up abruptly, and walked away with the maidservant with a look of death.

When Ye Qingyan left, a maid brought a cup of tea to everyone on a plate. Chuning took the cup, sipped it slowly, and waited for Ye Qingyan to return.

Everyone was obviously looking forward to Ye Qingyan's appearance, and they all found a good seat and sat facing the direction Ye Qingyan came back, so that they could watch the good show immediately.

"Master Ben is willing to gamble and admit defeat, so you'll be optimistic!" After a while, Ye Qingyan's voice came over.

Everyone who was still joking just now fell silent and looked at Ye Qingyan with wide eyes.

"Pfft..." As soon as he saw Ye Qingyan's appearance, the tea in Chuning's mouth spurted out.

It was obvious that Chuning was not the only one spraying tea. There were laughter one after another in the garden, but Ye Qingyan was wearing a set of colorful skirts, with a woman's bun on her head, and white powder on her face. The appearance was instantly destroyed.

Ye Qingyan's face is thick enough, he walked up to Xie Ziyu with a skirt in his hand, squeezed his throat and said: "The little girl's surname is Ye, I heard that the young master is very handsome, and she matches the young girl very well, I don't know when the young master will come Propose marriage?"

"Hahaha..." There was endless laughter in the garden, and Chuning almost burst into tears from laughing.

(End of this chapter)