"This is considered a rumor. After all, the timing of Xiahou Mingxun's visit to the capital and Emperor Tai'an's edict was too coincidental, and someone saw Xie Chen in the capital at that time. It is inevitable that people will wonder, what has Sister Lan heard of?"
Zhuge Yu's eyes were deep, and Fang Zilan shook her head violently, "No, I was just asking casually."
She said this, but in her heart she thought of the night when Li Shengxuan asked her to steal the imperial edict, and she didn't know what the Empress Dowager said to him that made him lose his temper like that.
Seeing that she was distracted, Zhuge Yu called out, "Sister Lan?"
She responded and hesitated a few words, "I was just wondering, what kind of people are Xiahou Yunzhao and Xie Chen?"
"I met them when I was studying in Yancheng Villa when I was young. Xie Chen was noble and Xia Houyunzhao was free and easy. They are completely different." Zhuge Yu answered seriously, but Fang Zilan had other thoughts, "Such two people Personally, I would really like to meet him if I have the chance."
"There will be opportunities in the future." Zhuge Yu took a sip of tea and calmly changed the subject, telling her about what he had heard about Persia in the west these days.
Fang Zilan knew that Zhuge Yu would stop talking to her and would never discuss the past affairs of the court in depth with her, so she no longer hesitated and followed Zhuge Yu's words.
Unexpectedly, within a few days, what she had been dreaming about about meeting Xia Hou Yunzhao and Xie Chen would actually come true.
She originally thought that Zhuge Yu would see him off when he left, and she would return to the north. However, she did not expect that Zhuge Yu came to her first, with an unprecedented serious expression: "Your Majesty wants you to return to the capital with me. .”
"A Yu, don't joke with me." Fang Zilan waved her hands in disbelief, but Zhuge Yu showed the bright imperial edict in front of her. She didn't come back to her senses after reading it for a long time, "What do you mean, Your Majesty? "
"Xiahou Yunzhao, Xie Chen and Xiahou Mingxun have come to the capital, and His Majesty wants you to go back." Zhuge Yu put away the imperial edict and stuffed it into her hand, "Don't Sister Lan want to see them? The opportunity is in your hands."
"No..." Fang Zilan frowned, "If I go to Beijing, what will happen to the north?"
"Your Majesty said that peace in the north is not a big deal without Sister Lan." Zhuge Yu smiled slyly, and Fang Zilan jumped in anger, "What do you mean, Your Majesty, burning the bridge across the river?"
"Sister Lan has been in Xiguan City for so long. Apart from the Huangfuchen incident, has the northern territory been uneasy for a moment?" Zhuge Yu's smile grew brighter, "Not to mention the Huangfuchen incident, Lord Zhong Yao and Lord Qi Yuming handled it very well. That’s fine, what else does Sister Lan have to worry about?”
Fang Zilan shook her head angrily, "Forget it, just go to Beijing. Anyway, when the Xiahou family leaves Beijing, I will go back to the north."
"Not necessarily." Zhuge Yu's expression was a little unpredictable, and Fang Zilan couldn't help but move forward, "A Yu, what do you mean?"
"Back to Beijing this time..." Zhuge Yu paused, with a complicated look in his eyes, "I'm afraid Sister Lan won't have to go back to the north again."
"What do you mean?" Fang Zilan felt uneasy, but Zhuge Yu did not say any more. He looked at the person in front of him steadily, with mixed feelings in his heart.
It was not difficult for him to guess why the three Xiahou family members came to Beijing at the same time, and he could also roughly guess what Li Shengxuan was thinking.
He knew that Li Shengxuan had finally made up his mind to hand over power to Fang Zilan.
But if Fang Zilan really doesn't believe it, Li Shengxuan's move is a recipe for disaster and there will be no turning back.
Compared with Zhuge Yu's preoccupations, Fang Zilan took A Wan and Deputy General Cao along the way more like travelers enjoying the mountains and rivers. After rushing every day, he did not forget to wander around and would bring some to Zhuge Yu when he returned to the inn. Specialties or novel gadgets.
Zhuge Yu looked at the objects piled in front of him by Fang Zilan and couldn't help but shook his head, "Sister Lan, are you coaxing a child?"
Fang Zilan pointed at the objects on the table nonchalantly and said with a smile: "I always get another one according to A Wan's preference. You can keep the ones you like. Give me the ones you don't like and I'll play with them."
"Fang Zilan." Zhuge Yu had never called her by her first and last name before, causing her to straighten her body involuntarily, like a child who had done something wrong, and said sarcastically: "I just think that the children in the Gaomen Courtyard I have a strict family education, and I guess I haven’t had much opportunity to come into contact with market things since I was a child, so I’ll give you something new..."
"I'm not a child." Zhuge Yu softened his tone, looking very helpless.
Fang Zilan's eyes fell on the table, and she sighed sadly, "Why is he not a child anymore? My cousin is about the same age as you. Although he is usually a bit aloof, if he sees these, he will feel the same in his heart. Will be happy."
"Sister Lan has a cousin?" Zhuge Yu looked more inquisitive. Fang Zilan realized that she had made a mistake and waved her hand: "Yes, yes, but we have been separated for many years."
Zhuge Yu's face turned cold, "From what Sister Lan said just now, it doesn't sound like we have been separated for many years."
Fang Zilan bit her lip, wishing she could slap herself. The cousin she was talking about was a cousin from another world, not the complicated relatives of the Fang family in this world.
Zhuge Yu didn't fully trust her yet, so why did she say such a thing out of nowhere?
Seeing Zhuge Yu's expression darken, Fang Zilan suddenly changed her mind and said angrily: "That's it, A Yu, if you don't like it, I'll just take it away." After she finished speaking, she prepared to take away all the objects on the table.
Unexpectedly, before her hand touched it, Zhuge Yu smiled slightly and said: "How can there be any reason to take back something given away? I will accept these items from Sister Lan. If Sister Lan finds her cousin in the future, Just buy him a new one."
Fang Zilan nodded, with a smile that made Zhuge Yu's heart shake so much. He knew that she was the object of suspicion, but he just let his guard down a little bit when she approached him easily and clumsily.
It's not that he didn't think that she might be deliberately trying to please him, or that she might be acting out of luck, or that she might have evil intentions, but she never had ulterior motives. On the contrary, she was so simple that people could see through it at a glance. She made it impossible for him to completely doubt her.
"We will arrive in the capital in two days. Ayu, you still refuse to tell me why your majesty wants me to come to the capital?" Fang Zilan's voice interrupted Zhuge Yu's thoughts, and the smile on his face faded a bit, " It’s not that I don’t want to say it, it’s just that I can’t be sure of His Majesty’s intentions, so I can only wait until I return to Beijing and ask Your Majesty to tell you in person.”
Fang Zilan rested her chin on her hands and looked at Zhuge Yu calmly, "Since it is impossible to be sure, it means that A Yu has already made a guess in his mind. You might as well tell me first so that I can have a rough idea."
"Do you really want to listen?" Zhuge Yu looked at her steadily, and his serious tone made her feel a little scared in her heart, but she still said bravely: "If A Yu wants to say it, I will listen."
