After Fang Xu's words, the playing in the room suddenly stopped. The boy lying on the ground slowly opened his eyes, looked up out of the window, and squinted his eyes.
"Brother...can the madam take the bait?"
"That's right, I feel like she is difficult to get along with."
"Did we make a mistake somewhere?"
The boy was sitting on the ground, looking unclear.
The children who had originally bullied him now stood in a row, their eyebrows lowered and they looked extremely respectful.
"The two maids called her Madam, not Princess." The boy pursed his thin lips and whispered, "That's wrong, she is not my target."
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When Fang Lan came out, he happened to see his sister standing in the previous place, staring at the ground in a daze.
Fang Lan found it funny, walked over quickly, and said softly, "Xiao Xu, what are you thinking about?"
"Sister is out." Fang Xu came back to his senses and smiled, "I was thinking about what kind of child I should find for my sister to be more secure."
Fang Lan's heart warmed, "You are serious, you have been busy these past two days."
Fang Xu glanced back and saw Mrs. Sun stepping out, and immediately said, "Sister is not feeling well today, so I naturally have to work more."
"Humph!" Mrs. Sun made a nasal sound and cursed in a low voice, "Slick tongue!"
"Ms. Fang, what are you waiting for? Why don't you hurry up and go to the side room?" Sun Taifei asked loudly, her face full of impatience.
The smile on Fang Lan's lips faded a little, and she whispered, "Yes, concubine."
Concubine Sun rolled her eyes and walked towards the side room first. Fang Lan and Fang Xu followed her, keeping a suitable distance.
The mother-in-law who had been greeted earlier also followed. When she came to the door of the side room, she shouted with great discernment, "The nobles are here!"
There was a flurry of sounds in the room, and then silence fell.
"My lord, please come in." The old woman smiled and opened the door, making way for the three of them to enter the room.
There was nothing unusual about the room, it just had a bed and a table, and it looked similar to Xie Li's room.
There was a row of boys standing in the room. Fang Xu counted nine boys in total.
"Are there only boys?" Fang Lan was sitting on a wooden chair. Seeing all the boys in front of him, he raised his eyes to look at the mother-in-law on one side and asked softly.
"Back to your lord, this..."
"If you don't want a boy, why don't you want a girl?" Sun Taifei, who was sitting in a high position, sneered when she heard this and interrupted the mother-in-law, "Girls will be married in the future, so what's the use of coming?"
Fang Lan frowned slightly and strongly disagreed with Concubine Sun's statement, "Concubine Mother..."
"Yes!" Fang Xu slammed the table, startling Concubine Sun, "The old concubine is right!"
Concubine Sun covered her heart, her face gloomy, "What are you doing!"
Fang Xu grinned, with a hint of joking flashing in his eyes, "The old concubine is also a woman, and she is also married. Can the concubine not know whether a girl is born useful?"
Concubine Sun paused and didn't answer for a moment. She could only point at Fang Xu and said in a trembling voice, "You... stop being so weird here!"
Fang Xu turned his head indifferently, not caring about Mrs. Sun who was about to die of anger.
Her cheap husband had an outstanding reputation, and she was the widow of a loyal general. No one in the capital dared to touch her except the emperor.
"The King of War said that what kind of child you want to choose depends entirely on what your sister likes." Fang Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at the woman with a cold tone, "Where are the girls? Call them together."
"Yes." The mother-in-law smiled coquettishly, without daring to look at Mrs. Sun, she lowered her head and hurried out.
After a while, the mother-in-law brought in five girls, who stood in a row in an orderly manner, all with their heads lowered, each one more timid than the other.
"You raise your heads and tell me to take a look." Fang Lan spoke softly, with a smile on his face.
Sensing the kindness in her voice, the children tentatively raised their heads and looked at Fang Lan.
Fang Lan turned sideways, looked at her sister with a smile, and whispered, "Xiao Xu, do you think I should choose a boy and a girl?"
"Of course." Fang Xu nodded, with a little smile in his eyes, "Just a good word."
Fang Lan pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes flickering across the children, and finally landed on a touch of gray.
"You..." Fang Lan raised his finger and pointed at the boy. Seeing that he was covered in injuries, he frowned immediately, "What's your name?"
The boy paused, then hurried forward and whispered, "In reply to the princess, my name is Fang Shun."
"Fang Shun..." Fang Lan opened and closed her pink lips, chanting the boy's name, and then asked, "Where did your injuries come from?"
Fang Shun's expression remained unchanged and he said softly, "Back to Princess, this is... I dropped it myself."
Fang Lan looked at him steadily, a trace of pity flashing in his eyes.
"This child is really pitiful. The marks are clearly from being beaten!" Fang Lan lowered his voice and murmured in a low voice.
Fang Xu looked at his sister's expression and shook his head speechlessly.
The sister of the original owner is not any better than the original owner, she is just a fool!
"Xiao Xu, what do you think about my sister choosing him?" Fang Lan turned her head and looked at Fang Xu with a smile.
"I think..." Fang Xu looked at Fang Shun, and in his indifferent eyes, he said word by word, "Not very good."
As soon as these words came out, Fang Lan paused, frowned and asked, "Why?"
"There's no reason." Fang Xu smiled, as if he was talking about something insignificant, "I just don't like him."
Fang Lan blinked without any hesitation, "Then I'll look at others."
"Princess!" Fang Shun was shocked, his eyes widened, and his voice was high-pitched, "You can't deny me just based on her one-sided words!"
Seeing him yelling, Fang Lan frowned subconsciously, but still kept her gentle voice, "You don't have to be discouraged. Without me, you will still have other opportunities."
What chance is there!
Fang Shun was trembling with anger, his eyes were stained with a trace of red, and his back molar was almost bitten off.
Within the scope of his choice, Prince Zhan's Mansion was the most powerful place.
Fang Shun turned around, looked straight at Fang Xu, gritted his teeth and asked, "Why... why do you say that!"
"Because I want you to know," Fang Xu stroked the jade pendant on his earlobe with a bright smile, "some people are not worthy of you scheming."
Fang Shun paused, slowly loosened his clenched fists, and asked in a low voice, "You really noticed it."
Fang Lan couldn't understand the words between the two and looked confused, "Xiao Xu, what are you talking about?"
Fang Xu's body was upright, and every move he made showed everyone's style. "I was waiting for my sister outside the house earlier. I heard a noise, so I went to take a look out of curiosity, and I happened to see a group of people bullying Fang Shun."
"I wanted to save him, but I saw dust on the windowsill." Fang Xu smiled and met Fang Shun, "In that row of windows, only that one had dust under it, and the rest were covered with dust. Clean and spotless."
"It means that the window was closed at the beginning. Because it was closed, the cleaning boy ignored that part." Fang Xu smiled and looked at Fang Shun's face, "If I guessed correctly, you opened that window. The purpose is to lure people over.”
(End of chapter)
