Yuan Xing, the daughter of the Yuan family, is half a month older than Yuan Xi, but she has not yet married.
She looks soft and gentle, and behaves like a lady.
She was kneeling opposite Wu Zhao, who looked embarrassed, when she turned around and stared at Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi was furious, and quickly knelt on the ground and said, "I have met my sister."
Yuan Xing bowed her head and said with a choked tone, "I hope you come back safely."
Yuan Xi was moved in his heart. Because of his personality problems, his predecessor never left home, but he met Yuan Xing more often, and the two had always had a good relationship.
He heard the complaint in Yuan Xing's tone and knew that Yuan Xing must have felt very uncomfortable when he left at that time, so he had to bow again: "My sister is worried."
Only then did Yuan Xing show a look of satisfaction on her face, she burst into tears and said with a smile: "You still have a conscience."
She pointed at Wu Zhao and said, "I heard that you were going to see your father, but I couldn't wait to hear how you were doing in the past three years, so I asked your maid to come over. Don't you blame me?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Of course I'm not surprised, but my sister was wrong about one thing. Wu Zhao is not my maid."
"Huh?" Yuan Xing looked surprised, and looked at Wu Zhao carefully again. She seemed to understand something, and the smile on her face became even stronger.
Seeing that Yuan Xing's misunderstanding was deeper, Yuan Xi quickly explained: "She is not my concubine, we are more like... friends."
He briefly talked about Wu Zhao's origins and said: "Wu Zhao saved me on the battlefield, and I respect her very much."
Yuan Xing rolled her eyes and said: "I just heard her talk about what happened between the two of you. Wu Zhao's life experience was very miserable. All his family members died and he was homeless."
"According to her status as a former servant, she should not be wronged by being your concubine."
"If you don't accept her, do you want to keep her by your side without giving her a status?"
"Don't you dislike her for being a widow?"
Yuan Xi smiled bitterly and said, "Why does my sister always give me difficult problems when we meet?"
"Wu Zhao has a talent for managing the world. In my eyes, she is much better than ordinary women from the gentry."
"We'll talk about this later. How are you doing, sister?"
"Father hasn't let you get married yet?"
After hearing this, Yuan Xing said helplessly: "Look, which pot is not open and which pot is not open? How come you have become so smart after not seeing each other for three years?"
Wu Zhao knelt aside, listening to Yuan Xi's words, with complicated and difficult emotions surging in his heart.
Along the way, she gradually understood that Yuan Xi might really be a...gentleman.
As Yuan Xi, he asked her to sleep with him, but she was afraid that she would not be able to refuse.
But Yuan Xi always treated Wu Zhao with courtesy and regarded Wu Zhao as a friend like Qu Yi and Dong Zhao.
The two spent less than half a month in the narrow carriage, but Yuan Xi endured it and did not do anything too outrageous.
The children of the aristocratic family were good at poetry and wine, and they would come and go as soon as they called the maids, without even asking about their wishes.
The nobles viewed civilians no differently than pigs and dogs, and women were of a lower status. To them, civilian women were no different from goods.
But Yuan Xi treated Wu Zhao differently.
Respect, this is something that Wu Zhao had a hard time detecting from noble men in the past.
When Yuan Shang went to see his mother Liu, his face was very ugly.
He talked about the conversation between Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi, and finally said: "The second brother is much more difficult to deal with than I thought."
After hearing this, Ms. Liu's face darkened and she said coldly: "This little beast has a very bad heart. How did he guess about the Yecheng Rebellion?"
"I hinted to my husband several times that the rebellion in Yecheng was related to Yuan Xi, but my husband didn't believe me."
Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "Mother said this too deliberately. How could a son rebel against his father? No one will take such words seriously."
"I took advantage of this incident and left Beixin City isolated several times. I didn't expect that my second brother would survive."
Yuan Shang had already learned about the Yecheng bet between Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi through his mother, Mrs. Liu.
But he did not question it at all. Instead, he told Yuan Shao that since the second brother was so sure, it meant that he either had the guidance of an expert or had the ability to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
If this is the case, there will definitely be no danger if the second brother chooses to go to Beixin City.
Praise and kill.
After hearing this, Yuan Shao felt that it seemed reasonable, and he was no longer as concerned about Beixin City's affairs as before.
Yuan Shang sneered in his heart at that time. Even if he was wrong and Yuan Xi was killed by Gongsun Zan's army who broke into the city, it could only mean that his second brother was unlucky and made a wrong judgment. What else could Yuan Shao do to him?
Now that Yuan Xi is back safely, Yuan Shang starts to wonder, is his second brother really capable of predicting the future?
In his mind, Yuan Xi's threat has begun to rise!
However, as Yuan Shaozi's favorite son, Yuan Shang has already mastered Yuan Shao's character very well.
Yuan Shao's bottom line is that it doesn't matter if the three sons fight among themselves. On the contrary, they can be tempered, as long as they don't collaborate with the enemy and don't endanger their lives.
But Yuan Shang has always had a vague hunch that Yuan Xi may threaten him in the future!
Yuan Shang didn't know where this feeling came from. Several advisers also said that he thought too much, but Yuan Shang always felt that something was wrong.
It’s hard to imagine that the Yecheng Rebellion was just guesswork. No counselor had predicted this before!
If this matter spreads and other people know about it, maybe someone will be optimistic about Yuan Xi and secretly seek refuge!
In the past few years, Yuan Shang has always regarded Yuan Tan as his biggest opponent, eroding his opponent's power step by step, and never took his second brother seriously.
But Yuan Shang discovered that his second brother was not a weak person who could be manipulated by him. On the contrary, he secretly defeated him as soon as they met!
Yuan Shang hated this feeling of not being able to control the situation.
You must suppress your second brother and get the handle of the other party, otherwise you will not be qualified to be the head of the Yuan family!
Where to start? What is the second brother's weakness?
Zhen family marriage?
Two thousand soldiers and horses?
Xuzhou’s bet?
The disappeared Gao Lan?
Is it possible to separate the eldest brother and the second brother?
Are there any spies of my second brother among my subordinates?
It’s time to do a major purge!
His mind began to work rapidly, and his eyes became fiercer.
He still had a trump card that was useless. Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi didn't even know that Gao Lan was sent out with a premeditated plan!
A smile appeared on Yuan Shang's face. If something happened to Gao Lan, his second brother would be in big trouble.
Whoever fights with me will lose in the end!
In the future, my father’s counselors and father’s generals will all be mine!
I will completely shatter those prophecies about my second brother!
Only I can unify the North! Unify the world!
You can just be an idle prince!
Yuan Xi and Yuan Xing talked about the scenery and customs of Beixin City. He had stayed there for three years, so his description was naturally much more vivid than that of Wu Zhao, who had only stayed for a few months.
Yuan Xing listened with her eyes wide open and praised: "The scenery in the North is so interesting, but it's a pity that I can't see it."
Yuan Xi smiled bitterly and said: "Youzhou is a good place with fertile land. Even if there are too many wars and bandits, it is difficult to grow food, and I often don't have enough to eat."
"It sounds like I've eaten a lot. I ate some on the way today, and I'm still a little hungry."
Yuan Xing felt a little distressed: "Who made you and your father get into trouble? It's still early for dinner. I have a small stove here and I can ask someone to cook it for you?"
She called the maid to ask, and then sighed: "Unfortunately, there is only some sesame oil and white flour left, but these can only be used to make pancakes."
"There are also some extremely rare candies. I heard that Jiangdong only made them a few years ago. They are very popular among the nobles."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "These are enough. If you don't make bread, you can make another thing."
(End of chapter)
