Chapter 87: Ingenious Temptation
"My father, this is the classmate I have always mentioned to you!"
"See Lord Yan in Xuan Shaoning!"
Xuan Shaoning dressed in plain clothes and bowed his hands together with the scholar's flattery and bent down to show respect to his elders. Yan Di replied with a flat manner, and a false support signaled to sit down. After lifting up his long gown and kneeling, Xuan Shaoning officially looked at the Jingzhao Yin: At about forty years, his hair was combed to the back of his head and fixed it with a green hairband, and his black hair could not be seen with a black hair. The heaven was full, his cheekbones were slightly high, his face was regular, his skin was white, and he had two beards. When he sat upright, he had majesty but did not make people feel cramped. The slightly floating smile made people feel close to him.
Yan Di met in the guest room, and was also dressed in casual clothes and was completely unlucky. The guest room was actually a tea room. Bamboo mats covered the whole house. A short three-person long one was placed on it. Three spherical wind lamps were hung under the beams of the roof. There were stone walls in front and back and were transparent on the left and right. A white gauze curtain was hung on the left and a circular arch was on the right. Through the arch, the green bamboo in the courtyard was clearly visible.
"My father, Shaoning really got the Captain Zhaowu with his military achievements. He is the best among his classmates!" Yan Keran was not hesitant to praise his brothers. Xuan Shaoning was about to be humble but heard Yan Di say, "How can you say these things? I heard about the deeds of my nephew when I was regaining Yinzhou. I was so young but had the courage and strategy to surpass others. It really lived up to the reputation of Qingshan Academy!" Yan Di glanced at his son, "Of course you are not allowed."
"Sir Yan..."
"Call uncle, be so close."
"Yes, Uncle Yan praised it. It's not too long since he was born in the capital late. Now I'm here to visit my uncle and I hope my uncle will forgive me!" Xuan Shaoning took the initiative to apologize. One is indeed as he said. On the other hand, since he met Yan Keran at Qingxuan Gate, he has been considering what kind of meeting gifts to buy, but Yan Keran firmly refused. He took him to visit empty-handedly. When he said this, Xuan Shaoning regretted it so much that his intestines were green. He shouldn't have let Yan Keran go.
"No need to bring gifts, but my father personally ordered it, you don't have to mind at all." Yan Keran hit his classmate with his elbow, "You are just a gift!" After saying that, he smiled, but Xuan Shaoning didn't think he was telling the truth no matter what.
"Just just talking and not pouring tea for your nephew, you are becoming less and less educated!" Yan Di Fei angrily reminded Yan Keran, turning to Xuan Shaoning to return to the appearance of a kind elder. "The three armies have won a great victory, but the capital has always been not allowed to garrison troops. Now the generals who are still in the capital are all military generals of the fifth rank or above. The ability of His Highness Yu to keep you by his side shows his respect for you."
"If I follow my uncle's words, then I'd be quite ashamed to be born late!" Xuan Shaoning drank a cup of tea to relieve the embarrassment of being speechless.
Yan Dihun didn't care and continued, "The nephew is too humble. Come and try the refreshments. This is the skill of the chef in our mansion. I don't know if it suits the taste of the nephew." Yan Di put a piece of refreshments into Xuan Shaoning's plate, which not only did not relieve it but also aggravated his restraint.
"How about my nephew Nian Fang?"
"I will go back to my uncle and have another year in my later life. I will be in the year of dancing with elephant."
"Speaking of this, he is the same generation as Ke Ran. I told me a few days ago that I have someone I like, but I don't know that my nephew is like a dog son?"
Xuan Shaoning did not expect Yan Di to have this question at all. Before thinking, he replied: "I have been in the military for a long time and have never thought about it." He did not see Yan Ke Ransong breathing at this moment.
"This kind of man is the object of admiration among women in the world. To be honest, it is actually my husband's selfishness to ask Ke Ran to invite his nephew to come this time," Yan Di paused, observed Xuan Shaoning's reaction and continued, "The nephew has gained a great reputation in the capital after two wars. Many dignitaries want to make friends with him, but they have no way to find out. I don't know who found out that his nephew and his son were classmates, so those people came to the door and insisted on asking me to help me. Don't blame him!"
"I dare not! Uncle, you are so serious. If you are born late, you will get some of the green eyes of noble people?"
"Aren't they all families with appropriate daughters in their families? With the courage and strategy of their nephews, with the support of His Highness Yu, the future is unlimited. How can we not make these official families tempted? I dare not agree rashly, so I asked if my nephews have someone they like, and I don't know if my nephews have any intentions?"
"Thank you for your kindness. I don't want to worry about my children at this moment. Besides, I will return to the Mobei Military Camp soon, so I naturally don't dare to delay the youth of my daughter." Xuan Shaoning had been dealing with it carefully before, but at this moment he refused it straightforwardly.
Yan Di still smiled and his face changed without any change. "Famous reputation is the right time to win! Good men should be so ambitious, and I appreciate you even more!" Although Yan Di said to Xuan Shaoning, his eyes were focused on Yan Keran beside him. Unfortunately, the latter looked a little worried when he looked at Xuan Shaoning.
"No matter what, Wansheng is still very grateful to my uncle for his kindness! Wansheng toast his uncle with tea instead of wine!"
"Hahaha, OK, but don't worry, I will stay here for the rough rice in my mansion anyway!"
The words "rough rice" made everyone present laugh and cleverly ended all the previous words. Although it was "rough rice", in fact, the dinner at Jingzhao Yin Mansion was definitely the second only to the celebration ceremony that Xuan Shaoning had seen in his life. At the dinner, Xuan Shaoning met Mrs. Yan. The table chatted a lot from all over the world, and the atmosphere was much more harmonious than when he was in the tea room in the afternoon. After the dinner, Xuan Shaoning firmly refused Yan Keran's request to see him off, and slowly walked back to the Yu Prince's Mansion on his own.
Along the way, he was always savoring Yan Di's question, "Do I really have no one I like?" When Yan Di asked that question, two faces appeared in his mind, one was plain and noble, like the cold plum in the cold sky; one was bright and yellow, like the osmanthus in the colorful autumn days, but one was far away in the sky and the other was deep in the Forbidden Palace, and he was only a sixth-rank general, neither the daughter of the Medicine King Family nor the princess of the Daliang royal family, he was not worthy of it.
"I must climb higher!" Xuan Shaoning gritted his teeth and swore fiercely in his heart.
"This time I will help you with my father." Yan Difuzi was in the study. "As the son of Jingzhao Yin and the captain of the Imperial Guard, you are always high-spirited when facing the princess. He is a Zhaowu captain and has no family background. The princess is a completely different from him. I advise you to study hard and spend more on improving yourself. If there is anything between you who is stronger than you, it is his ambition! Ke Ran, you are the only son of my Yan family. You love the princess, and your father will naturally help you, but more importantly, you!"
Yan Keran nodded. He naturally agreed with what his father said, but when recalling Princess Yunxuan's longing eyes when she mentioned Xuan Shaoning, a vague sour water came out of her heart. She didn't understand how this happened. It was obvious that she was facing the princess for the first time. Could it be that she fell in love at first sight?
Chapter completed!