Xu Yan didn't expect Shen Yu to take the initiative to find him. This girl has deliberately avoided since he mentioned marriage that time, and later he braved the rain to break into the Shen Mansion after returning from the Wulin Sect, and she was also stunned, and she deliberately avoided him in the academy for the past two days.

What is the idea of taking the initiative to find it at this time?

A row of ginkgo biloba outside the Lingering Garden gradually showed a pure yellow color, scattered among the miscellaneous trees and flowers on the roadside, and the little girl wore the crown dress of the academy and rode a horse.

Xu Yan also just returned from outside, so he stationed his horse in front of the mansion, and when Shen Yan approached, he raised his eyebrows and looked at her.

Shen Yu seemed to have completely forgotten what happened a few days ago, and greeted her recently, and complimented: "His Royal Highness King Duan, this horse has a strong physique and a shiny coat, it is really a good horse!" ”

This sycophant hit the point, Xu Yan was originally easy to treat her warmly, and at this time he even smiled, "If you like it, I'll give it to you?" ”

Send her again...... Shen Yu didn't dare to accept things plainly, so she hurriedly waved her hand and said, "How can you win the love of His Royal Highness." Then he put on a flattering smile, "Today, the academy organizes horse races in the suburbs, and my classmates have long heard that His Royal Highness has a vigorous demeanor and is very good at equestrianism, so they take the liberty of asking His Highness for some advice, I wonder if His Highness can appreciate his face?" ”

- Ask His Royal Highness Duan Wang to give instructions to a group of little-known students, that is really a big face, Shen Yu is not sure about this, but for the sake of the plan later, she still has to give it a try.

Xu Yan looked quite interested, raised his eyebrows and said, "Horse racing? ”

"yes." Shen Yan was a little apprehensive, "The academy will go to Xishan every autumn to race horses, this time someone mentioned that His Royal Highness is excellent in equestrianism, so they are looking forward to getting guidance, and I hope His Highness will not blame." ”

"No blame, I also intend to take a trip to Xishan, so it's better to take advantage of it."

Shen Yu was overjoyed, stretched out her arms and said, "Your Highness, please!" ”

Xu Yan didn't ask anyone to follow, so he rode his horse and Shen Yu to go out, looked at her and asked, "Why did the academy race horses, but you asked you to invite me?" ”

Shen Yan had already thought of an excuse, and said with a grin: "My classmates are in awe of His Highness's majesty and dare not offend. Thinking that I had a little friendship with His Highness on the way to the book, he encouraged me to come, His Highness wouldn't feel abrupt, right? ”

"No, it won't." Xu Yan tilted his head and asked seriously, "Do you think we just stop at 'a little friendship'?" ”

His gaze was hot and bright, and he pressed down heavily, causing Shen Yu to panic for a moment. Of course, it's not just "a little friendship", the two of them have swam through the mountains and played in the water, Xu Yan gave her a fox and a bracelet, and once said something "marry him", and the friendship is deep. But that's just humility, Your Highness, do you really want to be so serious!

Shen Yan smiled dryly, "Of course not." His Royal Highness has helped me several times, and Shen Yu remembered it in her heart. ”

"Oh, and do you remember the last time I told you?"

……

Shen Yu planned to pretend to be deaf and dumb, looking sideways at the scenery on the side of the road, but her face turned red for some reason. Xu Yan chased after him, and asked again: "Shen Yan, do you remember?" ”

"People's girl ......" Shen Yu stammered a little. Say you don't remember, that's obviously coaxing, say remember, this highness will definitely ask her for a reply later. With his temper, if Shen Yu said no, there would inevitably be further behavior.

There are pits on both sides, so which side will hurt less if you jump? Shen Yu was in a hurry, and suddenly pointed to a ginkgo tree next to the road, and said, "This ginkgo tree is really beautiful!" I heard that there are a lot of ginkgo trees planted on both sides of the roads in the capital, and when the leaves turn pure yellow in autumn, it is picturesque under the autumn sun, and I have always longed for it. His Royal Highness has been in the capital for a long time, I don't know if this is true? As he spoke, his eyes were full of inquiry, innocent and innocent.

The corners of Xu Yan's mouth twitched, and for the first time, she felt that Shen Yan's face was sometimes quite thick.

But he is not a relentless person, he likes Shen Yan, but he will not force her to give an answer immediately. In contrast, he prefers to slowly spoil her and get tired of her, so that she gradually sinks, and finally can't extricate herself and falls into his arms justifiably. Well, today she took the initiative to invite horse racing, although the motive is not pure, but it is also a little progress.

Xu Yan glanced at her with a smile, as dazzling as the autumn sun, and replied, "Of course it's true." If you are interested, why don't you come with me to Beijing and have a look? ”

Shen Yan was still confused by the smile in her eyes a moment ago, and immediately raised her hand to surrender when she heard this.

Don't play tricks with His Royal Highness Duan Wang anymore, you're digging a hole for yourself! His Royal Highness Duan Wang looked at Duan Su Weiyi, in fact, his ability to flirt with people is not bad at all! She was silently sad, glad that the two had arrived at the city gate, and the road out of the city was spacious enough to ride a horse and gallop, but there was no need to continue this topic.

Galloping to the foot of the West Mountain, there were already more than 50 students waiting in the racecourse surrounded by the government, half of them participating, half of them watching.

Of course, there are more than dozens of students in Luling Academy, but there are not many people who like horse racing and can happen to have time to come, and a middle-aged man is the master who teaches the students after-school equestrianism, and then Qin Yu, Dong Shujin, Han Si and others are all looking forward to it, seeing Shen Yu and His Royal Highness King Duan coming together, they hurriedly dismounted to greet each other.

Xu Yan didn't have that amiable attitude in front of outsiders, and swept around the horse. Then the master greeted him with a few warm words, and then arranged for the horse race to begin.

Shen Yu turned a corner when she approached her classmates, and at this time she was already standing with Dong Shujin and Qin Yu.

Uncle Dong's eyes were full of admiration, and he sighed at Shen Yan: "I can invite His Royal Highness King Duan, I really convince you!" Ah, what kind of method are you using? ”

Shen Yu smiled silently. When she proposed this and took the initiative to ask for it, she didn't actually mention her friendship with Xu Yan, only that there was a secret method to provoke her. The master and his classmates didn't have much expectation, so they let her go, and now that she really invited Xu Yan to come, many people came over to listen curiously, Qin Yu solved the siege in time and said: "His Royal Highness King Duan has gone to the viewing platform, let's prepare for the horse race." ”

The people present are all people who like equestrianism, and they all worship Xu Yan, a prince who is famous for his military exploits.

Shen Yan will not enter the competition, although her equestrian skills are not bad, compared with the girls, she still has a chance to come out on top, but compared with these fierce young men, it is far behind.

However, Qin Yu is both civil and military, and Uncle Dong is lively and active, both of them have to compete, so Shen Yu let go of the horses, and she first went to sit in the pergola in that area, and watched the race in peace. Because Uncle Dong brought his sister Dong Xiaoxuan over, the two of them happened to be a companion.

Although Dong Xiaoxuan is a concubine, the relationship between the Dong family's housemother and aunt is unexpectedly harmonious, and she was later recorded in the name of the housemother, so that she can find a good marriage in the future. Although she and Uncle Dong are not from the same mother, their personalities are similar, they are very friendly to others, and when they smile on their round faces, they are liked.

When Shen Yu first saw Dong Xiaoxuan, she always liked to pretend to be strange and scare her, so scared that Dong Xiaoxuan had to avoid her every time she saw her, and it was only in the past few years that she gradually got better. The two of them commented on the equestration of the young men on the field and enjoyed the autumn scenery of the West Mountain, Dong Xiaoxuan suddenly sighed and said: "Last time, we played Luoxia Peak with Cousin Xue, who knew that after only a few months, she would ...... Alas. ”

Xue Ning and the Dong family are cousins, and Dong Xiaoxuan's friendship with Xue Ning has always been okay.

Shen Yu knew that Dong Xiaoxuan had no malicious intentions, and sighed when she heard this: "Yes." ”

The two men sighed separately. However, Dong Xiaoxuan is not a person who hides it, sighing is sighing, and it will not lead to any follow-up, and after drinking a cup of tea, his attention fell on the racetrack again.

Shen Yu was a little distracted.

Luoxia Peak...... It was still in April, when Qin Yue revealed his heart to her, he was still such a bright and gentle person, and he had a good relationship with her, but this time after he came back from a long trip, the whole person changed a lot.

It seems to be more silent and more restrained. did not always talk about "Ah Yu" and "Shu Jin" as before, and there was less contact with Dong Shujin, and his actions became more and more unfazed, and occasionally when his eyes met, it made people feel more deep and long, like hiding the flames under the pool, depressed and vigorous.

He was galloping on the field at this time, far ahead of his classmates, and his arrow-like posture swept like a gust of wind, winning bursts of applause.

Shen Yu suddenly hooked her lips and smiled.

All teenagers have to grow up, don't they?

At the end of the race, the master gathered a group of students to convey the words of Xu Yan's comments just now. At this time, the arena is idle, and the spectators are all riding their own horses, jogging and playing in the field. Dong Shujin and Qin Yu both came together in front of the master, Dong Xiaoxuan rode Gao Le, and Shen Yu walked out of the arena and walked with the reins.

She concluded that Xu Yan would not stay long, so she waited for him here, so that she could find a destination to take him to this trip. I didn't see him in the crowd after sweeping my eyes, and suddenly heard a "Shen Fei" behind me, and when I turned around, I saw that Xu Yan had already ridden a horse towards her.

"The autumn scenery of Xishan is good, do you want to go for a spin?" Xu Yan held the reins in one hand, with a very idle attitude.

Shen Yan smiled, "There is a village at the foot of the West Mountain, which is more beautiful than here, do you want Your Highness to take a look?" ”

"Okay." Xu Yan replied succinctly.

The mountains in this area are high and the water is open, the mountains on both sides are undulating, the leaves gradually change color in autumn, the red, yellow, dark green are intertwined picturesquely, the clouds are leisurely floating in the high blue sky, and occasionally the sound of the hermit in the mountains is faintly in the wind into the ears, and it is very pleasant to ride a horse.

The two men walked for a while after turning the corner of the mountain, and there was a village in front of them. Shen Yan was familiar with the way, and took Xu Yan to a low wooden house.

Xu Yan had already understood at this time that Shen Yan had specially brought him here today, but he was a little curious.

There are four wooden houses, the middle door is open, but the two sides of the room are open and open, several children are lying or sitting, are reading there, there is a young man dressed as a scholar sitting on the stone bench outside the door, if there is a child holding a book to ask for advice, he will patiently explain.

After standing and watching for a while, Shen Yu tilted her head and asked, "What does Your Highness think of here?" ”

"Good." Xu Yan's answer was still concise.

Shen Fei smiled, and stepped forward, the scholar raised his head when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when he saw that it was Shen Fei, he couldn't help but say happily: "Miss Shen is here." As he spoke, he put down his book and greeted him, and a few children inside heard the words and also called "Sister Shen" and ran over.

The oncoming scholar was very shy, and when he came to Shen Yu, he asked, "Is Mr. Shen okay?" ”

"It's all good, thank you." Shen Yu smiled and bowed, and took out a bulging brocade bag like a trick, and there were several small bags in it, containing candied fruits, sugar cakes and other things. She distributed the things to the children, and then introduced, "This is a friend from the capital, come and see this bookstore." When he raised his eyes, he saw that Xu Yan's face was not gloomy, so he smiled at him.

Xu Yan also cooperated and set his eyes on the wooden house.

Shen Yan took Xu Yan to the wooden house, and introduced: "This scholar's surname is Liang Mingdong, he used to study in the academy, and after winning the show, he went home to study hard, and he instructed these children in his spare time. ”

At this time, the three of them had walked to the wooden house, Xu Yan paced in, and saw a few rows of simple boxwood bookshelves, on which there were some books neatly arranged, some of which had been turned old, and the corners were rolled up, obviously often read.

Flip through it at will, most of them are children's enlightenment books, the two shelves of books in it are relatively clean, and the content is much deeper than the original.

Liang Dong said: "The children in the village can't afford to buy books, these are all gifts from Mr. Shen, and they can be borrowed." In my spare time, I teach them to read and write, and these children are growing up. He smiled shyly again, "But some books have been read too many times and damaged like this, so I laughed." ”

"That's a good thing." Xu Yan looked at the children around him, then lowered his head and asked Shen Yan, "Is this your idea again?" ”

Shen Yan was a little proud, "These children are at the time of study enlightenment, because they have no money to buy books, many people are thirsty for learning, but they have no choice but to waste their time." Although these books are not valuable treasures, they can always be helpful for children to lend them to read. Children are also sensible, and they will take care of the books when they take them, and they will come back after reading them, and they will rarely lose them. ”

"What about this booklet?" Xu Yan casually flipped through something similar to an account book hanging at the door.

"It's a borrowing book, register when you borrow it, and then sell it when you return it. After all, there have to be rules. Shen Yu explained.

Xu Yan nodded in approval, and smiled when he looked at the children who were lying or sitting.

Since he found it interesting, he sat down on the stone bench in front of the wooden house, chatted with Han Dong, and asked how effective the study house was.

When the two left, the sun was already slanting westward, Xu Yan probably didn't expect Shen Yu to take him to see this, and he was not without admiration in addition to novelty, and said: "I thought that your dexterity was only in the printing of books, who knew that it could still be used on this." ”

"What does Your Highness think of this bookstore?" Shen Yu was looking forward to it.

"Very good!" Xu Yan commented firmly, "I probably understand what you mean." ”

"Your Highness understood?" Shen Yu was overjoyed.

"These children come from poor families, and if they don't have this bookstore, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to have the opportunity to study. Your father's willingness to donate these books is also a good deed, and if you look at his heart, he is more attentive than those in charge of the academic affairs of the academy in the imperial court. ”

Shen Yu said: "What Your Highness said is that although we are rich in Luling, there are still many children who can't afford to buy books, let alone other places. Not only in the village, but also in Luling City, there are many children who have no money to buy books, and no money to enter the academy, and there is no way to read books. And there are actually a lot of books hidden in the academy and the government, but how many people are really qualified to use them? Many books were shelved and had no use other than to feed them to the silverfish. ”

"That's an interesting statement." Xu Yan unconsciously slowed down the horse's speed, turned over and dismounted and led the slow, and listened to her "high theory" by the way.

Shen Yu also turned over, walked side by side with him, and continued: "The academy's collection of books is actually for teaching and educating people. A book is placed there, one person reads it, ten people read it, and the more people read it, the more it can be valued. There are so many people in this world who can't afford to buy books, and there are so many books buried in the dust, why can't they take these books out and read them? ”

"How do you take it out and read it?" Xu Yan also listened to her "unrealistic" thoughts.

Seeing this, Shen Yan became more and more bold, "Just like this bookstore, we can build a bigger bookstore in the city, let's call it a bookstore." The books inside are also placed in this way, which can be borrowed by everyone, and as long as they are registered and returned within a time limit, the books can be circulated and benefit more people. ”

"That's a good idea, but where did this book come from? I don't think the old gentlemen of the academy are happy to take out the treasures and make them shabby. Xu Yan's tone was quite teasing, not aimed at Shen Yan, but thinking of those who love books and cherish them.

"What should be stored should indeed be hidden, and if some rare books are turned old, they will destroy priceless treasures. But like the books engraved in our bookstore, the old ones are gone, and there are new ones, so why not use them? Shen Yu smiled, and finally got to the point, "As for the origin of this book...... Your Highness, what do you think, how about trying Lord Xue's 10,000-volume collection of books? ”

Her smile was cunning and smart, obviously leading him by the nose, obviously calculating things, but in Xu Yan's eyes, it was particularly cute.

The slanting sun sprinkled on her body, with a slight gold, and when it shone on her face, the skin became more delicate and smooth. Her fan-like eyelashes fluttered up and down, sweeping down his heart.

"Shen Fei." Xu Yan suddenly approached, couldn't help but caress her face, and her voice was low in her heart, "You can always surprise me." ”

The sun set off her delicateness, and also reflected his uprightness, and when the handsome face slowly approached, Shen Yu was a little distracted.

On his face was the warm touch of his fingers, and there seemed to be a voice in his heart saying, "You should avoid it!" But the mind did not obey at all, and stared at the incomprehensible face until he was close enough to breathe, and was completely absorbed into his breath.

"Shen Fei." Xu Yan's voice was like a sigh, and the warm snort swept across his cheeks, mixed with the words that swept through his heart like a feather, making people tremble slightly, "Is it okay to marry me?" ”

As if unconsciously sinking, his fingertips ran over her lips, wanting to get closer to kiss her.