Yuan Xi stared at him, nodded, and didn't ask any more.

Yuan An breathed a sigh of relief, gave himself a glass of wine, drank it, and said with a long breath: "General Hou is too suspicious, after we have given everything to the bottom, he still can't make a decision, because Yuan Xiang and I have been waiting there for a long time, and during this period, no matter how I ask to meet, General Hou just won't allow it, and later, Yuan Xiang has lost his patience, and we plan to come back......"

Yuan Xiang spit out a bone and said dissatisfiedly: "As far as you have a lot of business, I have good food and drink over there, when are you in a hurry?" No one is as anxious as you, second son, this person has no patience, he walks around in front of me every day, and I am dizzy. ”

Yuan Xi was dumbfounded.

Yuan An seemed to be quite thick-skinned with Yuan Xi, and said disapprerovitically: "Just when we were both about to come back on a business trip, General Hou suddenly met us again. ”

Speaking of this, Yuan An's face was a little strange: "After he confirmed with us again and again, he said that he would do this, and said that in order to thank the second son, let us bring you a gift." ”

"Oh, and gifts?" Yuan Xi's curiosity was also suspended, "Where is the gift?" Take it for me to see. ”

"In Yuan Xiang's place, I don't know what it is, and we are not allowed to see it, so I don't think it's a valuable thing."

Yuan Xiang got up and walked outside, and said: "You are wrong, it is not expensive but it must be heavy, a locked wooden box, I don't know that it can't be gold, I almost thought it was gold." ”

Yuan Xi and Yuan An glanced at each other and laughed.

Yuan Xiang went not long ago, and soon came back with a small package.

"Oh, that's it," Yuan Xiang opened the package, took out a small wooden box from it, and said: "It's heavy, and I don't know what it is, but I think that no matter what you give, the second son will definitely not be lacking." ”

Yuan Xi shook his head and motioned for him to hand over the box.

Took the box, started slightly, Yuan Xi looked carefully, this delicate and thick box, there are probably several catties, and it always feels like there are more than ten catties, and I don't know what is inside, it is so heavy.

Turning it back and forth, the box was sealed, and it seemed that the only way to open it was to smash it open or pry it open with a blade.

Seeing that Yuan An and Yuan Xiang were both curious, Yuan Xi put the box aside and said with a smile: "This is a gift from the second uncle, private, don't look at it." ”

Yuan An and Yuan Xiang were slightly disappointed, but they didn't say anything, curiosity passed for a while.

A few people ate and drank, and Yuan An said something about the future, but the most important thing was that he didn't say it, that is, when Yuan Shu would go to Chang'an to rob the emperor back.

Yuan Xi said regretfully: "My second uncle is a little unreliable, if he agrees in his mouth, his actions will be slower than anyone else, and in the end the emperor will be robbed, and it will be too late." ”

Yuan An looked ashamed and said: "I have completely understood the meaning of the second son, but he is silent, and I really can't see it, and it's not easy to ......ask."

Yuan Xi waved his hand and said with a smile: "You have done this very well, by the way, I will tell you a good news, in January next year, we will be able to completely have a state of our own." ”

Yuan An slapped the case suddenly, and said in surprise: "The second son is serious? ”

Yuan Xi pressed his palm and said in a low voice: "What are you excited about, how many times have I told you, you have to be steady, steady, if you are like this again, how can I rest assured that you will stand alone in the future?" You see that Yuan Xiang is better than you. ”

Yuan Xiang suddenly laughed.

Yuan An nodded heavily, took a deep breath, and sat down again, knowing that his chance to get ahead was about to come.

Among the three sons of the Yuan family, Yuan Xi's reputation is the most unpleasant, Yuan An was also a thin and talented person at the beginning, since he made up his mind to follow Yuan Xi, he has suffered a lot of white eyes and ridicule, but he has always believed in himself, especially later.

By now, he has no regrets about his decision at all, because everyone has seen Yuan Xi's changes.

He still has lustful vices, but when a certain aspect of merit can cover up the vice, none of this is a problem. Yuan Xi undoubtedly did a good job in this regard.

Or rather, convincing.

And Yuan Xi has an advantage that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang do not have, that is, benevolence, which is fatal to as long as there are some loyal subordinates.

After the two jars of wine, Yuan An and Yuan Xiang were both drunk, but Yuan Xi became more and more sober.

With a long breath of wine, Yuan Xi walked out of the door.

Someone will naturally clean up here for a while, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

Holding a small box in his hand, Yuan Xi guessed what kind of gift it was, but after thinking about it, he was a little sure, after all, ordinary gifts were really not attractive to him, and Yuan Shu couldn't give ordinary gifts.

Walking into the inner courtyard, Yuan Xi just wanted to go back to the room to see what gifts were in the box, but he was stopped by shouting.

"Husband," Zou Jia trotted over, "Sister Wen Ji said to let you go to the back garden when you're done." ”

"What's the matter?" Yuan Xi asked suspiciously.

Zou Jia shook his head lightly: "I don't know, but most of the little maids in the house today have been called to the backyard." ”

Yuan Xi: "......" This Cai Yan is really idle for a moment.

Yuan Xi walked to the back garden, and sure enough, he saw a lot of little girls lined up together, doing exercises very unneatly.

At a glance, there were thirty or forty little maids.

After there were more hostesses in Yuan Xi's mansion, the little maids gradually increased. Especially when Mi Zhen was married, the little maid brought the most.

These little maids stood in several rows with strange faces, Cai Yan and other women watched from the side, and the little princess and Diao Xiuer seemed to be explaining the essentials of the action.

Tang Ji, who was on the side, saw Yuan Xi come in and pulled Cai Yan, who was watching carefully.

Cai Yan turned his head and saw Yuan Xi, and hurriedly walked towards him.

Yuan Xi came to the pavilion, sat down, looked at Cai Yan, who also entered the pavilion after a while, and said with a smile: "Madam, what are you doing?" ”

Cai Yan glanced at him directly, and said angrily: "Who came up with the idea to ask us to do this before?" ”

Yuan Xi's idea came up, but he didn't expect Cai Yan to agree so quickly, and implement it so quickly, which was a bit unexpected to him.

Waiting for her to sit down, Yuan Xi said: "This exercise is also practiced, and it is quite boring to do more." ”

Cai Yan leaned towards him and said in a low voice: "Husband, didn't I tell you about marrying a concubine last time?" Do you remember? ”

How could Yuan Xi forget such a good thing, he wondered: "Naturally remember, can't others reply?" ”

Guess what kind of gift it is.....

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