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Yangzhou city is extraordinarily prosperous.

The teahouses on both sides are full of people, the street vendors are constantly hawking, and in the largest silk village in the city, a beautiful woman in a pink shirt is wandering in the store, and the two maids around her are carrying brocade.

"Miss, how about this horse?" The slave looks very festive and generous, tomorrow will be the first time General Qin has come to the mansion as a guest, no matter what, he should leave a good impression," one of the maids with a small bun said with a smile.

"Our young lady is shocked if she doesn't wear heavy makeup, what do you need these mundane things, it's better to pick a plain color" Another girl with a few thin braids came to the woman in the pink shirt with a pale cyan silk.

"Then take one of each," she said, waving her hand, and commanding them to pay.

Out of the store, on the street, two maids each held a piece of silk and a few small boxes, and the master and servant shuttled through the lively street.

"Get out of the way!"

I don't know who shouted, but I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when I heard the sound, a red horse rushed straight to this side......

"Miss be careful," the pigtailed maid behind her hurriedly said, and stepped forward to block the front of the master.

She pulled the girl by the wheel, and the horse whizzed past them.

"Cold, don't you want to die?" said the woman in the pink shirt angrily, and before she could count them again, she saw another white horse galloping by.

On horseback was a man in a dark coat with tied hair, and I saw that the man was approaching the red horse on a fast horse, and when he caught up, he jumped up lightly, and rode to the horse as soon as he stepped on the saddle.

Strange as it sounds, the man grasped the reins, and the horse became much quieter, and only after a few long whistles of disbelief, he quieted down, and kicked on the ground with his hooves.

A horse dealer had already caught up and thanked the man in Xuanyi again and again, and he turned sideways, only to see his face, but he had a handsome and dignified face.

"This horse is so interesting," the woman in the pink shirt couldn't stop laughing.

"In my opinion, miss, this person is also interesting," the maid with a bun on the side laughed evilly.

"Nuan Yu, can you stop talking such nonsense" The woman in pink was slightly displeased, and the coldness on the side glared at her even more displeased and said.

"Miss, don't you know, who is the boy in Xuanyi?" said Nuan Yu with more interest.

"Who?" said the woman, but there was no knowing interest on her face.

"He is the fiancé of the young lady, General Zuo Qin Xuan," Nuan Yu couldn't hold back his excitement and opened his mouth. Leng Yi heard this strange and looked at the warm words, "How do you know?"

"You and Miss were not here that day, Lord Qin brought Young Master Qin to propose, I happened to pass by the hall and met once"

The woman in pink didn't have any expression the whole time, only glanced at Qin Xuan again, and saw him walking back and holding his white horse.

But in the next second, she headed straight for the man.

"Miss!" Nuan Yu whispered in surprise, and the coldness on the side followed.

The two of them hadn't been far away, and they had already arrived in front of Qin Xuan after walking a few steps, and his face must have been accosted by many women, and when he saw the woman in the pink shirt, he smiled indifferently and wanted to get on the horse.

"Childe stays," she said without hurry.

"What's the matter with the girl, she has military affairs in the lower quarters, and she needs to leave as soon as possible" Qin Xuan has always been good-tempered, so he asked patiently.

"Childe's white horse, if I guessed correctly, it should be the sweat and blood of the Western Regions, there are not many people who can control this fierce horse, it just so happens that I also had a good horse by chance before, although not as good as this one, but also stubborn, I invited many people to take it can't help, Childe wants to be a person in the army, if you have time, can you train me to train that stubborn thing, if it still doesn't want to pay attention to me, you don't like it, I am willing to give it away, so that it will not bury it"

The woman spoke carefully, but Qin Xuan was obviously stunned, and only after she finished speaking did she react, "Okay, the girl is really a horse lover, and she will definitely come to the house when she has time."

Nuan Yu and Leng Yu were beside him, seeing that his master and General Qin only talked about a horse, Nuan Yu took the opportunity to smile and said, "Come to think of it, Gongzi Qin will be able to train a horse for Miss tomorrow"

When he said this, he also showed a wicked smile from time to time.

Leng Yi pulled the warm words with a cold face, "Miss, let's go back", the woman in pink nodded, and no longer said anything to Qin Xuan and turned her head away.

Qin Xuan was a little puzzled, although he agreed, he didn't know where this woman lived, and she didn't say anything, so she stood in place and was puzzled.

Nuan Yu then smiled at Qin Xuan and said, "Then the slave maid will let Miss wait for the arrival of Qin Gongzi tomorrow," and then trotted to follow.

The three of them were playing dumb riddles, but Qin Xuan understood, the maid knew that her surname was Qin, and tomorrow, tomorrow would not be the day to go to Duan's house?

Then this woman must be Duan Lianyi, the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, I didn't expect to meet her on the street, but the person who talked to her so calmly still used a horse as an excuse, this is really the first one.

Qin Xuan only smiled lightly, then ignored it, and rode on a fast horse to go out of the city.

Duan Lianyi and the two maids returned home, and saw their father and mother hurrying towards them, and as soon as their father arrived, he said, "Half a month later, it will be a big wedding, you are a young lady, what do you look like outside all day, do you want to learn to run away like before?"

She was about to go to the embroidery building without saying a word, and heard Master Duan behind her, "This family matter was mentioned by the Taishi himself, if you dare to run, then the Taishi will blame him, how can he afford to be a father?"

"Since the daughter has promised, she will not run again, please rest assured father" After speaking, he walked quickly to the backyard, and the two maids followed.

"Miss, I also met that Qin Gongzi today, the slave and maid look good at talking, and have an extraordinary bearing, and Miss is really a good match" Warm words came towards Duan Ripple from time to time.

The three of them were passing through the flower hall, Duan Lianyi secretly glanced at Leng Yi when he heard this, and Leng Yi hurriedly said, "It's not too early this day, Miss wants to eat osmanthus chicken tonight, you go and talk to the cook."

I wanted to say it again, but I had to retreat when I heard this.

The two of them then passed through the long corridor to a chic courtyard, and looked around, "Miss, this warm language has been getting more and more excessive recently, what does she want to do?" said coldly.

"What she wants to do is not only to monitor the Duan family, but also to spy on me by the way, she has to find a way to send her away, and then follow me to the Qin family, it is inevitable that there will be internal and external troubles" Duan Lianyi sat down and poured himself a glass of water.

"Miss is right, the slave thinks that she will be driven away, and that Qin Duwei ......" coldly hesitated, "I have heard that people outside say that Qin Duwei is a heroic killer and loves soldiers like a son"

Duan Lianyi shook his head, "It can be said that you know people and faces, but you don't know your heart, it's hard to draw conclusions about who he is, but when the imperial master chooses one person from the clan, it's just to tie up the Duan family."

Leng Yi also felt that this was the reason, and secretly sighed that the old man actually pushed the young lady out for the sake of his official future, but the young lady obviously didn't mean anything to the young master Qin.

After this day, in the morning of the next day, a little girl came to the embroidery building to invite her over, thinking that it was also Qin Xuan's arrival, so Duan Lianyi went, and she rushed to the hall without stopping.

Before he arrived in the lobby, there was a burst of hearty laughter, as soon as he entered, the middle-aged man with sharp eyebrows and eyes and his father were sitting on the high platform talking and laughing, Qin Xuan was quite quiet, just sat on the side and tasted slowly, and when he saw the footsteps, he also looked this way.

"Ripples, come and meet Uncle Qin" Seeing her coming, the lord above hurriedly waved to her, and Duan Lianyi also bowed to the middle-aged man obediently.

"Okay, good" The man looked at her a few times, laughed heartily a few times, and then looked at Qin Xuan, "Xuan'er, I've seen ripples."

"Miss and I met yesterday," Qin Xuan said with a slight smile.

"Oh?" "Oh?" Master Duan was overjoyed when he heard this, "In this way, we don't have to bother, Ripple, you take Qin Xuan to the backyard for a walk, don't worry about us", he waved his hand.

"Yes" Duan Lianyi was very obedient, and then turned to Qin Xuan and said, "Master Qin, come with me", Qin Xuan followed her without saying much.

Without any attendants, the two went to the garden and strolled along the cobbled paths.

"Young Master Qin, the horse I told you yesterday is in the stable behind this garden, can you be interested in going and taking a look" Duan Lianyi saw that Qin Xuan had been breaking the deadlock without saying a word.

"In this case, please lead the way" Qin Xuan replied, although he was not interested in this horse in his heart, it was better than taking a walk with a girl here.

Duan Lianyi led him to the stable, and sure enough, there was a fine black steed eating grass by itself.

"This horse is very strong, do you want to try it?" she walked into the stable, untied the reins, and pulled it out.

Qin Xuan naturally couldn't refute, and besides, he had already promised her yesterday, so he took the reins in his hand, turned over and jumped on the horse.

Before he could sit down, the horse actually ran up quickly, Qin Xuan hurriedly grabbed the reins, and the horse spread his legs and went straight to the back door.

At this time, it happened that Master Duan and General Qin came over, and when they saw this scene, they said anxiously, "How can you let Qin Xuan ride this horse?" As soon as this horse runs, it doesn't have half a pillar of incense and refuses to stop, and now it runs to the back mountain, the terrain of the back mountain is complicated, what happened, can you and I afford this responsibility?"

Master Qin didn't care about laughing heartily, "Brother Duan's words are wrong, Xuan'er is strong in martial arts, and he leads troops to fight all year round, and the mountains behind him are not enough to worry about."

"It's better to be careful, I'll immediately send someone to follow him, so as not to make any mistakes" Master Duan hurriedly ordered the attendants next to him to call someone to follow out.

After General Qin and Master Duan left, it didn't take long for Qin Xuan to ride a black horse and come back, stop in front of Duan Lianyi, turn over and dismount, pull the reins and walk in front of her, and said with a light smile: "This horse will probably be a lot obedient today, but it is really not suitable for you, I don't know what I said yesterday I would like to give this horse to you, but is it serious?"

Duan Lianyi smiled when he heard this, "Naturally, take it seriously, if the son likes it, I am willing to give it away."

"Then I'm welcome, and you can call me by my name in the future, okay with your name too?" Qin Xuan led the horse into the stable.

"Okay," Duan Lianyi responded when he heard him say so.

Qin Xuan came to her again, he wanted to say something but didn't say anything, he just said goodbye and left.

After he left, Duan Lianyi was wandering around the garden alone, and when Leng Yi came over, he saw her in a daze.

"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Leng Yi asked with a cup of tea.

Duan Lianyi took the teacup, "I don't know why, I always feel that this Qin Xuan seems to have always been a little sad."

"You are too worried, why didn't the slave and maid see it, but I came out of Madame just now, and I heard that Master Qin took a fancy to Xianglan in Madame's room, so the old man made a favor and gave Xianglan to him."

"What?" Duan Lianyi wanted to drink tea and stopped, "That pandan is only fifteen years old, I'm afraid it's not voluntary, right?"

"Of course not, but no matter how she cried or cried, she was pulled into the sedan chair, the slave maid was really worried, so would Qin Xuan also have the same virtue as his father!"

"If that's the case, it's useless to worry, and you have to think of a countermeasure as soon as possible" Her face was not shocked, but there was no trace of worry.

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Time shuttles away like a cloud, half a month has passed, and the day is getting hotter and hotter, and the Duan Mansion is also in full swing, and it is not a trivial matter for the daughter of this Shangshu lord to marry Du Wei.