Chapter Eighty-Four: People Are Lively
"There is a custom in one place. In addition to the inseparability of the homeland, choosing a place to settle down is equivalent to choosing a way of life. β
Li Mian finally spoke in the face of Xu Zhiyun's repeated active inquiries.
I saw his clear face, revealing a calmness and experience that did not match his age. This steadiness was so attractive to the teenagers present that everyone looked at Li Mian with a serious look and agreed with the words in his mouth.
The same words came out of Li Mian's mouth, but they followed Cheng Lang's mouth, which had two completely different effects.
I only heard Li Mian continue to speak.
"Speaking of merging states, you all feel unfamiliar. The life of the state is even more unimaginable to you. But if you look at the people who come out of the state, you will know the climate of the state. It's like Cheng Lang, Shu Lang is generous, there is no heart disease, you young people get along, this kind of temperament is the best. Don't be serious with a sentence or two, just about things and not about people. There is also Cheng Liuchuan, the general of Cheng, who is as atmospheric as Cheng Lang, but more stable, with such a personality and behavior, so he has His Majesty's trust. Again, it is Cheng Yuguan, my fiancΓ©e. β
Li Mian actually talked about Cheng Yuguan on such an occasion, obviously he was in a good mood here, so he was in the mood to talk about his private affairs.
Everyone heard that the fourth prince Li Mian took the initiative to talk about his fiancΓ©e, although they were unfamiliar with Cheng Yuguan's perception, and even had some friction, they still laughed along.
Including Cheng Yulou, they all had a smile on their faces. As if Cheng Yuguan, who the fourth prince talked about, was her "sister", she nodded reservedly in the face of the scrutinizing eyes of others. It's as if the person being talked about is "his own family".
Li Mian saw everyone's kind smiles, and did not stop, but continued to talk about Cheng Yuguan seriously, his tone solemn and distant.
"Yuguan is the most simple person."
Li Mian said this, and the affirmation of his tone made everyone rethink, did they misunderstand Cheng Yuguan?
"She's respectful of people, so she's cold. It's not that I look down on anyone. She has the utmost kindness to all those she comes into contact with for the first time. But once you feel aggressive, you will stay away. β
"Therefore, Yuguan has many business friends inside and outside the capital, Jingzhou, and Bingzhou, but among the young people in the capital, it seems to be a maverick."
"Gai is because of Yuguan's character, and if you work together, you can easily withdraw it. But just talking in words can easily lead people to misunderstand that she is pretentious. β
"Of course, I'm not saying that you are talking, but I think that a person often has two faces, when he speaks and does things. This situation, when you start a family in the future, you will naturally experience it. β
"This prince was entrusted by Cheng Lang by Cheng Yulou and Miss Xu Zhiyun today to participate in the poetry meeting. Since I am here, I will also say some heartfelt words to everyone. Blindly wind and snow, I think everyone is tired of hearing it, my next words, may be loyal, but if you listen to it, it will definitely make you less wronged. β
The teenagers were the most annoying to preach, but Li Mian spoke sincerely and directly, and everyone became solemn unconsciously.
Those who lie down support their bodies with their hands, those who sit straighten up, and some simply don't want to cover them, so they can't see the demeanor of the four princes clearly, so they get up and stare at the four princes.
Everyone had a solemn face, trying to hear some proverbs from the mouth of the most practical prince.
I saw the quiet gaze of the four princes sweeping over everyone, and then said.
"The most splendid and pleasant time in this life is at this time. It's all about beauty and poetry. When I first came into contact with practice, I felt that it was cheesy and complicated. Therefore, many people avoid the important and try to take shortcuts. There are also many people who simply leave these mundane tasks to others, after all, everyone has a few loyal servants. β
"However, I want to say that one day, you can be down-to-earth, work hard, and feel with your heart, so that you can get a bit of the true taste of the world."
"Only then did I know that Cheng Yuguan was rare and sincere."
"It was a golden glow."
Li Mian's words silenced the teenagers, some of them were thinking, and some of them were pretending to think. Some people pouted and dismissed, and some people secretly gritted their teeth, but they smiled respectfully.
One kind of rice raises a hundred kinds of people, Li Mian sees them one by one.
There are always people in the world who claim to be wise, who try to deceive and disguise with their own minds, and make a clever appearance.
As everyone knows, the face is born from the heart, and after years of getting along, the result will not accompany you to act. The mouth will be exposed.
At this time, in the face of these teenagers, you can still pretend to be one or two. really experienced the world, such as Li Mian, and even Cheng Lang, they can see through it at a glance.
This poetry meeting is Cheng Yulou's three consecutive letters, inviting Cheng Lang and bringing Li Mian over.
On the day Cheng Lang returned to Beijing, he panicked and went to Li Mian's mansion to bring people over.
Before coming, what Cheng Lang felt was Cheng Yulou's attention and heart for himself.
After arriving, Cheng Lang was enthusiastic, but after calming down, he felt a little bored.
People do not have the enthusiasm and sincerity they imagined, they are all hypocritical courtesies.
It's as if when I went to do business in the state, I faced all the smiling shopkeepers.
After sitting for a while, I saw that Xu Zhiyun and Cheng Yulou were still pestering the "brother-in-law" four princes, asking some things that sounded naΓ―ve but were actually really boring.
Suddenly, Cheng Lang felt a little tired.
"Brother-in-law!"
Cheng Lang said "brother-in-law", his voice was loud and clear, which made Cheng Yulou and Xu Zhiyun pause and look at them in some surprise.
Finally got the two of them to give their eyes to charity, but Cheng Lang felt bored, and only looked directly at the fourth prince Li Mian.
"I'm leaving, are you leaving?"
Cheng Lang spoke, becoming direct again.
It seems that the small group that used to try to integrate into the poetry club, so that the eagerness no longer exists.
Li Mian smiled, shook his head, and followed him up.
"Didn't you pretend to bring me here? What, don't play anymore? β
Cheng Yulou and Xu Zhiyun also got up, and followed the four princes to look at Cheng Lang.
In the face of the four princes, their words of dissuasion were powerless.
But Cheng Lang, the two of them are still sure to handle it.
"Cheng Gongzi left in a hurry, is he well-informed, and thinks that I and other nobles in the capital are not worthy of your vision, disdain to communicate, and will never communicate again? Or do you think who snubbed Cheng Gongzi? β
In the past, Cheng Lang listened to this kind of heart-piercing words, and only felt novel.
The family, including Cheng Yuguan, has always been gentle and kind, and they have never been so aggressive.
Cheng Lang even felt that the two girls talking like this were the appearance of the nobles in the capital.
They are naturally arrogant, so domineering to question others.
But now, Cheng Lang only felt bored in the face of the aggressiveness of the two women and the questioning at both ends.
It's like a thousand boiling waters.
After singing the taste, you know how bland.
Therefore, Cheng Lang only shook his head in the face of the two women's questions, and did not explain in a good voice as before.
Just looked at Li Mian, "Let's go." This time it's me who is wrong, I will bring you over, next time I won't dare. β
When Li Mian heard this, he laughed, but the words in his mouth were merciless.
"You mean that's it for this time?"
Cheng Lang approached Li Mian, his tall and straight body came straight over, and squeezed the position of the two women in front of Li Mian.
Cheng Yulou and Xu Zhiyun glanced at each other, with anger and panic in their eyes.
Things are out of control, and they are a little anxious.
Cheng Lang approached the four princes, and while walking out with the four princes, he whispered "begging for mercy".
"Don't tell my little sister about this time, it's boring. In the future, I won't dare anymore, and I will say good things about you in front of my little sister more. β
Cheng Lang's words were threatening and pleading, direct and sincere, as if the previous Cheng Lang was back.
Li Mian and Cheng Lang walked out together, and the young students along the way all saluted one after another, not daring to stop.
Li Mian nodded on his face, but he refused directly and mercilessly at Cheng Lang.
"Yuguan is deaf and clear-sighted, you want to hide it from her, I'm afraid it's not the class that gets the axe! Or honestly admit your mistakes and be honest. Rather than waiting for the time to be discovered and difficult to explain, it is better to take the initiative to confess. β
Li Mian's words made Cheng Lang wail.
In Xu Yuan, everyone watched Cheng Lang and Li Mian leave like this, and they were disappointed, but there was nothing they could do.
In the end, Cheng Yulou was quick to think and react quickly, and the word "sister" blurted out, successfully attracting the attention of Cheng Lang and Li Mian.
In fact, Cheng Yulou's thoughts are obvious.
She just wants to create opportunities for Xu Zhiyun and the fourth prince Li Mian.
This time, the two of them joined forces, firstly, to create some rumors to affect the marriage contract between the fourth prince and Cheng Yuguan, and on the other hand, to block Cheng Yuguan.
Recently, Cheng Yulou's life has been very difficult.
All the aura of the past seems to be disappearing with age.
Like the sand in her hand, Cheng Yulou felt weakly, the more she wanted to hold it, the faster the sand flowed.
On the one hand, she panicked, and on the other hand, she had no choice but to want to put herself on the big ship of the five princes before the sand disappeared.
In this way, no matter what happens in the future, she finally has a place in the world in the capital.
However, an important obstacle that affected her to seize the five princes was Xu Guogong's daughter, Xu Zhiyun.
Originally, under such a conflict of goals, it was impossible for the two women to shake hands and make peace.
But on the contrary, Xu Zhiyun took the initiative to approach and told Cheng Yulou about his love.
Her target is the Four Princes.
What's the hesitation in this? The two girls hit it off.
Through Cheng Lang, Cheng Yulou learned about the affairs between the four princes and Cheng Yuguan, and like this time, he made an appointment with the four princes for Xu Zhiyun.
Seeing that the fourth prince said a lot of things that he didn't understand, he was about to leave.
Xu Zhiyun hadn't been in a hurry yet, and Cheng Yulou couldn't stabilize it first.
She stepped forward with an arrow and stopped Cheng Lang.
"Is the third brother just gone? I also said that I would go home in a while and rub the third brother's carriage. β
Cheng Yulou smiled innocently and looked at Cheng Lang.
Cheng Lang really stopped because of this.
Looking at Cheng Yulou, Cheng Lang sighed.
"I just came back from Bingzhou, and I brought the four princes with me. Speeding all the way, where is the carriage? I remember telling you that when I came. β
When Cheng Yulou heard this, he was secretly annoyed.
That's right, Cheng Lang was enthusiastic and brought Li Mian here. tried to make her more close to the four princes, so as to improve the relationship with Cheng Yuguan on the side.
Who knows, she brought Xu Zhiyun here.
Full of capital, who doesn't know Xu Zhiyun's thoughts about the four princes?
Because of this, Cheng Langcai felt that Cheng Yulou didn't care about him, and he didn't want to really repair the relationship with Cheng Yuguan.
She just needs Cheng Lang to help her, and she needs to use the name of Cheng Yuguan, so she deceived him in the name of grandeur.
Thinking of this, Cheng Lang felt even more tasteless.
In their hometown and state, five-year-old children know that deception is shameful.
But the people in front of him are still thinking that they are clever and using these little tricks.
I opened my mouth and wanted to say something, but I couldn't say anything.
In the end, Cheng Lang only said two words.
"Treasure yourself."
Saying that, Cheng Lang went around the Jade Tower and was about to go out.
"Third brother..."
Cheng Yulou still didn't give up, shouting Cheng Lang.
"The Third Son."
Liuyun appeared and saluted respectfully.
Compared with Cheng Yulou's shout, the sudden appearance of Liuyun, the sentence "Three Princes", made Cheng Lang's soul fly.
The fourth prince, Li Mian, was also shocked.
Although they just said that Cheng Yuguan is deaf and clear-sighted, he will definitely know today's events in the future.
But I didn't expect that as soon as the words fell, Cheng Yuguan really appeared!
For a while, the two of them were in a panic, and their expressions were seen by Cheng Yuguan, who got up from behind the tree.
"Why, this garden view is so good that the two of you can't think about it? Otherwise, how can you see me as if you were seeing an evil spirit? β
Cheng Yuguan joked in a flat tone, but the two did not dare to slack off.
Cheng Lang, who was still making excuses for himself just now, woke up in an instant and took the initiative to admit his mistake.
"Little sister, it's all my fault. It was too boring in Bingzhou, so I got a few letters from Cheng Yulou, so I rushed to participate in the poetry meeting as soon as possible. is also dragging the four princes. β
"Little sister, don't be angry. The four princes were all dragged by me. β
Cheng Lang looked righteous, patted his chest, and said that he was at the disposal of his little sister.
That cowardly appearance made the people who had been coaxed by his impassioned appearance just now secretly complain for a while.
All the teenagers, including Cheng Yulou and Xu Zhiyun, unconsciously avoided when Cheng Yuguan looked at him at this time.
Li Mian smiled, and walked to Cheng Yuguan over Cheng Lang.
"Let's go, I picked up Brother Lang and was about to look for you."
The words of the fourth prince made Cheng Lang suddenly admire.
He nodded excitedly, "Yes, that's it, we were going to look for you, but who knew that you came first." β
As he spoke, Cheng Lang looked at the Little Lotus Poetry Society.
"Little sister, in fact, I came over and didn't say a few words. This poem will be very boring. You know me, I've never liked to read, I just came here to have some fun. β
was anxious to clear up the relationship by Cheng Lang, I don't know what the rest of the Xiaohe Poetry Club thought, but Cheng Yulou felt that his face was hot.
The fame of the Little Lotus Poetry Society in the capital is also the foundation of her life.
Now it's being belittled like this.
But everyone just watched and listened, and no one refuted.
Seeing this, Cheng Yulou's heart was cold, and she felt that the possibility of finding a good husband was slim again.
After all, the Little Lotus Poetry Society is, to some extent, her most important "dowry".