Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 267 Which is more important?

"Mr. Xu, the king invites you to come to his house for a chat."

The servant was standing in front of the door. When he saw Xu Yuan get off the carriage, he immediately stepped forward.

After listening to His Royal Highness the Third Prince for a long time, Xu Yuan felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the word "Cheng Wang".

"I am not feeling well. Please go back and tell His Royal Highness Prince Cheng that I will visit you another day."

Xu Yuan was embarrassed about the servant who was unwilling to deliver the message, and he didn't want to see Bei Yao even more.

Now she is a knife at Bei Yuan's side.

After the Song family fell, Bei Yuan’s target was Xie Xiaocheng, and then Bei Yao.

Xu Yuan didn't want to involve Beiyao, and even more so, he didn't want to influence Beiyao.

The servant knew Xu Yuan would say this, so he added, "The mansion has just received a few jugs of fine wine, and Master Wu is a little drunk. The prince has asked Master Xu to pick him up, otherwise Master Wu might get drunk and not be able to find his way home."

The servant imitated Bei Yao's tone and advised, "I know that Master Xu is in a dilemma, but the prince has also ordered that Master Xu must be taken to Chengwang Mansion today, even if he has to be tied up. If Master Xu insists on not going, then Master Chen Shan will be the one to come later."

Xuyuan was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

After a long while, she said, "Let's go."

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Compared to the cold outside, it was exceptionally warm inside Prince Cheng’s Mansion.

When Xu Yuan entered the door, he happened to see Wu Shiming hurrying in.

Two people stopped at the same time.

Wu Shiming asked: "Didn't you say you were drunk? Why..."

Wu Shiming reacted belatedly and cursed in his heart that King Cheng was such a bad guy.

The two people understood each other and tacitly did not speak and continued the previous topic.

Xu Yuan said, "Let's see first."

After entering the palace, a servant separated Wu Shiming and Xu Yuan.

Wu Shiming went to the tea room and Xu Yuan went to the study.

The study door was open, but no one was there.

After making a wish and entering, a maid immediately came forward to serve tea and then waited by the side.

Xu Yuan waited for a long time, but no one came, so he asked, "Where is your prince? Did he say when he would come?"

The maid smiled and replied, "In reply to Master Xu, the prince went to the Grand Tutor's Mansion and should be back soon."

Xuyuan sat back down again.

The tea got cold and I changed it, and then it got cold again.

By the time the third cup of tea was over, Bei Yao still hadn't returned. Xu Yuan was about to get up and say goodbye, but the maid beside him smiled and reminded him, "The prince will be back soon, please wait a moment, young master."

Xu Yuan sat back down, but not as gracefully as he did at the beginning. Instead, he leaned lightly on the table.

When the maid saw this, she slightly looked away and smiled without saying anything.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan simply lay down on the table and fell asleep.

She almost didn't sleep last night, and every time she closed her eyes, she saw the scene of the burning fire.

But, sleeping is still uncomfortable now.

Make a wish and dream again.

She dreamed that Cheng Jie was in prison and saw her. He said to her with a grin, "Your father and mother are dead, and your cousin is dead too. Next, it's your turn..."

Xu Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and his heart was beating wildly in his chest.

at the same time.

Beiyao's hand holding the handkerchief just stopped in front of her.

Seeing Xu Yuan wake up, he retracted his hand, folded his handkerchief, and said slowly: "What did you do last night? You fell asleep after waiting for such a short time. If you were not in Prince Cheng's Mansion, this matter alone would be enough to get you a beating."

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, calmed the throbbing in his heart, and said slowly: "The Third Master deliberately made me wait so long, just to tell me that it is best for the common people not to compete with the powerful, right?"

"Of course." Bei Yao nodded, without any intention of hiding, "I don't know if you have been too successful these days. You even dared to refuse the invitation from Prince Cheng's Mansion. If you hadn't detained Wu Shiming, I'm afraid you wouldn't be invited today."

"Since Third Master knew, why did he insist on letting me come?"

Make a wish and sigh quietly.

She knew that Bei Yao had no bad intentions, he just wanted to remind her that what she did in Wenhua Palace was too aggressive.

Otherwise, the place for her to wait would not be the study, but the yard outside.

Although it's not snowing now, it's still cold outside.

Not to mention standing for a few hours, even two or three cups of tea would be enough to make her sick for several days.

"It's a reminder to you, don't forget your original intention."

Bei Yao picked up a scroll and handed it to Xu Yuan, saying, "There have been a lot of rumors coming from the north recently. The first one is that King Geshu is looking for the princess who is stranded in Tianqi. The rumors are so loud and everyone knows about it. You should have heard about it, right?"

"nature."

Seeing that Xu Yuan did not deny it, Bei Yao asked: "Then tell me, what does the prince want to do?"

"Don't you know what the prince wants to do?" Xu Yuan raised his eyes, "Don't you have helped to stir up trouble in today's incident?"

Xuyuan rarely speaks in this tone.

Bei Yao finally understood why Xu Yuan had deliberately avoided him today. He explained, "This is the path Song Xiujing chose herself. No matter what I do, I can't change it."

"She had no choice at all. From the beginning to the end, no one gave her the opportunity to choose."

Xu Yuan couldn't bear to say this.

This is more like a lower person begging for mercy from a higher person.

When I went to Wenhua Palace today, I heard some gossip.

After school, the rumors became even more rampant.

She knew who spread those rumors, and she also understood that those gossips were just to pave the way for Bei Yuan.

But she still felt uncomfortable.

Why does a man's future and status require sacrificing a woman's reputation?

Why in this incident, only women were condemned, and no men?

What made Xu Yuan feel even more uncomfortable was that under the current circumstances, the prince wanted to reveal Song Xiujing's identity in such a way.

This is not Song Xiujing's choice.

Because from the beginning to the end, Song Xiujing had no choice.

"She had a chance to leave. You gave her a choice."

After Bei Yao finished speaking, he saw that Xu Yuan's face was really bad, so he said again: "How do you know that all this is not what Song Xiujing wants? The Song family wants to silence you and has sent people to kill you. Do you think Song Xiujing can survive if she has no one to rely on? Which is more important, reputation or life?"

There is no way to refute the wish.

"The Crown Prince has been building up momentum for so long, I think someone will recognize this Princess Geshu soon. My father has also ordered people to search for her with all their strength. In order to establish good relations between the two states, he has ordered that Princess Geshu be immediately named Princess Changqing after she is found. Her status will surely rise, and then she will really have room for choice."

Beiyao finished speaking and sighed softly.

There were some things he didn't want to tell Xu Yuan, but he was worried that Xu Yuan wouldn't understand and would be deceived.

After some thought, he said, "Xuyuan, there are some things I'm going to say, and you may not like to hear them, but I still want to tell you that Song Xiujing is not a simple woman. It's not easy for her to be an orphan in the capital, but to be able to make the prince do this for her is something that even the crown princess has never experienced. Compared to her being used, I'm more worried about you being used by her."