Cang Xuan looked at the expression on the young girl's face and found that there was not a trace of sadness or forced bravado. Instead, there was a glint of excitement from scheming hidden in her eyes. He felt extremely at ease and took the portrait.
The portrait was spread out on the table, revealing the young girl depicted on the paper. One had to admit that the painter the Jiang family had found for Jiang Lanyi was highly skilled. The woman in the painting was much more beautiful than Jiang Lanyi herself.
Cang Xuan picked up the tortoise shell and held it in his hand. Su Yuanyuan curiously leaned over, poking out her furry head from beside Cang Xuan.
"Brother Yunjian, I've been wanting to ask for a long time. Are the divinations calculated by this little tortoise shell really accurate?"
In Su Yuanyuan's eyes, the tortoise shell in Cang Xuan's palm emitted a strong golden light, indicating that it was truly an extraordinary item.
The amazement on her face was too obvious. Her eyes were wide open, looking extremely cute in the candlelight. Cang Xuan couldn't help but reach out and pinch her still chubby cheek, correcting her:
"This is the Black Tortoise Shell. It's the divination plate passed down by my master. As for whether it's accurate or not, it depends on what the person seeking the divination has in mind and desires."
Su Yuanyuan couldn't help but urge, "Then quickly calculate it."
Cang Xuan gently lifted his finger, and the tortoise shell spun rapidly on the table. Su Yuanyuan stared at the spinning tortoise shell without blinking and couldn't help but hold her breath. Suddenly, the tortoise shell stopped, and several ancient coins fell out of it, spreading out on the table in a pattern that Su Yuanyuan couldn't understand.
Su Yuanyuan then looked up at Cang Xuan and asked, "Brother Yunjian, what does this divination mean?"
Cang Xuan said, "This current divination shows four yin and one yang, which is a situation of punishment and restraint. It means that if these two people get married and become husband and wife, they will quarrel constantly, the family will be in turmoil, and they will have few descendants."
Su Yuanyuan's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands and said, "It's her then."
Cang Xuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure? This can't be considered a good marriage. Moreover, the Prince of Jin is your cousin from your past life after all. Are you really willing to let him marry such a woman?"
Su Yuanyuan said seriously, "For Lord Changyong, having his daughter marry the Prince of Jin as his princess is a heaven - sent good fortune. Although the result of the horoscope matching of the two is not very satisfactory, the world is unpredictable. Who can say for sure that the two won't reverse the will of heaven and achieve a good marriage in the future? Brother Yunjian, haven't you heard the phrase 'Man can conquer nature'?"
Cang Xuan smiled and said, "What the Princess Fubao said is right. 'Man can conquer nature'. Thank you, Princess Fubao, for giving me advice and solving a major problem in my heart."
Marrying the Prince of Jin, Jiang Lanyi would transform from a declining miss of the Earl's Mansion into the Princess of Jin. For her, this was already something that could bring glory to her family.
But Su Yuanyuan knew Jiang Lanyi well. When they were still on good terms before, Su Yuanyuan knew that Jiang Lanyi's goal was to marry the Crown Prince. In the future, when the Crown Prince ascended the throne as the emperor, she could rely on her status to continue the glory of the Changyong Earl's Mansion.
Therefore, Jiang Lanyi had never looked down on the Prince of Jin, whose leg was injured and almost became a useless person. In her perception, the Prince of Jin was simply not comparable to the Crown Prince.
Now that Su Qingyu had been driven out of the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion but by chance entered the Eastern Palace and became a concubine beside the Crown Prince, Jiang Lanyi must be extremely envious.
Letting her marry the Prince of Jin at this time, Jiang Lanyi would probably cause a ruckus.
But it was precisely this ruckus that was good. Su Yuanyuan knew Jiang Lanyi well, but she knew Xiao Zisheng even better. Xiao Zisheng's leg disability was inseparable from the Wang family. He hated the Crown Prince so much that he wished to pull the Crown Prince down from that position and replace him.
If Jiang Lanyi rushed towards him eagerly, he wouldn't even give her a second look. But since Jiang Lanyi was bent on marrying the Crown Prince, Xiao Zisheng would surely readily accept this marriage and make Jiang Lanyi live in pain for the rest of her life.
With Jiang Lanyi by Xiao Zisheng's side, Xiao Zisheng would have no time or energy to keep an eye on Tianbaozhai, and she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
However, after choosing a principal princess for the Prince of Jin, Su Yuanyuan successively provided two candidates for side concubines and two for serving concubines for the Prince of Jin. In this way, the inner courtyard of the Prince of Jin would surely be extremely lively. Just thinking about Xiao Zisheng's expression of anger but being unable to say anything when he learned of all this, she laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, with a sly glint of success hidden in her eyes.
Cang Xuan couldn't help but think that one should never offend a woman. When this little girl took revenge, she was so ruthless.
However, he was very satisfied.
Unconsciously, the night grew deeper, and the sound of the night watchman came from outside - "It's the third watch of the Zi hour. All is well."
It was already the third watch.
Although he was very reluctant, Cang Xuan still said, "It's so late. If you stay in the Prince of Cang's Mansion any longer, it will be dawn. Hurry back and have a good rest. We'll talk about other things later."
"Okay." Su Yuanyuan replied listlessly. Just as she was about to walk towards the side door of the Prince of Cang's Mansion, her waist tightened, and she was lifted up by Cang Xuan and directly leaped onto the wall.
Su Yuanyuan looked up at the man's sharp - edged side face and raised the corners of her lips and smiled.
Cang Xuan sent Su Yuanyuan back to Moyi Pavilion. Just as he was about to leave, his sleeve was grabbed. The young girl said pitifully, "Brother Yunjian, now that the second and third elder brothers both have their confidantes, they don't have time for me anymore. If no one teaches me martial arts, what should I do?"
Cang Xuan said, "The imperial examination will start in ten days. I'm afraid I won't have time for you these days."
At this time, Xiaoba shouted in Su Yuanyuan's mind, [Little Yuanbao, quickly remind the young master to remember to eat well and sleep well when he's busy. He mustn't overwork himself! The master is still waiting to recognize him!]
This spoil - sport Xiaoba! Su Yuanyuan said angrily, [You shut up! Now that you have the young master, you don't care about me anymore, right?]
Xiaoba stammered, [Not really. I just learned that he's the master's son, so I want to care about him.]
Su Yuanyuan looked up and glared at Cang Xuan, then turned around and ran into the house and closed the door.
Cang Xuan stood there for a while. Finding that she had just run away like this, he couldn't help but laugh and then had to leave.
After going to the Prince of Cang's Mansion and experiencing being a "matchmaker", Su Yuanyuan was in a happy mood. Her eyebrows relaxed, and she skipped into the house. Pushing open the door, Mrs. Mo happened to turn around and mumbled,
"Yuanbao, why are you getting up at this hour again? Did you go to the latrine again?"
Su Yuanyuan was so scared that her whole body tensed up. She opened her mouth to answer, but the next moment she heard Mrs. Mo's even breathing. Relieved, she carefully returned to her small bed and lay down. One hand gently stroked the sleeve arrow on her wrist, and her eyes flickered.
[Xiaoba, I really didn't expect that your master would be Cang Xuan's mother.] Su Yuanyuan said to Xiaoba in her mind.
Xiaoba also sighed with emotion, [I didn't expect it either. The data is lost, and I don't remember what happened when the master separated me from her.]
[According to Cang Xuan, after the master gave birth to him, she abandoned him at the foot of Yuxu Peak and then disappeared. Presumably, the master must have been in danger at that time. If Xiaoba had been on the master, the master wouldn't have been so passive. So, we can know that the master must have separated Xiaoba from her before.]
Su Yuanyuan tightened her grip on the wooden little rabbit around her neck.
Yes, she knew how powerful Xiaoba was. Those people captured Xiaoba's master and hid her so secretly. Could it be that they just wanted to force her to make these sleeve arrows? Or was it that they captured her not for the hidden weapons but for Xiaoba in her hand?