Ying Fuyan walked over, and with the Duchess Shun’s permission, he tentatively touched it.
["Brother"]
The smile on the Duchess Shun’s lips gradually faded, turning into a faint anxiety.
Ying Fuyan withdrew from his mories and began to scrutinize Wei Zhao’s appearance.
The Wei Family offspring have always been exceptionally striking in appearance.
Wei Zhao was no exception.
As Ying Fuyan looked on, he felt a bit envious.
Wei Zhao didn’t wear many accessories, but the Jade Pendant at his waist looked very valuable at a glance.
His hair band was made of jade.
As soon as Wei Zhao entered the cave, soone inford him.
He heard that Wei Zhao also brought a woman with him.
What Ying Fuyan cared about wasn’t the woman.
It was the gems on the woman’s body!!
Thinking of this annoyed Ying Fuyan.
"From the mont you entered the cave, I’ve been waiting."
Otherwise, at this hour, he would have been resting by now.
"Wei Zhao."
"I’ve indeed waited for you for a long ti."
Ying Fuyan: "For several years."
He was cultivating his power while waiting for Wei Zhao to spread his wings.
Lo and behold, he waited and waited until he heard the news of Wei Zhao’s death.
Ying Fuyan almost fainted when he heard that.
But soon, he felt sothing was amiss.
So he didn’t believe it.
He himself hadn’t died, bearing the humiliation and surviving, crawling out from a pile of corpses, let alone Wei Zhao?
Though his eyes remained shadowed, he managed a small smile, and his deanor seed much more gentle.
"You also give too much credit earlier."
"Back then, I was weak and couldn’t even truss a chicken, keeping my life was already difficult. After Father passed, within half a year, I was tornted to the point of being unrecognizable. It was General Jing Yuan who found and settled here."
Uncle?
Wei Zhao’s eyes flashed with surprise.
However, indeed Uncle was on good terms with King Yan. That’s why Duke Shun Mansion and Prince Yan Mansion frequently had interactions. Uncle’s intention to take care of King Yan’s only bloodline made sense.
"After General Jing Yuan passed away, Duke Shun would co once a year. He found teachers to teach literature, and others to teach martial arts."
Ying Fuyan still rembers what Duke Shun told him.
["Child, no one in this world can truly protect you. My second brother is gone, and I’m afraid... I can’t protect myself either. You have to take care of yourself."]
Wei Zhao suddenly raised his eyes.
This matter, Father didn’t ntion a word of it to him.
Outside, the wind made the windows creak.
Since it rained yesterday, Ying Fuyan’s knee hurt. It was the sa now.
He didn’t look at Wei Zhao’s expression.
"The last ti he ca, he sat right where you are sitting now."
Ying Fuyan felt the teacup, a look of reminiscence on his face: "However, he said he wouldn’t co again in the future."
"Afterwards, it would be you."
At the ti, Ying Fuyan didn’t understand the aning. But it wasn’t long after Duke Shun left when he caught a cold.
In a few years, he passed away.
Clearly, there were hidden truths.
Wei Zhao was stunned.
Sothing seed to vaguely tug at him, leading him forward.
Before Father took poison to end his life, had he already foreseen that one day he and Ying Fuyan would join forces to overthrow Da Jin?
To be precise, there was the handiwork of Duke Shun in this matter.
Duke Shun laid the foundation for Ying Fuyan to cultivate his power.
Then what else within this had he been kept in the dark about?
Wei Zhao’s emotions fluctuated.
He didn’t dare to think deeply.
Ying Fuyan straightened his stooped body slightly: "You’ve co just in ti."
"We’ll discuss the rebellion later, first, let’s talk about sothing more important."
Wei Zhao closed his eyes briefly.
"Go ahead."
Ying Fuyan: "I’m very poor."
Wei Zhao: ???
"You should be able to see that too."
Wei Zhao: ...
He could see it.
Almost down to nothing but bare walls.
"There used to be many valuable items in the house."
General Jing Yuan wouldn’t shortchange him.
Later, Duke Shun was even more generous.
But when Duke Shun got into trouble, no one sent him money anymore.
Training forces, raising Hidden Guards, weapons, all burned through money.
Ying Fuyan secretly did business, and in the early years could cover the expenses.
But the more people he trained, gradually it beca unsustainable.
"Everything that could be sold was sold."
He really wasn’t just trying to gain sympathy.
Business wasn’t his forte either.
Ying Fuyan: "It’s beco very tight."
"If you hadn’t co, I was going to look for you."
He didn’t feel any sha at all.
"I think you’re not petty either."
"I need money."
"The military pay has been owed for three months."
Wei Zhao: ???
Ying Fuyan spoke up: "I’ve checked, there aren’t many people in the world as wealthy as you."
Those private assets make people envious.
Ying Fuyan saw that Wei Zhao didn’t respond, so he played the emotional card: "If you were a girl, and if nothing happened to the Prince Yan Mansion back then, our families intended for us to have a childhood engagent."
Wei Zhao: ???
Just to ask for money, you’d say anything, wouldn’t you!
His eyes turned cold.
The money he used to support the Wei Family Army, was rightful.
Raising little girls at ho was only right and proper.
And now he had to support Ying Fuyan, a grown man?
Ying Fuyan saw he wouldn’t relent but didn’t press him. Clearly prepared, he pulled out a thick stack of books from under the table.
They contained records of debts, and the purpose of each sum spent. Most importantly, his forces were also laid out clearly under Wei Zhao’s nose.
Wei Zhao hadn’t expected him to be so unreserved.
"Aren’t you afraid?"
Ying Fuyan hugged the old warm bottle, thinking it was finally ti to change to a new one.
He stared steadily at Wei Zhao.
"Your surna is Wei."
"So I trust you."
The room stayed silent for a long ti.
Only the sound of pages flipping could be heard.
God knows how long it took.
Wei Zhao: "How much do you need?"
There would naturally be other expenses as well.
Wei Zhao replied lightly: "Calculate it, give a number."
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anwhile, Yu Tingwan had arrived at the side room.
It was dark, and the lamp carried by the maid couldn’t light the way clearly, but fortunately, there was a Luminous Pearl. The distance from the cave entrance to the side room was neither too far nor too short.
During the entire walk, she behaved properly, without looking around.
It was only after finishing a bowl of noodles in little bites, that Yu Tingwan began to look around the side room.
It was...
Very simple.
There wasn’t even a table, only a bed and a quilt for sleeping.
For a mont, Yu Tingwan almost suspected that Wei Zhao had co uninvited and that the host had objections.
Weary from her long journey, she was very tired. After washing up, she lay down and fell asleep.
Wei Zhao didn’t co back that night.
Early the next morning, Yu Tingwan stepped out and wandered around nearby.
She hadn’t seen much of the world.
But...
But this place seed really simple.
The area was large. Untended for years, no one cared for it; gardens overgrown with weeds.
Wei Zhao returned at noon.
Yu Tingwan was rummaging through a bundle, organizing her change of clothes, preparing to go out.
And she bumped into him.
"Where are you going?"
Wei Zhao blocked her path.
Yu Tingwan’s eyes were bright: "The maid told this place is remote, but there are several natural hot springs, where the water is warm."
Can even boil eggs in it!
Indeed.
Besides safety, the hot springs here were the pride of the place.
She hadn’t soaked in it before.
Had to try it.
Yu Tingwan: "Husband, would you like to take a bath together? It’s good for dispelling the cold and easing fatigue."
Wei Zhao: "Oh."
He dragged his voice: "Inviting for a bath together?"
Yu Tingwan frowned.
That sounded a bit strange.
But there was nothing wrong with it.
Wei Zhao chuckled: "It’s not the ti yet, don’t say things too ambiguous."
Yu Tingwan didn’t know he’d react so much, hesitated to change her words: "Then... shall we go take a dip together?"
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