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The next day, Lu Xiangzhi came to find Ye Zhen early in the morning, wanting to take her to see Elder Xu.
"Brother, I don't want to see Elder Xu. What can I do as a girl? Can Elder Xu accept me as a student?" Ye Zhen said angrily.
"I heard that Elder Xu has a strange temperament. What others think is wrong, he thinks is right. Anyway, he is an old man who is different from ordinary people. Who knows, he might really accept you as a student." Lu Xiangzhi said with a smile.
Ye Zhen raised her eyebrows and looked at him. "Lu Lingzhi asked you to come to me, didn't he?"
Lu Xiangzhi looked at her sternly. "Yao Yao, he is my eldest brother. If I hear you being so disrespectful again, I will ask my mother to punish you."
This was the first time Lu Xiangzhi spoke so harshly to Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen was stunned.
"Yao Yao, I don't want to scold you, but you bear a grudge against your eldest brother because of a trifle. This temper is really not good. Whether you go to college in the future or after marriage, it will not be a good thing for you." Lu Xiangzhi did not soften because of his sister's expression and still lectured her with a cold face.
Ye Zhen listened silently. She knew that her attitude towards Lu Lingzhi was already strange. After all, she still couldn't completely regard herself as Lu Yaoyao. Especially when she saw Lu Lingzhi, hatred surged in her chest, and she wanted to kill him immediately.
"I know." Ye Zhen whispered and smiled. "I will treat him as my eldest brother in the future."
Lu Xiangzhi sighed and rubbed her head. "Yaoyao, you must remember that this is no longer Fringe City. We can no longer be like before, saying whatever we want and doing whatever we want. Everything is different now."
"Mmm." Ye Zhen continued to respond softly. Yesterday, Madam Lu embarrassed the third branch in front of the whole family. There may be greater contradictions in the future. She should be more careful.
"Eldest brother thinks that you are going to take an exam tomorrow and wants to take you out for a walk. Even if you don't go to Elder Xu's place, you can go outside to relax, so that you won't be too nervous tomorrow." Lu Xiangzhi's voice softened.
Ye Zhen said, "I'm not going. Mister Dan is leaving today. I'm going to see him off."
Lu Xiangzhi was stunned. "Where is Mister Dan going?"
"I don't know." Ye Zhen shook her head gently.
"Alright then!" Seeing that his sister really didn't want to go out with them, Lu Xiangzhi didn't force her. "Then I'll go to Elder Xu with Big Brother."
Mister Dan walked out of the house, "Yaoyao, come along too!"
Ye Zhen frowned, "Sir?"
"I'll be staying in the capital. There's no need for you to send me off. Elder Xu is very knowledgeable. If he can give you a few pointers, it will be of great use to you in the future." Just as Mister Dan was about to leave, he heard the siblings talking in the courtyard.
Lu Xiangzhi laughed, "Mister Shan is right. Little sister, this is a rare opportunity. Let's go!"
Ye Zhen looked back at Mister Dan and saw that he just nodded and waved at her.
Even if she really wanted to stay and send Mr. Dan off, she wouldn't let herself do it.
Lu Xiangzhi and Ye Zhen came to the front yard reluctantly. Lu Lingzhi was already sitting in the carriage waiting for them.
"Big brother!" Ye Zhen called out to him. She didn't want Lu Xiangzhi to think that she didn't respect him.
When Lu Lingzhi saw that Ye Rou was willing to come along, the smile on his face deepened. "Yaoyao, get into the carriage at the back. Let's go."
Ye Zhen didn't want to be in the same carriage as Lu Lingzhi.
The Xu Family's mansion was not far from the Lu Family. Originally, the Lu Family's children were not born here. This mansion was bestowed to them by Mo Rongzhan not long ago. The people living around here were either rich or noble families. Although the Lu Family had money in the past, they could not afford a mansion in this area.
In less than half an hour, they arrived at the Xu family's residence.
When the gatekeeper heard their intentions, he did not immediately invite them in. Instead, he asked them to wait for a moment and turned to report to Elder Xu.
Lu Xiangzhi held Lu Lingzhi's hand and whispered, "Big brother, this Elder Xu is really not easy to see. Will he not see us?"
"Elder Xu is erratic. Even if he doesn't see us, we can still ask to see him next time." Lu Lingzhi said with a smile.
Lu Xiangzhi was a little disapproving. He felt that even if he couldn't see Elder Xu, it didn't matter. Anyway, he didn't expect to become Elder Xu's student.
Ye Zhen looked up at them. She didn't think that Lu Lingzhi really wanted to bring Lu Xiangzhi to worship Elder Xu as a teacher. Elder Xu was a very stubborn person and had always looked down on those who studied hard. Lu Lingzhi came to see Elder Xu this time, presumably to persuade him to re-enter the court as an official. What Mo Rongzhan most lacked now was a great scholar like Elder Xu who could be respected by the world's scholars and be loyal to him. If Elder Xu became the prime minister again, it would be easier for Mo Rongzhan to gain the allegiance of the world.
She remembered … Lu Lingzhi did it in her previous life. Although she didn't know how he made Elder Xu nod, he did let Elder Xu re-enter the court as an official, and Lu Lingzhi was even more valued by Mo Rongzhan.
However, that was something that would happen a year later. It definitely wouldn't happen now.
It didn't take long for the gatekeeper to come out and said politely and indifferently that the old man was entertaining guests and it was not convenient to see them. They should come back another day.
Lu Lingzhi was a little disappointed. Although he knew it would be like this, Elder Xu really didn't give anyone face.
Ye Zhen glanced at the young servant and suddenly said in a sweet voice, "This little brother, please go and report to Elder Xu again that we are here to break his chess game, not to ask him for something else."
The young servant was stunned. "Miss, please wait a moment."
Lu Lingzhi looked back at Ye Zhen. "How do you know about Elder Xu's chess game?"
Even he didn't know what chess game Elder Xu had, how did Yao Yao know?
"I naturally have a way to know." Ye Zhen snorted arrogantly. At that time, her father won Xu Lao's chess game. As a result, Xu Lao tried for two years to break her father's encirclement method. Now that her father was gone, Xu Lao would probably want to find a way to break it.
Lu Xiangzhi flicked her forehead. "What can you know? Mr. Dan must have told you. If you can't break Elder Xu's chess game when you go in, let's see what you can do."
"I said I'm here to break the chess game, but I didn't say I can break it." Ye Zhen pouted.
Lu Lingzhi chuckled and looked at Ye Zhen with gentle eyes. "Third sister is also very smart to think of this excuse."
"Yes, I am very smart." Ye Zhen looked at him and replied.
At this time, the gatekeeper came out again and asked Ye Zhen to go in.
Lu Lingzhi was surprised that Ye Zhen could really let Elder Xu see them. It seems that Mr. Dan knows a lot of things.
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