webnovelfull Chapter 478: Luzhou
Chapter 478: Luzhou
"Xia Nu is originally from Luzhou. I didn't know my parents since I was a child, so I was fostered in the home of an old carpenter. Later, my master passed by the carpenter's home and found that Xia Nu had dexterous hands. So he gave some money to Xia Nu's adoptive father, took me away and accepted me as his apprentice." When Yan Xun talked about his Shen family, he was not very enthusiastic. Instead, he was a little indifferent. He just mentioned it casually and then introduced the customs and habits of Luzhou to Lu Weiyuan.
"I have heard of the woodworkers in Luzhou." Lu Weiyuan followed his words and said a few words without any perfunctory tone, and then suddenly turned the topic back to the woodworkers in Luzhou. "It is said that the step-out beds there are the best, and the various Buddha statues and deities are also top-notch craftsmanship. It's a pity that most of the items used in the palace are from the craftsmen's workshops. Although there are carpenters from Luzhou, the palace has its own rules. I still want to see what they can carve locally."
Yan Xun was stunned. From his previous chat with Lu Weiyuan, he thought he had basically portrayed the character of Princess Yuyi - a little girl who was loved by everyone, a little proud but gentle in nature, even very naive and kind in some places, and quite cute in her words - and not difficult to please.
And things turned out just as he expected. Yan Xun easily piqued the interest of Princess Yuyi. While the two of them were chatting happily, Yan Xun was also silently thinking about how he could achieve the most important purpose of this contact with her. Although Princess Yuyi was innocent and cute, her elders were definitely not easy to fool. If he wanted to take out that thing, he had to be more natural and not trigger the other party's vigilance.
but......
Yan Xun thought, Princess Yuyi was so favored, so all he had to do was give the thing to her and then find a way to ask her not to tell anyone. Others couldn't make a big fuss about even the small toys or ornaments that the princess brought back from outside the palace, right?
"In fact, they look just ordinary. But in Luzhou, if a family has a daughter who is about to get married, the elders will specially customize a set of Hundred Cranes Makeup Box for her. One hundred cranes of different shapes are gathered on the makeup box which is only as big as two hands. Some families will also decorate it with tortoise shells or enamel. It is very delicate and beautiful."
Yan Xun said gently, "Because there has always been a legend in Luzhou about white cranes bringing children, this makeup box is also the blessing of the elders for their children. I hope she can live in harmony with her husband and give birth to a child for her husband's family as soon as possible... Ah! Your humble servant is rude."
He quickly stood up and saluted.
Lu Weiyuan did not stop him, but looked at him with increasing curiosity: "What's so rude about this?"
Yan Xun raised his head carefully and found that the little princess in front of him still had innocent eyes and a lively smile. "Oh, I was worried. I think the customs in Luzhou and Beijing are different. It is taboo to say this in front of unmarried women... But don't be afraid. Beijing doesn't have this taboo."
She was more gentle and amiable than any noble woman Yan Xun had ever met.
Yan Xun instantly relaxed a lot, stood up as he was told and sat down again - the seat he had sat in before was opposite Lu Weiyuan, and this bow and sitting down together quietly narrowed the distance between the two of them. Lu Weiyuan looked at Yan Xun who sat next to him very consciously, and felt that what he had encountered today was really interesting.
"Besides this, is there anything else fun in Luzhou?" she continued to ask in a very cheerful tone.
Unconsciously, the situation that Yan Xun originally took the initiative to introduce various customs and experiences from other places to Lu Weiyuan gradually changed, and it became that Lu Weiyuan asked whatever he was curious about. Her thoughts were very fast, so Yan Xun had no choice but to answer whatever she asked. It was a long time before he realized that the topic of their conversation had strayed too far from his original purpose.
Yan Xun had just finished talking about a special local food in Luzhou. He pursed his lips, which were a little dry from talking. Seeing this, Lu Weiyuan handed him a cup of unused and cold tea: "Have a sip of tea first and take a break before talking."
Yan Xun took the tea, with a faint blush on his cheeks, which made Lu Weiyuan feel that he had become more handsome. It seemed that this shy look with his head lowered and his face blushing must have been the result of many practices.
The Lu royal family has never lacked beauties.
The founding emperor Lu Laoliu was born with an extraordinarily handsome face, and the founding empress was also a rare beauty. Their descendants more or less inherited the two ancestors' vision for people, and were very careful about marriage matters, and liked to choose those who were good-looking.
This has been passed down from generation to generation. Although there are occasional people in the clan with facial flaws, in general, it is still above the average standard.
Lu Weiyuan grew up in the palace and had seen all kinds of beauties. However, most of the concubines in the inner palace were her elders, and those with the surname Lu were all relatives. No matter how they behaved in private, when they met the emperor and empress, or Princess Yuyi, most of them would behave properly, just like the gods in the New Year pictures...
This was the first time in Lu Weiyuan's life that he was flattered by the opposite sex with a purpose. It was also the first time that he saw a man looking so timid. He became interested for a moment and decided that if the purpose in this man's mind was not too excessive, he should be more tolerant to him.
Yan Xun didn't know that the truth that he was trying to get close to Princess Yuyi with ulterior motives had already been seen through by the other party. He was just skillfully seducing a noble woman.
He has quite a lot of experience in this regard.
Whether in Luzhou or other places, the women in the families of the powerful and wealthy were probably used to being submissive to their husbands and elders in the inner courtyard. Some of them were bolder and dared to go out for pleasure, and they liked handsome men like Yan Xun who bowed their heads and obeyed them.
The noble ladies in the capital were even more heroic in their style. Yan Xun had secretly met one or two of them before, and they were very fond of his style.
But no matter what, when facing someone who is more powerful than you, you should show weakness first, let her let down her guard against you, slowly figure out her personality, and use other things to assist... Perhaps, you don't have to take risks. Using that thing on Princess Yuyi, who is jokingly called the Crown Princess by the people, you can achieve your goal.
"By the way, you just said that the one performing with you was your junior sister, so where is your master?" Lu Weiyuan watched him drink the cold tea, and the topic suddenly jumped back to Yan Xun's life experience, "Although you don't know your parents, you are raised in a carpenter's family, so you should be a good family. Your master took you in as an apprentice, right? How did you and your junior sister come to your aunt's Heyi Building?"