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  Lin Lan had guessed that Ming Yun would bring Chen Ziyan over. Chen Ziyan said that at noon he treated Lin Lan to a meal and she didn't spare him any courtesy, recently she met with Pei Zhiqian every day, but helped him speak a carload of good words, eating one meal from him was still considered cheap for him.

  Lin Lan instructed Yin Liu to wait for her at the shop, and when Yu Rong sent lunch later, it would be considered an extra meal for everyone.

  The three of them arrived at a wine house closer to Pei's home and booked a elegant private room.

  Chen Ziyuan asked Mingyun what he wanted to drink, and Mingyun looked at Linlan and said, "Let's have some tea."

  "Then I'll have tea too, Xiao Er. Bring a pot of the best Bi Luo Chun." Chen Ziyuan said straightforwardly, and handed the menu to Lin Lan, patting his chest: "Sister-in-law, order whatever you like, don't try to save money for me. Although my brother and I may not have a lot of money, but my generosity is absolutely not smaller than yours."

  Lin Lan glanced at the menu and smiled: "Zi Yuan, you're too polite, we eat very casually." Lin Lan said with a smile, looking at Ming Yun: "Right?"

  Ming Yun followed the good like a stream, smiled and said, "Whatever you want is fine."

  Xiao Er smiled and introduced the restaurant's specialty dishes. Lin Lan casually closed the menu: "Then just bring a portion of each of our most expensive and special dishes."

  Chen Ziyuan was taken aback and looked at Ming Yun. Ming Yun raised his eyes to glance around: "Hmm, this wine house may not be large in scale, but it's tastefully decorated."

  Chen Ziyuan discreetly patted his money bag with one hand and quickly thought about how much silver he had brought out today.

  Tea and dishes came up, three people drank tea while eating dishes while chatting, of course Lin Lan was only responsible for eating, listening to the two brothers chat.

  "The imperial court is planning to send more troops to the southwest, and Ning Xing's unit in the Western Mountain Camp will also be deployed to support them. That kid Ning Xing has been eager for battle, he won't miss this opportunity." Chen Ziyu said.

  Lin Lan suddenly became nervous: "Then will my brother also be sent to the southwest?" After Big Brother went to Xishan Camp, he was under Ningxing's command, and his head was gone, how could he not go?

  Chen Ziyuan stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "I suppose I have to go."

  Lin Lan looked at Ming Yun and said, "Didn't we already dispatch a hundred thousand troops over there? Just to deal with tens of thousands of Miao people, do we need that many?"

  "Ah... that's not necessarily true. Many of our generals have been idle for a long time, and there are only a few who can really fight. Jingbo Hou is one, Huaiyuan General is another, and An General who guards the northwest is also one. As for the others..." Chen Ziyu sneered: "Perhaps they're good at talking about war on paper, but Miao people are so fierce that even a large army of 100,000 may not be able to handle it."

  Li Mingyu kicked Chen Ziyuan under the table, and Chen Ziyuan gritted his teeth in pain and took a cold breath. This move was often used by him to deal with Ning Xing, but he didn't expect Li Mingyu to learn it too.

  "What's wrong?"

  Chen Ziyuan smiled stiffly: "Nothing, nothing. I just ate spicy Sichuan pepper chicken and it's a bit spicy."

  Li Mingyu was pondering at this time, the vanguard of the Fourth Prince had not yet arrived in the southwest, and nothing was clear about the situation there. The court had increased troops so quickly, which could only mean one thing: the court had a bigger goal. Thinking back to the hints of Jingbo Hou and his words, this possibility was very large. Li Mingyu glanced at Chen Ziyu, his face calm as water, and said to Lin Lan: "Don't listen to Ziyu's nonsense, our dynasty's soldiers are not as timid as he says. I think the Emperor is just worried about the Fourth Prince's safety, afraid that the Fourth Prince will make some mistake, so he sent more troops to go there. For someone like Ning Xing, even if he went, it would only be to fill the numbers. If you're worried that Big Brother doesn't want him to go, I'll send a message to Ning Xing later and have Big Brother stay behind."

  Lin Lan hesitated for a while: "Forget it, let's just go with the flow. If he wants to go himself, I can't stop him from making achievements."

  Although that's what they say, in their hearts they are still uneasy. As soon as they mention going to the battlefield, they can't help but think of their father who left and never came back. Every time her mother mentions her father, she becomes sorrowful and depressed. So, she doesn't dare ask, thinking that her father might have died a heroic death long ago.

  Chen Ziyuan saw Lin Lan's emotions were a bit down and felt that he had started the topic poorly, so he quickly changed it.

  "Hey boss, now both Chaci Temple and Hongluo Temple have vacancies, where should I go?"

  Li Mingyun thought seriously: "From the point of view of being able to speak and reason, both places are suitable. However, as an imperial censor, one always has to focus on others' shortcomings, criticizing this person today and that person tomorrow, which easily offends people. This goes against the principle of getting along with everyone without offending anyone, so it's estimated that doing so would be very painful. It's better to go to Hongluo Temple instead."

  Chen Ziyuan said with a sigh, "After circling around, I still ended up going to Hongluo Temple. What a waste of energy."

  Li Mingyu smiled and said, "Just be content with what you have. Many people are eager to get in but can't. The key is, if you don't find a decent job soon, you'll really miss out on the big things in life."

  Chen Ziyuan crooked his mouth and said, "I only agreed with my father for this reason. Otherwise, I would have waited again until the vacancy in the Dali Temple was available."

  Lin Lan suggested, "Why don't you go ask Miss Pei and see where she'd like to go?"

  "Ah, no way, she'll laugh at me for being indecisive." Chen Ziyu hastily shook his head.

  "Stupid! Can't you think of a clever retort? You're always talking big, but when you see Miss Pei, you become tongue-tied. Who was it that boasted earlier, saying they would make them regret until their intestines turned green? Especially that Pei Zhiyan from Linlan."

  Chen Ziyuan hastily said, "This mustn't be heard by her, or else I'm done for."

  Lin Lanbai said with a glance: "It's not easy to impress someone like Miss Pei who has high self-esteem. She will only be convinced by someone who is even more impressive than her. Every time I see her, she looks so arrogant, how can she possibly look up to him? He should bring out his best skills, be crazy if he needs to be, and be proud if he needs to be. Besides, Chen Ziyu is not bad either. Of course, compared to my family's Mingyun, he is far inferior. But after all, they are both from the same Jinshi background. How many people in this world have achieved that? It's already very impressive, what's there to fear?"

  Chen Ziyuan was stunned again, looking at Ming Yun, this time Ming Yun nodded very solemnly.

  Chen Ziyuan stroked his chin, looked at the beam, and muttered to himself: "Yes, I also think it's not bad."

  Lin Lan looked at his gloomy face and really wanted to smear that plate of spicy chicken cubes on his face.

  The three of them finished their lunch and went to the Pei residence together.

  Mr. Pei is very busy today, he is the chief examiner of this Ming Jing Ke examination. To say that originally this task was assigned to Ming Yun, but because Ming Ze is taking the exam, Ming Yun must avoid suspicion, so this task fell on Mr. Pei's head again.

  It is said that Pei Gong lao was fishing in the backyard, Ming Yun and Zi Xuan went to see Pei Gong lao first, Lin Lan went to give acupuncture to Mrs. Pei.

  "These past few days, I've felt much lighter and haven't been dizzy at all." Madam Pei said with a smile as she massaged the acupuncture points.

  "Acupuncture takes effect quickly, but your wife's headache is an old illness. To completely cure it, she needs to receive several more treatments and maintain a good attitude. If she pays attention to her health in daily life, I guarantee that the headaches will not recur." Lin Lan saw that Mrs. Pei had recovered very well and was also very happy.

  "If I had met him earlier, my mother would have suffered less." Pei Zhiqian said with a smile.

  Lin Lan said, "Actually, Dr. Hua's medical skills are very skilled, but he is a male doctor, young and without our kind of relationship, some comforting words can't be said, sometimes healing the disease also requires healing the heart."

  Pei Zhiyuan smiled and said, "That's also true."

  Mrs. Pei smiled helplessly and said to Lin Lan: "It's been a while since we've had a good talk, my heart feels much more at ease now, and I feel more open-minded too. Life is not easy, why make it harder on ourselves? If you're not in a hurry to leave, help me go see someone later."

  "Who's there?" Lin Lanqi said.

  Pei Zhiqian coughed twice: "Mother, later, I'll take Mrs. Li over myself."

  Out of Mrs. Pei's room, Pei Zhiqian said, "My father brought the person back yesterday."

  Lin Lan suddenly understood and carefully asked: "Did Mother nod?"

  "My mother won't agree, and my father wouldn't dare. But I don't want things to be too awkward between us, after all, the person has already been brought back home. She looks gentle, but it's still early days, whether she is truly virtuous or just pretending to be warm and gentle, we'll have to wait and see. If she behaves herself and everyone gets along peacefully, then that's fine. But if she's someone with many tricks up her sleeve and a lot of schemes, who knows how much trouble she'll cause."

  Lin Lan Dao said, "What's the big deal? If she doesn't listen and doesn't behave herself, just discipline her properly. This small matter, can't even be handled by you?"

  "Does it seem like nothing is a big deal once you say it out loud? Haven't you ever encountered anything that's really difficult or troublesome?"

  Lin Lan blinked: "Of course, there is, but if you don't take her seriously, she's nothing. No matter who fights, it's the same. Based on the principle of not offending me, I won't offend, if offended, don't blame me for being impolite. Sweeping away all the evil spirits, so I will never have any psychological burden."

  Pei Zhiyuan sighed and said, "I think it will be miserable for anyone who becomes his opponent."

  "That's what they get, who made them so blind, actually I'm the best person." Lin Lan said proudly.

  Pei Zhiqian couldn't help but laugh and covered her mouth, having spent a lot of time with Lin Lan, she finally realized that Lin Lan was actually a very interesting person, full of clever ideas, with an open and straightforward personality, seemingly careless but actually very meticulous.

  "What's going on? Why so happy?" Li Mingyun and Chen Zixian walked towards them with a smile.

  Pei Zhiyuan bowed and smiled, asking: "How did you two return so quickly?"

  Chen Ziyuan said, "The old man was fishing and thought we were too noisy, scaring away all his fish, so he drove us out."

  Li Ming Yun gazed up at the white clouds in the sky again.

  Pei Zhiyuan smiled knowingly, Grandpa liked them the most and would pull them into conversation every time, not letting go until they had talked for at least an hour. It was likely that these two had made up an excuse to slip out.

  "However, the old man said that he would treat us to fish tonight." Li Mingyun said leisurely, "Unfortunately, I still have something at home, so I'll just leave one person behind."

  Chen Ziyuan said in surprise: "How can that be, we've already promised the Grand Elder."

  Li Mingyu sighed and said, "Alas, I really have something to do, and I also know that my elder brother has an exam today." He then made a fist at Pei Zhiqian and said, "Please ask Miss Pei to apologize to the old man on my behalf, and explain that I will come to visit him another day to make amends."

  Lin Lan smiled secretly, Ming Yun was creating an opportunity for Zi Xun and Pei Zhiqian.

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