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The letter sent by the Third Prince was clearly asking for his opinion and caring about him, but he wanted to ask for his meaning.

This was already the second time Third Prince had spoken, but the last time he opened his mouth, he had fooled him. This time Jiang Han understood, it would be impossible to fool him.

Fortunately Xu Shiqiu was coming to the capital tomorrow, so due to this matter, the Third Prince would definitely be attracted for a few days, and these few days, would be his last chance.

Xu Shiqiu did not know that the Young Girl in the capital actually took the initiative to look for him outside, and did not know that Jiang Han treated him as a piece of meat that was able to attract his attention.

The current Xu Shiqiu looked at the two people in front of him. His heart burned with fury, but he could not say a single word of blame.

Yan Ye looked at Xu Shiqiu, who was in charge, with an ugly expression on his face. He hurriedly lowered his head and bowed to Xu Shiqiu: ”This is my mistake.

Xu Shiqiu stepped aside to avoid the bow when he saw the old man accompanying Yan Ye. He had guessed Yan Ye's identity the moment he saw the old man earlier.

Yan Ye, Ye Yan, if he had thought about it more, he might not have lured the wolf into this room and harmed Yanzhu.

Hearing Yan Ye's words, Xu Shiqiu closed his eyes for a long time, then opened them and looked at him and said: ”Do you know, if this matter were to be known by that person, all of our many years of restraint in Xu Family would have been in vain?”

When Xu Shiqiu's words came out, the old man who accompanied Yan Ye and had not spoken a word until now sighed: ”Shiqiu, regarding this matter, I hope that you will spare him for my sake.”

After Xu Shiqiu heard the old man's words, he immediately bowed to him, ”Master Sun, why are you getting involved?” After saying that, Xu Shiqiu helplessly shook his head: ”Since you have personally stepped in, my Xu Family will naturally give you face.”

The old man who was addressed as ”Master Sun” by Xu Shiqiu immediately laughed and stroked his beard when he heard Xu Shiqiu's words: ”If that's the case, then this old man owes your family a favor. I heard that you only have one daughter now, so you should hurry up and give birth to a son. ”Wait until your eldest son comes to his senses, then send him to my house.”

Hearing the old man's words, Xu Shiqiu's eyes lit up.

After a short moment of pleasant surprise, Xu Shiqiu regained his senses, smiled at the old man, and said: ”Didn't Master Sun plan to take in two disciples this time around?”

Hearing Xu Shiqiu's words, the old man directly nodded his head and said, ”You are much smarter than your father. Not bad, this old man is preparing to accept two disciples this time. ” Saying this, the old man continued to mock him, ”However, this will require your hard work. After all, this old man has already passed his prime, you can't say for sure how long he will live.”

Although Xu Shiqiu had only seen the old man once when he was young and was given a handwritten letter, he still knew the old man's personality.

When the old man's most prized disciple, the Crown Prince, met with an accident, he had brought his direct descendant back to his hometown and stayed there for more than ten years.

During these ten years, the old man had taught many students. In every examination, there were at least ten people who had been taught by the old man.

Not to mention those who did not have enough aptitude, they had only managed to reach the Elementary Scholar and High Scholar stage before they had to give up.

Most importantly, the Sun family had been studying since the start of the dynasty. More than half of the officials present in the court were related to the Sun family.

If it wasn't for the Sun family already having a family rule, the Sun family wouldn't have been allowed to become an official, and the Sun family didn't like concubines.

One had to know that when the crown prince wanted to acknowledge the elder as his master, he had also gone through the same ordeal as the other ordinary students.

But now, for the sake of the crown prince's bloodline, the old man was willing to give up two spots as direct disciples.

To Xu Shiqiu, this was too much of a temptation. He believed that Jiang Han would definitely be overjoyed to learn that his son would be able to become Master Sun's disciple in the future.

Thinking up to here, Xu Shiqiu looked to Yan Ye, who was standing beside Sun Master, ”Yan …” Just as Xu Shiqiu opened his mouth, he immediately paused, and continued, ”Should I continue to call you Yan Ye, or should I call you Ye Yan?”

Hearing Xu Shiqiu's words, Yan Ye immediately answered: ”Third Uncle Xu can just call me Yan Ye, as for the identity of Ye Yan, I temporarily do not want to mention.”

Yan Ye nodded immediately after he finished speaking: ”Yan Ye, since Master Sun has come out, I will not pursue this matter. Since you decided to let Yanzhu leave the Jiang Family, then what should we do in the future. Have you thought about it? ”

”Of course I have.” Seemingly at the same time Xu Shiqiu's words fell, Yan Ye opened his mouth, ”Right now, my identity still cannot be revealed, and the capital is still not completely safe, I want Grandpa Sun to come home and take Yanzhu away.” After saying that, Yan Ye paused for a moment. Seeing that Xu Shiqiu did not voice any objections, he then continued: ”I had originally been ashamed toward Yanzhu, so I naturally wanted to marry her in the proper manner and enter the house. However, Third Uncle Xu is clear about the current situation, so I can only marry Yanzhu in the Sun family. ”

Seeing that Yan Ye had the intention to wed his openly, Xu Shiqiu heaved a sigh of relief.

Now that he was pregnant with his own child, if Yan Ye was not willing to marry her into his family, Xu Shiqiu would rather raise his niece and the child in her womb.

”Since that's the case, then when I enter the palace tomorrow, I will quietly go to Jiang Family at night to see Jiang Han.” Xu Shiqiu looked at Yan Ye, and after he finished speaking, he paused for a moment before continuing, ”Your Third Aunt frequently visits the palace, do you need her to send a message to your grandmother?”

Xu Shiqiu only said these words because he knew that Empress Hu was not an rash person. Although she would be extremely excited when he found out that his grandson was still alive, she would definitely be able to hold back and not tell anyone about it.

However, Yan Ye shook his head after hearing Xu Shiqiu's words: ”It's better if we don't tell Grandmother about this temporarily. If Grandmother knew that I'm still alive, she probably wouldn't continue to support Fifth Uncle.”

Upon hearing Yan Ye's words, Xu Shiqiu immediately knew that he had no intentions to take the throne.

Since Yan Ye was not interested in a high position, then his niece, who was about to be separated from him, would not be despised by the empress.

But...

Xu Shiqiu raised his eyes and sized up Yan Ye's face, then said: ”Actually, even if Empress saw your current state, she would only feel sorry for you, and would probably never let you touch that position again.”

As soon as Xu Shiqiu finished speaking, he clearly saw Yan Ye's pupils contract. Xu Shiqiu could tell that he, Yan Ye, was moved.

But to Xu Shiqiu's surprise, Yan Ye still rejected him in the end.

”If there is a chance, I will secretly meet with Grandmother. However, for the time being, it's best to not let Grandmother know that I'm still alive.” After saying that, Yan Ye looked at Xu Shiqiu, and continued to speak: ”Once matters in the capital are settled, I will personally pay my respects to Grandmother, and be happy.”