The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

Chapter 150 Past Life 4 (Xie Yaochuan's PerspectiveMu Yunshang)

Draw a portrait of a beautiful woman.

Mu Yunshang lowered her eyes to look at the portrait she had drawn in her hand.

“I think I know what you look like now.” Mu Yunshang turned her head to look at him, her expression extremely serious.

Xie Yaochuan rested his chin on his hand and chuckled as he looked at her, "So it's only after all these years that you've figured out what I look like?"

Mu Yunshang nodded seriously, then suddenly closed the painting, feeling inexplicably down.

"Of all those people, I can only remember your face. But you remember the faces of so many others. Isn't that a bit unfair?" Mu Yunshang looked at the closed portrait in her hand, then turned to look at him.

Xie Yaochuan was speechless for a moment, then suggested, "Then you forget what I look like?"

Mu Yunshang shook her head and muttered softly, "If you can't remember other people's faces and can only remember mine, then that's fair."

Xie Yaochuan chuckled and said, "I'm going to work for the Dali Temple, so I can't forget what other people look like."

Mu Yunshang brushed his hand away and angrily drew a big X over his face on the paper. "That's unfair."

"Yes, it's your fault, little brother. You made your older sister suffer." Xie Yaochuan coaxed her gently.

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"Isn't Xie Yaochuan just using his looks to stay by the side of Miss Mu? Doesn't he realize that with the Mu family's status, how could they possibly marry their pampered young lady to him?"

"Among the Mu family's daughters, only Mu Yunshang is famous. She became famous for her song at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet not long ago and was just named the most talented woman in the capital. The Emperor praised her repeatedly and even asked her if she had talked to any princes. It seems she will enter the palace as a concubine in the future."

"What is the status of the Xie family, and what is the status of the Mu family? As long as the An family army exists, the Mu family will prosper. If the prince wants to reach that position, he must find a way to marry a girl from the Mu family."

"Xie Yaochuan looks so effeminate, what decent girl would want him? I bet it's the eldest daughter of the Mu family who treats him like a sister." This was said with extreme sarcasm.

Xie Yaochuan suddenly gripped the book in his hand.

To be honest, it has been quite a while since I've seen her.

"I've heard that His Majesty has recently been having the Crown Prince get to know Miss Mu. I suspect he has designs on her. After all, Miss Mu is fourteen, and in a few months she'll be of marriageable age. Xie Yaochuan is a year younger than her. Who would marry a younger brother?"

Xie Yaochuan stared blankly as they walked away.

Only then did he seriously consider his feelings for Mu Yunshang.

When he heard the Emperor trying to matchmake Mu Yunshang and the Crown Prince, he wished he could just find the Crown Prince and beat him up.

How could a woman like her enter the harem?

She should be unrestrained, forever free, pursuing everything she likes.

If there were someone more suitable for her besides the Crown Prince, he would also support her...

No.

Just thinking about it makes me feel suffocated and uncomfortable.

Why can't it be...?

"Brother Zixun." Suddenly an arm was draped over his shoulder.

His thoughts were suddenly disrupted, and Xie Yaochuan turned his head to look at Mu Yunchao.

He was specially arranged to have the same class session as Mu Yunchao.

When Yunshang was ten years old, she returned to the manor and specially invited someone to come and teach her.

Only those who planned to enter the court as officials were allowed to remain in the National Assembly.

"Brother Yunchao."

Mu Yunchao looked at him with a worried expression and was somewhat puzzled.

"Why do you look like this?"

There's something I don't understand.

"What's the problem?" Xie Yaochuan was always praised by the teacher for his intelligence, so how could there be something he didn't know?

"What does it feel like to like someone?" Xie Yaochuan asked him seriously.

Mu Yunchao's eyes widened, and she slapped him hard on the back. "So, you have someone you like?"

Mu Yunchao always shuttled between the academy and home, and knew nothing about what was happening outside, not even about his own sisters.

"No, it's just... I have a friend who's been really troubled lately. His family wants to arrange a marriage for him with a girl he used to be close to, and he hasn't seen her for almost half a month."

"You... your friend, how often did you see that girl before?" Mu Yunchao calmly finished his sentence.

"We should be able to see each other every day," Xie Yaochuan replied after careful consideration.

Mu Yunchao stared at him wide-eyed, scrutinizing him from head to toe with disbelief. "Perhaps... your friend is just not used to it."

Not used to it?

Are you not used to her not being around?

Xie Yaochuan nodded seriously, "You're right."

"Yun Chao." Mu Yunshang, dressed in red with her long, dark hair tied up high and secured with a jade hairpin, held an oil-paper umbrella in her hand. A faint smile played on her lips as she stood quietly in front of the carriage, her beautiful eyes smiling as she looked at them.

Xie Yaochuan's gaze pierced through the rain and landed on Mu Yunshang. In that instant, time seemed to stand still.

She was like someone who had stepped out of a painting, breathtakingly beautiful.

Xie Yaochuan felt his heart suddenly race, as if it were about to leap out of his chest.

At that moment, he finally understood what it meant to be moved and what it meant to like someone.

It had only been half a month since we last met, but when I saw her again, my heart was filled with endless joy and anticipation, but at the same time, there was also a trace of indescribable panic.

At this moment, he realized that everything in the world could be given up, but the person in front of him was the only true meaning of his life.

As long as I can see her every day and be by her side, nothing else matters.

"You said you want to marry Mu Yunshang, the eldest daughter of the Mu family?" Xie Hui looked at Xie Yaochuan kneeling on the ground with some surprise.

She didn't seem to care much about his precociousness. He and his wife were childhood sweethearts, and he knew he liked her at that age.

only……

Where can you find a girl from the Mu family so easy to marry?

“You should know that the Mu and An families control almost all of the military power in the Yue Kingdom, and they will not easily marry off their daughters.” Xie Hui looked at his son, who seemed to have been hit hard, and after a moment of silence, said again.

"If you can really get into the top three in the palace examination and enter the Dali Temple, you will be the youngest vice minister of the Dali Temple. This matter can be discussed in detail with the Mu family."

"Although the Xie family is no longer being suppressed and is doing better than other aristocratic families, compared to the Mu family, the Mu family's daughter can truly be considered to be marrying down. You should understand what I mean."

Xie Yaochuan nodded silently, looked at his father, and took a deep breath.

"My son will surely pass the imperial examinations and achieve fame."

Xie Hui knew his son's limitations and always felt that his interest was just a passing fancy. After all, Mu Yunshang, the eldest daughter of the Mu family, had recently gained a great reputation in the capital, and Xie Yaochuan had been moved by others' praise of her. It wasn't that he had truly fallen for her.