incomprehensible

Seeing that the topic was getting more and more serious, Lu Yao winked at Nangong Xiuren, the two of them finished their meal in a few mouthfuls, and pulled Tong Xuan to leave in a hurry.

Ye Xuehuan didn't want to keep him either, he did have some unheard things to discuss with Ye Xuequan.

Poor Nangong Xiuren didn't have a good meal, and had to pay two more people's bills. He was so depressed that he sighed deeply. He pulled Lu Yao to make up the balance, and then went to the Jiuyin Pavilion next door to drink tea and listen to music.As for what Ye Xuehuan said before, about destroying Yiguo and dying Yunshi, it was as if he had never heard of it.

Both Lu Yao and Nangong Xiuren are extremely smart people, so they naturally know how to live the most chic and comfortable life.

As soon as the long-eyed ones left, Ye Xuehuan lost all scruples, and directly hugged Lan Qi on his lap, picked up a piece of chestnut flour cake, and stuffed it into his mouth.Ye Xuequan can't see it anyway, and Yan Wu is even more sensible. When he should be blind, he is blinder than a blind man, so he can completely pretend that he doesn't exist.

Lan Qi originally had a small appetite, and he was full for a long time. The hard-pressed pastry had almost blocked his throat, and he couldn't complain aloud, so he could only squeeze his mouth tightly, resolutely not letting him eat again. stuff in.

Ye Xuehuan suppressed a smile, and asked someone to make tea. Lan Qi took out the medicine bottle from his sleeve, counted a few small pills, swallowed them with the tea, and was finally let go.

Ye Xuequan was holding the bowl, drinking the soup slowly, and listening to the rustling of the cloth beside her, she felt more and more amused in her heart.Everyone in the world said that Ye Xuehuan was heartless and cold, but he didn't expect that if he really wanted to hurt others, he would have the same virtue as Ye Xuexun.Wouldn't it be the same as blatantly cheating on each other in front of a blind man, but everyone is having such fun.

"... Rongcai."

He deliberately opened his mouth at this time, and the movement around him suddenly stopped.Although I don't intend to disturb other people's lingering, but I still have to explain the business clearly.

"Brother Emperor's matter... do you know it well?"

"I can guess a little bit." Ye Xuehuan hugged Lan Qi, let him find a comfortable position, and asked casually, "Did Liu Ting force him to hurry up and let the princess give birth to a son?"

Ye Xuequan laughed and said: "Brother Elder Emperor never told me clearly, only that Xiang Liu was pressing hard. It was indeed arranged by someone to fall from the horse earlier, but it was not his wish. I thought it was for the affairs of the court, why, Liu Xiang, a grandfather, even insists on things in the house?"

"I can't blame the eldest brother." Ye Xuehuan sighed softly, "Grandpa is so strong, mother and concubine have no idea, and the crown princess... I can't speak directly to you for the time being, but our sister-in-law But it's so tough. Brother Dahuang is alone and helpless, and it's not easy to survive until now."

Ye Xuequan was surprised and said: "No matter how powerful the crown princess is, she is still a woman after all. If you want her to be unable to have children, there are many ways to solve it once and for all. Brother Dahuang can't even do this?"

Ye Xuehuan sneered: "Brother Elder Emperor doesn't want to be Liu Ting's pawn, he guards against him day and night, don't Liu Ting's people guard against him? Liu Ting insists on him having a son, what do you think is the reason?" ?”

Ye Xuequan was silent for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief, "The Liu family is bound to win, but you are in no hurry."

"Why am I in a hurry?" Ye Xuehuan snorted, "I'm just blocking the gun for my father."

Ye Xuequan smiled noncommittally, and asked slowly: "What if Father doesn't just want you to block the gun?"

Ye Xuehuan has been asked too many times by too many people over the years.Some are oblique, some are straightforward, some are kind, and some are malicious. Even Lan Qi once asked him if he wanted to fight for the reserve.

As a prince, of course he is not completely devoid of ideas, but once he realizes that mountains are high and rivers are far away, he can no longer be satisfied with the small space on the temple.He is an insatiable greedy person, he wants to hold great power and no one dares to violate it, and he also wants to ride his horse and sing happily, but the cruel fact is that there must always be a suitable person to sit on the throne.Ye Xueji's body was indeed weakening day by day, so the Liu family was anxious, the Chu family was anxious, and everyone was anxious.

In all fairness, since he went to the Northwest, he has never really thought about fighting for reserves, and all the ambitions he has shown are just means of self-protection.Rather than sit on the dragon chair and point out the country, he prefers to defend his family, defend the country, defend the territory and open up the border. That is the pride and enthusiasm that their Yexue blood should have.

Everyone thinks that he is better than Ye Xueyuan, and everyone says that he is the real talent of the general. They think that Ye Xueji sent him to the Northwest just for training, but in his opinion, that is not the case—or , not entirely.One can sit on the throne not only by being excellent, but not only by being excellent. Ye Xueji himself has proved this point to the whole world by himself.Ye Xueji adheres to the way of the mean and balance, precisely because Ye Xuehuan is the best, and his temper is too sharp, which makes him an unsuitable candidate in his eyes.

He always thought that if Ye Xueji suppressed the Liu family, consumed the Chu family, and disintegrated the situation of the powerful minister and town lord, he would be able to retire and be at ease from now on, but he never thought that Ye Xueji might really be possible He intends to succeed him.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that he never really understood the father's thoughts.

He faintly began to feel that the situation that Empress Chu set up back then might be much larger and far-reaching than he imagined, not only himself and Lan Qi, but even Ye Xueji was involved in the situation, and he was even the one who was acting on behalf of the deceased Chu. Then manipulate everything today.

The two fell silent, and Ye Xuequan heard the sound of breathing from Ye Xuehuan's arms, even and long.

"...Your little Lan'er is too cute, isn't he?"

Lan Qi didn't intend to fall asleep.During his southern tour, he repeatedly lost a lot of blood, and his physique became colder and colder. If he didn't take medicine to support him, the winter would be extremely difficult.However, the medicine is three-point poisonous. Although it nourishes qi and nourishes blood, it also has a strong effect of calming the nerves. It was always a decoction before, but since it was necessary to go back to Danlu, it was not convenient to decoct medicine every day, so it was made into a pill.The effect of the medicine after concentration is more obvious, especially if it is taken after meals, the drowsiness will come up faster.

It wasn't unbearable at first, but Ye Xuehuan insisted on hugging him, and the familiar body temperature wrapped him up, and his body softened uncontrollably.The two of them were discussing topics that could not be seen, and their voices were extremely low. It became even more hypnotic when it lingered in Lan Qi's ears. Although they listened to the content, they couldn't think effectively. It was getting heavier and heavier, and I fell asleep without even noticing.

Ye Xuehuan didn't pay attention to the movement in his arms, and when he found that Lan Qi was asleep, he could only say dumbfounded: "Lan'er is weak, and she will be like this after taking the medicine. Brother Erhuang, forgive me."

He said sorry, but he tightened his arms even more, and lowered his voice, obviously not intending to wake him up.Ye Xuequan heard it clearly, shook his head and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, you should take good care of it. Go back today first. You must carefully consider the matter of Yiguo."

"I know." Ye Xuehuan lightly hugged Lan Qi and got up, thought for a while, and then said, "The Liu family is on guard against me, and please ask the second brother to go meet our sister-in-law for me for a while. "

Ye Xuequan understood, and chuckled slightly narrowly: "Everyone said that you and Brother Dahuang were incompatible, but at this juncture, you became the one who most actively wanted to help him."

Ye Xuehuan laughed, looked down at Lan Qi in his arms, and replied happily: "It's just my own selfishness."

It wasn't until Ye Xuehuan's footsteps could not be heard at all that Ye Xuequan turned his head slightly and called out in a low voice: "Yan Wu."

"Yes." The middle-aged eunuch who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb just now replied respectfully, "It is true that the kid back then was good."

The corner of Ye Xuequan's lips twitched, and she tsk-tsk praised: "I actually let him do it... Mother's mother really had a good eye back then. It's just..."

He slowly reached for the wine cup at his hand, and drank the already cold liquid in it, "...She has a thousand calculations, and I'm afraid she can't do it anyway. This little thing will become Rong Cai's taboo, right?"

"One side is the queen mother, and the other is Rongcai... Does this teach me what to do?"

He spoke in embarrassment, but there was no embarrassment on his face. His unfocused eyes stared straight ahead, but he seemed to be able to see the extreme distance that ordinary people couldn't see.The warm and gentle smile is like the cold spring breeze in March, gently and slowly blowing towards the face, but it makes people feel cold all over.

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It wasn't until getting into the carriage on the return journey that Lan Qi opened his eyes in a daze, and found that he was still being hugged without thinking too much. He wanted to continue sleeping when he tilted his head, but Ye Xuehuan pinched the tip of his nose.

"You little lazy cat, you actually fell asleep in front of Second Emperor Brother, is it embarrassing or not?"

Hearing his half-smile tone, Lan Qi knew that he didn't care at all, curled up his legs, and nestled his whole body into his arms, muttering: "Sleepy."

For more than ten days, I was dizzy and dizzy on the boat. I finally got ashore. I was loved so much at night, and I was tortured by Lu Yao when I woke up this morning. I can't stand it.

Ye Xuehuan fell in love with his lazy little appearance, turned his head and kissed him on the mouth.Lan Qi opened his mouth to let him poke the tip of his tongue in, and then belatedly remembered one thing—Ye Xuehuan had just drank alcohol, and it was extremely strong shochu.

The strong aroma of wine permeated quickly between the mouth and nose, and Lan Qi was so ecstatic that he was forced to swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva that smelled of wine, and his mind became dizzy for a while; when he was finally let go , Even the eyes are moist.

Ye Xuehuan stroked his soft hair, and pinched his fingers in the palm of his other hand to play, "Why are you so excited today, and you still come out to play with Lu Yao?"

Although Lan Qi was not as drunk as last time, he was not sober anymore. When he heard Lu Yao's name in a trance, he answered honestly: "Lu Yao said... he wants to take me to a brothel."

Ye Xuehuan raised his eyebrows, and Lu Yao, who was chatting with Nangong Xiuren in Jiuyin Pavilion, suddenly felt a chill down his spine for no reason.

"Why, do you want to visit the brothel?"

"He doesn't have the guts to take me there." Lan Qi hummed, his tone became sticky, "I...playing with him."

Ye Xuehuan laughed lowly, and the low and slow tremors in his chest always made Lan Qi throb, as if his heartbeat was resonating with him.

"If you want to go, I'll take you shopping some other day, okay?"

The deep and sexy voice was full of vicious bewitching, Lan Qi responded unconsciously, rubbing his cheek against the high-quality material on his shoulder, feeling the body temperature and breath soaked in it, and murmured: "Rong Cai... ..."

"Ok?"

Ye Xuehuan yelled but there was no more text, Ye Xuehuan looked down and found that Lan Qi had fallen asleep again, neat teeth and tender red tongue were faintly visible between the delicate lips, and the sparse and slender eyelashes were slightly visible on that piece. Two feathery shadows cast on her pale face.

The tonic prescribed by Wen Luo did improve Lan Qi's body, but it also eroded his mental strength bit by bit.In the past, Lan Qi slept very lightly, and would wake up at the slightest disturbance, but now he can fall asleep amidst other people's conversations.The decline in mental power also means the decline in sensory sensitivity. Although he is still sensitive to ordinary people, his ability to perceive breath is much weaker, otherwise he would not be able to sleep so soundly; The technique may really be slowly abolished, and it will no longer be able to disappear and disappear out of thin air like it did in the peak period.

However, from Ye Xuehuan's point of view, it might not be a bad thing.

After experiencing a parting, his desire to keep Lan Qi by his side became stronger; he would also selfishly think that without this concealment technique, Lan Qi might lose some ability to protect himself, but at the same time, he would also lose his ability to protect himself. It has become traceable, allowing him to hold it firmly in the palm of his hand, and he can no longer escape.

He didn't want Lan Qi to be another spy lurking in the shadows, he didn't want him to be a wandering soul that couldn't be seen clearly, but he could really be held in his arms, as long as he was sleepy, You can fall asleep peacefully in his arms, regardless of the time and place, regardless of the ups and downs outside of you, you will always be able to sit back and relax like this.

The soft touch in his palm, the light weight on his shoulders, and the warm breath in his neck all reminded him very truly that this is the whole world he wants to have, and it will be his whole life from now on.

In the next few days, apart from the fact that the young master fell into the water many times, everything was calm.This cat was probably dumbfounded when Lan Qi carried it on him. It never remembered that the layer of green algae was not the ground.Fortunately, it is not afraid of life, so it is hugged by itself. Everyone in the garden, old and young, likes it, and it is always taken care of by someone.Sometimes I go to the kitchen to eat secretly, and the cook will feed it secretly; even Gao Qian hugs the cat and basks in the sun when he is free.

After a few days, the young master didn't even recognize his parents, and sometimes Lan Qi called him and ignored him.Ye Xuehuan laughed and called it a little white-eyed wolf, but she couldn't help but knead and pinch it, and if she caught it, she would trample it.

Ye Xuehuan always emphasized that he went back to Danlu to "rehabilitate his wounds". He really played with cats and lovers at home. Except for his cronies, he never saw any outsiders. He also took Lan Qi out of the city to admire the maple leaves on Yinlong Mountain. There was a thick stack of greeting cards, and only then did they start to pick and choose the invitations slowly.

Danlu's officials, big and small, all know his usual rules, one is not to enter the private residence, and the other is not to go to Fengyue, and they are usually placed in a relatively quiet place like Fengjiang Garden or Jiuyin Pavilion.He didn't shy away from it, and he always brought Lan Qi to attend the meeting. He behaved intimately and unabashedly during the banquet, and he was so undisguised that he didn't hide his favor. He saw that the officials who played hosts didn't even dare to arrange some kabuki dancers to add to the fun, let alone He explicitly asked what Lan Qi's status was, and within a few days, rumors spread that the third prince had a new favorite by his side, but Lu Yao, the "old love" who was kept outside, obviously did not fall out of favor, and he didn't know who to go to for a while. Work hard on yourself.

However, Lu Yao's flattery is easy to please, but Lan Qi is always well hidden, and he can't even see him at ordinary times. Whoever is more favored will be judged.So even when Lu Yao was walking on the road, he would meet all kinds of complicated and sympathetic and mocking eyes, and heard all kinds of things like "free-range and domestic animals are different", "the palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are full of meat." But the flesh in the palm of the hand is obviously a little thicker," commented.

Lu Yao was in a bad mood, and ran to Ye Xuehuan with a sad face to beg for mercy: "I was wrong, I didn't bring blue sauce to the brothel, so please forgive me, old man."

Seeing his sincerity, Ye Xuehuan finally showed mercy, and after a few days, "reliable" news came out from nowhere, saying that Lu Yao was actually married long ago, and his target was Tong Xuan, the guard commander of Xuanfeng Camp.

Now the whole city was shocked, dare to say that for so many years, the flattery and bribery of so many people on Lu Yao was all wishful thinking, Lu Yao is also the nepotism of Tong Xuan who left, it is better to go to Tong Xuan directly.Poor Tong Xuan, an upright and orthodox honest man, became a hot figure overnight, and he was so scared that he didn't dare to go out for a few days.

Lu Yao was so angry that he even wanted to commit the murder of his master, but this relationship had already been exposed, and he would feel sorry for Tong Xuan if he refused to admit it, so he had to hint from all parties that his man was inconvenient to come forward in various senses, and he had to find someone if he had something to do. He; Ye Xuehuan didn't respond much, and only then did the turmoil calm down.

Lu Yao has been rumored to be Ye Xuehuan's "foreign pet" for many years, who would have thought that the real man is actually Ye Xuehuan's valet.It's as if everyone thought that Ye Xuehuan liked beauties like Lu Yao, and had sent all kinds of beauties to his bed for many years. Who would have thought that what he really liked was this kind of clear soup with little water? No wonder no one has ever been able to Truly became his family pet.

It was too late to send someone to his bed now, but at least he could send something to the person on his bed.So Ye Xuehuan came back from court one day and called Lan Qi to the study room; as soon as he entered the door, his eyes were full of jewels, and the table in front of him was densely packed with dozens of brocade boxes, each with a name card next to it. They are all filled with incense balls, with different materials and styles, some inlaid with gold and jade, very gorgeous, some with complicated carvings, restrained and simple, but without exception, they are all extremely valuable.

"I said I would give you a new one." Ye Xuehuan pulled him to stand in front of the desk, "Choose it yourself."

Lan Qi is a little speechless, only at this time can he deeply understand that he is indeed a prince who holds great power, and if he leaks any news, I don't know how many people have tried their best to collect incense balls for him, and they are afraid that he will not be able to get him like.Lan Qi looked around dazzledly, and finally picked a dark silver incense ball in the corner.Different from most flower and bird sculptures, this incense ball is engraved with cirrus cloud patterns, and an exquisite round gemstone is inlaid on the top. The color changes with the angle change, but there is always a slender and bright azure blue light. The belt, like a cat's eyes under the moonlight, is quiet and cool.

"You can pick it." Ye Xuehuan pointed to the strange gemstone, "This is a moonstone that is only produced in Nanyang. It is not expensive in itself, but it is the 'God's Tears' in Nanyang legends. It is regarded as a national treasure, and has always been unwilling to trade, and it will be paid to the palace very occasionally, and there is almost no such thing in Chongyang."

He glanced at the name card attached to the brocade box, and chuckled, "Sure enough, it was a gift from Xiuren. Only his Nangong family's fleet can sneak back a dollar or two."

Inlaid with moonstones and engraved cloud patterns, the meaning of this incense ball is-the clouds open and the moon shines.

It is not accidental that Lan Qi picked this one.

Ye Xuehuan told Gao Qian: "Go and prepare a return gift for Xiu Ren, and return the rest."

So many people gave gifts to please him, but in the end, it was Nangong Xiuren who didn't need to please him at all.

Gao Qian ordered people to remove the other incense balls, and left the study voluntarily; Ye Xuehuan took Lan Qi and sat down beside the table, took the prepared incense pills himself, stuffed them into the burning bowl in the center of the incense balls and lit them.The sweet and rich ambergris aroma diffuses, and the light blue smoke curls up and lingers for a long time.

"Yu Wushuang once said that if you are dyed with fragrance, you will be able to be traced, and your hidden ability will be useless."

Ye Xuehuan wrapped the incense ball around Lan Qi's waist, and the ice silk tassels dangled with excellent drape, with distinct roots, dense and not messy.

"Lan'er, I'm also very selfish. I'd rather cripple your abilities than give you the slightest chance of leaving." He held Lan Qi's hands in his palms and wrapped them tightly, "I want to tie you up." For the rest of your life, I will never let you run away again."

"...my life has been tied to you for a long time." Lan Qi put his backhand between his fingers, clasped his four hands, entangled with each other, "Even if you tell me to go away again, I will rely on you .”

Ye Xuehuan heard that he wanted to bring up the old story again, exposed his scars, pretended to be angry, hugged the man on his lap, raised his hand and hit his buttocks, "You still hold grudges, don't you? If you tell you to get out, just get out?"

Lan Qi obediently took two slaps with no effort at all, put his hands around his shoulders, and whispered in his ear: "You are the most important person in my life, so I will remember every word you said. , will take it seriously. I will do what you ask me to do; I will ask you to fulfill the promise you have given me. "

"If you want to abolish my concealment technique... you must be responsible for protecting me for the rest of your life."

After saying that, he kissed lightly behind his ear, and the tip of his wet and soft tongue seemed to send out a faint flame, which instantly ignited the dry firewood in Ye Xuehuan's body, burning it into a prairie fire.

"...you asked for this."

[The small tunnel caught off guard]

The elegant ambergris was mixed with the smell of musk, and suddenly became ambiguous and shameless.

Ye Xuehuan looked at Lan Qi's dull eyes immersed in the lingering rhyme and didn't know where he was, and hugged him into his arms, whispering in his ear: "Is the fuck you asked for, is it comfortable?"

Lan Qi kept his mouth shut, regretting that he had teased him in a moment of enthusiasm; but recently, Ye Xuehuan seemed to be unable to restrain his desire for him at all, and he would get angry when he teased him.Fortunately, I have to go out later, otherwise I won't be let off so easily.

Lan Qi thought vaguely that he must not take the initiative to provoke him again recently.