Fengmou in troubled times

The sky of Rongshao Imperial Capital has been cloudy these past few days. The increasingly cold wind and dark and gloomy sky seem to be waiting for the first snow of this winter to save everything.

Duan Ziyi straddled the overpass connecting the Xuanxuan Pavilion and the Yanyu Tower, letting the white gauze of the bamboo hat on his head flutter in the wind endlessly, covering the deepness in his eyes that was brewing like this weather, and the corner of his mouth was always filled with a trace of coldness. smile.In the name of Jingyao Society, Yin Ran persuaded Qi Youniang to merge the Yanyu Building into the Wangxuan Pavilion, and merged the two adjacent courtyards into one, and built this luxurious palace between the two main buildings. Elegance is like a long bridge erected in the clouds and sky, and it has become the biggest topic of conversation in the imperial capital at the end of the year.And since he agreed to practice the Soul Binding Art, Ning Xilou's attitude towards him has eased, not only allowing him to further get involved in the internal operation of the Qixi Palace, but also entrusting him with some business affairs of the Jingyao Society. reason.So when Yin Ran, with the title of the prime minister's only son, was unable to show up as the real big boss behind the Xuanxuan Pavilion, Duan Ziyi, the major shareholder, naturally came out to help, and came here from time to time to show his face, which can be regarded as satisfying the boredom of the dignitaries and nobles in the imperial capital. curiosity.

"Zi Yi."

Hearing the call, the sneer on Duan Ziyi's mouth suddenly subsided, and some warmth finally appeared in the purple eyes.He turned his head and looked at Feng Yinran, who was dressed in women's clothes and covered with a light veil, his eyes lit up, and he was stunned for a moment before he couldn't help laughing, "Are you sure that Suzaku really gave you this idea to facilitate your entry and exit? Here? Why do I still feel that she is deliberately punishing you?"

He gave him an annoyed look, and Feng Yinran came over with a scent, and sat down beside Duan Ziyi carelessly, hanging his legs outside the railing like him, "Don't mention it, you should really look at Suzaku just now." I don’t know if the expression on my face after I finished dressing up is because the bustard has become an occupational disease after being a prostitute for a long time. She actually asked me if I want to be listed in this Xuanxuan Pavilion?! I also said that after a few years, the position of the top card will definitely be given to you and me. I, really..." He deliberately exaggerated and laughed, but secretly glanced at Ziyi's expression, and seeing that he was smiling sincerely, he felt relieved.I don't know if it's because of practicing the mysterious soul-binding formula. Although Zi Yi's martial arts has improved very fast, she is still a considerate and good senior brother in front of him and Qing Han, but when she is alone with her subordinates, But the time is always extremely cold and gloomy, as if there is boundless hatred entangled in the tarsal bones, which cannot be let go, teaching him and Qinghan not to worry.

"You're not yet eight years old, what do you know..." She poked Feng Yinran's forehead with a smile, Duan Ziyi helped him straighten the jewel hairpin on his head, and suddenly pointed downstairs and said, "Could it be that you recently The hype surrounding the annexation of the Yanyu Building was too much, why did His Royal Highness even come to visit?"

Looking in the direction of his finger, Feng Yinran saw at a glance that His Royal Highness Shuyan Pingyu was swaying towards the courtyard of Luxuan Pavilion on the long street downstairs, slipped and almost didn't fall.I don't know what kind of madness this Crown Prince of Rongshao Country has committed. He just swaggered around the brothels alone in broad daylight, and seemed to drink a lot of wine.Let those extremely boring speech officials see it, and they will inevitably have to refer to him again with the emperor!At that time, it would be better not to implicate the Grand Tutor of Wenhua Palace.

Duan Ziyi on the side didn't expect Feng Yinran to think about so many things in a flash. Seeing him staring downstairs in a daze, he continued: "Seeing this His Royal Highness, I think of Fang Linyuan who is often with him. In the past few months, whenever you have time, you have to go to the altar of inviting immortals. Fang Linyuan is also a frequent visitor of your Fengfu... It seems that there is more than just friendship between you? Senior Ling said a few days ago that he had something important to go back to Yi Ke An’s visit to the Spiritual Realm, at the Invitation Immortal Altar, the people arranged by the Qixi Palace and the Xingxing Pavilion will be replaced in secret. His big apprentice Fang Linyuan doesn’t seem to know about these things, you have to plan early.”

As early as when Ling Yan took the current patriarch of the spirit world who refused to show his face to the headquarters to spy on him from a distance, Feng Yinran heard from the old man Xuanwu that Ling Yan was going back to the spirit world to participate in the clan sacrifice, but these few Yue has been busy with the big project of rebuilding the Xuanxuan Pavilion and the Yanyu Building, Ling Yan is elusive and can't find anyone, Feng Yinran hasn't even had a chance to inquire about the patriarch of the spirit world, and he has completely forgotten about it At this moment, Duan Ziyi remembered it when he mentioned it. "Baihu and the others have already secretly transferred people to other palaces. It just so happens that the Imperial Palace and the Jinyang Prince's Mansion have to send more people. There is no need for eyeliner at the invitation to the Immortal Altar, but it has solved a lot of troubles for me. The dark guards next to me are the only ones. It has just been established, those children not only need to be trained in martial arts, but also have to be taught from the beginning in dealing with people, acting and doing things, and Ling Yan wants to cause me trouble..."

Accustomed to his old-fashioned appearance, Duan Ziyi was smiling and listening to his nagging, when she suddenly saw Yingniang, the maid beside Suzaku running upstairs panting, standing at the bridge and shouting: "Boss, Boss! Aunt at this time No, there is no one downstairs who can make decisions! You go down and have a look, the prince is too drunk, and he said that he wants to bring the nine girls into the palace!"

Hearing that Shuyan Pingyu was causing trouble, Feng Yinran hurriedly dragged Ziyi downstairs, and saw a crowd of Yingying and Yanyan in the flower hall, fortunately there were not many guests during the day so there was no obstruction.Surrounded in the middle, Shuyan Pingyu was pulling an upright official named Jiu'er and refusing to let go, shouting loudly, "Father is going to choose a princess for me, why am I unhappy? Linyuan You don't come to help me see, how is this girl..." He leaned over and asked Na Jiu'er, "Girl, can you come back to the palace with me and be my princess?"

Nine Girls had only been listed for less than half a month, and she was an upright official who accompanied her guests to recite poems and drink tea, so she had never seen such a battle before.But it was His Royal Highness Dang Chao who was pulling her and refused to let go. She didn't dare to struggle hard, and tears rolled in her eyes in anxiety.Beside these beautiful girls who are as beautiful as flowers and jade, you talk to each other, chattering and persuading, it is very noisy.Seeing the headache, Feng Yinran didn't care about her own attire, turned on her toes and jumped to the side of the prince, without being polite to him, directly touched the numb point on his hand, and pulled Jiu girl over when he let go.

"Yingniang, take Nine Girls to rest first." Pushing Nine Girls who was still in shock into Yingniang's arms, Feng Yinran gave her a wink.Yingniang, who had already been reminded by Suzaku, naturally knew his identity, and she dared not obey his orders, so she hurriedly helped Nine Girls and shouted to the girls who stood there dumbfounded: "Why are you still standing there, let's go, let's go!" Come on, go back to your yard."

It was not easy for Yingying and Yanyan in this room to finally loosen up gracefully, Feng Yinran was relieved, but her sleeves were held in the hands of Shu Yan Ping Yu who was not lightly drunk. "I'm about to get married, so I should pick a wife for Lin Yuan! Do you think this little girl looks like Yin Ran? I'm going to give her to Lin Yuan..."

Duan Ziyi, who was leaning on the handrail of the stairs to watch the excitement, burst into laughter when she heard the words, even though this was a brothel dance hall, Suzaku did not dare to prepare too outrageous clothes for her pavilion owner.Because Feng Yinran was still young, and now it was winter again, Suzaku changed him into a short-breasted jacket with gold and white butterflies, pink flowers and pink, and the recently popular white silk with golden lotus pattern and narrow-legged Hu suit trousers and buckskin. The short boots set off the slender waist and slender legs. She is indeed a pretty little girl no matter how you look at it.But when he covered his face with a light veil, Shuyan Pingyu could actually see that he "like" Feng Yinran, this vision is really admirable.

Feng Yinran, who became angry from embarrassment, raised her hand and heavily focused on Shuyan Pingyu's sleeping hole, letting him fall to the ground and kicking him in frustration. "If it wasn't for Lin Yuan's face, I would have stripped him naked and thrown him on the street!"

"I think he looks like Fang Linyuan has deep roots in love." Duan Ziyi smiled casually, but Feng Yinran was surprised when he heard it.The prince made such a fuss today, even an outsider like Zi Yi could tell at a glance that he had unusual feelings for Lin Yuan.There are so many people in this big crowd, if it spreads to the good people, it may cause a big storm.This human-headed Shuyan Pingyu... Feng Yinran, who was upset, couldn't help kicking the prince on the ground again, but still called for someone to send Shuyan Pingyu back.

……Dividing line……

On the third day of the winter month in the 16th year of Emperor Yin's reign, Yuan Zhenbang, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, said bluntly that the prince indulged in wine and sex, lingered in brothels and brothels, prostituted himself during the day, neglected government affairs, and was hard to be an important task for the country.The emperor was furious, and sent the prince to kneel down in the Taimiao to contemplate his mistakes, and was confined for a month; the prince of the Wenhua Palace was not taught well, and the Taifu was punished for one year as a punishment; the prince's close attendant and close friend, the seventh prince of Cangjue Kingdom, Fang Linyuan, indulged the prince without persuasion , Fifty court rods to serve as an example to others.

When Feng Yinran received the news that Fang Linyuan had been ordered by the emperor to have a court staff, the first heavy snow that had been brewing for a long time in the imperial capital this winter finally fell to the ground.Feng Yinran, who was listening to the four guardians of Xingxing Pavilion to make a monthly routine report, could not sit comfortably when she received the news from the palace.Before he even had time to put on the crane cloak and snow cap, he rushed out of the house in a hurry, snatched the reins from a subordinate in the yard, and galloped towards the gate of the Forbidden Palace.The guard guarding the gate was blinded by the sudden and heavy wind and snow. When he saw Feng Yinran rushing towards him like lightning, he had already rushed to him with his horse.The two guards were startled, they thought it was some urgent military situation on the frontier, and just about to step forward to inquire, Feng Yinran, who was so anxious, had already thrown down his badge of entry into the palace and used his lightness kung fu to bypass them and break in.The two guards looked at the waist cards in their hands. The one who broke through the door just now was not the empress's own brother, the young master of the current prime minister's family!It is also common for this uncle of the country to enter the palace, but it is the first time that he is so impatient and disregarding etiquette. For a while, he didn't know whether to call someone to stop him. With this delay, Feng Yinran's shadow could not be seen in the white snow.The two palace gate guards looked at each other in blank dismay, so they retreated to their positions and continued to guard the gate.

After entering the inner palace and dismounting, Feng Yinran, who ran all the way to the Altar of Invitation to Immortals on snow, had just arrived at the gate of the small courtyard where Fang Linyuan lived, but was suddenly stopped by someone. "Lu Mochen?" After the rain, Feng Yinran, who was dressed in a sky blue soft smoky fleece jacket that had already been wet by heavy snow, felt the chill and couldn't help frowning, resisting the urge to shiver , "Has the imperial doctor been here? How is Lin Yuan's injury?"

Seeing his distressed appearance, the frost on Lu Mochen's face eased slightly, he tore off his cloak and covered it with Feng Yinran. "The emperor took care of Lin Yuan as Prince Cangjue, changing the court stick to a spine stick allowed him to not take off his shirt, but this time the prince made a lot of noise, and the emperor's anger was naturally on Lin Yuan. The jailer who executed the execution was extremely heavy handed, and Linyuan was sealed up with internal energy and couldn't protect himself, so he was seriously injured, and he refused to let the imperial doctor apply medicine..."

Feng Yinran's face turned pale, she pushed Lu Mochen away and was about to enter the door, but was stopped by him again, her hand sank, it was Lu Mochen who stuffed a parchment booklet for him.

"This list is..." Flipping through the booklet full of names and official positions, Feng Yinran was looking at the documents of important ministers in Qianxing Pavilion for a long time, and immediately found several familiar names. Yuan Zhenbang, the censor of the academy, was also among them.He frowned, but he heard Lu Mochen lower his voice and say: "My father has long been tired of the war with the Cangjue Kingdom, and he also sympathizes with those people who have been displaced and their wives and children separated, so he gave me this list when I returned to Beijing." Every official recorded in this book is committed to annexing Cangjue, but some are for the sake of immortality, and some are for collecting money. In fact, it is all driven by profit in the final analysis..." He laughed mockingly, looking at Feng Yin With wide-eyed eyes, he said: "Since I saw that you can control people's hearts in front of the ice cellar door that day, I know that this list can only be effective if it is handed over to you..."

"You want me to change their minds?" Closing the thin booklet and playing with it in her hands, Feng Yinran's thoughts changed sharply, and the stakes were clearly listed.He is still experimenting with the effect of the mind-confusing technique.Besides, if he could change the minds of several main combat factions, it would bring peace to the two countries. It would be more convenient and simple for him to directly control the emperor Shu Yanrong.

"No, I just understand your desire to protect Linyuan." Lu Mochen spread his hands and smiled, "I will also lead troops out in a few days. Since you are already going to contend with King Jinyang for him, I naturally can't sit idly by. Reason. At the back of this booklet there are some details of King Jinyang’s crimes, even though I can’t overthrow him with this little thing, it’s my little effort.” He waved his hand, turned his head and walked away, “ What to do depends on how capable you really are. Tell Linyuan Borderlands that I will find a way to let him heal his wounds with peace of mind."

Putting away the booklet and lowering her head to think for a long time, Feng Yinran's mind was in a mess with countless plans, and she couldn't think of a good way in an instant, she was in a daze, but when the door opened, Fang Linyuan had already dragged the person in. "In such a heavy snowstorm, I don't even wear a cloak, and the wind blows outside the door... I'll make a potion for you..."

As soon as the room was warm, Feng Yinran realized that his coat was soaked, but when he saw that Fang Linyuan was wearing a robe and was about to go out to decoct medicine, he didn't care whether he was cold or not, so he quickly stood beside him. forward. "Lu Mochen said you were seriously injured and refused to see the imperial doctor, why don't you take a good rest, what are you tossing..." He turned his head and glanced at the blood-stained underwear on the table, feeling pain and anger in his heart, " Did you take the medicine? Let me see your injury..."

"Yin Ran, my injury has healed..." Fang Linyuan was silent for a while, as if he had made up his mind, he said slowly.

Feng Yinran didn't react for a moment, "What?"

Sighing softly and holding his hand, Fang Linyuan took out a finger knife hidden in the mechanism on his right wrist with ease, and stroked his fingertip casually, the wound gradually healed while the bloodstains spread.Fang Linyuan, who was staring at Feng Yinran's changing expression for a moment, couldn't help smiling wryly when he saw him frowning. This kind of strange ability really shouldn't be accepted by ordinary people... If Yinran stays away from him because of this, he should be to blame. His stupid decision... Fang Linyuan's eyes slowly filled with murderous intent, but his cut fingertips suddenly warmed up, but it was Feng Yinran who held his fingers in his mouth and sucked up the blood on them.

He lowered his head to look at Feng Yinran in astonishment, before Fang Linyuan opened his mouth, he gave Feng Yinran a hard look, "So what if the wound can heal by itself, wouldn't it also hurt and bleed?!" He couldn't help but check it himself Looking at Fang Linyuan's back, he had heard that the chestnut court sticks used by the prison guards were all covered with iron sheets, and if they were hit casually, people's skin would be torn apart.Seeing with her own eyes that the wound on Fang Linyuan's back had faded away, leaving only some deep purple bruises, Feng Yinran was completely relieved, and stretched out her hand to touch those scars carefully, with distressed expression on her face. "Does it still hurt? If I had known that Shuyan Pingyu's pig head would cause you to be beaten, I should have stripped him naked and paraded him through the streets yesterday..."

He was muttering indignantly, but Fang Linyuan hugged him in his arms as soon as he turned around, and whispered softly in his ear: "Yin Ran, do you know how much restraint I need to convince myself to wait for you patiently?" Grow up?" Fang Linyuan's warm thin lips slowly lingered from his small earlobes, and gently printed on his cheeks, Feng Yinran felt his face burning up, and only Fang Linyuan was left in his chaotic mind. Lin Yuan's clear and warm voice spoke bloody love words: "Since God let me meet you, in this life, I will not allow you to escape from my side. Yin Ran, remember, I only want you If one day you no longer need this sincere heart, I will let all living beings in the mountains and rivers of thousands of miles be buried with it..."

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