By decree and pro

Yuelang Palace, study room.

Yan was reading a book about farming in Xiliang, and there were many obscure words and sentences, but with Feralas' guidance, Yan was able to read it alone.

Feralas sat aside, helping Yan organize his reading notes.Elijah was there too, just dozing off on his elbow.

"Wu..." Yan saw a picture on the page of the book that farmers slaughtered cattle, camels, and sheep as sacrifices when the new year's planting season came, and there was a line of small characters at the bottom for explanation.

"Us...man?" Yan thought he misunderstood the characters, but the Xiliang script written on it was exactly the same as "Usman"'s name.

When Feralas took a closer look, his face suddenly changed.

"Did I read it wrong?" Yan asked.

"No, queen, you read it right. This is indeed Usman, the name of your majesty." Feralas glanced at Ilya, who was already asleep with his arms on his pillow.

"You mean Usman's name is equivalent to livestock?" Yan's mouth twitched unavoidably.

"No, of course not." Feralas smiled wryly, looking at Yandao, "'Usman' is an ancient word, which has the original meaning of sacrifice, as well as the extended meaning of sacrifice, the vessel carrying the sacrifice, etc. "

"What?" Yan was amazed, "Sacrifice? Sacrifice? Return the utensil? What did the old king think of giving Usman such an unlucky name."

Shouldn't a child's name be the product of the high hopes and love of parents and relatives, and a beautiful vision?

Just like his imperial brother Chunyu Aiqing, his name represents the unswerving love between father and father until death. "Chun Yuhuang loves Ke Weiqing at night", but Dayan's well-known story.

And his name "Chun Yuyan" is because the emperor hoped that he would be as fiery as fire, with great ambitions, to serve the king, the country, and the people.

"It was named after his mother Assailah, the first goddess prophet in the Priest Tower." Feralas' voice suddenly became very soft, floating in Yan's ear, "The old king is very lewd, and once he went to the Priest Tower When I was watching the ceremony, I fell in love with Assaira. She is really beautiful, and there is a sense of holiness all over her body, just like the morning dew."

Feralas seemed to be recalling the time when he saw Ascera back then, his eyes were filled with tenderness and pity, "It stands to reason that the old king cannot touch Ascera, it will affect her foresight Ability is also not auspicious, but somehow they had a child, and Yassaila was canonized as Concubine Wan after the birth."

"Is that child Usman's elder brother Dan Erman?" Yan heard Usman mention it.

"Yes. The old king likes Concubine Wan. In addition to her alluring appearance, there is also her attitude of indifference to the world. It is really rare in this harem with constant struggle. But in fact, Concubine Wan is not as good as she seems. Indifferent to fame and wealth. Perhaps the life of Priest Tower is too dull. Once she falls into the mortal world, she will also be tainted with the desire for power. She really wants Dan Erman to be the king, and for the sake of solid favor... she conceived again in a short time Your Majesty."

"In a short time?"

"I shouldn't have told you about this, but you are very important to Your Majesty, so I think you should know."

"Please tell me." Yan looked at Feralas with a serious expression on his face.

Feralas sighed softly, and then said: "Seven months, that is, Dan Erman was born, and Concubine Wan was pregnant with the king again, and she gave birth prematurely because she was too reluctant... She wanted to rely on the two princes to be with her. The harem gained a firm foothold, but she didn't expect that the second son turned out to be silver-haired and green-eyed, with the appearance of the goddess 'Sanyu Zhaoxue', and rumors spread all over the place, which troubled her very much."

Yan didn't know what to say. In his perception, children should be born out of love, not tools for power struggle.

"After your lord was born, it was widely rumored in the palace that Concubine Wan used sorcery to deliberately let the child show the miracle of 'Sacred Revelation' in order to win everyone's admiration and attention." Feras said, "But the fact That's not the case, a sharp child will only bring unpredictable disasters, so Concubine Wan once wanted to abandon the emperor. But the priest tower was very happy and decided to cultivate this miracle child wholeheartedly."

"Concubine Wan didn't pay attention to the king for a long time, and didn't give him a name, just like she never gave birth to the king. But Concubine Wan treats Dan Erman very dearly, even to the point of infinite pampering One day, she probably felt that the king could help Dan Erman win the throne, after all, there is the support of the priest tower behind the king, so she recognized the king and named him 'Usman'."

"Compared to this name full of devotion," Feras sighed, "Derman's name means 'future' and 'hope'. It is obvious that Concubine Wan has placed infinite love and hope on her eldest son. What a terrible and paranoid "maternal love" is to sacrifice 'Usman' to fulfill Denlman's bright future. And the damage to the king is immeasurable."

"The old king didn't say anything about this?" Yan gritted his teeth, not only angry but also distressed.

"At that time, the old king had lost interest in Concubine Wan, and instead loved the new beauty who entered the palace, and Concubine Wan finally fell out of favor and went back to the priest's tower, and then there was a battle for the throne between the two brothers... I have to say, The Xiliang prince and princess fought fiercely, completely disregarding the friendship between their compatriots, but the relationship between Dan Erman and the king was even more incompatible, and the relationship was extremely bad. Who would have thought that they were brothers of the same father and mother, but But she wants the other party to die the most. This kind of hatred even surpasses other princes and princesses. Concubine Wan is sandwiched between two sons who are at odds.

"Your Majesty has always hated Concubine Wan for this, and even hated going to the Priest Tower." Feras said, "This is a bad relationship."

"Remember grudges..." Yan frowned, and suddenly thought of what Usman said, "No one I love loves me..."

"Maybe it's not holding grudges, but because I loved but hurt too deeply, so I dare not love again, but I don't want to hate..." Yan murmured.Usman loved his mother, but his mother only had his elder brother Dan Erman in his heart, leaving Usman with only ruthlessness and cruelty.

"Ever loved?" Feralas thought for a while, and suddenly realized, "You really are the one who has a heart-to-heart relationship with the king, so you can understand the king's thoughts."

"Ok?"

"Before your majesty succeeded to the throne, I suggested that your majesty change his name to be more in line with the noble status of the king of Xiliang, but he didn't agree, and said that it was just a name, and he couldn't decide anything." Feralas said, " Now that I think about it, it must be the last thing your majesty thinks about your mother, so as you said, it is not a grudge, it is love but powerlessness."

"By the way," Yan asked suddenly, "Since Usman doesn't like Dan Erman very much, why didn't he kill him, but kept him imprisoned?"

"This... I also persuaded the king to get rid of the troubles as soon as possible, but the king said that only by keeping him can he remind himself not to lose."

"Losing?" Yan didn't understand, didn't Usman already win?With great power in hand, former enemies are either dead or imprisoned.

"Your Majesty seems to be afraid of Dan Erman, even though he is now a prisoner."

"Where is Dan Erman now? The Death Row Tower?"

"Why are you asking this? Want to kill him?" Feralas smiled slightly.

"Even if you can't kill it, it's always okay to beat it up?"

"Haha." Feralas shook his head with a smile, "Unfortunately, even I don't know where Dan Erman is now."

"Not in the Death Row Tower anymore?"

"It's not there anymore." Feralas said, "I heard that only the corpse of Denelman's lackey is locked in the Death Row Tower. Your Majesty left the corpse there, probably to warn those who have evil intentions."

"Then... is Dan Erman already dead?"

"No, it won't." Feralas said, "Your Majesty will not let Danman die easily. After all, Your Majesty's 'invulnerability to all poisons' is thanks to Denman. He is used to priests. The alchemy of the tower has been poisoning the king for a long time, which is really a villain's practice."

"It's not easy for Usman to grow up." Yan frowned.Father does not love mother or brother, brothers and sisters are all enemies, without the protection of the priest tower, it is impossible to live to the present.

"It's not easy, but your lord is not a simple person." Feralas said, "Although I followed you when I was young, I still can't guess what he thinks, for example..."

"for example?"

"For example, I thought before that Your Majesty spent so much time in marrying you to gain the military power to compete with the Priest Tower, but Your Majesty didn't mean that at all, and rejected my proposal of a military alliance to Dayan. Queen , I have never seen Your Majesty love someone so much, even more than himself."

"This..." Yan's face turned red.

"I know you're not really married." Feralas smiled slyly, with an expression that couldn't be hidden from me, "But if you can stay with the king, I will be very grateful to you, because the king never leaves I won't let you go."

Yan didn't know how to answer, and wanted to say "yes", but he was always thinking about Dayan, Brother Huang, Father Huang and Daddy, so he had no choice but to really not go back.

He wanted to say "no", but he was indeed in love with Usman, and he couldn't deceive himself about that.

Before, he was eager to go out to find the origin of the Wuque clan, but later, as long as he thought of cracking the secret, he would be able to divorce and return to China, and his pace slowed down unknowingly.

It's been more than a month, and Yandu hasn't set out to investigate anything yet.

Feralas smiled gently, and instead of asking Yan for an answer, he patted Ilya awake who had been drooling on the table.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Ilya raised the book in his hand sleepily, but knocked it down.

"I'm a little tired, let's stop here today." Yan closed the book and said.

"Great!" Ilya hurriedly cleaned up the books and ink on the table, and at this moment the maid announced: "Your Majesty is here."

Feralas and Ilya stood up one after another, Yan also stood up.

Usman and Shuangfang came in together, and they were about to salute, when Usman waved his hand to signal Feralas and Ilya to step back.

They packed up their things and left quickly.

"Why are you here at this time?" Yan asked.

"I just had lunch with some tribal chiefs and had a few drinks." Usman approached Yan with a smile, "What about you? Lunch is ready?"

"Before I started studying, Ilya brought a lot of pastries," Yan smiled, "I ate sweets all morning, and my stomach is still full, so I can skip this lunch."

"Ilya is really, I have to talk about him." Usman said seriously.

"He's timid, forget it." Yan looked at him, "You still haven't said what you're here for?"

"Let me use your bed and take a rest." Usman coquettishly said, "I didn't feel sleepy at first, but after drinking this wine, my eyelids started to fight."

"Where's your bed?"

"My bed is going to rest today." Usman said solemnly, "I won't sleep on it."

"Usman," Yan was about to say something, but Usman cut it off, "Yanyan, you said that you can't share the same bed, but borrowing a bed to sleep is not a breach of contract, right?"

"Well, it doesn't count." Yan nodded, "It's just that I also want to take a nap."

"Ah..." Usman's shoulders slumped slightly, "Then I'll go back..."

"Let's sleep together."

"what?"

"Come here." Yan didn't say anything, turned around and walked towards the bedroom.

Originally, the study and the bedroom were two separate rooms, but Yan felt that the space was too large, so he lived alone, so he moved the study to the living room outside the bedroom.

"Yes, yes." Usman quickly followed, and Shuangfang lay down on the ground, licking his big paw.

Yan's bed was very large and gorgeous, with fine white gauze bed curtains like clouds floating on a snow mountain, hung with golden hooks, inside were feather pillows embroidered with gold flowers, and plain blue brocade quilts.

It was the first time for Usman to enter the bedroom where Yan was present. As they agreed, he would not come in without Yan's permission.

Usman stood neatly beside the bed as if he was afraid of being driven out by Yan. Speaking of which, he just wanted to lie on Yan's bed for a while, because of the kiss in the morning, he was out of his mind all morning.

No matter what he is doing or who he is talking to, he is "in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han", and his mind is full of inflammation.

If you can smell the smell of inflammation and fall asleep, you should be able to soothe your restless heart and soul.

Yan didn't realize that when he walked into the bedroom, he was on the same arm and foot. After standing by the bed, he quietly glanced at Usman who was motionless and dared not speak, and suddenly smiled.

"What are you laughing at?" Usman blinked and asked.

"It's nothing." Yan began to untie the crown, and put the golden crown on the wooden cabinet beside the bed.