Chu Yan smiled faintly, the light in his eyes was uncertain, his complexion was heavy, and he couldn't see the happiness or anger, but Meng Nan was very clear in his heart that Chu Yan didn't like him to see Zhi'er.
Chu Yan said: "I heard that your mother is looking for you to fill a house recently. Many girls are not satisfied after seeing them. Do you need my help?"
Meng Nan smiled and said: "These trivial matters, don't bother the emperor, and the ministers can handle them properly."
Chu Yan took a step forward, the distance from Meng Nan was no more than a fist.
"Meng Nan, there are some things that are destined. Don't cling to it anymore. There will be no good results." After a pause, his voice became colder, and he said: "Because of the fate in Qingyuan County, I miss you I have sacrificed my life to save Zhi'er. I don’t care about some things with you, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care. I hope this is the last time I have seen you come out of Jin’s palace."
Meng Nan frowned and remained silent, but Chu Yan walked straight ahead and stepped into the Jin Palace.
Meng Nan turned his head and watched Chu Yan's back gradually disappear. At that moment, his eyes were very complicated, and the seeds planted in his heart had sprouted quietly without knowing it.
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Chu Yan walked into the courtyard where Bai Zhi lived and saw Bai Zhi and Xiao Qing sitting in the sun.
One reads with the book, the other keeps his eyes closed.
It wasn't until Chu Yan's footsteps approached that Xiao Qing opened his eyes, seeing that it was Chu Yan, immediately got up from the reclining chair and stepped aside.
"What is he doing?" Chu Yan sat down beside Bai Zhi.
Bai Zhi raised his eyes and glanced at him, then said quietly: "It's nothing."
"What's nothing? He asked for leave specially. If there is nothing important, wouldn't this leave be an injustice?"
"Since you know he came for leave, why not just ask him?"
No, Bai Zhi's mood is not right now. The incident that he pretended to lie to her to come to Beijing has passed. Why is she angry now
"What's the matter with you?" He poured himself a cup of tea. Before he could drink it, he saw Bai Zhi turning his back to him, leaving him a back of his head.
Bai Zhi remained silent and continued to read. Chu Yan glanced at Xiao Qing in the corner of the yard and waved to her.
Xiaoqing just pretended not to see it, and greeted the maid who was trimming flowers in the yard and went inside.
Chu Yan burst into laughter, and only here would he feel like a person, a living person.
Only here can it be difficult for him to feel the emotions of others, not just his own emotions.
Those in the palace can't fight back or scold them. Everyone wears a mask. There is no joy, anger or sorrow, and no one dares to ignore him openly.
Never know, the feeling of being ignored is sometimes pretty good.
There was no one else in the yard. He leaned forward, body pressed against Bai Zhi’s back, chin rested on her shoulders, cheeks with short stubbles, gently rubbed her earlobes and cheeks, and rubbed against her earlobes and cheeks. Make her jade face blush.
She hurriedly got up, changed a stool and glared at him with a blushing face: "Why are you getting more and more serious? How can it be good for people to see?"
Chu Yan likes to see her arrogant, annoyed look the most. He tore off the usual indifferent imitation, and it itched his heart.
Chu Yan chuckled lightly: "You are my daughter-in-law. I sit closer with my daughter-in-law. Who dares to say anything? What if you see it?"
Bai Zhi was too lazy to argue with him: "Let's talk about it, what will this do? Have you finished reading the mountain of memorials?"
Chu Yan smiled happily: "I want to eat your pickled cabbage fish, boiled beef, and—"