A dark night without dreams.
Li Yuanmin turned over, and his black hair also flowed across the pillow with the movement, his thin eyelids moved, and he opened his eyes, staring blankly at the familiar relief of auspicious clouds on the top of the bed. After drinking so much wine, I didn't have a headache, only my forehead was a little stuffy. He couldn't help but raised his hand and rubbed his temples, supported his body, and sat up.
Habitually lifted the veil and looked in the direction of the long collapse. He was startled for a while, because Yan Lie was not there, and even the long couch was taken away, and there was nothing in front of him.
He frowned slightly, feeling strange. In the past, he ordered people to move away. How could he evacuate so quickly today, and if he hadn't gotten up early to go to the suburban practice field, Yan Lie had always been waiting for him to wake up in the outer room. Why are you not here today
He slowed down on the spot, put on his shoes and got out of bed.
The servant outside heard the movement, and came in lightly: "Your Highness, the hot water is ready, do you want to take a bath?"
Li Yuanmin was stunned for a moment before realizing that Yan Lie had arranged for it. He drank so much last night that he must not be able to take a bath. Yan Lie seemed cold, but he was as careful as a hair. He felt warm in his heart and just nodded.
"Okay, bring it in."
Several servants brought in the tub, towels, handkerchiefs and other things and put them in place, and they all retreated. Li Yuanmin stepped into the steaming tub, except for his little clothes and trousers.
When the hot water had submerged his chest, Li Yuanmin let out a long breath of satisfaction.
Recalling the memory of the confrontation at Xuntai Mansion last night, I feel disgusted in my heart, but fortunately, I have developed a comfortable appearance of being false and submissive outside these years, and it is not difficult to bear. It can be seen that Yuan Chongsheng is quite a tricky character, but he despises himself, the cold prince, too much, and thinks of easily grabbing a large piece of fat from his mouth before he can gain a firm foothold. Years of hard work in vain
Li Yuanmin closed his eyes, leaned his neck gently against the edge of the tub, the steam made him look like a piece of fine pink jade, and his indistinguishable face was even more beautiful. The corner of his mouth hooked slightly —I don’t know how Yuan Chongsheng should be frightened and angry when he couldn’t pay the 32,000-year-old salary
After his snow-colored skin turned red and the tip of his nose was slightly sweaty, he got up and changed into loose casual clothes.
After the screen was removed, the servants brought over washing utensils and a bowl of steaming hangover soup, which they said was prepared by Mr. Yan.
Li Yuanmin smiled understandingly. After washing up, he sat at the table with his hair down and sipped the bowl of hangover soup.
The bowl was finished soon, he put down the spoon, and a servant came to report, and He Canling personally escorted Ni Ying and the others back home.
The boy's face was filled with righteous indignation: "I have never seen the young lady in such a state of distress, she was covered in dirt, she looked like a beggar. I heard that the official prison was filthy, smelly, and full of insects and rats. I don't know how much the young lady suffered overnight. Bitter—that Xuntai Mansion is truly abominable."
Ni Ying has a generous temper and has no rules of dignity. Everyone in the house loves this bright and lively girl very much. The servant also knows that King Guang'an has always loved her, so he can't help breaking the rules and complaining. Heartbroken, said in a hoarse voice:
"Your Highness, Miss is waiting to see you outside the courtyard right now."
Li Yuanmin didn't even lift his eyelids, just took a cup of fragrant tea to rinse his mouth, and said indifferently: "I don't see you, following the order of the king, I will take her to the academy to copy the "Courtesy of Rites" ten times. eat."
He glanced at the boy with a slightly changed face, "If anyone dares to secretly deliver food, they will be locked up together."
The boy's face tightened, and he didn't dare to say any more. He knew that although his master was not that kind of cruel and serious person, the decisions he made would not be open to comment.
Then he carefully took the empty bowl and sent the order.
After breakfast, Li Yuanmin went to the study by himself to deal with the official business that he had put down for the previous two days. Then I went to the suburban practice field.
Li Yuanmin shook his head and sighed. After practicing for several days, he didn't know how those soldiers could complain.
At sunset, the boy from the morning came to report that Ni Ying had finished transcribing the "Li Ci" and was waiting outside.
Li Yuanmin pushed the cup and let her in.
In just one day, Ni Ying became haggard a lot, her hair was disheveled, there were a few gray and black stains on her wheat-colored skin. looking at himself.
Li Yuanmin originally had a straight face, and seeing her pitiful appearance, his heart softened immediately. He sighed and waved: "Come here."
Ni Ying was still gnashing her teeth and thinking about questioning her, but when she saw the tender eyes with distressed eyes, her eyes filled with tears instantly, she immediately threw herself on Li Yuanmin's knee, and burst into tears.
Li Yuanmin touched her head and sighed inwardly. How could he not know that she had been wronged. Originally Yuan Chongsheng promised to send her back home last night, but Li Yuanmin wanted to let these children suffer a little bit, so he had a long memory, so he declined. Seeing Ni Ying in such a distressed state, he felt a little regretful in his heart, but even so, he could only harden his heart and punish her.
"Do you know the severity?"
The girl on her lap was crying so hard, she shrugged her shoulders, and didn't answer. Li Yuanmin knew that she had always had a bad temper, so how could she easily admit her mistake, crying like this in front of him now was the ultimate.
Sighing helplessly, he patted her head, called someone to bring in hot water, personally gave her a towel, and lifted that little face to wipe off the stains on her face.
Ni Ying sobbed: "Obviously... It's obviously that dog official bullying others..."
She told the whole story of that day intermittently.
It turned out that they went to the temple fair yesterday, and happened to meet Yuan Chongsheng's guard of honor passing by. Not only was the attendant not ashamed, he still brandished his whip and scolded him loudly. Ni Ying couldn't see it, so she stepped forward to reason and didn't want to make the trouble worse, the two groups of people fought, although Ni Ying and his party were mostly teenagers, But Yan Lie has always practiced ruthlessly, all of them are vigorous and fierce, originally they had the upper hand, but unexpectedly Yuan Chongsheng dispatched the guards of the county for security, they were hard to beat with two fists, and more than a hundred soldiers surrounded him without saying a word. Together, they were arrested and imprisoned.
Ni Ying cried until the tip of her nose turned red: "Brother Your Highness, tell me what I did wrong!"
Li Yuanmin sighed, "Come on, wipe your face."
Of course she is right, but in this world, it is not a question of right or wrong. Yuan Chongsheng is one who drives in the downtown area, second is that he dispatches the county guards privately, and the third is disrespecting the vassal king. All of these are serious crimes. He is not a fool who wants to die. He has the support of someone in the court for his blatant actions.
He wiped off the last stain on her face, didn't answer, just touched her head, let her lie on his knees, and poured out all the grievances in his heart.
Ni Ying has not cried like this for many years. She just feels wronged and resentful. She wished she could hold a sword on her horse and rush into the Xuntai mansion to stab the dog officer into a transparent hole. She cried so badly that she even Li Yuanmin's hem was wet with tears, but the other party just gently touched her head, as if comforting a child.
The memory before the age of eight is very long, so long that it is like a tragic dream that cannot be remembered clearly. Since she came to Lingnan, she has been the jewel in the palm of the Guang'an Palace. His Highness loves him, and her brother loves her. I was wronged, but I didn't want to encounter such a grievance. I originally thought that everyone would comfort her when I came back, but my brother went to the official prison in the morning and saw that she was fine, and then left with a cold face. Her Highness's brother who loved her was also so cruel, and punished her to copy books all day long.
She was aggrieved and cried all over, but she gradually calmed down under such gentle touch. She has no father or mother, but she got the same thing as others from His Royal Highness' brother.
She gradually stopped crying, and just lay quietly on the knee that was wet from crying, twitching.
After a while, Li Yuanmin let out a faint sigh in his ears.
"Aying, in this world, morality is not enough. You are still young, so you will know it in the future."
Ni Ying raised her head suddenly, her tearful eyes were a little bit stubborn.
"Could it be possible that I will have no conscience in the future and allow these villains to run amok?"
"Of course not," Li Yuanmin helped her up, pulled the seat beside him to let her sit next to him, and picked up the broken hair on her face to her cheek.
"I know that our Ah Ying is a good girl who acts chivalrously, and she hates being ugly the most. However, sometimes the villains in this world are more terrifying than we imagined. They are so terrible that we are not even qualified to act chivalrously. We're going to rush forward in a daze, nothing can be changed, and we just pay for it for nothing?"
"I just refuse to accept it!" Ni Ying bit her lip, she had nowhere to refute, she just felt unwilling.
"So, we have to become strong. Only when we are strong can we protect the people we want to protect." Li Yuanmin paused, and said softly: "Brother Your Highness promises you, work hard to become strong, and never let Ah Ying be hurt again." This kind of grievance."
"Huh!" Ni Ying was happy, wiped away her tears, but still hung up the oil pot: "Then why do you still punish me for copying "Courtesy of Rites"? I can't control my hands anymore!"
She stretched out her ten fingers, which were stained with ink.
Li Yuanmin was dumb, and was about to laugh, but he held back, "I asked you to copy it so that you can improve your memory. When encountering things in the future, calmly weigh yourself, can you still rush forward in such a reckless manner! ?? "
Looking at the stubborn look on her pursed lips, Li Yuanmin knew that she understood the truth, so he changed the subject: "Are you hungry?"
Ni Ying rubbed her fingers. After a long while, she raised her eyes to look at Li Yuanmin, then lowered her head again, angrily: "I'm already hungry!"
Li Yuanmin laughed and pinched her face: "Go take a bath and freshen up. This dusty place is not like the jewel in the palm of our Guang'an Palace."
The corners of his eyes narrowed a bit: "I asked the kitchen to prepare Ah Ying's favorite honey-roasted squab. It's freshly roasted, tsk, it's very fragrant."
Ni Ying looked at those gentle eyebrows with a smile, and thought in her heart that she must also become strong, and together with brother brother, protect her highness brother.