He kissed him so carefully, but Yan Lie still felt his trembling as if he was suffocating.
Yi Lie felt sorry for him, wishing he could crush him in his arms.
The wind was howling outside, but behind the trestle was a peaceful little world. It took a long time before the sticky lips parted.
Li Yuanmin closed his eyes tightly, his cheeks were flushed, and even the tips of his ears were red.
Yi Lie endured so much pain, panting heavily, and hugged him tightly in his arms.
"Everything in Beijing is properly arranged,? Absolutely nothing will happen to you, don't worry."
Li Yuanmin still did not open his eyes, but nodded.
Seeing his appearance, Yan Lie smiled at the corner of his lips, and couldn't help leaning closer to him, "Idiot, what are you doing with your eyes closed? Are you shy?"
Li Yuanmin pursed his lips and said nothing,??Yi Lie smiled.
Immediately licked his earlobe, put it between his teeth and pressed it lightly.
Li Yuanmin flinched slightly, only wrapped his arms around his waist, and buried his head in his chest.
Yi Lie patted him on the back lightly, his heart was no longer full.
***
The hour of departure has arrived.
The team from Guang'an Prince's Mansion was on the road. Yan Lie rode his horse and stopped at the spot to watch from a distance, but saw a figure running away from the direction of the team.
He frowned slightly, and soon recognized Ni Yinglai.
After a while, Ni Yinglian and the horse stopped in front of him, her face was flushed, she didn't know if it was the wind or something, she glanced at Yan Lie, pursed her lips, and took out a pair of knee pads from her arms.
"The climate in Yinzhou is extremely cold, this is for you."
Ni Ying stuffed his arms into his arms, turned around and left as if in a hurry.
Yi Lie hurriedly stopped her, coughed lightly, and walked towards her. Seeing her neat and straight posture, he felt comforted and wanted to touch her hair, but in the end he still didn't raise his hand. He only said in a gentle voice: "In Beijing, be careful in everything."
Ni Ying nodded.
The two brothers and sisters were relatively speechless, but Ni Ying bit her lip and raised her head, "I will protect Your Highness for brother."
Yi Lie was taken aback for a moment, and immediately there was a vague smile on the corner of his lips. He looked down at her, and said softly, "Okay."
Ni Ying has not seen him smile like this for a long time. Seeing that fleeting gratifying smile at this moment, she felt sore, afraid that she would not be able to hold back the tears, so she got on the horse and waved to him, "Ah Brother, I'm leaving."
Lie responded with a sound.
Ni Ying took a few steps forward, glanced back, and immediately turned her head resolutely. With a scolding sound, she kicked the stirrups hard. The horse galloped, and a cloud of smoke and dust kicked up behind her, and rushed towards the team in front.
Yi Lie stood in the same place for a long time, not knowing what was going on in his mind, until the shadow of the group of people disappeared at the end of his vision, he got on his horse and returned to the camp.
In the distance, a gust of wind suddenly blew up the yellow sand all over the place.
Li Yuanmin was sitting in the rickety carriage. He leaned his head against the window. After a long while, he let out a long breath, lowered his head, covered his face with his hands weakly, and there was clearly a teardrop dripping down from his chin. Come.
A complex emotion mixed with self-loathing and guilt overwhelmed him.
Because he concluded very clearly that he once had the idea of giving up for a moment—he even wanted to cling to that man like a smashed can, and immersed himself in the illusion of tenderness given to him by that man, pretending that his Ariel was still there, Don't fight for anything, just live like this for a lifetime.
It turns out that he still has the shadow of that puppet in his bones, so weak that even his Ariel is willing to give up.
But how could he be willing, how could he be willing!
In this world, he is the only one who can remember the eighteen-year-old Ariel. If even he gives up looking for him, then his beloved Ariel will disappear forever in this world.
Li Yuanmin was so heartbroken that he took out the tiger head jade pendant from his bosom, put it by his lips, bit his lip, and closed his eyes firmly.
"Ariel... wait for me..."
He tightly held the piece of warm jade with both hands, his joints turned white, and big tears fell on it, shining brightly.
***
On the tenth day of February, Guang'an Wang and his party arrived in the capital in a low-key manner.
Different from other vassal kings entering Beijing, King Guang'an and his party had no one to welcome the wind and cleanse the dust, and the other vassal kings had their own imperial mansions in Beijing. According to Emperor Mingde's instruction, Li Yuanmin did not have a residence in Beijing.
Fortunately, Li Yuanmin was well prepared and sent someone to Beijing ahead of time to book a medium-sized inn as a temporary place to stay.
That night, he called Uncle Qian to inquire: "In another month, this king... will show his pregnancy?"
Uncle Qian said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the fetus is three months old, although the belly will be slightly protruding, but it is not obvious, not to mention wearing a lot of clothes in this winter, if you don't pay attention, no one will doubt it."
Li Yuanmin was relieved, and immediately drew up two greetings and delivered them to the palace and the prince's mansion respectively.
He didn't want to be in such a hurry, but he had already arrived in Beijing. If he didn't put on a show, he might catch someone with a heart and make use of it.
Now the capital seems to be calm, but the inside is already turbulent. On the surface, Prince Li Yuanqian has controlled the situation in the capital, but Zhenbeihoufu is not a vegetarian. The more turbulent the situation is, the more cautious he must be, not to make mistakes.
There was no reply for two days after sending out the request for peace, but Li Yuanmin heaved a sigh of relief. If there was no reply from the palace, it meant that Emperor Mingde didn't want to see his son at all. As he was dying of illness, the Ministry of Internal Affairs upheld the prince's order and ordered the vassal kings from all over the country to go to Beijing routinely to avoid the transfer of power and chaos among the vassal kings.
And Li Yuanqian ignored his invitation to Ann Zhezi, because in his eyes, he did not disdain him as the so-called Third Highness, and he probably felt that he was not qualified to call him "Emperor Brother". Otherwise, how could he acquiesce Ye Lie touched him.
Li Yuanmin rubbed his brows and sneered in his heart, but he felt relieved.
After staying in the inn for two days, there was a unified order from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Tomorrow, all the vassal kings who arrived in Beijing will enter the palace and go to the Temple of Heaven to participate in the blessing ceremony hosted by the prince.
Ni Ying chose the simplest vassal uniform for him according to Li Yuanmin's wishes, specially made it bigger, and wore it loosely on the body, showing a sense of inadequacy.
While tidying up, a father-in-law with slender eyebrows came in. It was the eunuch who announced the decree yesterday. He gave a slight bow, but his expression was quite disapproving: "Your Highness, the tidying up is well done. The summoning ceremony is about to begin. But don’t be too late, you will be punished if you are tired.”
Li Yuanmin smiled, and said: "This king has settled, so let's go now, and I will not let my father-in-law suffer injustice."
He walked forward slowly, took out a bag of silver from his sleeve, and handed it to the waiter with a smile, "I'm bothering my father-in-law this journey."
The waiter secretly weighed the weight, satisfied with it, there was a smile on his face, and his words were more polite: "The miscellaneous family will wait downstairs."
"Okay." Li Yuanmin personally sent him out the door.
Ni Ying has already dressed up as a personal bodyguard. She looked at Li Yuanmin who was smiling with her, and her heart ached unbearably.
Closing the door, Li Yuanmin turned around. He knew Ni Ying very well. Even with her nonchalant appearance, he knew what she was thinking. He just smiled quite easily: "It's no big deal, just put on a show."
Ni Ying silently put on a cloak for him, Li Yuanmin patted her hand, and said solemnly: "Aying, you must remember that we can't offend anyone in this capital, do you understand?"
With his situation in the palace, even a little eunuch might trip him up. This truth has been known since he can remember.
Ni Ying gritted her teeth and responded in a low voice.
He smiled slightly, put his hands in his sleeves: "Okay, let's go."
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