In the side hall, Chu Ning was forced to lie on Xiao Yu's chest, feeling the strong smell of alcohol filling his nostrils, he couldn't help but put his other hand on his chest, trying to sit up straight again.
However, Xiao Yu vaguely felt her struggle, and the hand gripping her wrist became even harder. He also subconsciously turned over and pressed half of her body below.
"A Ning..." He called her name in a dazed way. Although his body didn't obey, he subconsciously kept his head close to her neck and kept rubbing.
"His Royal Highness, don't-" Chu Ning couldn't help frowning and pressed against his chest, but was completely unable to push him away.
Although the light in the room was dim, she was still very afraid that he would find out the difference in the underwear.
Fortunately, a moment later, there was a knock on the door, and Cui He's cautious voice sounded: "Your Highness, the sober soup is here."
"Come in!" Chu Ning endured the discomfort and commanded in a loud voice.
The door was pushed open and closed, and Cui He walked to the couch with the sobering soup, without any hesitation due to the situation on the couch.
"Your Highness, it's time to use the hangover soup." Chu Ning tried his best to soften his body, turned his face and whispered softly in his ear.
The cold air brought in from outside seemed to make Xiao Yu slightly awake. He frowned uncomfortably, turned over and lay back with difficulty, and Chu Ning and Cui He helped him up and sat up, feeding the sober soup into his mouth one by one.
He just drank a lot of wine at the banquet, but he ate less food, so he was more drunk than usual. After drinking half a bowl, he accidentally choked, and there was a water stain on the front of his chest.
Chu Ning called the two servants in, and took off the robes on Xiao Yu's body, leaving only the underwear and trousers inside, so he lay down again and covered the quilt.
The light in the room was turned off again, he lay on his back, and soon closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The gentle breathing sounded extraordinarily long in the silent room. Chu Ning looked down at him for a moment and confirmed that he was really asleep. Then he stood up and walked outside with Cui He.
"Ma'am, the servant told the supervisor." Cui He's eyes flashed a little nervously, and her voice was very low, "The supervisor asked the maid to go to the third side hall in the Yiqiu Gate on the west side. go."
Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat when he heard it, and he subconsciously turned to look at the inner room, only to calm down a little when he saw that Xiao Yu was still asleep and didn't feel anything.
She bit her lip, straightened her clothes and buns that were messed up due to the entanglement just now, took a deep breath, nodded and said, "I understand, you are here for me, if your Highness wakes up, Said my bracelet fell on the road."
Cui He responded, thought for a while, and said, "Be careful, madam."
Chu Ning nodded, took off the bracelet on his wrist and put it in his sleeve, turned around and opened the door, and rushed to the two servants who were guarding outside and instructed: "Your Highness is asleep, I'm afraid it will take an hour before you wake up, you will take off the clothes just now. Send it back to the East Palace to be starched and washed, and then send a set of clean ones. Also, remember to have someone prepare some clear porridge for use when Your Highness wakes up."
The two of them did not suspect him, and after responding one by one, they hurried to the East Palace.
There was no one outside, and the surroundings suddenly became empty and lonely.
Although it is not far from the main hall, it does not have the same cheerful atmosphere.
Chunning paused for a while, then walked along the path to the west alone.
…
In the main hall, after Qi Chenxiang performed the dance, she felt that she had not made a mistake. The guests were also very enthusiastic, and they felt a little joy in their hearts, but when they looked at the main seat not far away, Xiao Kezhi was nowhere to be seen.
Her heart sank, and after greeting the guests with a decent smile, she got down from the high platform. When she saw the maid beside her, she asked in a low voice, "Why don't you see the saint?"
When she went to look over there first, Xiao Kezhi was clearly still in his seat, so why was there no shadow of this moment's effort? When I think of the second mother I met just now, I feel a sense of discomfort in my heart.
"Saint... The sage said that I'm tired, and I'm going to rest..." The maid considered her words, and said it a bit difficult, "However, the sage said that the lady danced very well, and he even gave him a hundred gold as a reward to the lady."
After she said that, she hurriedly held the golden frog that was neatly spread out in front of her.
Qi Chenxiang glanced down, and the joy she had just now disappeared.
The most important thing in the family of princes and nobles is gold and silver treasures. Even if he praised him in person, it would be more gratifying than rewarding this hundred gold.
"Put it up."
She looked pale, no longer looking at these golden little golden frogs, but swept her eyes to the seats of the female relatives.
The banquet was still staggered, and the laughter continued, but there was only one familiar figure missing.
Zhao Yu'e was gone.
Qi Chenxiang immediately frowned, she searched back and forth twice but couldn't find it, she couldn't help asking, "Where's Zhao Erniang?"
The maid was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, her face suddenly turned pale: "Just now, after the servant saw the saint leaving, Erniang Zhao also left..."
Qi Chenxiang was silent for a moment, without changing her dress, she turned and walked towards the side hall.
Zhao Yu'e had only left for a moment. She called two servants along the way to ask, and soon found it near the side hall on the west side.
I saw her sitting on the edge of a curved promenade, with a bright lamp hanging above her head, just above her. She held her forehead with one hand, her eyes narrowed slightly, as if she was a little drunk. It was clearly the cold season of late autumn and early winter, but she took off her outer robe, leaving only the thin dress inside. Clearly saw the seductive ravine on her chest exposed by the lamp.
And not far north of the long corridor where she was, Liu Kangzheng was standing outside a side hall with two servants. The door of the side hall was closed, and the bright yellow candlelight was lit, which was undoubtedly the place where Xiao Kezhi took a break.
Qi Chenxiang's eyelids jumped, and her usual ladylike demeanor was almost unstoppable.
With such an appearance, who could not know what Zhao Yu'e was thinking? It's nothing more than the reason of being drunk, waiting on the emperor's only road, so as to take the opportunity to have a "random encounter" and do something, just like the previous behavior on the street, bold and reckless, disgusting!
Qi Chenxiang has always been dignified and self-controlled. She didn't think much of a girl from a family like Zhao Yu'e, but now she is consciously provoked and angry.
She is young, she is not as calm as her aunt, the Queen Mother Qi, she stood in the same place and endured and endured, but finally she couldn't hold back, and said with a solemn face, "Ma'am, what's wrong, such a cold weather, unexpectedly Sitting alone on the porch to blow the wind, what should I do if it gets cold?"
Hearing this, Zhao Yu'e sat up slowly, her deliberately drawn eyes looking over with a half-smile but not a smile: "It turned out to be the sixth mother of the Qi family. Today is the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. I just returned to Chang'an. I haven't been so happy for a long time. I accidentally drank a few more glasses, and now I'm a little drunk, so I'm here to dissipate the wine."
She was obviously well prepared, from the bun to the clothes, everything was carefully selected, and even the pink cheeks made it impossible to tell whether it was rouge or really drunk.
Qi Chenxiang is still a young girl who has not left the cabinet. Rao is the cool atmosphere and then open up, she has rarely seen such a bold and blatant behavior in the past. While feeling resentful, her cheeks quietly flushed.
"There are so many empty halls. If you are really drunk, why don't you go in and rest, but you don't want to stay at the saint's place?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Liu Kang not far away.
Liu Kang was still standing in the distance, and he didn't know whether he hadn't noticed the strangeness here, or he simply didn't want to get involved.
Zhao Yu'e smiled. Seeing that she insisted on clarifying her words, she was not annoyed. She just let the maid on the side hand over the heavy robe and put it on her body, but the front still did not close.
"Since Mrs. Qi wants to make her words clear, I won't make any detours." She stood up from the porch, walked in front of Qi Chenxiang step by step, looked down at the slightly higher angle of her body and looked down, " The meaning of the Qi family, everyone in the court and the public should know, don't worry, I'm not stupid, and I won't block your way."
Qi Chenxiang was stunned for a moment, not knowing what she meant.
Seeing her dazed appearance, Zhao Yu'e couldn't help but smile slightly, and there were a few traces of mockery in her eyes: "It's just that your family wants to be the next one. Guarding a woman, three palaces and six courtyards, countless beauties, I ask for a title for myself, isn't it too much?"
When the voice fell, Qi Chenxiang was blocked for a long time and could not speak.
She knew that this was true. Since she was going to marry the emperor, she should not expect to be the only woman in the harem in the future. But even so, the fact that she was exposed face to face still made her feel embarrassed for a while.
Moreover, the attitude of the saint is still unclear at the moment, everything is just the arrangement of the queen mother and her father, and she has not yet become the queen, and she has already faced the provocation of other women!
All of this made her self-esteem hurt.
She took a deep breath and forced a sneer: "But Madam will be a widow soon, before her filial piety period has passed, she will do such a shameless thing, isn't she afraid of being ridiculed by outsiders? Everyone knows that the second wife of the Zhao family is greedy for power and status, but she doesn't keep it Women's virtue, I didn't believe it before, but today I know that the rumors are true!"
"I told the queen mother about the filial piety just now. After Cheng Lang left, I went home. Now I'm still the daughter of Zhao's family, so I don't need to keep my filial piety. As for those rumors—" Zhao Yu'e also put away her smile and looked at me coldly. She said, "How am I greedy for power? If your family doesn't love power, why do you need to marry a saint? What if you don't respect women's virtue? You should ask the queen mother, the women in the palace who guard women's virtue have all gone in the end. where."
She was born in a high-class family, and because of her martial arts family, she was often despised by others, and the unwillingness in her heart had accumulated for many years. She admits that she covets power and status, and has always wanted to go high since she was a girl. When she chose the Cheng family, she was also interested in their family. She hoped that Cheng Lang would rise to the top in the dynasty in the future, but who knew that Cheng Lang was weak The incompetent mediocrity has wasted her years of youth!
Now that she is back in Chang'an, it coincides with the new emperor ascending the throne. She will not miss this opportunity. If she can succeed, not only will she be able to keep her brother and Zhao's family, but she will also be able to win a favor for herself.
"You!" Qi Chenxiang had never argued with anyone like this before, her face was flushed with anger, and she was speechless for a long time.
Zhao Yu'e glanced at Liu Kang, who had been frowning frequently not far away. She knew that if she stayed here today, she might be embarrassed. She simply didn't wait any longer. After "each according to his ability", he turned and left.
A gust of cold wind blew, and the palace lanterns hanging on the porch swayed slightly, and the dim light illuminated Qi Chenxiang's face flickering.
She stood there in silence, and after a while, she left with a sullen face and the maid.
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Under the moonlight, a mottled bamboo shadow swayed left and right under the cold wind, rustling.
Chu Ning stood in the darkness for a while, until Qi Chenxiang's back completely disappeared from sight, and then gradually recovered.
When she came over just now, she saw the confrontation between Zhao Yu'e and Qi Chenxiang. Due to the distance, only a few words can be vaguely heard, but even so, it is not difficult to guess that the reason for the two to argue is none other than Xiao Kezhi.
A dank chill oozes out from the temporarily withered grass and trees, slowly invading, causing her to shiver uncontrollably.
In the door behind Liu Kang not far away, the bright yellow candle was still quietly burning.
She couldn't tell what she was feeling right now, so she could only keep reminding herself that she had already stepped out of this road, and she could never turn back.
However, just as she took a deep breath and tried to straighten her back to walk towards the door, two strong arms suddenly stretched out behind her, clasped her waist tightly, and dragged her into a tree Behind the giant tree.
Her heart skipped a beat, subconsciously struggling to open her mouth for help, but one of the big palms around her waist had moved up quickly, covering her mouth and nose before she could shout.
That palm was broad and powerful, covering most of her face at once, and the rough calluses rubbed against her cheeks as she struggled.
"Shout what?"
A familiar rough voice came from her ears, accompanied by a scorching hot breath that could not be ignored, and then, her back was completely brought into a strong embrace.
It was Xiao Kezhi.
Chu Ning's body stagnated, his struggling movements slowly stopped, and he let the man hold him in his arms.
Xiao Kezhi felt her change, he couldn't help chuckling, he released his hand covering her nose and mouth, slowly sliding down his chest, stroking heavily, and the bridge of the nose near her neck did not live near her earlobe. ground friction.
"Have you seen enough of Fang Cai's play?"
Chu Ning glanced at Liu Kang, who was still standing outside the door of the house, and then realized that there was no one in the house, and Xiao Kezhi had just been standing behind him and had been watching for a long time.
She endured the heat and itch that came from her neck from time to time, bit her lip and said softly: "This is the right question to ask Your Majesty."
There should be no man who is not happy when he sees two women arguing about him.
Xiao Kezhi chuckled again, biting his teeth lightly and hard at her lower jaw, and said vaguely, "I just saw my impure niece hiding in the shadows of the trees, I don't know if I have to do something shameful. thing."
He was waiting for her here on purpose.
Originally, he wanted to wait for her to knock on the door and go in, and then look at her expression when she found that no one was in the room, but after waiting for a long time and the beauty was close at hand, he suddenly couldn't help but appear and drag her into his arms. inside.
This woman has made him scratch his lungs for so long, and now he is in his arms, but this moment has made him so hot that he can't hold it anymore.
"Didn't your majesty ask Aning to come?"
Chu Ning was agitated by his actions, and his whole body softened, but he still managed to keep his composure. Hearing this, he turned his head and stared straight at him with a pair of innocent and clear moist eyes.
The sound of the clothes rubbing and the grass rubbing together were intertwined, as if igniting a fire in the early winter.
With one hand, Xiao Ke turned her around to face him, his deep eyes looked at her white skin and delicate facial features inch by inch through the bright moonlight, and finally settled on her full red lips.
His Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he squeezed her slender neck with one hand, forcing her to look up at him, half-smiling, "When did I ask you to come?"
Her long eyelashes were fluttering, and the wetness in her eyes was like the mist of an autumn night, which made her heart tremble. The full red lips parted, and slowly spit out a soft sentence: "Don't your Majesty want to know why your niece is deliberately approaching?"
Xiao Kezhi sneered, but didn't answer, only slowly let go of her, turned and walked towards another room.
Chu Ning did not hesitate, silently followed behind him, and stepped into an empty side hall with him step by step.
The hall was dark, and only the moonlight shone on the window. The two chamberlains came in silently and lit a solitary lamp, then exited with their heads sullen.
The moment the door was gently closed, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became ambiguous under the warm candlelight.
"His Majesty-"
Chu Ning wanted to tell the story first, but he didn't say anything until he stopped.
"Shh—" He leaned in front of her, touched her forehead, pressed a forefinger lightly on her lips, and stared at her with a certain sense of certainty in his eyes, "Now are you willing to confess to me?"
Chu Ning's eyes trembled, she nodded lightly, and Chu Chu said, "My niece doesn't dare to deceive Your Majesty."
Those two plump red lips opened and closed, rubbing the pulp of his index finger, exhaling warm breath from time to time.
He gritted his teeth and restrained, stood up slowly, stretched out his hand and pushed her, forcing her back against the door frame.
"If you want to say it, it depends on whether I want to hear it or not." He slowly unfastened her belt, with a bit of ridicule and hatred in his eyes, as if he wanted to explain all the pain that she had rubbed against her in the past few days. Come back, "Now, I don't want to hear from you."
After all, his index finger picked up her collar and flicked it aside.
The originally tightly wrapped dress slipped down, revealing a different kind of obscene clothing.
I saw that the half-length robe was not too long, with two thin ribbons hanging on her slender shoulders at the top, which could cover a few inches from her chest to her knees, and her waist was deliberately tightened to outline the figure. Narrow and soft lines, from top to bottom, wrap a delicate body just right, and the half-covered style is even more vividly displayed.
The dim candlelight reflected on the silk underwear, reflecting a smooth and soft area. Chu Ning bit her lip lightly and turned her back, revealing another world - a large piece of fabric was cut from the back of the underwear, just to show her clean back in front of him, while covering the part of her right buttocks. On the skirt, an elegant and graceful lotus flower is embroidered with ulterior motives.
Xiao Kezhi saw that his muscles were tense and his eyes were red. He pressed one hand on the door frame above her head, and with the other he took off her hair and threw it aside.
The cloud-like long hair poured down, covering half of the back, bringing bursts of fragrance.
In the haze, she turned her head to look at him faintly, a little golden flower tin between her brows shone in the candlelight, like a goddess descending to earth, trapped in the world.
"Witch."
Xiao Kezhi gritted his teeth, only to feel that the string in his heart was completely broken.