Chu Ning paused when he held the chopstick, and then said nothing, nodded to the other side of the table, and said to Cui He, "Don't be so restrained outside, sit down and have dinner with me."
She didn't know why he appeared at the foot of the mountain at this time, but after listening to Cui He's words, and there was no major movement in the view, she knew that he must not reveal his identity.
Since he didn't want to be noticed, she didn't have to rush there.
Everything in the Seven Saints Temple is extremely simple, and the daily meals are all vegetables and grains grown by the Taoist priests in Guanzhong. Therefore, the vegetarian meals sent are just two dishes of pickles and two bowls of light soup cakes, even salt. Put very little.
However, for the two who had just returned from the cold wind and snow, it was enough to warm up their bodies.
After a frugal fast meal, the snow-white complexions of the two of them were rosy.
Cui He put away the cups, dishes, bowls and chopsticks, and was about to send them out when there was a knock on the door, followed by Zhao Yanzhou's voice: "Your Highness, is everything okay?"
He was worried that she would not eat well or dress warmly.
Chu Ning got up with a smile and opened the door in person: "Brother, I'm all right, it's not that I haven't lived in a place that is much simpler than this, but you, have you used the fast food?"
Probably because she knew that she didn't have to see the prince today, she had fewer scruples than usual, and her smiling eyes were more crystal clear against the harsh wind and snow.
There was still a lot of wind and snow outside the door, Zhao Yanzhou looked at her delicate and blushing face with a calm expression, but insisted on standing outside the door and refused to take any further steps: "I have already eaten, but I am worried that Your Highness will not be used to living here. , just take a look."
Chu Ning's eyes fell on his thin figure and the frozen red fingers exposed outside the cuffs, he couldn't help handing the hot lady Tang to him, and said softly, "You always worry about me. , you have to remember yourself."
Possessing the warmth of the soup, he touched his numb fingers and passed on the limited warmth. His knuckles moved stiffly, silently holding half, but not fully.
The two hands held the two sides of a woman with a distance of less than an inch. One was slender and soft, white and delicate, like a delicate white jade, and the other was well-joined, well-proportioned and slender, but it was red and swollen from the cold.
He looked down and seemed to have an urge to cross the distance of less than an inch and touch her small red fingertips.
But in the end still held back.
He concealed the gloom in his eyes, took the old lady Tang back into her arms again, and cupped his hands with a smile: "It's snowing outside, hurry up, Your Highness, go in quickly, I know that His Highness is safe, so I will go back. The view seems to be back. If someone else, Your Highness should be more careful. Tomorrow if the snow stops, I will send His Highness up the mountain back to the palace."
He had never seen Xiao Kezhi himself, and even if he did, he would not recognize his identity. As the director of the East Palace Zhan Shifu, he never had the opportunity to enter the Taiji Palace to meet the emperor.
"it is good."
She didn't break it, just nodded in response, and didn't turn back into the room until she watched him leave.
The sky was getting dark, Cui He brought the bowls and dishes back, and replaced the water in Mrs. Tang with hot water for Chu Ning: "It has been snowing for so long, and it hasn't stopped, and I don't know if it will be possible tomorrow. go back."
"Yeah, the Chinese New Year is already over, but there is still such a heavy snow." Chu Ning put on a thick cloak and a hood, took Mrs. Tang into his arms, sighed softly, and said, "Let's go. , let's go out and see."
Cui He was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that she was going to the saint's place. She hurriedly tightened her clothes, put on her hood, and stepped into the snow with her.
Due to the bad weather, the Taoist priests in the spectacle had already gone back to rest, and even the servants brought by Chu Ning were hiding in the house and could not come out.
Chuning wears a pair of delicate moccasin boots on her feet. Although they are thick and resistant to the cold, walking in the snow is very inconvenient because they are a bit bulky. Step by step, she has only taken a few steps, but she feels that she has already left. for a long time.
Unconsciously, a familiar black figure suddenly appeared in front of me, tall and big, standing in the wind and snow, but it didn't seem to be affected by the slightest, motionless, his stern face was a little tense, and his dark eyes fell on her. I don't know how long it has been on my body.
Chu Ning paused, watching him subconsciously want to call "Your Majesty", but remembering that he was outside, his words changed: "Uncle Six..."
Xiao Kezhi's face twisted and stiffened for a moment. He stood there without answering, but pointed to a room next to him, turned his head and said to Cuihe, "Go and rest."
Cui He glanced at Chu Ning, hurriedly saluted, then turned and left, leaving Chu Ning alone, and continued to walk forward slowly.
Xiao Kezhi stared blankly at her thickly wrapped, but still somewhat slender body, sighed indiscernibly, walked over in three or two steps, simply picked her up, and hurried back to his own. house.
Chu Ning was still holding Madam Tang in her arms, so she had to stretch out an arm around his neck.
But before entering the room, he put her down without saying a word, and took off his robe by himself.
Only then did she see that there seemed to be a bit of suppressed anger under his tense face.
There was no one else in the room, so she couldn't guess why he was unhappy at the moment, she just thought that something happened before coming, she couldn't help but hesitate a bit, and tentatively said: "I wonder if Aning is coming at the wrong time? If it is inconvenient for Your Majesty, Ning will go back first."
Xiao Kezhi's action stopped, and his face seemed to be even more ugly.
He looked sideways at her with a bit of annoyance in his eyes, but his heart softened when he saw her frozen white cheeks and the thin layer of snowflakes that were gradually melting into water on her cloak.
He pursed his lips and still didn't answer, he just walked to her side, took off her wet cloak, and put it aside.
There was no charcoal pot in the room, and it was wet and cold. She couldn't help shivering, and subconsciously hugged Mrs. Tang tighter in her hand.
This time, Xiao Kezhi's heart softened even more.
With a long sigh, he took her into his arms again, and took her to sit on the edge of the couch.
Chu Ning was relieved by the warmth in his arms, he took the initiative to wrap his waist, buried his face in his neck, and said softly, "Why did your majesty come down the mountain today?"
She understood that he was angry because of her, but he didn't know why.
Xiao Kezhi smelled the fragrance in her hair, only to feel his mind slowly relax, he couldn't help lowering his head and kissing along the hairline of her forehead.
"I just happened to go down the mountain to do something today."
He said a word, and seemed unwilling to tell her.
Today is the second day of the first lunar month. It is not as good as the previous two days when there are envoys to see and ceremonies to attend. It is a real rest day. Therefore, after he got up early in the morning, he brought a few guards down the mountain and went to the nearby villages and towns to see the lives of the people.
He should have gone back earlier, but he remembered what Liu Kang said before leaving the palace, and knowing that she had come down the mountain today, he somehow stayed at the foot of the mountain and didn't go back, but let someone go to the road to see, but he didn't want to, Xue Yue It grew bigger and blocked the mountain road.
However, he didn't plan to tell her later.
He continued kissing along her chin, biting every now and then, leaving a shallow concave tooth mark, a bit possessive, and then slowly returning to smoothness.
Mingming had only hugged her the night before, but after only one day, he began to feel that it was not enough.
"Did you get the medicine Liu Kang gave?"
Chu Ning felt that her body was getting hotter and hotter. She was sitting on the side next to him, but now he was holding her waist and sitting on his knees, with her legs folded and half kneeling on the couch on both sides, her head raised by him. He kept kissing, a blush like a haze slowly appeared on a delicate snow-white face, and the lips of his face became more red and plump due to the heat, which was particularly attractive.
"I got it, thank you Your Majesty." She grabbed the clothes on his chest, her eyes were already wet, but she suddenly wanted to ask, "Why does Your Majesty treat Aning so well?"
In fact, what she wanted to ask more was what he meant by his words that day, but for some reason, she didn't want to mention the words of that day. That kind of warm feeling that made her nose slightly sour really made her feel at a loss. .
"You don't understand?" He held her back with one hand so that she couldn't escape, and his deep eyes stared at her, "Of course it's because I like you."
He has always prided himself on being fearless, but when he said this, he gritted his teeth unconsciously. In the end has never experienced such a thing.
But Chu Ning didn't have the shyness and joy he expected, but suddenly calmed down and looked at him in a trance.
"What?" He frowned and released his hand slightly.
She opened her mouth and murmured, "The prince also likes me..."
She couldn't tell the weight of "like" in his mouth. She only knew that even Xiao Yu, who cheated her and used her, could be considered to like her. This kind of liking was like liking a private item. things in general.
He was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Do you think I am the same as him?"
"Different."
She said this without hesitation. His body is not at all as cold and gloomy as Xiao Yu's. Although he is always cold and sharp, there is an air of trust and awe inside him.
More importantly, he did not directly bring her back to the Taiji Palace because of his own desires.
But why did he do this to her
At first, she only thought that he, like most men, saw her beauty. After all, Xiao Yu's meager love for her was largely due to this.
If she has thousands of family wealth, she is willing to give it all to the court, just in exchange for her father's innocence; if she has great power, she is also willing to exchange it. But she knew that she had nothing but beauty that could be exchanged.
However, he only ascended the throne by his own ability. He is clearly a very shrewd person. How could he be confused just because of his beauty? What she asked at first was just a promise from him.
Now, there must be other reasons.
Is it the thrill of the taboo of identity
Humans are always unavoidable.
She suddenly laughed, determined not to dwell on it, and instead stared at him with a pair of glittering eyes.
Originally with a somewhat weak and beautiful face, it showed a lot of seduction and amorous feelings, which made his eyes dim a little bit.
She knelt on both sides of his knees, straightened her body, put one hand on his shoulder, and reached behind her head with one hand, and took off the hosta of her hair.
A cloud of blue silk flowed down, creating soft waves in the air. The fair and delicate cheeks were half blocked by the hair, and the remaining pair of winking eyes stuck to him condescendingly, and the hosta in his hand also pressed against the side of his neck and slid gently.
The cold tip irritated his scorching skin like that, slowly poking into the placket from the neckline, making him tense.
"The prince is the husband, and your majesty is the sixth uncle. Naturally, they are different..."
With a blue vein on his forehead, he squeezed her wrist and cut it behind his back. He used her hosta to push back the layers of her clothes, but he was not in a hurry. He just twisted the ends of her hair like a soft brush. One inch, appreciate it carefully.
She was running away, he saw it.
"Your niece, tell me today, which one will satisfy you more..."