When Zhu Yi retracted his sword, he was out of breath and his face was rosy.
And Xie Ying had already entered the house for tea.
Zhu Yi was particularly sensitive to Xie Ying's words and deeds. Xie Ying only gave her a few pointers in the middle of the trip, and left her to leave alone. And she practiced so hard, he didn't give a word of encouragement. She realized something was wrong.
"Xie Ying, how do you think I've learned?" Zhu Yihuang walked up to Xie Ying, his eyes full of praise.
Xie Ying said: "Not bad. The princess is very talented."
"Really?" Zhu Yi smiled, then deliberately lightly tapped his arm, and said softly, "Hands are sore from practicing."
Xie Ying only looked at her teacup: "It's normal to be sour. It means that the princess has practiced too little and needs to work harder."
"..." Zhu Yi finally pouted his mouth, what did he mean? After thinking about it, he said: "The arm is really sore, it would be great if someone squeezed it for me." This hint is straightforward enough.
Xie Ying looked up at Zhu Yi, but after all, she still couldn't bear to be angry with her for too long, so she sat down on the stone bench next to her, and really took her arm, pinching her from bottom to top.
Zhu Yi was enjoying the only service in the world, the corners of her mouth just turned up, and in a moment she was moaning in pain, she glared at Xie Ying: "Why are you pushing so hard? You don't know how strong your hands are?"
"...Then be gentle." Xie Ying either did it on purpose, or was distracted and distracted.
"I don't want to press it anymore, you let go. I want to go back to the palace, you send me back quickly." Zhu Yi brushed Xie Ying's hand, he insisted on her leaving the palace, but he ignored her again.
Not only did Xie Ying not let go, but he also hugged Zhu Yi on the couch. He lightly pressed Zhu Yi who wanted to get up and said, "This time, I will pinch the princess well." Instead of pinching Zhu Yi's arm, he held Zhu Yi's. foot. A numb feeling immediately rose from the soles of Zhu Yi's feet and calves, and I don't know what acupuncture points Xie Ying stimulated, which made her feel so comfortable that she felt drowsy.
While floating in the clouds, Zhu Yi heard the man say, "Yi Yi, can you leave me to me?"
Zhu Yi woke up halfway from a doze, and said, "Didn't I already hand it over to you?"
Xie Ying leaned down to look at her, her eyes were smiling, but she was aggressive: "It's all for me."
Zhu Yi blushed and reflected the meaning of these words, and she quickly understood that she should do what Concubine Tong was going to give her that day in the brochure. She is not hypocritical, she knows that what she and Xie Ying have done has long gone beyond the rules of etiquette, but—"But I'm afraid, and I won't either."
Xie Ying dialed the anklet he put on Zhu Yi: "Princess, don't be afraid. You don't have to do anything, just leave it to the minister." Then he said: "Don't worry about getting pregnant, I ordered someone to live in Weizhou The child-avoiding medicine made has been sent to Beijing." The medicine did little damage to the body.
Zhu Yi looked at Xie Ying with complicated eyes. He actually asked someone to make a special trip from Weizhou to send medicine to Beijing. It seemed that he had planned it for a long time.
Xie Ying was amused by Zhu Yi's eyes, and stroked Zhu Yi's temples. When he came to Beijing, he was prepared to endure it, but now he seems unable to bear it, and he doesn't want to bear it any longer. He found that the man left more traces around Zhu Yi than he expected.
"Yiyi, let's try. If you're still scared, I'll stop, okay?"
While Xie Ying was speaking, she had leaned over and squeezed between Zhu Yi's legs. As soon as he fell on the girl, Zhu Yi was shocked by the huge thing that had already stood up. She tried her best to avoid the iron-like thing, Said: "Stop, stop." Seeing that Xie Ying was not moving, she pushed him and said, "Didn't you say that I would stop if I was afraid?"
Xie Ying turned over and left, Zhu Yi immediately withdrew her feet and went into the bed.
Xie Ying saw Zhu Yi crawling across the brocade mattress with both hands and feet, with her buttocks facing her while crawling, and finally sat with her back against the wall, her eyes looked over nervously, her long eyelashes trembling like a small fan non-stop.
"Xie Ying, how about next time? When I came out tonight, I told Mianfeng and the others that I was going to find Ah Chuo. The sword practice has been delayed for too long, and I'm afraid that my concubine will find me in case."
Knowing that it was because Zhu Yi was afraid, Xie Ying didn't force her, but only planned to let her escape one last time, so she asked, "When is the next time?"
Zhu Yi thought for a while: "The end of this month is Ah Ning's birthday, and I will go to the princess mansion to celebrate her birthday."
Xie Ying said, "Okay."
September 29th was Zhu Ning's birthday, so Zhu Yi and Zhu Chuo had asked the emperor for an order in advance to go to the princess mansion to celebrate the elder sister, and stay with her for two days by the way. The emperor agreed, but this time he did not assign Xie Ying to accompany him, but Rong Xiao.
When the birthday came, Zhu Dai and Yan Yu'er also asked to go. The emperor agreed.
Xie Ying arrived with Han Yunrong in the evening. After entering the backyard, I saw Zhu Yi under the red maple tree in the corner.
There was a grill standing under the tree, and the two sisters Zhu Yi and Zhu Chuo were devoting themselves to grilling and eating, their movements were erratic but seemingly decent, and they directed the helper Rong Xiao to go around. Zhu Yi was staring at the fish on the shelf, her face was flushed by the firelight. She thought to herself, how could the palace do this, the eldest sister is so happy, Rong Ting can let her do everything.
Seeing Xie Ying, Zhu Yi looked away with just one glance, and then handed Rong Xiao a bunch of Kunlun melons. Rong Xiao was startled, and immediately took it and ate it.
Zhu Yi asked: "Is it delicious?" Rong Xiao said: "It's delicious." Zhu Yi then handed another fish to Zhu Chuo, without looking at Xie Ying or talking to him.
Xie Ying stared at Zhu Yi for a while, then silently looked away.
Han Yunrong looked at Zhu Chuo, who was eating fish by himself, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said, "My lord, let's go to the front." Xie Ying answered well, and the two left.
Yan Yuer and Zhu Dai looked at each other, Yan Yuer didn't show it, and Zhu Dai grinned.
Soon Rong Ting came out and said: "There are no outsiders here, they are all Ah Ning's sisters and my brothers. Let's all sit down, the male guests are in the main hall, and the female guests are in the east room." Although Han Yunrong was not invited by him, But Xie Ying's friends are his friends.
For the female guests, everyone toasted Zhu Ning's wine together. Zhu Chuo also scented Zhu Ning's face twice, and Zhu Ning smiled more happily.
After sitting down again, Zhu Chuo poured himself wine, drinking one glass after another. She never thought that Han Yunrong would come, her best mood was mostly broken. Zhu Yi tugged at her hand: "You drink less."
Zhu Chuo grabbed Zhu Yi's hand, blinked a pair of slightly drunken eyes: "Third brother, have a few drinks with me."
Zhu Yi couldn't stand Zhu Chuo looking at her like this, and couldn't comfort Zhu Chuo with words at the banquet, so he took a wine cup to have a drink with her. Zhu Chuo drank a lot of wine and sweet drinks, and would go to the clean room after a while. Zhu Yi was worried that Zhu Chuo might get drunk, so she stayed with her every time.
On the second trip back from the clean room, Xie Ying stopped in front of Zhu Yi. Zhu Chuo was taken aback, looked at Xie Ying and then at Zhu Yi. Her brain was not bright and her tongue was dull. She said to Xie Ying: "You...blocking the third...what are you doing? Don't back down!"
Xie Ying glanced at Zhu Chuo, and motioned for Shen Xingliu to send her back to the hall. The two sisters who had been sticking together like mochi all day were finally forced to separate.
Zhu Yi was forcibly taken into a guest room by Xie Ying, Xie Ying locked it, Fang turned around and said, "The princess is angry with me? What happened?"
Zhu Yi didn't speak. Xie Ying made a gesture to kiss her, but Zhu Yi pushed the man away with all his strength, and then said: "I heard that the son once planned to marry Yan Yu'er?"
Xie Ying's eyes moved slightly, and he replied, "Yes."
Zhu Yi turned around and was about to leave, but Xie Ying grabbed her wrist and brought her into her arms, no matter how hard she struggled, she would not let go. Xie Ying said: "It happened more than two years ago, and I didn't know the princess at that time."
Zhu Yi said with a smile: "The son is really pretending, he has already talked about marriage with Yan Yu'er, but he looks like he is not familiar with her girl. If it wasn't for the father's disapproval, the son and Yan Yu'er are already married, right? Today it is time to call Yan Yuer the princess of Prince Wei Ning." Thinking that Xie Ying might marry someone else, Zhu Yi felt as if there were ten thousand ants gnawing at her heart, and the pain could not be suppressed.
Xie Ying frowned and said, "I'm not familiar with her at all. Before entering Beijing this time, we had never met before."
Zhu Yi clenched her fingers tightly: "So, the prince has never liked her."
"of course not."
Zhu Yi: "I originally thought that with the son's personality, he must choose a wife he likes. I haven't met before, and the son is willing to marry. Is that purely for the purpose of stabilizing Weizhou's foundation?"
Xie Ying didn't say a word, which was tantamount to acquiescing.
Zhu Yi chuckled twice, and said with a smile: "The son said that he wanted to marry me before, but he just wanted to have a tryst with me?"
Xie Ying's face darkened slightly: "Yiyi, if you say such things again, I will get angry. If you don't believe that I have asked for a marriage, I am willing to go to the emperor with you."
Zhu Yi looked away, and said, "Then you have to think about it clearly, I have no power, and I can't help you with anything."
Seeing that Zhu Yi finally showed signs of softening, Xie Ying also lowered her voice: "Yi Yi, I don't need to borrow anyone's influence. It was Jingzhou who wanted to marry Weizhou."
Zhu Yi was still worried: "Then after seeing Yan Yu'er this time, do you feel any regret seeing her so cute?"
Xie Ying's hand gently caressed Zhu Yi's back: "I don't regret it, I just feel lucky. If I had married Yan Yuer and met the princess in Beijing, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life."
Zhu Yi trembled slightly, and looked at Xie Ying. Different from his soft voice, the other party's gaze was compelling, a kind of man's inevitable win over a woman.
Xie Ying continued: "Yiyi, I didn't have any special fantasies about my wife in the past, as long as it's someone I think is suitable."
Zhu Yi didn't know that there were very few people like Xie Ying who could seduce him. Among the things he will actively strive for, power is one of them. There is no capable man who doesn't like power, let alone Xie Ying was born as the son of a vassal prince. The relationship between the imperial court and the feudal vassals is one in which one is strong and the other is weak. For himself and the many brothers and subordinates who followed him, he has long been used to grabbing and fighting for power. Therefore, he did not refuse to marry Jingzhou.
Zhu Yi asked in a low voice, "What about now?"
"Now, all I want is the princess."