That night many guests were drunk in Feng Mansion. Chu Chengmao was drunk once and when he woke up again he found many drunks lying in the warm room, some of them were snoring loudly.
He rubbed his forehead which was aching from being drunk, not quite understanding why there were so many drunks in the warm room when there were only him and a few friends there before.
When I walked out of the warm room, I found that the boy guarding the door was also drunk, holding a wine jug.
Chu Chengmao felt it was strange, so he picked up the wine jug from the servant's hand and sniffed at the mouth of the jug.
"If you drink one sip, you'll be as dead asleep as him." A nonchalant voice came from not far away.
Chu Chengmao walked over and saw that it was Chi Qing sitting on the railing with his back against a wooden pillar, holding a silver wine jug in his hand. He looked lazy and very comfortable.
Chu Chengmao was not stupid, so he asked, "What's going on?"
Chi Qing looked at him with a playful smile and said, "Second Master Chu, do you still not understand your current worth?"
These words made Chu Chengmao frown, and he quickly lowered his head to check his clothes.
Chi Qing took a sip of wine and said slowly, "There are so many drunks in this room, which girl would dare to sneak in here?"
Chu Chengmao finally understood why there were so many drunken generals in the warm room, and he clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Military Advisor Chi."
Chi Qing looked at him with a half-smile: "It's not me who helped you avoid the peach blossom calamity."
Chu Chengmao had some doubts in his eyes: "I hope Military Advisor Chi can explain it clearly."
Chi Qing suppressed his smile, suddenly leaned forward, and looked closely at Chu Chengmao: "Before answering Mr. Chu's question, can I ask who Mr. Chu is thinking of? Miss Xie, or the Princess of Xing'an Marquis?"
His tone was casual, but his eyes were sharp.
Chu Chengmao had met Mu Xuanqing before, and for a moment, he seemed to see the shadow of Mu Xuanqing in Chi Qing.
He knew the past between the Mu family and the Xie family, and said frankly: "Chengmao respects the second Miss Xie."
If you only respect one person, then it goes without saying what you feel towards the remaining person.
Chi Qing said "Oh", and sat back with the wine jug in his hand. He returned to his carefree attitude again: "I don't know who helped you. When I came here, there were already drunkards lying on the floor in the room."
Chu Chengmao realized that he had been fooled, his face looked unhappy, and he turned around and walked away quickly.
Chi Qing then shouted to the roof of the warm room: "Did you hear that? He likes you."
Yang Zheng rolled down from the roof, glanced at the direction Chu Chengmao left, and said to Chi Qing: "Thank you."
Chi Qing said without any shame: "The county lady gave a generous hush money, so it is only right for me to keep my mouth shut."
After Yang Zheng left, he smiled and said, "Looks like someone else is about to have good news."
Chi Qing stretched and jumped off the wooden railing, and the red envelope in his sleeve pocket fell out.
The cold wind blew the lanterns under the eaves, and a dim halo of light swayed in the dark night. The red seal that fell on the ground became inexplicably dazzling.
Chi Qing laughed at himself: "Mrs. Quanfu is the same. Why is she giving me a red envelope? I am not in any good situation."
He walked a few steps with the wine jug in his hand, then came back, picked up the red envelope and put it in his arms: "Why do you want to go against the silver?"
When looking up at the sky, Chi Qing suddenly narrowed his eyes: "Xuanxiao is sinking, this division... is Xizhou!"
The color of his eyes changed instantly, and his eyes sank, which was a sign of defeat!
*****
Snow is already falling in the capital, and the cold is even worse outside the Great Wall.
There was a thin layer of ice on the walls of Xizhou. There was a tripod on the top of the wall. Firewood was burning vigorously in an abandoned iron pot. The orange-yellow flames were jumping in the cold wind. Icicles hung on the armor of the soldiers on guard. A thin layer of snow fell on their hands as they stood with spears, but they did not move at all.
The whole country celebrated the wedding of King Liaonan, but the soldiers guarding the border did not dare to relax.
The Minghan Kingdom was defeated, but outside the Xizhou City were horse-riding barbarians who were out of food on the grassland. Every winter, the Xizhou City was strictly guarded.
When it was time to change guards, a team of armored guards walked up to the city wall, and then the soldiers who had been on guard previously left in an orderly manner.
On the sand dunes in the distance, a pair of eyes stared fiercely at the Xizhou City tower, which looked like a sleeping beast in the night. Behind him was a well-trained cavalry, each of them tall and fierce. The crossbow cart used for siege was pulled by two horses, and the huge crossbow arrows were shining coldly.
***
Just as dawn arrived and the rooster crowed for the third time, Jiang Yanyi suddenly sat up in bed, gasping for breath, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
As soon as she moved, Feng Shuo woke up, sat up and patted her back to comfort her: "Are you having a nightmare?"
Jiang Yanyi nodded in shock: "I dreamed of Madam An."
She turned her head and looked at Feng Shuo anxiously, "Feng Shuo, has something happened in Xizhou? In my dream, Xizhou City became a ruin. Madam An was holding her newborn baby and asked me to help take care of it. She said she was going to look for General An..."
Feng Shuo held her in his arms and gently stroked her back: "Don't let your imagination run wild. It's just a nightmare. An Yongyuan couldn't make it back for our wedding, and he even sent someone to deliver gifts. What could have happened in just a few days?"
Leaning on his warm and strong arms, Jiang Yanyi's uneasiness in his heart slowly dissipated.
"There's white fungus soup warming up in the clay stove outside. Would you like to drink some?" Feng Shuo lowered his head and kissed her temple.
Jiang Yanyi nodded, and he took a thick robe and put it on Jiang Yanyi before getting up and going to the outer room to pour her some Tremella soup.
After drinking the hot bowl of sweet soup, Jiang Yanyi felt her whole stomach warm up. When she handed the bowl to Feng Shuo who was standing beside the bed, she noticed that the belt of his pajamas was not fastened. When she raised her head slightly, his muscular chest and well-defined abdominal muscles came into her sight.
Because of the huge noise she made last night, there were still red scratches on his chest and neck from her scratches. Although the skin was not broken, they were very noticeable.
Jiang Yanyi's face turned red, and after giving him the bowl, he shrank into the quilt.
Feng Shuo noticed her little girl's shyness. After they got on the couch, he stretched out his long arms and pulled her into his arms. He whispered to her, "I touched you last night. Why don't you dare to look at me now?"
Jiang Yanyi turned around and glared at him angrily, not knowing that under the candlelight, her eyes were sparkling and full of waves. This look that seemed to be both angry and furious could almost take away a man's soul.
Feng Shuo originally just wanted to tease her, but with her soft and sweet beauty in his arms, and considering it was his first time having sex, he soon became interested in her again.
"I guess it's because I wasn't diligent enough as your husband last night that you couldn't sleep well and had nightmares." His delicate kisses extended from her earlobe to the back of her neck. His voice was so slow, but the hands under the quilt had already started to make trouble.
Can this guy still make his private thoughts sound more righteous
Jiang Yanyi had never seen such a shameless person in his life.
At three quarters past three in the morning, the new house ordered hot water again. The ladies who were boiling water in the kitchen all talked privately about the extraordinary talent of their prince.
***
Jiang Yanyi slept until dawn. When she woke up, she found that Feng Shuo was gone. She remembered that she had to serve tea to the Grand Empress Dowager in a while. Her heart skipped a beat and she cursed Feng Shuo for not calling her when he woke up. She hurriedly called Chenyu in to help her wash up.
"It's already two o'clock in the morning, why didn't you call me earlier?" Jiang Yanyi muttered while putting on a string of coral bead earrings in front of the mirror.
Chenyu helped her comb her hair and answered, "It was the prince who didn't let me call you, saying that the Grand Empress Dowager had sent a message that we don't need to pay respects today."
Jiang Yanyi had no idea that the Grand Concubine Dowager heard that they had ordered hot water at 1:30 pm, and while scolding Feng Shuo for being unkind, she sent someone to tell him that he didn't need to pay his respects to her in the courtyard this morning.
As soon as Chenyu finished speaking, Feng Shuo pushed the door open and came in. He looked a little serious. Seeing that Jiang Yanyi had woken up, he restrained his expression, walked straight over, took the horn comb from Chenyu's hand, looked at Jiang Yanyi in the mirror and asked, "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Jiang Yanyi glared at him and said, "It's all because of you that I thought I had missed the time to pay my respects to my mother."
When she said the word "mother concubine", Feng Shuo curved his lips and combed her hair slowly with a horn comb: "Mother concubine has a kind personality and is not someone who likes to get up early. She used to get up at noon. The palace doesn't have the rules of other families. You can do whatever you want without restricting yourself."
She had good hair quality, her waist-length hair was thick and dense, jet-black and shiny, which made Feng Shuo unable to let it go. He hooked a strand of it and wrapped it around his fingertips.
Knowing that the Grand Concubine Dowager had the habit of sleeping in, Jiang Yanyi felt as if she had become closer to her mother-in-law.
The mahogany dressing mirror was very large. When she sat in front of it and Feng Shuo stood, his face could still be reflected in the mirror.
Jiang Yanyi looked at Feng Shuo in the mirror as he carefully combed her hair. She thought of his hands that used to hold a bow and sword, and now he was holding a woman's comb. She felt a special sweetness in her heart.
She shifted her weight back, leaned on him, raised her head and asked, "Where did you go just now?"
Feng Shuo didn't know what he remembered, his eyes were solemn for a moment, and then he said: "Chi Qing wanted to see me for something, so I went out and talked to him for a few words."
Jiang Yanyi frowned slightly: "You don't look well, what happened?"
Feng Shuo wanted to say that Chi Qing had learned astrology and divination from Duke Chen, and now he was a charlatan. However, thinking of the dream Jiang Yanyi had in the morning, he felt that it was a bit mysterious. He had sent someone to Xizhou to find out what was going on. He didn't want Jiang Yanyi to worry about these fictitious things, so he said, "It's not a big deal. It's been resolved."
Jiang Yanyi knew that he had his reasons for not elaborating, so he did not ask any more questions.
After her hair was combed, she looked at Feng Shuo in the mirror and said with amusement, "You sent Chen Yu away so that you could help me with the bun yourself."
Feng Shuo raised his eyebrows: "Why not?"
Jiang Yanyi originally thought that he was trying to play a trick on her, but she didn't expect that after he finished setting it up, it actually looked quite decent.
She was pleasantly surprised, but couldn't help but look at him suspiciously: "How can you do a bun in a woman's hair?"
Feng Shuo's eyes became distant for a moment. He found another pair of earrings and placed them on Jiang Yanyi's earlobes, saying nonchalantly, "I learned this when I was helping my mother comb her hair."
Before he was twelve years old, his life in the palace with the Grand Empress Dowager was not easy.
The Grand Concubine Dowager was nominally a favorite concubine, but because of the late emperor's attitude toward her and her son, no one in the palace looked up to them.
Sometimes when the Grand Empress Dowager came back from the late emperor with dishevelled hair and even wounds on her body, she would often hug him and cry. He was afraid that the palace servants would see the Grand Empress Dowager's dishevelled appearance and look down on them, so he often helped the Grand Empress Dowager comb her hair and clean her face.
Feng Shuo didn't like to recall these things. He took off the coral bead earring on one of Jiang Yanyi's earlobes and replaced it with the blood pigeon gemstone silver tassel earring he had chosen. He hugged Jiang Yanyi from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder: "This suits you better."
The earrings he chose had silver tassels, which really matched her outfit today. Jiang Yanyi readily changed into the earrings he chose.
She has bright features, lightly drawn eyebrows and a light touch of powder, which is enough to make her look attractive.
While she was applying lip balm, Feng Shuo leaned against the dressing mirror with his arms folded, looking at her.
Jiang Yanyi's dark red lip balm will brighten her entire facial makeup, making her beauty look very aggressive. Except for some occasions where she needs to stand out, Jiang Yanyi usually wears light-colored lip balm.
Today she applied a light red lip balm which matched her overall makeup and didn't appear too flashy.
She raised her head and asked Feng Shuo: "Does it look good?"
Feng Shuo nodded with deep eyes, and then picked out a lip balm from her pile of lip balm boxes and gave it to her: "You should look better with this."
It must be said that Mr. Feng has a sharp eye. The box of lip balm he picked is indeed very suitable for Jiang Yanyi's outfit today. Jiang Yanyi was very embarrassed for a while, and finally picked up a clean towel beside him: "Then I'll try this."
She wanted to bring the handkerchief to her lips, but Feng Shuo grabbed her wrist. He leaned over and kissed Jiang Yanyi directly on the lips, eating away all the lip balm she had applied.
Jiang Yanyi widened her beautiful eyes.
The instigator licked the corner of his lip, still not satisfied, and said in a high-sounding manner: "It will be faster this way."
After Jiang Yanyi finished applying the lip balm he had chosen, he picked out another box: "This color is also good."
Jiang Yanyi: “…”
Jiang Yanyi spent a lot of time on this morning makeup because of someone's interference. In the end, her lips were swollen from being kissed, and she was so annoyed that she ignored that person the whole morning.
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