Laughing at Chang'an

"Your Highness?"

Li Shen, who was distracted, was called back to his soul by Bai Qin. After experiencing the previous attempted escape incident, the court lady's attitude towards Li Shen was actually a little more genuinely caring.

Right now Li Shen is studying court etiquette. Bai Qin is a good teacher, but he is not a good student. However, learning this kind of thing mostly depends on the efforts of the students themselves, so his learning progress is growing very slowly.According to the current situation, it is basically impossible to become a teacher before the wedding next month.

If Li Shen made a fool of himself at the wedding, Bai Qin would definitely be held accountable, but she never urged Li Shen, even if Li Shen was obviously distracted in his studies, as long as it wasn't too much, she would just ignore it.

But Li Shen's distraction was a little too much just now, he maintained a posture for nearly 10 minutes, Bai Qin saw that he had been standing for too long, so she had no choice but to remind her.

"Sorry." Li Shen sat back on the chair and told Bai Qin, "Let's call it a day, I want to take a break."

Bai Qin bowed and left the palace tactfully, leaving the space for Li Shen to be alone in a daze.Ever since Geng Yan left that day, Li Shen has become more and more taciturn, and often loses his mind subconsciously. Sometimes Bai Qin looks at him in a daze, and feels like seeing an empty shell, and the things inside go to nowhere. went.

So she hesitated again and again, and took the initiative to contact Geng Yan to report Li Shen's abnormal situation to him.Before that, she would not do such unnecessary things, but watching Li Shen bite off her hand that day, that indifferent and ruthless face had deeply penetrated into her heart, causing her to feel a little bit of dissatisfaction. The feelings that should be had.

In the early morning of the next day, Geng Yan hurried back to West Continent, and walked into Fenglu Palace dressed in morning dew.

As soon as he entered the palace, Li Shen who was lying on the bed woke up. Geng Yan sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Li Shen who had opened his eyes for a moment, then leaned over and kissed each other on the lips.

Li Shen blinked and asked, "What time is it?"

"05:30." Geng Yan got up and unbuttoned, took off his coat, "You continue to sleep, and I will lie down for a while."

He took off his clothes, and lay down on the bed with only a pair of underpants on. He lay on his back on the side of the bed peacefully, not going to Li Shen's side.As a result, after a while, Li Shen took the initiative to reach out and hug him.

An ominous premonition instinctively rose in Geng Yan's heart, and sure enough, the other party's hand quickly penetrated from the back of his waist into the waistband of his trousers, groping for a certain place.

He held down that hand with his backhand, and said seriously: "I will attend the court meeting later."

Li Shen pulled his hand out, and then pushed him back to the original half of the bed without hesitation. Geng Yan almost laughed out of anger. Sleep for a while.

The Illuminati Empire is a state-religious system. The existing imperial constitution is also known as the "Oath of Illuminati", which is a hybrid product based on the basic philosophy of the Illuminati and the centralization needs of the monarchy.Over time, things have changed many times. The most recent one was not long ago, when Geng Yan ordered the abolition of the item 'prohibition of same-sex marriage'.

From the beginning of the establishment of the empire, it was the radicals in the Illuminati who had the right to speak. Their goal was to unify Fanglu, so that there is only one country and one voice in the world.For this reason, a highly centralized monarchy is necessary, but unknowingly, or logically, everything has changed. How to maintain and strengthen the rule of subjects has become the main purpose, and the realization of ideals in the unified land has become a reality. Incidental things.

The emperor of the empire enjoys all powers, legislation, administration, military, etc., and at the same time holds the position of the highest teacher of the Illuminati, and is also the spiritual leader of the people.The emperors of all dynasties have spared no effort to add various auras of deification to themselves, tried their best to make the people believe, and claimed to be the spokesperson of the light in the world. Compared with the original idea of ​​the Illuminati... this is really, um, a big joke.

Geng Yan, who finished the court meeting, left the Yizheng Hall, exchanged with the stand-by in the back hall, and returned to Fenglu Palace through the secret path.Compared with the emperor who has been working all his life, being the head of the mercenary regiment in Chang'an is a new challenge. Geng Yan has stayed in Chang'an most of the time these years, so after he ascended the throne, he prepared a double to replace himself. The specially trained double would be replaced every year, and even if the possibility of being betrayed by the deeply hinted double was slim, he didn't even want to keep this possibility.After experiencing the betrayal of relatives in the previous life, Geng Yan will no longer trust anyone.

Including Li Shen.

If you don't want to be betrayed, don't give the other party any chance to betray, if you don't want to be deceived, don't give the other party any reason to lie, and keep everything firmly in your own hands, this is Geng Yan's approach.

When he walked into Fenglu Palace, Li Shen was studying court etiquette with Bai Qin, and unfortunately, his mind was distracted.

Geng Yan stood at the door and looked at it for a while, then walked in and asked Bai Qin to step back, then personally took Li Shen's right hand, and gave him a hand-kissing demonstration.

"I remember this is a courtesy to married women." Li Shen frowned.

Geng Yan was satisfied with his study results, nodded and said: "Although you are my queen, if someone wants to kiss your hand, I allow you to slap him directly."

Li Shen smiled: "Then may I smoke you now? Your Majesty the Emperor?"

"Of course not." Geng Yan kissed the back of his hand again and winked at him, "Only I am allowed."

It was almost noon, and Li Shen and Geng Yan had lunch together. After the meal, he wiped his mouth and asked Geng Yan what plans he had for the afternoon. Looking at his eyes that were clearly written with some kind of hope, Geng Yan hesitated rarely. one time.

"I still have some things to deal with, and I will come back to accompany you in the evening." He replied.

Li Shen looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, but didn't speak.So Geng Yan remembered the other party's damn intuition, and it was obvious that his lie was exposed.

That's right, he originally planned to spend the whole day with Li Shen...if the other party wasn't in heat all the time.

"Come out for a walk with me." Li Shen said suddenly, "I haven't seen the sun for a long time."

This requirement is not difficult to fulfill. The entire Fenglu Palace is tightly sealed, and no outsiders can enter or leave. Geng Yan can take Li Shen to fight outside if he wants to.Since the last incident, Geng Yan did not put shackles on Li Shen's hands again, and Li Shen, who had recognized the situation clearly, did not try to get out of the palace again.Geng Yan took a deep look at Li Shen for a moment, and agreed to the other party's request.

Walking to the steps outside the palace, Li Shen suddenly stopped, and said with some self-deprecation: "Last time, I only walked here."

Geng Yan stood on the steps below, stretched out his right hand to Li Shen, the bright sunlight shone on his blond hair, it was extremely bright, Li Shen was a little dazed when he remembered that many years ago, he was standing on the ring covered in blood , raised his head to look at Geng Yan who was standing in the crowd, and looked at the other party who stretched out his hand to him.

That time, he answered, this time, he answered, or not?

The faces of Yang Huxing and Lin Guo suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, Li Shen raised his hand to cover his face, five fingers clasped tightly on the face, almost pinching into the flesh.He shook his head in a daze, covered his face and sat down on the steps.

"What's wrong?" Geng Yan asked worriedly, "Headache? Or is it uncomfortable?"

"No." Li Shen's voice was a little hoarse, "The sun is too dazzling."

Geng Yan stretched out his arms to hold him in his arms, and blocked the dazzling sunlight for him with his broad shoulders. Li Shen was held motionless by Geng Yan, like a silent statue.

Geng Yan rested his chin on the top of his head and asked softly, "What are you thinking about?"

"Think about how many lives I owe you." Li Shen's voice was a little gloomy, "But no matter how many lives I owe you, it cannot be used to pay off Yang Xingxing and Lin Guo... This is not counting, I can't lie to myself. "

Geng Yan was silent for a moment, and asked, "Why did you lie to yourself?"

This is really a good question, Li Shen thought, how does Geng Yan want him to answer it?To tell the truth—because he wanted to take that hand?

"Probably because I don't want to die." Li Shen said indifferently, "I want to find a reason for myself to live like this."

Geng Yan smiled.

He let go of Li Shen with a smile, held the other person's face with both hands, stared at the single black eye, and said very seriously——

"Isn't it the best reason to live and find a way to kill me and avenge them?"

Hearing this, Li Shen also laughed.

"How?" He said with a smile, "Fuck you to death on the bed?"

Geng Yan smiled and kissed his lips, feeling extremely happy, no matter how Li Shen tried to hide it, Geng Yan could still see his wavering.It took Geng Yan ten years to completely lock Li Shen into his own cage, and he didn't mind taking a longer time to pry open Li Shen's bottom line little by little, and drag him into the abyss together.

Since he can fall in love with Li Shen, there is no possibility that Li Shen will not fall in love with him - this is not self-confidence without reason, but the determination of ghosts and gods.

"You smile so lewdly." Li Shen frowned, and looked at Geng Yan with a bit of disgust, "I just said that casually, why are you so happy?"

Geng Yan pulled him to stand up, instead of going down, he walked back, and said: "No, I think what you said makes sense, you can try it."

Li Shen felt from the bottom of his heart that Geng Yan must have taken the wrong medicine.

Then he was stripped naked and pressed onto the bed by Geng Yan who was very active and enthusiastic. When Li Shen put aside all the miscellaneous thoughts in his mind and concentrated on his cultivation, and reached the peak on Geng Yan, he heard the other party's hoarse voice and a playful laugh. He said—

"I feel like I'm dying, well, try harder next time."