A glance at the spring breeze

"I said Ruan Lan, why are you out of your mind after you come back today?" Qi Mo turned the chopsticks in his hand, and then took a bite of the fish on the plate, "But what's bothering you?"

Ruan Lan, who was wandering in the sky, finally came back to his senses, his forehead paused, and his dull eyes regained clarity.He raised his eyes to look at Qi Mo, and seeing that the other party was still as heartless as before, he couldn't help but think of what Daoist Xuan Mo said when he mentioned Qi Mo's matter, and sighed silently in his heart.

"Go to bed early after eating," Ruan Lan said.

Qi Mo asked, "Why doesn't your elder brother come to see you?"

Ruan Lan didn't realize who Qi Mo was talking about for a while, but later remembered that Yin Jian lied to Qi Mo that he was his elder brother "Ruan Lin", so she made a draft of a lie in her heart, and replied: "My brother is busy recently, You can’t take the time to come and see me.”

"Oh, so that's the case..." Clinker Zimo asked again, "Then where does he live now? Since he can't get away, I'll go to his house to visit him."

Of course, Ruan Lan couldn't let Qi Mo go to the palace to find Yin Jian, so she said, "Your injury is still not healed, you need to rest more."

Qi Mo was impatient: "Oh, oh, I have been lying in bed for a whole day. I finally waited for you to come back and come out to take a breath."

Ruan Lan used chopsticks to pick out a thin fishbone among the sweet and sour fish, and pretended to ask inadvertently: "When you came out, what happened to the people on Qiumang Mountain?

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Zimo's face.

"What else can I do." Qi Mo became even more impatient, and the words in his mouth seemed to have nothing to do with him, "They are all dead."

Ruan Lan's hand trembled, and the fresh fish that had just picked out the thorns was swept from the pottery dish to the ground.

Seeing the radiance in Qi Mo's eyes, Ruan Lan suddenly felt that the dishes in front of her were nauseating, as if a breath was rushing from her stomach to her throat.He immediately stood up from the table, endured the feeling of vomiting, and said to Qi Mo, "I'm feeling a little unwell today...I'm going back to my room to rest first. Brother Qi, please go easy."

Then he strode out of the house without looking back.

Ruan Lan went back to the room and retched for a while, then ordered Eunuch Yu to fetch some hot water for a bath.When he sat in the steaming wooden barrel, the discomfort on his body finally became less.

Alas... why is this happening.

Why was Qi Mo's love and hatred with his fellow clansmen and even his brothers viciously erased?

Why did the prince Yin Cheng, who he admired so much, slaughter so many innocent civilians with his own hands.

Does he have... any difficulties?

Also, if this matter is over one day, with the brand on his waist and abdomen, he can escape there again.

Taoist Xuan Mo said: No matter where he goes to the ends of the earth, mountains of swords and seas of fire, His Majesty can find him.

He can always be found.

Ruan Lan laughed lightly.He remembered that he had told Yin Jian before that he would leave the capital and never come back when the investigation of the whole matter came to light and the murderer was brought to justice.

Looking at it now, it's really an extravagant wish...

Ruan Lan rested her head on the edge of the barrel wall and closed her eyes.At the beginning, he was still thinking about those troubles in his heart, but after thinking about it, he became unconscious—in a hot and humid mist, he fell asleep in a daze.

……

As soon as her back touched a warm area, Ruan Lan was startled awake.

The first thing he heard was the sound of water drops falling on the water surface. He saw himself wrapped in a yellow robe and hanging above the bathtub. It's time to really wake up.

Where can ordinary people wear bright yellow clothing?

And now he is being held in someone's arms——

Ruan Lan looked up quickly, and sure enough, she saw that familiar face.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"Hush——" Yin Zhan brought his lips to his neck, and blew his ears with a very light breath: "Eunuch Yu is sleeping outside, we must not disturb him."

Ruan Lan blushed instantly, if Eunuch Yu came in and saw their actions now, he wouldn't be able to wash it off even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

Yin Jian hugged him and slowly walked to the bed, but he didn't seem to want to let him down.

"His Majesty……"

Although Ruan Lan was dizzy from Yin Jian's embarrassment at this time, she still maintained a three-point sense of clarity. He stretched out his right arm, hooked it to a corner of the quilt, pressed his palm down, and then used his foot With a sharp push, he fell from Yin Jian's arms and fell onto the bed with his strength.Before Yin Jian could react, Ruan Lan quickly covered her body with a quilt.

"Your Majesty, I want to get dressed first, so, can Your Majesty...can you—"

"Can you go out first?" Yin Jian looked at his wet arms, and saw Ruan Lan's bright yellow clothes exposed under the quilt. Suddenly, a different feeling overflowed in his heart. With a subtle arc, he said to the "panicked" little white rabbit in front of him: "I don't want to look at you, but if you go out, you will wake up the father-in-law, and then..."

Of course Ruan Lan was afraid that Eunuch Yu would come in suddenly, so she nodded to Yin Xian.

Yin Xian turned his back and said softly: "I'm afraid you won't be able to accept what Daoist Xuanmo said today, so I came to see you."

Ruan Lan lifted the quilt to put on her clothes and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yin Jian couldn't hear the emotion in Ruan Lan's tone, so he asked, "Did you chat with Qi Mo after you came back?"

Ruan Lan didn't know whether she was bowing her head to fasten her belt or what, she didn't answer for a long time.Yin Jian asked tentatively, "Ah Lan?"

This time Ruan Lan finally spoke: "...um."

Yin Jian heard something was wrong, and quickly turned to look at him.Ruan Lan had already put on her underwear at this time, and she looked away with red eyes, as if sad or resentful, the water in her eyes was brightly lit by the red candle in the room.

Yin Jian stepped forward and grabbed Ruan Lan's arms: "What's wrong with you?"

Ruan Lan shook her head and spoke incoherently: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the people on Qiumang Mountain all died after we left. We... must be us, if we hadn't gone there, they wouldn't have died. It's all my fault...it's all my fault, if I didn't want to escape from the palace—"

"Ruan Lan!" Yin Zhen grabbed his shoulders and stopped his self-condemnation loudly: "It's not your fault, the matter hasn't been investigated clearly yet, so don't jump to conclusions so quickly. It's not your fault, it's your fault Only the murderer."

"I, I—" Ruan Lan's chest kept rising and falling, obviously not calm down yet.Yin Jian stretched out his hand and patted him on the back, holding him in his arms, "Have you forgotten, the Taoist said that the evil thing is best at manipulating people's hearts, so don't mess yourself up and follow his wishes." ..."

"My lord, why is it so noisy in your room, but what happened..." At this moment, Eunuch Yu pushed open the door rubbing his sleepy eyes, and saw gray relatives hugging each other tightly in the room against the faint candlelight. His Majesty the Emperor and Lord Ruan were in a group. The Emperor shot him sharply with a saber in the eye. He looked extremely creepy among the gray relatives. Eunuch Yu was so frightened that he closed the door again.

"Your Majesty, I didn't mean to disturb you." Eunuch Yu shouted.

Ruan Lan was immersed in what happened to the Qimo tribe in Qiumang Mountain, when a sudden voice brought him back to reality, Ruan Lan immediately took a step back and jumped out of Yin Jian's embrace.

He resumed his usual polite attitude: "Your Majesty, it was the minister who was so abrupt." It's just that there was a slight nasal sound between his words.

Unexpectedly, Yin Jian suddenly extinguished the candle lamp, and dragged Ruan Lan to lie down on the bed together.

"I won't be going back to the palace tonight, I want to talk to you for a while."

Ruan Lan broke away from Yin Jian's hand, and moved her body to the other side of the bed.

"What do you want to say, Your Majesty?" You must say on the bed.

In the dark night, there is only half an inch of moonlight leaking from a window, and Yin Jian's eyes that reflect a little moonlight.

Yin rolled over and looked at the inch of moonlight by the window, his eyes were misty: "The last time you and I fell asleep like this was on Qiumang Mountain."

"Yes."

The two lay quietly for a long time, so long that Yin Jian almost thought he had fallen asleep.

Yin Jian finally spoke, his voice was as clear and quiet as a stream.

"You told me that night that after this matter is over, you will leave the capital and live in seclusion in a paradise."

Ruan Lan didn't answer.

"In a few years, when Xuan'er grows up, I will accompany you, okay?"

Ruan Lan still did not return.

Yin Jian raised his eyes and looked at Ruan Lan.

The people around him were breathing steadily and calmly, apparently falling asleep.

Yin Jian put a kiss on Ruan Lan's face, but when he left, he suddenly felt reluctant, and slowly moved his lips to Ruan Lan's lips, and kissed her.

"Go to sleep."

After Yin Jian tucked up the quilt for Ruan Lan, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Ruan Lan quietly opened her eyes.

The moonlight was extremely silent.