The days when I was imprisoned in the harem by the enemy monarch

Lin Jian never thought that he would have such a miserable day when he was tied up by Luan Yunye and forced to sleep on the same bed with him.

Luan Yunye took off his coat, took out a few books from the bookshelf, sat on the outside of the bed, and turned his head to glance at the person lying on the bed.

The hands and feet of the people on the bed were tied with bright red ribbons, and the ribbons were tied with two beautiful knots, like perfectly packaged gifts. They were lying on the side of the bed stiffly with their eyes open.

Luan Yunye suppressed the instinctive impulse to rush forward and ravage, and secretly crumpled the pages in his hands.

"What book do you want to read?" Luan Yunye lowered his head and flipped through the book in his hand, and asked calmly, "History books? Art of war? Geography? Political theory? Poems?"

The person lying on the bed stiffly blinked, then turned to look at Luan Yunye: "?"

"Aren't you looking for a book to read?" Luan Yunye said, "Lie down, and I'll read it to you."

Lin Jian just said it casually in a hurry, but Luan Yunye took it seriously and said casually, "Then let's write poetry."

It's not because he wants to be arty, but because Lin Jian feels drowsy every time he listens to poetry, and listening to poetry before going to bed will help him sleep.

Luan Yunye took out one from the book, put the rest on the bedside cabinet, flipped through the book in his hand, and read it to Lin Jian:

"once having seen the best, the rest is not worthwhile looking.

Take the flowers and look back lazily, not for the cultivation of the Tao, but for the king. "[1]

Lin Jian turned his head, just in time to meet Luan Yunye staring at him.

Lin Jian was stunned for a moment, and said, "I've heard this poem before, it doesn't seem to be like this."

Luan Yunye said seriously: "That's it."

"However, I remember this line of the poem is 'Half Fate Cultivator, Half Fate Lord'." Lin Jiandao, "What version is the book in His Majesty's hand? Show me..."

Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jian seriously, and said in a deep voice, "For me, it's 'not for cultivating the Tao, but for the king'."

"Okay, it's because the servants are ignorant." Lin Jian didn't understand poetry creation at all, and praised him a little bit, "But this change makes me feel better. Your Majesty is really talented."

Luan Yunye didn't mind Lin Jian's insincere perfunctory smile, but seemed to be encouraged, and continued to read to him with his head down:

"I would like to be a lovebird in the sky, and a Lianli branch in the earth." [2]

"If you are successful, why not die? I would like to be a mandarin duck and not be envious of immortals." [3]

"I was surprised that I didn't reveal my lovesickness, so it turned out that it was only because I had already entered my bones." [4]

Lin Jianyue felt more and more confused when he listened to it. He thought that according to Luan Yunye's style, he should read to himself some poems such as "The Great River goes to the east and the waves are exhausted" [5]. All sour love poems?

In the past, Lin Jian would just skip reading this kind of love poems when reading, but now lying on the bed, listening to Luan Yunye read each sentence carefully, he felt a little embarrassed.

Lin Jian didn't dare to turn his head to look at Luan Yunye, but he always felt as if a pair of eyes were staring at him that wanted to crush and devour people.Luan Yunye's deep and pleasant voice was like the most solemn palace tune of a guqin, and countless fiery true feelings seemed to be brewing in the voice that whispered intimately to himself and said love words, Lin Jian didn't feel that the roots of his ears were burning hot.

Luan Yunye read for a while, then turned to look at the person lying on the bed.

The person beside him was lying quietly, the veil was half-permeated by the light golden candlelight, half-covering his lightly closed eyes.The brilliance of the crystal is reflected on the face little by little, just like the shadows of flowers reflected by the bright moon in the mid-night.The person seemed to be in a deep sleep, but his cheeks to the ears were as red as clouds.

Luan Yunye put down the book in his hand, pulled up the quilt and covered Lin Jian.

Lin Jian lay stiffly on the bed, feeling the quilt covering her body, a deep voice said softly in her ear: "The last sentence, 'I only hope that your heart is like mine'."[6]

The warm breath rushed to his ears one after another, Lin Jian felt the hairs all over his body stand on end, he could hear the thumping heartbeat in his chest, and his body trembled almost imperceptibly.On the hands on the chest, the slender fingers clenched unconsciously.

The back next to him moved slightly, and Luan Yunye's warm body temperature came from not far away. Lin Jian's whole body was hot, and he continued to close his eyes and pretend to be asleep, without moving.

Luan Yunye lay down on the outside of the bed, and raised the hand to close the curtain to block the light from the outside.

Lin Jian had been lying down all this time, not daring to move, for fear that Luan Yunye would find him awake.After waiting for a long time, until the sound of breathing in his ears became clear and even, Lin Jian quietly opened his eyes, and carefully glanced at Luan Yunye who was lying beside him.

Luan Yunye faced himself, lying on his side only a palm away.

I have never seen Luan Yunye so closely before. He has handsome features, and the sharp lines of his facial features are as resolute as if outlined by iron wires. , seems to cut off the killing god who has cut off the seven emotions and six desires, and makes people dare not approach at first sight.

Lin Jian wanted to stay away from Luan Yunye, but he was afraid that Luan Yunye would be disturbed when he moved. Moreover, Lin Jian was very afraid of the cold. The weather in Shang Country was much colder than in Liang Country, especially at night, lying in the same bed with Luan Yunye, it was very warm It's so comfortable that you don't want to move it as if you're stuck.

Lying beside Luan Yunye, Lin Jian was so nervous that he couldn't sleep, and there was nothing to do, so he could only look sideways at Luan Yunye.Luan Yunye only wore a dark black tunic, the skirt was slightly opened, revealing a section of clear collarbone, and the muscles on his chest were tight and well-proportioned.

Suddenly, Lin Jian's eyes lit up, and he found a bright yellow spot in the slightly opened skirt, which seemed to be the tassels of his purple jade ring.

When Lin Jian was about to take a closer look, his eyes suddenly went dark. It should be that the palace people outside the bed curtain came in and turned off the lights in the bedroom.

The more Lin Jian thought about it, the more he felt that the bright yellow tassel that he saw on Luan Yunye's skirt just now looked like a purple jade ring. No wonder he rummaged through Luan Yunye's bedroom for an hour or two but couldn't find it. It turned out that Luan Yunye hid it next to him body.

I really don't know what Luan Yunye is thinking.

If he could find the Purple Jade Token in the dark and get it back from Luan Yunye quietly, then he could find an opportunity to escape directly tomorrow instead of being forced to sleep on the same bed with the tyrant.

But the hands are tied, it is inconvenient to touch it, and it is easy to alarm Luan Yunye.

Don't miss this opportunity, if you miss the chance to retrieve the Purple Jade Token tonight, you may not have it again.What's more, long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. If you can't get back the purple jade order, you will still have to be like this tomorrow night.

Lin Jian put his mind to the side, turned over, and gently stretched his hands towards Luan Yunye, searching for the location where he saw Ziyu Ling in his memory, and gropingly grasped Luan Yunye's lapel lightly.

Suddenly, the person lying beside him moved slightly, and with his hands stretched forward, he hugged Lin Jian into his arms.

Lin Jian: "!!!"

Luan Yunye didn't seem to wake up, but instinctively hugged Lin Jianhou, and didn't move anymore.

Lin Jian was lying in Luan Yunye's arms. At this moment, his whole body was imprisoned. The person who was hugging him was scorching hot like a ball of fire, almost melting himself.

Lin Jian didn't dare to move, and didn't even dare to breathe too hard.

Until the next day, Lin Jian opened his eyes and found himself lying in Luan Yunye's arms.

I don't know when I fell asleep in Luan Yunye's arms last night. The damn thing is that I slept inexplicably and sweetly, but Luan Yunye hugged her so motionlessly all night.

Lin Jian raised his eyes and met Luan Yunye's eyes. He didn't know how long he had been staring at him.

Lin Jian's cheeks were hot immediately, and he quickly got out of Luan Yunye's arms.

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Gao's voice came from outside the door, "The ministers have been waiting in the Hanyuan Hall for a long time, do you want them to go back first?"

Lin Jian blinked his eyes and glanced at the sky outside. The sun was shining brightly, and the morning was long past.

I heard that although Luan Yunye was cruel and cruel, he was diligent in governing the government. He had been up all night during his five years in power, and he had never been late for the morning court.

So today he didn't even go to court? !

"I have something important to announce, let them wait." Luan Yunye turned his head and glanced at Lin Jian, stretched out his hand to brush the hair on his cheek, and whispered in Lin Jian's ear, "What a beauty. "

Lin Jian fell into a drowsy sleep, and felt a little dazed when he woke up, so he raised his head and asked Luan Yunye for confirmation, "...ah? What?"

"Ah bah! Beauty is a disaster!"

"Shh... take it easy."

In front of the Hanyuan Hall, it was already the time of the next court, and the ministers went down the white jade steps in front of the hall in twos and threes, discussing and cursing in a low voice from time to time.

"Your Majesty has never been late for the court in the past five years, but today is it because of that maid who is late for so long?" A middle-aged official commented softly, "Not to mention that it is a capital offense for the maid to go to court with a weapon, even if she is credited with saving you You can make up for it, but it is really absurd for His Majesty to confer the empress title."

"Yesterday, the court lady was very pretty, and she was able to stand up to protect her in such a critical situation. It's no wonder that His Majesty loves her." An old minister with a gray beard said, "But giving some gold and silver rewards is also a good idea." That's all, at most one concubine, how can a court lady with such a low status be named empress? It has always been the daughter of a noble family who has to be the empress."

"Yes, yes." The middle-aged official echoed in a low voice, "As for the Empress Dowager Xu, the daughter of Mrs. Xu's family has been in the palace for many years. Her talents, appearance and morals are unmatched, and her background is so noble. She is the queen. The best candidate! But the empress has been in the palace for so many years, and she has not advanced at all, and now she wants to confer a lowly maid..."

"He Shangshu, you have to be cautious." Xu Taishi said, "It is an honor for the old man's daughter to serve the emperor, and I dare not ask for anything else. But for so many years, I heard that His Majesty is coming Fortunately, the harem has never been there, let alone this sudden empress, could it be that the maid has some ability to confuse people's hearts?"

"There are so many ministers in the court today who made Yan Zhizhi admonitions, and His Majesty didn't listen to any of them." He Shangshu said, "Old Master Xu, in my opinion, we still have to make a plan for this matter. Your Majesty has been confused by the witch right now. We wait It's useless to remonstrate directly..."

Grand Master Xu asked, "What do you think?"

"According to the officials, this maid comes from a humble background, and I don't see any background influence, and she is not the daughter of a great family, but if she wants to enter the court to serve the king, she must be searched closely. She really has no background at all, how can she Entering the court with weapons?" He Shangshu said in a low voice, "Concubine Xu has a lot of advantages in the palace, why don't you ask her to go and find out which palace and room this maid came from, what family affairs and backgrounds she had before entering the palace, Who are the relatives? Maybe they can gain a lot."

"Oh?" Xu Taishi raised his eyebrows and said, "He Shangshu really has seen people, and he is worthy of being a pillar of the country."

"Where is it, Mrs. Xu's praise, praise..."

On the hundred-fold white jade steps, Luan Yunye stepped out of the Hanyuan Hall, his eyes passed through the twelve pillars hanging from the emperor's crown, and he looked down at the square in front of the hall. whispering to each other.

Bai Yixiao stood aside, followed Luan Yunye's gaze to the empty square and the palace gates in the distance, watched the officials go away, and asked: "Your Majesty really intends to do this? Will he have Danger?"

Luan Yunye said: "You just need to do what you have to do."

"Yes, yes, I will definitely do what I should do and solve your majesty's problems." Bai Yixiao patted her chest, turned her head to look at Luan Yunye and said, "However, he is so good-looking, just looking at him makes people laugh." If you want to bully, you are so close every day, don't be unable to control bullying him for a while, or I won't agree."

Luan Yunye said coldly: "Put away those weird thoughts of yours."

"Your Majesty is going back to your golden house now?" Bai Yixiao said with a smile, "Let me take my ministers to admire the empress hidden in your golden house too?"

"Stop smiling." Luan Yunye said, "You'd better go back home, someone is waiting for you."

"What... what?" Bai Yixiao was puzzled for a moment, and then laughed, "Is she a beauty? You rewarded me to compensate me?"

"You go back and deal with it." After Luan Yunye finished speaking, he ignored Bai Yixiao and turned to leave.

Bai Yixiao went down the steps and walked out of the palace gate, wondering who Luan Yunye was talking about along the way.

In front of the Hou's mansion, Bai Yixiao paid special attention, but no one was waiting outside.Walking into the main hall, no one notified that there was a visitor.

Bai Yixiao wondered if Luan Yunye was deliberately deceiving herself, just as she walked into her study, suddenly, a black shadow jumped down from the beam.

Bai Yixiao was startled, and was about to call someone, when the masked man in black took off his mask and said, "It's me."

Bai Yixiao stared at the person in front of her, was stunned for a while, then asked with wide eyes: "Are you... Shuofeng?"

Shuo Feng: "Yes."

Bai Yixiao traveled around the world when he was young, and during the years in Liang Guo, he and Lin Jian became good friends who talked about everything, and naturally knew that Lin Jian had Shuo Feng by his side.

Shuofeng was the secret guard arranged by Emperor Liang Guoxian to be next to Prince Lin Hongjian. He was also the commander of the secret guard department of the entire Liang Kingdom royal family.

Bai Yixiao asked, "Is there anything you want from me?"

Shuo Feng said: "I want to see Your Highness."

"He's not with me." Bai Yixiao spread his hands, "He's in the palace."

"I can't get in." Shuo Feng said, "I tried it a few times, but there are organs inside."

"Having seen the mechanisms inside, it would be good if you can get out of your body." Bai Yixiao said, "Thanks to you not persevering and continuing to drill in, otherwise ten of you wouldn't be able to get out."

Shuo Feng said, "That's why I came to look for you."

"What do you want from him?" Bai Yi looked carefully at Shuo Feng, "As far as I know, your Liang Guo's secret guards are under the emperor's command, and what you protect is either the emperor or the prince. Now your mission should not be on him. right?"

Shuofeng said indifferently, "You care too much."

"I have to ensure his safety." Bai Yixiao lifted his chin and pointed to the door of the study, "If you don't want to say anything, go out and turn left, I won't allow an unknown person to approach him."

Shuofeng hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The Dark Guard is ordered by the late emperor to only serve His Highness, and does not recognize who is the emperor now."

Bai Yixiao was silent for a moment, then asked in a deep voice, "What's going on with him? As far as I know, your late emperor always loved him very much, why did he suddenly change his mind and make his second brother emperor?"

"Not yet..." Shuofeng gritted his teeth, and said with a frown, "At the time when the late emperor was dying, no one saw him, and his highness was left to serve him. Lin Muchen cried to see the late emperor for the last time, and his highness always treated him sincerely, begging the late emperor to receive him , he is fine..."

Shuo Feng's hands under the sleeves clenched into fists: "Take advantage of His Highness's trust to tamper with the will, despicable and shameless..."

"Even you can see the tampering with the imperial edict, and Lin Hongjian can't fail to see it, right?" Bai Yixiao found a stool and sat down, poured a cup of tea for himself and Shuo Feng, and asked, "Your opponents in the court?" He has a lot of people who are determined to fight, and he has a lot of soldiers in his hands, can't he fight or fight?"

"Don't wait for His Highness to issue an order." Shuofeng walked to Bai Yixiao and sat down, and said, "We led our troops to surround Lin Muchen and wanted to take his life."

"Cough..." Bai Yixiao choked and asked, "If Lin Muchen wants to pursue it, you guys are rebelling, and then what?"

"I was ordered by Emperor Shengwu to protect His Highness. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism can be learned from day to day. How can it be considered a rebellion?!" Speaking of the former emperor, Shuofeng's disdain for Lin Muchen was replaced by a look of respect.

"Yes, yes, you are the late emperor's will." Bai Yixiao said, "But Lin Muchen has the final say on whether it is black or white now? He didn't pursue it?"

"If His Highness hadn't protected him, we would have taken his life long ago. How could it be his turn to pursue it?" Shuo Feng sipped a cup of tea and said, "I don't know what His Highness discussed with him. In the end, Lin Muchen also I didn’t mention this matter again. After His Highness came back, he avoided us and went to the frontier alone, but three months later, he suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to the capital, saying that he wanted to negotiate peace with the country of Shang.”

"Lin Muchen naturally refused to agree, so His Highness took the festival and came here by himself." Shuo Feng said, "I don't understand why Your Highness is."

Bai Yixiao said: "He has been poisoned, do you know?"

"What?!" Shuofeng slammed the teacup on the table with a thud, stood up and cursed, "It must be Lin Muchen's work! No wonder he pretended not to hold us accountable. Your Highness must be doing it for us." ..."

"We are so useless..." Shuo Feng's voice was hoarse and choked, and he actually cried while covering his face.

Bai Yixiao sighed, and said: "Listening to what you said, I probably understand what's going on. But you have been with your highness for so many years, you should know that your highness is not easy to bully, let alone sentimental. man of."

"If Lin Muchen really tampered with the will and forced him to commit suicide by taking poison, so many people in your Liang Dynasty are loyal to him, and the Beifu Army is also obedient to him. Why does he swallow his anger and refuse to avenge himself, instead of allowing you to hurt Lin Muchen? A so-called brother who seeks to usurp the throne and harm him?"

"And as far as I know." Bai Yixiao said, "Since Lin Hongjian was brought back to the Shang Kingdom by His Majesty, Lin Muchen has sent several groups of envoys to ask for him. It seems that he is not eager for his death. Lin Hongjian and I When Hung-chien mentioned Lin Muchen, they didn't seem to turn their faces."

"You don't know, the late emperor suspected Lin Muchen's motives for getting close to His Highness, and gave His Highness something, and His Highness now holds Liang Guo's heavy weapon in his hand." Shuo Feng raised his hand to wipe away tears, "Lin Muchen is coveting something in His Highness's hands, otherwise he Even if I wrap my dragon robe and hug Yuxi, I still can't sleep well."

Bai Yixiao asked, "What?"

"How can I tell you state secrets?" Shuo Feng said, "Anyway, I must see His Highness, and take His Highness back to the Kingdom of Liang. If there is a grievance, there will be revenge, and I will ask for a clear grievance."

Bai Yixiao asked: "Then have you asked what he meant?"

"Your Highness only has the overall situation in mind, and never thinks for himself. If you let him make his own decision..."

Bai Yixiao interrupted Shuofeng: "Then you can't make a decision for him, can you?"

Shuo Feng was stunned for a moment, and said: "No matter what, I have to meet His Highness first."

"Our Majesty already knows your whereabouts, but we probably don't know your real identity yet." Bai Yixiao said, "With the deep hatred between His Majesty and the royal family of Liang Kingdom, if our Majesty knows the real identity of you and your Highness, You're going to kill him."

"Luan Yunye? Why did he detain His Highness? What exactly does he want to do to His Highness?" Shuo Feng said indignantly, "The person who swept up the Shang Kingdom and asked all countries to send protons to Jinling was the Emperor Shengwu, and the person who tortured him to death was the Three The group of princes and four princes have nothing to do with our Highness."

"There is an injustice and a debtor. Why should our Highness imprison him here to torture him?"

"Calm down, stay calm, and let your highness live a few more days without saying a few words." Bai Yixiao patted Shuo Feng's shoulder, and said, "Your highness hasn't been tortured here. You will come to me, presumably You can also trust the relationship between me and your highness. If Lin Muchen really hurt him like you said, I will make Lin Muchen die clearly, not just you."

"It's not impossible for you to see Lin Hongjian, but I have to make arrangements, and I have to hide it from His Majesty."

When Luan Yunye returned to his bedroom, he saw Lin Jian obediently lying on the bed, in the same position that he was asked to lie down before he went out in the morning, without even moving.

Luan Yunye said with satisfaction: "Today is really well-behaved."

Lin Jian smiled at Luan Yunye, thinking that it was because he knew Ziyu Ling was on you, what else could he do except lie down and wait for you to come back.

"You are so obedient today," Luan Yunye always didn't like others approaching, so he took off the crown with twelve jewels and asked while taking off the complicated dress, "How should I reward you?"

Lin Jian quickly got up from the bed and said, "Let this servant change your majesty's clothes."

Luan Yunye, who was taking off his dress, paused, opened his arms and said, "Okay, come on."

Lin Jian was secretly delighted, and immediately stepped forward to take off Luan Yunye's coat, secretly looking into Luan Yunye's lapel.

Unlike when he was lying on the bed at night, Luan Yunye wore layer upon layer of court clothes during the day, and he was dressed tightly and neatly, covering his neck tightly, so he couldn't see what was inside the inner skirt at all.

After taking off his outer robe, Lin Jian untied the jade belt around Luan Yunye's waist again, and took off Luan Yunye's complicated gown embroidered with gold thread and dragons. Untie the black gown inside him.

When he lowered his head to untie his clothes, Lin Jian couldn't help but search for the location where he saw Zi Yu Ling in his memory last night, and groped around Luan Yunye's lapel.

It feels a little hard to the touch, but it's obviously not Ziyuling, but more like a human's...abdominal muscles.

Lin Jian's hand stopped.

"Do you like it?" Suddenly, Luan Yunye's low voice rang in his ears, "If you keep touching it, I don't guarantee that I won't do something to you."