Dingjiangshan

Ning Yan almost stayed up all night.

Ning Huaijin was tormented a lot by him, and in the end she was so tired that she couldn't keep her eyes open, and almost fell asleep after touching the pillow.

On the contrary, once Ning Yan's long-cherished wish was fulfilled, he became energetic.He didn't feel sleepy, so he didn't force himself at all, just tilted his head in satisfaction, and stared at Ning Huaijin greedily.

Ning Huaijin leaned on Ning Yan's arm, unaware of his cannibalistic gaze, and fell into a deep sleep by herself.

He Wenting was also very knowledgeable, probably heard the movement outside, so he went out and never came in again.

Ning Yan rarely got a little stolen leisure time, so he was even more reluctant to waste it.His chest was filled with joy and satisfaction, but he had no place to vent it, he could only secretly be happy with himself.

Ning Yan carefully changed his posture several times, hugged Ning Huaijin's waist and took him into his arms. From time to time, as if he was holding some beloved baby, he couldn't help stroking Ning Huaijin's hair and eyebrows lightly.

Fortunately, Ning Huaijin was really exhausted, and she didn't wake up after being tormented by him like this. It was only occasionally that she frowned dissatisfiedly in her sleep when she got too much trouble from him.

At dawn, the red candles in the house were burned to the bottom, and the candlesticks in the house were extinguished one by one, and the silver charcoal in the smoker was almost burned out, leaving only a layer of gray and white embers.

Ning Yan pulled the quilt up to cover Ning Huaijin's shoulders, and then patted him on the back through the quilt.

He looked at Ning Huaijin tenderly, as if looking at his unique treasure.

Ning Yan has imagined this kind of scene countless times - don't worry, no one disturbs, the world seems to be so quiet that only he and Ning Huaijin are left, he can have a short time to not care about anything, as long as he is quiet Quietly waiting for Ning Huaijin to wake up from the dream.

It seemed that it was snowing outside, and Ning Yan enjoyed this rare bit of peace with the soft sound of snow falling outside, and only thought that he could look up to him like this for the rest of his life.

At the first moment of Mao Shi, Ning Huaijin gradually woke up from a deep sleep.He has been a cabinet member for many years, and he is also used to getting up early to go to court. Even though he slept so late the night before, he still woke up at this time.

Ning Huaijin moved in a daze, and before she opened her eyes, she felt a black shadow covering her eyes, blocking the little light.

Ning Yan leaned down, lightly pecked his lips, then tilted his head and smiled, "Good morning, Huaijin."

Ning Huaijin was still not sober, so she hummed subconsciously out of habit, tilted her head and rubbed against the soft pillow again.

Ning Yan only thought that his half-asleep appearance was very cute, so he didn't rush him, but just hugged him in his arms again, and tucked him in the crooked quilt just now.

Ning Huaijin leaned against him in silence for a while, and then she seemed to break free from sleepiness. He was still exhausted, and his arms and legs didn't feel any better.He was half leaning and half leaning in Ning Yan's arms, his waist and back hanging in the air were sore and stiff, and he could make people gasp when he moved.

Ning Huaijin was about to change to a more comfortable position, when she felt Ning Yan's arm wrap around him, just supporting his stiff back, and rubbing his palm against his back gently.

"Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Ning Yan said with a smile, "Today's breakfast is minced fish porridge. I'll ask them to change it to shredded pork porridge, okay? Add a chicken soup and bamboo shoot core, and eat lightly."

"It's all good." Ning Huaijin said.

It was only after Ning Huaijin opened his mouth that he realized that his voice was so hoarse that he couldn't speak. He frowned and coughed twice.

Ning Yan raised his body a little bit, opened the curtain, and brought back a cup of tea from the small table outside.He touched the wall of the cup to make sure that the cup of tea was warm, and then carefully fed Ning Huaijin a couple of mouthfuls.

The warm tea slid down her throat, and Ning Huaijin felt that she was alive a little bit, and her speech was barely smooth.

"You didn't sleep?" Ning Huaijin asked.

He was not sober when he just woke up, but now listening to Ning Yan's clear and crisp voice, he didn't feel sleepy when he first woke up.

"I'm not sleepy." Ning Yan drank Ning Huaijin's remaining half cup of tea, put the teacup outside, pulled up the bed curtain again, and put his arms around Ning Huaijin's waist again. She said coquettishly: "You are here, how can I be willing to sleep."

"You can see me every day from now on." Ning Huaijin said, "It's not a day."

"Huh?" Ning Yan raised his eyebrows, and teased him along with the words: "Why, Huai Jin wants to live with me in the palace?"

Ning Yan was teasing him habitually, but when he said the words, he had already thought of how Ning Huaijin would tell him "this is against the rules", "I can still enter the palace from time to time", who knew that Ning Huaijin was just Glancing at him, he hummed lightly.

This time, Ning Yan was stunned. He blinked, as if he didn't hear what Ning Huaijin said, and asked, "What did Huaijin say?"

"If you want, I'll move in and live with you." Ning Huaijin said, "Whether it's Linhua Palace or anywhere, whichever is convenient for you, you can decide."

Ning Yan was suddenly hit on the forehead by a pie, and his whole body was almost fainted by him, and he immediately became ecstatic.

"Of course I live with me." Ning Yan couldn't help but hug him tightly, squinting his eyes and said, "Anyway, there is no one else in the harem, so when the time comes, I will cut off the servants in the palace and beat them, what will happen to my life?" But it’s still up to us to decide for ourselves, for fear of anyone watching.”

As soon as Ning Yan finished speaking, the door to the outer room was pushed open, so Ning Yan temporarily stopped talking and did not continue.

A burst of very light footsteps walked into the inner room and stopped outside the dragon bed.

"Your Majesty." He Wenting said softly, "Have you got up yet?"

Ning Yan patted Ning Huaijin's shoulder reassuringly, hummed, and said, "Get up, don't ask someone to wait on you, I'll go out to clean up later."

He Wenting replied yes, and then hurriedly reminded: "It's almost time for the morning court, Your Majesty, don't miss the hour."

Ning Yan was about to agree to get up, but Ning Huaijin spoke up for him first.

"Find someone to pass a message to the front, saying that His Majesty didn't wake up very comfortably this morning, so you can avoid the morning court." Ning Huaijin said: "If you have any memorials, send them to the cabinet first."

He Wenting suddenly heard Ning Huaijin's voice, and couldn't help but froze.

Ning Yan didn't expect that Ning Huaijin would suddenly "fake the imperial decree" on his behalf. He was stunned for a moment, but instead of being displeased, he laughed instead.

"Let's just talk about it." Ning Yan said.

When He Wenting heard Ning Yan's words, he felt a little relieved, and quickly responded, then retreated, and went to pass on the message.

Ning Yan turned to look at Ning Huaijin, and teased, "Uncle Emperor, this is a false edict."

Ning Huaijin didn't fall for his tricks, she lazily moved up a little bit, leaned on the soft pillow and said, "Your Majesty has also opened his mouth, this is at best a minister trying to figure out the holy will."

"Okay, okay, try to figure out the holy will." Ning Yan looked very happy on the contrary, and leaned over again reluctantly, and asked in a low voice: "Do you want me to go?"

Ning Yan's eyes were clean and enthusiastic, and his tone was soft and cute. It didn't sound like he was teasing anyone, but rather like he was acting like a baby.

Ning Huaijin touched his face reassuringly, and hummed again, as an admission.

"What's wrong?" Ning Yan looked at him amusedly, and said, "Huaijin has changed, why is she so honest now, admitting everything."

"It should have been like this a long time ago." Ning Huaijin said in a low voice, "If I had been honest with myself earlier, I wouldn't have made you worry about gains and losses."

Ning Yan didn't say anything, but Ning Huaijin couldn't see it.

Ning Yan was not very comfortable yesterday, and he stayed up all night, how can he really not see any trace of tiredness.Although he was happy, and there was a sense of joy in his heart, but this alone would not make him stay up all night.He clearly had an uneasiness hidden in his heart that he hadn't even noticed, for fear that Ning Huaijin would wake up and not admit it after drinking too much.

Ning Yan was suddenly caught by what he said, and the smile on his face became a little unnatural.

"I..." Ning Yan wanted to say that he didn't, but couldn't say it.

So Ning Yan didn't say anything at all. Instead, he wrapped the quilt around his body like a fool, and asked: "Then why did the emperor want to say it yesterday?"

Ning Huaijin was silent for a moment, reached out and touched the corners of Ning Yan's eyes like nostalgia, and whispered: "Then you have to promise me first, I said, don't think too much."

"No." Ning Yan rubbed his head against the palm of his hand, and said with a smile, "I'm not a person who doesn't know what's good... I know what kind of temperament you are, and I know how bad you said what you said last night. Easy. I believe and listen to everything you said, and I won't think about anything else."

Only then did Ning Huaijin feel relieved, and said slowly, "If you don't talk about it, I'm afraid it will be too late."

"What..." Ning Yan was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing, teasing: "You are used to scaring yourself, whether you want it or not, you will not really get married with me."

"It's not about this." Ning Huaijin shook her head, took Ning Yan's right hand with her hand, touched the white jade bracelet on his wrist, and said softly: "That day, Guan Hongcai, Shangshu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, almost followed Ning Yan. You choked, don't you remember?"

Ning Huaijin didn't go to court every day these days, the last time was several days ago.Ning Yan thought about it carefully, as if he remembered such a thing.

"Hmm." Ning Yan asked gently, "What's wrong?"

"That day..." Ning Huaijin licked her lips, paused for a short moment, and then continued: "That day, Guan Hongcai insisted that the harmony of yin and yang is orthodox in the world, and the abandonment of the harem is inconsistent with etiquette. Let go and give in. You didn't quarrel with him or argue with him that day, you just twirled this bracelet and listened for a long time, until he spoke impassionedly, and you didn't know what day and night it was, then you raised your eyes and looked at him. "

"At that moment, you looked like Brother Huang." Ning Huaijin said.

The string of jade in Ning Yan's hand was of good quality, the fingernail-sized white jade beads were round and smooth, and could wrap around his fair wrist several times.

The imperial doctor said that Bai Yu can also relieve the wound on Ning Yan's wrist, but most of the time Ning Yan would not honestly carry the string of beads, he would habitually take it off and put it in his hand to play with. Occasionally, when I have something in my heart, I will move those small beads one by one.

As a result, on that day, when Ning Yan looked at Guan Hongcai with that kind of calm and almost indifferent eyes, Ning Huaijin suddenly felt inexplicably that he began to look a little like Ning Zongyuan.

When she realized this, Ning Huaijin suddenly panicked for no reason. Although the panic came very briefly and disappeared in a flash, Ning Huaijin still remembered that feeling.

"I didn't say these things to you because I was afraid of what path you would take." Ning Huaijin was still afraid that he would think too much, so she hurriedly explained: "I'm...I'm afraid that I won't be in time, I'm afraid of myself After looking forward and backward for a long time, you don’t want to hear it anymore.”

Strange to say, when Ning Zongyuan found out that Ning Zongyuan had left a will, Ning Yan was almost insane.

But maybe he has re-absorbed strength from Ning Huaijin's confession, knowing that he has broken free from the broad road that the late emperor had drawn for him, so now he heard Ning Huaijin mention Ning Zongyuan, that subtle "life" The feeling of being under his shadow" has faded a lot, and he doesn't mind it that much anymore.

"I know." Ning Yan stretched out his hand and put his arms around Ning Huaijin's waist like a child, then put his head into his shoulder and rubbed it lightly as he did when he was a child, and whispered, "With you here, I will always be with you." Not like him."