Unspeakable and strange

Yan Ning sat slumped for a while, and when she heard footsteps behind her, she waved her hands wearily, "Go down too, I don't want to be served today."

"I have told them to retreat." The voice was deep and clear.

Yan Ning always thought that Qin Hongfeng's voice was very pleasant, like a flute played on a spring night, with the moon shining in the bamboo forest.Especially the low panting when he is in love, often makes him tremble from the tailbone.

They crossed the line a year ago, originally Yan Ning thought it would be earlier, after all, Qin Hongfeng had never concealed his interest in him, on the surface he was courteous, but secretly seduced and flirted, it is really hateful.

He has never known the taste of love and moon, and it is not easy to tear faces with him, only when he is teased hard, he will speak a few harsh words in a hurry.

Two years ago, his father passed away, and the situation in the court changed instantly.

The gongs, drums, mourning and music resounded in the city of Yongzhou, the palace was full of cigarettes all day long, and the dense branches and leaves in midsummer could not cover the scorching sun.

He was busy presiding over funeral ceremonies and succession matters, surrounded by black-clothed officials and servants all day long, exhausted.When all the dust settled, the affairs of the court returned to track, the queen mother listened to the government behind the curtain, and he was placed on the throne to support him, he suddenly realized that Qin Hongfeng had disappeared.

He hurriedly went to the mansion rewarded to Qin Hongfeng outside the palace. Because there were no people there for a long time, there was only one old servant and two handymen to help clean up. The supplies are all there, but these are all added later. The man came alone in the first place, so it is not impossible to leave empty-handed.He was full of worries and realized that if Qin Hongfeng left, he would really have no place to look for him.

Later, I went to Qin Tianjian to look for Nangong Huaijin, Huaijin only said that the fate was not broken, but she was full of worry, and said hesitantly that there was a disaster in Xi's state, or a catastrophe for survival.Does that have anything to do with Qin Hongfeng?Yan Ning asked.Nangong Huaijin's eyes are full of emptiness, I don't know, I can't figure it out, maybe the turning point and the disaster are all on him.So what would happen if he was gone?Huai Jin pointed to the starry sky map on the dome of the Qin Tianjian, and said in a low voice, there is a star that will go out.

After coming out of Qin Tianjian, Yan Ning has been uneasy. He secretly sent a team of soldiers to find Qin Hongfeng's whereabouts, but looking for a person with unknown origin in the vast sea of ​​people is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and he dare not tell the public. They all returned in vain.

The Empress Dowager Yin controlled the overall situation of the court, suppressing the ministers promoted by Yan Ning time and time again, the luckier ones were demoted and demoted to idle jobs, and the unluckier ones were sent to prison for unwarranted crimes.The people who served him in the palace also changed twice, Xiao Shunzi was almost beaten to death on the spot because he broke a glazed lamp, Chun Niang was promoted and demoted, and was transferred from Xuanhua Palace.The palace servants who served him every day all had the same stiff faces of fear and sincerity. Yan Ning could see the empress dowager's ambition and viciousness in those strange faces.

Since then, the palace people have said that the newly enthroned Xi Wang suddenly changed his temperament, from calm and humble to gloomy and irritable, depressed, and beat and scolded the people in the palace when he didn't go well. hit.Seeing that Yan Ning had made no achievements and was weak and incompetent after he ascended the throne, many ministers surrendered to the Queen Mother.Empress Dowager Yin also had doubts at the beginning, she was still very wary of Yan Ning, she had to spies to report back twice a day, but after a long time, she did not have any problems, she returned to the familiar position of superiority, held great power in her hand, and suffered from flattery His senses were blunted, and his vigilance gradually relaxed.

The bedrooms in Xuanhua Hall are large and empty, as if no amount of charcoal fire could keep them warm. There are crows hoarsely crowing and circling on the roof beams all the year round.

Yan Ning never thought that it would be like this after officially taking the position of King Xi.He thought that he could show his ambitions and no one could control him, but he didn't expect that he just changed from a dilapidated cage to a bigger birdcage for ornamental purposes, casting malicious sights from all directions. Every movement is under surveillance, and Bai has a gorgeous emerald feather, which is useless throughout his life.

In order to show favor to the Yin State, a large amount of food, gold, silver and labor were sent out, and the Xi State became a subsidiary state of the Yin State.He could hear the pleadings of the people outside the palace, and saw the plight of starvation everywhere. There was a flood in the south, and the relief food was only half rice bran when it arrived. ... The new little eunuch cried softly under the eaves of the palace, pumped up cold well water and knelt to clean the floor tiles, scars intertwined on his little blue and white hands from the cold.

He sat withered in front of the desk, the scrolls he was flipping through unintentionally were blown around by the cold wind, and a small paper crane was tied to the window sill, spinning in the air in vain by the wind.

When the pomegranates bloomed next May, Qin Hongfeng finally came back.

Yan Ning held a banquet to welcome him and asked him where he went.He smiled without saying a word, just waving his folding fan, prevaricating with what he had seen and heard along the way.

Yan Ning dug out the wine buried under the peach tree a few years ago, opened the red mud to seal the altar, and the house was filled with the aroma of wine.

When the wine was hot, Yan Ning waved away the servants in the palace, and then whispered about the changes in the palace this year.

"Your Majesty is suffering." Qin Hongfeng sighed.

Yan Ning walked over to the jug and poured him a full glass, "Ai Qing has not heard from you this year, how long do you plan to stay when you come back this time?"

Qin Hongfeng didn't expect him to ask so directly, he thought for a while and said, "I will leave when you don't need me anymore."

"What about last time?" Yan Ning smiled, "Why did you leave?"

Qin Hongfeng avoided talking about it, "I have traveled all over the territory of Xi State this year. Xi State is much bigger and more beautiful than I expected. You have been in the palace since you were a child. Although you own this place , but I have never fully seen the territory under my control. I wanted to stay a little longer and draw some pictures to give to you, but I met someone you sent to find me on the way. I think you must be in trouble , and hurried back.”

"Yeah," Yan Ning also sighed, "It's really not good, I encountered some troubles, a peach tree died in the backyard."

Qin Hongfeng leaned back, smelled a strong fragrance in the dormitory, raised his eyes and asked him, "What kind of incense did you light?"

"Does it smell good?" Yan Ning smiled, her round eyes were like clear opals, "I found it from outside the palace, I think you will like it."

Saying so, Yan Ning took a sip of the wine from the jug, put it in his mouth, then lowered his head and kissed her.

The wine dripped down where the lips touched.

There is a rich peach blossom aroma between the lips and teeth.

The aphrodisiac incense found outside the palace was lit in the censer.

Qin Hongfeng hooked his waist and hugged him, and pressed him against the desk, his long hair fell backwards, Yan Ning raised his neck, feeling the hot breath falling on the side of his neck.

"What did your Highness learn while I was away?"

The dripping wine left sticky marks on the skin.

Yan Ning narrowed her eyes slightly, and said softly, "Do you want to try, sir?" Then he raised his hand and hooked Qin Hongfeng's neck.

A deep laugh sounded in his ears, and his raised wrist was kissed.

As his eyes fluttered, he saw a touch of white jade tied around the man's waist, like clouds lingering in the mountains.He stretched out his hand quietly, and inserted three cool jade stones into his palm. With the impact, his thin white fingers curled up and stretched unbearably, entangled with dark silk threads as if to survive, and formed a deadlock. There are circles of red marks, like red plums blooming in the snow.

He firmly grasped the hanging silk sash, thinking it was a chance of survival.

Layers upon layers of gauze curtains hang down, and the red candles have accumulated thick candle tears.

"Are you begging me to stay?" After Yun Yu first rested, the man asked next to his ear.

Yan Ning was lying on her side in a bit of fatigue, her eyelids were so red and swollen that she couldn't open her eyes, and her consciousness was in a daze. She seemed to listen and didn't seem to listen, so she only asked vaguely, "Do you want to?"

"Okay."