comeback [rebirth]

There were not many lights in Changyou's mansion, except for the two wall lamps in front of the back door, and the stone lamps hidden among the rocks beside the path, there was only a large area of ​​sparkling light in the courtyard.

The drowsiness brought about by drunkenness is like the fireflies hovering before, sometimes going away, but quickly returning.

Cen Yuan was in a daze. He didn't know how he returned to the mansion, how he walked to the bathroom to get drunk, and how he returned to the bed. He only knew that when Yan Xuan came back from the bath, he In order not to let myself fall asleep, I almost opened my eyes to tears.

The lamp at the door of the bedroom is emitting a faint light, which is able to shine into the room. The candle in the middle of the bedroom dances from time to time, and together with the long white smoke from the top of the incense burner, it draws mottled shapes on the invisible scroll in the air.

Yan Xuan asked, "Why don't you sleep?"

However, Cen Yuan didn't answer, he stared at the other party closely, and when Yan Xuan lifted the quilt and lay down on the bed, he grabbed him and leaned forward to kiss the slightly raised corner of his lips.

"..." Yan Xuan's movements stagnated for a moment, but soon he returned to normal, and smiled muffled.

"It seems that His Highness must never be allowed to drink outside alone in the future," he said.

As soon as he hugged the master, Cen Yuan was defeated by Sleepy almost immediately, his eyes finally closed overwhelmed, and he muttered softly: "You're going to ban me from drinking again..."

"Why don't you let His Highness talk nonsense outside alone?" Yan Xuan paused, "Do you want to do anything wrong again?"

From the angle where Yan Xuan could only look down, Cen Yuan frowned slightly, and argued, "It's not because of drunkenness."

His voice was still hoarse, and when he spoke like this, his tone became more intriguing - it was as if the smoke floating towards the bed suddenly had a substance, brushing against the skin, making it itchy.

Yan Xuan hugged him tighter.

"Furthermore..." Cen Yuan murmured another sentence immediately after, but his lips could no longer be seen from the outside, and his voice was also reduced to the lowest level, to the point where he couldn't hear clearly unless he brought it close to his ear.

Yan Xuan listened closely, and only heard two sentences:

"It's only for you..."

"So you must not leave..."

Yan Xuan didn't hear the sound again, looked down, and saw the person's head tilted on the soft pillow, breathing long.

"Cen Yuan?" He tried to call his name softly, but the other party was unmoved, as if he had fallen asleep.

Yan Xuan stared quietly for a long time before she retracted her gaze and put the quilt back on.

The candlelight gradually faded, as if it had been a long time, Yan Xuan said again: "Cen Yuan."

The latter is still asleep.

"I won't leave." Yan Xuan's voice was very soft, after a pause, he added: "I'm actually very happy and very fortunate."

I'm glad I made this decision in the first place.

·

When he woke up the next day, Cen Yuan's first feeling was that his head was about to explode.

It seems that the three cups and three steps can only be regarded as initial results after taking three steps. After this night, the stamina really starts to pick up.

It's not that Cen Yuan has never been drunk before, but compared to this time, he was nothing compared to this time. He rubbed his head and sat up from the bed with difficulty, thinking that he really underestimated this wine whose name he had never heard of before, and then shook it. Shaking his head with a self-deprecating smile, he glanced outside the house.

The sun was shining brightly outside now, as if it had already reached noon.

This drunk was really drunk for a long time.

Cen Yuan hugged the quilt in a daze for a while, trying his best to push back the drunkenness in his consciousness, but his mind couldn't help recalling yesterday's walk on the forest path.

What has he been up to...

All the images flashed through his mind one by one in an instant, including the rascal he played unscrupulously at Yan Xuan by being drunk, the candid meeting that almost self-defeating later, the kiss Yan Xuan printed on his lips, and the He whispered frankly in his ear that he liked it.

All the details are displayed so clearly that it is almost immersive, as if it is still night, the stars in the night sky linger for a long time, the bamboo lamps wrap a warm halo around each other, and the fireflies dance quietly around.

Just thinking about it, you can feel the strong meaning.

Cen Yuan buried his face completely under the quilt, and only now did he recall that on the way the two of them were finally willing to walk back last night, he finally failed to overcome the drunkenness and sleepiness, almost to the point where he was alone At the point where she couldn't walk, she could only rely on Yan Xuan to carry her on her back to avoid the danger of lying down in the bamboo forest and falling asleep.

However, as soon as he got on the back of the person, he seemed to wake up again, kissing and gnawing on Yan Xuan's neck and ears, and if he didn't know it, he might think it was bitten by a dog.

... Cen Yuan felt that his face could be completely abandoned.

But at this moment, there seemed to be some subtle sounds outside the house, like the crisp sound of bowls and spoons colliding.Cen Yuan raised his head excitedly, his ears twitched, and the next moment he got out of bed like lightning, picked up the boots beside the bed, and ran towards the bathroom.

The door was pushed open with a "squeak", and before Yan Xuan stepped into the room, he saw only a bare foot and a corner of clothing disappearing behind the screen: "..."

He put the bowl in his hand on the table, sat by the table and waited for a while, and then he saw that His Highness came out from behind the screen after tidying himself up to look like a human being. Wrinkle: "What is this?"

Yan Xuan glanced at his feet, saw that he had put on his boots properly, and then replied, "Drunkenness soup."

These three words made Cen Yuan immediately think of the cup of kudzu flower tea he had when he first entered Chu State, and the strange taste was already pervading from the base of his tongue.He pushed the bowl away a bit: "Don't drink, I'm very sober now."

Yan Xuan glanced at the faint rosiness that still remained on his cheeks, then ignored his words, and pushed the soup bowl towards him again.

"It's not bitter this time." Yan Xuan said, "I cooked it myself."

Cen Yuan wanted to push the bowl away, but his fingers had already touched the bowl. Hearing this, he paused again, and looked suspiciously at the other party: "...Really?"

Yan Xuan didn't say a word, only a slight smile spread from the end of his eyes, indicating that he would know after drinking.

Cen Yuan dubiously leaned over to the bowl and smelled it, and felt that the smell was indeed not so weird, so he leaned against the edge of the bowl and took a sip.

At best, it was only a few drops of soup, and Cen Yuan's eyes lit up immediately, thinking that this tasted more like a dessert after a meal than a hangover soup.

He took another big sip and asked casually, "When did you learn this?"

"Just now, I just added more rock sugar than the chef taught me." Yan Xuan looked at the soup in the bowl and then looked back at him, with a trace of indescribable embarrassment in his eyes, and asked, "How?"

Cen Yuan didn't answer directly, instead he downed half a bowl of hangover soup in one gulp, his mouth was full, he had no room to speak, so he could only point a thumb at the other party.

Yan Xuan didn't change his face, but closed his eyes slightly, picked up the spoon and stirred it twice, and said, "Drink slowly."

Cen Yuan still didn't answer, but quietly shifted his gaze to the almost imperceptible crimson color on the tip of the opponent's ear.

I don't know which window in the bedroom was not closed tightly, a gust of autumn wind leaked in through the gap, and the white smoke rising from the incense burner suddenly changed direction in the air, engulfing the scenery around the table.

Cen Yuan held the soup bowl in both hands, and after finally swallowing the soup in his mouth, he tasted the rest in small mouthfuls, his eyes crossed the side of the bowl and quietly touched Yan Xuan's face.

He didn't put down the bowl until the soup in the bowl bottomed out, and hooked his fingers at the other party.

"What's the matter?" Although Yan Xuan asked, she still obediently approached him.

"Yan Xuan." Cen Yuan called out with a smile, then lowered his voice and said in front of the other party: "What you said last night, let's do it again."

Yan Xuan: "..."

Cen Yuan snickered silently, while licking away the remaining soup stains on his lips, the sweet but not greasy taste spread in his mouth again.

Seeing that Yan Xuan didn't speak, he said again: "I've added so much rock sugar, why don't you give me four words?"

Yan Xuan lowered his eyelashes and looked at him, his eyes suddenly stayed on those two lips for a moment, and after a while he laughed and said: "Keep an inch."

"...Who said it was these four words!" Cen Yuan pretended to be sullen, and pinched the other party's red ear pinna as soon as he raised his hand, "Don't play dumb with me, you know what I said-uh! "

Before he could finish speaking, Yan Xuan placed his backhand on the back of his head, and pressed a sweet and long kiss on his lips.

·

After a few autumn rains, Jiangnan seems to have crossed the autumn season ahead of time. Sooner or later, it has shown the coldness of winter. Only when there is sunshine in the daytime, the coolness can be replaced by warmth.

It was noon at this moment, the sun was shining on the body, and the warmth was the most intense, and there seemed to be a smell of late autumn in the air.

As soon as Cen Yuan walked out of the bedroom, he saw the butler coming with a stove, so he called out, "Uncle Liu, why did you take out the stove?"

"Your Highness." Uncle Liu bowed politely, "It's already the beginning of winter, and the next day will only get colder and colder. It's better to prepare early."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yan Xuan also come out of the room with an empty bowl in his hand, and hurriedly said, "My lord, let the servants clean up this bowl."

Before Yan Xuan had time to speak, he heard Cen Yuan rushing to the side and said: "It's okay, let him go."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose as if trying to hide it, the corners of his lips were still slightly red, and he muttered in a low voice: "I'll let you play tricks..."

Yan Xuan pretended not to hear about it, nodded to Uncle Liu and walked towards the kitchen with the bowl.

After the person walked a few steps away, Cen Yuan made a face at the back, and then looked away.Seeing that Uncle Liu was still waiting by the side with a heater, he hastily stepped aside: "Uncle Liu, you are busy with your work."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Your Highness, you can do whatever you want. Originally, the old slave just wanted to put it outside the house." Liu Bo moved the stove into the house and chatted, "Your Highness has lived in the north for a long time, and the weather in the south of the Yangtze River I don’t understand, maybe I’m not used to the winter here, don’t look at it’s so hot right now, but at night, the coldness is almost drilled into the bones of the person.”

"That's true." Anyway, Cen Yuan had nothing urgent, so he simply leaned against the door frame and chatted with the other party, "If this is in Chang'an, the stove must have been taken out a few days ago, and winter is not so common in Jiangnan. a feeling of."

Liu Bodao: "Actually, these two nights have become cooler than before. The real winter in the south of the Yangtze River will only happen overnight. At that time, His Highness may think that a heater is not enough."

Hearing the words, Cen Yuan said "Oh" as if nothing had happened, thinking that he was not afraid that it would not be enough, after all, before going to bed every night, he was tightly held into his arms by someone, and then wrapped tightly in a quilt, his whole body was covered with the other person's bath The heat brought out at the end, no matter what happens, there will be no chance of catching cold.

"Cough." He looked away, cleared his throat, and then turned around and said, "By the way, Uncle Liu, since this heater has been taken out, it's fine. Don't move other things into the bedroom. Take your own." Just use it. We won’t stay too long, and we’re going to leave in a few days.”

Uncle Liu was taken aback when he adjusted the stove, and asked regretfully, "Your Highness, don't you want to stay for a few more days?"

From Uncle Liu's point of view, if Prince Chu hadn't personally ordered him to say that this is the Second Highness from the capital, he would have to be skeptical.

——After all, the Cen Yuan he saw behaved like a prince without any pretensions of being a prince at all.

There are not too many people in Changyou's mansion, usually when Cen Yuan eats, seeing that there are too many people on the dishes, he simply invites the servants to eat at the same table.Occasionally someone is timid and shy, afraid to agree, and afraid to leave, he will not force it, just say that no one needs to serve him.

In addition, not to mention that during the previous Double Ninth Festival, he went to the kitchen with another Lord Yan to make Double Ninth Cakes and other things in person.

So now that Cen Yuan said to leave, Uncle Liu felt it was a pity from the bottom of his heart, thinking that apart from his own prince, it would be very difficult to meet such a comfortable master.

On the other side, Cen Yuan quickly replied: "We originally planned to wander around the country of Chu. This Danlin County is almost covered, so we should go to other places."

Of course, this is just a superficial statement.

In fact, Yan Xuan went to the school grounds a few times after the first one, but did not find out any problems.The soldiers who departed from Chu State in early September and the soldiers who finally arrived in Chang'an can also correspond one by one, and there is no discrepancy with the list that Yan Xuan saw before.

In the county seat, they also privately investigated the behavior of the prefect Zhao Yu, the captain Li Ping, and the king of Chu. Except that Zhao Yu had been to Chang'an once in May, there was nothing special about it.The three of them have always been honest, the country of Chu is peaceful and healthy——in the past month or so, even the beggars who snatch people's money bags on the street have been subdued one by one.

At first glance, it looks like prosperity and peace.

But they knew that Qingjiang County might be the next focus.

But Uncle Liu naturally didn't know what they were thinking, he just felt a little bit reluctant, he said: "So that's the case, then this old slave will first wish you two adults a smooth journey."

"Uncle Liu, why are you so polite." Cen Yuan joked, "That's it, we're not leaving today."

"This old slave doesn't know how to speak, so I hope His Highness is no wonder." Uncle Liu sneered, "But since that's the case, you two might as well go to our Danlin Wanwu Festival tonight."

"Wanwu Festival?"