The shadow of the country

As soon as Yi Lan finished giving her orders, someone came over with tools like an axe.But before they could do anything, suddenly a boy about fifteen or six years old jumped down from the tree, but he couldn't stand still and fell to the ground.He was wearing a moon-white dress, his skin was fairer than snow, and his childish eyes had not faded, "Who are you? What if I am willing to watch people from the tree? You can control it?"

Yi Lan never liked such arrogant people, so she frowned slightly: "Who are you?"

The boy stood up from the ground and patted the dust off his body: "Why should I tell you?"

Yi Lan didn't want to continue talking nonsense with this person, and was about to be sent away, but was stopped by Mu Yan's suggestive look.Mu Yan saw that the young man was not malicious, but just a stubborn and willful child.So he walked up to him, and said gently: "Who are you? There are guards in front of the Lord Hou's mansion, so you can't get in. You're hiding on this tree but you want to go in and see?"

Seeing that Mu Yan spoke to him so gently, the young man's tone softened a lot: "My name is Ye Tong, and I'm facing left... Sigh, I don't want to see the Hou Ye's mansion, but I want to see who is that Zhong Ning Hou?" What's it like?"

Mu Yan was a little stunned, "Marquis Zhongning? What do you think he is doing? Don't you know that he doesn't live in the Marquis' mansion?"

"I know, this Marquis of Zhongning seems to be canonized as a Marquis because he saved the life of the late emperor. But listen to me...I've heard people say that he seems to have no royal ancestral system, relying on being the favorite of the pilgrimage Just tamper with the palace rules and act recklessly. However, I don't think he may be that person... what others said."

After Yi Lan heard this, her brows furrowed even tighter.He took Mu Yan out of the palace today because he wanted to relax and forget about it for a while, but he didn't expect someone to mention it outside the palace.

Mu Yan seemed to have sensed Yi Lan's displeasure, so he turned his head and gave him a look to signal that he should not be overly concerned, and should not mind.Then he said to Ye Tong: "Perhaps the Marquis of Zhongning didn't think so much himself? He is indeed self-willed and reckless. He always likes to be with the emperor, which makes the courtiers displeased. But, do you know that he originally When this marquis was not conferred, was he still the personal attendant of the current emperor when he was the prince? At that time, the two of them could be together every day, and the relationship was deep. But since the conferment of Zhongning Marquis, every day... Maybe, he himself I don't really want to be this Marquis."

After hearing this, Ye Tong was very puzzled: "Eh? You guys, how do you know so much about the Marquis of Zhongning? Ordinary people don't know about these things. Are you officials of the imperial court?"

Mu Yan rubbed his forehead lightly, and said with a wry smile, "Oh, I was really drunk, and I made a slip of the tongue after drinking. I...what am I talking about?"

Yilan came over and gently held Mu Yan's arm: "Forget it, don't think about it so much. Let's go back."

Mu Yan glanced at Ye Tong, then followed Yi Lan towards the carriage.Ye Tong froze on the spot, waited for them to walk a few steps before reacting, and hurried to catch up: "Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute!"

Yi Lan really didn't like this man, so she turned her head and said coldly: "Why don't you leave? Next time you are caught by the guards of the Hou Ye Mansion as an assassin, it won't be so easy to let you go."

Ye Tong lowered her head and said shyly, "I, I have nowhere to go..."

Mu Yan thought of his willful temper just now, and looked at his expensive moon white brocade clothes, no matter how he looked like a pampered young master, he was surprised: "Why do you have nowhere to go? Your parents Woolen cloth?"

Ye Tong's eyes flickered, he seemed to be hesitant, but he still said: "My mother...is no longer here. My father...he only cares about other people's affairs, and those things that he thinks are the most important. He didn't ask about any matters, and left everything to my mother to take care of. That year, my mother was overworked and sick, and she was already dying, and my father didn't know anything... I know, after I left, no matter whether it was death or death He doesn't care about life. I think, since my mother is gone, I don't have anything to miss about that family anymore. I won't go back this time, and as for my father, I will never forgive him..."

Mu Yan listened, looked at Yi Lan after being silent for a while, and whispered: "Otherwise, let's take him back, shall we?"

"But you're not sure who he is..."

"But he really has nowhere to go. The palace is so big, and he is not alone..." Mu Yan continued to plead.

Yi Lan thought for a moment, then nodded: "Since you insist on helping him, I will do as you please."

Mu Yan smiled at him, then walked to Ye Tong's side, "Come with us."

A trace of surprise flashed across Ye Tong's eyes, and then hurriedly knelt down and said, "Thank you, my lord, I'm really sorry for the offense just now. As long as you stay with me, I can learn to do any job..."

Mu Yan hurriedly helped him up, "There's no need to do this, it's all easy. Huang...my house...is very big, there is not one more person, so you don't need to do anything."

Ye Tong raised her face, gave him a grateful glance, then stood up and followed them into the carriage.

In the carriage, Yi Lan and Mu Yan and Ye Tong sat on one side.Mu Yan saw Ye Tong's restraint, so he pointed to Yi Lan and said, "Don't be afraid, I understand. He was a bit aggressive just now, but he is usually very gentle and nice to others."

Ye Tong raised her head, and then quickly lowered her head, "I know, otherwise he wouldn't let me go with you. However, this road is going to the palace, you...you can't really be courtiers, right? "

Mu Yan hesitated, "Me? It should be counted... But he is not."

Ye Tong still looked a little timid, and wanted to ask more clearly, but in the end he hesitated to speak.

After arriving at the palace, Yi Lan went to Weiyang Palace to change clothes first.Mu Yan took Ye Tong into Lanling Palace.Seeing Mu Yan walk in, the palace people standing on both sides of the palace greeted him one after another: "See Lord Hou."

Mu Yan is used to telling them to stand up and avoid courtesy.Looking back at Ye Tong again, she found that Ye Tong was looking at him in surprise.They called him "Hou Ye", but who else could there be Hou Ye who lived in the palace except that Zhongning Hou?

Mu Yan personally poured him a cup of tea and handed it over, "Am I that scary?"

Ye Tong shook her head lightly, and said timidly: "No... no. It's just that you are the Marquis of Zhongning. I didn't know just now, so I said that about you..."

Mu Yan smiled at him and signaled him not to be nervous, "Those who don't know are not guilty. It's not your fault, maybe you just listened to what others said, not your original intention. The more times you are scolded, the more you get used to it. Besides, Didn't you just say maybe I'm not what others said?"

Before Ye Tong could answer, Yi Lan had already changed into her dragon robe and entered the Lan Ling Palace.When a group of people in the hall saw the emperor Shengjia, they all knelt down and said: "The emperor is safe."

Only Ye Tong stood there in a daze, unable to utter a word in astonishment.Yi Lan didn't mind at all, she just waved her hand to make everyone else back off.Ye Tong also guessed the identity of this person outside the palace.Even the honorable Marquis Zhong Ning treated him so respectfully and spoke good words for him, so he must be a dignitary after all.But the Hou Ye said that this person was not a courtier, but he didn't expect that he would be the emperor above ten thousand people!The identity of the Marquis of Zhongning just now surprised him to the extreme, but this emperor made him even more astonished and terrified.

Yi Lan looked at Ye Tong, then at Mu Yan, and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Mu Yan said helplessly: "You were so fierce just now, and now you came here wearing a dragon robe. Naturally, you scared him."

Ye Tong came to her senses at this moment, and hurriedly imitated the group of palace people just now, lowered her eyebrows and knelt down to pay her respects: "The emperor... Your Majesty Wanan. I have offended you a lot outside the palace just now. Please... please forgive me. "

"Sin? Where is your crime? You don't know our identities, it's not your fault. But, I want to know, who are you? What's the purpose of going with us?"

Ye Tong raised her head abruptly, her eyes flashed with horror, "Is the emperor suspecting that I have other intentions?"

Mu Yan winked again at this time, and then whispered: "We met him purely by chance, and he didn't know who we were before. Didn't he also talk about his parents just now? Did you follow because you had nowhere to go?"

Yi Lan thought for a while, walked to Ye Tong, stretched out her hand to support his arm to make him stand up, "Don't worry too much, I'm just asking casually."

Ye Tong stood up with some panic, and stood aside.Mu Yan looked at Yi Lan again, and said in a low voice, "Go quickly, he's too embarrassed to say that, but he's still very restrained when you're here."

Yi Lan nodded lightly before walking out of Lan Ling Hall.At this moment, Mu Yan smiled slightly at Ye Tong: "It's okay, the emperor has already left. You can just live here from now on, and if you need anything, just tell the palace people here."

At the same time, Yilan is sitting in the shoulder chair and rushing to Weiyang Palace.Seeing Eunuch An who was following him hesitantly, he said: "You and I have been in the relationship of master and servant for many years, if you have anything you want to say, just speak up, don't worry about it like this."

"Yes. The old slave just doesn't understand. Why does the emperor rest assured that the man who just brought in from outside the palace stays with the Marquis? Aren't you afraid that he will be harmful to the Marquis? Your Majesty, you have seen the battles in the palace since you were young, open and secret fights." There are quite a lot of frame-ups. Pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic to get close to others, and then get rid of them secretly. You can see through such tricks. Then... why don't you be more cautious about that person?"

Yilan closed her eyes, and said in a calm tone: "I have been on guard before. People's hearts are unpredictable. I have to guard against it. Mu Yan is too ignorant of the dangers of the world and the world's affairs, so I have to bring him back. I helped that Ye Tong get up just now. At that time, I realized that this person does not know martial arts, and has no internal strength. Even if he really wanted to win sympathy outside the palace, he would not wear that expensive clothes and wait for me to find out on the tree. If it was really deliberate, No matter how clever a person is, there will always be traces to follow. But this Ye Tong, I didn't find any flaws, and I don't think he was deliberately arranged." Yi Lan paused, and continued: " However, you still have to help me check this person. I still don't feel at ease just putting him by Mu Yan's side like this."

"Yes. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely send someone to investigate this person." Eunuch An bowed.

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