Narcissus Self-Saving System

Xi Nanxin said that the things he had prepared a few days ago might have come in handy after all.

He asked the father-in-law to wait for him for a while, then went back to the main hall.

When he came out again, he was holding a painting in one hand and a wooden hairpin in the other.

The painting is a map of plum blossoms.

The remaining snow has not disappeared, the red plums are reflecting the snow, and two or two hanques are perched on the branches. The background is the distant mountains and the lake and water, and the artistic conception is excellent.

The wooden hairpin is also very beautiful, the hairpin itself is made like a branch, with two or three red plums dotted on it, just like a plum blossom in your hand.

What's more amazing is that when the wooden hairpin is placed in front of this painting, the wooden hairpin covers the red plum blossoms in the painting, as if there are real plum blossoms blooming on the paper.

"The weather is getting warmer soon, and the plum blossoms are about to wither. Even if the tree is transplanted, it won't last long."

Xi Nan said so, handed these two things to the father-in-law, and then said: "The plums on the painting, and the plums on this wooden hairpin, are the real ever-blossoming invincible, just like the face of the empress, Your youth will last forever. Your Majesty likes plum blossoms, so instead of giving them a tree, let me give these two things to your Majesty as a token of my affection. You should go and reply like this first, and see if she agrees?"

"You can really talk." Eunuch smiled and glanced at Xi Nan.

"Thank you, father-in-law." Xi Nan made a bow, noticing the tricks that the father-in-law had been sneaking at the mutton soup pot in the courtyard, and said, "Tomorrow, I will personally make a mutton pot and send it to my father-in-law's residence. Thank you, father-in-law, for your help."

"Forget it. I also remember the compliment you said to your empress, and I will pass it on."

The father-in-law turned around and left quite satisfied.

It was getting dark gradually.

Peach Red and Willow Green began to tidy up and clean up.

Xi Nan and Xue Zhuang helped them with some work, and after drinking together for a while, it was time to go to bed.

Xi Nan was about to go back to his room to sleep, when he heard Xue Zhuang ask himself: "The queen has always liked plum blossoms. Did you inquire about them in advance? That's why you prepared the picture of cold plum blossoms and the hairpin for emergencies?"

Xi Nan nodded.

Xue Zhuang was silent for a moment, and said, "To please the queen?"

Xi Nan nodded again.

Xue Zhuang said: "But she has the blood of the Wang family flowing on her body. No more than Taohong and Liulu, she can't be instigated. Why do you care so much?"

Xi Nan yawned, and said with a bit of drunkenness: "It doesn't matter. It's not a waste to give these things to a beauty. Besides, I think she is quite pitiful."

Xue Zhuang narrowed his eyes: "How?"

Xi Nan: "When she married His Majesty, I looked at her from a distance, and she didn't have a smile on her face. I thought it was very unwilling. Besides...she did marry a Ji...a Duanxiu. Your Majesty will bend to the end all her life, and she will be widowed all her life, it is really pitiful."

"You even have to worry about this kind of private matter?" Xue Zhuang's tone was a little heavy.

"I'm not worried. I'm just sighing." Xi Nan yawned, "I don't know what she's singing tonight, and whether I passed those things."

"You're a little drunk. I'll help you into the room to sleep." Xue Zhuang said, but actually stepped forward to help Xi Nan until he lay on the bed.

Xi Nan was indeed a little drunk.Hot wine is easier to get drunk.He is greedy, and he did drink a little too much tonight.

He lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep.

In a vague way, he seemed to hear Xue Zhuang asking himself in a low voice: "Are you so kind to everyone? Among these kindnesses, how much is flattery and how much is sincerity?"

Xi Nan moved his mouth, but he didn't have the strength to answer, and soon fell into a deep sleep, not even knowing when Xue Zhuang left.

What Xi Nan didn't expect was that the gift he gave was intended to please the queen, but it turned out to be too much and a disaster came.

the next day.It was still in the evening when Queen Wang Yanran came.

It was just after dinner time, Xi Nan drank wine with Xue Zhuang as usual, talked about the mountains when he had nothing to do, and told some stories they had never heard of.

Wang Yanran came suddenly.She appeared at the gate of the palace, dressed in plain white with a little red dotted on it, like red plums reflecting snow.Her face was whiter than snow, and when she looked at the people in Lanya Palace, she obviously frowned.

After all, she has an arrogant and aloof personality, and she has been doted on by thousands of people since she was a child. She has a strong aura, and when she stands there, she doesn't dare to show her pink and willow green aura.

Wang Yanran didn't even look at those two people. "Go out. I have something to say to General Xue alone."

After Wang Yanran finished speaking, Tao Hong Liu Lu retreated and closed the palace gate.

The real Xue Zhuang wore a human skin mask with scars on it, and just stood guard near the palace gate behind Wang Yanran.

There was a scar on Xue Zhuang's face, and he was tall and tall, with a hint of domineering, but his face was hidden in the shadows, making it difficult for people to see clearly.

Wang Yanran turned her head to look at him, her brows furrowed even tighter.

Xi Nan stepped forward and smiled flatteringly: "I met the queen. This is my confidant. He went to the battlefield with me in the past. If you have something to say, it doesn't matter."

In the eyes of Tao Hong Liu Lu and the rest of the palace, Wang Yanran must have received a cold reception from His Majesty, felt dissatisfied, and came here to find fault.

But Xi Nan judged that this was not Wang Yanran's purpose after inquiring during this period of time.

He guessed that Wang Yanran had something to say to him, so he said so.

After Wang Yanran heard this, she didn't have to let Xue Zhuang back down, she just turned around and took a deep look at Xi Nan, and said, "I didn't expect that you are Xue Zhuang. I have been looking for you for so many years, but it turns out... Far away in the sky, close in front of my eyes. I visited my aunt from the Qianjin Palace and heard that Xue Zhuang was there. But I didn’t know you were Xue Zhuang, so I missed it.”

Xi Nan:? ? ?Where is this song from?

Xi Nan couldn't help looking at Xue Zhuang who was standing behind Wang Yanran.

But Xue Zhuang was also a little dazed, and then he shook his head, obviously he didn't know what Wang Yanran was talking about.

Wang Yanran stared at Xi Nan, and said: "I understand what you meant by sending those two things yesterday. On top of the white snow, a branch of plum blossoms bloomed, implying a poem - 'Lovesickness overnight plum blossoms'."

Xi Nan: "..."

——Niang Niang, you are overthinking it!

"When I saw those two things, I had doubts. So today I thought, I have to come to see you anyway. It really is you. You look exactly the same as before, and you haven't changed at all."

"You said that when the plum blossoms bloom again, I can meet you. In the huge palace, only your plum blossoms bloom the best, so I asked my subordinates to ask for it. Unexpectedly, I really met you."

Xi Nan: "..."

After saying this, Wang Yanran took a step closer to Xi Nan. "It's because you like plum blossoms that I like them. You said that plum blossoms are proud and don't bow down to the wind and snow. I always remember."

Xi Nan frowned: "Queen, is there a misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstanding?" Wang Yanran wanted to understand something, and smiled wryly, "I know, you must blame me for not waiting for you. But please know that the emperor is cowardly and embarrassing. If my father didn't force me to die, I wouldn't want to marry at all. into the palace."

Xi Nan: "..."

"Or, do you think that you have become the emperor..." Wang Yanran frowned, "You feel inferior, you feel that your pride is broken, so you don't want to see me again?"

Xi Nan: "..."

Wang Yanran said again: "Don't think like this. I know, you must be doing this because you want to give yourself a chance to survive... After all, you can only see me if you survive. It's all for me, and you Being bullied by Zhu Guanyu, suffering all this..."

When Wang Yanran said this, she already clenched her fists. "I know you must not be reconciled. He is a strong man, how can he be treated by that bastard Zhu Guanyu... I don't agree with the actions of his father and the Queen Mother's aunt. I think they put personal hatred above the safety of the country. But Zhu Guanyu actually did it." Such an insult to you. I can stand on your side and turn against him together. As long as you say a word."

I go.This amount of information is a bit large.

Xi Nan doesn't know what happened between Wang Yanran and Xue Zhuang, but now is not the time to clarify this.

Xi Nanji quickly caught the point of her topic, which was that she originally disagreed with her father and the Queen Mother's actions.

Back then, there was a reason why the late emperor promoted Xue Wu to make the Black Feather Army led by the Xue family bigger.

He was afraid that the Wang family's army would be too powerful and would shake the country, so he wanted the Xue family and the Wang family to fight against each other.

It's just that I didn't expect that before the Xue family could really compete with the Wang family, the late emperor had gone.

Now, in order to get rid of the serious trouble of the Xue family, the Queen Mother and Wang Yu quickly attacked the Xue family and his son, but ignored the safety of the Liaocheng border and even the country.

Wang Yanran disagreed with their approach.

But Xue Zhuang didn't know how he had flirted with someone before, causing her to fall in love so much, not to mention against her own principles, but dare to say such things in front of her own face.

Xi Nan thought for a moment, then hurriedly said: "You must never say that again. Although I am doing something like this, although it is detrimental to the dignity of a man, it is also for the country of Xia. Others don't know that I have lost all my martial arts. In this way, as long as I am still alive , it also has a deterrent effect on the barbarians, so that they dare not easily attack Liaocheng."

Wang Yanran heard this, and after a long time, she smiled wryly and said, "I think highly of myself. It turns out that you are willing to do this not for a chance to meet me, but for Xia Guo."

After laughing wryly, Wang Yanran was very relieved. "But this is the you in my memory. There are many people in the world who say they like plum blossoms, and most of them are arty vulgar people. Only you have really learned that kind of character."

Xi Nan: "..."

——I can't answer that.

Wang Yanran looked at him a few more times, and said: "Things are different, people are different, you and I are in such a situation... I can understand your situation. Forget it, we will have a long time to come."

After Wang Yanran said this, she left.

Xi Nan remained stunned.

Xi Nan was puzzled for a while, then subconsciously looked at Xue Zhuang, but saw Xue Zhuang's face was heavy for no reason.

Xi Nan walked towards Xue Zhuang. "How did you recruit her? Make her fall in love so deeply?"

Xue Zhuang looked serious. "I'm seventeen now. I left the imperial capital to fight in Liaocheng when I was thirteen. How could I recruit her?"

Xi Nan thought it was the same.

Just now Wang Yanran said a word: "You look exactly the same as back then, you haven't changed at all."

From this point of view, it is indeed impossible for that person to be Xue Zhuang.

Xue Zhuang was only 13 years old at that time, still a child.

Xi Nanzheng was puzzled, but saw Xue Zhuang looking at him deeply. "You said that you are eight years older than me. From the perspective of time, that person is neither me, but you."

Xi Nan: "..."

When Xi Nan heard this, he was even more confused.

But seeing Xue Zhuang's bitter mouth with a self-deprecating smile, he looked at himself and asked, "So, you really lied to me from the beginning to the end?"

Xi Nan didn't react yet. "What?"

Xue Zhuang clenched his fist. "It's all fake. You didn't die for me. Everything you did was to enter the palace, to find the emperor. A chance to meet her?"