"Paper can't contain fire, and this matter, in the end, no matter what, can't be hidden......"

Xie Jingyu's words have been hovering in Yan Wenhao's mind, making him always control and think about it no matter what he does, and he thinks about it all the time.

Leaning back on the soft couch, Yan Wenhao raised a hand, his five fingers were spread, he looked at the lines of his palm in a daze, pursed his lips, and spontaneously froze.

His mind went back to four months ago.

At that time, the healer finally gathered the medicine and was about to detoxify him.

The process of detoxification was painful and long, and he soaked in a medicinal bath every day, endured the pain of pins and needles, and at that time, his heart was filled with hatred, and he did not think about anything else.

After the poison was cured, he knew that if he wanted to return to the government and the opposition in the name of justice, he must need a reason, and this reason, he thought of marrying a wife at that time.

and to marry a man's wife.

Now, when he needs to be obscure, he is most afraid to show his edge, if his future princess is a man, other forces will naturally lower their vigilance against him...... After all, the future crown princess, or even the queen, can't be a man.

decided to marry a male wife, and Yan Wenhao began to look for a candidate.

Over the years, every time he took a step forward, Yan Wenhao had been carefully considered, and he had been planning for the future, so he was cautious about his choice as the princess.

Yan Wenhao knew that if he wanted to return to the court, he would have to have chips to compete with Yan Wenyuan and Yan Wenzhi for the position of the East Palace, and he would inevitably need a force.

Although there is the Yun family behind him, due to the successive deaths of Yunjing and Empress Zhuang, Yunchen has basically stopped asking about the world over the years, and has not even appeared in the court, and has been idle at home all day long.

Although Yun Chen still holds the position of a general, he has long been in name only, Emperor Yan is the most jealous of high merit, Yun Chen's military achievements are impressive, and the soldiers all over the world are happy and convinced of him, so after the death of Empress Zhuang, he took back the military power in Yun Chen's hands one by one-

Today's Yun family is only an empty shell.

wanted to marry a man as his wife, and needed to use the power of the DPRK and China, Yan Wenhao considered merging the two into one, so he thought of Mu Ziling.

Mu Ziling's father, Mu Jiyan, is one of the few ministers in the current court who still continues to remain neutral, not to mention that he also has a disciple Xing Zhen who has always been close to him.

Xingzhen is a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, and an official residence, so if Mu Jiyan is willing to help him, Xingzhen will naturally lean towards him.

After deciding on the candidate, Yan Wenhao went to Xue Wuxian and bluntly stated his plan, and frankly said that he needed his help - he needed a reason to persuade Emperor Yan to agree to marry Mu Ziling, and this reason could only be effective if Xue Wuxian said it.

Xue Wuxian is the national teacher of the Great Yan Dynasty, and he also has a double identity, that is, the junior brother of Empress Zhuang, but no one knows this identity.

Yan Wenhao still remembers that Xue Wuxian listened to his words and looked at him, which was a gaze that he couldn't express in words, but it revealed far-reaching meaning.

Thinking about it now, it may be that Xue Wuxian had expected that he would be attracted to Mu Ziling at that time, and then he would have feelings for Mu Ziling, so he would look at him with such eyes.

Walking out of his thoughts, Yan Wenhao sat up again, he just wanted to say something to Xie Jingyu, but saw that the position where Xie Jingyu was originally sitting was empty at this time.

Turning his head to look at Fuquan, Yan Wenhao asked lightly, "What about Jing Yu?" ”

Fuquan replied in a low voice: "Lord Xie saw that Your Highness was pondering, saying that he didn't want to disturb you, so he got up and left before a cup of tea. ”

Hearing this, Yan Wenhao couldn't help frowning, he didn't even notice it? If it was in the past, he couldn't have felt the slightest sense of Xie Jingyu's departure...... He has always been very vigilant.

felt a little irritable in his heart, especially Xie Jingyu's words just now had been lingering in his ears, which made Yan Wenhao very uncomfortable, he felt that he should find a time to take care of his relationship with Mu Ziling, and ...... Think about what the future holds.

It is undeniable that he is reluctant to Mu Ziling.

It's just reluctant, but he doesn't know what to do, if he tells Mu Ziling frankly, will Mu Ziling be relieved and forgive him?

The answer is probably no.

With a sigh, Yan Wenhao felt remorse for the decision he had made for the first time.

Standing up, he walked slowly out of the hall and went straight to the center of the courtyard, his gaze from far to near, and finally stopped on the lotus pond.

At this time, it is the beginning of June, in the lotus pond, one by one the buds are blooming, standing in the middle of the water, if you stand closer, the tip of the nose can still smell the faint fragrance of lotus flowers floating in the air.

At this moment, there was suddenly a sound of the piano coming from the lotus pond, Yan Wenhao raised his eyes, and at a glance saw Mu Ziling, who was sitting in the pavilion with his back to him not far away.

"Your Highness," Fuquan stepped forward and asked playfully, "Do you want to go over?" ”

After looking at Mu Ziling's back for a while, Yan Wenhao shook his head lightly: "It's good for me to stand here, so I won't go over to disturb my humble interest." When he spoke, his eyebrows were smiling, and there was tenderness in his eyes that could not be concealed.

Fu Quan quietly looked at Yan Wenhao, and after seeing the expression on Yan Wenhao's face, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and after a while, he sighed faintly, and then waited quietly aside.

And at this time, inside the gazebo.

Mu Ziling didn't notice Yan Wenhao, who was staring at him intently in the courtyard, he lowered his head and stared at the lyre in front of him with a focused expression, his slender fingers plucking the strings one by one.

A song of mountains and flowing water was naturally played by Mu Ziling, and the sound of the piano flowing from his fingertips was sometimes tactful and distant, and sometimes suddenly expansive...... The beauty of artistic conception makes people yearn for it.

After playing the song, Duoduo, who had always stood aside and waited quietly, couldn't help but exclaim: "Princess, you played so well." ”

Raising his head, Mu Ziling smiled at him, and the confidence and arrogance naturally revealed between his eyebrows added a touch of style to him.

Gently wiping the lyre placed on the stone table, Mu Ziling remembered that he hadn't seen Yan Wenhao today, so he asked out loud, "Where is Your Highness now?" ”

Duoduo thought about it, and was about to open his mouth to answer, but Yu Guang swept to the courtyard not far away, and found Yan Wenhao standing there, so he turned back and said: "Your Highness is standing in the courtyard, I think it was there before." ”

When Mu Ziling heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then he turned to the side slightly, turned his head and looked behind him, and sure enough, he saw Yan Wenhao standing not far away in a purple dress, and at this moment, he was looking at himself gently.

“……”

Hurriedly stood up from his position, Mu Ziling patted the folds that were pressed out of the hem of his clothes, and then hurriedly walked out of the pavilion and quickly came to Yan Wenhao.

He asked, "Your Highness, why don't you go over and sit down?" ”

Yan Wenhao looked at him with a smile, and his tone was gentle: "I'm afraid that as soon as I pass, I will lose my interest in playing if I am modest." Humble and superb, I still want to listen to a few more tunes you play. ”

Being praised like this, and with a pair of gentle eyes, Rao is Mu Ziling is confident and satisfied with his piano skills, and he can't help but blush at this time, feeling very embarrassed.

With a little smile in his eyes, Yan Wenhao, as usual, naturally held Mu Ziling's hand and led him to the pavilion on the lotus pond, as if Mu Ziling's avoidance of him for more than ten days had never happened.

As he walked, he said softly: "Just now I listened to Qianhe's song of mountains and rivers, and my heart was excited, and suddenly I was interested, I don't know at the moment, Qianhe would like to play a song with me?" ”

Hearing his words, Mu Ziling's eyes flashed with joy, he turned his head and asked aloud, "Your Highness knows how to play the qin?" ”

Shaking his head a few times, Yan Wenhao smiled lightly and replied, "I don't know how to play the piano, but I know Xiao." "Concubine Xian loves Xiao, and he once went to study for this purpose, as a birthday gift for her.

Taking Mu Ziling to sit down together, Yan Wenhao turned his head and instructed Fuquan to go to the palace to fetch the cave flute, and then asked several palace maids to send tea and pastries.

During the time when he was waiting for Fuquan to fetch the hole flute for him, Yan Wenhao didn't mention Mu Ziling's recent deliberate avoidance of him, but used a laughing tone to talk to Mu Ziling about some interesting things about the palace.

Mu Ziling has been immersed in books since he was a child, where have he ever heard this, when he blinked a pair of bright eyes, he looked at him with an expectant expression.

Seeing that the young man's eyes were all his own appearance, Yan Wenhao couldn't help but hook his lips, with a gentle smile on his face, he pursed his lips and attached his hand to his chest, and could no longer hide the throbbing in his heart that was deeper and deeper every time.

“……”

Seeing that Yan Wenhao suddenly came out of his mind, Mu Ziling blinked, subconsciously raised his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and then called softly: "Your Highness? ”

Grabbing the white and slender hand that was dangling in front of his eyes, he pinched it gently, and saw Mu Ziling's ears that turned red instantly, Yan Wenhao hooked his lips and smiled.

It's just that after he laughed, he remembered Xie Jingyu's words just now, and the joy that jumped between his eyebrows gradually faded.

After being silent for a while, Yan Wenhao finally made a decision, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes: "Humility, after lunch tomorrow, can you go to the study with me?" ”

Perhaps, what Xie Jingyu said is right.

Only by confessing the truth of the matter can he have a chance to be forgiven and forgiven.

Even if, after confessing, the relationship between them may never be restored to the way it is now, he still wants to take the risk and try-

Otherwise, one day in the future, once the matter is exposed, Mu Ziling will definitely not forgive him, and the qiē he planned at that time is also very likely to come to naught.

It was he who thought about it at the time, it was he who did it wrong!

He had thought that he could calculate everything and that everything would be under his control.

However, he forgot that the human heart is the most unpredictable, and he did not calculate that he would move his true heart.

Yan Wenhao didn't know when he was moved, but when Xie Jingyu noticed it and pointed out that he had feelings for Mu Ziling, after the initial shock and disbelief, he suddenly found that he couldn't control it anymore, and he couldn't take back this throbbing.