Chapter 2: Victory or Defeat
Wan Niang is missing.
By the time Dye was confirmed, it was already three days later. Originally, Wan Niang should have been able to rush back on the same day, but she didn't see it until dawn, so she sent Yao out of the palace to look for it several times, but it was unsuccessful, and some of the eyeliner originally placed in the mansions on the most floor also replied that she didn't know the whereabouts of Wan Niang, and she couldn't sit still, she was not afraid of the matter being exposed, but she was afraid that Wan Niang would be caught by the border guards, and she would be directly convicted and killed.
"Yao, hurry up and inquire, has there been any spies caught at the border recently?" She has always been calm, but now she doesn't know what to do.
"Girl, you have to hold on, Wan Niang will be fine." Yao was also flustered, but he still held his mind and persuaded him to dye it.
"Madam, the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard asks to see you." The internal officials came in to report this, and someone asked to see them.
"Deputy Commander? Let him in. Dye guessed that at this time, a person who had never had anything to do with Liuyunxuan asked to see, most of which was related to Wan Niang's affairs.
Sure enough, when someone entered the main hall, he asked Dye Ping to retire from the inner official Gong'e, and then took out a bracelet, which was Wan Niang's personal belongings.
"So, you came up on behalf of the king to ask Mrs. Ben? Or, on your own behalf, threaten me? Seeing this, Dye was relieved.
"No, my subordinates are here to invite Mrs. Yan on behalf of Prime Minister Yan." The person who comes is neither humble nor arrogant.
It turned out to be him, he was really careless, how could his power in this palace be so easily lost?!
"Okay, then there will be arrangements for Deputy Commander Lao." Dye knew he had no choice.
"Tonight, Yan Xiang is in the Tingxiang Palace, waiting for his wife." After saying that, the person who came saluted and withdrew.
Dye knew that the guards who were watching her outside had been removed, but she still had doubts about seeing the man so rashly, so she called Yao and went to find out what Cocoon had been doing in the past few days.
"Early the day before yesterday, the king took a few new beauties to the palace and went to the suburban courtyard, saying that he would return to the palace in two days." When Yao came back to tell Dye the news, she was a little resentful, and the recklessness of the night cocoon and the scars that turned the day made her wonder if Cocoon was sincere about dyeing.
"Well, it's best not to be in the palace, and it saves us the trouble to hide it, I'll go alone tonight, and you stay, in case someone comes to break it." Dye's mind is no longer on the love of children at all, and he just wants to rescue Huanniang as soon as possible.
As soon as he arrived, Dye changed into Gong'e's clothes, wrapped in a cloak, held a lantern, and went to Tingxiang Hall alone. As soon as I entered the courtyard of Tingxiang Palace, I saw a familiar figure standing with his back to him under the pavilion in the courtyard.
"I'm already here, just tell me if you have anything." Dye suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and originally thought about how to knock on the side for a long time, but it turned out to be so straightforward.
"You really deceived me," the man didn't look back, his tone was full of helplessness, "It turns out that I am just a stepping stone for you, and I have been planning for so many years, and I have been used by you in the end." ”
"If it weren't for your insistence on sending me into the palace at the beginning, there wouldn't be so much later, this is not our original plan, you can only blame yourself, the obsession is too heavy and blinded. Now that you have come to this point, there is no need to cover it up, how can you let go of Huanniang? "It's rare to show your strong side, especially against this domineering man.
"Why on earth do you want to collaborate with the enemy?" At this time, Yan suddenly turned his head and glared at Dye.
"Collaboration with the enemy? We just don't want this war to end so quickly, besides, if it weren't for our help, how could General Yi have been able to inflict heavy damage on the main force of Ning Guo so quickly?! "Dye doesn't care.
"You mean, you want the two countries to win and lose each other, prolong the war, what good will this do you?" Yan thought it was incredible.
"We don't need any benefits, we just don't want any country to be dominant, the momentum of Yongcheng has been too strong in recent years, after a big war, Baocheng and Ningguo need to recuperate, and other countries have a chance to grow, don't they?" Dye picked out some key explanations.
"So, you are not from Qiangcheng, nor are you from Ningguo, so who are you?" Yan became more and more puzzled.
"We are mountain people! Okay, what you need to know, I've already told you, how is Wan Niang now? "Dye feels that the mission of his clan is really not easy for outsiders to understand, so don't talk too much, the more you talk about it, the more chaotic it becomes.
Although Yan couldn't figure it out, he believed that Dye was telling the truth, and didn't continue to dwell on it, "She's fine, I just locked her up in my house and asked about something." ”
"I asked about something, I think it was torture to extract a confession, but she is not as good as me to ask questions." Dye understood that the more anxious she was, the more relaxed she was on the surface.
"Don't worry, it's tortured, but it's not serious, and it will be recovered in a few days, but if you want me to release her, you still have to do something for me." After Yan finished speaking, he turned around and sat down, and did not continue.
"I don't know what Yan Xiang needs the concubine to do, the concubine will definitely go to the soup and go to the fire, and I will not give up." Dye rolled his eyes widely, but his mouth was as good as flowing.
Yan nodded, her obedient appearance has always been very appreciated by herself: "First, this kind of thing can't happen a second time, even if you believe you, you must not risk the defeat and humiliation of the city; Second, your body will be almost nourished, and it's time to get pregnant again. After saying that, his eyes also became aggressive.
"What? This is impossible, not to mention that this harem is no longer something you can come and go at will, even if it is, I will not be at your mercy anymore. Dye instantly became excited, trembling all over, and tears burst out of his eyes, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, I don't want it!" "The pain of losing a child last time was overwhelming.
Although Yan knew that Dye would not be easy to comply, but she was so excited, it still surprised him, he had to take her into his arms, pat her back with a gentleness rarely seen in his life, dye it in his arms, and gradually calmed down, just silently shedding tears. His arms were full of dyed fragrance, and Yan was also a little dizzy, if he kept hugging her like this, then even if it was colder if he didn't fight, it should be good. Ran, who had stopped crying, also felt the difference in Yan, and raised her head slightly in his arms, trying to see his expression clearly, but met the eyes that he was looking at her affectionately. This kind of affection, no aggression, no possession, no calculation, only tenderness as deep as the sea, she never thought that this kind of look would appear on this person.
The moonlight hung obliquely on the two of them, and the slightest breeze blew the emanation of the two, and it was a little entangled together. Dye felt that he must have been bewitched, otherwise how could he think that he was so good-looking at the moment, so that he could see her take the initiative to stand on tiptoe and kiss his lips, this is the first time he took the initiative to kiss others, it is inevitable that he will be green, he will soon be anti-customer-oriented, but not as domineering as before, but hold her in the palm of his hand as carefully, the strength of his hand is just right to support her who is gradually weakening, this kiss, over and over again, entangled, until the rhythm of the palace official who played the watch knocked on the son.
Dye, who was awakened, suddenly remembered the faces of his father and brother, pushed Yan away, took a big step back, was stunned for a moment, turned his head and was about to run away, Yan did not stop him, but some injured people stood in place, waiting for Dye to run out a few steps, and then opened his mouth to stop Dye: "Wait!" Hearing him call himself, Dye stopped, but did not look back, Yan did not come over, the two were a few steps apart, but it seemed that an abyss had been separated.
"If you don't want to, I won't force you, as long as you don't want to, I won't bother you in the future." After that, Yan's eyes were red, staring at the back of the dye, looking forward to it, looking forward to it.......
"Xie Yan is complete." In the middle of the night, Dye's cold voice sounded, and after speaking, Dye turned his back to Yan and bowed slightly, as calm as if nothing had happened just now, but the messy steps of fleeing in a hurry betrayed her.
Seeing that the dyed shadow disappeared into the darkness, Yan Cai retracted his gaze, looked down at the hair left behind in the palm of his hand, groaned slightly, and then waved his hand, throwing those few troubled threads into the wind, and in a blink of an eye, he hung his usual sharp eyes, his lips were also pursed into a stiff line, he straightened his waist, turned back into the Yan Xiang he was familiar with, and left Tingxiang Hall in great strides.
Ran back to Liuyunxuan's dyeing, but also looked like nothing happened, and simply said to Yao, Wan Niang should be fine, wait a few more days, just wait for Yao to leave, when she was the only one left in the dormitory, she suddenly sat on the ground, as if she had exhausted all her strength this night.
Cocoon, who was far away in the courtyard on the outskirts of the city, did not fall asleep at the moment, he was pulling King Jiong and Jing to drink with him.
"Why are you so frustrated when we have victory in sight?" King Jiong was very puzzled by the cocoon's constant drinking and drunkenness at the moment.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's because of the bewitching lady." Jing was holding a wine glass, but he was still standing beside him.
"It's for that woman again, why are you going back and forth, it's all such a woman's business, the king of a country, and now he has real power in his hands, what kind of woman doesn't have it, why hang it on a tree. King Jiong was deeply unimpressed.
"The king has always been in love with Mrs. Enchanting, but it seems that Mrs. has never been too clear, too clear." Although Jing is not worth the cocoon, his identity is limited, and he also thinks twice when he speaks.
"She's already your person, and she has also contributed a lot in our fight with that person, how do you look at it, how can this be regarded as a deep affection for you, why is it not clear?" Jiong has never had any delicate thoughts about women.
"She's also here for revenge, what does it have to do with me, she's just using me as an ally to use each other!" Speaking of grief and indignation, Cocoon slammed the wine glass in his hand into the beam.
Seeing him like this, Jiong and Jing stopped talking, just quietly accompanied him and let him vent, and it didn't take long for the originally magnificent side hall to be in a mess.
The cocoon, which was already drunk to the ground and collapsed, no longer had the strength to destroy it, before falling asleep, his mouth was still reading: "Dye, I am the real king, Dye, why are you still not mine?" ”
Jiong and Jing worked together to carry the cocoon onto the bed, and then the two sat on the edge of the bed and shook their heads at each other, "You say, if I get rid of that daughter, can he be less painful?" Jiong seemed to be joking, but Jing saw the murderous aura in his eyes. If the woman had died, the king might have gone with her. Jing was not exaggerating, Jiong had no choice but to sigh and turn away.
Jing extinguished all the lights in the hall, helped the sleeping calloused take off his boots and robe, covered him with a silk quilt, moved him to a comfortable position, and then found a stool, sat aside, and kept him quietly until dawn.