Chapter 43: The Secret
"May I ask what the prime minister commands?" An Xuexin glanced at Lan Hanxian, squatted down, and didn't say much.
The room was silent.
Lan Hanxian stopped talking, he held his breath for a moment, and then said, "Tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon, we will set off for An Nanguo." β
"Good. An Xuexin simply agreed, and her voice was very soft at this time.
Without too much communication, An Xuexin walked out of the side room, I don't know why, her heart has gradually calmed down, because she knows that some things are irreparable once they happen, but at this time, it is unbearable again.
Lan Hanxian stood in his seat, the curtain in the side room was not opened, and after the door was closed, it fell into darkness again, only the candles in the room that flickered with a faint yellow light, gently lit the darkness.
In the evening, the sky became more and more gloomy, and after the glow dissipated, the moonlight was replaced by the light of the moon, which shone brightly and darkly on the earth.
Yichun Garden is still brightly lit, and at night, it seems to be the most lively place in the whole of Xuanwu Kyoto.
In the lobby of Yichun Garden, there are ordinary people, rich children, royal men and even members of the court, and in the dark, it seems that it has become a place for some information exchange.
The bustle of the first floor is the opposite of the second floor.
The floor slabs on the second floor are richly decorated, but the doors of each room look like that.
A male servant, still dressed plainly, walked to the deepest part of the corridor on the second floor, and when he knocked on the door, the door was opened as a "come in" sound sounded in the room.
A woman sat on a chair in the far north of the room, holding a smoking teacup in her hand and staring at the man who was walking in.
Candles were lit all over the room, and the yellow glow of the white candles lit up the room.
"My lord, I just got the news from the Prime Minister's Mansion that the Prime Minister will leave for An Nan at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The man in black lowered his head and spoke from the moment he came in, never looking up at the woman in front of him.
The woman took a sip of tea, and after a long time, she put down the teacup, and her voice sounded: "Who did you get your news from the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"The stables of the Prime Minister's Mansion were ordered by the chief steward, and the chief steward ordered them to prepare five prime minister-grade carriages now, prepare enough items for 1,400 kilometers, prepare them at 1 p.m. tomorrow, and set off at 2 o'clock, Annan is more than 1,200 miles away from Kyoto, so it is to go to Annan country. The man reported.
The woman picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea again, her every small movement would make the man's body a little more vigilant, after all, accompanying this woman was no less than accompanying the side of the Xuanwu Emperor.
"Okay, I see, what happened in the early morning, has it been settled?" The woman crossed Erlang's legs a little uninhibitedly.
The man's head was spinning rapidly at this time, and he immediately said, "My lord, I'm afraid that this matter will involve the Xuanwu Palace, so I didn't dare to investigate it further." β
Hearing this, the woman snorted coldly, and then she said, "What's the matter? Could it be that you are still afraid that the Xuanwu Palace will retaliate against me, Yichun Yuan?"
The man raised his eyes slightly, and cautiously glanced at the woman sitting on the chair, the eyes of the two of them suddenly met at this time, the woman's sharp eyes made the man tremble slightly, he immediately gritted his teeth, and then lowered his head.
The woman's eyes were particularly interesting, and his dress was also very bewitching, she stood up, then gently put down the teacup she was holding in her hand, walked around the table, and stopped when she walked in front of the man.
The man looked at the ground, the woman's shadow and footsteps, constantly approaching him, and after the woman approached, the heat he could feel was constantly changing.
The woman laughed softly, she also leaned down slightly, and then forcibly put a finger on the man's jaw, and with a force, the man had to lift his head.
The man swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "My lord......"
The woman looked at this well-sensed manservant with interest, the previous manservant who had been with her for more than three months was executed yesterday because he served the wrong tea.
"Could it be that you think that I, the Yichun Yuan that stands in the Seven Continents, am still afraid of him as a Xuanwu Emperor?" the woman asked with a smile, the corners of her mouth hooked, and the snow-white skin made her face look a little pale, which was extremely mad.
The man trembled for a moment, and then immediately shook his head: "No! Xuanwu Palace is not as good as Yichun Garden." β
The woman withdrew her hand, she straightened up, and the two of them stood in the middle of the room.
"You remember for me, what I want to know, don't say it's the Xuanwu Emperor, even if it's in the Xuanwu Palace, the current Empress Dowager Xuanwu Yang, don't want to stop it. The woman said loudly, her voice becoming very harsh at this point.
"Yes!" replied the man loudly.
Outside the window on the second floor of Yichun Garden, Jin Nian stood on a tree, he listened to the singing and dancing in Yichun Garden, closed his eyes tightly, the wind blew, and the branches were constantly trembling, and he stood on a small branch.
After the sound on the second floor fell, all that remained was the singing of Yichun Yuan at night, and in an instant, Jin Nian disappeared from the tree, as if he had never appeared, leaving only the rustle of leaves.
In the room on the second floor, the woman suddenly turned her head to look out, the window was papier-mΓ’chΓ©, half-closed, and outside the window, there was only a tree in the garden, and a garden full of flowers that were almost invisible in the moonlight.
The man also looked out of the window, because he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he could clearly feel that someone had just left outside.
The woman laughed simply, and she shook her head helplessly: "I never thought that this Xuanwu Palace could actually hit my Yichun Garden." β
"My lord, what are we going to do now?" the man asked, a little timidly.
The woman did not turn around, but walked towards the window, and then opened the window with one hand, and outside the window, the wind was strong, and at this time, the whole garden was constantly making a "rustling" sound.
With a "bang" sound, the woman slammed the window shut.