Chapter Eighty-Six: Deliberation
"No matter what the reason, you can't go to see Lian Zhen at this time."
After a moment of consideration, Li Fengming added, "It's not just today. Don't go to him alone until the feast. ”
The reason why the prince suddenly attacked Xiao Mingche this time was because he was afraid of Lian Zhen's initiative to defend him.
In fact, after Lian Zhen faced the saint, anyone in the court who did not lack hearts and eyes would know that Xiao Mingche had a lot of influence in the army.
But it's one thing for others to know, Xiao Mingche himself took the initiative to contact Lian Zhen at this outlet, that's another thing.
Regarding the implication of Li Fengming's words, Xiao Mingche did not say anything, but retracted his steps to go out. "You just said that you have something to ask me."
"I just want to ask you about your time in the palace today. That's it, there's no hurry, let's talk about it in the evening. ”
Li Fengming didn't think of a more secure place to talk for a while, so he blurted out.
Now that I know that the house is "not clean", of course I should be careful when I speak.
I understand the reason, but when I say it, even she feels weird.
Xiao Mingche glared at her, "You mean, hide in the bed tent and say?" ”
Li Fengming choked in embarrassment, and looked ahead, "It's not like we haven't talked in the bed tent, what are we fussing about?" ”
"I didn't make a fuss, just asked." Xiao Mingche twisted his face to the side, and there was a suspicious ochre on his cheeks.
At the same time, Li Fengming and Xiao Mingche bathed and changed their clothes, and then entered the bedroom of the North Courtyard.
In the palace before, the two went in and out together, ate at the same table, and slept together every day, although it was embarrassing at first, but later they gradually got used to it.
Now that I'm in the same account after a month, the long-lost embarrassment is back.
Moreover, this embarrassment at this moment seems to be subtly different from the embarrassment when he was in the palace.
At least, that's the case for Xiao Mingche.
He sat at the small round table and read the scroll. His eyes kept falling on the book, but he didn't think to turn the pages for a while.
Strange to say, I know all the words in the book, but none of them are in my head. He didn't understand what he was looking at for a long time.
And Li Fengming sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at his side face from the air.
"Uncle Jiang has removed all the attendants in the courtyard, I asked Xin Wei to guard the gate of the courtyard, don't worry."
"Didn't you have something to ask me?" Xiao Mingche stared at the book, always feeling that it was a little hot tonight.
"In the afternoon, the prince personally sent you out of the palace," Li Fengming tilted his head, his long hair tilted like a waterfall, "Why?" ”
"Because after I entered the palace, I first ordered someone to go to the East Palace Tongbing."
"And then? What else did you do? ”
"According to what you said yesterday, in addition to proposing that the capital division take a turn, you also ask for credit for Chen Chi."
Li Fengming's judgment of Emperor Qi was roughly accurate.
For a low-level general like Chen Chi, Emperor Qi had the heart to support him, but he didn't want to make it too obvious, for fear of causing a backlash from the family.
So someone has to put the words on his lips, and he can't say them himself.
Emperor Qi's mind was more subtle, and neither the crown prince nor King Heng had been able to fully perceive it before. And Xiao Mingche didn't think about these things at all.
The reason why Li Fengming was able to guess correctly was not that she was smarter than them.
But the state of Qi was more than 100 years later than Wei, and many of the things that are happening in Qi are already recorded in the history books in Wei.
There's nothing fresh under the sun.
"Asking for credit for Chen Chi, it's against your father's heart," Li Fengming snorted and laughed, "But in the afternoon, it was the white jade bridge that the prince personally sent you over, which means that you have other small actions." ”
Xiao Mingche absentmindedly flipped a page of the book.
"At the celebration banquet at the end of the month, Chen Chi couldn't come back. I propose that Lian Zhen attend on behalf of Chen Chi. ”
At the end of the month, a banquet was held in the palace to celebrate the victory of Luoshan, and Emperor Qi had handed over the matter to the prince.
If Lian Zhen was only invited to attend, the prince would have no excuse to contact him alone in advance, otherwise he would fall under the pretext of "befriending the border generals".
Now, at Xiao Mingche's suggestion, Lian Zhen is not just a courtier invited to attend, but a person who wants to receive a reward on behalf of Chen Chi at the celebration banquet.
There is a difference in the sense of this identity, the prince held a celebration banquet with the holy decree, and had contact and communication with Lian Zhen in advance, which is logical and does not fall into the handle.
The struggle between the crown prince and King Heng in the court is currently mainly limited to the civil power in Yongjing, and it is difficult to have the opportunity to contact the border generals in a bright and open manner.
Xiao Mingche quietly gave the opportunity to "take the lead in establishing a personal relationship with Lian Zhen" today, and the prince was different from him.
"The prince thinks that this is a letter of nomination that you gave him," Li Fengming suddenly realized, "but he didn't fully believe in your sincerity." So, he deliberately let you know that there is his eyeliner in the house. ”
If Xiao Mingche made a big inventory in the mansion as soon as he came back, the result would be self-evident.
Xiao Mingche said "um", still looking at the book.
"In that case, I don't have to live in the North Courtyard at all!"
Li Fengming analyzed reasonably, "The prince talked about you and me today, just to pretend to inadvertently let you know that there is his eyeliner in the house." I don't really care if we sleep together. ”
Xiao Mingche didn't answer her words, put down the book, and poured a glass of water to drink.
Seeing that he was silent, Li Fengming frowned suspiciously.
"Isn't that right? Aunt Jiang said that the princes and princesses of other palaces also live separately, so they fix two or three days a month to settle the account in Dunlun. ”
Xiao Mingche put down the cup and glanced at her lightly, "The Fujun King and his wife live together." ”
"Mr. and Mrs. Fukushi? Oh, last time I saw it at the Queen. They look different from the crown prince and King Heng. ”
Li Fengming scratched his head in confusion, straightened his legs and prepared to get out of bed.
"So what? What's our business...... Feed! ”
While speaking, Xiao Mingche blew out the lights and candles very abruptly, and Li Fengming's eyes suddenly became dark.
"Xiao Mingche, what's wrong with you? If you blow out the lamp, you don't say hello. ”
"I'm sleepy."
In the darkness, Xiao Mingche's voice was close to him.
"Okay," Li Fengming retracted his legs, consciously lay down on the inside of the bed, and pulled the quilt over it, "Then sleep." ”
Although she was a little uncomfortable, she was not too pretentious.
Anyway, it's not the first time I've shared a bed with this person, and I'm just sleeping with a quilt, so where to sleep isn't sleeping?
It's a pity that things seem to be a bit off the beaten track compared to before.
Whether it was on the night of the wedding or in the palace earlier, every time Xiao Mingche lay down in front of the quilt, he would ensure that the distance between the two was wide enough.
Tonight, I don't know if it was because he lay in after blowing the lamp, but his judgment of the distance was obviously inaccurate.
It was too close, close enough for Li Fengming to clearly perceive his breath and temperature.
When he came to the North Courtyard tonight, Li Fengming was bent on asking Xiao Mingche about being in the palace during the day, so he forgot to tell Chun Yudai to come over in advance to hang the incense.
In spring, she should nourish her skin, and after she bathed, she applied a thin layer of "Jade Moist Body Balm".
At this moment, the bed tent has fallen, and in addition to the fragrance of the perfume ointment, there is a faint trace of familiar and unfamiliar breath in the tent.
Like the grass that has been trimmed in the morning mixed with the night dew, it is fresh and cold, which makes people feel relaxed and intoxicated, and they can't help but get goosebumps.
In the quiet darkness, this breath is silently entangled with the soft fragrance of "Jade Moist Body Balm", which is inexplicably a little ambiguous.
Li Fengming closed his eyes tightly, his body tensed, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
She muttered uncomfortably, "In the future, I will come to sleep on the first and fifteenth days of the new year." ”
"Just two days a month? The prince will send me the outer room. ”
I don't know what's going on, Xiao Mingche's voice was low and deep, which actually reminded Li Fengming of the glass of wine he drank at the coming-of-age ceremony for no reason.
The name of the wine is called "Red Cloud Syrup", the color is mellow, the entrance is lingering, the taste is intoxicating, and the taste is indescribably mellow and wonderful.
When his cheeks began to get hot, Li Fengming silently turned over, facing inward, "It's not good to raise the outer room." Let the family have no name and no point to hide for a lifetime, and do evil. ”
"Hmm."
"If you meet someone you like, you'd better welcome you into the door with a few courtesies," Li Fengming paused, and then suggested in a low voice, "Be a side concubine first, and when I leave in the future, I will quickly correct someone." ”
According to the Qi system, it is reasonable for the side concubine to be corrected.
The man behind him was silent for a long time, and did not answer. Li Fengming gradually felt sleepy, so he didn't say anything more.
Actually, she's quite tired today.
In the morning, I followed Chun Yudai to learn to brew flower sauce, although I had a lot of fun, but it was all tedious and repetitive hand work, and it was false to say that I was not tired.
I didn't take a nap, and in the afternoon, because I was worried that Xiao Mingche would suffer, I went to the palace gate with my heart in suspense.
After returning home, I had dinner casually, and after showering and changing, I came to talk to him......
When you think about it, she's been like a spinning top all day.
At this time, the body and mind gradually relaxed, and soon fell into a dream.
I don't know how long it took, but my back was cold.
Disturbed by this small movement, Li Fengming forced himself to sober up and turned back blankly.
When his eyes adjusted to the darkness a little, he found that Xiao Mingche had sat up for some reason.
"You're not crying sleepy? What do you do again? She grunted, yawning.
Xiao Mingche was silent for a long time, and his voice was cold, "I haven't done something, I can't sleep." ”
"What's the matter?"
"Beat Lian Zhen." As he spoke, he was about to lift the quilt and get out of bed.
Why do you think about this again? Didn't you tell him about the stakes when you came back in the afternoon?
Recently, he is on the cusp of the storm, and he must not have private contact with Lian Zhen.
Whether it's a fight or a drink, it's the same in the eyes of those who have a heart!
Li Fengming turned over and leaned over, endured the pain of being trapped and tortured, and shouted helplessly, "Xiao Mingche, what kind of madness are you?" ”
"I don't know." I just want to hit someone.
"You lie down immediately, close your eyes, and sleep," Li Fengming yawned again, and his threatening words were lazy and soft, sounding powerless, "If you go crazy again, I'm not kind to you." ”
"You can't beat me, how polite can you be?"
I don't know if it's an illusion, in the dark, Li Fengming listened to Xiao Mingche's voice, and always felt that he was quite arrogant.
Li Fengming is really sleepy at the moment, and he has no patience to reason, and his temper that he hasn't seen for a long time suddenly comes up.
She held her eyes full of sleepy tears and stared at Xiao Mingche's figure vigorously, "Can you move an inch more to the side of the bed?" ”
In the palace before, she had a fight with Xiao Mingche, but of course she didn't take advantage of it at all, and she was made to death by him.
The same mistake, His Royal Highness Li Fengming will never make a second mistake.
Even though she was tired and sleepy at the moment, there was still a new way to keep him out of bed.
Xiao Mingche has no fear, and he also provokes "move it." ”
Just as he moved his body slightly half-truthfully, Li Fengming raised his hand and poked him twice in the waist without hesitation.
Taking advantage of his unstable figure in a daze, Li Fengming pulled him down violently.
Before he could regain his senses, he suddenly lost his balance, and his body instinctively followed the force and lay back in the middle of the quilt.
However, Li Fengming was not finished, and then he was thunderous......
Through the quilt, he leaned sideways against him.
"Unless you throw me out of bed first, you won't want to go anywhere until dawn."
She yawned again and closed her eyes in extreme sleep.
"Warning you, don't move again."
She thought in a daze, if Xiao Mingche really threw her out of bed, then she called Xin Wei to come in and beat him.
The bedroom was quiet for a long time.
After a long time, Li Fengming's breathing had a sweet and steady trend, and Xiao Mingche was like a fugue that had just returned to his place for nine days.
He stared at the black roof of the tent and coughed softly, trying to ......
Frankly, he didn't know what he was trying to do.
Li Fengming, who was half-asleep and half-awake, was shocked again, and said inarticulately, "I told you not to move again." ”
Xiao Mingche struggled to spit out a hoarse whisper, "Li Fengming, you change your sleeping position." ”
Sleeping on your stomach like this, being pressed somewhere, should be uncomfortable.
And he ...... It's also quite uncomfortable.
The night is still long, and if we don't let each other go, something will probably happen.
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