Chapter Seventy-Six: Selfish Premeditation
It's just that from Nian Yingxi's point of view, Xuan Yining's step doesn't seem to be very good, because she didn't see anything except jealousy and resentment in Xuan Yuchen's eyes.
"I don't need your guesswork." Xuan Yining said, letting go of the big hand that was clenching her arm, retreating and leaning back on the back of the chair again.
Nian Yingxi rubbed her sore wrist, and was sure to catch a trace of embarrassment on the face of a certain emperor, this embarrassment that she didn't want to admit made her heart soften, and her voice was much calmer, "Xuan Yining, although I don't know if you are a good emperor now, you are a good brother." "A high-ranking emperor can do this regardless of his identity and arrogance, and she thinks that this heart alone is not something that others can have.
Xuan Yining stopped talking, closed his eyes and leaned back in the chair and was silent, Nian Ying was happy to see that the redness and swelling on his arm had receded a lot, put down the white yarn wrapped in ice cubes in his hand, and just got up to move his sore muscles and bones, but saw Gonggong Gui walk in.
Seeing Nian Yingxi, Gonggong Gui respectfully bent down and saluted, "Queen Qianfu." ”
Nian Yingxi sighed and waved her hand, "Where did you come from to canonize the queen yet?" My father-in-law is really good at talking. ”
"Canonization is a matter of time and time, how can the queen be so modest." Gonggong Gui saw tonight's events in his eyes, and he had already decided that Xuan Yining was different from Nian Yingxi, and his impression of Nian Yingxi was also good, with less of everyone's delicate pretentiousness and more rare truth.
Nian Yingxi smiled and stopped talking.
Seeing that Nian Yingxi no longer spoke, Gonggong Gui turned over and walked to Xuan Yining's side, and whispered, "Your Majesty, the carriage back to the palace is ready, I wonder if the emperor wants to drive back to the palace?" ”
Xuan Yining, who heard the voice, opened his eyes, his eyes had already returned to their previous depth and calmness, got up and walked to Nian Yingxi's side, and glanced at it lightly, "Let's go together." After speaking, he first wiped her body and stepped out of the threshold.
"Queen Mother, please ——!" Gonggong Gui came later, standing behind Nian Yingxi and respectfully bent down and stretched out his hand.
!! Nian Ying clenched her fists angrily, eager to slap him on the back, what do you mean by 'Let's go together?' It's not like tossing her out to send him off!
This arrogant man! The thick-skinned one is really called a can!
Sinan Palace, Shulan Temple.
"Go down, all of you." Xuan Yuchen, who had just been carried into the house by Shulan, waved his hand at the maids guarding the door.
"Yes." The maids curtsied, waited for Xuan Yuchen and Yu Shulan to enter the house, closed the door and walked out of Shulan Courtyard one after another.
Where did Yu Shulan, who entered the house, dare to let Xuan Yuchen support her? After seeing that the door was closed, he hurriedly left Xuan Yuchen's arms and knelt on the ground, "Lord, the concubine knows that she is wrong......
Xuan Yuchen smiled, "What's wrong with Lan'er?" His eyes were gloomy and he looked at Yu Shulan who was kneeling on the ground, with his hands behind his back.
"Concubine, concubine didn't mean to splash that sweet soup on the second lady of the Nian family, but her feet slipped." Yu Shulan said, her eyes flashed with tears, and she pitifully grabbed the hem of Xuan Yuchen's robe, "The concubine doesn't want to be like this......"
The gloom on Xuan Yuchen's face deepened, but he leaned over and stared at Yu Shulan and smiled wickedly when he saw his pitiful face, "Is it really just accidentally slippery?" Reaching out to pinch her chin, the breath from his thin lips was as cold as frost, "Lan'er, do you think you are smart enough, or are you blind when this king is born?" This little trick dares to be played under the nose of this king, but fortunately, the royal brother doesn't care, otherwise do you know that you are the capital crime of the Nine Clans? ”
The pain of her jaw being pinched was unbearable, Yu Shulan was shivering from the cold in Xuan Yuchen's words, her eyes widened and she couldn't spit out a word, she naturally didn't expect Xuan Yining to help Nian Yingxi block the sweet soup, let alone expect that Nian Yingxi's face under the white veil was so delicate and impeccable.
"Lan'er." Xuan Yuchen used his hand hard to hold up Yu Shulan on the ground, but there was no extra caressing, just her thin body was mercilessly still on the soft couch beside her, looking at her painful frowning, he saw through her thoughts and said sharply, "Did Nian Yingxi's not ugly face disappoint you?" ”
Yu Shulan tightened her body, she couldn't care about the pain in her body, and quickly shook her head to deny, "What is the prince talking about, how can Lan'er have such a thought?" "Her own mind must not let Xuan Yuchen know, she can't let Xuan Yuchen feel that she is a jealous woman, she can't let Xuan Yuchen dislike her, the reason why she has endured it to this day is to not lose her title of princess.
Xuan Yuchen smiled lowly, knelt on the soft couch with one leg, reached out and touched Yu Shulan's face, his words were ambiguous but his eyes were fierce, "Lan'er, what are you afraid of?" This king just blames you for not being on the occasion, and he doesn't blame you for dealing with Nian Yingxi, but ......" The deeper the smile on his face, the sharper the light in his eyes, "If this king says that today's Nian Yingxi is not something you can deal with, can you believe it?" ”
Not daring to look him in the eyes, Yu Shulan lowered her head and shrank and whispered, "Lan'er doesn't understand the words of the prince." She really didn't understand Xuan Yuchen's words, in her opinion, Nian Yingxi is still the second lady of the Nian family, the person is still that person, and the name is still that name, why can't she deal with it? Is it just because Nian Yingxi is about to become a queen?
"Don't understand?" Xuan Yuchen straightened up leisurely, put away his anger, and replaced it with his usual carelessness, "Lan'er, if you want to deal with Nian Yingxi, you can let it go, just remember, don't drag this king into the water, otherwise you know better than anyone what will happen if you drag this king into the water." ”
Yu Shulan had already been frightened by Xuan Yuchen at this moment and lost her instinctive thinking, and she was bent on freeing herself from this conversation, she nodded hurriedly, and replied obediently, "What the prince said today, Lan'er will keep in mind." ”
Probably Yu Shulan's answer satisfied Xuan Yuchen, but Xuan Yuchen didn't continue the topic anymore, thinking about Xuan Yining's return to the palace, he couldn't help but walk towards the door.
Yu Shulan saw that Xuan Yuchen was finally leaving, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, when she heard Xuan Yuchen, who walked to the door, say again, "Let Bihe go to the king's courtyard in a while." ”
Yu Shulan's heart that had just fallen rose again, thinking that Bihe should have been sent to the Soft Butterfly Courtyard by Mama Qi at this moment, and couldn't help but respond with a smile, "This morning, Bihe's hometown came with a letter, saying that Bihe's old mother was seriously ill, and Bihe was also the concubine's dowry maid, and the concubine saw that this girl was crying like a tearful person, so she gave her a little silver tael as soon as her heart softened, and asked her to go home for a while to take care of her mother." ”
Xuan Yuchen was skeptical of Shulan's words, but thinking that he still had something, he didn't continue to question it, and looked at Yu Shulan with sideways eyebrows, his eagle eyes flashed with an unknown light, "In that case, I will let Lan'er come to the king's courtyard in person tonight." ”
Thinking of those painful experiences in Xuan Yuchen's courtyard, Yu Shulan suddenly felt like Layue had eaten a bite of ice, cold from the inside to the outside, but even if she didn't want to, she still smiled respectfully, "Being able to serve the prince is what a concubine should do, and it is also a blessing for a concubine." ”
How could Xuan Yuchen not see her fear? But the more scared she was, the more interested he became, thinking of Yu Shulan's shelf bones that he hadn't touched for a long time, Xuan Yuchen couldn't help but stick out his tongue and hook his lips and laugh, "Lan'er is still so able to speak, this king is looking forward to tonight." With that, he laughed and walked out of Shulan Courtyard.
Walking on the quiet path under the night, Xuan Yuchen thought about everything that happened today, no matter how he thought about it, he felt that Xuan Yining was singing and harmonizing with Nian Yingxi to stimulate himself, but he was very curious about when Nian Yingxi and Xuan Yining hooked up, and why he didn't notice it at all.
But......
Thinking that Nian Yingxi took off his plain face under the veil today, he inevitably wanted to take it for himself, but he also knew very well that the current Nian Yingxi should not be so easy to manipulate, although he didn't know what happened to make Nian Yingxi itself have such a big change, but he felt that as long as the current one was still Nian Yingxi, then no matter how he looked at it, there was a chance, after all, Nian Yingxi liked him for so many years, how could he say that he could forget it?
He was determined that Nian Yingxi still had affection for him, so he deliberately asked Yu Shulan to calculate Nian Yingxi just now, just so that he could catch the cicada and the yellow finch behind the praying mantis and let Nian Yingxi resurrect himself.
Of course, while he wants Yu Shulan to act as a bad guy and act as a good person to win Nian Ying's affection, he also hopes that he can win Nian Yingxi's body before she enters the palace, so that maybe his imperial brother will demote Nian Yingxi back under his anger, and then he will be able to tie Nian Yingxi to his side forever, just like tying Yu Shulan now.
After calculating everything in his heart, Xuan Yuchen's mood that had been heavy couldn't help but be much better, and seeing that he was about to reach the gate of the mansion after turning a corner, he had to quickly put on a smiling face, waiting for Xuan Yining to be sent away quietly for a while.
Nian Yingxi, who had just sent Xuan Yining away, returned the same way, not wanting to see Xuan Yuchen who came over in a hurry, Nian Yingxi, who was secretly happy in her heart, showed a smile, it really didn't take any effort to come, she just thought that she might not have time to 'get close' to Xuan Yuchen tonight, but Xuan Yuchen sent it to the door by himself in the blink of an eye.
Xuan Yuchen didn't expect to meet Nian Yingxi here, and while stopping, he couldn't help but pretend to be annoyed, "I think the second miss of the next year has just finished sending off the imperial brother, right?" Xiao Wang was really in a hurry, but he didn't catch up with the royal brother to go out. ”
Ya, pretend, you pretend! Nian Yingxi felt disdainful disdain in her heart, but her face was more polite than Xuan Yuchen's smile, "Prince Sinan also feels sorry for the princess, the emperor just said that the prince is worried that the princess is excusable, since the emperor is so compassionate, why should the prince blame himself?" ”
Listening to the tactful and clear words in Nian Yingxi's mouth, Xuan Yuchen couldn't help but be surprised even if he was mentally prepared, it seems that the current Nian Yingxi is really no longer the fool who can only cry with snot.