Envy

He needed to get up early, so he set off from Zhao Lincheng to attack the palace one month earlier, arrived at the palace two or three days earlier, and stayed for a few days.

Yan Zhaohan found him the night before the sacrificial ceremony.They met in the daytime, and they were a little strange to each other.

Meng Tou thought that the relationship between them was just as smooth as water, but he didn't expect that Yan Zhaohan would come to him.

It was late autumn, he heard a knock on the door, opened the door and saw Yan Zhaohan wearing a silver cloak.The cloak was originally his, and his name was embroidered with gold thread on the inside of the cuffs.

This is Mu Su's imperial uniform. Although the brocade patterns on each set of clothing are different, they are all silver-white, and the hidden places of each piece of clothing are embroidered with the names of each disciple with gold thread.

When they were still together, Meng Tou put it on him casually once, and never asked for it back.

When Yan Zhaohan called him, he always had a bit of tenderness: "Third brother."

It is a lie that he said that there is no disturbance in his heart.But he rejected Yan Zhaohan.God knows how seductive this person was that night, pressing against him, soft lips brushed his eyebrows, nose bridge, lips, and nibbled his Adam's apple, his body was as soft as his eyes, so soft that water could be squeezed out.

Meng Tou grabbed his hand and said, "In a few months, I will get married."

Yan Zhaohan said he didn't mind, his eyes were already pleading.

"Young Master, I'm getting married soon." Meng Tou repeated his words again.Meng Tou spoke very softly.He looked at Yan Zhaohan and said, "I think, I have to respect my wife."

Meng Tou said, "Sorry."

Meng Tou is still Meng Tou, able to restrain his temperament and be as gentle as jade, but he is no longer his third brother.When Yan Zhaohan left, he suddenly thought clearly.People's hearts have been stuck for too long.It is not old, it will be renewed in the coming year.

The day Yan Zhaohan took over as Junyi's sacrifice, the weather was fine.Meng Tou accompanied him up the thousand stone steps, and he walked the next thousand steps alone.He sprinkled wine on the top of the mountain, recited the sacrificial speech, and offered sacrifices to the heaven and the earth. When he turned around, he was far away from Meng Tou who was looking up at him.

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As soon as they entered the palace, they saw two ten-year-old girls playing around.One of them jumped into Yan Zhaohan's arms, shouting happily: "Young Master, Young Master, Young Master, Young Master, Young Master!" The other one ran in, and disappeared in a flash.

Yan Zhaohan talked to the child, and then led her inside.He said to Meng Tou: "This is a child of the Xi clan. I rescued it from some human traffickers. There are more in the palace."

He didn't hear Meng Tou's response for a long time, so he called "Third Brother" suspiciously.

"I just remembered something from the past, and my mind was distracted, sorry." Meng Tou still remembered some of his words, "Is this a child of the Yi clan?"

"Ah."

Meng Tou looked down, and the little girl was indeed beautiful.

Along the way, he saw many beautiful boys and girls in the palace, frolicking in the garden.

Most of the Mi people are born beautiful.After this family was discovered by the world, they were brutally plundered.What is outrageous is that there are people from the Mi tribe who are being trafficked in the black market.High-ranking officials and dignitaries, famous families all have the habit of receiving and giving gifts to each other, and they are proud of it.The Xi people are almost treated as objects or slaves. They have no freedom and are not treated as equals.

"My aunt is from the Yi tribe." Yan Zhaohan said, "I want to do my best."

Meng Tou said: "It must be very hard to feed so many people."

"They are all well-behaved and won't cause me any trouble." Yan Zhaohan said, "Every school will send some tributes to Xiqiu Palace every year, and those belongings are enough for the entire palace to survive for more than half a year. Some adults, come out from Xiqiu Palace The Mi people will come back to help these children."

"Do they have sir?"

Yan Zhaohan did not expect that Meng Tou was most concerned about this issue.He said: "Sir, I didn't dare to come here, so it was Lingzhi who taught me before... She is the only daughter of my master Li Hua Zhenjun, you should have heard of her."

Just as he was talking, the little girl I saw earlier pulled a pretty girl with a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows and walked over.

The little girl pointed at a distance: "Sister Lingzhi, Shaojun is right there."

The girl stood at a distance of two steps from him, and first made a blessing to Meng Tou: "Young Master Meng."

Then she looked at Yan Zhaohan, and said with red eyes, "Young Jun lost the news as soon as he left, and finally came back today... Shaojun's eyes..."

Meng Tou said: "The cultivation base is exhausted, and the eyes can't see."

Yan Zhaohan said, "Let's go in and talk about it."

On their way to the main hall, they passed the ruined courtyard where they had once been, and which had been meticulously tended to.

On the path covered with weeds, Meng Tou, who had been carrying him many years ago, walked for a while, and scared away the resting fireflies.His arms wrapped around his neck tightly, and in the end there was no time to say anything except for "Third Brother".

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When eating in the evening, Lingzhi set up the dishes for them.Meng Tuozhen felt that Zhenjun Li Hua's daughter was completely different from her father.Her gestures are elegant and decent, and she will give a thousand blessings when she sees him.She sat beside Yan Zhaohan, whispering to him something about the marriage.Yan Zhaohan listened quietly, sometimes asking a few questions.

Lingzhi said: "Young Master, when you left, Su Chuo brought someone back. He asked about your whereabouts, but everyone in the palace said they didn't know, and he couldn't ask, so he left."

When Meng Tou heard Su Chuo's name, he was also attracted.

Yan Zhaohan didn't seem to take this matter to heart, he just said indifferently: "I see."

He feels sleepy after eating.Meng Tou pinched his nose and said that he raised a glutinous pig, while letting him snuggle up, and followed the servant to his bedroom to sleep.

His bedroom cannot be said to be a bedroom, but a whole bedroom.There are some simple yet atmospheric table furnishings.The hall is spacious and empty, and you can hear echoes when you walk in it.

It was Meng Tou's first time here, and he felt that Yan Zhaohan's preference was for this cool arrangement.There is a big round bed in the center of the hall, with veils hanging down.On the west side of the sleeping hall, there is a unique cabinet with a bath inside.

Meng Tou slept with the sleepy Yan Zhaohan, and woke up in the middle of the night.He rolled over.

Yan Zhaohan tugged at his sleeve, and asked softly, "Third brother, are you asleep?"

Meng Tou was a little surprised that Yan Zhaohan was awake.

Meng Tou took him into his arms: "No, I can't sleep anymore."

Yan Zhaohan said, "I can't sleep either. May I tell you a story?"

Meng Tou smiled: "What do you want to talk about, fox demon and scholar? The scholar once saved a fox in the mountains, and later that fox turned into a beauty to repay the favor and marry the scholar as his wife?"

Yan Zhaohan wrapped his arms around his waist, and said in a warm voice: "I want to tell you about Xiqi Palace and my junior brother Su Chuo."