Lang Yi

The guards of the palace usually prohibit alcohol, but they are also allowed to drink a few glasses when changing shifts during festivals.But Ning Xinghe never drink alcohol, the reason is no other, just because the capacity for alcohol is too light, often at the beginning of a banquet, he will drink three cups of wine with everyone, after that he will lie down on the table and sleep soundly until the banquet is over .

However, although the smell of wine that Tianzong could smell was weak, it really came from Ning Xinghe's breath.Ning Xinghe also admitted honestly: "Yes, my subordinate was drinking there, so I didn't see His Highness in time."

Tian Zong looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a black mass under the shadow of the peach blossom tree, which should be the small wine jar he brought.Tian Zong couldn't help clapping his hands and said with a smile: "Ning Xinghe, I usually see that you are silent and follow the rules, so it turns out that you also do such interesting things." As he said this, he became interested, so he bent over and walked to the shadow of the tree to sit on the ground. Taking Ning Xinghe's original position, he happily waved to him: "Come here, keep drinking."

Ning Xinghe hesitated for a moment, but finally came over, squatting beside him cautiously.Tian Zong just pushed him and made him sit on the ground; he didn't mind that the rough pottery wine jar was used by him, so he picked it up and took a sip, tasted it, and couldn't help frowning: "What kind of wine is this? It's not refreshing, and it doesn't taste like alcohol at all."

Ning Xinghe didn't have time to stop him, so he said in embarrassment: "This is the light wine that my subordinates asked for from the kitchen. It must not be good wine. I have wronged Your Highness."

Tian Zong hurriedly laughed and said: "Hey, what, I'm just being picky all the time, don't mind. Look," Tian Zong took another sip, shook the wine jar at him, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "The petals of the peach blossoms on the tree Floating into the wine jar has a special charm. Well, under the starry sky, drinking with flowers is better than a fairy—Ning Xinghe, although you have a small capacity for drinking, you have already understood the essence of wine."

Ning Xinghe was so teased by his rhetoric that he couldn't help laughing, then bowed his head again and said: "Subordinate, what is enlightenment? I just thought that at this time last year, the former brothers used to drink together, but now they... this subordinate feels heavy in their hearts. , and I didn’t want the new brothers to see me, so I wanted to avoid others and have a drink by myself to relieve my boredom.”

Hearing what he said, Tian Zong put down the wine jar in his hand, and sighed: "It's my fault. Because I was frivolous for a while, even the people who followed me to the western region didn't come back."

Ning Xinghe hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't say that! As a bodyguard, it is his duty to protect His Highness; and this subordinate does not mean that..."

Tian Zong interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said darkly: "I have already repented in front of their spirits, but I don't know if they will forgive me. Just because I went to the West on a whim, how many people died because of me, and my parents were worried because of me. I have trouble sleeping and eating; but I just come back in a complete defeat, which is of no benefit to Da Ying."

Pushing aside the branches of the tree, Tian Zong stood up slowly: "I don't want to make any achievements in the future, so I just stay in Qingdu, and An Sheng just wants to be a rich prince."

Seeing this, Ning Xinghe knelt down again, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness...it's all my subordinates who said something wrong and made you sad."

Tian Zong sighed: "Xinghe, maybe you really shouldn't have joined the Linwang Mansion back then. I am a useless person, and you will not earn a good future if you follow me. If there is a good vacancy in the future, I will recommend you." go."

"No!" Ning Xinghe raised his head in a hurry, and pulled Tian Zong's arm in desperation: "Your Highness, I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to stay by His Highness's side!"

The sky bowed his head, and Ning Xinghe's eyes in the shadow of the tree were shining brightly, with tears spreading faintly, as if the sky was full of stars reflected in it, it was extremely moving.Looking at it, Tian Zong suddenly felt an unspeakable impulse, and blurted out, "Why? Why do you have to stay by my side? If you want to repay the kindness you gave me in the past, you have already saved my life in the western region. That kindness has already been repaid."

Ning Xinghe did not answer, but pleaded again: "Your Highness, this subordinate only wants to follow you in this life, and only wants to be the guard of Linwangfu."

In the thick yet light night, with their eyes facing each other, Tian Zong's heart suddenly beat violently.I couldn't help but leaned down/stretched out my hand, brushed a strand of hair that fell from Fu Ning Xinghe's forehead, and asked: "You haven't answered me yet, why...?"

Ning Xinghe trembled, as if he had glimpsed some secret, his softly contoured lips murmured a few times, but finally they were tightly pressed together without making a sound.The starlight fell on his whole body, on every delicate corner of his lips, and even every thin and shallow lip line was vivid.Tian Zong was fascinated for a moment, and couldn't help but want to move closer to those lips.

"Your Highness!" Li Qiu's call suddenly came from a distance: "Your Highness, are you here?"

Tian Zong immediately came back to his senses, straightened up, walked out of the shadow of the tree, and greeted Li Qiu who was looking for him with a lantern: "This king is here, stop shouting."

Li Qiu hurriedly ran over: "Your Highness, it's late at night and the dew is heavy, why are you still in this garden? It's time to rest. Yo, Ning's guard is here too. Both of you are just recovering from your injuries, you should pay attention to rest and keep healthy." .”

Tian Zong smiled and said: "The people in the mansion belong to you. The king and he just had two drinks here at random. Let's go back and walk around." After speaking, he walked out of the garden with Li Qiu, head I dare not go back.Just now, he almost couldn't help himself and did something wrong, and he didn't know if Ning Xinghe had noticed it; fortunately, the night was covering him, so no one could see his face burning.

*****

Since then, Tian Zong often falls into troublesome dreams at night.

It's troublesome, but it's actually just the kind of charming dreams that men of his age would have; but different from the previous vague dreams, the man in the dream clearly showed his face: the eyebrows like the distant mountains dyed ink, In Qingxi's eyes like streams, a small dark red mole is like a shattered red garnet, and like a splash of hot blood, it burns deeply in Tianzong's heart, leaving an imprint on it.

The dream is sweet and perfect, but when he wakes up, he can only hold his forehead and sigh; what's more, he has to calm down and face the person who was so lingering with him in the dream last night with sobriety and restraint.

Tian Zong tried his best to drive Ning Xinghe away from his dream, tried his best, and even searched for many erotic pictures and play texts from Ji Tianshe's private collection.Flipping through the books, I found it fresh and interesting; but when I fell asleep at night, the person who studied the pictures in those erotic pictures with me was Ning Xinghe who was still unshakable.

After going on like this, Tian Zong felt tormented.Fearing that he would be found out when he called out his name in his dream, he ordered that the curtains on the bed be replaced with dense and hanging soundproof silk cloth, and ordered that the eunuchs at night in the mansion were not allowed to enter his bedroom when he was asleep. Stand by in the ear room by the courtyard gate.After taking several precautionary measures, he still feels uneasy; but every time he sees Ning Xinghe's figure beside him, he feels like drinking honey wine, momentarily drunk and sometimes sober.

——It is full of sweetness, but it cannot be shown to others, so it is bitterly sweet.

Ning Xinghe seemed to be aware of Tianzong's entangled battle between heaven and man, and he was even more taciturn in front of him on weekdays.When reporting things, bury your head lower, so that you won't meet his eyes; when passing things, try to put them on several cases, so that you won't accidentally touch each other's fingers.

Both of them carefully restrained and suppressed the heat of midsummer, they couldn't imagine where time would go.

On a cool and clear morning after the rain, Tian Zong looked up and saw a fresh rainbow. On a whim, he ordered the doors on both sides of the study to be opened wide, and played the piano in the draft.

Just when Tian She came to visit, he didn't want to alarm him, so he just stood far away in the porch and listened quietly.As the song drew to a close, Tian Zong chanted softly: "A thousand miles of clear autumn, the water goes with the sky and the autumn is boundless."

Tian Amnesty heard the meaning of the song at first, played with it for a while, and felt a little surprised, but now hearing this sentence again, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.Then he turned around from the corridor, shook his folding fan, Shi Shiran said: "Autumn is boundless, dreams have traces - I thought that our Royal Highness Linwang has always been unrestrained, but we never thought that we are like ordinary young people now, with such I'm worried."

Tian Zong raised his eyes and saw that it was him, and whispered that something was wrong: all the descendants of the Ji family are proficient in piano art, and when he was playing the piano just now, he was thinking about it, and even glanced at Ning Xinghe uncontrollably from the corner of his eyes; I'm afraid I can't hide my thoughts from Tianshe's ears.I had no choice but to bite the bullet and said bluntly: "Cousin, why are you here? Didn't the queen mother say that outsiders are not allowed to visit me?"

Ji Tianshe knew that this little cousin had been peeked into his heart at this time, and became angry from embarrassment. After hearing this, he didn't get angry, and sat directly opposite him with a smile: "If I don't come, who in your house can come?" Understand the meaning of your song?"

Li Qiu bowed and offered tea, Tian She casually pointed to him and asked, "Come on, tell me, maybe you can understand your Highness's zither?"

Li Qiu was tongue-tied all of a sudden: "Here, how can servants understand His Highness's elegant voice..."

Tian Amnesty waved him back, then turned his head and casually asked Ning Xinghe who was standing beside him: "What about you?"

Ning Xinghe blushed: "This subordinate is a vulgar person who doesn't know the rhythm."

Tian She then shook his folding fan, fanned a similar faint fragrance of hibiscus, and looked at Tian Zong with a smile: "Look, you are playing the piano against the cow. From what I heard, although your mind in that song just now is clear and pure, it's a pity I just wanted to talk about it, but now no one can understand."

He then smiled mysteriously, took out a picture book from his arms, and shook it in front of Tian Zong: "This is my new painting, it is more exciting than the few books you snatched away a few days ago, I will show it to you Look, let’s talk about boredom. How about it? I’ll treat you sincerely, my cousin, okay? As for the person you’re thinking of in the song, since you can’t bear to get your hands on it, why don’t you just let it go——Let’s handsome Ji’s men, why bother with that little lovesickness? What about the pain?"

Tian Zong saw that he was blunt and couldn't hide it, so he pretended to be carefree and smiled and said: "It's just a temporary demon obstacle, it will be better after a while, you don't need to persuade me."

Tian She observed his expression, suddenly put away the folding fan, and said seriously: "It's a joke, but your Highness, you also know our Ji family's reputation and rules in these matters, so don't do anything stupid, or you may be hurt. People hurt themselves."

Tian Zong was so stared at by him that his heart was on edge, he almost felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, he really thought that he had seen through who he was thinking in his heart.

The author has something to say:

"Chutian is thousands of miles away and autumn is clear, and the water goes with the sky and autumn is endless." A sentence is excerpted from Xin Qiji's "Water Dragon Song Dengjiankang Enjoyment Pavilion".