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But on the outskirts of the city.

The purple-clothed woman's temples are piled high, and her palace attire is appointed to the ground.

She cooks tea with bare hands, but she doesn't have the gentleness of an ordinary woman at all. Her demeanor is sharp and sassy, ​​with silver hooks and iron fists, she has her own style.

The man sitting opposite was wearing three layers of brocade clothes in the bright sun and three springs. He was sickly and emaciated.

Ran Ziyun took the pot, quickly scalded the cup, and put it neatly on the table.

Casually said: "The fifth prince came to visit late at night, I don't know what to do?"

Shen Yu said with a smile: "The host called me Shen Yu."

Ran Ziyun smirked and said: "The Seven Towers should be closed now, and I am no longer the landlord."

Shen Yu followed kindness and said, "Miss Ran."

Ran Ziyun smiled: "This is quite new."

A "girl" is naturally not worth mentioning to others, but to Ran Ziyun, it is indeed fresh enough.

She took over as the landlord in the past two decades, with ruthless means and bold actions, no one in the world is in awe, as for what happened in the song before, no one has dared to mention it for many years.

Shen Yu couldn't stand it anymore, and begged for mercy: "Sister, please forgive me."

Tang Cheng once said that this person is extremely difficult to deal with, and Shen Yu saw it in a few words.

Ran Ziyun poured tea for himself, and said coldly: "Mr. Shen visited late at night, why is it?"

Shen Yu laughed and said, "I was able to find this place, thanks to Miss Ran's flexibility."

He can find places that even Shen Menghan can't find, but Shen Yu doesn't think he is lucky enough.

Ran Ziyun put down his cup and said with a sneer, "You guys with the surname Shen are really smarter than the other."

Shen Yu said helplessly: "My sister is lenient, but now I am also a fallen person in the world, and I still ask my sister to protect me, so I naturally listen to my sister."

Ran Ziyun squinted at him: "Which one is your sister? The last one called my sister is now ransacking my house, and I'm wanted on the list."

Shen Yu was dumbfounded.

Ran Ziyun raised his chin: "If you haven't made up your mind, you don't have to leave. Choose a room in the backyard to live in. My place has beautiful mountains and rivers, and I don't charge you too much money. Two liang of silver is always worth it."

After saying that, she grabbed the empty pot and got up, Shen Yu quickly got up and took the teapot in her hand and said: "Don't bother Miss Ran, I'll go get a pot of water."

Ran Ziyun avoided his hand and handed it to the maid, frowned and said, "Don't bother Mr. Shen."

Shen Yu's face was about to freeze with a smile, and he said helplessly, "I don't dare to bother you at will, Miss Ran's conditions, just ask for it."

Ran Ziyun sneered and said, "How do I know what you brought with you when you came to do business?"

Shen Yu saluted and said: "Miss Ran must know the heart-changing Gu."

The people around Shen Menghan, except the people he brought back from Beizhao, were all arranged by Ran Ziyun himself, so she would not be ignorant of this.

Ran Ziyun sneered and said, "I know."

She lazily said: "So what if you know? Are you willing to give it to me? Are you really willing?"

She looked Shen Yu up and down, there was no heart-changing Gu, and Shen Yu didn't seem to have a long life.

"Don't hide it from my sister." Shen Yu paused and said, "I have two heart-changing Gu in my hand, and I would like to share one with my sister."

Ran Ziyun raised his eyelids: "Two? Do you think I'm a fool?"

Although Ran Ziyun doesn't understand Gu skills, she also knows that the more precious Gu insects are, the harder it is to breed them. The heart-changing Gu is only bred once every 14 years. Shen Yu actually has two in his hands. She couldn't believe it.

Shen Yu said helplessly: "I'm already here, can I still lie to the girl?"

Shen Yu had been ill for a long time and had never practiced martial arts, but all the guards he brought were steady and calm, and they must have been carefully selected by Concubine Qi for her son during her lifetime.

"Back then, Mrs. Xiang refined two Gus at a time. She didn't see the heart-changing Gu giving birth, and she probably never thought that this Gu was actually twins from generation to generation." Shen Yu said eloquently.

Ran Ziyun sipped his tea, frowned and said, "What do you want me to do?"

Shen Yu pondered and said: "Send me to King An's side."

Ran Ziyun sneered and said, "You want to replace him?"

She took back the cup, turned her slender fingers around the mouth of the cup, and said lazily: "If King An succeeds, I will be the first to follow the dragon's merits. Don't want me to support you if you don't want a bright future?"

Shen Yu smiled and said: "I don't plan to feed Gu at this time, don't worry, sister, I will not choose King An either."

Ran Ziyun wondered: "Are you planning to choose King Su?"

Shen Yu shook her head, and said in a low voice, "I never planned to choose which prince from Nanyan."

He sighed softly and said, "I'll tell you my sister, I'm already tired of the struggle for power and profit among the imperial courts, and I just want to be a healthy, ordinary person for the rest of my life."

Ran Ziyun said aggressively: "Then why are you looking for King An?"

Shen Yu looked earnestly and said: "I will not do anything that is not good for King An and my sister. I will wait for this matter. I just ask His Highness King An to give me a boat to go overseas. I will never go back to Nanyan again."

Ran Ziyun neither responded nor refused, just pushed the cup and said coldly: "I'm tired, let's talk about it tomorrow."

The seven towers cover an area of ​​nearly [-] mu, with pavilions, terraces and flower pavilions twirling in between.

Xie Chenyan couldn't tell where the main hall was, and he didn't know where Shen Menghan would stay. Standing in the corridors with many eaves, he couldn't help feeling dizzy and helpless.

With a secret sigh, he passed the peach orchard in the garden silently, the spring was just right, but Xie Chenyan had no intention of enjoying it.

Behind the bluestone-lined moon gate in Taoyuan is an exquisite courtyard, with a clump of forsythia under the whitewashed wall, which is dimly yellow.

Xie Chenyan glanced at it casually, and although the courtyard was exquisite, it was not like a sleeping hall.

Xie Chenyan kept walking, and was stepping on the horse's head wall, trying to go around the small courtyard, when he heard a very thin and light sound from the roof tiles behind him.

Xie Chenyan had sharp eyes and ears, and turned around instantly. Juexuan appeared at some point and was sitting on the roof. Seeing Xie Chenyan looking over, he looked away as if nothing had happened.

Xie Chenyan stood on the wall of the horse's head, his lips moved, and he thanked silently.

The spring breeze in March is sultry.

Warm yellow light streamed from the flower window, reflecting a thin silhouette.

Flipping the books with his head down, his posture is leisurely and elegant.

The lantern exploded, and he got up slightly to cut the lantern.Throw a thin waist out of the window.

The bright yellow forsythia under the window trembled slightly against the warm wind.

Xie Chenyan stood at the door, thinking a little funny, he didn't dare to go in, so what if he came?

He stared at the silhouette in the window obsessively, and took a step back reluctantly.

The wooden clogs made a crisp sound when they stepped on the bluestone road after the drizzle.

The silhouette moved slightly, casting a doubtful glance towards the door, and the straight nose, sharpened jaw, and slender neck gradually landed on the flower window.

Xie Chenyan's heart was trembling, and he almost couldn't control himself.

The hot hug, the hot breath, such a deep hug, Xie Chenyan couldn't help but feel uncontrollable.

Shen Menghan asked doubtfully, "Chonghua?"

Xie Chenyan seemed to be doused in a basin of ice water, and he froze in place for an instant.

Juexuan on the roof turned a deaf ear and remained motionless like a mountain.

Xie Chenyan clenched his fists, and seeing that the silhouette didn't get a response, he turned around slowly and resumed his previous calm posture.

Xiao Xiao is solemn, lonely and lonely.

After all, this attitude is still for others to see.

Xie Chenyan adjusted his breathing several times, but still couldn't hold back his boiling emotions, he strode forward and pushed the door open.

He walked hurriedly, obviously not Chonghua or other guards and maids, Shen Menghan couldn't help but looked over in astonishment.

The courtyard is exquisite and the room is not big.

Xie Chenyan swept across the room as soon as he opened the door, and he could see all the layout, except for the chair Shen Menghan was sitting on and the desk in front of him, there was only a narrow couch, which was barely enough to sleep alone.

Xie Chenyan realized that he had wrongly blamed Shen Menghan, and felt embarrassed for a moment.

Without saying a word, without daring to look at Shen Menghan, she turned around and walked out.

Shen Menghan said softly: "Little Yan."

When he called out, Xie Chenyan almost shed tears.

Xie Chenyan wiped away tears indiscriminately, turned his back to him and said in a hoarse voice: "You are not asleep yet."

Shen Menghan was silent for a while, then said: "I just fell asleep."

Xie Chenyan let out a "hmm".

They sat and stood, and the small room was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

Sharing a narrow space with him, Xie Chenyan felt that the air became thinner.

He wanted to confide in thousands of words, but in the end there was only silence.

Just as he was about to move, he heard footsteps approaching outside. After a while, Chonghua knocked on the door and said, "Master."

Xie Chenyan didn't move or speak.

Shen Menghan responded softly: "Yes."

Chonghua pushed open the door, and when he saw Xie Chenyan standing at the door, he couldn't help being stunned.

Xie Chenyan pursed his lips and wanted to take the washbasin towel from her hand.

After being flustered for a moment, Chonghua adjusted his posture again, handed the water basin to Xie Chenyan, and said softly: "I went to change the tea."

Xie Chenyan pursed his lips tightly, soaked the cloth towel in warm water, knelt down on one knee, and took his hand.

Shen Menghan didn't resist and let him hold it tightly.

It's just that I haven't seen him for more than a month, and he has lost weight visibly with the naked eye.

All the thin flesh and blood that had been raised in the past faded away, and the fireworks were a little less, and the whole person was more like a person in a painting, who was about to float away when a gust of wind blew by.

He is far from his youthful appearance, and he is no longer the same person.

The thin and lonely fingertips were slightly unhealthy blue, without a trace of warmth, Xie Chenyan lowered his head and kissed them lightly one by one.

Shen Menghan trembled slightly, and said softly: "Xiao Yan, have I ever told you about the origins of the past, the moonlight and the world in me."

How clever he is, that day Xie Chenyan ran back suddenly, bowed and left, he was so confused at the time, he didn't have time to think about it, but after thinking about it carefully, he figured everything out.

Xie Chenyan clenched his cold hands tightly, and tried to warm them up: "I don't want to hear it."

Shen Menghan was stunned by him.

Xie Chenyan lowered his head, looked deeply at the fingertips he was holding in his hand, and said softly: "You just want to tell me that your current appearance has nothing to do with me, so I don't want to feel guilty."

Xie Chenyan's eyes gradually filled with tears: "You still don't understand."

Xie Chenyan leaned forward slightly: "You are my poison."

He raised his head, his eyes were heavy, full of deep and persistent affection, he stared into his eyes and said word by word: "It's the moonlight of the old years that is deeply rooted in my bones and blood. sleep."

"Not just because I'm sorry, but because I love you."