Meiqiang miserably uses herself as a substitute

Yu, benevolent to all beings.

But Xiao Ran's heart was used to being cold, and he wanted to leave the only warmth left to Xie Yan.

He was reluctant to give it to others.

This is also doomed, he is unwilling to be the emperor after all.

Lin'an is close to the south, and Kyoto is close to the north. When the apricot blossoms in Lin'an start to wither, the blooming season in Kyoto will not come.

All the flowers bloomed in the fourth prince's mansion for a while, they were gorgeous and moving, and the fragrance spread slowly, not only melting the girl's heart, but also aroused the maidservant's energy, and she didn't need the old housekeeper to urge her to do her work.

Xie Yan often stays in Red Tide, naturally he has never seen this scene, he likes to stand outside when he has nothing to do, when he is in a good mood, he accidentally smiles and says hello to the maidservant.

Then someone's face darkens visibly to the naked eye.

Xie Yan relied on Xiao Yan to treat him as a little phoenix, and even had to go to the pavilion to enjoy the flowers for a meal.Xiao Li was used to smelling the smell of flowers, but felt tired and uncomfortable, it overwhelmed the smell of the food, as if eating one bite, it was all flowers.

And this is exactly what Xie Yan wanted.

It has been about seven days since he moved into the Fourth Prince's Mansion. Before Su Ci found out the news and came back, Xie Yan had nothing to do but wait in the mansion.

Every time he eats in the house, Xiao Zhan will retreat from the crowd and make some small moves when he is not prepared.

Xie Yan naturally blocked his attack every time before he made a move, but the problem is that he has to be on guard all the time, and he will not be safe.

He came out to do the task, not to compete with Xiao Zhan.

So the blooming season in the mansion became Xie Yan's savior.

During the meal, the flowers were fragrant and there were people pruning the branches around. Xiao Li was dizzy, and he would not do anything to him in front of others.

Xie Yan was finally clean for a while, he can eat with peace of mind.

He ate in the pavilion in the past two days, and saw many things that he had never experienced in the past: various flowers, fresh green shoots, an old housekeeper, a shy maid, a black-faced Xiao Li, hardworking bees...

"what……"

Immersed in the joy of escaping from Xiao Zhan's entanglement these two days, Xie Yan sighed and almost forgot the business.

The royal hunt is coming soon, and he has to find a way to get Xiao Yan to take him there.

That night, Xie Yan quietly pushed open the door, and the lights went out inside, Xiao Yan had already laid down, but he was not asleep yet.

Xiao Yan was angry and thanked Yan, it was obviously intentional these two days.After finally finding Xiao Fenghuang, the man refused to let him do anything.

Not even a touch.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Xiao Li looked sideways, with surprise flashing in his eyes.

Seeing the person on the bed, Xie Yan ran from the door to the bed without saying a word, took off his shoes, and got into bed.

Suddenly there was another person in the bed: "..."

Something is wrong with him.

Xiao Yan showed no mercy: "Say."

Xie Yan, whose mind was punctured, froze, and said bluntly: "Little Phoenix is ​​going to hunt."

Xiao Zhan: "I'll take you there in seven days."

About this hunt, Xie Yan asked Ah Deaf three days later, for a period of three days.

"It's a royal hunting." Xie Yan knew that Xiao Ran didn't want to take him there.

Xiao Ran raised his eyes slightly, stared at Xie Yan, without saying a word.

Xiao Zhan said indifferently: "No."

"Forget it if you don't bring it." Xie Yan lost his good attitude in an instant, he didn't want to argue with him, Xiao Yan disagreed, and he could sneak out by himself when the time came.

Similarly, if there is no way to please him, he doesn't need to wrong himself. After all, he got up and lifted his legs to get out of bed, but Xiao Zhan suddenly hugged his neck. full of heart.

Xiao Zhan whispered in his ear: "Don't leave."

It's all here, how could he be willing to put back the people who were sent to him?

Xie Yan said angrily: "I'll go and spend with Hua!"

Xiao Zhe chuckled: "You came here to sleep with me, isn't it just to go hunting? Now that you have planned to sneak away in your heart, you have fulfilled your purpose, what about me?"

He stretched out his hand and gently rubbed Xie Yan's black hair, "I went hunting, but didn't sleep with me. It's a promise without faith."

Xie Yan asked: "Will you take me there?"

"No." Xiao Li said, "But you will go by yourself."

Xie Yan said coldly: "Then just pretend that I never came to look for you tonight." After finishing speaking, he pushed Xiao Li, but he hugged him even tighter.

"No." Xiao Yan repeated: "You are not allowed to go out. No. What's so good about flowers? Little Phoenix can only watch mad dogs."

Xie Yan: "..."

He just spent two days with Hua, and Xiao became ill with longing, and his love for Xiao Fenghuang had risen to the point where he wanted to eat Hua's jealousy?

In the middle of the night, there was a slight sound outside the house.Xie Yan was very vigilant, opened his eyes immediately, got up and wanted to go out to have a look.

But he found that Xiao Zhan hugged him tightly.

When he moved, Xiao Yan naturally woke up, but he didn't open his eyes, "Don't move."

Xie Yan whispered: "There are people outside the house."

Xiao Zhan: "Well, it's okay."

Xie Yan: "Aren't you afraid that it's an assassin who came to kill you? I won't save you."

Xiao Yan stopped talking.

Xie Yan: "I'll go and have a look."

Xiao Zhan ignored him.

Xie Yan: "Xiao... um..."

Xie Yan bowed slightly.

The clumsy hands on the waist didn't seem to stop.

Xie Yan begged for mercy: "I won't go...I won't go...Xiao Yan!"

Xiao Yan finally stopped.

Xie Yan lost his strength, opened his eyes and stared out of the window hopelessly: "..."

He waited all night, but still didn't wait for the assassin to come in.Just listening to the assassin rustling outside, the night passed like this.

In the morning of the next day, Xie Yan opened the door, stretched his waist, raised his eyes, but his hands were in the air, unable to take them back for a long time.

The big trees on both sides of the gate of the yard are gone.

The flowers around the pavilion are gone.

The maid who took care of the flowers and plants is gone.

The yard was bare, Xie Yan felt empty.

Xie Yan: "..."

Nothing was left, only a certain dog who was jealous was rushing out of the house, waiting to be fed.

The mad dog wanted to rub the feathers of little phoenix intimately, but was restrained by little phoenix, and he backed away a few feet away with complaining eyes.

Xiao Li glanced at the empty yard, pretending to be surprised: "Huh? The flowers are all withered... It takes several years to bloom once, and it only blooms for two days at a time... It's too delicate."

At the end, he solemnly said: "I won't plant it next time."

Xie Yan: "..."

He clenched his fist, wanting to punch him in the face.

Xiao Zhan was serious: "Yesterday's assassin...seems to like these flowers very much, even the soil helped people loosen them."

Xie Yan: "..."

Xiao Zhan said with a smile: "I don't want those flowers anymore, I just want a phoenix flower."

It was the first time Xie Yan saw this kind of person, he was dizzy with anger, his teeth chattered, and it took him a long time to make a sound from his throat: "Xiao..."

Xiao Zhan: "Shhh—"

Xiao Yan waved his hand and ordered someone to prepare breakfast and send it to the bedroom, and said softly: "Ziqin, the flowers are gone, we won't go to the pavilion to eat today..."

"After this meal, I will allow you to go hunting."

Xie Yan was finally so angry by his operation that he didn't want to say a word.

17. Chapter 17

As soon as Xiao Zhan pulled out the flowers and plants in the yard, it began to rain heavily in Kyoto.

After three consecutive days of rain, the air became more humid than before.On the day of hunting, the sky was overcast, as if something was pressing down on the sky, making it hard to breathe.

The hunt lasted for three days, and as a prince, Xiao Yan had to attend. Before dawn, he set off for Jiang Shanling.

Jiang Shanling is located on the outskirts of Kyoto, and it takes about half a day to ride back and forth to the palace.It was built during the period of the first emperor, and it was specially used as a place for the annual royal hunting.

The hunting ground is set in a huge forest, the resting place is high, but the view is blocked by lush trees. If you look closely, you can see people moving around underneath - it was ordered by the third son of the Shen family, Shen Si, to The person in charge of the guard below.

There are high walls on both sides, and one side is a seven-story cliff, so except for the stone road at the entrance, ordinary people can't get in, and people inside can't get out.

This also makes hunting every year an excellent time for assassination.

It's like hunting not livestock, but people.

Shen Si earlier ordered people to lurk in many places, and whenever there was a situation, smoke bombs would be used as a signal.

There was a dense forest in the distance, and the grass rustled a few times, shaking off the remaining water droplets on it, and the horse's hooves stepped in the mud, eliminating the sound.Xie Yan found a suitable place and settled the horse.

The distance is too far to see clearly, Xie Yan lifted the bamboo hat and looked into the distance.The cool wind brought rustling and swaying sounds, and the young man in white was bathed in the wind, with an unknown smile on his eyebrows and eyes.

It was almost noon now, but there was no ray of sunlight among the clouds, the woodland was muddy and dirty, and the sky was dim and gloomy.

Anyone would feel that this day is really bad, they all secretly watched their surroundings and increased their vigilance.

Except Xiao Ran and some female relatives.

Since Xiao Ran's arm was dislocated by Xie Yan that day, it is still not healed, and it still hurts when he exerts force.

Later, Xie Yan teamed up with Xiao Zhan to slap him in the face in front of many guards, so that he, who had already disliked Xiao Zan, became even more disgusted at this moment.

He watched from a distance for a long time, but he only saw Xiao Zhan, but he didn't believe that Xiao Zhan would come out without Xie Yan.

The second prince Xiao Fei was assassinated a few days ago, and the mask worn by the assassin was engraved with phoenix flower buds. It was too coincidental that this collided with the phoenix flower on Xie Yan's forehead.

Xiao Ran felt that these two things must be related.He once secretly talked to his father about this matter, but his father thought he was being stupid, and even gave him a scolding, saying that he should not be involved in things that should not be meddled.

In the eyes of his father, everything about him seemed to be wrong.

Not only that, even the assassin's assassination of the second emperor's brother, the father didn't seem to take it seriously, he just asked Dali Temple to investigate, and occasionally asked a few words when he went to court.

It gave people the illusion that the emperor knew who the assassin was and did not intend to hold the assassin accountable.It's just because of the appearance, I have to ask a few words and put on a show.

Emperor Mingde naturally knew