Kaolin Flower Raiders Guide
Chapter 63
In the middle of August, green bricks and green tiles are built into the tall courtyard walls, and various flowers are planted in the courtyard, competing for beauty and blooming in full bloom under the scorching sun.
Today's Xuanhua Palace is no different from the Lenggong Palace where Xie Shenyan lived for 23 years. The wild grass is desolate, and the two-foot-high weeds have not been pruned. It looks really desolate.
Ningguo's mansion was already in disarray. At this juncture, the crown prince whom the Ning family depended on disappeared, let alone the little prince whom Ning's mansion raised as his darling.
Porcelain vases and teacups were broken one after another, Madam Ning shed tears, crying that her delicate young son was cheated by thieves, neither willing nor dared to think deeper.While Ning Guogong comforted his wife, he hated Xie Shenyan, who was sitting firmly in the palace, who could have done Ning Huai's disappearance at this time!
Qingzhu and Xiaotang were bundled together and locked in the woodshed, and they were released only after Ning Du returned to the mansion.
It is useless to bluntly say that it is useless to vent your anger on the servants, these two are still my brother's favorite on weekdays, if something goes wrong, my brother will be so sad when he returns home.
Ning Du took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Father, don't worry, I'll go find my brother."
There was a swing hanging in the spacious courtyard, Ning Huai sat quietly on the wooden plank, swaying aimlessly back and forth in mid-air with one foot a little lower.Without permission, the maidservants and eunuchs scattered in Xuanhua Palace, and no one disturbed the young master Ning who was getting more and more swaying.
Once again close to the ground, the swing no longer sent him into the air.Ning Huai held two hemp ropes in both hands, his palms were slightly rubbed red, someone grabbed his wrist, and gently stroked the rubbed palms.
Xie Shenyan lowered his head, looked at him with a gentle and gentle face, "Your brother is here to look for you."
Ning Huai said "Oh" without raising his head: "Has he left?"
"Let's go. I said I didn't know what he was talking about, so I sent him away."
Ning Huai stopped talking, got up from the swing after a while, and followed Xie Shenyan into the inner hall.
The case table was full of memorials, Xie Shenyan would sometimes open them up to have a look, and most of the time he would just throw them on the ground without even looking at them.Ning Huai squatted on the ground, picked up a book and opened it, and scanned dozens of lines of content with a few glances.
The hot tea on the table turned cold, Xie Shenyan rubbed his brows, and waved in Ning Huai's direction.
Ning Huai walked slowly to the table, without Xie Shenyan reaching out to pinch his waist, he obediently sat sideways on Xie Shenyan's lap.
Cardamom, Angelica dahurica, and agarwood shavings are piled up in the incense burner, and a long-lasting smoke rises from the burner.Xie Shenyan felt a little more comfortable, buried his head in Ning Huai's soft neck, silently biting the fragile skin, and said with a breath: "Everything is coming to an end."
He couldn't see Ning Huai's calm face at this moment, but he heard the child on his knee who was nearly ten years younger than him ask suddenly: "Brother Shenyan, are you happy?"
Xie Shenyan raised his head, pinched his chin to let Ning Huai look at him, his round black eyes were still filled with his appearance, Xie Shenyan heaved a sigh of relief, moved his fingertips from his chin to his cheek, and greedily stroked Ning Huai's cheeks. small face.
Ning Huai knew that he was going to ask a stupid question, so he silently squeezed into his arms, and whispered: "Brother treats me very well, don't kill him, okay?"
"You are really greedy today." With a smile still on Xie Shenyan's face, he put his big hand into his lapel, and said slowly: "I have already promised you that I will let Lu Xiao and his lover live together, and you will be the queen in exchange. Yes. Now I want to release Ning Du again, what will you give this time in exchange for giving me a little fool like you, huh?"
Xie Shenyan pressed on every step of the way, not forgetting to knead the soft flesh on his body, and said, "Zitong, can you give birth?"
Ning Huai remained silent, letting him speak obscene words endlessly.
Qi Mansion.
Lu Xiao originally thought that someone from the Ning Mansion came to visit, and it was Ning Huai who came, and stepped into the main hall happily, but what he saw was Ning Du, the elder brother of Ning Huai and his mother.
"What? Xiao Huai was detained in the palace?"
Qi Jiansi pressed Lu Xiao down, and said calmly: "Bo Huai, can you go to the palace to find out the truth?"
"Zhiyu, to tell you the truth, the huge Ning Mansion can't do anything about it." Ning Du smiled bitterly, as if he was entrusting the funeral, "You also know what the situation is now, there is absolutely no way for the Ning family to withdraw , my prince’s cousin disappeared, and even my own younger brother couldn’t be saved. I didn’t come here today to ask you two to wade through the muddy water, but because of the friendship between you and me, and the friendship between younger brother Lu and my younger brother. If it’s possible, Ning is extremely grateful for rescuing Erlang afterwards."
Lu Xiao quickly waved his hand: "Brother Ning, you don't need to be polite. Xiao Huai has been taking care of me since I first entered Chang'an. Don't say it's an afterthought. I will enter the palace today, and I will definitely bring Ning Huai out with all his beard and beard."
"I'm afraid..." Ning Du had doubts in his heart. In the eyes of outsiders, Lu Xiao had a close relationship with his Ning family, and he was promoted by Emperor Yunkang. How could it end well if he fell into Xie Shenyan's hands?
Lu Xiao said firmly, "It's okay."
Ning Du wanted to say more, but Qi Jiansi stopped him.
"Bo Huai, don't be impatient, let him go, it will definitely be more effective than going in person."
Qi Jiansi knew Lu Xiao well, for Ning Huai, he would go deep into the tiger's den no matter what, otherwise he wouldn't be Lu Xiao.
After sending Ning Du away, Lu Xiao took a sip from the porcelain bowl, threw a peeled ice grape into Qi Jiansi's mouth, and said softly: "You are not allowed to come with me, just wait in the mansion, if I come back If you can't see you, don't even think about being my daughter-in-law of the Lin family."
Qi Jiansi couldn't laugh or cry, from that day on, wanting to divorce his wife became Lu Xiao's mantra to coerce him, and he talked endlessly in bed, and he had to gag him severely to stop.
"Okay, I'll wait for your return at the mansion."
Fifteen knows Ning Huai, and he will be 21 in two months.
Six years are like flowing water, Lu Xiao is someone who can talk a few words to anyone, in other words, he doesn't care about most people.Whether Qi Jiansi is by his side or not, Ning Huai is always his best friend.
He no longer needed a leading eunuch, but he still held his breath and followed the little eunuch carrying a lantern to an unfamiliar place.
Lu Xiao frowned and said, "My father-in-law, where are you taking me?"
The little eunuch looked back quietly, and said: "This is the way to Xuanhua Palace, Your Highness, please meet Master Lu at Xuanhua Palace."
How could Lu Xiao know where Xie Shenyan lived, and stepped into a luxurious palace in a daze, and immediately saw Ning Huai who was tending flowers and plants.
"A Xiao... why are you here?"
Lu Xiao strode over in a hurry, and hugged Ning Huai, not caring about answering his words, she grabbed Ning Huai's wrist and was about to take him away.
The shadow of the tree swayed, and Ning Huai gently broke free from the restraint on his wrist: "Ah Xiao, you can go back."
Lu Xiao stared at him in astonishment, and when there was no time left, the culprit walked out of the hall slowly.
"Your Highness," Lu Xiao's eyes darkened, "why bring irrelevant people into this? Ning Huai was not born 23 years ago, so he didn't know anything."
In fact, Lu Xiao was still wandering on the Naihe Bridge 23 years ago, who knows that the conflicts in this world are now forced to be involved in this scene.
Xie Shenyan looked at Ning Huai and smiled, "No wonder you have such a good relationship with him. The first thing you did when you saw me was to ask him to let him go."
"You don't have to worry about him, his life here with me is not as miserable as you think, isn't it, come and tell your friends." He tossed and turned between Ning and Lu, still explaining to Lu Xiao , then asked about Ning Huai again.
Ning Huai nodded calmly, and wrote lightly: "Ah Xiao, you don't have to worry about me, go back quickly."
The person who was still smiling just a second ago, the corners of his mouth were curled up at this moment, and the small door at the four corners was closed quietly at some point, Xie Shen said: "Mr. Lin, since you are here, don't you want to see that old man?" something?"
Ning Huai twitched his eyebrows, and asked with trembling lips, "Who are you calling?"
"Of course it's the one in front of you." Xie Shenyan picked up the petals on his shoulders, crushed them lightly with his fingertips, and landed in the dust, as if he had just remembered something he had missed, "So I never told you about your Good friend, Lu Xiao, his biological father's surname is Lin, and he was the imperial physician who treated me back then."
Ning Huai's throat rolled, and his voice was not as cheerful as usual: "I see."
"Don't worry, I'm not that ruthless person, if you don't tell me, I won't revenge him."
Xie Shenyan continued: "Mr. Lin, I have promised you double repayment. This second thing is what he begged for you. One day you will go back to the wild with Master Qi, don't forget his kindness."
"Xiao Huai..."
Lu Xiao clenched her cuffs tightly, feeling as if her heart had been run over by a boulder, and said awkwardly, "What did you promise him?"
As the dusk fell, the young man in brocade clothes froze and walked into the hall without looking back.
With a smile in his voice, Xie Shenyan suddenly pushed open the main entrance of Xuanhua Palace. The setting sun reflected the dim yellow light in the sky, leading Lu Xiao, who was out of his mind, all the way forward.
The shadow moved like a ghost, and when the palace servants saluted with low eyebrows, Xie Shenyan leaned into Lu Xiao's ear and said, "After you go in, sit by Xie An's bed."
Lu Xiao was uneasy, and took a step back: "What are you going to do?"
"Just do it. You and I are not enemies, and I will never harm you."
Xie Shenyan said to himself: "Wait another two or three hours, and it will be tomorrow."
Today is the sixth day of August, Lu Xiao frowned, thinking for a long time but did not think of anything special.
The magnificent palace was filled with the breath of dying from inside to outside, Emperor Yunkang didn't even notice that there were two people standing beside him, their lips parted slightly, their noses fluttered, and they exhaled foul air from time to time.
The dragon couch was like a coffin, with white gauze hanging on both sides. When he slowly opened his eyes, it was already Haishi.
He struggled to open his cloudy eyes, Xie Lu and Xie Lu were separated from the north and south sides, and the well water did not interfere with the river water. At this time, they all glanced at Emperor Yunkang.Emperor Yunkang's dilapidated body froze on the couch. After careful identification, he seemed to be saying: "Lu, Xiao, you lied to me..."
Lu Xiao suddenly calmed down, and during the two hours that he and Xie Shenyan had nothing to say, countless thoughts passed through his mind, and he never held one or two of them when he opened his hand.
"You are wrong. I never lied to you. Even today, I will still say that I am not used by him."
Xie Shenyan said with a half-smile, "Yes."
Strictly speaking, Lu Xiao is a waste chess game.Wen Su's indecision made his existence meaningless from the very beginning.Although she still pushed him to Emperor Yunkang's side according to the plan, Lu Xiao's only effect was to make Emperor Yunkang relax his vigilance, and swallowed bowl after bowl of extremely harmful drugs.
From Yunkangdi's face, it was hard to tell whether his complexion was ugly or not, and he could see that he was a dying old man.
"Xing'er, where is Xing'er?"
Xie Shenyan's tone was mixed with joy and anger: "It's my fault that I forgot to tell you, your beloved prince, who has gone through untold hardships to Nanzhou, actually made a wedding dress for me. It's a coincidence, and now these two The Tiger Talisman merged into one in my hand, which is a good thing."
Everyone in the court knew that Emperor Yunkang held one tiger talisman, and the other was in the hands of General Xue Jinxue.
Is it his only relative...?
Old friends who have never met before are also in the game, and even play an indispensable role.Emperor Yunkang's hoarse mourning shattered his thoughts, Lu Xiao turned his face away, many unrighteous actions would lead to repercussions, Emperor Yunkang had been restful for so many years, but in the end he still couldn't escape the seeds planted at the beginning.
The overall situation has been settled, Xie Shen said that this is a nostalgic person, and brought him along to settle the general account.
Today's Xuanhua Palace is no different from the Lenggong Palace where Xie Shenyan lived for 23 years. The wild grass is desolate, and the two-foot-high weeds have not been pruned. It looks really desolate.
Ningguo's mansion was already in disarray. At this juncture, the crown prince whom the Ning family depended on disappeared, let alone the little prince whom Ning's mansion raised as his darling.
Porcelain vases and teacups were broken one after another, Madam Ning shed tears, crying that her delicate young son was cheated by thieves, neither willing nor dared to think deeper.While Ning Guogong comforted his wife, he hated Xie Shenyan, who was sitting firmly in the palace, who could have done Ning Huai's disappearance at this time!
Qingzhu and Xiaotang were bundled together and locked in the woodshed, and they were released only after Ning Du returned to the mansion.
It is useless to bluntly say that it is useless to vent your anger on the servants, these two are still my brother's favorite on weekdays, if something goes wrong, my brother will be so sad when he returns home.
Ning Du took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Father, don't worry, I'll go find my brother."
There was a swing hanging in the spacious courtyard, Ning Huai sat quietly on the wooden plank, swaying aimlessly back and forth in mid-air with one foot a little lower.Without permission, the maidservants and eunuchs scattered in Xuanhua Palace, and no one disturbed the young master Ning who was getting more and more swaying.
Once again close to the ground, the swing no longer sent him into the air.Ning Huai held two hemp ropes in both hands, his palms were slightly rubbed red, someone grabbed his wrist, and gently stroked the rubbed palms.
Xie Shenyan lowered his head, looked at him with a gentle and gentle face, "Your brother is here to look for you."
Ning Huai said "Oh" without raising his head: "Has he left?"
"Let's go. I said I didn't know what he was talking about, so I sent him away."
Ning Huai stopped talking, got up from the swing after a while, and followed Xie Shenyan into the inner hall.
The case table was full of memorials, Xie Shenyan would sometimes open them up to have a look, and most of the time he would just throw them on the ground without even looking at them.Ning Huai squatted on the ground, picked up a book and opened it, and scanned dozens of lines of content with a few glances.
The hot tea on the table turned cold, Xie Shenyan rubbed his brows, and waved in Ning Huai's direction.
Ning Huai walked slowly to the table, without Xie Shenyan reaching out to pinch his waist, he obediently sat sideways on Xie Shenyan's lap.
Cardamom, Angelica dahurica, and agarwood shavings are piled up in the incense burner, and a long-lasting smoke rises from the burner.Xie Shenyan felt a little more comfortable, buried his head in Ning Huai's soft neck, silently biting the fragile skin, and said with a breath: "Everything is coming to an end."
He couldn't see Ning Huai's calm face at this moment, but he heard the child on his knee who was nearly ten years younger than him ask suddenly: "Brother Shenyan, are you happy?"
Xie Shenyan raised his head, pinched his chin to let Ning Huai look at him, his round black eyes were still filled with his appearance, Xie Shenyan heaved a sigh of relief, moved his fingertips from his chin to his cheek, and greedily stroked Ning Huai's cheeks. small face.
Ning Huai knew that he was going to ask a stupid question, so he silently squeezed into his arms, and whispered: "Brother treats me very well, don't kill him, okay?"
"You are really greedy today." With a smile still on Xie Shenyan's face, he put his big hand into his lapel, and said slowly: "I have already promised you that I will let Lu Xiao and his lover live together, and you will be the queen in exchange. Yes. Now I want to release Ning Du again, what will you give this time in exchange for giving me a little fool like you, huh?"
Xie Shenyan pressed on every step of the way, not forgetting to knead the soft flesh on his body, and said, "Zitong, can you give birth?"
Ning Huai remained silent, letting him speak obscene words endlessly.
Qi Mansion.
Lu Xiao originally thought that someone from the Ning Mansion came to visit, and it was Ning Huai who came, and stepped into the main hall happily, but what he saw was Ning Du, the elder brother of Ning Huai and his mother.
"What? Xiao Huai was detained in the palace?"
Qi Jiansi pressed Lu Xiao down, and said calmly: "Bo Huai, can you go to the palace to find out the truth?"
"Zhiyu, to tell you the truth, the huge Ning Mansion can't do anything about it." Ning Du smiled bitterly, as if he was entrusting the funeral, "You also know what the situation is now, there is absolutely no way for the Ning family to withdraw , my prince’s cousin disappeared, and even my own younger brother couldn’t be saved. I didn’t come here today to ask you two to wade through the muddy water, but because of the friendship between you and me, and the friendship between younger brother Lu and my younger brother. If it’s possible, Ning is extremely grateful for rescuing Erlang afterwards."
Lu Xiao quickly waved his hand: "Brother Ning, you don't need to be polite. Xiao Huai has been taking care of me since I first entered Chang'an. Don't say it's an afterthought. I will enter the palace today, and I will definitely bring Ning Huai out with all his beard and beard."
"I'm afraid..." Ning Du had doubts in his heart. In the eyes of outsiders, Lu Xiao had a close relationship with his Ning family, and he was promoted by Emperor Yunkang. How could it end well if he fell into Xie Shenyan's hands?
Lu Xiao said firmly, "It's okay."
Ning Du wanted to say more, but Qi Jiansi stopped him.
"Bo Huai, don't be impatient, let him go, it will definitely be more effective than going in person."
Qi Jiansi knew Lu Xiao well, for Ning Huai, he would go deep into the tiger's den no matter what, otherwise he wouldn't be Lu Xiao.
After sending Ning Du away, Lu Xiao took a sip from the porcelain bowl, threw a peeled ice grape into Qi Jiansi's mouth, and said softly: "You are not allowed to come with me, just wait in the mansion, if I come back If you can't see you, don't even think about being my daughter-in-law of the Lin family."
Qi Jiansi couldn't laugh or cry, from that day on, wanting to divorce his wife became Lu Xiao's mantra to coerce him, and he talked endlessly in bed, and he had to gag him severely to stop.
"Okay, I'll wait for your return at the mansion."
Fifteen knows Ning Huai, and he will be 21 in two months.
Six years are like flowing water, Lu Xiao is someone who can talk a few words to anyone, in other words, he doesn't care about most people.Whether Qi Jiansi is by his side or not, Ning Huai is always his best friend.
He no longer needed a leading eunuch, but he still held his breath and followed the little eunuch carrying a lantern to an unfamiliar place.
Lu Xiao frowned and said, "My father-in-law, where are you taking me?"
The little eunuch looked back quietly, and said: "This is the way to Xuanhua Palace, Your Highness, please meet Master Lu at Xuanhua Palace."
How could Lu Xiao know where Xie Shenyan lived, and stepped into a luxurious palace in a daze, and immediately saw Ning Huai who was tending flowers and plants.
"A Xiao... why are you here?"
Lu Xiao strode over in a hurry, and hugged Ning Huai, not caring about answering his words, she grabbed Ning Huai's wrist and was about to take him away.
The shadow of the tree swayed, and Ning Huai gently broke free from the restraint on his wrist: "Ah Xiao, you can go back."
Lu Xiao stared at him in astonishment, and when there was no time left, the culprit walked out of the hall slowly.
"Your Highness," Lu Xiao's eyes darkened, "why bring irrelevant people into this? Ning Huai was not born 23 years ago, so he didn't know anything."
In fact, Lu Xiao was still wandering on the Naihe Bridge 23 years ago, who knows that the conflicts in this world are now forced to be involved in this scene.
Xie Shenyan looked at Ning Huai and smiled, "No wonder you have such a good relationship with him. The first thing you did when you saw me was to ask him to let him go."
"You don't have to worry about him, his life here with me is not as miserable as you think, isn't it, come and tell your friends." He tossed and turned between Ning and Lu, still explaining to Lu Xiao , then asked about Ning Huai again.
Ning Huai nodded calmly, and wrote lightly: "Ah Xiao, you don't have to worry about me, go back quickly."
The person who was still smiling just a second ago, the corners of his mouth were curled up at this moment, and the small door at the four corners was closed quietly at some point, Xie Shen said: "Mr. Lin, since you are here, don't you want to see that old man?" something?"
Ning Huai twitched his eyebrows, and asked with trembling lips, "Who are you calling?"
"Of course it's the one in front of you." Xie Shenyan picked up the petals on his shoulders, crushed them lightly with his fingertips, and landed in the dust, as if he had just remembered something he had missed, "So I never told you about your Good friend, Lu Xiao, his biological father's surname is Lin, and he was the imperial physician who treated me back then."
Ning Huai's throat rolled, and his voice was not as cheerful as usual: "I see."
"Don't worry, I'm not that ruthless person, if you don't tell me, I won't revenge him."
Xie Shenyan continued: "Mr. Lin, I have promised you double repayment. This second thing is what he begged for you. One day you will go back to the wild with Master Qi, don't forget his kindness."
"Xiao Huai..."
Lu Xiao clenched her cuffs tightly, feeling as if her heart had been run over by a boulder, and said awkwardly, "What did you promise him?"
As the dusk fell, the young man in brocade clothes froze and walked into the hall without looking back.
With a smile in his voice, Xie Shenyan suddenly pushed open the main entrance of Xuanhua Palace. The setting sun reflected the dim yellow light in the sky, leading Lu Xiao, who was out of his mind, all the way forward.
The shadow moved like a ghost, and when the palace servants saluted with low eyebrows, Xie Shenyan leaned into Lu Xiao's ear and said, "After you go in, sit by Xie An's bed."
Lu Xiao was uneasy, and took a step back: "What are you going to do?"
"Just do it. You and I are not enemies, and I will never harm you."
Xie Shenyan said to himself: "Wait another two or three hours, and it will be tomorrow."
Today is the sixth day of August, Lu Xiao frowned, thinking for a long time but did not think of anything special.
The magnificent palace was filled with the breath of dying from inside to outside, Emperor Yunkang didn't even notice that there were two people standing beside him, their lips parted slightly, their noses fluttered, and they exhaled foul air from time to time.
The dragon couch was like a coffin, with white gauze hanging on both sides. When he slowly opened his eyes, it was already Haishi.
He struggled to open his cloudy eyes, Xie Lu and Xie Lu were separated from the north and south sides, and the well water did not interfere with the river water. At this time, they all glanced at Emperor Yunkang.Emperor Yunkang's dilapidated body froze on the couch. After careful identification, he seemed to be saying: "Lu, Xiao, you lied to me..."
Lu Xiao suddenly calmed down, and during the two hours that he and Xie Shenyan had nothing to say, countless thoughts passed through his mind, and he never held one or two of them when he opened his hand.
"You are wrong. I never lied to you. Even today, I will still say that I am not used by him."
Xie Shenyan said with a half-smile, "Yes."
Strictly speaking, Lu Xiao is a waste chess game.Wen Su's indecision made his existence meaningless from the very beginning.Although she still pushed him to Emperor Yunkang's side according to the plan, Lu Xiao's only effect was to make Emperor Yunkang relax his vigilance, and swallowed bowl after bowl of extremely harmful drugs.
From Yunkangdi's face, it was hard to tell whether his complexion was ugly or not, and he could see that he was a dying old man.
"Xing'er, where is Xing'er?"
Xie Shenyan's tone was mixed with joy and anger: "It's my fault that I forgot to tell you, your beloved prince, who has gone through untold hardships to Nanzhou, actually made a wedding dress for me. It's a coincidence, and now these two The Tiger Talisman merged into one in my hand, which is a good thing."
Everyone in the court knew that Emperor Yunkang held one tiger talisman, and the other was in the hands of General Xue Jinxue.
Is it his only relative...?
Old friends who have never met before are also in the game, and even play an indispensable role.Emperor Yunkang's hoarse mourning shattered his thoughts, Lu Xiao turned his face away, many unrighteous actions would lead to repercussions, Emperor Yunkang had been restful for so many years, but in the end he still couldn't escape the seeds planted at the beginning.
The overall situation has been settled, Xie Shen said that this is a nostalgic person, and brought him along to settle the general account.
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