carved heart

Chapter 97 Holding the Hand (2)
There are many nobles in the palace, and there are many things to do, which concubine had a miscarriage yesterday, which courtier is favored today, and which prince is amazingly talented, there are so many things that not many people pay attention to Ah Yin's side.

It wasn't until the arrival of Mu Yanghou that some female family members of powerful families cast their eyes on A Yin frequently.

Ah Yin acted as if he hadn't seen him.

Gong'e at the side poured wine for her.

Other voices sounded in her ears one after another.

"Mu Yanghou and Princess Yucheng are really a good match."

"Golden boy and jade girl, a pair made in heaven."

A Yin raised his head and saw Princess Yucheng sitting beside Mu Yanghou. Princess Yucheng lifted the wine cup to pour wine for him, her eyes were full of tenderness.A Yin lowered her head, just as the upstart on the other side toasted her again, she nodded with a smile and drank the fine wine in the glass cup.

Three rounds of wine.

Ah Yin was slightly drunk, seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she simply left the table quietly.After leaving the palace, the moon was shining brightly outside, and the ground was frosty.She shivered, and ordered Gong'e behind her: "Bring me a cloak, and a heater."

A palace lady left in response.

She leaned on the verandah through the mountain, overlooking the lake and mountains in the distance.Suddenly someone called her softly: "Miss Yin." Looking back, Ah Yin turned out to be one of the upstarts on the opposite side of the previous banquet.Ah Yin said, "Your Majesty is polite."

The man blushed, and said shyly: "My surname is Guo, and I am the third son in my family. Miss Yin can call me Sanlang. I heard from Princess Yucheng that the girl's marriage can be decided by herself?"

Ah Yin didn't expect Princess Yucheng to be so fast, and when he was about to say something, Guo Sanlang sneezed violently.

Seeing this, Ah Yin said: "The weather is cold, sir, let's go back and add another coat."

Guo Sanlang stammered and said: "I... I rarely mustered up the courage, and I will not dare to come out again when I go back." It was also the first time that Ah Yin saw such a sincere person, and he told another palace maid next to him: "Go and get the Bring out the clothes of Saburo Guo."

Gong'e got the emperor's order, except for carving cores in A Yin, she was not allowed to leave her body for a moment.Gong'e hesitated for a long time, and finally moved when Guo Sanlang sneezed for the fifth time.

Ah Yin stepped forward and said, "There is little wind ahead, sir, let's go forward."

Guo Sanlang was very moved, his face became redder, and he stammered again: "I...I have admired the girl for a long time, and I want to..." After speaking just a few words for a quarter of an hour, the whole face seemed to be cooked He finally seemed to have made up his mind, he said, "I want to marry..."

A figure came suddenly, Guo Sanlang hadn't reacted yet, rolled his eyes, and fell to the ground in a faint, with a bang, he came into intimate contact with the bluestone ground.Ah Yin raised his eyes and saw that it was Mu Yanghou.

He said with a gloomy expression, "The toad wants to eat swan meat."

As he said that, he looked at Ah Yin bleakly: "You are not allowed to speak." He pulled her hand and led her out of the corridor, skillfully avoiding the patrolling guards, and soon came to a remote and deserted palace. Yu.

The house was pitch black.

The two stood inside the door, and under the bright moonlight, Shen Changtang could clearly see the facial features of the girl in front of him, her eyelashes were as long as butterfly wings, trembling, as if they were about to cause ripples in his heart.

However, at this moment Shen Changtang was very angry.

Just now her every frown and smile towards others fell into his eyes, and he was really furious when he saw it.Thinking about it, and looking at her meticulous attire now, she turned blue with anger.

"you……"

With cold fingers on her lips, she stood on tiptoe and said, "Don't talk."

He looked at her coldly.

Her fingers left his lips, replaced by warm and soft lips.

For the first time, he was unmoved, and his heart ached like a gnat.

Seeing this, Ah Yin had no choice but to stand back.

He said stiffly: "The beauty trick is invalid."

She raised her neck and said: "Before I use my big move, Master Hou is so decisive, isn't he afraid of being slapped in the face?" As she said, she wrapped her arms around him, and slowly slid her hand down.After all, it was due to serving the young master too much, but after a while, Shen Changtang began to pant heavily, with veins showing on his face.Ah Yin smiled lowly: "The future is uncertain, let's get serious this time. If we can't be together in the end, I don't feel regretful. From the beginning to the end, I can win Mingmu's heart and Mingmu's people. "

Slowly unzipping the tie with slender hands.

Suddenly, Su's hand was seized, he suppressed the pain, and gritted his teeth: "You are really spoiled by me! Even the whole family named Guo can't afford to worship you."

Seeing that he still couldn't forget Guo Sanlang, she said, "My lord who is so jealous, you and Princess Yucheng are allowed to set fire, and Guo Sanlang and I are not allowed to light the lamp?" Unable to hold back, he pinched her chin and kissed her hard.

The blue veins are gradually disappearing, leaving only the hyperactive little Hou Ye.

Just as Ah Yin moved his body, he was embraced by Shen Changtang again, and the two of them were close to each other, tightly fitting each other.He said hoarsely: "Don't move!" Ah Yin looked up at him, and the veins that had just disappeared gradually crawled out again, she suddenly felt amused: "Really don't let me move?"

Shen Changtang squeezed her small waist and kissed her again.

After repeating it three times, he finally calmed down completely. Ah Yin's limbs were weak, and he fell limply into the arms of the refreshed Shen Changtang.Shen Changtang carried Ah Yin into the house and searched for a soft couch after a while.

He took off his cloak and spread it on the couch, then sat down holding Ah Yin.

She softly called out: "Ming Mu."

Shen Changtang said: "Don't mention Guo Sanlang in the future."

She rubbed his shoulder, as well-behaved as a kitten: "I have never been at ease before, I always feel that you treat me well, but the emperor hooked you and left. But that day you What the study said made all my fears and worries disappear."

He hadn't expressed his opinion before, and she didn't dare to think about it.

But now it's different, he expresses his attitude, she no longer feels insecure, as if no matter how difficult the future will be, she doesn't need to worry about it.She can advance and retreat hand in hand with him, she is no longer one person, but two people.

She added: "So when you said you were going to marry Princess Yucheng, I wasn't worried at all. Because I knew you were thinking of something for our future."

Shen Changtang was still somewhat jealous at first, but after hearing what she said, the jealousy disappeared long ago and was replaced by distress.

"It's my fault that made you feel this way."

She shook her head: "No, the knot is gone." She looked up at him, kissed his chin lightly, and whispered: "Because the knot is gone, no matter what you do, I will believe in you. No matter what the future holds, no matter whether I can safely escape from the hands of the emperor, I will never regret it in this life."

She was greedy for the man in front of her like never before.

Because of her parents, she never wanted to trust others, she only believed in herself.But she never thought that one day she would meet a man. He was obviously so bad, but he was the one who made her realize what love and trust are.

"Mingmu, I want to have a baby with you."

When the love is strong, she wants to do things with him that all couples will go through, as if this is the only way to have no regrets.At this moment, her thoughts are so strong, it has nothing to do with Axuan or anything else, she just wants the man in front of her.

Although the two are extremely close, they have not reached the final step.Feeling distracted several times, Ah Yin said that he could go further, but Shen Changtang still held back forcefully.He is not a formality person, but he wants to give her a perfect wedding night, she deserves the best.

So no matter how loud his body's lust was, how much he wanted her, he restrained every time.

until today.

She let go of all her defenses, took out her heart completely, and laid it out in front of her nakedly.

He bowed his head and kissed her.

A tender voice rang out from the soft lips.

"Do you want a boy or a girl?"

Ah Yin was overjoyed: "It doesn't mean you can have whatever you want..."

He said hoarsely: "I will give you whatever you want first, there is no joke."

What is the best?No place, no time, just exactly what she wanted, that's all.His Ah Yin is so different, she is the interpretation of the most beautiful three characters, so why add more flowers?

Ah Yin recovered a little strength at this time, and said: "No, I have been out for a long time, and the emperor will definitely become suspicious after a while." Shen Changtang hugged her into his lap, wrapped her around her waist, and said: "Yu Cheng It can be delayed for another half an hour, which is enough to do it again." As he said, he moved his palm dishonestly.Ah Yin opened his mouth and bit his chin: "Let's talk about business."

Shen Changtang refused to let go, and said, "We can talk like this."

Ah Yin's chest was heaving, and if she could exert any strength in her palm at this moment, she would definitely hit his hand.

She gave him an angry look, and shouted: "Shen Changtang!"

He reluctantly let go.

A Yin asked: "A few days ago, Princess Yucheng came to the Nuclear Palace to look for me, and I thought it was wrong. After thinking about it carefully, I realized that she was helping me. What did you promise her?"

He especially appreciated her quick response, and with a smile on his face, he said, "She wants to be prosperous all her life."

A Yin was slightly stunned: "She is a princess and is favored by the emperor. She can have a lifetime of glory without your promise."

Shen Changtang said: "You can't just look at the surface of things in the palace."

Hearing this, Ah Yin already understood a little bit in her heart, it seems that Princess Yucheng may not be as beautiful on the surface, and it is not easy after all.She didn't linger too much on the issue of Princess Yucheng. Now they don't have much time left, and she has more important business to do.Since Mingmu chose Princess Yucheng, Princess Yucheng can be trusted.

She pondered slightly, and briefly told Shen Changtang what the emperor said that day.

At the end, she said again: "But you can't believe everything the emperor says." At this point, Ah Yin was actually a little hesitant.She hasn't told Shen Changtang about his real life experience yet.But the two of them have reached this point, as long as she mentions the Yin-Yang Gu, with Shen Changtang's intelligence, he can guess it himself without her having to explain it.

Thinking of this, Ah Yin went all out and told her exactly what Jiang Yang had told her about the Yin-Yang Gu.

His expression gradually became dignified, but he didn't have the astonishment and shock that Ah Yin imagined.

As soon as she moved, she found that she had strength, then sat up, and said to him face to face: "Did you already know your own life experience?"

Shen Changtang said: "It's not that I know, it's just a guess. I didn't tell you, because I was afraid to scare you. I'm just a prince. You had already avoided it at the beginning. If you have the status of a wandering prince, you might want a beauty in your arms." It will take another ten years.”

Hearing that he was still in the mood to tease, Ah Yin was a little relieved, and it was at this time that she suddenly had a guess.

Shen Changtang has this guess, won't Emperor Yongsheng have it?The first emperor treated a courtier so well, and was crowned as a marquis, something unprecedented since the founding of the country, and he took care of him a lot on weekdays, and he was as suspicious as Emperor Yongsheng. Did he really have no doubts?He told her the truth back then, but he didn't mention the Yin-Yang Gu at all.It's fine if you don't know, but if you know, how can Emperor Yongsheng not know that Shen Changtang is the blood of the Tian family?
Emperor Yongsheng firmly disagreed with her marriage with Shen Changtang, did he just hate her?
Shen Changtang also thought of all the doubts that Ah Yin could think of.

He was inevitably disappointed.

The emperor didn't let him marry Ah Yin, probably to guard against him.

For a while, there was an unreasonable silence between the two.

A Yin felt that her position was difficult, but she still couldn't hold back some words, she said: "You have been a knife for Daxing for so many years, is it really worth it? I don't know if you think it's worth it, but I feel sorry for Mingmu."

Her Mingmu is grateful.

When the first emperor was alive, he was the sword that drove out the barbarians.At the beginning of Emperor Yongsheng's accession to the throne, he was the knife to eradicate his relatives.But in the end, he was still not trusted.The family affection he longed for had never existed before.

When Gong'e found Ah Yin, the banquet was almost over.Emperor Yongsheng, who was sitting on the throne, chatted happily with his courtiers, and when Mu Yanghou came back, he cast a caring look. Princess Yucheng said something, and the emperor laughed.

On the opposite side, Guo Sanlang had an inexplicably extra bag on his head, and the way he looked at A Yin added a bit of weirdness.

Ah Yin didn't take it seriously, she drank with her head down, thinking about what she and Shen Changtang said just now, she realized that Shen Changtang, who she thought was invincible, also had a self-deceiving side, whether it was Li Rong before or Princess Yucheng now, Rather than taking a step back, it might be better to say that he was unwilling to face Emperor Yongsheng's shield directly.

This kind of Mingmu has more human touch.

Human beings have weaknesses.

When he was weak, she became stronger, and Emperor Yongsheng would not want to bully her man!
Ah Yin put down his wine glass, said a few words to Gong'e beside him, and they quietly left the table, this time Guo Sanlang did not follow.On the way back to the Nuclear Palace, Ah Yin was very drunk and said to Gong'e: "I won't go back to the Nuclear Palace, I'm interested, and I'm going to carve the core."

She was slightly drunk, shaking her head as she walked through the imperial garden.

Gong'e hurriedly followed and said, "Young lady, the road is slippery."

At the banquet in the palace today, the guards guarding the gate were a bit lazy, seeing Ah Yin coming, they let him go directly.Due to the rules in the palace, the maids who were waiting were not allowed to go in, and could only watch outside, watching A Yin's disappearing back helplessly.

There was no one in the palace, and the remaining core carvers basically went to the winter feast.

Ah Yin took out the core carving equipment and started to carve the core. She didn't know what the bumps on the core carving were before, but now she finally knows.Once the eighteen core carvings come out and the protrusions are connected into a line, it is the place where the treasure is hidden.

She has always had a good memory, out of the eighteen core carvings, she has twelve, and she saw one of the replicas when she was at Shangguan's house.The emperor guarded against her for the remaining five nuclear carvings, and she has never seen them so far.

But she knew that the five nuclei carving masters in the palace knew about it, and Yue Mo got the emperor's order, and the five of them never mentioned the remaining five nuclei carvings in front of her.However, nuclei carvers love to carve nuclei, and after studying nuclei day and night, it is inevitable that they will want to engrave them again.

With the core carved in his hand, Ah Yin glanced around calmly, then got up and walked to a screen.

She quickly rummaged through the waste paper beside the table.

After this period of time, she knew that they would discuss and discuss here, and would order Gong'e to grind the ink from time to time.One sheet, two sheets, three sheets, four sheets, five sheets... Ah Yin flipped through quickly.

After flipping through, she had a clear outline of the remaining five core carvings.

She put it back intact and sculpted the core carving for a while.When going out, Ah Yin suddenly saw a figure, her hands shook, she clenched her fist slightly to calm down, and said: "Who!"

The figure came out from the shadows, it was Mr. Min.

Ah Yin didn't expect that Mr. Min would be here at this time, he was startled, and said calmly: "Senior, you are here to carve cores so late?" Mr. Min said: "There are eyes everywhere in the palace, I can help you once , can’t help the second time.”

He returned the wooden carp sign to Ah Yin: "I didn't see anything."

After the winter feast, the emperor's guards and surveillance on A Yin became stricter, and even Princess Yucheng was not allowed to come over.Ayin sleeps every day, completely isolated from everything outside the palace.Finally, after half a month passed, eighteen core carvings were assembled, and a clear treasure map appeared in front of Emperor Yongsheng.

Emperor Yongsheng was eager to hunt for treasures, so he went south in person on the grounds of his southern tour.

He hand-picked a team of men and horses to go into battle lightly, and set a date for going south, and this team included Ah Yin.Ah Yin knew that Emperor Yongsheng was still suspicious, and was afraid that she had given him a fake treasure map.On the day of leaving Yongping, Ah Yinfang learned from the accompanying attendants that as early as half a month ago, Mu Yanghou was sent away by Emperor Yongsheng and went to northern Xinjiang.

A Yin looked back at the capital city that was getting farther and farther away, feeling sad in his heart.

It is unknown whether he will be able to return after leaving this time.

After winter, the weather is extremely cold, and the more convenient it is to the south, the more uncomfortable it is. The cold wind blows, whistling into the carriage, the wind is cold and wet, and the thick fox fur can't resist it from the inside out. the chill.

Finally, Ah Yin fell ill.

The accompanying imperial doctor said that she had contracted a cold, so she could not travel too much, otherwise she would get tuberculosis if it got serious.Ah Yin was in a daze of fever, and saw the emperor approaching in a trance, his boredom was clearly written on his face.

The imperial doctor said the same thing to the emperor again.

The emperor stared at her without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)