Chapter 84: First Encounter at Shangyuan
The saint was granted residence in Changle Palace. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, she would enter the palace as the emperor's medical lady and serve him.
When he returned to the inn to rest at night, Shen Yi rested his head on his arm and said unhappily, "If the emperor doesn't give it to you, then go steal it. Why do you have to risk your life to enter this inner palace?"
Jiang Yuyan said calmly, "Binglian is just one of them. If we want to deal with those people, entering the palace is also a good opportunity. Since the emperor has taken a fancy to me, there is a lot I can do..."
"Madam, you won't turn your fake play into reality, right?" Shen Yi touched the corner of her mouth and said coldly.
"I don't want my beautiful husband, so why would I want that vegetable stick?"
Hearing Ruhua Siyu and Cai Bangzi, Shen Yi chuckled and said, "I'm afraid the palace is not very safe..."
Jiang Yuyan said: "It's okay, I will ask the emperor to let Xiaowu accompany me. He is young, the emperor will definitely agree. Besides, my soul-stealing skills are no longer what they used to be, he can't do anything to me."
"Then, won't it be difficult for me to see Lan'er from now on?" Shen Yi frowned pretentiously.
Jiang Yuyan laughed twice, "That's great, we can have an affair, I'll wait for you, my husband!"
"Why not steal one now!" Shen Yi laughed and tickled her, making Jiang Yuyan beg for mercy...
Because she was going to enter the palace on the 16th year, Chen Yi had been pestering Jiang Yuyan these days, causing her to stay up for several days. It was not until the Lantern Festival that she decided to travel to the capital together.
Chen Yi wore a red robe with a snow-white undershirt. From a distance, he looked like red plum blossoms covered in snow. He was as handsome and elegant as he could be.
Jiang Yuyan was both amazed and amused. Ever since she praised him for looking good in bright colors, this old man has been wearing several red robes in rotation. It seems that he still cares about her~
Unable to help but chuckle, they both put on masks and went out.
The Lantern Festival in the capital was extremely lively, with osmanthus flowers flowing down the tiles, thousands of doors as bright as day, people playing and frolicking, and the sound of music and harps.
Jiang Yuyan strolled along the night market. There was a moat outside Shangjing City that branched into several canals leading into the city. There were many shops on both sides of the canal. At this time, they were all crowded with people, and everyone was holding lanterns. The merchants also hung some riddles to make things lively.
Jiang Yuyan soon lost interest in the sight and unknowingly came to the entrance of Jiyun Lane, and further inside was the Jiang Mansion.
She woke up suddenly, grabbed the corner of Chen Yi's clothes and was about to turn back.
Who knows that the more you fear something, the more likely you are to encounter it.
The next second, a dark figure appeared in front of her and grabbed her wrist tightly.
The speed was so fast that even Cang Yi didn't react. When Youyunwei was about to take action, Shen Yi stopped him with a gesture.
Jiang Yuyan looked at the man in front of her, her mind in a trance. After two years of separation, Xiao Yuanyan was obviously thinner and more vicissitudes. He was in his prime, but his temples were a little mottled. His eyes were full of bloodshot when he stared at her, which was very scary.
Jiang Yuyan suppressed her heartache and the urge to recognize him, and asked calmly, "Sir, did you recognize the wrong person?"
The voice is not hers!
Xiao Yuanyan held Jiang Yuyan's hand tighter. Jiang Yuyan frowned in pain.
Xiao Yuanyan stared at her in disbelief. He had seen her every day before, so he couldn't be wrong. "Is it... you? Wanwan?"
Xiao Yuanyan spoke in a hoarse voice with a barely perceptible tremor.
Jiang Yuyan's throat tightened and she almost couldn't bear it anymore.
In the end, Shen Yi smiled and said, "This gentleman must have made a mistake. This is the Saintess of my Lingshu Valley."
Xiao Yuanyan was stunned. He had heard Xie Jingyu talk about the incident at the palace banquet. Although the saint was beautiful, she was not the one. He pondered and said, "The saint son and saint daughter of the Lingshu clan?"
"That's right!" Shen Yi pulled Jiang Yuyan's hand out and looked at him unceremoniously, "This young man is so rude that he squeezed my saint's hand until it turned red!"
Xiao Yuanyan's eyes were red, and he said with difficulty: "Sorry!"
"No problem." Jiang Yuyan smiled slightly, then said goodbye to Shen Yi and left.
Xiao Yuanyan on the other end was still standing there, silent for a long time.
In the Moonlight Inn, Chen Yi leaned against the window and looked at the moonlight. He seemed to casually start a topic, "When are you going to meet them?"
Jiang Yuyan sat on a low couch drinking tea, thought for a while and said: "Let it be, now that you recognize me there is no need to make any plans." She knew Xiao Yuanyan and the others. If she recognized them now, she might not be able to enter the palace.
"In fact, you can also try to rely on your husband..." Chen Yi frowned slightly.
Jiang Yuyan was stunned. "I think husband and wife should rely on each other. They are willing to protect me, and I can protect them. I don't really like them treating me like a canary.
So I left Beijing, both to heal my wounds and to find a way out. I hope I can control my own life and protect the people I love.”
Shen Yi came over, rubbed her face, and looked at her carefully for a while, “You look like this, any man would want to take you under his wing.”
Jiang Yuyan raised her extremely bright face and asked in an especially innocent tone, "Do you want to?"
Chen Yi curved his beautiful eyes, "But when I saw you riding a horse in light clothes and saving people with a heroic spirit, I was really moved..."
Jiang Yuyan obediently buried her face in his palms and rubbed them, with an indescribable feeling of submission.
"Chen Yi, I can rely on and submit to the one I love," Jiang Yuyan said seriously, "but I can never be a bird in a cage, a canary... In this world, love and being loved should be equal, and I also hope that you will be willing to rely on and submit to me."
The voice was deafening, and Shen Yi's heart was beating wildly. Even for him, who had been taught since childhood how to love and care for women, this was the first time he heard a woman say that loving and being loved were equal, and that he could also rely on her...
Chen Yi's eyes were deep, and he said quietly: "Sometimes I really wonder, where did you come from? What kind of family can raise a girl like you..."
Jiang Yuyan was pleased, the corners of her mouth curved up, blinking her long crow feathers and saying: "This is my biggest secret... Well, I'll tell you later..."
"Okay." Shen Yi was not disappointed. One day he would make her confess everything willingly.
There was no curfew during the Lantern Festival, and the whole capital was bustling. Jiang Yuyan was not in a hurry to sleep, so she asked someone to bring a chessboard and said, "Come on, I'll teach you a new way to play."
So he taught him the tactics of Gobang.
Shen Yi was good at chess, and except for the first game, Jiang Yuyan was quickly defeated in all the subsequent games.
She was so angry that she drank several large bowls of tea.
Chen Yi laughed, "This chess game is only suitable for children." Finally, he took the tea bowl and said, "Be careful not to fall asleep if you drink too much tea at night~"
As he was laughing, Shen Yi's expression suddenly changed. He stood up, moved his ears, and pushed Jiang Yuyan into the bed curtain. The next second, Jiang Yuyan heard a voice coming from the roof.
"Sir, why do you come here so late at night? What advice do you have for me?" It was Cang Yi.
"Shh." Shen Yi stopped Jiang Yuyan with his hand, "I'll go out and take a look."
Flying onto the roof, he saw Cang Yi and a man in night clothes facing each other. Shen Yi thought to himself that the figure looked familiar.
It turned out that after Xiao Yuanyan returned, he felt that the woman looked more and more like Jiang Yuyan, and he could not help but wanted to go to the inn where the Saint Son and Saint Daughter were staying to find out. But he was stopped by someone just as he touched the roof of the two people.
Xiao Yuanyan clenched his fists and started fighting with the man without saying a word.
Shen Yi clasped his fists and watched the fight from the side.
Cang Yi's internal strength is deep, his moves are steady and powerful, Xiao Yuanyan's moves are flexible, no moves are better than moves. The two of them exchanged hundreds of moves, but Cang Yi was unable to defeat Xiao Yuanyan and was suppressed instead.
Shen Yi had recognized who the person was, but he was a little surprised. He had never thought that Xiao Yuanyan's martial arts skills were so powerful.
"Step back." Shen Yi became interested, "I'll meet him."
After that, he casually drew out two swords and threw one to Xiao Yuanyan, "Go on, I'm afraid I won unfairly."
Xiao Yuanyan was not too conceited and raised his sword as if facing a powerful enemy.
Lightning could not describe the speed of Shen Yi's body. He swung his sword like a snake, with each move fierce and attacking Xiao Yuanyan's face directly.
The shadow guards watched secretly. They had never seen the master's husband take action before, and today they saw that he was truly unfathomable.
Even Jin Wei was impressed by Shen Yi's swordsmanship. His swordsmanship used to rank among the top three in the martial arts world, but now it seems that Shen Yi is even better than him.
The two men fought from the sky to the ground, raising dust wherever they went, and sparks splashed where their swords touched.
Xiao Yuanyan was secretly shocked. His master taught him the Feihua sword technique, which emphasizes the unity of man and sword, and is not limited to moves. But Shen Yi seemed to fight more casually, with strange moves and tricky angles that were difficult to defend against.
Both of them were injured, and they even felt a sense of sympathy for each other.
Xiao Yuanyan was obviously more seriously injured. He saw that Shen Yi did not want to take his life, so he stopped first and said coldly: "It is my fault for visiting you so late at night and disturbing you, but I just want to verify one thing. I hope you can help me."
"I said, the Saint Girl of my clan is not the one you are looking for." Shen Yi frowned.
"I just want to see the face of the Saint." Xiao Yuanyan insisted.
"Oh? You're actually a beauty lover..." Chen Yi smiled jokingly, "But our tribe doesn't marry outsiders, what do you think we should do? According to the tribe's rules, after you see the Saint, you have to marry her as your wife... Do you still want to see her?"
Xiao Yuanyan stared at Shen Yi's eyes, as if trying to find some flaws in his words.
Shen Yi was calm and composed, and let him look at him without any concern.
Xiao Yuanyan was defeated in the end, and he said "Goodbye!" and flew away.
Jiang Yuyan in the room also heard some of the content and asked anxiously: "Did you hurt him?"
Shen Yi raised his eyebrows, "Why? Are you heartbroken?"
Jiang Yuyan held her forehead with her hand, "Are you hurt?"
Chen Yi rolled up his sleeves, "Your husband slashed at me several times!"
Jiang Yuyan took a look and saw that they were just superficial injuries. Because of Shen Yi's special physique, there was no bleeding. She couldn't help but roll her eyes, "It should have healed by now!"
Shen Yi smiled brightly, hugged Jiang Yuyan and gave her a long kiss. It was really unpleasant to see her care about others!
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