No matter how confused Yan Yiming was, he could not ask such a question out loud no matter what.
Whether it is Jian Yuer or Jian Yuyan, one of them always has an unusual identity, and this identity is even so important that it may make Jian Yuyan want to kill her.
Yan Yiming is not afraid of death, but if he has implicated Duke Dingguo's Mansion, he deserves to die.
But even if he hadn't asked the second question, the first sentence alone was enough to make Jian Yuyan put away all his teasing and contempt, and his breathing became disordered.
The pair of peach blossom eyes that should have been filled with smiles, the pupils suddenly shrank, leaving only a cold light, and they locked onto Yan Yiming in an instant as if icy, but returned to calmness in the blink of an eye.
"What should Miss Yan do?"
"What if it's not appropriate?"
Yan Yiming was really amazed at how quickly this man changed his expression. He was still frightened by the sight he had just exchanged. "I just want to ask, since Mr. Jian and I both have our own secrets, can we keep each other's secrets now?"
Jian Yuyan raised his eyes and stared at Yan Yiming for a while, then smiled softly, "Of course, but..."
Yan Yiming gestured that it was okay to say it.
"But the Crown Prince and the King of Yue are not ordinary people. Miss Yan played them both in the palm of her hand. If the Crown Prince found out, you know what would happen."
"He would probably want to kill me," Yan Yiming laughed, "I won't bother you to remind me, Master Jian."
Jian Yuyan never understood the meaning of Yan Yiming's words. Did he stop there because he knew that if the matter was exposed, he would end up in a miserable situation, or did he insist on doing it his own way?
Jian Yuyan couldn't understand the meaning of Yan Yiming's insistence on having his own way. Was it because he hated the prince? Or is it because I have changed my heart and really fallen in love with Nangong Ye?
After returning to Jian's house, Jian Yu'er had been unhappy recently because of the marriage between the crown prince and Yan Yiming. Jian Yuyan felt jealous but behaved as usual. After persuading Jian Yu'er for a few words, Jian Yu'er suddenly murmured, "Sister Yan saved me, I should be grateful to her, but... I really don't want to thank her at all..."
Jian Yuyan's smile paused, as if he hadn't reacted, "Yu'er, what did you say?"
Jian Yuer looked up at her biological brother, the person who loved her the most in the world. Even her father and mother didn't love her as much as her brother. She finally couldn't hold back and threw herself into Jian Yuyan's arms and started crying.
"I really don't want to thank her. If she hadn't saved me, would I have been the one that Prince Brother saved..."
Jian Yuyan's arms around Jian Yuer suddenly tightened, his eyes turning cold.
Nangong Xuan.
No one's heart is pure and innocent. Prejudice arises from the collapse of an unrequited love. When Jian Yuer found that she had no chance anymore, she finally began to feel resentful.
She resented why Yan Yiming had to go to the trouble of helping her.
She blamed her brother and father for not allowing her to get close to the prince when the queen was interested in him.
Why are the people I like and care about blocking me?
Xiao Pingguo was discussing with Yan Yiming which identities could be used as backup for the next strategy. A slight movement suddenly disrupted the process, and Yan Yiming casually asked what happened.
"...It's okay," Little Apple shook her head.
I don't know why, but I just felt like the system seemed a little different.
Nangong Xuan's favorability came easier than Yan Yiming had imagined. It had been rising steadily since the marriage was granted. On the day when the prince came of age, he woke up drunk in the morning and heard from the maids that Yan Yiming had taken care of him for a long time the day before. The prince liked Yan Yiming and liked him even more.
The day of the prince's wedding is finally approaching. Over the past few days, Nangong Xuan's favorability has been steadily increasing. If Yan Yiming takes the initiative to show concern or be intimate with him, the increase will be even greater.
Today, it has reached 98 percent.
What is the reason for the remaining 2%?
If this really happens after the wedding or the bridal chamber, then the strategy for Nangong Ye will be scrapped, which means that the strategy will have to be started all over again.
Yan Yiming really didn't have the patience to do it again.
After asking Xiaopingguo, it turned out that Xiaopingguo didn't know either. Yan Yiming couldn't help but frown.
She couldn't really go through with the marriage.
Therefore, if this 2% must be achieved after the actual ceremony, Yan Yiming must find a way to stimulate Nangong Xuan to achieve this 2% in advance.
The Crown Prince's wedding was held on an auspicious date chosen by His Majesty himself. On the wedding day, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion sent the dowry to the palace. Yan Yiming wore a Lingluo wedding dress and a phoenix crown, while the Crown Prince, wearing a dragon robe and a patched robe, personally performed the ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows before the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Empress.
Common people were not allowed to go out, and the road from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion to the palace was cleared cleanly. The Imperial Guards prepared an eight-man sedan chair with a red satin border and carried it to the gate of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
Yan Yiming sat in the sedan chair while Xiaopingguo rubbed her hands excitedly. "This is the first time I do something so exciting. I always feel a little nervous!"
"For you, it's just a little extra plot. Why are you so nervous?"
As for her, Yan Yiming reminded Xiaopingguo to remember to count down one hour for her.
I once asked Xiaopingguo what would happen when the probability reached 100%. Xiaopingguo replied that if she couldn't end her life within an hour, the system would explode and kill her.
If it is true that it can only be 100% complete after marriage or after the bridal chamber, Yan Yiming imagined himself exploding in front of Nangong Xuan. Nangong Xuan would probably be traumatized for the rest of his life.
Although Yan Yiming found it quite exciting.
The prince's wedding ceremony had extremely long and complicated rituals. Yan Yiming's eyes were full of red, and he could only see the tiptoes moving step by step until Nangong Xuan held his hand firmly.
After they got married and entered the bridal chamber, she lifted the red veil that covered her pretty face, which as expected caused bursts of gasps.
Nangong Xuan's gaze remained on Yan Yiming's face for a long time, until the eldest prince's wife made a joke and then he looked away.
When Nangong Xuan thought of his brothers who were still waiting outside to get him drunk, he looked at Yan Yiming reluctantly and then left. The eldest prince's wife and a few others joked that the prince loved the princess to the core, seeing as how he kept looking back.
Yan Yiming smiled without saying anything. A hint of sadness flashed across his eyes, then disappeared in an instant.
Nangong Xuan's favorability still remains at 98%.
It's still the last two percent.
On the other hand, today is a good day for the Crown Prince and Yan Yiming to get married. As the Crown Prince's younger brother, Nangong Ye had to be present no matter how reluctant he was.
He saw the colorful sedan chair marching into the East Palace. He could not see her face or her figure. Only the fiery red sky irritated his eyes, causing him so much pain that he almost cried.
Although the royal brothers were usually quite dirty, they were all in high spirits today. Nangong Ye heard his third brother gritting his teeth and saying that the prince had married the most beautiful woman in the capital, so he must get him a few drinks today.
The prince did not like drinking, but he would definitely be willing to drink today's wine.
Wedding wine.
He had also wondered if the wine was different from the usual wine.
Especially with Yan Yiming.
The palace is busy and chaotic today, with palace maids and eunuchs running back and forth. Just asking will tell you what ceremony is being performed.
It was already completely dark, but the lights were still on in the East Palace. Nangong Ye left early on the pretext of feeling unwell, leaving the other princes and the young masters of noble families who had entered the palace today to continue having fun.
In another half an hour, the imperial brothers will gradually leave. After the wedding night, this ceremony will be completely concluded.
He remembered what Yan Yiming said behind him on the day he returned to the capital, that she would not marry the prince.
He never believed it, but he also never gave up hope.
But as the days passed one by one, her promise not to get married has now become a complete joke.
The Prince of Yue's Palace has been repaired, and Nangong Ye is no longer in the palace. There are not many restrictions, but it is still much quieter than the palace. Perhaps because he was feeling too upset, he drank a lot of wine at the wedding banquet. When he returned to the Prince of Yue's mansion, he was unable to fall asleep, so he simply took the jar of wine and drank until he was drunk.
After getting drunk, my chest was probably numb and the pain gradually subsided. What I saw with my eyes was a little unclear and I even had some hallucinations.
He actually saw Yan Yiming.
He saw Yan Yiming, who was wearing a phoenix crown and colorful clothes and was extremely beautiful, doing things he couldn't understand and saying words he couldn't understand.
He asked her what she came for.
Yan Yiming looked at him intently and said, "Your Highness, I promised you that I would only marry you."
Nangong Ye sneered, feeling sad in his heart. He thought he loved Yan Yiming and hated Yan Yiming, but in fact he was still thinking about her, otherwise how could he see her.
This is what she looked like in her wedding dress. It was even more beautiful than he had imagined, Nangong Ye thought. But after all, she was not wearing it for herself.
Nangong Ye turned his head away and looked away, "But you have already married my brother."
"How can you be considered to be married to him when the wedding wine has not been drunk and the bridal chamber has not been completed?" Yan Yiming was saying something he could not understand. Nangong Ye turned his head back with some confusion and smiled bitterly, "It will happen sooner or later."
"So we can drink first," Yan Yiming said, taking out a pot of wine from somewhere. Yan Yiming carefully filled two glasses of wine, met Nangong Ye's clear eyes, and stretched out his hand to tidy up his loose hairpin and said,
"I don't want to marry him. I only want to marry you. I only want to drink this wedding wine with you, Your Highness."
She handed the wine to Nangong Ye and asked him softly if he was willing to drink it.
Even though it was a dream, he was still so obsessed with it.
Nangong Ye took the wine glass, and the two of them drank the wine with their arms around each other. Yan Yiming's beautiful eyes were full of smiles, and he put his arms around his neck and said, "Your Highness, please tell me that I am your only wife in this life, okay?"
Nangong Ye held her tightly in his arms, wishing he could rub her into his flesh and blood. This dream was so wonderful, so wonderful that he didn't want to wake up at all.
"A Ming, there is only you," Nangong Ye said, "You are my only wife."
Yan Yiming paused slightly, and then his smile became even sweeter.
"Yes, only you." He stroked Nangong Ye's cheek with his hand, looked up at the full moon in the sky and said softly, "Now, it's finally complete."
"Are you leaving?" Nangong Ye asked her.
"Yes, I am leaving," Yan Yiming said, "but we will meet again in the future, but you will definitely not recognize me by then."
"How could that be?" Nangong Ye smiled and said, "Fool."
Yan Yiming was silent. She thought it was just a game, but she didn't expect that there were touching parts in the game. Finally, she sighed helplessly, "You are stupid. I really have to leave."
After that, Yan Yiming took out a few candies from somewhere and slowly peeled one, "I remember you said there was no candy tastier than chestnut candy."
Nangong Ye said, "There wasn't any."
Yan Yiming laughed and handed the peeled candy to Nangong Ye's mouth, "Then try this."
"What is it?"
“This is my favorite candy.”
Nangong Ye recalled that Yan Yiming once said that chestnut candy was not tasty at all, and if there was a chance, he would definitely let him try her favorite candy.
Putting this small candy in his mouth, the delicate and rich taste can be seen melting in his mouth. Yan Yiming asked him, "Is it sweet?"
Nangong Ye nodded in a daze.
"That's good," Yan Yiming smiled, "If you feel it's bitter in the future, just eat one."
"Um."
"I promise you I won't marry the prince."
"Um."
"We've been married."
"Um."
…
"Then I'm leaving."
"Um."
The autumn night wind blew, and it gradually became a little chilly. Nangong Ye woke up slightly. When he looked up again, Yan Yiming was gone, but the unprecedented sweetness in his mouth seemed to have not dissipated.
It was such a real dream that it seemed unbelievable. Nangong Ye sneered and put his hand on the stone table to stand up, but he touched a hard object the size of a small stone.
Looking down, the small candies that had just appeared in my dream were quietly placed on the table, with the familiar wine jug and wine glass quietly placed beside them.
Nangong Ye's hands trembled uncontrollably and his eyes suddenly turned red. He was sober in an instant and looked around like a madman but found no one.
The servants who heard the noise rushed over. Nangong Ye grabbed them and asked anxiously if anyone had been there just now.
"Your Majesty, there are no guests."
"How is it possible..."
"Your Majesty,"
The sound of horse hooves broke the silence of Jinling City in the middle of the night. Nangong Ye looked up at the guards who stumbled into the Prince of Yue's mansion and said in a daze, "What's the matter..."
"Something happened in the East Palace..."
"The Crown Princess was assassinated... and has passed away."
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