Under the warm autumn sun, the ground is covered with thick shade, shadows of tree branches and leaves float on the water, and the light and shadows flicker.
At the Princess Danyang's residence, the Prince Consort was rarely not busy with official duties and stayed at home all day, which was quite novel for the servants. However, the Prince Consort's stay at home was not as boring as Yan Shang thought. He was rocked and pulled by Mu Wan to play, and for a few days, he was almost inseparable from the princess.
The afternoon light fell on the warm pavilion in the middle of the lake. The pavilion had windows on all four sides, and water vapor was condensing, but it was shrouded by the gauze curtains in the room, so the scene inside could not be seen clearly.
An hour had passed since Yan Shang was dragged into the pavilion by Mu Wan in the afternoon. The boats were tied to the railings around the pavilion, and the maids were ordered to retreat to the lakeside. No one knew what the two were doing in the pavilion.
Actually, it’s painting.
In the evening, her dress swayed to her waist, revealing her snow-white skin below her shoulders, and her long, thick black hair hit the bed.
She held her hair with one hand and supported herself on the couch with the other. She bit her red lips slightly, her eyes misty, and looked down at the vines and branches that were winding and blooming from her heart. The wolf hair brush gently moved on her heart, and the cool temperature touched her delicate skin, causing the stamens to tremble and the branches and leaves to shake.
In the evening, he shook his head, frowned, and hummed softly, as if sighing.
The pile of clothes was like a cluster of flowers and the moon was rising. Yan Shang was sitting in front of her with a pen in his hand. When she hummed softly, he paused with the pen in his hand and looked up at her.
Mu Wan waved towards him and blinked, her eyes were clear with black eyelashes, and she looked charming and pretty.
Yan Shang's eyelashes trembled and he looked away. But his face was flushed, because even if he didn't look at her face, his eyes had no place to fall. It was either her blushing eyebrows, or her icy skin, or the swaying and blooming flower in her heart.
The gorgeous peony flowers under Yan Shang's pen come from the heart that sways in the evening, with the flowers moving and the leaves swaying, how magnificent it is.
Such extremely prosperous beauty made Yan Shang's hand holding the wolf hair brush tremble slightly, but he had to paint, so he couldn't help but look.
Yan Shang gently reproached her: "It's just a painting, why are you humming?"
Like what had he done to her.
Mu Wanyao retorted, "It's just a painting, why are you reacting so strongly?"
She had no scruples and reached out to rub his waist, but he raised his hand to block her. Yan Shang lowered his eyes: "...I'm painting, don't mess around."
Mu Wan shook her head and stared at him, unable to help laughing. Others would consider painting for a beauty as a romantic affair, but for Yan Shang it was like a punishment. He was worried that if he didn't paint well, he would ruin her beautiful chest; he was afraid that the paint was poisonous and would hurt her body; he was also afraid that she would move around and that his hands would shake.
He is not destined to enjoy happiness.
Mu Wanyao leaned forward and took the brush from Yan Shang's hand. Yan Shang looked up and Mu Wanyao had already leaned over. Yan Shang quickly wrapped her in a piece of gauze and said, "Don't make trouble. The painting is not finished yet."
Mu Wanyao put one hand around his shoulders and held a golden cup of wine to Yan Shang's lips. Mu Wanyao smiled and urged him, "Drink some wine."
Yan Shang said in a low voice: "Don't drink carelessly. I get drunk easily, and when I'm drunk I can't remember things clearly."
In the evening, I shake my head with a smile in my eyes, and what I want is for you to get drunk.
Mu Wan shook: "What does it matter if I'm drunk?"
Yan Shang: "You always act recklessly. If you and I get drunk together, and there's no one to control us, we'll be finished."
He was trying to persuade her not to drink, but her eyes lit up at his words.
Mu Wanyao was very excited: "Are we going to go crazy together? Come on."
She seduced him: "I just like to see you and me go crazy together. Stop controlling me and come and play."
She is a princess, but in private she is like a rogue. Mu Wanyao kept putting the wine bottle to his lips. Yan Shang reluctantly took a sip and continued to refuse: "I can't drink anymore. If I drink too much, my hands will shake and I won't be able to paint well."
Mu Wan shook him off: "Is painting important?"
Yan Shang stared at her chest, and after a moment he felt that his gaze was too direct, so he looked away with a thumping heart. He had been drunk by Mu Wan several times, and was a little confused, but he was just trying to hold on. Yan Shang was worried: "Don't do anything stupid, you'll ruin the painting."
Mu Wan shook her head in dissatisfaction: "You only know how to draw!"
She threw away the wine bottle, Yan Shang's eyebrows jumped, his eyes followed the wine bottle she threw out of the window, he was already hugged by her, his face was kissed by her saliva. She was really like a child, kissing him randomly, without any rules, Yan Shang's heart softened, he couldn't help but laugh at her.
He held her in his hands and lifted her up into a hug.
Yan Shang whispered: "Didn't you say you wanted to paint peonies? I painted it for you, but you still don't like it?"
Mu Wanyao: "Didn't we agree that I would teach you how to play? Why are you so uncooperative? Who told you to finish the painting in such a short time... Second Brother Yan, do the flowers look good?"
She hugged his shoulders and pointed her chin at her snow-white neck. His face was red, probably because he was forced to drink a little too much. He couldn't say anything, so he just looked at her and smiled, and said in a daze after a while: "It looks good."
Mu Wanyao was delighted and pushed him to lie down.
Yan Shang supported his head with his hands and said, "I seem to be a little drunk."
Mu Wan coaxed him: "It doesn't matter if you're drunk. It's just you and me here anyway, and no one can see you drunk."
Yan Shang held her waist with his hands, his cheeks burning, and he looked at her with eyes as soft as water, full of tenderness. He was so handsome and gentle, a handsome man lying here, but he fell down when he was pushed. He also looked at her with such a confused and doting look, who could bear his eyes?
Mu Wan's heart was pounding, and she blushed when he looked at her. She was extremely happy, holding her cheek, and smiled foolishly at him.
She lay in his arms like a child and pouted her red lips at him: "Second brother, kiss me."
Yan Shang smiled: "Aren't you painting?"
Mu Wan shook: "Kiss me first."
Yan Shang hugged her and kissed her gently with his lips. His kiss was just like him, gentle, warm, soft and sweet. Mu Wan's face was steamed, and she smiled with her eyes closed, innocent and pure, yet romantic and wanton. She pointed to her heart, pointing to the flower blooming beautifully in the snow.
Mu Wan shook: "Kiss the flower bud."
Yan Shang didn't move.
Mu Wan couldn't open her eyes, the red at the corners of her eyes flew to her temples. She was cute and lovely, acting coquettishly and threateningly: "Kiss here."
Yan Shang muttered, "It's going to be a mess after the kiss."
Mu Wan shook: "It's just you and me, what are you afraid of?"
Yan Shang: "The painting is not finished yet."
Mu Wan shook: "Do it as you go along."
Yan Shang was startled and said, "What?"
Mu Wanyao opened her eyes and scolded him. She thought scolding him would spoil her mood, but he actually smiled and hugged her, holding her in his arms and kissing her. He pulled her dress to her waist and rubbed her legs against each other. Suddenly, Mu Wanyao became happy again, as if she was being rubbed in his arms.
The messy begonias blew in from the window, spreading deep red and light red all over the ground. Yan Shang's breath was hot, and he leaned close to her ear and asked her what to do with the painting.
Mu Wan snorted, "Silly brother."
Yan Shang pinched her face and smiled: "Bad sister."
It didn't matter that the generations were so messed up, there were only the two of them anyway. It didn't matter that the ink and colored water were scattered all over the floor when the painting was halfway done, the colors were stained on their bodies, and they were extremely colorful, just like the world in their eyes.
Yan Shang drank too much, and the nerves that used to control him broke one by one. He looked at her with a blurry look, and when she smiled at him, his eyes darkened. And when she dragged him, he was easily pulled away.
It feels like drowning; it's also like being in a dream world where you are half asleep and half awake.
Bizarre and confusing.
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The princess and her husband were having a big fight in the pavilion, wasting the whole afternoon. The maids didn't dare to ask, they just watched them come out halfway, go fishing, and then go back to the bedroom. A little later, the clean room behind the bedroom was disturbed again.
Sometimes he asks for paint, sometimes for clothes, sometimes for food.
When Qiusi placed the newly mixed paint at the door of the bedroom, she saw the slender fingers of the prince consort stretched out from inside, and his white wrists were stained with paint. Qiusi blushed and quickly looked away, secretly cursing that the princess was really good at playing.
Those two are just messing around.
Yan Shang had a poor alcohol tolerance to begin with, and even after so many years of practice, he was still weaker than an ordinary person. But Mu Wanyao's alcohol tolerance was incomparable to that of ordinary people, so she pretended to be drunk and foolish, asking Yan Shang to hug her, kiss her and feed her, and teasing him in any way she could.
He had a good temper, and became more talkative after drinking. He didn't care what she did, and he was fine with it, which made Mu Wanyao secretly happy. If he hadn't blushed so much, and if she hadn't been afraid that drinking too much would harm her health, Mu Wanyao would have wanted to force him to drink more.
Wine is here to liven up the atmosphere.
Putting it in the room where they lived, it was not just a normal boost to the fun. However, Yan Shang's energy made Mu Wanyao a little scared later - he was in poor health now, and Mu Wanyao regretted giving him too much to drink.
Mu Wanyao coaxed him, but did not dare to do too much with him. When his face was hot and his eyes were blurred, she sat in his arms, stopping for a while. When she was tired, she would talk to him and eat with him, and continue after they had rested enough.
The two of them now had a lot of government affairs on their hands, and they couldn't help but talk about them during their chat. No matter how drunk Yan Shang was, although he spoke slowly, his thoughts were still clear, and Mu Wanyao didn't fail to understand.
Mu Wanyao: "...So you don't actually like our new emperor?"
Yan Shang held her in his arms, his hands inside her clothes. He carelessly rubbed her, her skin was as soft and fluffy as dough under his touch. He was casual and carefree, his clear and moist face with his eyes closed, gentle and lustful. Her long hair touched her face, her lips slightly parted, and she panted like a sigh.
He wouldn't be like this normally, but Mu Wanyao was calm now, pretending to be unaware of his teasing.
After a long pause, he casually replied, "I don't like him very much. Because his ability is limited, but his ambition is high. When his virtue is not worthy of his position, it is the sorrow of the officials and the people, and sooner or later he will bring disaster to others."
Mu Wanyao: "In fact, Fifth Brother wants to be a good emperor... It's just that he has been suppressed for too long. In order to gain the trust of the former crown prince and my third brother, he has suppressed himself for too long. A person may not be stupid, but if he pretends to be a fool for more than ten years, he will become really stupid.
"He must be very confused now...but what does this have to do with me? I don't care about him."
Yan Shang sighed, "We can't just ignore it. If the people in power are incompetent, the world will be in chaos. We should give them a hand if we can."
Mu Wan looked worried, thinking, what if Yan Shang couldn't help her? Was he going to work himself to death?
The imperial physician said he...
Mu Wanyao immediately dismissed the thoughts in her mind and told herself not to think about them. She made up her mind that she was a very determined person for a certain goal. No matter how bad Yan Shang's health was, she would take care of him... No matter what means she used, she wanted him to get better.
When Mu Wan was lost in thought, Yan Shang gently pinched her chin and lowered his eyes: "You raise those actors just to serve His Majesty?"
When we got to bed, there was nothing that couldn't be said. Mu Wanyao responded perfunctorily, saying, "It's none of your business what happens in the harem."
Yan Shang was helpless: "How come besides female actors, there are also male actors? I have never heard that Your Majesty has such a hobby."
Mu Wan winked at him, half smiling, "That's because you've never played it before. It's between nobles..."
Yan Shang covered her mouth and said, "Okay, you don't have to tell me, I can probably guess it."
Mu Wan saw his strange expression, and suddenly she was very happy and giggled. She hugged him and kissed him again and again. She loved him deeply and thought he was so cute. She was a person who loved him so much that she pushed him and kissed him desperately.
Her strong feelings and love met a gentleman as gentle as water. His gentleness calmed her inner restlessness and allowed her to press her heart against his and hug him tightly.
Mu Wanyao: "Second Brother Yan, you are mine, no one can take you away."
Yan Shang propped himself up and half sat up, teasing her, "Didn't you say that I was old and ugly two days ago? Today you're afraid that I'll be robbed?"
Mu Wan raised her head, looked at him and said softly: "Some people are extremely good, and it has nothing to do with appearance. For someone like you, second brother Yan, everyone would want to snatch you from me."
She half-jokingly said, "Relatives want to snatch you away, friends want to snatch you away, brothers and sisters want to snatch you away, ministers want to snatch you away, rivals want to snatch you away, even the emperor... wants to snatch you away from me. But you are mine, and I won't give you to anyone else. I'll build you a golden house, and we'll hide you quietly, okay?"
Yan Shang lowered his eyes to look at her, unable to help but laugh. He was both shy and happy. Mu Wanyao was someone who liked to confess to him constantly, and he could often feel her love for him. He wondered in his heart why someone liked to talk about love so much, wouldn't she be embarrassed, and at the same time he was happy that she liked him.
He clenched his hands gently in his sleeves, turned his face to the side, and couldn't suppress the smile at the corner of his lips no matter what.
After a long while, Yan Shang whispered, "Didn't I tell you that you would get me?"
Mu Wan was dazed and looked into his embarrassed eyes for a while. She had a bad memory and he looked at her for a long time. Then after he reminded her helplessly, she finally remembered - Oh, when Yan Shang got drunk in front of her for the first time, he said: I wish you get me.
Mu Wan shook her head and looked at Yan Shang in a daze.
She crawled over and pressed her face against his. She said foolishly, "So did I get you?"
Yan Shang reached out and hugged her, laughing softly: “You already got me.
"You have already possessed my body, stolen my heart, and kidnapped my soul.
"How can you be a princess? You are a thief. You are a heart-stealing thief who has deceived me. My body and heart are yours. How can I go anywhere else?"
He held her face, speaking like a drunken man, or expressing his feelings under the influence of alcohol. He said, "Yaoyao, I am yours."
Mu Wan shook her head: "No one will give way?"
Yan Shang: “Yeah.”
Mu Wanyao: "Then you divide your heart into two halves, one half for your friends, relatives, the people of the world, the ministers and the emperor, and the other half, the complete half, all for me. I will occupy the entire half of your heart, and the other half will be all me, only me! Okay?"
Yan Shang smiled.
She pushed him: "Okay!"
Yan Shang: “Okay.”
There was love in his eyes, and he was so happy to see her like this that his face turned red and his heart beat fast. Yan Shang felt guilty and thought that he didn't treat her well enough, but Mu Wanyao felt that it was enough. Because his love was too good and too much, even if he gave her half of it, it would be more than all the others... not to mention that half of it was hers.
Mu Wanyao was extremely satisfied, she pushed him down, pounced on him, rubbed him and bit him. She made him break his love and thoughts, made him have a slight flaw, made him fall from heaven to earth, be tainted by the seven emotions and six desires, and no longer be able to leave her.
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At three o'clock in the morning, Yan Shang was sleeping soundly and was woken up by Mu Wan.
Lying under the quilt, Yan Shang looked at Mu Wanyao lying beside him in a daze. He didn't say anything, and she smiled in her eyes: "Second Brother Yan, I'm hungry."
Yan Shang smiled bitterly.
He propped himself up and sat up, sighed, and asked her what she wanted to eat as usual. Mu Wanyao knelt beside him, looking at him without saying a word. Yan Shang looked at him strangely, and Mu Wanyao smiled: "Are you very tired?"
Yan Shang was stunned for a moment.
He asked back: "Aren't you tired?"
Mu Wanyao looked at him and smiled. After a while, she said, "You are tired, why don't you say it? Is it so difficult to reject me?"
Yan Shang was confused: "What?"
Mu Wanyao: "You are obviously tired. If I say I am hungry, you will get out of bed to find food. If I say I have a nightmare, you will get up to chat with me. Didn't we agree that you will learn to relax? How can you relax if you just follow my lead? Don't you have a temper? Can't you refuse me?"
Yan Shang was stunned: "...You want me to reject you?"
Mu Wan was angry: "I'm asking you to look at your own emotions! Don't always care about others and ignore yourself! Anyone can call you away from my bed, how can this be possible?"
Yan Shang looked at her, his eyes slightly fluctuating.
After Mu Wanyao vented her anger, she softened her tone again, as if to seduce him: "Now let's start over again - I'm hungry, what should you say?"
Yan Shang looked at her for a while and couldn't help laughing.
Mu Wan shook his shoulder and shoved him, cursing, "What a joke!"
Yan Shang: "Don't say dirty words."
Mu Wan shook: "No matter what. What should you say?"
Yan Shang: "You want me to leave you alone and say 'I'm tired too', right?"
Mu Wan smiled and was about to nod when he hugged her. He smiled casually and stretched out his hand to pinch her face: "But what can I do? I just want to take care of you and treat you well. You asked me to resist my true thoughts and ignore you - this is too difficult."
Mu Wan was stunned.
She blushed instantly, and became angry and stuttered: "You, you are deliberately saying nice things to make me happy... You, you are a person who speaks very nicely, I, I don't believe it."
Yan Shang bent down and kissed her on the lips.
Mu Wan shook her head: "I don't believe it."
Yan Shang kissed him again.
Her eyelids twitched slightly, and she whispered, "...I still don't believe it."
He just looked at her and smiled, and this time, it was Mu Wanyao's turn to push him and kiss him. She pressed him and kissed him for a while, and had forgotten what she wanted to do when she first called him up. Mu Wanyao was happy for a long time, and when she saw that he had reacted, she got up, her cheeks flushed, clapped her hands and laughed, and squeezed him: "Pervert!"
Yan Shang: “…”
He felt embarrassed, pulled her up, and whispered: "Then we husband and wife, let's go find something to eat together?"
So in the middle of the night, the couple left the bedroom without disturbing the maids. The next day, when the cook was cooking in the kitchen, she suspected that there was a mouse in the house and was worried for a long time. But that's another story.
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Yan Shang was taken to Mu Wanyao's mansion to rest for five days, and his body and mind were much more relaxed. But unfortunately, he couldn't rest like that for a long time.
Many people were waiting to see him, many matters were waiting for his approval, ministers were waiting to see him, and even the emperor was waiting to see him.
The noble families are waiting for him, the eunuchs are waiting for him, and the poor are waiting for him.
Yan Shang had only been gone for five days when many people in the court could no longer sit still.
On the evening of the fifth day, the leader of the noble family came to visit the princess and Yan Erlang. The leader's surname was Liu, and he was the son of Yan Shang's teacher, Liu Xianggong.
Now Mr. Liu is old and is about to retire. After the new emperor ascends the throne, the aristocratic families in Chang'an have a new leader, this Mr. Liu.
As soon as Liu Gong was selected as the spokesperson for the Chang'an family, he couldn't wait to meet Yan Erlang and the princess.
The couple invited each other to drink tea in the hall. Before the tea was served, Mr. Liu got straight to the point: "Su Chen, you took sick leave and are resting in the mansion. We shouldn't disturb you, but the court affairs are heavy, and I hope you can understand."
Yan Shang greeted with a smile.
Mu Wanyao sat aside sipping tea, seeming to be lost in thought.
Sure enough, after asking a lot of unimportant court affairs, this person said his real purpose: "...Now that the eunuchs are getting more powerful, Your Majesty listens to them blindly and ignores us scholars. I heard that Liu Wenji urged Your Majesty to let the Hai family come to the capital, and also instigated Zhao Gong's daughter to marry the seventh son of the Wei family in Luoyang... The eunuchs are so restless, obviously they want to create a rift between the noble families and the poor families, and alienate us.
"Regardless of whether we are from an aristocratic family or a humble family, we are all born as scholars. Why should the eunuchs sit at the same table with us?
"I am here to see Your Highness and Su Chen on behalf of the noble family. I am talking about the cooperation between my noble family and the poor family... Let's not fight for the time being. What is more important now is to join forces to defeat the eunuchs! Your Majesty must not be instigated by villains! The eunuchs will definitely cause chaos in the government!"
He spoke eloquently about the matter of cooperation, and Yan Shang and Mu Wanyao responded politely.
After the other party left, Mu Wanyao returned to the inner house and saw Yan Shang sitting in front of the desk in deep thought. She felt sorry for him for not having a moment to spare, and he had to deal with these things again after just two days of rest, but when things came to the point, even Mu Wanyao couldn't let Yan Shang let go and have fun and not take care of business.
Mu Wanyao sat down and said, "The noble families cooperated with the poor families to expel the eunuchs. This is the right way, but you don't seem happy. He is your teacher's son, but you don't give him face and don't agree. What are you thinking?"
Yan Shang raised his eyes.
Yan Shang said: "Now the three powers of the noble families, the poor families, and the eunuchs are the most stable. Whether it is Liu Wenji or the noble families, they all want to win us over or suppress us. They all want to turn the three forces into two, and everyone has some just reasons... But these fights are of no benefit to the court affairs and the people. This fight involves the imperial power, and because your majesty is incompetent, it will only make the fight worse.
"The entire Wei Dynasty will be dragged into the vortex. So I can't agree to it."
Mu Wanyao said indifferently: "If you don't agree, the two parties will turn around and cooperate to deal with us. If you don't agree, the people of the poor family will also be unwilling to accept it and cause chaos below. They will question why you and I refused such a benefit that would help the poor family grow stronger. When that happens, what should we do?"
Yan Shang raised his eyebrows: "We should think of a way... to find something for everyone to do."
Mu Wan raised her eyebrows and smiled.
Yan Shang: “What?”
Mu Wanyao smiled at him and reminded him casually, "You are becoming more and more like a prime minister... Not only a leader of the poor, but also a leader of the scholars and the world. Our emperor will be spoiled by you. Be careful that he will become dependent on you and can't let you go. The more capable you are, the less capable he will be.
"But don't forget - this Wei is the kingdom of the Mu clan after all."
Yan Shang was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought.
Mu Wan frowned, annoyed that he was too worried, and didn't know how he could rest assured and not worry about these things during such a troubled time. They were in a vortex, how could they get out - Mu Wan bit his lip and fell into deep thought.
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