The light from outside coated the tent with gold and silver colors, and when the folds of the gauze fluttered, it looked like flowing golden clouds.
It's golden everywhere.
Mu Wan's neck was covered in sweat as she shook it. Her lover's face was close to hers, and her cheeks were warming up along with his, feeling a little hot.
His long hair spread around her neck, and his trembling breath brushed behind her ears. The hand holding her waist was so tight that it seemed to strangle her, and when he looked up at her, tears came out of his eyes.
Mu Wanyao was already blushing and feeling embarrassed, and she did this to please Yan Shang...but she was also surprised by Yan Shang's big reaction.
Mu Wanyao stared at him blankly, thinking that the most primitive desire of men, brutal and violent, was really ugly, and she couldn't imagine any words to beautify it. But Yan Shang was different. Other men were so ugly when facing desire, but he was still clear and clean, and in her heart he was beautiful.
Even though he was like this now, she didn't find him scary or annoying. Not only did she not hate him, she even liked to see the water in his eyes and the redness at the corners of his eyes.
Mu Wanyao lowered her eyelids and looked down at the hem of her skirt. Her red skirt was dyed dark red near her legs. She glanced down, and Yan Shang probably thought she was going to do something bad again, so he covered her eyes and said angrily, "Don't look at me."
The girl's thick and long eyelashes scratched his palm like a brush. She said in a delicate voice, dissatisfied and coquettish: "You got it on me!"
With his eyes covered, Mu Wanyao imagined that Yan Shang's face was so red that he almost burned himself to death.
He said in a low voice: "I'm sorry... I'll clean it up."
As he said that, he put down his hand that was covering her, and propped up his upper body to clean up the consequences of the two people's nonsense. Mu Wanyao quickly pulled him down again and lay down with her. She was dissatisfied: "You are really destined to work hard. Can't you lie down and rest for a while? Anyway, you have done more to yourself. We can clean it up later."
Yan Shang was confused and tangled in his mind: No way? Won't it be done in a moment? Won't the maids see the traces?
But Mu Wanyao forced him to lie down, so he obeyed with hesitation, thinking that she should have a way. And lying on the bed with Mu Wanyao in broad daylight, looking at Mu Wanyao in his arms, Yan Shang looked at her upturned snow-white face for a long time, and couldn't help but hold her chin and kiss her for a while.
Very delicate and gentle in that kind of French kiss.
Mu Wan shook and laughed, and leaned into his arms again. Yan Shang was helpless, watching her lean into his arms, he covered it for a moment, she didn't touch him through his already loosened robe, but she hugged his waist tightly.
Yan Shang just sighed that the atmosphere was still good, then he heard Mu Wan shook her head and said, "Your waist is so thin, I noticed it when we were doing that just now..."
Her mouth was covered by Yan Shang.
Yan Shang's face turned red again because of her: "You are talking nonsense again! Your Highness is always so outspoken."
Mu Wan shook off his hand that was covering her mouth and rolled her eyes at him. Yan Shang was surprised that she rolled her eyes at him, and then he heard her say, "You are too dishonest with your body. It is what it is, and you dare not look at it or say it. How can you play with me in the future?"
Yan Shang was slightly startled and looked at her: "In the future... Your Highness will you... play with me?"
Mu Wanyao's eyes widened. "What else? What do you mean? You don't really think I like someone else, do you? I've done this for you. Do you think it's meaningless for a woman to do this for her husband?"
Yan Shang said: "I also vaguely feel that... His Highness treats me differently."
The two of them were lying on the bed talking in private - Mu Wanyao: "Have you noticed that you are not as nervous as before when you are close to me? Although you are still a little bit, but you are not always tense like before."
Yan Shang: "You always come every now and then, I've gotten used to being scared by you. But today... it's not good to do it during the day, maybe at night next time."
Mu Wan glanced at him and said, "You're still planning on meeting me next time? You're so greedy."
Mu Wanyao held his face curiously, observing his expression. She bit her cheek shyly and asked quietly, "Are you really comfortable? Especially comfortable? You are especially...excited. Even more excited than before."
Yan Shang was embarrassed, and annoyed that she dared to ask anything. But Mu Wanyao forced him to answer, and he finally nodded reluctantly. Mu Wanyao cheered, hugged his neck and kissed him. And this time, he felt a little... Mu Wanyao also noticed it and glanced at him.
She opened her mouth to ask him if he still wanted it, but Yan Shang covered her mouth, stopping her from asking.
Yan Shang: "...indulgence is not good."
Mu Wan shook his head in admiration: "What kind of indulgence is this?"
Yan Shang tensed up, but refused in the end. After all, it was he who was uncomfortable, not Mu Wanyao. Seeing how shy he was, Mu Wanyao let him do what he wanted.
The little princess in his arms finally stopped making a fuss. Yan Shang covered his eyes with his eyelashes and smiled helplessly. His smile was light and gentle, like the gurgling of still water.
He lowered his head as if thinking about something, Mu Wanyao ignored him, she found a comfortable position in his arms, reached out to scoop up a handful of his black hair scattered on the soft pillow, and tangled it in her hands to play with it. She couldn't help but kiss his hair, and could still smell the fragrance of his hair, and a little bit of moisture.
Because he had just taken a bath.
Mu Wanyao thought complacently that she knew he had bathed when she hugged him in the yard. Otherwise, she would not have done that for him. She was so smart that she not only pleased Yan Shang, but also made Yan Shang forgive her.
Mu Wanyao was thinking complacently when Yan Shang lowered his head and said to her, "It's still wrong for you to be so close to King Wuman."
Mu Wan shook her head and her face suddenly turned cold. She looked up expressionlessly: "Why, you still want to settle accounts with me?"
Yan Shang said helplessly: "That's not what I meant. I just said that there can be some solutions. It's not that I don't believe you, it's just... you always tell me nothing, you always want me to feel at ease, right?"
Mu Wanyao said coldly: "What do you want?"
Yan Shang: "I don't want to do anything. If I am not busy with official duties, I can go to the Honglu Temple to help. You are with the envoys and the King of Wuman, and when you deal with them, I will go with you."
Mu Wan was stunned.
He said, “You want to supervise me?”
Yan Shang said: "It's not supervision. I just want to protect you."
Mu Wan shook: "Don't you still want to supervise me?"
He said nothing and lowered his eyes.
But he didn't say anything, Mu Wanyao was afraid that he would be sad and angry, so she softened her heart instantly. She thought to herself that she was upright to begin with, and although it would be a little troublesome for her if Yan Shang followed her... she couldn't just watch Yan Shang sad.
Mu Wanyao said slowly: "Come if you want to. I don't care."
Yan Shang glanced at her, and Mu Wan smiled: "So, if you turn the page on this, you can stop settling scores with me, right?"
Yan Shang actually still had a lot of doubts in his mind, but Mu Wanyao's behavior also made him realize that it was not convenient for him to talk too deeply with her.
She is a rose with thorns, always with her thorns extended, watching everyone with vigilance, afraid that someone would get close to her and hurt her. She tried to stretch out her branches and leaves to welcome Yan Shang into her world. However, he is an outsider after all, and she can't let her completely give up her thorns and embrace him with full trust from the beginning.
Yan Shang lowered his head, lifted her bangs, kissed her gently on the forehead, and said, "No more accounts."
Mu Wan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled again.
But Yan Shang had put aside those troubles, as if he had become curious about the things between men and women. He leaned close to her ear and asked softly: "You just did that to me... can I do that to you too?"
Mu Wan shook: "..."
She froze for a moment, and felt Yan Shang's hand on her waist sliding down slightly. She panicked and quickly pressed it down. Yan Shang looked down at her, and she always felt that he had bad intentions. Mu Wan shook her head and blushed, and heard Yan Shang blushing and whispering: "I think people are the same. I feel comfortable, and you should feel comfortable too... I want to try it."
Mu Wan shook her head and shouted, "How dare you! How dare you!"
She began to struggle, not letting him touch her. Her face turned red, she was panicked and embarrassed, and she jumped up in his arms like a fish. Yan Shang was frightened by her and let go of her hand. Mu Wan shook her head and said angrily: "If you dare to do this to me, I will ignore you again!"
She could observe Yan Shang and control him, but how could Yan Shang observe her and control her? He should be suppressed by her, not the other way around!
Yan Shang withdrew his hand and said disappointedly: "Okay, okay, stop jumping around."
Mu Wanyao felt relieved.
The two chatted some more, the kind of gossip that lovers repeat over and over again, which may sound boring to outsiders but make the two of them laugh.
Afterwards, Yan Shang opened the curtain first, and came out with dishevelled clothes. He avoided looking at the marks he had left on Mu Wanyao's dress, and urged Mu Wanyao to call the maids to get water so that they could wash it. Yan Shang was annoyed again: "Don't do this next time... What about your dress?"
Mu Wan shook: "What do you mean by 'what to do'?"
Yan Shang stuttered: "What if someone finds out?"
Mu Wanyao: "Look how embarrassed you are. I am a princess, I can see it, who dares to ask me?"
Yan Shang stopped talking.
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But when Mu Wanyao went to take a bath, the maid Xia Rong asked anxiously: "Your Highness, do you want to prepare contraceptive soup?"
Mu Wan was stunned for a moment, turned back to look at her, and said, "No need."
Xia Rong was shocked and looked even more embarrassed. She thought, could it be that His Highness meant that she was willing to bear a child for Yan Erlang?
But... getting pregnant before marriage is not a good idea, right?
Xia Rong heard Mu Wanyao's cold voice: "I don't need this kind of thing, and I will never need it in the future. You don't have to ask me again. If you ask me if I want 'contraceptive soup' again, I will kill you."
Xia Rong was shocked and felt wronged, so she had to leave.
The princess's residence had a separate bathhouse with a hot spring pool. Steam rose in the air. After Xia Rong and the other maids left, Mu Wanyao sat alone beside the hot spring pool. She sat on the shore, playing in the water with her slender white legs for a while.
After feeling empty for a while, Mu Wanyao smiled to himself and went into the water to take a bath.
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Next, the envoys who dealt with Princess Danyang discovered that an official would follow the princess from time to time.
It is said that he was from the Honglu Temple and followed Princess Danyang to receive the envoys.
The envoys reluctantly accepted.
When Meng Zaishi went out with Mu Wanyao again, he saw Yan Shang following them. Meng Zaishi was stunned and immediately narrowed his eyes.
Mu Wanyao was in front, and Yan Shang followed behind. Mu Wanyao stood in front of Yan Shang vaguely, looking at Meng Zaishi with a warning look.
Her meaning was so clear, as if she would fight him to the death if he dared to hurt Yan Shang in the slightest.
Meng Zaishi met Yan Shang's gaze again, and Yan Shang smiled at him gently, politely. But politeness was Yan Erlang's usual style... Meng Zaishi remembered that when he was in the Honglu Temple, he almost fell into this man's trap.
If Yan Shang had not written the second booklet at that time and had handed in the first one directly, although the misunderstanding would have been explained in the end, Wu Man would have inevitably suffered some trouble.
Yan Shang would plot quietly... but his style was much more sinister than Mu Wanyao's straightforward one.
And then thinking back to that day in Beili, when Mu Wanyao was hanging around Yan Shang like a fool... Meng Zaishi sneered, feeling extremely unhappy.
Meng Zaishi turned his eyes and said with a smile, "How about going to Leyouyuan to race horses with His Highness today?"
Mu Wan shook: "Come on."
Meng Zaishi looked at Yan Shang and said, "A civil official like Yan Erlang won't continue to follow me, right?"
Yan Shang said amiably, "Although my horsemanship is not as good as that of the king and His Highness, as an official appointed by the court, I have my duties to perform. Please do not embarrass me."
What this means is that he will continue to follow.
Meng Zaishi turned and left, Mu Wan shook his head and smiled secretly at Yan Shang.
Yan Shang gave her a "reassured" smile in return.
In fact, after these two days, although she didn't know how Yan Shang felt, Mu Wanyao actually liked Yan Shang following her. Because she could tease Yan Shang secretly and tease him quietly. And when he was surprised, he would often get very nervous.
Mu Wanyao admitted that she was a bit bad-hearted. She just wanted to see Yan Shang bickering with the envoy one moment, and being frightened by her the next moment, he avoided her gaze and kept backing away.
The trouble is, with Yan Shang following, to some extent, Mu Wanyao really can't carry out her plan, and her relationship with Meng Zaishi gradually warms up.
In her original plan, she should change her attitude in secret meetings, rekindle her old love with Meng Zaishi, and take his life when he is paralyzed. However, now with Yan Shang watching, although Yan Shang usually does not speak, Mu Wanyao's plan is forced to fall apart.
As a result, Mu Wanyao and Meng Zaishi seemed to no longer be at odds with each other, and they even chatted and laughed with each other, but... it really didn't seem like they were in love.
Fortunately, when Mu Wanyao was struggling, Yan Shang told her one day that he had an appointment the next day and had something very important to do, so he would not accompany Mu Wanyao to see Meng Zaishi. Mu Wanyao was immediately excited, but she did not show it on her face. She just said "hmm" twice coldly, which was consistent with her usual perfunctory and casual attitude.
Deceived Yan Shang.
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That night, Mu Wanyao made an appointment with Meng Zaishi, and the next day he invited all the foreign envoys to go hunting in Nanshan together.
The princess of Wei is going hunting! This style is worthy of the style of a great country.
The envoys naturally agreed readily, and Meng Zaishi also agreed.
But that night, in his own residence, Meng Zaishi found the appointment with Mu Wanyao interesting.
Meng Zaishi stroked his chin and murmured, "Hunting... that means wielding swords and guns... can I trust her?"
The subordinates said, "This is on the territory of the Great Wei. Princess Danyang shouldn't dare to do anything, right? If something goes wrong, it will lead to a conflict between the two countries."
Meng Zaishi seemed to be thinking about something.
But he said: "After all, she is a cruel and ruthless little princess. I have to be on guard. I have to make some preparations."
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That night, the princess's mansion was also brightly lit.
Sitting in the inner hall, Mu Wanyao sat in front of the long desk with his eyes closed, pretending to be asleep, listening to Fang Tong talking about the arrangements.
Fang Tong said: "In the past few days, we have been carefully transferring the guards of the princess's mansion to Nanshan. Now all the guards of the mansion have been transferred to Nanshan. Although the Wuman King is powerful... but we have made arrangements in advance, we should be able to kill him."
Mu Wan shook his head and said, "Bring the person in."
Fang Tong stepped back and came back with a burly man after a while.
Mu Wanyao opened his eyes and looked at the silent man standing in the hall. Under the dim light, at first glance, he looked a bit like Meng Zaishi, and his face also had a similar outline. What was even more strange was that this man also had a long scar on his face.
It was worth Fang Tong’s effort to buy this person in Hu City.
Fang Tong introduced: "This man was originally from Wuman, and his mother was a horse slave. His mother was trampled to death by the Wuman iron hoofs. He hated Wuman and fought against Wuman soldiers many times. When he was almost killed, he was saved by a Wei man who went to Wuman to do business. After many twists and turns, this man ended up in the market of our Wei and became a slave.
"Although he is a Wuman, he has been in Wei for ten years and even named himself Wei. He is loyal to Wei and hates Wuman, so we should be able to cooperate."
Muwan raised her chin.
The man standing below leaned forward and saluted the noble and beautiful princess, and said in a very orthodox Wei language: "I am Han Shuxing, and I am honored to meet Her Royal Highness. Your people have given me a thousand strings of cash, and Your Highness wants to eliminate the Wuman. Naturally, I will do my best to serve Your Highness."
Mu Wan shook his head coldly: "If I asked you to die, would you be willing?"
Han Shuxing looked very indifferent, and the scar on his face floated like a dragon as he spoke: "It doesn't matter. I have only one life, and there is no hope in this life. If you can kill a few Wuman people and die with me, it will be my honor."
Mu Wanyao was silent for a moment, and then asked the man a few more questions. Seeing that the other party was indeed reliable, she let Fang Tong take the man away.
In the quiet inner hall, Mu Wanyao sat alone for a while, his heart pounding because of what he was about to do.
However, she must -
Meng Zaishi has actually always been nice to her.
But she didn't want to marry!
Only by killing him can we solve this problem once and for all!
He was her shameful past, and she didn't want this past to keep flashing before her eyes... She was so cruel.
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The next day, Meng Zaishi came to pick up the princess and go to Leyouyuan together.
The Wuman group wore bronze masks as usual. The masked Wuman King rode on a tall horse from Longyou and nodded to the ostentatious and beautiful Princess Danyang.
Mu Wanyao glanced at them all slowly and winked at Fang Tong on his side.
Mu Wan smiled, and when she tilted her head, her beautiful eyes were full of gait, as beautiful as jade, making everyone dazzled with praise. And she suddenly tightened the reins and shouted "Go!" She rode away in a cloud of dust, her clothes flying, and rode away first.
King Wuman and others are chasing after him!
On the streets of Chang'an, the nobles were so elegant that the common people were avoiding them. Then they saw Mu Wan riding the imperial horse and traveling with the King of Wuman, going straight out of the city and heading towards Nanshan!
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Yan Shang was entertaining the Hu merchants he had hired earlier who had come back from Wuman with great difficulty.
He couldn't wait for the other party to come to him, so after hearing that these people had returned, he went directly to Xishi to find them.
Yan Shang came here several times to ask about the safety of the Hu merchants. After the Hu merchants returned, he gave them money again, and the commission he gave was more than what was agreed upon when he hired them.
The Hu merchants were filled with emotion. When they left Chang'an, Yan Erlang was still studying; but when they returned, Yan Erlang had already become an official of the imperial court.
Although he was an official, Erlang treated them as equals as he did in the past and did not look down on them.
The Hu merchants naturally wanted to do their best to repay Yan Erlang.
Yan Shang asked directly: "We can talk about other trivial matters later. Let me ask what I want to know the most first. Do you know what the relationship is between the current Wuman King and the Princess Danyang who was married there before?"
The Hu people looked at each other and smiled the kind of tacit smile that only men could understand.
The words are still empty.
I heard a Hu man say, "My dear, you asked the right question! There are rumors on the Wuman grasslands. It is said that when the current Wuman King was still a prince, he had an unclear relationship with the queen of the day, the princess who married into the royal family. The relationship between the two was different from that of ordinary people. Before the old Wuman King died, this rumor was suppressed. Now that the current Wuman King is king, no one suppresses this rumor. Many people on the grasslands have heard this rumor!"
Yan Shang's face turned slightly pale.
But he was strong-willed and did not express his opinion.
Besides, this was just his guess... He always thought Mu Wanyao was lying to him!
Yan Shang said: "Your words confuse me. What does it mean for the current Wuman King to be a prince?"
The Hu people were surprised: "Don't you know about this here in the Great Wei? Although the current Wuman King has emerged from the war, he is the eldest son of the previous Wuman King! He was originally the son of the previous Wuman King, but the throne was not passed on to him at that time.
"Everyone says that the current Wuman King and the princess who married him together killed the old Wuman King and the young Wuman King who had not yet ascended the throne, so the current Wuman King was able to take the throne! Wuman doesn't care about this, so this rumor spreads everywhere and no one cares. No one knows whether it is true or not."
Another Hu added: "Although I don't know whether it's true or not, it's almost certain. Otherwise, how could the princess who married into the Wei Dynasty return to Wei after only two or three years of marriage? She must have made a deal with the current Wuman King!"
They started talking at once, sharing all sorts of information.
It was not until he saw Yan Shang looked unhappy that he suddenly stood up.
It's really rare to see a man like Yan Shang looking unhappy... Everyone stopped talking, anxiously: "What's wrong with you, Langjun? Did we say something wrong?"
Yan Shang forced a smile at them and said soothingly, "It's okay, I suddenly remembered something. I'll ask you the following questions next time. This time I really have something to do... I have to leave, please forgive me!"
Perhaps it was because what Yan Erlang suddenly remembered was extremely important, he was a little flustered about his manners and left in an extremely hasty manner.
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After leaving the shop, Yan Shang rode back home and headed to the princess's mansion without hesitation.
He suddenly realized that he had missed a serious guess.
He had always been wondering whether Mu Wanyao and Meng Zaishi were still connected and their feelings for each other were deep or shallow.
But he never thought that Mu Wanyao might hate him to the core.
Maybe her smile to Meng Zaishi was not because of the rekindled love, but... to paralyze Meng Zaishi for another purpose.
If Meng Zaishi is the son of the old Wuman King!
If Mu Wanyao was still alive when the old Wuman King was still alive, she would have had a close relationship with Meng Zaishi... They served their father and son together. The father married her, and now the son has come to Chang'an to ask for her hand in marriage.
Serving father and son together!
What a shame for Mu Wanyao!
If it's not love, then it's only hate!
When hatred reaches its extreme, one must want to kill someone...but what if something happens to her?
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Yan Shang rushed to the princess's mansion, and sure enough, the guards had been moved out.
Yan Shang ignored the bewildered maids in the princess's mansion, and did not speak to them as he did in the past. He came and left in a hurry. There were no guards in Yan Shang's mansion, and he thought of his friends, so he hastily transferred people to Nanshan.
Yan Shang was riding his horse hurriedly on the street, his mind confusedly thinking about who to borrow soldiers from, when a team in front of him came towards him quickly.
The horse is very fast!
But just as it was about to pass him, the leading horse stopped.
The flags fluttered, and the knights stopped one after another. Yang Si, who was riding on his horse, turned around and looked at him: "Yan Suchen?"
Yan Shang looked over and saw that it was Yang Sanlang, whom he had not seen for a long time, leading a group of knights and swaggering into Chang'an City. Yang Si had a handsome face, but a little darker than before.
They met on a narrow road, in the bustling market, and the young man was riding a horse, looking at him lazily with his eyebrows raised. Wearing a black robe and a red collar, with his hair gently brushing his face, Yang Si was so handsome and elegant.
Yan Shang immediately said: "Sanlang, I need your help. Please come with me to Nanshan!"
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