Chapter 31: Too ugly?
Last time at Guangfu Temple, because Xie Chengyan was afraid of light, there were no candles in the room. Even though they had physical contact, she did not see Xie Chengyan's body.
But in the midst of passion, I could occasionally feel the scars on his body.
It’s a lot, and it should be scary.
The mist flowed over his tight waist and abdomen. There was a horizontal scar about an inch below the mermaid line. The traces of skin and flesh turned outward should be caused by a long knife. He did not rest well in the later period, and the healed wound split again. The frequent recurrence made it so horrifying.
But how could a prince born and raised in the capital, living a life of luxury and never suffering any hardship, have so many wounds? If it were any other prince guarding the border, it wouldn't be surprising, after all, they were constantly at war. But according to rumors in the capital, Xie Chengyan had always grown up under the protection of his father and brother, so how could he have suffered so many injuries?
Noticing the gaze of the person behind him, he turned his head to look over. Because of the light in the room, the brocade band on his eyes had not yet been removed. He asked in a deep voice, "Do you think it's ugly?"
This sentence brought Ye Lanzhou back to his thoughts. He quickly waved his hands and said, "No, no, Your Highness is kind-hearted and must be great and majestic in the hearts of the people."
Xie Chengyan felt more and more uncomfortable the more he listened, and couldn't help but stop him: "Shut up."
The word "kind-hearted" is too false when used to describe him. He has lived for so many years, and has been rebellious and ambitious. The only thing he has done that is worth praising is that he guarded the city of Jinling.
To put it nicely, it is called defending the country; to put it bluntly, it is the desperate resistance of an abandoned prince and a city's army.
But later, the credit fell on the emperor's elder brother Xie Chengen. His mother said that the emperor needed credit to reassure the people when his elder brother ascended the throne. No matter which of the two brothers sat on the throne, the whole world would be named Xie, so why bother about it.
Ye Lanzhou's voice rang out again, and then she placed her hands on his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Did I pick it?"
He hummed, closed his eyes and ignored it.
"During the time you've been staying in the royal mausoleum, have you noticed anything unusual?"
Ye Lanzhou didn't think there was anything unusual. It was just that the burial of the Emperor was supposed to be very complicated. Although she didn't know much about the royal sacrificial rules, such calmness was definitely abnormal.
If she was asked to say what was wrong, she couldn't explain it and said, "Nothing..."
Before she could finish a word, Xie Chengyan interrupted her: "Think carefully before answering. If you are hiding something from me, be careful whether you can still keep your tongue in your mouth."
Xie Chengyan always likes to use these words to threaten people, and he would start killing people at any time. Those who know him think he is King Rui, and those who don’t think he is the King of Hell.
"The imperial mausoleum is strangely quiet. I can't see anything, but I think the late emperor's coffin should be empty."
Xie Chengyan paused, his eyes beneath the brocade belt revealing an expression of shock he couldn't conceal. "What do you mean?"
Ye Lanzhou lowered his head and pondered for a moment. "There's no stench of corpses there. It's more like the kind of fertilizer farmers use for livestock feces, with some sandalwood incense covering it up. The two smell very similar. Perhaps only a coroner who has been around corpses for years can tell the difference."
Seeing that her argument was well-reasoned and well-founded, Xie Chengyan couldn't help but be convinced, but he had only one question: "Have you ever been a coroner?"
Nanyang's past flashed before his eyes, and Ye Lanzhou smiled with great strained force: "During the war, I did everything."
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