Because of Xue Shu's actions, the sleeping person frowned, and his eyeballs trembled under his thin eyelids, as if he was about to wake up in the next moment.

Xue Shu stopped in his tracks and looked at him with bated breath.

After a stalemate of about a moment, Yin Chengyu did not wake up. His wrinkled brows slowly relaxed and his expression became calm again.

Xue Shu heaved a sigh of relief, tucked in the corner of the quilt for him, leaned over and carefully took him into his arms, and groped his way over to him, letting his somewhat cold soles touch the back of his feet to warm them.

Perhaps it was because he was afraid of the cold, or perhaps it was because of the tacit understanding they had developed from sleeping together in their previous life, but Yin Chengyu did not resist this time. Instead, he unconsciously adjusted his posture, moved closer to him, and slept more soundly.

Xue Shu lowered his eyes to look at the person in his arms, pulled his hand, which was placed properly at his side, towards him, placed their palms together, and clasped their fingers tightly.

This is a distance that cannot be closer, with bodies pressed close together, the warmth of each other exchanging and blending together.

There was a huge empty gap in my heart, but it was gradually filled up by the continuous warmth.

But after being filled, another kind of desire grows like wild weeds.

Xue Shu stared at him for a long time, suppressing all the dark and shameful thoughts bit by bit, and gently touched the corner of his lips with great cherishment before hugging him and falling asleep.

…

Since the beginning of winter, Yin Chengyu had a rare good sleep. He did not wake up from the cold in a daze, but instead felt a little hot.

When he woke up, there was still some warmth between the quilts. The warm feeling in winter always makes people nostalgic. Yin Chengyu felt a little lazy and did not get up immediately. He glanced at the side of the screen and saw that there was no one on Luohan's bed. He thought Xue Shu had left.

Yin Chengyu lay in bed for a while, until the warmth gradually faded away, then he stood up and raised his hand to pull the bell beside the bed.

The snow-white sleeves slipped down, revealing a piece of porcelain-white arm and a slight red mark on the back of the hand.

Yin Chengyu's eyes paused, and he lowered his eyes to look closely at the red marks on the back of his hand. The marks were very faint, but his skin was too pale, so he could vaguely make out that they were a few fingerprints.

Trying to hold his right hand with his left hand, and looking at the finger marks that were just covered by his fingers, Yin Chengyu's eyebrows twitched.

No wonder it was so warm last night.

He loosened his hand, and his fingertips brushed over the marks on the back of his hand. He raised his plump lips and sneered softly, "You can't help it now?"

The closer we get to the end of the year, the more things to do. The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is the Little New Year's Eve.

Emperor Longfeng held a banquet in the Huangji Palace to see off the Tatar and Oirat envoys.

The Wala and Tatar delegations had been staying in Beijing for nearly a month. During this period, they were received by people sent by the Honglu Temple. In addition, officials from the Ministry of Rites also discussed the details of the marriage with the Tatar delegation.

After days of negotiations, officials from both sides finally finalized the marriage rules and set a wedding date.

Although Princess Wuzhu was a princess, Dayan was the suzerain state after all. Even if it was just a prince, it was impossible to ask a princess of a foreign race to be the prince's principal wife. In addition, Yin Chengjing had already verbally engaged to the youngest daughter of Yao Zhaoan, the left commander of the Five Armies. So after the final discussion, it was decided that Princess Wuzhu would be the third prince's concubine.

The Tatars added 3,000 mares and a large amount of gold and silver as a dowry for Princess Wuzhu.

However, in order to show Princess Wuzhu's dignity, the Tatars required that the principal wife and the concubine be married on the same day.

After the New Year, Yin Chengjing was already quite old, and the Tatars were pressing for the wedding, so the wedding date was set for February of the following year.

The wedding date was set, and time was running out. The Tatar delegation had to take Princess Wuzhu back to Tatar to prepare for the wedding, so it was inconvenient for them to stay in Wangjing. After hearing the news that Yin Ciguang had "turned the princess into a prince", Mubar finally gave up, and the Wala delegation also proposed to leave together.

The envoys of the two countries would leave Beijing in three days, so Emperor Longfeng ordered a farewell banquet to be held on the eve of the Chinese New Year.

Not only did Yin Chengjing, who had just recovered from a serious injury, attend the banquet, but Yin Ciguang, who was the focus of attention from all sides, also attended the banquet as a prince.

He wore a lake blue round-necked shirt with a pisces pattern that had just been made by the needlework bureau, a large black mink coat, and his hair was tied up with a jade crown. His old color could still be seen between his eyebrows, but he no longer had the timid look of the past.

His face is as pretty as jade and he is as tall as a bamboo.

After Emperor Longfeng's condition improved, he believed in Master Ziyuan's words without a doubt, and even wanted to seat Yin Ciguang in front of himself at the banquet.

According to etiquette, although his seat was not higher than that of the crown prince, it was before Yin Chengjing.

Yin Chengjing looked at Yin Ciguang with a gloomy gaze for a long time, suppressed his anger, and drank a glass of wine in silence.

Halfway through the banquet, Emperor Longfeng was already a little drunk. He looked at the well-behaved Yin Ciguang, then looked at the officials in the hall who kept looking at Yin Ciguang with curiosity written all over their faces, and finally remembered the second thing of the day.

He raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "Today is a great day. There is another thing, so I will take this opportunity to announce it, so that you won't guess privately." He pointed at Yin Ci Guang and said: "This is my eldest prince. When he was born, an immortal came to me in a dream and said that the eldest prince and I are incompatible, and he must dress as a woman to suppress his masculine energy. Therefore, for so many years, the eldest prince has always appeared in public in the form of a woman. A few days ago, Master Ziyuan calculated that the disaster had been resolved, so I let him return to his male body."

He said this in a very light tone.

Although the officials below had received the news long ago, they did not expect him to announce the eldest prince's identity in such a way, and were caught off guard for a moment.

But after a burst of noisy discussion, no one could say anything else.

The emperor has blamed himself for the problem, so who would dare to question him?

A group of officials were hesitant to speak, as no one dared to be the first to speak out.

After all, this is the emperor's family affair. The emperor himself doesn't care about it, and they, the ministers, have no right to interfere.

Because of this incident, the atmosphere in the palace became quiet, yet undercurrents were stirring.

Emperor Longfeng didn't care. Instead, he turned to Yin Chengyu and said, "Your brother has been living in Yongxi Palace before. Now that he has recovered his status, it is time for him to leave the palace and open a residence. Now that you are in charge of court affairs, you should pay more attention to the construction of the residence."

The construction of the palace was over, so why did the prince need to worry about it? It was just that Emperor Longfeng took the opportunity to punish Yin Chengyu.

Yin Chengyu pretended not to notice and nodded calmly: "Don't worry, father. I will urge the Ministry of Works to handle this matter."

…

When the banquet ended, it was already past the hour of Xu.

Emperor Longfeng was drunk and had left earlier. Yin Ciguang did not want to deal with the ministers who gathered around to inquire about the news, so he left with Yin Chengyu.

This was also to show other officials that although he was the eldest son of the emperor, he had no intention of competing with the crown prince.

"Congratulations, brother." Yin Chengyu said with a smile.

Seeing that he was not dissatisfied with Emperor Longfeng's criticism, Yin Ciguang breathed a sigh of relief and said frankly: "My father wants to support me to compete with Your Highness, but I have no such intention."

Only a person as elegant as Yin Chengyu is worthy of sitting on the main seat of the East Palace.

"Don't worry, my brother. I don't care. Even without you, my father will support others." Yin Chengyu smiled and said calmly, "But the position of the crown prince will only be mine."

It was rare for him to show some rebellious edges. Yin Ci Guang looked at him from the side, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "I believe in Your Highness."

The two men walked away while talking, and Yin Chengjing, who came out later, was hurt by the figure standing side by side with them, and his face became even gloomier.

He knew that Yin Ci Guang had taken refuge with the prince, but he did not expect that the prince was so broad-minded that he was still willing to help Yin Ci Guang after finding out that he was disguised as a woman.

This extra prince is not just any prince, but the eldest prince!

Rumors about Yin Ci Guang were rampant these days, and he sent people to investigate several times. After removing those exaggerated words and pulling out the clues, he found that the people behind it were actually Ziyuan Zhenren and Xue Shu.

Everyone else was deceived by the illusion that Xue Shu and the prince were not on good terms, but he knew the truth.

Xue Shu was a hidden chess piece planted by the prince next to the emperor.

Now it seems that not only Xue Shu, but also Master Ziyuan may have a complicated relationship with the prince.

With two such useful chess pieces, it's no wonder that he could trick his father into doing things so well.

The figures of the two people have been obscured by the night. Yin Chengjing stared at the direction where Yin Chengyu left, his face hidden in the shadows, with a vicious look on his face.

The eunuch who was serving beside him saw that he had not moved for a long time, and whispered to remind him: "Your Highness, it's time to go back and take your medicine."

Speaking of taking medicine, Yin Chengjing's eyes became even more sinister.

His fingers trembled nervously a few times. His external injuries had healed in the past few days, but no matter how many times he tried, he was still unable to have normal sex.

I drank bowl after bowl of the medicine the doctor prescribed, but it had no effect.

During these days, Yin Chengjing was in agony and fear, but in order to hide his true identity from others, he could only endure it and could not even lose his temper.

However, the person who had caused him to such a state was feeling very proud and even had the interest to act like a brother.

Yin Chengjing gritted his teeth and said, "Go and send Renwu over."

Concubine Wen probably doesn't know this secret yet, so he will pass the news on to her and push the matter a little further. Given Concubine Wen's current reckless madness, she will probably not let it go if she sees her two enemies living well.

He needed to recuperate and had no time to deal with the Crown Prince, which was a perfect opportunity for him to ask Concubine Wen to charge in the front.

Isn't it a good thing for brothers to be friendly and respectful to each other? I hope that when he is bitten back in the future, his good brother can still maintain the same broad mind as today.

After parting with Yin Ciguang, Yin Chengyu returned to Ciqing Palace.

When I entered the bedroom, I saw someone who shouldn't be there.

Waving his hand to signal the palace servants to leave, Yin Chengyu looked at the person in front of him, curling his lips in a smile: "Why is Lord Xue here again? How can you please father if you are so lazy on duty?"

"I just want to please Your Highness." Xue Shu approached, untied his belt, and took off his cloak: "Your Majesty, there are others to serve you."

The two of them were close to each other, and Xue Shu could smell the aroma of alcohol on him. He asked again, "Do you want someone to bring me some sobering soup?"

Yin Chengyu didn't drink much, but after a while of being in the wind, he felt a little tipsy.

He squinted his eyes and looked at Xue Shu, the redness at the corners of his eyes becoming more and more obvious: "No need, I'll just sit for a while. Help me take off my outer clothes first." After saying that, she spread out her arms, slightly raised her chin and waited for him to help her undress.

Wearing thick clothes in winter inevitably makes one feel confined. After taking off the heavy cotton coat and putting on only a light undergarment, Yin Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Xue Shu arranged his changed clothes and put them on the rack. Yin Chengyu supported his forehead and followed his movements with his eyes.

Perhaps it was the alcohol that was causing the problem, but when Yin Chengyu looked at him, he felt that he had a slender figure, thin arms, slim waist and long legs, and he was actually a little more pleasing to the eye than usual.

He stood up and walked forward, leaning behind him, close to him, and asked in a hoarse voice in his ear: "Master Xue said he would serve me, where will he serve me?"

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