Chapter 118
"I'm leaving." Luo Shenyuan pulled her hand away, as if he didn't want to say anything more.
What happened that day still had an impact. It was fine for other people to say those things, but when Yi Ning said them, it felt different. He had been so humble that day. When had he ever been so humble before? She wouldn't listen. Thinking about it now, he was a little angry with her.
It was not a good idea to get entangled with her at this moment. The anger and impulse in his heart had not yet dissipated.
Yi Ning, however, held on to him, insisting she needed to know about her affairs. She stared at him and asked, "Why didn't you tell me? I'm not your political enemy, nor am I your opponent..."
I don't know what touched his nerve, he suddenly said in a cold voice: "Why should I tell you!"
Yi Ning was stunned by what he said, thinking he was the first to complain. He couldn't help but get angry: "If I left you by my side and monitored your daily life all day, would you be happy? Luo Shenyuan - I haven't lost my temper yet, what are you talking about!"
After hearing what she said, he thought for a moment and suddenly sneered. There was something very unfamiliar to her between his handsome and deep brows. Perhaps it was a kind of aggression, or determination.
"Okay, okay. Then I'll tell you, as long as you dare to listen!" Luo Shenyuan suddenly said.
Yi Ning suddenly felt something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She tried to let him go, but Luo Shenyuan suddenly grabbed her hand.
Before Yi Ning could react, she felt the scent of a rainy night wash over her, along with the familiar scent of Luo Shenyuan. These scents assaulted her so fiercely that when she felt her lips soften, he pressed her against the table. She only managed to see his thick eyebrows and straight nose. She had seen them for nearly ten years, but never had they been so clear and unfamiliar as they were now.
Luo Shenyuan was much taller than her. When he lowered his head, his hands supported the edge of the table beside her. Yi Ning was completely covered by him. She suddenly felt out of control.
It was still pouring outside, and the darkness was silent and deserted, separating the front hall from a world dimly lit by candlelight.
Yi Ning reacted quickly and pushed him away.
Luo Shenyuan was not on guard either. After she pushed him away, he leaned against the small table and smiled silently.
Yi Ning was still gasping for breath. The shock and instinctive trembling in her heart made her speech unclear: "You...you just..."
"You know now." Luo Shenyuan regained his composure. He smiled and said, "If you really want to know, how do you feel now?"
"……are you serious?"
Yining's lips had a faint warm touch, which was very unfamiliar. She was a little dazed and still felt it was too unreal.
Luo Shenyuan fell silent again after hearing this. He said, "You don't have to take it seriously."
The people outside had been waiting for him for a long time. He put on his cloak again, turned around and stepped into the rain without even opening an umbrella.
Yining couldn't recover from his shock for a long time.
She couldn't treat such a forced kiss as a joke.
The imperial palace under the heavy rain, with golden dragons and queweis, yellow glazed tiles and red walls, and a white marble platform.
Wei Ling walked up the stairs one by one. The eunuch standing beside him knelt down and said, "Duke, please take off your armor."
Wei Ling said nothing. He untied his armor with one hand and waved his hand. The heavy armor fell on the tray, splashing raindrops. It was so heavy that the eunuch could hardly hold on.
The gate of the Palace of Heavenly Purity slowly opened, and Wei Ling walked straight in.
After the palace gates were closed, no one knew what happened inside.
Xu Wei was drinking tea with Xie Daxueshi, a scholar in his seventies. Xie rarely came out. He was a senior official, considered a neutral figure in the court, and the emperor held him in high esteem. Although he was not affiliated with any faction, he and Xu Wei had been close friends for many years.
Xu Wei personally heated a pot of wine for Xie Daxueshi and placed two slices of braised pork on his plate: "Master Xie, you must try it. Their braised pork is best with garlic."
Xie Daxueshi rubbed his beard and repeatedly pushed his hand away: "Master Xu, I dare not eat more! Where is your young friend? Why hasn't he come yet?"
"How would I know him?" Xu Wei, a pillar of the Qingliu faction, had always been incorruptible and dedicated to his work. He wasn't greedy for money or sex, a rare hobby. He ate a piece of braised meat with hot wine and chewed a clove of garlic. The taste was exquisite. Xie Daxueshi was old and had a bad nose, so he didn't think it was a big deal.
At this time, Luo Shenyuan stepped into the room and bowed to the two adults, saying, "I'm sorry, my lords, I was delayed on the way."
"Come and sit down, and add another set of bowls and chopsticks." Xu Wei asked the servant to bring up the bowls and chopsticks, and Luo Shenyuan immediately sat down cross-legged.
Grand Secretary Xie, clutching his wine cup, glanced at Luo Shenyuan and said to Xu Wei, "Your student isn't in the right state. His expression hasn't changed, but his breathing is a little disordered. You must have come here in a sedan chair, right?"
"Thank you for your concern, sir. I was in a hurry on the way." Luo Shenyuan just said.
Xu Wei continued, "Why are you talking about him now? Wei Ling has just been summoned to the palace by the Emperor. What do you think is going on inside?"
"Everyone in the court thought he died in battle. I think it's more troublesome for him not to be dead," said Xie Daxueshi.
Xu Wei smiled and shook his finger: "Shenyuan, talk to Xie Daxueshi."
Luo Shenyuan agreed, reaching out to take a peanut from the plate on the table and placing it in the middle. He said, "Not only will the Duke of Ying not be in trouble this time, but he will actually be rewarded by the Emperor. This is because he won a victory for the court, driving the Tatars fifty miles outside the Great Wall. He also successfully uncovered a traitor for the court. This traitor has been deeply embedded in the court for many years, causing endless harm."
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