Chapter 270 His elder brother looks serious, but he is actually so flirtatious in private
He looked at the wooden box, worried that A Yan would die.
But Xue Min smiled and said that those poisons had been processed and were not toxic, they were just trying to scare Xie Yanchen.
He acquiesced to their actions.
A Yan was locked in a wooden box for a day and a night. When he was released, blood stained his clean and tidy white clothes. He seemed to be incontinent and emitted a foul odor, which made the eunuchs watching laugh.
When he met Ah Yan's red, swollen, and frightened eyes, a trace of fear quietly arose in his heart.
A Yan asked him why in a hoarse and hysterical voice.
Why do you treat him like this?
He looked at Ah Yan like this, and wanted to explain something in panic, but Ah Yan refused to listen to his explanation.
He felt very upset and wanted to go forward to support A'yan, but Xue Min stopped him.
Xue Min said, "Your Highness, please do not forget that he is very close to the person you hate the most. You must punish him severely. Moreover, His Majesty also hopes that you can show iron will and courage."
So he stopped walking towards A Yan.
He watched A'yan staggering back home. The sunset that evening was blood-red, and A'yan's shadow stretched very long in the palace alley, with something extra that he couldn't see through.
After this incident, he gradually became busy fighting for power and profit.
He didn't know that the eunuchs led by Xue Min had tortured A Yan terribly.
They isolated him, played tricks on him, suppressed him, and even...
They even tied him up and branded the word "Chi" (late), which represents slavery, on his wrist.
By the time he finally realized something was wrong, things had already reached an irreversible point - the bamboo house where Ayan and his aunt lived was burned down by eunuchs.
They tied up A'yan and his aunt in the pavilion. When he got the news and rushed to rescue them, he had just time to carry A'yan out before the bamboo building completely collapsed in the sea of fire.
A Yan would never forgive him again.
Ah Yan was extremely afraid of him and also hated him extremely.
The Ah Yan who would smile and take out honey cakes from her small bag for him to eat on spring afternoons will never come back.
Imperial Garden, on the deciding stage.
The spring breeze carries the sweet fragrance of flowers, like the taste of honey cakes that year.
Xie Xuchi stared at Xie Yanchen, "Later, I killed Xue Min and those eunuchs."
Xie Yanchen asked calmly, "And then? Has my aunt returned?"
Xie Xuchi was silent for a long time, then said softly, "I'm sorry."
In the audience.
Wen Xingluo looked at the two of them.
As the two fought, the second elder brother seemed to be getting rid of his fear of the prince. His punches and kicks were powerful and sharp, and there was no fear in his eyes anymore.
I don't know if my second brother can win...
The more she looked, the more nervous she became. She couldn't help but secretly grasp Xie Guanlan's sleeve through Xie Shian.
Xie Guanlan lowered his eyes.
The girl's fair fingertips unconsciously rested on his wide crimson sleeves, as familiar and natural as before, quietly dispelling the fog brought by witchcraft, inadvertently revealing her body's instinctive memory - she instinctively attached to him.
He slowly and methodically peeled a grape.
Although the competition on the stage has not yet ended, he is aware of the strength of his second brother and Xie Xuchi, and his second brother is no match for Xie Xuchi.
He'll be in the game in the third.
I just don't know whether to fight with Xie Zan or...
Through Xie Shian, he brought the grape flesh to Wen Xingluo's lips, "Ningning, do you want me to marry the princess?"
Wen Xingluo was stunned. He didn't expect that at such a thrilling moment, he would have the leisure to ask such a question.
The emerald green grape flesh hovered in front of the girl's tender pink lips, emitting a sweet and sour fresh aroma, as if he would keep feeding it to her lips as long as she refused to eat it.
Wen Xingluo felt a little guilty.
She was afraid that people on the field would see them being so close, which would have a bad influence, so she had to gently bite the grape flesh with her teeth.
Xie Guanlan naturally wiped the grape juice from her lips.
He licked his fingertips, which were still stained with grape juice. His dense eyelashes cast shadows deep in his pupils as he stubbornly sought an answer. "Hope?"
Xie Shian: “…”
No, do these two really think he doesn't exist?!
He rolled his eyes, imitated Xie Guanlan's tone, and muttered in a distorted and sarcastic tone, "Hope~".
His elder brother looks like a serious person, but he actually is so flirtatious in private.
No wonder he was able to lure Ningning away right under his nose!
Wen Xingluo only just noticed Xie Shian, her cheeks flushed, and she whispered, "Can't you talk about this when you get back?"
Xie Guanlan knew that the little girl was shy, so he chose to remain silent out of reserve.
On the stage, as he expected, Xie Yanchen was no match for Xie Xuchi in terms of boxing and kicking.
Even though Xie Xuchi tried to let him win, Xie Yanchen still lost.
Xie Xuchi stared at the young man in white who stumbled backwards and whispered sincerely, "What should I do to make Ah Yan forgive me? Let you win the competition? Or rebuild the water and land Taoist temple for your aunt? Or, posthumously confer an imperial decree on your aunt?"
Xie Yanchen stood firm.
He wiped the blood from his lips and looked up at him, "Your Highness, haven't you noticed yet? I didn't come here to compete with you today."
"Then why did you accept the challenge?"
Xie Yanchen looked towards the audience.
Xie Guanlan had already stood up and was taking off his wide-sleeved outer garment, as if he was about to go on stage himself.
There was no sign of blame on Xie Shian and Ning Ning's faces; they just waved at him encouragingly.
As for Xie Zan...
The rebellious young man sat lazily and nodded at him imperceptibly.
Xie Yanchen stood in the spring breeze, his brows arched gently. "Because this competition was specially arranged by them to resolve the knot in my heart. Your Highness, our grudge ends here. From now on, there will be no more of us on our paths."
The young man's voice was warm and soft.
Like peach petals falling in the spring breeze.
But when those petals fell on Xie Xuchi's body, they seemed to turn into sharp blades, and every word and sentence made him feel as if he was being tortured to death.
His eyes were red and he could hardly find his voice, "You...what did you say?"
Xie Yanchen didn't answer him and passed him by indifferently.
Xie Xuchi turned around and watched him quickly walk back to his seat to talk to Xie Guanlan. Xie Shian and Wen Xingluo were surrounding him. Even though he couldn't hear what they were saying, he could see the smile on Xie Yanchen's face.
He was so warm and gentle, just like when he first came to the capital.
A'yan, there are a lot of people around him.
It has always been like this.
He has always had many friends.
——Any emperor will be a lonely man.
Xue Min's words were like the devil whispering in his ear.
A chill suddenly ran up his spine, and he suddenly looked at Xie Zhe from afar.
Ten feet away, Xie Zhe sat upright on the high dragon throne. His dark black dragon robe made his fiery shoulders look majestic and even his queen could only sit below him.
Was it my father who instigated everything that happened back then?
Xie Zhe seemed not to see Xie Xuchi's gaze and stood up calmly.
He looked at Xie Guanlan with a smile, "The third round will be between me and Ziheng."
The dark black dragon robe fluttered in the wind.
The black dragon entrenched in the sky above Kyoto was afraid of losing the power he held tightly in his hands, so he was eager to prove in front of the best of the younger generation that even though he was old, he was still inviolable.
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