Chapter 297 Brother, do you really not want Ningning anymore?
Chen Yu said angrily, "I've given her everything I deserve. I can't squeeze anything else out of her. If I don't leave quickly, do I have to stay overnight? She'll beat me to death."
Wen Xingluo didn't like him, so it was impossible for him to be her concubine.
Anyway, he had already given all the Shu brocade and banknotes to Wen Xingluo as his father wished. Even if she wanted anything else, he would have nothing left.
Pei Lin stared at him.
I've given her everything I deserve, and there's nothing more I can squeeze out of her...
Although he was a eunuch, he had witnessed the emperor visiting his concubines. He thought that Chen Yu had completed the sexual intercourse and left those things with Wen Xingluo. Because he was not strong enough, he could not do it a second time.
Although it was a little faster, the task was finally completed.
Pei Lin pondered for a moment and said coldly, "I'll escort you out of the palace. Don't mention what happened tonight to anyone."
Shen Yu followed him out obediently.
There are so many rules in the palace, and he didn't understand why he had to deliver something secretly in the middle of the night and couldn't even tell anyone about it.
Beijing and Chengdu are different after all.
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The next day, at the palace.
During breakfast, Xie Shian came back from outside and said mysteriously, "Have you heard that the Grand Marshal of the Capital Army, someone named Xiong Lingjiao, was jailed in the middle of the night! They say he raped women and took 38 concubines! He's older than our father, I don't know how he can handle it!"
Xie Yanchen praised softly, "Fourth brother is now able to find out information."
"That's right!" Xie Shian picked up a hot fried bun with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, saying vaguely, "I'm also a member of the family. There's no reason for you and Ningning to go out and risk your lives while I sit at home and enjoy my life. If you have any plans for the future and you need me, just tell me!"
He was swallowing a bun when he suddenly noticed the scratch marks on the side of Xie Guanlan's neck.
The boy had also been to a brothel and knew very well what it was.
His eyes widened suddenly, and he almost choked on his bun. He coughed violently and yelled, "Who! Who is that woman?! I'm going to kill you two dogs!"
"Have a glass of water." Xie Yanchen handed over a glass of warm water with concern.
Xie Shian gulped down half a cup of wine, then drew his sword and stood up.
Xie Guanlan laughed angrily and moved his hands faster.
A folding fan with an ink-and-wash lotus pattern instantly hit the young man's wrist. Xie Shian let out a muffled groan, and his sword fell to the ground with a clang.
Xie Shian was silent for a moment and sat down obediently.
He is no match for his elder brother at all!
With red eyes, he looked at Xie Guanlan pitifully, "Brother, do you really not want Ningning anymore?"
Xie Guanlan took a sip of tea expressionlessly.
His younger brother is simply unbearable to watch.
Xie Shian coughed lightly, "Um, big brother, if you don't want Ningning anymore, can I -"
"Fourth brother, eat more meat." Xie Yanchen was afraid he would say something shocking, so he quickly picked up a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth. "Yesterday evening, eldest brother braved the rain to go to Ningning's bedroom and came back very late. He didn't get enough rest, so don't provoke him."
Xie Shian blinked his eyes.
These words contain a lot of information.
Finally coming to his senses, he suppressed his excitement and coughed a few times in embarrassment, "So that's how it is... I was thinking that big brother and Ningning wouldn't be together. I've made up my mind, when the time comes, I'll marry Ningning and my cousin together..."
The hall fell into an eerie silence.
After a long while, Xie Guanlan said calmly, "After breakfast, you will return to Rongcheng."
Xie Shian was shocked. "Brother, I just contradicted you a little bit. You don't have to chase me back, right?! At worst, I can just stop talking back in the future... The capital is so big, I haven't finished exploring yet..."
Xie Guanlan said calmly, "I'm not punishing you. You and your second brother go back first. I'll come find you after I finish my work in two days."
After he said that, he motioned Fushan to take Xie Shian downstairs to pack their luggage.
When he and Xie Yanchen were the only ones left in the hall, he said, "I'll leave my fourth brother to you."
"Is it because of Xiong Lingjiao?" Xie Yanchen probed. "The emperor's actions are becoming increasingly mad, even his right-hand men are being thrown into prison. Big brother, are you afraid he'll go crazy and trap all of us brothers in the capital, so you're sending fourth brother away early?"
Xie Guanlan nodded slightly.
"I understand." Xie Yanchen stood up. "The human skin masks have all been completed and have been quietly sent to the palace where the hostages live. In another half an hour, the replacements will probably be completed. I will go with them and take my fourth brother back to Rongcheng."
The two stepped out of the hall.
The rain stopped last night, the flowers and trees in the garden are fresh, and the air is clean.
Xie Guanlan fiddled with the amulet he wore around his waist and suddenly said, "If anything happens to me, you will inherit the throne and guard the Zhenbei Palace on my behalf."
Xie Yanchen's usually gentle eyes and eyebrows showed a rare solemnity. "The eldest brother will be the only one who can be the crown prince of the Zhenbei Palace. My grandmother, father, and fourth brother will be waiting for the eldest brother to come home."
He extended his hand toward Xie Guanlan.
Xie Guanlan looked at him.
Immediately, he wordlessly clenched his fists with Xie Yanchen, as if making some kind of oath.
Xie Yanchen and Xie Shi'an left so suddenly that even Xie Zhe was unaware of it, so the imperial guards did not stop them.
On the towering palace building, a young man wearing a black cloak embroidered with red Lycoris radiata stood lazily leaning against the railing.
He watched Xie Shian and others riding out of the palace, his thin lips curled up slightly.
As if they sensed something, Xie Shian and Xie Yanchen turned their heads to look at him from their horses.
Xie Yanchen already knew Xie Zan's identity.
This time, the human skin mask was secretly delivered to the Hostage Palace to complete the personnel replacement, thanks to Xie Zan's influence in the palace.
"Third brother..."
He looked at Xie Zan from afar, feeling mixed emotions.
He didn't know what kind of mood Xie Zan was in when he went to Beijing.
There must be a child from the Zhenbei Palace staying in the capital.
He would rather that person be himself, but his third brother would rather that person be him...
Xie Shian was furious and gnashed his teeth, "Second brother, why are you calling me Third Brother? This bastard betrayed the palace, betrayed my father and brothers, and colluded with Xie Xuchi. He is not worthy of being my brother! I will never have such a brother!"
He turned around and glared at Xie Zan, then kicked his horse's belly and ran faster on the Imperial Street.
Upstairs in the palace.
Xie Zan looked at Xie Shian's flying high ponytail.
The young man is dressed in fine clothes and rides a horse. He is the most favored younger brother in the palace.
His eyes were full of doting, and he was reluctant to look away until their backs disappeared at the end of the Imperial Street.
The long wind blew his cloak.
I don't know how long it took before he slowly lowered his rebellious and deep eyebrows, like a wolfhound abandoned by his family with drooping ears.
He looked at the small glass bottle lying in his palm.
The small bottle contained a handful of soil, which he brought back to the capital from the Zhenbei Palace last year.
He stared at the handful of soil for a long time before slowly clenching the glass bottle.
Wei Ying leaned back, holding her sword, and asked slowly, "For your brother, you left your homeland and spent your best years in the palace. Have you ever regretted it in all these years?"
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