Chapter 26 Kiss

"What?"

Shen Yan deliberately steadied his breathing to cover up his heartbeat that had been out of rhythm.

Her white fingers hooked his line of sight and then fell to the inside of the bed.

"Look here." She said softly.

He frowned.

There was obviously nothing.

"Is there anything wrong?"

The girl was a little surprised: "Look more carefully."

Shen Yan leaned forward slightly, and suddenly felt that the rich fragrance on her body, which was already faint, became much stronger.

For a moment, he even thought that this was just an excuse for her to deliberately get closer to him.

She was just a drunk woman.

Even if she liked to use some clever tricks, it would not pose any real threat to him.

At best, it would satisfy her hidden thoughts.

He was not on guard against her, but he restrained himself from looking at her, carefully checking the direction of her fingertips.

Ning Yuan lowered her eyes, staring at his rather focused profile, and curled the corners of her lips.

Then she suddenly moved closer.

A pair of plump lips pressed directly against the corners of his lips.

The sweetness burst out immediately, surrounding him tightly.

Shen Yan's heart suddenly paused, and then beat violently, shaking his mind.

It was like a summer evening breeze blowing gently, bringing a little moisture and warmth, blowing a fallen feather stained with rain mist, gently landing on the corner of his lips.

This feeling seems... not bad.

The next moment, his mind returned, and the belated shame came with it.

He instinctively grabbed Ning Yuan's arm, trying to force her to leave, but when he turned his head, his thin lips just happened to touch her lips.

So even the previous resistance seemed like playing hard to get.

He was a little annoyed, but for some reason, he couldn't pull away.

When their eyes met, her eyes suddenly widened a little, but her hazy eyes were still soft, and

she just looked at the man in front of her without blinking. She didn't expect that he would take the initiative to cooperate with him.

She curled her eyes.

In fact, almost no man of the same age has entered Ning Yuan's dream.

In reality, she was trapped by the marriage contract between the two, and there was not even a budding peach blossom. It was not easy for her to dream of a handsome man, but it was Shen Yan.

But she recently felt that he was not bad, so she could barely try to experience what it felt like to be in love in her dreams.

She was already at the age of falling in love for the first time, and had read many erotic stories in the novels, and had long been fascinated by the descriptions in them.

But how come...she had never experienced any suffocation, weak legs, trembling body, or heart palpitations?

Ning Yuan frowned, trying to recall the details described in the novels.

Oh, she remembered that the tip of the tongue was described every time.

She stuck out her tongue and tentatively touched his thin lips.

It was warm and cool, and seemed okay.

She licked it boldly, and felt that the man in front of her trembled slightly, and his breathing on her lips became heavier.

Ning Yuan felt that this so-called kiss was no different from her usual eating of red bean double skin milk.

Her heartbeat was not as fast as when she kissed him to vent her anger in front of the inn that day, nor was it as fast as when he forcefully kissed her in the river that day.

Since then, Ning Yuan has reached an important conclusion. This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. She was flustered at that time, probably because she was about to die, not because of love.

Sure enough, the best way to demystify something you yearn for is to try it yourself.

After trying it, you will know that it is just like this.

She leaned back and parted her lips.

Then she moved her wrist and looked at the hand that was holding her forearm.

The joints were slender, smooth like jade, and blue veins were faintly visible on the back of the hand.

Although he had an amazing swordsmanship and could write powerful characters, his fingers were not thick at all.

But the palm holding her felt strangely hot.

...Why didn't he let her go?

She raised her eyes to look at Shen Yan, and saw that he was still in a daze, breathing unsteadily, with dark eyes, looking dangerous and embarrassed.

She felt that Shen Yan's reaction in the dream was a little slow.

Maybe he drank too much.

She didn't say anything, but just pried his fingers one by one. The man suddenly loosened his strength, and she pulled her arm out, then lay down calmly, pulled the quilt beside her, and soon fell asleep.

...What did she mean?

Ning Yuan's series of actions made Shen Yan completely confused.

He lowered his eyes and looked expressionlessly at the girl whose breathing gradually became steady.

Asleep?

... She just slept like this?

He called her almost with gritted teeth: "Ning Yuan."

The room was silent, you could hear a pin drop, and the only response to him was her soft breathing.

Shen Yan didn't know how he walked out of her room.

Along the way, he repeatedly wondered why Ning Yuan was like this. On the

one hand, she was intimate with another man in her dream, and on the other hand, she was extremely teasing to him, and the names she called out in her dream were more and more intimate, and she didn't even change her expression when kissing him.

Even after the kiss, he heard her say in her heart that kissing him was just like this.

He admitted that he had little experience in this.

But from what she said, could it be that she was quite experienced?

Shen Yan thought, she must have him in her heart, otherwise she wouldn't be so intimate with him for no reason.

But her heart might not be like that of an ordinary person, like the durian that was brought in as tribute from the south, with a person standing on each tip.

Thinking of this, he felt depressed for no reason.

... In the past, he would have only sneered at such a woman, how could he have such a mood?

Ming Jue waited for a long time, and finally saw his master coming back, and hurried to greet him: "Master, why did you take so long? Did Miss Ning ask you to stay--"

Shen Yan glanced at him coldly and interrupted him.

"What are you asking? It's none of your business."

He spread his long legs, easily stepped over him, and closed the door directly.

The wind from the closed door made Ming Jue's head dizzy.

...If you don't allow me to ask, then don't ask. Why is he blushing?

*

Ning Yuan slept until dawn.

She stretched her waist, but found that she was sleeping on the couch.

It's not right, why did she remember that she slept next to the stone?

Could it be that everything that happened last night was not a dream?

She really was upset about Shen Yan...

She looked around quickly and saw that the decoration was different from last night. Many of the decorations had been moved and put in neat order. There were no medicine bowls or handkerchiefs on the small table.

Chuxing would not come in and disturb her when she was not awake.

She felt relieved a little, casually put on a piece of clothing and walked out of the inner room. She saw Chuxing busying around quietly in the outer room.

Seeing her, he tilted his eyes and said, "Miss, are you awake? Did you sleep well last night?"

She nodded and asked tentatively, "How did we get back? Is it related to Shen Yan?"

Chuxing nodded, "It was Lord Shen who carried the young lady back."

Ning Yuan choked.

Carry?

... She was such a beautiful drunk girl, and he had been in love with her for several years, but he didn't know to take the opportunity to hug her tightly in his arms.

Sure enough, he knows how to handle things in front of others!

Only with her first-class insight, she could see through his hypocritical appearance, so she dreamed that he touched her cheek while she was asleep.

Ning Yuan was still worried, and continued to ask, "Did anything unusual happen last night?"

"No." Shouxing didn't stop working and answered casually.

Ning Yuan exhaled slightly.

"That's good."

In fact, Shouxing never thought that Shen Yan was so considerate.

Not only did he feed the lady medicine, he also specially rearranged the lady's room. When he handed her the empty sobering soup bowl, he also took away the dirty handkerchief.

She was sharp-eyed and took the initiative to ask to wash it for him.

He actually put it back into his sleeve and said, "No, just take care of your young lady."

She originally thought that a man who was a high official like this should be like their old man, not caring about the affairs of the harem.

Unexpectedly, Lord Shen was so pure and innocent.

If the young lady really married him in the future, she would be very happy.

The group boarded the carriage for the return journey. Because

Mingwei was beaten with a stick and needed to lie down to recuperate, she did not have to squeeze in a spacious carriage with them as when she came, but was allocated a small but clean carriage alone.

Ning Yuan was very satisfied with this arrangement.

Since she did not have to look at other people's faces, she could do things more freely.

She was killing time with a storybook in her hands. When she saw that the hero and heroine were about to have an intimate relationship, she closed the book and calmed down for a moment. She couldn't help but think of the bold attempt in her dream last night.

What went wrong that made her feel that such a thing was not so interesting?

She deliberately slowed down her reading speed and began to carefully ponder the gap between herself and the book.

This story talks about how after the two had a fierce quarrel, the beauty found that the general had already occupied a place in her heart. In order to reconcile with the general, she tried to meet him several times but failed. So she came up with a self-torture plan. She drugged herself and pretended that it was done by someone else to make the general feel distressed.

Ning Yuan saw the beauty tilting her head back, and the general had already grasped her chin, and she immediately perked up.

Lips touching.

That step was right.

Grinding against each other?

Eh?

She seemed to have forgotten to try this step with Shen Yan.

In another carriage, Shen Yan, who was discussing matters with His Majesty, was disturbed by her inner voice and finally succeeded in being lost in thought.

He didn't know how many times he recalled the tenderness of the night and the sweet fragrance lingering around him.

According to what she thought, if he had sucked and bit at that time...

"Aunt is also your and Heng'er's aunt. This year is her first birthday, so the birthday party should be grand. There will be many guests, and it will be easy for good and bad people to mix together. What if something unexpected happens... Shen Qing? Shen Qing? Shen Zhiyu!"

His Majesty called several times in a row, and suddenly raised his voice, which brought Shen Yan back to his mind.

"Your Majesty is right, you can ask the eldest princess to send a letter to Zixing, and reward him with one more day of rest." He said in a calm voice.

"That's fine. There will probably be many women in the capital invited to attend. However, the wife of Duke Ning needs to recuperate, and my aunt probably won't send an invitation to the Duke Ning's Mansion."

The emperor looked at him, feeling sorry for Shen Yan, as he probably wouldn't be able to meet the quiet, reserved, and brave young lady of the Duke Ning's Mansion that day.

The quiet and reserved Ning Yuan was reading the storybook at this time, where two people were kissing passionately.

While they were sucking each other's lips, they took off half of their clothes, revealing the general's muscular body.

The general grabbed the beauty's hand and pressed it on his chest without saying a word.

Ning Yuan rubbed her hands excitedly.

Turning the page again, she felt that she was not brave enough in her dream, otherwise why would she be embarrassed to take off Shen Yan's clothes.

On second thought, he is a civil official, and probably he doesn't have such strong muscles.

Here, Shen Yan just smiled shyly, and then his face darkened and his brows frowned even deeper.

"It's better not to go down, so that she can't see Zixing."

This suddenly aroused the curiosity of His Majesty: "Why, Miss Ning has a good relationship with Zixing recently?"

More than good.

Shen Yan sneered and said: "It doesn't matter to me who she has a good relationship with."

The emperor hesitated to speak, patted his shoulder and said, "I am an experienced person. Listen to me. Sometimes men don't have to be too hard-mouthed. They should learn to say some sweet words."

Shen Yan said calmly, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you have forgotten how my sister always vomited and asked you to shut up when she heard those words you learned from who knows where."

His Majesty was embarrassed and angry and said, "What do you know? I and Ah Heng are just flirting..."

At this moment, Ning Yuan's voice suddenly came to his mind: "Pry open the lips and teeth?"

Ning Yuan pointed at the book with her fingertips and recalled it sentence by sentence.

She did extend her tongue, but she only licked Shen Yan's lips and didn't do that.

... Did Shen Yan also have to pry open her lips and teeth?

No wonder she didn't feel the reaction described in the book.

It turned out that the other party was a piece of wood.

What a failed attempt.

Forget it, let's talk about it next time.

... Is there a next time?

Shen Yan's eyebrows moved slightly, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch his thin lips, recalling her soft and moist tongue tip. He unconsciously imitated her to lick his lips for a moment, and some warmth climbed behind his ears.

When he realized that he was not alone now, he quickly put down his hand, curled his fingers slightly, and was a little embarrassed.

When he looked at His Majesty again, he saw that his face was horrified: "You, you, you, what are you reminiscing about in front of me? Shen Yan, I, I am your brother-in-law!" Shen

Yan: "..."

*

After returning to Beijing, Ning Yuan was asked by Ning Guo Public Relations to reflect in the courtyard. She had not seen Shen Yan for a long time, and she had never dreamed of any other handsome young man again.

However, Mingwei is still recuperating, and no one will bother her, so she is happy and at ease.

One day, she was thinking about how to make good use of the gold ingots she was rewarded with, when she suddenly saw Shouxing coming with a card.

"Miss, it's the eldest princess' birthday banquet!"

She looked up when she heard the voice: "Shouldn't this card be sent to the next courtyard? Why is it sent to our courtyard?"

Mingwei has always been keen on socializing with these royal relatives, and unless the other party specifically invites her, she will not take her with her, and will not let herself go when she cannot go.

Shouxing pursed her lips: "This card only invites you, so it will naturally be sent to our courtyard."

"Why only invite me?" Ning Yuan frowned.

"The eldest princess is Lord Shen's aunt. I think... he hasn't seen the young lady for a long time, so he specially asked the eldest princess for permission."

Ning Yuan sighed secretly.

This Shen Yan is really clingy.

Shen Yan, who had just walked out of Yu's study, heard her voice and paused.

God can see that he has never done this.

He is still thinking about his engagement with Ning Yuan. He has been busy preparing the betrothal gifts these days and has no time to care about her. And because Zixing will go, he even hopes that she will not go.

However... his aunt is not familiar with her. Why did she invite her for no reason?

A question was buried in his heart.

Something must be wrong when something is abnormal.

"Mingjue, check where the eldest princess has been in and out recently."

In a blink of an eye, it was the eldest princess' birthday.

Ning Yuan dressed modestly and low-key as usual, wearing a plain apricot pink dress, and brought Chuxing to the banquet alone.

As usual, after three rounds of drinks and the host left, she found an excuse and slipped out of the banquet hall, leaving Chuxing to cover for her.

For some reason, she always felt a little dizzy tonight, and it was particularly hot during the banquet.

Maybe it was because the summer heat had arrived.

She planned to find a secluded place to stay.

Just after she went around the lake and parted the willow branches, she heard faint voices coming from behind the rockery.

She was curious for a moment and tiptoed closer.

The subtle words of the two women gradually became clear in the night.

"I know that the lady likes the eldest daughter of the Ningguo Mansion. Most legitimate daughters with her family background are frivolous, and those with gentle temperaments are not suitable for our young master."

"Yes, I have always been thinking about the engagement between Shen Yan and her, so I don't want to snatch her love."

"But seeing that Huan'er's concubine is getting pregnant and making trouble every few days, it is not a solution after all." This book is exclusively organized by the LK team for you Ning Yuan pursed her lips.

The "Huan'er" mentioned by the princess is her youngest son, Zhao Zhihuan.

This book is exclusively organized by the LK team for you This man is a famous dandy in Shengjing, but the princess has always been strict and does not allow him to take concubines before getting married, so he kept a bunch of concubines outside so that the mansion can be peaceful.

She... actually wants to marry here so that her son can take a concubine as he deserves?

She might as well become a nun.

"During the tour, that incident caused such a big commotion. Although it has been settled now, some unclear words about Miss Ning have finally been spread. It is reasonable for such a thing to happen in our house at that time."

"Don't worry, the medicine is colorless and tasteless, and it is very strong. Once she loses her innocence, the matter will be settled. The Shen family will definitely cancel the engagement."

"If she doesn't marry our young master, I'm afraid she will have no choice but to jump into the river..."

Ning Yuan was sweating coldly when she heard this.

... So that note was not what Shen Yan asked to see her, but a trap set by the princess for her?

So... was she dizzy and feverish before because she was poisoned by the medicine?

She leaned against the rocks, her heart pounding, and her mind became clearer.

Now she was like a sheep in a tiger's den, she couldn't rely on herself, she had to find someone to help her, she couldn't just sit there and wait for death!

During the banquet, Shen Yan heard her thoughts and stopped talking to others.

He became suspicious that day and secretly investigated the whole story. Before the banquet started today, he replaced the wine on her table.

How come she also knows Chinese medicine?

He panicked, put down the cup in his hand, ignored the flattery of the people around him, and strode out of the banquet hall.

Ning Yuan tiptoed away from the rockery, and then carefully avoided the people around him and ran towards the brightest banquet hall.

There are a lot of people there.

As long as she goes back earlier and finds a kind person to ask for help, nothing will happen to her in public.

As she ran, she felt more and more dizzy, her body was getting hotter, her feet were a little unsteady, and even her breathing became heavier.

Hold on, Ning Yuan, you must hold on!

Her steps became more and more erratic, and she secretly encouraged herself. Seeing that the banquet hall was still quite a distance away from her, she became more and more desperate.

What should she do?

Fortunately, after going around the corridor, she saw a familiar figure.

Pei Zixing.

He is a good man, he will not ignore him.

Ning Yuan's breathless breath suddenly relaxed, and he held onto a tree trunk, panting and calling out, "General Pei."

However, when these words fell into the ears of Shen Yan, who was walking quickly, they were mixed with some artificial coquettishness, which was very tempting.

He looked in the direction of the voice.

He knew that the medicine prepared by the princess was called love thread. The biggest feature of Chinese medicine is that red blood threads will appear in the thinnest part of the skin.

When the drug is dissolved, the red thread will disappear along with it.

The thinnest part of Ning Yuan's skin is the thin and white neck. If there is blood thread, it will be clearly visible.

However, at this time, the slender and soft neck is still as white as a pool of moonlight, without a trace of blood thread.

Instead, her cheeks were rosy, her eyes were like spring water, and she called out "General Pei" coquettishly.

Shen Yan's heart suddenly fell.

Fortunately, she didn't have Chinese medicine.

It just fell for a moment, and then it came back.

He remembered the storybook she read on the way back to Beijing.

In order to get along with the general, the beauty designed to let herself be drugged, so as to make the general feel distressed and make peace with her.

His figure hid in the dark, silently clenching his palms.

So, Ning Yuan... was it just a self-torture trick to get Zixing's favor?