Chapter 266 Under the King's Power
When I returned to the bedroom, Nanli Jun was still sleeping.
Yan Shijiu walked to the couch and sat down, pulling away the thin blanket on Nan Lijun's body and carefully looking at his masterpiece.
This skin, as smooth as jade, as delicate as a baby's, and carefully cared for for twenty years like expensive silk, was now covered with spots of bruises and crimson left by him.
He found that he really liked seeing her frown, especially that look of slight pain but forced suppression, which always made him lose his mind.
Nan Lijun looks so beautiful when she frowns. She has an impeccable face with a natural beauty.
Even though he was used to seeing Yan Chuo's beautiful concubines in the Dongyan Palace, he was still amazed when he saw Nan Lijun as a salt merchant in Yancheng.
Nan Lijun's beauty is fascinating. When she stands with other people, people always feel a strong contrast between mortals and fairies. She is so beautiful that she doesn't seem like a person from this world.
Thanks to Nan Lijun's beauty, he was able to act so devotedly and realistically.
Who doesn't like beautiful things?
A woman who grew up pampered by a king and is conceited about her beauty and wisdom, probably wouldn't believe it even if you told her clearly that there is someone in this world who would rather love a guy disguised as a man than her.
It's a pity that no matter how enthusiastic he was or how hard he tried, he wished he could tear off that snow-white skin and swallow it, but he still felt hungry, not full, and not satisfied.
Sometimes, even Yan Shijiu himself couldn't tell whether that enchanting smile was for Nan Lijun or for himself.
Why, with a beauty like Nan Lijun in his arms, his mind was filled with the thought of that day when fire flashed through the window lattice. The dim light shone on Yun Chen's face. She, who never gave in, rarely showed the helplessness and delicate look of a young woman, lying under him with nowhere to escape.
He raised his hand and stroked Nan Lijun's delicate skin. If he had known that it would be so easy to win this woman's heart, why would he have planned for more than ten years to give Dongyan to Xiyan in exchange for 200,000 Black Scale Cavalry?
It would be so easy to sell his looks to seduce the queen. As long as he could firmly grasp Nan Lijun's heart, within a few years, he would be the one who had the final say in the Nan Kingdom.
But human hearts are fickle, and he is not someone who would entrust his future to a woman.
He wanted to start the war in Dongyan as originally planned, and use the excuse of borrowing troops to transfer the last 80,000 troops from the capital of Nan Kingdom, and then let Xiyan attack the imperial city.
But the overturned bowl of blood swallows was really not a good thing, and it made him feel uneasy.
He asked the palace servants, and they said that at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet tonight, Nan Lijun and Huo Gannian had a private meeting in the study, and the blood swallow was knocked over at that time.
So what did Huo Gannian say that made Nan Lijun so angry that he knocked over Xueyan?
Combined with the fact that when they were making love just now, Nan Lijun suddenly asked out of nowhere, "Yan Shijiu, do you really love me?" It really makes people more and more panicked the more they think about it.
He had been perfectly hidden in the darkness, but at some point, he had been stared at by a pair of sharper eyes from the depths.
Huo Gan thought.
The war horses of the Lion Army, the assassins of the official post station, the Black Scale Cavalry, the conspiracy of feinting to the east and attacking in the west... He didn't know how much Huo Gannian had guessed, but he had to prepare for the worst, abandon the original plan, and plan a new and more secretive situation.
To be honest, if it weren't for the hostile situation, he really wanted to form an alliance with Huo Gannian.
There is probably no other strategist in the world who is as sharp and insightful as Huo Gannian.
If Huo Gannian could be used by him, he would only need to sleep soundly every day and the whole world would be in his pocket.
Thinking of this, he himself found it absurd and ridiculous.
But a ruler must be tolerant.
As an emperor, one must stand high enough and have a broad enough mind to accommodate thousands of capable ministers with different personalities.
After he becomes emperor of the Kingdom of Nan and possesses Yun Chen, he can spare Huo Gannian's life and even appoint him as prime minister.
This was what he had told Yun Chen about being granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister.
He wanted to confer the title of marquis upon the one under his power, appoint the prime minister under his power, and make him the king of the Nan Kingdom.
He could also keep Nan Lijun alive and make her his consort.
As long as Nan Lijun would crawl at his feet obediently, he would be willing to place Nan Lijun in the palace closest to Yun Chen, and feed all the jealousy, scheming, jealousy... all the palace fighting dramas to Yun Chen's mouth. As long as she ate them, he could hold her heart forever.
The more he thought about it, the deeper it got, and the further he thought about it, he unconsciously exerted force in his hands, squeezing Nan Lijun so hard that he groaned and frowned in his dream.
He immediately let go of her hand, blew tenderly on the place that he had pinched, and carefully covered her with a thin blanket.
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