Chapter 83
When Zhou Xian Yang went to bed, he had a pair of handkerchiefs in his hand, ornately shaped and encrusted with jewels, not the style that Xiangmian liked.
“A concealed weapon?” Aimi was suddenly blessed.
“Brilliant,” Zhou Xian Yang showed her, “you just need to press the jewel down, and the bottom layer will pop open, and a concealed weapon will shoot out from inside.”
After saying that, he put his hand on her hand, “I’m not here, be careful of everything. When the time comes, don’t be soft, it’s okay to kill someone, and I’ll take the blame when I come back.”
Rong Xiang see heart vibration, raised his eyes to look at him, see him look serious, nodded and answered, put his hand on the bedside cabinet, before lying down.
Then he asked, “What time will you leave tomorrow?”
“At dusk.”
“That’s too early! There’s not even time for breakfast.”
“Don’t worry about it, we’ve taken care of all the dry food for the road and the post stations along the way. It’s not a time of war, so the peaceful days are not so difficult. This time, the people who are going with us are all old-fashioned, so I don’t need to worry about them.”
When he had finished, Rong Xiang saw that he had nothing more to say and huffed and rolled over against the wall to sleep.
Zhou Xian Yang quietly lying, know that tomorrow to get up early, still can not sleep. He was thinking about what to do in Jiangzhou. This is the first time he has been involved in the affairs of the court, how well he is doing, the whole court is watching.
Jiangzhou floods year after year, year after year relief, silver allocated a sum of money after a sum of money, never see any improvement. This time, the people of Jiangzhou jointly petitioned for the dismissal of the governor of Jiangzhou, the governor is the Marquis of Yongan recommended.
The emperor is to borrow his hand, to knock the Marquis of Yongan. General people do not dare to offend the Marquis of Yongan and Queen Zhang, to him here is a broken pot, new hatred plus old hatred does not matter, push also can not be pushed away.
He is pondering the countermeasures, did not realize that the Wangfei this night is not as good sleep as in the past, all kinds of discomfort, tossing and turning.
“What’s wrong?” In the darkness, through the little bit of sky light that leaked in, he quietly admired the silhouette of the crown princess, the soft side of her face. It was tempting to use his hands, to touch every inch of the natural beauty.
Xiangmian lay back, staring into the depths of the blackened veil: ”Jiangzhou is the territory of Marquis Yong’an’s eldest son, Zhang Pan. Although he is only in charge of the salt affairs around the two rivers, his power is greater than the local parental officials. Sent to the two rivers of the imperial decree, are first to his hands, and then passed to the two rivers of the governor, favor is very long. Yongan Marquis is old, the future is not less Zhang Pan inherited the title.
You go there, be extra careful, I’m afraid he will trip you up. He trained a lot of dead soldiers under him, assassination of the thing to do a lot of work, will also use the smoke of such underhanded means, all the way to the night to be sure to arrange for people on night duty.”
“Your Highness actually knows so much about the past dynasty.” Zhou Xian Yang was greatly surprised.
Rong Xiangmian still regretted in her heart that she hadn’t known enough about the Zhang family’s affairs in her previous life when she hid in her own courtyard every day.
She turned around, found a comfortable position to lie on her back, and excused herself by saying, “Does Your Highness think that I just eat, drink, and have fun with all those noble families and daughters in the capital every day? How powerful the men of the previous dynasty, home to go is still not to share the same bed with the women, a roof over their heads, what things we do not know?”
“Reasonable, it’s me who is narrow-minded.” Zhou Xian Yang gave her a bow.
Only then did Xiang Xiang change the topic, “I think, there is no need to leave Xiao Nan in the capital, let her disguise herself as a little girl and go with you, on the one hand, to take care of you, on the other hand, when people look at her as a weak girl, they will inevitably look down upon her. At the critical moment, she may be able to protect you.”
“No, Xiao Nan must stay by your side, otherwise I won’t feel at ease going out.”
“Alas, let it be …… The ointment for the hand injury remember to bring it with you, and let Xiao Bei rub it on you.”
After explaining all this, Xiangmian quietly leaned on the pillow and looked at the shadow of Yu Wang. Both people are not sleeping, neither can see each other’s face, neither speak, just so to the shadow of the night to kill time.
The night was deep, and only the sound of the night watchman knocking on the night watch came from far away, telling them that the time to say goodbye, was approaching.
“You must be careful and come back …… safely and peacefully Water and fire are merciless, don t go near the dangerous place where the dike breaks. You are going to provide relief, not to rescue. These have their own local officials to organize the nearby military camp generals to do, you keep an eye out, don’t get people’s backstabbing there.”
Sagami said whatever came to mind, with a hitch.
“I’ve memorized everything, don’t worry.” Zhou Xian Yang only felt that she was overly worried, but on his lips, he agreed to everything.
Unexpectedly, he promised too quickly, but made her unhappy: “My second uncle also explained to my second aunt in the same way …… He promised too quickly, but did not do it.”
After saying this, Xiangmian fell asleep.
Zhou Xian Yang listened to her slight snorting, recalling every word she said, and his heart grew fond.
For so many years, he had come and gone in the wind and rain, long accustomed to being a rootless drifting duckweed, and now he even wished that he could be rooted next to this woman, no longer drifting.
He only hoped that the longer the night, the better, he accompanied her days also the longer the better.
Just as he was infected with sleepiness and his consciousness gradually blurred, he was abruptly pulled back to reality by the sound of crying.
The princess seemed to have had another nightmare and was crying in her dream, in the darkness, with an agonized expression.
“Aizome, Aizome.”
Calling twice in a row, she didn’t respond, he gently patted the crown princess’s shoulder and said, “Wake up!”
Xiangmian suddenly shuddered, “Zhou Xianyang!”
Zhou Xian Yang is startled, he wraps his arms around the crown princess’ back and gently soothes her, “I’m here, I’m here, don’t be afraid.”
Xiangmian wakes up and hears Yu Wang’s voice before realizing that she had a nightmare, doing her best to rejoice at the fluke.
She laughs at first, but then she can’t control her tears and wraps her arms tightly around Yü Wang’s back.
“You had a nightmare?” Zhou Xian Yang asked softly, and Xiang Xiang let out a “hmm” and sobbed, “I dreamt that you were shot by a □□□! There was a lot of blood!”
This was not a normal dream, everything in the dream was as real as what she felt when she was poisoned in her previous life.
She suspected that this wasn’t a dream at all, it had actually happened, or was going to happen. Could the Zhou Xian Yang of her last life have been killed just like her, after the new emperor ascended the throne?
Just thinking about it made her shudder.
Zhou Xian Yang did not know the complex feelings of the person in his arms, only not realizing that the princess was holding him in her dreams.
He gently wiped away her tears and kissed her forehead, “The dreams are all the opposite, I promise, I will definitely come back unharmed.”
Aimi gradually slowed down, feeling strangely ashamed of herself, not daring to squeak. Following the realization that he is embracing Yu Wang, he is covering his body, suddenly embarrassed in his heart.
Fortunately, it was dark, otherwise it was really …… She silently released her hand and gently pushed Yu Wang, but he did not move.
“I’m fine. Your Highness, go to bed early, you still have to get up early tomorrow.”
“Not sleeping.”
“Hmm?”
“Stay with you tonight.”
His breath brushed against her face as he said those four words, and the kiss fell afterward.
After a moment’s hesitation, Ayanami decided to follow her body’s honesty and wrapped her arms around the back of the man on top of her again, responding to his kiss.
The man on top of her seemed to sense her willingness, probing deeper and deeper into her mouth, and his hand movements became more and more unrestrained.