Zui Gu🔞 ( mtl)

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　　The night breeze blew gently, and the shadows of bamboos swayed. In the sound of autumn, autumn insects hummed and sang softly, lingering in the ears, and the wonderful music never stopped.

　　Xie Ciyan loosened the woman in his arms a little, and their breaths entangled each other at the tip of their noses. When their eyes met, the pair of sparkling eyes first looked away, and under the cover of the evening, the white cheeks were stained with a little inconspicuous scarlet.

　　"Why didn't Zhaozhao ask me for a birthday gift?" His voice was a little teasing, "I have been preparing for a long time."

　　Yan Zhaozhao turned back, and the man didn't look away yet, and once again bumped into his deep eyes. Only this time, she didn't look away, but looked straight into his eyes. "Bringing me here is not the birthday gift you prepared?" She has never been a greedy person, she can't be greedy, and no one can be greedy. For her, someone remembering her birthday is already the best birthday gift.

　　Too greedy, I'm afraid I will be punished by God.

　　"Of course not." Xie Ci Yan took out a brocade box from his sleeve and placed it in her palm, gently raising his chin to indicate, "See if you like your birthday gift." This time, he was finally not a bystander who could not intervene, but actually walked into Yan Zhaozhao's territory. How could he miss her birthday gift?

　　He had wanted to give her a birthday gift openly for a long time, and this time he finally got his wish.

　　Yan Zhaozhao opened the brocade box, and inside was a hairpin in the shape of albizzia. The difference was that the stamens in the albizzia would emit a glow like a firefly, which was particularly bright in the night. The pearls hanging on it seemed to have been painted with firefly powder by a craftsman who had spent a lot of effort, and they emitted the same beautiful light as the stamens.

　　She liked it very much at the first sight, and her eyes were filled with a smile of joy and satisfaction.

　　"Do you like it?" He took the hairpin from her hand, and when she nodded happily, his eyebrows softened unconsciously. He pinned the hairpin on her bun, and it swayed gently with her movements, and the bright light made her look like a goddess in the sky.

　　Yan Zhaozhao raised her hand and gently stroked the hairpin in her hair. Suddenly, she remembered that he had given her a hairpin last time in Phoenix Tower. Both gifts were hairpins. Could it be that there was another meaning? "You gave me a hairpin last time, and this time too, but what does it mean?"

　　Xie Ciyan hooked his lips, but did not say the real answer, "The hairpin suits you."

　　Perhaps only he knew the meaning of giving her a hairpin twice.

　　Because a hairpin is only given to one person, which means lifelong love.

　　Moreover, compared to the annoying phoenix hairpin, he wanted her to wear the hairpin he gave her one day.

　　The man in front of her had beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and his gaze at her was full of tenderness. In that instant, he gave her the feeling that there was only her in his eyes and no room for anyone else.

　　Yan Zhaozhao's heart softened even more, and her heart began to beat faster and faster as if it was disobedient, as if a lost and reckless deer could not find the exit, and was randomly bumping into her atrium, intending to break out.

　　Xie Ci Yan didn't know that when he looked at her like this, it would be easy to remove the defense line in her heart. Emotions surged in her heart, perhaps because she had been suppressed for a long time. In front of the only person she could trust, she could no longer keep the indifferent look in front of others, and revealed the fragility of a girl under the cover of night.

　　She couldn't help it in the end, and leaned her forehead on his shoulder. Although her voice was soft, she couldn't hide her confusion. "Do you know what happened to Concubine Yan and the guard today?"

　　She asked this question suddenly, which really made Xie Ci Yan stunned for a moment. After a moment, he reacted and answered truthfully: "Yes, of course I know." He couldn't have no plan to achieve his great cause. The emperor had his spies around him. He knew that today's incident had caused such a big commotion. He was afraid that she would be wronged, so he went there in person.

　　"Then do you know that Concubine Yan was framed and lost her chastity?" At this point, Yan Zhaozhao spoke a little fast, but her voice was very low, as if she was afraid of something. Xie Ci Yan, who

　　noticed her emotions, patted her back lightly with his big hand, silently comforting her, and then said, "I guessed it. I don't know the details of the matter, I only heard the beginning and the end." Although he was not in the vortex of the harem, he was not unaware of the cruelty of the harem's struggle. In order to win favor, the women in the harem would do anything.

　　She scoffed lightly, her voice adding a bit of desolation, "You can guess it just by listening to the beginning and the end, which proves that the man knew that Concubine Yan was framed, but he still turned a deaf ear to her and put her..." Yan Zhaozhao couldn't help but clench his collar with her fingertips, and a little fear rose in her heart, "As long as that person wants, it's as easy as crushing an ant to kill the concubine."

　　Yan Zhaozhao knew that the emperor was both romantic and ruthless, but he had always been romantic in the past. There were many concubines in the harem, and they were all abandoned after only three months of favor. Even if they wanted to compete for favor, they couldn't cause any big waves, and they only worked hard on how to consolidate their favor.

　　The concubines' palace fights were mostly minor fights, and the main punishment was to send them to the cold palace to live a lonely life. This was the first time she really experienced the terrible fight in the harem, and saw with her own eyes that an innocent person was calculated and lost his life.

　　"Without a heart, there is no love." Xie Ci Yan seemed to be telling the story in a straightforward manner, as if he was a bystander who was not involved in the matter. "That person...will not fall in love with anyone. He only loves himself and the dragon throne the most, so how could he tolerate someone who betrayed him around him?"

　　Yan Zhaozhao's delicate body trembled slightly, and her pearly teeth bit her bright red lower lip. After hesitating for a while, she couldn't help but speak out what she was thinking in her heart, her voice as thin as a mosquito's hum, "If...one day I also end up like Concubine Yan, can I still get away with it?"

　　This was a worry and a test.

　　Between them, it seemed that only she was in a very passive position. She was the queen, the nominal wife of someone else, and he was the noble and powerful regent. Once the truth came out, if she was abandoned in one day, she would be the one who was pointed at by thousands of people, and he, Xie Ci Yan, would be unscathed and still sit in a high position.

　　Even if he said that he liked her, he didn't dare to bet everything on him.

　　Concubine Yan was right in saying that the imperial family is the most ruthless.

　　Xie Ci Yan was also a member of the royal family.

　　"No." These words penetrated into her body with a hint of chill. Yan Zhaozhao felt her whole body stiffen, and even her fingertips were cold.

　　Sensing the reaction of the woman in his arms, Xie Ci Yan held her tighter, and spoke again, his voice was lower and hoarse, but full of determination. "Zhao Zhao, I won't let you fall into that situation. You are not Concubine Yan, and I am not that person, so don't put her situation on you."

　　"As long as I am here, I will do my best to protect you." As if thinking of something, he suddenly chuckled, "Even if I am gone, I will not let anyone bully you."

　　If there really is such a day, he will clear all obstacles for her, take that person to hell, and give her a peaceful life.

　　Her fingertips were suddenly held in his palm, and the warm body temperature came bit by bit, dispelling all the coldness in her body.

　　She didn't know whether Xie Ci Yan's words were completely sincere. But... for some reason, this time, she really wanted, really wanted... to believe him just for once.