Rongyue raised her eyebrows with a puzzled expression, but Xiao Yan stood up directly and walked out with Rongyue and Gu Helian.
Qian Qiyue and Xue Ru were standing in the yard. When they saw them coming out and about to step forward, someone stopped them with their hands, while Xiao Yan led Rong Yue and the others directly towards the back.
Zhuangzi is extremely quiet at night, and only the chirping of insects can be heard in the darkness.
Rongyue and Yue followed Xiao Yan to a quiet courtyard. As soon as they entered, they saw Lingyin coming out.
"The Overlord."
"Where's Grandma?"
"It's already rested. My servant is keeping watch."
Xiao Yan nodded and led Rongyue and Gu Helian into the room. Seeing that he moved very lightly, Rongyue and the others subconsciously relaxed their hands and feet and followed him to the dimly lit bedside with bated breath.
There was a lamp lit beside the bed, and lying on the bed was an old woman with silver hair and a grooved face. Her face was pale and sickly.
Gu Helian had been away from the capital for many years, and had not been in the palace very much at that time. Looking at the person sleeping on the bed, she just felt strange.
Rongyue, on the other hand, when she married King Cheng in her early years, before the late emperor passed away, she went to the palace to pay homage to several of the palace masters. Later, when Emperor An ascended the throne, as Princess Cheng, she also went to the palace many times, and she had more or less opportunities to meet outsiders. People who can't come.
Rong Yue looked at the person on the bed and was stunned for a moment, then suddenly moved closer. After he could identify who she was, he took a breath and his expression changed dramatically.
The Queen Mother? !
How could it be the Empress Dowager? !
"You!" Rongyue looked at Xiao Yan in shock.
Xiao Yan lowered his voice: "You should recognize her. She is my father's grandmother. I call her great-grandmother."
Rongyue looked at the young man so close with wide eyes, her heart jumped violently, then her face turned white, her lips moved and she swayed, almost falling down.
Gu Helian quickly reached out to support her: "What's wrong with you? Who is this person?"
Rongyue opened her mouth, but did not speak immediately. Instead, she looked at Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan raised his lips: "Since I brought you to see my great-aunt, I didn't want to hide it from you. The head of the Gu family has been deeply affectionate to my aunt for many years, so there is no harm in telling him."
Hearing this, Rong Yue turned towards Gu Helian with some confusion: "She is...the Empress Dowager."
Gu Helian was startled, the Empress Dowager?
That Xiao Yan...
He was stunned for only a moment before he suddenly understood who the father Xiao Yan was talking about was.
Gu Helian also looked very shocked. Even after Xiao Yan left the capital, he suddenly brought back the Major General of the Northwest Zhen'an Army. He had already guessed that there was something wrong with his identity, but he never expected that Xiao Yan was actually Prince Ru. His son was the eldest grandson of the emperor who had an unparalleled status in the palace.
No wonder he just said that he has enemies everywhere and his father has connections in the palace.
The astonishingly talented Prince Taizu personally taught him that he had already entered power at a young age. Even if he suddenly died later, the accumulation of many years would not be wiped out in one fell swoop.
…
When Rong Yue and Gu Helian came out of the room, they looked a little dazed.
The moonlight swayed down and fell on Xiao Yan, who was tall and tall. The noble look on his extraordinarily dusty face was hard to miss.
"Your appearance..."
"I used some tricks to change it."
Xiao Yan said it easily, but how could it be easy to "change a different face"? Rongyue hesitated and asked, "Does Tang Ning know your identity?"
Xiao Yan replied: "I didn't know it at first."
"After I met Tang Ning, it was because of the token left by Mrs. Rong that I recognized her as the little girl I had met when I was young."
"Back then, she and Mrs. Rong saved me from danger and stayed with me through the most desperate days. I thought about sheltering me and repaying my kindness back then. However, we got along with each other for a long time, and I don't know when it was over. Get stuck in it.”
"Actually, I hesitated after I fell in love with Tang Ning."
Xiao Yan has a cold personality, but when he confesses himself to Rongyue, he has no reservations.
"I know how difficult what I have to do is, and I also know that if I am not careful, I will be doomed. I don't want to drag her into this muddy water. I just want her to live a safe and smooth life. But Tang Ning is so good. It makes me reluctant to let go.”
"When she knew that I was disabled and that I was notorious, she still held my hand and said that she wanted to protect me and that she wanted to do her best to keep me safe."
"When she told me that she was willing to stay with me and never leave her no matter what happened in the future, all my hesitations turned into an obsession with her."
Xiao Yan scoffed and turned to look at Rong Yue.
"Tang Ning has experienced emotional trauma. She was just dependent on me earlier. It was my connivance and seduction that made her fall in love with me."
"I know I'm despicable, but I just don't want to let go."
He is such a bad person.
Rongyue listened to Xiao Yan's words without saying a word for a long time, but Gu Helian suddenly and inexplicably liked Xiao Yan more.
Xiao Yanzhi's paranoia about Tang Ning is the same as his obsession with Rong Yue, just like when he was expelled from the capital and the Rong family.
Even though he knew that Rong Yue was already married and had a child, and that she didn't choose him back then, he still clung to that thought and refused to let go.
"Zhizhi, let her make her own decision regarding little Haitang."
Rongyue glanced at Gu Helian beside him, pursed her lips and said to Xiao Yan: "I can't stop Tangning's choice, but I hope you won't forget what you said today."
"No matter what happens in the future, treat Tang Ning well and protect her. If..."
She took a deep breath and looked extremely serious.
"If you really get what you want one day, but after reaching a high position, you lose the deep love you have for Tang Ning today, for the sake of my sister, return Tang Ning to me, and don't let her risk everything regardless of her reputation. My stupidity for wanting to be with you has become a joke in the eyes of others."
Xiao Yan heard this solemnly: "I will never let Tang Ning regret it."
Rong Yue only curled her lips when he heard this. How many oaths a man makes when he is deeply in love can be kept until the end. When the love fades, no matter how many oaths he makes, they will be in vain.
What's more, it's an imperial family.
Xiao Yan knew that it was difficult to reassure Rong Yue with just a few words, so he didn't say any more and just raised his head to look in the direction of Tang Ning.
He would give his little girl a guarantee that would put her at ease.
…
Rong Yue and Qian Qiyue both stayed in the villa and only said they were with Tang Ning.
When Tang Ning woke up, she found that it was bright outside, and she sat on the bed in a daze, unable to regain her consciousness.
"woke up?"
The sudden sound startled Tang Ning. Tang Ning looked up suddenly and saw Rong Yue coming in from the outside carrying a copper basin.
She suddenly remembered what happened last night, her face was full of guilt, she lowered her head and whispered: "Aunt..."
Rongyue walked closer and said, "Do you feel uncomfortable?"
"ah?"
Tang Ning raised her head inexplicably, remembering that she had a sudden febrile convulsion earlier, and thought Rongyue was asking her if she was feeling well, so she quickly said:
"I no longer feel uncomfortable, and the fever has gone away. Don't worry, aunt."
Rong Yue was angry and refused to argue: "Who asked you this!"
Tang Ning was at a loss, why did you ask this?
She met Rong Yue's eyes inexplicably, and saw her eyes falling on her neck, as if there was something on it.
Tang Ning subconsciously lowered his head and saw under the slightly open clothes. A few conspicuous red marks were exposed, and she suddenly remembered that her brother was lying on her body last night, biting the skin in front of her neck over and over again, whispering extremely shameful words, which made her uncomfortable but couldn't help but climb on her. Whispering to him...
Tang Ning's face turned red instantly: "Aunt."
Seeing that she understood, Rong Yue lightly poked her forehead: "I know I'm shy now, what were I doing earlier?"
"The first time is the most uncomfortable for a girl. What happened yesterday was so sudden. If Xiao Yan hurts you in any serious way, tell your aunt, but if you feel uncomfortable, you and him are still compatible..."
Tang Ning's face was red and dripping with blood: "Aunt, we don't have it!"
Rongyue opened her eyes wide: "But last night, those voices..."
Tang Ning's ears were red, her neck was covered in pink mist, and her whole body seemed to be on fire.
She lowered her head and grasped the quilt with her delicate white fingers, wanting to get under the bed, but Rongyue kept asking. She was so anxious by the question that she whispered a few words in a mosquito-like voice.
Seeing Rongyue's face full of shock and astonishment, she blushed: "I was dizzy at the time and held my brother tight. Seeing that I was not in a good mood, my brother wanted to comfort me, but... he failed to do so in the end... "
Rong Yue saw that Tang Ning's words did not sound like lies, and his demeanor did not seem like he was getting along with others.
Her first reaction was not that Xiao Yan had sense of propriety, but that Xiao Yan could hold back such a stunning and charming beauty like Tang Ning, even if she took off her clothes and brought them to her mouth?
Rongyue blurted out: "Isn't Xiao Yan not good?"
Tang Ning: "..."
Xiao Yan, who was waiting outside the door and eavesdropped: "..."
Hua Wu quickly turned his neck and looked up at the sky.
