dhibooks Chapter 32 The Oiran
Chapter 32 The Oiran
The wonderful sound of the piano swayed, and after the song was over, waves of applause were set off.
Many guests shouted Mingying's name, but the girl looked at the table of Mr. Xiaoqiao and disappeared behind the stage.
Xiao Er served a plate of river prawns.
Chi Jinnian picked one up, peeled it off, dipped the chopsticks in the sauce, and placed it on Ruan Yuan's plate.
Ruan Yuan glanced at him, and a smile leaked from his eyes, covering the shrimp.
"Three masters, are you satisfied with the song just now?"
The woman did not know when she appeared behind Ruan Yuan, but she looked at Chi Jinnian attentively.
Chi Jinnian smiled, and slowly peeled a shrimp in front of the woman, and put it on Ruan Yuan's plate.
"Natural, melodious and graceful, admirable."
The woman smiled happily when she heard this, but her eyes turned to Ruan Yuan, and she grabbed his sleeve eagerly,
"Those three masters have to stay. How many rooms have you booked for the rooms mentioned earlier?"
Ruan Yuan put down his chopsticks, somewhat at a loss.
"Miss Boss, book two rooms, this is the deposit."
Gu Cong accepted the words, took out a money bag from his sleeve, and put some money on the table.
"Ah? The three masters booked two rooms, how can we live?"
Gu Cong smiled lightly, looked at Ruan Yuan and said,
"My younger brother is weak. My elder brother is afraid that he will suffer from a sudden illness at night, so I sleep with him in the same room."
"So that's how it is." The woman was still smiling, "I asked Mingying to go up that night. After all, the young man who caught the hydrangea ball was chosen by Mingying himself."
Ruan Yuan shook his hands when he heard this, and almost dropped the chopsticks he just picked up on the table.
"No need."
Chi Jinnian smiled again, and gently covered Ruan Yuan's hand with his palm.
The woman saw his movements, and the smile on her face froze a bit.
Which of the men here is not here for pleasure?
This little boy was born just like the girl's family, I'm afraid he's not a younger brother, but something else...
She groaned for a while, but when she turned her gaze, she bumped into a knife, her body shook, and goosebumps arose.
The woman gave Chi Jinnian a guilty look, didn't dare to say anything, just laughed and walked away.
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In the evening, Ruan Yuan poured a cup of hot water for Chi Jinnian and put it on the table.
As soon as the cup touched the table, his hand was caught by the man.
"Why are you upset?"
Chi Jinnian put his hand around his palm and looked up at him.
Ruan Yuan shook his head, but lowered his gaze.
"It's my fault for protecting you so well that I insist on sharing a room with you..."
Ruan Yuan still shook his head.
"Still blame me for disturbing the interest of you and Miss Mingying?"
Ruan Yuan stopped shaking his head, raised his big eyes, pursed his lips together, and angrily raised his fist to hit his chest, repeatedly.
The more he beat, the more Chi Jinnian laughed. With a smile, he slid his hand to the young master's waist, and as soon as he closed it, the young master's head was pressed against his shoulder.
Chi Jinnian stretched out one hand to rub the son's hair, as if he was stroking a well-behaved deer.
"Stop teasing you."
"I know, you think that woman despises me because of you."
The little deer's head trembled slightly, and then rested on his shoulder in a relaxed manner.
Chi Jinnian turned his face and kissed his neck.
"I never cared what other people thought of me."
Ruan Yuan raised the corners of his mouth where he couldn't see, calling him "dominant" in his heart, but the hand holding him was a little tighter.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
A gentle female voice broke in,
"Young master, I'm Mingying."
Ruan Yuan stood back and looked at Chi Jinnian.
Chi Jinnian's hand still held him, and his eyes returned to calm.
"come in."
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"Girl, seven days are over."
Li Wuyue opened her eyes, she was still the little boy who greeted her that day.
"Thank you little Daoist."
She took a deep breath and wanted to stand up, but her knees were so soft that she couldn't stand up anymore.
These days, too many people have knelt on the cushion beside her, she came first, but now, she is the only one left.
"Girl sit here first."
The little boy dragged a cushion from nowhere and spread it behind her.
"Thank you little Daoist."
She smiled, let the little boy hold her arm, and fell back to sit on the mat.
"Girl, what are you asking for?"
"Since I entered the cabinet, you are the first person to kneel for seven days."
The little boy sat down opposite her and looked at her with his head propped up.
She gently stretched out her hand and rubbed the boy's head,
"how old are you?"
The little boy sniffed and looked at her,
"Thirteen."
Li Wuyue nodded, her eyes drifted away,
"13 years old, I can understand."
"What I'm asking for is love."
The little boy blushed, turned his head and hummed softly, patted his buttocks and stood up,
"I don't understand."
"I don't bother to understand the things of you laymen!"
After he finished speaking, he took the broom next to him and ran away.
Li Wuyue sat quietly on the spot, subconsciously rubbing her knee with one hand.
That's right, the decisive, ruthless, and high-ranking prince in her memory turned out to be just a layman.
After all, I can't escape the word "vulgar". Why can't Chi Jinnian love her.
"Hey."
The boy stuck his head out from behind the pillar,
"You still have to practice here."
"My senior brother will come to teach you later, so don't run away."
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The imperial physicians came out of the queen's palace one by one.
Followed by Chi Chengqi's hysterical scolding,
"Useless trash! All trash!"
After the imperial doctors ran away with the heads they had left by chance, Chi Chengqi strode out of the palace.
A young servant came up to meet him and whispered something to him.
"man?"
Chi Chengqi asked impatiently, and his eyes fell on the maid who was hurriedly carrying things in and out.
"Then Princess Jin has a younger brother, a man, so why waste your time chasing him!"
"So many people died chasing him, are you brainless!"
"No more chasing!"
Chi Chengqi shook his hands angrily, his eyes gleaming fiercely in the night.
"Princess Jin, what is it compared to the throne!"
"From now on, don't waste a soldier on her."
"Luozhou City was burned like that, and no one knows whether she is dead or alive now."
As he spoke, he strode out, took dozens of steps, and stopped abruptly.
The boy didn't stop, and fell to his knees on the ground.
Chi Chengqi glanced at him, kicked his ass angrily,
"How is the woman in the palace?"
"What about you!"
The little servant held back his tears and turned around, still kneeling,
"Go back...Go back to Qiye, there is no news from the imperial concubine or empress."
"Thinking about it, I still haven't made a move."
Chi Chengqi turned his head to the side, looking quietly at the lights of Qi Chengdian.
Even if the woman is not there, you never visited the queen mother again.
The friendship of so many years is so easy to destroy.
He withdrew his gaze, his pupils dimmed a bit.
Father, you abandoned our mother and son first, so don't blame me for not loving father and son.
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"My lords, but Mingying didn't play the song well today?"
Miss Mingying pushed open the door, leaning on the door frame with one hand and holding the pipa in the other.
Seeing her innocent face, Ruan Yuan quickly shook his head, feeling at a loss again.
Chi Jinnian turned his head to look at him, then put on a not-so-sincere smile, and said to Mingying,
"it's not true."
"It's just that the two of us share a room, so it's inconvenient."
Mingying walked in, closed the door gently, her haughty eyes were covered with a layer of obedient mist,
"Young Master, may you allow me to present another song."
Chi Jinnian was a little impatient at first, but when he turned his face to the side, he saw Ruan Yuan looking at him, as if asking for approval.
When the words of refusal came to his lips, he changed his appearance when he said them.
"Then listen to one more song."
He reached out to pick up the teacup and took a sip. Mingying walked over holding the pipa and sat down a little closer to him.
Ruan Yuan sat down, and his eyes fell on the girl's face, looking at her hands playing the pipa, the side of her face was warm, and another girl's face appeared in front of her eyes.
The girl put her bloody hand on the side of his face and said to him,
"Master, if you don't like it, don't be dumb anymore."
The eye sockets were sore instantly, and the tune echoed in the air, knocking out a sad flower in my heart.
Ruan Yuan listened, his mind was surging, his grief turned around, and unconsciously, he felt that his eyes were about to close.
His vision became more and more blurred, and his consciousness swayed away.
Then, amidst the shaking, he saw Chi Jinnian close his eyes, and his body suddenly fell into Mingying's arms.
Dangerous to the heart, Ruan Yuan shook his hand vigorously and knocked off the teacup on the table.
He wanted to stand up, but his legs were exerting force, but he fell to the ground, and the sharp fragments were pressed against his palms, causing his whole body to tremble with pain.
Consciousness was forcibly pulled back a little, he ignored the blood oozing from the palm of his hand, and leaned on the table, breathing more and more heavily.
"Ah, you sit far away from me, you didn't get so many spells."
A terrible smile suddenly appeared on Mingying's face, his pupils shrank into a line, and his arm firmly supported Chi Jinnian's shoulder.
"But it's okay, soon, you're going to sleep too."
"Sleep well, my lord has orders, I won't eat you."
Mingying lifted Chi Jinnian's chin with one hand, and walked up and down the arc of his cheek,
"I want to eat, but this handsome prince."
Ruan Yuan suddenly opened his eyes wide, but couldn't resist the drowsiness in his blood vessels, his eyelids opened and then fell.
He stared at Chi Jinnian, his eyes closed in Mingying's arms, his heart pounding slowly but heavily into his chest.
Shinro, wake up...
Wake up...!
Then he grabbed a fragment from the ground and scratched the back of his hand without hesitation. Blood gushed out, but his consciousness became much clearer.
Under Mingying's astonished gaze, he stepped over here in three steps at a time, and firmly grasped the clothes on Chi Jinnian's upper arm with one hand.
Blood slid down his white arm, and his eyes were like knives on Mingying's face.
"Why bother."
"I'm going to sleep again soon, why bother to scratch such a beautiful hand."
"Young Master Ruan."
Ruan Yuan took a deep breath, but Ming Ying raised her chin towards him calmly,
"Think I'm surprised to know your name?"
"Then let me tell you, not only do I know who he is and who you are, but I can also read minds."
Mingying moved closer to him, lifted his chin amidst his heavy breathing,
"You love him to death, but you don't know how much he loves you."
"Because... he still has Mr. Liu in his heart, doesn't he?"
Ruan Yuan's fingers tightened a little bit, the disbelief in his eyes diffused in the air, and mixed with Mingying's laughter, there was a faint pain.
"Mr. Ruan, you don't even know this, why risk your life to save him."
"You are human, but I am a demon."
After Mingying finished speaking, two furry ears suddenly appeared on her head, and her fingernails also suddenly became longer, giving off a bloody smell.
Ruan Yuan stared at her in a daze, and tried to grab Chi Jinnian's shoulder even harder, causing a long column of blood to flow out.
At this moment, there was Gu Cong's knock on the door.
"My lord, my concubine, I heard the sound of the cup falling to the ground..."
The cat demon's expression suddenly became serious, and he no longer wanted to tease Ruan Yuan. With a lift of his hand, Chi Jinnian's body was firmly wrapped under her arm.
Ruan Yuan was startled, the hand that was gripping Chi Jinnian's upper arm suddenly slipped to his waist.
The cat demon gave him a sideways look, but didn't look at him again, and was about to leave behind the unconscious person.
Ruan Yuan tightly grabbed Chi Jinnian's waist, watching the cat demon stand up, his hand was also forced to slip.
He tightened his fingers and grabbed the white jade pendant. The red rope became the only connection between him and Chi Jinnian.
In the next moment, he watched the red rope break in his hand.
The drowsiness was all gone, the blood was boiling hot in the dangerous magma, all concentrated in the chest cavity, and the hot air rushed up to the throat.
Ruan Yuan's eyes were red, and his desperate roar resounded through the world for a long time.
"Jin Lang!!!"
He yelled, feeling blood oozing from his eye sockets.
Suddenly, a white figure appeared in front of him, and when he realized it again, he saw Chi Jinnian lying in front of him.
He rushed towards Chi Jinnian's body like crazy, enduring the severe pain in the palms and backs of his hands, and held him firmly in front of his chest.
"Who are you!"
A long cat's tail protruded from the cat demon's back, looking fiercely at Gu Cong who stood in front of him.
Gu Cong didn't answer.
Then Ruan Yuan watched helplessly as a white tail stretched out from under the hem of his clothes.
His nails also suddenly grew longer, with a cold light shining from the sharp tips.
"you do not need to know."
The two lights merged, and the moves could not be seen clearly, only the sound of the clothes being torn and the body being torn apart could be heard, and finally they disappeared out of the window together.
Ruan Yuan's heart almost jumped out of his chest, and he couldn't feel anything all of a sudden.
It wasn't until he looked down and saw Chi Jinnian was still sleeping soundly in his arms that the pain hit the back of his hand again, and the uncontrollable crying broke out.
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The author has something to say:
The proprietress: "You can tell at a glance that this young master is in charge." [Chi Jinnian]
Chi Jinnian peeled shrimp for Ruan Yuan.
The proprietress: "Ah... so this young master is the one." [Ruan Yuan]
Chi Jinnian put his hand on Ruan Yuan's
The proprietress: "I understand, it's my wife."