Peach Blossom Land On Longyin Island Chapter 59
byIf you say you won’t do it, you won’t do it.
In white porcelain with a long neck and a narrow mouth, two bowl-sized peonies bloom on a branch. The pink and yellow petals are stacked one above the other, clustered with goose-yellow stamens in the middle. When blown by the breeze outside the window, the layers of petals sway gently with the wind, like dancing girls dancing in the moonlight.
“Beautiful flowers” became concrete at this moment.
On the bed, An Ran kicked An Xiaoyu out of the bed. He wrapped himself tightly in the quilt and couldn’t bear it and said, “An Xiaoyu! Can you bear it a little longer?”
An Xiaoyu climbed onto the bed with an innocent face and looked at An Ran aggrievedly: “Why not?”
Because I am originally a serious straight man!
An Ran wanted to raise his head and roar, but seeing An Xiaoyu’s aggrieved look, his words turned into an apology with insufficient confidence: “Please wait, I’m not ready yet.”
“Oh.” An Xiaoyu said “oh”, slowly squeezed into An Ran’s quilt, and whispered: “Then don’t touch me.” After saying that, he put his arms around An Ran’s waist.
An Ran was speechless and seemed to finally understand the meaning of An Xiaoyu’s words “I can hug you, but you can’t hug me”, but An Ran still had a question.
“Hey, An Xiaoyu,” An Ran said, “Didn’t you feel sick before?”
“What’s disgusting?” An Xiaoyu asked blankly.
“Just that time,” An Ran reminded reluctantly, “that time when you looked at pornographic…painting books, didn’t you say you were disgusting?”
An Xiaoyu seemed to remember and said, “It’s a bit disgusting.”
“Then how can you accept it now?”
An Xiaoyu said sincerely: “I don’t accept it now.”
“Huh?!” An Ran was shocked and looked at An Xiaoyu angrily, “You can’t accept it and you still touch me?!”
An Xiaoyu blinked innocently and retorted confidently: “You are not the person in the painting book. You are good-looking.”
An Ran: “…So you think they are ugly?”
An Xiaoyu nodded.
“Nonsense! You can’t see the facial features clearly, how can you tell what is beautiful or ugly?” An Ran kicked him up again, but this kick missed An Xiaoyu and was stopped by An Xiaoyu halfway.
An Xiaoyu held An Ran’s ankle, with a little smile in his eyes, and said, “I feel discomfort in all five senses, but if so, I won’t feel it at all.”
“Funny words.” An Ran muttered, and raised his foot to kick An Xiaoyu, but as soon as the foot moved, it was tightened by the strong hands on the ankle.
“Let go.” An Ran slowly turned her ankle and muttered in a low voice.
An Xiaoyu turned a deaf ear and instead held the foot and gently placed it on his abdomen.
The position is very clever, infinitely close but not attached, but An Ran can touch it as long as she curls her toes slightly.So An Ran would flex her toes from time to time, and her toes would tap the mermaid line on An Xiaoyu’s abdomen like a dragonfly.
Every time you touch, the strength of your ankle becomes deeper, and every time you leave, the strength of your ankle becomes weaker.Neither of them spoke. An Xiaoyu kept looking at An Ran. An Ran lowered his eyes and looked at the quilt in his arms, playing in silence for a long time.
“I still can’t accept it.” After a long time, An Ran said dullly.Mental acceptance is one thing, physical acceptance is another.
“It’s okay,” An Xiaoyu said softly, “Let’s take our time.”
“Yeah.” An Ran hummed angrily, with great interest.
An Xiaoyu chuckled.
“What are you laughing at?” An Ran glared at An Xiaoyu slightly angrily, and at the same time, he hooked An Xiaoyu hard with his toes.
An Xiaoyu laughed again and said with a smile: “Ran Ran said that he couldn’t help it, but in the end he just couldn’t help but kiss her.”
“You still dare to laugh at me!” An Ran’s face heated up, he glared at An Xiaoyu again, and threatened fiercely, “I’ll stew you sooner or later!”
“No joke, just happy,” An Xiaoyu said with a smile, “Of course, you don’t know how happy I was at that time.”
An Ran glanced at An Xiaoyu. Seeing that An Xiaoyu stopped talking, An Ran hesitated for a while and asked, “How happy are you?”
“I don’t know how to describe it. I’m happier than finding something lost. I couldn’t even dream of being happier.” An Xiaoyu’s voice was neither soft nor heavy, and there was no deliberate tenderness. It was as straightforward as when he asked him “What kind of vase should I choose?” in the afternoon.But when these simple words fell into An Ran’s ears, they were like feathers carrying sizzling electricity, tingling and scratching her heart.
This feeling spread from the top of the head to the toes, so that An Ran’s teasing movements turned into a gentle and slow rubbing of the toes around the skin underneath.
The force of the circle around her ankle increased, but An Ran didn’t notice it, and she still turned her ankle slowly and in ecstasy.
“Ran Ran.” Until he suddenly heard An Xiaoyu’s hoarse voice, An Ran suddenly woke up. He bent his knees and was about to retract his feet, but unexpectedly his toes were pressed down as soon as he lifted them up.
“Don’t move.” An Ran glared at An Xiaoyu and threatened in a low voice, but An Xiaoyu just looked at him deeply, and the hand holding his ankle slowly moved up his calf.Whenever he wanted to retreat, the hand held him firmly, making him unable to move.
“An Xiaoyu!” When the hand passed his knee, An Ran scolded him. It was not threatening, but it made An Xiaoyu’s mouth curve.
“Lu…Qian!” When the hand moved to An Ran’s thigh, An Ran called out An Xiaoyu’s name for the first time. However, the effectiveness of the threat was greatly reduced by the sudden tremor in his voice.
So this threat only made An Xiaoyu’s eyes smile even more.
“Of course,” An Xiaoyu looked at An Ran without blinking and said with an aggrieved tone, “It’s not fair.”
“How’s that unfair?” An Ran was angry and ashamed, a blush gradually rose on her face, and she glared at An Xiaoyu fiercely.
An Xiaoyu turned a blind eye and said, “I am the only one who endures the injustice.” As he said this, he pressed the corners of his mouth down as if he was really aggrieved, but the smile in his eyes did not diminish.
“Lu Qian! Say, say, don’t, count, say, dog, east, west!” An Ran glared at An Xiaoyu and cursed word by word, then raised his foot to kick An Xiaoyu.
An Xiaoyu didn’t hide, because this kick was really weak and soft, as if he was acting coquettishly.
“Forget it, if you say you won’t do it, you won’t do it.” An Xiaoyu explained to himself with a smile.
“Then get started!” An Ran glared at An Xiaoyu angrily.
An Xiaoyu came closer, put his ear to Anran’s ear, and asked in a low voice, “Of course, can we start practicing from the simple ones?”
When he got up the next day, An Xiaoyu had disappeared. Liu Ci came in with a team of maids to help An Ran change clothes.An Ran’s face turned pale, she clutched her pajamas and said repeatedly: “No, no, no, I’ll do it by myself, I’ll do it by myself!”
Want him to change clothes in front of a group of girls who look younger than him?What a joke!
Maybe An Xiaoyu had arranged it, but Liu Ci didn’t insist. He waved to several people to leave their clothes and accessories and leave. He stayed, lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head and said respectfully: “The old slave will wait on the young master to change his clothes.”
“No, no, I’ll do it myself.” An Ran still refused, but heard Liu Ci say: “If the young master is not used to being touched by others, this old slave will not touch the young master. However, there are many details on how to wear these clothes and accessories. If you wear them improperly, you may be laughed at. Since the young master is from the East Palace, every word and deed reflects the image of the East Palace and the upbringing of His Highness. You must not be careless.”
After being told by Liu Ci, An Ran couldn’t refuse anymore and stood still and let Liu Ci change his clothes.After getting dressed on the inside and outside, Liu Ci knelt on the ground and put on the jade pendant for An Ran.
“Hmm… wait.” An Ran looked at the hibiscus jade pendant in Liu Ci’s hand, and suddenly remembered something. He quickly walked to a rosewood cabinet in the house, took out a purse, and took out a white jade pendant. He quickly turned it back, handed it to Liu Ci, and said, “Uncle Liu, please help me wear this.”
He has never worn the dragon and phoenix jade pendant that An Xiaoyu left for him before leaving. Firstly, he was not used to wearing accessories on his body. Secondly, he had always been wearing coarse linen clothes. This jade pendant, which looked very valuable at first glance, looked out of place.
Liu Ci took the jade pendant and looked slightly stunned.An Ran looked into her eyes and asked, “What’s wrong? Is it inappropriate?”
Liu Ci lowered his head and said: “There is nothing wrong. I will put it on for you now. Is this jade pendant given to you by Your Highness?”
“Well…what’s the explanation for this jade pendant?” An Ran asked.
Liu Cidao: “It is a relic left by the late Queen to Your Highness.”
The first queen was An Xiaoyu’s biological mother, who died when An Xiaoyu was young. The current queen of the Jin Kingdom was the second, and An Ran knew this early on.It’s just that this jade pendant was a relic left to him by An Xiaoyu’s mother. An Xiaoyu never mentioned it, but now he doesn’t feel surprised to hear An Ran.
At this time, Liu Ci had already put on various accessories for An Ran, bowed slightly and stood one step in front of An Ran.
“Thank you, Uncle Liu.” An Ran thanked him with a smile.
Liu Ci smiled slightly and said, “Young master, you’re welcome.”
“By the way, where is An Xiaoyu?” An Ran asked.
Liu Cidao: “His Royal Highness got up and went to court at Yinshi. He saw that the young master was sleeping soundly, so he did not disturb the young master.”
“I will go to court at Yinshi. Being a prince is really hard. No wonder I can only sleep for two hours a day. When will I go to court?”
“Generally, I will go to court at Chen time.”
“What time is it now?” An Ran asked.
“We just arrived.”
“Then it’s time for court?” An Ran asked with joy on his face.
Liu Cidao: “Back to the Young Master, the court at Xuanzheng Hall has dispersed.”
“What about others?”
Liu Cidao: “Back to the young master, Your Highness has been summoned by the Queen Mother.”
“That’s it.” An Ran nodded slightly, and then said, “Then I’ll go have dinner with Lin Mian and the others.” After saying that, An Ran was about to leave, but she heard Liu Ci suddenly shouting from behind: “Young Master.”
An Ran looked back at Liu Ci.
Liu Ci didn’t have much emotion on his face. He took two quick steps and stopped in front of An Ran. His words were still respectful and he said, “Master, don’t you want to know why the Queen Mother summoned Her Highness?”
An Ran had a bad premonition, frowned slightly, and asked, “Is it that peony with two stems?”
Liu Cidao: “Yes, but not entirely.”
An Ran frowned and stared at Liu Ci, waiting for him to continue.
Liu Cidao: “Master, do you know what the Queen Mother wants to do when she sends that pot of peonies with two stems?”
An Ran remembered the words of the little palace maid yesterday and said, “I asked An Xiaoyu to give it to Mr. Zhao Ge’s granddaughter.”
“Master, do you know why the Queen Mother asked Your Highness to see her off?”
An Ran was silent.He naturally knew the intention. He had not personally experienced ancient officialdom, but he had also seen a lot of ancient court dramas.
Liu Ci raised his head and looked at An Ran and said: “It seems that the young master knows it well, so the old servant will tell you directly. The Queen Mother intends for Her Highness to marry Mr. Zhao Ge’s granddaughter as the Crown Princess.”
An Ran said in an unhappy tone: “An Xiaoyu doesn’t like her.”
Liu Ci cupped his hands and said, “I hope you will forgive me. I didn’t mean to make you unhappy, but there are some things that I don’t want you to worry about, but I have to inform you.”
An Ran stared at Liu Ci and said, “What’s the matter?”
Liu Cidao said: “Yesterday, the news that His Highness broke peonies and presented them to the Princess spread in the capital within an hour. Today, many imperial censors impeached His Highness for being disrespectful, unreasonable and unbecoming.”
An Ran was silent.
Liu Ci added: “Before this, His Highness had just been impeached for leaving the capital privately. His Highness was designated as the crown prince at birth. Until he fell into the sea the year before last, he had never done anything wrong in all these years. However, since returning from the sea, he was impeached thirty-two times last year.”
An Ran remained silent.
Liu Ci paused for a moment and then said: “There are Anran lantern shops all over the two capitals and thirteen states of the Jin Kingdom. Everyone in the capital knows that the owner of the lantern shop is His Highness, but everyone in the capital didn’t know that Anran was a personal name before. Now that the young master has moved into the East Palace under the name “Anran”, I don’t need to tell you what it represents. The young master must also know it.”
An Ran frowned and said, “What do you want to say?”
Liu Ci cupped his hand again and said: “Young master has misunderstood. This old slave is just a slave. A slave cannot care about his master’s affairs, and he should not interfere in his master’s affairs. The old slave just wants to remind you that your highness is the crown prince of our Kingdom of Jin. His highness must not have shady desires even if he lives in the East Palace.”
Suddenly a burst of anger arose, and An Ran said in a cold voice: “In that case, then we will not live in the East Palace. We will leave as soon as he comes back.”
Liu Ci was startled, but only for a moment, his face suddenly darkened, and he said in a deep voice: “Young master, you want to take away the crown prince of my Kingdom of Jin?”
“No, Eunuch Liu misunderstood.” An Ran stared at Liu Ci coldly and said word by word, “Your prince Lu Qian died in the sea long ago. The man I took away is called An Xiaoyu.”
Liu Ci frowned and said sternly: “Young Master——” As soon as he finished speaking, An Ran interrupted him sternly: “No matter who you are sending a message for, tell him that An Xiaoyu is from our Longyin Village. He can marry whoever he likes, do whatever he wants, and be happy as he pleases. If you don’t love him, there are 559 people in Longyin Village who love him. Since the Kingdom of Jin does not welcome us, then we will go home.”
“Master!”
“Eunuch Liu, please come back,” An Ran interrupted with a sneer, not allowing Liu Ci to continue, “I still need to pack our luggage.”