Rong Yan kept this in his heart, and then he came to Xu Guo and met Liang Ji, and he finally confirmed that he had met the person his mother said.Later, he was captured by Liang Ji and locked up in the cold palace for those days, Rong Yan recalled countless times the bits and pieces since they met, and became more and more convinced of one thing, in the case of the country being ruined and having to send people under the fence, in the face of the strong, firm and considerate Liang Ji, he was destined to be unable to escape, that was his fate.Rong Yan shook his head gently, put down the half-bitten rice cake in his hand, took a sip of wine, and suddenly said: I saw Gao Chun, the prince of Xu State, that day, and he saw that I was too close to Gao Chun, and finally couldn't hold it back.Li Ye thought for a moment and looked up at Rong Yan: Then what are you going to do, Your Highness?
It is said that he is the crown prince of Xu State, and there is the support of the queen behind him, and it is a good thing for us to be friendly with him, but will this offend that King Ji, after all, he is now growing in his wings, and there are many courtiers in the court who support him, and it is hard to say whose future throne Xu is.Who is sitting on the throne of the State of Xu, and what does it have to do with me?
I'm really afraid that the crown prince and King Ji won't be able to fight.Rong Yan gently tapped the cup in his hand with his fingers, muttered for a while, and suddenly said, you say, if I ask to marry Princess Chengyang, will Emperor Shouguang agree?
Princess Chengyang?
Li Ye was surprised, you have met the princess twice, you are a frank and lovely little girl, but it is a pity that you were born in this imperial family, and you can't even decide your own marriage.Rong Yan saw Li Page's solemn complexion, and laughed lightly, just asking for marriage, even if Emperor Shouguang really agreed, from marriage to marriage, I don't know how long it will take, as long as there is a little accident, this marriage will not be possible.Li Ye hesitated for a moment, but still said: It is said that subordinates should not interfere with your decision-making, but subordinates feel that if the queen is still alive, they will not want you to use your marriage as a bargaining chip.But Li Page, Rong Yan laughed, his eyes flowed, aren't I also a bargaining chip?
Your Highness!
Before Li Ye finished his words of consolation, he suddenly got up, the long sword on his waist was unsheathed, and the blade of the sword drew a cold light in the air, pointing straight at the closed door: Who is outside!
Rong Yan's hand holding the wine cup tightened, and he raised his eyes to look at the door, and by the candle flame in the room, a tall figure was printed on the door.He lowered his eyes, was silent for a while, and said softly: Please let him in.Li Ye's whole person stood in front of him, and when he heard this, he not only widened his eyes: Your Highness, I know who it is, Rong Yan said, the guards are still outside, how can they let unrelated people in?
Li Ye was silent for a moment, clenched the long sword in his hand, stepped forward and opened the door, and saw Liang Ji standing at the door.Liang Ji carried a food box in his hand, calmly walked into the room in Li Ye's half-confused and half-defensive gaze, put the food box on the table, and turned his head to look back at Li Ye: I have dealt with each other secretly, and we finally met today.Li Ye naturally knew who the tall man in front of him was, he glanced at Rong Yan, saw that he was still sitting in place, drinking wine slowly, thinking about it, he also let down his guard, put his long sword back into its sheath, and hugged his fist and said: General Liang.Liang Ji also raised his hand, which was regarded as a return salute, and then turned his gaze to look at Rong Yan.Rong Yan finally put down the wine in his hand, raised his eyes and looked back at Liang Ji, after a long time, he turned his gaze and looked at Li Ye: It seems that General Liang is looking for me today, and it is not too early, you go back first.Li Ye hesitated a little, so he listened to Rong Yan and said: If General Liang wants to do it, it is useless for you to be here, go back.Li Ye took a deep breath and glanced at Liang Ji again before arching his hand towards Rong Yan: Yes.The door opened and closed, and there were only two people left in the room, Rong Yan turned his gaze and found that Liang Ji had already sat down opposite, and couldn't help but snort softly: General Liang is really diligent, and he made a special trip to me on this kind of family reunion day, which is obviously something important.Now that the people are gone, you might as well say it directly.I'll accompany you to keep the New Year, Liang Ji opened the food box he brought, and took out a steaming soup bowl from it, I know that you southerners have different tastes, so I let people cook rice balls.As he spoke, he had cleaned up everything else on the table and placed the soup bowl in front of Rong Yan: I don't know if it suits the taste, you can taste it.Rong Yan lowered his eyes slightly, just enough to see the white and tender rice balls in the bowl, I don't know if it was not careful enough when wrapping, or it was too bumpy along the way, and a few of them leaked, floating in the soup was particularly obvious, but it also made people smell the sweet taste before they tasted it.Liang Ji naturally saw it, raised his hand and touched the bridge of his nose, Rong Yan followed his movements and looked over, and saw the white glutinous rice flour stained with his black cuffs at a glance.Rong Yan's eyelashes trembled, but he didn't poke it, took a spoon and gently scooped one up and put it into his mouth, it was as sweet and soft as expected, very similar to the memory.In his previous life, Rong Yan's first Chinese New Year's Eve in the Xu Kingdom was also spent with Liang Ji.At that time, he and Liang Ji had not yet made a relationship, but they were already acquainted.Since Liang Ji rescued Rong Yan from the sickbed in the post house, he took this little proton as his responsibility as a matter of course, and often went to visit with food when he was still in the post house, and later the mission left, Rong Yan had a house, and it was no longer his duty to protect this little proton, and Liang Ji still went to his house as usual.Over time, Rong Yan gradually became dependent on Liang Ji.Then came Chinese New Year's Eve.Although Rong Yan was young and simple, he also knew that Liang Ji was born in the Taiwei Mansion and was the head of the Suwei Mansion, and he would have to go home for reunion if he didn't have to be on duty on such days, so he let people close the courtyard door early, planning to keep the New Year alone.He was a little cowardly in his previous life, and Emperor Shouguang ignored him, and even the subordinates in the mansion despised him.The steward took leave early and went home to reunite, and the remaining little guys prepared a little food for Rong Yan at will and got together to play cards and eat wine, leaving Rong Yan alone, listening to the excitement outside, he couldn't help but quietly wipe his tears.Liang Ji came in through the window at this time, he was still stained with the chill outside, and when he saw Rong Yan's red eyes, he immediately frowned, his eyes swept from the empty room, and he immediately understood what was going on.Always seen by this person like this, Rong Yan felt inexplicably ashamed, he buried his face in the palm of his hand, wanted to quietly wipe the tears on his face, a slightly cool big hand pulled his fingers away, wiped away his tears for him, and then coaxed: Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I will make dumplings with you to eat?
Rong Yan opened his eyes, looking at the gentle eyebrows of the person in front of him, the loneliness and sadness that had just accumulated in his heart all disappeared, and he only saw the person in front of him in his eyes and heart, he took Liang Ji's hand and whispered: I want to eat rice balls.Seeing him smile, Liang Ji's face became more and more gentle, and he nodded: Okay.The subordinates in the Rongyan Mansion were getting together to make a good noise, and the door was suddenly kicked open from the outside, and Liang Ji stood in front of them like a cold-faced god, the long sword in his hand flashed with cold light, with the same heavy killing intent as its owner.Those little guys thought they were going to die on the spot, but they were just kicked up by this person one by one and rushed to prepare the ingredients.The stove room is not big, and after closing the doors and windows and adding a charcoal basin, it becomes warm, and a huge table is set up in the middle of the room, which is full of glutinous rice flour, black sesame powder, lard, and white sugar that the little servants have managed to get.Rong Yan and Liang Ji stood in front of the table with their hands in their hands, relatively speechless.Liang Ji is a complete Xu person, he has never eaten this kind of sweet and greasy food, and he doesn't know where to start with these things, although Rong Yan loves to eat, but he has always been cooked by others and sent to him, and he doesn't know anything.After a while, Rong Yan finally turned his head to look at Liang Ji: Otherwise, forget it today.Liang Ji saw a faint loss in his eyes, and immediately spoke: It's okay, you just tell me the shape and taste of the rice balls, there is always a way to make it.Liang Ji always has a trustworthy atmosphere, Rong Yan immediately laughed, he first found a piece of paper, drew circles one after another on it for Liang Ji to see, and then danced to describe it.Either Liang Ji is talented, or he really doesn't want to see disappointment in Rong Yan's eyes, so he really turned those glutinous rice flours into dough according to his description, and made black sesame flour and lard and white sugar into fillings, and then filled them into dough and wrapped them into a round rice ball.Rong Yan's eyes lit up immediately, he held the rice ball in the palm of his hand, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but praise: Liang Ji, you are so amazing!
Liang Ji smiled on his face: I haven't cooked it yet, I don't know if it's the taste you want to eat.Definitely!
I can smell it!
Rong Yan carefully put down the glutinous rice balls in his hand, turned his head and washed his hands, Liang Ji, you teach me, let's wrap it together!
Liang Ji couldn't help but feel happy when he saw his excited appearance, and nodded in response: Okay.The snow-white glutinous rice dough was exceptionally obedient in Liang Ji's hands, but when it came to Rong Yan's hands, it became not very peaceful.Maybe he grew up arrogant, Rong Yan didn't know anything about this kind of thing, although he carefully watched Liang Ji's demonstration over and over again, but he never managed to wrap a decent rice ball.Liang Ji didn't care, just looking at him gritting his teeth and fighting with glutinous rice dough or fillings, he felt happy, and the smile spread from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and the whole person had a rare warmth.In the end, it was Rong Yan who was deflated first, seeing that Liang Ji's movements were getting faster and faster, but he had nothing to gain, so he was suspected of making trouble, hesitated again and again, and took the initiative to ask to boil water.Of course, boiling water is not as simple as Rong Yan thought, he finally cleaned the iron pot and added water, but he suffered a setback in the step of igniting the fire.I was busy in front of the stove alone for a long time, and the flints were all hot from his hands, and the firewood still maintained its appearance, without even a trace of fire.Rong Yan looked at Liang Ji with a grim face.Liang Ji had already wrapped the rice balls, stood aside and looked at Rong Yan quietly for a while, and now met his eyes for help, immediately walked over, took the flint in his hand, approached the stove, the next moment, the fire in the stove was ignited, and it became more vigorous after encountering the firewood, and the tongue of fire licked the stove, roasting people's cheeks hot.The water in the pot gradually boiled, and the heat spread in the small stove room, making the figure of the person opposite blurred, Rong Yan looked at it in a daze, and was reluctant to look away.Liang Ji was naturally aware of such a burning gaze, and he stood in place, motionless and staring at Rong Yan, as if he wanted to see what he was going to do.Rong Yan made a move first, he suddenly took a step forward, stretched out his finger and gently rubbed Liang Ji's chin, but found that he had just rubbed his hands extremely dirty in order to ignite the fire, not only failed to wipe off the glutinous rice flour on Liang Ji's chin, but also left a black gray mark.Rong Yan rubbed his fingers lightly and whispered, "I'm sorry."
Liang Ji stared at his fingertips, and couldn't help but turn his gaze to the face that had been rubbed dirty at some point, and in the steaming heat, those eyes were extraordinarily bright, as if they could seduce people's hearts.A thought that had been lingering in Liang Ji's heart for many days came up again, and slowly amplified.He suddenly reached out and grabbed the finger that was still moving, Rong Yan was stunned on the spot, looking at Liang Ji's slightly red eyes in a daze, and his cheeks turned red inexplicably: What's wrong?
Don't move.Liang Ji's voice was extremely low, as if he was suppressing something, and in a trance, a warm hand reached out to his face, rubbed it lightly twice, and then Liang Ji's voice sounded again: Okay.Rong Yan looked at his hand, saw the gray marks on his fingertips, and finally understood what he was doing, the corners of his eyes drooped unconsciously, and a little unknown loss faintly rose in his heart.Liang Ji took all this into his eyes, the hand holding Rong Yan's finger tightened, and suddenly spoke: Rong Yan.What?
Rong Yan subconsciously raised his head, Liang Ji's face slowly enlarged in front of his eyes, and his warm and soft lips covered his lips.Rong Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he closed his eyes unconsciously.It was actually a very shallow kiss, which didn't last long, but it made Rong Yan's hands and feet soften unconsciously, he felt that his whole face was hot, and he couldn't help but cover it with his hand, but Liang Ji pulled his hand down and held it tightly in his palm.Liang Ji smiled like a spring breeze between his eyebrows and eyes, he looked at Rong Yan's panicked appearance, bowed his head slightly and pressed his forehead to him, and asked in a low voice: Do you know why I am like this?
Rong Yan nodded subconsciously, and then hurriedly shook his head.Liang Ji curled the corners of his lips, and his smile became more and more obvious, and he said: Rongyan, I am pleased with you!
Rong Yan raised his head and looked at Liang Ji, as if to confirm what he had just said, Liang Ji didn't care about his suspicions, and lowered his head to imprint a particularly precious kiss on his forehead: just like this.The smile spread on Rong Yan's face, and in an instant, he blessed his heart, and suddenly understood what the reason for his throbbing because of this person during this time, he remembered what his mother said to him that day, reached out and hugged Liang Ji's waist, buried his face in his chest and listened to the strong heartbeat, and said firmly: Liang Ji, I am also pleased with you.Liang Ji patted him lightly on the back, hugged the person a little tighter, and responded with a smile: I know!
The two hugged each other like this for a long time, and finally remembered the hot water boiling in the pot, hurriedly put Liang Ji's wrapped rice balls into the pot, and watched them surface one after another, as if Rong Yan was in the mood at that time.It was the sweetest glutinous rice ball that Rong Yan had eaten since he was a child, and it was very similar to the one in front of him.Rong Yan came back to his senses and stirred it twice in the bowl with a spoon.Today was supposed to be the day of their love.As soon as this thought sprung up, Rong Yan only felt that his heart hurt like a pinprick, and the Lantern Festival in his mouth seemed to have suddenly lost its taste, he hesitated for a moment, and slowly put down the spoon.He ate slowly just now, and Liang Ji's eyes kept falling on him, and now he stopped his movements after only taking a bite, and couldn't help but say: What?
Is it because the taste doesn't fit?
In the middle of the night, I also found such a person who can do it on a whim, maybe I don't do it many times on weekdays, and that person is a little rusty, so it's a little worse.Rong Yan raised his eyes, looked at him for a moment, and after a long time, he said slowly: I didn't expect anyone in Longcheng to make this, the taste is actually not bad, but I ate a lot of things tonight, and I really can't eat it.Rong Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly, poured a glass of wine and handed it to Liang Ji: On Chinese New Year's Eve, General Liang was not at home to reunite, and came to send me rice balls, I accepted this friendship, and I had nothing to repay, so I could only ask the general to drink a few glasses of wine.Liang Ji stared at the wine cup in front of him, stretched out his fingers, and finally retracted again: I don't drink.Rong Yan raised his eyes, and then laughed softly: General Liang doesn't drink alcohol now?
Liang Ji heard the word now, but he just nodded, neither asking nor defending himself: yes.That's really a pity, Rong Yan took the glass of wine back in front of him, stared at the clear wine, raised his wrist, and drank it all, originally thinking about having a good time with the general.If you want to drink, I will accompany you with tea instead of wine.Liang Ji said, anyway, there is nothing else to do today, and I was going to accompany you to keep the New Year.Rong Yan's throat trembled slightly, and there was a smile on his lips: It's good to have someone to accompany you.The two were relatively silent for a while, but it was Liang Ji who spoke first, he glanced at the closed door, and suddenly said: That is your guard?
I don't know where it came from, but can I still believe it?
If it were a change of the past, Rong Yan would definitely say a few sarcastic words and ask Liang Ji why an outsider cares about his own affairs, but today he didn't say it, he was silent for a while, and nodded lightly.He took a sip of wine and patiently told Liang Ji about the origin of Li Page.His mother's own was my mother's personal maid before entering the palace, and she stayed with my mother for many years.Later, they gave birth to a son, Li Page.