After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 258 Autumn Rain in Xiaoxiang (Part 2)

Raindrops pattered on the bamboo leaves outside the window and tapped against the roof tiles, creating a continuous dripping sound.

Chu Yan embraced Daiyu and sat with her in the study, chatting idly while listening to the rain. Zijuan came in to pour tea, and Daiyu did not struggle, only showing a little shyness.

Zijuan chuckled, looked up and asked, "Is His Majesty having dinner here tonight?"

Chu Yan looked down at the delicate and beautiful Lin Daiyu in his arms and said with a smile, "I'll stay here tonight."

Daiyu remained silent, but her face slowly flushed.

Zijuan, understanding her meaning, said softly, "Your Majesty and Miss, please sit down. I will go and prepare some things for tonight."

Chu Yan smiled and stopped her, "No need, it's just about sleeping with your girl, nothing more."

Daiyu remained silent.

Zijuan glanced at the young lady and went out. It wasn't necessarily that the young lady was unfavored; it was just that His Majesty hadn't yet shown her any favor.

Only the two of them remained in the study.

Chu Yan suddenly said, "How about we ask Zijuan to prepare some hot water tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Daiyu blushed and struggled to get off his lap, still not saying a word.

Chu Yan laughed: "Alright, I won't tease you anymore."

With a blush, Daiyu turned to look at him: "Why did you come here today instead of attending to state affairs?"

Chu Yan laughed and said, "I miss Yu'er!"

Daiyu sneered, "I don't believe a single word of what the emperor says."

Chu Yan looked at her and said gently, "I miss Yu'er."

Hearing the words she longed to hear, Daiyu felt a surge of warmth in her heart. She wanted to speak, but found herself speechless. She turned to look at the bamboo house and smiled, "Since you've come to see 'Jade,' why don't we go up to the bamboo house, sit by the window, and listen to the raindrops hitting the bamboo leaves? I love this scenery very much."

Yu and Yu couldn't make out what she had said.

Chu Yan asked in surprise, "Does Lin Daiyu like rainy days? I thought you would feel melancholy and sentimental whenever it rains, which is why I came to visit you."

Daiyu turned her head and chuckled. She walked back and took his hand. Her bright, watery eyes looked at him, and her voice was soft and gentle: "Thank you for thinking of me. My sadness in the past was not because of the rain, but because of other things. Since I took your elixir, I have shed far fewer tears."

Chu Yan asked, "Has Lin Daiyu finished repaying her tears?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "I don't believe in any Crimson Pearl Fairy." Then she added, "There's no point in talking about this. Let's go to the bamboo house!"

The first time Chu Yan was pulled along by her, a cool breeze mixed with dampness blew against his skin after they went outside. He asked her, "It's windy up in the bamboo house, are you feeling alright?"

Daiyu laughed and said, "If things get bad, I'll ask you for a magic pill to eat~. Never mind, don't say anything discouraging. The autumn scenery is so beautiful, let's go upstairs and write some poems."

Xueyan brought out two umbrellas, and Daiyu said, "We're not far apart, so one is enough."

As she spoke, she picked up an umbrella, opened it, and held it high to shield him from the rain. Chu Yan smiled and walked alongside her, taking a few steps into the bamboo house.

Daiyu put the umbrella away on the veranda, then took his hand and went upstairs together. Because they had walked so fast, Daiyu was already a little out of breath when they reached the third floor, but she was happy. She and Chu Yan sat down in the study of the bamboo building.

She pushed open the window with her slender hand, and the autumn rain fell on the bamboo tips, the verdant bamboo forest shrouded in a misty drizzle.

Daiyu turned around and smiled at him. Chu Yan understood and nodded approvingly, saying, "What a beautiful view indeed!"

Daiyu smiled and returned to her desk, saying in a melodious voice, "I'll grind the ink, let's have a good poetry duel!"

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Since Sister Lin is so poetic today, I have no choice but to accompany her at the risk of my life."

Daiyu laughed and said, "How is writing poetry with me considered risking my life to keep you company?"

Chu Yan said, "Lin Daiyu is exceptionally talented and learned. She read the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of six, while I was still playing in the mud at six. I can't compare to her at all."

Daiyu laughed again: "I only read the Four Books when I was six years old, how could I have read the Five Classics? You don't need to be modest anymore. I know you can write poetry. First, each of you write a poem about bamboo, and then you can write a poem together with me."

Chu Yan laughed and said, "What rhyme? I need to think about it first, so as not to embarrass myself."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Your previous poem, 'A Crane's Shadow Crossing a Cold Pond,' was very good. Today, let's do a five-character regulated verse, the Fourteen Cold Rhymes."

Chu Yan nodded, sat down opposite her, and watched Daiyu slowly grind the ink.

Xueyan and Zijuan wanted to come up and serve her, but Daiyu stopped them. Only the two of them were in the bamboo building.

After grinding the ink, Daiyu smiled at him and asked, "Have you finished your poem?"

"Please go first, Miss Lin!"

Chu Yan made a gesture.

Daiyu picked up her brush and wrote a poem. She smiled and handed the brush to him. Chu Yan also wrote a poem. The two exchanged poems and read them. Daiyu just smiled.

Chu Yan sighed, "My poem is no match for yours."

Daiyu smiled smugly and said, "Let's compose a poem together. You start with a line."

Chu Yan glanced at the autumn rain outside the window and said, "The sparse curtain rolls up the cold mist."

Daiyu said, "Cold rain moistens the green bamboo slips. New bamboo shoots seem ready to be saddled."

Chu Yan glanced at her and continued the couplet: "Old leaves frequently cling to the wrist. The wind shakes the shadows of dragons and snakes."

The two exchanged words, and soon, realizing her intention, Chu Yan had no choice but to respond with her poem, saying: "The garrison drums hasten the setting of the stars, the border moon reflects the slumped sword."

Daiyu paused for a long while before softly saying, "Do not listen to the bamboo weeping with dew, for it is all the lament of the Xiang River Goddess."

After saying that, she turned away and wiped her tears.

Chu Yan stood up and hugged her, laughing, "Why did you start crying again when we were reciting poems together? It breaks my heart to see you cry like this."

With red eyes, Daiyu forced a smile and said, "It's just that I was moved by the poem and thought of my maternal grandmother."

Chu Yan said, "The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and we'll be able to see each other then. Yun'er has also agreed to go boating on the lake."

Daiyu responded softly, knowing that he was still in the capital for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and her mood improved considerably.

The two stopped composing poetry and closed the window to prevent the wind from blowing in.

After closing the window and sitting for a while, Daiyu glanced at him, wondering why he hadn't... come to kiss her today?
The two had visited the bamboo house three times. Every time they came, Chu Yan would always hug her and kiss her before he would stop. Had he changed his gender today?

Daiyu chuckled shyly. It was fine if he didn't kiss her; she was happy to have her mouth free. If he did kiss her, her mouth would be sucked for a long time, but there was no tea prepared in the bamboo building.

As she was lost in thought, Chu Yan suddenly said, "Fighting is actually very simple for me."

Daiyu's thoughts tightened; so that's what he was thinking about.

After thinking for a moment, he sighed and said, "You're just trying to fool me. There's no such thing as an easy war. Swords and spears don't have eyes; they don't know you're the emperor!"

Chu Yan laughed and said, "I've been fighting for so many years, why would I be afraid of this one? Although I plan to personally lead the expedition because the national treasury is empty, it's also because of you."

Once a person has free time, it becomes much harder to muster their fighting spirit again.

Now he has twelve beauties in his harem, as well as many concubines. The pleasures of the harem are the most detrimental to a person. If he doesn't fight this time, he will find it difficult to have the idea of ​​personally leading an expedition again in three to five years.

The generals under my command can handle it.

After chatting for a while, Daiyu suddenly asked with a smile, "How did the Emperor rebel?"

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Sister Lin, you don't call me King of Thieves anymore?"

"Pfft."

Daiyu picked up a book, covering half her face with it as she laughed. Her watery eyes looked at him, and her voice was soft and charming: "May I ask, King Chu Yan, how many heads and how much guts did you have to dare to rebel against the imperial court?"

Chu Yan snorted and said in a domineering bandit-like manner, "I heard that there is a beautiful woman named Lin in the capital. She is as beautiful as a flower and as lovely as a fairy. I was immediately tempted and led my troops north to capture her to be my wife!"

"Oh!"

Daiyu laughed so hard she covered her eyes with her arms, then leaned on the table. After a while, she looked up and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, please spare this humble woman."

She was charming and lively, with a delicate and melodious voice. Chu Yan looked at her and said, "I won't let you off this time!" He then got up and picked her up.

Daiyu smiled and covered his mouth with her hand, then said, "Your Majesty, please wait, I have something to argue with you!"

Chu Yan sat down with her in his arms, stroking her exquisitely beautiful face with his hand, and teased her, "What does my little beauty want to say?" Daiyu simply smiled, "Your Majesty did not know that there was a Crimson Pearl Fairy in the capital before you came here, did you?"

Chu Yan sighed, "What a pity. If I had known earlier, I could have led the army on a northern expedition last year or the year before."

Daiyu's smile gradually faded. She could guess the reason: Chu Yan had said she was the Crimson Pearl Fairy and had mentioned the Twelve Beauties of Jinling. If he had known earlier, given his domineering nature, he probably would have seized his father to force her to go to Jinling, instead of waiting until this year.

Daiyu sighed softly and covered her mouth with her hand: "I'm afraid my illness is due to repaying my debt of tears, and I won't get better."

Chu Yan grasped her hand: "I can save you."

Daiyu remained silent and nestled into his arms.

She was overthinking things, afraid that she would fall ill in the future and be unable to be with him anymore, which would make him sad.

Even with elixirs of immortality, one cannot ultimately defy fate.

The two embraced on the bamboo house, a light rain was falling, and a gust of wind blew by, causing the bamboo in the Xiaoxiang area to sway incessantly.

After a quiet, tender moment, the two gradually started chatting again.

Chu Yan said, "The reason I rebelled is because I am more suitable to be emperor than anyone else!"

Daiyu laughed and said, "How shameless of you."

Chu Yan laughed and said, "It's not that I'm arrogant, it's just that I know more than you all. I'm knowledgeable about everything under the sun. Don't you believe me, Sister Lin? In a few days, when the students of the Imperial Academy enter the school, they will learn a new subject, which I call science!"

Daiyu hurriedly asked further questions, and after listening, she pointed out the window: "Tell me, why does it rain? Why is there thunder sometimes when the dark clouds are dark, and sometimes not?"

Chu Yan said, "Water vapor condenses into frost when it gets cold, and then falls after freezing in the high sky. As for thunder, there is something called electric charge, and when there is enough of it, thunder can occur."

Daiyu smiled and asked, "And what is electric charge?"

"It's a very small thing, you know, a compass, right? It's related to this."

"Is there an electric charge in the needle?"

The two chatted about random things, with Daiyu not trying to understand and Chu Yan explaining as he pleased, until Zijuan called from downstairs, asking if they should set a table for dinner. Only then did the two go downstairs hand in hand.

They returned to the study inside the house, and soon after had dinner. The rain gradually intensified, and Chu Yan and Daiyu stood at the door watching the rain for a while before returning to their room as it grew dark.

Zijuan said, "In the past, the hot water should have been delivered soon. I just asked the eunuch to bring His Majesty's hot water as well."

Daiyu asked, "Where are His Majesty's clothes?"

Zijuan replied, "I also sent someone back to Zichen Hall to ask Qingwen to send it over."

Soon after, Qingwen, Yuanyang, Hongyu, and others brought over a change of clothes, which Chu Yan accepted and then sent them back.

Daiyu laughed and said, "If there's no one to serve you, are you going to order my Zijuan around?"

Yuanyang quickly smiled and said, "Miss Lin is right. It's not too late for us to stay and serve His Majesty until he finishes his bath before we go back."

Chu Yan then nodded in agreement.

Zijuan suddenly wondered if His Majesty wanted her to serve him during his bath...?
He blushed and hurriedly followed the girl into the room to help her bathe.

After undressing the young lady, Zijuan looked at her flawless, white body and blushed as she whispered, "Miss, His Majesty is staying overnight tonight, and you don't dislike him as much as before. In that case, why not establish a formal relationship as soon as possible? That way, you can feel at ease."

Daiyu said, "When have I ever worried about these things?"

Zijuan was greatly surprised: "Miss, don't you want to be made a concubine?"

Daiyu blushed slightly, shook her head and remained silent. She remembered all the intimate words Chu Yan had said to her, such as establishing an empress, or at least a noble consort, and the family having New Year's Eve dinner together.

just.

Ever since the night she died with her tears exhausted, she already knew his heart, so why bother with the Empress and the Imperial Concubine?

Zijuan had no choice but to give up, saying, "It's fine if you don't compete, Miss. His Majesty dotes on you very much. Even if you don't have the rank of Consort, you won't be looked down upon by the eunuchs and maids below you. It's better than staying in the mansion."

Daiyu smiled and said, "I came to the Jia family with no one to rely on. Although the old lady and the madam dote on me, I am not their proper mistress. It's inevitable that they will gossip about me behind my back. Now that there is no empress in the palace, I..."

Daiyu blushed and covered her mouth, saying nothing more.

Ziju smiled and helped her out, saying, "Now that you are a proper mistress in the palace, the servants would never dare to disobey you!"

Daiyu was just shy and didn't say anything more about not having agreed to enter the palace as a concubine.

After bathing, she put on two sets of clothes and went to find him, quickly finding him in the study.

"Is Lin Daiyu finished washing?"

Chu Yan looked at her and saw that Daiyu was only wearing a thin dress and a pair of underpants. He could vaguely see a white undergarment under her dress. Her dark black hair was simply tied up with a hairpin, and she was not as well-dressed as she was during the day.

But the Daiyu before him seemed to have already married him, her hair tied up, gentle and tender, she walked into the room with a light smile.

Chu Yan couldn't help but get up and hug Daiyu, taking a deep sniff of her neck. The fragrance was intoxicating, like the scent of orchids, or perhaps the scent of a virgin.

Daiyu's ears turned red, and she wanted to say a few more words, but he had already kissed her.

Daiyu opened her starry eyes slightly, looked at him, and saw Chu Yan kissing her with deep affection and slow, passionate kisses. She then shyly closed her eyes and gently parted her lips to meet the kiss.

The lilacs shyly bloom, the rouge not yet applied.

After a long while, Daiyu pushed him away, panting, and said angrily, "Why are you already being so unruly before you've even said half a word?" But she was well-behaved in the bamboo building that afternoon.

Chu Yan wiped the rouge off her soft lips with his finger and smiled, "My Yu'er doesn't wear makeup, but she specially put on rouge. If I can't tell, wouldn't I be letting down Yu'er's good intentions?"

Daiyu was extremely embarrassed.

Chu Yan lowered his head and kissed her again, savoring the taste of Lin Daiyu's rouge once more.

I don't know how long it has been.

Hearing the sound, Zijuan, who was sitting outside the door, picked up the prepared thermos to make tea. After a while, she brought it in, and her face turned red as soon as she glanced into the study.

The girl revealed her rounded and delicate shoulders, her eyes half-open, her slender hands resting on the emperor's shoulders as he buried his head in her neck and shoulders, kissing her.

Zijuan poured the tea gently, her face already flushed as she listened to the girl's soft whispers.

After the tea was poured, he looked at the girl again and saw that the two of them were kissing again, their love so tender and passionate.

Hearing the smacking sounds of kissing, Zijuan was completely mesmerized. She couldn't help but watch for a while longer. Seeing the girl completely absorbed in the kisses, and even taking the initiative to hug him and offer him a lilac, she couldn't help but think to herself, "His Majesty is so fond of women, yet he is so considerate of this girl. It is enough to show that she is favored."

He glanced at her again and said, "No wonder the girl's mouth was dry and she wanted to drink tea..."

Daiyu suddenly dodged, raising her hand to block him, panting heavily, while Zijuan hurriedly went out.

About an hour later, Chu Yan carried Daiyu back to her room. Zijuan went to serve her and said softly, "Now that it's autumn, Miss, you should wear clothes and socks at night and cover yourself with a blanket."

Chu Yan smiled and said, "We'll go to sleep right away, and we won't kiss anymore."

Daiyu blushed and hid inside the bed.

After a while, she mumbled, "Which thief king just said no kissing?"

Chu Yan kissed her for a while longer before lying down next to Daiyu. Her hair was already messy. She sat up to tidy it up for a while before lying down again, laughing, "Don't you dare bother me again!"

Chu Yan touched her smooth face; it was warm and still flushed.

Daiyu tucked her hair behind her head, her body wrapped tightly in red silk. She didn't share a quilt with him, but smiled at him with her eyes open and said, "Go to sleep quickly, you have to go to court tomorrow."

"it is good."

Chu Yan leaned in and kissed her lips again before lying down to sleep.

There was movement beside him. He opened his eyes and saw Daiyu coming over. Then his lips touched her soft, fragrant lips.

She gently bit his ear with her pearly white teeth.

Just as I was about to respond, Daiyu lay back down, covered her mouth, and hid under the covers, laughing, "You bit my ear so many times tonight, so I'm returning the favor... I'm going to sleep!"

Chu Yan smiled, "Go to sleep!"

In this boudoir, tender feelings linger.

(End of this chapter)