[R18] Brother as husband – “Brother as Husband” Chapter 8 [English]

08 Emperor Qi Ling

Yan Luan couldn’t stand listening anymore, so he quickly left the forest with his grandma and walked to the bank of a Lishui lake. Looking at the quiet blue water, he found a place to sit down. Regardless of the obstruction of his grandma, he took off his embroidered shoes and socks and soaked his two small white feet in the lake water.

“My lord, this is unreasonable. If someone sees it…”

“Don’t worry, Mom. After walking for such a long time, soaking your feet is quite comfortable.” The stream in midsummer was crystal clear, and Yan Luan was very playful. He stirred up a puddle of water and started playing, while thinking about Yan Fei’s affairs, he frowned slightly.

“When I get back home, I will definitely report this matter to the eldest master. Yan Fei, a bastard, has spared his life without gratitude. He has tried to trick us several times. I’m afraid I won’t be able to keep him alive.”

The eldest princess is the honorific title given to Princess Yongkang. After the death of Emperor Ming, Emperor Shun ascended the throne, and his sister was honored as the eldest princess Yongkang. Within a few years, Emperor Shun’s mausoleum collapsed. Emperor Qi Ling succeeded him, and the emperor’s aunt Princess Yongkang became the eldest princess. Everyone in the government and the public respected her as the eldest princess.

Yan Luan was not a scheming person, so it was most appropriate for Yan Fei to be left to Princess Yongkang’s disposal. She didn’t say much, and looked at a quiet lake, swinging her feet in boredom, when a gust of cool breeze suddenly hit her.

“Hiss, the wind in this valley is really cold.”

Seeing Yan Luan shivering in the cold, grandma remembered the windbreaker prepared in the car and said quickly: “My lord, wait a minute, I will go get you some outer clothes. This valley is not like outside, so it is easy to catch cold.”

“Thank you, grandma!”

This mountain stream was rarely silent, and it was full of birds singing and flowers fragrant. It was far less solemn and solemn than the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion. Yan Luan finally relaxed after being here for so many days, and lay down in the soft shallow grass with his head on his hands.

Not to mention, the pollution-free sky in ancient times was more beautiful than in modern times.

Looking at the soft white clouds gathering in the sky, Yan Luan, who was lying comfortably under the shade of the mottled trees, unexpectedly fell asleep. She didn’t know how long it had been, but in a daze, she always felt something moving on her lips and cheeks, soft and smelling of vanilla, and a hint of vague danger…

She opened her eyes subconsciously, and her face suddenly changed. She didn’t know when she had fallen asleep in the man’s arms from the grass, and this man turned out to be Yan Tao!

“Second, second brother! Why are you here? No, it’s me… Oh, please let me go.”

Although this was not the first time she lay in Yan Tao’s arms, looking at the cold-faced second brother and the hot hands tightly around her waist, she felt nervous for no reason. After finishing her words, she wanted to climb down from the man’s legs.

As brother and sister, their current posture is too ambiguous.

“Don’t move. How can you soak your feet in cold water on a hot day?”

I don’t know how long he has been here, sitting on the ground holding Yan Luan, his remaining pair of slender feet soaked in the lake water, the white skin of his bare calves is translucent and attractive, now seeing Yan Luan wake up, he hugged her tightly, seeming to be a little unhappy.

He grabbed her slender calves and held them in his palms. The shiny white feet were lifted out of the water with a splash, which immediately attracted Yan Luan’s exclamation.

“Ah! Second brother, what are you going to do?”

Yan Luan’s beautiful eyes tightened. This second brother, whom she had only met a few times, was guarded and guarded. He did not have the gentleness and elegance of a descendant of the current aristocratic family. He had a wolf-like coldness in his bones. His every move made her fearful.

Yan Tao took out a piece of silk from his arms and carefully wiped Yan Luan’s dripping jade feet. Without saying a word, he looked solemn, holding a pair of small feet as if they were rare treasures, and gently rubbed them.

But gradually, Yan Luan discovered that something was wrong. Just like the last time he had his bones set, Yan Tao began to have trouble breathing when he looked at her feet. His eyes were like those of a villain who had not eaten meat in ten years, making her hair stand on end.

“Second brother, it’s healed now, no need to wipe it again!”

She’s uneasy voice immediately stopped him. Yan Tao, who came out of his infinite reverie, turned his head to look at Yan Luan, who had a peach-like face and a reluctant smile, snorted coldly and threw away the silk silk in his hand.

He took the embroidered shoes and socks that Yan Luan had thrown aside before, and slowly put them on her. He didn’t let go of her until the last pearl embroidered shoe was properly put on.

“Although this place is beautiful, there are occasionally wild animals. It’s not a place you should wander around.”

When Yan Tao pulled her up from the ground, Yan Luan’s calves were still a little weak, which was caused by excessive fright. Her grandma had not come over for so long, so she vaguely guessed what Yan Tao had done.

“Ahem, second brother, why are you here too?”

Holding the girl’s weak and boneless hand, Yan Tao’s face was finally not so stiff. He had grown too tall. Yan Luan had to chase her two steps after taking one step. Realizing how hard it was for her, he gradually slowed down his pace.

“I’m going to accompany His Majesty out of the palace for a walk. It’s a rare poetry gathering today. He has wanted to come for a long time.”

Your Majesty!Yan Luan’s bright eyes suddenly brightened. Isn’t His Majesty her cousin, Emperor Qi Ling, one of the saddest emperors in history?

“Can he leave the palace at will? It’s not that Queen Mother Chu doesn’t allow it…”

There was a reason why Emperor Qi Ling was sad. The Northern Qi royal family had an unwritten rule, which was to leave the mother and leave the son. When the emperor died, in order to ensure that the new emperor would not be controlled by the mother’s family, the new emperor’s biological mother would be killed and a wet nurse would be installed as the queen mother.

However, the current Queen Mother Chu Miaozi is an anomaly. When Emperor Shun was about to pass away, she made the prince born to the Chu family the new emperor.When leaving his mother to leave his son, the ambitious Chu Miaozi resisted the decree. He used the power of his mother’s family to join forces with Wang Yong, the great Sima at that time, and killed the dying Emperor Shun. Then he strangled Empress Dowager Feng to death. In the following decades, she dominated Chen Yu and the government and the public, and the emperor was nothing more than her puppet.

The Queen Mother Chu was famous in history, but Yan Luan vaguely remembered that the Chu family was finally deposed by the Grand Sima, who is now the Prime Minister Wang Yong.

“What are you thinking about? Your Majesty is asking you something.”

“Ah? Your Majesty?” Yan Luan raised his head and saw that Yan Tao had already left the lake with her and walked to a cool breeze pavilion. On the stone bench in the meantime, a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old was sitting.

This young man has red lips and white teeth, and looks like a dragon or a phoenix. He wears a moon-white gauze robe with extremely fine craftsmanship. The blue bird and jade pendant hanging around his waist is even more lustrous and alluring. It is a rare white jade.

“Aluan, I heard that you changed into a different person after falling into the water. I didn’t believe it at first, but now I do.”

Emperor Qi Ling has a royal elegance, but he is also rare and approachable. He is even more gentle towards Yan Luan. He supports his chin with one hand, squints his eyes and looks at Yan Luan who is waiting for cuteness, and shakes his head with a smile.

Yan Luan felt even worse. Such a good man only ended up being poisoned by Yan Jing…