Yan Si gradually opened his eyes and then forced his person up to look around, appearing to be truly thrown into a panic and resembling one who had just escaped from a grave calamity: "Eldest... eldest brother, the person is here... truly fortunate! I thought I would no longer be permitted to look upon the person."
RongCheng gazed silently at Yan Si for a long time, knitted his brows, and asked, "In the middle of the night, why did you not sleep but conversely went down into the pond?"
Hearing the interrogation, Yan Si feigned as though he had just remembered some matter, hurriedly shook his head, and spoke haltingly, "I... I did not descend on my own! Just now while sleeping hazily, I heard the voice of eldest brother calling me out here to play... afterward... afterward..."
"Afterward?" What kind of bizarre story was this? When had he ever called him? Just a moment ago, he was still engaged in deep intimacy with Shang Yuan.
"Afterward... I just hazily followed the calling voice to come here... by the time I woke to reality, I was already in the middle of the pond, my person kept being pulled down and submerged... fortunately I received the person's timely rescue and assistance, otherwise..."
Hearing him finish recounting the story, everyone faintly shuddered; right at that moment, a gust of cold wind blew past, causing a few people suddenly to tremble, yet no individual dared to speak a word.
At this very moment, RongCheng truly knew not whether he ought to believe Yan Si's words... Nonetheless, he did not think at all of the fact that the boy, because of fearing his own scolding, was telling a lie, so he asked again, "Are those words you just spoke true?"
Yan Si instantly nodded his head, "I... I do not tell lies... I truly did hear it indeed..."
RongCheng fell silent in thought for a very long time, suddenly feeling that what Yan Si spoke was also quite reasonable. Going out to the pond in the middle of the night, if it were not an intention of suicide, then it definitely was due to ghosts and demons causing disturbance... Furthermore, the boy had once recounted the matter of his own self nearly having his soul captured by a female ghost beside the mountain stream, therefore this matter very possibly was true. At that thought, he merely let out a sigh, "Well, it is no matter now, do not think too much further; I will bring you back."
Having spoken, he instantly hoisted Yan Si up to carry him away.
A fabricated story conversely caused RongCheng to believe it implicitly; not only did he not blame or scold, but on the contrary, he worried for him even more.
Although within Yan Si's heart there was great compunction, he also could not help but feel unexpected joy; he buried his head into RongCheng's chest, letting the man carry him away.
After bringing Yan Si back, RongCheng handed him over to Xiao Yi to manage, furthermore enjoining him, "From this time onward, when sleeping at night, you must also watch over the person exceptionally carefully; do not let this matter occur even a single time further."
Having spoken, he then departed straight away.
Xiao Yi repeatedly complied to signify his compliance; waiting until the person had gone far, he only then breathed a sigh of relief. While assisting Yan Si to change clothes, he lamented, "Heavens, my ancestor... master, your person truly just now nearly killed this servant."
Hearing this, Yan Si only then gritted his teeth and asked, "Who told you to be meddlesome and go call him here?"
He in no way wished for RongCheng to know and then lead the imperial guards in a torrent to go search for him like that.
Every night when he obediently slept, it was fine, and Xiao Yi never appeared; today, the moment he had just gone out for a bit, the boy conversely and suddenly came to check... Seeing the person missing, he then panicked and sought rescue from RongCheng, in the final analysis causing a commotion that turned into a whole group like that.
At that thought, Yan Si glared at Xiao Yi, saying, "In the future, whatever matter occurs, it is forbidden for you to go report tales to him."
Hearing this, Xiao Yi was unwilling and faintly muttered, "How can that be acceptable? If a matter truly is let to happen to your person, this servant's head will also no longer remain."
In the end, Yan Si merely shook his head and let out a sigh, not wishing to say anything further; what matter could possibly happen to him?
Finishing assisting Yan Si with his garments, Xiao Yi went out to the front chamber to spread out a mat, intending to lie down to sleep.
Beholding this, Yan Si asked in surprise, "Hey, why... why are you lying there?"
Xiao Yi let out a long yawn and replied, "This servant sleeps here to make it more convenient to watch over your person."
"No... it is not permitted!" Yan Si hurriedly refused, "You cannot sleep here... with... with a person present, I cannot sleep."
The boy suddenly let out a breath in a sigh, "Only for this single night, master... just put up with it a little."
Having spoken, Xiao Yi then rolled over and fell into a deep sleep.
Yan Si stood silently watching for a short while, and afterward he could only return to the bed to lie down in deep contemplation, remembering those instances of lip touching lip just now... even though the man merely wished to rescue him, it also caused his heart to be happy to the point of dying.
His face faintly flushing crimson, his heart thumping unceasingly in rapid succession, causing Yan Si to continually stay awake... He lay rolling over and turning back and forth unceasingly tossing, appearing that he could only lose sleep once more.
Meanwhile, at the time when RongCheng returned, he then saw Shang Yuan standing waiting for him before the door.
He smiled and quickly stepped forward to encircle Shang Yuan's waist, then planted a gentle kiss upon the person's lips, asking, "Why at this hour is my wife not yet asleep?"
Shang Yuan, although not pushing RongCheng away, possessed a countenance that was clearly somewhat displeased, and asked, "I waited for Your Highness to return before being capable of sleeping... But why are your garments drenched like this?"
"Ah, I forgot completely..." Truly, with garments being wet like this, going to embrace his wife conversely caused the person to become wet along with him; RongCheng touched the tip of his own nose, smiled with compunction, and said, "Go inside, I will recount to you the situation."
Immediately afterward, Shang Yuan while assisting RongCheng to change garments simultaneously listened to him recount the story; waiting until it was fully finished, he only then asked, "That matter... does Your Highness truly believe his words?"
RongCheng instantly nodded his head, "I believe he has no reason to tell lies to deceive me."
RongCheng ordinarily inherently believed no individual, for what reason did whatever that person spoke cause him to believe it implicitly? Even a matter as absurd as that? This matter caused Shang Yuan truly to be somewhat worried.
At this time, RongCheng only then suddenly remembered a matter, saying, "That is right, I inherently had no requirement to change garments anyway? Quickly, quickly strip them all off... let us continue the unfinished matter of just now."
"You..." Having just heard it, Shang Yuan instantly shook his head to refuse straight away, "No... I do not want to! I wish to sleep!"
RongCheng knitted his brows, asking, "Wishing to sleep, for what reason did you conversely not sleep from early on? Waiting until I return, it is late; even if you do not wish to, you must wish to!"
Having spoken, RongCheng then hoisted Shang Yuan up abruptly in his arms.
"You... release... release me down..."
Disregarding the person's resistance, RongCheng still laughed heartily, carrying his wife to the side of the bed, and afterward quickly stripped clean the garments of both of them...
The curtain slowly lowered; in the final analysis, that night no individual was capable of sleeping.