Covet

Chapter 14 The Birthday Banquet and Bullying

On a day when hundreds of flowers were in full bloom, all the officials entered the palace to celebrate their birthdays, and the officials of the third rank and above could bring a family member with them besides Mrs. Meng, so Meng Tan was summoned back. Before leaving the academy, he still did not see Xie Ran. .

"Tan Tan, you just face your father with such a bitter face?" Meng Huo said unhappily, he missed his son very much after not seeing him for so long, but in the end the brat still looked unhappy.

Seeing that his father was angry, Meng Tan immediately said: "Why dad, I miss you every day, old man, it's just...just..." Meng Tan stammered.

"Speak well, but what?" Meng Huo asked.

So Meng Tan uttered the matter about Xie Ran and himself like a basket case, and Meng Huo nodded clearly when he heard this.

"Come on, come into the palace with me, my little Xu might be waiting for you in the palace!" Meng Huo said confidently.

Meng Tan was stunned for a moment, and immediately patted the series on the head. How could he forget that Xie Ran is the son of the princess, and he can be regarded as a relative of the emperor. It is impossible for him not to go on the emperor's birthday.

"Let's go, Dad, let's go!" Meng Tan became impatient, and Meng Huo shook his head helplessly, thinking that even if he got married, he would look like a kid.

When the two entered the palace, the usually indifferent palace, today because of the extra festive arrangement of the birthday banquet, perhaps because of the large number of people, the whole palace was much bustling.

The mighty birthday celebration team lined up from the outer palace gate to the inner circle, they were all high officials from the imperial court, it was inevitable to exchange pleasantries, so Meng Tan left Meng Huo and walked around, but he didn't find any sign of Xie Ran.

At this time, he suddenly tripped and fell, and fell to the ground so embarrassingly. The status of the people around him was not low. Seeing his appearance, it was inevitable to show some irony. Meng Tan immediately got up, not knowing who was going to make him look ugly, he Looking at the crowd, I saw an unfamiliar person, who seemed to be from Class A.

Wen An glared at him fiercely, and continued walking his way. Meng Tan felt that he was the one who messed with him, but it was a pity that there was no evidence.

"Brother Meng, why don't you leave?" Wang Min stepped forward and grabbed Meng Tan's sleeve. Meng Tan was inexplicably relieved to see an acquaintance, and he and Wang Min entered the hall together.

The main hall is divided into three parts, the innermost one is the emperor, his relatives and ministers, the middle one is the officials below the third grade, and the outer part is the family members of their courtiers. You can walk around after the banquet, which is also a good time to make friends.

Meng Tan followed the crowd to salute, and he didn't know how many words the emperor had said inside. It was already an hour later when the banquet started.

"Brother Meng, why are you going?" Wang Min asked as he looked at Meng Tan who got up and was about to leave.

"I'll go find Xie Ran." Meng Tan answered truthfully, and Wang Min felt a little knowing when he heard this, and suddenly found himself a little lonely.

Meng Tan walked in leisurely, no one noticed him as a small person, and finally reached the innermost place, where the emperor was greeting the ministers.

The empress sat next to the emperor, looking dignified and majestic, the crown prince sat next to him, his complexion looked not very good, and the third prince Liu Xiu sat next to the emperor.

Meng Tan looked at many people and finally found the person he was looking for. He paced over and sat next to Xie Ran. When Xie Ran turned around and saw Meng Tan smiling, he was not surprised.

"Xie Ran..."

"Ok!"

Meng Tan smiled and asked the palace servants to bring an extra pair of chopsticks.

"Why don't you see me so often lately?" Meng Tan complained, Xie Ran said that he was busy, Meng Tan rambled about his recent study, Xie Ran responded indifferently.

Meng Tan picked up a piece of fish for him, Xie Ran glanced at it, picked it up and ate some under Meng Tan's gaze, Meng Tan smiled triumphantly, looked at Meng Tan's hand on his lap, he took his hand from Xie Ran The dyed hands and knees were stuffed into the seam.

Xie Ran noticed that when he was about to pick it up, Meng Tan immediately interlocked his fingers with his palms up.

"Don't you see what occasion this is?" Xie Ran said displeased.

Meng Tan hugged him and said, "It's normal for a husband and wife to hold hands."

Xie Ran was speechless and stopped talking to him, just eating quietly.

Meng Huo, who was sitting diagonally opposite, watched the entire interaction between his son and Xie Ran. They were all top-notch, at this moment Meng Huo noticed the funny looks in the eyes of many colleagues.

"The one next to Xie Ran is the son of Prime Minister Meng!" The emperor suddenly looked at Meng Tan and the others and said, Meng Tan was stunned for a moment, Xie Ran immediately asked him to salute.

Meng Tan knelt down and kowtowed, the emperor smiled, his old figure looked kind but majestic.

"When I bestowed the marriage, I thought it was a good match, but now I see you singing harmoniously, it's not bad."

Xie Ran showed no expression, pulled Meng Tan to toast the emperor, said some birthday wishes, then returned to his seat, and the emperor was distracted by others.

"Xie Ran, husband, did you hear that we are a good match from heaven?" Meng Tan said cheerfully.

Xie Ran looked at the obvious smile in Meng Tan's eyes, and a smile flashed in his eyes. He focused on Meng Tan, caught the fleeting smile with his eyeballs, and he froze for a while.

"Xie Ran, you laughed." Meng Tan said, Xie Ran turned his head and didn't talk to him, Meng Tan looked at his side face, full of heart, he felt that Xie Ran didn't have feelings for him, he still had a chance Get Xie Ran's heart.

Thinking of these things, Meng Tan became happy again, and picked up vegetables for Xie Ran while eating.

At the palace banquet with He Lele, no one expected that something would happen. Just when the banquet was about to end, the prince suddenly fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Hurry up, pass on the imperial doctor!" The queen shouted, the prince is her son, seeing this scene, how can a mother not be impatient.

At the same time, the emperor summoned the Imperial Forest Army to surround the main hall. This was the best choice when he didn't know what was going on with the prince.

A good banquet suddenly broke into soldiers wearing iron helmets, which shocked the family members of some ministers. Meng Tan couldn't help approaching Xie Ran, and Xie Ran's dark eyes shot at Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu turned his face away. The plan is that the prince will be critically ill after the banquet, not at this moment.

Although there is not much difference in time, the danger has increased. Liu Xiu was so anxious that he couldn't bear it even for a while.

"Xie Ran..." Meng Tan called him in a low voice, Xie Ran turned around and took the initiative to hold Meng Tan's hand.

"Don't worry!" With just two words, Meng Tan settled down. Although he is the son of the prime minister, his father protects him very well on weekdays. Wherever he has seen such a battle, it is inevitable that he will be a little flustered. After all, the imperial power is so powerful. You can decide life and death at will.But at this time, with Xie Ran around, Meng Tan was very at ease.

This incident was not over until the middle of the night when the imperial physician announced that the prince was unable to return to heaven, and everyone knelt down to salute. The emperor, who was obviously happy at the beginning, lost his expression, which made Meng Tan feel a little sad, and wondered if the heavens were mourning The prince, when they could leave the palace, it began to rain lightly.

Along the way, Xie Ran held Meng Tan's hand and did not let go, but Meng Tan noticed that Xie Ran had something on his mind, and when he reached the city gate, Meng Tan saw Meng Huo's figure.

"Father!" Meng Tan called out, Meng Huo nodded, but looked at Xie Ran.

"Tantan, get in the carriage first, father has something to say to Mr. Xie."

Meng Tan was puzzled, but got into the carriage obediently, and Meng Huo's face sank at this moment.

"I regret it. I shouldn't have allowed Tan Tan to marry a man whose hands were covered in blood donations," Meng Huo said.

Xie Ran was stunned for a moment, looked at Meng Huo without flinching and said, "The Prime Minister should have known earlier, we just did what we should do."

Meng Huo sighed and said, "Why did you get involved in this dispute?"

"Who knows, maybe I just like the feeling of taking the world as a chess game." Xie Ran said calmly.

Naturally, Meng Huo didn't believe it, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"Let Tan Tan go back with you first, and protect him." Meng Huo finally said, Xie Ran nodded and got into the carriage. Seeing that it was him, Meng Tan opened the curtain to look at Meng Huo.

"Father, you're not going home?" Meng Tan asked.

"Come back, but you have to go back to the palace to change into an official uniform, you and Xie Ran can go back, father will be very busy recently, let him take you back to the academy." Meng Huo said.

After hearing this, Meng Tan took out an umbrella from the car and opened the curtain and handed it to Meng Huo.

"Father, take care..." Meng Tan said obediently.

"Okay!" Meng Huo smiled gratifiedly, watching the car go away.

On the carriage, Meng Tan followed the lights outside. Xie Ran had a sullen face, his hair was slightly wet, he thought it was rain when he was talking to his father, so he took out a handkerchief and wiped it, but Xie Ran suddenly grabbed his hand, and Meng Tan Tan frowned, Xie Ran pinched him in pain.

"Your hair is wet, I'll wipe it for you."

After hearing his words, Xie Ran let go of his hand, and Meng Tan wiped it for him quietly.

"What do you like about me?" Xie Ran asked suddenly.

Meng Tan stopped, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just like it."

Xie Ran looked out of the window and turned to Meng Tan. Meng Tan's expression could not be seen clearly in the dark space, but Xie Ran knew that Meng Tan's eyes must be looking at him very intently. He leaned over and put his hands on both sides of Meng Tan , Meng Tan took the initiative to hug his waist, and the two could feel each other's breath.

Meng Tan felt Xie Ran approaching, he closed his eyes, thinking that Xie Ran was going to kiss him, but Xie Ran leaned into his ear and said: "I don't like you."

Feeling a dull pain in his heart like being hit by a hammer, Meng Tan put his hand down from Xie Ran's waist.

"I know..." Meng Tan's voice choked up, but he didn't cry, it was the truth, but he was still sad to be reminded.

Xie Ran didn't know what he was doing, but his heart was very dry. He raised his hand and began to tear Meng Tan's clothes, didn't he just want this?

Meng Tan was startled, but he didn't resist, because from the very beginning, his body and heart longed for Xie Ran, Xie Ran could pity him, he should have woken up with a smile, but this time, Meng Tan wasn't happy at all. Feeling, he just felt uncomfortable.

The belt was pulled to the ground, Xie Ran turned him over and pressed him against the car wall, pulled the clothes off his shoulders, and then bit Meng Tanbainen's shoulder. .

"Hmm..." Meng Tan cried out in pain.

Xie Ran let go of him again and said, "You won't resist no matter how I play with you!"

Meng Tan didn't speak, Xie Ran wiped his fingertips towards the corners of his eyes, the moist feeling seemed to scald his fingers with boiling water, Xie Ran laughed at himself and let go of Meng Tan.

Meng Tan hugged the only clothes left on his body and leaned against the wall of the car like a cub, and the two of them didn't say a word all the way.

[The author has something to say]: The Prime Minister's words made Xie Ran feel a sense of crisis!I went to the hospital yesterday for a gastroscopy and found gastritis. I decided to quit spicy food this month. Babies should pay more attention to their diet. Don’t worry about your stomach just because you are young.