Chapter Ninety-Six: Forced Smile
The sunlight shines through the window, in the antique room, under the illumination of the sun, the woman's complexion is still not a trace of moisture, she lies quietly on the bed, her complexion shows a dull moistness, under the reflection of the sun, pale and somewhat transparent, her breath is weak, her breathing is average, she is in a coma, she looks very painful and uneasy.
The woman's eyebrows were furrowed, her lips were tightly pursed, and tears fell from the corners of her closed eyes to her flawless face, and then quickly dripped down the pillow one by one.
"Heart-to-heart... Lotus Heart ......" the woman murmured in a low voice, repeating the name of the woman in her mouth. A man in a light blue robe approached, and he leaned over to sit on the edge of the bed and wiped her sweat with the hot towel he wrung out in his hand. His expression was slightly serious and complicated. The handmaid stood aside with her head bowed, and the man in the blue robe lifted the towel back, and the handmaid came down and took the towel away. Then she hurriedly walked out of the room with a basin of water, and closed the door with her.
The man Shen put the green silk blocking the woman's cheek back slightly, looking at the woman who was entangled in nightmares in front of him, his heart suddenly felt shocked and turbulent like never before.
Obviously two people who are not the same, just because they look similar, why do I feel unspeakably uncomfortable when I see you like this? Murong Yi's complicated emotions flashed on his handsome face that he had never felt before. He didn't know that in fact, he had already slept in this day and night, crossed his neck and lay down, in fact, he had already liked her, but in his heart, he did not allow him to betray his former love, so he was blinded by him. I can't see the truth clearly.
He has always told himself in his heart that he married her just because they looked similar, and for Lin Wanyan, he converted his longing for his beloved woman into an obsession on Lin Wanyan. Because only then could he feel that he hadn't actually lost her. But what he didn't expect was that he was moved by Lin Wanyan's kindness and truthfulness, but the obsession in his heart blinded him. At this moment, he didn't know why looking at the woman in front of him who was injured and was about to die, his heart was so painful that his breath tightened.
Three days later, Lin Wanyan gently shook her eyes a few times, she opened her eyes weakly, and everything around her was everything she was familiar with.
Her eyes were crystal clear, her long eyelashes were gently swaying by her, and everything in front of her was the same as the scene eight years ago, except that she woke up in front of the lonely mud house, when she was destroyed overnight, and she was just as lonely at that time.
She knew that she hadn't dreamed, that Lotus Heart had really left, and that she couldn't forget the scene where Lotus Heart slowly disappeared in front of her eyes.
No... Lianxin she needs me, she is innocent, I want to save Lianxin, what kind of place is the cell, although she doesn't know, but she knows a little about it. Wherever hell is, once people enter it, very few people come out alive.
The "squeak" door was pushed open by a man, and the man walked slowly. Lin Wanyan was interrupted by the sound of pushing the door, she turned her head and swept to the figure who had just walked behind the screen, and through the screen she could see the figure of the shadow.
Lin Wanyan struggled to prop herself up, and Murong Yi's arrival was like a warm light, shining on her who was trapped in the abyss, as if this light would take her out of the predicament.
Lin Wanyan's eyes were full of tears in an instant, her eyes were confused, looking at the man in front of her who was getting closer and closer, her mood was magnificent now, she really wanted to, she really wanted to throw herself into his arms, smell the breath from his body, and tell him about her grievances, but she didn't.
"Wanyan," Mo Rongyi walked over and called her gently. He leaned over and sat down on the edge of the bed, holding her waist with one hand, and in the face of this gentle movement, Lin Wanyan leaned down his chest.
Murong Yi closed his eyes and kissed the woman's green silk lightly, he didn't know what was going on, during the time she was unconscious, his heart had never been flustered and restless, and when he saw her fainting at the gate covered in blood, the shocking wound, as well as the tortured jade hand that was almost useless, his heart suddenly twitched.
He could see every wound on her body, every whip he could see clearly, the dense whip marks on her snow-white skin showed a body that had been beaten beyond recognition, he couldn't imagine that such a weak woman, in the face of such a cruel capital punishment, to bear the unbearable of ordinary people, the consciousness in the middle is still firm, only he only knows how tragic it is.
Looking at the torture she endured, it was like a sharp sword, slashing at his heart one by one. He couldn't breathe in pain. In the end, she was innocently involved, and Murong Yi felt a sense of guilt that he had never felt before.
Lin Wanyan seemed to think of something, she immediately left Mo Rongyi's chest, she ignored the pain of her fingers, urgently usurped Murong Yi's arm, she whispered anxiously: "Ah Yi... Save the lotus heart. Lianxin was wronged, she didn't poison her, she was for me, she was for me, she was for me. I'll ask you to help me save Lianxin, okay? ”
As soon as Lin Wanyan said about Lotus Heart, her emotions became excited, Murong Yi's face was a little complicated, Lin Wanyan's anxiety was in his eyes, and it hurt in his heart, why did he feel this way, he himself didn't know.
Maybe it's because he just treats Lin Wanyan as someone's figure. Maybe he's already taken a liking to this gentle and kind woman...
Facing Murong Yi's taciturnity, seeing a complicated expression on his face, Lin Wanyan seemed to think of something terrible, and as she didn't dare to imagine the truth of the matter, tears fell down her cheeks and quickly fell on her white clothes.
Lin Wanyan choked, her excited lips began to tremble slightly, and she grabbed Murong Yi's hand tightly. The complicated emotions in her heart then broke through her reason.
"What do you mean by not speaking?Is something wrong with Lianxin?Ah Yi?You tell me!Lianxin is fine, isn't she?She's still alive?" Lin Wanyan faced Murong Yi's silence, and she shook Murong Yi's body excitedly. All the terrible thoughts came spontaneously, and they exploded in her mind in an instant. Seeing her like this, Murong Yi subconsciously grabbed her arm urgently, hugged Lin Wanyan, who had broken down and cried, tightly hugged her, let her head rest on his shoulder, and gently patted her back with a gentle hand, as if comforting a sad child.
"If you want to cry, just cry out? Murong Yi didn't have any extra explanations, he just whispered a few words that were not considered comforting words, not long after Lianxin entered, he contracted the disease within two days, and when he dealt with Lin Wanyan's matter, when he went to the official mansion, Lianxin had already been thrown into a mass grave for cremation.
Lin Wanyan cried for a long time, she pushed Murong Yi away, there was no trace of waves in the expression of no one beside her, her eyes swept on the futon under her, only to see the dark green quilt, on the set of sheets, the green leaves of the flowers were blooming brightly and dazzlingly, the peony pattern, and the lifelike show was on the quilt.
"I don't believe it, you must be lying to me? I'm going to find her. ”
Lin Wanyan lifted the quilt and prepared to get up, but Murong Yi immediately pressed her shoulders when she saw this, preventing her from moving at will.
As soon as Lin Wanyan thought of Lotus Heart, all her rational emotions collapsed, and she yelled at Murong Yi: "You let go of me, I'm going to find Lotus Heart, Lotus Heart is waiting for me to save her." ”
Lin Wanyan tried her best to break free of Mo Rongyi's hands, but she was too injured, but her hands couldn't be used at all, and the weak strength couldn't shake the man at all. She wanted to cry without tears, so she had no choice but to give up.
Lin Wan couldn't cry, and she was overwhelmed with grief in the face of the sad news that Lianxin was dead. Murong Yi saw that she was not struggling, but couldn't stop crying, and he let Lin Wanyan's head be lowered on his shoulder, although the tears had already wet his robe.
"Lotus Heart... Lotus Heart..."Lin Wanyan kept repeating the words in her mouth.
"Why? Why? Lianxin didn't do anything wrong, why are you so cruel to her?"
It seemed that after a long time, Lin Wanyan was tired and she leaned on Murong Yi's chest and fell asleep, Murong Yi put her safely on the bed, looking at the remaining tears in the corners of her eyes. Murong Yi's heart tightened. Inexplicably, he felt distressed, and this he had always thought was just a substitute for someone.
Half a year later, in such a high-walled courtyard, the war of women is never endless. Lianxin's death hit her hard, and overnight she looked like her but not her. There is no shadow of the beginning, some are just in this high-walled backyard, and they begin to learn to force their faces to laugh, and pretending is her way of protecting herself now, Lin Wanyan faced the news that Lianxin was no longer there, she never believed it, she always felt that Lianxin was still alive, at least in her heart. It took her a few months to get out of this haze in her heart, but fate still didn't give her time to breathe. This sudden dream broke down in an instant, cruelly robbing her of all her beauty.
Lin Wanyan wore a light orange lotus bandeau dress, her three thousand hair strands were draped behind her, and a simple hair ornament was tied on her head, she walked in the courtyard with some of her stewed chicken soup, the flowers and trees in the courtyard were picturesque, clean and spotless. Lin Wanyan saw that the door of the study was open, she entered the door, a pleasant smell of sandalwood in the side room came to her nose, a decoration of a scholarly family in the study, several beautiful landscape paintings of masterpieces in the room, hanging on the wall, a round wooden table in the room was placed in the center of the hall, and various ancient books were bound in the corner.
Lin Wanyan came over with chicken soup and put it on the table, she looked left and right curiously, but there was still no figure, she walked a few steps and whispered a few words: "Ah Yi, I helped you eat some chicken soup to replenish your body?"
There was no echo, Lin Wanyan frowned, she thought that Murong Yi was in a wing room in the study, and then she stepped forward.