The empty hall was quiet, and Lin Wan seemed to hear the sound of the passage of time, the sound of loneliness and emptiness, and the sound of his heart slowly becoming cold.

Qi Zhen inserted the last golden step for the jade concubine, the jade concubine waved her hand, Qi Zhen bowed, and quietly withdrew from the inner hall with a few palace maids.

"What is Wan'er thinking?" Aunt Yu's soft voice sounded in her ears.

Lin Wan raised her head, only to see that Concubine Yu was worried about herself, and a trace of warmth suddenly rose in her heart, and she muttered, "Aunt Yu, do you love the emperor?"

Concubine Yu was stunned for a moment, although her voice was very small, but she heard it, and was silent for a while, when Lin Wan thought that she would not answer this question, she heard Concubine Yu sigh lightly, slightly opened her lips, her voice was far away, and replied: "Love? Maybe love, all the women in the harem love this man, and in this harem, if you don't compete for favor and don't have any expectations, how can you live?"

Lin Wan's heart was sour, and she bowed her head and said nothing.

"Wan'er, there is no true love in the palace, whoever pays his heart first is destined to be a loser in this love, and is destined to suffer for a lifetime until he dies. Concubine Yu lifted Lin Wan's chin, making her look into her eyes with no escape.

Lin Wan looked at Concubine Yu quietly, looking at the gentle and kind woman in front of her, but it also made people feel unfathomable. In this harem, there are no children, no strong family support, no attachment to the queen or the queen mother, and it is no accident that the emperor can live until now in this ruthless place that eats people and does not spit out bones.

There is never a shortage of young and beautiful women in the palace, and there are many smart and talented people, but how many people can really advance and retreat in a certain way, retract and release freely, and always maintain their sanity?

Lin Wan has always considered himself a professional actor, and a modern person, who does not love power, does not love money, has always been cold and unkind, and has always been free to control his feelings, and will never trap himself in a meaningless palace fight, and will not let himself die or live for a certain man, and will do whatever it takes. But now, she began to doubt.

She had already thought about it, if the apocalypse really had another woman, whether it was her name or heart, she would resolutely let it go. However, when the time comes, will she really be able to get out of it all?

Looking at the woman in front of him, Lin Wan had a trace of admiration in his heart, but more pity. After a long time, she slowly spoke and said softly: "Aunt Yu, I want to give it a try, if it fails, I will leave!"

Concubine Yu looked at the firmness and confidence in her eyes, and said with a slight smile: "Wan'er, love is not terrible, what is terrible is unreserved love, you must always remember that you must keep some for yourself at all times, don't lose yourself and lose your way." ”

Lin Wan really wanted to throw herself into the arms of Concubine Yu and hug this woman who was really good to her, smart and understood herself, but both of them were wearing palace clothes and couldn't be crumpled. So, she took Concubine Yu's warm jade hand, stroked her unfatted face, and rubbed it affectionately.

Concubine Yu also felt her attachment, and her heart was very useful, her eyes were full of pampering, and she let her rub in her palm like a kitten.

Li Tong was outside the door of the inner hall and reported softly: "Niangniang, Concubine De and the third princess have already gone out and are coming to Yulin Palace." ”

"Let's go, Concubine De and I are good friends, you and the third princess are in the same year, you should be able to talk. Concubine Yu took Lin Wan's hand and walked out together.

Out of Yulin Palace, the two big palace maids in front led the way, the jade concubine pulled Lin Wan to walk in the middle, Qizhen and Li Tong followed behind the jade concubine, Qingtong and Wang Qi followed Lin Wan, and there were six little palace maids behind.

Out of the tree-lined path, Concubine Yu stopped, looked back at the other side of the main road in the forest, and a kind smile appeared on her face.

Lin Wan also followed her gaze, and saw a team with the same pomp and circumstance walking this way, a luxurious woman in a green palace dress and a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl in a light green palace skirt walking in the middle of the line. Lin Wan recognized the girl as Zhou Lingwei.

When they got closer, the palace maids separated and stood behind their masters, Concubine De's voice was sweet, and she greeted from afar: "Sister Yu, my sister is late, I'm really sorry to let my sister wait for me." Zhou Lingwei beside her was also slightly blessed and said, "I've seen the Jade Concubine." ”

Concubine Yu shook her head and smiled: "The princess doesn't have to be polite. He turned his head to Concubine De and said, "Sister is polite, I saw you as soon as I came out, and the time was just right." ”

Lin Wan bent his knees and said: "Wan'er has seen Concubine De's mother, Niangniang is a thousand years old! Wan'er has seen the third princess, the princess is a thousand years old!"

Concubine De looked at Lin Wan with beautiful eyes, her eyes were kind, and she nodded and said, "I haven't seen it for a few years, Wan'er is so big in a blink of an eye, I can't recognize it." He said and greeted his daughter beside him and said, "Lingwei, come and meet your sister Wan'er, you still played together back then." ”

Lin Wan looked at Zhou Lingwei and smiled slightly, while Zhou Lingwei looked at Lin Wan in a daze, feeling familiar, and couldn't remember where she had seen it. The last time Zhou Lingwei saw Lin Wan was dressed as a man, although she saw that Zhou Tianqi and everyone had a strange attitude towards Lin Wan, she didn't think much about it. Lin Wan, who saw women's clothes at this moment, didn't recognize it for a while.

Concubine Yu and Concubine De only thought that Zhou Lingwei was still sad about the matter of harmony, and they were extremely reluctant to have a banquet tonight, so they were so out of shape. Concubine Yu relieved the siege and said: "It's not early, let's go quickly, their two children haven't seen each other for many years, and they are slowly getting acquainted with each other." ”

Concubine De glanced at her depressed daughter distressedly, turned around and walked forward with Concubine Yu.

Lin Wan and Zhou Lingwei followed behind, Lin Wan was silent, Zhou Lingwei lowered her head and was silent, although she felt that Lin Wan seemed to have seen it somewhere, but she couldn't remember it for a while. She was already very afraid of getting married, and now she is even more reluctant. Although she knew it was impossible, the man in white with a gentle smile who had protected her with his life always appeared in her dreams and lingered.

Lin Wan smiled slightly, turned her head and asked softly, "Is the princess worried about the matter of harmony?"

Zhou Lingwei looked up at Lin Wan, seeing that she was smiling faintly, she couldn't see any emotion, but there was no malice, Zhou Lingwei smiled bitterly, and said in a low voice: "I knew since I was a child that I wanted to be close when I grew up, but I still couldn't help but be a little scared when it came to the end, I never left the capital, I rarely even went out of the palace, and I didn't know anything about another country, I really don't know what kind of fate awaits me." ”

Zhou Lingwei didn't know why she would tell Lin Wan what was on her mind, although it wasn't all, but compared to her usual caution, this was already her limit. Maybe it's really depressing lately, so I need to talk about it.