The sound of a carriage clattering came from the quiet and neat bluestone path in the distance, and the boy in Tsing Yi was driving the car outside, only to feel that the prime minister inside was surprisingly silent today.

Although Zhuang Xiang is not a person of many words on weekdays, the breath that exudes is peaceful, not like today, you can feel an indescribable heavy pressure from afar.

It shouldn't be, these days the emperor ran out regardless of it, Zhuang Xiang wants to take care of such a big country and court on behalf of the emperor, I don't know how many big and small things, now that the emperor is back, Zhuang Xiang should be relaxed, but why is it like a pool of stagnant water, it seems to be completely lifeless.

Because he noticed that his master was in a bad mood, the boy in Tsing Yi didn't dare to speak, but only raised his whip and drove a carriage steadily, for fear of disturbing Zhuang Qinglan.

Zhuang Qinglan leaned against the wall of the carriage, her eyebrows lowered, as if she was looking at her hands folded on her knees, and as if she hadn't seen anything.

She's back.

When he first heard the news of her death, no one knew that his eyes were black and his head was planted on the ground, and even half of his body was bruised.

That's why he didn't have any advice on Nangong Ling's crazy actions later, and even tried his best to support the army's food and grass, just because he was not qualified to say anything at all, just because Ruan Yanluo's death, the initiator was him.

He never wanted to do anything unfavorable to Ruan Yanluo, but in the end, it was he who forced her to a dead end, how could he be embarrassed?

Later, when the news came that Ruan Yanluo was not dead, he was so shocked that he almost couldn't believe it, and let the person who reported the news say the same thing more than a dozen times in a row, and then Nangong Ling ordered someone to find the whereabouts of Ruan Lao Ye and Hongye, and asked someone to throw the jade seal to him and then disappeared, and he was finally able to convince himself: Ruan Yanluo was really alive.

He also wanted to go to Ruan Yanluo, even if he didn't have anything to say when he saw Ruan Yanluo, even if Ruan Yanluo might be so hateful that he wanted to kill him.

But again, he is not qualified.

So he had no choice but to take Nangong Ling's jade seal and conscientiously guard this piece of the country for him, and also for Ruan Yanluo.

From top to bottom, everyone knows that Zhuang Qinglan is a die-hard royal party, and no one, for any reason, will never win him over.

His loyalty to Nangong Ling, he said that he did his best, and it was no exaggeration to die.

If it weren't for him, Nangong Ling would not have been so willful, at least, it would have been impossible for him to be so willful. When Nangong Ling attacked the surrounding national forces, even those people knew that getting rid of Zhuang Qinglan was equivalent to cutting off Nangong Ling's right-hand man.

During that time, he had to encounter an assassination every day and a half on average, and even almost injured his life a few times, but what made those national forces vomit blood was that even if he was so seriously injured that he couldn't even walk, he was carried by a soft collapse, handling the things that Nangong Ling had explained to him in a meticulous manner, and sending the things that Nangong Ling needed to the front of the battlefield in a steady stream.

At one point, they even thought that this man was a madman. Zhuang Qinglan is a scholar, and scholars are all weak, but looking at him like this, where does he look like a scholar?

Only Zhuang Qinglan himself knew that he was atoning for his sins, for the trust that he had let down.

Ruan Yanluo came back, Zhuang Qinglan thought about what kind of scene it would be like for them to meet again many times, whether Ruan Yanluo would hate him very much, whether he would ask Nangong Ling to kill him, if she asked for this, he would definitely not hesitate to die, because that was what he owed Ruan Yanluo.

But no, nothing, Ruan Yanluo held Master Ruan, talking to Hongye with a smile, Nangong Ling was behind her, Li Xia Lu Xiuyi Lan Xing accompanied him, walking in front of him all the way, but he didn't even look at him.

He knew very well that this was not contempt, but that Ruan Yanluo did not notice him at all.

In Ruan Yanluo's heart, he finally became a stranger with a vague face.

He didn't know whether to be glad or not, but when he realized this, he only felt that his chest was being squeezed back and forth by two hands, and it hurt badly.

There is a kind of person in this world, and you would rather be hated by her than forgotten like a stranger.

But he was forgotten.

That's why he was so silent, Ruan Yanluo's forgetfulness was like a hand, draining all his life force.

The carriage shook and stopped, and a child's voice came from outside: "Xiangye, it's here." ”

Zhuang Qinglan answered, lifted the curtain by himself, he lived a very simple life, and he was used to doing these things by himself, he got out of the carriage and was about to walk to his house, when a cold voice came from behind him: "Lord Zhuang, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Zhuang Qinglan turned around, narrowed her eyes slightly, and looked at the person behind her with some difficulty.

The man was dressed in a gray coarse cotton gown, with a cloth towel wrapped around his head, and the corners of his eyes and cheeks drooped, showing a kind of old age peculiar to an older woman.

"Master Zhuang doesn't even remember the mourning family, it's too forgetful!"

Seeing Zhuang Qinglan's eyes looking at her, the Queen Mother's voice suddenly sharpened, she hadn't looked in the mirror, how could she not know what she looked like now, Zhuang Qinglan's expression undoubtedly reminded her, and it made her full of resentment.

Zhuang Qinglan's expression moved slightly, if anyone in Yao didn't know today, the Queen Mother would have already existed in name only, otherwise, the news of the Queen Mother's illness had been spread for so long, why had no courtier ever offered to say hello to the Queen Mother? Not only did these courtiers not, but even the families of these courtiers did not.

The Queen Mother also put on the title of mourning family at this time, which is inevitably a little too self-conscious.

However, Zhuang Qinglan did not show these feelings on her face, but said: "The face of the Queen Mother has changed a little, please forgive the minister's clumsiness, and she didn't recognize it for a while." ”

The queen is pale, but after all, she has been immersed in the palace for many years, so she just suppressed this tone and said, "Lord Zhuang, let's take a step to speak." ”

After speaking, without waiting for Zhuang Qinglan to agree, he walked directly to the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion first.

Zhuang Qinglan's eyes blinked slightly, she didn't say anything, and followed the Queen Mother in.

"Master Zhuang, do you still want to know your sister's whereabouts?" After entering the main hall, the Queen Mother sat down on the main seat and opened her mouth with an unceremonious sentence.

Zhuang Qinglan's expression immediately moved, and she raised her eyes to look at the Queen Mother, but her eyes were dark and gloomy, and no one could see what he was thinking.

The Queen Mother showed a somewhat smug look, Zhuang Qinglan's sister, this is the last card she holds in her hand, with this card, don't worry about Zhuang Qinglan's uncompromise!

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