Chapter 85: The Past
Regarding Lin Qing's request, Lu Chengxuan chose to accept it gladly, "Since you want to hear it, I will tell you everything one by one." ”
Lu Chengxuan picked up the two glasses of sake placed on the stone table, and gently put one of them into Lin Qing's hand, "Before I look back on the past, let's have a toast." ”
After the wine entered his throat, Lu Chengxuan began to recount the past between him and Zhao Muxi.
"The first time I met you, you kept squatting under the tree to listen to me play the piano because you liked my piano sound, and then Prime Minister Zhao Cheng came to pick you up and go home, but you refused to leave. In the end, I promised you that I would play the piano for you next time before I would go home with Prime Minister Zhao. When Lu Chengxuan said this, he couldn't help but show a warm smile on his face.
Lin Qing's gaze happened to fall on Lu Chengxuan's handsome face, and he was almost stunned.
"The second time we met, it was also in the palace. At that time, I was reading a book hard, and you stood by and waited because you didn't dare to disturb me, until finally you sat on the wooden chair and fell asleep, still muttering the words and phrases of the article I had been reading. What's even more ridiculous is that your maid also fell asleep with you, and I was still thinking about what kind of master there is and what kind of subordinate there is. I still remember the expression on Prime Minister Zhao when he saw you asleep, it was really crying and laughing! ”
"Wait Chengxuan, you just said Prime Minister Zhao, he is my father? Do you know anything about him? Can you tell me a little bit......" Lin Qing asked anxiously.
"Prime Minister Zhao is talented, respectful and honest, and is very appreciated by his father. At that time, you were only a few years old, and you were arguing all day long to play in the palace, and Prime Minister Zhao Cheng was so noisy that you couldn't help it, so he had to ask my father to allow him to take you into the palace with him. ”
"My father. Is it one of those people? However, I don't have any memories of him......" Lin Qing said. The tone became more and more sentimental, and the whole person seemed to be caught in a large web woven by sadness.
"If it weren't for the incident seven years ago. Prime Minister Zhao is still afraid that he is still his father's most powerful subordinate. He was born in a poor family, relying on his outstanding talent and unremitting efforts to be admitted to the champion, and later entered the Hanlin Academy, from a small civil official to the position of the powerful prime minister, and even served as an envoy many times to visit various countries on behalf of the imperial court. However, his visits to various countries eventually became one of the pieces of evidence accusing him of collaborating with the enemy and treason. ”
Lin Qing listened to Lu Chengxuan's narration almost greedily, and when she heard the words 'collaborating with the enemy and treason', the first reaction that came to her mind was - disbelief.
"Will my father really collaborate with the enemy and commit treason? Why? ”
"Ah Fan, don't get excited. No one can say clearly about Prime Minister Zhao Cheng's treason against the enemy until today, and there are all kinds of far different theories circulating in the court and in the rivers and lakes. Some people say that Prime Minister Zhao deserves it, and some people think that he was unjustly killed. ”
Lin Qing's eyes suddenly burst out with a strange light, "Being wronged, there is such a possibility." She didn't want to believe that her father, who had just learned his identity, was a traitor, but she felt a little helpless in her heart.
Speaking of which, Lin Qing only learned that Zhao Huai was his father just now. The only thing she knew about this father was that he was a former prime minister who was in power. She has also imagined in her mind countless times that her father's appearance may be ordinary. Maybe noble, maybe his appearance may be ordinary, maybe handsome. But the only thing she didn't think about was that her father might be a traitor with bad character.
"There are rumors. The reason why Prime Minister Zhao was beheaded was that the crime of treason was actually just a cover. The real reason may be related to the edict of the emperor. Lu Chengxuan is serious.
"The Emperor's Edict? This ...... "Lin Qing is no stranger to the edict of the former emperor. She even went to Muhe Town to live in Muhe Town for more than half a year because she wanted to get the edict of the emperor. This will Lu Chengxuan said that Zhao Huai's death may be related to the emperor's edict, which can't help but arouse Lin Qing's curiosity and vigilance.
"The first emperor is my eldest brother Lu Chengming. He is the son of the queen and the eldest son of his father. The eldest brother is an extremely kind-hearted person. Everyone said that he would be a good emperor, but no one expected that he would die young, and he died not long after succeeding to the throne. Before he died, he summoned Prime Minister Zhao Cheng to the palace for an audience, and Prime Minister Zhao was the only one who saw him for the last time. Later, it was rumored that the eldest brother had handed over an edict to Prime Minister Zhao before his death, and the content of that edict was related to the inheritance of the imperial throne. ”
Lin Qing never expected that there would be such an earth-shattering past seven years ago, such a thing made people feel very unbelievable while sighing.
"Chengxuan, thank you for suing me about this." Lin Qing's eyes were red, and he said sincerely to Lu Chengxuan.
"Between you and me, why do you need to be so polite?" Lu Chengxuan affectionately hugged Lin Qing's shoulder, and his eyebrows were full of cherishment.
When he first entered the Three Princes' Mansion, Lin Qingxin was thinking about being able to gain Lu Chengxuan's trust and get important news from him. Now it seems that this qiē has been realized, but Lin Qing did not have the satisfaction he expected in his heart.
There are many things that have changed unconsciously. The scenes of the past appeared in Lin Qing's mind like a marquee, making this seventeen-year-old girl feel sad for a while, but she always felt that there was a soft and warm feeling in her heart that made people willing to indulge in it.
"Chengxuan, I lied to you, and you still ...... Will you believe me like that? I even came to your side with a purpose that was not good for you......" Regarding his own purpose, Lin Qing was a little ashamed to speak. But she felt very uncomfortable not to say this, Lu Chengxuan was so good to her, she really didn't want to be a person who repaid virtue with grievances.
This time, Lu Chengxuan didn't say anything, only tightened Lin Qing's body, his head moved slowly, and lightly imprinted a kiss on Lin Qing's forehead.
"What's the matter? As long as you're by my side. All I want is for you to be well. ”
Lin Qing felt that this was the most touching passage she had heard in her short life. At this moment, her heart suddenly beat very fast.
"Isn't this the legendary heartbeat feeling?" Lin Qing couldn't help but ask herself softly, but she never thought that her voice had already fallen into Lu Chengxuan's ears.
"Seven years ago, we were already excited about each other, and now it's just a revival of old thoughts."
"Are old thoughts coming back? But even if we regain the feeling of the past, we will never be able to go back to the past......"
"You comforted me not long ago and said that you should cherish the present, why did you forget it?" Lu Chengxuan laughed playfully.
Lin Qing was quite embarrassed, stared at Lu Chengxuan for a long time, and finally pursed his lips and chuckled. (To be continued.) )