Chapter 15: Confession
"The dignified lady of the Prime Minister actually listened to other people's corners?" His voice suddenly sounded overhead.
I jerked my head up, "You, how did you know I was here?" ”
"Hmph, the person who entered the palace today, only you are wearing a pearl hairpin with a night pearl, although it is not particularly bright, it is enough."
The Pearl of the Night? I touched the pearl hairpin on my head, when Rulan took it, I thought it was just an ordinary pearl hairpin, and I didn't care, it turned out to be a night pearl?
I suddenly remembered that his attention to me during the banquet was also because of the pearl of the night, and those words just now were also because he knew that I was here, and deliberately said them to me?
"What are you thinking?" He grabbed my hand.
I had a feeling of being played, and with contempt for my own indisputability, I shook his hand away: "Is it on purpose? It's deliberate, right? Think I'm easy to cheat, don't you? If you choose to leave, you shouldn't come back! I don't remember you at all! I was incoherent, I felt that the strength of the wine seemed to come up again, and my legs, which had just been walking for too long, began to be numb and painful, and all kinds of emotions that had been suppressed before exploded instantly, and my vision was blurred by tears. I stepped back as I spoke, but I couldn't seem to get a safe distance from him, and I was impatient, irritated, and ...... Sad...... My feet slipped, and I slanted, but I fell into his warm embrace.
"What's wrong with you, have you seen me? That's how you look when you meet for the first time...... It's heart-wrenching. But why am I not impressed? Mu Qing? ”
His low voice sounded, I forgot for a moment the struggle, in his arms I seemed to go back in time, I breathed his breath a little greedily, wiped my tears on his clothes and ...... Snot......
"Hey, hey, you ...... too It's too unruly, isn't it? He was a little ridiculous.
He smiled, and I suddenly remembered that things had changed, and I was no longer me, and he was not him. I hurriedly stood up, but he did not stop me, but helped me. After I got up, I took a step back and bowed down: "Participate in the Fourth Highness, Mu Qing is drunk and unceremonious today, and I hope His Highness will forgive his sins." ”
He sighed, "Did you hear what I just said?"
I thought for a moment and nodded: "I said I didn't hear it, and Your Highness must not believe it." ”
He smiled: "It's good to hear it......"
I interrupted him: "Yes, Mu Qing will remember His Highness and the Ding Mansion...... ...... entanglement of "I can't find the right word for a while," I won't have delusions about Your Highness, and Your Highness doesn't have to worry about what you just said will provoke me, I just think you are very much like someone I know. "I want to draw a line with him because I have to draw a line with him.
I wanted to leave, but I didn't want him to take my hand and drag me into his arms, and I struggled hard, but I was afraid that I would covet his arms. But his strength was terrifying, and I struggled for a long time without moving. I secretly felt that this young lady's body was too bad, and I simply stopped moving after sighing.
He hugged me and said softly, "No, it's not a lie, of course I understand that I am not on the same side as your father at the moment, but it does not prevent me from ...... I like you......" When I heard this, my hands and feet were numb, and I was stunned on the spot, but there was a trace of warmth in my heart. I don't know if it was his words, or his embrace, which made my already stiff body warm up little by little. "I don't know, how can I like you, you're still so young......"
"I'm thirteen!" I argued, and when I finished speaking, I realized that there was something wrong with what I was saying, so I immediately shut up.
"Well, thirteen." He couldn't help but smile and continued: "This Lantern Festival, my father wanted me to go to the people to inspect it, but I thought I could see you, so I asked my mother to ask my father to go later." Because of you, I didn't go against Ding's relationship, and my mother probably realized it, so she thought that I had a good impression of Ding Muyan. ”
I gritted my teeth and said, "The fact that you and your second sister are about to get engaged is about to spread all over the Prime Minister's Mansion." If you don't want to marry someone else, don't create this kind of momentum and make the second sister happy. ”
He frowned and said: "This is really not my problem, it turns out that the mother concubine saw that she just read her poems and thought it was good, I happened to be there, so I praised her twice, how did I know that she would consider herself the future princess?" ”
I didn't speak, just looked at him, and he slowly leaned his head down and gently dropped a kiss on my forehead: "If you want, I'll leave this position to you." He grabbed my hand and put it on his chest. I was startled and said in a panic: "I've been out for a long time, and I'm going back, don't come with me, so as not to be misunderstood." After saying that, he pulled out and prepared to leave.
A look of loss swept over his face, and then he raised his voice: "I've been watching it for so long, come out." ”
I was wondering, but I saw a figure walking out of the shadows, and I lost my voice: "Lingyun? ”
The person who walked out was none other than Ling Yun.
"If I hadn't known that you were protecting her, I wouldn't have let you leave so easily today. Send her back to the feast. Jiang Yunlin regained his normal color and said in a deep voice.
"Yes, Ling Yun thanked His Royal Highness." Ling Yun was not panicked at all, and his coldness was still there. He turned to me and said, "Miss, please come with me, Rulan is already waiting at the gate of the garden." ”
"And." We were about to turn around and leave, Jiang Yunlin continued: "Of course, this kind of thing like the Night Pearl will help you protect, but it will also make her a target in the shadows. A real master should be able to protect his master without these. ”
Ling Yun looked ashamed at this time: "What the Fourth Highness taught is that Ling Yun is taught!" ”
Actually, I just thought that this pearl hairpin was specially selected for me by Rulan, but it turned out to be easier to protect me at night.
I silently followed Ling Yun to the gate of the garden, and Rulan was indeed waiting there.
"Lingyun, what did Daddy say when he asked you to protect me?" While Lingyun was saluting me to say goodbye, I suddenly spoke.
"The Prime Minister said that from now on, I am solely responsible for Miss's safety, and Lingyun must obey all orders of Miss." Ling Yun is neither humble nor arrogant.
"What if someone else contradicts my commands?" I asked abruptly raising my voice.
"Respect the orders of the young lady." Ling Yun seemed to know what I was going to ask, and answered without the slightest hesitation.
"Xiangye's is no exception?" I don't feel comfortable asking.
"Xiangye's is no exception, no one is an exception!" Ling Yun looked up at me, and there was not a trace of ripple in his voice.
I didn't speak, I just stared at him. He did not look at me, but fell on his knees on the ground. After a while, I said slowly, "Go ahead, I don't want a fourth person to know about today's events." ”
"Yes!" Ling Yun turned around and disappeared with a leap.
I didn't really believe him, but if I didn't believe me, I couldn't help it, I wouldn't have killed him. In addition, if Ding Xiang really knew, I can infer that Jiang Yunlin deliberately said this, anyway, if he didn't come to the situation in person, it would be okay to say that he didn't really mean to me, but deliberately wanted to win over Ding Xiang.
But is he real? The thought turned a thousand times again. There was nothing to say all the way, and under the guidance of Rulan, I returned to the banquet, and Jiang Yunlin had already returned to his seat. Later, I continued to watch everyone sing and dance, but it was difficult to calm down.