Chapter 185: An Old Portrait
Suddenly being hugged by a strange man, even if he had already guessed the possible person in his heart, he never expected this kind of scene anyway.
Shen Zhuru couldn't help but stretch out his foot and kick it, almost kicking the root of Yanling's life, and the instinct of his body saved him, otherwise even if he was not scrapped, he would at least experience a hellish pain.
"Bold!" Yu Yulou's face was average, he drank loudly, and was stopped by Yan Ling just as he wanted to make a move, and he calmed down a little, let go of Shen Zhuru's body for the time being, stood aside, and looked at Shen Zhuru with a smile.
"I'm sorry, I was reckless just now, it was too unexpected, which made me lose my temper, please forgive me."
Yan Ling's easy-to-talk attitude is not at all like the attitude that the fourteenth prince should have in the rumors, even if he has never had any bad rumors about women, most of them are polite and not reluctant, but such a gentle treatment is not something that any person can enjoy, at least the person who meets for the first time will never be treated by her with such a good temper.
"Your Highness is serious, I lost my temper just now, so I can't help but do this, fortunately I didn't really hurt Your Highness, otherwise I'm afraid I would really be to blame." Shen Zhuru's face immediately changed to a look of regret at this moment, and she lowered her head slightly.
"It's me who is abrupt. It has nothing to do with the girl. Can you sit down and let me take a good look at you? ”
Yan Ling's sudden request surprised Shen Zhuru a little, but he still nodded and sat aside according to his wishes.
After Yan Ling sat down with Shen Zhuru, he chose an angle slightly. Just looked at her like that, and muttered to himself from time to time: "Like, it's really like." Yuyu Building. This time, you have done a meritorious job, and whatever reward you want, as long as it is within my ability, I will promise you. In addition, you can also inform my mother and say that I already have a candidate for the imperial concubine, and I will only wait for this war to pass. After taking several cities in Yurui Kingdom, I led my imperial concubine back to visit her old man. If it takes a long time, I can't say that I will be able to bring back a few granddaughters and grandchildren. It's not impossible. ”
"The minion will go and inform." Yuyulou listened to Yu Ling's words, and his heart was overjoyed, and there were many aspects of joy, not just because of the reward. There is also a message after the wish.
Yu Yulou responded and directly grabbed Yueyang's hand. Grabbed her veins and pulled the man out of the tent, where there were only two people left, as well as a guard five paces away from the curtain.
"There are only you and me left here, and I'm not afraid to tell you frankly that I like you, and I've liked you a long, long time ago." Yan Ling stared at Shen Zhuru, with a hot look of obsession in his eyes. It's impossible to ignore.
"Your Highness and I have only met for the first time today, and we have been talking for a long time. Could it be that you can still see it in your dreams? Shen Zhuru covered her mouth and chuckled, her tone was brisk as if she was joking.
"When I was a child, I was really in a dream, but when I grew up, just six years ago, you were with me day and night, and I watched you every day, and this feeling became deeper and deeper. Even if my mother found a lot of beautiful women, they tasted the same as chewing wax to me, and I was not interested at all. It wasn't until I saw you that I realized that God treated me well, and you stood in front of me like this. Could it be that God heard the prayers I had prayed for many years and gave me a chance to realize my dream and let me meet you. ”
Every time Yan Ling said a word, the heat in his eyes became a little stronger, and he stared directly at Shen Zhuru, getting closer and closer to her, so close that people felt a lot of pressure.
"Your Highness, I feel very stressed by you like this. Can you step back a bit? ”
"Ahem, I'm sorry, I couldn't hold back for a while." Yan Ling coughed slightly embarrassed, returned to his seat, and sat in the empty seat next to Shen Zhuru's right hand, but slowly took out a cloth bag wrapped in layers from his arms, opened the last layer of waterproof cowhide bag, and took out a folded white silk silk on one side, and then unfolded it.
As soon as the silk silk was unfolded, there was a person's height, and a portrait of a woman was painted on this silk, and the woman in the portrait was dressed like Shen Zhuru at the moment, especially the face was slightly shocked even if Shen Zhuru saw it.
It's just a portrait of her, but if you look closely, you find a difference.
The appearance of the woman in the painting is the same as Shen Zhuru, but the temperament is as noble as a peony in a flower, and there is no trace of heroism in the gentleness between the eyebrows.
Shen Zhuru naturally wouldn't think that it was her portrait, and the time of the portrait's payment period, now calculated, was also thirty-seven years ago.
Thirty-seven years, now she is only seventeen years old, she was not even born at that time, and even her mother of this body is still a problem if she was born at that time.
Thinking of this, Shen Zhuru's gaze at Yanling couldn't help but change a little.
If the woman in the painting is still alive, it is a grandmother-level figure.
A dignified prince actually fell in love with the person in a portrait, and when it was spread, she didn't necessarily feel too much, but if the royal family members of Chixiao Country or the people knew about it, I am afraid it would be a big turmoil.
Of course, if the woman in the painting has passed away, it will not be too much to criticize because a painting falls in love with the person in the painting, but if it is really because of the resemblance to the person in the painting, the fruitless love is transferred to the similar person, Shen Zhuru thought about it a little, and did not know whether it was his luck or misfortune.
After all, people who can do this kind of thing are usually extremely crazy people, and once they can't get it, that madness erupts, and the result can't be guessed.
Today's Yanling has already been labeled as extremely dangerous in Shen Zhuru's heart, but when he thought of Mu Fenghua's safety, Shen Zhuru's heart was immediately firm.
"The woman in this painting looks so much like me, as if it had been carved out of a mold. If it weren't for the date on the painting, I'd have thought it was me. Could it be that the woman in this painting has anything to do with me? Could it be my grandmother? It's a pity that the family has long since passed away. I'm the only one left now, otherwise I would have been able to ask. However, I can understand His Highness's affection for the person in the painting. But I can't accept such a result, after all, I also have my own pride. Unexpectedly, because of a portrait of a grandmother's daughter, she was loved by a prince, and it was honorable and sad at the same time? What do you think, Your Highness? ”
Shen Zhuru's last sentence of ridicule shocked Yan Ling's ears slightly.
Yes, he's losing his temper today just because of her looks. Is it fair to her?
The so-called like, the so-called love, if it is like this, it is too perfunctory. After all, no matter how similar. It can't be the same person, can it?
"It's me who is abrupt. Want to hear a story? Yan Ling suddenly asked.
"I want to hear about it." Shen Zhuru sat down and listened to him quietly.
"About forty years ago, my grandfather was in his early twenties. In that year, he married the emperor's grandmother. And the imperial grandmother is a gentle and generous woman. Virtuous and graceful, known as the first beauty in the capital. Later, by chance, my grandfather saved a little beggar who fainted from hunger, but he didn't expect that after the little beggar freshened up, he turned into such a beautiful woman in the painting. It's just that this little beggar obviously has an extraordinary identity, and he disappeared that day when his grandfather stole the money bag without paying attention. My grandfather didn't know at the time that he had left another woman in his heart because of the accident, until three years later. When they met each other again, she had already become her brother's wife. She is also my uncle's wife, and she is two months pregnant. This painting was painted by my uncle and later passed to my grandfather. It had been hidden in the secret compartment of the small room next to the imperial study of the Imperial Palace, and even my father did not know that such a painting existed, or I accidentally touched the mechanism, and I saw this painting for the first time, and I was only ten years old at that time. ”
Yan Ling said this, and the tenderness contained in the remembrance in his eyes made Shen Zhuru couldn't help but be moved.
"Whenever I was wronged, I would secretly run somewhere, open the secret compartment and look at the painting, telling my grievances. It can be said that in my childhood, with the existence of this painting, I was able to stay strong. It wasn't until three years ago that I had the opportunity to steal the painting and hide it with me. And it was at that time that I didn't investigate my uncle's affairs, only to find out that after my uncle died on the battlefield, my aunt and the two twin aunts were nowhere to be found, no matter how my grandfather found it, there was no news, it was like evaporating from the world. There were rumors that they went to Yurui Country, but unfortunately Chixiao Country and Yurui Country have never had a good relationship, and they rashly sent someone there to investigate the reliability of this news, I am afraid that they may not be able to find someone, after all, it is not a local force, and it is inevitable that there will be negligence in finding it. If you can occupy the Yurui Kingdom, it will be your own territory, and it should be much easier to find someone, right? ”
Yan Ling's inquiry made Shen Zhuru really difficult to answer.
"Your Highness, this question is really a bit difficult. The war between countries, if it is only because the superior wants to find someone, then you can negotiate with the Emperor of Yurui Kingdom, and the Emperor of Yurui Kingdom will send someone to find it, and I believe that it will be more thorough. Why bother to make such a human being, the two countries are at war, I don't know how many people will be ruined, why bother? ”
"The woman's opinion. If the negotiation can be successful, it will be good, but you dare to guarantee that after Yuruiguo knows about it, he will not have other thoughts? What happens when they think of something else and use the person they are looking for as a bargaining chip? At that time, I am afraid that for the sake of the dignity of the country, a war is inevitable. In this case, it is better to give up this thought from the beginning, and after a fight, no matter whether you win or lose, at least you have the initiative in your hand, which is better than anything else. ”
Is that really the case?
Shen Zhuru felt that she was fooling herself when she heard it.
Is it really just because of the search for talent to fight?
Flicker, flickering, is it really necessary to create this kind of forced story when she is an idiot or a nymphomaniac?
However, the words of the fourteenth prince of Yanling are not necessarily false.
Maybe the identity doesn't dare to say whether it is really like this, but at least this painting should really be found in the palace, and he has been in contact with it for a long time, which is why Youle has such a special feeling.
"What Your Highness said is extremely true, my woman really doesn't know much about this national affairs. After all, it's just a small common man, and what he thinks more about is just trivial things among the people, and he can't figure out what you people in power are thinking. I won't judge. Thinking that His Royal Highness is a person of great affection, he should not embarrass me as a small ordinary person. Please also ask Your Highness to be gracious, can you send my master and servant away. It was not what I wanted to appear here this time, at least by mistake, and I ask Your Highness to forgive me. Shen Zhuru said that in order to seek truth, he had already knelt down for Yanling.
Shen Zhuru knelt like this, kneeling so that Yanling's entire face turned black.
"It's so hard for a girl to stay here, is the girl so unhappy?" Yan Ling asked in a deep voice with his eyes half-closed.
"The place where the two armies are fighting, this place is an important place for military camps, and there should be no female dependents coming and going at will, after all, the impact is not good."
"I'm just worried about the bad influence, not that I hate me, and want to escape?" Yan Ling's face looked a little better, at least it wasn't so cold.
"How can I hate Your Highness, I just feel that there is something wrong with staying. Even if you move to the nearest town, it is better than staying in the barracks and spreading some bad gossip. ”
"Hmph, I am the prince of the dignified Chixiao Kingdom, the overseer of the three armies, who do I want to stay, which person who does not want to die dares to have an opinion, I scraped him alive. Although you can stay with peace of mind, I will directly announce to the outside world, you have killed the imperial concubine I identified, and the imperial concubine and this prince are sitting in the camp of the three armies, who dares to say anything? What advice can you have, so that you are not afraid to punish him for a crime of disrespect, and you can't do anything about it? ”
"Your Highness, by all means. I'm just a little woman, my family is ruined, and now I only have a personal maid to take care of me, and there are only three or two old servants at home, so food and clothing are not a problem, but that's all. I am not worthy of His Highness at all. ”
"I said that you are, whoever dares to say a word is unworthy, I will pinch him to death. There's no need to worry about that. ”
"But ......"
"Ru'er, is it okay for me to call you like this?"
"Hmm." Shen Zhuru lowered her head slightly, stirring the hem of her clothes with her hands, looking at a loss.
Yan Ling stretched out his hand to hold her hands, the soft and boneless warm touch, as if a little bit was filling in his vain thoughts for many years, making it a little more real, making him even more reluctant to let go of these real hands.
"I haven't married yet, I don't even have a woman in my family, if you marry me, you don't have to worry about being jealous of others in this life, even if I have the identity of a prince, even if it is rumored in the past how I pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, all because you haven't appeared yet. Now you're right in front of me, and those vulgar fans can't get into their eyes. Ru'er, would you like to marry me? When I was the only wife in my life. Yan Ling looked at Shen Zhuru with a longing expression, his eyes burning. (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the reward as always!