Chapter Sixty-Nine: Clear as the Sky and the Moon

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readx; In the sandalwood-filled Buddha Hall of Lian Wangfu, Lian Qingliu knelt on a futon with his hands folded, and in front of him sat Mrs. Wangfu, Liu Muxian's sister Liu Sushuang. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Only the quiet sound of wooden fish came from the silent Buddhist hall, and even Qingliu's eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together, and he knelt for a long time before he slowly stretched his brows and opened his eyes.

"Figured it out?"

Mrs. Lian spoke indifferently, and her calm voice made people's hearts suddenly settle down.

Lian Qingliu shook his head, and said with a firm gaze: "No, I don't want to think about it." ”

Mrs. Lian sighed, "Whether you figure it out or not, you should know that the thing you have in mind will not come true no matter what." ”

"Mother!"

Lian Qingliu called out to her in a deep voice, and a touch of gloom flashed in her eyes, "What I decide, no one can change, I also thought that as long as time passed, I would slowly fade my feelings for Cheng'er, but I found that I not only couldn't let go but liked it more and more, what if it was against the world, in my eyes, there was no need for blood to exist at all." ”

Mrs. Lian's face ached, and she said in a deep voice: "Liu'er, don't be a sinner for the ages, don't forget the responsibility you shoulder." ”

"Responsibility?"

Lian Qingliu closed his eyes and said with a wry smile: "Since I was born, how have you ever given me any other choice."

He shook his head, staggered to his feet, indifferently saluted the person who bowed to him, then turned around and walked out, just out of the courtyard, just happened to meet Lian Qingcheng head-on.

"Big brother!"

Lian Qingcheng blinked and laughed, and ran over to him happily, "You just came out of the eldest mother's?" ”

"Well, the wine is awake?"

Lian Qingliuwen nodded with a smile, seeing that she was still in good spirits and didn't look like she had been drunk, but the tips of her hair were a little messy, and even her clothes were stained with some dust, she frowned and asked again: "Didn't you go to the evil king, why did you make yourself so embarrassed?" ”

Lian Qingcheng glanced down at himself, pouted and smiled, and said disapprerovitically: "I just had a fight with someone." ”

"Naughty again, you are also the young master of the palace, who can beat you like this?"

"It's not a big stupid bear yet, hmph, after I go to the Evil King's Mansion tomorrow, I must teach Uncle Wei all his swordsmanship to me."

She pursed her lips a little negatively, and her eyes flashed, softening the unhappiness in Lian Qingliu's heart.

"It's not early, go back and change into clean clothes and rest, and sleep until three o'clock tomorrow, and your father will scold you again."

Lian Qingcheng laughed, "Dad is willing to scold me, besides, he really scolded, and big brother, you help me stop it, right?" ”

"You use me as a shield again, see if I can help you, don't go back quickly."

Lian Qingcheng snorted, stepped forward and shook his arm more sincerely: "Big brother, I'm your sister!" ”

Lian Qingliu smiled lightly, "I know."

It's because I've always known that I've been hesitant for so many years, but Cheng'er, what if the eldest brother doesn't want to be a guardian anymore? If in the future, I do something that makes you sad, will you forgive me?

The two talked for a while, Lian Qingcheng was sleepy, couldn't stand the fatigue and returned to the lotus garden, and Lian Qingliu stood under the moonlight for a long time, his eyes were light, and he couldn't see what he was thinking, until one person suddenly fell behind him, and he gradually came back to his senses.

"The Son".

"What's going on in the palace?"

The man on the ground bowed his head and said in a low voice: "The prince guessed well, the palace maid really got the emperor's instructions." ”

"Well, and then what?"

"After Gonggong Gao got the blood, he killed the palace maid, and now the emperor is there, I am afraid that the result has been reached, but something went wrong halfway, and the blood was replaced by the evil king, so what the emperor got should be the blood of the evil prince."

Lian Qingliu's expression was faint, and he waved his hand at the person behind him, "I know, stand down."

"Yes".

Under the moon, there was only one person left, Lian Qingliu was left, he pursed his lips, remembering the person sitting in the ink-colored carriage at night, if there was a laugh, what if it was changed, it was just a superfluous move, even Feng Guiyu would not think of it, Feng Guiyu was the emperor's flesh and blood at all, the queen was pregnant, and the emperor slept in the same room with the maid next to her after drinking, Princess Ronghua also knew about it, but the emperor forgot everything after waking up, and the maid was also carried out by Princess Ronghua early, and then I was afraid that the queen would know and blame it, The maid concealed the truth and only said that the child was a good match, and no one knew about this matter except for the prince and the late Princess Ronghua, and he just discovered this secret in the study by mistake.

In the Buddhist hall shrouded in sandalwood, Mama Bai made the bed, walked to the front hall to extinguish the incense in the incense burner, and said to Liu Sushuang: "Madam, it's late at night, rest early."

Liu Sushuang put down the wooden fish, looked at her with Buddha beads and sighed, "Mama, Liu'er, this child, I can't see through it anymore."

Mama Bai thought about it, and said with a smile: "The prince has his own ideas no matter what he does, he didn't want to attract attention before, but now, he is just afraid of losing the third son." ”

"Cheng'er .........."

Liu Sushuang called Lian Qingcheng's name and muttered, plucked the hand holding the Buddha beads tightly, and said coldly: "I heard that the second lady in Lord Ruan's mansion admires Liu'er very much, Mama, you go to Ruan's mansion tomorrow and ask Second Miss Ruan to come and talk to me." ”

Mama Bai paused, looked at the slightly cold face of the person in front of her, her eyes sank, and she said respectfully: "Yes, the old slave will go over early in the morning." ”

Lian Qingcheng had a good night's sleep, and she didn't even have a dream when she slept until dawn, she got up from the brocade quilt with sleepy eyes, half leaned on the bed to ease her mind, and blinked her mouth like an aftertaste.

When Ling Sheng came in with water, she saw her like this, and immediately laughed out loud.

"The hills overlap and the gold is extinguished, and the temples and clouds want to be fragrant and snowy. Childe's posture is very incompatible with this poem. ”

Lian Qingcheng lifted the quilt and snorted softly, "If this son changes into women's clothes, this poem will not be worthy of me."

Ling Sheng looked at her funny, put the water aside to serve her dressing, and when she tied her belt, she suddenly remembered something, lowered her head and asked her, "Childe has seen the second lady of Ruan Mansion?" ”

Lian Qingcheng nodded, "How many times have we met, what's wrong?" ”

"The slave maid has only seen the true face of this young lady today, she is really a lovely person, and she looks a little more beautiful than Miss Ruan."

Lian Qingcheng paused, twisted his eyebrows and asked, "Have you seen it today?" Where is it? ”

Ling Sheng didn't know what she meant, and continued to move in her hand and said: "Naturally, it's in the mansion, but the eldest lady is strange, she has been chanting scriptures in the Buddhist hall for so many years, and I don't know where she knew about Miss Ruan's second, and asked Mama Bai to go to the Ruan Mansion early this morning to invite her to the mansion, and now she is chatting with the eldest lady in the Buddhist hall." ”

"Really?"

Lian Qingcheng murmured softly, her eyebrows were a little distracted, the eldest lady suddenly looked for Ruan Fangyao, is it for the eldest brother? It's just that Ruan Fangyao's liking for her eldest brother is extremely private, and she guessed it after watching it for a long time, how could the eldest lady know?

Her eyes involuntarily looked in the direction of the Buddha Hall, and a trace of coldness suddenly appeared in her heart, the eldest lady, maybe it is not as simple as eating fast and reciting Buddha as she saw on the surface........

Lian Qingcheng's mind flashed, and when he saw that Ling Sheng had already tied his hair, he got up and walked out.

"Hey, Childe, you haven't eaten yet, where are you going?"

"I'll go to my aunt's place to eat, don't worry about me."

Qingcheng didn't even reply with his head, and disappeared into the courtyard in a blink of an eye.

Mama Bai stood outside the Buddha hall and saw her figure from a distance, her eyes were certain, and she greeted her without hurrying.

"The old man has seen the third son".

"Mama Bai, long time no see, how are you in good health?"

Even Qingcheng asked her with a smile, although the two lived in the same house, but Mama Bai accompanied the eldest lady in the Buddhist hall, and she rarely came out, and she almost didn't come here when she was fine, so she only saw five or six times a year.

"I'm tired of the third son, and everything is fine with the old body."

"Well, is the aunt up, can you have breakfast?"

When Mama Bai heard this, she smiled lightly: "Back to the third son, Mrs. got up early, there are guests in the Buddha Hall, and Mrs. is talking with the guests." ”

Lian Qingcheng's face softened, and he pretended to be surprised: "Really? That's a coincidence, I'll go in and take a look, Mama Bai, I want to eat the osmanthus porridge here from my aunt, I bother you to go and make me a bowl, it just so happens that I haven't eaten in the morning. ”

"If the third son likes it, it is ten bowls, and the old slave will also make it for you."

Mama Bai bowed down and invited Lian Qingcheng in, asked Liu Sushuang, and welcomed her into the house.

When Lian Qingcheng walked into the Buddhist hall, Ruan Fangyao was sitting on one side, although her face was calm, there was a little joy hidden in her eyes.

This was moved by the eldest lady?

Her heart flashed, she folded her fan and stepped forward to salute the people on the main seat respectfully, and said with a warm smile: "I haven't seen you for many days, and my aunt is young again."

"Hehe, chanting the Buddha every day, I still can't remember the days? Just your little mouth will coax people, sit down. ”

Lian Qingcheng turned around and walked towards Ruan Fangyao with a smile, the two looked at each other and smiled, but neither spoke.

The conversation after that had nothing to do with Lian Qingliu, after all, Liu Sushuang was still jealous of Lian Qingcheng, and the three of them talked about some things, and when it was time for Liu Sushuang to recite the scriptures, Ruan Fangyao and Lian Qingcheng got up and said goodbye.

"Is there nothing you want to ask me?"

Walking side by side on the path, Ruan Fangyao suddenly asked.

Lian Qingcheng smiled faintly, blinked and said, "If Miss Ruan wants to say, she will take the initiative to tell me, if she doesn't want to say it, it's useless for me to be reluctant, isn't it." ”

Ruan Fangyao pursed her lips slightly, and her beautiful face was covered with a few touches of indifference in the breeze, "The third prince has a unique eye, and Fangyao admires it."

Lian Qingcheng shook the fan lightly and was noncommittal, since she was a child, she had heard all kinds of good words, and now she has long been silent.

After a long time, Ruan Fangyao looked at her and spoke again, "Sang'er's death is none of my business, that day Imperial Doctor Shen gave me a prescription, there is a rare medicine in it, and there happens to be treasures in my father's medicine storehouse, so I sneaked in and took a penny, but Sang'er died the next day after drinking the medicine, I ran to find Imperial Doctor Shen in a panic, and after he saw the medicine residue, he said that the medicine had already been changed, I ........"

She paused as she spoke, but even Qingcheng was stunned, she thought she was going to say that Mrs. Fang Cai was looking for her, but she didn't want to mention Sang'er, since the medicine has been changed, it means that Ruan Hubo has long known about Sang'er's poisoning, and the death of a girl in the minister's mansion is nothing new, and with Ruan Hubo's meaning, I am afraid that I wish Sang'er died, because once she wakes up, she can clearly remember why she was poisoned, and it is not just Ruan Fanghua who is implicated at that time.

She suddenly remembered that the emperor had withdrawn the order not to check the magnolia pollen, did he know that the poison in him was a thousand Buddha incense? If the murderer is really Ruan Fanghua, then why did she poison the emperor, if she is not the murderer, then she has been instructed by others, what kind of person can make her willing to take risks, and make the emperor willing to suffer a loss?