- On the roof of another house, about thirty paces away from the kitchen, two guards were crouching, seemingly doing the work of clearing the roof of the house.

Suddenly, the guard standing on the top of the roof and looking at the kitchen sighed: "It's so beautiful, just like the fairy pond of the spirit island in the legendary Middle East Sea." ”

Another guard squatting on the eaves followed his line of sight, and then pouted disapprovingly: "What Spirit Island Immortal Pond, it's obvious that the kitchen is on fire, and the rubble is smoking. ”

At this time, the two people on the roof were the two guards who passed by the kitchen door just now, accidentally bumped into the two people hugging each other in the house, and then ran away in shock.

Seeing that his views were not agreed with by his companions, the guard standing on the roof said helplessly: "You really don't have the slightest illusion of beauty and harmony, which will make you lose a lot of happiness." ”

The guard crouching on the eaves had a disdainful expression on his face, and said, "If I hadn't worked with you for a few years, I would have thought that you were too fantasical and had a neurotic precursor. ”

The guard on the roof suddenly asked curiously, "What is 'neuroticism'?" What are the precursors? ”

"It's a mental problem, it's a disease, so it's also called neurosis." The guard squatting on the eaves smiled slightly, "Yao Lao said." ”

"you!" For a moment, the guard standing on the roof really wanted to be possessed by the Lord of the Martial God, and then lifted all the 5,721 gray tiles on the roof and slapped it on his partner's smiling face, "I think you made it up, specifically to slander me, right?" ”

Although he does not have the strength of a martial god, he is a person who practices martial arts. There are still kung fu to casually lift your legs and fly two or three tiles.

The guard squatting on the eaves had a partial face, a short head, and a beckon, avoiding two tiles and catching one tile respectively, and then he pretended to be aggrieved and said: "Yao Lao really said so, but I was lazy just now, and I omitted a few words when I paraphrased. Yao Lao's original words are that the mentally ill person still has a symptom of split consciousness in front of him, and the mentally ill mentally ill person is what we often call a 'madman'. ”

The guard standing on the roof was about to fly another leg to reinforce the tile soldiers, but at this moment, he suddenly stiffened slightly. For they heard a cry from under the house: "You two cattle! Kicking your hooves all the way to the roof? Get the hell out of here! ”

The two guards on the roof hurriedly jumped off the ground. Although they didn't really roll sideways, looking at the expressions on their faces at this time, it was obvious that the soul in their bodies was already scared and wanted to roll.

When they were still on the roof, they could already hear who was scolding under the house. And the main reason for their fright. It was they who remembered. The two tiles that flew down the eaves didn't seem to make a falling sound.

"That's the result of your voluntary application to go to the house to pick up tiles?" Si Ji, the deputy head of the guard, who was standing straight opposite, raised his hand holding the two tiles. Looking directly at the two people in front of him, there was obvious annoyance in his eyes. He had a lump on his forehead, which was conspicuous because of the bright red color of his skin. But the two subordinate guards who were close to him did not dare to look directly.

"I'm sorry, my hand slipped." One of the guards whispered his mistake.

"With your skills, you won't be able to hold even a tile?" Si Ji was still angry, "You would use such a clumsy lie to perfunctory me, are you insulting my intelligence?" ”

Another guard finally couldn't help but explain in a low voice: "It's because we saw smoke rising from the roof of the kitchen that we were distracted...... You have to believe it, Deputy Chief, that this is a landscape that deserves to be shocked by us. ”

"What's so strange about smoke coming out of a fire that can be described as 'shocking'?" Although Si Ji said this, the expression on his face was obviously slightly softened compared to before.

"Of course......" The guard saw that the deputy chief's face was slightly relaxed, and he was able to relax a little, and his back was slightly bowed to show respect and apology, and he spread his hands and said, "...... But if you know who almost set the kitchen on fire, you may find the word 'shocked' too weak. ”

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Just as the guards were a little disrespectful and ridiculed behind their backs, Lin Shan's result as a fire slave in front of the stove would not be to set the kitchen house on fire, but to let all the people in the residence open the valley tonight. It is very likely that he did not come to light the fire, but most likely to have come to put it out.

Thankfully, he still had a wine by his side, and she could easily patch up all the mistakes he made on the dark road of burning the fire in front of the stove at any time.

Holding the bamboo tube against the position where there is still a little faint spark, blowing air, as the fire gradually rises, the speed of the air flow from one end of the bamboo tube into the stove also becomes faster, and soon the stove will be bright.

Chen Jiu put the bamboo tube back on the pyre, and at the same time casually explained: "The pu fan is used to urge the fire, but the fan is not allowed in the stove." First, it is not easy to get the fan in, and secondly, even if the fan is forced to enter, a lot of firewood ash will be rolled out, so it is rare to make any good meals in the smoke-filled kitchen. ”

"I really don't have the talent to burn stoves, but a few of them firmly don't believe it, but ...... Now they should be able to see it for themselves. Lin Shan continued to flip through the book, the corners of his mouth raised, although he didn't say any euphemistic words, but the dry atmosphere in the kitchen just now suddenly warmed up.

No matter how seamless a wall is, to let sunlight penetrate it, you only need to move a brick of space.

Lin Shan stopped turning the book for a while, took a pair of tongs standing next to the stove, and held the manuscript books that were piled up together in the stove. Immediately after that, he followed the example of Chen Jiu just now, and picked up the bamboo blower that rested on the pyre......

In fact, whether it is sitting in the court to handle cases or cooking in the court, there is no absolute division between men and women. It's just that in ancient times, some people made up a set of rules for indoctrination in order to be lazy - of course, this rule is not all for locking women in the scope of activities of the hall, but also throwing out some other shackles - in short, many things are not that men can't do it, such as cooking on the fire, it's not that they can't learn, it's not that they will be cursed by some mental power if they do it, but that a man is willing to do it.

Willing to do this from the bottom of his heart, Lin Shan imitated old wine and learned quickly.

If you learn how to stir-fry with her, you may need more experience accumulation. But the work of lighting a fire...... If he only burns the paper manuscript that is already dry and flammable, as long as he is not as distracted as he was just now, there is absolutely no reason to only smoke and not catch fire.

The fire in the stove brightened, and the smoke in the kitchen quickly dissipated.

Lin Shan put down the bamboo tube sideways, and when he turned around, he saw Chen Jiu standing next to the stove looking at him with a somewhat stunned look.

Lin Shan asked casually, "What are you looking at?" "Pick up another manuscript at random.

"Look at you." Chen Jiu replied in a daze, still standing in place.

"Huh?" Lin Shan's hand was about to flip through the book slightly, and suddenly a sentence came out: "Is there something on your face?" After saying that, he felt as if there was an itch somewhere on his face, so he stretched out his fingers and scraped it.

This scrape really wiped a trace of firewood dust on his finger on his face.

Looking at Lin Shan, there seemed to be a handful of black cat whiskers on his face. Chen Jiu "poofed" and couldn't hold back his laughter. Finally standing by the stove no longer, she took out the handkerchief tucked in her sleeve, went to the water tank and scooped half a scoop of water to wet it, and then walked back. Squatted down beside Lin Shan's side again. He wiped his face with a handkerchief.

The man in front of him had a gentle smile on his face again.

Because it's so close. Chen Jiu felt that this warmth was almost about to melt in front of her eyes, and some of it was about to dazzle her eyes.

Fortunately, she and he didn't keep looking at each other like this.

Chen Jiu's eyes floated, and the corner of his eye suddenly saw a little red stained by the hem of Lin Shan's sleeve. Thinking of the cohesive blood he had suddenly coughed up just now, her heart ached. But she soon silently told herself that she must let go of the knot in her heart, and at the same time she must find a way to open the knot outside her heart.

Lin Shan's chest still had wrinkles on his shirt, which he had just grabbed by himself. Chen Jiu hesitated slightly, then reached over and stroked it, and asked with the question, "What happened to you just now?" In the past, you were only like this when you were seriously injured, and the old pharmacist said that you were suffering from ischemia at that time, and you haven't done it again for almost a year after you recovered from your injury, but now what's going on? ”

Lin Shan didn't say anything to comfort her, but said more directly: "Actually, you know why, don't you? You know that my illness is not in my body, but in my heart. ”

If he said this, if he heard it to Liao Shi, he would have to confuse the senior pharmacist with strong theoretical intelligence. What is not in the heart or in the body? Isn't the body and mind one?

But Chen Jiu understood that the body and mind in his words were often alienated, and he was often dealing with things with the reason he was accustomed to, with little or no choice based on his mind alone. Because as long as his emotions touch a ban somewhere in his heart, they will become very fragile and fragile.

Women are naturally sensual, and in addition to Chen Jiu's delicate sensibility in women's thinking, she is also a woman who knows many things about Lin Shan's past, and constantly swings between her confidant and lover and can't find her own identity.

So when she heard him respond to her in a questioning tone, she was stunned: it turned out that he also knew it.

Of course, Lin Shan knew where his heart disease was.

In the past, he would only choose to avoid touching that place, but today, when hugging the woman in front of him, he suddenly made a decision secretly.

He decided not to run away once, at least today, he had to face it head-on.

The discomfort in his heart surged again, Lin Shan stopped turning the book, the hand holding the manuscript book gradually tightened, he lowered his eyes slightly and said: "There is a woman living in my heart, this is something that you know alone. She has lived there for more than ten years, and if she is driven away for a while, it is not normal to be stabbed for it. ”

"But...... I can't see you hurting yourself for a shadow that has disappeared for so many years......" The slightly wet handkerchief slid to the ground, Chen Jiu couldn't care to pick it up, she tightly grasped Lin Shan's hand that was gently covering her knee, and her fingers were slightly cool, "I've always been by your side, why can your attention only be on the shadow in your heart?" I see you frowning and tired, and your heart will feel bad, but can you feel these feelings of mine? ”

Lin Shan's gaze drooped, and he couldn't see clearly what kind of waves were in his eyes at this time, but his shoulders suddenly stiffened, and this subtle reaction was magnified in the eyes of Chen Jiu, who was extremely close to him.

"Why can't we just try to forget?" Chen Jiu asked, "I can feel that you have been taking responsibility for her, but what have you done to be sorry for her?" I just feel that if she were still alive, not only could she not blame you, but she should also be grateful to you. If it weren't for your persistence and so many years of dedication. It may be difficult for her daughter to grow up healthy. ”

"No, I have something to be sorry for her." Lin Shan sighed softly, the uncomfortable feeling in his chest gradually became more and more obvious, he had to put aside the topic slightly, and let himself slow down, "Did that old ghost who can't grow a head anymore, but whose tongue can still grow, tell you about a certain rule in my sect?" ”

Of course, Chen Jiu remembered very clearly the words that Liao Shi explained to her just a few days ago. Because although it is only a fragment of explanation, it solves one of the biggest mysteries in Chen Jiu's heart. One no matter how hard she tries to get close. Lin Shan's indifference to the reason.

Faced with his question, Chen Jiu nodded and asked, "Just because of this?" Even if you once rejected her, she later married the emperor and was named Concubine Xian. Happiness has been obtained. ”

"I used to think so, too." Lin Shan said in a deep voice. She felt the same way. If you marry the emperor, you will have your status, fine clothes and food, and your feelings can be cultivated slowly. But she failed. So she didn't get happiness. ”

"But can you say that such a failure is all your responsibility?" Chen Jiu originally looked at this matter from Lin Shan's camp, but when she heard the meaning of self-blame in his tone, she couldn't help but defend him, "Her failure may also be because one of the two people in the marriage is not deep enough to love, or both of them just come together in shape." It is not difficult to imagine that an emperor loves too many things, but his identity indirectly requires him to be fraternity, but fraternity may be the greatest affection; And if a woman doesn't have enough love, let alone such a decisive and assertive woman, she will certainly not compromise lightly. ”

Chen Jiu's words made Lin Shan gain some strange but clear insights, but the sense of guilt in his heart not only did not get sorted out, but gradually grew. He took a deep breath and said, "If I hadn't rejected her, she wouldn't have had to make such a dangerous attempt." ”

"A dangerous attempt?" Chen Jiu was puzzled.

Lin Shan said softly: "More than ten years ago, when I just left the Great Wilderness Mountain, although she was already very close to Wang Chi, she regarded him as a confidant and friend. At that time, she often said that one was that a woman could become a close friend of a man, and the other was that she would never marry an emperor. ”

Before it was burned again, the Great Wilderness Mountain had always been a place for the mysterious North Fence School to build a house, with the majestic peaks piercing the sky, and the yin and yang cutting the dawn. Although he occasionally felt bored when he studied with his master in the grass house, Lin Shan always felt that life in the mountains was the most peaceful and peaceful part of his life.

But a person's life course of decades cannot have only one tone, and he who learned from that ancient school is destined to be unable to avoid a storm.

However, what bothers Lin Shan the most in this life is not what he has learned or done, but a love word.

The love words strictly forbidden by the Beili School were quietly planted in his heart by a woman who was also at the most worry-free age in his most harmonious life.

Maybe it was so much rain that day that he ignored this little movement in his heart; Or maybe it's the raindrops, the spirit that fell from the sky, gave rise to the foggy atmosphere that was passed on by Yan Ran's clever smile!

However, it wasn't until he lost it completely that he belatedly admitted the word.

Acknowledging this loss will only bring untold suffering.

Lin Shan breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued: "She explained that marrying the emperor is a very dangerous thing, I can't understand why she said that, and I didn't ...... until she died."

Thinking of his misguided life, and thinking of the cause of Ye Ziqing's death, who was about to find out the truth, Lin Shan suddenly felt a tearing pain in his heart. He couldn't help but continue to speak, but in fact a salty smell had surged up in his throat, and his crushed lips turned slightly white.

He still couldn't hide it completely, and a trace of blush quietly overflowed the corners of his lips, stinging the heart of the woman beside him.

"Don't talk about it... Don't think about it anymore, I don't want to see you sad anymore......" Chen Jiu trembled and probed the sleeves of Lin Shan's two sides. After recovering from his injury, his health was not as good as before, and he often carried a sweat towel with him. Finding the neatly folded sweat towel and handing it to him, she said, "The old medicine master said that depression hurts the lungs, and sometimes you might as well try to release the accumulated qi, maybe it will be more comfortable than enduring." ”

Lin Shan took the sweat towel handed by Chen Jiu and wiped the corners of his mouth silently, he didn't recite the nineteenth chapter of the "Book of Land Things" like just now to calm his mind, he just didn't say anything more.

He came to the north with a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He didn't want to burden himself with some old things at this time. Only then did he realize that he had underestimated the word sealed in his heart and overestimated his ability to forget. After many years, I still haven't been able to forget that shadow.

Not thinking about it is indeed a way to cool the feelings.

Chen Jiu saw that his love had finally smoothed out, and although she hadn't yet asked for the answer she wanted, she was afraid to continue to ask again.

After many years, she followed Lin Shan's side, her identity was not a wife or a friend, and she was always in a passive position, she thought that it was really related to her lack of initiative. Liao Shi said what he said to her a few days ago, and she has been thinking about it since then. Gathering courage. Now she finally mustered up the courage to ask. But I didn't expect that just a few words would stir Lin Shan into this.

She was a little scared, the courage in her heart had begun to waver, and along with the courage like grass broken by the wind was her little bit of confidence...... I have not abandoned myself for more than ten years. It's still not as important as the shadow in his heart.

Silent sigh. Chen Jiu looked away from Lin Shan's face. Skimming over the stove without any idea. For a while, he ignored the fire in his muzzle, and the fire became much darker. Chen Jiu hesitated for a moment, and then picked up a scrap manuscript in the box beside him. I'm going to throw it into the mouth of the stove.

But at this moment, her hand holding the book was suddenly held by another hand reaching out from the side.

Chen Jiu was slightly stunned, and listened to Lin Shan say: "This book hasn't been turned over yet." ”

If it is an ordinary woman, in the face of this blocking words, she may inevitably be a little sensitive and suspicious, and feel aggrieved that she is not even allowed to touch one of his waste manuscripts. But Chen Jiu did not move this kind of cowardly thought at this time.

Maybe it's because she was a hard teenager, and she had to think about her choices like a man in the face of many things, so that she could bear the pressure of living alone. It may also be because she has been with Lin Shan for a long time, and there are some places in her heart that rebuild each other, allowing her to think more rationally. At this time, she just suddenly thought of some details of Lin Shan's book burning, which were all flipped over before burning.

But he flipped through the book so fast that it wasn't like reading, it was like ...... Looking for what?

Chen Jiu handed the waste manuscript book in his hand to Lin Shan, and then saw him turn it over again, facing back again, and then turning it backwards again, before he threw the waste manuscript book into the stove.

Chen Jiu leaned in with the tongs on the side to raise the fire, and then she looked back at Lin Shan and asked softly, "Are you looking for something?" ”

"Well, I'm looking for a letter." Lin Shan didn't hide it from Chen Jiu, "Three years ago, Jiang Chao took the letter that threatened me, saying that if I sent him back to Beijing halfway, he would destroy it. ”

Chen Jiu thought for a moment, and then said: "It seems that the love you disdained at that time was pretended, in fact, that letter is really important, otherwise you wouldn't be looking so carefully now." ”

Lin Shan said slowly: "If it can be preserved, of course, it is better than nothing, but if it must be lost for some principle, then lose it, in fact, it is not particularly important." ”

"But you later agreed to Jiang Chao's follow, and you still changed an initial decision for that letter." Although Lin Shan only mentioned a few words about that letter three years ago, Chen Jiu remembered the words he said very clearly, so she knew who wrote the letter, and this is also the important thing.

"I'll help you find it." Chen Jiu changed the topic, and after a slight pause, she suddenly smiled and said, "I believe that in addition to my heart, my hands are also skillful." ”

Lin Shan suddenly smiled and said, "You also need ingenuity to find things? ”

Chen Jiu's expression moved, and he pretended to be annoyed and said, "If you don't allow me to help with this, you will think I'm stupid." ”

"What kind of theory is this...... The smile on Lin Shan's face stiffened slightly, and after a moment he said again: "Okay, I don't dislike you." ”

I don't hate you.

It's just these four words, even if there is a melting warmth in the heart of Dechen Jiu, as if all the sourness, disappointment, and pain gathered in the previous question have all been dissolved.

She probably didn't even know herself, and she didn't expect much he could give her.

Slightly lowering his head, the corners of Chen Jiu's mouth hooked a faint smile, and he turned the book silently.

After a while, the gentle warmth in Chen Jiu's heart gradually settled, and she suddenly remembered a question that she had just ignored, and immediately asked, "By the way, Brother Lin." I remember that you didn't have the habit of putting things in your books before, and you used to denounce it as easy to lose it...... How could the letter be hidden in this way? ”

"I've searched everywhere else, but I haven't found it. Although I am not sure if I lost my mind and was caught in the book one day, I can really rule out this possibility by looking for it. Lin Shan kept his eyes down and turned the book, and said slowly, "There are some bad habits that are likely to be more difficult to change than good habits once they are learned." I have been away from the Shimen School and the officialdom in Kyoto for more than ten years, and after living an unrestrained life for a long time, I naturally have some bad habits. ”

Lin Shan's words are clearly reasonable. But Chen Jiu listened to this. The shadow of another person popped up in my mind.

Of course, Chen Jiu has seen Ye Ziqing.

Although it is only a few faces, it is impressive again and again.

If it weren't for the family Jin Shankan behind this woman, who could put pressure on the treasury of the Southern Zhou Dynasty at that time, although she had no fame, she still had a high social status; If it weren't for this woman's private help to help the hungry during the war year. Therefore, the means of calculating business peers are somewhat dirty. But there are always far more people in the world who thank her than the few people who hate her; If it weren't for the fact that she braved a lot of criticism and resolutely bought and changed the way the Red House operated. Therefore, although the woman in the building has not left the party, she can at least have some choices of her own, and the choice to entertain others...... If not. That woman was really a bad habit, at least in the eyes of the world.

From the young female boss who opened the Qinglou Flower Shop to the virtuous concubine Niangniang who later got pregnant and then married, that woman not only has a lot of bad habits in the eyes of the world, but she will never use her bad habits to crack and change the good cultivation of the people around her, and it is not easy to change herself because of the habits of the people around her.

However, Lin Shan didn't mention it so far, even if Chen Jiu thought about it, he wouldn't say it explicitly.

She was silent for a moment and then suddenly said, "If I have a lot of bad habits, will you be disgusted and alienated from me?" ”

Lin Shan raised his head, a little surprised why she suddenly said this, and after a little hesitation, he said calmly: "You are not bad, and I am not tired of you." ”

Yes or no, no, he rarely lingers in the "if" when he speaks.

But his words of certainty did not satisfy Chenjiu.

Chen Jiu lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "Not being bored does not mean liking. ”

Lin Shan also lowered his gaze again, as if he had fallen into some kind of contemplation.

At this moment, Chen Jiu, who was turning the book more and more slowly, suddenly saw a flower in front of her, and a very thin envelope appeared between the title pages of the discarded manuscript in her hand, obviously because the time had caused the original white envelope to turn yellow, and the stains on the envelope were dull in color, like bloodstains - it was the letter that Jiang Chao held to threaten Lin Shan three years ago.

Ye Ziqing has written many account pages, all of which are twisted together like loaches in strange "fonts", and she does not write many square words. First, because she doesn't like to communicate with people in that subtle way, even if she is still a girl who has not yet left the cabinet, she always has something to say to people in person; Second, her handwriting is so ugly that she can't find words to compliment her, and she seems to be quite face-saving in writing.

The person who can get Ye Ziqing's handwriting, Lin Shan, is one of the few people.

Chen Jiu's hand froze when he turned the book, not only did he not continue to flip it, but he also did not go to get the letter, nor did he prompt Lin Shan.

There was a hint of hesitation and hesitation in her eyes.

The fire in the stove has burned extremely vigorously under the "efforts" of the two people in front of the stove, and the water and rice in the iron pot with the dense lid on the stove have begun to make a slight noise...... At this time, if she raised her hand and threw the old letter containing Lin Shan's memories into the stove with the waste manuscript and the entrainment, she would be instantly drowned in the sea of fire, and she had done this action more than ten times, and Lin Shan, who was still contemplating with slightly lowered eyes, would not see anything strange at this time.

Burn this letter, and the man in front of him will have one less thing to inherit and reminisce...... And then he can make the lingering shadow in his heart fade a little?

However, in the end, the aged wine did not really do so.

Love and loyalty are one, how much you love someone, how deep you love and be loved, no matter whether there are other cunning shaves in the world, at least Chen Jiu must be loyal to what he loves.

"Brother Lin, the letter has been found." After Chen Jiu finished saying this, when she saw Lin Shan looking up slightly stunned, she suddenly squinted and smiled: "Sure enough, I was ingenious, and I only found a few books, which saved you a lot of work." You see. Do you owe me one more time? ”

Lin Shan was stunned for a moment, as if he had retracted his thoughts from his contemplation a little late.

"I owe you one more time." His tone was a little stiff, and the fingers holding the letter were slightly stiff. Just pinched the corner of the envelope, he suddenly let go of his hand again, and said in a deep voice: "I know the content of this letter, but now I suddenly feel that I can show you." ”

"No ......" Chen Jiu subconsciously immediately refused. Even with Lin Shan's consent, she always felt that reading other people's letters was an extremely awkward thing. But soon, what the old pharmacist Liao Shi said came to mind again, and she looked stunned. He muttered again, "Is this really okay?" ”

"It's been many years. The content of the letter becomes a record of an event, and no longer deals with anyone's state of mind. Lin Shan spoke calmly, speaking slowly, "I was so distracted just now. You could have burned the letter. But you didn't. So there are some past things that you don't have to hide, and I shouldn't hide them from you anymore. ”

Chen Jiu didn't say anything more, and she put down the book. With trembling fingers, he opened the envelope, pulled out the letterhead, and slowly unfolded it.

On this thin piece of paper, it was as if the time it was carrying suddenly had a weight, and it was the weight of thirteen years.

……

I have already thought of the name of the child, if it is a woman, it will be called Mo Ye, which means that Mo Forget Ye's family.

Although I have done things that corrupt the family rules, I still hope that the child can be included in the Ye family tree. Don't ask me why I don't call Wang Ye, first of all, if the surname Wang is the name, it won't sound good, in addition, I really hope that my daughter can grow up happily, without the title of princess, in fact, there will be more choices, not to mention which of our Ye family is not more comfortable than the palace?

If it is born to a man, then it will be reversed, called Ye Mo, and it will be indifferent to the indifferent word, which is definitely not the ink character of the crepe.

If he is a man, he may not be able to avoid entering the ancestral hall of the royal family, and the name I gave him can only be regarded as a common name, which he uses when he visits the people or goes back to his grandfather's house. But there are also some other meanings, born in the emperor's family, you can't be as enthusiastic as me, it's better to ignore more.

What do you think? Is the name I giving my child meaningful? Senior brother, make a decision, although you have always refused to admit that you are my senior brother, it is enough for me to admit that you have this power.

……

When Chen Jiu read the letter, Lin Shan was holding a tongs to poke the ashes of the smoke deposited in the stove, and he didn't look at this side at all, he really didn't seem to mind letting her read the letter that the woman wrote to him.

And when Chen Jiu finished reading the letter, her face was full of surprise.

"It turns out that ......" Chen Jiu couldn't help but murmur when he finished reading the last word on the spread out letter in his hand, "...... Ye'er's name is not a pseudonym? ”

Lin Shan turned his head when he heard this, but said lightly: "After you read this letter, do you have any other doubts?" ”

Chen Jiu pondered, since Lin Shan took the initiative to open the door to her to ask, she would definitely cherish and seize this opportunity, and after a while, she asked seriously: "Will Ye'er still be surnamed Wang in the future?" ”

It's a simple question, but it's a lot more complicated to answer.

Lin Shan said slowly: "If you follow Ye Erniang's choice, of course you will enter the Ye family tree, but in order to give the royal family some face, you can't directly surname Ye." ”

Chen Jiu stared and asked, "Then why did you leave her in Kyoto and completely cut off her thoughts of coming to you?" ”

"The Ye family no longer exists now, and she can't go back." Lin Shan paused slightly, "...... After thinking about it, it is better for her to return to the royal family, to stay by her biological father's side, and to be cared for by her brother, than to stay by me, who is just an outsider to her. Although her eldest sister Wang Qing and second brother Wang Hong in the palace were not born to the same mother as her, they were both kind-hearted and gentle-hearted, and they would not reject her. ”

"Your considerations are not wrong, the Ye family can't go back, recognizing her father and returning to the sect is the best arrangement for her, but ......" Chen Jiu's words hesitated slightly, "...... You can't say you're just an outsider to her, and I can tell from the child's face how much you mean to her. Even now that I think about it, I feel a little scared, when the news of your fake death reaches Dongfeng Tower, the child seems to have become an empty shell, and he can't even cry. ”

"I didn't do it properly because I didn't take into account that she's just a girl and has limited capacity." Lin Shan sighed softly, and then said: "But if you want her to accept royal life, you must weaken my influence on her, and in the situation I was in three years ago, if you are not careful, you may really go, so it is better to let her be mentally prepared as soon as possible." As for me now, although I have survived this catastrophe, I don't have the energy to take care of her as much as I did more than ten years ago, and she has grown up, and my departure is a good thing for her anyway. ”

Chen Jiu moved his lips, and he still had something to say in his heart but didn't say it.

After being silent for a long time, she couldn't help but ask again: "You will always meet again, have you ever thought about what to say to her?" ”

"Nope." Lin Shan shook his head slightly, "If she can forget me, maybe she can live happily." I can't stay with her all the time, and parting is inevitable. ”――

(To be continued......)