"Your Majesty." Ling Ruo stared at him and said: "The concubine knows that you are embarrassed, but Sister Wen is really pitiful, after the emperor left just now, she knelt down and kept begging the concubine, so that the concubine looked really sad." ”

Yin Zhen let go of Ling Ruo's hand with some annoyance, and said, "I know that she is pitiful, and Han Yan is also my daughter, will I not hurt her?" There's really nothing you can do, and you know that I haven't slept well for several nights because of this, and as soon as I close my eyes, I look like Hanyan is crying. ”

"Can't you choose another clan daughter to marry and marry the princess?" Ling Ruozhi said that her idea was very selfish, but she couldn't think of anything better. But Yinzhen's next sentence shattered her last hope.

"Geldan named my own daughter, if he pretends to be a princess to deceive, I am afraid that he will use the excuse to provoke a war after he finds out, and I can't take this risk."

"So, there's really no way around it?" Ling Ruo asked coldly.

Yin Zhen stared at her eyes and said slowly: "Yes, Hanyan must marry and kiss far away, even if Concubine Hui is unwilling, she has to accept this fact." ”

After staring at him for a long time, Ling Ruo took a deep breath, retracted his gaze and bowed his head: "Yes, the concubine understands, and the concubine will go to persuade Concubine Hui." ”

When she dragged her heavy footsteps to tell Wen Ruyan this sentence, Wen Ruyan was paralyzed on the ground, unable to help herself for a long time, only tears fell one by one, turning into desolate and silent flowers.

And Hanyan also happened to hear these words, in the face of the fate of her own and relatives, she and Wen Ruyan hugged and cried, and kept saying that they didn't want to marry in desperate crying.

This night, Wen Ruyan ran to the outside of the Heart Cultivation Hall and knelt down, begging Yinzhen to take back her minister's order, this is already her last chance, once tonight, the holy decree is handed down, there is really no chance of reversal.

Ling Ruo and the Guerjia clan, who later learned the news, had been by Wen Ruyan's side, but no matter how they persuaded them, Wen Ruyan refused to get up, and as for Yinzhen, he never paid attention to it.

"Sister, listen to my advice, stop being stubborn, get up." Guerjia said bitterly, "Even my sister can't ask the emperor to change his mind, what's the point of you kneeling like this, but it annoys the emperor." ”

Wen Ruyan propped up her crumbling body and said stubbornly: "I can't control so much anymore, I only need Hanyan, as long as my daughter." ”

"Sister, why are you so stubborn, even if you kneel here tonight, the emperor will not change his mind." Ling Ruo was so anxious that she almost burst into tears.

Wen Ruyan smiled sadly, "It's just right to kneel to death, so I don't need to be sad every day because of Han Yan's distant marriage." ”

"You...... Alas. The words that wanted to persuade turned into a helpless sigh when they were about to speak, and the Guerjia clan understood that with Wen Ruyan's situation at the moment, no matter what they said, they would not be able to listen to it, otherwise they would not kneel here.

"Sister, if you die, the saddest thing is Hanyan, she is already about to bear the fate of being a relative, can you bear to let her grieve again?"

In the face of Ling Ruo's persuasion, Wen Ruyan hugged her forehead and said bitterly: "I don't know the way, I don't know anything, I just want the emperor to let our mother and daughter live!" I don't understand why he is so ruthless, even if he doesn't think about the love of more than 20 years of companionship, at least he should think about the blood and family. ”

"If he is sincere and doesn't read it, what's the use of you kneeling here." Guerjia was distressed, and said abruptly: "The coolest and most ruthless thing in the world is the emperor's house, don't you understand, sister, for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor can sacrifice anything, let alone a mere smoke." ”

Her words made Ling Ruo's heart beat violently, if one day, she had to choose between Daqing and her, would Yinzhen also choose the former without hesitation?

"No matter what, as long as the decree is not issued, I will do my best every day. Go back and leave me alone. Wen Ruyan said persistently, unwilling to give up any hope that was even so faint that it was almost invisible.

"You look like this, where can we put our minds at ease." Guerjia shook her head again and again, and then she did something that no one expected, kneeling beside Wen Ruyan.

"Sister, what are you doing here? Hurry up. Wen Ruyan said eagerly.

Guerjia said forgivingly: "Since you insist on refusing to get up, then only I will kneel with you, we are all unfavorable ones left and right, no matter how much the emperor does not like it, it is just like that." ”

"Don't say stupid things, it's my own business, and I have nothing to do with you." Wen Ruyan didn't want to involve the two of them, and today she asked Ling Ruo to beg Yinzhen, and in retrospect, she was already full of guilt.

"What my sister said is stupid, has my sister been called in vain all these years, if it is about you and Hanyan, we will ignore it, how can we still have the face to stay in this palace in the future." The Guerjia clan had made up their minds, but when Ling Ruo was about to kneel down together, he dissuaded: "Ruo'er, you are different from us, you are deeply favored by the emperor, and the emperor treats you very much. I know that you are worried about your sister, but I can accompany my sister here, you better go back to Chengqian Palace. ”

"My sister just said that they are sisters, and they should share blessings and difficulties. Moreover, there are more people, and the possibility of moving the emperor is also greater. "Ling Ruo and Wen Ruyan have been friends for a longer time than the Guerjia clan, and their relationship is deeper, how can they leave like this.

"Ruo'er, don't you understand, it doesn't matter what my sister and I do, because even if you fall out of favor, at least you will still be protected by your favorite concubine, but if even you fall out of favor, then we will really be slaughtered. Also, once you don't have the emperor's protection, do you think the queen and the young concubine will let you go? They have always seen you as a thorn in their side. ”

What the Guerjia clan said, Ling Ruo didn't know, but it was really difficult for her to let the two of them leave like this. She stood in the night wind for a long time, and finally left, but instead of returning to Chengqian Palace, she stepped into the vermilion gate of the Heart Cultivation Hall again.

Ling Ruo and Yin Zhen stood face to face on the flat gold bricks, the candlelight cast a long shadow on the side of the two of them, the window on the side of the Heart Cultivation Hall was a little broken, and the people of the Internal Affairs Office had not yet had time to replace it, and from time to time a cold wind poured in from there, blowing the candlelight swaying for a while, and even the shadows of the two of them swayed.

After a long time, Yinzhen spoke first, "What are you doing here?" ”

Facing Yinzhen's displeasure, Ling Ruo sighed wordlessly, knelt down and said, "The concubine is bold, and I beg the emperor to carefully consider the matter of Princess Hanyan and her relatives." ”