Chapter Twenty-Seven: Surprise
Li Zerong stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes for Huanhuan, showing pity in his eyes.
"Miss." Ling'er stepped forward, with a candied fruit lying in her palm, and said distressedly, "Is your mouth bitter?" Eat a preserves. ”
Huanhuan glanced at Ling'er and nodded slightly.
Li Zerong looked at the little hand lying with candied fruit, his brows furrowed slightly, he reached out and took the candied fruit in the palm of Ling'er's hand, handed it to Huanhuan's lips, and motioned for her to eat the candied fruit.
Ling'er was stunned, and when Li Zerong picked up the candied fruit from her palm, his fingertips swept over Ling'er's palm, making her subconsciously roll her five fingers and tremble, and then she was full of joy. But that joy only appeared for a moment, and she was followed by endless jealousy and envy.
If she can let the prince gently wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes for her in this life, she will let her die, and she is willing.
Huanhuan didn't open his mouth to eat the candied fruit handed to his lips by Li Zerong. With sarcasm in her eyes, she glanced at Ling'er, who was standing still, and then at Li Zerong.
The meaning is very clear, she wants Ling'er to be by her side, not Li Zerong who is acting coyly in her eyes.
Li Zerong lowered his eyes, he understood what Huanhuan meant. He took back the candied fruit that was handed to Huanhuan's lips, turned around and put it back in Ling'er's hand, then got up and flicked his sleeves away.
"Miss." Seeing that Li Zerong was far away, Ling'er called out worriedly.
"Ling'er, do you know Concubine Shun?"
"Concubine Shun? Isn't it the princess of the Western Regions who has been dead for a long time? Ling'er knows her, the biological mother of the third prince, and His Majesty's favorite concubine. ”
"Qin Niang can tell you about Concubine Shun?"
"Qin Niang has a relationship with Concubine Shun? She didn't say it. ”
"That'll be fine."
"What's wrong? Does Qin Niang's death have anything to do with Concubine Shun? How could Qin Niang... She went back to her homeland to see her brother and mother! ”
Ling'er couldn't hold back her emotions anymore, and broke down and cried, as if she was back two years ago, when the Lin Mansion was destroyed.
"Your Majesty has an order, except for Lin Jinhai, the Lin Mansion will be killed."
On the day of the raid on the house, Ling'er and Huanhuan hid in the dry well in the backyard, listening to the cries of the slaves running around and fleeing for their lives, the furniture fell to the ground with a bang, and the terrifying sound of the cold sword piercing the body......
There was a slave who fled to the dry well, and she probably knew that the dry well could be avoided, so she fled for her life. She didn't want to be cut by the blade of the sword and die, but when she died, her upper body just blocked the well, and the blood pumped from her neck poured into the well one by one, until there was no more blood.
Ling'er was also frightened at that time, and watched in horror as the dark red blood trickled to the ground, staining their immature Luo skirts red. She stretched out her bloodstained hand, blindfolded Huanhuan's eyes, sobbed at the wall of the well with white mold, and secretly prayed that Huanhuan would not wake up, so she fell asleep.
If you are in the Asura Purgatory, I am willing to be a cover for your eyes and a flute in your ears to whitewash this infernal "hell" for you.
Two years later, Ling'er still often sees that scene in her dreams, and she wakes up with tears in the corners of her eyes without exception.
"Qin Niang was made a chess piece, and the queen wants to bring down Concubine Jin."
"Concubine Jin is the adoptive mother of the prince, and the queen wants to target the prince?"
Hearing this, Huanhuan glanced at Ling'er with disgust, and said, "I thought you would ask Qin Niang." ”
Only then did Ling'er realize how affectionate she was to the deceased Qin Niang that she had just asked, and hurriedly changed her heart and asked, "What does Qin Niang have to do with bringing down Concubine Jin?" ”
Huanhuan was hesitant to tell Ling'er about the relationship between Qin Niang and the deceased Concubine Shun, but after learning her reaction, he only felt ridiculous and unnecessary. So following what Ling'er wanted to know, he changed the subject: "The queen only has Princess Qionghe, and there is no prince." Since Gao Yu married Li Zerong, the queen has no reason to target him. ”
"Hmm." Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the queen was not aimed at the prince, but had the intention of assisting, and she was overjoyed. But when he heard Gao Yu's name, he subconsciously glanced at the wound on the left side of his face, and said worriedly, "Miss, the princess will return home tomorrow." ”
"Oh."
"The prince will protect you that day......"
"Nope!"
Huanhuan interrupted Ling'er, and she seemed to suddenly understand everything.
She was thinking, all of this might be a game done by Li Zerong and the Gao family!
Gao Yu was expelled from the house for abusing her, which is strange. How could she be stupid enough to poison her in the main courtyard? She must have done it on purpose!
She and Li Zerong joined forces, and used her identity as a "maid before marriage" in the mansion and was pregnant, so that people knew that Li Zerong was not good to Gao Yu, and to punish Gao Yu was not good to the Gao family, which was disrespectful to the queen. As a result, he appeased Li Zerong's adoptive mother, Concubine Jin, which was not enough to make her suspicious, so she used Qin Niang to murder her.
Thinking of this, Huanhuan suddenly felt a chill down his spine. If she really guessed like this, Qin Niang should have died a long time ago, why should it be equal to today? With the power of the queen, killing a Qin Niang is like trampling an ant to death.
She couldn't help but guess the relationship between Qin Niang and Concubine Jin. After Concubine Shun's death, how did Qin Niang avoid Gao Wuxin's murder for more than ten years? The truth hidden in Qin Niang's body is enough to debunk Gao Wuxin's true face, why didn't Qin Niang tell His Majesty the truth......
There are too many mysteries waiting to be solved. The more she thought about it, the more terrifying it made her.
"Miss."
Ling'er looked at Huanhuan with two lines of tears on her face, and couldn't help but ask worriedly. She wanted to reach out and caress her cheek to comfort her, just like Qin Niang used to comfort Miss. But she didn't dare, so she had to whisper to her and stay by her side.
"Ling'er, I'm afraid."
"What is Miss afraid of?"
"I'm afraid that someone will die because of me, I'm afraid that the people around me will leave me, and I'm afraid that my brother who went to the Western Regions won't come back......"
"Miss, Qin Niang's death has nothing to do with you, it was the queen who harmed her. I will always be by your side and will not leave you. Childe may come back in half a month and take us back to Wuzhou with us. ”
Ling'er smiled and comforted her, her tone innocent and beautiful.
Huanhuan looked at Ling'er's face with a feigned smile and chuckled, "Ling'er, it hurts too, right?" ”
"It hurts."
Huanhuan squeezed out a smile vigorously, and then reached out and stuffed the candied fruit in Ling'er's palm into Ling'er's mouth. Comforted: "If you eat the preserves, it won't hurt." ”
Ling'er nodded tearfully, and the moment she tasted the sweetness on the tip of her tongue, she couldn't help but hold Huanhuan's hand with her backhand, and said solemnly: "It doesn't hurt anymore." Don't be sad anymore, Miss, okay? ”
"Qin Niang has returned to her homeland, she may be making millet porridge for her mother now? Why should I be sad, I am happy for her. ”
"Miss!"
Ling'er looked at Huanhuan in disbelief, and saw that her eyes were like autumn water, calm and calm, and her expression was calm, so she stabilized her mind.
When she heard that, Ling'er felt that Huanhuan was crazy, just like a few months after the death of the old man, she always pulled herself crazy and said a lot, and she couldn't accept the fact that the old man died no matter what.
Ling'er was very scared, she was afraid that Huanhuan would be stubborn in grief like in the past and would not come out.
"I'm fine, but I'll feel better thinking about it."
"That's good."
"Tomorrow Gao Yu will return home, I want to surprise her."
"Oh? Miss? Ling'er looked at Huanhuan with a puzzled look and trembled with fright, for fear that her young lady would anger the princess again and be poisoned by it.
"Just now, Li Zerong asked me if I would like to be his side concubine."
Ling'er let go of Huanhuan's hand, and the emotions on her face at the moment were very complicated.
"So, so Miss wants to be the prince's side concubine?"
"Ling'er, what do you think?"
"No!" Ling'er realized that she was emotional, and her tone was dry, afraid that Huanhuan would see the clues, so she hurriedly explained: "If Miss becomes a side concubine, there will be no turning back." ”
"I have become a side concubine, maybe he will allow me to go out, I am no longer the daughter of a criminal minister, but the side concubine of the sixth prince, and the people in the palace will no longer look at me with disdain."
"No, don't be confused, miss."
Ling'er stepped forward to hug Huanhuan and reached out to shake her shoulders wildly, wanting her to come to her senses.
"Miss, if you become a side concubine, if you become a side concubine......"
Ling'er didn't know what would happen after Huanhuan became a side concubine, but no matter why, she couldn't let Huanhuan be Li Zerong's side concubine.
"If I become his side concubine, he will not protect me, the princess will be more jealous of me, and the people in the palace will look down on me even more. Maybe I'll be like Qin Niang, dying inexplicably. Then I was completely liberated. ”
"No, no, no, Miss won't, you still have a son, I'm going to take you back to Wuzhou. If you really marry the prince, the prince will not forgive you! It was the prince who harmed the Lin Mansion, why is the young lady still obsessed. ”
"Yes!" Huanhuan raised her head suddenly, Peach Blossom's beautiful eyes were filled with tears, she reached out and pulled Ling'er's hands on her shoulders, clasped them between her hands, and suddenly realized that she said in a dumb voice, "It's him, it's him, my brother will hate me." I'm going to wait for my brother to come back......"
"But, what if the prince wants to marry you?"
"Then I will do my best to escape!"
……
Six kings' mansions, begonias full of gardens.
Li Zerong stood alone under a flowered begonia tree, holding a purse in his hand, and sniffed the fragrance of the flowers.
He held his breath, the fox's eyes narrowed slightly, and after hearing the sound of the leaves falling on his back, the corners of his mouth curled slightly: "He Quan, you are here." ”
"Lord Wang, I'm here."
"She said I didn't have a heart." Li Zerong carefully put the purse in his hand into his arms and lamented, "She said I was disgusting." ”
"The prince is not."
"You always have so few words."
"So is the prince."
Li Zerong sneered, his smile was cold and evil, and then a cold voice sounded.
"He Quan, is there any news from the East Palace?"
"It's coming."
"Go, send someone to deliver a letter to Mr. Hu in Langping City."
"But Mr. Hu, who writes books and tells stories and is obsessed with Taoism?"
"There is only one Mr. Hu in Langping City."
"What is the prince looking for him to do? This person is arrogant, and he has lived in the barren mountains outside the city for a long time and writes books, but he probably won't. He Qi said tentatively.
"It's okay, just ask him to help tell a story."
He Cheng raised his eyes and glanced at Li Zerong, and saw that he was facing away from him, slightly revealing the contours of his side face, frowning slightly, and the green tendons on his temples faintly appeared, and he didn't dare to question it anymore.
"Is the prince's letter ready? I'll do it right away. ”
"Hmm." Li Zerong flicked his sleeves and walked forward quickly, and said in a deep voice, "I'll write now." ”
He Li's face was full of black lines, and he slowly lowered his hands that wanted to receive the letter, and looked at Li Zerong's distant back faintly, the corners of his mouth curled slightly. Then he held the hilt of the sword and followed closely behind Li Zerong.
"The prince has stayed on the long street for a long time today, and he is still at the gate of the Fengxian Residence."
"It's okay to wait for her."
He Li breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Li Zerong said that it was okay, but it was really fine. In He Qi's heart, Li Zerong is like a god of the Nine Heavens, which is awe-inspiring.
Everyone only knows that Li Zerong is the son of a cheap slave and the most unpopular prince, but they don't know that he is a man of martial arts and a genius of the emperor.
When you are in the clouds, he has already decided the chess game.
Such a person has a prosperous heart in the world, and he is ruthless in love......