Love?

Or, loved?

Those sweet and beautiful times, the affection of the mountains and seas, the many things he has done for her......

Always, you can't forget it, you can't let it go, right?

He is the heart-warming encounter when the moonlight pear blossoms fall, the Zhilan Yushu that no one in the world can match, and the only interpretation of love that she knows.

Qing Ling's body tiredly leaned against the shelf, slowly slid down, and sat on his knees on the cold ground.

She buried her face in her hands, took a few breaths hard, suppressed her emotions, and said, "Xiao Qi, it's not that I haven't given you a chance. When I was in Zhanggu Mountain, I asked you where you went and what you did in the past few days. At that time, I made up my mind in my heart, as long as you are willing to tell me the truth, I will no longer doubt you, even if it is for Mu Chen in the future, I will never do anything to hurt you! But in the end? You're not lying to me. Curled the corners of his lips sarcastically, "After all, what is the difference between you people?" ”

Luo Yao also laughed.

"But it's understandable that he's hiding it from you. If I hide it from you, I will be heinous. ”

He slowly walked up to Qing Ling, squatted down, reached out and grabbed her hands, and stared at her with glass eyes.

"I remember that in the past, when you were in Chongwu, you didn't like to drink, and now every time I see you, you are almost using wine to drown your sorrows. Senior sister, is this kind of day really what you want? ”

Qing Ling opened his eyes, stared at him for a moment, and broke free of his hand.

"Don't call me Senior Sister!"

She tilted her head, "Don't pretend to care about me." What happens to me, it has nothing to do with you. ”

Qing Ling staggered to his feet, his back next to the curtain separating the outer compartment from the inner room, and the whole person was shaky, "When the flame of Chao extinguishes Jiuqiu, I will ask my father for his life and cancel your marriage contract." ”

Luo Yao was silent for a long time, and slowly stood up, but his eyes were always down. He pulled the corners of his mouth, "That's right, with Mu Chen's status today, there is no need for you to use marriage to build momentum and gather strength for him." ”

Qing Ling suppressed the dizziness in his brain caused by the surge of alcohol, and raised his arm to point to the door, "You can go." ”

She raised her eyes and looked at Luo Yao, "I said a word to Fang Shanlei today, and I will say it to you once now." No matter what, Mu Chen is the person I value and care about the most in this life, but I will do my best to stop anything harmful to him, even if my hands are stained with blood, even if I hurt the innocent! So, what are you going to do next, it's better to think about the consequences! All the power, wealth and glory on me are half-obtained, and there is nothing to be reluctant to! ”

If she wants to fight for a jade and be ruined, what is she afraid of?

Luo Yao raised his head, his gaze touched the dark void on the roof, and he was silent for a long time.

He slowly closed his eyes, and after a moment, he opened them again, and then walked out of the room without saying a word.

Qing Ling's strength to support his body disappeared, and he subconsciously pulled the curtain behind him, but he tore off the curtain with a "snort" and floated down.

The bedroom in the silver glow of the clam lamp was silent for a while, and the mottled ethereal silk shadows made people's hearts confused.

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In the next few days, Qingling stayed in the Suzaku Palace, handling tax affairs with Shi Xiangjin and other ministers in the side hall of the discussion.

After Fang Shanlei lost his arm, he could only retire from his original position in the army, and under Fang Shanxiu's arrangement, he began to participate in some government affairs inside and outside the court. Emperor Hao took pity on his plight and generously assigned two important positions: one was to supervise the court involving criminal punishments and officials, and the other was to replace Fang Shanji and participate in the affairs of taxation and expenditure led by Qingling.

Compared with Fang Shanji, who is still young in age and seniority, Fang Shanlei is a person who has been raised as the heir of the family after all, whether it is the understanding of government procedures or the specific methods and methods of handling scheduling, he is more handy and comprehensive.

Among the colleagues, Ming Zhanyuan and Qiu Xiangyi, both of whom were the henchmen of the eldest prince Mu Chen, were secretly worried in their hearts when they saw that Fang Shanlei was more than a big step better than the previous clan brother.

Fang Shanxiu's arrangement of his children was nothing more than a role of monitoring and counterbalancing. In the past, it was easy to fool that inexperienced Fang Shanji, but now that there is a Fang Shanlei, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hide from the world and the sea again!

Ming Zhanyuan and Qiu Xiangyi were in a hurry below, and Qing Ling, who held full power, seemed to have no idea at all, and there was no longer the agitated resistance that Emperor Hao had when he arranged Fang Shanji in.

She sat behind the main case, flipped through a few pages of documents, and said lightly to Shi Xiangjin, who was sitting side by side: "These few things, together with Daze's pre-tribute tax, please worry about handling them." ”

When Shi Xiangjin heard this, he was a little uneasy, "This ......"

Although he was nominally the head in charge of taxation in the court, since Qingling entered with the imperial decree of Emperor Hao, he acted extremely frighteningly, and he was the daughter-in-law of Daze who had not passed through the door for a hundred miles, Shi Xiangjin gradually developed the habit of discussing everything with the emperor, and took the initiative to consciously hand over more than half of the real power in his hands. Listening to Qing Ling's tone now, he seemed to have the intention of delegating power, and he didn't feel that he had doubts in his heart.

He subconsciously glanced at Fang Shanlei who was sitting on the side of the hall, and secretly wondered if there was any unknown connection between the addition of the eldest prince of Fang Shan and the change in the attitude of the emperor? But after thinking about it, the more times like this, shouldn't Emperor Ji find a way to tighten his power and not let the Fang Shan clan, who is a political enemy, take advantage of the loophole?

After discussing the affairs of the government, Qing Ling got up and said goodbye and returned to the dormitory.

Fang Shanlei also stood up, as if he wanted to talk to Qing Ling for a few words, but seeing that she looked detached and lacking in interest, he recalled the conversation between the two that day, so he dispelled his thoughts and swallowed the words back.

When Qingling returned to the Yinque Palace, a sunset mist hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Emperor, His Royal Highness the eldest prince is waiting for you inside." ”

Qing Ling suddenly felt a chill in his head, and his steps couldn't help but slow down.

Mu Chen tried to see her, not once or twice. At the beginning, she hid in the dormitory under the pretext of being unwell, and then simply locked up in the side hall with the courtiers all day long on the grounds that she was busy with government affairs, which indirectly showed Mu Chen that she did not want to meet.

From the moment she came forward to hide the matter of the slender in the Chengji Palace, the secret between the two of them that they would rather hide indefinitely could no longer be hidden.

Seeing Qing Ling's gloomy face, Xiwu said softly: "The prince is here to bid farewell to the emperor, right?" I heard from the palace people that he was going to leave for the barracks tomorrow. ”

Hearing her say this, Qing Ling couldn't find an excuse to avoid it, so he had to take a deep breath and step into the hall.

Mu Chen sat on the purple bamboo couch in front of the window, his expression seemed to be stunned, and when he heard the footsteps of Qing Ling entering, he raised his head, and he couldn't see too many emotional ups and downs on his face, only smiled elegantly: "Are you back?" ”

Qing Ling said "um", and also squeezed out a light smile, "I'm back." ”

Mu Chen slowly got up, walked to Qing Ling, and looked down at her face, "I heard that you have been unwell for the past few days, and now you are also emaciated, so don't worry about other things these days, and recuperate." ”

Qing Ling nodded, was silent for a moment, and then raised his head and said, "I want to leave the affairs of the court and politics to Shi Xiangjin for the time being." Anyway, with Ming Zhanyuan and Qiu Xiangyi staring at you, there shouldn't be anything wrong. ”

Mu Chen's dark eyes stared at Qing Ling, as if he wanted to see through the true thoughts in her heart at this moment, but in the end, she just lowered her jaw and said, "Okay." ”

Qing Ling walked to the edge of the couch and sat down, and saw that there was a delicately crafted multicolored gold inlaid treasure box on the tea table, so he knew that it was something novel and precious sent by Mu Chen, so he silently looked away, poured a cup of tea and sipped his head.

Mu Chen sat down on Qingling's case and glanced at the box, "I'm going to leave south tomorrow." I asked for these pills from my master, and they can cure the invasion of a hundred poisons. You stay around, just in case. ”

Qing Ling didn't raise his eyelids, the fingers holding the teacup unconsciously scratched the rim of the cup, and after a while, he asked in a low voice: "Can it really cure a hundred poisons?" ”

"Of course."

"Can it also detoxify the poison on the body?"

Xian Xian and Gao Du are both masters of using poison, and poison that even she can't detoxify herself must be a rare thing. No matter how much Qing Ling wanted to avoid this matter, he couldn't ignore Xian Xian's life......

There was silence all around.

Even the breathing and heartbeat of the two of them seemed to be frozen in the atmosphere that suddenly sank, and they fell rapidly.

After a long time, Mu Chen spoke: "No." ”

He reached out and took the teacup from Qing Ling's hand, his slender and slightly cool fingers held her, his eyes tenaciously catching her gaze, "Qing Ling, I ......"

Qing Ling quickly withdrew his hand and interrupted him, "Don't say anything, don't say anything." ”

She looked away and took a deep breath, suppressing the surging emotions, "There is no point in mentioning the past. In the future, I will listen to you what you want me to do and what you don't want me to do. I will not interfere in the matter of taxation and expenditure, and the marriage contract with Daze, when Jiuqiu destroys the country, I will also ask my father to cancel it. ”

What kind of person Mu Chen is, she couldn't know better.

His strength, his ruthlessness, is hidden under Qi Ruo Lanzhi's handsome appearance, and every time he makes a move, he catches people off guard.

Qing Ling clasped his hands, mustered up the courage to turn his head, and looked directly at Mu Chen with tearful eyes, "Can you promise me not to hurt others because of me?" ”

Being able to enter Mu Chen's mansion without alarming the guards and rescue Xian Xian from the Taiyi Saga's array, there is no second person in Lingxiao City except for Qing Ling.

Mu Chen didn't know how much his conversation with Chun Yuyan had been heard, but now that he heard her say this, he was sure that she knew it completely.

Breathing unconsciously stagnated, revealing emotional ups and downs.

However, after apprehension, chagrin, and fear, there is a surge of happiness, relief, and gratitude.

After all, she understands his mind.

As Yan said, no matter what, she will stand on her side......

Mu Chen held Qing Ling's hand again, added some strength slightly, and did not allow her to break free again, and stopped talking several times, and at the end, he said solemnly: "Okay, I promise you." ”

After a pause, "The antidote to the slender fiber, I will let someone hand it over to Kudu." ”

Xian Xian is an extremely important witness, and when he is on the side, Mu Chen will not let go of this handle that may be grasped. But in the face of Qing Ling's teary eyes, he still compromised.

No one could have guessed what burning emotions burned under his calm face.

There was even a moment when I almost burst into tears.

has done so many things that even she can't tell right from wrong, deceived and hurt the most unwilling person in the world, and she still stayed by her side.

What else does he have, what is not content?

With each other on their minds, they were silent for a while.

Qing Ling half-lowered his eyes, "I've handed over the slender to the people of the Baili clan." ”

Mu Chen's fingertips were slightly cold, and he said indifferently: "It's okay." ”

Qing Ling said again: "Fang Shan Lei ...... Cheng Yi has been interrogated several times in private. ”

"I know."

Mu Chen took her hand, gently pressed it to his cheek, and said in a low voice, "I will deal with these things." ”

Qing Ling knew that he didn't want to dwell on this topic, and he didn't want to involve himself in those dark and bloody battles anymore, just as he had done so many things without her......

He wanted a caged bird in captivity, and she would make a caged bird.

Isn't it just to be softer, quieter, and obey his will in everything. How many women in the world have lived like this all their lives?

Qing Ling secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.

Anyway, she didn't really want to get married and lean into power, since her brother felt that she had the ability to protect her, why did she go against his will and let herself live so hard?

At the end of the day, there's nothing wrong with being a caged bird.

In her life, the person she wants to accompany the most is not always him?