According to the custom before the wedding, the bride's own family prepared a banquet on the night before the wedding, which was a very popular practice among the common people of the Eastern Continent.

A few days before the wedding, the emperors themselves wore heavy dresses and hair crowns, chanted prayers on the top of the sun and moon, and prayed that they and their future husbands raised their eyebrows and had a happy family.

When Ah Jing followed Qingling into the lobby, she looked at the carefully arranged food table, wine and food, red candles and high lights in the house, and the complex emotions suppressed in her heart poured out again, and her steps were stagnant for a while, and she walked more and more slowly.

For such a long time, she has already been mentally prepared to marry an enemy country and become the wife of a person she has never met.

From then on, I could never return to my homeland and never see my relatives again......

It is difficult to predict whether the future will be a blessing or a curse, happiness or sorrow. All she could do was keep to her duty, resign herself to fate, and let herself live with as dignity as possible.

Before leaving Lingxiao City, Mu Chen allowed her to go to Weilu Mountain to meet her mother.

Queen Fangshan, who was once in power in the past, is now old, tired and sad, but she still thinks about her son who fled to Nanlu.

She took Ah Jing's hand and said, "You married Lieyang, you have to do your best to please Qianzhong and make him die for you, so that you will have the opportunity to join forces with Mu Han in the future and take back everything that should belong to us!" ”

Ah Jing was already disheartened and depressed, and after listening to her mother's words, she couldn't hold back her tears, "To this day, you still want to fight for power and profit...... You and your uncle have worked hard to plan so many things and harm so many people, and in the end, what did you get? You are the biological mother of me and Mu Han, you should have seen it early on that neither me nor Mu Han are suitable for court fighting! Mu Han has no talent, and he is proud and impulsive, so he can't be the king of a country at all! If you hadn't blindly forced him on the road to seize the crown for the sake of your own ambition and the ambition of the Fang Shan clan, he wouldn't have done so many stupid things, causing him to have a home from now on! ”

Queen Fangshan looked down on her daughter's weakness, "Becoming a king and defeating a villain." If you don't gamble, you won't have a chance to win! ”

She squeezed Ah Jing's hand, "You are my daughter, the most noble imperial daughter of Chaoyan's bloodline, there is no reason to become Mu Chen's pawn, marry for him, and maintain the relationship with Lieyang for him!" If you want to be happy, you have to plan for yourself and hold the power tightly in your own hands! ”

Ah Jing suddenly withdrew her hand and looked at her mother with tears on her face, "Happiness? Don't you understand that I couldn't have been happy since a long time ago! ”

After returning from Weilu Mountain, Ah Jing went to bid farewell to Mu Chen again.

Mu Chen has always loved and taken care of Ah Jing's sister.

However, this time she married Lieyang, which involved too many things in the political situation, so a parting conversation between brother and sister eventually evolved into instructions and reminders in government affairs, how to contain, how to monitor, who can be trusted, and who needs to be prevented......

Ah Jing has rarely been involved in government affairs since she was a child, and she can only understand many things, but she has no practical experience.

She was scared and worried, but she didn't want to show it on the surface. As her mother said, she has always been the most noble imperial daughter in the Chaoyan Kingdom, and she does not want to leave a cowardly and helpless impression in the eyes of everyone when she finally leaves.

This marriage was her own request, her own choice.

Not forced, not because of desperation......

Ajing repeatedly told herself to take out the most noble posture of the emperor of the dynasty and marry in style!

But at this moment, she and Qing Ling were sitting together in the candlelit room, watching the maid rush in and place the cups, and suddenly felt confused and vulnerable, and she couldn't use half of her strength to disguise.

Qing Ling poured a glass of wine for Ah Jing and handed it to her, "There is nothing particularly delicious in this post house, but fortunately, it is far away from the court, and it is not as restrained as in the Vermilion Bird Palace." The two of us sisters drink and chat, we can do whatever we want, and we don't have to be taboo about etiquette or anything. ”

Ajing silently took the wine, lowered her eyes, and did not move or answer.

Qing Ling pondered for a long time, but he didn't know what else to say, and finally curled the corners of his mouth and said, "Last time you came to me, you analyzed the benefits of marrying Lieyang very thoroughly, and now your wish has been fulfilled, you should be happy!" There was a pause, "That person Qianzhong, I saw it once in Xianxia Pass many years ago. Although it was a little far away, I still saw his appearance...... Long, pretty handsome ......"

Ah Jing lowered her head and took a sip of wine, and after a while, she whispered, "None of this is important......"

Qing Ling poured himself a glass of wine, "Why isn't it important?" If you want to live together for a lifetime, it's annoying to look at it if it's not pleasing to the eye! ”

Ah Jing tugged the corners of her lower lip slightly, but her expression couldn't tell whether she was laughing or crying, and repeated Qingling's words: "Yes, we want to live together for a lifetime." ”

Qing Ling pondered and said: "He and Mu Chen have a grudge against killing their father, and they used to try their best to take revenge, but later found that trading with the Western Continent is more beneficial than fighting with the Eastern Continent, and it can make the people of Lieyang live a prosperous life, so he gave up the idea of revenge and negotiated a marriage with us." This proves that he is a wise man and a benevolent monarch who truly loves the people. Such a person will not be so bad. Even if it's for the sake of the big picture, he'll treat you well. ”

Ah Jing took another sip of wine and nodded, "Hmm." ”

Seeing this, Qing Ling sighed secretly.

She has always been very comfortable with people, and the more she tries to explain, the more she can't do it......

After drinking a glass of wine, thinking about it, he simply didn't deliberately whitewash it, "I know, you're scared now." It is impossible for the people of the Lieyang royal family not to guard against you, and Qianzhong's request to marry Emperor Chaoyan is also out of political considerations, and he may not be sincere to you. When you marry alone in a foreign land and have no relatives, you must have all kinds of worries in your heart. At the beginning, when I married Daze, I was also very scared......"

Ah Jing finally raised her head, looked at Qing Ling with complicated eyes, and asked hesitantly, "You are also ...... Scared? ”

"Of course."

Qing Ling put the wine glass on the table, touched the rim of the glass with his fingertips and knocked it gently, with a smile on his face, "At that time, I was so scared that I didn't even dare to raise my head on the road from Yansui River to the front of the city......

In the memory, the man standing at the bow of the boat, with a shadow of a shadow and flowing clouds, and a touch of luster in his glass eyes, was better than the blue waves of the day.

He smiled and walked towards her, and the water under his feet instantly condensed into ice like a lotus bloom......

Her hand was held in his warm palm, and her mind was blank.

I only remember that a sea of bright blue flowers paved by the waterside bluebells, and the red roses condensed into the ice reflect each other, like a splendid splendid splendor......

Qing Ling took a slight breath, suppressed his emotions, and continued: "You should think that my father asked me to marry Daze completely out of the needs of the political situation. On the one hand, I have to do things for my father, and on the other hand, I have to deal with the suspicion of the people of the Baili clan. How shrewd the prince was, how could he not know his father's intention in arranging this marriage? He guards against me, smokes against me...... Later, with the raid of the Wind City, the clansmen of the Baili clan immediately determined that the mastermind behind the scenes was our Chaoyan royal clan! In that environment, I felt very sad to think that I would have to live with them for the rest of my life, and that I would always be guarded against and suspicious. ”

Ah Jing squirmed her lips, "That...... What about the son? He should be very good to you, right? ”

Qing Ling was silent when he heard this, and after a long time, he smiled a little bitterly, "At first, I didn't believe him either...... He seems to be very kind to everyone, and he can't see if he is very good to me......"

Ah Jing also smiled bitterly: "You didn't pay attention to it, right?" ”

She remembered the last long conversation she had with Luo Yao, and her tone was a little erratic, "When you returned to Lingxiao City from Daze for the first time, the prince and you came to visit me in my dormitory. At that time, I was injured in the sudden change in the Windy City, and because of the death of Sister Xia, I was very depressed......"

Qing Ling recalled the past, lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, "I remember." You were injured that time because you blocked a blow for him. ”

Ah Jing's expression became a little embarrassed, but she still sat upright, and slowly continued: "He is very grateful, and said a lot of kind words of thanks......" He pursed his lips and paused, "But later, he told the story of you and him, and you met in Chongwu...... Laughing and funny...... You were clever and simple, and you seemed a little flamboyant, but you had a very kind heart...... He hurt me and Mu Han with the sound attack technique, but also to protect his ......"

Ah Jingyin mentioned Luo Yao, and her words were a little shy and embarrassing, but Qing Ling listened carefully, and she always lowered her eyebrows and raised her glass to take a sip of wine from time to time.

The wine entered the heart, and the spicy breath poured into the throat, but it could not bring half of the warmth.

"He said to me,"

Ah Jing looked at Qing Ling with sparkling eyes, "He liked you very early." In this life, I will only like you alone. ”

Qing Ling raised his head and drank another glass of wine, his eyes wandering and he didn't know where he fell.

Slowly, Ah Jing took out a sea pearl from the sachet on her waist and put it on the case, "This East China Sea Shadow Pearl, in fact, was also taken by him especially for you, right?" I've always wanted to give it back to you, but ...... After staying by my side for so many years, I was a little reluctant......"

Before the voice stopped, some emotions that had been forced to suppress suddenly surged up without warning, and the voice choked suddenly, and after that, tears quickly fell.

Ah Jing raised her hand to cover her mouth, as if trying to hold back her tears, and explained incoherently: "I don't still have thoughts that I shouldn't have, I just ...... Just ......"

Qing Ling turned his back, trying to suppress the heat that was about to overflow from the corners of his eyes, and smiled sadly: "You liked him, what's wrong?" In fact, many times, I have been thinking, if it was you and not me who married Daze, then Xiao Qi, would he still be alive? As long as he lives, even if the person he likes is not me, I will be much happier......"

Ah Jing's tears poured more and more, and driven by a little drunkenness, she shook her head desperately without any image, "No...... It's not ......"

Qing Ling put down the wine glass, approached Ajing, and stretched out her arms to hug her, "Don't cry." ”

She closed her eyes and sighed, "I see what you mean. It's not that you can't give up that shadow bead, but you can't give up the memories of the past, the past self. From now on, you will no longer be the aunt in the Suzaku Palace...... Everything, no more, no going back......"

Ah Jing breathed for a moment, her shoulders trembled violently, and then she cried hoarsely, and hugged Qing Ling tightly with both hands.