Ruan Lu came soon, as if he didn't expect Lian Zhi'er to look for him, and there was a faint joy on his face.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw the red-billed parrot on the table, and shouted at him, "Bad guy, bad guy......

Ruan Lu was in a surprisingly good mood, and he didn't have anything to do with the lawless beast, he just pointed at it and said, "You are the only one in this world who dares to say such a thing, Fushuang is really good at running errands, why did he pick you back, it seems that he was deceived by someone, you stupid thing." ”

Lian Zhi'er's face was surprisingly calm, and she pulled the corners of her lips lightly, "It's not stupid, but the world can't match its intelligence!" ”

Ruan Lu saw her take such words, only thought that she took the opportunity to tease herself, and her heart was overjoyed, sat on the soft couch beside her, lifted her sleeves, and saw that there were faint scars on her delicate arms, which must be healed soon.

"His Royal Highness." Lian Zhi'er smiled innocently, and even her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, "There is something to be returned to its original owner." ”

Ruan Lu was stunned for a moment, but suddenly laughed, "Oh? What is it? ”

Lian Zhi'er slowly let go of the hand he was holding tightly, but inside was the jade pendant.

"This is not the ...... of this world" His face changed suddenly, and there was a look of horror in his eyes. But when he looked at Lian Zhi'er's dark eyes, he still sighed helplessly, "You know?" ”

He was like a man who had committed a terrible sin. I lived with trepidation every day, and it didn't seem to me until I was arrested and brought to justice, that I felt liberated.

"Ruan Lu, it's you from beginning to end." Lian Zhi'er suddenly laughed until her eyes were full of tears, and even her voice was a little sad, "How good it would have been for you to kill me at the city gate, at least I won't hear this disgusting thing again." ”

Her words cut his heart like a sharp blade, "I have never done anything ridiculous and shameless in my life, but only to you." Do you know how much I wanted to keep you by my side at the beginning, and when I thought of you marrying other men and having children in Beiliang in the future, I regretted it in Beijing. ”

"Do you know what love is?" She asked such a clueless sentence, and Ruan Lu couldn't help but be stunned.

A person who shocked the world was stumped by her words and didn't know how to answer.

When the four eyes met, Lian Zhi'er suddenly smiled, and her thin body trembled at this smile, and she looked more and more weak.

"So you don't know, it's really pitiful."

His gloomy eyes sparkled, "But I know I love you." ”

Lian Zhi'er reached out to touch his eyebrows, and cold fingertips swept across the bridge of his handsome nose, "Shi Ran, I also love you." ”

Ruan Lu knew that she did it on purpose, and deliberately called him like this, obviously to retaliate for his original calculation and deception of her.

And how could a person as arrogant as him stand this, especially when he saw her mocking eyes, he suddenly couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, "Shut up." ”

Look at him with such an angry look. Lian Zhi'er was also satisfied, "Why is Shi Gongzi annoyed?" You are a character without sorrow or joy, is it impossible for others to pretend to be? ”

Knowing in a hurry, he wanted to catch her sitting next to him, but saw that her body shook slightly, and the whole person fell backwards, and fell directly from the soft couch.

There was no sound when her limp body fell to the ground, but her little face was already white.

In desperation, he reached out to help her up, but saw her snatch her.

She gritted her teeth, but there was endless hatred on her stubborn little face.

Ruan Lu slowly withdrew his hand and looked at her coldly, but said harsh words again, "Lian Zhi'er, without your father and brother, you are just a person who everyone can handle, if you don't have this son, you don't know how you died." ”

Lian Zhi'er's eyes were full of despair, "Let me go home." ”

There seemed to be a mist in his eyes, "Dreaming." ”

After Ruan Lu finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, and the parrot resting on the shelf was also frightened by the anger behind him, and only curled up in the corner, trembling.

As soon as he pushed the door but saw Shan Qiao waiting outside the door, he said angrily, "You take a good look at him, if she wants to wipe her neck, you just give her the knife and tell her that this son will throw her bones on the road and let others trample on them, and never want to return to Beiliang." ”

Shan Qiao was a little stunned, but when he saw Ruan Lu being so angry, he only said respectfully, "Yes, the slaves and maids have written it down." ”

After Shan Qiao came in, he saw Lian Zhi'er lying on the cold ground, his hair loose and messy, and there were tears in his eyes, but he desperately endured it.

She went up and helped Lian Zhi'er to the bed, and was going to get the brocade quilt for her, but saw her Lian Zhi'er looking at her directly, and then slowly spoke, "I helped you kill him, how can you help me escape?" ”

Shan Qiao looked out of the window nervously, and was so frightened that he hurriedly covered the door before he said slowly, "I bought a boat with the silver I saved, as long as the river melts in the spring, I can leave secretly, and then ......."

Before she finished speaking, Lian Zhi'er had no interest in listening any further, "Okay, let's cooperate." ”

Shan Qiao didn't seem to believe that she would agree so easily, and looked at Lian Zhi'er in disbelief, "Are you really willing to kill him?" ”

The corners of Lian Zhi'er's lips were slightly hooked, and Shan Qiao clearly saw the evil smile, like a beast, "What am I reluctant to do?" ”

Shan Qiao subconsciously shuddered.

"It's just that if you continue to make trouble like this, I'm just afraid that ......" There was a faint trace of anxiety on Shan Qiao's face, "Ruan Lu is too smart, it's really hard to calculate." ”

Lian Zhi'er smiled softly, "There is no one in this world who knows him better than me." You don't need to teach me how to kill him. ”

******

Qingqi didn't know what it was like to look for death and life, he had to see Ruan Lu, and in the end there was really no way, Fushuang just waited for the courage to beg Ruan Lu and let him take a look at Qingqi.

After all, she is also a concubine of Ruan Lu in name, although it is just a calculation, but after all, she has already written the document of taking a concubine, how can this not be counted.

Ruan Lu unexpectedly agreed to this matter, but when he went, he saw Qingqi sitting on the bed unkempt, with a pair of empty eyes full of numbness.

The wounds on her body have been healed, but the whole person is described as withered, and she is no longer bright and moving.

Qingqi heard the footsteps, and quickly turned his head around, and when he saw Ruan Lu, whose face was cold, his face was suddenly full of joy.

Then he subconsciously covered his face with his sleeves, "Your Royal Highness, wait a minute, the concubine will go and freshen up first." ”

She didn't expect that Fushuang could really get Ruan Lu, how could she let him see her so embarrassed appearance?

"Not necessarily." Ruan Lu's eyes were more impatient, "What do you want to say?" ”

She got up from the bed and wanted to pull Ruan Lu's sleeve, but he avoided it, and then looked at her condescendingly.

Qingqi didn't dare to be a little presumptuous, only knelt on the ground, crying pitifully, "His Royal Highness the Prince of the World did that at the beginning, it was excusable, for the sake of the country, the concubine does not blame you, but you have never come to see the concubine." Do you want to be a concubine? ”

Ruan Lu's gloomy eyes fell on her, and she suddenly smiled, "You will still be the concubine of this world in the future, although you are messing around in front of outsiders, but if you have half an irregular thing in private, your good life will come to an end." ”

Obviously, he had already recognized her identity as a concubine, but when he said such a thing, it was as if he didn't want to touch her in private.

She bit her lip stubbornly, and when she saw Ruan Lu turn around to leave, she asked, "In the firewood room that day, the concubine was still awake, the person you like, but Lian'er?" ”

She will never forget the expression on his face when she saw Ruan Lu rushing in in a hurry when she was dying that day, it turned out that he would also be frightened and scared like that.

And when he picked up Lian Zhi'er, she could see clearly what was in his eyes.

Ruan Lu didn't look back, only sneered, "If you dare to calculate her, you will know the methods of this world." ”

After Ruan Lu came out, he saw that Fushuang was full of worry, stretching his neck to look here, and he was in a hurry.

Ruan Lu walked over slowly, and when Na Fushuang saw it, he hurriedly asked, "Is she better?" Did His Royal Highness say something to comfort her? ”

Ruan Lu slowly turned his head and looked at Fu Shuangdao, "You like that woman?" ”

Fushuang's face changed in fright, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop". Kowtowing like pounding garlic, "The slave doesn't dare." ”

Ruan Lu didn't care at all, he just said, "This woman seems to be innocent and romantic, but she is just a villain, what is such a vicious woman doing with her, when she returns to Beijing, this son will find you a good one." ”

Fushuang didn't have the slightest joy on his face, but he still kowtowed respectfully, "His Royal Highness Xie Shizi." ”

Ruan Lu glanced inside the room, and then said lightly, "This woman will be the concubine of this prince in the future, you just have to worship her, just don't let her appear in front of this son." ”

Fushuang was stunned and said hurriedly, "Why?" ”

Ruan Lu narrowed his eyes, and there was a hint of calculation in his eyes, "Mother is just afraid that someone will come over to monitor her, and someone has to stand in front of her." ”

Only then did Fushuang know that Ruan Lu actually wanted Qingqi to block the knife for Lian Zhi'er.

Something suddenly occurred to him. Busy said, "The eldest princess sent a letter today, only saying that the master of the horse has not been in good health recently, so it is reasonable that you should go back to fulfill your filial piety, besides, crying bitterly cold here, Sun Sheng's people have been brought to justice, and please go back as soon as possible." ”

Ruan Lu knew that when the spring came, the Yellow River was afraid that the embankment would burst again, and staying here was likely to kill someone, how could the eldest princess fold her son here.

"It's time to go back." He said this lightly, and only turned to leave.

Fushuang was about to follow him, but he vaguely heard the sound of falling things in the house, so he was afraid that Qingqi would not be able to think about it, so he hurriedly ran into the house.

But I saw Qingqi lying on the ground crying, the ground was very cold, for fear that she would hurt her body, and regardless of etiquette, he only supported her on the couch.

Seeing him, Qingqi cried even more, "His Royal Highness the Prince really loves her, it's really her, I don't know when it started, it's so deep and meaningful." ”

She almost gritted her teeth and said it, but there was endless hatred in her eyes.

Fushuang comforted, "When I was in Beijing, His Royal Highness the Prince had a marriage contract, although the marriage was canceled, but after all, the love is still there, and the lotus root has to be connected if it is broken, right?" ”

Hearing this, Qingqi was stunned. I forgot to even cry, "How could they possibly have a marriage contract?" Why doesn't anyone know about this? ”

"King Beiliang originally decided, although he did not force His Royal Highness the Prince to marry the county lord, this matter has become a laughing stock in the capital, how can you not know?" Fushuang was a little stunned.

"She's the lord of Beiliang?" Qingqi was a little dumbfounded, "How is it possible?" How could the county lord of Beiliang be exiled here? Haven't you already fled back to Beiliang? ”

"You don't know about this?" Fushuang realized that he had said the wrong thing again, he originally thought that with her relationship with Lian Zhi'er, how could he hide it from her for three years?

"Lian'er......" she muttered the name slowly, and then softly read it again, "Lian Zhi'er." ”

Fushuang saw a gloomy look in her eyes. I panicked, but I didn't know how to clean up my catastrophe.

"I'm stupid...... Hahaha. Tears of her laughter came out and rolled down her cheeks, "It was she and his brother who caused the destruction of my family, and it was they who caused us to be killed, but they still pretended to be sisters with me for so many years, it's really disgusting." ”

"The county lord is very good, don't embarrass her." Fushuang was a little frightened, "Besides, she is the person on the tip of His Royal Highness's heart, if you provoke it." Your life is at stake. ”

Qingqi just smiled, and it was creepy.

************

Ruan Lu still involuntarily went to Qingqi's courtyard, she had been placed in Sun Sheng's house these days, and he hadn't seen her for almost half a month.

He wanted to take a look outside the courtyard, but unexpectedly she sat outside the courtyard with a stool, leaning on a soft cushion behind her, wearing a fox fur cloak on her body, and her cheeks were a little rosy, and it seemed that the wounds on her body were almost healed.

He subconsciously wanted to leave, but unexpectedly, her dark gaze had fallen on him through the fence, and even the expression on her face was faint, and there was no hatred.

It would be boring for him to leave any longer, so he paced into the courtyard.

Shan Qiao is an extremely intelligent person who knows how to observe words and feelings, so he only quietly moved a chair, rested it beside Lian Zhi'er, and put some melons, fruits and tea on the table, and then quietly retreated.

Ruan Lu saw that her expression was faint, and she only looked at the ground, so she smiled and said, "Look at it again, if you are so careful, is it possible that gold and silver are buried in the ground?" ”

He originally said it casually, but she didn't expect her to answer his words, "The snow should melt away, and even the willow trees have new shoots." ”

Ruan Lu got up and walked to the willow tree in the courtyard, and sure enough, he saw a faint pale green on it, and only broke a few branches casually, but walked to her side.

"It's a sprout, but it's too small, wait for the water in the river to melt a little, if you like it, fold some good ones, and insert them in a bottle to look good." He was surprisingly in a good mood, and dared her to talk about these flowers and plants.

Lian Zhi'er just borrowed his hand to take a look at the new willow, and he was not interested, so he only took a piece of mung bean cake from the table next to him and ate it slowly.

Ruan Lu threw the willow branch in his hand aside. also sat next to her, only picked up a piece, only took a big bite, but felt sweet and greasy, very disliked, but still swallowed it.

Both men were silent, and neither of them would speak again.

Lian Zhi'er seemed to be tired, and only slowly closed her eyes, leaned back in her chair, and buried her whole little face in the fox fur cloak.

"I'm going back soon, would you like to follow me back to the capital?" He asked casually, but his fingers couldn't help rubbing the tea bowl on the table, hiding all the nervousness.

Lianzhi'er's eyes like butterfly wings slowly opened, "The willow trees in Beijing can be grown?" ”

She said such things for no reason, Ruan Lu was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, she understood a little, she actually had the idea of going back to Beijing with him, even if it was a slim idea, but it was a precious opportunity for him.

"The willow trees in the capital are pruned every year. It's not like the one here, it's just indiscriminately long, and it's naturally a hundred times stronger than here. ”

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In the palace, the Queen Mother looked at Mrs. Shi kneeling on the ground through the curtain, with a trace of regret on her face, and said, "Mrs. Shi is old, and it is inevitable to do wrong things, so you don't have to blame yourself too much." ”

Sun Sheng's affairs have been investigated clearly, and the money he has been greedy for all these years has fallen somewhere, but Shi Taifu's hands have the calligraphy and paintings he sent, but they are priceless things, and his money can't afford to buy these.

Although Shi Taifu is a Qing official, he is very obsessed with the calligraphy and painting of famous artists after all, so he still accepts it.

Although he took out all the calligraphy and paintings, and Sun Sheng's people were also beheaded, most of his reputation was ruined, and he knelt in the palace today, only bent on confessing his guilt.

The Queen Mother finally had to grit her teeth and say, "If it weren't for the adults, the people sitting on the dragon chair now would be from Beiliang, mourning your merits, and you will be fined for three years." ”

Mrs. Shi thanked him and walked out of the palace before he went out of the palace gate, but saw his son Shi Ran standing there.

"Why haven't you come home yet?" Mrs. Shi also felt a little unhappy in his heart, after all, it was all his son's credit that he got to where he is today, and he killed his relatives with such righteousness, and he lost all his face in several lifetimes.

"Father, the son is going to enter the palace to ask for an order to go to the Yellow River to repair the embankment." His voice was faint, without any emotion, and he looked like he was businesslike.

Shi Taifu also knew that the eldest princess wanted to get Ruan Lu back several times, but it was a matter of life and death for hundreds of thousands of people, so it was natural to send people of high moral and respectable places, but what if there was any accident, after all, there were too many officials who died on the edge of the Yellow River.

"No, the river is about to melt."

"The son must go, and ask the father to forgive his sins." Shi Ran's eyes couldn't help but show Lian Zhi'er's miserable little white face.