Meng Xiaoran returned to the bamboo house she had just had, feeling bored for a while, now she is isolated from the world, she can't know what happened outside, but Zidai just said, her master went out to run errands, and she could only come back in two days, she could only wait for two more days, and after two days, she would have to find a way to persuade that person to let herself go.

Thousands of miles away in Yujing City, Shen Qian listened to Qingfeng's report, and his face became more and more solemn.

"No trace of them?"

Qingfeng nodded, "Yes, Childe, our businesses in various parts of the Great Shang Kingdom have immediately taken action since they received Childe's letter, and even used their connections in the government to conduct an interrogation of carriages and pedestrians who went out of the city and entered the city, but to no avail." ”

Shen Qian frowned, these days, the Shen family has spent a lot of manpower and material resources, but there is still no trace of Meng Xiaoran, where is she?

"Didn't they leave at all? Still in Yujingcheng? Shen Qian said suddenly.

Qingfeng was also a little puzzled, "Childe, we also checked Yujingcheng, but there is no news." ”

"Then continue to investigate, send more people, and search all the villages within a hundred miles around Yujing City."

Qingfeng wanted to speak and stopped, but finally lowered his head and replied, "Yes."

After Qingfeng left, Shen Qian sat down a little dejectedly, so much time had passed, he knew that he had missed the best time to look for it, but he wouldn't give up, he must find her!

The years in the mountains always pass very slowly, especially at this time Meng Xiaoran is still in anxiety, the two days are particularly long, she has thought about the scene of meeting that person countless times, thinking about how she should say, how to persuade him to let her leave, and even the words after the person's refusal She has thought of many things.

But she never expected this to be the scene, she looked at the person who was walking towards her from afar, dressed in a black brocade robe and wearing a mask on his face, but for some reason, she recognized it almost instantly.

Her heart was like a stormy wave, she stood in front of the door so stupidly, watching the person get closer and closer, followed by Zidai.

Zidai walked to the front of the house and stopped, raised her head and said to Meng Xiaoran, who was standing by the door, "Girl, my master is here."

She noticed that there was something wrong with the expression on Meng Xiaoran's face, so she glanced at the man beside her, and the man waved his hand, "You go down." ”

"The subordinates retired." Zidai retreated, walked for a while and couldn't help but look back, she always felt that something was wrong between the master and this girl, it seemed that she had known each other for a long time, and the master had also told her to take good care of this girl before, it seems that she guessed well.

The masked man stood in front of the room and looked at Meng Xiaoran for a long time, even if he didn't speak, the subtle atmosphere between the two spread.

In the end, the man seemed to sigh, raised his legs up the stairs, and finally stopped a few steps away from the door, he had to stop, because Meng Xiaoran had been standing by the door, without the slightest intention of letting go, her eyes moved with his every step, and the doubt and disappointment in her eyes seemed to penetrate his heart.

The atmosphere seemed to condense, and after a long time, the man sighed lightly again, "Ran'er, I haven't seen you for so long, do you and I have to look at each other like this?" ”

Lu Ziqing took off the mask, and looked at Meng Xiaoran with some helplessness and pleading, although she already had an answer in her heart, but when the person in front of her took off the mask and revealed the face she thought about for a long time, Meng Xiaoran still couldn't accept it, she instinctively took a few steps back, and muttered in her mouth: "Impossible, impossible......"

Lu Ziqing looked at her like this, and felt a little uneasy, he immediately stepped forward and wanted to hold her hand as before, but Meng Xiaoran avoided him.

"Ran'er, listen to me......"

Meng Xiaoran raised his head and looked at him, his eyes were no longer the same tenderness and affection as before, and they were full of doubt, "You are the master in Zidai's mouth?" ”

Lu Ziqing nodded, and she continued to ask, "Lu Ziqing is not your real identity, right?" Who are you? ”

Seeing her so indifferent, Lu Ziqing felt even more uneasy, he stepped forward and pressed Meng Xiaoran's shoulder, and explained a little anxiously: "Ran'er, you listen to my explanation, I was forced to hide it from you like this, it was really because of my special identity."

Meng Xiaoran's heart was full of anger, she broke free of Lu Ziqing's hands with all her strength, and looked at him coldly, "Let me ask you, from beginning to end, have you ever been honest with me?" ”

"I ......" Lu Ziqing didn't know how to explain, he was afraid to see Meng Xiaoran like this, she was so cold and detached, as if they had just arrived, he knew that the thorns all over her body were erected again, "Ran'er, although I lied to you, my feelings for you have always been true, and I really love you." ”

"Love?" Meng Xiaoran sneered, "Love me is when I show my sincerity to you, do you still lie to me?" ”

"You and I are in love, I think I have never concealed anything, my identity, my past, I have told you everything, my love is to treat each other sincerely, but I took out a sincere heart, but you are still wearing a disguise, is this your love?"

Facing Meng Xiaoran's successive questions, Lu Ziqing was speechless, he didn't know how to refute, looking at her tearful eyes, his heart couldn't help but throb.

"I'm sorry, Ran'er, I shouldn't have been hiding it from you, now I will tell you what you want to know, and there will be no deception, okay?"

Meng Xiaoran forced back the tears in her eyes, walked to the table and sat down, ignoring Lu Ziqing no more.

Lu Ziqing was so snubbed but not annoyed, he also walked over and sat down, looking at the person in front of him, although his face was full of spots, he felt extremely beautiful, this is the person he dreamed of.

"I don't know if you've ever heard someone talk about the previous dynasty, the current emperor Dongfang Yi's throne is not glorious, because for so many years he has been very taboo for others to talk about it, gradually, people stop talking about it, and that past has been forgotten......"

Meng Xiaoran had heard Shen Qian say this not long ago, but she didn't want to interrupt, she also wanted to know what Lu Ziqing had to do with this matter.

At that time, the queen learned of Dongfang Yi's conspiracy in advance, and she was horrified, but she knew that the general trend had gone, and now they were like fish on the board, she looked at the five-year-old child and mourned, and then used her connections in the palace for so many years to make people find the body of a five-year-old child, and sent someone to send the five-year-old prince out of the secret passage, her cousin Ye Chunqiu waited at the exit, and fled south after receiving the child. After the prince left, the queen set fire to Kunning Palace** and died. ”

"I am the prince who was replaced back then, Dongfang Shuo."

Meng Xiaoran was shocked when he heard this, and looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, "You...... Are you Dongfang Shuo, the former crown prince? ”

Dongfang Shuo nodded, "Yes." ”

"Yes...... What about the real Lu Ziqing? Killed by you? ”

Dongfang Shuo shook his head, "No, when I fled south with Uncle Ye, I met Lu Zhichang's family who was swimming in the lake, and saved the little boy who fell into the water, and then Uncle Ye entrusted me to the Lu family, the Lu family actually had an eldest son, unfortunately died, if he was alive, he would be just five years old, Lu Zhichang in order to thank Uncle Ye for saving his son, he immediately accepted me as a righteous son, and survived with his eldest son Lu Ziqing. ”

Meng Xiaoran understood, she thought about it carefully and understood the joints, "Then you were in the Prime Minister's Mansion to find the handle of the Prime Minister's Mansion and want to bring him down?" ”

Dongfang Shuo glanced at Meng Xiaoran, and finally nodded, he knew that with her intelligence, she would definitely be able to figure out the cause and effect of the matter in the end, which was what she was afraid of.

And Meng Xiaoran naturally understood, she suddenly had a desolate feeling in her heart, and smiled sadly, "Then when you watched me lurking in the Prime Minister's Mansion, I endured humiliation in order to find evidence, did you feel distressed?" ”

She remembered that she had been harassed by Liu Ruxue in every way, and was even imprisoned in a dungeon, nine deaths, when she thought of him at that time, she knew her identity, but just watched like that, she was not only heartbroken, but even more cold, and the feeling of being deceived filled her heart, making her unable to breathe.

Dongfang Shuo's eyes crossed with guilt, he grabbed Meng Xiaoran's hand on the table, and said: "Ran'er, of course I feel distressed, I hate that I can't suffer that for you, but I have too much body to help myself, and I can't ignore the overall situation."

Meng Xiaoran withdrew his hand, turned his face away from him, "You go first, I'm going to rest." ”

Dongfang Shuo was anxious, "Ran'er, don't be like this, I swear to God, I am sincere to you, you must forgive me." ”

Meng Xiaoran was in a state of confusion at this time, and he didn't want to listen to him anymore, so he said, "You let me think about it and go back first."

Dongfang Shuo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that her attitude was not as resolute as before, knowing that she was upset at this time, so he said: "Okay, okay, I'll go first, you can rest, I'll come to see you later."

After speaking, he stood up, looked at Meng Xiaoran who was sitting at the table with his head down, and finally left.

After Dongfang Shuo left, Meng Xiaoran seemed to have exhausted all the strength of his body, and the whole person lay on the table a little weakly.

She slowly sorted out the train of thought in her mind, just now, she received too much information, Lu Ziqing is Dongfang Shuo, the prince of the previous dynasty, and now he is for the restoration of the country?

Meng Xiaoran couldn't help but reach out and pat his head, how could he be involved in such a thing? Why did the originally polite son of the Admiral of the Nine Gates suddenly become the prince of the former dynasty who was burdened with a sea of blood and hatred?

But his sincerity to himself is so clear, Meng Xiaoran can feel his love for himself, he really loves himself.

Even if he was in the Prime Minister's Mansion before, or even in Fenghua Xueyue Building, he deliberately hid himself, but he couldn't help himself.

No, although he loves you, he is also using you, he knows that you are doing internal affairs in the Prime Minister's Mansion but does not tell you the truth, making you suffer so much, and Xiaocui finally died because of this, all of which is to blame for his selfishness.

He is obviously the master behind Fenghua Xueyue Tower, and he is the master of Zidai, but he watched you do internal response there, they just watched you act like a clown, but they wanted to use Shen Qian's hand to bring down the four princes and the five princes.

Meng Xiaoran had two voices in her head that kept arguing, she couldn't stand it, so she simply lay on the bed, wanting to forget these troubles for a while, but she underestimated these troubles, even in her dreams, she was still entangled, and in the end she couldn't tell what was reality and what was a dream.