It's just that even though Sheng Changning said hurtful things like this, Ling Yi only had a white face, his lips moved, and he couldn't say anything else.

In fact, what Sheng Changning said, he couldn't find it, and reason made him unable to refute it.

She's still angry.

For the fact that he and Shen Linzhi teamed up to harm her back then, he is still in his heart.

……

In Ling Yi's childhood memory, there was a touch of Xia Li who was the most shocking, and the time he spent with her was the light that took him away from the darkness.

It's just that at that time, he himself never expected that in the end, it was he who extinguished the only candle that had brought him a glimmer of light.

When I first met Sheng Changning, he was still the unfavored concubine of the Ling family, and the emperor's eldest son, Sheng Changmu, was appointed as the prince at the banquet, which should not have him, but Ling Yun, a sister-in-law who was two years older than him at that time, suffered from a serious illness and lingered on the couch for several days.

The Ling Mansion needed to bring a prince into the palace for a banquet, so his father had to bring him with him.

It was also on that day that he saw the long-famous Princess Changning.

With the shouts of the chamberlain, she walked into the golden hall step by step, and with each light step, she wore the pearls embedded in the skirt that fell to the ground, as if she was calm in her bones.

Then, she stepped forward with the banquet gift in her hand, and when she turned her head slightly, he saw the face that had been spread by the people in the capital for a long time.

The eyes are shining, and the god is like autumn frost, like an iceberg lotus.

At a glance, he felt that his breath was stagnant, and he tried to look up, longing for her to turn back again, but was startled by the low voice of his father beside him.

That year, he was nine years old.

At that time, he only felt that that person amazed his time, but he never expected that he would be lucky enough to meet again for the rest of his life.

When I saw Sheng Changning again, he was already a well-known pianist in Shengjing City, and there was an endless stream of people who came and went to learn from him, and everyone wanted to call him "Ling Gongzi".

He is no longer bound by his father, and has a secluded courtyard alone, in which he is planted with flowers and plants he likes, and there is no one to control him, he is willing to get up in the middle of the night to play with the flowers.

One night, he was cultivating the soil for the new flowers that had just been moved today, when he heard a crisp and moist female voice.

"Hey, kid over there, who are you?" She asked, a smile in her voice.

He was stunned, he looked back, and his gaze fell on the face that was most familiar, and which had wandered a thousand times in his dreams, and he stood up abruptly, almost out of shape.

Even if there was no bronze mirror and no one to tell him, he could know that he must have had red cheeks and helpless hands and feet, like a thief who had been caught......

When his thoughts fell secretly, he saw that the little girl lying on the low wall had jumped down from the wall, stepped in front of him, and asked in a matter-of-fact manner, "You...... I'm afraid it's not a thief, right? ”

Hearing this, he was ...... How was it done then?

As if he had been poked in the softest heart of his heart, he didn't turn his head back, and broke out of the door in a panic.

In front of that person, he was firmly accused of being a "thief".

That year, he was twelve years old.

It has been three years since he and Sheng Changning first met, and the reunion should have been joyful and unforgettable, but it made him make such a mess.

As everyone knows, his fate with Sheng Changning has just begun.

Later, he was forced by his father to enter the palace, and became Sheng Changning's companion in a circle, at that time he was the pride of the Ling family, and he was no longer the "concubine" in the mouth of others.

It's just that the person he has to face day and night after entering the palace is the one he wishes and rejoices in his heart.

During that time in the Chu Palace, I accompanied her to learn calligraphy and calligraphy, play horses and archery, and learn piano and chess skills; Listening to the teachings of the first emperor with her, and watching her father's fierce words, he couldn't help but worry about her.

Even, she would take him to the small courtyard in the prosperous area, wipe the tombstone, and offer a bouquet of flowers.

There was her mother, she had said to him.

Just four years after accompanying her to the memorial service, Shen Linzhi came to the door.

Ling Yi recognized him, the eldest son of the Jiangnan prefect, from a famous family, and now his career is all the way. It's a pity...... Like him, he is also a concubine.

He and Shen Linzhi are the same kind of people, and there is no discrimination, but ...... Now the situation in the court is not trivial, and the dispute between the prince Sheng Changmu and the princess is becoming more and more obvious.

The princess takes the crown prince as her brother, and she doesn't know about these open guns and hidden arrows, but there is no biological relationship in the royal family, let alone father and son, let alone between brother and sister.

The crown prince had already fortified Sheng Changning, and he was afraid of the blood relationship in her heart, so it was inconvenient to tell her clearly, so he had to watch out for these hidden arrows for her.

Shen Linzhi was recently promoted by Chu Jun and was favored by the king, but he had seen Shen Linzhi secretly enter and leave the East Palace with his own eyes. To say that this person was not a move set by the prince to deal with Sheng Changning, he didn't believe it.

He never imagined that this chess piece would be used so badly.

I still remember that Shen Linzhi was still dressed as a gentle son, sitting in the teahouse, and he asked him a question.

"The pearl high above is the most dazzling, if you have the choice to let you observe day and night, you are willing?"

He never expected Shen Linzhi to be so persuasive, he always thought that Shen Linzhi treated the princess with affection, even if he stood on the prince's side, he would definitely not kill the princess.

He was so cautious and protective when he got along with Sheng Changning.

But he didn't understand until many years later, could such a look in his eyes be fake?

Shen Linzhi promised him that he would only let Sheng Changning die out of the palace, and he would order someone to feed him an amnesiac decoction.

Since then, they have always been with each other on the idyllic side.

……

At that time, Chu Jun secretly went out of the palace to visit, and Princess Changning was invited to the banquet of Mrs. Shangshu, and a letter written by him made her return to the palace in a hurry.

But so.

Stepping into the gate of Changning Palace, what awaited her was a glass of wine.

When the news of the death of Princess Changning spread throughout Shengjing, the people wept when they heard it, and he ran to the Chu Palace like crazy, but was pushed to the ground by the soldiers guarding the city.

The year she died, she was sixteen years old.

……

Ling Yi recalled these pasts again and again, and only felt that this life was too long, only decades, but it seemed like a hundred years.

Eleven years later, he was hesitant to see each other again, but his heart beat again as if alive and told him.

With that kind of look, it must be his Highness.

After revealing her disguised mask, she was as he expected, as if she were facing a stranger who could not be more alienated.

However, he knew very clearly in his heart that she had not made a clear line with him, and that it was the best favor for him.