Chapter 4: Bad Fate
Li Lingyu left the palace with Anar and Honeysuckle, with the edict in hand, and no one dared to block her way.
Luanche stopped outside the palace gate, Yin Yu waited with his hands on the side, and saw Li Lingyou's figure from a distance, bowing his head to avoid looking.
Li Lingyou came to him and thanked him softly: "Today's matter, thanks to the royal king, what I promised you, I will never break my promise, please go back to the princess's mansion with me." ”
At the cost of half of the dowry, the king kept the princess's mansion for her for one night, and an edict, which was expensive but worth it.
"Weichen don't." Yin Yu said in a low voice.
"What did you say?" Li Lingyou didn't hear clearly.
"Weichen doesn't want the princess's dowry." He repeated it again.
Li Lingyu raised his eyebrows slightly, he didn't take his words seriously, he didn't want her dowry, so what did he want?
She didn't bother to use her brain, so she asked directly: "Then what do you want, you might as well tell me directly, as long as I can give it, I will not be stingy." ”
When Yin Yu heard this, he couldn't help but have a trace of delusion, and together with that thought, he secretly scolded himself for being shameless, and he pressed it down, and said in a dumb voice: "Weichen doesn't want anything." ”
Li Lingyu frowned slightly: "You helped me so much, I don't want anything, so what are you trying to do?" ”
Yin Yu wanted to say that he didn't want anything, but she was afraid that she wouldn't believe it, so she was silent for a moment and said: "Before the princess and her relatives, she helped my father to intercede with the first emperor to avoid the crime of raiding the family and exterminating the family, and I should repay the princess for her kindness." ”
Li Lingyou hesitated: "Why don't I remember that I helped your father?" ”
"The princess helped many people back then, and it's normal not to remember." Yin Yu was secretly lost, she really didn't remember him, but she couldn't complain about her.
Back then, he was just the most inconspicuous one among the countless admirers around her, why was she remembered.
"But I remember that you were a nerd when you were young, you didn't like to dance with swords, you only liked to read and write, and I even gave you a volume of Xin'an Ci."
Li Lingyou's words were like a fire, burning away the gloomy cowardice and burning his heart, he mustered up his courage, looked up at Li Lingyou's face, and his voice trembled slightly:
"Princess, do you remember Weichen?"
Li Lingyou laughed: "You are finally willing to look at me with your eyes." ”
Yin Yu's throat is tight, and his eyes are sour.
It's not that he refuses to look at her, but he doesn't dare, he is afraid that he will see the traces of time on her face, reminding him how wasteful he was back then, and he can't stop her from leaving Da Liang.
Fortunately, her appearance has not changed much, she is still beautiful and touching, but she has lost weight.
"Princess, how are you doing in Qiang all these years?" He finally asked what he wanted to ask the most.
Li Lingyou was stunned, this was the first person she asked her this after she returned to Daliang, even the Empress Dowager Rong, who had treated her like a mother and daughter, had never asked.
Is she doing well in the Qiang country? How should she answer?
Li Lingyun's mind flashed one after another unbearable pictures, and a familiar colic immediately appeared in her heart, she endured the dense pain, and nodded to Yin Yu with a smile.
"I'm doing well there, thank you for your concern, we'll talk about it another day."
After that, she didn't wait for Yin Yu to respond, and stretched out her hand to the side, and Anal quickly stepped forward to support her and boarded the Luan car.
Yin reluctantly watched Luan Che go away, and his face gradually became gloomy.
He knew that she was lying, she was not living well in the Qiang country at all, and he really regretted cutting off the old khan's head with a knife and letting him die so happily.
……
On the long street not far from the palace gate, a carriage stopped around the corner.
The man in the car watched Li Lingyou and Yin Yu's every move, and it was not until Li Lingyu left in the car that he lowered the curtain.
"Send someone to keep an eye on the princess's mansion."
"Yes, sir."
***
On the Luan car, Li Lingyu took the pill, her face improved, and when she saw that Honeysuckle looked like she wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, she took the initiative to solve her doubts.
"In the third year of my trip to the Qiang Kingdom, I suffered from heart disease because I missed the Great Cold too much, and it was only an occasional attack, and it was not a big problem for the body, so don't be sad."
Honeysuckle still wanted to ask, but Anal interrupted: "Kedun, it turns out that you and the king have known each other for a long time, and he said that you helped his father intercede, is it true?" ”
Li Lingyou nodded: "There is such a thing." ”
Anal wondered, "But don't you remember?" ”
Li Lingyu's eyes flickered: "Of course I remember, otherwise how dare I entrust my dowry to him." ”
When she first heard the murderous name of the royal king in the Qiang Kingdom, she inquired about his origin.
Seriously calculated, there is a bad relationship between the two of them - fourteen years ago, the Qiang army broke through the Daliang border pass, and the old general Yin who defended the city was Yin Yu's father, because of this defeat, it directly led to the Qiang army to invade Daliang Kyoto.
Although General Yin and his three sons were killed on the battlefield, it was difficult to hide their crimes, and the ministers in the court were furious, and the first emperor could only order the family to be exterminated.
At that time, Li Lingyou was also in prison, she was designated by the Empress Dowager as a princess, and she was in a dilemma between the righteousness of her family and country and the private relationship of her children, and finally chose the former.
"When I agreed to make peace, I only made one request to the imperial brother, that is, to pardon the Yin family." Li Lingyou said.
Anal exclaimed, "The king really owes you a great favor. Then she couldn't figure it out, "But why did you tell him that you didn't remember?" ”
Li Lingyou smiled faintly: "Silly boy, the Yin family is not the only king now, some people want to repay the favor, and some people are afraid that I will repay the favor, I am too lazy to entangle with them, so it is best to clear both sides." ”
***
Ziwei Palace, Empress Dowager Yin is arguing with Yin Yu.
"I'm your mother's sister, how can you help an outsider go against me!" Empress Dowager Yin pointed at Yin Yusheng and asked.
"The princess is not an outsider, she has a great kindness to our Yin family." Yin Yu corrected her with a straight face.
Empress Dowager Yin softened her tone and coaxed: "Do you think that you are repaying her by helping her keep her dowry, you are harming her, and you have read so many books in the past, don't you understand the truth of guilt?" If you don't want her to be coveted, go to the princess's mansion now and find a way to get her dowry back, leaving her at most one percent, enough for her to enjoy for the rest of her life. ”
When Yin Yu heard this, he looked at her coldly: "What if I don't go?" ”
Empress Dowager Yin choked and wanted to say a few cruel words, but was annoyed to find that she had nothing to threaten him except for flesh and blood. In fact, everything she has today, except for the little emperor, is obtained by Yin Yu.
"Fourth brother, even if you don't think about me, you have to think about Your Majesty." Empress Dowager Yin tried to move her with affection.
Yin Yu saw that she was obsessed, and her patience finally ran out, and he decided to make her say it clearly, so that she completely died of this heart.
"Second sister, do you know why I supported you to enter the palace to compete for favor despite my mother's opposition?"
Empress Dowager Yin was a little confused, not understanding why Yin Yu suddenly mentioned this old matter, she subconsciously replied: "Isn't it so that I can revive my family?" ”
Yin Yu shook his head and asked her again: "Do you know why I abandoned literature and martial arts, and was born and died on the battlefield?" ”
"Isn't it to clear my father's name?"
Yin Yu shook his head again, and asked her again: "Do you know why I insist on destroying the Qiang State at all costs?" ”
"Isn't it for His Majesty to expand the territory?"
Yin Yu still shook his head.
Empress Dowager Yin couldn't hold it back, and asked him sharply: "Then what are you for?" You say! ”
Yin Yu's eyes were unwavering, and he replied extremely seriously: "In the past fourteen years, everything I have done has been to bring the princess back to Da Liang. ”