Chapter 39: The Past
Yeqing beckoned and motioned for Ji Ling to go to his side.
He knew that there were some things that Ji Ling also knew for the first time, and that sister would never tell Ji Ling these things if she protected him too well.
However, Ji Ling has grown up, and he has the right to know these things.
Therefore, there is no need to shy away from it.
"Uncle Wang, are you here to take me away?" Ji Ling asked.
Yeqing nodded seriously, "Yes, Ji Ling, you have grown up." ”
King Yan's expression was a little gloomy, at the moment he just came in, it seemed that everything had really returned to the romantic days when he was young, but at this moment, he understood that everything was different.
King Yan knocked on the empty teacup on the table and asked, "What about the conditions you promised me?" ”
Ye Qing smiled and said: "It will be delivered in three days, please rest assured that King Yan, at the same time, Ye Qing also asks King Yan to keep his promise, the existence of Ji Ling cannot be spread out." ”
King Yan took a deep look at Ji Ling, a teenager, and said, "Naturally." ”
Ji Ling knew that there must be some kind of deal between them, but he couldn't ask now.
In the past three years, King Yan has indeed treated him very well, as long as it is his request, King Yan will try his best to meet him, but he actually knows very well, but he just hasn't touched King Yan's bottom line.
Yeqing and King Yan chatted with each other for a while, no longer talking about those national affairs, but idleming about some of the days when they were in the past.
As night gradually fell, Yeqing took Ji Ling and left from the side gate of Yanwang Palace.
In the carriage.
Ji Ling sat upright, his eyes condensed in one place, silent.
The carriage swayed, but it couldn't shake him a bit.
Yeqing was lying in the corner of the carriage, her eyes slightly closed, and she was sleeping.
The sound of horses' hooves pierced Ji Ling's ears one by one, stimulating his heart, and he remembered Qiao An and Gu Yuan, as well as the little princess.
That little princess with a strange temper seems to be indifferent, but she is more warm-hearted than anyone else.
Ji Ling looked at Uncle Wang, who was pretending to be sleeping, and asked tentatively, "Uncle Wang, can I go to the Princess's Mansion?" ”
Yeqing didn't open his eyes, but his eyelids jumped obviously, and Ji Ling knew very well that he wasn't asleep at all, and his mind was very clear.
After a few moments, Yeqing Youyou replied, "No. ”
Now that he has come out, he doesn't want Ji Ling to have the slightest contact with anyone in this Yan country.
Ji Ling didn't show a disappointed expression, this answer, he already knew the answer the moment he asked, and through the carriage window, he looked into the distance.
"Uncle Wang, three years ago, why did you leave me?"
Yeqing's eyelashes flashed, and he opened his eyes and sat up.
"You already know, so there's no need for Uncle Wang to hide it from you."
"Your mother is the princess of Guiguo, Ye Xi'er, your father is the current Zhaohuang, eleven years ago, your mother gave birth to you, but in order to avoid persecution, I did not make you public, three years ago, I took you out of the Zhaoguo Palace."
"At that time, Uncle Wang wanted to take you back to Guiguo, so that at least you could grow up happily like a normal child, instead of living a dark life like in the Zhaoguo Palace."
"Then why do you want to keep me in Yan Kingdom?" Ji Ling repeated it again.
"Because, three years ago, your grandfather died, and your grandfather is Emperor Gui."
"At that time, Uncle Wang became the target of public criticism, and I couldn't guarantee your safety, so I finally decided to leave you in Yan Kingdom, and when the time is ripe, I will take you back."
"Oh-" Ji Ling sighed faintly.
"What conditions did you promise King Yan?" Ji Ling remembered the conversation between Uncle Wang and King Yan, and was faintly uneasy.
"Grain and grass." Yeqing replied casually.
Grain and grass? Why does King Yan want so much grain and grass? Could it be that King Yan is planning something? Ji Ling remembered the situation of giving Gu Yuan a marriage in the court today, obviously for the marriage, but in fact, it was to win over the Lin family and the wealth of the Lin family.
"Why does King Yan want grain and grass?" Ji Ling raised his eyes and looked directly at Yeqing.
Ye Qing saw a hint of coolness in those eyes, waved at him, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep, obviously not wanting to answer Ji Ling's question.
"You don't care about that."
The carriage instantly fell silent again, and Yeqing continued: "Don't think about going back, you have to remember that you don't belong to the Yan Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom has nothing to do with you, and I have given them enough benefits for three years of sojourn." ”
Is that so? Where do you belong? Ji Ling secretly thought to himself, there was a hint of ridicule in his heart, the memory of three years was just a meaningless transaction.
Ji Ling looked at the long dark night again, he didn't hate anyone, he only hated that he didn't have the ability to decide what he wanted to do, just like at this moment, he wanted to go back and see the little princess again, he couldn't do such a simple thing.
"You'll regret it when you go back." Yeqing's voice came from behind.
Ji Ling still ignored him.
Yeqing opened his eyes and sighed, since he couldn't let go of it so much, let him die completely.
Yeqing lifted the curtain of the carriage and said to the coachman, "Turn around and go to the princess's mansion." ”
The coachman, apparently a little surprised, reined in the horse's rope, and was about to turn the horse's head when the voice of a young man came from the air.
"Uncle Wang, don't go back."
Yeqing: "......"
"Then keep going." Nightgreen instructed the coachman.
Coachman: "......"
If Ji Ling knew that this would be his last chance to meet that kind little princess with a strange temper in the next eleven years, he might have turned around without hesitation.
Yeqing sat back in her original position, glanced at Ji Ling, closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
Princess's House.
Because of Qiao An, Gu Yuan was once again forcibly taken to the princess's mansion as a guest.
Lilac followed Qiao An to the General's Mansion three years ago, after all, this would allow her to be with her children.
Lilac is old, and in the General's Mansion, he can be regarded as an idle old man.
"How is Aunt Lilac lately?" Although they have separated, Li Suo Luo still thinks about her very much, and at this time, she just remembered that it was not bad to ask Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan smiled mildly and nodded.
Qiao An ran forward: "Mother's good, the little princess should care more about me." ”
"Haha-" The group laughed in unison when they heard this.
After laughing, Qiao An took Gu Yuan's hand again and asked, "When will Boss Ji come back?" He also promised to tell me the story of Hou Yi. ”
Gu Yuan was stunned, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.
Before King Yan informed him to bring two children into the palace, he knew that Ji Ling was gone and would never come back.
Gu Yuan touched Qiao An's head and comforted: "Go back, Uncle Gu will tell you that he is gone and will not come back." ”
As soon as the words came out, a little tear appeared in the corner of Qiao An's eyes, and it didn't flow out, Qiao An was originally the kind of person who showed his anger and anger, and at this time, his face was sad and disappointed and incredulous.
Li Suluo was relatively calm, she had such a conjecture before, but she was not sure, and now when she heard others say it, although she was still a little sad, it seemed to be very insignificant.
Perhaps, this is the difference between people.