Meng Xilan looked at him with a smile, but her eyes were cold.

Zhou Youlin's temples jumped when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Why didn't the prince speak? If we weren't in the paddock now, I'd have wanted to bring my father along. Meng Xilan waved her hand, signaled Zhu Qingzhu Lu to take a few steps back, followed by the sleeves of her clothes, and continued to speak softly.

Zhou Youlin clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Are you deliberately provoking me?" ”

The meaning of her words made people feel a little dangerous.

Meng Xilan shook her head, her eyes darkened: "What?" Didn't the prince say that he was going to break it? There is no connection between me and the prince, so what is there to break off. But there is an inextricable relationship between the prince and the Meng family, which affects the whole body. ”

Of course, Zhou Youlin understood the meaning of her words, and said calmly: "Lord Meng is the right-hand man of this king, and your second brother is also the most trusted person of this king. Meng Xilan, you know what this king means, why do you have to talk about him left and right. ”

Zhou Youlin obviously didn't want to mention this, he said that it was a matter between them, and it was his own affection for her, how could it be compared with those court matters.

Meng Xilan slowly took a step forward, raised her head slightly, looked at the sun breaking through the clouds above her head, and said lightly: "I really didn't expect that the prince's heart would be so naïve?" You can't even see through such a simple truth...... Today, what is the reason why I can stand here side by side with the prince, or even on an equal footing? The prince really doesn't know? ”

Zhou Youlin walked up to her, looked directly into her eyes, lowered his eyes and thought for a while, before he said slowly: "Why?" ”

Meng Xilan said quietly: "Because I am the daughter of the Meng family." If I hadn't been born in the Meng family, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to enter the palace to serve the Queen Mother, nor would I have had the opportunity to be accepted by the Queen Mother as a righteous daughter and have the honor of this princess. Everything I have is given by the Meng family, so my life is also for the Meng family, I once told the prince, but unfortunately, the prince has never taken it to heart......"

Her tone was as flat as water, and she couldn't hear any emotional waves, and it was precisely because of this hidden calm that Zhou Youlin's mood also became depressed.

Meng Xilan stood facing the sun, looked at the sky, and then looked at Zhou Youlin, and said, "Dare to ask, what does the prince live for?" ”

Zhou Youlin was stunned by her question, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know whether to answer whether it was for his father or his mother.

Meng Xilan saw that he didn't answer, so she said: "The prince may live for his own ambitions, or he may live for Concubine Ning's expectations, but no matter what, it is impossible for us to live just for ourselves." Then I dare to ask the prince again, since our lives are not all our own, how can the heart in the body completely belong to us? ”

Zhou Youlin didn't seem to understand it, his ears buzzed for a while, and he frowned deeply: "My heart for you has always been true." ”

Meng Xilan didn't wait for him to explain, but said: "I have never doubted the sincerity of the prince. ”

She has always known that Zhou Youlin likes her, but he and her are not fellow travelers, whether they are sincere or sincere, they are all out of place.

Zhou Youlin was stunned, he didn't expect her to say this, took the initiative to hold her hand, and wondered: "Since you believe it, why do you always reject me thousands of miles away?" I clearly said that even if it is for the Meng family, you can use me. ”

"Maybe you can ......," Meng Xilan replied to him again.

It's just this sentence that suddenly softened Zhou Youlin's heart.

"Unfortunately, I can't." Who knows, the remaining half of Meng Xilan's words made his heart half cold.

"Why not?"

"Because you are the hope of everyone in the Meng family, not the hope of me, Meng Xilan." Meng Xilan's tone became serious again. "The prince is a person who is favored by God, and he is destined to do great things in the future. At the moment, what you care about most should be Beiyan's Jiangshan Sheji, not what children are long. I, Meng Xilan, am just a little woman, but I also know that things are prioritized...... The prince keeps saying that he is sincere to me, but has the prince ever understood what I am most worried about now? What's the most anxious thing? ”

If the enemy is not eliminated for a day, how can she be steadfast in her heart? Dead wood can still have a glimmer of life in spring, not to mention the prince's burning ambition.

Zhou Youlin looked at Meng Xilan with blazing eyes, and said with some excitement: "You don't have to preach to me, I just ask you, if I can sit on the throne of the crown prince and inherit the throne, will you be with me at that time." ”

As long as she told him to wait, he would wait, and he would wait in peace.

Meng Xilan turned sideways, gently withdrew her hand, and her gaze drifted into the distance and said, "Don't be embarrassed for me, prince." I am not qualified to say such things. Life is unpredictable, and what happens tomorrow may not be up to us. ”

"You're qualified, as long as I say you have, you have." Zhou Youlin looked at her for a moment, not allowing her to be vague, and she had to say an answer.

Meng Xilan still didn't answer, but just asked rhetorically: "Then let me ask the prince, if in the future, the prince really inherits the unification, calls the emperor the king, and sits on the three thousand beauties in the palace, is the prince willing to give up all of them for me alone?" ”

Zhou Youlin didn't even think about it, so he said that he could.

Meng Xilan chuckled again: "The prince said this lightly, but you and I both know that this is simply impossible." The relationship between the former dynasty and the palace is implicated and complements each other, and no beauty can be easily disappointed. The prince is a person who understands, think about it, although Concubine Ning has been favored for so many years, when has the emperor's side ever broken off the new favorite? ”

He is a child who grew up in the palace, and he must have been used to seeing these people's warmth and coldness.

Zhou Youlin was silent for a while, he only thought that Meng Xilan was smart and meticulous in the past, but now he has discovered that the terrible ...... of smart women Her mind is too transparent, she sees everything thoroughly, and she doesn't give others the slightest chance to hide it.

"I'm not the same as my father."

"If you are not in your position, you are not in charge. Lord Wang, we are not children anymore, don't be entangled for these childish children's affections. Meng Xilan took a deep breath, "I still say the same thing, I only have respect for the prince, and I don't have any other thoughts." If the prince keeps pestering like this, it will only make me feel disappointed, completely disappointed. ”

As a human being in two lives, Meng Xilan learned a truth from Zhou Shili. The promises in this world are only promises if they are done, and what they can't do can only be called lies.

Zhou Youlin stopped talking, and his expression became solemn bit by bit.

Indeed, every word Meng Xilan said sounded so reasonable, almost impeccable. But she said a thousand things and ten thousand, and her attitude towards him was still the same cold and cold. In the final analysis, she still doesn't like him, doesn't wait to see him, and only uses the truth as an excuse to perfunctory him.

Zhou Youlin suddenly laughed, shook his head to himself, turned his back and said, "Meng Xilan, you are really smart. "Unfortunately, she's a little too smart. If she was willing to tell a lie to deceive herself, maybe there was room for things to turn around, but she didn't even want to tell a lie.

Meng Xilan saw him smiling weirdly, and unconsciously lowered her gaze: "The prince is also a smart person, isn't he?" ”

The smile on Zhou Youlin's face was even stronger, "Maybe." With that, he turned away, a little determined.

"Master, the prince just smiled a little scary." Gao Fuli looked at Zhou Youlin's distant back, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

Meng Xilan stroked her forehead: "Forget it, let him go." ”

Zhulu held Meng Xilan's arm: "Master, let's go back." ”

This virtuous prince usually looks like a very good person, but he didn't expect to make a mess, and it was really a toss-up.

After going back, Meng Xilan's heart always felt pimple, uncomfortable and unstable.

Seeing her uneasy appearance, Zhu Lu couldn't bear it: "Master, if you don't go back to the palace, you can talk to the Queen Mother." ”

Meng Xilan shook her head: "I can't open my mouth to the Queen Mother about this matter, and if I want to talk about it, I can only go home and talk to my grandmother." ”

She didn't want to find someone to complain about her hard work, but even if she said it, the matter couldn't be solved, and it would only make more people upset.

"Anyway...... The slave and maid felt that the master couldn't be wronged by such a person, and the prince would make trouble if he couldn't keep it. Zhulu walked up behind her and gave her a gentle squeeze on the shoulder.

Meng Xilan sighed slightly: "You must always come, let's go and see." ”

She understands the complexity of things. However, if she can't take care of just one Zhou Youlin, how much can she do for the Meng family in the future?

Gao Fuli also listened to it really during the day, compared to Zhulu's worries, he obviously had a better way in his heart. To put it bluntly, it all depends on the attitude of the master, in fact, it is a matter of one sentence, but unfortunately the master just refuses to let go, that is, he refuses to go against his will and coax the prince to be happy.

Who is the prince? That's the master who has been pampered and hurt in the palace since he was a child, and he has been waiting for him to grow up, and he usually only has what he wants, and there is nothing he can't get at all. But on the contrary, he was suffocated by his master, and he definitely couldn't get over it. The more the master does not follow, the more the prince does not follow, and if he continues like this, he will have to break the net.

Gao Fuli looked at Zhulu while thinking about it, and motioned for her to go out and talk.

Zhu Lu saw his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then called Zhu Qing over and said, "You press the master's shoulder first, and I'll go outside to prepare something to eat." ”

Zhu Qing nodded in agreement, but he didn't dare to ask more, which annoyed the master.

Gao Fuli walked out first, Zhulu followed, looked at him standing outside, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Do you want to help your master?"

Zhulu was stunned for a moment, and only said, "How can you help?" ”

Gao Fuli beckoned, motioned for her to come over, and said softly: "You hurry up and find an opportunity to tell the second young master, this matter can't be hidden." ”