Feng Huanling originally said that she would go back to accompany Long Yucang at lunchtime, but she didn't want her to leave Yixinxuan before she could leave, so Emperor Xuan Long Jingming came, and also left her to share lunch with them.

In desperation, Feng Huanling had no choice but to send someone to Fengyi Pavilion to tell Long Yucang that she had to stay in Yixin Xuan to accompany Emperor Xuan for dinner and could not go back.

Long Jingming, who talks and laughs freely, seems to have forgotten the pain of losing his son and the pain of being betrayed by Feng Qingwan, and after lunch, he still chats with great interest about the interesting things of hunting.

"I heard that when I was young, my uncle also had a love for a woman, and I heard that he also drew a portrait of her with his own hands, even when he was in Yuanling Mountain, he never left his body. It's a pity that I never had the chance to see it, I don't know if the princess was lucky enough to see her in the mansion? I was very curious about what kind of woman could have such an affair with King Cheyue. ”

Long Jingming's words seemed to have no intention of gossiping, but they made Feng Huanling and Feng Huanbing change color slightly.

"The courtiers have never seen it." Feng Huanling hesitated to ask more, because she felt that Long Jingming's words didn't look like they were fabricated out of thin air, "Since the saint has never seen it, could it be just a rumor from hearsay?" ”

"I haven't seen it, but I have a friend who knows me and met it unexpectedly." Long Jingming said as he noticed the change in Feng Huanling's expression, "It is said that the woman's identity is quite prominent, so this friend of mine when I was young was very puzzled for a while, why King Cheyue did not come to the door to ask for a marriage in the end, but watched the woman marry a woman. ”

Feng Huanbing hesitated and said, "Perhaps, the prince doesn't particularly like that woman, so he didn't come to the door to ask for marriage." ”

"Perhaps, I once thought so, but strangely, when Uncle Huang came back, it also happened to be the time when the woman died unexpectedly early." Long Jingming shook his head as if regretful, "And it was after this that the imperial uncle, who had always refused to get married, suddenly took a fancy to the fourth lady of the Feng family and asked to marry in public. So I can't help but wonder, could it be the princess, who is quite similar to the poor woman who died young? So even if it was a concubine, he couldn't go at that time, but he was able to provoke the emperor's uncle to marry as a concubine. ”

Could it be that Long Yucang's extreme indulgence that made her feel incomprehensible was actually because Feng Huanling had similarities with the "old man" he painted with his own hands?

In the past, what always troubled Feng Huanling was the noble and transcendent Long Yucang, why did she treat her alone as a dumb girl, but unfortunately she never found a reasonable answer. Later, the two gradually experienced a lot of things together, so that she forgot to continue to dwell on this issue for the time being.

No, just when she was defenseless, she actually heard the suspected truth from Long Jingming's mouth.

However, she couldn't fully trust Long Jingming, so her was only half-convinced by his words, and she couldn't be sure if this was a new trick he had calculated to trap them.

"The princess should not be too careful, even if there is such a person, at least he is no longer in this world now, is he?" As if admiring some peerless masterpiece, Long Jingming stared at Feng Huanling's ever-changing face, "What's more, even if it's just a stand-in, I don't know how many women in this world can't ask for this, why should the princess trap herself in such a trivial matter?" ”

Feng Huanling reluctantly restrained his chaotic mind, and responded with a smile: "What the Holy Lord said is that the courtiers are fortunate enough to marry into the Cheyue Palace, and it is already a blessing that has been cultivated for several generations, where do you dare to ask for too much?" ”

But when these words were spoken, Feng Huanling felt that his heart was slowly pierced by a snow-bright steel needle, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't see blood.

After finally being able to leave Yixin Xuan, Feng Huanling, who kept returning to Fengyi Pavilion for a while, did not go back to the bedroom where Long Yucang was waiting, but went straight to his study.

In the past, Long Yucang didn't hide anything from Gangfeng Huanling, so she didn't have the intention of checking the "secret" of his study, but after being disturbed by Long Jingming's words, she suddenly found that she didn't know much about the man around her who could be said to be a life and death promise.

When he left Dragon City, there were several boxes of books and other items that Long Yucang brought out from the palace, and Feng Huanling didn't touch anything in the original study, but just rummaged through those boxes.

"What is the lady looking for?"

I don't know when, Long Yucang was already standing behind her, and his voice sounded extremely cold and ethereal.

How should we face him now? Do you want to ask him directly? If he doesn't want to say it, will she continue to investigate? If the facts are really as Long Jingming said, how will she deal with herself? How should I choose? Go?

It was only a blink of an eye, but Feng Huanling's mind had already flashed a thousand thoughts, and before she could determine her thoughts, her lips and tongue had already blurted out: "I heard that the saint said that you once painted a portrait of a woman, and I felt a little curious, so I wanted to look for it." ”

She clearly felt that his breath behind her froze for a moment, and for this reason, her breathing seemed to be forced to stop, and the study was a little frighteningly quiet for a while.

"I didn't bring that painting to the house, if the lady wants to see it, I'll see it when I return to Beijing."

As if they had already endured a long period of time, when Long Yucang spoke again, the two of them had a sense of trance like a different world, and after a word, there was a long and stiff silence.

Feng Huanling felt that her chest was so tight that she was almost suffocated, and she tried to take a deep breath, but found that when the cool gas slid through her chest, it actually brought bursts of burning pain, and the pain was choked in her throat when she was about to relieve the atmosphere.

"The person in the painting," Feng Huanling felt that his voice sounded unfamiliar, "is the person that the prince really wants to spoil and indulge like a jewel, right?" I...... It's just a stand-in, right? ”

Every word spit out was like a sharp blade that sealed the throat with blood, so that every word sounded so difficult, so fragmented, and unrecognizable.

There was a long silence behind him, and he couldn't even hear the sound of breathing, Feng Huanling's hands hanging down his legs slowly tightened into fists, and he wanted to turn around a few times to see what kind of expression he was at the moment, and when he had to muster up the courage to ask again in person, "What am I to you?"

However, in her previous life, she was decisive in her previous life, and she was even more unscrupulous in her desire to take revenge after being reborn, but she didn't even have the courage to turn around and look at him at this time.

If he used the usual indifferent attitude towards other people, and only replied to her lightly: "That's right, you're just a stand-in", how would she face it?

Such a cruel picture, she felt heartache just by imagining it, but she stubbornly straightened her back and did not want to reveal the slightest weakness.

Now she had no time to think about when she had been so affectionate to him that she could no longer accept parting.

However, if he really only used her as a stand-in, then even if her heart hurt so much that her blood flowed, she would not humbly spit out a few words of request to him, she would just leave him without looking back.

Because, whether in the past life or in this life, whether it is Yan Wushuang or Feng Huanling, her love and hate have always been so decisive!

"Fool, what are you thinking?"

Just when Feng Huanling couldn't bear it anymore and turned around to confront him face to face, Long Yucang suddenly opened his arms and hugged her into his arms, and his gentle and delicate palm pressed her stubborn head tightly into his arms without resisting.

"Yes, I am the biggest fool in the world, and I would naively think that you really took a fancy to me, a dumb girl, and saw that I was different in my bones, so I asked to marry in public. Now I understand, it turns out, you're nothing more than ......"

Feng Huanling said this in one breath, but she couldn't say it anymore, reality always seemed to be so cruel and ruthless to her, this was the case in her previous life, and she is still like this in this life.

Is it that as long as she is devoted to a person, she is already destined to end up with sadness and sorrow?

Fortunately, at least she is the only one who is sad in this life, and she has not caused any harm to other relatives.

Long Yucang just hugged her tightly, and he didn't say anything for a long time, Feng Huanling didn't know if he had nothing to say, or if he was thinking about how to continue to lie to her.

His arms were tightly wrapped, but they didn't hurt her, so she tried hard to break free of his embrace, but she couldn't break free, as if she were locked in a ball of cotton.

"You don't have to bother with excuses, I'll only ask you three questions, you just have to answer yes or no honestly." Feng Huanling didn't wait for him to answer, so he threw out the first question.

"Have you ever painted a portrait of a woman with your own hands, and you took it with you even when you were in Yuanling Mountain?"

"Yes."

"Are you suddenly returning to Beijing because of her death?"

"Yes."

"Is it because of her that you will notice me and marry me?"

“……”

Long Yucang, who was silent again, slowly let go of his arms, let Feng Huanling withdraw from his embrace, and looked at her reddish eyes as frozen and cold.

"Okay, I see, your answer is still 'yes,' right?"

Feng Huanling suddenly raised an unprecedented bright smile, like an epiphany that was born to bloom only for an instant, and it was dazzlingly beautiful.

"You believe Long Jingming's words, but you don't believe me. Do you think that if the answers to these three questions are not the results you want, you have to start trying to get out of me? ”

Long Yucang's voice was so cold that it seemed to have just been soaked in ice water, every word was still vaguely covered with ice stubble, and every scale sounded cold and biting.

"Now it's time for me to answer your question? Okay, I have to admit that you really know me, and although I still don't understand how you did it, you're right, that's what I thought. Feng Huanling admitted frankly, the smile on his lips was a little more ironic.

"I want to believe you, too, but you have too many secrets. It seems that I can only find out some truth from other people's words, which is not what I want. Of course, you are the King of Cheyue after all, and it will be difficult for me to leave if you refuse to let go, but since you know me so well, you should know that if I am determined to leave, even if I fight hard, I will not hesitate to do so. ”

His eyes stared gloomily at Feng Huanling, who had a resolute face for a long time, and his face was like ice, but in the end, he sighed helplessly, and fell into the carved sandalwood and vermilion lacquered wooden chair next to him like a prostration.

"If you really want to leave, I will never use strong methods to force you to stay by your side, because I am not willing to let you suffer any grievances, whether it is physical or mental. We can't change the things in the past, but I can only say that since I decided to marry you, you Feng Huanling is the person I want to hold on to until I grow old in this life, the only person I want to protect in this life, and the ...... in my life."

He said so loudly that she was shocked when she heard it, but her stubborn and stubborn back was already a little numb.