The three of them walked out of the temple one after the other, each with their own thoughts on their minds.

Ironically, the more depressed and heavy the mood, the weather was bright and abnormal, the autumn sun near noon shone through some bleak branches, and the piercing eyes couldn't be opened, but at this time, Lin Qingzhi raised her head, and let the scorching sun penetrate the crystal eyes, but even if it penetrated the eyes, it was difficult to penetrate into the heart.

The wind gradually rose, the skirt fluttered, the hair was blown by the wind and flew scattered, looking at the dark clouds on Lin Qingzhi's cheeks sliding down, and the lost appearance of long eyelashes hanging down, Xiao Mufeng only felt uncomfortable in his heart, took the pair of plain hands, put them in the palms, followed Lin Chengde's footsteps, and walked towards the palace gate one after another.

Lin Chengde and Lin Qingzhi, who came out of the Chengqian Palace, didn't say a word, they just sat in the carriage with their own hearts, Xiao Mufeng knew that it was better not to disturb them at the moment, so he took Lin Qingzhi's hand and sat quietly aside.

The carriage that was slowly moving forward finally stopped at the gate of the Lin Mansion, standing in front of the vermilion gate, Lin Qingzhi stopped in a daze, and did not have the courage to raise her legs and step into the mansion where she had lived for more than ten years.

All the way through the courtyard, the servants were surprised to see Xiao Mufeng and Lin Qingzhi who were supposed to be in Prince Ning's mansion, and they were half a beat slower to salute, but they didn't dare to say anything when they saw the serious faces of the three of them.

After entering the flower hall and sitting down, Xiao Mufeng wanted to leave their father and daughter to talk alone, but was kept by Lin Chengde, Xiao Mufeng closed the door and made sure that there was no one around before sitting down.

After a moment of silence, Lin Chengde looked at Lin Qingzhi, who was lost in his soul, and slowly spoke: "Zhi'er, I know you have a lot of questions in your heart, because my father originally wanted to bring these secrets to the coffin together, but since it was turned out today and you have become a family, it is time to make it clear to you." ”

Lin Qingzhi silently looked up at her father, there were doubts and heartache in her eyes, and her pink cherry lips moved but she couldn't speak.

Lin Chengde looked outside through the closed carved door, sighed and said quietly: "Twenty-seven years ago, I was still an unruly hairy boy, just like your brother now, unruly in his heart but higher than the sky. That winter, I followed my father to the Xiao family in Luoyang, Xiao Qi and my father are sworn brothers, every year my father will come to Beijing to report on the work in the Xiao family to live, so I and the then Xiao family son, that is, the current emperor has a good relationship, although I am far away in Huizhou, we often have correspondence. ”

Lin Chengde took the tea cup that the maid had just made on the case and took a sip. He continued: "The snow was very heavy that winter, and the snowflakes were flying all over the sky, and one day, I went to the courtyard to find the eldest prince and wanted to go out of the city to hunt, after all, the taste of wild game in winter was so tempting and delicious, and with a pot of spirits, it really made people's hearts itch. But I didn't find the eldest son in the study, so I shouted his name in the house to find him, but I saw Xiao Xiwen in the garden, under the snowflakes, she was wearing a red dress, with two buns on her head, and later I learned that it was called a hanging bun, her face had an innocent and carefree smile, and the appearance of flying in the snow was so beautiful, at that moment, I knew that I should like her, fortunately she was also interested in me. Lin Chengde had a soft smile on his face that he had never seen before.

"Later, I talked to my father and begged my father to propose to the Xiao family, but because Xiwen was not yet in time for Xun, so I was ready to mention it when I entered Beijing the next year, but I never thought that half a year later, the then emperor Li Jihou went to Xiao's Mansion one day, fell in love with Xiao Xiwen, who had not yet reached Xun, and was summoned into the palace to accept him as a concubine. The Xiao family is a martial arts family, under the political turmoil, the emperor needs the support of people with military power, two years later, Jin has a son Xiwen as the queen, and later, my father was also promoted to Beijing, I was deeply affected by the Xiao family's eldest son defected to the army. Three years later, the emperor gave me Xiao Hechang, the daughter of the Xiao family's big house, and gave his own young sister, Princess Xinrou, to the eldest son of the Xiao family. Lin Chengde seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago, and what appeared in front of him was the young and unrestrained young man.

"I thought that I would never be emotional again in this life, but compared to my cousin Xiwen, Hechang is a woman with a resolute personality, who dares to love and hate, she knows that I once loved Xiwen, but she also guards me without complaints. After giving birth to your eldest brother, I gradually felt more and more that her intelligence, her carefulness and kindness were better than her cousin Xiwen, and I missed her more and more when I led the troops to fight abroad, and three years later we gave birth to a daughter, I was very happy at the time, and I decided to name her Qingzhi after thinking about it again and again. ”

"'This heart can be relieved, Qingzhi is in Yuanxiang.'" From Jiang Yan's "Lantern Night and Yin Changshi", you must have hoped that she could be as noble and beautiful as a beautiful vanilla. Lin Qingzhi followed Lin Chengde's words and said, her eyes were full of bitter smiles.

Lin Chengde nodded and continued: "After your eldest brother was born, I named him Qingji, hoping that he would become a breezy and comfortable man, and God blessed us with a daughter.......

A month after giving birth to her daughter, Xiwen also gave birth to a baby girl in the palace, named Anle, which means peace and happiness. But the emperor was tyrannical, and he was addicted to wine all day long, and the people complained, so one day three years later, Xiao Dagongzi, as a festival envoy with military power, led the Khitan to destroy the Later Tang Dynasty and established the current Great Jin Dynasty. Lin Chengde said slowly.

"So sorry for the text...... What about my aunt and her two children? Xiao Mufeng then asked.

"The emperor didn't want to leave any troubles, so he ordered the entire Li family to leave no one behind, and ordered me to eliminate all the Li bloodlines in the palace." Lin Chengde said in a deep voice, looking down at the tea that had cooled in his hand.

Lin Qingzhi only lowered her eyes and listened quietly, her hands in her sleeves were cold and piercing, and she trembled faintly.

"Xiwen's son, who was the crown prince at the time, was writing in the study with his father, and was killed by your father who broke into the handsome army, and sealed his throat with a sword."

"But after all, it's his nephew, and he's so young, how can his father ......" Xiao Mufeng was puzzled, he knew that his father was decisive and ruthless, but he didn't expect to be able to kill a child who had no power to resist.

Lin Chengde did not answer Xiao Mufeng's words, and continued: "I led the troops to the harem, and found that the Jiaofang Hall where the queen lived was already on fire, and the Xiwen in the palace looked up to the sky and smiled, very poignant, I thought at the time, anyway, the fire was too big, and it was impossible for her to escape, so I couldn't raise my knife against the person I once admired, not to mention that it was my wife's cousin, and the two of them grew up together like sisters since childhood." Later, I learned from the mouth of the palace people that the fire was set by Xiwen herself, and the fire was so big that it seemed impossible to escape at that time, but why she was able to appear well on the Chengqian Palace, I don't know who saved her. Lin Chengde was puzzled.

"What about Princess Anle? What's going on? Lin Qingzhi's eyes were full of water, but she still held on to prevent it from flowing out.

"Just as I turned around to leave, I saw Princess Anle wiping tears from the fire and shouting 'Queen Mother', so helpless and pitiful." Lin Chengde shook his head slightly, revealing a touch of unbearability.

"So you were kind enough to save her and hide her, right?" Lin Qingzhi, who had not said a word, suddenly interjected, with a hint of fierceness in her eyes.

"Yes, when I saw her, I thought of my daughter, Qingzhi is only more than a month older than her, such a small person, how can I, how can I slash a weak child who is powerless, but I definitely can't take her, otherwise Xiao Dagongzi will definitely kill her, so I ordered one of my henchmen to knock her unconscious and take her to a farmhouse outside the city." Lin Chengde had a kind smile on his lips.

"I don't know if God deliberately punished me for being too slaughtering, three months later my daughter suddenly got a cold wind disease, how can it not be cured, it will not work, in the autumn of that year, on a cold night, she finally left." Lin Chengde raised his sleeves and wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes.

Lin Qingzhi looked at Lin Chengde, except when Princess Hechang died, she had never seen this iron-clad man leave a tear. The fierceness in his eyes gradually softened.

"At that time, the main male force of the peasant family went out to fight, and the peasant woman who already had three children did not have the heart to raise Princess Anle anymore, and your mother did not want your sister's daughter to be left to suffer outside, so she lied that she had cured her daughter's illness and took Princess Anle back as a daughter to raise." Lin Chengde picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and continued.

"But after all, it's already a three-year-old child, and it's not a sister, and it is impossible for them to look the same." Xiao Mufeng wondered.

"At the beginning, Elder Xuanji happened to be in the mansion, so it was agreed that she should take Princess Anle back to Xuanji Pavilion to treat the cold wind disease, and then take it back after two years of recuperation, I am right, father?" Lin Qingzhi asked with a bright eye.

"Not bad!" Lin Chengde replied.

"Then I'm the princess Anle who has lived in place of Lin Qingzhi until now, right?" The question that lingered in Lin Qingzhi's mind was finally asked, although it was difficult to speak, she still had to muster up the courage to face the reality.

"Yes, you are Princess Anle, not Lin Qingzhi." There was no surprise answer, but it still made Lin Qingzhi's whole body weak, as if she had exhausted all her strength, if she hadn't sat in the chair, she would have already collapsed to the ground.

It turned out that she was just living in the shadow of others, she just took away everything that belonged to others, she was just a princess who died in the dead country, her biological father died at the hands of the father she loved, her brothers and sisters died at the hands of her father who raised her, she loved and respected, her biological mother was also deeply shocked and went crazy, the person she loved was actually the son of the enemy who killed her father, and even her beloved father was also a murderer, and killed her relatives with a butcher knife in his hand.

Why? Why is this happening? This should just be a dream, why did God do this to her?

Lin Qingzhi only felt that her mind was in chaos, and she didn't have time to think about the mess that was still messy, she just wanted to escape from this suffocating place.

Ning tried her best to stand up from the chair, her eyes were black and a feeling of dizziness hit, she staggered a step, Xiao Mufeng next to her reached out to help, but Lin Qingzhi dodged, what she needs now is to be alone and quiet, and she needs to sort out the mess in her mind.

Raised his feet and walked out of the hall door, staggering to the outside of the house, the moment he stepped out of the hall door, the tears were like beads with broken threads, the big ones fell, the tears were blurred, and he only walked forward without stopping by intuition.

Xiao Mufeng chased him out, but Lin Qingzhi shook his hand and yelled at him: "Don't follow me!" Go away and leave me alone. ”

I had never seen Lin Qingzhi like this, Xiao Mufeng only kept a few zhang away from her and followed her from a distance.

Lin Chengde was the only one left in the silent flower hall, tears flowed from those old eyes, his eyebrows were furrowed, and he whispered: "But in my heart, you are already Qingzhi and my daughter......"

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