Listening to Duanmu Heng's determined tone, Lin Xiaomiao couldn't help but gasp fiercely.

Her heart was beating violently, and it seemed like it was about to jump out of her chest.

Lin Xiaomiao's face stiffened, and she kept taking deep breaths for a long time before she spoke: "Is the prince joking?" I don't quite understand what you mean. ”

Duanmu Heng stared at Lin Xiaomiao fiercely, and his deep black eyes looked straight into the depths of Lin Xiaomiao's eyes, as if he could see through Lin Xiaomiao's whole person.

"You know I'm not joking, Yun Tao, whether what I said is true or not, you know very well, don't pretend to be stupid with me."

Duanmu Heng suddenly chuckled: "You are too nervous, I know your secret, but don't worry, I won't tell others." ”

Lin Xiaomiao's body stiffened, her head was cloudy now, she didn't know how to answer at all, she was very confused.

Duanmu Heng no longer looked at Lin Xiaomiao, but looked into the depths of the peach forest: "By the way, the story I want to tell hasn't been told yet." ”

"This story starts more than ten years ago, when I didn't exist. You've probably never heard anything about my mother, do you know why? ”

Lin Xiaomiao shook her head.

"Because, everything about my mother concubine is taboo in this capital, especially in this palace, no one can easily mention it."

"My mother was just an unfavored concubine within the walls of this palace at first, until one day, she was framed and fell into the water, and when she opened her eyes, she became a different person. She knows a lot of things that the women of this dynasty don't know, she knows a lot of things that we don't know, she is bold and smart, she can design beautiful dresses, she is sought after by the palace concubines, she can make a very good rouge gouache, she can recite poems and paint, she can play with the palace maids and eunuchs, she can make the drainage facilities of the entire palace more perfect, she can even give advice to her father, she can treat water and disaster relief, can diagnose and treat epidemics, and can improve fertile land...... She is very powerful, so powerful that her father and the emperor only favor her in the end, and they favor the six palaces......"

When Duanmu Heng said this, he suddenly sneered disdainfully, "Heh, no matter how much you spoil the sixth palace, it's not ...... in the end."

He paused again, pursed his lips, and then continued: "Even though the mother concubine received all the favor of her father during that time, all this is no match for a woman's jealousy. The disgusting women in the harem, because they were jealous that their mother was all favored by their father, united their own family together, saying that my mother was possessed by demons, and it was a disaster for the country to be ruined. ”

Lin Xiaomiao looked at Duanmu Heng's dim eyebrows, and knew that Duanmu Heng's relationship with his mother was very deep.

"My so-called father, also after the death of my mother, felt ashamed of my mother, so he would be extra tolerant of me, otherwise, according to the rebellious things I have done over the years, I would have been abolished as the king of Liyang."

Hearing Duanmu Heng say this, Lin Xiaomiao understood why the emperor treated Duanmu Heng so leniently, in the final analysis, it was just to feel better in his heart.

Hmph, men are like this, when they say they love you, they do all kinds of ridiculous things, even if they love again, for their own identity and status, they can't give it up.

Lin Xiaomiao pursed her lips and didn't speak, she didn't feel good in her heart.

She didn't expect that someone had crossed over here before her, but her luck was not very good, and others had crossed over, either Miss Everyone, or a princess and princess, who was like herself, dressed as a peasant girl who was not well fed and clothed.

What she never thought was that no matter how beautiful she was, she would die unjustly within the walls of the palace that would never see the light of day, even if she had paid so much for the country.

Looking at Duanmu Heng's appearance that seemed to be indifferent, Lin Xiaomiao felt more and more melancholy.

"In the years after the death of my mother, I didn't have a good life, I was still young at that time, and the only person who protected me in this deep palace was gone, so I could only be bullied, even the palace maid and eunuch who looked down on people could show me a look. The people in the palace always say that I am difficult to serve, picky, and I am not satisfied with the dishes no matter how I make them, do you know why? ”

Duanmu Heng looked at Lin Xiaomiao, Lin Xiaomiao shook her head, and replied honestly: "I don't know." ”

"Because I don't have a sense of taste anymore."

Lin Xiaomiao's eyes widened, she didn't expect that Duanmu Heng was always angry at the people in the kitchen, not because the chef didn't do it well, but because he had no sense of taste.

At that moment, she felt her heart twitch.

"My father thought that my lack of taste was caused by a fever caused by falling water, but in fact it was not the case, but someone in the palace had put chronic poison in my diet all year round......"

Lin Xiaomiao looked at Duanmu Heng nervously: "Chronic poison, then your body ......"

Seeing the nervousness in Lin Xiaomiao's eyes, Duanmu Heng smiled, "Why are you so nervous, you're worried about me?" ”

Lin Xiaomiao rolled her eyes, "Yes, I'm worried about dying, I've been poisoned for so long, why don't I die now." ”

"There's no way, who called this king a big life." Duanmu Heng didn't care about Lin Xiaomiao's offense, but continued to tell his story, "After I knew it, I found a way to detoxify, and I don't have to worry about my life anymore, so I don't have to worry too much." However, the poison is cured, but the sense of taste cannot be restored. ”

After hearing Duanmu Heng say that there was no need to worry about his life, Lin Xiaomiao exhaled softly.

It's good that she doesn't have to worry about her life, although she doesn't love Duanmu Heng, but it is undeniable that Duanmu Heng is the person she crossed into this world and gave her the most help, and she will protect her when there are things.

She didn't want anything to happen to Duanmu Heng.

"Do you know why I gave you a jade pendant in the first place?"

"I don't know." Lin Xiaomiao replied sullenly.

"When my mother was here, she used to cook for me all kinds of delicacies that were not available in the palace. When I saw you later, I always had a familiar sense of closeness, maybe because you were both from the same place, so I gave you that jade pendant. ”

Hearing Duanmu Heng say the jade pendant, Lin Xiaomiao was actually very weak-hearted, because she had accidentally lost the jade pendant a long time ago, and she hadn't found it so far, so she didn't dare to tell Duanmu Heng.

At the same time, Lin Xiaomiao felt guilty in her heart, if this jade pendant was very important to Duanmu Heng, then she would be really sorry for Duanmu Heng.

Fortunately, Duanmu Heng only mentioned it slightly, and did not ask Lin Xiaomiao if she had taken good care of the jade pendant, so Lin Xiaomiao put down her heart a little.

However, after listening to Duanmu Heng's story, Lin Xiaomiao shuddered, Duanmu Heng's mother had already done her part, and even made suggestions for the development of the country and improved people's livelihood, but she still ended up with such a tragic death in the deep palace.

Then, if her identity as a traverser is discovered, will Duanmu Yi protect her or lock her up?

Lin Xiaomiao couldn't believe that one day she would be locked up like Duanmu Heng's mother and never see the light of day, she thought, she would definitely go crazy.

"Yun Tao, I confessed this matter to you to tell you that with your identity, it is safest to stay by my side, I will never be able to tell others your identity, and I will not let you become a victim like my mother. Do you believe me? ”

Duanmu Heng looked at Lin Xiaomiao's eyes, hoping to get the answer he expected.

Lin Xiaomiao looked at Duanmuheng hesitantly, she knew that Duanmuheng was right, it should be the safest to stay by Duanmuheng's side, but there was a faint voice in her heart reminding her that she didn't like Duanmuheng, she couldn't accept being with someone she didn't like, and she couldn't accept her husband's three wives and four concubines.

"I ...... I believe in you, but I can't ...... yet."

Duanmu Heng knew at a glance that Lin Xiaomiao was going to say that he was going to say something that rejected him, and when the words of refusal could be spoken, Duanmu Heng reached out and covered Lin Xiaomiao's mouth.

"Okay, I know what you want to say, you believe me, but you don't want to be my side concubine, I can give you time to think about it, think about it carefully and carefully, and then tell me the answer carefully, you have to remember that as long as you want, the door of Liyang Mansion will always be open for you."

Duanmu Heng said very sincerely, this is his promise to Lin Xiaomiao.

For what Duanmu Heng said, Lin Xiaomiao still felt faintly moved in her heart, after all, she had rejected Duanmu Heng so many times since the beginning, and now, Duanmu Heng even told her about his mother's concubine, and after he rejected him again, he was still willing to make such a promise.

Lin Xiaomiao knew that maybe no one would protect herself like this in the future.

However, whether she is a cheap person or a pretentious person, she can live a good life, as long as she nods, it is clear that every man in this dynasty has three wives and four concubines, at least those who have a little money in the family, but she just can't pass the level in her heart.

I used to hear people say that I would rather marry someone who loves me but doesn't love him, than marry someone I love but doesn't love myself, otherwise in the end, I will always be hurt.

However, Lin Xiaomiao felt that even though Duanmu Heng had always been obsessed with making himself his side concubine, it was not because he loved her, but because he and his mother were from the same place.

Duanmu Heng just found sustenance in her, and pinned his deep feelings for his mother and concubine on her.

That's why Duanmu Heng is so obsessed with making her his side concubine.

On this basis, Lin Xiaomiao felt that she couldn't agree to Duanmu Heng at will, such a sustenance would still be worn out one day, and where should she go when the time came......