Lan Ruoqing cleaned up a little, and then followed the prince and the royal raccoon to the outside of his mansion, before she entered the gate, this mansion had already shocked her, not only that, there were even two guards guarding outside the gate.

She asked in disbelief, "Brother Beaver, is this really your home?" ”

"yes, let's go in first!"

The prince led Lan Ruoqing into his mansion, and through a courtyard was the square front hall, and behind the front hall was another courtyard, which was slightly smaller than the previous one, but it was planted with emerald green bamboo, and the bamboo leaves swayed gently in the wind, which couldn't help but remind them of the time they spent together in the silk and bamboo post station in the past.

Lan Ruoqing cast her empty gaze into the courtyard and said faintly: "After so many years, I didn't have any feelings about time at all before, but now when I look back, a hundred years is just a flick of my fingers." ”

"How do you have all these feelings? You weren't like that before. You often laugh at me for not being happy enough, but now your troubles seem to outweigh me. The prince felt that Lan Ruoqing and the optimistic and hearty her in his memory were like two people, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart, but then said, "I'll order the demon servants to prepare wine and food later, since it's a reunion after a long absence, we should celebrate and celebrate, you can tell me about what has happened over the years, and I'll tell you my true identity." Today, no matter what you ask me, I will know everything. ”

Lan Ruoqing followed the prince and the civet through the second courtyard and came to another hall. The prince ordered the men to open all the doors facing the courtyard, and the two of them could enjoy the scenery of the courtyard while drinking tea. At the round table, they sat facing each other, their eyes intertwined, as if they had a thousand words, but they didn't know where to start.

In the end, it was the prince and the civet who opened his mouth first, and he said to Lan Ruoqing: "My real name is the civet, I am a descendant of the giant raccoon clan, and I am also the prince of this demon world. I was afraid that once I told you the truth, the friendship between you and me would change, but after so long, I still didn't find a chance to tell you the truth. ”

"Actually, from the beaver brother...... Ah, no, it's the talk of Brother Mirachu that you must be of noble birth, and I don't expose you, for the same reason that you hide it from me, and because I enjoy this friendship with you. Lan Ruoqing smiled faintly after speaking, lowered her head and drank a sip of tea, I don't know if it was because of her mood, this cup of tea was particularly bitter.

"Can you tell me what has happened to you over the years? Why did you keep avoiding me? "The prince and the raccoon have long been unable to hold back the many doubts in their hearts.

"I'd better wait for me to drink some wine later, and then I'll tell you slowly." Lan Ruoqing responded.

"It's good!" When the prince heard this, he shouted to the door, "Come, bring me the good wine I have collected, and serve it with some side dishes." ”

After a while, three demon servants walked in, brought the wine and food to the round table one by one, and then bowed and retreated, without making a sound during the whole process, which shows that they are well-trained on weekdays.

The prince and the raccoon filled a glass of wine for Lan Ruoqing and himself, and then raised his glass and said, "This cup, I respect you!" ”

Lan Ruoqing touched him lightly with his own cup, and then drank all the wine in the cup. After a few rounds of pushing the cup, the sunset receded, the crescent crescent crescent crescent climbed the branches, and she finally told the story of her experience after separating from the prince and the raccoon. She and her partner are childhood sweethearts, but then the man went to the royal city alone and joined the army, and then he finally returned to his hometown, and the two naturally got married, I thought that a good life began here, but I didn't expect nightmares to follow.

Her husband had been wrongfully surrendered to Qingyun for some reason, and had betrayed him the information of the Wangcheng army, and a group of warriors rushed into their lair and took her husband away without stopping their explanations. Pregnant, she simply packed her bags and planned to chase them to the royal city, but as soon as she arrived, she heard that her husband had died on the way. When she was full of grievances and grief and had nowhere to vent, she gave birth to a son, but she didn't expect that the disaster would not go alone, her son had been weak and sick since birth, so he had to temporarily put aside his hatred and take the child to live in seclusion.

After listening to her narration, the princely and royal raccoon were also moved by her, and hurriedly asked, "What happened later?" How is the child doing? ”

"It's not always good, just after my death, I met a master of great ability, he took my son with him and treated him, although we can only see him once a year, but as long as he can live, I have nothing to complain about."

"Oh? If I have the opportunity, I will definitely go with you to thank the master you mentioned, your child has no father since he was a child, and I happen to have no children under my knees, this may be the chance, let me take your child as a righteous son. ”

"I mean that too, but it's hard to speak."

"When is the next time you and your child will meet?"

"In three days, when you can see him, I will name him Lanzhu."

When the prince heard that the child's name had a bamboo character in it, he was secretly happy in his heart, and he guessed that Lan Ruoqing chose this name for him to commemorate their fate of meeting and knowing each other at the Sizhu Station, and the more he wanted to love this child from the bottom of his heart.

But three days later, it was not only her son Lan Zhu who came to the prince with Lan Ruoqing, the one who regarded himself as a benefactor and swaggered into his mansion with them was Qingyun himself, he couldn't figure out how this person hid his eyes and ears and blended into the royal city, and how bold he was to dare to come to see him directly.

Qingyun took off the hat from his cloak, revealing his masked face, and after looking around at the first courtyard of the princely and royal beaver mansion, he said, "It's really a good place." ”

The prince replied angrily, "I seem to have an unwelcome guest here. ”

"Whether it is popular or not, please don't make up your mind so quickly."

A burst of laughter came from behind Qingyun's mask, and he didn't care about the anger expressed by the prince and the beaver,

Although Lan Zhu is eight years old, he looks thinner and smaller than children of the same age, and his eyes are full of excitement, similar to his mother Lan Ruoqing. ”

"Do you think he can live without me? If I hadn't fed him my demon blood with elixir every few days, he would have died a long time ago. Now that he has become dependent on my blood, you will be able to give him death if you have to keep him. Qingyun finished speaking unhurriedly and turned to Lan Ruoqing, "Then I'll leave!" In the future, the life and death of Lanzhu will have nothing to do with me! ”

Lan Ruoqing's face changed greatly after hearing this, and she pleaded again and again: "By all means, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid my son won't live for three months." ”

Seeing that Lan Ruoqing had cried, the prince had to stare at Qingyun and ask, "You old fox, what conditions do you want to propose?" ”

"Lanzhu, this kid has always been by my side, how can I be willing to die for him? You only need to promise me one thing, and I will continue to live for him. Qingyun is no longer beating around the bush.

"What's the matter?!"

"Build me a secret passage in your mansion to the outside of the city."

"You're going to use the secret passage to wage war against the royal city?"

"Whether I start a war or not, I promise you that I will never touch you and Lan Ruoqing, I know the friendship between you and her, and when Lan Zhu is completely recovered in the future, the three of you can live together."

"How could I, as the prince of the demon realm, betray my own king?!"

"It doesn't matter, I have a lot of time to wait for you to make a new choice, Lan Zhu will stay with you first, and within half a month, you will come to beg me." Qingyun finished speaking and walked away.

As soon as he left, Lan Ruoqing, who couldn't stop crying, pulled her son Lan Zhu to kneel down for the prince and the royal raccoon, and said to her: "I have never been so low-minded, but for the sake of my son, I had to beg people everywhere, and finally had a chance to let him live, but now...... I know that such a request makes you embarrassed, but can you save my child for the sake of you and me who have been confidants for a hundred years. ”

"If you ask me to think about it again, I will also send someone to find other ways to save Lanzhu."

The prince arranged for Lan Zhu to live in his mansion, because considering that the environment here was much better than Lan Ruoqing's hotel, on the other hand, he spared no expense to look for other ways to treat Lan Zhu, but he still had no result after searching for several days.

At this time, Lan Zhu fell ill. The prince finally saw how serious his illness was, and when he fell ill, he not only suffered excruciatingly, his limbs twitched, his mouth vomited white membrane, and even curled up in pain. Even if the best doctors in the royal city were invited, after seeing his illness, they all came to the same conclusion, saying that Lan Zhu would definitely not live for three months.

Seeing that such a lovely child had to endure such pain, and the once dashing Lan Ruoqing also became depressed due to the child's illness, the prince and the fox finally made up his mind to take a step towards the darkness.

He agreed to Qingyun's conditions, and after letting Qingyun take Lanzhu away, he began to quietly build a secret passage in his mansion. And on the day that the secret passage was completed, it was the eve of the New Year, and the royal city was attacked by Qingyun, and the Qingyun army was able to enter the secret passage of the royal city on a large scale and smoothly.

Although there has been no direct contact between the prince and Qingyun since then, he knows in his heart what kind of sin he has committed, this sin torments him every day and night, and only when he sees the blue bamboo that is gradually getting healthy can his pain be slightly reduced.

But it was only for a short time, because the more cruel thing was in front of him first, Lan Ruoqing's mother and son all took refuge in Qingyun, and because he couldn't cut off the friendship with the mother and son, it was worth continuing to keep the secret of the secret passage in the city for them. He always hoped that someone could investigate him, find out him, a traitor, and sentence him to death, and only in this way could he not betray his feelings for Lan Ruoqing's mother and son, nor betray his original heart loyal to Wang Cheng.