Xie Lin thought about it for two days, but he was still a little unwilling, so he took the time to go to the East Palace, he wanted to ask Qin Luan in person.

He was sure that he liked Qin Luan, although it was not to the point that she had to do it, but this kind of liking could not be let go for a long time.

On the day he came to the East Palace, Qin Luan was taking someone to clean the prince's study, because the weather was fine, some books needed to be dried, so she took someone out of the study to dry under the eaves.

Xie Lin saw her from afar, and saw that she was a female official, and she also had a bit of the shadow of the past, and she did not bend her backbone because she was demoted to a slave, and she became submissive, which shows that she was not bullied in the East Palace, and she was still living a good life.

Qin Luan can enter the East Palace as a female official, I have to say that it is to save Zhou Gu's face, otherwise the female officials of the East Palace are not able to do it by anyone, and the women of the good family sell themselves into the palace and train for a few years, and they can climb to this position step by step, not to mention the slave status, there is almost no hope.

Xie Lin looked at it for a moment and stepped forward.

When Qin Luan saw Xie Lin, he was stunned for a moment, and saluted in a formal manner, "Little Lord Xie, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in the mansion." ”

Xie Lin looked at her and said, "I'm here to find you." ”

Qin Luan was stunned again.

Xie Lin said directly: "I have consulted with His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Qin Luan guessed the meaning of this sentence, and the hand in his sleeve squeezed it lightly, showing confusion on his face, "The little prince is looking for a slave?" But what's the matter? ”

"Let's take a step and speak!" Xie Lin glanced at the little eunuchs and palace maids around him who pricked up their ears.

Qin Luan nodded.

She was familiar with the East Palace, so she took Xie Lin to an open and uninhabited place, where people in the distance could see them, but guaranteed that they could not be heard, which could not only avoid being seen and speculated for no reason when going to a remote place, but also that people could not hear the sound.

Qin Luan stopped and whispered, "That's it!" Little prince, please speak. ”

Xie Lin looked at her, stared directly into her eyes and asked, "You like Zhou Gu." ”

This is an affirmative sentence.

Qin Luan's complexion changed slightly.

Xie Lin is smart, especially after this year's training, he is interrogating prisoners in the Criminal Department, and he needs a pair of penetrating eyes the most, seeing that Qin Luan's face changed because of his words, he knew that his mother didn't lie to him, what he said was the truth.

Xie Lin asked again: "Do you still like it now?" ”

Qin Luan's hands clenched tightly in her sleeves, she wanted to hang her head and avoid Xie Lin's gaze, but she was looked at by his eyes, she forcibly restrained herself, and faintly understood the purpose of Xie Lin's coming to her today, to be the little princess of the Ruian Palace, or the concubine of the side concubine? She didn't know. But she asked if she was willing to marry Xie Lin? The Ruian Mansion is very important, and Xie Lin is now also valued by the prince, not a gentleman who eats and waits for death, and will be the minister of the imperial court in the future, how many people climb the lintel of the Ruian Palace, I am afraid that they will not be able to climb it.

Xie Lin likes her, she knows that if he was robbed into the Ruian Palace, she would have recognized it, but she has never chosen this path for herself, she doesn't like Xie Lin, when the Qin family was in trouble, she never thought that she would enter the Ruian Palace, so she begged her brother to protect Zhou Gu, she wanted to enter the Protector's Mansion, but in the end, it fell in the East Palace.

She finally lowered her head and whispered: "Don't hide it from the little prince, I liked it before, but now I don't dare to like it." ”

Xie Lin looked at the top of her hair, "If the Qin family is put down in rebellion, you will have to wait at least a few years, are you willing to stay in the East Palace as a female official?" ”

Qin Luan pursed his lips, "My brother sent me a letter asking if I could go to Nanchu." ”

Once he went to Nanchu, the identity of the Qin family's criminal ministers on his head could be erased, just like his brother, like those who followed Su Rong to Nanchu, such as Ning Ze, he was in Daliang, and he could not enter the court as an official again in this life, but when he arrived in Nanchu, it was different, as long as Su Rong was willing to accept it, it was a new beginning.

Xie Lin asked, "Then are you going?" ”

Qin Luan shook his head, "I haven't thought about it yet." ”

Xie Lin looked at her, "If you don't go to Nanchu, you can't leave the East Palace unless you get amnesty, do you want amnesty?" ”

Qin Luan raised his head.

Xie Lin didn't see any emotion on his face, stared at her eyes and asked, "If I marry you, can you like me?" ”

Qin Luan's heart was grasped suddenly, "Marry?" ”

"Yes, marry." Xie Lin nodded.

Qin Luan bit his lip, "Will the prince and the princess agree?" ”

"Yes." Xie Lin said: "I can be my own master. ”

Qin Luan saw the seriousness in Xie Lin's eyes clearly, and after a while, she lowered her head, her heart turned a thousand times, if she nodded, she could get out of slavery and marry into the Ruian Palace, but what about after that? She doesn't like Xie Lin, she wants to force herself to like it, her status is high, but she is just trapped in the inner house, to be his little princess, and to be his princess in the future, but no matter what, she can't jump out of the Ruian Palace.

She likes Zhou Gu and is willing to go to the Protector's Mansion, but Zhou Gu never gave her a chance. She doesn't like Xie Lin, is she going to be trapped in Ryan Palace? In this life, if she is only her princess in peace, will she be able to do so?

If it had been before, she might have accepted her fate, but now, she didn't want to.

She was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Thank you little prince for your love, I'm afraid I won't be able to like you, if I agree to marry you, I can't give you a liking, then between you and me, won't it be a grudge?" You have a sincere heart, but I can't take the bright moon to your liking, it's harmful to you and myself. ”

A big stone in Xie Lin's heart suddenly fell to the ground, and he took a deep breath, "Okay, I'm just asking you, since you said so, that's it." ”

He turned and walked away.

Although the result he got was not what he wanted, at least he felt that Qin Luan didn't lie to him, and it was not in vain that he liked it.

Xie Lin walked out of the East Palace, exhaled a breath of turbidity, and rode away.

Halfway through, a carriage forked out of the alley on the oblique side, almost startled Xie Lin's horse, he hurriedly reined in the reins of the horse, comforted the horse under him, and saw that the coachman on the opposite side also had palpitations, saw that it was him, and hurriedly confessed, "Xie Xiaowang forgives the sin, the slave is not skilled in driving, and your horse is shocked." ”

Xie Lin knew that he had come out of the East Palace today, and the horse was riding a little faster, but this coachman seemed to be a novice, and the carriage was not marked, but since the coachman knew him, it should be from which mansion. Puzzled, he asked, "Who are you?" ”

Before the coachman could speak, Duanhua opened the curtain, poked his head out of the car, looked at Xie Lin and said, "My family." ”

Xie Lin was surprised, "County Lord? How did you change carriages? ”

He remembered that Duanhua's carriage was inlaid with gold and jade, which was so luxurious that it could be recognized from afar.

"My carriage broke down on the road yesterday and has not been repaired, and the coachman who is used to it suffered from the cold yesterday and fell ill, so he can only take a random car out today." Duanhua wondered, "You're not in the Yamen, where did you go?" I rode the horse so fast that I almost knocked my carriage over. ”

Xie Lin apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention, I went to the East Palace, where is the county lord going?" ”

Duanhua let out an "oh", "I'm going to the East Palace too." She asked, "Is the prince's cousin in the East Palace today?" ”

Xie Lin shook his head, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not here. ”

Duanhua frowned when he heard this, "Isn't the prince's cousin resting today?" ”

Xie Lin said: "It's really not. ”

Duanhua looked at him suspiciously, "Since you know that the prince's cousin is not here, what are you going to do in the East Palace?" ”

Xie Lin couldn't say that he was going for Qin Luan, and it was difficult to accept this for a while.

Duanhua didn't seem to have any intention of asking, "It's okay if he's not here, I'll wait for him in the East Palace." After she finished speaking, she lowered the curtain of the car and instructed the coachman, "Let's go, continue to hurry, the car should be slow, otherwise you will be fined." ”

Listening to this, he is still the arrogant county lord.

The coachman hurriedly responded, and became more cautious.