Chapter 3: The Beginning of the New Moon

Wu Ling secretly clenched her fists, she was so nervous and conflicted.

She wanted to complete the task that the queen mother said, but she didn't want to be really taken away, she didn't want to leave the home that the queen mother gave her, and leave the only remaining warmth.

She kept her head down, her heart beating as if it was about to pop out of her chest, until a pair of black velvet boots trimmed with gold edges appeared in front of her.

Raising her head, she saw the face of a young man who didn't look like Rui when she was a child. His left eye, also silver, is also a clear color, and the pupil is in the middle of the dark red wisps, forming a delicate pattern.

Has it been so long...... Back then, did Rui have grown into a man? So thriving and tall?

She thought that if she was a brother, she would be very similar, and Rui when she was a child was a red apple face with a shy look on her face.

But the person in front of him can only be described as handsome and spotless, with a perfect face, a high nose bridge, a pair of mandarin duck eyes flashing with some cunning and curious looks, fair skin set off pale lips, and even two sword-like eyebrows, which seem to be rippling with tenderness at this moment.

The white-clothed Confucian shirt is still embroidered with the gold thread of the dragon, and many golden dragons with teeth and claws are entrenched on his white clothes, which is full of brilliance and shows the noble status in the indifference.

Looking at him, Wu Ling suddenly lost her way.

What kind of feeling is this, so nervous, the blood in the whole body is stagnant, and I just want to look at this god-like man twice.

I have long heard Shilan say that the only two emperors in Yunguo are both heavenly and human, and she was still thinking about Shilan's childlike nature at that time, but she didn't expect that the moment she saw the emperor, she also lost her mind.

The corners of his mouth were crooked, full of smiles, like the bright moon in the night sky at the first day of the new year, as bright as a mirror.

Although he looks unusually handsome and unrestrained, Wu Ling notices the gleam in his eyes from time to time, which shows that this is a character that cannot be underestimated.

Yes, he is the emperor, the emperor who can inherit the country, if he does not have the grace to despise the world, how can he inherit thousands of miles of rivers and mountains?

But in the next second, Shuo completely lost his previous calm appearance, and instead pinned the folding fan in his hand into his waist, pulled his cheeks with both hands, and made a particularly ugly grimace.

Stunned, Wu Ling looked at his slightly childish movements in such a daze, watched him spit out his pink tongue, and even pressed the tip of his nose to pull down his ears and pretend to be a pig.

Until she heard Shuo sigh slightly, smiled in frustration, and asked slightly, "What's your name?" My name is Shuo, the new moon, and the name of the beginning of the month. ”

The voice, deep and magnetic, was as gentle and deep as a wave of autumn water.

Because she knew that he was Shuo, Wu Ling was not surprised, but his explanation made her a little stunned, just now I thought he was like the first month of the new year, and he recommended himself as the new moon, is this a coincidence?

"That's better to call it the first year of junior high school." The tone is faint, and he can't say whether he likes or dislikes, but he pokes at his meaning.

Shuo was slightly stunned, lowered his head, took out the paper fan pinned to his waist, held it in his hand, and bit the corner of his mouth and chewed her words carefully.

The new moon, the beginning of the month, isn't it the first day of the new year? was explained by her like this, although she lost her elegance, but it was not without mistakes, this woman is really interesting!

Wu Ling looked at him with his head bowed and frowned in contemplation, not knowing why.

"Haha!" Shuo looked at her stunned expression and smiled, shook the gold-rimmed folding fan in his hand, and left.

Wu Ling still didn't understand, what was he laughing at? Did you say anything funny?

Also, why does Wu Ling feel that his eyes have changed when he looks at him? Is he unhappy when he first provokes him? Or something else?

Oh, yes...... Wu Ling's husband has always taught her only ancient characters and spells, and as for literature, he has only taught her some simple and easy to understand.

- I am wise, wise, wise, and holy.

- My name is Shuo, the new moon, and the name of the beginning of the month.

Listening to people's introduction of her name, how elegant it is, but how to open her name?

My name is Wu Ling, the witch of the wizard, the Ling of the turtle?

This is the text she can think of, the most able to explain the meaning of her name, I wonder what the queen mother thought when she named her in the first place? Is it also the same elegant explanation as when they introduce the name? Who is it?

Thinking of the queen mother, Wu Ling's heart trembled, she forgot the task of the queen mother! I forgot to tell Shuo that she was going home with her!

What can I do? She didn't want to make her mother angry anymore!

"Wu Ling?" The pleasant voice of the emperor and queen came from behind her, and then a pair of delicate jade hands put on her shoulders, and Wu Ling's heart seemed to suddenly sink into the river water of the cold winter wax moon, cold and stinging.

"Yes......" Wu Ling stood up and turned around, lowered her head and didn't dare to raise her eyes to look at the queen mother, after all, she didn't complete the task assigned to her by the queen mother, and she was ashamed of the queen mother.

"You're such a good boy." The emperor stretched out her hand and stroked Wu Ling's lowered head.

Wu Ling heard what the queen mother said, raised her face, and looked at the smiling queen mother in disbelief, she is a good child?!

"Shuo offered me that he wanted to take you back to his mansion, would you like to?" The emperor and queen are still smiling, smiling with two eyes, crooked, like the morning light.

Wu Ling was a little confused again, why did Shuo offer to take her away? She obviously didn't do anything, and she didn't indicate that she wanted to go back with him, huh?

The queen mother asked her if she would like to go back to the house with him, and she wanted to say, "No." However, she knew that the queen mother wanted her to go.

"Yes." Wu Ling looked at the expectant look in the queen mother's eyes, bit the corner of her lip, and nodded.

She didn't know who Shuo was, and the queen mother sent her over, and she didn't know why, she only knew that such a 'bring back', and her future fate would be inseparable from that man.

In the Yun Dynasty, a woman was not allowed to live in a man's house at will, and if she was unmarried, she was not allowed to live under the same roof, unless it was her husband's family, and she had to agree to give the woman any status or status.

As for the fact that she went back to the house with him like this, what kind of status it was, and how she would be treated in the future, she didn't care much, as long as the queen mother was happy.

"Good daughter." The emperor smiled again and stretched out her hand, brushing the broken hair between her foreheads, and smiling as brightly as a few years ago.

This daughter is the right one! If she can really hold Shuo's heart, in this world, wisdom is at her fingertips! Thinking of this, the emperor smiled more and more charmingly, her whole eyes were full of streamers, and her amber pupils were shining.

Wu Ling looked at the happy queen mother infatuatedly, she is really the most beautiful woman in the world, how can she be lucky enough to be her daughter?

She closed her eyes and felt the comfort brought to her by those tender hands, this is the taste of her mother, the taste of her covetousness in this life.

Although the queen mother will only call her daughter when she has completed the task she has given her.

That's enough, though.

After the emperor left, Wu Ling slowly slid down on the ground, buried her head between her knees, and curled up in a ball.

She knew that she would not refuse any order from her mother, and even if she died for her mother, she was willing.

But why did I feel so lonely all of a sudden, as if I had been abandoned by the whole world?

The queen mother doesn't want her anymore, just like back then, she is alone again......

So cold, so lonely, alone.

After only half a cup of tea, Shuo appeared in front of her with a smile on his face, ordered someone to pack up the softness, took her into the carriage, and went to his mansion.

Shuo's full name is, 雲朔.

In the entire Yun Kingdom, only the royal family is surnamed Yun, this surname is unique, showing nobility and elegance, but also representing power and rule.

Yun Shuo and Yun Rui are the only glorious and noble silver-eyed emperors among the emperors.

One is the son of the emperor and the queen, and the other is the son of Xin Guifei, who has been favored by the emperor for many years, and the two emperors are extremely noble.

The breeze was slightly drunk, Wu Ling sat in the rickety carriage, and her heart was full of flavors.

She only took away one book, that is, the regret spirit spell, it is rumored that in this mantra that no one in the world can practice, there is an unknown secret, Wu Ling does not know, so she only took it.

"Why don't you speak?" Shuo's jade-like face almost touched her face, and the warm breath swept over her cheeks, which made her a little flustered.

Wu Ling rarely panicked, perhaps because of her childhood experience, or perhaps because of her mother's deliberate cultivation, she is always expressionless and calm in any situation. There are even a few attendants who secretly call the seventh princess stupid, no matter what, there is no expression.

Wu Ling's ears are outstanding, so this kind of words are often heard, and there will be some waves at first, and over time, she will become more indifferent, let it go, and say whatever she likes.

However, no one had ever been so close to her, and she was still a man, which inevitably made Wu Ling a little overwhelmed.

Although she was at a loss, Wu Ling still pretended to look out the window expressionlessly, and heard Shuo's faint laughter in her ears, and her heart felt even more embarrassed.

The two of them were relatively speechless, or only Wu Ling was speechless, Shuo wanted to speak a few times, but Xu saw her indifferent face, swallowed back the words in his mouth, and replaced them with faint laughter again.

The carriage galloped all the way, and in a blink of an eye it arrived at Shuo's mansion.

After getting off the carriage, standing in front of Wu Ling's eyes was an exquisite courtyard that was no less luxurious than the palace, with blue bricks and red walls, and Daiwa hanging trees, which seemed to be a fairyland-like residence.

And it doesn't look like it's ordinary...... It is actually comparable to the queen mother's Changle Palace......

Wu Ling was a little shocked, and thought in her heart, she was worthy of being the emperor, she had heard that the emperor loved this eldest son the most, and his food and clothing were different from other emperors, so she really saw how favored he was.

"Don't be stunned, this will be your home in the future." With a smile on his face, Shuo pulled her sleeve and entered the door.

Wu Ling was pulled by him, and smiled bitterly in her heart.

Her home? When did she have a home? was brought back like this, is it a wife and concubine, or a nameless servant? Or maybe it's nothing.