Chapter 40: The Eve of the Wedding
The days that followed could almost be described as calm.
The county lord of Mu Tinglan seemed to like Su Rongrong quite much, and he entered the palace to see her every once in a while, and reported to her the movements of the mysterious white-clothed son. Ever since he knew that the man might be a spy, Lord Mu had monitored his backyard almost every day, and found that he had more and more frequent contact with strangers, and even talked to military generals in civilian clothes.
And almost without exception, the visitors' attitude towards him was very respectful, which made the Lord of Mujun puzzled, what is the identity of this mysterious son?
Su Rongrong heard a little clue, and had frequent contact with outsiders, indicating that there would be major changes in the near future; interviewing military generals showed that Jingguo might have an army near the capital of King Xu. These are not good news for her or Xu Guo.
After talking about this, Lord Mu happily told what topic he talked about with Xiaoyu, and also told her some gossip about the Xu royal family, including King Xu's total of five sons, the youngest of whom was still in swaddling clothes, King Xu's concubine who gave birth to the prince but hated Queen Huang who gave birth to the third prince, and King Xu set up the Huang family as the queen to win over the Huang family...... seems to treat her as a best friend.
Su Rongrong listened a lot, and thought that she had traveled to the palace fighting drama, but fortunately, she faced the game panel when she practiced every day, so that she could always remind herself that she was not a person from this time and space, and it was what she should do to cultivate immortals and go home.
When she came out of the princess's mansion, she accelerated the pace of cultivation. It's a pity that Xu Guo's aura is thin and the income from meditation is extremely low, so she understands why immortal cultivators are reluctant to live in the mortal realm, because the cultivation speed is outrageously slow.
Wantenggou is full of aura, but unfortunately Qi Yuanming told her that every time she enters Wantenggou, she has to wait for ten days and half a month until it fills up its spiritual power before she can enter again.
In desperation, Su Rongrong had to turn to practicing spells. After upgrading, her spiritual power was abundant a lot, and she successfully brushed the five spells of the "Little Five Elements Jue" to the proficient realm, and consciously used spells with different attributes, and found a lot of battle doorways.
The only regret is that in this mortal realm, no one can practice with her, and the people of Xinrong Courtyard have long dared not care about her, except for not letting her leave the courtyard, they basically run away when they see her.
At night, Su Rongrong was not idle, and slipped out of the yard every night to investigate. Since her cultivation has been promoted, she only needs a winding technique to climb over the wall without staining the dust, and she can avoid passers-by in advance through divine sense exploration, and even the secret passages and secret rooms in the palace have been found out by her divine sense.
Looking at the increasingly perfect "Map of King Xu's Palace" in the map panel, Su Rongrong once again sighed that there was a difference between immortals and mortals. Thinking about it, the aura of the Xu Kingdom is thin and there are few immortal cultivators, which is the balance of the Heavenly Dao that maintains the operation of the mortal realm. And she, if she wants to succeed in cultivating immortals, she must set foot in the realm of cultivating immortals.
Su Rongrong's side was in full swing, but Qi Yuanming's side had no news.
He hadn't been seen for many days since that day of separation. Of course, Su Rongrong didn't think that he was afraid of his fiancée's reputation, and only guessed that he had other important things. The problem is that seeing that the wedding of the two is imminent, Su Rongrong must talk to him from the bottom of his heart!
The last time I visited Wantenggou, Su Rongrong fell in love with this young second prince, and the two were like-minded, just like the buddies next door who grew up together, and when they were with him, their mood would relax unconsciously. Su Rongrong was a wild baby when she was a child, and Qi Yuanming reminded her of the friends who had explored together, scolded together, and laughed together in her childhood.
However, this kind of relationship and marriage can't go together!
Moreover, Su Rongrong doesn't want to get married in this time and space at all, and it's best not to even have love, otherwise the day of separation will only increase sadness.
The last time they met, Su Rongrong found that Qi Yuanming had a wonderful fledgling complex for her, in order not to delay the innocent young man's heart, she decided to cut through the mess quickly and make it clear at one time. However, after the turmoil in Wantenggou, Qi Yuanming seemed to have evaporated, even if he swam to the second prince's residence every night, he was nowhere to be seen.
Half a month passed in a flash, and soon it was the eve of the wedding.
There was no festive atmosphere in Xinrong Hospital, no visitors came to the door, and no house arrest was lifted, so it can be seen that no one took this unpopular unmarried couple seriously.
Su Rongrong walked around the yard anxiously.
She had already figured out that she would have to run away from the marriage tomorrow, or ruin the wedding ceremony. For the sake of her own innocence and Qi Yuanming's innocence, it is impossible for her to ask for Heli to go to cultivate immortals after marrying, since the Zhenguo Mansion can't stop this marriage, she has to do it herself!
The problem is that she has to talk to the other protagonist of the wedding for such a big event! The two are not enemies, and it is not cost-effective to spoil the relationship. But where did Qi Yuanming, this bastard, hide?
No, she decided, even if she digs three feet into the ground in King Xu's palace tonight, she will catch that second-class prince!
Finally got dark, Su Rongrong avoided his subordinates and walked out of the room, and began to climb over the wall in a hurry. As soon as she raised her hand, the vines hidden in her sleeves wrapped around the trunks of the old trees by the wall, controlling the vines to shrink, and with a light swing, Su Rongrong fell on the outside of the courtyard wall.
Just as he was about to lift his feet and leave, a familiar chuckle suddenly came from behind him.
A feeling of nostalgia came over me, as if I had returned to the night when we first met.
Obviously, the time the two have spent together is only one day and one night, but inexplicably, she just misses it very much.
"Qi Yuanming, where did you hide before this bastard?" Before Su Rongrong turned around, he couldn't help but ask.
Still wearing that white robe and that smiling face, Qi Yuanming's whole person was smeared with moon-white light, and he put his fingers to his mouth, and made a silent movement: "Be quiet, it's not suitable for talking here, let's change places." ”
Su Rongrong was shocked to realize that her voice was too loud, and it seemed that as soon as she saw this second-hand prince, she unconsciously put down the shackles of her body and acted like a child. Helpless, at the moment, I could only hold back my stomach and follow him.
The two went around in circles, and finally walked to the cold palace.
Qi Yuanming touched the root of the wall, first took out the small pebble that carried the Wanteng Ditch and put it in his arms, and then took out an iron wire to pound the iron lock on the door of the cold palace. Soon the lock was opened, and Qi Yuanming led Su Rongrong into the cold palace, and closed the courtyard door with his backhand.
This cold palace is nothing special, it is just a dilapidated house, without the sinister and treacherous things in the TV series.
Su Rongrong asked suspiciously, "You want to take me into Wantenggou?"
Qi Yuanming shook his head, directly took out the pebble in his arms, handed it over, and said, "Give it to you." ”
Su Rongrong was stunned, in this cold-blooded palace, isn't Wantenggou his most valuable thing?
Qi Yuanming saw her thoughts, but he spread his hand forward more firmly, and said with a smile: "Just as our love token." ”
Su Rongrong shook his head and said: "This mustard seed space is not a mortal thing, you have already dripped blood to recognize the Lord, even if you give it to me, I can't use it." ”
Qi Yuanming was extremely disappointed all of a sudden, his entire shoulders drooped, and he pinched the pebble and didn't speak for a long time.
Su Rongrong was strange, although he knew that the second prince was very pessimistic, but he would not suddenly be depressed like this.
She was about to comfort a few words, Qi Yuanming suddenly raised his face again and said with a smile: "Then we will get married, if you want to go to Wantenggou, tell me at any time, I'll take you there!"
Su Rongrong could see that there was even some flattery in his smile, like a puppy who was afraid of being abandoned by his owner.
She felt a pain in her heart, such a person who loves to laugh, how much sadness and loneliness he has to experience since he was a child, before he can have such a serious fledgling complex! Meeting is fate, even if there is no intersection with this child in the future, try to help him face life now. What we need to do now is to break first and then stand!
She took a deep breath, grabbed Qi Yuanming's shoulder, forced him to look her eyes, and then said word by word: "Xiao Ming, I won't marry you." ”
Qi Yuanming's face turned pale suddenly.
Su Rongrong didn't wait for him to speak, and hurriedly continued: "However, I want to be your good friend! I like your character and I like to play with you, but this is friendship, not love." In all fairness, you've only seen me a few times and don't know me, and your feelings for me may be more out of loneliness, you just need an outlet for your emotions......"
Before she finished speaking, Su Rongrong stopped, because she saw Qi Yuanming gradually lowering his head, there was no trace of brilliance in his eyes, and his entire pupils were filled with a fog of despair.
Su Rongrong suddenly regretted it. She was afraid that Qi Yuanming would not be able to think about her refusal to marry, so she hurriedly wanted to help him untie the knot, but unexpectedly, it was too hasty and had the opposite effect.
In fact, how could Qi Yuanming, who was delicate-minded, not know these truths? It's just that the loneliness and anxiety accumulated since childhood were too heavy, so that he would desperately open his heart to this "fiancée" who was about to become his family, wanting to rely on her and absorb her warmth.
In Wantenggou, he fought side by side with her, and it was because she was an immortal cultivator that he dared to burst out of his potential without reservation, instead of shrinking back and pretending to be a weak mortal all the time. And outside Wantenggou, in the face of Jingguo's encroachment, he is the prince and she is the victim, and their positions happen to be the same, which makes him feel like fighting side by side with her again, and he is more and more reluctant to let go.
It's a pity that Su Rongrong has no achievements in psychology, and only enlightens him, but he doesn't know how to protect the fragile heart of the "fledgling".