In the evening, Princess Huanyu came to the underground secret room in the palace garden to deliver food to Ling Yun.
Ling Yun frowned slightly at this moment, leaning on the brocade couch a little tiredly, looking intently at a crystal clear jade pendant in his hand.
Although this secret room is not very big, the interior decoration is elegant, the furnishings are exquisite, and it is full of warmth and peace.
There were a few red candles lit on the table, and the dim yellow light flickered on and off, spreading softly and softly on his body like a hazy and mysterious veil, making his face look much softer and deeper than before.
Today he was wearing a light blue round-neck gown with dark patterns. His profile was handsome, with a hint of gloominess and paleness from a serious illness.
Looking at him coldly, he has the gentleness and transparency of his father He Yuting; and he has the temperament of his mother, Princess Chang Qing, who is reserved and distant with a bit of cold temperament, even a bit solid, strong and cold.
After a few days of peaceful rest, his body and spirit have improved greatly. At this moment, he was only staring at the jade pendant in his hand, and his eyes were blank for a moment.
On the front of the jade pendant are engraved the four words "Knowing oneself and knowing one's heart", and on the back are two lines of small regular script: "If the love lasts for a long time, how can we stay together day and night" - it is the jade pendant that Lian Nanchun gave him originally.
The flickering candlelight swayed unsteadily, making the atmosphere in the room ambiguous and hazy; faint thoughts were floating around, and the beautiful and familiar face loomed in front of my eyes.
There was a tragic fight on the execution ground that day, and he and Lian Nanchun were separated.
During the days when he was recuperating in Jinling Palace, he was always concerned about her whereabouts. The white dove had been released for many days, but there was still no news. He couldn't help but become anxious.
He knew that although he was relatively safe hiding here, he could not get in touch with the outside world, let alone redress Mr. Lu's injustice, and make the truth about the prince's case known to the world.
If he continues to be isolated and shackles like this, sooner or later he will go crazy! Then a thought grew up in my heart unconsciously...
He just frowned and concentrated on his thoughts. It wasn't until Princess Huanyu walked in that he suddenly came back from his sleepwalking thoughts and looked at her in surprise, with a momentary confusion on his face.
Huanyu caught a glimpse of the jade pendant in his hand, and felt a sharp pain in her heart, recalling the past events. She snorted coldly, put the lunch box heavily on the table, turned around and left.
Ling Yun felt bitter in his heart, silently staring at her figure leaving without looking back with a hint of anger, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Huanyu walked to the door, suddenly remembered something, hesitated, and turned back.
Ling Yun wondered: "What's wrong with you?"
Huanyu's mouth curved slightly, and she spoke in a neutral tone, "Why, can't you come back if nothing happens?"
The candlelight flickered and slowly dimmed; it was in sharp contrast to Princess Huanyu's impatient temper with a bit of resentment.
Ling Yun was stunned and had no choice but to remain silent.
Huanyu subconsciously stretched out her catkin-like jade hands, gently smoothed the messy hair on her temples, bit her red lips lightly and said, "There is one thing, I think... I should tell you."
"What's up?"
Huan Yu said: "Today our mother...is here."
Ling Yun's eyelids suddenly trembled, "Our mother?..."
Huan Yu said: "Aunt Chang Qing."
Ling Yun's face immediately turned pale. He lowered his clear eyes, concealing the throbbing in his heart, and remained speechless for a long time.
"What's wrong with you?..." Huanyu's eyes were wide and fixed on his face without blinking, as if she was afraid of missing any subtle change in his expression.
Ling Yun tried his best to ignore the emotions in his heart and Huan Yu's burning eyes, and said blankly: "Does this matter have anything to do with me?"
Huanyu was stunned for a moment, then shouted excitedly, "Zhichao, how can you talk like this? She is your biological mother!"
Ling Yun's Adam's apple rolled twice and said coldly: "She is not my mother! Have you ever seen any mother who sent her son to the road of beheading because of her duplicity? Ever since she conspired with He Yuting in the Marquis' Mansion to betray me From the moment I gave it to Li Ruiyun, I no longer have any relationship with the people in the Marquis' Mansion!"
Huan Yu said sincerely: "Zhichao, actually you really misunderstood her. She has been sincere to you from the beginning to the end. It was really He Yuting who deceived and used her in the first place.
"You know, she was in great pain afterwards. She was depressed and shed tears all day long; she missed you every day, and even murmured your name in her dreams..."
When she said this, her pair of shining black eyes looked at him without blinking, with great expectation, as if they were looking into his heart.
The candlelight on the table was still flickering dimly. The swaying lights made the surrounding atmosphere confusing and confusing.
Ling Yun felt an indescribable bitterness welling up in his heart. He gently rubbed his swollen temples with his hands and lowered his head weakly.
In fact, at that moment, he really wanted to say to Princess Huanyu:
You don’t need to say anything, I know everything you said. In fact, I have already figured out what is going on, and I no longer resent them, but I can't tell them clearly.
The reason why I resolutely drew a clear line between my father and mother was just because I didn’t want to implicate them, just because I had my own difficulties, and I also had further plans...
But such a plan - to be precise, it should be a decision, but I have no way to explain it clearly to you; so now I can only make up my mind to say these insincere and heartless words to you.
I'm sorry, princess; I'm sorry, mother; I did this because I couldn't help myself and was forced to do so; I don't ask for your understanding now, I just hope that you can understand my painstaking efforts in the future...
Moments of right and wrong, moments of joy and sorrow. At that moment, Ling Yun's mind was racing with all kinds of thoughts, and he finally made up his mind.
"Princess, please stop talking. If you have nothing else to do, please do it yourself. I'm tired." When he said this, he lowered his head slightly, and the lines on his face were as sharp as knife carvings, and there was no trace of them. Emotional swings.
"Zhichao, why are you so stubborn?..."
Looking at Ling Yun's almost numb expression, Huan Yu was a little stunned and confused, and then asked loudly, roaring at the top of her lungs: Why?
"Do you know that Chang Qing, our mother, desperately misses her son? Do you know how painful and helpless she felt when she came to the palace this morning? Do you know what she said to me at that time? ?
"She said that she cares about you all the time. As long as you can forgive her, she is willing to let her die - Zhichao, I beg you, let her see you! Not for anything else, just for Fulfill a poor mother's wish for fists, okay?"
Looking at Huan Yu's eager and hopeful eyes, Ling Yun looked away with some difficulty, barely concealing the complicated emotions in his heart. He nodded helplessly at first, and then shook his head resolutely.
Huanyu felt her fingertips tremble, as if someone had dropped a handful of hot steel balls into her heart, and a cold and hard pain instantly rolled through her heart.
She stared blankly into his eyes for a long time, then finally sighed helplessly and walked out the door without looking back.
Ling Yun watched her figure go away, feeling as if a huge boulder was weighing on his heart, making him feel suffocated.
He raised his head slightly, tried to calm down the turbulent struggle in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Wait a minute."
Huan Yu said: "What else do you want to say?"
Ling Yun restrained the urge to tell the truth, and pondered for a moment: "I...I have something else I want to ask you for help with."
Huan Yu felt cold. The moment he told her to stop, she had hoped that he would change his mind, but she was ultimately disappointed.
At that moment, she felt weak all over and had no strength at all; she glanced at him lazily, "What's the matter?"
Ling Yun's expression was serious at this time, his sword eyebrows were knitted tightly together, looking particularly solemn and deep, "I have a very important thing to ask the prince for help - Princess, can you take me to see him?"
Huan Yufang's heart trembled unconsciously, and she looked at him with burning eyes and said, "What's the matter?"
"This matter can only be told to the prince personally after I meet him, so..." Ling Yun paused at this point and only raised his eyes to look at her, his clear eyes full of expectations and persistence. .
At that moment, their eyes met. All the noise and confusion were gone, only each other's hearts were beating in their chests.
Huan Yu calmed down and said softly: "I understand. I will go see my father and explain this matter to him."
As he spoke, he turned around and left without looking back, leaving him with only a cold and lonely figure...
The night is dim and the moonlight is hazy; the stars and rivers on the horizon are dotted with bright silver light. The breeze rustled the treetops gently, bringing a bit of coolness to the silent night.
Prince Zhao Fu of Jinling was sitting quietly in his study, meditating, when he suddenly saw Huan Yu coming to him in a hurry and telling him: Ling Yun had something important to report to him face to face, and he couldn't help but feel shocked.
Without saying a word, he stood up and said decisively: "Okay. Huanyu, take me to see him right away!"
Huan Yu blinked his smart eyes, and his eyes were soft and clear, "Dad, he is a junior, do you still need to ask your boss to go to him in person? Just ask him to come to see you!"
Prince Jinling said: "Huanyu, why have you forgotten again? Now that he has a special status, how can he come out casually? What if the news leaks out or is used by someone with ulterior motives? For the sake of safety, it is better to I’ll go to his place.”
Huanyu Bingxue is smart, how could she not know this? She just kept some cunning thoughts of her little daughter and said this intentionally.
Now that Prince Jinling said this, he took advantage of the situation and followed his father's words: "Okay then."...
