Xiao Lin's thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and his originally slightly curved eyes now narrowed, and his eyes became a bit colder.
It seems that what he just said was not straightforward enough!
At this time, the palace servants had placed a pile of gold and silver jewelry on the table in front of the two women. It was dazzling and brilliant, and many of them contained rare treasures.
"Let's pick it up!" Xiao Lin leaned back in the chair, the corners of his lips still curled up, but his eyes were indifferent and cold, while looking at Li Rufeng, "Are they still waiting for Gu?"
Li Rufeng was startled, but he quickly came to his senses and nodded tacitly: "Yes! I've been waiting for a long time!"
In fact, no one was waiting.
Today, Xiao Lin specially set aside time and said he wanted to accompany Miss Su on the street shopping.
But when Xiao Lin asked him at this time, he naturally wanted to use this method to see off the guests as soon as possible.
When Gao Yue and Qi Yao heard this, they asked, "Your Highness, do you have something urgent to do?"
"It's not too urgent! It's just court affairs!" Xiao Lin waved his hand, "You are the family members of Gu's most trusted ministers. In Gu's heart, you are much more important than them!"
This sounds nice to say.
But to Gao Yue and Qi Yao's ears, it was quite unpleasant.
It's as if they are sitting here, not saying anything serious, and wasting His Royal Highness's time!
Since he is so busy, it is not good for them to take up his time all the time.
"Thank you for your attention, Your Highness!" Gao Yue coughed lightly and spoke with difficulty, "My daughter and sister Yao'er came to the palace this time to ask Your Highness something that we have been thinking about for several years..."
She said and looked at Qi Yao.
Qi Yao nodded vigorously: "This matter has been engraved in our hearts since we were sensible. We have been living for it for so many years!"
"Oh?" Xiao Lin asked knowingly, "What's that?"
"It's... about... His Highness's future concubine after he ascends the throne!" Gao Yue gritted his teeth and stated the purpose of his trip directly.
Once you get past the opening level, the rest becomes much easier.
She raised her head bravely, with a pair of beautiful eyes, and looked directly at Xiao Lin: "I heard from my father that Your Highness does not intend to accept any more concubines?"
"Yes!" Xiao Lin gave a clear answer.
"Then... what should we do?" Gao Yue asked this question, tears instantly filled his eyes and his voice trembled slightly.
"You?" Xiao Lin laughed, "What do you mean? I have no engagement with you, right?"
"But, we have been waiting for His Highness for so many years!" Qi Yao cried uncontrollably, "If Emperor Xiao hadn't stopped me, my maid He Yue would have been Your Highness's bedfellow! Our hearts are all tied to Your Highness! This year, We have been looking forward to His Highness being able to take charge of the government and welcome us into the palace! But we didn’t expect to receive such news like a thunderbolt from the blue! Our...our hearts will be broken!"
Xiao Lin's eyes fell on her and he narrowed his eyes coldly: "So, the two girls came into the house today to settle their love debts with me?"
"I don't dare!" Qi Yao looked into his cold black eyes, her scalp went numb and her legs went soft. She slid from the chair to kneel on the ground and choked out: "Only from the day I was selected as the crown prince's concubine, I I already regard His Highness as my future husband!"
"The same goes for my daughter!" Gao Yue knelt down next to Qi Yao and looked up at Xiao Lin with a sad and pitiful face. "Since my daughter was appointed as the crown princess, she has devoted her whole life to His Highness! Life is His Highness's, and death is His Highness's ghost! This year, no matter what happened to Your Highness, my affection for you has not changed!"
"The affection has not changed?" Xiao Lin glanced at her, then looked at Qi Yao, "Are you the same?"
"Yes!" Qi Yao nodded vigorously, "My daughter's heart for His Highness can be learned from heaven and earth!"
"Since the love is so deep, why didn't you want to be Gu's concubine in the first place?" Xiao Lin frowned.
With one sentence, the two women's faces turned pale, and they rushed to explain: "Your Highness, I wish you all the best! It's Emperor Xiao who doesn't allow it! In order to promote Zhang Xueyun as the crown princess, he raised eyebrows at us. They found a lot of reasons to say that we are not worthy of being concubines!"
"How domineering he was at that time, His Highness saw it with his own eyes!" Qi Yao cried, "Why do you ask this again now?"
"He said that you are not worthy of being his concubines, but you also knew at that time that it was you who Gu favored!" Xiao Lin said slowly, "But as soon as his words came out, you two were like two quails, letting him control you. Dare to say more, for fear of getting into trouble! You all know that Gu was forced to be engaged to such an ugly girl with bad conduct, and was ridiculed by the world for months, but no one dares to stand up publicly and express their affection for Gu. Instead, they deliberately avoid suspicion and see that Hiding in the lonely capital! Excuse me, does this kind of behavior have anything to do with the deep love that has not changed? "
"But...but it was because my father stopped us and told us not to waste our lives in vain and wanted us to hibernate with His Highness, so we did that!"
"That's right!" Qi Yao also hurriedly concluded, "That's what my brother said at the time! They said that His Highness the Crown Prince was in a difficult situation, and we were women and couldn't help much, so they could only give His Highness as little as possible. You are causing trouble! That’s why we are deliberately hiding from His Highness!”
"But in fact, in our hearts, we think about His Highness all the time, think about His Highness, and pray for His Highness day and night!" Gao Yue cried with his heart in his hands, "Our hearts for His Highness have never changed!"
"So that's it!" Xiao Lin raised his lips and chuckled, "Come to think of it, I blame you all!"
The two of them burst into tears and laughed: "Your Highness, have you forgiven us?"
"I never blamed you in the first place, so how can I forgive you?" Xiao Lin sighed softly, "It was just that I was upset at that time, and I was still a little disappointed! However, I quickly figured it out. As you said, you They are just ordinary women who have been raised in the boudoir since childhood. They are loved by thousands of people and have never experienced any storms. Emperor Xiao acts so cruelly. It is normal for you to panic and fear! After all..."
He paused and suddenly laughed, "After all, you are not alone, little Ali!"
When Gao Yue and Qi Yao heard the words "Little Ali", their hopes that had just ignited suddenly sank!
The two of them stared at Xiao Lin closely, their eyes full of despair and panic. For a moment, they even wanted to rush over, cover Xiao Lin's mouth, and swallow back everything he wanted to say about Su Li!
Unfortunately, they didn't dare, so they could only stare at him blankly and listen to him praise Su Li's beauty with such a joyful and appreciative expression and such a gentle and mellow voice.
"A woman as amazing, talented, brave and tenacious as she is. I have only met one like this in my entire life! Like Gu, she is a person who climbed out of a desperate situation. We share the same illness and sympathize with each other! She is like It’s another version of myself living in this world!”.
"We have such a tacit understanding! No need to say anything in Gu Yi's heart, she can understand it with just one look! What she thinks in her heart, Gu Yi doesn't need to ask too much, just look at her smile and she will understand! This feeling of soul-to-heart connection is so wonderful!"
