Lingchan leaned against the vermilion fence of the pavilion and looked out casually. The breeze on the lake blew by, blowing her black hair, but Lingchan remained motionless.
She lowered her eyelashes to hide the expression in her eyes, as if she was looking at the koi carp swimming in the lake, but she didn't seem to be looking at anything at all.
Xie Linyu's heart broke when he saw Lingchan's dejected look.
She walked forward quickly, trying to make her voice lively and cheerful, "A-Chan! I'm coming!"
Lingchan slowly sat upright. She looked at Xie Linyu and showed a welcoming smile, "Yes."
The taciturn and forced smile made Xie Linyu feel very distressed. She held Lingchan's hand and said seriously: "Achan...if you are unhappy, you don't have to smile."
Lingchan, who had just finished eating and was feeling lazy and lack of energy: [Huh? What's going on here? 】
The system that was always offline, this time the brain circuit actually connected with Xie Linyu, [Chanchan, would you like to play with her for a while? Stop thinking about those unhappy people and things! 】
Lingchan: "...Why am I unhappy?"
Xie Linyu just thought she was being tough.
That day, the fight between the prince and King An in the palace had spread throughout the palace.
Although the rumors deliberately concealed the figures of Lingchan and Emperor Qianhua, the reason for the rift between Prince An and the Crown Prince was because of his love for Lingchan.
Who can't guess who the two are fighting over?
What made Lingchan's situation even worse was that Emperor Qianhua punished the two of them extremely severely.
The prince was grounded for a month, shut up to reflect on his faults, and ordered to copy hundreds of scriptures. As a prince, he suffered such a severe punishment. How should he control it in the future?
This time, even the empress looked at Lingchan with a much colder look.
The queen did not drive Lingchan out of the palace at the cusp of this storm, but she did not summon her again.
And King An’s punishment was even more severe,
He was sent by Emperor Qianhua to supervise the army at the border, which was a war-torn fighting area. The war between the two countries had entered a fierce stage.
King An was sent there as a punishment. There was no large army to suppress the formation, and only a few lonely guards set off with him. Their safety was uncertain.
Concubine Shu was so worried that she couldn't sleep day and night.
…
The day before King An set out.
Lingchan was sitting at the table playing with flowers and plants.
Xie Linyu has been really caring these days. In her eyes, Lingchan is a beautiful but fragile glass doll. She is afraid that the storm in the past few days will break Lingchan.
When the two of them played leaf cards, she let Lingchan fly into the sea. When they went to fly a kite, she held it behind her. Even if they had nothing to do, she would go to the garden and pick up a bunch of beautiful flowers for Lingchan.
Xie Linyu did not dare to go to the imperial garden, so he toiled in the garden of Jiaofang Hall. The queen's flowers were almost gone for her.
Peonies, peonies, albizia, rhododendrons, crabapples... red, white, pink, all kinds of flowers, even flowers that don't bloom in the same season, all bloom beautifully under the skillful hands of the gardener.
"Is this what you little girls like?"
The young man's unruly voice sounded distinctly in the night, full of vitality, like the rising sun.
Ling Chan turned around in horror, the window that had been closed was opened, and suddenly a young man hanging upside down appeared outside the window. Before Ling Chan could see his face clearly, it was covered by the black hair and robe that fell down. Face.
Lingchan: "..."
Tantai Shi, who wanted to be cool but failed miserably: "..."
He desperately held on to the window sill and jumped down.
From the dark and cold sunset, I jumped into a girl's boudoir filled with flowers.
The owner of the room was staring with beautiful eyes, "What are you doing here? How could you come in? This is the Queen's Palace!"
"As long as I want to, where can't I come?"
When he was in Tantai, he didn't see anyone outside at all. He walked around her room leisurely and made a disgusted sound, "Hey, you are really girly."
"Hey!" Lingchan was a little annoyed, "What are you here for?"
"I'm here to say goodbye to you," Tantai raised his thick black eyebrows and said with a very serious smile: "I want to go, but the sword has no eyes, and the battlefield is being fought. If I die, you Don’t you have to be a widow?”
"...Who is your fiancée?!"
"Are you not going to admit it? Who pulled my sleeve that day and said pitifully that he wanted to get married to me?"
After realizing this, Chan's face turned red.
She bit her lower lip and whispered like a mosquito, "Didn't you see His Majesty that day? I thought... you wouldn't want to marry me."
"I never change my mind about what I promised." Tantai smiled wildly, but to him, his wildness seemed natural and even endearing.
This is not Tantaishi who was blinded by a beautiful girl without knowing anything. This is the time when the truth is known and it is clear that one is being used and is a tool that is not favored.
This is the Tantai time when he is full of unruly youth and doesn't know why he lowers his head.
Lingchan looked up at him, the emotion in her eyes unclear. She hesitated for a long time and said softly: "The battlefield is dangerous...you..."
She bit her lower lip, not knowing what to say.
"Don't worry, I won't die," Tantai Shi propped up his arms and jumped to sit on the window sill. He said confidently: "I still want to gain military exploits, and then come back to marry you!"
He looked down at Lingchan, smiled narrowly and said, "You are so popular, you won't be a widow for me until I die!"
He approached Lingchan, but saw the girl's eyes red silently under the dim sunset, "I'm sorry."
She bit her lower lip, which was as pink as petals, and apologized to him in a low voice.
"I took advantage of you. I made you go to the battlefield to fight for your life. I didn't expect this... I'm sorry."
Lingchan kept her eyes open without blinking, but a layer of transparent water quickly gathered in her eyes.
She took a deep breath, trying to swallow the vibrating sound in her throat.
When she stood on the stage, she stretched out her hand and just caught the string of flawless tears that fell from the girl's face.
He tightened his palms and crushed Lingchan's tears. When he stood on the stage, he put away his light smiling face. He stared at Lingchan seriously and said solemnly: "I will be back."
"I haven't married you yet, and I haven't let you fall in love with me and happily give birth to a lot of fat babies... I can't bear to die."
Tantai touched Lingchan's cold face and whispered: "Believe me... don't cry."
The sunset outside the window is infinitely beautiful.
The banyan tree by the window has lush branches and leaves. Beyond the canopy of the banyan tree, a few green smoke rises. It is the imperial dining room and the small kitchens of each palace preparing for the evening meal.
Everything was no different from every evening in the palace.
There was only a young man with stubborn eyes in front of him. He was facing the light, but the expression on his face was not chaotic. At least, Lingchan could feel that he really liked her, so much that when he looked at her, his eyes would not blink, and his gaze would be blazing.
Inside the window is a warm room.
The girl's eyes were full of color, her cheeks were pink, and her heart was filled with him.
It's like being bewitched.
When he was in Tantai, he got close to Lingchan and asked in a hoarse voice: "I'm leaving...will you give me your blessing?"
Ling Chan stepped forward and kissed the fatal artery near his neck. Her pink lips opened and closed, and her breath came out clearly.
"I wish you good luck in martial arts."
