After all, who lost whom: broken glass

Chapter 34 Returning to the Palace (3)
Liu Yan told her not to leave, she wouldn't leave, Liu Yan told her to accompany him, and she really accompanied him all the way - he stared blankly at the face in the mirror, he wanted to open his mouth to ask her if she was like this, but Opening his mouth, he actually laughed out. The laughter was so hoarse, like endless sadness, but also like more sarcasm.

What was he to her?Master, backer, partner?But definitely not a lover.

Her lover should be the bright young man who talked and laughed with her in the sun, drank with her, and hunted with her on horseback. Why can't she love him?Obviously they are a pair made in heaven.

...Unlike him, who is always peeping in the darkness and intrigue. Every time he meets and parting, what he gives her is either a dagger, or a name more dangerous than a dagger, so she can joke around in front of Liu Yan , Innocent as an ordinary girl, but in front of him is as cold as a sword, drawn out with a cold light that is menacing, and drawn in as silent as mountains.

He will never have the chance to walk side by side with her in the sun, never will be able to see her unscrupulous smile in front of him, and will never...be able to get her.

They are plants intertwined in the dark, one prospers and one loses, and they form an alliance of life and death, so there is always a choice between life and death.

The choice... She dies or he dies... Xin Yu saw his lips in the mirror slowly moving up, forming a smile, even though it was uglier than crying, it was still a smile after all.He said, "So you avoided me all the way and didn't talk to me?"

Linlang said: "The princess has a deep prejudice against me."

He sneered, and forced those questions word by word from between his lips and teeth: "Then why, do you still want your mother and concubine to propose marriage to Liu?"

"Why... don't you know?" Lin Lang's nails scratched across the bronze mirror, compared to the blood vessels on his neck, it seemed that as soon as he exerted force, bright red blood would flow out, staining the whole room like peach blossoms.

Why... don't you know?He gritted his teeth: He knew, of course he knew, because of his joint plan with her, taking advantage of King Pingyi's ambition and suspicion, the eldest brother, the second brother and the third brother died one after another. , the title was cut off and will never be reused, and the sixth brother with the highest reputation in the court was finally demoted from the capital. Unless the new king ascended the throne and amnesty the world, the possibility of returning to the capital is very slim.There are no other princes in front of him, and King Ping Yi's eyes finally shifted to him. Although his mother and concubine are not favored, and although his talents are not outstanding among the princes, he...has made no mistakes, nothing wrong. No, being moderate and self-conscious makes people unable to grasp the handle.

——This is the result of his painstaking efforts for many years. He originally thought that the sixth brother would stand in his way for an extra year, even half a year...but the wall fell and everyone pushed back. .

He has been in business for so long, avoiding all the dangers that might be targeted, but King Pingyi still saw him after all, what kind of means is King Pingyi, within three months, he has no soldiers at hand to call, no ministers A general can run around on his behalf. Although Prince Ning's mansion is as quiet as stagnant water, everyone knows that the waves and undercurrents are all under the calm surface. Even his father is worried that this pool of stagnant water will disappear in a few months. It will become a real dead water, and he can't save him.

The imperial power has declined to such an extent that no one can save him.

So when Concubine Yun proposed to the Liu family on behalf of King Ning, the whole capital saw it as a joke—he, a prince who might lose power or even die at any time, still had the heart to covet the Liu family's proud daughter. Daughter, Liu Wei is known as the number one beauty in the capital, and she is admiring of her beauty. There are countless noble children who bow down under the pomegranate skirt. No matter from which point of view, it is impossible for this unlucky seventh prince to marry a beauty.

Someone even asked the little prince Liu Yan privately, Liu Yan replied: "Ah Wei will marry a good man." The implication is that Prince Ning is not his choice for the Liu family's east bed.

But a few days later, Liu Wei gave an answer. Although her father and brother disagreed, she said, "I am willing."

King Pingyi once grounded her and forbade her to spread the word, but Princess Xuanji brought her into the palace, and Princess Xuanji said: "It's rare to be honored in the morning and humiliated in the evening." Although she is not Liu Wei's biological mother, as a aunt, she Has the power to decide her marriage.

At that time, there were many slanderous words in the court, but because of the princess's prestige, no one dared to point out the matter directly.

In short, Liu Wei wore a bright red dowry, carried a big sedan chair eight times, and entered Ning Wang's mansion with infinite scenery.

It was night, someone played the flute all night outside the window.

He didn't know if King Ping Yi had thought about Liu Wei after he entered the mansion, but he finally let him go.So there are rumors in the capital that: "The old six thousand is hardworking, it is better than the old seven."

Good luck?He wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, but he was afraid of seeing tears on his face in the end.Especially at this moment, when he saw a pair of people in the mirror who were indifferent, he said in a low voice: "Lin Lang, why is Ah Wei willing to marry me?"

Linlang said: "She sees you with a bright future." The words seemed to come out of his nose, which made him want to stroke her long hair and laugh at her being mean, but in the end he didn't, his hand fell on the On the dressing table, the wooden sharp edge hurt his palm a little.

He has a bright future?With the current situation of her Liu family, she has already reached the pinnacle, and she can directly point to the throne as soon as the emperor dies. What future does he have then?Inevitably, like the Yuwen clan back then, he would be sent far away with the title of Marquis of Disobedience.

He continued: "I asked her, more than once." She looked up at him every time, smiling like a flower, "The prince is handsome and handsome, and A Wei has admired him for a long time." Every time it was the same answer. Words are not bad, impeccable.But he knew that was not the case, it must not be the case, she was not a simple boudoir girl, she was born in a family like the Liu family, and was favored by thousands of people as a concubine, she had her means.She naturally knew what price her marriage would cost her family, and she also knew that if he really ascended the throne as emperor, there would be a harem of three thousand and countless beauties. She did not force him to swear like Queen Dugu of the Sui Dynasty Never betraying her, it means that she knew early on that he would definitely betray her, definitely would.

"Ah Wei is just like you, with the appearance of a fairy and the heart of a snake." He gritted his teeth and said these words.

——Even if he could think of using Ah Wei's identity to block the Liu family's open and dark arrows, he never imagined that it would be Lin Lang who persuaded his mother and concubine to propose marriage to the Liu family, let alone why Ah Wei had any reason to agree to him.

Lin Lang turned to look at him, then smiled and said: "...Only she can help you, my lord, what do you think Princess Ning, who is as simple as white paper, can do, but it's just a vase in the study, that's not what you want " He saw her smile, which was unparalleled in the moonlight, and couldn't help but leaned over to kiss her, her moist and soft lips were not as cold as her eyes, nor dark all year round.

Her breathing became rapid, and there was a flush between her brows.

The dew outside the window was still dripping, and it took a long time to hear a slight sound.

Lin Lang whispered in his ear: "My lord, mother has a last word."

His body froze and he asked, "What did she say?"

"She said: Let him pass on the past, and the grievances between Tangmen and Liu's end here. What you want to do in the future, you don't have to listen to anyone. Your choice, listen to your own heart."

She just simply recounted it, but when it fell into his ears, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and five thunders struck the top, leveling the three mountains and five mountains.He let her go, stared into her eyes and asked, "...So, you chose him?"

Lin Lang lowered her eyebrows and smiled and said, "Why does King Ning pretend to be an infatuated person? You and I are not suitable for this role. What you want is the country and the world, not... just a one-night pleasure. Besides, King Pingyi had already sent me to you before leaving. Match with the little prince."

——Working hard for a lifetime, making you happy every day, some people can do it, but she can't... Do you want her to see him sitting in a harem of three thousand, or let her witness him loving Awei?

She can still laugh... He naturally knows that he is not an infatuated man, he wants to take the position of Andian, infatuation is just a joke, not to mention he never said that he loves her.

there has never been.She was just his savior, subordinate, partner, definitely not... his sweetheart.

She doesn't have a stunning appearance like A Wei, nor does she have the impressive power behind her, she is also a person who lives in the dark, why should he love her?He laughed too, because he felt he had to laugh, who is the infatuated?The little prince Liu Yan might have the capital, but he didn't.

Whether it is King Ning who is struggling right now or the emperor who will rule the world in a few years' time, there will be countless women around him, fat and thin, beautiful and beautiful.She is just a lowly Jianghu girl, she has neither a prominent family background to influence his decision, nor a peerless beauty that he will remember forever, she is not even gentle, she doesn't know how to please him, and she doesn't know how to interpret words like flowers, he will sooner or later One day, he will put her in the cold palace and forget her forever, just like forgetting a sunset, a ray of afterglow in his life.

What he was upset about was probably that she didn't choose him.

How ridiculous, he's not the first one who can't have both country and beauty, as early as many years ago, there was a fool named Fu Chai who lost his country because of a beauty - not to mention that Lin Lang is not perfect beauty.

It's just that at that moment, it seems that something extremely important has been lost from life and can never be regained.

... That's why he shook her hand a year later and said, "Lin Lang, I only believe in you."

That's why King Pingliu, who was tricked into agreeing to the gamble, said when he had no choice: "I admit defeat."

(End of this chapter)