Qingchuan History

Chapter 242
Gu Xinglang is not sure who "they" refers to.A palace maid who took care of her until she was four years old?Or those gossiping random people that are never lacking in the palace?

But whoever they were, he didn't like them.It's like because of her appearance, he hates Ruan Bi even more than before.

They should have no one to treat her well.No one really took care of her, and no one celebrated her birthday, otherwise she wouldn't be what she is now.

No one is born cold.Unless you grow up too lonely.The girls around him, no matter what kind of temperament, lively, dignified, free and easy, gentle, always care about what they want and love.Ruan Xueyin's coldness and indifference are like locking spring in her heart early in order to resist the severe winter——

Turn yourself into winter, so you won't be afraid of the cold anymore.A form of self-preservation formed in infancy.

"Don't you like this name?" After a while, he asked.

Ruan Xueyin was stunned for a moment, as if she had never thought about this question, "It's okay." She stirred the ginger soup and took a sip, "I don't think it sounds bad."

She answered very seriously.Gu Xinglang laughed, feeling inexplicably sour in his heart.

"I didn't hear you mention your mother." He hesitated for a long time, longer than before.

"Because I haven't seen it before. I don't know who she is." This time she didn't think much about it. It felt like the truth was here. If you ask, I'll just tell it.

She stopped stirring and put down the spoon.In fact, she didn't know why she told him about the day she was born and the origin of her name tonight, but he didn't even ask.

He just asked if November 22 was her birthday, was that November 22.

But she was inexplicably wanting to talk. She hadn't told anyone that in 20 years.

"They said she passed away when she gave birth to me. It should be a childbirth problem. A woman gave birth and was close to death. She might not be able to pass that checkpoint for various reasons." She looked out the window again. Not as warm as the hands he stretched out before, "When I was a child, I would think that Ruan Bi didn't like this daughter so much because of this. Maybe he used to love my mother very much. But my birth caused her death."

She went to see Gu Xinglang, as if she wanted to gain some approval, but the other party showed no expression.

"You also think this kind of thinking is absurd. I also thought about it later, if he once loved a woman very much, he would not cherish the blood he shared with her. So it is more likely that he doesn't like my mother either. She smiled lightly, "This is also ridiculous. There is no love, no feelings, but you can have children. I only learned later that such things are common in the royal family. They are very pitiful."

Gu Xinglang remained expressionless.

"Sorry, I don't intend to generalize. There are tens of thousands of relationships in the world. Your father, monarch, mother and queen may be very good. You and the eldest princess have a very good relationship."

Gu Xinglang didn't care about this.He was in a complicated mood, and the wind outside the window, the late autumn night, the tea in his hand, and the girl's face in front of him all aggravated the complexity.He wanted to be closer to her.At least shake her hand again.

But at the moment there is a chess table between them.It is also separated by a spring that has been locked for 20 years.

"And you think there are other secrets behind your mother's death. It's not just a childbirth problem." That's why she cared about the Donggong Medicine Garden case.That day when she came back from the Xiangguo Mansion, she rushed directly to the Wanlan Palace, but it was because Ji Huan made an inexplicable trip about 20 years ago.And because Chunyue's statement about the time was not accurate enough, she mistakenly connected this matter with Donggong Medicine Garden.

She really cared about that old case very much.

"I can't tell." Ruan Xueyin replied lightly, "All the timing is too coincidental. The time of my birth, the time of falling snow, the time of execution, and the death of my mother all happened within a few hours of that day. When I was young, I seldom thought about this issue. As I grew older and read more books, I gradually understood a truth: too many coincidences are not coincidences. Those seemingly coincidental things that happened at the same time may have originated from the same events, so they happened at the same time."

"So in the past few years, you have been probing the East Palace Medicine Garden intentionally or unintentionally."

"That's right. In fact, there are very few opportunities. I only go back to Yin Palace once or twice a year, and as time goes on, there are fewer and fewer people who can ask questions. The palace people change batch by batch, and the Eastern Palace Medicine Garden has always been a taboo. Even back then, no one could tell why.”

"Where is Master Jiji?"

Come again.Ruan Xueyin glanced at him.

Gu Xinglang looked innocent, "Master Ji Ji knows the world's affairs, and has been testifying and answering questions about the affairs of the world for more than 20 years. After all these years, you have never thought of asking her? You are studying at Pengxi Mountain to further study the ancients. So far, have you never discussed the Donggong Medicine Garden case?"

indeed.So the problem is also here.She and Jing Tingge have been blinded by clouds for many years, and finally the window paper was punctured by this descent into the world.

What about the teacher?Had she anticipated this outcome?Is everything going as it should?

"I want to go back to Pengxi Mountain." She said.

Gu Xinglang was startled, "When?"

"recent."

Gu Xinglang stared at her quietly for a moment, "For the assumption I made that day?"

"For a lot of things." Ruan Xueyin replied, "Maybe I shouldn't have come to Qi Palace in the first place, and I shouldn't have asked you to borrow things. Maybe all these things are connected with other stories, other plans. And I don't want to somehow become a push One of its hands. I, at least, have to figure out what I'm doing."

"How long?"

The tone of these three words is difficult to summarize, but she feels that the air has become different, and the way the candles burn is also different.

"I don't know." She thought for a moment, "If everything is just worrying, and I just continue to carry out the teacher's order, then it will take ten days at most to go back and forth. If,"

If you don't worry too much.What could it be?This matter cannot be conceived, and it is difficult to draw conclusions at the moment.

"No matter what it is." Gu Xinglang said, "Ten days at most. If you don't come back after ten days, I will send someone to pick you up."

Ruan Xueyin was stunned, "It doesn't have to be like this, it's troublesome." She was at a loss for words, a little stuck, "If you don't understand it in a while, it may take some time."

In case she doesn't have to come back at all.

"You really plan not to come back?" Gu Xinglang kept staring at her face, so that the other party's expression didn't change, but he still caught a certain moment, a certain unspoken sentence.

Ruan Xueyin said nothing.

Gu Xinglang's face became ugly. "Regardless of the outcome, come back on time. Otherwise, don't go," he said.

The candles on the table were burning brightly.Because it has bottomed out.Ruan Xueyin stared at the long flames in the clear lampshade, suddenly feeling at a loss as to what Xi Xi was.

"Okay," she replied, "I'll leave tomorrow, okay?"

Gu Xinglang felt that it was hard to get off the tiger.People have already said "yes", he can no longer say no.You should have said no from the start.

"So urgent?" There was nothing he could do, so he had to find something to say.

"If there is a hidden secret, it is more important to find out earlier."

It's important to her, but he doesn't care.Compared with being curious about Jiji's background or plans, he cares more about whether she can keep her promise and come back.

"I'll make arrangements tomorrow morning. You leave in the afternoon."

Ruan Xueyin let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you." She thought for a while, but nothing she could say was appropriate enough, and finally she only said these two words.

Moonlight leaked on the lamp.The long and narrow flames were already somewhat unsustainable.The dormitory was still empty.Jing Tingge is right, it is too empty to live in for the royal family who are used to the blooming flowers.

"It's late." She stood up, "Your Majesty, it's time to go back."

(End of this chapter)