Beauty and Beauty: Adopted Daughter Becomes Concubine

Chapter 25
Even Yingtong kept walking forward without turning her head. She felt that two cold eyes behind her were closely following her. She didn't stop until the cold eyes disappeared.

Standing on her feet, she walked too fast and too hastily, and suddenly came to the most remote corner of the imperial garden. The scenery here seemed familiar. If I remember correctly, it should be very close to the place where she met Xuanzhi.

The two did not meet again after that time, once she tried to find it impulsively but failed, and Tian Xuanzhi did not send anyone to send a message to meet.

Coming here this time, Lian Yingtong relied on the memory in her mind to search for it.

Behind the rockery, there is a very small but well-hidden place, exactly as in her memory, belonging to her and Xuanzhi's small world, she lifts the corner of her skirt and carefully steps up the stone steps and walks over.

Unexpectedly, someone hugged her tightly behind him, covered her eyes with one hand, and exerted force with his arm. Before she could recover from the dizziness, two slightly cool lips kissed her opening mouth heavily. The tip of her tongue filled her mouth, and tears fell down like this, wet the wide palm covering her eyes.

The lips being sucked were soaked in salty tears, painful and numb, unable to push away the force pressing on her body, even Yingtong did not struggle anymore, just like what mother said, no matter how much she tried to escape, it was only for a while, some things Being with people cannot be avoided by escaping.

Murong Bixiao's emerald green eyes were deep and dark and angry, there were small wounds on her lips that hadn't healed yet, and the marks of being sucked and bitten hurt him.

"Xuanzhi." With the tip of her tongue in his mouth, she made a vague final sound, so soft and pleasant to hear.

His heart was full of anger, he deliberately ignored her, and once again baptized her lips recklessly, until she cried out her name again and again, Murong Bixiao let go of her with lingering anger.

The sweet red lips kissed deeply by him were so tender and charming, Murong Bixiao stroked them heavily with fingers, "He forced you again!"

Lian Yingtong shook her head, leaning her back against the rockery, her breathing was still a little short. "I kissed him."

"Why?" The green eyes were filled with shock and uncontrollable sadness, "You and him..."

"He and I are uncles and nephews, and so are you and me."

"You are not the daughter of King Anling, you are Lian Yingtong, I don't care what our relationship is in name." His tone became more serious, "Don't avoid my question, why did you kiss him?"

Lian Yingtong pursed her lips and stared at the person in front of her who urgently questioned her. If she told him that the two of them were not only uncles and nephews in name, but also that she and him were inseparable by blood, what would happen?
No matter how many times she imagined out of thin air, how many results she imagined, facing the unknown reality, she panicked violently.

Would Xuanzhi really mess up ethics because of her?
"Tongtong." He obviously cared a lot about her answer, but he still secretly suppressed his anger, waiting for her who was silent to speak.

Lian Yingtong's eyes fixed on Murong Bixiao, thinking that if it was Murong Weichi who came to question him, she would have been frightened by his crazy actions and words and dared not move.

Xuanzhi treats her well and respects her choices, Murong Yuchi also treats her well, but forces her to accept embarrassment, and when necessary he hurts her even more cruelly.

and so……

Can't tell Xuanzhi, at least not now, can't tell Xuanzhi her secret.

The emerald green eyes are so beautiful that they are beyond spring water. He stared at her, said that he liked her, and said that he wanted to marry her.

She likes Xuanzhi, and really wants to continue to like him so much, to be cared for and loved by him, it's just a nominal uncle-nephew relationship, don't think about any blood ties, just simply like him.

How nice it is, really, what a fantasy it is.

After that disillusionment, what should she do?
Her beautiful fantasies will hurt the person she loves the most. The child born to a child of similar blood is born stupid and can't live for a few years. She was dazzled by the joy of reunion before, and now she cools down and thinks about it carefully. Such a terrible ending, Do you want to drag Xuan Zhi to suffer together in the future?

Even though her heart was terribly uncomfortable, she still reluctantly raised the corners of her lips to him, "To be exact, I didn't kiss him, but I bit him, because he said that at the wedding banquet of choosing a son-in-law, he would announce to everyone that he would accept me as his concubine." .”

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Murong Bixiao's anger was half gone, and when she finished speaking, he first snorted coldly, then bowed his head and kissed her, "Nine years ago, you wanted to marry me, but now that I'm back, why don't you marry me?" It's his turn!"

"I can't marry you."

"What did you say?" Murong Bixiao was a little startled looking at the calm expression in front of her.

Lian Yingtong stretched out her hand against his approaching body to keep a certain distance, calmed down, and tried her best to speak calmly, never cry, definitely not.

"We can't be together."

The little girl said solemnly that they couldn't be together, which was completely different from her shyness about his proposal at the beginning.Murong Bixiao's face was stern, doubts flashed across her mind, she looked at Lian Yingtong again, no matter how she pretended to be calm and indifferent, but she was too immature, lying in front of him would not work.

"Give me a reason." He lowered his voice.

"We are only uncles and nephews in name, but people in the world don't know that if I were with you, I would be ridiculed." After saying the last few words, the tip of her tongue firmly pressed against the roof of her mouth to prevent herself from crying.

Murong Bixiao frowned deeply, her voice was suddenly freezing cold.

"So you're scared?" Seeing Lian Yingtong nodding, and then quickly turning away from him, Murong Bixiao's doubts deepened.She once said that she had a secret that she couldn't tell him for the time being, her expression was awkward and hesitant to speak, and then she suddenly asked him a question about ethics.

He said in a cold tone, "Tongtong, let me ask you, did you lie to me when you said you had to wait for me for nine years? You never have me, Murong Bixiao, in your heart. No, you should hate me. I didn't even tell you my real name. I lied to you for nine years. What you did before was to trick me and then lie to me, just waiting for this last moment to take revenge on me. More likely, the person you really like is Murong Yuchi!" Murong Bixiao mentioned this The name is almost gnashing of teeth.

Lian Yingtong's beautiful eyes widened, and her delicate face turned pale. His misunderstanding every word hurt her more than a sharp knife wrapped in frost. He even said that the person she really liked was Murong Yuchi!
"Is it right?" Murong Bixiao pressed her gaze with a cold face, as if he wanted her to immediately admit that all the fallacies he said were correct.

Being misunderstood already made her heart ache, and he still trampled on her feelings for him like this!

She wiped away her tears, bitter in her heart, but smiled at him.

"Yeah, what I played with you was to lie to you. I just waited for the last moment to get revenge on you. You lied to me for nine years with a fake name. Don't I deserve to be cheated so I can't take revenge on you?" She smiled Her eyes were so sore that she couldn't cry, she hadn't finished her last sentence yet.

Murong Bixiao tensed her handsome face, staring at her closely, listening to her series of answers, then she paused, her clear eyes made him frown slightly, he had a premonition, her next sentence would definitely Can break hearts.

"You said that the person I really like is Murong Yuchi, okay, I'll tell you, the person I really like even Yingtong is..." She stopped on purpose, staring at his eyes from the corners of her eyes, and smiled angrily, Murong Bixiao, who was always calm and smiling, couldn't help but feel anxious.

Lian Yingtong spoke slowly, Murong Yuchi and him, she couldn't like both of them.

He opened his mouth, and before Yingtong could make a sound, Murong Bixiao rushed over and covered her lips, so angry that the veins on his forehead burst out.

"If you dare to say one more word, I'll just..." Murong Bixiao took a deep breath, realizing that his angry expression would scare Lian Yingtong, so he eased his brows and tried to calm himself down, "Tongtong, keep playing with me Play, lie to me, and continue to take revenge on me. But, you can no longer say that you will leave me, or that you will not be with me!"

Her lips were covered and she couldn't make a sound, it seemed that Murong Bixiao didn't want her to speak.

He hugged her tightly against his heart, she was trembling slightly, and soon he heard her muffled sobs.He rubbed her head, what was the secret in her heart? Murong Bixiao didn't want to pursue it further.

Tortured her so badly that she still wanted to leave him.

"I'll take you back to Minyue, or go to the desert, which is far away from Nanming. No one will know you and me, and no one will laugh at your relationship."

Feeling Lian Yingtong's hand hugging him tightly, Murong Bixiao stroked her back, "Tongtong, listen up. I won't ask about your secret. On the contrary, I have a secret to tell you, just tell you You can listen alone, okay?"

She raised her head slowly, looking at him with tears in her eyes.

"Last time you asked me, what if I really have a blood relationship with you? My answer is that as long as you don't let go, I dare to mess up this ethics for you. I didn't lie to me, for you, Xuanzhi would dare Do this. However, even if you are really related by blood with Sister Huang and Murong Yuchi, you and I will never have this kind of fetter." Facing Lian Yingtong's surprised expression, he gently stroked her delicate and tender lips with his fingers. The cheeks were slippery and the voice was firm, "Murong Yuchi can't love you, but I can. I can give you the happiness that he can't give you."

Lian Yingtong stared fixedly at Murong Bixiao for a long while, what he said seemed to indicate that he had guessed to some extent that the secret she couldn't tell was closely related to the reason why she insisted not to be with him.

Murong Yuchi can't love you, but I can. He can't give you happiness, but I can give you.

"You..." She pondered over and over again, her face suddenly changed.

"Do you trust me?" Murong Bixiao asked.

She nodded vigorously but frowned, she believed that Xuanzhi would not lie to her, but this would mean that Xuanzhi and Murongshi...

This secret is related to everything Xuanzhi has now, and he actually told her such an important secret!

Murong Bixiao understood her worry, and comforted her with his fingertips as he frowned, "Don't worry about me, on the contrary, I'm very glad that you are. Because I can love you in a fair way." He stared at her clear eyes with deep affection. Shui, "You have waited for me for nine years, and I will spend my whole life repaying your waiting, Tongtong, can you stay with Xuanzhi for the rest of your life with peace of mind now?"

As deep as him, Lian Yingtong's heart that had been restless for a long time finally fell to the ground. She hugged Murong Bixiao tightly, but she couldn't help but want to cry in joy.

"Can we really stay together forever?" She asked sobbing, the happiness came so suddenly, she began to feel a little unreal.

Murong Bixiao helped her wipe away tears, then scraped the tip of her nose and said dotingly, "A lifetime is long, I will marry you first, and then you will give birth to me a few children, that's all I have thought about so far. Let's take it slowly."

Lian Yingtong blushed to the point of bleeding, and said angrily, "Thick-skinned, who promised you to marry you, talk nonsense!"

"Did I remember wrongly, you were the one who cried and said that I would not marry when I grow up nine years ago?"

She glared at him with beautiful eyes, then reached out and twisted his arm.

"Did someone else tell you that!"

"What if you do?"

Knowing that he was teasing, she then thought about it, maybe someone else wanted to marry Xuanzhi in the past nine years, and she still doesn't know the slightest bit about his past.

Seeing her small face collapse suddenly, Murong Bixiao knew what she was thinking, and lightly pinched her bulging cheeks, "Even if there is, the only thing Xuan Zhi likes is that ugly little girl who is dumbfounded and crying stupidly."

"Where did I stay, stupid and crying ugly!"

"Are you the one who admits that I would not marry?"

She snorted, embarrassingly buried her face in his firm chest, marrying the person she likes, having a cute baby, having her own home, living a simple and happy life has always been Lian Yingtong's dream.

Soon, these dreams will become reality. Looking forward to the future, she can't help pinning all her hopes on the man beside her. At that time, Lian Yingtong didn't even know that the happiness that belonged to her was actually so far away.

When Lian Yingtong returned to Guanju Palace and saw Murong Lanxin, she couldn't help leaning forward, "Mother."

She couldn't hide her thoughts by nature, she still had a calm face when she went out, but now she was smiling like a spring breeze.

"What happened?" Murong Lan saw in her heart that there was a smile on her brows and eyes, as if she was a completely different person from before when she went out with a sullen face.

"It's okay." She shook her head in denial, took a piece of pastry and ate it.

She can't tell mother what happened with Xuanzhi for the time being, especially Xuanzhi's secret.

Seeing her suddenly become happy, it was probably a good thing, so Murong Lan didn't ask any further questions.

"Mother, what's the matter with you?" Lian Yingtong saw Murong Lan's frowning and thoughtful expression, "He bullied you again?"

"You mean Alin?"

"Who else but him!" Lian Yingtong was still angry.

"It's really not Ah Lin." Murong Lanxin is most worried about Lian Yingtong's marriage. "Today I went to see the Queen Mother. It is well known in the world that you chose a son-in-law. These royal nobles came to Nanming one after another. In the next few days The Queen Mother has made arrangements one by one, and you must go."

Lian Yingtong didn't take it seriously, "Just go, mother, you also said that as long as I don't want to, no one can force me to agree to the marriage."

"Tongtong, actually your uncle..."

As soon as Murong Lanxin mentioned Murong Yuchi, Lian Yingtong frowned, "Why are you mentioning him properly?"

"I'm back this time, what's going on between you and Ah Lin?"

"It's nothing, I just don't want to mention this person." She didn't want her mother to ask any more questions, she replied in a calm tone, thinking of him again, Lian Yingtong felt that the originally sweet pastry in her mouth suddenly became a bit bitter.

Murong Yuchi's love for her surpassed the fetters of blood, and her craziness and stubbornness made her terrified. It turned out that he used her as Xin Mei's substitute. Xin Mei was not by his side for three years, and she just made up for Xin Mei's vacancy in these three years.

His pampering, his love, these should belong to Sim Mae.

It was he who single-handedly made the originally simple and pure relationship between her and him so unbearable. As a result, Murong Yuchi let go easily, but asked her to bear everything that happened in the past.

She and Xuanzhi started with great difficulty, Murong Yuchi, including the matter between her and him before, she just wanted to forget as soon as possible!
As Murong Lanxin said, Empress Dowager Xiao took great pains in arranging her choice of a son-in-law. She signaled to her and Qi Beiyao several times in her words. Seeing that she has not been very active, she tried her best to arrange opportunities for the two to get along a few times recently.

Qi Beiyao, the prince of a country Yushu Lanzhi, is not only proficient in poetry and rhythm, but also good at riding/shooting, and he did well in the selection of several good son-in-laws.

Qi Beiyao was waiting for Lian Yingtong at the horse riding ground in the palace.

"Little princess." He smiled happily and looked at the woman in front of him. The light riding outfit made her even more petite and exquisite. Her black hair was all rolled up into a simple bun, revealing a delicate and fair face, elegant and pretty.

"Hey, are there only the two of us today?" Lian Yingtong looked around, there were only the two of them and the servants of the racecourse, and it was the deliberate arrangement of Empress Dowager Xiao.

Qi Beiyao smiled without saying a word, and she also understood in her heart that no matter whether Qi Beiyao had a crush on her or not, although she didn't hate this person, she didn't have that kind of thought at all.

It's just a matter of etiquette, it's better to do enough.

"The little princess has never ridden a horse, may I help you choose one?"

"How do you know I haven't ridden?"

Nanming Palace raises a lot of good horses, Murong Yuchi likes horse racing, but she was never allowed to learn, let alone ride, she was carried by her father several times when she was young.

"Emperor Nanming loves the little princess very much. Learning to ride a horse is dangerous, so naturally he won't be able to do so." Qi Beiyao said with a smile.

"Today is fine, the queen mother will." She smiled and walked towards the stable.

Qi Beiyao followed behind her, seeing her jumpy expression as soon as she entered the stable, he was slightly taken aback, and then helped her find a suitable horse.

Lian Yingtong thought every horse was good, but Qi Beiyao's selection was extremely serious and strict. She came here just to socialize for a while, and really didn't plan to stay with him for long.

"Prince Qi..."

"Qi Beiyao." A smile flashed across his cold and lonely eyes, "I understand that you can't disobey Queen Mother Xiao's arrangement. Since you're here, let's have fun, little Princess."

Lian Yingtong was relieved to hear what he said, "Qi Beiyao, our meeting is arranged by the Queen Mother, but I..."

"What if I said that I'm willing to meet you with Queen Mother Xiao's arrangement?" Qi Beiyao said while paying attention to her expression, seeing her startled and slightly surprised, overlapped with the beautiful figure he was nostalgic for in his heart, his heart ached slightly but Smiling and continuing to say to her, "I scared you, I just teased you."

She breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but also laughed. It seemed that Qi Beiyao really had no other meaning for her, so she couldn't help being a little less restrained.

After a while, Qi Beiyao chose a horse, and even Yingtong who didn't understand horses was amazed at first sight. The horse was pure black like a dark night, with no variegated colors.

Qi Beiyao took the horse out and tried to ride a few laps, and then led her to Lian Yingtong's side. She stepped on the stirrup happily, and suddenly Zong Ting's voice came from behind her.

"Can the little princess change one?"

"This horse has a mild temperament and is suitable for beginners. Don't worry, Mr. Zong." Qi Beiyao said beside him.

"That's right, why do I need to change another one? The queen mother specially asked Prince Qi to teach me, and it took him a long time to find a horse suitable for me to ride." Lian Yingtong stroked the mane of the horse, she was amazed by the horse at first sight, no Willing to change again.

Zong Ting glanced at Lian Yingtong who was sitting on the horse's back, "Little princess, this horse already has an owner, and the person guarding the stable just now didn't have time to explain it clearly."

While talking, the person who came with Zong Ting walked up, his eyes glanced at her coldly, but his eyes stayed on her horse.

(End of this chapter)