Chapter 40

When Liu Ling and Shen Yan returned, not to mention the sunrise, the sunset was already past.Because these two people not only watched the sunrise, but also took a stroll back along the way.If it hadn't started to rain in the evening, the light rain gradually turned to moderate rain, and the torrential rain, the two of them would still be reluctant to come back.

Waiting for Princess Changle and Master Shen in the well-lit hall, Lu Mingshan continued to have low air pressure, waiting for Liu Ling to give him an explanation.

but.

With his eyes that were not blind, he could only see that the hem of Liu Ling's skirt was dragging due to the muddy water. Instead of apologizing to him, she even pulled the other side's sleeve when Master Shen was leaving, acting as if she wanted to follow Shen The expression of going away from the banquet comes.If it wasn't for Lu Mingshan coughing in the back and his voice was a bit unpleasant, and if it wasn't for Shen Yan's clear rejection of Liu Ling with his eyes, Princess Changle would not be willing to turn around at all.

Shen Yan left, and when she turned her head to face Lu Mingshan, Liu Ling's face was frosty, and she said perfunctorily, "Aren't you going to climb the mountain? Let's go?"

At this time, lightning was pouring out of the sky, heavy rain was pouring, and the sky was as dark as a hole.

Which mountain to climb?
Lu Mingshan showed a far-fetched smile, "It's getting late, Ah Ling has been tired all day, and the weather is so bad, I really don't dare to tire the princess. Or..." He wanted to say "I'll go another day", but looked at Liu Ling's cold and indifferent eyes, the anger in his chest could not be restrained, and he couldn't speak calmly.

Lu Mingshan's hand in the sleeve was already twitching with veins, trembling with anger.

Liu Ling treated him like this!
She is so hard-hearted!

Lu Mingshan didn't say a word, and stopped being polite to Liu Ling. He turned and left in the middle of the conversation.The people around Liu Ling behind were confused, "Master Lu suddenly remembered something important?"

In the zigzag corridor, the wind and rain blew violently, shaking the lamp in his hand, which was a bit scary.Yue Ling walked in the long corridor leading to the hall. She was weak after the miscarriage, and finally stopped playing the image of a wronged little pitiful girl, and she was finally equipped with the maids she should have.

She was in a mess.

For a moment it was Lu Mingshan's face, for a moment it was Miss Xu's smile, and for a moment it was the eyes of the princess's ancient well... Finally, it was fixed on the lump of bloody flesh that fell from his body.

Tiger poison does not eat children.

Some fathers are cruel to their children, how many mothers in the world are as ruthless as her?
She deserves hell.

Damn no place to die.

But if it wasn't so, how could she return to Lu Mingshan's side?
When I was young, I read "Ten years of life and death are boundless". At that time, I didn't know what to understand.At this time, Yue Ling might not know that deeply, but she felt the ruthlessness and indifference of the years.

In ten years, she couldn't wait for Lu Mingshan, wandering around, poor and destitute.She was forced to marry, a bad old man, he went there within two days, and she became a widow.And her husband's inheritance was divided up by a group of people who had no blood relationship with her and were older than her.

When she returned to her natal home, she was abused and beaten by her parents.

Married again, the husband became blind.

How carefree she was when she was young, how much she hated the cruelty of fate later on.

Maybe she has been unwilling and hating, she is not as content with the status quo as she shows.So when she saw the elegant lady getting off from the gorgeous carriage and being helped by the maid in the sunset, her blood boiled in her chest, and she felt that her chance was coming again.

Not only love, she also wants to live a noble life with no worries about food and clothing and being admired by others.

Lu Mingshan can give it to her.

Then it was worth it for her to sacrifice everything she had.She never really cared about that blind husband.When she killed the aborted child with her own hands, she didn't suffer as if she died.Ms. Xu said that she had to go through the fire to save the boat, and she was willing to sacrifice her courage.

This child must be shed.

If the child is still there, what excuse does she use to enter the Lu family?Is Lu Mingshan's old friend honored?Yue Ling has never been rare.

She, Yue Ling, must take everything back.

When she was in a daze, the night, which was as black as a bottomless abyss, made it difficult to see the front clearly. Suddenly, a person came hurriedly carrying the rain and collided with her.Yue Ling was thin and weak, and was knocked sideways, and was supported by a maid.When she looked back, she recognized Lu Mingshan's back, and stopped the maid's scolding.

Yue Ling's hands were cold as he bent over to straighten his clothes, and his eyes were also cold: Lu Mingshan didn't even look at her, bumped into her and left.Maybe he didn't even recognize her.

She felt a little bitter in her heart, and felt more and more clearly that Lu Mingshan didn't love her, he loved his best memory.It's just that he felt sorry for her the most, so he put all his weight on her and loved her deeply together.

But Lu Mingshan never forgets the Princess!

Are all sons of rich families like this?
"Miss Yue, the rain is coming in, let's go quickly." Seeing Yue Ling standing there in a daze, the maid reminded her in a low voice.

After Yue Ling regained consciousness, she smiled and shook her head, "No need, let's go back." Lu Mingshan has already left, what kind of play is she going to play with Jun?

She didn't dare to really do anything to the princess, after all, Miss Xu was hiding in the dark, and she couldn't see through what Miss Xu, who came from a famous family, was going to do.

Yue Ling was really worried, she didn't dare to do anything to Liu Ling, but Lu Mingshan did.

Shen Yan can fascinate Liu Ling, so what?Knowing all of Liu Ling's past ties, Lu Mingshan is the only one who can push Liu Ling to the abyss of hell.In this respect, Shen Yan lost him in the end.

After being trapped by the heavy rain for a day, and the sky hadn't completely cleared up yet, Lu Mingshan had collected his mood and invited Liu Ling to talk about the things between the two of them again.

Liu Ling didn't refuse, and asked him, "Still going to climb the mountain?"

This question is a bit ironic.

Lu Mingshan pretended not to understand, and kept smiling, "I'll take you to meet someone first, and then climb the mountain."

"It seems that my schedule is very tight." Liu Ling was noncommittal, but said, "Before Master Shen wants me to go with you, let him know."

"...A Ling, when did you listen to others like this?" Lu Mingshan felt uncomfortable.

Liu Ling always said that when she was with him before, she showed the most perfect version of her, and it was a disguise.But even if she disguised herself, she didn't suddenly change her personality. She was still so withdrawn and exclusive, and she didn't welcome anyone's advice to her.

But now she changed this habit for Shen Yan?

"I can also listen to people's words. I know many things, but you didn't give me this chance," Liu Ling said calmly, "but it doesn't matter, I found something better."

Lu Mingshan stopped talking.

Just as Shen Yan didn't like to see him, he also didn't want to see Shen Yan.Liu Ling decided to go to Jin Yiwei to report to Shen Yan. Lu Mingshan knew what Shen Yan was thinking: the one who was afraid that he would hurt Liu Ling.

But Shen Yan didn't know that Liu Ling's fatal point was never the pain visible to the naked eye.

Too lazy to argue with Shen Yan, Lu Mingshan directly stated that he was just asking Liu Ling to discuss matters, except for him, all the guards around him could be left for Jin Yiwei to be driven by Jin Yiwei for a day; and Liu Ling, except for herself, could bring the maid with her. If your lord is still not at ease, it's okay to let a few Jin Yiwei follow.

Lu Mingshan and Shen Yan were seriously injured on the same day, so he probably didn't have the energy to deal with Liu Ling.With a maid following her, Shen Yan felt at ease, and sent Jin Yiwei out without avenging himself.

"It's getting dark, I'll pick you up." Shen Yan said to Liu Ling.

Liu Ling nodded.

"Then, Master Shen, Ah Ling and I will take our leave first." Lu Mingshan took a step forward, putting distance between Liu Ling and Shen Yan.

He took Liu Ling and the maid into the carriage, and the rest of them were fine. When Lingbi met Lu Mingshan's deep gaze, she avoided it guiltily: She caused Yue Ling to lose her child,
Liu Ling blocked Lu Mingshan's gaze towards Lingbi, "Where are you taking me? Who are you meeting?"

"You'll know when you get there." Lu Mingshan said, paused, and continued sighing, "A few years ago, there was an old man who was kicked out by a big family because of his talkativeness. I just happened to save him, Ah Ling, Speaking of which, you should also know this person."

Liu Ling's heart skipped a beat, and she vaguely guessed who it was.A wave of exhaustion swept over her, making her unwilling to say a word.

coming.

Again.

The carriage has been traveling for an unknown amount of time, and the curtains covered with wisteria flowers are drawn in the carriage, which is exquisitely arranged.But the women in the car observed the princess leaning against the wall of the car, closing her eyes tiredly, watching the light in the car turn on and off, and dared not speak much.

As for Mr. Lu Mingshan who was sitting on the other side of the carriage, his brows were downcast, as if he was thinking about something, and he didn't talk much with the princess.

After the carriage stopped, Lu Mingshan seemed to wake up suddenly, and asked Liu Ling to get off the carriage with him.

The two stood in front of an ordinary house with a fence around the wall and a gravel path.Seeing that the two masters were just standing still, Lingxi Lingbi looked at each other and went to knock on the door.After knocking for a long time, there was the sound of slow and dull footsteps behind the door, slowly moving over, and opening the door a thin crack from the inside.

"Old man, we are..." Seeing the other party's gray hair, Lingxi's second daughter put on a friendly smile, trying to express her kindness.But they just opened their mouths, and as the wooden door opened a little bit, the whole picture of the people behind the door came into view, and the smiles of the two froze all of a sudden, shocked, "Old man Sun?!...Grandpa Sun, how could it be?" It's you?"

"You two... are two girls who are in harmony! Ah, and..." The old man hunched over, and his clothes were plain but clean.He rubbed his cloudy eyes, and after seeing the two beautiful girls clearly, he opened his eyes and smiled. The smile stopped again, and he glanced at the girl behind them indifferently. Is the princess still healthy?"

"Lu Mingshan!" Liu Ling quietly looked at the old man's disgusted expression because of her. She was speechless, and turned to look at Lu Mingshan with uncontrollable anger, "Grandpa Sun is already so old, and you found him on purpose?" , what are you going to do?"

"I don't do anything, I just feel sorry for Ah Ling who hasn't seen this loyal servant who grew up with you for many years, so I specially gave you a surprise." Lu Mingshan smiled, "Why, Ah Ling doesn't feel surprised? This is too disappointing to me. upset.

"He should enjoy his old age! You shouldn't involve him!"

"A Ling's words are heartless. Old man Sun has been loyal to your palace all his life. When he gets old, your palace can't tolerate him and kicks him out. Poor his children and grandchildren left the Guangping palace earlier than him, Where can I go? I am your fiancé, and a person like him who messes around and ruins your reputation, of course, can't stay in the folks, you don't care, Ah Ling, but I want to do something for you."

Lu Mingshan explained one by one, as if he was really thinking of her.He was still laughing, "At first I didn't think of old man Sun. After all, he doesn't live here, and you can't see Ah Ling. But you went climbing with Mr. Shen... This really gave me enough time to invite people Come here. Ah Ling, are you not happy to see this loyal servant who dragged you here since childhood?"

When he was speaking, Old Man Sun and the maids also finished their greetings, just in time to hear Lu Mingshan's last sentence.Old man Sun's chaotic eyes became sharp, and he looked at Liu Ling.

Liu Ling didn't look into Old Man Sun's eyes, and said in a low voice, "No, I'm very happy to see Grandpa Sun."

"Hmph! But old man, I'm not happy to see you!" Old man Sun slammed the door and went in.

"Princess..." The maid looked worriedly at the abnormal white face of the princess, "Grandpa Sun has a strong temper, or should we go back?"

Liu Ling was silent.

When she was about to turn around in silence, Lu Mingshan murmured behind her, "He has served your mother all his life and raised you for so many years. But when you grew up, he was kicked out of the Guangping palace after only saying a few words. Going out of the gate, wandering outside. Ah Ling, are you worthy of treating him?"

"Mr. Lu, what do you mean by saying that?!" Not to mention the other maids, even Lingbi, who was a little afraid of Lu Mingshan's settlement after autumn, couldn't help it, "It was Grandpa Sun who was driven away by the prince! At that time, the master of my county was in Yejing, and there was no Do you know this matter? When we returned to Jiangzhou, people had already gone to have tea. The princess also sent someone to look for her, but she couldn't find Grandpa Sun. She even had a big fight with the prince because of this. ... Pointing at it with a whip, I was almost beaten. Where were you when our princess was suffering? But now, why do you say that about my princess?!"

All the maids were filled with righteous indignation: in the past, Mr. Lu was so kind to the princess, they all thought that after marrying Mr. Lu, the princess could stay away from these disputes in the palace and live happily.Later, knowing that Mr. Lu had empathized with Yue Ling, the princess gave up chasing Mr. Shen early, and everyone regretted it for a long time.I didn't expect Mr. Lu to be such a person!What a disappointment.

Lu Mingshan sneered, and ignored what the maids said, he only looked at Liu Ling.

Liu Ling said, "Grandpa Sun was kicked out because of me. I really feel ashamed of him."

"Princess..." The maid wanted to persuade her again.

"Go in." Liu Ling made a decision, so she no longer needed anyone to give her advice.

This house was temporarily moved by Old Man Sun.Where he lived before, Liu Ling didn't know.But when she entered the yard, she was relieved to see that everything was well organized and tidy.At least Lu Mingshan did things reliably and did not abuse old man Sun.But after entering Old Man Sun's room, Liu Ling's breathing stopped, and she realized that Lu Mingshan's over-appropriateness was also a kind of injury.

Old man Sun used to be a servant of Liu Ling's mother. When he was young, he liked painting. Liu Ling's mother was a talented woman, so she taught him painting.In the following decades, as a servant of two generations of masters, the Guangping Palace did not dare to order him around, leaving old man Sun with a lot of free time.All this time was used by old man Sun to learn painting.

Some people are busy with many things all their lives, but they can't do any of them well.Some people do this one thing and reach the ultimate state of perfection.Old man Sun is such a person.I haven't seen him for a few years, even if he is not in the Guangping Palace, he has not been entrusted by anyone.His painting skills are even more exquisite, even if he moved here in a hurry, the whole house is covered with his paintings.

And he drew the same person:
Almond eyes and peach cheeks, narrow shoulders and narrow waist, pear white dress.The beauty is angry or happy, standing or sitting, or standing by the lake, or in front of the porch, or bending over to smell the flowers, or weeping...

He painted the same person, the same person that Liu Ling will never forget.

Liu Ling stared at these portraits, long standing in ecstasy.

Old man Sun stood behind her silently, "Master, I heard that you are staying in Yejing, and you don't want to go back to the Jiangzhou Palace. You don't want to see your mother, an old man who is half buried in the ground, right?"

"It was my fault."

"You killed your mother. If it wasn't for your harsh words, if it wasn't for your refusal to be gentle, if it wasn't for you being too ruthless to leave as soon as you said it, how could she not figure it out for a while and throw herself into the lake?"

"It's my fault." Liu Ling trembled.

"That woman Zhang Mulan was in vain the wife's own sister. After the death of the wife, she immediately became the new owner of the palace. And you, you have done nothing!"

"It's still my fault."

"And I! It was just because of your mother's injustice. After drinking, I said a few more words, and the prince beat most of my life. You said you would support us old servants, but when the old slave almost Where were you when you were killed?!"

"It's my fault too."

"You just love glory and wealth, and you don't want to be the number one princess. You are just drunk, greedy for life and afraid of death, and dare not pay for your mother's life. Have you lived for so many years, haven't you lived enough?"

"It's all my fault." Liu Ling's eyes were moist.

It was her fault, all her fault.

Blame her, blame her for everything.

Her existence alone has troubled so many people.

So should she apologise? !
Liu Ling seemed to see her mother standing in the water and reaching out to her wetly in the dark world again.

But at the same time, she saw another mother.

She hugged herself tenderly, and persuaded herself, "A Ling, that's my fault, it's your fault, it has nothing to do with you. You have to live well, you have to live."

(End of this chapter)

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