My Master Jinyiwei

Chapter 68

The bronze Suzaku lamp is gilded, and the heavy snow is floating outside the house, covering the house and the ground, shining white.That kind of cleanliness and purity is incompatible with the coldness of the room.

Shen Yan paid an official visit to Guangping Wang and his wife as Jin Yiwei.

Liu Ling entered the hall, sat aside, took the tea from the maid, and sipped it leisurely, neither intending to greet Guangping Wang and his wife, nor planning to introduce Lord Shen personally.She was sitting near the door, turning her head to admire the snowflakes fluttering outside the window.She was clearly watching the scene.

Liu Ling has never been polite to Guangping Wang and his wife, and everyone is used to it.But in front of outsiders, Liu Ling's blatant slap in the face still made people feel embarrassed and annoyed.

King Guangping squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Thank you Master Shen for sending the little girl back, but it's getting late, so forgive me for not entertaining you." He put on a posture to see off the guests.

He heard the girl's cool voice, gentle and tender, completely different from the usual coldness, "It's okay, Mr. Shen, you can stay tonight. They don't entertain you, I will."

"Liu Ling!" King Guangping blushed with anger, but his daughter stared at the teacup in her hand and ignored him at all.

The three children Liu Runyang, Liu Runping, and Liu Xiang who were peeping were crowded behind the screen. Nanny Ren refused to leave no matter what, she insisted on eavesdropping on what the adults said.

Liu Runping said anxiously, "No way! I want to talk to Eldest Sister! Parents will definitely talk about her again. If I hadn't been naughty today, Eldest Sister would not have met Master Shen..."

"What are you in a hurry for?" His sister Liu Xiang lifted the collar of his back collar and laughed mockingly, "What do you always talk to her about? Who is your real brother and sister?! Is she swearing to you? Cursed, otherwise how could you have been tricked by her so many times and still speak for her? Now being caught by your parents and playing with men, she really deserves it!"

"You are the one who is jealous!" Liu Runping's voice became louder, and the elder sister who was displeased was said so, "What do you know? Eldest sister..."

"Shhhhhh!" The mouths of the two children, one on each side, were blocked by the eldest brother Liu Runyang.Liu Runyang looked down at the two of them seriously, "If you want to eavesdrop, be good to me, and don't let your parents find out."

As for the front hall, the atmosphere had reached an extremely depressing level.

Shen Yan said, "I have some doubts about the princess's marriage, and I want to discuss it with the prince."

"Discussion? What qualifications do you have to discuss with this king? A Ling is also my daughter, what does it have to do with you?" Wang Guangping was angry.

Shen Yan said calmly, "I will talk to the prince as a thousand households of Jinyiwei."

"So what about Jin Yiwei? Yes, the power is overwhelming. But this king has nothing to do with your Jin Yiwei, and you can't control this king." Guangping Wang said, "Shen Yan, let me just say that A Ling is definitely going to marry Don’t even think about going to the ancient country of Yi. You are very powerful, digging pits for the Lu family step by step, making me and the Lu family fall into a passive position. But, so what? This is what the king said—— I would rather marry A Ling far away than marry you! Just because of what you did to the Lu family, don't even think about it!"

King Guangping had never been nice to Liu Ling, and he always showed dislike and impatience.But there are tens of thousands of parents in the world, and each of them has a different way of educating their children. No one will instinctively deny their parents' love for their daughters.But just the words of King Guangping today made the faces of the attendants who stayed behind change slightly.

Liu Ling, who was sitting there drinking tea, also turned pale, but compared to the abnormality of others, she looked so indifferent.She smiled slowly: she knew what her father thought of her, but it was the first time she really heard it.

Princess Guangping immediately coughed and reprimanded, "My lord, what are you talking about? People who don't know may think you are selling your daughter. I know you care about A-Ling, so you think so much about A-Ling, but How would other people know? You are so hot-tempered that you always make Ah Ling angry. Ah Ling, don't blame your father...Master Shen, please don't make fun of me."

She rounded up the words abruptly.

Shen Yan said in a low voice, "I don't want to laugh. How the prince treats the princess has nothing to do with me. I came here to find something that is not quite right, and I need to confront the prince face to face."

"Master Shen is interrogating this king?" King Guangping's expression turned ugly.Even if he is not favored, he is still a prince.Shen Yan is like this, really doesn't take him seriously.

Shen Yan was noncommittal, "I was not in Yejing on a mission a few months ago. After I returned, I heard that the old Marquis of Dingbei was seriously ill in bed. I also heard that the Dingbei Marquis Mansion and Guangping Palace, which had not been in contact for many years, had re-established friendship. I have to think a little more. Coupled with the downfall of the Lu family, I suspect that the prince and the Hou Ye joined forces to poison the old Hou Ye and make him bedridden."

"...!" The cups in Liu Ling's hands made a chaotic clashing sound, she raised her head in disbelief, and her eyes fell on King Guangping.

"Presumptuous! Nonsense! Shen Yan, you Jin Yiwei can't just indiscriminately convict people like this!" King Guangping leaned back angrily, his hands trembling, "If you act so nonsense, this king will definitely go to Beijing to sue you!"

"The day the old Hou Ye was seriously ill, didn't the prince see him?"

"Yes, but after that..."

"I heard that the prince and the old Hou Ye had a closed-door conversation for a long time, and after they came out, the old Hou Ye looked bad."

"Although this is the case, the relationship between my father-in-law and this king has always been like this..."

"My mother has talked with the old Hou Ye several times before. Although he has resistance, it is not strong. But you just met once, my lord..."

"It was Ah Ling who saw the old Hou Ye last! Not me!"

"I can imagine that you, the lord, poisoned you in advance. When the time is right, the poison will take place when the princess is here. The lord lost his partner in the Lu family, so he was eager to reconcile with the Dingbei Houfu. But I heard people As I said, the old Hou Ye said that with him in one day, it is absolutely impossible to re-establish friendship with the Guangping Palace. But the old Hou Ye is so stubborn, it also limits the development of the Hou Mansion, and makes the new Hou Ye dissatisfied in every possible way. Therefore, you The two conspired with each other and were willing to..."

"This is just your one-sided opinion, Mr. Shen!" King Guangping was so angry that he turned his head and said to the princess who was backing away with a white face, "The Jinyiwei has always been like this, princess, you have to trust this king, this king will never harm your father... ..."

"It seems that the prince has some complaints about the investigation process of Jin Yiwei, but before leaving Yejing, I have asked my subordinates to detain several servants of the Hou's mansion. Moreover, I also sent the imperial physician to investigate the old Hou's illness. ..."

"Shen Yan! This is our family's business! What does it have to do with you!"

"It has nothing to do with me. But who can hide what Jin Yiwei wants to investigate?" Shen Yan looked back coldly, "I am doing business, so what right does the prince have to question?"

King Guangping's face was ugly, secretly resenting His Majesty for giving Jin Yiwei too much power, and he was flustered.Liu Ling didn't trust him in the first place, and he doesn't care if she treats him badly now; but Princess Guangping has always trusted him, but now, she also looks at him like a stranger.

King Guangping was extremely angry, "This king did not murder the old Hou Ye! If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing to worry about. This king has nothing to say!"

"My lord, you have nothing to say now. Back then, you spared no effort to give your own daughter the reputation of murdering your grandfather!" Shen Yan's voice became quieter and quieter than the other. "'What am I afraid to do? I dare to kill my own parents!' This sentence, even though I was not there, even though it has been a long time, but when I asked, many people still remembered this sentence .If it wasn't for the prince, you deliberately spread it out, who would know what the princess said through a door? Would she stand at the door and shout at everyone?"

Snowflakes flew into the window, fell to the ground, and turned into water droplets.The room was oppressed, and no one noticed the flying snow that was drifting in.

Shen Yan frowned, staring at her black eyes, straight and heavy.His voice was calm and cold, but the strength in it was getting heavier each time, making the person on the opposite side almost breathless, "Sometimes I have to wonder if the Princess is your biological daughter!"

Liu Ling's face was already pale, and her eyes were fixed on King Guangping with hatred and resentment.She knew that she had a bad relationship with King Quang Binh, but how innocent was her grandfather?How dare they set their minds on that poor old man who has lost everything?

"Are you taking revenge on me?" Liu Ling murmured, "Because I wanted to kill you when I was young?"

"Nonsense!" King Quang Binh retorted, "Nonsense!"

"You talk nonsense! My father is not such a person!" When the conflict in the front hall was about to break out, several children ran out from behind the screen. Qi stood next to King Guangping, and yelled at Shen Yan, "You villain! You seduced the eldest sister and wronged my father..."

"Shut up!" Liu Ling said in a deep voice, "If you dare to say a word about him, none of you will ever get out of this door!"

"Be good, all go down," Princess Guangping calmed down for a moment because of the arrival of the child, and comforted them softly, "My father, mother and Mrs. Shen are talking about business, don't worry about it." With a strong attitude, she asked the maids to take them away lead down.This time, by the way, all the servants were sent out.

After closing the door, Princess Guangping changed her tone of discussion, "Master Shen, I know that you have spared no effort to clear A-Ling's crimes. However, what Master Shen said is really unbelievable and unbelievable. Thinking about it, His Majesty would not Because of such a misunderstanding, our palace is being blamed, why should Master Shen do this?"

King Guangping also sneered in a low voice, "You are approaching step by step, don't you just want to talk about A Ling's marriage with me? With your current attitude, you will never think about it!" That's right, the wife is right, but the Hou family doesn't admit it , Guangping Palace does not admit it, no matter how powerful Jin Yiwei is, His Majesty has to give face to these royal relatives, right?
"Of course the princess thinks that I'm apologizing for the princess, but that's not the case. Don't tell me the princess never wonders why a seven or eight-year-old child wants to kill your husband and wife?"

"...After the death of A Ling's mother, she has been mentally abnormal, which is strange." Princess Guangping's face was a little unnaturally stiff, avoiding Shen Yan's inquiring expression.

"Then what if I tell the concubine that the princess is doing this, is it for revenge?" Shen Yan said softly, "You and the prince secretly communicated with the song, and you became pregnant within a year. I suspect again that the death of the previous concubine is related to You two are related!"

A thunderstorm exploded from the blue sky, and everyone present turned pale, as pale as a ghost.

"Nonsense! You are talking nonsense! Your lord is right, you Jinyi guards are talking nonsense! No wonder everyone in the world is afraid of you, you are not human..." Princess Guangping yelled angrily like a madman.She was very excited. If she hadn't been tightly stopped by King Guangping, she would have rushed forward and smashed Shen Yan into pieces, "That's my sister! My own sister! Do you think I'm that kind of vicious person? How could I Killing my own sister? If I were so vicious, how could I have treated Ah Ling well all these years, how could..."

"Princess was joking," Shen Yan remained calm from beginning to end, "Have you treated the princess well all these years? Even if it is good, isn't it another form of compensation?"

Before Princess Guangping retorted, Shen Yan said, "In the case of the death of the previous princess, there are not many old people left behind. I found out that there was an old man Sun who was taken away by Lu Mingshan... In order to find out the truth, I have already After transferring someone from the Lu family, I believe he will arrive in Jiangzhou soon. All the evidence will naturally reveal the truth bit by bit."

"You! You!" Princess Quang Binh trembled all over.Her eyes were full of horror, and she kept murmuring, "I didn't kill my sister, and my sister's death has nothing to do with me! Don't try to frame me! It was all investigated back then, and it was already concluded that it was A Ling who killed her sister. It has nothing to do with me, it has nothing to do with me! A-Ling, A-Ling...yes, A-Ling!" As if grasping at a straw, Princess Guangping rushed over, her eyes were so bright that it made one's heart go cold, "You tell Master Shen! You tell He! Tell me! My sister was killed by you! You are mentally ill, and you want to kill me and your father! You won’t even let your grandfather go! Tell me! You did it all!"

Liu Ling's shoulder was held down by Princess Guangping, who was crazy, even more abnormal than her.

The snow drifted in, and the wind pierced through the curtain, falling on the girl's eyebrows.Liu Ling's long body is jade-colored, and her Japanese hair is like a cloud. She is very anxious about Princess Guangping's anger, and she is silent.

"Say it, say it!" Princess Guangping screamed more and more mournfully. She grabbed Liu Ling's shoulder and dug her nails in, pushing Liu Ling back and making Liu Ling frown.

Princess Guangping's hand was caught, and the people behind stopped and pushed her, and she staggered and fell.She saw that the young man was standing in front of Liu Ling, protecting the girl who was as pale as paper.

Princess Guangping stared fixedly at Liu Ling, the resentment in her eyes became heavier, her original voice became terribly sad, "So many years have passed, so many years have passed! We have all made a lot of efforts, we have all Forgot about that! Why can't you forget it? Why are you the only one who refuses to get out of that shadow?"

"Liu Ling, why don't you let yourself go, and you don't want to let us go?!" She yelled sadly, crying blood every word.Shouting in a hoarse voice, his eyes were clouded with water and mist, pressing close to his eyes.

She fell on her husband and was hugged by him distressedly.

Liu Ling walked out from behind Shen Yan, watching King Guangping appease the princess while scolding them angrily.Liu Ling said softly, "Have you all forgotten? Why can't I forget? Why can't I walk out of the shadows like you? Why do I insist on holding onto the past and refusing to let it go?"

Her face was cold, "Someone hurt me, someone wanted to kill me, and someone joined hands with me to kill my mother. How could I forget? I will never forget it in my life."

People always say: "Others have forgotten, others don't care, everyone has come out, why is it that you are the only one who refuses to come out, only you are sleeping in the abyss, and no one can wake you up? You insist on the people around you Are you suffering together?"

Liu Ling said: That's right!

What has happened, what happened in the past, until the moment you close your eyes, you will never forget it!Want to atone?dream!She lives with the past, she will always remember that event, they will torture each other, and none of them can feel at ease!

"Shen Yan! What is your purpose?!" King Guangping complained.Shen Yan is like a devil. He has only stood here for a long time, and he has left this family torn apart and destroyed by wind and rain. "Do you insist on breaking up our family? Do you have a conscience?"

Liu Ling stood at the window, watching Guangping Wang and his wife panicking like clowns.She turned her head and looked at Feixue outside.The sky is full of white, and the long-lasting memory floods in at this moment, like a flood, caught off guard.

Shen Yan looked at her.

Princess Guangping was about to collapse, King Guangping helped her to sit down, anxious and angry, and because of Shen Yan's presence, he didn't dare to call anyone over, for fear that his own scandal would be heard.Those secrets that have been buried for many years, things that could have been hidden for a lifetime, were exposed like this.They were angry and angry, thinking how could there be such vicious people in the world?
They never reflect on themselves.

Always feel like a saint.

It's ridiculous.

Shen Yan asked her in a low voice, "Is it cold?"

Liu Ling was stunned, slowly shook her head, suddenly made up her mind, took Shen Yan's hand, "Master Shen, come with me."

She ignored the unbearable couple in the front hall, but returned to her courtyard with a heavy banquet.Her courtyard was actually the place where her mother lived before her death.

The ancestral temple cannot be opened, so Liu Ling can only sit by the lake to miss her mother.

She leaned against Shen Yan's arms, looking at the snow-white lake, thinking about the past.

Everyone doesn't want to find out the truth because there are too many people involved, and everyone has their own selfish motives.

"My mother was actually sick in the afternoon when she was still alive. She was not in good health and had been ill for a long time. But that afternoon she was energetic and insisted on making plum blossom soup to surprise my father. She took me with her Looking for my father, I want to make my father happy. What my mother and I saw behind the screen was my father and his aunt at that time, the current Princess Guangping, hugging each other, inseparable."

She was only five years old at that time, and she didn't understand anything. She was ignorant, and only knew that her mother's expression was bleak, and she seemed to have lost all her strength.

No amount of joy is broken because of this.

After that, there was a quarrel between mother and daughter by the lake.

Later, her mother died, and Liu Ling remembered every detail of that day.She didn't understand how her aunt became a mother, and why her mother suffered so much.

When she understood, what she wanted to do was to kill the pair of dogs and avenge her mother.

She was wrong, she shouldn't make mother sad; but that couple, they were also wrong!
Together they forced Liu Ling's mother to death.

When a prostitute died in Dingbeihou's mansion back then, how could he let it go?After investigating, it was discovered that she had something to do with another daughter.

In order to protect the surviving daughter, Lord Hou of Dingbei and King Guangping jointly blocked the news, and no one was allowed to speak or mention it.Those who knew the truth were all dealt with in secret.

King Guangping found his true love, his unsightly wife died, and his life was back on track.The only pity is that his daughter is still alive.

In order to make up for it, Lord Hou treated Liu Ling even better.

But what's the use of that?

All are murderers, all criminals, and all are covering up.

No one is innocent.

It's hilarious.

Thinking about it now, Liu Ling felt ridiculous.

Her home is such a home.Even looking at it more than once made her sick, made her nauseous.She is willing to die with such a family!
But she didn't.

Liu Ling didn't tell Shen Yan everything, she only mentioned a few things about her mother when she was alive.But Shen Yan was really investigating. After a while, all the Jin Yiwei arrived, and old man Sun was also escorted.Liu Ling never knew before that there was a dumb mother-in-law hiding in her yard, who was also a witness to the incident.

The Guangping Palace was restless day by day, immersed in an atmosphere of fear.

If Jin Yiwei intervenes in this matter, they will surely end badly.

Guangping Wang and his wife also quarreled for days.

When passing by once, Liu Ling heard Princess Guangping scream, "Give it to her! Give it all to her! That's what you owe her! You give it to her!" On that day, Liu Ling only asked for a cook. .

A few days later, King Guangping couldn't bear all the pressure anymore. He found Shen Yan exhaustedly, surrendered and surrendered, "What should I do so that you can stop investigating and let what happened back then be forgotten?" The evidence in Shen Yan's hand The more there are, the more likely it is that His Majesty will give up.King Guangping has never been favored. If there is solid evidence, His Majesty does not mind killing chickens and monkeys.We didn't investigate back then, but we all concealed it together to put pressure on His Majesty.But His Majesty loves Liu Ling, to some extent, it is also a warning to King Guangping.

Over the years, the relationship between King Guangping and Princess Changle has been used by His Majesty.

No one is in the dark.

Shen Yan looked at the much more desolate prince in front of him. This prince was ambitious and had an ambition, but he couldn't show it because of His Majesty's suspicion.So he married the Hou family and the Lu family, and later, because of his selfishness, he broke up bit by bit.In a few days, the truth that had been buried for many years was unearthed, exhausting King Quang Binh.

Except for Liu Ling, no one wants to find out what happened back then.

Everyone feels that they are innocent, pitiful, and helpless.So he pushed all the past to a child.From the age of five to 15, how much pressure did Liu Ling endure.But her father has long been used to it, and every time he encounters trouble, he will push that daughter.

Even after being pushed into the abyss like this, Liu Ling still grew into what she is now.

Noble, but gentle; tough, but not forgetting the original intention.

In such an environment, she still worked hard to live, to save herself, and to pursue him.

In her heart, Shen Yan liked her even more.

For Liu Ling like this, Shen Yan couldn't kill King Guangping—after all, they were connected in one line, and once King Guangping died, Liu Ling would definitely be implicated.

Shen Yan said to King Guangping, "I don't need to investigate further, but after that, you are not allowed to ask anything about the princess."

King Guangping looked at this young man in surprise: he thought that Shen Yan would at least ask him to find a way to cancel the marriage on Liu Ling.but.Shen Yan only asked them to stay away from A-Ling and leave A-Ling alone.

This is also what Liu Ling hopes.

King Guangping was silent for a while, then nodded.He felt guilty towards A Ling in his heart, but only a little, and he often forgot.He is not a competent father, maybe it will be much better for A Ling to follow Shen Yan.

Shen Yan went to look for Liu Ling.

In the ice and snow, Liu Ling took off her shoes and socks, and sat by the big lake, with her snow-white feet stretched out in the water, playing with the water.The snow was still flying in the sky, and the maids who were burning the fire behind them looked at the princess from time to time, and they couldn't agree with the princess's behavior: it's such a cold day, put your feet in the water, aren't you cold?

Liu Ling actually wanted to dive into the water and swim, but everyone tried their best to stop her.

"Liu Ling!" She heard someone's deep voice, her tone tinged with anger.

After a sound of "uh", she hurriedly drew back her feet and turned her head, but she had already seen Shen Yan standing behind her.Liu Ling raised her head and looked at him with wet eyes, calm and indifferent, which made Shen Yan's heart soften.

He squatted in front of her, lifted her into his arms, and bent over to put on her shoes and socks.Liu Ling put her arms around his shoulders, and there was pride in her eyes - she knew that whenever she showed such empty eyes of "the world is vast, and I am alone", Shen Yan would be moved by her.

Tried and tried.

Shen Yan's breath fell on her neck, making her flinch, "Your mother was murdered by your father back then. Princess Guangping didn't know about it."

"...Mmm." Liu Ling buried in his arms, lazily, like a kitten, obediently answered, so soft.

"Listen to me," Shen Yan asked her to raise her head and look into her own eyes, "Your mother was not killed by you. After you left, your father saw her. All these years, your father has been hiding this matter from you , He also kept this matter from the princess. He put the blame on you to prove his and the princess's innocence. But they are not innocent. "

"I know," Liu Ling said, "Shen Yan, I know everything."

She has complained for so many years, how could she not know?She has been sober.

"So you shouldn't pay for your mother's death, you're just being used by your father."

Liu Ling shook her head, "I was one of the people who killed my mother, I know." She laughed, "I always thought I deserved to die."

When she said this, she knocked her chin on Shen Yan's shoulder, and over Shen Yan's shoulder, she saw the shadow of her mother standing in the middle of the lake.Liu Ling has grown into a 15-year-old girl, no, she will be sixteen soon.Her mother was still so young, so weak, exactly the same as back then, standing in the middle of the lake, her eyes dimmed with tears, reaching out to her.

"Then why don't you die?" Shen Yan asked her gently, staring into her eyes.

Liu Ling looked at him, "I think my mother doesn't want me to die, she wants me to live. Is that right?"

"Yes," Shen Yan said, "You are a good girl, and I hope you live too. Do you know?"

In the darkness of bend after bend, encountering drought, flood, earthquake and fire, Liu Ling kept rolling and crawling.Getting knocked down again and again, standing up again and again.How easy it is to die, it is difficult to live, and it is precious because of the difficulty.In the constant darkness and dawn, in the cycle of the sun and the moon, he gritted his teeth and kept walking.There are landslides and tsunamis all over the place, but there is a bright moon shining in the sky.She went forward against the wind, and one day, she stood on the top of the mountain, looked up and saw the light, and saw someone waiting for her.

Liu Ling didn't speak, and watched him reach out to her eyes.

Liu Ling said, "I didn't cry."

Shen Yan said "um", "Cry a little, let me appreciate it." Don't hold back.

"..." Liu Ling was amused and gave him a look.

In the hug, Liu Ling heard Shen Yan's gloomy and gentle voice whispered, those few words he said were soul-stirring - "I like you the most, and I can't let you go."

Liu Ling smiled, smiling warmly.She smiled lightly, lightly, half carefree, half sad.At the same time, water drops fell into Shen Yan's hands.She wet her eyes and said, "I know you can't let me go... After all, I'm so perfect."

She suddenly leaned over and kissed Shen Yan's hand.

After a while, Shen Yan drew his hand, but didn't.He was made to laugh by her, "Okay, be normal, someone is watching. Liu Ling, don't lick me like a puppy."

Liu Ling raised her moist eyes to look at him, and his heart was on fire.She said, "Just a little while."

Just a little while.

Let me spend a little more time with you.Not for a moment apart, not for an instant apart.Let the distance between goodbye and goodbye be far and wide, and make the intimacy between me and you flawless.

Just a little while.

Let forever be so good, let forever be forever.

Qinghui and snow light shine on this silly loving man and woman, they hug each other in the ice and snow, waiting for the world to sink.

(End of this chapter)