Comprehensive film and television: The Queen of Rolls Opens the Roll Again

The heartbeat two cubicles away resumed its regular beat, slow and powerful.

But the owner of the heartbeat did not come out or leave, and remained in the same place.

Zhang Xueming silently made a note of Gong Shangjiao in the little notebook in his heart, leaned on Gong Yuanzheng's chest, felt the warmth of his embrace, and softened his voice: "If Ayuan thinks that he should be responsible for the reopening of the secret passage, then may I ask, why are the children of other palaces already in the secret passage, and even the gate is closed? As the only heir of Zheng Palace, Ayuan, you are the last one to be sent there? Is the road from Zheng Palace to the secret passage longer than other palaces? Did you hide yourself to avoid being found? Did you waste time by refusing to leave?"

Gong Yuanzheng clenched his arms even tighter. The burdens that had been tormenting him for years were no longer able to withstand the blow of Zhang Xueming's repeated questions.

"That day, my father didn't take me to the clinic. He asked me to stay in the study room in the side hall to memorize the book. I had been memorizing the book for three days but still couldn't memorize it all. My father was very unhappy and didn't let me eat breakfast that day. He said he would come back to check at lunch time. If I still couldn't memorize it, he wouldn't let me eat lunch that day.

In order to prevent the servants from secretly bringing me food, my father locked the doors of the study and the side hall from the outside when he left. When the commotion started outside, I heard it, but I couldn’t get out.”

For the first time in ten years, Gong Yuanzheng seriously recalled that winter day filled with blood and panic.

He was surprised to find that he actually remembered more than just the scene where Madam Ling chased Gong Langjiao out of the secret passage.

Everything that happened that day remained clear in his memory, not even the details were blurred.

"When my father's Green Jade Servant Jinlu came to Zheng Palace to look for me, I was the only one left alive in Zheng Palace. Probably because the door of the side hall was locked from the outside, Wufeng Assassin thought there was no one inside, so he killed all the guards and servants in Zheng Palace and left...

I didn't hide on purpose, and I didn't cry on the way. The road from Zheng Palace and Jiao Palace to the secret passage is the same distance, and Shang Palace is farther away from the secret passage. When I entered the secret passage, the concubine of Shang Palace was already inside. "

So, should we blame the father?

Although his father's behavior caused him to be late, it also saved him. When he was attacked by the enemy, his father did not forget him and sent the strongest fighter around him to find him and send him to hide...

Zhang Xueming knew what Gong Yuanzheng was thinking without even looking at his face, and then asked him, "Are there no guards guarding outside the secret passage?"

"Yes, there were three guards hiding nearby. When I arrived, they showed up and opened the door. One pressed the mechanism, and two stood guard. When Jin Lu saw the three guards show up, they left before the door was opened. He told me that he had to go back to the clinic to help my father, and asked me to stay in the secret passage and wait for him and my father to pick me up."

"They opened the door, so they must have waited until it closed before leaving. There were three guards present at the time, and a child and a woman ran out, but they were unable to stop them? Brother Lang and Madam Ling are very skilled in martial arts?"

"How is it possible..." Gong Yuanzheng murmured.

"Yeah, don't you know this clearly? How is it possible that three grown men with martial arts skills can't stop a child and a woman, unless they didn't stop them. Don't say they couldn't react in time. If they really wanted to, how difficult would it be to chase them and catch them? Will my brother still hold them accountable for insubordination afterwards? What a joke."

Gong Shangjiao, who was listening from outside the two cubicles, clenched his fists silently.

Yes, he also wanted to know why the three guards watched his mother and brother leave.

In fact, Gong Shangjiao had already found out what happened in the secret passage. There were many people who witnessed Gong Langjiao and Madam Ling running out of the secret passage without the three guards stopping them.

Unfortunately, the three guards died in order to lure away Wu Feng who was nearby, and the answer was buried in the earth with them...

"Ayuan, do you still think that what happened back then was your fault?" Zhang Xueming asked.

"No." Gong Yuanzheng did not hesitate.

The answer to each question was something he found out from his past. The whole thing was clear and obvious. If he continued to torture himself with such ridiculous thoughts, he would be asking for trouble.

In this case, there was only one question left. Zhang Xueming never liked to let questions linger overnight. Since Gong Shangjiao was unwilling to come out in person to untie his brother's knot, she came by herself.

"Ayuan, I want to know why you feel that your brother's favorite brother is not you. Although we haven't been together for a long time, I can see that you care about, love, respect and adore your brother. You are so sure, there must be a reason, can you tell me what happened?"

So much had been said, everything that should and shouldn't be said had been said. Gong Yuanzheng had no intention of hiding anything, so he told Zhang Xueming what happened on the eve of the Lantern Festival last year.

At that time, he meant well but ended up doing something wicked. He repaired an old dragon lantern left behind by Gong Langjiao without asking Gong Shangjiao first, thus destroying the traces left by Gong Langjiao and making Gong Shangjiao very angry.

It has been almost a year since the incident happened, but Gong Yuanzheng still can't help but tear up when he talks about it again.

"My brother was very angry." He whispered, imitating Gong Shangjiao's tone, as if he was blaming himself at that time, "He asked me, 'Who allowed you to act on your own?'"

Gong Yuanzheng couldn't hold back his tears again: "I said I just thought the dragon lantern was old, and my brother said, 'Do you think the new one is better than the old one?'"

"What happened next?" Zhang Xueming stroked his back. I'm afraid Gong Shangjiao was so angry that he lost his mind, otherwise he wouldn't have said such suffocating words.

Perhaps Gong Shangjiao also wanted to question himself? Was he aware that Gong Yuanzheng's existence made him spend less and less time remembering Gong Langjiao, and felt sorry for Gong Langjiao, so he took advantage of the situation to make a fuss?

"Then my brother asked me to go down, and I sat on the steps outside the door all night."

Gong Yuanzheng felt wronged and sad, as if he had returned to that night. His brother never came out to see him, but they were separated by a door.

"Jin Fu told me that the stains on the tail of the dragon lantern were the ink stains that Brother Lang rubbed on it when he first learned to write poetry, and the broken dragon whiskers were broken by Brother Lang when he had a nightmare at night. To my brother, those are the traces left by Brother Lang, and they are my brother's only remaining thoughts... I said then keep the old one, and I will make a new one for you later. Jin Fu said, said..."

Ah, it turned out that it was Jin Fu, that guy who likes to use random words, who caused the trouble.

Zhang Xueming had a bad feeling.

She recalled that before she got married, she and Gong Yuanzheng were on the way to the women's guest house. Gong Yuanzheng paid special attention to the jokes between her and Jin Fu. At that time, Jin Fu didn't know the inside story of her "engagement" with Gong Shangjiao, and he felt sorry for Gong Shangjiao and used "clothes are better when new, and people are better when old" to mock her, which made her feel ashamed.

Could it be that during the Lantern Festival last year, when Gong Yuanzheng was being questioned by Gong Shangjiao, “Do you think new things are better than old ones?” and was feeling sad, Jin Fu also said that to Gong Yuanzheng...

"As the saying goes, 'clothes are better when new, people are better when old', please forgive me for that. But, but I am not a piece of clothing!"

Gong Yuanzheng finally couldn't control his emotions and started sobbing.

Those tears that he had been holding back suddenly burst out at this moment, and he didn't even care whether his crying was beautiful or not.