Do not kiss the king

As the Spring Festival is approaching, the princess and side concubine will go to the Buddhist temple to pray for the prince as usual.

"Have they set off yet?"

Chi Jinnian sat in the study and closed the scroll.

"Go back to your lord, the masters are already in the carriage." A servant replied.

Chi Jinnian turned his face to the side, and said to Gu Cong who was waiting over there,

"Go and follow, and you must protect the princess well."

Gu Cong responded and exited the study.

Ruan Yuan was sitting in the carriage, wearing a silver fox coat and a white cloth around his neck, watching the Baguio cat at the window, secretly lifting the curtain to look out.

"Baguio."

He called softly, and the little girl turned her head and smiled,

"This is the first time I have left the palace for a long time."

Ruan Yuan's eyebrows moved, "You really shouldn't stay in the palace with your temperament."

"Why do you say that!" Baguio twitched the corner of her mouth, lowered the curtain and moved towards him, her big eyes rolled around, "If I'm not here, who will accompany you."

"This palace is so big, you don't have any relatives."

Ruan Yuan reached out and rubbed her head lightly, the pearl hairpin on the little girl's head shook,

"Now besides you, I have another family member."

Baguio raised her face, a mischievous light flashed in her eyes,

"The person the princess is talking about is the prince?"

Ruan Yuan looked away, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Knowingly asking."

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Two gorgeous carriages stopped in front of Puning Temple, and a maid came down from the leading one, supporting a beautiful white figure.

Lin Qingling also came down here, watched the two people in front stepping up the steps of the Buddhist temple, exchanged glances with the maid at the side, lifted her long pink skirt slightly, and followed.

As soon as Ruan Yuan entered the temple gate, he saw a bald monk standing under the bodhi tree with his hands folded.

Baguio supported him forward, when he passed the man under the tree, he heard a voice,

"Benefactor, the old relationship is not over, and the new relationship is difficult."

Ruan Yuan's footsteps faltered, and he turned his face sideways to meet the gaze of the little monk, his breathing tightened a bit.

He glanced at Baguio, who then said to the monk,

"Little master, what did you mean by what you just said?"

"Amitabha." The monk lowered his gaze, "Mr. Fang is waiting for the benefactor at the back door."

"Seeing or not seeing, the benefactor has his own decision."

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Ruan Yuan stunned, the world behind his pupils trembling crazily.

Fang Shiyun, he came out of the prison.

The tears he shed at the corner that night somehow returned to his atrium, beating with long-lost pain.

Even if he is already the princess, even if the Southern Territory is no longer the Southern Territory, and Luozhou is no longer Luozhou, how can it be easy to destroy the years and memories of those ten years.

After praying for blessings, Ruan Yuan and Lin Qingling walked out of the palace gate together.

When he walked to the gate of the Buddhist temple, the bodhi tree behind him rustled, and Ruan Yuan's footsteps stopped abruptly, a leaf fell and fell into the pond of memories, shaking and shaking.

"Sister, what's the matter?" Lin Qingling's beautiful eyes slanted, a half-smile, "Aren't you going back to the palace?"

Ruan Yuan lowered his eyes, and Baguio who was beside him replied,

"Returning to my side concubine, our master doesn't understand something, and wants to stay and ask the abbot."

"That's it." Lin Qingling raised the corners of her lips, put her hand on the hand of the servant girl next to her, "The younger sister is going home first."

After finishing speaking, he took the maid's hand and walked down the stairs unceremoniously.

Ruan Yuan watched them get into the carriage, then quietly turned around, walked into the temple, and went straight to the back door.

The monk was right.

The old relationship is not over, and the new relationship is difficult.

There are some things I want to explain to Fang Shiyun.

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When Ruan Yuan came to the back door, his heart was beating violently, and his anxiety and worry rushed up his throat.

He took Baguio's hand and waited for a long time at the back door, but no one was seen.

"Princess, let's go back." Bi Yao pouted, "What's so good about someone like Fang Shiyun?"

Ruan Yuan sighed lightly, and just as he took a step forward, he heard the footsteps of many people behind him, mixed with a shrill female voice from Lin Qingling.

"My sister is waiting, but this person?"

Ruan Yuan suddenly turned his head, and saw a group of people surrounded him and Bi Yao, one of the servants kicked violently, and one of them knelt on the ground.

The man raised his head amidst the shaking sight, met his own sight, his breath stagnated, and a crack appeared in his heart instantly.

There were dust and bloody welts on his face, neck, and backs of his hands.

His clothes were in tatters, his hair was loose, and he was hardly human.

But that look was clearly Fang Shiyun, the person who grew up with him and who once said that he would grow old with him forever.

Ruan Yuan took a deep breath, his eyes were fixed on the man, he saw him kneeling in front of him in high spirits, his back was trampled by a servant, tears rolled down two lines, and he couldn't stop it.

Lin Qingling raised a smile, her eyes became fierce,

"Since my sister pretends not to be a prince, why should she stay in the palace?"

"It's a pity, now that you have become a princess, if you want to go out, you can only die."

After finishing speaking, she raised her arms gracefully, "Princess Jin had an affair with Fang Shiyun in Puning Temple, you all saw it, and that concubine made the decision for the prince and cleaned her up."

Ruan Yuan's eyes widened, and he saw a woman rushing over with a dagger, her eyes were extremely fierce.

Subconsciously wanted to retreat, but somehow froze in place.

Seeing that the woman was approaching, someone pulled his shoulder suddenly, and his body leaned to the side, and then there was a small figure standing in front of him.

Hearing a sharp sound of clothes being torn, Bi Yao's pearl hairpin dangled in front of his eyes again.

When Ruan Yuan came back to his senses, the little girl had already collapsed.

His legs went limp, and when he saw the blood on her body, he didn't even have time to let out a howl, his eyes turned white, and he poured it into Gu Cong's arms.

Gu Cong caught him firmly, kicked the crazy Lian Junqiu away, and before he could speak, he heard a loud slap in the air.

He raised his eyes, and Chi Jinnian stood in front of Lin Qingling in a black robe. The domineering master covered half of his face with an expression of disbelief.

"What did I say, didn't the queen tell you?"

"Your Lin family dares to touch my people, let alone your life, even the Queen's life, I dare to take it."

After finishing speaking, under Lin Qingling's astonished gaze, he strode over, grabbed the little boy who was in his arms, and hugged him horizontally.

"This maid is entrusted to you."

Gu Cong quickly picked up Bi Yao, watched the prince striding out, and followed closely.

Lin Qingling's legs gave way, and she almost sat on the spot. Fortunately, the maid next to her grabbed her precarious body.

"Did you hear it."

"He said it was his."

"What about me, am I not?"

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Ruan Yuan opened his eyes, and a cry that he didn't have time to utter automatically popped out of his throat,

"Baguio!"

As soon as he raised his hand, he grabbed a strong arm.

Ruan Yuan pulled that arm and sat up, with countless pains in his eyes struggling to fall. When he saw Chi Jinnian's face, his arm went limp, and he leaned into his arms unreservedly.

"Save her, save her..."

Ruan Yuan cried hysterically, and wiped all the tears on Chi Jinnian's clothes, like a deer asking for help, leaning on his most trusted chest.

Chi Jinnian hugged his trembling body from crying,

"She's fine, she didn't hurt her vitals, she won't die."

"do not Cry."

Ruan Yuan's crying stopped abruptly, and he raised his face with tears in his eyes, "Really, you didn't lie to me?"

Chi Jinnian wiped away the tears that hadn't fallen from his eyes, "I won't lie to you."

Ruan Yuan straightened his body, lifted the quilt, stretched his legs out of the bed, put on his shoes, and muttered,

"I'm going to see her..."

Chi Jinnian watched him stand up, stood up himself, grabbed the silver fox coat next to him and put it on his frail body,

"Get dressed."

Ruan Yuan froze, watching the unapproachable prince buttoning himself up with his own hands, the little girl's fallen figure was still lingering in his heart, and the eye sockets that had finally dried up couldn't help getting a little wet again.

A hand stretched out from under the jacket, grabbed the prince's hand on the cuff button, and clenched it tightly.

Chi Jinnian lowered his head to meet his moist but clearer eyes, felt the warmth of his palm, and put the coat hat on for him with the other hand.

"It's cold outside, I'll accompany you."

After finishing speaking, he opened the door, held the hand of the little boy tightly, and walked into the snowflakes together.

Ruan Yuan quietly looked at the prince's sharp and handsome side face, his mouth was closed, but the tree in his heart was blooming a few flowers in this winter day.

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"Concubine Lin deliberately murdered the concubine. She has a vicious heart and has lost her position as a concubine. From now on, she will be demoted to be a beloved person and move to the side palace. Anyone who is not an order from this king should not come close. Anyone who violates it will be executed."

Lin Qingling was sitting in the side hall, the candlelight reflected on her face, the color was dim yellow but her delicate face was extremely soft,

"I finally understand that I have been a concubine for so many years, not because I am not noble enough, not because I am not beautiful enough."

"It's because he never loved me from the beginning."

The maid in front of her was already crying like pear blossoms and rain, clutching a medicine bottle tightly in her hand,

"I beg my master to think twice... Even if you are in the side hall now, just... with the identity of the master's Lin family and the backing of the empress, you will definitely be able to leave this side hall in the future..."

Lin Qingling didn't look at her either, just stared blankly at the flickering candle flame, and said after a long time:

"Family background, power, others envy me for what I have, but even if I have it, I'm still so lonely.

As she spoke, a tear gleamed down her cheek,

"Those things that I used to be proud of are worthless now."

"He thought that I entered the palace because of my sister's arrangement, but he didn't know, and he wouldn't know, it was because I loved him."

"Is it the position of the concubine I'm asking for? What I'm asking for... has always been his heart."

After finishing speaking, Lin Qingling reached out and took the medicine bottle in the maid's hand, and drank it down in one gulp.

Concubine, side concubine, beloved, after all, if you don't love me, what difference does it make?

Even if you go out from this side hall, you won't look at me again.

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The author has something to say:

Lin Qingling: "Chi Jinnian, you are heinous! You are heartless!"

Ruan Yuan: "No! Although he is not good at words, he treats people extremely gentle."

The author [probe]: "Is there a possibility... He is really heartless towards others..."

Chi Jinnian [draws the sword]

Ruan Yuan: "Did Jin Lang hear anything just now?"

Chi Jinnian: "No." [Frankly]