"Leyin, you go back first. I'll take Gardenia back later." There were some things he wanted to talk to her alone.
Glancing at Gardenia walking in front, Leyin felt a little more relieved and said with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Feng."
After catching up with her, he had nothing to say. They were silent for a while, and then Feng Qing spoke up: "Zhi Niang, how are you these days?"
He raised a faint smile and squinted his eyes: "Brother, what do you want to say is, am I okay without the prince?"
Feng Qing smiled awkwardly and waited for her answer. Gardenia said, "Don't worry, senior brother, Gardenia is very good."
"I'm sorry." Feng Qing stopped, looked at Gardenia with a sad expression and said, "Gardenia, you could have left at the beginning."
Thinking of something Feng Qing told herself in the small pavilion by the lake that night, "Brother, there is no need to blame yourself. Everyone has the right to know the truth. You told me, and what I do is up to me and you."
It’s irrelevant.”
He laughed at himself for being so petty, and then started walking and said, "Why are you always so calm? If you care more, many things will change."
He shook his head gently: "Brother, do you mean the prince? I remember you told Gardenia that Gardenia and the prince are the same kind of person. In fact, these same people are not the same person."
Feng Qing shook his head and said, "I don't understand."
Gardenia smiled lightly and said: "Gardenia's temper is the same as the prince, but Gardenia's simple heart is not the same kind of person as the prince. We both have the same temper, but the lives we pursue are different."
, this may be a joke played by fate, allowing the two of us to meet."
"What would you do if Jiyun wanted to have you and Lian Ruoyi at the same time?" He wanted to know Gardenia's attitude at this time. After all, such a day is not far away.
Zhi Niang was slightly startled, then said: "It's not just that. Isn't there a Princess Lu Xinlan of the Yuxi Kingdom in the house now? There are also the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard after he conquered the world. If Ling Jiyun's heart is destined to be divided into several parts,
, then I will ask for nothing."
"Including your feelings for Jiyun, are you willing to let go?"
"If you don't have it completely, nothing else matters."
Feng Qing held back her heartache and sighed: "Do you have to be so rational? Jiyun has been waiting for you to give in. As long as you show your kindness to him, I believe he will return to you regardless of anything."
"What should Lian Ruoyi do? Can he remain indifferent to a person who can give up his life for him twice?"
Gardenia's words left Feng Qing speechless. Yes, what should Lian Ruoyi do? Recalling that day in the corridor, Ling Jiyun said that he wanted to alleviate his guilt, but guilt is also love.
"Gardenia, will you leave?"
Gardenia didn't answer his words, but stopped and stared at a dark shadow under the banyan tree by the lake. The dark shadow had just jumped from the banyan tree.
With her beautiful eyebrows slightly twisted, Feng Qing looked over and said, "Master, what is he doing by the lake so late?"
Gardenia shook her head, feeling uneasy in her heart, and said to Feng Qing: "Brother, let's go back."
Feng Qing nodded and said, "Okay, let's go."
The next day, the weather was sunny, and the warm sunshine melted some of the accumulated snow. Snow water could be seen everywhere, and even the air was moist.
I couldn't sleep well last night, I always felt like something was going to happen.
Sitting on the stool, I watched the snow on the treetops outside the window turn into water droplets and drip down bit by bit, and the treetops trembled slightly.
"Master, don't get so close to the window, you'll catch the cold." Leyin reminded her kindly, putting a cup of hot tea in her hand.
Feeling warmth in his hands, he glanced at Leyin gratefully, suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Leyin, have you seen Cai'er today?"
Leyin shook his head and said, "I saw it yesterday, but not today."
Gardenia became a little nervous. Cai'er appeared to eat at this time every day. Why didn't she see her today? She was here, so it wouldn't fly back to the Lost Forest alone.
I relaxed a little, but I must have been overthinking it. Maybe it wasn't hungry today, and maybe it flew off to play somewhere. Anyway, I had nothing to do, so I went out to look for it.
"Leyin, let's go to the lake to look for Cai'er and bring something to feed her." He put the cup on the table and said to Leyin with a smile.
Leyin nodded, turned around, went to the cabinet and took out the fairy Fu Zi from Gardenia's bag.
A layer of ice had long formed on the lake, and a few remaining lotus stems were prominently embedded in the snow. A winter bird stopped on one of the lotus stems, looking at its little head from time to time, and then opened its mouth again after a while.
The wings flew up.
The snow on the roof of the pavilion is slowly melting, falling into the small puddle on the ground like broken rainwater along the glazed tile ditch.
In the corridor, Gardenia saw Situ Ling walking in the direction of Luyi Garden, laughing at herself that she was now the target of public criticism, no one cared about her, no one cared about her. Are you still waiting here for the answer?
Gardenia and Leyin came to the lake and knew that Cai'er liked to stay in the banyan tree. Gardenia went to the banyan tree and raised her neck: "Cai'er, Cai'er, are you there?"
"Master, I'll go look for those banyan trees." Leyin said and walked towards the banyan trees in front.
"Cai'er, Cai'er——" the music called.
Gardenia just thought that Cai'er was naughty, so she jumped up and flew up to the banyan tree. She looked carefully and found that there was no shadow of Cai'er on the banyan tree. She thought to herself: Did it really fly out to play?
After jumping to the ground, Leyin ran over, holding a beautiful feather in his hand, and said to Gardenia: "Master, this seems to be Cai'er's feather."
Holding the feather in his hand, Cai'er's heart trembled for a while. Cai'er's feathers didn't just fall off. I remember when I was a child, I naughtily plucked one of its feathers, but it ignored me for half a month. Suddenly I remembered what I saw last night.
When Situ Ling jumped down from the banyan tree, a chill rose in his heart, "What happened? Could it be..."
"Master, what's wrong?" Leyin heard the voice and asked.
Gardenia staggered around and ran towards Luyiyuan, praying silently in her heart: Dad, Mom, please keep Cai'er safe and sound, I don't want to lose it.
"Master, master, wait a minute, slave—" Yueyin trotted to keep up, shouting loudly.
In Luyi Garden, Lian Ruo was leaning on the bed, and Ling Jiyun personally fed her medicine.
Lian Ruoyi's complexion improved a lot. Ling Jiyun personally gave her the medicine. If the medicine was full of poison, I'm afraid she would drink it without hesitation.
Seeing the tenderness on Ling Jiyun's face at this time, and thinking that Gardenia was secretly sad alone in Yaxu Garden, Feng Qing couldn't stand it any longer, and was about to leave when Lian Ruoyi asked softly:
"Brother Feng, when will Ruoyi's injury heal?"
Feng Qing stopped, looked back and said with a smile: "You are no longer worried about your life, you just need to take good care of yourself and wait until the wound heals."
"Thank you, Brother Feng." Lian Ruoyi smiled sweetly. She had already seen the impatience in his heart, maybe it was because of Gardenia.
When did this woman become so scheming? Feng Qing was slightly startled, and then said: "What do you want to thank me for? You should thank the prince for taking good care of you. I just did what a doctor should do."
She moved her eyes away from him, looked at Ling Jiyun affectionately and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Ling Jiyun sighed: "Stop talking and take medicine."
When Gardenia rushed into the house to look for Situ Ling, she saw this touching scene of two people loving each other.