All night long, Gardenia seemed to be sleeping but not sleeping, half awake but not awake, and often dreamed of Feng Qing's words.
There were swallows pecking outside the window. Gardenia turned over and looked at the dots of light coming in from under the window. She frowned slightly, thinking back to last night, Feng Qing's serious and calm words made her know about another unknown Ling.
Silent Cloud.
"Gardenia, do you have to know?" Feng Qing stared at Gardenia and asked.
Gardenia hesitated. What is the difference between knowing and not knowing? Can it influence her own mind? "Brother, I just listened to what Songbai said. If you don't want to say it, just pretend that Gardenia didn't ask." In the end, she said.
The right of notification was given to Feng Qing.
With a sigh in his heart, Feng Qingwei said: "Songbai is the old housekeeper of the house. He grew up watching Jiyun. Do you think his words are false?"
He raised his eyes in surprise and said: "Brother, is it possible..."
Following Zhi Niang's words, Feng Qing said: "Ji Yun is the fourth son of the current emperor. Because he has no right to inherit the throne, and his mother-in-law, Concubine Ye, has no background or support, she has been bullied and insulted since she was a child.
.Concubine Ye once hated herself for giving birth to him."
"How could this happen?" Gardenia frowned, feeling filled with frustration.
Feng Qing's heart ached for a while. She was heartbroken, proving that she loved Ling Jiyun deeply, and then said: "The eldest prince, together with other favored princes and princesses, abused him and made him go to the lotus pond to catch fish in the winter.
; Let him stand in the snow with only his clothes on, and use him as a snowball fight; he also rides on him and rides him like a horse. He always returns to the palace scarred and alone, without any
People are willing to take care of him and help him, but Concubine Ye hates him for ruining her life, so she doesn't care about his life or death."
"Is there a mother like this whose heart is made of stone?" Gardenia said calmly, but she couldn't hide her heartfelt sympathy.
"Oh, who put him in the emperor's house? When I was ten years old, my father and I went into the palace to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday. We felt bored and walked around. When we walked to a corner of the palace, we saw him squatting alone.
I stood in the corner with my legs crossed and trembling. My first reaction at that time was, why is there a beggar in the palace? He is not very talkative. It took me a long time to figure out that he was actually the fourth prince of the court. I
My father was a bachelor, so it was easy to enter the palace. From then on, I often took him out of the palace secretly. With my father's silent permission, we studied essays and martial arts together, and became good friends who talked about everything.
The arrival of one day changed his life, and it also changed my life."
"What happened?" Gardenia asked with concern, knowing that it would definitely not be a good thing.
Feng Qing's eyes were blurred, and it was not difficult to see that he was recalling the past in his mind: "When he was sixteen, Ling Jiyun's mother-in-law offended the queen. Because she was an unpopular concubine, the emperor didn't bother to deal with it, so he handed over the power to her.
Given to the Queen, how could the Queen let go of the opportunity to torture people and resorted to means to make Concubine Ye's life worse than death. Although her mother did not love her, she was her mother after all. When Jiyun found out, Boran was furious and rushed in.
In the royal study room, he asked the emperor why he treated his mother like that. The sixteen-year-old Ling Jiyun had the courage of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and also had the courage to give up to others. His natural domineering attitude as an emperor even compared to that of the current emperor.
When he went down, he was no longer the weak and incompetent fourth prince, no longer the fourth prince who could only be manipulated by others. He descended into the imperial study like a real dragon. At that time, there was an emperor in the imperial study.
The ministers and the eldest prince, who was also the crown prince, were all so shocked by Ji Yun's actions that they did not dare to speak for a long time. It was also that day that they realized how majestic and fierce the fourth prince who had been holding back was.
Incomparable, other princes could not catch up. After receiving the emperor's amnesty order, when they arrived, Concubine Ye had been executed. Holding Concubine Ye's body, the eunuch said that Jiyun was staring at the queen with those angry eyes.
The people around her were devastated, and even the timid ones were frightened and fainted. Although the queen tried hard to maintain her dignity, she fell seriously ill not long after and passed away hastily."
"I didn't expect it to be like this." Gardenia said quietly, wiping her tears, feeling sour in her heart.
"Jiyun's behavior that day shocked the whole court. Haha, the fourth prince showed his power, and the emperor also paid attention to it. The ministers in the court intended to appoint Jiyun as the prince and secretly signed the name. But Jiyun knew it and dismissed it. People outside
Everyone said that he had changed, that he was nostalgic for Flower Street, that he was overbearing, and that he was extremely cruel. But only I knew the pain in his heart, and knew that he was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity for him to take revenge. The eldest prince felt threatened, and the minister who protected him
We participated in the concert together, and the emperor had no choice but to demote Jiyun Mingsheng and secretly to this side of the city to be the city lord."
"I see."
Just as she recovered her thoughts, Qiu Ling opened the door and came in. Gardenia sat up and said, "Good morning, Qiu Ling."
"Miss Gardenia, are you in a good mood today?" Qiu Ling put down the copper basin and said.
She is in a good mood, right? Is she in a good mood? With a faint smile, Qiu Ling continued: "Early in the morning, Songbai asked someone to say that there will be a family dinner in the evening, and Miss Gardenia will be invited to attend."
He opened the quilt and got down on the bed, took the towel from Qiu Ling and said, "How can I disturb the prince's family dinner?"
"I don't know the specific slave. The visitor only said that it was Miss Ruoyi's order." Qiu Ling smiled and arranged the cups on the table.
Gardenia nodded thoughtfully, saw Cai'er on the side, opened the cage, Cai'er jumped into Gardenia's hand and said: "Cai'er, your injury is almost healed, now you don't have to live in the cage."
It’s in the cage, let’s eat something and go out to play.”
Cai'er flapped her wings and screamed happily.
At noon I took the book to the yard and started reading. I didn't read much, and from time to time I thought of other things.
Qiu Ling came behind and said softly: "Girl, the eldest prince is here."
He Shu looked back and asked in surprise: "Eldest Prince? Do you know what's going on?"
"I don't know, this slave." Qiu Ling responded.
Gardenia stood up and said, "Go and do your work, I'll go take a look."
"Yes, I will leave this slave."
At the entrance of Yaxu Garden, Ling Jihua turned his back to the door, playing with the jade fan in his hand. He was dressed in a purple shirt and looked very heroic and noble.
"The eldest prince." With a soft call, Ling Jihua turned around and said, "The common girl Gardenia has met the eldest prince."
Ling Jihua took a step forward, stretched out her hand to help Gardenia up and said, "Why is Miss Gardenia so outspoken?"
Gardenia took a step back, turned her eyes and said, "The eldest prince is the crown prince, and the little girl is a commoner, so I should respect you."
Slightly startled, she raised a gentle and elegant tone, pretending to smile and said: "Oh, it seems that Miss Gardenia must have misunderstood me."
Gardenia looked at him and asked puzzledly: "Why did the eldest prince say this?"
"Isn't that right? You are not so open to Jiyun, but you are so reserved when you see me. Isn't it that I have offended the girl in some way?"
How could the tone of a scoundrel come from the mouth of the current prince? Is he just casual, or is he really cautious? Ling Jiyun would not talk to him like this, so as to save trouble. But Ling Jihua is not Ling Jiyun, and his words make
I can't be happy or angry, and I feel like I'm at his mercy.