Yunli tried his best to hold up his hands so that he could sit up straighter, "Your Majesty, you are serious. I am your servant. It is your duty to protect your Majesty. You don't have to worry about it."
"Rescuing me from Jungel and avoiding Galdan's pursuit is indeed the responsibility of the Seventeenth Master, but what about the perilla grass, is this also the Seventeenth Master's responsibility?" For some reason, Ling Ruo,
Her voice sounded a little cold, and her tone of voice was something she had never said to Yunli before.
Yunli's eyes fell on the back of the white and somewhat transparent hand, and after a long while he said: "I know that the empress cares about the child in her belly, so I went to find perilla grass because I hope that the empress can be safe, mother and child."
"Even so, Master Qin doesn't need to take risks. As I said just now, if anything happens to Master Qin, I will never feel at ease in my life. There is also Concubine Qin. She only has you as her son. If you
If something goes wrong, who can give her son to her as a compensation?" After speaking, Ling Ruo's voice was not only a little cold, but also extremely cold, as if she had been in the coldest winter.
"My Majesty, don't worry, I won't have..." Before Yunli finished speaking, Ling Ruo interrupted him and said: "I know Master Qi that you are good at martial arts and have good skills, but you are still a mortal and will get hurt.
There will be birth, old age, illness and death. This time you fell off the cliff and survived. I can only say that you are lucky, and A Heng and the others found you in time. Otherwise, I am afraid that you and I will not talk like we do now."
Her series of words made Yunli smile bitterly and said: "Why do you listen to your Majesty's words as if your Majesty really wants something to happen to you?"
"You know that's not what I meant." At this point, Ling Ruo sighed, and her voice was softer than before, "It's just that I hope this won't happen again in the future." After a pause, her eyes fell on Yunli's face,
With unspeakable complexity, he said: "I know that the Seventeenth Master cares about me, but for things like picking perilla grass, the Seventeenth Master can leave it to his subordinates to do it instead of going there himself without even a single notification.
Take risks and scare everyone."
Yunli listened silently, and after Ling Ruo finished speaking, he said: "I know I made a mistake, and I will not make it again in the future."
"It's good if Master Qiu understands." Ling Ruo picked up the bowl that Ping'er had put aside, gently took a mouthful of the cooled porridge, and said: "Who should do what, and who should have what fate.
It's all destined by God and cannot be changed by manpower. Just like this bowl of porridge, Ping'er will wait for you to eat it, but I won't and never will. Master Qi, do you understand what I mean?"
Yunli was silent for longer this time than before. After a long time, a voice escaped from her thin lips, "Yunli understands, thank you for reminding me."
"Okay." Ling Ruo uttered one word softly, put down the bowl in her hand and walked out without looking back. Behind her, Yunli slowly raised her eyes, filled with tenderness, pain, struggle, and helplessness...
Countless emotions flashed through those dark eyes, eventually turning into a long sigh.
After Ling Ruo stepped out of Yunli's room, her whole body seemed to have been drained of all her strength in an instant, and she leaned on the railing feebly.
Ping'er did not leave, but stood outside. Seeing Ling Ruo like this, she quickly came over to help her and said, "Master, what's wrong with you?"
Ling Ruo shook his head and said: "It's okay. I think I'm a little dizzy because I've been standing for a long time. Please help me back to the room."
Ping'er glanced at the closed door and said hesitantly: "Then Master Seventeen..."
"Let Master Qi rest for now. Come back later to see what his orders are." Seeing Ling Ruo say this, Ping'er had to help her back to the room first.
When Ling Ruo sat down in the chair, she felt as if she had some strength again, but when she raised her hands, they were still trembling.
Ever since she knew that Yunli had really risked her life to find the perilla grass, Ling Ruo knew that their companionship along the way had started to make Yunli have an unusual feeling for him. It might not be called love, but there were hints of love.
Yunli is a good person. He has helped him a lot, so he cannot let him continue on this wrong path until he cannot turn back.
Yunli may be very good, better than all the men in the world, but she is not qualified to enjoy Yunli's goodness. Her fate has already been determined. Even if she does not return to Yinzhen, she will never interact with other men again.
In this life, she can only have one man, Yinzhen.
As for Yunli, her support along the way made her full of gratitude to Yunli; and Yunli's calmness and wisdom also made her admire her, but it was just gratitude and admiration. There could be nothing more, otherwise it would only be
hurt each other.
Because of this, what she said just now, although it sounds a bit cold and even inhumane, can at least make Yunli understand the gap between their identities and no longer have any thoughts that shouldn't exist.
In life, there are ten unsatisfactory things. I hope... Yunli can have more happiness in the future.
While Yunli was recovering from his injuries, Hongli was eagerly looking forward to news from the capital. For him, every day at this moment was unbearable and heart-wrenching.
But he was not the only one who was worried. There was also Yang Yingxiong. Ever since he found out that Yunli was in Zhengzhou Mansion, he had been worried all day long. The only good thing was that although Yunli was found, he was seriously injured.
Unable to go to the ground, it was impossible to see Hongli and others living in Buqi's house.
At this time, he began to regret that he had asked Master Liu to exchange Buqi's memorial. Otherwise, he would not have such a headache now, and maybe he could get some benefits from the Crown Prince. But now it is too late, and there is no way
Looking back, there is only one way to reach darkness.
"My lord! My lord!" Just as Yang Yingxiong was pacing back and forth in the room irritably, Mr. Liu walked in quickly, holding something in his hand.
Yang Yingxiong's eyes lit up and he quickly said: "What, is there any news coming from the capital?"
Master Liu handed the things in his hand to Yang Yingxiong, which were a memorial and a letter with Yang Yingxiong's name on it.
Yang Yingxiong quickly took it and opened it. The memorial was the one he had submitted before. In addition to the original words, the memorial now also contained a line of inscription written by Yinzhen: Arrest Buqi immediately and bring him to Beijing for trial!
After reading the document, Yang Yingxiong opened the letter and read it carefully. The letter was given to him by Yingge. The letter said very simply that he was asked to remove Hongli and the other three people immediately and not leave anyone alive. In order to protect this
There won't be any accidents, he has already sent someone
In Zhengzhou, the appointment was half a day later than the urgent letter from Babaili. They would come to see Yang Yingxiong by then. In addition, Yingge also praised Yang Yingxiong in the letter and promised that as long as he killed Hongli, he
Then he was granted the position of a second-grade high-ranking official.