In the hall at the other end, Leng Xiao stood in the crowd of people coming and going, having a lively conversation with Cole, the foreign minister of the Rabbinical Kingdom.
"Your Excellency, Diplomat, if we, Lansen, can really marry your country, it will be a great honor for us, Lansen."
Cole beamed, "Your Highness the President, you are too kind. Your Highness Leng Ling is young and promising, and he is a talented person. Our princess has always admired him. If this marriage can succeed, it will be a great success for both of us."
It couldn't be better. Moreover, His Royal Highness the King has personally promised that as long as His Highness Leng Ling marries the princess, he will immediately declare an alliance between the two countries and divide one-tenth of Rabi's land to Lanson, and truly become a family.
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The king of the Rabi Kingdom really loved his daughter, and he was so generous in allocating one-tenth of his land to Lanson. This was really an excellent opportunity.
First, they formed an alliance, then annexed Rabbi, and finally Valencia. Thinking that his plan would be realized step by step, Leng Xiao nodded with satisfaction, "If this is the case, then I really don't know how to thank His Majesty the King.
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"His Royal Highness, there is just one thing that I think you must know."
Leng Xiao raised his eyebrows, "What?"
Cole looked embarrassed and said, "Once Her Royal Highness the Princess marries Leng Ling, Leng Ling must follow the Princess back to Rabbi and cannot leave Rabbi for the rest of her life. I wonder if Your Highness can agree?"
With his gloomy eyes darkened, Leng Xiao raised his lips and said, "With the princess by your side, how could Leng Ling not agree?"
"President, do you have anything to do with me?"
A clear voice intervened in the conversation between the two. Leng Xiao raised his eyes and looked at the visitor, with a smile on his face immediately, "You are here. I am talking to Mr. Cole about your marriage to Princess Sarah."
Seeing Leng Xiao's proud look, Leng Ling didn't say anything, just nodded to Cole and said, "Hello, Mr. Cole."
"Hi, Your Highness Leng Ling," looking at the handsome, noble, gentle and elegant young man in front of him, Cole's favorable impression of him improved a lot.
"The princess's foot is sprained, Mr. Cole. She is waiting for treatment in the tea room with my knight. Please send someone to take a look quickly."
Cole was a little surprised and said quickly, "Thank you, Your Highness. I'll excuse you for now."
After hastily saying goodbye to the two of them, Cole hurriedly found two followers and walked outside.
"Child, I just saw you and Princess Sarah walking out together. How was the conversation?"
"I didn't say anything," Leng Ling shook his head expressionlessly as he glanced at the people chatting in the hall.
Seeing that Leng Ling didn't seem to be interested in getting married, Leng Xiao persuaded her, "The King of Rabbi intends to betroth Princess Sarah to you. You are not young anymore, so it's time to get married."
Leng Ling's dark starry eyes looked at Leng Xiao, and Leng Ling's eyes were dull, "President, if I marry Princess Sarah, what can I bring to Lanson?"
"First, Rabbi will form a permanent alliance with us and protect our Lansen from foreign enemies forever. Second, expand our Lansen's national prestige and status in the Katyala Continent and become the leader of the Katyala Continent.
One of the most powerful countries. Thirdly, we can also get one-tenth of the land of the Rabi Kingdom and give it to us Lanson as a dowry for the princess’s wedding.”
"The terms are very generous, but, I'm sorry, I refuse."
Hearing Leng Ling's flat refusal, Leng Xiao breathed blood in his chest, and it took him a while to recover, "Why? Why don't you agree to such a good opportunity? You know, this is a good opportunity for our Lansen to turn around.
ah."
Seeing the eager and anxious look on Leng Xiao's face, Leng Ling's disgust for this man deepened.
Ru Shui's gaze was gleaming without trace, Leng Ling lowered his eyes calmly, "I will not get married until there is real peace in Lanson."
Leng Xiao shook his head and smiled, "Silly boy, marrying Princess Sarah and forming an alliance with the Rabbi Country are just to help us, Lanson, get rid of the shadow of Valencia as soon as possible."
"I know your plan, but I don't want to use marriage as a bargaining chip to strengthen our country. I don't want to be said that Lanson relies on marriage to enhance the country's strength." His good-looking eyes were covered with an indescribable emotion.
You Ming, "Besides, I don't love her, and I don't want to take advantage of the princess's affection for me to do these unspeakable things."
Leng Xiao shrugged disdainfully, took a sip of wine, raised his eyebrows and said, "Political marriages have always been like this. You don't have to love her, you can have your own lover. All we need is this kind of marriage between you.
That’s all.”
Leng Ling insisted, "But I don't want to, I don't want to marry someone I don't love."
"you……"
Leng Xiao clenched his wine glass and was so angry that he didn't know what to say.
My nephew is willing to agree to anything as long as it is beneficial to Lan Sen. Why did he refuse so simply this time? What is going on?
"President, it's your turn to speak. Please prepare quickly."
"knew."
Leng Xiao waved his hand and dismissed the other party.
Seeing Leng Ling's indifferent expression, Leng Xiao was very annoyed, but he also knew that his nephew was not that easy to deal with. If he tried hard, his previous efforts would only be in vain.
"Leng Ling, I am not talking to you now as the president, but as the master of the Leng family, I am telling you that you and Princess Sarah must get married. Even if you don't love her, you must get married. This is not for yourself.
, not for me, but for the whole of Lansen. If your parents are alive in heaven, they will definitely want you to do this." Patting Leng Ling on the shoulder, Leng Xiao said, "I'll give you two days.
Give it time to think about it carefully. I hope you can give me an answer the day before Princess Sarah leaves."
"President, please come up quickly, everyone is waiting for you," the man from before reminded nervously.
"coming."
Leng Xiao walked up to the stage, and Leng Ling stood under the stage, listening to the man's words, his dark eyes lowered leisurely.
After the long talk, the atmosphere in the hall became lively again, but Leng Ling had long disappeared.
The sky where the sun was originally shining suddenly started to rain. Drops of rain fell from the sky and fell to the ground, but they were immediately evaporated by the temperature on the surface.
In the mist and rain, a black figure loomed, walking in the square, looking up and around, as if looking for something.
The dark eyes were as dark as the night.
The body was walking in the wet rain and mist, with Leng Xiao's ruthless words in his ears. Looking at the deserted square, Leng Ling's heart sank a little bit.
"Are you looking for me?"
The mellow and magnetic voice entered his ears through the sound of rain, and Leng Ling's steps suddenly stagnated.
Turning slightly sideways, Leng Ling looked towards the place where the sound originated. In an arcade on the right side of the square, the man was standing there.
He stood by the pillar with his arms folded, his golden pupils and an uninhibited smile on his lips, "Come here quickly, you'll catch a cold if you get wet again."
Standing silently in the rain, Leng Ling stared at the man without making a sound.
The dark eyes were shining with various lights under the wash of rain.
Silently looking at each other, looking at that tall and handsome figure, Leng Ling felt an unspeakable bitterness quietly well up in his throat.
"Why don't you come over? Do you still want me to carry you over?"
The man's voice floated over again, with a hint of joking, but it made Leng Ling feel extremely warm.
Her pale thin lips bent secretly, she took steps forward, and Leng Ling walked towards the man.
The long arcade, extending from one end of the central square to the other, became the best place to take shelter from the rain at this moment.
At this moment, the hall was still full of people and the atmosphere was warm, and no one noticed the sudden heavy rain.
The empty arcade was long and deep. Leng Ling walked slowly to Li En and asked lightly, "Why are you here?"
"It's too busy inside, but it's relatively quiet here." Rein stretched out his hand and touched Leng Ling's cheek, his eyes soft, "Look at you, you're all wet."
The man's hands were dry and warm, and the fingers that had been using guns for many years were covered with a thick layer of calluses. As they passed through Leng Ling's cold skin, a trace of warmth slowly came through the skin.
Li En took off his coat and put it on Leng Ling.
Eyelashes stained with raindrops slightly lowered, Leng Ling covered his body with masculine clothes and said, "Let's go back."
Seeing that something was wrong with Leng Ling's mood, Li En frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Leng Ling shook his head slowly, his voice dark, "It's nothing, I'm a little tired."
Lien didn't ask further questions and nodded, "Then let's wait here for a while and leave when Adjutant Lance comes back."
"Um."
Sitting on the stone bench in the arcade, Leng Ling looked at the rain that showed no signs of stopping and said in a low voice, "Lean, I might marry Princess Sarah."
Li En's heart twitched slightly, and he pretended to smile as if nothing had happened, "Why did you suddenly think of this? Haven't we already agreed?"
Although he knew that Lien was also doing it for his own good, Leng Ling couldn't bear the fact that this man was so possessive of him and could say these words so lightly.
Leng Ling lowered his eyes in confusion, and his voice was already covered with a layer of chill, "Are you willing to watch me marry another woman?"
Li Enzhi froze his chin and looked at Leng Ling's tense profile with half-squinted eyes, "Dear Ling, can I understand that you are acting coquettishly towards me?"
A layer of light pink appeared on the soft ears. Leng Ling said coldly with a straight face, "The president has just given me the final order. He only gave me two days to think about it."
Li En looked straight into Leng Ling Qingsui's beautiful eyes and said seriously, "Then what are you going to do?"
"I don't know, I really want to refuse, but..."
The clear pupils of his eyes were filled with water. Leng Ling suppressed the inner conflicts and complexities and said, "If this marriage can bring about permanent peace in Lanson, I am willing to give it a try, but..."
Li En raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, "As long as you have me in your heart, I won't object to whoever you marry."
"But, in that case, I will never be able to see you again." Silent tears slowly flowed down from the corners of my eyes like flowing snowflakes. "The agreement between us can no longer be fulfilled..."
