A silly girl is reborn, and a ruthless prince loves her

This is a spacious house lined with green trees. It looks magnificent from the outside, but it is a magical place when you enter it.

Passing through the front courtyard surrounded by rockeries, the inner courtyard is so big that you can't see the end of it at a glance. The pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard are stacked on top of each other, showing the nobility of the owner of the mansion everywhere.

"Girl, please come this way." An old man who looked like a housekeeper suddenly appeared with a stern look on his face.

Regardless of whether Lan Jinyan followed or not, she walked around the flower gallery and went straight to the flower-shaded path on the right side of the flower gallery.

Lan Jinyan looked around. It was very quiet here. Apart from this old man, there was not even a soul in sight. After thinking for a while, she quickly raised her feet and followed.

The old man led her to a small, clean and elegant courtyard and stopped.

"Girl, go in." After saying this, he walked back slowly without waiting for her to respond.

In the blink of an eye, a burst of ethereal white mist spread, and the person disappeared on the flower-shaded path.

Lan Jinyan rubbed her eyes hard and looked at the ridiculous scene in front of her with wide eyes in disbelief.

"It can't be a ghost, right?" She muttered and pushed open the door of the small courtyard.

The layout of the small courtyard is simple, elegant, delicate and exquisite.

It should be a residence for women.

However, it seems that no one has lived there for a long time, and there is no trace of popularity at all.

The strange thing is that even the small corners that tend to accumulate dust are clean and spotless.

"You came."

The voice was cold and lonely.

This was the first time Lan Jinyan heard Yu Shang's voice.

Yu Shang was sitting on a swing covered with flower vines in the middle of the small courtyard. As it swayed, the swing made a rattling sound. It must have been in disrepair and gradually aged.

"What did you bring me here for?"

Lan Jinyan walked towards him and stopped five steps away from him cautiously.

She noticed that Yu Shang's eyes showed deep attachment to this small courtyard.

No, it should be the owner of this courtyard who makes him miss him like crazy.

Yu Shang got off the swing, walked slowly to her, raised his hand and gestured above her head.

"She was about as tall as you when she left."

The moment he raised his hand, Lan Jinyan subconsciously ducked back. This action made Yu Shang startled and suddenly laughed softly.

"Haha, don't be afraid. I asked you to come over. I just want you to come up and sit down."

Yu Shang took a few steps back, stabilized the swinging swing, and waved to her, "Come here."

The voice is clean and gentle, but carries an irresistible pressure.

Lan Jinyan took stock of the situation and realized that she couldn't run away on someone else's territory, let alone just go up and swing.

"Okay." She walked towards the swing with heavy steps, and with the help of Yu Shang, she sat on the swing. "Wait a minute, you didn't tamper with the swing, did you?"

I want to throw her to death without knowing it.

"If you fall to death, you have to pay for her swing. It's not cost-effective." Hearing this, Yu Shang lowered his eyes and shook his head.

The tight line of his lips showed his impatience.

Lan Jinyan didn't dare to say anything, so she sat obediently on the swing and swayed slowly.

He didn't know how long she had been swinging, but he didn't let her get down, and she didn't dare to say a word. He didn't stop the swing until her legs became numb.

"where are you going?"

When she got off the swing, she found that he had left him alone and walked inside.

Not daring to stay here alone, she quickly followed.

What he didn't expect was that there was a lonely grave behind the courtyard.

She, Jin Jinyan, saw him sitting by the grave drinking alone, hesitated for a moment, and then walked over.

Yu Wanqiao?

As I got closer, I could clearly see the three characters engraved on the tombstone.

Also named Yu, could it be his relative, or possibly the name of the owner of this small courtyard.

She didn't ask any more questions and stood in front of the grave, bowing devoutly to the tombstone three times.

Yu Shang put down the wine jar, glanced at her with his head tilted, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Xiao Qiao is my adopted daughter. When she was three years old, I picked her up from a mass grave and raised her for fifteen years."

"In the past fifteen years, I have been with her day and night, and we have been in love with each other. I thought that life would be as ordinary as water."

"Who knew that would happen?"

Hearing this, Lan Jinyan knew that what happened next must be the reason for Yu Wanqiao's death.

She sat directly opposite Yu Shang so that she could hear him better.

"Back then, a tourmaline python appeared near the snow-capped mountains. In order to prevent the emperor from getting there first, I sent Xiao Qiao to the palace..."

Yu Shang closed his eyes in pain and didn't say another word for a long time.

He couldn't continue, and Lan Jinyan guessed what happened next.

Xiao Qiao successfully confused the emperor with his body, and he, Yu Shang, also successfully obtained the tourmaline python.

It should be the one that is locked up under the underground palace and is mating with Xiaolu.

There are no women in the harem whose flowers are always in bloom. She must be old and sallow, and she must have been disliked by the emperor.

"Xiao Qiao was favored for a while, but after giving birth to Qing'er, he suddenly fell out of favor and was left to fend for himself in the cold palace."

"When I went to visit her in the cold palace, she cried and begged me to take her out of the palace. At that time, I was planning to devour the evil spirit in my body and couldn't care about her."

"The next day, she was burned alive in the cold palace. When she was brought out, she was completely changed beyond recognition."

The story stops here, but Yu Shang's regret is not over yet.

"One day, just one more day, I can take her out of the prison in the palace."

He raised his head and took another sip of wine. The wine flowed down his chin and into his clothes, making his chest wet.

Lan Jinyan stood up angrily, pointed at him and yelled, "Belated affection is worse than grass. I knew it was like this. Why did you send her to the palace if you liked her in the first place? You are not worthy of pretending to be affectionate here."

After saying that, she felt upset again.

"Why did you come to me to talk to me about this? Your business has nothing to do with me." She raised her head and glanced at the sky. She had been out for so long.

Hongying and the others should be worried.

She hesitated for a moment, then tentatively said: "It's getting late, I'm going back."

After waiting for a while and seeing that he had no intention of stopping him, he curled up his lips and ran back.

"Well, it's really none of your business."

Yu Shang shook his head mockingly, and what he said next made Lan Jinyan's legs stop involuntarily.

"Xiao Qiao is Xuanyuan Qing's biological mother."

"What?" Her face froze, she turned around suddenly, rushed up, grabbed his collar, and asked sternly, "After all, my brother is also your grandson, how could you do that to him when he was young? Something unbearable?"

That kind of behavior is a shame and stain on anyone.

Lan Jinyan didn't know why the man in front of him, who looked like a human, had such evil thoughts.

"Something unbearable?" Yu Shang was very drunk and his eyes were a little blurry. "I won't tell you anymore. You won't understand if I tell you. Remember to go back and tell him that he owes me a favor."

"You're so stupid and don't have much meat on your body. I wonder what he sees in you?"

"Not as good-looking as Xiao Qiao."

Ignoring Yu Shang's thoughts, Lan Jinyan suppressed her anger and rushed out of the small courtyard.