Frost shines on Qingcheng

"How many times have you had angina attacks?" Lu Yuanzheng asked.

Mentioning this, Lu Qingrong felt faintly uneasy: "It's only two or three times, all of which happened recently."

Lu Yuanzheng smiled inexplicably: "You must control everything. Sometimes too much indulgence will only hurt yourself."

"My daughter has always restrained herself, let alone indulged herself." Because one hand was injured, Lu Qingrong seemed a little struggling to eat.

Lu Yuanzheng didn't answer her words until he finished his meal quietly.He said: "You got sick last night and frightened Dad. I am worried about your health. I will temporarily live in a temple not far from your sleeping hall for a few days. That way, if you have another attack, I will have someone to take care of you."

When Lu Qingrong heard this, the hand holding the teacup slipped, and the cup fell on the table, spilling all the tea.The maid beside her hurriedly came up to clean up. She had no time to pay attention to the maid, but just looked at her father puzzled: "Father, my body is fine, and you don't need to spend so much trouble."

"Even Doctor Ge can't find out what's wrong with you. How can I rest assured? Besides, your hand is injured, so I need to take care of you more."

"But..." Faced with his father's request and arrangement, Lu Qingrong was extremely reluctant.

"No objection to this matter is allowed. I will not let you out of my sight until your injury is healed, and you are not allowed to go to the pharmacy. During the day, you will go to the main hall with me to discuss matters. I haven't seen you dealing with the affairs of the city recently. I see that A trip to the city has set your heart free." Lu Yuanzheng's tone was stern, making it clear that he wanted Lu Qingrong to obey his arrangement.

"Yes..." Lu Qingrong was helpless, she knew her father's temper better than anyone else, so she could only agree at this time.

After only a few days of following Lu Yuanzheng's request, Lu Qingrong was riddled with irritability and anxiety.During the day, she had to discuss matters in the main hall, but at night, Lu Yuanzheng didn't allow her to go anywhere except in her bedroom.

"Huanhong, bring the wine." Anxiously, she tried to drink to relieve her boredom.

Huanhong refused: "Miss, Doctor Ge said that you won't let you drink..."

"Do you listen to Doctor Ge or me?" Lu Qingrong's sharp eyes flew over immediately.

Huanhong took a step back, pursed her lips timidly, and said in a low voice: "For the sake of your body, Huanhong can only listen to Dr. Ge..."

Lu Qingrong sneered, with a hint of disdain on her bewitching brows: "For my sake? Your consideration for me is probably going to make me suffocate to death in this bedroom."

These days, Lu Qingrong's irritability and Huanhong can be seen in his eyes. As for why he is agitated, Huanhong knows better than Lu Qingrong.She sighed resignedly, went up to meet her again, and said: "Miss, in the past, you were required to deal with affairs in the main hall day and night, and you were never tired, and you would not show your anxious temper like you are now. It's true, Lu Qingrong looks evil and frivolous on the surface, but when it comes to her temperament, she has always been calm and self-controlled.Otherwise, he would not be able to freely come and go between the other two cities, and some troublesome things would happen.

"Continue." Lu Qingrong listened patiently to Huanhong at the moment.

Huanhong swallowed her saliva, summoned up the courage to speak her mind thoroughly: "The city lord has been discussing matters with you these few days, I think you are very absent-minded, miss; It was you who tossed and turned. If you dare not explain the reason, let the bystander, Huanhong, explain it for you."

Lu Qingrong faced each other in silence, as if her clattering heart had been thrown into the water, it could no longer make any sound.

"A few days ago you had a falling out with Shen Shuangzhao, and she made you furious. But despite this, although you haven't seen her or asked her recent situation, miss, Huanhong knows that you have been thinking about her. Miss won't go Ask her to see her, because the mayor is in charge of you, and you can't get away." Huan Hong finally said the saddest thing in her heart, and she shed tears while talking, "Your restlessness is just because of your heart. Just miss Shen Shuangzhao."

"Why are you crying?" Lu Qingrong asked softly as she sat on the side with a calm face.

Huanhong wiped the tears from her face, and there was still sobbing in her voice: "Miss used to be a piece of jade. Although she was cold-tempered, she never compromised herself for anyone or anything. But after meeting Shen Shuangzhao, Miss became Bai Yu. Soft dough, let Shen Shuangzhao knead it all over and round it. In the past, if someone dared to treat you like that, would that person still be alive? I was crying because the young lady lost her heart, but I was fascinated by Shen Shuangzhao!"

After she finished speaking, there was a dead silence in the bedroom.Lu Qingrong sat upright, with her head down, a beige veil covering all her emotions.Huanhong stood beside her, all she saw was Lu Qingrong's silent profile when she lowered her eyes.

After a while, Lu Qingrong finally had a reaction, she said: "Huan Hong, you have seen Ling Yan too."

"It's just a one-sided relationship."

"Then..." Lu Qingrong's peach blossom eyes were dark, "Look at me... how does it compare to her?"

Huanhong felt that Lu Qingrong's words were inexplicable, wasn't she talking about her and Shen Shuangzhao?Why did the lady suddenly mention Ling Yan?

"Answer me." Lu Qingrong said quite seriously.

"..." Huan Hong tried her best to recall Ling Yan, and after thinking twice, she said, "In my heart, no woman can compare to you, Miss."

At first, he hoped to get some opinions from Huan Hong, but what he got was a vulgar flattery, and Lu Qingrong's mood became bad again: "Get out!"

"Miss, I actually want to say..."

"Get out!" Lu Qingrong was even more annoyed.After thinking about it for a long time, she decided to ask Huan Hong, but in the end she just ruined her mind.

Lu Qingrong's temperament became more and more unpredictable, and Huanhong lost all crying after being so drunk by her.Thinking of what he said boldly just now, he was afraid that Lu Qingrong would repent and turn his anger on her, so he hurriedly withdrew.

Lu Qingrong got up, walked to the window, hesitated for a long time before touching the mirror that was turned upside down on the table, and turned it over.She sat down and stared at herself in the mirror.After thinking about it, she took the initiative to take off the veil on her face.

The person in the mirror was unfamiliar yet familiar, Lu Qingrong touched her eyebrows, only the eyebrows on the whole face were not like her.Looking at his own face in the mirror, some past events that had been kept in the deepest part of his mind began to come to mind little by little.Her eyes flickered, it was because of the emotions in her heart.

After contemplating for a moment, Lu Qingrong forcefully knocked the mirror back on the table—she must not make the same mistake as that man.

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The next day, Lu Qingrong rushed to the main hall to discuss matters as usual.Last night, she had already made up a small plan in her heart - after the daytime affairs were dealt with, and at night, even at the risk of being discovered by Lu Yuanzheng, she would go to Jingmingxuan.

After confirming the plan again, Lu Qingrong calmed down and stepped into the main hall.

"We don't talk about official business today, and we don't discuss major issues." Lu Yuanzheng didn't sit in front of the desk to review official documents as usual, he stepped down from the high seat step by step.

"Don't talk about business?" Lu Qingrong asked suspiciously.

Lu Yuanzheng nodded, and he stood in front of Lu Qingrong: "Didn't you say that you got something that would make the guy in the dungeon speak? If that's the case, I want to meet him today."

If he hadn't mentioned it, Lu Qingrong would have forgotten about the "general" in the dungeon: "Okay, I'll send someone to fetch the Qin brought back from Qingcheng right away."

"Would you like to come with me?"

"Naturally." Lu Qingrong nodded.

Lu Yuanzheng looked at her, and then took the lead: "Then let's go, we can't make people wait in a hurry."

……

The dungeon was as damp and dark as ever, Lu Qingrong remembered that the last time she came here was before going to Qingcheng.It was also because of going to Qingcheng that she met Shen Shuangzhao again.Thinking about it now, I feel that fate is really wonderful.

Just when she was lost in thought, the cell door was opened, and the familiar and piercing sound of opening the door reached her ears again.As soon as the door was opened, a ray of light barely shone through the small window above the cell, through which the dust flying in the air could be vaguely seen.

"Can he be locked in the innermost cell?"

"Exactly. Three years ago, I managed to find his whereabouts, and took a lot of effort to escort him back from Shuilan City. Naturally, we must focus on guarding and not let him run away." Lu Qingrong followed his father Behind him, he walked step by step along the passage.

"He hasn't let go after three years of torture. He really has amazing willpower." Lu Yuanzheng said with emotion.

Lu Qingrong walked a little lazily, and said, "Don't worry. I brought back something from Qingcheng that would make him bow his head. I don't believe his mouth is really so hard."

After hearing this, Lu Yuanzheng turned his head slightly and smiled at her very lightly.

Lu Qingrong naturally saw her father's smile, but she didn't understand where it came from.Just when she was extremely puzzled, she heard a familiar voice.

I thought I had heard it wrong, but when the voice came again, Lu Qingrong was sure that I heard it right.She stopped, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from.

Lu Yuanzheng turned around and saw that she didn't follow her, so he also stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Qingrong had no time to answer his question, but her heart was gradually eroded by inexplicable fear.This is the voice of the little bell, and she will never hear it wrong.But the bell was clearly worn on Shen Shuangzhao's hand, if she hadn't untied it for her, the bell would definitely not have appeared here.unless...unless—

Having guessed, Lu Qingrong ran forward quickly regardless of whether Lu Yuanzheng was still in front of her.Lu Yuanzheng was very calm and didn't stop her, just looked at her anxious look with cold eyes.

"Miss, what's the matter with you?" Huan Hong was baffled by her sudden behavior, and quickly followed after holding the wooden box with the piano.

Lu Qingrong traveled through the prison following the sound and using her own feelings, and finally found the source of the sound.

"Open the door!" She looked at the familiar figure with her head hanging behind the thin wooden pillar, and her heart was half cold.

The jailer looked at her and opened the door without hesitation.

Lu Qingrong entered inside, her brows raised above the veil, refusing to accept that the scarred person in front of her was Shen Shuangzhao.But the bell in the other party's hand, which had been stained with blood, was cruelly announcing this fact to her.

"Miss!" Huan Hong also rushed in, she vaguely recognized who was bound to the pillar, "This...is this Shen Shuangzhao?"

Lu Qingrong shook her head, she stretched out her hand and held Shen Shuangzhao's chin tremblingly: "Shen Shuangzhao?"

Shen Shuangzhao couldn't open her eyes, but breathed rapidly.

Lu Qingrong lowered her hands again and turned around with a dull expression, as if she had received a huge blow.

"Why is she here?" Huanhong was also shocked.

Lu Qingrong narrowed her eyes, her chest heaved, and she asked dully, "Who did it?"

Huanhong was immersed in the huge shock, shaking her head: "I don't know..."

Lu Qingrong pierced Huanhong's fierce eyes, and suddenly stretched out her hand to grab Huanhong's neck forcefully: "You really don't know?"

"Little...Miss..." The wooden box containing the qin in Huan Hong's hand fell down, and the qin inside fell out. She kept shaking her head, her expression distorted due to the suffocation, "It's not me..."

"It wasn't you?" Lu Qingrong sneered, her eyes were red, "I'm afraid the only person who knows about her and has the ability to catch her here is you. Do you still want to deny it?"

Huan Hong was speechless at this moment, she could only shake her head in denial.

"I told you not to touch her, but you still disobeyed my order..." Lu Qingrong spoke in a soft voice, but she gritted her teeth every word, which made it creepy.

"I caught the person, and it has nothing to do with Huanhong." Lu Yuanzheng walked slowly, and his eyes met Lu Qingrong who was looking back after hearing the sound. Come alone."