In the blink of an eye, a month has passed since the princess's wedding.

That night, Lian Yu surprisingly didn't stay in the study until midnight, but went back to the room to wash after dinner and went to bed early to rest.Bai Qingran was a little surprised, but she didn't ask in front of others.

As the eldest princess, there is no position at all; it's just that the elder brother who is the prince is not as capable as imagined, so in many cases, Bai Qingran needs to help him-after all, the emperor admires the most. It was the only political strategy that his clever daughter came up with.

When Bai Qingran returned to the mansion, he found that the lights in the room had been turned off.

"Blue."

"Princess?"

"Has the son-in-law been resting in the room tonight?" Bai Qingran took off his outer robe and handed it to her.It's a bit strange, is it because you feel unwell?

Lan'er packed up the clothes in her hands and put them in the laundry basin beside her. "That's right, the son-in-law said that he felt tired tonight, so he didn't go to the study. On the contrary, the princess turned off the lights and took a rest after going out."

"Oh..." Bai Qingran nodded, "Then you should rest earlier."

"Yes, princess."

After everyone else had retreated, Bai Qingran entered the room.After looking at the dark room, he lit the candlestick.

For a while, there was some light in the room.

Bai Qingran approached the edge of the bed and looked at the person curled up under the quilt. "Yu...?"

The person in the quilt made some movement, moved slightly, but did not speak.Seeing him like this, Bai Qingran felt even more strange in his heart. "Yu, but is there something wrong with your body?"

Lian Yu shrunk tightly, and slowly opened his eyes.

- Dad, but if I reveal my identity, if the eldest princess...if, if she gets angry and tells the emperor about the baby, then the Lian family will be hurt...

- Yu'er, you can't hide it like this.Even if the eldest princess does not have to inherit the heirs for the royal family, can you and her treat each other like a guest for a lifetime?

- Dad... I...

- Father is not not afraid of death.It's just that there are some things, it's better to say it earlier.

- the child understands...

"Yu?"

Lian Yu took a deep breath, poked his head out from under the quilt, and looked at the man.

It's still as gentle as before, but after all these things are confessed to you, I will lose such tenderness.I'm very sad about this...

"You're back..." Lian Yu forced a smile and sat up slowly.

Bai Qingran looked at her carefully, "What's the matter? You don't seem to be in a good mood? I heard from Lan'er that you have been resting on the bed since I went out tonight."

Lian Yu nodded, but said nothing.

"Yu..."

"Princess." Lian Yu made up his mind to speak.

"What's the matter?" Bai Qingran felt uneasy.Didn't you agree, don't call each other by the name of the princess son-in-law anymore?Why, it has become so unfamiliar at this moment.

"If, if Lian Yu did a wrong thing, a wrong thing that deceived the princess, the emperor, and everyone, would the princess still forgive Lian Yu?" Lian Yu raised his head lightly, and looked closely looking at her.

After hearing this, Bai Qingran opened her lips slightly, wanting to say something.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Lian Yu lowered his eyes lightly: "Lian Yu, in fact, he shouldn't be the princess' consort. Lian Yu doesn't know why the emperor chose him, and Lian Yu didn't want to be the princess' husband at first. "

"Yu..." Seeing her like this, Bai Qingran's heart felt like he was being pulled.

"I'm sorry, princess. Lian Yu,... Lian Yu is a woman."

-Since it is the candidate that the father wholeheartedly recruited to be the son-in-law, he must not be a bad person.

-I saw my brother-in-law today!That appearance is a good match for Huang Jie.

-Princess, how can the emperor do this? We have never seen what 'Lian Yu' looks like. What if he is an old, crooked old man?

Bai Qingran froze in place.

- In this life, I will only belong to you.You, don't blame me.

- If it's cold, I'll hold you tight.

From the first meeting with the person in front of me to today after the wedding, I can clearly remember everything that happened in between.Bai Qingran recalled her avoidance in the past month, and the clues of the wedding night; combined with the sentence she said about a woman's body now... So, is that so.

Bai Qingran's thoughts were a little confused, and he didn't know where to think.

"Princess... Lian Yu, please, don't tell the emperor... After one year of marriage, the princess can get rid of Lian Yu with a letter of divorce. Lian Yu knows that he has committed a heinous crime, but I..."

"do not talk."

"Princess..." Lian Yu raised her tearful eyes to look at her, but found that her expression was already cold.

Breathing also stopped for a moment.

Bai Qingran looked back at her teary eyes and thought of all the past.It turned out that it was a woman.It turned out that this was her unspeakable difficulty.Why did the emperor insist on arranging this person by his side?If not...

It won't hurt now.

"My son-in-law -- rest early." Bai Qingran said lightly, without mercy.The two were silent for a long time in this embarrassment, and Bai Qingran slowly got up and went to put out the candlestick.

Lian Yu felt the coldness from the bottom of his heart to the strangeness of the air, and with the extinguishment of the candlestick lights, the little hope in his heart was completely shattered.Even if, even if she would not have the idea of ​​putting Lian's family to death in her heart, she would not report her identity even after explaining her identity.

But since all these debunking started, that extravagant tenderness really disappeared...

Why does my heart feel so painful?Is it true that from the moment I met you, I have been tied to you all my life.Lian Yu couldn't help but shed tears as she thought about it.

This night, there was no familiar hug.

Even the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus that should be lingering in the nose has faded a lot.

sorry...princess...

These words kept echoing in Bai Qingran's mind, and finally she closed her eyes and shed tears.

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- Dad, I told the princess.

- so, princess, what does she mean?

-The princess said she would not tell the emperor.One year... After one year of marriage, a divorce letter will be written.At that time, Lianjia will be able to leave the capital, no one will obstruct, and there will be no accidents...

-Yu'er, why are you crying...

Since she confessed her identity that night, indeed, Bai Qingran kept her promise not to tell anyone else, let alone the emperor, about Lian Yu's identity.The life of the Lian family was saved, but the relationship was gone.

Bai Qingran's daily life was still practicing swords in the mansion, or running around for the prince's affairs; Lian Yu knew that he could no longer get close to her, so he indulged in the study every day, and over time, he fell asleep directly in the study.

Lan'er is not a stupid person, she felt the difference between the princess and the son-in-law.But seeing the princess's face was always cold, she didn't dare to ask.

at night.

Standing in front of the study window, Lian Yu saw Bai Qingran going out again from a distance.I feel bad.Oh, what a toil. "Obviously the person who is the crown prince is not you, but why do you want to help him like this?"

Shaking his head helplessly, he still sat back at the desk.

Looking back at the Dayan history books scattered on the desktop, it's time to read the third book tonight.

Lian Yu opened the dark yellow bibliography and began to study Yanshi again.

In recent days, I have read a lot of books about the former dynasty.From the founding of the Zisang family, including the rules about spring hunting in Pingjiao Mountain set by Emperor Yan for hunting wild animals, and the introduction of Zisang's old city and Chengyun City in the south of the Yangtze River.

From this point of view, the Sang clan of Dayanzi should all be emperors who worked hard to govern.

"In the 18th year of Dayan Shunhe, Sang Huai, the son of Emperor Yan, appointed the children of the Bai family to assist Chao Gang. Bai Yuanxing, who was the same year as Emperor Yan, was promoted to be the youngest prime minister of the left. ... The prime minister of the left, Bai Yuanxing, was loyal to Dayan and established a Many national policies that benefit the people have been reused by Emperor Yan..."

"Zuo Xiang Bai Yuanxing..." It seems that he is the father of the current emperor.Lian Yu frowned slightly. He heard that the left prime minister died of a sudden illness when his son ascended the throne.I'm afraid, it's because of the new dynasty?

It's just that Qianyan has declined, and Bai Jiadengdi is just following God's will.Why, it hurts so much.

"It seems that he is an extremely loyal minister. It is also lucky to have such a minister in the previous court." Lian Yu gently closed the book in his hand, and slumped on a chair to meditate.

Tonight, I don't seem to have a clue about reading.

In the study room, the candles on the candlesticks were half burnt; as a little wind blew, the lights flickered a little.Lian Yu breathed in the faint incense in the room, only feeling a moment of relaxation from the fatigue of days.

"Squeak-"

-It started this morning, and the cook fed the drunk frog with fermented rice.I have been fed wine for a whole day, it will not affect the quality of the meat and will not lose the aroma of the wine. I originally planned to cook tomorrow, but the princess told me to cook it for you tonight~

-feeling not enough.

- If you don't have enough, you can't eat any more.

In my mind, Ri Bai Qingran's voice and smile emerged that day.

The door of the study was pushed open, and Lian Yu suddenly woke up from the haze.

"Lan'er..." Lian Yu smiled awkwardly.That's right, the princess won't come to the study again, why am I still hoping that it's her. "anything?"

Seeing her absent-minded appearance, Lan'er knew that she felt aggrieved. "Oh, if the son-in-law really wants to see the princess, why has he been so indifferent to the princess in the past few days." He sighed lightly: "But Lan'er has no right to manage the princess's family affairs, but she has been with the princess all these years. , naturally wish her well."

Lian Yu smiled lightly: "It's just that everyone is busy."

Lan'er looked back at her, without saying a word, and put the tray of hot tea on the table.

"It's so busy. The son-in-law doesn't need to stay in the study, and the princess doesn't have to go out every night. They are just two husband and wife, why are there so many quarrels and resentments..."

"Lan'er..." Lian Yu hesitated when speaking.

"My son-in-law, let's rest earlier, Lan'er will leave first." Lan'er stopped talking, packed up some sundries, got up to bid farewell to Lian Yu, opened the door and left.

The door of the study was closed again, Lian Yufu sighed again.

Princess, don't you need to go out every night... Lian Yu smiled bitterly. Presumably, it was the time when she was honest and clear that really stimulated her.He said he didn't care, but in fact, his heart ached.

One year.

There is still a year to go, and I will officially leave you.

When Bai Qingran returned to the mansion, it was already the second watch.

Seemingly unintentional, but also intentional, Bai Qingran passed by the door of the study.Through the slightly open sandalwood window, one can see that the person who is immersed in the night reading inside has fallen asleep holding a book on the soft couch.

There was no soft quilt or robe covering his body, and he just fell asleep like this.Slightly, I saw her shrinking her hands and feet.

Bai Qingran frowned.

"Princess..." Lan'er stood by her side, a little unbearable: "It's windy at night, let the son-in-law go back to sleep in the room..." In my heart, I just thought that the princess and the son-in-law had an awkward quarrel.

Obviously they care about each other, but they avoid each other.

Bai Qingran said nothing, turned around and walked to the bedroom.

"Why bother."

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In the afternoon of the next day, I had lunch.Bai Qingran was sitting quietly in the courtyard, but saw Lian Yu going out with two guards with strange faces.Later, he followed his elder brother Lian Xin.

"Where is the son-in-law going?"

It seems to ask, but it seems not to ask.In short, when Lan'er looked up at her, she didn't seem to have spoken. "It is said that His Highness the Crown Prince summoned him to go to the East Palace."

"Prince..."

Bai Qingran paused for a moment, feeling a little evil in her heart.

East Palace Prince's Mansion.

Although it is said that he followed Bai Qingran to this East Palace once before, and had a meal.But the prince was still panicking that Lian Yuhui would get lost in the palace, so he called many people to lead the way.

It's just a little unexpected, Lian Yu seems to have grown up in this palace since childhood, and he can clearly remember the roads he has traveled.

"My son-in-law knows the way better than us. It seems that His Royal Highness is worrying too much." The father-in-law who led the way smiled softly and looked at Lian Yu.

"It was just a mistake."

I don't know what the prince is looking for.She expected that even though she was a son-in-law, she was his brother-in-law in name—it was just that she couldn't help in the military and state affairs, and she couldn't find her while drinking and chatting.Or, is there something, the most important thing is involved in yourself?

Otherwise, why did you call the soldiers to find someone at the mansion early in the morning?

"My son-in-law, go in, His Highness is waiting for you in the inner hall."

"Okay, I'm going to trouble my father-in-law."

Lian Yu stood in front of the main hall of the East Palace, feeling dazed for a moment.

main hall.

This is the bedroom of the former prince Sang Tong during the Ming Yang change 16 years ago.I don't know how the princess and the unborn grandson of the emperor felt when they died in the fire 16 years ago.

These days I have read too much history of Dayan, and sometimes I lose my mind, thinking that they are the people of Dayan, living under the rule of Emperor Yan’s son Sang.Because Dayan Zisang in the history books is so dazzling and should not be destroyed in that way.

This kind of thinking is also committed.

Lian Yu stepped into the inner hall of the main hall, and the first thing he saw was the prince Bai Che sitting in the upper seat. "Lian Yu has met His Highness the Crown Prince, and may His Highness live a thousand years."

"Why is my brother-in-law so disrespectful?" The prince smiled, and got up to help him: "One family, one family."

When Lian Yu stood up, the prince smiled unabated, and looked carefully at the young man in front of him.

Because I was entering the palace to meet the prince, I changed into a new set of clothes.This set of robes was tailor-made for Lian Yu by Bai Daocheng before the wedding.He was dressed in a light-colored gown made of lighter material, with multi-flower thread embroidered with the mountains and rivers in the east at sunrise; around his waist was a finger-thick ivory-colored gold rope; With a crown and a pair of snow-colored leopard-racing boots under his feet.

Because it is the weather in May, the sun is hotter today, but I am sweating a little.

"Brother-in-law, sit down first." Seeing how outstanding he is, the prince couldn't help but feel happy.

"it is good."

The maids prepared some pastries, tea and fruits, and also served ice-cold sour plum soup to relieve Lian Yu from the heat.After the ladies in the palace took a look at the dozen or so dishes of snacks, the prince waved his hand to signal everyone to back down.

Lian Yu drank a sip of sour plum soup, only to feel that most of the summer heat disappeared.

"Ever since my brother-in-law and Ran'er visited here on the occasion of their wedding, counting the days, I haven't been a guest in my East Palace for almost three months." The prince opened the paper fan beside him and looked at Lian Yu: " Thinking about today's invitation is also abrupt, it seems that my brother-in-law was frightened by me."

"Brother Huang is worrying too much. It's just that the weather makes me more irritable." Lian Yu smiled politely.

The conversation between the two hadn't lasted long, but they heard the sound of arguing outside the gate of the main hall.

"Uh. Brother-in-law, wait for a while, I will go out and see what happened." The prince's smile suddenly became a little embarrassed, as if he knew what happened outside.

Lian Yu nodded.

Prince Bai Che went out like this, and the inner hall was deserted for a while.

Even Yu was bored sitting by himself, so he stood up and walked around the main hall.Through the hollowed-out window, I can't help being curious to see the noisy crowd outside.Oh, it's really gossip.

"Your Highness, how can you go to see that little boy in private!"

"Oh, it's just a normal visit."

The man and the prince were chattering, and seemed to have an unknown relationship.Lian Yu took a closer look, but couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth.

Why is that man a man?

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