Enter the red building

"Father, what did you say? Did you tell the emperor?" Shui Linglong suddenly stood up, staring at her father Shui Rong and asked.

Shui Rong looked at Shui Linglong, and sighed: "You don't even think about that you are already nineteen, and Liu Yun has been kicked out by you all these times when he came to propose marriage. How long do you want to spend?"

"But father, didn't you promise me not to marry me? Besides, I said I would not marry my cousin!" Shui Linglong said angrily.

The two maids standing at the door glanced at each other, both showing a wry smile, and the two inside were arguing again, so they didn't dare to go in and touch the brows of the two masters at this time.

Shui Rong sat opposite Shui Linglong, picked up a cup of tea from the table, and was about to drink it, but Shui Linglong reached out and snatched the teacup from Shui Rong's hand, drank it in one gulp, and said loudly: "I said, I don't want to refer to marriage!"

Shui Rong didn't pay attention to Shui Linglong's actions, and only said: "But you can't stay out of marriage forever, you are already nineteen. The emperor has already agreed, and I will marry you and Liu Yun on a certain day!"

"What?" Shui Linglong turned around without saying a word, ready to go out.

"Stop!" Shui Rong yelled angrily, his whole body was in extreme anger, "How long do you have to wait for him? Another three years? Or a lifetime?"

Shui Linglong turned around, looked at Shui Rong, with mist in her eyes, she immediately knelt down in front of Shui Rong, and said, "I don't know! I really don't know! He has someone he likes, but—but I never I fell in love with him the first time I saw him. I don’t believe in love at first sight, but after meeting him, I believe it. I don’t know what to do? He doesn’t like me! Father—he doesn’t like me, what do I do?"

Shui Linglong cried, she really didn't know what to do, Shui Linglong's tears kept pouring out of her eyes, "Father, do you think I am - stupid! But I - really don't know what to do, I can't forget him. I really can't!"

Shui Rong saw her daughter kneeling in front of her crying bitterly, and her heart ached. This was the first time Linglong cried so sadly in front of her after Han Yue died.

"Why are you doing this? Liuyun will definitely treat you well!" Shui Rong got up and walked to Shui Linglong, trying to help Shui Linglong.

Shui Linglong looked up at Shui Rong and asked, "Father, but I really don't like my cousin. I don't want to be like my mother."

Looking at Shui Linglong's bright eyes that look like Hanyue, the eyes are full of hope, Shui Rong feels pain in his heart, why should he let his daughter suffer again after the suffering he has suffered.

"But he doesn't like you! Just like you don't like Liuyun." Shui Rong gently wiped Shui Linglong's tears and said.

Shui Linglong seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, her eyes lit up, "I can wait! I can wait for him! I don't care!"

Shui Rong didn't know how to get rid of Shui Linglong's thoughts about Xue Qiu, so he just said: "He wants to get married. After he gets married, what will you do? If he never marries you, what will you do? You can't wait for him forever, Will you never marry for the rest of your life?"

Shui Linglong's eyes lost their luster all of a sudden, yes!He will get married. If he never marries himself for the rest of his life, what will he do?

"But—but, even if I marry my cousin, I won't be happy. If this is the case, I—why should I marry?" Shui Linglong was silent for a long time, and said this sentence with her head lowered.

Hearing these words, Shui Rong was shocked. He never thought that his daughter would say such a thing. He wanted to say something to refute, but he didn't know how to refute. He asked a little harshly: "How do you say such a thing?"

Shui Linglong asked back: "What? What's wrong with my words?"

Shui Rong was choked by Shui Linglong's words, and didn't know what to say, so he just asked: "Then you plan to wait forever? Even if you don't marry for the rest of your life, don't you care?"

Shui Linglong looked up at the door, mottled lights and shadows danced on the threshold, a corner of the sky was as clear as washing, she shook her head and said: "I don't know, maybe I will forget him tomorrow, or maybe I will never forget him in this lifetime!"

After watching Shui Linglong cry so painfully, Shui Rong was so calm again and asked, "Linglong, do you know who he likes?"

"Why do you ask this?" Shui Linglong didn't look at Shui Rong, but just stared at those floating lights and shadows, those light and shadows were carefree children jumping happily there.

"If the identity of the person he likes is not—" before Shui Rong finished speaking, Shui Linglong interrupted, "You needn't say it, I definitely won't have two women serving one husband at the same time."

Shui Rong said: "It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but your cousin Liuyun only has a few concubines."

"Then what about you? Why don't you take a concubine? Mother and concubine Lian have passed away for so long, why don't you marry a concubine?" Shui Linglong looked back at Shui Rong and asked.

Shui Rong was speechless for a while, and only said: "Don't you think he will be this kind of person, single-minded, won't take concubines, won't ask for roommates? He is Zhennan Hou now."

Shui Linglong shook her head, "He won't!"

But Shui Rong said: "Why are you so sure? If he is really such a person, will you give up on him?"

"Father, you don't need to say these words. He doesn't even know if he can marry a wife!" Shui Linglong sighed, and said to Shui Rong: "Father, let's stop talking about the marriage, you go and talk to the emperor. Say it!"

But Shui Rong asked: "You said just now that you don't know if he can marry a wife, what do you mean?"

Shui Linglong smiled, should she be rejoicing now?Glad the two of them couldn't be together.Shui Linglong won't tell this matter, she just smiled and said: "It's nothing, maybe he will like me, maybe that's it!"

Shui Rong waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's up to you! I will talk to the emperor about this matter, but you——you should think about the matter with Liu Yun!"

Shui Linglong smiled, didn't say anything else, walked outside the door and looked at the sky, wondering if he really wouldn't like her, was the waiting worth it?

"Father, why do you like Concubine Lian?" Shui Linglong suddenly wanted to know about Shui Rong and Qin Lian, and asked back.

Shui Rong was taken aback, he didn't expect Shui Linglong to ask this question suddenly, and asked after a while: "Why are you asking this?"

Shui Linglong turned her head, stopped looking at Shui Rong, and said in a flat voice: "Nothing? If you don't want to say it, then forget it. Just asking casually, I want to know why that woman makes you fall in love with her so much." Shui Linglong didn't say anything What matters is whether he will one day make Xue Qiu fall in love with him so much.

Shui Rong's eyebrows and eyes were bent, as if recalling something, his face was intoxicated, his eyes were as gentle as water, and he said softly: "It was during the Shangyuan Festival..."