Centennial Engagement

"Nothing is missing? How is it possible?" Shang Long laughed.

"Isn't it?" Lan Ting's clear eyes looked at Shang Long with moonlight brilliance, "Your Majesty is the king of a country, so there will be no shortfall in material things, and with his advanced age, life and death, honor and disgrace , What scenes have you not seen? Even if you really have an attachment, you have let go of it long ago. Therefore, the Lord should not lack anything."

Listening to Lan Ting's logical analysis, Shang Long suddenly felt that in Lan Ting's eyes, he was even more miserable than he imagined.He was silent, and then listened to Lan Ting, "However, the longer the time, the more clearly those things that have not been obtained, or those that have been lost."

What you get, you get; what you lose becomes brighter.

Time can blur habits, but make persistence clearer.

This is especially true for the strong—they have too much, and a few regrets will naturally become the weakness of human nature.

Looking at Lan Ting, Shang Long did not miss the slight melancholy on her soft and quiet face.

"So, what is the regret in Lan Ting's heart?" He asked.

Lan Ting seemed a little surprised by Shang Long's question.They are considered friends, but they also keep a distance and never ask such personal questions.

"Yes—" Her clear face was full of confusion, and she suddenly smiled, "Home."

Looking at her sweet smile, Shang Long wanted to ask her if she regretted coming back with him.

"Do you want to go back to Kunlun?" He asked another way.

Lan Ting shook his head lightly: "It doesn't matter where you are. Lord, a place with family members can be called a home."

"But I really have no relatives and no reason." She said lightly, with nostalgia and melancholy at the end of each syllable.

After a long time, Shang Long said, "I am the same." Shang Long's voice was a little different from the bright and generous voice of the past, with more emotions, and his sharp face softened a lot.

"Your Majesty still has famous people, and you will never be alone." Lan Ting laughed, not knowing whether it was comfort or something else when he said this.

"Even so, there are still many things about Penglai that cannot be said to Liutai."

Lan Ting said knowingly: "Of course, otherwise Taifu will be worried." Some things, even if you understand, you can't help but mind.

Shang Long didn't answer, and Lan Ting didn't open his mouth either. They seemed to be enjoying the peace and tacit understanding at this moment.

The years are always like this, long and endless, but distinct.

Shang Long is still Shang Long, the sixth wife is still the sixth wife, and Lanting is still Lanting.However, in the ninth year of Lanting's entry into the government, Yang Mingqiao and Yang Zhuheng, the head of the heavenly official, finally achieved a positive result.

It was also at this time that Shang Long announced Lanting to the Imperial Study Room for the first time.

Lan Ting quietly followed the etiquette and knelt in front of Shang Long and Liu Tai.

Shang Long's face was as sinking as water, faintly exuding anger.Even Liu Tai was at a loss for what to do in the face of this strange anger.

Lan Ting just raised her head, smiled decently, and stared at the man in front of her.

The two confronted each other for a long time, and Shang Long finally spoke first: "You want to resign?"

"Yes, my lord." Lan Ting replied.

"Why?" Shang Long asked, squeezing his hands hidden in his sleeves vigorously.

"I want to see the outside world." She said, her eyes were clear and sincere.

"You can ask for leave without formal resignation." Shang Long said with his eyes closed.

Lan Ting said: "I don't want to have a vegetarian meal, besides, I am a family member everywhere, it is the same everywhere."

"Zhu Heng and Yang Mingqiao's marriage will be in the second half of the year, do you have to resign now?" Shang Long's tone was very bad, and the Sixth Wife was startled.

Even in the face of rebellious officials and thieves back then, he calmly smiled.In the past few years, although countless people suspected that Shang Long would not survive the 600-year mark, Shang Long was even more motivated than in previous years, and he was less lazy.But this time, facing Lan Ting's normal resignation, he actually showed hostility, which shouldn't be the attitude of a king when facing officials.

"I'll be back then." She said, without fear, just telling Shang Long her thoughts and arrangements.

There was another long silence.

"Can't you stay?" Shang Long's voice seemed a little tired.

Lan Ting was slightly moved. As a friend, Shang Long had already shown enough enthusiasm.

"I don't have a home, but I have lived in Yanyan for more than ten years. If one day I am tired, I will come back here to die." She said.

"Eternal age?" Shang Long's voice carried a hint of sarcasm.

"If the Lord still remembers me at that time, you can come and see my old friend in his seventies and eighties."

This seems like a very cold joke.

"I will keep the immortal status for you," he said.

Lan Ting Xie En resigned.

"Shang Long" the sixth wife said with some worry.

"I want to be quiet." Shang Long interrupted him.

Mrs. Six hesitated, but went out anyway.

Shang Long was the only one left in the room. He leaned back on the chair a little tiredly, looking at the sunlight outside the window with some absent-minded eyes, feeling glaring for no reason.

He promised to let her out because she said she would come back.

The author has something to say: Liu Tai is to some extent the truth.