Refusing to marry the king of broken sleeves

On the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ling Qinglian was still thinking about what Gu Shaoyuan said to him when he left the restaurant just now.

Gu Shaoyuan said: "Qinglian, don't be confused. You must be clear about your purpose and mission. As for the others, they are not important."

Chewing his words over and over again, Ling Qinglian kept frowning, her handsome face showed a dignified and serious expression, her thin lips were slightly pursed.

Perhaps it is indeed as Shao Yuan said, those who achieve great things don't care about small things, he shouldn't be too fussy, and don't be confused anymore, he has always been very clear about what he is going to do, isn't he?

Raising his head and looking forward, he took a deep breath, put away those complicated thoughts in his heart, and his face became calm.

Taking big steps, he straightened his back and walked straight towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.

All the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he just walked into the courtyard when he saw Ling Ruoyun walking back and forth in the corridor outside the hall.

With an eager look on her face, Ling Ruoyun paced back and forth, with a look of anticipation on her pretty face, she would turn her head to look towards the door from time to time.

When she turned her head and looked towards the gate again, the anxiety on her face disappeared immediately, replaced by a look of joy and excitement, without thinking too much, she walked towards Ling Qinglian with strides.

"Brother, you are finally back!" Walking to Ling Qinglian's side, she held his arm affectionately and said coquettishly, "Daddy has been back for so long, why did you come back now?"

Turning to look at her, Ling Qinglian had a doting and elegant smile on her face: "On the way back, I met a friend, so I was delayed for a while."

"Friend?" Upon hearing his words, a blush immediately appeared on Ling Ruoyun's face, but those beautiful eyes suddenly widened with excitement, "Is it Mr. Gu?"

Seeing her so agitated, Ling Qinglian could only smile wryly and nodded, but didn't make a sound.

"Brother, why don't you invite Mr. Gu to come to the mansion?" Ling Ruoyun glared at him complainingly, and said displeasedly, "You really are!"

She hadn't seen Gu Shaoyuan for a long time. When Ling Qinglian came back this time, she thought that Gu Shaoyuan would come to visit him in the mansion, but she didn't expect that the two had already met.

On the contrary.It's a pity that she is still looking forward to meeting Gu Shaoyuan again.

Seeing that her younger sister was so angry, Ling Qinglian had no choice but to apologize quickly: "It's brother's fault, Ruoyun don't be angry. Next time, next time if brother meets Shaoyuan again, he must be invited to the mansion. How about it?"

Seeing that he spoke very sincerely, Ling Ruoyun didn't complain about him anymore, so she nodded and said: "You said this, don't forget! Otherwise, I will really be angry!"

"Brother swear, I will never forget!" Ling Qinglian said, and raised two fingers in a serious manner, swearing to the sky.

"Qinglian." While the two were talking, a deep and majestic voice came from the hall, interrupting their words, "Come in."

Ling Qinglian was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that there was only one person sitting in the hall, so, ignoring the conversation with Ling Ruoyun, he hurriedly walked towards the hall. .

Walking straight in front of Ling Yan, he lowered his head slightly and said in a low voice, "Father, what's the matter?"

"Sit down." Pointing to the chair next to him, Ling Yan signaled him to sit down, and after Ling Qinglian sat down, he continued, "The emperor's appointment of you as General Ever Victory is a recognition and praise of you. You can't be proud of being favored."

Sitting upright, Ling Qinglian kept her head slightly lowered, as if listening to the teaching with an open mind: "What Daddy said is true, I remember it."

Slightly nodding his head, Ling Yan took a look at him and saw that his already thin face looked even thinner at the moment, and felt distressed for a while, so he lowered his voice and said, "You have worked hard this time. .”

Startled in her heart, Ling Qinglian frowned slightly, with a complicated expression on her face, she raised her eyes to look at Ling Yan, he curled his lips, and said with a light smile: "With father's concern, my son doesn't find it hard."

After being dazed for a moment, Ling Yan said angrily and amusedly, "When did you become so glib?"

"Dad doesn't like to hear what I say?"

With a helpless smile again, Ling Yan waved his hand and said, "Okay, you are getting better at talking now, dad can't talk to you anymore."

Smiling vigorously, with a confident smile in those deep eyes, Ling Qinglian just looked at Ling Yan and didn't speak any more.

"What are you talking about? Are you talking so happily?" Ling Ruoyun, who came in from outside the hall, asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, just talking casually." Glancing at her, Ling Qinglian said casually. After speaking, she shifted her gaze to Ling Yan and asked, "Father, why didn't you see Ruoyao?"

"Hmph!" Before Ling Yan could finish speaking, Ling Ruoyun was the first to snort in dissatisfaction, "Brother really! If you don't talk about father and me, you only know Ruoyao! Partial!"

Helplessly twitching the corners of her mouth, Ling Qinglian hastily explained: "Look, aren't you and dad here? Ruoyao isn't here. I just asked because I thought it was strange."

"Come on, don't explain!" Ling Ruoyun cast a sideways glance at him and said angrily, "I know you care about Ruoyao! She's in your own yard, why don't you go find her!"

Smiling embarrassingly, Ling Qinglian didn't talk nonsense with her, so she stood up, explained a few words to Ling Yan, then turned and walked towards Ling Ruoyao's yard.

After he left, Ling Ruoyun pouted and complained again: "Father, look at my brother, he is too partial, isn't he? It's also his sister, why is he so nice to Ruoyao? "

After finishing speaking, she rubbed against Ling Yan's side, holding his arm and acting like a spoiled child.

Ling Yan just smiled and comforted her, but his eyes unconsciously shifted to the outside of the hall, his face looked a little dignified.

After Ling Qinglian came back two years after leaving home, he discovered that Ling Qinglian treated Ling Ruoyao better than Ling Ruoyun. At that time, he just thought that the three of them were brothers and sisters, and he was naturally very happy to get along well.

But with the passage of time, he also discovered some clues, Qinglian's concern for Ruoyao seemed a little abnormal.

And in his heart, he kept telling himself that these were just his blind worries, they were just brothers and sisters, how could something shameful happen?

And here, Ling Qinglian, who was walking straight towards the backyard, Ling Ruoyao's yard, unconsciously raised an elegant arc at the corner of her mouth, with an intoxicating smile that couldn't be concealed, her steps also accelerated, taking big strides He walked forward without hesitation, as if wishing to appear in front of Ling Ruoyao immediately.

Finally arrived outside Ling Ruoyao's yard, he stopped, took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and then walked towards the yard again.

The yard was very quiet, and there was no servant, but there was a burst of talking in the house.

"Miss, I heard that the young master has returned, why don't you go see him?" Caizhi asked suspiciously.

"What can you see? Didn't you already see it on the street today?" Ling Ruoyao said disapprovingly, fiddling with the paper-cut in her hand.

On the street today, thanks to her efforts, she squeezed to the front just to see the hero's demeanor, but unfortunately, her heroic brother didn't even look at her.

If she had known, she would not have gone to the streets to join in the fun, and had just been waiting in the mansion.

"What are you doing?"

A clear voice with a smile came, interrupting their conversation.

Caizhi hurriedly stood up, bowed to Ling Qinglian and said: "This servant has seen the young master."

Waving her hand, Ling Qinglian walked straight in front of Ling Ruoyao, with her hands behind her back, bent down to look at the paper-cut in her hand, frowned and said, "What is this?"

The corners of her mouth twitched slightly, Ling Ruoyao grabbed the paper-cut in her hand and refused to let him see it. She still gave him a glare and said angrily, "Of course you don't know what this is. You can see it in your eyes." These inconspicuous things?"

Not understanding why she was suddenly angry, Ling Qinglian turned to look at Caizhi next to her, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with her?"

Caizhi seemed a little hesitant, looked at him, then at Ling Ruoyao, seeing that she had no intention of stopping her, she said: "Miss went to the street to see the young master today, but the young master didn't see the young lady."

After thinking about it secretly, Ling Qinglian finally understood what kind of anger she was having.

Dare to be angry because he didn't see her.

This is wronged him.

At that time, there were crowds of onlookers on both sides of the street, almost a sea of ​​people. He only had one pair of eyes, so even if he stared at the crowd all the time, he might miss her. Staring at the crowd, huh?

Although he was aggrieved, he didn't dare to complain, so he quickly put on a nice and sincere look, apologized and said, "Ruoyao, don't be angry, it's the elder brother who was blind and didn't see you, please forgive me Brother."

Turning her head and glaring at him, Ling Ruoyao snorted and said angrily, "Who said I'm angry with you? Am I such a stingy person? Really!"

Pulling the corner of her mouth, Ling Qinglian was speechless immediately, isn't this embarrassing him?Apologizing won't work, and it won't work if you don't apologize.

After pondering for a while, he simply did not continue this topic.Sitting directly next to her, Wei Wei approached her and said: "There is a banquet in the palace tonight, you can bring your family to attend, will you go too?"

Putting down the paper-cut in her hand, Ling Ruoyao raised her head to look at him, and smiled with a corner of her mouth: "I'm not interested."

Somewhat surprised, Ling Qinglian continued to lobby: "The Emperor specially prepared this for me, to celebrate my triumphant return. At least you should give big brother this face, right? Besides, all civil and military officials will be present at the banquet."

There was a brilliance in the clear eyes, Ling Ruoyao didn't think much, and immediately said: "Well, for the sake of your warm invitation, I will go reluctantly."

All officials, civil and military, were going to attend the banquet, so Huangfu Yi would definitely go too. By then, wouldn't she be able to see him?

But Ling Qinglian didn't know the real reason why she agreed to him, she was still very happy.