Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 508 Marriage Proposal (1)
The blue sky, the lightness of the wind, and the fragrance of flowers embellish the warm spring.But it gives people the loneliness and sadness of autumn.

Ling Xihan was sitting in front of the window, looking at the delicious grass in the courtyard and the flowing alchemy in the flying pavilion, but his eyes were a little confused and dull.

Ever since Ling Xiqing came that night, she often just stared out of the window in a daze, sitting for several hours, almost never going out every day.It has been three years, and in the first year, she put all her thoughts on business and expanded her business empire to every corner of the entire continent.Today, she has become the real richest man in the world.She knew that those who talked about her from the outside world naturally had a lot of jealousy and resentment.She is not a superficial person, how could she care about those gossip?

She fixed her eyes on a leaf, and her mind was filled with memories of a moonless night a year ago.The man with fluttering black hair and white clothes like snow landed in front of her like a god.Blossoms and cherry blossoms are everywhere, and the galaxy is brilliant.But in her eyes, she could only see the man's gentle gaze.

In the dim moonlight, they stood side by side, stepping on the crabapple flowers all over the ground, quiet and beautiful.

After a long time, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

"Han'er."

"Huh?" She raised her head in response.

Xiao Tingxuan lowered his eyes and met her watery eyes, which were too clear and too deep, as if condensing the vicissitudes and ups and downs of the world.

After pondering for a while, his eyes moved gently, and the magnificent colors were brilliant in his eyes.

"If I abolish the harem like my father did, are you willing to marry me?"

Ling Xihan was startled, but saw that his eyes were like water, still flowing with a deep streamer.It's just that the streamer is no longer dark and sad or desolate that he can't understand, but has a gentleness like the breeze, tenderness like the sea.Just staring at her eyebrows and eyes, with a look of expectation.

She pursed her lips and smiled suddenly.

"Is this a marriage proposal?"

Xiao Tingxuan also smiled, "Yes, yes."

Ling Xihan couldn't laugh anymore, she looked at Xiao Tingxuan very seriously.

"The first emperor and the empress loved each other deeply and lovingly for a lifetime, which is indeed worthy of the envy of the world. But have you seen it, did they live happily in this life? Or, can they have a relaxed life one day? Abolish the harem, a few words that seem light and casual , but how much will you have to pay? Have you budgeted for it?" She said every word, and when she said the last sentence, a look of desolation flashed across her eyes, like a lonely moon of Haiming, bleak and deep.

"You don't believe me?" Xiao Tingxuan stood with his hands behind his back, looking straight into her eyes and into her heart.

Ling Xihan shook her head, "It's not a matter of belief or disbelief." She walked up to the crabapple tree, sticking her fingers to the bright red petals, her voice sounded like a sigh, but also seemed helpless and even more desolate.

"As an emperor, you should have your own responsibilities."

"Responsibility?" Xiao Tingxuan murmured, then looked towards the sky.

"When I was three years old, my grandfather went to the imperial study and had such a conversation about the abolition of the harem when the father and the queen became the mother." He opened his phoenix eyes, and his eyes were full of light, as if he had returned to his long-ago childhood.

"Your Majesty, the harem is withered and the emperor's heirs are weak. In order to continue the royal blood, the emperor should..."

"Prime Minister!" Emperor Yuan Qing slowly raised his eyes, his eyes were deep.

"Do you want to give advice too?"

A few light words made Luo Yunzhi feel a little unsteady.There was pain and struggle in his eyes, and more, helplessness.He looked up at the emperor with a cold face, and smiled a little sadly.

"Your Majesty, Yan'er is my daughter. She has suffered and suffered since she was a child, and she has never had a happy day. When she was young, Yan'er was very capricious, rude and unreasonable... It was because of her disabled legs..." Luo Yunzhi said At this point, her voice was already a little choked up, and her eyes were red.

"But no matter what the world thinks of her, she will always be my precious daughter. I don't want her to be rich and powerful in the future, but I only want her to be safe and happy in her life. I hope that she will be with one heart and never leave each other." He paused, and then He said: "At that time, Yan'er and His Highness the Xian Wang had the same interests and were regarded as confidants. But no matter how good the Xian Wang is, he is still a member of the royal family. I... don't want Yan'er to be trapped in the darkness of the palace forever." He Taking a deep breath, "But later, she fell in love with you, Your Majesty." Luo Yunzhi's old eyes were filled with tears, filled with sadness, relief and pity.

"I didn't agree with her joining the royal family, but..." he sighed, "I've never been so happy to see her, so, I... can't bear to be so cruel to her."

Emperor Yuan Qing's heart was touched, and he also felt pity.

"Father-in-law."

The shock of falling clouds, ever since his daughter fell in love with the emperor, the young emperor has respected him very much.Whether it is the prince of the past, or the emperor of today.In private, he would never put on airs of the emperor to him.He knew it was because of his deep affection for his daughter.

He frowned, his eyes sighed.

"If it's possible, why don't I want to see Yan'er live a life without worries? But her husband is not an ordinary person, but an emperor. An emperor has his due responsibilities. So your majesty—" He slowly raised his head, his gaze The repressed helplessness and pain aged his eyes and his heart.Enduring the pain, he said in a low hoarse voice: "Choose a concubine. It is your responsibility and obligation to enrich the harem and spread branches and leaves for the royal family."

Emperor Yuan Qing raised his head suddenly, his eyes were as firm as a rock, and his voice was sonorous and powerful.

"I have only one responsibility." He looked straight at Luo Yunzhi, and said word by word: "That is to love her, protect her, cherish her, and pity her, forever and ever."

Luo Yunzhi trembled all over, and heard Emperor Yuan Qing say again: "Jiangshan, power, have never been what I want." He has already changed his address, and his voice has become softer.

"Father-in-law, you are Luo'er's father. I respect you. Please don't say such things in the future. Since you know her hardships, how can you do things like the world to make her unhappy for the rest of her life?"

Luo Yunzhi was stunned, and Emperor Yuan Qing sighed quietly.

"Responsibilities and obligations are illusory, only in the arms, is the most precious happiness. The father-in-law and mother-in-law have a strong relationship, even if the mother-in-law has not given birth to a boy for the family, the father-in-law is not the same Don’t you want to take concubines? Do not do to others what you do not want yourself to do to yourself.”

Ling Xihan did not speak, but pursed her lips and looked at Xiao Tingxuan.

Xiao Tingxuan said: "That day, I hid in the inner room, and I heard every word of the conversation between father and grandpa."

Ling Xihan still didn't speak, his eyes were as deep as water, and he looked at him as calmly as water.

Xiao Tingxuan smiled suddenly, "The thing I remember most clearly is the sentence of the father."

"I have only one responsibility. That is to love her, protect her, cherish her, and take pity on her from generation to generation." The father's bold words and ambitions echoed in his ears, shaking his young heart.At that time, he was extremely proud and revered to have such a father.Today, when these words came out of his mouth, the scenes were different, but they were the same, with an indelible affection and firmness.

(End of this chapter)