Nanyan said: "Where did he go?" ”

Concubine Ning didn't answer and asked, "Didn't the emperor tell you?" ”

“……”

Nanyan's heart trembled slightly.

But she immediately took a deep breath and said as usual: "The emperor has no need, tell me everything." ”

Qin Ruolan said indifferently: "That's right." ”

After speaking, she turned around and walked out, Nanyan frowned, and caught up with a few steps: "Where are you going?" ”

“……”

Qin Ruolan stopped, looked back at her, with a faint, as if cold on his face, and said, "Even the whereabouts of the concubine, does the concubine Niangniang have to ask about it?" ”

“……”

"But it doesn't hurt to tell you this."

“……”

"The concubine went in a hurry that day, and she didn't bring enough things for the memorial service."

“……”

"So today, I want to go to the graves of my father and aunt again."

Nanyan thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Can I go with you?" ”

“……？”

Qin Ruolan looked at her with some surprise, and was noncommittal for a while, but Ran Xiaoyu on the side frowned slightly, stepped forward and said softly: "Niangniang? ”

Nanyan raised her hand and motioned for her not to speak.

Qin Ruolan thought for a while and said lightly: "If Niangniang wants to go, I can't ask for it." ”

So, Nanyan followed her out of the imperial mausoleum.

After going down the mountain, I saw that there was already a bamboo raft waiting there at the foot of the mountain, but it was not a Taoist priest who was holding the boat, and I didn't see a few Taoist priests from the Imperial Tomb Temple along the way, but the people brought by Qin Ruolan himself.

Come to think of it, if she comes here every year to sweep the grave, then the people around her should be familiar with this place.

Nanyan took Ran Xiaoyu and got on the bamboo raft.

The bamboo raft cut through the tranquil surface of the lake, and a few ripples slowly rippled away, and after making a circle in the lake, they went around to the back of the island and saw the island of the emperor's ancestral mausoleum.

There, too, was still cloudy.

It's like a fairy mountain.

And the one next to him was like a fairy practicing on the mountain, when the bamboo raft landed, Qin Ruolan slowly went up to the shore with the bamboo basket, and without waiting for them, he walked on the mountain road by himself.

The man who held the boat did not follow.

Nanyan thought for a while and said to Xiaoyu: "You wait below, if I call you, you come up again." ”

"Yes."

Then, Nanyan followed behind Qin Ruolan and also went up the mountain.

The mountain road was narrow, and some wind blew from time to time, wrapping the milky white mist around them, Nanyan looked at Qin Ruolan in front of him, and felt more and more that such a beauty was about to become an immortal.

After a while, the two of them finally reached the top of the mountain.

On the top of the mountain, there was nothing but the stone monuments.

Nanyan sighed softly.

Qin Ruolan turned her head to look at her, and she said softly, "The emperor is not here." ”

"Do you think the emperor is here?"

Qin Ruolan glanced at her, shook his head with a dumb smile, and walked forward.

Of course, she came to worship, of course, not the ancestor of the Zhu family, and walked straight to the stone tablet of Qin Zhengqi and the noble concubine Qin Xixi.

In the bamboo basket, there were more offerings and incense candles than that day.

Come to think of it, she just arrived here that day, and probably heard that she and Zhu Feng were also here, so she hurried over, so she didn't have everything ready.

Today, it can be regarded as a full life.

Nanyan stood beside her, watching her put the sacrifices in front of the tombstone, and then lit the incense candles, Nanyan thought for a while, stepped forward and said, "I-"

Qin Ruolan didn't look back, and said coldly: "What do you have to tell the concubine, can't you wait for the concubine to finish paying tribute to the ancestors?" ”

“……”

Nanyan didn't speak again.

waited until after three bows and nine kowtows, and then turned around: "Guifei Niangniang, what's the matter?" ”

Nanyan said calmly: "I mean, can I also give them a stick of incense?" ”

“……”

Qin Ruolan looked at her with some surprise.

After a moment of silence, he lit three sticks of incense and offered them to her hand.

Nanyan offered the incense to the monument of the Qin Guifei.

Then he got up and bowed three times.

The two of them were facing each other, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

After being silent for a while, Nan Yan said: "I never know, it turns out that Concubine Ning was born in a famous family and has a prominent family background. ”

"Coming from a famous family? Illustrious family? ”

Qin Ruolan repeated these words, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"The words of the concubine are really full of irony for the concubine."

Nanyan's eyebrows frowned: "How come?" ”

“……”

"I don't mean that."

Qin Ruolan glanced at her again, and then said indifferently: "The concubine Niangniang knows that my father is a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion University of the previous dynasty, the young master of the crown prince, and I also know that my aunt is a concubine. ”

"Yes."

"Then do you know where the two of them come from?"

“……”

Nanyan's brow furrowed.

Fortunately, Qin Ruolan didn't really ask her to answer, but slowly turned around and looked at the vast Xingluo Lake.

"They're born here."

“……”

Nanyan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly seemed to understand what was coming, and gasped: "You, you mean, they-"

Qin Ruolan said calmly: "The people who fought with Emperor Gao and seized the world at the beginning. ”

“……”

"My father was supposed to assist him."

“……”

"But later, because of some changes, it came under the command of Emperor Gao."

“……”

"After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Gao canonized the crown prince."

“……”

"My father also became a fellow of Tokaku University."

“……”

"But not long after, an uprising against Emperor Gao broke out on Xingluo Lake."

“……”

I see.

At that time, no matter how much you trust people, there will inevitably be some suspicions in your heart.

Come to think of it, Qin Zhengqi was afraid that he was also subject to a lot of suspicion at that time, but he was very frightened.

But she thought about it for a while, and then said: "However, with the noble concubine Niangniang, if she can comfort Emperor Gao more, there should not be any major incidents." ”

“……”

Qin Ruolan didn't speak.

She just looked at Qin Xixi's tombstone, was silent for a long time, and said lightly: "My aunt, she left early." ”

“……”

"My father's life has been walking on thin ice."

“……”

"And I, as the daughter of the Qin family, my identity did not give me more benefits."

“……”

"Instead, let me and him—"

At this point, her words broke all at once.

As if she had been cut off by a knife, Nanyan looked at her, only to see a little light flashing in Qin Ruolan's eyes, as if she had been stabbed so badly, she clenched her teeth.

Nanyan kind of understood.

And so it was.

Sometimes, love isn't so pure.

Although this is only a matter of two people, the origin, family, and even the forces behind it often add some shadows to this beautiful relationship that should not exist in the first place.