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Yuan Cixian opened her lips slightly, and lay on the ground with her head tilted, stunned for a while. She originally thought that this mechanism might be connected to a secret room where important things were hidden, but she didn't expect that there was such a deep secret passage underneath.
The emperor dug a hole under his feet, so she must have married a bold mouse.
She hung half of her body out to look inside, and saw nothing in the narrow and crude secret passage, except for a pull ring at the door and a few wall lamps hanging on the mudstone wall on one side. The candles in the wall lamps were covered in covers, and a dim halo of light shone out, which looked a bit eerie from a distance.
Yuan Cihan shuddered, got up and dusted off her clothes. Although she was curious about where this secret passage led to, she endured it and did not go in. She thought it would be better not to run around in the middle of the night. It would be better to test Lu Shiqing and see if he was honest with her.
She made up her mind and prepared to take down the jade pen pillow to restore everything to its original state, but when she stretched out her hand, it suddenly stopped and stopped an inch away from the wall.
Wait. Why is the wall lamp in the secret passage on
The wall lamps used short candles, which would burn out in less than an hour. Lu Shiqing had set out to welcome her two hours ago, so it was impossible that he forgot to extinguish the candles before going down the secret passage. So, who lit the wall lamp? Such a private bedroom, such a hidden secret passage, who would enter it on the wedding night
Yuan Cixian hesitated for a moment, turned back, walked down the stone steps step by step, came to the nearest wall lamp, took off the lampshade, checked the length of the short candle, and felt more and more puzzled.
The short candle had not burned long, and it looked like it had just been lit two incense sticks ago. And two incense sticks ago, she was sitting alone in this bedroom, and she was sure that no one had ever opened this door. So, who had come here through the other end of the secret passage
She shuddered, goose bumps appeared all over her body, and subconsciously felt the danger, and wanted to turn back. However, when she stared straight at the end of the secret passage, she changed her mind.
No. Lu Shiqing was a cautious person, and he would never leave such a hidden danger around him. This secret passage must be harmless. After all, he didn't even want to let the guests see her face, so how could he allow anyone to have the possibility of entering this bedroom from outside.
She stood there and thought about the whole thing again, and found several suspicious points.
First, digging a tunnel in the town is against the law. How could Lu Shiqing be so careless and let the mechanism on the wall be exposed to the outside so easily? Even if he was not on guard against her, he should be on guard against others.
Secondly, he had been entertaining guests for quite a while. Even if he was busy with the guests, how could he not think of her at all? He also removed the servants from the bridal chamber, leaving her alone, helpless? Wasn't he afraid that she would go hungry
Third, since there were no servants in the room, it meant that Lu Shiqing had no intention of restraining her, so why did he emphasize "sit still" before leaving? He knew clearly that she liked to contradict him.
Yuan Cixian blinked blankly and looked into the depths of the dim secret passage again.
These problems can be barely explained by "coincidence", but Xu Shan said: Too many coincidences are no longer coincidences.
Apart from coincidence, the only answer that can resolve all doubts is that Lu Shiqing intentionally let her discover this secret passage.
Yuan Cixian's heart was pounding like a drum for a moment. For some reason, she was so nervous that sweat broke out on her palms.
She stood there in silence for a while, finally took out the short candle, held it in her hand, and walked slowly towards the depths.
This damp secret passage was not particularly long, and it only turned once. Yuan Cixian walked carefully at first, but later she was guided by a strong and inexplicable intuition and walked faster and faster until she reached the end and saw a pull ring connected to a thin wire, exactly the same as the one she had come from.
Her eyes were fixed on the secret door diagonally above her head. She reached out to touch the pull ring and hesitated to pull it down.
There was another "creaking" sound, and the secret door opened from the back to the front. She held the candle in one hand and stepped onto the three stone steps with the other hand holding the stone wall. After she stood still, she slowly raised her head.
What she saw was a newly-wed house with a similar decoration to the Lu Residence. It was brightly lit on all sides. A man in a black robe with wide sleeves, a wooden hairpin holding his hair, and a silver mask covering his face was standing opposite her, looking at her. On the wooden handle beside him was a scarlet round-necked robe, which was what Lu Shiqing had just put on to greet the guests after changing his clothes.
Her expression was frozen, and she stared at him motionlessly until she saw him slowly raise his hand, pinch a corner of the mask, and then gently move it away.
The moment she saw his face behind the mask, Yuan Cixian trembled all over, and a drop of candle oil fell from the short candle in her hand. The hot candle oil dripped on her palm, and she subconsciously dropped the candle in pain, frowned, and hissed.
Lu Shiqing was startled and rushed forward to grab her hand, as if he wanted to check her injuries. However, Yuan Cixian had come to her senses, and pulled her hand out of his palm, took a step back, and stared at him with her head slightly raised.
Lu Shiqing didn't move anymore. He frowned and swallowed with some difficulty.
Yuan Cixian slowly lowered her gaze from his face to his collar, then reached out to pull open his collar and push his outer robe and inner garment to the sides. Because her hands were shaking, she tried several times but still couldn't push them apart. Finally, she lost her patience and simply gritted her teeth and pulled hard.
With a "swish", his jade-colored chest was completely exposed in front of her. Near his heart, there was a hideous scar. The new flesh had not yet grown completely smooth, and it was uneven and bright red.
Lu Shiqing did not stop her from beginning to end. He just stood up and let her move. It was not until her fingertips touched his scar that he could not help but tremble slightly.
Yuan Cixian rubbed his scar back and forth with her fingertips and suddenly smiled bitterly.
Although his wide sleeves concealed his figure, the mask hid his features and even the most recognizable outlines of his eyes, his voice was perfectly fake, and his identity was impeccable, but she was still very close to the truth several times.
She remembered that in the wilderness of Chang'an, Lu Shiqing was whipped by his brother, leaving a hideous scar on the back of his hand. Later, she went to Lu's house to bandage his wound and found that his injury was not properly treated and showed signs of worsening. She thought he was just careless, but she didn't expect that he had come to Yuan's house as "Xu Shan" the day before and used makeup to cover the traces in order not to be exposed, which caused the wound to fester and fester.
She remembered that when he came to Yuan Mansion for a banquet, she successfully lifted his mask, but only revealed a corner of his jaw. She thought that she was drunk and weak, and accidentally bumped it, but she didn't expect that it was all Lu Shiqing's calculation from beginning to end. He knew that she was going to attack, so he turned his head in time; he also expected that she was suspicious of the face behind his mask, so he tried to use this method to win her sympathy, so as to get rid of it once and for all.
She remembered that when she went south, she received the news of Xu Sanniang at the residence of County Magistrate Zhu and was about to rush back to Chang'an, but was stopped by Lu Shiqing for a strange reason. She thought he was in love with her, but she didn't expect that his obstruction had another meaning, which was to prevent her from looking for "Xu Shan" who was not in the capital at all.
In addition to all these, what is even more ironic is that some time ago, she had suspected that "Xu Shan" had a dual identity and was likely an official in the court. Therefore, she looked everywhere for opportunities to verify it and even asked Lu Shiqing for information. However, she forgot the so-called "darkness under the lamp" in this world, and gave up the suspect who was so close to her and spontaneously excluded him.
She had so many opportunities to get closer to the truth, but she missed it again and again.
Until today, on her and his wedding night, she saw him reveal everything in such a tragic way.
She placed her hand on his heart, raised her head to look at the wedding candles in the room, and said the first sentence since arriving here: "Why, Lu Shiqing?"
Since he had lied to her for so long, why did he choose this moment to cruelly tell her the truth
It wasn't like he had no way to continue hiding it from her. The candles couldn't be extinguished on their wedding night, so wouldn't he cover her eyes and not let her see his scar
She didn't want to know at this time. Even if Lu Shiqing was Xu Shan, she would rather never know.
Her lips trembled, her voice was hoarse, and her eyes were red. Lu Shiqing looked down at her, and after a moment of silence, he held her in his arms.
Because he couldn't keep it from her any longer.
Ever since Prince Ping left Beijing, he had planned to find a chance to talk about this, but he kept stopping when the words came to his lips. Sometimes he felt a little uncomfortable because she was so good at acting and never revealed the relationship between the Yuan family and Zheng Zhuo. Sometimes he felt a little scared because she seemed to have nothing on her mind and was happily teasing him.
He was afraid that after saying it, he would never see her like that again.
How could she, such a free and easy person, be bound by a piece of marriage contract? As long as she wanted to leave him, even ten pieces of paper could not stop her.
So he kept putting it off until five days ago, when he knew it was time.
He must marry her and keep her by his side, this is his selfishness. But he cannot completely take her while hiding something and keeping something back, this is his bottom line.
His taking should be wholehearted and honest, and so should her giving.
As for setting up an identical new room in Xu's house, it was because he hoped that tonight, she could truly merge Lu Shiqing and Xu Shan in her heart into one.
He hugged Yuan Cixian, holding her tightly in his arms, and then said, "I'm sorry." After saying that, he repeated it softly, "I'm sorry..."
Yuan Cixian was almost suffocated by his embrace, and her bones seemed to be broken. She frowned and struggled but couldn't get away. She said unhappily: "Lu Shiqing, it hurts."
Lu Shiqing loosened his hand immediately, and she took a step back. She looked at him with red eyes for a while. Seeing that he seemed to want to ask something, she interrupted him and said, "Don't ask me if I can forgive you. I don't know now. I'll answer you when I figure it out." After saying that, she turned around and was about to go down the stone steps.
Lu Shiqing thought that by the time she figured it out, he would probably be dead in her heart, so he reached out and grabbed her wrist in a hurry: "Ci Xian..."
He had never called her by her last name before, and the first time he did, it sounded like a plea.
Yuan Cixian was slightly shocked, and after a pause she wanted to pull her hand away, but she was no match for him in strength, so she was dragged back by him and held in his arms.
She was so angry that she poked him with her elbow, and after pushing him back hard, she heard him groan. She took the opportunity when he let go of her hand and quickly ran down the stone steps. Just as she was about to leave quickly, she heard him coughing behind her.
Yuan Cixian stopped and looked back at him. She saw that he was holding the wall with one hand and covering his heart with the other. It looked like the old wound she stabbed had relapsed and he was in great pain.
She subconsciously took a step forward and recalled the angle at which she had exerted force just now, but she felt something was wrong.
She had just applied force diagonally downwards, how could she have possibly poked him in the heart
He was lying to her again!
She gritted her teeth, turned around and walked forward quickly.
Seeing that his trick didn't work, Lu Shiqing quickly chased after him and said, "Yuan Cixian, wait for me."
Yuan Cixian didn't even turn around, and walked away while saying viciously: "What am I waiting for you for? Waiting for your wedding night? You are so powerful, just go to your own wedding night!"
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