Lan Ruoqing tidied up a little, and then followed Wanghou Yuli to the outside of his mansion. Before she entered the gate, she was shocked by the mansion. Not only that, there were even two guards outside the gate. guard.
She showed disbelief and asked, "Brother Treecive, is this really your home?"
"Yeah, let's go in first and talk about it later!"
Prince Yuli led Lan Ruoqing into his mansion. After passing through a courtyard, there was a square front hall. Behind the front hall was another courtyard. This courtyard was slightly smaller than the previous one, but it was It was planted with emerald green bamboos, and the leaves swayed gently in the wind, reminding them of the time they spent together at Sizhu Station.
Lan Ruoqing cast her empty eyes into the courtyard and said faintly: "So many years have passed. I didn't have any feeling about time before. But now, looking back, a hundred years is just a blink of an eye." Wai Jian."
"Why do you have so many emotions? You were not like this before. You often laughed at me for not living happily enough, but now your worries seem to outweigh mine." Prince Yuli felt that Lan Ruoqing was different from the one in his memory. Optimistic and cheerful, she was completely different from the two people. She couldn't help but feel a little sad, but then she said, "I will order the demon servants to prepare wine and food later. Since we are reunited after a long separation, we should celebrate well, and you can tell me about it." Talk about what happened over the years, and I will also tell you my true identity. Today, no matter what you ask me, I will tell you everything."
Lan Ruoqing followed Prince Yuli through the second courtyard and came to another hall. Prince Yuli ordered people to open all the doors facing the courtyard, so that the two of them could enjoy the scenery in the courtyard while drinking tea. They sat face to face on the round table, looking at each other, as if they had thousands of words to say, but they didn't know where to start.
In the end, it was Prince Yuli who spoke first. He said to Lan Ruoqing: "My real name is Yuli. I am a descendant of the Giant Li clan and a prince in this demon world. You have been hiding your true identity before because it is rare for someone to do so. Like you, you can talk freely with me. I am afraid that once I tell you the truth, the friendship between you and me will change, but after so long, I still haven’t found a chance to tell you the truth."
"Actually, from the way Brother Juli... ah, no, it's Brother Yuli, I can see that you must have a noble background. I won't expose you. It's the same reason why you concealed something from me. It's also because I enjoy the relationship with you. This friendship." After Lan Ruoqing finished speaking, she smiled lightly, lowered her head and took a sip of tea. I don't know if it was because of her mood, but this cup of tea seemed particularly bitter.
"Now can you tell me what has happened to you these years? Why have you been avoiding me?" Prince Yuli could no longer suppress the many questions in his mind.
"Let me drink some wine later and tell you slowly." Lan Ruoqing responded.
"That's fine!" Wanghou Yuli shouted towards the door after hearing this, "Come here, bring up the good wine I collected, and pair it with some side dishes."
After a while, three demon servants came in, put the food and wine on the round table one by one, and then bowed and left without making any sound during the whole process, which showed that they were well-trained on weekdays.
Prince Yuli filled a glass of wine for Lan Ruoqing and himself, then raised his glass and said, "I respect you for this glass!"
Lan Ruoqing touched his cup lightly with hers and drank the wine in one gulp. After several rounds of pushing cups and lamps, the setting sun receded and the crescent moon climbed up the branches. She finally recounted her experience after parting with the prince Yuli. She and her partner were childhood sweethearts, but later that man went to the royal city alone and joined the army. Later, he finally returned home with honor, and the two naturally got married. They thought that this was the beginning of a good life, but they didn't expect nightmares to follow one after another.
Her husband was unjustly accused of defecting to Qingyun for unknown reasons, and betrayed him the information about the royal army. A group of soldiers rushed into their love nest, and without any explanation, they captured her husband. Being pregnant, she simply packed her bags and planned to chase them to the royal city. But as soon as she got here, she heard that her husband had died on the road. She gave birth to a son when she was full of grievances and had nowhere to vent her grief. Unexpectedly, misfortunes never come singly. Her son has been frail and sick since birth, so she had to temporarily put aside her hatred and live in seclusion with her child.
After hearing her narration, Prince Yuli was emotionally moved by her and asked quickly: "What happened next? How is the child's condition?"
"It has never been good. Just after I died, I met a super capable master. He took my son with him and treated him. Although we could only meet him once a year, as long as he could survive, I There’s nothing to complain about.”
"Oh? When I have the chance, I must go with you to thank the master you mentioned. Your child has lost his father since he was a child, and I happen to have no children. This may be an opportunity for me to adopt your child as a charity. son."
"I also mean it, but it's hard to say it."
"When will you next meet with your child?"
"Just three days from now, you will be able to see him then. I will name him Lanzhu."
Prince Yuli was secretly happy when he heard that the child's name had the word bamboo in it. He guessed that Lan Ruoqing had chosen this name for him to commemorate the fate of their meeting and getting to know each other at the Sizhu Station, and he thought more and more from the bottom of his heart. I have to love this child.
But three days later, it was not just her son Lan Zhu who came to Wanghou Yuli with Lan Ruoqing. The one who regarded himself as a benefactor and walked into his mansion with them was actually Qingyun himself. He couldn't figure this out. How did the person cover up others' ears and sneak into the royal city, and how bold was he to dare to come directly to see him.
Qingyun took off the hat on his cloak, revealing his masked face. He looked around the first courtyard of Prince Yuli's mansion and said, "It's really a good place."
Prince Yuli replied angrily: "I seem to have an unwelcome guest here."
"Whether it is popular or not, please don't make a conclusion so quickly, Your Majesty."
A burst of laughter came from behind Qingyun's mask. He didn't care at all about the anger expressed by Prince Yuli.
Although Lan Zhu is eight years old, he looks smaller than other children of the same age. His eyes are full of sparkle, and he is similar to his mother Lan Ruoqing. Prince Yuli looked at him and liked him, so he directly said to Qingyun: "In the future, this child He will stay in my palace because you saved his life, so I will let you go this time and don't appear in front of me again."
"Do you think he can survive without me? If I hadn't fed him my demon blood with elixir every few days, he would have died a long time ago. Now he has developed feelings for my demon blood. Dependence, if you insist on keeping him, you are giving him death." Qingyun finished speaking calmly and turned to Lan Ruoqing, "Then I'll leave! Lan Zhu's life and death will have nothing to do with me in the future!"
Lan Ruoqing's face changed drastically after hearing this, and she repeatedly begged: "Absolutely not, if this continues, my son may not survive more than three months."
Seeing that Lan Ruoqing was in tears, Prince Yuli could only stare at Qingyun and asked: "You old fox, what conditions do you want to put forward?"
"Lan Zhu, this kid has always been by my side, how could I be willing to leave him alone? You only need to promise me one thing, and I will continue to save his life." Qingyun stopped beating around the bush.
"What's up?!"
"Build a secret passage for me from your mansion to the outside of the city."
"Are you planning to use the secret passage to launch a war against the royal city?"
"Whether I start a war or not, I promise you that I will never touch a hair of you and Lan Ruoqing. I know the friendship between you and her. When Lan Zhu recovers completely, the three of you can be together. Life."
"How could I, as a prince of the demon world, betray my own king?!"
"It doesn't matter, I have a lot of time to wait for you to make a new choice. Lanzhu will stay with you for now. In less than half a month, you will come to beg me." Qingyun said and walked away.
As soon as he left, Lan Ruoqing, who couldn't stop crying, took her son Lan Zhu and knelt down to Wanghou Yuli, and said to her: "I have never been so humble, but for my son, I have to I begged for help everywhere, and finally got a chance to let him live, but now... I know that such a request makes you embarrassed, but can you please save my child for the sake of our century-old confidants."
"If you let me think about it again, I will also send people to find other ways to save Lan Zhu."
Prince Yuli arranged for Lan Zhu to live in his own mansion because the environment here was much better than Lan Ruoqing's hotel. On the other hand, he spent a lot of money to search for other ways to treat Lan Zhu, but he only found one. Several days still to no avail.
But at this time, Lan Zhu fell ill. Prince Yuli finally saw how serious his illness was. When he fell ill, he not only suffered unbearable pain all over his body, but also had twitching limbs, white film on his mouth, and even curled up into a ball in pain. Even if the best doctors in the royal city were invited, after seeing his symptoms, they all came to the same conclusion, saying that Lan Zhu would never survive more than three months.
Seeing that such a cute child had to endure such pain, and the once carefree Lan Ruoqing became devastated by the child's illness, Prince Yuli finally made up his mind to take a step towards darkness.
He agreed to Qingyun's conditions, and after letting Qingyun take Lanzhu away, he quietly began to build a secret passage in his mansion. And on the day the secret tunnel was built, which happened to be New Year's Eve, the royal city was attacked by Qingyun. Qingyun's army was able to successfully enter the secret tunnel used by the royal city on a large scale and built the one he built.
Although Wanghou Yuli and Qingyun have no direct contact since then, he knows in his heart what kind of sin he has committed. This sin tortures him every day and night, and he can only see Lan getting healthier. Only when he uses bamboo can his pain be slightly reduced.
But that was only for a short time, because something more cruel was placed in front of him first. Lan Ruoqing, mother and son all defected to Qingyun, and because he could not cut off the friendship with the mother and son, he deserved to continue to protect the city for them. The secret of the secret passage. He had always hoped that someone would investigate him, find him as a traitor, and sentence him to death. Only in this way could he neither betray his feelings for Lan Ruoqing's mother and son, nor betray his original loyalty to Lan Ruoqing. The heart of the royal city.