Li Yu didn't even hesitate, then nodded and said calmly: "Yes."
However, while Li Yu was waiting for Ji Xili to say more, Ji Xili stood up and said, "I have been staying here peacefully for the past few days, waiting for news from this palace."
After Ji Xili said this, he stood up and left.
She neither gave Li Yu hope nor immediately drove Li Yu out of Beicheng.
For a moment, it was confusing.
After returning to Beicheng, he passed by the market and saw a stall selling dragon beard cake. Ji Xili asked the maid next to him to buy one. Instead of returning to the palace in a hurry, he went to the princess mansion.
When Ji Xili passed by, he didn't ask anyone in the house to report it. He just asked the housekeeper Sheng Ling what he was doing. When he learned that Sheng Ling was practicing calligraphy alone in the library, he dismissed the people below and took the person with him. I went to the bookstore for my share of Long Xusu.
The door of the bookstore was not closed tightly, so Ji Xili opened it with a gentle push.
The desk was lit with incense with a light fruity scent. Sheng Ling stood in front of the desk very upright, holding the sleeve of the wrist of the writing hand with one hand, lowering his neckline slightly, and practicing calligraphy seriously.
Probably because he was too focused, Sheng Ling didn't notice Ji Xili coming in, but Ji Xili walked over and took a look, and saw the white rice paper with a rosewood paperweight pressed against it. Sheng Ling wrote very steadily. If he looked carefully, he could see that his writing was strong. Still somewhat similar to her father.
After all, Sheng Ling was also taught calligraphy by Sheng Zhiyu when she was young.
Ji Xili looked at it for a while and couldn't help but praise it: "It's very well written."
When Sheng Ling heard the voice, she paused slightly while holding the pen, then raised her head and was slightly startled: "Mother, why are you here?"
Ji Xili looked at her and smiled tenderly, put down the Longxu Cake he bought and asked her to rest and eat something first.
Sheng Ling opened the wrapping paper and saw that it was her favorite dragon beard cake. She put down the pen in her hand obediently, took a small piece and sat down to eat. The lingering sweetness quickly melted in her mouth. .
Sheng Ling ate for a while before he remembered something and asked: "Mother, isn't it raining outside? Why did you come here despite the rain?"
Ji Xili looked at Sheng Ling and felt a rare sense of peace in her heart. She had always been at ease with Sheng Ling. If not for so many things that had happened last year, she might have been relieved. But as long as she saw that Sheng Ling was still happy, she would You can feel at ease with it.
Therefore, Ji Xili looked at her Rourou and said softly, "The Queen Mother went to meet someone."
"Who... ah?" Sheng Ling was slightly surprised. After all, there were very few people that her mother could visit in person before leaving the palace. She should know all of these few people, but her mother did not say anything clearly.
Ji Xili didn't seem to want to go around the bush with Sheng Ling, so he immediately told Sheng Ling directly: "Li Yu."
However, when Sheng Ling heard the word "Li Yu" coming from Ji Xili's mouth, her fingers trembled slightly, and the unfinished dragon's beard cake in her hand fell to the table. Sheng Ling's eyelashes drooped slightly. She also trembled violently. She wasn't sure if she heard correctly, so she slowly raised her head and asked with great difficulty: "Mother, did you just say Li Yu?"
Ji Xili nodded and said "Yeah".
This time, Sheng Ling came to her senses a little. She bit her lower lip and accidentally bit out a small piece of white from the corner of her mouth. However, she slowly came back to her senses. She tried her best to talk to Ji Xili in a calm tone. Explanation: "Mother, you may have made a mistake. Li Yu is already dead."
When she said the last few words, her breath was obviously trembling.
Because... even to this day, she cannot completely and calmly accept this fact, not to mention that this incident has not happened for a long time, but she still does not want to show that she is not good at all in front of her mother. She didn't want her mother to worry about her anymore.
However, Ji Xili said calmly: "No, Ling'er, the Queen Mother did not recognize the wrong person. The Queen Mother has already gone to see him today."
Sheng Ling squinted her eyes for a moment, then suddenly opened them again. It seemed as if the fog was dispersing under her eyes. She couldn't help but raise her hand to rub her eyes, but she still couldn't focus, so she had to look at it with blurry eyes. Ji Xili murmured: "Mother, I saw the letter Aunt Ling sent back with my own eyes. There is no way Aunt Ling could lie to me, right?"
"It wasn't your Aunt Ling who wanted to lie to you, it was Li Yu who lied to you."
Sheng Ling slowly pressed his hands on the edge of the table. His slender and tender fingertips pinched the edge as if they were not aware of the pain. His nails were worn out, but he still kept his eyes open and did not move. Only his lips slightly moved. The ground opened, and the voice was ethereal, like a wisp of black hair that seemed to be there but not at all, "He... lied to... me..."
She repeated the three words gently and slowly, and then tugged at the corner of her lips a little weakly. She lowered her head and bit her lips to prevent herself from showing an expression of whether to laugh or not, but she couldn't help but shut them tightly. He rolled his eyes and then exhaled a breath of turbid air from his mouth.
It was like the depression that had accumulated in my chest for many days. Not only could it not be relieved, but it was suppressed again and I couldn't breathe for a while.
Li Yu lied to her...
In fact, she should get used to it, because this is not the first time Li Yu has deceived her. She has been deceived by him so many times. It doesn't matter which time she can stand alone or which time she really does it...
She has experienced all the pain that she should experience, so what else can she feel uncomfortable about.
Therefore, Sheng Ling tried hard to swallow down the feeling of depression, and asked calmly with an expression that he should have been used to for a long time, "If he wants to lie to me, why did he show up in Beicheng and let the queen mother find him?"
However, after asking this question, Sheng Ling regretted it.
Why would she ask such a question? Isn't this just humiliating herself
Why did Li Yu lie to her? Wasn't it because he wanted her to feel pain? Didn't he just... want to see how painful it was for her to know that he was dead? Li Yu watched her in such pain and negativity in the dark, wasn't he very proud
Ji Xili didn't know that Sheng Ling's heart was already turbulent at this time. She replied: "He thought He Ruojin abandoned you and came to trouble He Ruojin."
Hearing this, Sheng Ling bit his lip and his face became angry: "Why should he trouble General He? Who does he think he is!"
Ji Xili looked at Sheng Ling who was suddenly angry and was slightly startled. Because in her impression, Sheng Ling had always been well-behaved and rarely lost her temper. Especially these days, she had been living in a negative and depressed mood. Ji Xili couldn't help but feel surprised when she saw life on her face in vain. .
And Sheng Ling quickly realized that she had lost her composure. She lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, Queen Mother."
"It's okay, Ling'er, don't worry, the queen mother told him that's not the case."
Sheng Ling pursed her lips and remained silent.
"Ling'er, look up at your mother and ask her to say something to you."
Sheng Ling felt nervous for no reason, so she had no choice but to raise her head and look at Ji Xili.
The next moment, Ji Xili looked at Sheng Ling and said calmly, "Li Yu lives in a bamboo house at the foot of the mountain on the outskirts of Nancheng."
(End of chapter)