Langya on the moon

On the top of Langya Mountain, between the blue stones and ancient trees, there is a kite and a sword, in the hands of a man and a woman.

There was a sound of carriages and horses down the mountain, and the zither stopped.

"Don't worry, Lin Lang, it's not him," Lin Chen said, "The time has not yet come."

The person playing the zither sighed softly, barely audible.

Lin Chen lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.He got up and looked down the mountain, thinking for a while.

Suddenly a pigeon flew up, Lin Chen took out the letter paper on its feet, and sighed: "Rare guest, rare guest!"

"Who?"

"No one."

Lin Chen smiled.

He avoided Lin Lang and greeted this distinguished guest who was traveling alone.

King Jing's chariots and horses are simple and majestic, even if he is dressed in plain clothes, it is difficult to conceal his royal demeanor.

He dismounted in front of the mountain, and saw Lin Chen sitting in the hall drinking tea from a distance.

"Hey, Your Highness King Jing! I'm sorry to welcome you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Lin Chen made a hasty bow to King Jing from a distance.

"Pavilion Master, you don't need to be polite," Prince Jing said, "The people in Langya Pavilion are not all waiting for someone to come to the door, why have they ever greeted someone from far away?"

Lin Chen raised his eyes and said, "Your Highness is blaming me for not taking good care of her." He smiled suddenly, "Your Highness might as well sit down and drink a cup of tea. This tea is infused with medicine and is very fragrant."

King Jing gathered his eyebrows together slightly, put his sword in front of the couch, raised a cup and sipped tea, his mind was at peace for a while, and he didn't say much more.

"What question does His Highness Prince Jing want to ask me?"

King Jing said, "My question has already been answered."

"Oh?"

"Linlang is with you, and has always been with you," Prince Jing said leisurely, "Two years ago, Xiaoshu told me that Linlang was kept here by you. I thought you had let her go, so I sent someone to find her whereabouts." , but until now, there is no news of her."

"The news from Langya Pavilion can only come in and out, so naturally you can't receive it."

"Hmph, do you admit it?"

Lin Chen smiled and said, "When did I deny it? This tea, doesn't it give you the answer?"

"My concubine wants me to take Linlang back." Prince Jing said seriously.

"Your Highness," Lin Chen smiled, "Lin Lang and I have a long-standing marriage contract, and she has long been a member of my Langya Pavilion."

"Bullshit!"

Lin Chen poured a cup of tea and swirled it twice under his nose: "Didn't your Xiaoshu tell you that she stayed here voluntarily?" He paused, "You might as well let her tell you herself."

In Qingshui Pavilion, Shanlingjian, the spring water detours beside it.Lin Chen walked down the mountain stream and saw Lin Lang leaning against an old tree in a daze. Seeing him coming, he came up to him and asked, "What does His Highness Prince Jing say?"

Lin Chen smiled and said, "I didn't say anything, he asked about your diet and then left."

"That's it?" Lin Lang rubbed his forehead.

"That's it." Lin Chen spread his hands.

"He didn't say anything else about brother Lin Shu, about the emperor, about Concubine Jing and the eldest princess?"

"He wants to take you away, but he can't take you away." Lin Chen said with a smile, "I said you are already mine."

"What's yours? When did I admit it?" Lin Lang was sullen, but still reserved.

"Then you said why you stayed in the first place, and I didn't force you."

"I...I'm...I just want to stay, okay?"

"Okay, go to the kitchen and bring me two pancakes, I'm hungry."

"Why should I listen to you?"

"Hey, don't think that I dare not hit you because you are a woman!" Lin Chen rolled up his sleeves and made a gesture to hit you.

Lin Lang suddenly grabbed a bag of powder from his waist and sprinkled it on Lin Chen, shouting, "Look at the hidden weapon!"

Lin Chen ducked, covered his nose and said, "Didn't I confiscate all your medicine powder? Where did it come from?"

Lin Lang raised her eyebrows and spread her hands to show him. As soon as Lin Chen approached, Lin Lang turned over her hands. It turned out that there was still a pack of medicinal powder between her fingers. a sneeze.

"Haha, pepper powder, a unique hidden weapon!" Lin Lang laughed and ran down the mountain in a hurry.

"You... stole something from the kitchen again... Ah Xie..." Lin Chen pointed at her back and smiled in relief.

Prince Jing came out from the rocks behind him with a smile on his lips.

"Linlang has changed," Prince Jing sighed. "She used to be reticent and thoughtful. In just one year, she seems to have changed her temperament."

"That's what I taught." Lin Chen hugged his fan and smiled, "This is what a 15-year-old girl should look like."

Prince Jing glanced at him and said, "Did you do it on purpose? Keeping her here is to let her return to her original heart?"

"Yes, I did it on purpose, and it was also arranged by the eldest princess."

"What? The eldest princess?"

"Two years ago, I received a secret order. The eldest princess ordered me to keep Lin Lang or take her to other places. Anyway, she and Lin Shu cannot be allowed to return to the capital." Lin Chen said leisurely: "You have grown up, and you should I understand the cruelty of the conflict between the government and the opposition. The eldest princess did this to protect her, so she found a reason for Lin Shu to bring her here."

"She is just a woman, what kind of disturbance can she cause in the court?"

"Hmph, silly boy, why don't you think about it carefully, why did Lin Lang come to Beijing suddenly, and why did she sneak into your circle in such a short period of time?"

"Lin Lang is an eyeliner arranged by her father, do you know that his purpose is to let Lin Lang inform him at any time, so that he can judge the situation and decide to side with Lin Xie or Xie Yu?"

"When necessary, Lin Lang will become a pawn to be sacrificed."

King Jing was dumbfounded, his face turned pale with shock, and he said slowly after a long time: "I once heard my concubine mention that when Lin Lang was a child, she read books about power manipulation and listened to lessons on state governance. Ordinary woman. Could it be that since she was born, she has already shouldered the fate of a political pawn?"

Lin Chen's expression was dignified, and he only murmured, "I'm born like this, I can't help myself."

"What about the eldest princess, she could have stayed out of it."

"In the court and the public, the eldest princess is the most difficult one to escape. She is a member of the royal family, but she married Xie Yu, and her younger sister married Lin Xie. The three parties are blood relatives, but they are all incompatible."

Prince Jing stared angrily.

"The last thing the eldest princess wants is to involve your generation." Lin Chen's eyes sparkled, "but now, Yue Linlang suddenly appeared in Jinling City, a woman who is meticulous in the open and in the dark, mixing in your group Among the children, this will definitely bring disaster to Chi Yu and you. So," he collected himself, "that's why she let me take her away. In the world, only Langya Pavilion is the safest place."

"This..." Prince Jing was speechless.

"Your Highness, you are still young. I would like to advise you to stay away from the court. The farther the better, it is for your sake and your mother's sake." Lin Chen said word by word.

"Okay," Lin Chen said, "You should go. If you bump into her in a while, it won't end."

Prince Jing was in a trance, but he raised his hand and saluted solemnly.

"Young Pavilion Master, Lin Lang will ask you to take care of him."

"Good talk good talk!"

Prince Jing raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice, "One day, Xiao Shu will definitely take her back in person."