I can tell fortunes, so I’m not easy to mess with [Cross Book]

Hearing the emperor's words, Xie Taifei's body swayed, and he almost fainted on the spot. Fortunately, Xie Xi held him up in time, so that no one would see a bigger joke.

Which man has no ambition and loves power?It was a great humiliation to have to listen to my son after losing all real jobs.

Although it is very natural to choose an heir, he is still in his prime. It is one thing to establish a son, but it is another thing to be excluded.

He usually likes to put on his father's majesty the most. Will he obey Bai Yiling's orders in everything from now on?

This, this is simply—

Not to mention him, even Bai Yiling was stunned, and didn't even bother to respond to the series of prompts from the system.He really never thought that the emperor would be so decisive, and he had mixed feelings in his heart.

To talk about this feeling, there is not much surprise of being hit by the title, just a vague feeling that I have let out a sigh of relief, but I am inexplicably disappointed.

He knows what others say about him, saying that he has a resolute personality and a cold face, that he has no nostalgia for his family's old affairs, and that his heart is as if made of steel.

Most of the people who said these words were in a tone of praise and admiration. People often fear the strong and admire those who can stand on their own. But Bai Yiling himself knows that he is not without confusion, doubts, heartache, and nostalgia.

After all, they are his parents, the ones who should shield him from the wind and rain. As a son of man, he doesn't care about paying for his family, but he can't help but care. What he pays in return is suspicion and indifference.

He stumbled and grew up in the heartbroken again and again, and he had to get up by himself if he didn't want to be stepped into the mud pit. Now what belonged to him finally returned to his hands. Looking at Xie Taifei who was prostrate on the ground, he suddenly realized that, The man who used to be able to control his destiny with one hand is already so old and humble.

What does the word "father" actually represent?

Bai Yiling sighed in his heart, brushed his clothes and knelt down: "My minister, Bai Yiling, complies with the order."

Aunt Gao's revenge was avenged, and she fell to the ground and cried bitterly. The emperor rewarded her with a house and a field, plus the money from the Sheng family, it was enough to spend the rest of her life peacefully.It can be regarded as giving this miserable woman a little peace of mind in her old age.

After finishing what should be dealt with, the emperor waved his hand and asked a group of ministers to retreat. When they were almost gone, he said as if he remembered something: "Bai Qing stay here for now."

Bai Yiling was a little puzzled, and stood with his hands down. The emperor said: "Bai Aiqing, I know you don't care much about the affairs of the Marquis Mansion. If you are suddenly given such a burden, Aiqing won't feel unhappy, right?"

Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king. Bai Yiling didn't know why he would say such a sentence suddenly, and he said with [-] vigilance in his heart: "Your Majesty trusts me, and it is your majesty's reward. I am grateful, absolutely nothing. Not fast."

The emperor happily smiled and said: "That's good, I also know about your grievances these years, and it is very humane to deal with it in this way——Actually, this was brought up by Duke Huai and me."

Bai Yiling was a little dazed.

King Huai?Lu Yu... He told the emperor that he wanted to make himself the son of the Marquis Mansion?

He did this for...the emperor said this to himself, and for...

He really couldn't figure out this pair of miraculous father and son, so he could only adapt to the situation and once again expressed his gratitude to His Highness Duke Huai to the paternal emperor.

The emperor said with a smile: "Prince Huai grew up not by my side, and he is a big-minded man. He has never begged me for anything. Until this time, he went to the imperial study to discuss that he wanted you to inherit the Marquis's estate." Don’t let me tell you about the position of the son of the world. He said that what should be yours should not be taken for granted by others, and he also said that if I don’t agree with his statement, I will be a fool.”

Bai Yiling couldn't laugh or cry, but his heart was mixed with sourness and warmth.His journey has always been walked to the end alone, but now he suddenly found that there was someone who silently accompanied him along the way, but always quietly hid behind him, not letting him know.

Since picking up a little fox, it seems that something has changed.

The emperor said: "After much deliberation, I'd like to tell you. It's not for other reasons, but because Duke Huai has not been in the capital for a long time, and with his temper, there are few people who can appreciate him, so he didn't pay much attention. Friend. Commander Bai is not much different from him in age, and the two of you usually see each other a lot."

Speaking of this, Bai Yiling finally figured out what the emperor meant when he was dizzy - he was worried that no one would play with his son, and instead of Lu Yu, he asked Bai Yiling to make friends with him!

Responding to the emperor's earnest instructions, Bai Yiling withdrew from the Palace of Qinzheng. On a jade pillar outside the magnificent hall, a handsome prince was leaning on him, looking towards the entrance of the hall.

Seeing that Bai Yiling came out, Lu Yu stood up straight at once, but did not rush over. He first glanced at Bai Yiling's expression hesitantly, then walked up to him and said, "After I go out, it seems that you have been killed by your father. The emperor stayed alone, turned back and waited for a while, and sure enough."

Bai Yiling said: "Yes, the emperor wants to talk to me alone."

Lu Yu rubbed his feet on the ground nervously, and asked calmly on the surface: "What did the emperor say?"

"Huh?" Bai Yiling seemed to have a smile on his face, but also seemed to be angry. He squinted at Lu Yu with his beautiful eyes and said, "Does His Highness Duke Huai know?"

Lu Yu: "..."

As the son of heaven, his father doesn't count what he says, this father is too bad, he doesn't want it anymore!

But the sweetheart who should be coaxed before throwing away his father still has to be coaxed first, Lu Yu hurriedly followed Bai Yiling, and at the same time apologized with a smile: "Listen to me, I know that this matter was against your wishes, and I didn't ask in advance. It's reckless. But I just feel that there is no need to say something special, you should be the son of the Hou family, and the father is too blind to see, so I have to tell him."

Bai Yiling: "..."

Seeing that he was silent, Lu Yu was afraid that the other party would not pay attention to what he was saying, so he carefully poked his shoulder with his finger, and continued: "If you don't want to, it's too late if you don't do it now. Leave it to me, really. I'll give you another excuse to push..."

Bai Yiling felt that if he didn't interrupt him, this bastard would have to say so many outrageous things, and the two of them would be dragged out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded not far away, so he interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "Stop!"

Lu Yu said: "Look, can you accept my statement? If you can't accept it, I actually have other reasons."

Bai Yiling sighed and said, "His Royal Highness Huai—"

He suddenly showed his face, and smiled brightly at Lu Yu: "I am teasing you."

Lu Yu: "..."

Only then did he react, quite dumbfounded.An excellent vixen is born with two necessary skills, one should be cunning and the other should be beautiful.

Even if he is not of the same breed as a vixen, he still has the blood of a fox fairy, and the theory is that he should be more advanced, but the result is that he is so worthless. Not only is he always obsessed with the beauty of his sweetheart, but he will also be tricked by him !

He was born so unpromising, Lu Yu still had an inexplicable sense of pride in his heart - after all, Commander Bai would not easily tease others, right? He is still different from others!

Bai Yiling added solemnly: "Thank you."

Lu Yu smiled helplessly, shook his head, looked away from his face, and looked at the continuous palace in the distance: "The friendship is so good, why bother to thank you. As I said, you deserve it, you don't need it." Say thanks to anyone."

Bai Yiling walked to his side, leaning on the jade railing, and looked into the distance together with Lu Yu shoulder to shoulder.At this time, the two were standing on a high place, with the grand hall behind them. Not far away, a series of jade steps extended downwards, and finally landed on the open space in front of the hall.The wind rustled past, blowing the sleeves of the two of them.

Bai Yiling said: "Friendship is friendship, thank you is thank you, and I said 'thank you' to you, not because of this."

Lu Yu didn't seem surprised, and smiled, "Really?"

Bai Yiling also laughed, and he said softly: "As you said, I am the eldest son. According to the general rules, I should inherit the Marquis Mansion as a matter of course. This represents recognition, but I became the one who was abandoned. At first I don’t care about them, and then plan all kinds of tricks, how can I not hate it! When I was in the dark guard, I thought about it countless times, if one day I gain power, I will make them all kneel at my feet and beg me!”

After he said these words, the smile on his face gradually disappeared. Although his voice was soft, it was hard to hide the deep hatred.Half of the sunlight bypassed the railing and fell on his bright eyebrows, but it was even more hazy.

Lu Yu's heart ached, and the smile on his face disappeared.His hand hung in mid-air for a moment, and then he covered the back of Bai Yiling's hand that was holding the railing, and gently closed it.The touch of the palm is smooth and delicate, like cold jade, but Lu Yu knows that Bai Yiling's palm has many thin calluses made by weapons.

He thought that before Bai Yiling was sent away, he had been the prince of the Marquis Mansion for three years, how would he adapt to a place like the Dark Guard, and how did he get here?

With a sullen face, he squeezed Bai Yiling's hand, trying hard to smile and comfort him, but he couldn't.

If what happened to such a person was just heard by Lu Yu, who had nothing to do with him, he would definitely join in and scold the parents who are not as good as pigs and dogs, and think that if the child is tricked like this, he might as well learn kung fu. , went home and slaughtered his parents with a single knife, and burned the Hou's mansion cleanly - just like Quanshun.

But now he is extremely grateful that Bai Yiling's heart is tenacious and did not compromise with fate, but he also knows how to work hard to make himself live well, instead of destroying himself together just to vent his anger.

Bai Yiling said: "My heart is not fair, so I have been unwilling to face the Hou Mansion and the Xie family. I hate everyone when I see them. Sometimes I feel that the Hou Mansion should be mine, and sometimes I feel that it is like a A muddy pit, I wish I had nothing to do with them."

Over the years, he worked desperately in everything, excelled in everything, and managed to live a life of excellence, but he still couldn't let go of the knot in his heart.In fact, life is very good now, if it is really like what is written in the original book, it is hard not to be under the control of parents, but because Lu Qi is obsessed with ghosts, and finally ends up being executed lingchi, then in this life, only is really not worth it.

Bai Yiling breathed out softly, rolled his eyes, and looked back at Lu Yu: "So I say thank you, it was your actions that helped me make up the determination I always wanted but always hesitated. There is indeed a relationship between me and the Houfu. Cut off the constant relationship, I will face up to this matter, and then, despise this matter."

This is indeed what Lu Yu wanted to achieve.A wound is left, if you still dare not look at that wound, then your heart will always stay on the day of the wound.But if one day, you bravely unwrap the bandage and check the injury, you will find that the bloody opening has already formed a scar.

Scars are ugly, but they will never hurt again - nothing to worry about.

Lu Yu sighed.

But even so, his heart was still full of deep pity.Bai Yiling's skills are clean and neat, his words are sharp and agile, he can also chat and laugh, and behave coquettishly.In the minds of outsiders, this person is probably almost perfect and omnipotent.It is really a steel frame and a heart made of stone.

Only these things in his mind, he was never willing to speak out easily.Those sharpness and stubbornness that represent the innocence of the past have long retreated from the corners of the brows and eyes, and are hidden in a corner of the bottom of my heart.His strength was only to protect that little self back then.

The sky was blue, and the large white clouds were blown into flocs by the wind, extending all the way to the horizon. The shadow of the sun moved on the red wall, and the light flickered alternately.Birds fly across the sky, their wings across the sky.

The surroundings are quiet, as if you can hear the sound of grass and trees growing.

Lu Yu suddenly turned around, raised his hand and hugged Bai Yiling into his arms.

Bai Yiling was taken aback by this sudden hug, the faint incense on Lu Yu's clothes lingered in his nose, and his arms were warm and strong.

He whispered: "In the past, Zhang Shanlai once said, 'Be the daylilies among flowers, not the cuckoos among birds'①, just because the daylilies forget their worries and the cuckoos cry blood. It can be seen that although the wounds are beautiful, the human heart is instinctive. I always yearn for happiness. You can do whatever you want, and whatever you think is right, I will always stand by your side.”

As these words were spoken slowly, an inexplicable, secret joy seemed to bloom in the hearts of both of them, and neither of them spoke again for a while.But Lu Yu didn't dare to hold her for too long after all, and soon let go.

But in fact, there is still a slight doubt in his heart.From now on, if Bai Yiling can no longer be controlled by anyone else and live a stable life, that would be a great thing, but Lu Yu always feels strange.

——Even if Bai Yiling was sent away in the first place because the Yongdinghou couple were selfish by nature and did it as a last resort in order to save their lives regardless of the child's life, but their various actions afterwards were too biased.

Bai Yiling has been treated like this since he was a child, and he is used to it. As a bystander, he has a faint desire to re-investigate the past.

Otherwise, I am afraid that the tree wants to be quiet, but the wind does not fulfill its wish.

Lu Yu was thinking, when he raised his eyes and saw Bai Yiling looking at him, he wondered, "What?"

Bai Yiling looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, then asked, "Actually, we haven't known each other for long, why are you being nice to me?"

Half joking and half serious, he said, "Just because of saving your life?"

Lu Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "No, it's not...in fact, it's because..."

He was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. He always felt that Bai Yiling's tone had a kind of flustering clarity, but he didn't know that what the other party was pondering was the hidden branch that the system stuttered and released before - the touching brotherhood, the society Doctrine family.

He thought about it, and saw that Lu Yu hadn't come up with a "because" of it, so he tentatively said: "We have such a good relationship, why don't we ask for help?"

Lu Yu: "...Huh?"

The two looked at each other, feeling strange to each other.

——"Didn't you mean that?"

— "What the hell do you mean?"

And at this moment, a commotion suddenly came from below the main hall, breaking the quiet and strict atmosphere in the palace. Bai Yiling and Lu Yu exchanged glances, and they looked not far away. There seemed to be a person walking towards the jade steps in the distance. He rushed from above, as if he was about to enter the palace, but there was no one around to stop him, but for some reason, he seemed a little timid and didn't dare to really use his strength, so he couldn't hold that person.

Who is it that makes such a noise in the palace?

Bai Yiling couldn't quite see the appearance of the person coming. Although it wasn't his job to guard the palace, he still couldn't ignore it, so he said, "Go and have a look."

The two went down the steps and took a closer look, and found that the person was actually a gorgeously dressed lady, who was holding up the hem of her skirt and walking quickly towards the palace. Several people around her were chasing after her, shouting "Princess stay away" and "Princess, please calm down", but she turned a deaf ear and just walked forward with one intention.

Bai Yiling saw that nothing serious had happened, so he didn't move forward any further. He sized her up from a distance, and saw that this woman was beautiful, with upright features, a very generous and graceful demeanor, and a kind of heroism that ordinary women don't have.It's just that at this time, his face was sad, and there was anxiety in his expression, but he didn't know why.

But Lu Yu had already recognized her, sighed slightly, and whispered in Bai Yiling's ear: "She is the wife of Duke Zhen, respecting the eldest princess Lu Mo."

Bai Yiling suddenly realized.

Lu Mo's appearance here must be because of her son.It must be that the Sheng family father and son were afraid that she would be emotional, so they didn't tell Lu Mo when they entered the palace, but she came here in a hurry after getting the news from somewhere.

It's just that this matter has been mentioned several times by people of different identities. The image of the princess that Bai Yiling put together in his mind should be a woman who washes her face with tears every day, mourning and sorrowful, but Lu Mo at this time is It's very different from what I imagined.

Her eyes were a little red, but her lips were tightly pursed. She just walked forward with a straight face. The servants of the Zhen Guogong Mansion could not stop her, and finally when she was about to step on the jade steps, she was stopped by the palace guards .

Wei Rong, the emperor's personal eunuch, came out.He knew what the princess was thinking, and couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and stepped forward and said, "Eldest princess, it's not that your majesty didn't let you see the murderer, but that you were just suddenly sad when you saw it. Princess, you are too distressed by this matter, or Leave it to the Duke and the young masters."

As he spoke, he remembered that the members of the Sheng family also left the palace not long ago. Someone must have gone to look for them at this time, and he didn't know what Duke Zhen would say to his wife when he came.

Duan Jing princess said: "I..."

Ever since she heard that the murderer had been caught today, she had tried her best to hold back the sadness in her heart, until now when she said a word, her voice broke.

She pursed her lips and calmed down for a while, and then continued: "I just want to know, is my child really gone? In my heart, I always don't want to believe it... Eunuch Wei, did you hear that?" Their words? I beg you to tell me, what is going on with all this!"

Wei Rong hurriedly bowed and said: "I don't dare to be a slave, princess, what exactly does this mean? I just heard a few words from others, how dare I talk nonsense to you!"

Lu Mo felt that her whole body was shaking, and the ground under her feet was shaking, as if it was hard and soft, which made her unable to stand.The blood flow in the whole body is desperately converging toward the heart, and the grief that the child was snatched away surged up again, almost swallowing people.

Seeing that her expression was not right, Wei Rong was startled, and was about to scold the maid beside the princess for helping her, when Lu Mo's knees gave way and she knelt down on the ground.

Bai Yiling stood by, seeing Lu Mo so sad, and felt that this woman was very pitiful in his heart, so he couldn't help walking over, trying to help persuade her.

Bai Yiling is not someone who likes to meddle in other people's affairs, Lu Yu was a little surprised, but when he saw him pass by, he followed without hesitation.

Bai Yiling walked over, but hesitated again—he had no relatives and no reason, and the princess was sad because of his dead son. In fact, he couldn't comfort the other party with any persuasion, which seemed a bit redundant.

But Eunuch Wei saw his conspicuous red official uniform at a glance, his eyes lit up immediately, he saluted Lu Yu first, and then said: "Oh, isn't this Mr. Bai? It's a coincidence that you came here. You are in charge of the case, Princess Duan Jing wants to know the inside story, can I trouble Lord Bai to reveal something?"

Before Princess Duanjing was helped up, Bai Yiling knelt on one knee and was at the same level with her. After pondering for a while, he said in a good voice, "Princess...don't be sad, the murderer has already been punished..."

Princess Duanjing heard his words, at that moment, her breathing seemed to have stopped, then she raised her head to look at Bai Yiling, and when she was about to say something, tears welled up in her eyes.

With tears in her eyes, she could barely see the appearance of the young man in front of her. She tried her best to hold back her sobs, grabbed Bai Yiling's arm eagerly, and asked him, "Then, my child...what the hell..."

Bai Yiling watched helplessly as a tear rolled down Princess Duanjing's cheek, and felt sore in his heart.For the first time, he knew that a woman had such great strength, tightly clutching his arm, like holding a life-saving straw.

Unexpectedly, for so many years, she still imagined that the child might be alive.It turns out that a mother can be so attached to her child.

However, she was doomed to be disappointed.

Perhaps it was because I had never felt such a mother's love before, so I couldn't bear to face Lu Mo who was so excited.Bai Yiling was hesitant on a rare occasion today, and before he could think of an excuse, Lord Zhen Guo, who heard that his wife was here, also rushed over in a hurry.

Seeing Lu Mo's appearance, he was very worried. He didn't bother to say hello to Bai Yiling for the time being. He quickly walked up to support his wife's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Mo, why are you here?"