Feng Ningyan took a step back, and hit the back of her head in pain.
"Your words are a little interesting ah …" "It's a pity that I can't understand it..."
Shen Lingjue slowly reached her hand from her back to her waist and gently pinched it, revealing a charming smile.
"Don't worry, This King understands."
"What do you know?" Feng Ningyan's body went numb as she anxiously dodged.
"She knows things that the wangfei doesn't." Shen Lingjue shook the osmanthus wine that she had lost and regained. "For example, why did the wangfei order the maidservants to let this king sleep in the study last night, why did she lie this morning and say that she had caught a chill this morning, then wear maidservant's clothes and run to the Wanfu Pavilion to stretch her muscles and bones … Princess Hua-Yang has been through so much vinegar, aren't she afraid of the acid? "
Feng Ningyan was depressed: "Who said I was jealous! I was just curious about what you were doing there. I thought that it was the place where the Prince hid his treasure. If you didn't ask me to go over there, I would have gone over there myself … "
At this time, Lv Ruo, who was arranging the brunch, heard the two words "Wanfu Pavilion" and was stunned.
Seeing that the brunch s were almost done, Shen Lingjue asked the servants to wait outside.
He pulled Feng Ningyan and sat on the side of the table, poured two cups of osmanthus wine, and slowly recounted the history of the Wanfu Pavilion.
"The Wanfu Pavilion was created while the matriarch was still alive, and the mechanisms were also designed by the matriarch."
"Royal Consort Min is actually an expert in machinery …" Feng Ningyan praised, "Then I shall be enlightened with the mechanisms within the courtyard, they are truly powerful!"
Shen Lingjue laughed: "When the Duke Palaces were built, this king was only four years old. It was exactly that time, that the < mechanical spectrum > embroidery book of the matriarch was burned down, and from then on, besides the matriarch herself, no one else was able to pass through the mechanisms of the Wanfu Pavilion. This King never expected that you would be able to crack the first layer of the mechanism so quickly.
"What?" Feng Ningyan was both surprised and regretful, "Your Highness, are you saying that no one can solve the mechanisms of the Wanfu Pavilion? Not even you and the guardian inside? "
Shen Lingjue's expression became serious, "I'm ashamed, this king and Yun Xuan have only comprehended to the nineteenth floor. All these years, we have been secretly cracking open the mechanisms in the Wanfu Pavilion, and at the same time restoring the matriarch's《 mechanical spectrum》, but the progress is very slow. "
Feng Ningyan bit her lips: "So the reason you went to Wanfu Pavilion secretly was actually to break the trap … …."
"Haha …" So, Princess, your vinegar is wasted. " Shen Lingjue held her hand mischievously.
Feng Ningyan's face reddened. She was so upset that she could not avoid it.
"Everyone says that they're not jealous! Don't you always be so shameless in your narcissism! "
Shen Lingjue smiled faintly, "This duke has lived for twenty-two years, but no woman has ever been jealous for me. It was with great difficulty that I had the wangfei come to be jealous.
Feng Ningyan couldn't help but start laughing, "Come on, I won't accept your kindness. You didn't know me twenty-two years ago. "
"How do you know?" Shen Lingjue raised her eyebrows in dissatisfaction, "Who knows, maybe I would have known you in my previous life. Otherwise, why would I dream about you instead of coming across you before?"
"..." Feng Ningyan was startled, and bit on her lips.
Carrying the memories of her past life, she had reincarnated, so she naturally knew that Shen Lingjue's dream was the outcome of their past lives.
She could not explain why she would be reincarnated after death, nor could she explain why the Shen Lingjue who hadn't been reborn would have the tragic memories of her past life before she died.
Perhaps it was because Shen Lingjue died too unjustly in her previous life, and was too wronged, that her memories of that moment passed through space and time and became a dream of his?
Feng Ningyan felt an indescribable bitterness in her heart as she slowly poured two cups of wine and held them out to Shen Lingjue.
"If it was Your Highness … You have never had that nightmare before. During the Feng Residence's banquet, would you still be so envious of me that you would tear off my veil and propose to me? "
Shen Lingjue was slightly stunned as she looked at her. When she reached out to grab her wine cup, he accidentally pinched her hand.
Feng Ningyan pulled her hand back, and the wine splashed onto their hands.
With his other hand, Shen Lingjue removed the wine cup. He used the silk handkerchief to lightly wipe the wine in her hand, and then tightly held her hand in his palm.
"This King does not know what the reason for Princess Hua-Yang's question is, or what kind of answer she wants to hear..."
Feng Ningyan did not hesitate to reply. She gave a self-deprecating laugh, no longer wanted to hear his answer, and said: "No need …"
Without waiting for her to finish saying "No need to answer", Shen Lingjue had already pulled her into her embrace.
"Ning Yan …"
Feng Ningyan was suddenly stunned, at the beginning, she did not even hear what he said clearly, these two words kept on spinning in her mind, and she finally realised that he had yelled her name …
"You …" She raised her hand, but didn't know whether she should place it on his waist or push him away.
Shen Lingjue held her tighter, as if she was afraid that she would push him away.
He lowered his voice and whispered into her ear, "This king doesn't know if I can give you the answer you want to hear, but I only want to say what you don't know …
"It was your voice that made me look up as I lowered my head to drink. He was neither humble nor haughty, full of confidence and heroic spirit. I like the sound of that voice, and I like the way you dance in the moonlight with your sword in your half-worn armor. "
"I can't see your face clearly. I can only see you dance until the autumn wind blows and the leaves fall endlessly …" Removing your veil is indeed a bit rude, but I am truly curious. I want to know immediately what kind of appearance such a rare woman has. "
"You don't know how many times I've said 'yes' to you in my heart. Ever since I knew that you had drunk medicinal wine, I only had one thought in mind — I must protect you, whether we were in close proximity or at the ends of the world …"
"But that night, the idea of marriage wasn't mature enough. I just couldn't bear to see you select a talent to enter the palace and become your father's concubine … Therefore, I can only use this method to ensure that you do not have to enter the palace. "
Feng Ningyan pressed her face against his shoulder, and blankly listened to him speak of everything that she had been resentful about that night, and her heartbeat grew faster and faster.
She regretted asking such a stupid question. She shouldn't have cared about Shen Lingjue going to the Wanfu Pavilion!
She felt as if something was losing control …
At this time, Lv Ruo was outside the door. Even though she was very close to the door, she could no longer hear anything.
She suddenly clutched her stomach: "Lan Zhu, you stay here first, I'll go take care of it later …."
Lan Zhu smiled happily, "Go, go. You've been getting more and more lazy these days."
Lv Ruo walked down the stairs in embarrassment. She went to the side room, took out a piece of paper from the drawer of her bedside table and wrote a few words on it. She put it in a reed tube and sealed the fire lacquer before walking out and placing it in the mouth of a stone lion not far from Linlang Pavilion.
Not long after she left, the waterfront dactylodes herb came over and dug into the lion's mouth, then turned and left.