Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Qin Sizhao tried every possible means, regardless of...

Jinzhan didn't know that the person she was talking about was not Gu Shi, so she continued:

"But after all, the gap between my lady and the prince is quite big. It is normal if they cannot get married. I'd better not count on it too much."

She wanted to retort that he wasn't the one she was counting on, but after thinking it over she swallowed her words.

If the prince were to take charge and marry her off to Qin Sizhao in exchange for her dowry, then what would be the point of such a marriage?

Lingchuan was silent. Jinzhan thought she was unhappy again, so she tried to comfort her:

"Girl, don't worry, I'll go and help you check the situation."

After a while, Jinzhan came back and opened the door with a click.

"The prince said he had something important to do and has already left the palace."

Lingchuan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled faintly. He finally left.

Jinzhan has been feeling quite negative lately.

She heard at the door that the current emperor was seriously ill, and she thought that the prince would be the next to succeed to the throne.

But as soon as the prince ascended the throne, she had to work as a head maid in the palace. Her salary did not increase much, but her work became more complicated, and the rules were extremely strict.

Although there are more troubles in the palace, there are indeed not many rules that are deliberately torturous. She can still be lazy and go home from time to time, but if she goes to the palace, not only will she have to kneel and bow, but she will also not be able to leave the palace. She will have to die of old age in there.

She had a vague idea of ​​quitting her job and going home. The money she had saved was enough to open a small shop and raise a little cat with a round face. Then she could pet the cat and bask in the sun every day. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

But if she wants to resign, she has to wait until Lingchuan is settled. After all, she knows too much about his private affairs. If there are rumors, the prince will suspect that she is the one who spreads them everywhere.

If he could be an idle prince for the rest of his life, fooling around with Lingchuan for a few years would be fine, and marrying her would be no big deal.

But if he became the emperor... he would have to feel that his imperial power was too high and his harem was too peaceful, and he needed a female enchantress to suppress it, so he would dare to bring Lingchuan in.

She started to mumble and roll her eyes and came up with bad ideas.

"Seeing that the prince has a bright future, I'm afraid he can't give you a title. You should think more about yourself."

Jinzhan was actually too lazy to guess the prince's feelings for Lingchuan. God knows whether he really wants Lingchuan to get married. She only knew that if Lingchuan got married, she could retire and go home with peace of mind.

She deliberately made her words watertight, so that even if she went to have an affair with a man after hearing this, it could not be said that it was Jinzhan who instigated her.

"I have some urgent matters at home these days. My third uncle passed away, and I have to go back to see him. Please bear with me, young lady."

Lingchuan covered her face with her sleeves and laughed secretly. Jinzhan's third uncle had died three times, and she just turned a blind eye to it. However, vacation is a necessity for people, who can work so hard continuously?

Not long after Jinzhan left, Lingchuan changed into plain clothes and washed his face.

She was born with light eyebrows and sharp eye corners. If she didn't draw her eyebrows, the hostility in her eyes could not be suppressed, and she looked ghostly. She only drew her eyebrows, which made her look more well-behaved.

For some reason, she couldn't suppress the smile on her lips. She just wore a veil to cover her face and hurried to Qin Sizhao's house.

There seemed to be guests at Qin Sizhao's house. The servant hesitated for a moment, but still asked Lingchuan to go in.

She drank her tea, feeling very nervous. She didn't know if she could tell him everything.

Faintly, she actually heard a woman crying.

"My father forced me to marry Gu Shi... He actually said he regretted raising me like this, saying I couldn't capture a man's heart... But am I living just to please a man? How could he do this to me?"

That was Yang Ruoyun's voice. She continued crying.

"Now the grain and grass are in Gu Shi's hands. He's afraid of being controlled by others over the grain and grass, so he's forcing me to marry into the palace... He hopes that I can hook the prince like a fox so that he can reap the benefits.

"But why did my marriage become like this? It turns out that I am just a pawn of his, not his daughter."

"Those horseback archery skills I learned were just stunts my father used to show off..."

Lingchuan became angrier as he listened, and he clenched his fists and pounded the table.

"How can a father treat his daughter like this? It's too cruel!"

She got excited and used a little more force, which was heard by Yang Ruoyun.

Yang Ruoyun wiped her tears and walked in confidently. When she met Lingchuan's eyes, she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

"I didn't... I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation... My name is Lingchuan, and I'm the prince's adopted sister. I was just visiting."

Lingchuan didn't dress up, he just drew his eyebrows, and he really didn't look like someone who came to steal people.

She knew very well that some things would only get worse if they were explained, so instead of feeling guilty and nervous, it was better to downplay it.

"Please ask Miss Lingchuan to tell the prince not to agree."

Lingchuan nodded sincerely. She didn't expect the general to be so cruel. It turned out that his love for his daughter was just a narcissistic trick.

But after agreeing, Lingchuan felt a little uneasy. Her heart was beating fast. Would Qin Sizhao agree to marry Yang Ruoyun just because she was in trouble?

She frowned and pursed her lips as she said:

"Let me make it clear first, I can only persuade the prince not to marry you. I will not care about the rest of your affairs."

If Yang Ruoyun was forced by her family to marry into the palace, she would be too pitiful. Gu Shi was not a good person, and she would find a way to ruin this marriage.

But she wouldn't give Qin Sizhao to her just because of this...

This idea suddenly popped up in her mind, but she was somewhat disgusted with this idea. Qin Sizhao was not a thing, and he could not be snatched away. It was his freedom to be with whoever he liked.

Yang Ruoyun wiped her face, and turned sadness into joy.

"Thank you, Miss Lingchuan. I will teach you how to ride a horse later."

Lingchuan shrank back and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Forget it, forget it. I'm afraid of hot things. Ouch..."

First, Lingchuan was really afraid of tall and strong men, and second, she really didn't want to have too much contact with Yang Ruoyun, and she didn't want to develop any unnecessary feelings for her.

Seeing Lingchuan waving his hands repeatedly, Yang Ruoyun couldn't help but smile and turned around to go back home.

Lingchuan suddenly became very uneasy and looked anxiously for Qin Sizhao with his eyes.

"If you like someone, you can be with them. It's your freedom..."

Although she said this, she actually hoped that Qin Sizhao would like her the most.

Qin Sizhao looked at her and smiled.

"Didn't I tell you that the only wife I want to marry is Miss Lingchuan?"

"But I have a very bad secret. You will regret it if you know it."

He stared out the window in a daze, his eyes suddenly darkened, his face became gloomy and darker.

"Miss Lingchuan's secret can't possibly be worse than mine. I hope you won't regret approaching me."

He had indeed done the cruelest thing a person could do in this world.

Lingchuan suddenly became curious and began to use his imagination.

"Why, are you a serious person on the outside, but a playboy behind the scenes? Have you ever played with many girls' hearts?"

He was a little angry at this speculation, and with the corners of his mouth turned down, he looked down at her and said,

"I've never done anything like that. I've always kept myself clean."

"You've never even held a girl's hand?"

She looked at him in surprise, smiling expectantly.

"certainly."

Before he finished speaking, Lingchuan grabbed his hand eagerly with a cunning expression of success.

"Now you hold it."

There was a cautious joy in Lingchuan's voice.

He squeezed her hand back tightly, so hard that it hurt.

"Lingchuan, promise me that you will never commit suicide, okay?"

He looked straight into her eyes, which were filled with emotions that Lingchuan could not identify.

Why is he so sensitive to her self-destructive emotions, and what is he seeing through her?

She gently stroked the back of his hand with her thumb, watching him silently.

"Promise me."

He applied a little more strength to his hands, and his tone brooked no refusal.

He was forcing her to make a commitment.

Qin Sizhao tried every possible means to force her to live.

"Why would I agree to something like this?"

Lingchuan tried to pull his hand back, but although he looked slender, he was surprisingly strong and had no intention of giving in to her.

She felt fear, as if she had been seen through.

"I won't allow you to commit suicide."

He suddenly hugged her eagerly, and Lingchuan was startled.

"Let me go... I'm scared..."

He released her shoulders, held her hand and said:

"Lingchuan, only those who still yearn for life will feel fear. You must remember this feeling of fear, because it proves that you still want to live."

The temperature of Qin Sizhao's hands almost burned her. Her heart beat rapidly due to anxiety and her ears turned red.

"Lingchuan, the sins I bear are definitely greater than yours. You can't die, and neither can I. We must survive together."

"Okay, I promise you. Let's live together as sinners in this world."

She looked at his red eyes and suddenly realized that he was the same kind of person as her, and he also had the urge to commit suicide.

Lingchuan began to feel confused.

What sin could he have committed? He was so innocent and clean, what secret had he concealed that could have caused him to have such a heavy self-destructive complex?

"What I promised you is not that I will survive, but that both of us will survive."

She held his hand, lowered her head, and didn't look into his eyes.

"Can you promise me?"

He smiled bitterly and turned his head halfway away, not looking at her.

"Lingchuan, you are a smart girl."

She put on a sarcastic expression, sneered at him and said:

"What? You just forced me to make a promise, but now you're scared? Are you afraid to make a promise to me? You dare to force me to do something you can't do yourself? You're really shameless."

After saying these harsh words, Lingchuan left.

Her tears fell.

Lingchuan and Qin Sizhao had only met a few times, so it was impossible for her to love Qin Sizhao very much, but his life and death were indeed on her mind.

How does it feel to entrust all your dark and heavy secrets, and your hope for life, to a near-stranger?

They were strangers to each other and did not understand each other, yet they were strangely dependent on each other for life and death.

After returning to the palace, Lingchuan began to worry about Yang Ruoyun.

Gu Shi has been away for the past few days and there has been no news from him. She is very uneasy and worried.

As soon as Jinzhan came back, Lingchuan hurriedly asked her.

"Jinzhan, how is Miss Ruoyun from the General's Mansion doing now?"

She knew that Jinzhan appeared to be an honest person who kept quiet about things that did not concern her, but in fact she was the most well-informed.

"girl……"

She hesitated, as if unwilling to speak.

"Let's wait for the prince to come back and tell you in person. It's difficult to speak with my identity... Besides, there is still hope."

Jinzhan thought that if Lingchuan got angry after hearing this and ruined the prince's marriage, she would have to bear the responsibility in the end.

"I didn't ask about the prince, I asked about Miss Ruoyun's current situation."

"Miss Ruoyun... no matter how fierce Miss Ruoyun is, she's still just an eighteen-year-old girl. What can she do... She's been confined by the General."

Lingchuan felt anxious. Being treated so coldly by her own father, Ruoyun must be heartbroken.

When he loves her, he treats her like the apple of his eye, but when he uses her, he abandons her without mercy. How can a father treat his daughter like this?

"Where is Gu Shi? I want to go find him..."

Jinzhan saw that things were not going well and Lingchuan was determined to ruin the whole thing, so she quickly advised,

"Miss... Miss Ruoyun is a noble daughter of the general's family. The prince attaches great importance to this marriage... Besides, Miss Ruoyun is said to have a good character and may not be unwilling to tolerate you. Why are you doing this?"

"Bah! What are you talking about! What do you mean by tolerate me or not? Isn't it enough that Gu Shi has harmed me? Is he going to harm another one? I'm not an accomplice who drags others into trouble! I'm telling you, Yang Ruoyun doesn't want to!"

Lingchuan was very angry at Jinzhan, who gritted her teeth and endured it, but would never give in.

She cursed a lot, but Jinzhan turned a deaf ear to her. She only knew that if Lingchuan ruined the prince's marriage, the prince might forgive Lingchuan, but he would never forgive her.

A poor servant like her would just be the chicken killed to scare the monkeys.

"Lingchuan, why are you so angry with Jinzhan?"

Gu Shi just came back and saw Lingchuan quarreling with Jinzhan, feeling a little puzzled.

Jinzhan is usually like a piece of tough meat, and Lingchuan has no way to deal with her. Why is she so angry today?

She rushed to him fiercely and grabbed him by the collar.

"Gu Shi, I don't allow you to marry Yang Ruoyun!"