Chapter 168 Hardships?

Everyone present was breathing quietly, except Bai Qianqian, who had an unpleasant look on her face.

Just now, Si Linglong suddenly raised her palm when she walked in front of Bai Qianqian, then slapped her left palm with her right palm, and suddenly slapped her in front of her.

Si Linglong looked at Bai Qianqian expressionlessly, and finally spoke, saying the first words they had spoken since they met.

"Where do the mosquitoes come from in the middle of winter?"

Bai Qianqian's mouth twitched fiercely, and she couldn't help but yell at her, "Lang Guipin, you are so insolent!"

How dare you fool her?!

At this moment, Bai Qianqian had forgotten her previous decision not to confront Si Linglong head-on. Just as she was about to teach her a lesson, she saw a black and gold cloud-like figure striding towards her with some people not far behind Si Linglong.

Even though she was too far away to see the man's expression, Bai Qianqian subconsciously felt that she would not be treated well by him.

The arrogance that had just risen in his heart died down the moment he saw Helian Yue approaching from afar. Before the person came over, he quickly adjusted his expression, then bowed respectfully and saluted.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."

Si Linglong still maintained the posture of facing Bai Qianqian. The moment she saw Bai Qianqian's action, her body stiffened unconsciously. She turned around abruptly and saw Helian Yue who was striding towards her and the palace maid behind him.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and it took Si Linglong a long time to remember that the purpose of her coming out was to find him.

But when she saw him this moment, she didn't feel excited at all.

Helian Yue glanced between her and Bai Qianqian, then casually raised his hand in Bai Qianqian's direction, but his sight fell on Si Linglong.

She was wearing a jade-colored dress and a moon-white rabbit-fur cape on the outside, which made her slightly fair face look a little frail for some reason.

"Why did you come out?" Helian Yue looked calm and asked, "Doctor Yu said you need to rest."

Si Linglong looked at Helian Yue in front of her and felt a tightness in her chest. She wanted to open her mouth, but she felt inexplicably more resistant.

Because I was afraid that I would hear an answer from him that was different from what I had imagined.

But Si Linglong also knew.

She had to ask.

She doesn't like confusion.

Without caring about Bai Qianqian's presence, Si Linglong looked straight at Helian Yue in front of her. When she spoke, her voice was unexpectedly calm.

"I heard that the Emperor has conferred the title of Lady Shen on the Emperor." Her voice was slightly hoarse, but calm as a lake. "The Emperor said before that he would not take her as his concubine."

She didn't believe Helian Yue would lie to her.

He also didn't believe that what Helian Yue said last night about offering Shen Rongrong a marriage was false.

She didn't want to be like those wives in TV dramas who questioned their husbands. She and him didn't have that kind of relationship, and she didn't want to be like those little women immersed in love who cried and asked him why.

But she really needed an answer in her heart.

【Why? 】

[Is it because of some difficulties? ]

Some conspiracy theories even flashed through Si Linglong's mind, such as Shen Rongrong jumping into the lake and being rescued by Helian Yue, the two of them hugging each other wetly, and Marquis Wu'an forcing A Yue to be responsible for her innocence, and so on.

In novels, people were forced to marry this way in ancient times.

As long as he told her a reason that convinced her, she didn't have to hold on to it.

Helian Yue looked at the calm and serious face of the person in front of him, listened to the "hardships" she imagined in her heart, and sighed secretly.

When he glanced around, he glanced coldly at Bai Qianqian who was standing beside him.

Bai Qianqian knew that she was not welcome and did not dare to seek a sense of existence in front of Helian Yue. Seeing this, she saluted silently and retreated.

Seeing this, the palace maids around also retreated, until only Helian Yue and Si Linglong were left.

Looking at Si Linglong, Helian Yue felt helpless. If she insisted on telling him her reasons, then he could only say it.

"The old lady of Wu'an Marquis's Mansion has been kind to me."

Compared to being honest, this was the most reasonable reason he could think of.

Si Linglong's heart suddenly sank.

Is this the “hardship”?

Helian Yue never liked to explain, but when he looked at Si Linglong in front of him, he showed a little more patience that he himself could hardly notice.

"Although Lady Shen has entered the palace, I will not favor her. Don't worry, my beloved concubine, everything will remain the same as before."

It was just one more dispensable person, but she would suffer less punishment.

Helian Yue thought that after he said this, she would be able to understand.

However, after hearing what he said, Si Linglong in front of him did not act irritably, nor did she question him angrily, nor did she become heartbroken. Instead, when she looked at him, the light in her almond-shaped eyes dimmed inch by inch.