Chapter 128: Reflection
Quan Minghe put his arm around Shen Yuning's waist.
The surprise in Shen Yuning's eyes had not yet dissipated, but she quickly came to her senses, quickly stood up, took a step back, and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
At this time, Xitong, who heard the noise, also came over. Seeing the scene in front of her, she hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your servant greets Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be well."
In the night, Quan Minghe was dressed in a black dragon robe, almost blending into the surrounding darkness. Only the outline of the dragon pattern could be vaguely seen, revealing an aura of coldness and majesty.
His face was gloomy, and he didn't say anything for a long time, just looking at her quietly.
Because Quan Minghe didn't let her stand up, Shen Yuning could only grit her teeth and half-squat.
It was not until her body began to tremble slightly that Quan Minghe slowly spoke: "Get up."
Shen Yuning lowered her head. Was Quan Minghe trying to intimidate her?
"Why are you here?"
Quan Minghe's voice was low and questioning.
Shen Yuning had gotten used to Quan Minghe's gentleness during this period of time. Seeing him suddenly frown, she couldn't help but feel resentful in her heart and even wanted to scold him.
But she held back in the end, and carefully considered her words and replied, "I ate too much tonight, so I took a walk with Xitong on the palace road to digest the food. As we were walking, we met a palace maid who seemed to have accidentally touched a mechanism and opened a door. I was curious, so I walked in."
"curious?"
Shen Yuning raised her head, looked at him innocently, and nodded.
"Curious? How did the guard at the door faint?"
"When I came in, they had already fainted. I don't know why."
Quan Minghe didn't say anything more.
But can I believe what she said?
No matter if she knew something and came in intentionally, or was forced to come in by Yan Xin, Quan Minghe definitely didn't want her to know everything in this palace.
"From now on, you are not allowed to set foot in this palace again."
Quan Minghe's tone was cold and left no room for doubt.
"If I knew you had the guts to step into this palace again..."
As he spoke, he slowly looked at Xi Tong behind Shen Yuning, with a fierce look in his eyes, "I will kill her."
When Quan Minghe was angry, Shen Yuning naturally would not confront him head-on. She could only grit her teeth and purse her lips, and responded: "Yes, I know I was wrong, and I will never dare to come again."
Quan Minghe continued expressionlessly: "Since you accidentally entered the forbidden palace this time, I will not punish you severely. I will only sentence you to reflect on your mistakes for three days."
Shen Yuning's pupils dilated slightly, her eyes full of grievance, but she didn't dare to open her mouth to defend herself.
I was secretly annoyed in my heart. Why didn't he just punish himself by shutting himself in for three months or even three years? Was he afraid that he couldn't control himself?
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Shen Yuning bowed, turned around and left quickly, and Xitong hurriedly followed her.
Quan Minghe stood where he was, following Shen Yuning's departing figure until the master and servant completely disappeared into the night.
He sighed softly, and a complicated look flashed in his eyes.
He knew in his heart that his love for Shen Yuning was growing deeper and deeper, and he even indulged her words and actions unconsciously many times.
If I don't threaten her tonight and let her feel truly scared, given her stubborn and curious nature, I'm afraid she will try every possible way to find out the truth in the future.
He didn't want her to know anything about Chen Yangxi.
Even the thought that she might look at him with a questioning look on her face like Yan Xin did, asking who the former owner of this palace was, made Quan Minghe feel flustered.
When facing Yan Xin, he could have omitted all the explanations, but when facing Shen Yuning, he didn't know what to do for the first time.
If I don't explain or admit that I once had someone I loved very much, just like the relationship between Feng Moheng and Liu Jingyi, who had been together since childhood, would that push her heart further away?
Wouldn't that mean that the trust and intimacy they had worked so hard to build would be destroyed?
He didn't dare to think about it too much and just felt annoyed.
Quan Minghe raised his foot, walked through the long corridor, and came to the study room of Lingxi Palace.
He reached out and pushed open the door, then lit a candle. As the flames jumped, the dim light gradually spread, and the entire study room appeared clearly before his eyes.
There were paintings hanging on the walls, and dozens of easels were also filled with paintings, filling the huge study.
Quan Minghe stood there, his eyes sweeping over the paintings, his thoughts seemed to drift away, and his memory became a little hazy.
These paintings record Shen Yangxi's appearance from the age of eight to sixteen.
Most of the paintings of Chen Yangxi when she was a child were drawn by Quan Minghe within three years after her death.
At that time, every little thing about her seemed to be engraved in his heart, and that was when his memory of her was the clearest.
Quan Minghe sometimes felt that he was quite strange. When he lost her, the heart-wrenching pain almost overwhelmed him, but as time passed, the heart-wrenching feeling was slowly disappearing, and even those memories became increasingly blurred.
So after Yan Xin entered the palace, every year he looked at Yan Xin's face which was somewhat similar to Shen Yangxi, as if the image in his memory would become vivid again.
But now, he has fallen in love with another woman.
I couldn't help but want to pamper her and indulge her little temper. I couldn't bear to see her get wronged. When I saw her crying, my heart felt like it was being pulled and it hurt so much.
Quan Minghe shuttled between the easels, his eyes always fixed on the paintings, never moving away for a long time.
It seems like I am lost in deep memories...
The other side.
Shen Yuning and Xitong left Lingxi Palace.
Xi Tong followed behind Shen Yuning silently. After hesitating for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, His Majesty has expressly forbidden you from entering Lingxi Palace again. So... are we still going?"
"Go, why not."
Shen Yuning replied without hesitation, with a stubborn look in her eyes.
When Xitong heard this, she felt extremely wronged and cried, "If you are discovered again, I will lose my life."
Shen Yuning chuckled, turned her head to look at her, and said soothingly: "Don't worry, how could I bear to let the lovely Xitong lose her life."
"Did you notice something wrong with Quan Minghe tonight?" Shen Yuning suddenly asked.
"What's wrong?" Xitong looked at her blankly.
"Normally, when Quan Minghe is in the palace, Li Ming never leaves his side. If he goes outside the palace, Zhao Cong follows him closely. But just now, Quan Minghe appeared in Lingxi Palace alone."
Shen Yuning frowned slightly, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"Now that you put it that way, it seems to be true."
Xitong suddenly realized, "But why didn't Li Ming follow His Majesty?"
"I suspect that there is some kind of passage connecting Weiyang Palace and Lingxi Palace, so Quan Minghe was able to come directly here and appeared so unexpectedly, and Li Ming did not follow him."
To walk from Weiyang Palace to the gate of Lingxi Palace, one has to go around the long palace road and corridor, but in fact, the closest part of the two palaces is only separated by a wall.
With Quan Minghe's ability, it is not difficult to dig a tunnel.
Perhaps after entering Lingxi Palace, he accidentally touched some mechanism, causing Quan Minghe to realize that someone had come to Lingxi Palace, so he rushed over through the passage alone, and Li Ming naturally did not follow him.
However, these are just my own guesses at the moment. If Quan Minghe does not come out of the palace before the morning court, then my guess is most likely correct.
Then Shen Yuning ordered again: "Stay outside the palace road tonight and see if Quan Minghe will come out from here."
Xitong said "yes".
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