Chapter 51: Living Together
In the palace, Han Qi immediately reported the murder of Princess Tangning to the Eastern Palace.
The beautiful night that the girl left him and the warm touch of her lips had not yet faded, and Ling Zhuoan couldn't sleep at all, so he sat at the table in the middle of the night to read the memorials, but it was obvious that he couldn't concentrate.
As he watched, the usually calm Crown Prince laughed strangely.
Until Han Qi appeared and had something important to report.
Ling Zhuoan thought that Ling Qingyan had something to give him, or had something to tell him.
He thought that she must be worried about him as well.
Unexpectedly, what Han Qi brought was the news that Ling Qingyan was kidnapped by criminals.
Ling Zhuo'an's face, which had been smiling brighter than peach blossoms, immediately turned cold, frozen as if ready to kill: "Tell me, what happened to Tang Ning?"
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Ling Qingyan sat with Yan Hong for half an hour before getting up and following him.
Fortunately, Yan Hong is not a perverted murderer. After several tests by Ling Qingyan, he should not have the intention of killing her.
The two of them walked together to the place where Yan Hong brought her.
It's not much better than a dilapidated temple.
It was a dilapidated house, the environment was dirty and messy, and the whole house was covered with dust. Ling Qingyan even felt that there were rats around.
"After walking for such a long time, you brought me here. It would be better to spend the night outside." Ling Qingyan complained weakly.
"It's windproof here. It will be cold outside, Princess." Yan Hong said as he brought the firewood outside the door into the house and lit it. The room suddenly became bright. Under the flickering firelight, Ling Qingyan's beautiful face became clearer in the room.
The girl was obviously out of place in this shabby house.
But her hair was messy, and her face was full of fatigue from running around. She was too tired today.
So much so that sitting by the fire and feeling the warm flames actually makes me feel a sense of comfort and ease.
Yan Hong sat opposite Ling Qingyan.
Even though Ling Qingyan was so tired, she still didn't dare to sleep in front of the kidnapper, even though he really didn't seem to want her life.
"Are your blue eyes natural?" Ling Qingyan asked. There are many colors of cosmetic contact lenses in the modern world, but she has never seen anyone with naturally heterochromic eyes.
"Yeah." Yan Hong smiled a bit evilly, looking straight at Ling Qingyan, "The reincarnation of an evil ghost, how is it, Your Highness, are you afraid?"
Yan Hong looked at her with his clear and bright sapphire eyes, as if he was really possessed by an evil spirit, looking at the prey he had chosen in front of him.
"Pfft." Ling Qingyan couldn't help laughing out loud, "You're taking me for a three-year-old? Are you kidding me? And you're even saying I'm the reincarnation of an evil ghost? I'm still a living god!"
Ling Qingyan spoke without reservation, and the smile on Yan Hong's face froze.
"you……"
For a moment, he didn't know whether he was surprised that she showed no fear of his blue eyes, or shocked that she mentioned God so directly.
"How can you say such a thing?" Yan Hong felt very strange.
"Didn't you say that first?" Ling Qingyan laughed. "If you had used this to trick me when I was five years old, I might have been scared by you, but now, you really are taking me for a fool."
Ling Qingyan saw his strange expression, paused, thought of something, and tentatively asked, "You haven't been accused of being the reincarnation of an evil spirit before, have you?"
Ling Qingyan thought that the ancients might have regarded this as an ominous sign.
"Yeah." Yan Hong's face was calm.
But his acting is really average, and his smiles are too forced.
"My dear hero, you don't believe it, do you?" Ling Qingyan looked at him teasingly, as if joking with a good friend.
"No." Yan Hong continued calmly.
Ling Qingyan didn't expose him, saying, "That's good. How could there be an evil ghost that looks like you? How could it not have a green face, fangs, and a bloody mouth? Otherwise, it would be too weak to kill."
The girl was joking with him.
Yan Hong felt very strange.
How could someone say something like this to him so casually as a joke?
At the same time, I felt that Chen Chuo was really a piece of shit.
Even after I returned to my ancestral home and my identity changed, I still hid it from him and didn't introduce the princess to me earlier.
"But your eyes are really beautiful." Ling Qingyan commented very objectively.
Like a mermaid in the sea, Ling Qingyan felt that it would be amazing if he had a tail and came out of the sea.
"Your Highness, do you think it looks good?" Yan Hong asked with a smile.
"It looks good. Most people want this but don't have it yet." Ling Qingyan was telling the truth.
"Then I'll go dig out a pair for you." Yan Hong didn't sound like he was joking at all.
Ling Qingyan: ...
"Are you sick?" She looked at him with a perverted expression again, "Aren't you a little too hard on yourself, righteous man?"
"They are not mine." Even though these eyes have brought him many disasters, Yan Hong will not give them up easily, give up the opportunity to see this world, and give up the opportunity to see such a good girl in front of him.
"In your Ling Kingdom, I also accidentally discovered a person with heterochromia before." Yan Hong was a little excited. "If Your Highness likes her, I..."
"Stop!" Ling Qingyan's eyes almost popped out. "I don't need it, and I don't want it. Don't hurt anyone!"
People are living a good life, and Yan Hong comes up and wants to dig out their eyes?
Totally heartless!
Besides, if he really got it for her, she would be scared to death.
I can't sleep well every day.
"I don't want to directly or indirectly take the lives of innocent people." Ling Qingyan said.
"Speaking of which, that old man was also my benefactor. He also had blue eyes, so he covered them up and started a fortune-telling business. Inspired by him, I also worked as a fortune-teller for two years, which saved me from starvation."
"You are a fortune teller at such a young age, will anyone come to you?" Ling Qingyan asked doubtfully.
After all, when it comes to fortune-telling, older people are often more convincing, and if they tidy up a bit, they can appear to have the air of an immortal.
He looked young now, not much older than her, let alone when he was younger.
"You may be young, but I can calculate accurately," Yan Hong said.
"Can you really tell fortunes?"
"Let's leave it to fate and do our best." Yan Hong raised his lips.
Ling Qingyan understood.
Just calculate it first, and if it’s not accurate, make it accurate.
The two chatted for a long time, and finally, dawn came.
"Let's go. After the money and goods are paid, I can go back to the palace to sleep." Ling Qingyan was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes.
"What should I do? I don't want to hand over His Highness. Compared to a thousand taels of gold, I still think His Highness is much more valuable." Yan Hong has the potential to turn his back on his promise.
"Your Highness, how about we elope and live together forever?" There was excitement in his eyes.
Ling Qingyan: “?”
"I think you don't want to live anymore."
Who wants to let you two live together? There are still a lot of big and small troubles waiting for her in the capital.
She is almost done with her strategy, how could she possibly go with him?
Besides, would I live with him and starve together? This is a rotten environment, I'm too lazy to criticize.
However, Yan Hong seemed to be selectively deaf and had already started dreaming.
"I will first hide Your Highness somewhere no one can find him. Then, when I find the Chen family's treasure map, I can give Your Highness a life of luxury as always. Then we will..."
Before Yan Hong could finish his words, a sharp sword cut through the sky and came towards him with a "swoosh". Yan Hong reacted alertly and dodged the arrow, but it also widened the distance between him and Ling Qingyan.
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