Feng Lai heard Qiu Liang's tone, as if he had forgotten all the embarrassing things that happened between them in the palace. Thinking carefully, she didn't seem to have done anything rude to Qiu Liang. After a long internal struggle, Feng Lai tried to pretend to be calm and indifferent and started chatting with Qiu Liang to pass the time: "Are you familiar with Wang Yanzhou? I heard earlier that you and Wang Nianqing seemed to have a special relationship with him behind his back?"
Qiu Liang said frankly without hiding anything: "We grew up together. Although I am only a Qilin Guard, we are all good brothers. Isn't it normal for brothers to have a good relationship?"
Feng Lai suddenly realized that she had previously thought Qiu Liang didn't accept her because she liked Tang Chen but couldn't get him and could only guard her. It seems that she had imagined too much and thought too much, and went astray: "No wonder, I was wondering why sometimes when I heard you chatting with Tang Chen, you didn't talk like a subordinate at all."
Qiu Liang nodded, picked up a piece of grass and twisted it in his hand, "Of course, Tang Chen is my sister-in-law."
The two of them fell into silence again. When the first rays of sunlight at dawn swept across the earth, a small grass insect broke the silence: "This is for you."
Feng Lai's eyes widened. After taking the straw bug from Qiu Liang with some surprise, he was as excited as a child who had received a gift. "Wow, I was wondering what you were playing with. You can actually play with grass like this! This is the first time I've seen such a gadget!"
Qiu Liang slowly took off the mask and said, "This is what my wife taught me before."
"Madam?" When Feng Lai turned around and looked at Qiu Liang, her heart seemed to stop beating for a moment. There was a beautiful person like Qing Yang. As expected, Qiu Liang had deceived her that day.
Qiu Liang faced Feng Lai with his true face, but in fact, it was just to express his apology and gratitude: "It's not Tang Chen, it's Madam Wang Zhen, Yan Zhou's mother."
Feng Lai carefully put the grass insect away and said, "...I will keep it well. Thank you. This is the best gift I have received since coming to Liang State."
Qiu Liang smiled and said, "You will receive more and better gifts in the future, gifts that are more worthy of your cherishment than this grass insect."
Before Fenglai could speak, Yingchun, who had been silently watching the distance, suddenly stood up and said, "Princess, Princess, look! It's the flag of Shu! People from Shu are here to pick us up!"
Feng Lai said with some regret: "That's great, you can finally get rid of this burden of mine."
After putting on the mask, Qiu Liang corrected her, "Princess Feng Lai, that's not right. You are not a burden, but the lucky star of Qingliang Valley. After sending you a thousand miles, we must finally say goodbye. Please accept my greeting, Princess."
Looking at the man in front of him who was bowing his head and hunching over, Feng Lai didn't help him up. Instead, he asked calmly, "So, did you deliberately lie to me that day, and it wasn't because of someone else?"
Qiu Liang: “…”
Qiu Liang's silence was his answer. Feng Lai sighed deeply and continued, "I'll ask you one last question. Please answer me sincerely. I just want an answer."
Qiu Liang said, "Princess, ask."
During her time at the Qingliang Palace, she had always been troubled by the issue of love. Although Feng Lai knew that as a princess, her mind shouldn't be solely focused on these romantic matters, she was also a girl, a girl with similar desires as everyone else: "Am I really so unlovable? What exactly do you hate about me?"
"The princess is very good, but I am not worthy of her." Qiu Liang's answer seemed to be the same reason most people use to reject another person's advances, nothing new. But this answer was enough for Feng Lai to let go of all the entanglements in his heart.
Feng Lai breathed a sigh of relief. Okay, the sun was out, and the haze that should have dissipated had vanished. "...Huh, I once asked my father a question. If I like someone, but they don't like me back, or even reject me outright, should I keep trying to make them see my good side? You asked him what he said, and he told me that no matter if it's a man or a woman, if the other person has already rejected you outright, any further entanglement would be rude."
Feng Lai didn't know that while she and Qiu Liang were resolving the dispute, Li Yan had arrived with his men. As he dismounted, Li Yan happened to overhear Feng Lai's words and couldn't help but sigh, "It seems my son has grown up quite a bit during his time in Qingliang Valley."
Feng Lai's expression changed: "This voice is!"
At the same time, Xixin and Yingchun knelt on the ground: "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Li Yanxu helped the two women historians and said, "Get up! You've all worked hard on this journey. Pack your things. We're going back to Shu."
"yes!"
Although Qiu Liang had heard of Li Yan, the King of Shu, he had never met him. At this moment, it seemed that such an approachable man and a domineering king like Emperor Gan Zhao had nothing in common. "Meet the King of Shu."
Li Yan saw the eye-catching Qilin mask from afar and said, "You must be the guard mentioned in Prince Qingliang's letter. Thank you for escorting my daughter. As a father, I am very grateful."
Qiu Liang didn't waste any words and said directly, "The King of Shu is really too polite. The princess has been safely delivered. Qiu Liang will take his leave first."
The King of Shu stared at Qiu Liang thoughtfully for a moment, then said, "Thank you. Please also give my regards to the King of Qing Liang and the Princess."
After watching Qiu Liang leave, Feng Lai tilted her head back and squinted her eyes to feel the warmth of the sun. Then she turned around and ran to Li Yan's side. Like an ordinary little girl playing coquettishly with her father, she held his hand and said, "Father, Qingliang Valley is in such a mess right now. Why did you come here in person?"
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