"No matter what you do, Xie Lingqin can never be yours."
Yuwen Yao's eyes darkened, the moonlight cast a shadow, and a murderous aura emanated from his body.
"Alright, now that Her Majesty the Empress is seriously ill, I also want to know whether you will go to the palace to visit Her Majesty the Empress who is on the verge of death, or if you really want to be criticized and stay in the Crown Prince's residence to be close to her."
Yuwen Yao's eyes darkened.
This is a threat.
If he enters the palace, he will be abandoning Xie Lingqin. If Xu Yiran makes a move, he will not be able to rescue her in time.
But if he didn't go to the palace, he believed that his mother was not doing well at the moment.
“The Crown Prince is filial, so naturally he should enter the palace.”
At this moment, Xie Lingqin suddenly walked out. She was languid, with her black hair loose. Even the black cloak with cloud patterns on her body belonged to the Crown Prince. Only her pink and delicate face was visible as she looked at Xu Yiran with light and indifferent eyes.
Although the night was quiet, it wasn't so quiet that there were no pedestrians coming and going. Not far from the gate of the Crown Prince's residence, there were still occasional passersby who sighed upon seeing the scene.
It turns out that the Crown Prince and Miss Xie were already together...
Xu Yiran's gaze was fixed on Xie Lingxin, her face slightly pale, her eyelashes trembling slightly, "Xiao Qin, could it be that you've forgotten what I said to you in the cave that day?"
Xie Lingqin's eyes narrowed, but she remained calm. "Xu Yiran, everything concerning Yuwen Yao is my own decision. No one else needs to interfere."
“An outsider…” Xu Yiran’s heart skipped a beat, her eyes filled with pain, and a bitter smile spread across her face. “Xiao Qin, in your eyes, I am just an outsider…?”
That pained, sad, and forlorn expression truly stung Xie Lingqin.
However, Xie Lingqin knew that no matter what the reason was, she had a strange sense of closeness to Xu Yiran. In her heart, the one she loved, the one who opened her heart, the one she gradually accepted and could not leave, the one she wanted to stay by his side at all times, the one who could touch him, was Yuwen Yao, the one beside her, the one who could make her blush and her heart race when he spoke sweet words, and the one whose heart would beat like a drum when he was really slow to react.
It is Yuwen Yao.
She can tell the difference.
"Xu Yiran, I've said before that we can be friends."
Xie Lingqin let out a soft sigh, her tone tinged with regret. The evening breeze blew, causing her black hair to flutter, and her face remained serene and pure.
"Xiao Qin, what if there are things I absolutely must stop?" Xu Yiran suddenly stepped forward. "If one day Yuwen Yao and I are on opposite sides, will you help him or me?"
"Help Yuwen Yao." Xie Lingqin answered without the slightest hesitation, a response that was enough to utterly defeat Xu Yiran.
"hehe……"
Xu Yiran laughed, a mocking laugh that held a turbulent undercurrent, yet her face remained impassive. "So, if it's either me or Yuwen Yao who dies, will you help him plunge that sword into my chest in the end?"
Xie Lingqin remained silent for a moment, then sighed, "Xu Yiran, I have always considered you a friend."
Even though I don't understand why I feel so heartbroken and reluctant to let you go, I will never plunge that knife into your chest, because it will never come to that.
"Xiao Qin, you... am I too late, or was I wrong back then?"
then?
Xie Lingqin's expression froze slightly. Back then...
What did she and Xu Yiran have back then? The lightness that sometimes appeared and sometimes disappeared in her body seemed to be surging in her lungs again without warning, as if it was about to rush to the top of her head.
"From now on, I'll be by your side."
The vague feeling subsided with Yuwen Yao's words, and he gently took her hand, speaking softly.
When Xie Lingqin met Yuwen Yao's gaze, she felt a sense of peace and tranquility.
To love someone is to find that nothing is better than loving them.
"Xu Yiran, I truly love her. For her, I would stand against the world, and I will never give up."
Yuwen Yao looked at Xu Yiran, expressing his determination.
But……
Xu Yiran looked at Xie Lingqin.
Xiaoqin, do you know that the gentleness you show him is actually plunging me into an abyss of despair?
“Yuwen Yao, from birth, from the first time we met, we have never been on the same side. In this world, I can give in to anything and anyone, but she, Xiao Qin, is the one person I can’t let go of…”
Xu Yiran's eyes held a bitter smile, which drifted into Xie Lingqin's ears like a gentle breeze.
Xie Lingqin didn't respond for a while, but unconsciously tightened her grip on Yu Fangyan Yao's hand.
Xu Yiran's expression suddenly darkened. She took a step back, her face turning cold. "Your Highness, are you going to the palace now?"
“Xu Yiran, if you insist on using the Empress as a threat, then…”
Xie Lingqin stepped forward, her face as cold as ice.
"Then, unless you want the Heavenly Mystery Palace to be destroyed." She said each word slowly and deliberately, as if ice was slowly hitting Xu Yiran, making her feel as if she had fallen into a valley.
"What did you say?" Xu Yiran, a man who was usually calm and composed, had a hint of doubt and disbelief flash in the depths of his extremely clear eyes as he stared intently at Xie Lingqin, a storm of emotions slowly spreading from the depths of his eyes.
Xie Lingqin's heart stirred slightly, but her expression remained unchanged, her emotions extremely calm. As the wind whipped her cloak, she gently touched her hair and said, "Heavenly Mystery Hall."
"Okay, you're so good, Xiao Qin, you..."
“I’ve already sent men with gunpowder to guard that entrance. If you make the slightest move, or if anything happens to Her Majesty the Empress, I won’t sit idly by. I’ll retaliate in kind. Xu Yiran, I really…” Xie Lingqin turned her head slightly, “I just love Yuwen Yao. Was I wrong?”
"Wrong? Heh... You're not wrong, I'm the one who's wrong..."
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