After the dinner in the front hall of the Wang family, Xuan Ji waited quietly for the arrival of the second half of the night. She could have slept first, but she slept very lightly.
Occasionally she would have a strange question, how did she get here so many years before she met Qin Zhongming?
With a feeling of anxiety and expectation, she walked through the quiet and dim night and quietly came to the familiar room again. The oil lamp in the room suddenly lit up, but in fact it was just a flame.
But in the dark early morning, the breath suddenly became warm and bright. The light seemed to illuminate Xuanji's wandering heart, and seemed to focus on every private corner of her.
She couldn't imagine what kind of mythical beast the ice unicorn Zhong Ming claimed was, but she felt a kind of love from deep in her heart.
There were all kinds of sounds in the room that were unbearable to listen to, except for the unfinished words, but Wang Xuanji seemed to really hear many wordless love words. Zhong Ming was pouring out his words, as if he was telling a well without reservation.
His infatuation, his extreme tenderness and enthusiasm, even seemed to swallow Xuanji's soul. Xuanji didn't need to ask if he disliked him, she just felt his love and compassion that he couldn't put down, and there was no need to ask any more questions. Xuanji felt
The touch of his words was not that he was speaking to a well, but that every word touched her heart.
The bright and exciting emotions were eventually covered by the clothes, and the night became quiet again. Only the firelight on the celadon lampstand was still on, but the light was no longer as bright as before.
The air was filled with a variety of smells, fragrances, sweat and indescribable smells mixed together, as if spices were sprinkled into the turbid water. The fragrance was very moist, and there was no refreshing feeling, just like when she held up her long hair with her fingers,
The wet and greasy feeling left on your fingertips.
At this time, Xuan Ji had calmed down and was too embarrassed to look at Qin Liang and his wife. When Qin Liang glanced at her, she pretended not to know and avoided her eyes without responding. She was very emotionally involved before, but then she really felt that something was wrong.
It's a bit hard to explain.
Xuan Ji looked at her appearance in the bronze mirror. The thick dark robe had covered her snow-white and delicate skin, but her long hair was a bit messy, her makeup was also smudged, and her skin still had lingering redness and sweatiness.
This messy appearance looked as if it had just been forced.
In this quiet early morning, in the dark and simple room, there seemed to be some uneasiness in the ambiguous, warm and tired atmosphere.
Just like before, Qin Liang saw Xuan Ji off.
Qin Liang looked a little worried, and Xuan Ji could guess what he was thinking without asking.
The two of them walked along the corridor and were almost at the gatehouse in front, but Qin Liang held Xuan Ji's hand, looking a little reluctant to leave. Xuan Ji couldn't help but whisper: "Tomorrow afternoon, can Zhong Ming come back early?"
Qin Liang nodded.
...In the afternoon of the next day, when the sun had just turned west, Qin Liang returned to the Wang family's residence as promised.
Qin Liang had not been to the old room at the back of the bedroom for a long time. After all, he later became close to Xuan Ji and no longer had to avoid Wang Lingjun. Xuan Ji seemed to really have something to say today.
The two of them went out from the small door on the side of the bedroom and still walked through a section of fire-smoked wooden eaves.
The old wooden furniture in the old house was covered with dust. Qin Liang was a little taller than Xuan Ji, so he brushed the cabinet with his robe sleeves, picked her up and sat on the counter, wanting to kiss her face to face.
Xuan Ji pushed his chest and said softly: "Zhong Ming, listen to me first. I want to tell you a secret."
Qin Liang hugged her, their faces were very close, and their voices could be heard clearly even in low voices.
Xuan Ji sat on the counter, her eyes a little complicated. She suddenly looked directly into Qin Liang's eyes. It seemed that she had finally gathered enough courage, and she was still a little impulsive. She said, "Actually, I am not the daughter of the Wang family."
"Oh." Qin Liang responded.
Xuan Ji looked surprised and blurted out: "What does this mean?"
Qin Liang said: "My aunt doesn't look like my grandfather. Sometimes she looks very worried. I can probably guess what she says about the danger. I just don't know what's going on."
Xuan Ji glanced at him and said, "But I look a bit like my mother. Everyone thinks that I look like my mother. Does Zhong Ming know why no one doubts me?"
Qin Liang waited quietly.
As expected, Xuan Ji said: "My mother followed my father in Qingzhou. At that time, my mother had been living in the governor's house, and there was no other man in the house. She was indeed pregnant, and the mistress of the Wang family came to Qingzhou to drive her away.
We went out, but my father saw my mother’s belly getting bigger. So later on, my father wanted to take us back to the Wang family, and he said without any doubt that I was his biological daughter.”
She sighed quietly and added: "But the child in my mother's belly died within two days of birth, and it was a boy. It happened that her hometown in Qingzhou was hit by a disaster, and her cousin took her newly born baby to seek refuge.
, that baby is me.”
Xuan Ji's voice gradually became choked as she spoke, "Later, my biological mother came to see me and was persuaded by Madam Bai. She said that she wanted me to be the daughter of the Wang family and live a good life with fine clothes and fine food."
But she did not cry, but took a deep breath, then sighed, and her chest relaxed slightly.
Qin Liang hugged her tighter and patted her back gently.
Xuanji's voice has become strange, "We have been deceiving the Wang family."
Qin Liang said softly: "It's useless for me to tell the Wang family. Grandpa and uncle are so shameless people, how can they allow the matter to spread? As of now, they can only continue to recognize my aunt as Wang, and they will not agree to my surname."
Stay with me."
"Yes." Xuan Ji sighed, "I am not from the royal family. With such a background, will you dislike me?"
Qin Liang said: "What do you think?"
Xuanji hugged Qin Liang tightly, "I can only survive by relying on you..." She paused for a moment and then said, "But I didn't get to know you because I wanted to find someone to rely on again."
"I know." Qin Liang said, "Otherwise, you can get married, and you can even marry someone who is married to a matchmaker. If you don't tell others your secret, how dare Mrs. Bai tell it?"
Qin Liang thought for a while and asked: "Mrs. Bai didn't force my aunt to marry, so my only way is to use this matter to blackmail Mrs. Bai?"
Xuan Ji nodded lightly, "She threatened me before, saying that she would tell her secrets, and then send me to be a karaoke artist. At that time, I was young and couldn't understand many things. I was only afraid. Now I know that Amu is better than
I was more afraid, so I threatened her instead."
For a moment, the chess board suddenly appeared in Qin Liang's mind. The rook stared at the knight, and the cannon waited for the rook, maintaining some kind of brief and fragile stability.
"This is a solution for the time being." Qin Liang said, "But this matter cannot be postponed for long. After I take office, I will find a way to hide my daughter."
It is indeed inconvenient for Qin Liang to hide people now. It is difficult to meet people if they are far away. If people are close to Luoyang, it is easy to be found by the Wang family. It is best to go somewhere. Xuan Ji is not an important person, so there is almost no risk in hiding somewhere.
When Xuan Ji heard this, she actually showed an excited expression, "Hide my concubine and only be with you and your lord all day long. Will you keep my concubine for the rest of your life?"
Qin Liang said: "If you don't raise it, you only need to draw water from the soil and then bask in the sun to survive."
Xuan Ji bit her red lips and said softly: "Didn't I turn into a flower?"
Qin Liang couldn't help but pondered again: "It will probably take a few months for me to go to Guanzhong. Shouldn't anything happen in a few months?"
Xuanji said: "Don't worry, everything will be fine. My mother was really frightened. She believed that I had the courage to tell the truth. She doesn't dare to hit me now. She just cried and complained about my upbringing. I will make it clear to her."
Yes, as long as I am allowed to leave the cabinet, I will tell the secret."
Qin Liang said in a deep voice: "In this battle against Shu, I will definitely perform meritorious service so that I can secure my position as governor. Then I will take my daughter and leave Luoyang. Before I leave, I will tell you that I will consult with her sometimes."
.”
Xuanji put her arms around his neck and sniffed his breath, "I'm waiting for you to return."
Qin Liang said: "At that time, my life will probably not be as good as in the Wang family, and there will not be so many people to accompany me, so it may be a bit boring."
Xuanji shook her head and said: "As long as I can live on without worrying, I will be very satisfied. Unlike my mother, I don't want many things."
"Do you want to tell your Majesty?" Qin Liang asked softly.
Xuanji said: "After Zhongming went to Guanzhong, I looked for an opportunity to tell you. I just felt sorry for the Wang family, so I couldn't say it, so I wanted to tell Zhongming first."
The two hugged each other and rubbed their temples together. Qin Liang felt that Xuanji was very soft and smelled good. There was no need to change his position at this moment. Qin Liang put his palm on her cheek. In the bright light of the afternoon, she was so close to appreciate her.
Gradually she felt a little embarrassed, her beautiful phoenix eyes were lowered, and she looked at Qin Liang from time to time. Today Xuan Ji did not wear makeup and was wearing a dark linen robe, but the skin on her neck and collarbone was white and delicate, and her body was
The lines were also very beautiful. Qin Liang began to imagine the scenery under the coarse cloth. His hand also touched Xuan Ji's belt.
After a long time, Xuanji gently jumped down from the cabinet, stretched out her hands to pull the skirts on both sides of the robe and folded them together. She looked at the cabinet and the ground, then raised her head to look at Qin Liang, and said softly: "You, please leave first.
If people see us walking together alone in broad daylight, it would still not be good."
Qin Liang responded, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered a trivial matter, and turned to look at Xuan Ji who was collecting dust, "I meet you in the corridor every time. Where are you waiting for me?"
Xuanji blushed and said: "Study, stand on the wooden ladder."
Qin Liang suddenly nodded.
He walked along the path to the bedroom house, then went out through the main door, and then came to the study room in the courtyard. He had lived in this courtyard for a long time, so naturally he often came to the study room, but he didn't pay much attention to the wooden stairs.
.At this time, he couldn't help but climbed to the middle of the wooden ladder, bent down and looked out the window. Sure enough, he could see the road from the gatehouse.