The dark purple sleeves were embroidered with complicated ancient rattan patterns, and the luxurious purple satin brushed past her shoulders. Leng Ruofeng brushed past her leisurely, a faint smile forming on his face. Leng Ruoli lowered her head and stood alone on the lonely cobblestone path. Her mind was filled with that scarlet figure, but Leng Ruofeng's words kept echoing in her ears. She frowned, and her eyes were misty. A drop of cool water rolled down from her gently blinking eyelashes, slid across her beautiful face, and fell on the blood-red azalea petals, disappearing into the fiery red.
Leng Suwan stood on the pontoon bridge in the Green Water Courtyard, her black robe swaying gently in the mountain wind. The water reflected her slightly thin figure. She stood with her hands behind her back, carrying a desolate aura.
A lake-blue dress was draped behind her. The water reflected a woman slowly walking out of the bamboo house on the lake and towards Leng Su Wan. The woman's black hair was casually tied up with a bronze step inlaid with a dark blue gem. Her gentle appearance and the smile on her lips made one's heart warm.
"Ah Wan, I've prepared breakfast. Come in and eat!”Su Rouying walked to Leng Suwan's side, looking at the woman in black and said gently.
"How is Ran?" Leng Su said lightly without turning her head.
A trace of sadness appeared on Su Rouying's face, but the smile on her lips did not disappear. She turned back to look at the simple bamboo house. The two corners of the house had bamboo wind chimes swaying in the wind. The green bamboos produced a crisp and natural sound when they collided in the wind. There was no clear sound, but it had a different meaning.
"Ran was cold all night and fell asleep at midnight today. She hasn't woken up yet.”Her voice was still gentle and gentle, without any sobs.
Leng Suwan finally tilted her head slightly, her eyes cold and emotionless,""Mother? I really don't know if I should call you mother, and if you can bear to call me mother.”
Her words seemed to be asking Su Rouying, but her tone was so indifferent that it did not even sound like a question. It gave Su Rouying and herself an answer. Although it was a cruel answer for a mother, Su Rouying only smiled and said nothing.
"Is the Su family's secret worth it for you to abandon your biological daughter's life?”When Leng Suwan asked this, she turned around, her pale lips curved into the same arc as Su Rouying's, but she couldn't help but feel cold.
Leng Suwan was so suitable for this black color, which was so colorless that it was ethereal compared to the moon white. It was obvious that this black color was suitable for her cold and unfeeling nature. Perhaps she had no feelings, or perhaps she had injected too much emotion into it, which was why she was dyed in such a heartless and passionate black color.
"Ah Wan, the Su family's secret is not only about the country's treasures, but also the number one in the world that everyone in the martial arts world has obtained.”
Number one in the world? Leng Suwan sneered. Did she come to some melodramatic martial arts world to hunt for treasure and win first place? According to the helpless routine, it was probably possible.
"You don't know, but this treasure was left behind by the previous generations of the Su family's head. The Su family had been in business since the previous dynasty, and the previous family heads had given half of the gold and silver they had obtained to the people of the family to survive, while the other half was kept for future needs. After seven generations, the Su family's treasures were as rich as a country. Not to mention buying a city, it was more than enough to buy the entire world. Ever since the fourth generation of the family head, the clan members were unfortunately dragged into the battle of the martial world. The ancestral teachings of the Su family were to stay away from the court and not to enter the Jianghu. However, the family head of that generation wanted to suppress the Su family's treasure in exchange for the number one saber manual in the world because of his greed.”
Su Rouying spoke tirelessly. Her voice was gentle, and it was very much like her. Even if it was a bloody storm, it was just a story to her.
"After that, the elders of the clan couldn't stop the patriarch of that generation, so they could only protect the half of the parchment scroll in the patriarch's hand with their lives. The first family head was greedy for the sake of his descendants, so he wrote the location of the treasure on a sheepskin scroll and split it into two. Every generation's family head would hold half of it, and the clan leader would hold half of it. At the end of their lives, they would piece together the sheepskin scroll with the clan leader and order the personal guards to send the half-lived experience of the silver material to the treasure. In order to prevent outsiders, the people in the clan all bowed down a kind of smiling grass. Its name was kind, but it was extremely poisonous. Without the Clan Leader's timely antidote, his five internal organs would be destroyed. Every breath he took would be like a thousand arrows piercing through his heart, and he would die from the pain.”
Looking at the broken lifeline in her hand, Su Rouying's face turned unnaturally pale. She raised her eyes and smiled." The number one saber manual in the world actually belongs to the Su family. It's just that the saber manual belongs to the Su family's past patriarchs." The Patriarch was the guardian of the Su Clan. He had been loyal to the Su Clan for generations and was also the God of the Su Clan. That generation's family head was involved in the battle of the martial world, and what he wanted in vain was actually to stay by his side every day. Later on, due to greed, he was ordered to be executed by the clan leader. Therefore, greed…could really kill! Those things belong to the Smiths, so why should I hand them over? What for the world? Since the Emperor is not benevolent, then let a benevolent and wise person sit. Since he is incompetent, don't even think about asking me to hand over the Su family's hard work for more than 400 years to help this fatuous Emperor!”
She was still smiling, but her pale face made her look weak. Leng Suwan's heart was filled with pity. She knew, she always knew that Su Rouying could not hold on any longer. She could see that Su Rouying's footsteps were unsteady and her face was pale. Although there was a smile in her eyes, it was dull. She tightened her grip on her sleeve, loosening it again and again…Finally, she reached out and put her arm around her shoulder."Ran didn't blame you, and neither did I.”
The corners of Su Rouying's lips curled up, and her smile was hollow."Of course I know my daughter. Ah Ran has been a loner since she was young and has never called me mother. I only hope that before I die, she can call me…even if it's just once…it's good.”
Leng Suwan pursed her lips and her eyes moved to the bamboo house. Her usually indifferent eyes flashed with sadness.
Green Water Courtyard was indeed a good place to hide from the world. No matter how bloody the dark and bright villages were, this place was peaceful. In the afternoon, on both sides of the pontoon bridge of the Green Water Courtyard stood two rows of blue-clothed maids. These young girls had smiles that were not familiar with the world. In such a bright and sunny afternoon, each of them carried an octagonal white paper palace lantern in their hands, as if they were sending a funeral. Leng Huanhuan stood quietly at the end of the pontoon bridge, holding a white cuckoo in her hand. Her untied hair fell to her ankles like a waterfall, and a white silk flower was pinned to her ear.
"Fifth Sister, since you're here, why don't you accompany Xi Qing to taste this Da Hong Pao?”
Dressed in black, Madam Ye was sitting in front of a short table, fiddling with a blue-and-white glazed tea set. Mist was rising from the purple clay teapot at the side, bringing with it the faint fragrance of tea. Madam Ye said calmly without raising her head. Her movements were smooth and elegant.
"Jing Qing? Aren't you married? Could it be that you're returning home today?" Leng Yuya stepped onto the pontoon bridge. Her light green dress was draped on the ground, and her elbows were draped over the long dark green gauze. Her green soft silk embroidered shoes made a squeaky sound as she walked on the bamboo pontoon bridge. Her sleeves were embroidered with delicate roses. The white cuckoo in her hand carried a dull sense of mourning. She slowly approached Madam Ye, or rather…the former sixth miss of the Shadow Villa, Leng Ziqing.
Leng Ziqing paused when she heard that, but she quickly washed the tea spoon with the orange tea as if nothing had happened. Leng Yunya sat down opposite her, picked up the white glazed porcelain cup, played with it for a while, and said,""Jing Qing, how are you doing at your husband's house? I remember that you married into the Ye family in Jiangnan. I heard from Fourth Brother that it was a scholarly family.”
With a faint smile, Leng Ziqing filled the cups on the saucer in front of her with tea. She picked up one cup and sniffed it, her voice neither fast nor slow."Fifth sister, it has been 18 years. Her husband died 17 years ago.”
Leng Biya looked at Leng Biqing in surprise. Although she had made enough expressions, she was still a beauty with a poker face. There was nothing but emptiness. She took a sip of the tea. The fragrance of orchid lingered in her mouth, but it also carried a faint bitterness that lingered on the tip of her tongue for a long time.
She tilted her head as if she was thinking. Her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she looked extremely serious. After a long time, when his face was getting paler, he said faintly,"That lady who claimed to be Rou Ying's daughter also said that it's already been eighteen years, but…Rou Ying said that Zhong Yuan will return.”
"Fifth Sister, do you believe me? "I'm sure Fifth Sister already has an answer in her heart, but…" Leng Ziqing looked up at the woman with pity. His long fingers crossed the dense purple clay pot and pointed at Leng Huanhuan's heart.""Fifth Sister is just unwilling to believe it.”
"I don't believe it. If he really doesn't come back, then what's the point of my anticipation all these years? Back then, he betrayed me and promised to marry me…Why did I end up seeing him in Third Sister's bed? " He said that he would explain to me when he came back and that he would marry me…Why did he…why did he go back on his word…" She covered her eyes with her right hand and raised her head slightly. Her eyes were like ink on the clean wooden floor. The sunlight shone on her shiny nails, bringing a faint pink color. A drop of crystal-clear tear flowed from her palm and slid down her pale face.
Leng Ziqing couldn't help but cover her eyes with her hand and gently pried her fingers apart, revealing her eyes that were stained with colorless blood. This woman had trapped herself in a maze for more than ten years. All she wanted was to escape from what she had seen back then. One was his most respected elder brother, and the other was the person he loved with all his life. She couldn't judge who was right and who was wrong. She could only freeze time in a self-numbing manner, not thinking about it or looking at it.
"Jing Qing…I loved him for my entire life. It started from the most beautiful years of my life and ended when I was lonely. I played the song " East Wind " for him countless times, but he didn't come…He didn't even appear once in his dreams at night…He must hate me, hate me for being jealous of Rou Ying, hate me for not saving him and Rou Ying…He likes Rou Ying so much…He could marry me for Rou Ying, so why didn't he see me again for Rou Ying? "Even if it's just once…That way, I won't have to live half crazy and half awake for so many years…" She said incoherently as tears fell. The longing and madness that she had endured for nineteen years was like a reservoir that had been opened. It overflowed crazily from her body and could not be stopped.
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