[R18] Dali Temple.Qing (Shuangjie solves the case 1v1) – “Dali Temple. Qing (Shuangjie solves the case 1v1)” Chapter 60 Family Banquet (1) [English]

“Oh…” Lin Wanqing lowered her head, feeling that her anxiety was getting better.

The two of them followed the small yellow gate and entered the Linde Hall.

The hall was brightly lit, like daylight.Under the palace lanterns, facing the cool breeze and blue waves, enjoying delicacies and jade liquid, all the guests were blushing and already drunk.

Lin Wanqing didn’t dare to look around. After entering, she only quietly glanced at the seat at the top.

Among the royal family members, she had only met the Queen Mother and Wei Shu.It seemed that neither of them had arrived yet, but the woman in fine clothes was sitting with a group of palace concubines, chatting and laughing.

At this time, a Huangmen chamberlain bowed and said something in her ear.

She then looked in the direction of Lin Wanqing and Su Moyi.

“Greetings to the Queen.”

Su Moyi approached and saluted the queen, and Lin Wanqing followed and knelt down.

“Hey, get up quickly,” the queen smiled, stretched out her hand to signal them to excuse themselves, and said to herself: “Your royal grandmother will be here soon, you guys sit down first.”

After saying this, he summoned the nanny and asked her to deliver the plate of milk cake in front of him.

“Your Majesty, Miss,” the wet nurse put the milk cake on the table and said, “Your Majesty knows that the Crown Prince likes milk cake. She personally asked the small kitchen of Chenghuan Hall to make this. The Crown Prince will like it…”

The unfinished words were stuck in her throat. The nanny’s hand softened, and the plate of milk cake rolled all over the floor.

Both of them were stunned, and when they looked up, they saw the wet nurse looking at Lin Wanqing with a surprised look on her face.

“Ah! Look how clumsy I am.” The wet nurse came to her senses and hurriedly explained, “I will go get another plate right now.”

At this time, there was a singing report from the Dahuang Gate outside the palace, and the Queen Mother came.

Everyone knelt down and saluted.

She walked in and exchanged a few casual greetings, then let everyone calm down, and then started to search the crowd with her eyes.

“Royal grandmother,” Su Moyi led Lin Wanqing over and called her obediently.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she did not pay attention to Su Moyi for the first time. A pair of smiling eyes fell on Lin Wanqing, as if she wanted to see her into a flower.

The first time they met, she only got angry and only glanced at Lin Wanqing briefly.

Now that I saw her again, I realized that the woman in front of me was indeed a rare beauty. Standing next to Su Moyi, everyone had to praise her for her talent and appearance.

She looked away for a moment, glanced at Su Moyi, and sighed angrily, “You have poisonous eyes.”

Su Moyi pretended not to hear, and went to help her back to her seat with red ears.

The Queen Mother did not let him help her, “It’s rare for you to enter the palace. You haven’t seen these clan members for a while, right?”

Su Moyi was stunned and didn’t move, but was pushed back by the Queen Mother, “You go and say hello to your uncles, aunts, and cousins. Miss Lin will support the Ai family.”

“I’m not familiar with him. What’s there to ask?” Su Mo couldn’t stop looking at Lin Wanqing without leaving.

The Queen Mother looked at him sideways and threatened, “Are you going or not?”

In a tone of “If you dare to refuse, don’t even think about getting a wife.”

Su Moyi hesitated reluctantly.

“Sir,” Lin Wanqing came to the rescue and gave him a relaxed smile, “The Queen Mother is right, it is precisely because of unfamiliarity that you need to be more affectionate.”

The implication is to tell him to go quickly.

Su Moyi looked at Lin Wanqing for a long time, and after confirming that she could really do it, she turned cold and left reluctantly.

The Queen Mother took Lin Wanqing’s hand, put it on her arm and said, “Hold me, let’s go to the observation deck in front of us for a walk.”

Linde Hall is built on a small slope on one side of Taiye Pond. There are no walls on three sides. An empty high platform in front faces the blue waves. When the wind is nice and the sun is bright, it is a good place to enjoy the scenery.

The two walked in silence for a while. The Queen Mother did not speak, and Lin Wanqing did not dare to speak, so she walked uneasily.

It wasn’t until the crowd was far away that the Queen Mother asked softly, “I heard from Jing Che that you don’t want your wedding date to be too soon?”

Lin Wanqing’s heart trembled, and the hand holding the Queen Mother trembled slightly.

“Well, yes, it’s because of civilian girls…”

“This is between you and Jingche,” the Queen Mother interrupted her, “You don’t have to explain it to me.”

She stopped suddenly and looked back at the bright lights behind her, her eyes filled with darkness, as if she had fallen into some memory.

“Although Jing Che often has a cold face and is not very affectionate towards others, he is a very emotional child.”

Lin Wanqing was stunned and did not answer.

The Queen Mother sighed and continued: “When he was less than three years old, his father died in the border battle. When he was a child, he often woke up crying in his dreams, clamoring for his father. But later, when Anyang died, he was eight years old. The Aijia took him to their side, but he never cried once.”

“The Aijia asked him why his mother didn’t cry? He said it was because if he cried, the Aijia would be worried. My mother can’t come back, and he didn’t want the Aijia to be saddened by the situation, let alone worry.”

The Queen Mother choked with sobs, and then she held Lin Wanqing’s hand, “This grandson of the Ai family is really like his mother. Sensible and affectionate, once he wants to be nice to someone, he will do it for the rest of his life. He will swallow all the suffering himself and protect the people he cares about in his heart.”

“So when he said he wanted to marry you, the Aijia didn’t ask anything, because the Aijia knew that asking anything was useless. But…”

The Queen Mother turned around and looked at Lin Wanqing. In the night, those eyes that had been observing the world for a long time seemed to turn into two chisels, trying to dig her open to see clearly.

“The Ai family knows that you are not fully sincere, and you still have something to hide from him.”

“Queen Mother…” Lin Wanqing’s pupils trembled, a chill ran down her spine and into her heart, and she heard her own voice trembling.

The Queen Mother did not mean to force her to tell the truth. She only waved her hand and reassured her: “The Ai family has no other intentions. I just want you to understand two things. Jing Che really has no defense against you now and has given up his heart. You can have wind or rain at this moment.”

“However, the Ai family also wants you to know that he is the child that the Ai family has watched grow up and devoted their efforts to. If you dare to do anything disadvantageous to him…” The Queen Mother paused, and her tone was tinged with the coldness and domineering tone of someone who has watched the court for a long time. “The Ai family also has a way to make your life worse than death.”

Even in the early winter weather, the Queen Mother’s words were enough to make Lin Wanqing’s vest drip with sweat.

She calmed down her chaotic mind and tried to find out, “Did the death of Princess Anyang have a big impact on him?”

The Queen Mother did not deny it, only said: “The eight-year-old child has become an adult overnight. The previous arrogance and playfulness are gone. He only does one thing from morning to night every day, and has memorized all the books on punishment and prison law in the Southern Dynasty several times.”

“Oh…” Lin Wanqing felt a little cold in her heart, and asked again: “Then… he should hate the person who killed his mother, right?”

The Queen Mother paused, as if she thought she asked a strange question, but she just responded: “It would be false to say that I don’t hate my mother for killing my mother. After so many years, the Ai family has not completely let go, let alone he?”

Not to mention he.

A rhetorical question almost ended all Lin Wanqing’s luck.

The winter night wind blew in, and a few palace lanterns on the high platform suddenly went out, and the surrounding area became dark.

The night forms a cage, trapping her.

The Queen Mother asked her not to be disadvantageous to Su Moyi, but looking at it now, she really didn’t know whether it was disadvantageous to hide all this from him; or to be honest with him, but see him torn between love and hatred.

In the Linde Hall, the figure in a moon-white brocade robe stood under the lamp, also looking towards them.

The wind blew up the corners of his robe, and the hem floated like flowing moonlight.

He seemed to see her, paused, nodded slightly towards her, and showed a light smile.

Once again, Lin Wanqing felt that Su Moyi was so far away from her.

He has always been an immortal walking in the clouds, but she is just an ordinary person living in the world.

“Let’s go,” the Queen Mother patted her hand and said with a smile, “Don’t keep Jing Che waiting.”