"Why are you here?" Xue Rou'er asked in shock.

Zi Tong said: "Do you know each other? Well, you can help me entertain him." After saying that, Zi Tong walked out.

Xue Rou'er didn't understand why Zi Tong left herself and Ling Muran alone. Seeing that the king had left, everyone in the palace evacuated one after another. In the end, only Xue Rou'er and Ling Muran were left in the entire hall.

"Rou'er, are you okay?" Ling Muran asked.

Xue Rou'er looked at Ling Muran. He was much more mature and steady, and his eyes were calm.

"I'm fine. Why did you come to Xilan Country?" Xue Rou'er asked somewhat uncomfortably.

Ling Muran said: "I came here specifically to see you."

"Looking for me? How do you know I'm still alive?" Xue Rouer vaguely felt that something was wrong. Everyone over there knew that she was in the palace, and no one knew that she had escaped.

Ling Muran smiled and said: "Someone told me. I remember that year you said you wanted real blood jade as a betrothal gift, so I brought it."

Xue Rou'er saw him take out a small box, and after opening it, there was a pair of blood jade butterflies inside. These butterflies were very similar to the ones she had brought with her in her previous life.

But... why was Ling Muran taking out the blood jade butterfly? Do he and Ling Muran still have some connection?

"This is an ancient blood jade. I found it in an ancient tomb and carved it with my own hands. Do you like it?" Ling Muran handed the blood jade butterfly to Xue Rou'er.

Xue Rouer took a step back in panic.

"Rou'er, don't be afraid. I have seen clearly through the ups and downs. Power and status are not important. What is important is the person around you." Ling Muran said with tenderness.

Xue Rouer asked with erratic eyes: "Why are you so nice to me?"

Ling Muran said: "I always thought you were a person who loved money as much as life, but then I learned that you used all your money to buy my peace. I knew that you are the one who cares about me the most."

Xue Rouer smiled brightly: "You are wrong, I don't care about you, I just don't want the fourth prince to bear the charge of not being able to tolerate his brothers and sisters."

Ling Muran shook his head and said: "You don't need to explain, I understand your heart. I hurt you too much before, so I made you leave your hometown. Come back with me and live an ordinary life in your hometown."

Xue Rouer sneered: "Why do you think I will go back with you?"

Ling Muran said: "The battles in the palace are what you despise the most. How can you be willing to stay and share a man with another woman? Don't worry, as long as you come back with me, I will never take a concubine. You are the only one in this life."

woman."

Xue Rou'er thought of Qin Mudan: "Where is Qin Mudan? Where did you put her?"

Ling Muran said: "Qin Mudan has joined her natal family, and her natal family has become the owner of the new oil workshop, helping the emperor to refine oil."

Xue Rouer frowned and said, "Where is the child?"

Ling Muran was silent for a moment and said: "She won't give it to me, but it's okay, that child will be the heir of the Qin family in the future."

Xue Rou'er sighed: "It's a pity that you planned for so long and got nothing in the end. Tan Mudan loves you very much. If you hadn't hurt her, she would never be so ruthless."

Ling Muran was silent for a moment and said: "I admit that I am not a good person, but I am sincere to you and I am really willing to change for you."

Xue Rou'er shook her head and said: "It's too late."

Ling Muran said: "It's not too late, as long as you can still accept me, I will treat you well."

Xue Rou'er still shook her head and said, "Just go, I won't leave."

Ling Muran frowned and said, "But why are you willing to compete with other women for a man? If you were willing, you would have become Ling Xiao's queen."

Xue Rouer's heart was suddenly touched by Ling Muran's words. She frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "Well... you are right..."

Ling Muran felt happy and said: "In this case, let's leave here immediately."

Xue Rou'er took a step back, dodged his outstretched hand, and said, "You are right. If I had wanted to, I would have been Ling Xiao's queen, but the key is that I don't want to."

Ling Muran was stunned and said in confusion: "Why don't you want to?"

Xue Rou'er's heart knot was opened and she suddenly became enlightened. She smiled and said: "Now I finally understand why I resist so persistently. The root cause is that I don't love him."

Ling Muran was stunned for a moment and asked: "What about me? You have loved me."

Xue Rou'er tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said: "Yes, I loved you, but it was just a temporary emotion. I can only say that it is my fault. I mistook gratitude for love. Maybe it is unfair to you.

But I am like a teacup that pours water into your teapot, but you give it to other teacups. When I am empty, I no longer love you."

"No...the teacup and the teapot are inseparable." Ling Muran defended nervously.

Xue Rouer smiled smartly: "You are wrong, the teacup and the teapot are not inseparable, because when another teapot pours boiling water into this teacup, then the teacup feels the warmth given by that teapot, but you don't

It's ice cold."

Ling Muran said anxiously: "No, this is unfair. I am a human being, not a teapot. I can change it, but the teapot cannot. If you insist on comparing me to a teapot, then I am willing to give you all the hot water.

."

Xue Rou'er shook her head and said: "That tea cup has been filled up and can't hold a drop of your water."

Ling Muran took a step back in panic and said, "No, I still have a chance. I can wait until the water there is empty."

Xue Rouer shook her head and said: "You are still so stubborn. Although you are not my first man, my first time was ruined in your hands. The entanglement between us has ended here. There is no future and no any

possible."

Ling Muran shouted: "Why don't you give me a chance?"

Xue Rou'er was silent for a moment and said: "I have given you countless opportunities, and even used self-deception to let me stay by your side for so long. Unfortunately... we are destined to have no destiny after all."

Ling Muran hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you let me put something on you?"

Xue Rouer asked in confusion: "What?"

Ling Muran didn't wait for her to finish speaking and quickly wiped it on her neck, leaving a black mark there.

"You..." Ling Muran's throat was stuck and she couldn't say anything else.

Xue Rou'er reached out and touched her neck, and saw something black on her hand. She frowned and asked, "Poison?"

Ling Muran shook his head and said: "It's phoenix blood!"

Xue Rouer asked in confusion: "What is phoenix blood?"

Ling Muran's lips trembled slightly and she said, "Did you sleep with him?"

Xue Rouer suddenly understood the role of phoenix blood and sneered: "Yes, I slept with him, I did it willingly, and I took the initiative!"
Chapter completed!