Qi Zhen pursed her lips tightly, raised her hand to gather Linglong's hair scattered on the pillow in her palm, and then covered half of Linglong's face with her hair, like the woman in the dream, with her hair covering her face.

Then, he glanced at Linglong at this moment, recalling the appearance of the woman in the dream over and over in his mind.

The exquisite face and the face of the woman in the dream completely overlapped before Qi Zhen's eyes.

It was so similar that his eyes were filled with confusion.

If the person in the dream was not Shen Linglong, how could they be so similar?

But if the person in the dream was Linglong, why did Yingling say that she was the Crown Princess?

Although Qi Zhen dreamed about how absurdly he fell in love with Linglong in the dream, he also saw himself dancing the sword for Linglong under the moonlight.

But Qi Zhen knew that he would never marry Linglong as the crown prince.

No matter how much I cherish it, I won’t.

He knew himself well, but he loved her to the core and was devoted to her, so what could he do? The supreme favor was the limit, and Shen Linglong was not suitable to be the crown prince, let alone the queen.

Qi Zhen knew that he was not a person who would abandon his reason for the sake of his children.

If he is just a husband from an ordinary family, and only chooses the wife he likes when marrying, then of course he will marry the girl he loves as his wife, regardless of his background, skill, temperament, as long as she has love.

But Qi Zhen was not a husband looking for a man in the market, but a prince of the royal family. Since he became a prince, and since he was interested in the throne, his wife was absolutely impossible, and it was just love.

The beloved concubine is the beloved concubine, and the queen is the queen. The line between superiority and inferiority in Qi Zhen's heart could not be clearer.

If everything in the dream really happened, Qi Zhen knew clearly that he in the dream would never marry Linglong as the crown prince.

I won’t love it any more.

Looking at it now, doesn't he like Shen Linglong?

Naturally, he loved her, but no matter how much he loved her, he never seriously thought about letting Shen Linglong get the position of Crown Princess.

Because he clearly understood that it was not suitable.

Linglong's temperament also embarrasses his position as a head wife.

Shen Linglong was too squeamish, reckless, and romantic. These squeamishness, recklessness, and romance were all Qi Zhen's favorites. However, it was these qualities that he loved that destined Linglong not to be the crown princess.

Qi Zhen knew very well what kind of wife he wanted.

The wife he wants must be virtuous, courteous, talented and virtuous. She does not need to be outstanding in birth, but must be tolerant and must not be jealous.

But what about Shen Linglong? She has been very pampered since she was a child. She is not at all like a noble daughter raised by a high-ranking family in the capital. Not to mention compared to the legitimate daughter of a high-ranking family, even a concubine raised by a family in the capital is probably better than

She was virtuous and courteous. As for her talents and virtues, those words were handed down by Qi Zhen who could not see her when he was in Nanyuan.

Shen Luan is considered a Confucian general in the capital, and the eldest daughter of the Shen family is also a well-known talented woman in the capital. She attaches great importance to etiquette, but she is born like this Linglong. She has learned everything, but her thoughts are on rouge, gouache, gold, silver, and jade. Seriously

She is a tacky little girl.

Speaking of tolerance, Qi Zhen knew clearly in his heart that Shen Linglong was the most jealous.

Not to mention the harmony between the wives and concubines, if she could become a powerful crown princess and she was willing to obey her, Shen Linglong might not even be able to tolerate the maids who came and served tea in the study.

Qi Zhen was conceited and had a clean eye, and always thought that the one he would fall in love with would be the noble girl from a well-known family who was full of poetry and books and was the most knowledgeable in etiquette.

Before meeting Linglong, she was not just a wife, but a concubine and maid, and Qi Zhen didn't like those who were coquettish and indulgent.

Qi Zhen thought that the wife he wanted was like the calligraphy he hung on the wall, every word of which was a sage's instruction.

Linglong, on the other hand, is more like a picture of a beauty hidden in a dark room, invisible to the light of day, yet extremely beguiling.

This is why Qi Zhen always thought that his love for Shen Linglong was just for sex.

In his heart, he has always believed that this love is no different from the white jade stone in the palm of his hand or the picture of a beautiful woman on the wall.

Because of this, at this moment, Qi Zhen felt that his affection towards Shen Linglong in the dream was so absurd.

Hey, Qi Zhen, you are a fan of the authorities.

He told himself again and again that Shen Linglong was not that important, and he also told himself again and again that the so-called love was nothing more than lust.

But he forgot that if he loved sex, when they first met on the night of Shangyuan Festival in the capital, Shen Linglong was beautiful, but Qi Zhen didn't even remember her appearance.

Qi Zhen's eyes fell on Linglong's face for a long time, and he could not sort out the complicated thoughts in his heart.

He can't see through himself, let alone fully understand dreams.

At this moment, it is impossible to know clearly whether the Linglong in front of me is the person in the dream.

Even Qi Zhen didn't hope that Linglong would be the one in his dream.

This hopelessness is so strong that it is terrifying.

The beautiful corpses under Luoyang City were so miserable that Qi Zhen was unwilling to accept that the Linglong in front of him would end up in such a tragic end.

As for the heart-wrenching hatred in the dream, and the intense regret that he wished he could die in exchange for it, Qi Zhen would not want to experience it again in this life no matter what.

He raised his hand to smooth away the messy hair covering Linglong's face, and looked at Linglong who had fallen asleep with longing eyes, and then took a closer look at the place where the palm marks were left yesterday.

Qi Zhen gave her medicine while wiping the blood on her face yesterday.

By now, the palm marks have gradually disappeared, and except for a very faint reddish color, the palm marks are no longer visible to the naked eye.

Qi Zhen took some medicine and applied it all over Linglong before getting up and leaving the inner room.

He stepped out of the room, and when he reached the threshold, he stopped and looked back, glanced inside the room, and also glanced at the copper lock hanging on the door. Thinking of the wetness in his palms yesterday, he finally gave up.

The door is locked.

Instead, he ordered the people waiting outside the door: "Guard this place."

After saying this, he walked out of the main courtyard, ordered someone to prepare the carriage, and went to the Ning'an Marquis Mansion in person.

Soon after Qi Zhen left the East Palace, the empress in the palace called the eunuch in charge of the East Palace to enter the palace.

There were many people in the East Palace who were the Queen's cronies. The Queen was worried about her son, and Qi Zhen's previous eye disease made her even more worried, so she was always thinking about the situation in the East Palace.

The lights were brightly lit yesterday night, and Qi Zhen personally carried a "man" back to the main courtyard of the East Palace. The queen must have called the eunuch in charge to come into the palace and ask questions.

As soon as the eunuch in charge of the East Palace arrived at the Queen's Middle Palace, the Queen first asked how Qi Zhen was doing, and then asked what happened to the East Palace last night.

The eunuch in charge was the person sent by the Queen to the East Palace. Naturally, he would not hide it from her, so he reported truthfully: "Your Highness is well and fine. I don't know much about what happened last night. I only know that Your Highness fell asleep late at night."

He gathered troops and horses and rushed to the East Palace. At the gate of the East Palace, he killed some thieves and generals who wanted to commit crimes. Then His Highness led the army out of the city and did not come back until midnight."

Although the queen heard the eunuch in charge say that Qi Zhen was fine, she was still a little worried when she thought of what the eunuch in charge said about the turmoil yesterday, and then asked: "His Royal Highness went out of the city yesterday? Were there any injuries?"

The steward hurriedly replied: "No."

The queen finally felt at ease, and then she remembered that Qi Zhen had brought a "man" back to the East Palace.

The queen knew about the third prince's masculine behavior, but she didn't care about other people's sons. But if her own son had such thoughts, the queen would definitely not accept it.

Although she felt that her son was more than that, she was still a little worried.

Then, with a hint of probing, he asked: "I heard that the prince carried a man back to the East Palace yesterday. Who is that man? Is he an injured trusted general, or someone else?"

After the queen asked this question, the eunuch in charge was stunned for a moment before he realized who the "man" the queen was asking about was.

He shook his head hurriedly and replied: "I don't know what the "man" is, but he is actually Miss Shen wearing men's clothes. Maybe she was injured, so Your Highness brought him back."

"Miss Shen? You mean Miss Shen from the Ning'an Marquis Mansion?" the queen asked, frowning.

The eunuch in charge nodded in agreement, but did not notice that the queen's expression had changed.

When the Queen went to the East Palace for the second time that day, she arrived at the Xueyuan and saw the mess on the ground. She guessed that Linglong must have run away from the East Palace. She even realized that the assassin mentioned by Qi Zhen was probably Shen Shen. Second girl.

At that time, the queen thought that it would be a good thing for Qizhen and herself that such a rebellious and bold girl left the East Palace.

Unexpectedly, Qi Zhen actually brought the person back.

She frowned, thinking that it was really difficult.

Her son had been wearing a child-protecting bracelet for a girl for three years, hiding it from the girl for three years. The queen herself was a woman, and she knew very well that what Qi Zhen did would make the girl hate him.

But Qi Zhen made a lot of mistakes and was always his own son, so what could the queen do?

It’s enough to scold him a few times, but can you still defeat him?

Besides, people always have selfish motives.

The queen naturally felt sorry for her son.

When she first learned that Linglong had hurt Qi Zhen's eyes and hurt Qi Zhen's hands, the queen became angry with Ling Long, thinking that the second girl of the Shen family was acting very eccentricly and then attacked Qi Zhen. She was by no means a content person. A woman who lives at home shouldn't stay with Qi Zhen, it's better to leave.

Now that her son is in good health, the queen's anger has subsided.

But he still felt that Linglong should not stay with Qi Zhen.

After all, it's still about the bracelet.

The queen herself was a woman who married into the royal family. Even though she used a jade bracelet for contraception, she did so after giving birth to Qi Zhen.

But Shen Linglong, now, has no heirs.

The queen knows very well that if a woman who marries into the royal family has no heirs, she is destined to have a miserable life.

What's more, this contraceptive method was used by the woman herself if she didn't want to have a baby. It happened that Qi Zhen hid it from Miss Shen Er and wore the jade bracelet on her for three years.

Which girl would not resent such a concealment?
To be continued...