Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 61 From now on, I will share the responsibility with you

Li Ling saw that his little wife's hibiscus beauty had finally cleared up again. He breathed a long sigh of relief, raised his legs on the bed, and held her in his arms: "I'm still wondering why you always talk to me about Qingluan. Unpleasant, it turns out you miss me like this."

 The words seemed to be blaming her for being petty.

Jingshu broke away from him angrily and said with a cold face: "That day in the garden, as soon as you heard that he had something to do, you abandoned me and rushed over anxiously, and you still complained."

When Li Ling heard her mention what happened that day again, he felt distressed and hugged her again, coaxing her and saying, "That day was all my fault. It was my negligence that made you suffer. I swear to you, if I knew That mother-in-law will act like this, I will never abandon you and leave."

He was really afraid of not being forgiven by his young wife, so he kept kissing her hair and forehead, and apologized to her incoherently: "It's all my fault, I was negligent. As long as you can forgive me, It’s okay to hit me and scold me, just don’t be angry with me anymore.”

Li Ling is a person who cares about face very much. In her last life, she had been with him for five years and she had never said anything soft to anyone. Now that she saw him apologizing to her so sincerely, Jingshu couldn't argue with him anymore.

Although she was wronged about what happened that day, Li Ling was indeed negligent for a moment. She believed that if he had known that he would put her in danger, he would never abandon her like that.

 Don't say that she is his wife, even if she is an unrelated woman, Li Ling's character would not allow her to do so.

Moreover, hearing him tell her personally that he had no feelings for Qingluan between men and women, the knot in her heart was relieved.

She will not dwell on this matter and make both of them unhappy, otherwise she will still have a bad life.

Just to make her calm down completely, she couldn't do it. Jingshu pushed him away again and said angrily: "Then you are not allowed to think about Qingluan anymore."

Li Ling froze on the spot and asked: "How can I not worry about it?"

He paused and continued: "If it's the kind of love between a man and a woman you're talking about, I can assure you that I don't have any feelings for her at all, but she is my cousin. If something happens to her, let me I really can’t do it by sitting back and doing nothing.”

Since Li Ling said that he had no romantic feelings for Qingluan, Jing Shu still believed him. Although he was cold-tempered, he never lied to others. After so many years with him in his previous life, he had never told a lie to her. .

 He is a magnanimous person, there is no doubt about this.

It's just that although he doesn't have Qingluan in his heart, Qingluan definitely has bad thoughts about Li Ling. In her previous life, she begged the Holy One to marry Li Ling and make her an equal wife, but it was a fact.

 So, even if Li Ling cares about Qingluan out of a relationship between cousins, she still feels very uncomfortable.

She turned her head away and remained silent.

Li Ling was also silent.

The two sat in silence for a while. Li Ling stepped forward, turned her around, and said to her: "There is a reason why I care about my cousin. Listen to me."

 He took his wife and patiently told her about the old stories of their Li family:

"At the beginning, my eldest aunt, who was the queen of Li Jiagui, had a rift with the emperor because of Concubine Meng. The legitimate son she gave birth to also died early due to congenital defects. She was struggling in the palace. In order to consolidate her position, and for my aunt to have a good life in the palace As a reliable person who can be relied on, my grandfather sent my little aunt, Qingluan's biological mother, into the palace."

He paused, stroked his wife's silky hair with his big hands, and continued: "My aunt and General Zhou were originally in love with each other. We were waiting for General Zhou to stay a full year of filial piety for his grandmother. Zhou Yi The old lady asked someone to be the matchmaker, but for the sake of my eldest aunt and the government of the country, my grandfather finally reluctantly broke them up and sent my aunt to the palace."

"My little aunt sacrificed her own happiness in vain for the sake of the Li family. After entering the palace, although she was favored by the Holy One, she kept perfunctory with the Holy One because her heart belonged to her. Later, His Majesty unexpectedly learned that she actually loved someone else, and he was furious. The emperor sent her into the cold palace. Later, the second legitimate son born by the eldest aunt died just after birth, and she finally couldn't hold on any longer. Her only request to the Holy Father before she died was to ask him to forgive her sister."

Li Ling sighed: "Although my little aunt left the palace because of the Holy Emperor's guilt for her eldest aunt, she still did not receive the Holy Spirit's favor. I heard that the reason why she became pregnant with Qingluan was an accident. She was also in the palace in the end. Ended in depression."

After talking about these old things, Li Ling held up his wife's face, looked at her and said, "My eldest aunt was admitted to the palace voluntarily by Your Majesty Xinyue, but my little aunt, it is true that our Li family cannot tolerate her. Grandma said this She has always been resentful about it, and even when her grandfather was dying, she did not forgive him for this incident." He gently stroked Jingshu's face and said seriously: "Now that my father has retired due to illness, I, as the head of the Zhenguo Palace, People cannot ignore the only flesh and blood left by my little aunt. After all, she sacrificed herself for the Li family. If I don't take care of Qingluan, who will I, Li Lingcheng, be?"

Li Ling looked at his wife: "The Zhenguo Gongfu family has been in the family for hundreds of years. Everyone outside knows how beautiful our family is in Daqi. But behind this scenery is not only the blood and sweat of the men in the past generations fighting on the battlefield, but also the sacrifices of the women of the Li family in the past generations. If it weren't for the constant marriage ties with the royal family, how could the king's side accommodate the palace of the Zhenguo Duke, who was so successful and powerful?"

Li Ling, who had never heard such a long speech before, made Jingshu feel sad, not only because of the tragic experiences of the two aunts in the Li family's previous life, but what made her most uncomfortable was Li Ling's situation.

 When the Duke of Zhen becomes an official, he will be crowned weak, so his young shoulders will have to bear such a heavy burden.

 Others only saw how heroic and glorious the prince of Zhenguo Palace was, but she felt even more sorry for his difficulties.

Jingshu looked up at him and reached out to touch his face: "You said, 'We are husband and wife, and we should be of the same mind.' From now on, I will share the responsibility with you."

Li Ling was moved by his young wife's sensibility and enjoyed her tenderness even more. He reached out to hold her bare hand and slowly rubbed it on his face.

 He closed his eyes, showing an expression of enjoyment.

At this moment, he could finally understand the deeper meaning of the phrase "The gentle village is the most ecstatic" that he heard when he was fooling around with his friends when he was a boy.

 With the woman you truly love by your side, your heart will be at ease no matter how tired you are.

He quietly enjoyed his wife's gentle touch. After a long time, he opened his eyes, looked at Jingshu and said solemnly: "Don't worry, since I married you, I will treat you sincerely."

“Then not only can’t you have other women in your heart, but you can’t imitate the sons of the gentry in taking concubines.” Jing Shu said angrily, “If you can do this, I will trust you.”

Li Ling stretched out his hand and tugged his young wife's ears, and said jokingly: "How dare you as a husband have such a fierce wife?"

 “It’s okay if you don’t dare!” Jing Shu said angrily.

After that, she lifted the quilt and lay down, and Li Ling followed her closely. He put his arms around her and whispered in her ear: "Now that Madam has understood the interrogation, what happened in the garden that day? Don’t worry about me anymore.”

Jingshu took away his eternal hand from her body and said angrily: "Who said I don't care anymore? I haven't completely forgiven you yet."

 Li Ling paused: "Then how can you forgive me?"

Jingshu rolled her eyes at him: "We'll see how you behave in the future."

Looking at his coquettish little wife, Li Ling approached her and said slyly to her face: "Why wait until later? I'll show you to my wife right now."

Jingshu's face was slightly pink, and she glanced at the swaying candle under the bed: "Oh, let's put out that candle first."

Li Ling looked at the shy appearance of his little wife under him, and teased her with a half-smile: "Just now, Madam wanted to say 'look' at my performance, but how could you see it when the candle was extinguished?"

　　 Li Ling@Jingshu: Madam, I have made it clear to you, can you forgive me?

Jingshu@李灵: It’s easy for me to talk here. Just ask our lovely babies.

Li Ling@Everybody: Those who come from the south or the north, stop and take a look. Although I have made mistakes towards my daughter-in-law, I am really a good man. I promise you that I will be better to my daughter-in-law in the future.

 (End of this chapter)