Chapter 406
Chapter 406 Year After Year, Planting Peach Blossoms, Blooming at the Time of Heartbreak
The first encounter by Xuanwu Lake, the chance meeting at Miaoyu Pavillion, the earnest conversation in the Xiao family home, the joy atop Dangtu Mountain, scene by scene surged into Lin Wanrong's mind like a movie. Months had passed without a sight, and longing grew like a curse, ever more intense.
"Qingxuan—" Lin Wanrong stood, stupefied, as if he had lost himself, rooted to the spot, muttering like a man bewitched.
"Little brother Lin, Little brother Lin—" Xu Wei's soft words roused him, "What's wrong with you?"
Lin Wanrong came to his senses only to find more than a hundred pairs of eyes in the court all staring at him. It turned out that Li Tai had finished his declaration, and everyone was surprised to see Lin San, who had previously been witty and lively, standing there as if stupefied. He looked behind the curtain, but it was empty. Where was Qingxuan's shadow?
"Qingxuan—" Lin Wanrong cried out, stepping forward to lift the curtain.
"Lord Lin," several eunuchs hurriedly blocked him, "One cannot overstep boundaries in the court, please return to your position at once."
Lin Wanrong heard nothing, his mind filled with images of Qingxuan. The meeting he had anticipated day after day had unexpectedly arrived but then slipped away just as unexpectedly. The taste of being so near yet so far, even for someone as strong as Lin Wanrong, drove him to madness.
"Out of my way!" he shouted, pushing aside the two eunuchs blocking him, striding in. Imperial guards rushed forward, drawing their long swords to block his path. Lin Wanrong paid them no heed, continuing to charge forward.