Chapter 93 The finale is more enjoyable with you by my side

Because Shen Lianxiu was by Shen Wuyu's side and provided timely treatment, Shen Wuyu was not seriously injured.

It's just that her health has been deteriorating to some extent over the years, and she has not yet recovered from the cold, so she collapsed suddenly.

King Hui came to Shen Wuyu overnight.

When Shen Wuyu saw King Hui, she threw herself into his arms and burst into tears, saying, "It was the princess who wanted to harm me."

King Hui did not speak.

"I've already retreated here this time, living alone here without making a sound, and I've never had any contact with the princess. Why would she treat me like this?" Shen Wuyu sobbed, "Your Highness, I'm fine. I'm just worried about Xiaoshu. What if the princess attacks Xiaoshu one day? Xiaoshu is my life. If anything happens to him, I won't live anymore."

After she finished speaking, she lowered her moist eyes. Chen Lianxiu, who had been accompanying her the entire time, stepped forward and pretended to persuade her, "Sister, why are you crying again? You are blessed by heaven, and you have His Highness's protection. Isn't it all right? For now, you should just focus on recuperating. His Highness is here and will take care of things for you."

King Hui tightened his grip around Shen Wuyu.

After a long pause, he said, "Yu'er, the princess is my first wife. I cannot betray her. Right now, everything is uncertain. If I rush to punish her, it will only make others laugh. But I promise you, when the Japanese king ascends the throne, I will not let her dominate you. I will not make her my queen."

Shen Wuyu raised her head, her face covered with tear marks, and called him foolishly: "Your Highness."

"Please wait a few more days. Once I have dealt with the border affairs, I will ascend the throne. Only you will be by my side."

"Okay, I'll listen to Your Highness, but Your Highness, you know me. I haven't been seeking any status from the beginning to the end. If the princess hadn't pushed me too far this time, I wouldn't have..." Shen Wuyu wiped her tears and continued, "Your Highness, I want to be with you these days. I don't want to stay here alone. Besides my sister, I don't know who else I can trust."

King Hui frowned and said, "Yu'er, if you invite me these days, I will definitely come. It's not that I don't want to bring you, it's just that it's really inconvenient."

Seeing this, Chen Lianxiu also interrupted and said, "Yes, sister, His Highness has treated you so well and has even made a promise. You should stop making things difficult for His Highness. We only have a few days left. As long as we are careful, we may not be harmed by the princess again."

However, Shen Wuyu remained unmoved. She coquettishly said to King Hui, "Your Highness, it's only a few days now. Can you let me follow you?"

King Hui was silent for a moment, then finally relaxed his mouth and said, "But what about your body?"

"We're all in the capital, not following you to march and fight. What's the big deal?" Shen Wuyu blinked, her eyes shining, as if smiling at King Hui. "Besides, I have my sister with me. She will take good care of me."

"Alright," King Hui sighed and said helplessly, "Then I will stay with you tonight, and you will follow me starting tomorrow."

Shen Wuyu finally smiled. She refused to let Prince Hui go and only said to Shen Lianxiu, "Sister, you can go down first. Your Highness will be with me tonight, so everything will be fine."

Shen Lianxiu then took her leave and left Shen Wuyu's room.

As soon as he went outside, a gust of wind blew in his face, and Chen Lianxiu couldn't help but shiver. It was almost early winter now, and the season was different after all.

She turned her head slightly, glanced at the two shadows vaguely reflected on the window screen, and sighed in her heart.

It is true that Princess Hui has some tricks up her sleeve, and Prince Hui himself knows it, but the poisoning of Shen Wuyu today has nothing to do with Princess Hui. Princess Hui had a feud with Shen Wuyu in her early years and had also suffered setbacks at the hands of Shen Wuyu. As for what Prince Hui really feels for Shen Wuyu, no one knows it better than Princess Hui, the person by his side. Now that Shen Wuyu appears with the child, she naturally dares not act rashly.

Today was entirely the work of the sisters Shen Lianxiu and Shen Wuyu.

Tomorrow is the day, and although King Hui is almost always available for Chen Wuyu to come, he also needs to ensure that no accidents happen.

The Princess of Hui was a good weapon. First, the conflict between the two had been going on for a long time, and the King of Hui would not suspect anything. Second, even if the King of Hui wanted to investigate, it would take time, and the truth would definitely not be found out at least tomorrow.

As for tomorrow, if it succeeds, it succeeds; if it fails, it fails.

The next morning, Shen Lianxiu was called over by Shen Wuyu.

In the past few days, whenever King Hui came to eat, Shen Wuyu would use the excuse that Shen Lianxiu understood medical theory and pharmacology, and asked Shen Lianxiu to teach her how to make medicinal food, and then give it to King Hui.

Every dish served to King Hui had to be inspected, and someone would test for poison.

The weather was cold today, and it was gloomy in the morning, as if it was going to snow. Shen Wuyu asked Shen Lianxiu to make a bowl of mutton soup, adding many herbs to dispel the cold and warm the body. As before, it had to go through many tests before it could be brought to King Hui.

When the mutton soup was served, Shen Wuyu took the spoon and tasted it first.

Shen Lianxiu then asked Shen Wuyu with a smile: "How does it taste?"

“That’s right, but when I get better, I’ll let my sister teach me and I’ll make it for Your Highness myself,” Shen Wuyu said.

Shen Lianxiu continued to smile and said nothing.

The medicinal food usually served to King Hui was naturally fine, but she had added something to the mutton soup today. Since it was not a poison, the silver needle could not detect it at all. The poison tester and Shen Wuyu would not feel anything even if they drank one or two sips.

It was a very appropriate day to drink mutton soup, and soon King Hui finished a bowl of mutton soup.

Just after breakfast, someone came to report that the reinforcements from the border had arrived at the city, and Zhou Linjin was negotiating with them on the city wall.

Shen Lianxiu stood by and listened, feeling nervous.

King Hui said to Shen Wuyu, "Yu'er, it's windy outside. Don't follow me there. Just wait here for me."

"No, you clearly promised me last night that you would let me follow you." Shen Wuyu naturally refused to comply. She brought up Princess Hui again, "That doesn't count. I don't believe what Your Highness said. I won't let the Princess suppress me in the future."

King Hui had no way to deal with her, so he had no choice but to give in.

If Shen Wuyu goes, Shen Lianxiu will naturally follow her, because she is in poor health and has been poisoned, so Shen Lianxiu must take care of her all the time.

When he arrived at the city gate, King Hui did not go up at first, but just waited for news below.

In his opinion, this problem was not a big deal at all. The emperor was dead and his descendants had been slaughtered by him. Even if they came to support the king, who could they support? In the end, the times were stronger than people. He just had to go with the flow and let Zhou Linjin deal with it.

But there was no news from Zhou Linjin.

Even Chen Lianxiu began to worry. If the medicine took effect before King Hui went up, it might be bad.

Fortunately, not long after she thought this, Zhou Linjin came down to meet King Hui. Zhou Linjin said to King Hui, "Your Highness, they have agreed to withdraw the troops, but Your Highness must go in person to negotiate the terms."

When King Hui heard that he could withdraw his troops, his eyes lit up, and then he smiled contemptuously: "What are the conditions?"

"Pardon them, and give them promotions after they return," Zhou Linjin paused and continued, "They said these things, I can't make the decision, and they don't dare to trust me."

King Hui did not hesitate, and took Shen Wuyu's hand and went up to the city wall.

Chen Lianxiu watched quietly from behind and saw his body shaking slightly. It seemed that those things began to take effect.

Zhou Linjinzhui was still behind, and when he saw Shen Lianxiu about to follow, he quickly said to her, "Don't go up."

"No, I want to go." Chen Lianxiu glanced at Zhou Linjin, leaving no room for negotiation.

Zhou Linjin didn't say anything else, but just let Shen Lianxiu walk in front and followed behind her.

When King Hui reached the top of the city wall, he thought that these rough men just wanted his personal promise, and the rest were not difficult to deal with. Now the time was different from the past, and he also wanted peace on the border, so he should give them some sweet treats so that they would be more loyal to him. So he decided to do his best to agree to their requests as long as it was not excessive.

However, the strong wind on the city wall made him a little dizzy. Fortunately, Shen Wuyu, who was standing beside him, supported him.

King Hui stopped and immediately spoke a few words to the people below the city.

It was during these few sentences that he felt increasingly unwell, with a headache and a sense of weakness and numbness in his body.

He thought it was just the wind. Just then, Zhou Linjin came forward and said to the people below, "Your Highness has shown such sincerity. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

King Hui was silent for a moment.

The people under the city wall seemed to be increasingly shaken and agitated by Zhou Linjin's words.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Shen Wuyu whispered in King Hui's ear.

King Hui waved his hand, suspecting that he had suffered a stroke at such a young age. He was about to tell Zhou Linjin some things, but suddenly he saw a cold light flash in the hand of Zhou Linjin, who was speaking to the people below.

He reacted quickly and wanted to dodge immediately, but his body was paralyzed. Even if he wanted to, it was too late. He could only block with his hands. However, Zhou Linjin was ruthless. He cut his palm with a knife, cut off several of his fingers at the roots, and stabbed it diagonally into his heart.

At this moment, the people around King Hui realized something was wrong and wanted to step forward to protect him. However, Shen Wuyu, who was standing by, suddenly held down King Hui, who was already on the verge of death, and coldly said to the person who was about to step forward: "Put down your swords and don't move, otherwise I will push him down!"

The blood from King Hui's heart gushed out like a fountain. His attendants did not dare to step forward because of Shen Wuyu's words, and they immediately began to think, King Hui is already beyond saving, so what should they do next?

Support King Hui's son to ascend the throne? Which son?

Just as they were lost in thought, Zhou Linjin said to them, "The army is approaching the city from below. They are all my father's former subordinates. They will attack the city at my command. If you don't want to die, surrender quickly and I will spare your lives."

This made the already hesitant people even more hesitant.

But after just a few words, King Hui was already on his deathbed. He stared at Shen Wuyu with his eyes, as if he wanted to speak but couldn't. Looking at those former confidants, no one dared to step forward because of their different thoughts. He knew that his time was up and everything was in vain.

He finally squeezed out a few short words from between his teeth: "Why did you..."

Before he could finish, Shen Wuyu interrupted him: “I hate you.”

Just as she finished her words, she moved forward and grabbed King Hui. Before anyone could react, the two of them fell downwards.

Chen Lianxiu was the first to come to her senses. She rushed over to look, but it was too late.

"younger sister!"

After Chen Lianxiu screamed heart-wrenchingly, she almost collapsed to the ground. Zhou Linjin supported her.

At this time, King Hui had already died completely, and his confidants naturally lost their backbone. The reinforcements were about to enter the city, and they didn't even have time to see King Hui before they all fled in all directions. They were a motley crowd, so it was reasonable for them to collapse in an instant.

Zhou Linjin ordered the city gates to be opened, and first carried the bodies of King Hui and Shen Wuyu into the city. By the way, he let the reinforcements enter the city to clean up the mess and arrest all of King Hui's subordinates in the city.

Zhou Linjin had Shen Wuyu's body carried to Shen Lianxiu.

Chen Lianxiu originally still had hope that Shen Wuyu might not have died from the fall, but when she felt her pulse from wrist to neck with trembling hands, she found that her sister was completely gone.

Chen Lianxiu closed Chen Wuyu's half-open eyes, stroked her cold cheeks twice, and murmured: "Prince Hui is about to die, why are you doing this? You obviously don't have to die, why are you so stupid?"

But Shen Wuyu could no longer answer her questions.

Zhou Linjin let her cry for a while, then stepped forward and covered Shen Wuyu’s face with a clean white cloth.

Shen Lianxiu subconsciously grabbed his hand, as if to prevent him from touching Shen Wuyu, but was restrained by Zhou Linjin.

"Ayuan, she's gone," Zhou Linjin said, "It was her own choice. Let her go peacefully."

The tears that had never stopped flowing now streamed down Shen Lianxiu's face. She wanted to touch her sister's face through the white cloth, but finally stopped.

Chen Lianxiu raised her head and stared at Zhou Linjin in a daze.

Zhou Linjin hugged her, pressed her head towards his arms, and stopped her from looking.

Listening to her sobs, he pecked her forehead gently.

He felt her arms cling to him tightly.

At the end of the horizon, birds flew across the azure sky and flew away into the distance.

I don't know when the sky cleared up, as if a new day had just begun.

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A few days later, due to Shen Wuyu's death, Shen Lianxiu was very upset and became depressed. He just managed to hold Shen Wuyu's funeral, and found the remains of Shen Ji and Chen, and buried the three of them together.

As for Zhou Linjin, she saw him again after the funeral for Shen Wuyu, Shen Ji and Chen.

The Duke Cheng's Mansion had undergone a dramatic transformation overnight. Although it had only been there for a month or two, it had become dilapidated and uninhabitable. Shen Lianxiu had temporarily stayed in the house that Prince Hui had bought for Shen Wuyu.

When Zhou Linjin came back at night, she didn't rest either, but just sat under the windowsill in a daze.

Seeing him coming, she just turned around and asked, "What's going on?"

After King Hui's bloodbath, the emperor's bloodline had been cut off, and even his clan members suffered heavy casualties. Even though King Hui was dead and the people around him had all been executed, the court was still in turmoil. Now they could only quickly choose a new emperor from the royal family's side branches to succeed him.

Zhou Linjin sat down beside her and said, "Ayuan, I resign."

Shen Lianxiu was not shocked when he heard him say this.

Although Zhou Linjin did not show it, and the situation was tense some time ago and he had no time to think about many things, but Shen Lianxiu understood that the affairs of the Duke Cheng's Mansion probably had a great impact on him.

In addition, even if he eliminated King Hui, the previous emperor had already determined that he was a rebel, and he was not ordinary. He also lingered by King Hui's side for a long time. It is actually difficult to say whether Zhou Linjin was loyal to the emperor.

Maybe no one is talking about it or questioning it now, but as time goes by, someone will speak up.

Since his title has been stripped and he has now resigned from his official position, it can be considered as a prudent way to protect himself.

Shen Lianxiu nodded and asked him, "Then should we stay in the capital?"

"No need to stay," Zhou Linjin sighed, feeling relieved. "Let's go back to Chenzhou."

Shen Lianxiu's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Zhou Linjin laughed and said, "Why would I lie to you? I've already told my elder sister, and she agreed. She and Zhu'er will live with us. When the Duke Cheng's mansion was raided, some of the property was returned to me. It's enough for us to live comfortably for the rest of our lives. We can then buy a mansion in Chenzhou. If you like Baixi Village, we can also buy another one near your home. What do you think?"

"Okay." Chen Lianxiu blinked and suddenly felt his eyes a little sore.

Since she came to the capital at the age of ten, she has always felt that this is not her home and she has no sense of belonging. On the contrary, when she returned to Baixi Village, she and An An lived very peacefully. Now that she can go back, it is the best thing.

Zhou Linjin thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing much to pack anyway. Let's see if there's anything else to prepare tomorrow. Once we're done, we'll set off."

"What about the little tree?" Shen Lianxiu asked.

These past few days, while she was dealing with Shen Wuyu's affairs, she was also terrified, fearing that someone would suddenly come and take Xiaoshu away. Now she had to consider where Xiaoshu would go.

"The new emperor pardoned Princess Hui and Prince Hui's other descendants, but they were confined to the palace for life and were not allowed to leave. Xiaoshu should have been sent there, but Shen Wuyu and him had no official relationship, and Prince Hui had never officially acknowledged Xiaoshu's identity, so I temporarily concealed Xiaoshu's identity and only said that Xiaoshu was a child brought here by Shen Wuyu." Zhou Linjin paused, then continued, "Although Princess Hui should know the truth, she hasn't mentioned Xiaoshu again."

Chen Lianxiu frowned, "What does she mean? Does she want to keep Xiaoshu outside to avenge King Hui, or does she hate her sister so much that she doesn't want to admit it?"

Zhou Linjin remained silent and did not answer Shen Lianxiu's question.

After a long while, he said, "Yuan, let's ask Xiaoshu himself."

Chen Lianxiu was startled. Zhou Linjin had already stood up and left. He quickly brought the small tree back.

Xiao Shu was awakened from his sleep by Zhou Linjin. He was rubbing his eyes with his hands, his face full of fear. Although he was young, he knew that Shen Wuyu would never come back. He was not lively to begin with, and he became even more depressed in the past few days. He often woke up crying and his body became weaker. Shen Lianxiu felt very distressed.

"Xiaoshu, don't be afraid, it's your aunt." Chen Lianxiu took Xiaoshu from Zhou Linjin, hugged him tightly in her arms, and comforted him in a soft voice.

After Xiaoshu had settled down, Shen Lianxiu asked him, "Xiaoshu, my aunt is going to Chenzhou. Are you willing to go with her?"

Xiaoshu looked at Chen Lianxiu, then at Zhou Linjin, and nodded heavily.

Shen Lianxiu smiled. She touched Xiaoshu's soft hair lovingly. Of course, she wanted to take Xiaoshu with her secretly. Shen Wuyu was already dead, and she couldn't abandon Xiaoshu and let Shen Wuyu leave uneasy.

But Xiaoshu has understood a lot at his age. He may know about King Hui's affairs. Even if he doesn't understand it for the time being, he will understand it one day. Chen Lianxiu cannot force Zhou Linjin to raise the enemy's child with her.

If Xiaoshu already had hatred in his heart, he would not choose to go with her. Then Shen Lianxiu also thought about it. The Shen family's house was still there, and there were some relatives, even some of Xiaoshu's uncles and aunts were still there. She could let Xiaoshu live with them. She would ask someone to inquire about Xiaoshu's situation every once in a while, and Xiaoshu would not suffer any grievances.

If he chose to go with her, then she had also decided that after Xiaoshu grew up, she would tell him everything about Prince Hui and Shen Wuyu. As for whether he should hate her and Zhou Linjin, that was Xiaoshu's own business.

Chen Lianxiu said to Xiaoshu, "Okay, then follow your aunt. With sister An'an and sister Zhu'er, our family will live a good life."

Just as she finished speaking, the little tree suddenly stretched its head over and leaned close to her ear, as if wanting to whisper something to her.

"Aunt, my mother told me that man is a bad man. He deceived my mother and ruined her life. He also hurt my grandparents," Xiaoshu said softly. "My mother told me to stay with you. Only you would treat me well. She also told me to tell you that I am a good boy and will listen to you."

Zhou Linjin couldn't hear what Xiaoshu was saying, he could only see Shen Lianxiu's tears rolling down drop by drop.

Chen Lianxiu held Xiaoshu in her arms until he fell asleep, then she put him back into the room.

When she came back, her tears had dried.

Zhou Linjin was still waiting for her at the same place, but this time she walked over and sat down next to him.

"Let the little tree follow us," she said.

Zhou Linjin said: "Okay."

"You don't mind that he's King Hui's child, do you?"

"No, he's not your son and King Hui's son," Zhou Linjin said jokingly, then added seriously, "I believe we will teach him well."

Shen Lianxiu nodded: "Yeah."

She slowly leaned her head on his shoulder, and neither of them spoke for a while.

After a long time, Zhou Linjin asked her again: "Are you happy to go back to Chenzhou?"

"Happy," Shen Lianxiu answered quickly, a smile on his face, "I'm even happier with you by my side."

The bright moon is hanging on the branches outside the window.

The branches are full of flowers in spring, and the moon is full in the sky.

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The author has something to say: This is the end, thank you all for your company all the way, see you in the next book [dog head holding a rose][dog head holding a rose][dog head holding a rose] Next there is an if line extra, originally it was a welfare extra, but because of the problem of not enough words to update the serialization list, it cannot be completed. If it cannot be completed, the welfare extra cannot be updated [melted] I have never updated a welfare extra before so I don’t know [melted] Now I can only treat it as a normal extra, the content is the if line that branches off in the middle of the main text, and I felt a little crematorium while writing, so if you don’t want to read this if line, don’t buy it. I originally wanted to write a gender-swapped version of the if line but was afraid that no one would like it, so I didn’t write it. Let’s talk about it later [dog head holding a rose]

By the way, the next book is "Ling Ling Qi Xian Shang", Gao Ling Hua is reborn to pursue his wife, if you like it, don't miss it [dog head holding a rose], the following is the copy

Xu Tang was born with beautiful looks and noble family background. She has been spoiled since childhood. Since she married Gu Yucheng, she has risen to prominence and has become the envy of everyone.

While enjoying the wealth and splendor that Gu Yucheng brought her, she also took care of the Zhou family for Gu Yucheng, acting as an ordinary but qualified mistress.

Although Gu Yucheng was always lukewarm, they were able to live in harmony with each other until old age. Unexpectedly, a minor cold would inexplicably cause Xu Tang to die.

It was not until Xu Tang's death that she discovered that she was a supporting actress in a storybook, and Gu Yucheng was the male protagonist.

After her death, Gu Yucheng did not remarry for many years, nor did he have a concubine or a maid. He just patiently taught and raised their children all those years.

Just when everyone thought that Gu Yucheng would be a widower who kept himself clean for the rest of his life,

Gu Yucheng's old house caught fire.

He welcomed a beautiful wife into his home. After a period of back-and-forth, with both sides entangled and heartbroken, Gu Yucheng, who had always been as cold as a flower on the mountain, finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Then, Xu Tang's children were sent away, and his young wife dug up unfounded stories from more than ten years ago to prove Xu Tang's fault. She successfully moved Xu Tang's tablet from Gu's house and his grave was moved elsewhere.

His young wife and Gu Yucheng loved each other till they were old.

Xu Tang was so angry about the plot of the storybook that he was reborn into the past.

At that time, she was the little daughter of the Xu family, cute and adorable, while Gu Yucheng was a poor boy living in her home, alone and suffering from bullying and ridicule.

In the past, Xu Tang was the only one who would talk to him more, secretly protect him and prevent others from bullying him, but now she will no longer have a good face.

Anyone who wants to pluck this flower from the high mountain can do so, but she can't afford it.

Gu Yucheng's daily meals became leftovers, and many ink spots appeared on his books while he was studying, but he endured it all silently.

Until he found that the snacks that were placed on his table before appeared in someone else's place, Xu Tang, who always liked to chat around him, no longer looked at him.

Gu Yucheng panicked for the first time.

After tossing and turning all night, he quietly stopped Xu Tang who was about to go play with others and asked in a trembling voice, "Why...isn't Third Sister talking to me now?"

*The text does not represent the entire plot and character settings