Chapter 2 Chapter 2 First Meeting with Daiyu
After Sister Feng left, Princess Zhongshun was about to send someone to write a letter inviting Daiyu to come as a guest when she heard someone outside say, "The prince is here."
Before he finished speaking, Prince Zhongshun walked in quickly, dismissed the servants in the room, and whispered, "Princess, please prepare your things quickly. Yue'er and I are going south."
"Why are you suddenly heading south?" Princess Zhongshun was shocked.
"Lin Ruhai is seriously ill, and the Jia family might have to send Lin Daiyu to Yangzhou," Prince Zhongshun frowned. "Didn't Yue'er say earlier that the Lin girl died of tears? I imagine she didn't have a good life in the Jia family. Her mother died young, and losing her father must have been too much of a blow."
"Your Highness, do you have any way to save Lin Ruhai?" The royal family's news was faster. Princess Zhongshun wasn't surprised that Sister Feng hadn't mentioned it earlier. She was simply worried about Wu Tianyue. "It's a shame that that wild ghost only let Yue'er do this. The abbot of the Huguo Temple also said that this was Yue'er's karma, and we can't disobey until we find a solution."
"Don't worry, Princess. As soon as I heard the news today, I went to the palace to ask my father and brother for help. They said that Yue'er's illness required medical treatment outside the capital, and they also sent their usual imperial physician." Prince Zhongshun sighed, "But Lin Ruhai is most likely in trouble because of his position as the Inspector of Salt. I'm not sure if I can save him this time."
"What should we do then?" Princess Zhongshun's face showed even more worry. "The Yangzhou Salt Administration is the headquarters of the retired emperor, and the emperor wants a piece of the pie. It's impossible for someone in that position to be safe forever."
Prince Zhongshun was also a little worried, but he brought the imperial physician with him. At worst, he could save Lin Ruhai and force him to resign.
Although it was immoral, the thought of his son covered in bruises made Prince Chungshun resolute his resolve: "I'll keep him safe for as long as I can."
"This is the only way now." Princess Zhongshun sighed, "I hope it's true as the abbot said, this is Yue'er's practice, and he can get through this disaster."
Prince Chungshun was also very worried, but he still comforted his wife, saying, "It will be fine."
The couple encouraged each other, one went to prepare for the journey south, and the other went to inform Wu Tianyue.
When Wu Tianyue learned that he was going to Yangzhou, he jumped for joy.
Prince Zhongshun was originally very worried, but seeing his son so happy, he was also amused. However, he still warned: "Please control your domineering temper outside. I heard that the girl is very delicate. Don't scare her."
Wu Tianyue curled his lips: "He must be a crybaby."
Seeing Prince Zhongshun glaring at him, he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, father. I won't bully her. After all, my life is in her hands."
Having said that, he sighed in a mature manner.
Seeing that his son was not affected by his experiences during this period and was still as clever as before, Prince Zhongshun breathed a sigh of relief. He asked him some more questions about his recent interactions with the prince before letting him go.
His mother didn't nag him today, but he didn't expect his father to continue working. He couldn't leave, so Wu Tianyue had to listen on the surface, but actually he sat there in a daze, emptying his mind. When he heard that he could go back, he hurriedly got up and left.
"Smelly boy." Prince Zhongshun muttered, and asked someone to call his subordinates over and carefully reminded them of the things they should pay attention to when he was not in the palace.
After Wu Tianyue returned, he read the book he had obtained in the past few days again before releasing the system and persuading it to give him one more page.
The system was so righteous that how could it possibly agree? But after just a few words of argument, it was blocked by Wu Tianyue again. It was so angry that it stopped playing the game and cursed Wu Tianyue in the space.
Wu Tianyue cursed the system, read books and practiced martial arts with a refreshed mind, then had dinner with his father and mother and returned to his room to rest.
In the middle of the night, Wu Tianyue suddenly heard a scream. He jumped up alertly and heard the system laughing.
【Aren’t you blocked? 】
[In order to monitor the host's work, the system must be online for at least four hours a day. These four hours cannot be blocked.] The system laughed, [You didn't expect that.]
[……] Wu Tianyue waved away the maids who came running in after hearing the noise, and threw himself into the quilt, feeling how difficult life was.
After fighting wits and courage with the system for a few days, Wu Tianyue received a notice from his mother that he had to go to Yangzhou.
On that day, Wu Tianyue was lying in the carriage, with King Zhongshun sitting next to him, and the group went out of the city to take a boat.
Wu Tianyue was lying there bored, but his heart was full of fighting spirit. The current Wu Tianyue was no longer the Wu Tianyue of the past. After this period of training, I am so strong that that crying little girl could not scare me.
Thinking of this, Wu Tianyue was carried onto the boat in a heroic and high-spirited manner.
When Lady Jia, the head of the Rongguo Mansion, heard that Prince Zhongshun was going to take the Crown Prince to Jiangnan to seek medical treatment and invited the Jia family to go with them, she agreed without hesitation. So as soon as Wu Tianyue and his party got on the boat, they saw a handsome and elegant man leading a fairy-like little girl waiting for them.
Although Wu Tianyue had been accustomed to seeing beauties since childhood and had seen many weak and graceful women in the mansion and the palace, he had never seen a woman who could combine the pure and sad beauty with the spirit and otherworldliness so naturally. He couldn't help but tilt his head out of curiosity to take a few more glances at her.
"I am Jia Lian, son of Jia She, the first-class soldier of Rongguo Mansion. I am honored to meet the prince and the young master." The man saluted with a smile.
"Stand up," said the King of Zhongshun. "This is Lord Lin's daughter, right?"
The little girl hurried forward and saluted: "Greetings, Your Majesty."
Wu Tianyue was listening and nodded in sudden realization. So this was Lin Daiyu. No wonder she could be the heroine.
Prince Zhongshun waved his hand and said, "Your mother is a good friend of the princess. Just call me uncle."
Daiyu quickly replied, "Yes."
Seeing her frail body, Prince Chungshun thought of her son's words about her dying from tears, and nodded, saying, "No need to be so polite. Go down and rest first."
After saying this, he ordered his men to carry Wu Tianyue upstairs carefully, and he took Jia Lian onto another boat, and told the chief historian of the palace to entertain Jia Lian.
The chief official took the order, turned around to greet Jia Lian, and took him to familiarize himself with the things on the ship.
On this side of the boat, Lan Ye stayed behind. Seeing that Daiyu was a little nervous, she ordered someone to send Daiyu's things to Wu Tianyue's level as well.
He personally helped Daiyu up and said with a smile: "My name is Lan Ye, and I serve the prince. If you have any problems, just let someone come to me."
As he spoke, he led everyone upstairs and turned right into a room. The room had already been decorated, except for the things Daiyu brought that had not been put out.
"Miss, please take a rest first. I'll come back later." Lan Ye saw that the maids who came with Daiyu were a little reserved, so she said goodbye with a smile, "The prince doesn't stay on this boat, so there's no need to be reserved."
"Thank you, sister." Although Daiyu didn't know why she was so friendly, she said goodbye to her politely.
After Lan Ye left, Daiyu's maid Zijuan came forward and said, "Miss, these ornaments are too valuable. How do you want to accept them?"
"Put them all away and deliver them to Miss Lan Ye personally." Daiyu had been worried about her father's health these days. Today, she had been standing for so long waiting for the prince and the young master, and she was a little tired. She replied while lying on the bed.
Zijuan went forward and straightened the quilt for her, and quietly put away the things with her maid, and then put out the things that Daiyu often used.
Just as he was about to look for Lan Ye, he saw a tall, handsome boy whom he had never seen before coming over with a group of people, and Lan Ye was among the crowd.
"Greetings, sir." Zijuan hurriedly stopped at the door and knelt down.
"This is the prince." Lan Ye said with a smile.
Isn't the prince seriously ill? He doesn't look like one at all. Zijuan was wondering when she saw Wu Tianyue nodded and tried to walk past her and enter the room: "Get up."
Zijuan hurriedly stood up and still stood at the door to block the way: "The young lady is weak and has just rested. I wonder what the prince wants."
Lan Ye hurriedly explained, "The prince heard that Miss Lin was weak, so he specially brought the imperial physician to take her pulse."
Before Zijuan could say anything, Daiyu opened the door and came out, kneeling down and saying, "I didn't know the prince had arrived. I'm sorry for not coming to greet you."
Wu Tianyue had never been stopped outside the door before, but he came here this time only because the system guy kept nagging him that if he didn't send the imperial physician in person, the credit for saving the heroine would not be his, so he didn't feel unhappy and nodded silently.
Daiyu was originally afraid that he would punish Zijuan, but when she saw him nod and then turn around to sit on a chair in the hall outside the room, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and sat down in the hall as well.
The imperial physician came forward to examine her, then checked Daiyu's usual medications. He smiled and said, "Young lady, this illness is something you acquired from birth. You should primarily rely on dietary supplements and avoid taking excessive medication. Furthermore, you should avoid excessive worrying and go to bed and get up early. If possible, you should get out more often in the sun and practice gentle exercises like 'Eight-Section Brocade'."
"Prepare some new nourishing pills for her, and tell the chef in the kitchen how to make the medicinal food." Wu Tianyue listened and ordered, "Lan Ye, send someone to watch over her and don't let her sleep in late."
The imperial physician and Lan Ye accepted the order and withdrew.
"Master, there's no need to go to so much trouble. I'll just take some pills." Daiyu had always felt that this matter was a bit strange, and seeing him mobilizing such a large force, she felt even more puzzled and refused with a smile.
Wu Tianyue looked at her in confusion: "The body is the most precious thing a person has, how come you don't care about yourself at all?"
When Daiyu heard this, she was stunned for a moment and opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
Wu Tianyue shook his head and turned to see the little girl behind Zijuan holding a lot of things. He asked curiously, "What are these things you are carrying?"
"My Lord, this is an ornament for the room. It is too valuable. The young lady ordered me to keep it and give it to Miss Lan Ye."
"This isn't that valuable." Wu Tianyue casually flipped it open and took a look, then said to Daiyu, "Just use it. If it breaks, throw it away. If you don't like it, ask someone to stop the boat and buy another one."
Daiyu bowed and said, "Thank you, my lord. These are very good. There is no need to trouble Miss Lanye."
Wu Tianyue saw her body falling down at the slightest gust of wind and said in fear, "You should go back and rest first."
After saying that, he quickly returned to the house. He had just received the book today and had not yet finished reading it.
Daiyu knelt down to see him off, and returned to her room with Zijuan, full of suspicion, and asked Zijuan to put the things back.
Soon, Lan Ye came in with a maid: "This is Lu Chen, she will serve you from now on, but she will only be in the outer room. You can tell her if you have anything to do. She will not interfere at other times, so you don't have to be so reserved."
"Thank you, sister." Daiyu returned the greeting with a smile.
Seeing that the surroundings were all decorated in their original form and Daiyu had very few of her things, Lan Ye knew that she was still being reserved, but she said nothing and retreated with a smile.
After coming out, walk through the hall and corridor and return to Wu Tianyue's house.
"You're back." Wu Tianyue greeted casually.
"What did Master say today?" Lan Ye asked. "I heard Miss Lin's things were taken away and then put back, making people feel uneasy."
Wu Tianyue said innocently, "I heard her say those things were valuable, so I wanted her to get used to them."
"No matter how valuable it is, it can't compare to the things you are used to." Lan Ye looked at him disapprovingly.
"Then let her withdraw again."
"We just got on board today and everyone is exhausted, not to mention Miss Lin has had a weak constitution since she was a child. If she keeps getting sick, what will happen?" Lan Ye said, "Let's wait until tomorrow and talk to her in person."
"Why should I go?"
"Before she left, the princess instructed me to personally handle everything that happened to Miss Lin."
Wu Tianyue listened, slumped over the desk helplessly, and cursed the system in his mind: [It's all your fault for being nosy, saying that her maid had taken the things down and asked me to pay attention.]
[I also hope that the things the heroine uses are better, so that she can be happy and feel better soon.]
[Hmph, you're more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything.] Wu Tianyue refused to listen to its explanation. [You're completely useless. Don't interfere anymore. I'll do it myself.]
Seeing the system shut up in grievance, Wu Tianyue became happy again.
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