Li Feng thought Jiang Chuanqi was acting strangely, but didn't think much of it and continued to chew on the sugar figurine in her hand.
Jiang Chuan asked, "Is it sweet?"
"Mmm, it's very sweet."
Jiang Chuan licked his lips as he looked at the sugar stains left on Li Feng's lips.
Li Feng nodded in confusion and handed the sugar figurine to him: "You're craving it? I'll share some with you."
Jiang Chuan chuckled and shook his head.
Zhu Yu scoffed. Jiang Chuan really needed to read those storybooks in his room. He'd wasted ten years following him.
Feng Yan handed the sugar figurine in his hand to Qi Yu: "Here you go."
Qi Yu blushed and accepted it, saying, "Thank you."
"Where is the Prince?" Li Feng asked, seeing that Jiang Chuan wasn't eating and was continuing to crunch on the sugar figurine.
Zhu Yu also stared longingly at Jiang Chuan.
Jiang Chuan pointed to the lampstand: "Look, it's on the lampstand."
The crowd erupted in excitement. Zhu Yu glanced over and saw the Emperor, the Second Prince, Lu Xiaoyun, and...
And the Fifth Prince, why is he back?
Didn't they say he and the Imperial Advisor were in Southern Liang and wouldn't be back until after the first month of the lunar calendar?
Zhu Yu's eyelids twitched, and his heart suddenly felt inexplicably uneasy.
But that unease was drowned out by the cheers of "Long live the Emperor!" from the people of Shengjing.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!" The thunderous shouts echoed from Shengjing City to the highest heavens, their momentum shaking the heavens.
The old emperor was in a good mood. His voice was loud and clear as he waved to the crowd below the lampstand, saying, "Rise, all of you rise!"
Zhu Yu stood up with the crowd, looked up, but it was too far away for him to see clearly.
Yet, one could still sense Lu Xiaoyun's extreme unease.
What is she worried about?
Lu Xiaoyun, sitting on the lampstand, was deathly pale. She stared blankly at the Fifth Prince Zhu Dan, her lips trembling, and she even had difficulty breathing. She could barely speak and could not hear the surrounding noise.
Zhu Yu said that Zhu Dan was a person of exceptional talent and beauty, like a clear moon and gentle breeze, possessing the appearance of a celestial being.
Zhu Yu said that the world's evaluation of him was fairly fair.
But he, he is clearly Zhang Hao!
Ah Yan's words echoed in her ears.
"The day after your accident, he received the news and flew back home from Canada. The plane crashed over the Pacific Ocean, and all two hundred people on board perished."
No one survived. Zhang Hao died the day after her death over the Pacific Ocean, and his body was never recovered.
"Fourth Brother?" Zhu Dan called to her in her ear.
Lu Xiaoyun felt that the voice was very distant, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and by hundreds or thousands of years.
"Fourth Brother, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale? Father said you were attacked recently, is your heart wound still not healed? Should we call Imperial Physician Jiang to take a look?" Zhu Dan smiled gently as he looked at her.
Lu Xiaoyun's mind was buzzing. She stared straight at Zhu Dan, wanting to call him Zhang Hao, but her throat felt blocked, and even breathing was difficult.
The person before her was dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, the hem of which flowed like clouds. He wore a brocade robe and a jade belt, and his hair was tied up with a jade crown. He had a pair of dark, ink-like eyes that were calm and elegant, and a gentle smile on his lips as he looked at her.
Just like in modern times, he always looked at her in the same way, except that back then Zhang Hao's eyes were filled with deep affection when he looked at her.
But now those eyes are only black, neither distant nor cold.
Just like the last time he saw her on the day his mother forced him to go on a blind date.
If Zhu Yu's handsomeness is like that of a young general, with a cold and hard exterior concealing an unyielding spirit, and a vigorous and blazing aura like the sun, then Zhu Dan is as gentle and warm as a spring breeze in March, stunningly beautiful, yes, beautiful.
Lu Xiaoyun once jokingly said that if he were dressed in women's clothing, he could become a top star without doing anything, just by looking at his face.
But this person just happens to like wearing moon white.
Those memories slowly crept into her mind.
During their four years of university, they left their mark on almost every table in the library, traversing every corner of the campus.
They also used to secretly meet in the dense woods on campus, leaning against him, listening to his sweet words, and hearing him say that they would get married as soon as they graduated from graduate school.
But all of this ended when he took her to meet his parents, and when he left to follow his parents' wishes and embark on the path of arranged marriage.
Less than six months after they separated, I heard that he went to Canada.
He walked with the girl he was on a blind date with.
Two years later, her life ended in modern times at the age of twenty-eight.
Six years of knowing and loving each other ultimately vanished like bubbles.
"Fourth Brother?" Zhu Dan placed his hand on her shoulder, a hint of worry in his dark eyes. "Are you feeling unwell?"
Everyone on the lampstand looked at her, even the old emperor.
Prince An looked like this, unlike anything they had ever seen before; he seemed to have lost his soul.
But Lu Xiaoyun's neck was stiff.
Ruoling ran over and grabbed Lu Xiaoyun's arm, shaking it: "Fourth Brother, Fourth Brother, what's wrong with you? It's only been three years since you last saw Fifth Brother, why don't you recognize me? Fourth Brother!"
Lu Xiaoyun suddenly woke up, took three steps back, and rushed towards the lampstand.
The group left on the lampstand looked at each other in bewilderment.
The old emperor frowned unhappily. Today was the Lantern Festival, and he didn't want to let irrelevant people spoil his good mood.
He took the torch from Zhang Zhongwei and slowly lit the huge lantern.
The lanterns suddenly lit up, instantly illuminating half the sky and even making Lu Xiaoyun's staggering steps as she rushed to the lantern stand bright.
The crowd below the stage erupted in cheers, instantly obscuring Lu Xiaoyun's figure.
Zhu Dan on the stage looked down at the figure below, who was no longer visible, with some confusion.
Lu Yuyan, Feng Yan, and the others were standing below. When they saw Lu Xiaoyun rushing down, they quickly helped her up: "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Lu Xiaoyun gripped Lu Yuyan's wrist tightly, her face pale: "Ayan, it's Zhang Hao, it's Zhang Hao!"
"What Zhang Hao? He, he's dead. He died in the Pacific Ocean, his body never to be found."
Lu Xiaoyun shook her head, grabbed his hand, staggered past Feng Yan and the others, and walked forward aimlessly.
Feng Yan knew that Lu Yuyan and his prince were "brothers" in modern times. He didn't know who Zhang Hao, whom the prince was talking about, was, but he should also have many entanglements with the two brothers in modern times.
To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Feng Yan, Xi Yi, Wu Chuan, and the others stepped back a few paces and disappeared into the crowd.
Lu Yuyan noticed that something was wrong with her, so he took her to Liaohu Residence.
She poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of Lu Xiaoyun, and asked with concern, "Sister, what's wrong?"
"Fifth Prince, Zhu Dan, no, it's not Zhu Dan, it's Zhang Hao. He's here too. I'm not mistaken."
Lu Yuyan paused upon hearing this: "You mean Zhu Dan is Zhang Hao?"
"right."
Lu Yuyan chuckled lightly: "Sister, have you been not resting well lately and are you hallucinating? Time travel isn't as easy as buying cabbage."
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