Mu Wenhai instantly understood what Su Renzhong meant.
Su Renzhong will definitely marry this woman in the future. However, given Su Renzhong's current status and position, this woman's status as an orphan is clearly not a good match for him. That's why Su Renzhong wants to find a family for this woman and give her the status of a noblewoman.
This also shows that Su Renzhong really values this woman and wants to marry her.
Although this woman was incredibly beautiful, the kind that would make any man's heart flutter—and even the noble sons of Kyoto would likely want to possess her—a woman without status would probably not be given the status of a principal wife; at most, she might be given the status of a concubine or a concubine of lower rank.
Only a naive man like Su Renzhong, who hasn't been tainted by the corrupting influence of Kyoto's aristocratic circles, would be so innocent as to rush to marry a woman whose identity he doesn't even know.
Mu Wenhai had no reason to refuse, but he was genuinely curious as to why Su Renzhong, who was usually indifferent to women and knew nothing about love, had suddenly become so interested. Surely it wasn't just because of the girl's beauty.
Mu Wenhai leaned closer to Su Renzhong: "How exactly did you two meet? How long have you known each other? Where is she from? Does she have any family members? If you two get married, will you go to her house to propose?"
Su Renzhong glanced at Mu Wenhai's gossipy face and really couldn't be bothered with him: "Will you do what I ask of you?"
"What's there to beg for? With our relationship, it's just a matter of a word. Why would I beg?" Mu Wenhai not only readily agreed but also seized the opportunity to further his argument: "This girl isn't some orphan. She's my sister, a noble lady from the Marquis of Dingping's mansion!"
These words calmed Su Renzhong down: "That's more like it. Alright, you can take them away now."
After Su Renzhong finished speaking, he turned to leave again, but Mu Wenhai quickly called out, "You still haven't told me how you two met?"
Su Renzhong ignored him and went straight back to his tent.
Hearing Mu Wenhai's shout, Duanmu Junyu, who was on the bed, looked at Su Renzhong curiously: "Is he your friend?"
"Hmm." Su Renzhong nodded, sat down on the edge of the bed, and introduced himself to Duanmu Junyu: "My name is Su Renzhong, I am the Grand General of Eastern Chu, and the one outside is Mu Wenhai, my best friend. He is the Marquis of Dingping of Eastern Chu."
Duanmu Junyu listened carefully to Su Renzhong's words, trying to digest the information in them, even though she was not yet clear about the status and significance of the Marquis of Dingping and the General in Eastern Chu.
"What's my name? Where am I from?" Duanmu Junyu finally thought to ask her about herself.
This question startled Su Renzhong, who replied guiltily, "Your name is Mu Junyu, and you're from here."
"mujunyu? Which characters?" Duanmu Junyu asked curiously.
Su Renzhong thought for a moment, then took her hand and wrote the three characters "Mu Junyu" in her palm.
Although he didn't know if this was the correct "Yunyu", he figured he'd say so.
Duanmu Junyu carefully wrote down her name. She also liked the way Su Renzhong told her her name, and then asked, "How do you write your name?"
Su Renzhong also wrote his own name for her: "There shouldn't be anyone left in your family. Once you've recovered, I want to take you to the capital of Eastern Chu."
As if afraid she wouldn't agree, Su Renzhong added, deliberately enticing her, "Once we return to Kyoto, I'll arrange our wedding."
Duanmu Junyu nodded seriously after listening: "Okay, take me back to your home, and we'll get married!"
Her answer filled Su Renzhong with joy. He excitedly took her hand and promised, "Yunyu, I won't let you regret your decision today."
"I won't regret it." Duanmu Junyu stared at Su Renzhong's handsome face, not feeling that she would regret it at all.
Although she had no memory of it, she felt that she liked this person, and what was there to regret about marrying someone she liked?
Su Renzhong smiled, the first time he had smiled so happily in front of Duanmu Junyu: "Are you... hungry? Do you want something to eat?"
Duanmu Junyu shook her head: "I don't feel hungry, but I feel very dizzy. I want to sleep for a while."
"Go to sleep, I'll stay with you." Su Renzhong put her hand under the covers and tucked the blanket around her.
Duanmu Junyu really had a headache, and fell asleep soon after.
Su Renzhong quietly watched over Duanmu Junyu, his gaze unable to leave her.
He had considered sending her back to Xiliang, but given her current condition, how could she possibly cope with the persecution from her sister?
Moreover, her sister is so ruthless; if her sister knew she was still alive, she definitely wouldn't let her go.
So after thinking it over, he still felt that taking her back to Dongchu was the safest option. No matter what, once she regained her memories, whether she chose to stay in Dongchu, wanted to return to Xiliang, or even hoped that he would go to Xiliang with her, he would agree to it!
...
When Duanmu Junyu woke up again, it was three days later.
"Your Majesty, you're finally awake! I was so worried about you!" Jinzhu almost burst into tears of joy upon seeing Duanmu Junyu wake up.
Duanmu Junyu seemed to be still immersed in her dream, and it took her a while to come to her senses and look at Jinzhu: "What's wrong with me?"
Jinzhu wiped away her tears as she said, "Doctor Luo gave you acupuncture to clear the blood clot in your brain, and you have been sleeping ever since. It's been three days now. If Doctor Luo hadn't examined you and said that you were just sleeping, I would have gone to fetch the imperial physician."
She was extremely anxious. She had served His Majesty for so long, and this was the first time she had ever encountered him sleeping for so long.
Duanmu Junyu frowned.
She actually slept for three days?
Is it because her dream lasted particularly long this time?
This dream was also a bit strange. If her previous dreams were about her missing memories, then what was going on with this dream?
The things she dreamed about before can be said to be memories from her subconscious. Even if she lost those memories for some reason, those memories once existed in her mind, so it is normal for her to regain those memories in her dreams.
But after she fell off the cliff this time, she remained unconscious, so those events could no longer be her memories.
So now she can't figure out whether those dreams were her own imagination or real events.
If it was all in her imagination, then Shao Yichen's death, and Duanmu Shenghua impersonating her and taking her identity, were all real events. And there were other scenes that felt incredibly real.
But if it really happened, she would have been unconscious after falling off the cliff and wouldn't have had this memory. So how could these things have appeared so miraculously in her dream?
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