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Not long after Luo Lingyu and Zhou Yangling left, after the handover of Nanyang affairs was completed, Lu Yun and his party also set out on the journey south in an extremely grand manner.

Chen Wang Liu Chu, who was in Jianye, received the news and felt a little relieved, thinking that Lu Yun had finally returned safely.

Liu Chu sat in his study, reading the letter and then patiently replied. Since the last time he forged the imperial edict, the emperor was very wary of him. He had been under house arrest in the palace and had not had the opportunity to meet the emperor for a long time. Liu Chu did not care whether he saw his father or not. His father was obsessed with women and his brothers were obsessed with fighting for power. He replied to the letter in his study.

Lu Yun hinted to him to investigate Jianye's situation, suspecting that there were spies from the Northern Country who were infiltrating Jianye and taking advantage of the situation.

Liu Chu pondered for a moment, then his eyes twinkled. Investigating Jianye, well... it was a big deal.

He had his own thoughts in mind, he wrote down the important things and skipped the unimportant things. But when he saw Lu Sanlang casually mentioning the return to the capital in the letter, Liu Chu's heart skipped a beat. Although Lu Yun didn't mean what he thought, for a moment, he couldn't help thinking that if most of the troops returned to the capital, wouldn't Zhou Yangling also come back?

"Zhou Yangling..." Liu Chu murmured the name, but he felt the sweet taste in his mouth and smiled slightly.

What a nice name.

Just listening to it, you can feel the beauty of a graceful and elegant lady.

Like her...she is so handsome in men's clothes, what about women's clothes?

Liu Chu sighed in his heart, thinking that he was such a naughty ghost. Disguised as a man for so long and so successfully, he once suspected that he had a habit of cutting sleeves, and he was sad for a long time. If Zhou Yangling had not had to move out of Zhoutan to improve her status when she left Jianye, Liu Chu would still not have investigated her. He trusted her too much, and felt that there was no hope, so he was discouraged and didn't want to investigate.

After checking, it was discovered that Zhou Yangling used to go around as "Zhou Zibo". Because his daughter was weak, the famous scholar Zhou Tan doted on her most of the time. Zhou Yangling pretended to be a man, but Zhou Tan not only did not say anything, but also helped his daughter cover up. This time, he could no longer cover it up...

Liu Chu was very happy in his heart for a long time, and he also complained to Lu Sanlang. Lu Yun had seen Zhou Yangling before, and with Lu Yun's ability, he should have known that Zhou Yangling was a daughter. But he just didn't say anything, and just watched him laugh... Lu Yun's bad nature is really...

Liu Chu complained about his friend for a few words, and then continued to read the letter. When he saw the end of the letter, he stood up suddenly, in disbelief. It was hard to say whether it was intentional or not, Lu Yun talked about many things, making Liu Chu's heart fluctuate for most of the page. At the end of the letter, Lu Yun said lightly that Zhou Zibo had returned to Yicheng and would not come to Jianye.

Liu Chu: “…”

He sat there in a daze, speechless for a long time. He sat in a dark corner, eyes downcast for a long time, hands trembling in his sleeves, full of disappointment, the handsome man's face turned slightly pale.

Suddenly, there were two knocks on the door. Before Liu Chu could say anything, the door was already opened, and a young lady with a red face was wandering by the door. Princess Liu Tang of Ningping peeked in at the door, and when she met her brother's eyes, she blushed and bit her lip: "Brother, brother, when I came here, I saw a letter from the post station, so I brought it to you. Is Lu Erlang coming back?"

Liu Chu looked at her for a moment and nodded.

Liu Tang's eyes immediately lit up with joy. However, under her brother's gaze, she shyly lowered her head. When she lowered her head and saw the letter in her hand, she remembered something important. Liu Tang shyly walked into the house: "Your letter... was written by a person named 'Zhou Yangling'... ah, brother!"

The letter in her hand was quickly snatched away.

Liu Tang looked up in surprise, and saw her brother, who usually had a cold face and didn't talk, breathing a little heavier at this moment, and his chest was heaving. Liu Tang's beautiful eyes flashed, and she thought of Zhou Yangling... Is it the name of a girl? Her brother actually wrote letters to a girl?

Liu Chu received a letter from Zhou Yangling.

Zhou Yangling was carefully cultivated by her father since she was young. Her handwriting is not as delicate as other girls, but calm and powerful. The handwriting of this letter is still the handwriting of Zhou Zibo that Liu Chu often saw. At least in the handwriting, Zhou Yangling did not lie to him.

Zhou Yangling apologized in the letter and expressed his helplessness... Finally, he said that he would not return to Jianye and would go back to Yicheng to see his father. He also told him that he would seek truth from facts and speak well of him in front of Zhou Tan. Zhou Yangling called him pragmatic and said that the poor family would definitely stand on the side of Prince Chen and help him balance the shaky relationship between the royal family and the gentry.

Liu Chu smiled, and under his sister's strange gaze, he put away the letter solemnly.

Liu Tang: "What did you write? Why are you so happy?"

Liu Chu: "...a love letter."

Liu Tang's eyes widened: "......! I'm going to have a sister-in-law?"

Liu Chu did not answer his sister. He brushed the pages of the letter with his fingertips, as if he could see Zhou Yangling's gentle silhouette as she wrote a letter. Her eyebrows, eyes, and smile were all vivid in his mind.

Liu Chu's eyelashes drooped and trembled slightly. Because of his stuttering, he lived like an ascetic monk for more than 20 years, without any personal hobbies. The only person who came and went around him was Lu Sanlang. He was afraid that the secret of his stuttering would be exposed, so he didn't dare to like anyone, and he was also worried that the people around him would be affected by him... Zhou Yangling was the only bright spot in his ascetic self-defense life.

Thinking that he has been so restrained, can he give himself a little reward?

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Most of the foolish men and resentful women in the world are like this.

No matter how far Prince Chen and Zhou Yangling had gone, when Lu Yun's troops headed south, they would definitely meet Luo Lingyu and her group, who were supposed to have gone further than them. During the break, Lu Sanlang and his group were naturally welcomed and entertained by the imperial post station. Lu Erlang and Lu Xian arranged various matters and returned to their own rooms. They had just had a sip of tea when they heard that someone was looking for them again.

The post station clerk who was talking was full of longing: "The one who is looking for you is a girl wearing a veil. Although I haven't seen her face, I know she is a beauty just by looking at her figure. You are so lucky that a beauty has come from thousands of miles away."

Lu Erlang was so confused by what he heard that he had beautiful hopes in his heart.

Until he met the girl who came to seek refuge with him in his house. The maid Lingyu was wearing a curtain under Luo Lingyu's instruction. When she took off the curtain in the house and bowed to greet Erlang, Lu Erlang's eyelids twitched. Lu Xian looked at the girl next to Lingyu, and the girl also took off the curtain, revealing a charming face, and greeted him with a smile: "Second cousin, long time no see."