I can ask my knowledgeable brother-in-law for advice when I get back!
When the long-roofed carriage was about to reach Wuyi Lane, the driver said in embarrassment that the carriage was broken. The young lady got off the carriage with flowers in her arms and said sweetly: "Then you guys fix the carriage... Don't follow me, I'll just go back!"
The young lady went out to play and even left her maid at home, with only the coachman following her. After leaving the coachman behind, Luo Yunhuan happily hugged her flowers and left, not turning back no matter how the coachman called her.
As Luo Yunhuan was walking, a heavy rain suddenly began to fall without any warning. The young lady cried out "Ah!" and hid under the eaves of a roadside house while holding her flowers. She bit her lip, and after judging the rain intensity and the distance to her home, she immediately made up her mind to rush out in the rain.
Luo Yunhuan took a step forward, and a hand suddenly stretched out from behind her and pulled her back under the eaves.
The heavy rain under the eaves flowed like a long river, gurgling endlessly. Through the rain curtain, Luo Yunhua's black eyes were like grapes. She blinked and recognized the person holding her wrist. She smiled brightly and called out in a crisp and sweet voice: "Brother Zihan! Are you here to play with me?"
Luo Yunhuan was a little embarrassed: she wanted to take the flowers home...especially in such heavy rain.
Yue Zihan looked down at him. The rain made it hard to see his expression, and his voice was vague: "I'm leaving Jianye and going home."
Luo Yunhuan was startled, her heart suddenly felt empty, and she stared at him blankly.
She said quickly, "My second cousin's wedding will be in a few days. Aren't you coming? I can send you an invitation!"
...There is a problem with his identity.
Because Luo Yunhuan's brother-in-law Lu Yun was in charge of this matter, Luo Yunhuan knew that the refugees who were leaving Jianye at this time had some problems of their own. Luo Yunhuan vaguely remembered that last year she and Lu Xiaosilang Lu Chang were chased by refugees, which led to a conflict between the Lu and Chen families... At that time, Yue Zihan was also there.
Luo Yunhuan didn't dare to believe her own guess, so she used the wedding banquet of her second cousin Lu Xian to test Yue Zihan. Her sister and brother-in-law seemed to have revealed that something would definitely happen at the wedding banquet of her second cousin. If, if Yue Zihan was the person that her third cousin wanted to catch... he would not miss the wedding banquet of his second cousin.
Unexpectedly, Yue Zihan shook his head and whispered, "It's too late. I'm afraid I can't go."
Luo Yunhuan was stunned and breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't even come to the wedding banquet, so I must have been overthinking it. Her brother Yue Zihan would not be the person that her brother-in-law wanted to catch.
Then the young lady was happy for a moment, but then her mood became depressed again because he said he was leaving.
...is leaving.
Luo Yunhuan lowered her eyes, her voice trembling slightly, "Little brother, you are saying goodbye to me... does that mean you will never come back?"
Yue Zihan was silent.
Luo Yunhuan understood.
Her eyes were wet, tears and raindrops dripping down her cheeks. She whispered, "I wish you a safe journey, little brother, and that all your wishes come true."
Even if they were not the bad guys that her brother-in-law wanted to catch, the refugees who were leaving would not be completely without problems. She said nothing, pretending not to know, which had already preserved the friendship between the two of them.
In the heavy rain, the girl held her flowers carefully and walked in the opposite direction of Yue Zihan.
The two passed each other, their eyes fixed.
Listening to the sound of rain, both of them felt sad, thinking that this would be the last time they would see each other.
…
Goodbye.
Her little brother.
Since you are not a good person, I am not willing to give you anything. But the journey is long and the mountains are high, I hope you will not do evil things again, and don't forget me.
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In Jianye Taichu Palace, the old emperor's health was getting worse day by day. He was getting more and more crazy taking elixirs, but the effect was getting worse and worse. Last year, Hengyang King Liu Mu wanted to use elixirs to kill the old emperor. After being stopped by Lu Erlang and Lu Xian, who could have expected that a year later, the old emperor would still take this path without Liu Mu's frame-up.
Overdosage of elixirs can lead to death from elixirs. This is something that the upper class knows. I don’t know if the old emperor doesn’t believe this or if he can’t live without elixirs. His health is getting worse and worse. The Taoists just lied to him and he urged people to make elixirs again.
The rest of the time, he wasted his life in the harem, indulging in drunkenness and dreams with beauties.
After wasting so much time, the Northern Princess, a hidden chess piece, finally came in handy at this moment. After a decadent lovemaking, the Northern Princess tenderly advised the Emperor: "Your Majesty always says that you are not in good health, but I see that I am getting stronger... Only in the Northern Kingdom do we have the saying of "going to a happy place to share in the good fortune". I wonder if it is the same in the Southern Kingdom. I heard that the second son of the Lu family is getting married, and the wedding banquet is extremely grand. Your Majesty, why don't you go to add to the fun and share in the good fortune?"
The old emperor's heart moved. He had been in a state of panic recently, and his body and spirit were getting weaker and weaker. In order to live a hundred years, he believed in all kinds of strange sayings. In his pursuit of all kinds of strange things, going to the minister's wedding banquet to get some of the joy was the most normal way.
The only thing that made the old emperor uncomfortable was the Lu family.
The Lu family, a wealthy family in Jianye, didn't even give face to the emperor. But he went to congratulate his minister on his wedding?
The old emperor hesitated: "...Let's wait and see."
Although he was already wavering in his heart, he would definitely agree if the Princess of the Northern Kingdom persuaded him a few more times.
The Princess of the Northern Kingdom smiled confidently.
Suddenly, her smile faded again - this old man was so easy to persuade, and the same words and tricks could not sway Lu Sanlang in the past.
Lu Sanlang was the most handsome man she had ever seen, but also the most difficult to talk to. It was said that he had married his cousin Luo Lingyu in Nanyang. He actually married that crying and unindependent girl. Could it be that the woman he loved was such a weak and pitiful one?
Princess Beiguo still doesn't know Luo Lingyu's true face, but she has hated Lu Yun and Luo Lingyu again and again in her heart. She hates that she can't marry Lu Yun, hates that Lu Yun doesn't give her face, and hates that Luo Lingyu can easily get the man she likes.
Since they have embarrassed her so much, this couple should just die.
She whispered in the old emperor's ear that she couldn't get that man, and she hoped that no one could get him either.