The Fat Little Prodigal
Before Lu Qinghe left, he finally told Ye Shuyu her identity.
The underworld and the imperial court are not connected, and Ye Shuyu is a rookie who has just come out of the valley to travel. He has no real sense of the identity of the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, and is still optimistic about waiting until next spring to bring the eldest daughter out to play.
"Miss Lu is getting engaged."
But at this time, Taoist Qing Heng shattered Ye Shuyu's thoughts and added ruthlessly: "Whether it is the royal family that is about to marry her or Miss Lu's own family, they are all heavily guarded, and ordinary people in the martial arts world cannot enter and leave at will."
"ah……"
Ye Shuyu's face fell, and he cheered up again after thinking about something. "No problem, we can rely on Mi Gao! Let Mi Gao go in to pass the message and find an opportunity!"
Fatty Chu tilted his head: "Chu?"
Ye Shuyu coaxed it: "In the past half month, you have become familiar with the skill of delivering messages. Later, I will take you to the vicinity of the Zhenguogong Mansion. You must deliver the note to Qinghe."
Fatty cocked his tail: "Chirp~!"
Perhaps Que'er was also thinking about the beautiful branch that looked soft and slender, and this time she accepted the request in a very formal manner without any need for Su Su to bribe her.
"You really agreed? As expected, Mi Gao, you are the best!"
Ye Shuyu smiled with eyes curved, held the bird on his shoulder, and asked the Taoist priest beside him: "Master, are you still planning to follow us?"
Taoist Qing Heng said firmly: "Of course."
Thinking of something, Ye Shuyu turned around again and spoke to the seemingly deserted forest: "Now that Qinghe has left, can Miss Luosha show herself?"
Nothing happened.
The girl sighed and spoke again without holding out hope: "If you are still willing to follow us, then you don't have to hide and dodge. Will you come with us?"
After waiting for a while, when she thought Luosha had already refused——
A cold wind blew by, and a figure fell from the treetops, as light as a cat, and came to them silently.
The team returned to three people.
"The young lady is recovering very well in the temple. Her complexion looks much rosier. It is true that the master is an accomplished monk."
"Um."
Sitting in the carriage on the return journey, Lu Qinghe responded to the maid's words in a disjointed manner, his eyes were dazed, and he seemed a little absent-minded.
She came back, but her heart seemed to be somewhere else.
It was bustling outside the carriage, as if we had already entered the city, with hawking sounds everywhere.
Lu Qinghe lifted the curtain a little and looked out.
It is clearly a similar scene, but there are indeed some differences.
Where is it?
"Miss? Miss?"
The maid called her carefully and pulled down the curtain: "There are rude civilians outside, don't be scared young lady."
Lu Qinghe's eyelashes trembled slightly: "... Yeah."
After returning to the mansion, she visited her parents according to the rules. As soon as she bowed, she heard her mother's serious voice:
"After being out for a month, my manners have deteriorated a lot."
"You are going to be married soon, so you must not slack off!"
So Lu Qinghe stood up again and saluted again, with his back straight and neck stretched.
Only then did the two people sitting at the top of the table relax their expressions.
Indeed, there is a big difference.
Lu Qinghe listened quietly to the words of his elders. On the surface, he was as docile and obedient as he was a month ago, but his heart was filled with inexplicable emotions.
If she had not experienced such freedom and unbridled freedom, she might have thought that all this was normal, human nature, the trials and tribulations that every girl would go through, and the necessary price to pay for growing up.
But now she realized that this was not the case and should not be the case.
Lu Qinghe raised his eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but swallowed it back after seeing his parents' expressions, and just listened quietly to their teachings.
"When I get to my husband's house, I need to be gentle and virtuous..."
Lu Qinghe: Yeah.
"We raised you up, and we are actually reluctant to let you go..."
Lu Qinghe: Yeah.
"You have to consider the affairs of the court. You have to be sensible..."
Lu Qinghe: Yeah.
Although it was exactly the same words as a month ago, she shamefully felt some resistance at this moment and almost wanted to run away.
I don't know if this resistance was noticed, so the next words of instruction changed from hard to soft:
You have been weak and sickly since childhood, and your mother's hair has turned a lot whiter in order to take care of you.
The younger sisters behind you are all looking up to you as their eldest sister and setting an example for them.
Of course, parents make the decision on marriage. Although the royal family has strict rules, this is an opportunity that countless women in the capital dream of...
Listening to this, Lu Qinghe also felt a little confused.
Compared with that short month, more than ten years of education is really too heavy and insurmountable.
Of course, she still yearns for the freedom of a woman in the world, but does she have to go against her parents' opinions for this?
Should you refuse just because you don't want to?
She is the daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion first, and only then herself, so she needs to perform her duties according to her status and position.
Under the implicit pressure from his elders and more than a decade of deep-rooted repression, Lu Qinghe could only think this way.
But she suppressed the faint consciousness of resistance and dared not say more to others.
When he walked out of the door and looked at the leaves in the yard that were faintly covered with frost and the dark and gray sky, Lu Qinghe suddenly realized.
——It’s winter now.
And the romantic and free journey through the rivers and lakes in late autumn will never happen again.
Half a month passed in a flash.
Ye Shuyu was holding the bird and pretending to cry:
"Wow, I miss Qinghe so much!"
"Chiu..."
"Mi Gao, you miss her too, right? Shall we go see her?"
“Chirp, chirp!”
Ye Shuyu and the two people beside him announced loudly: "Next stop, let's go to the Forbidden City!"
Taoist Qing Heng had a complicated expression: "We've only been apart for half a month..."
Ye Shuyu said loudly: "Half a month has passed! It's time to go find someone!"
Fatty chirped: "Chirp!"
Luosha always had no expression. Hearing this, he just put down the food and said calmly: "People from Tianji Tower are not allowed to approach the Forbidden City at will. I won't go there."
Even though her expected death was not far away, she was not going to take the risk.
Ye Shuyu's arrogance softened at once: "Luosha, if you don't go...then how can we snatch him away?"
Luosha shook his head: "She will live well, don't disturb her."
Ye Shuyu muttered: "How can it be good...Qinghe obviously likes playing with us."
Luosha did not comment, but only said: "I will wait for you outside the city."
After a pause, she added:
"If I do not appear after a quarter of an hour, look for my body in the nearby caves."
Ye Shuyu: ! !
"Ahh, don't make death sound so light!"
Although she was afraid of Luosha at the beginning, and they only spent half a month together when Lu Qinghe was away, it was enough for the girl, who was already sentimental, to develop some feelings for him.
Perhaps it was because Luosha did not have any emotional fluctuations in her daily life. Compared to a terrifying killer who might suddenly attack and hurt people, she was more like an emotionless dagger, killing people only to fulfill the wishes of the person behind her.
Even if it wasn't her, there would be thousands and thousands of killers who were trained like her.
In this situation, even though Taoist Qingheng had some hidden secrets, he did not blame Luosha. He just took Luosha aside and talked to her for a few words before calmly accepting her.
[Ahhhh no way, why are there fires at both ends? ? The young lady is getting engaged over there and the assassin sister is in danger of her life over here? ? ]
[I am confused and can't tell which one is more urgent. The killer sister said she could die anytime in the next week, and the eldest daughter has already been engaged and is about to get married! ]
[Isn’t it the classic two-choice plot in the original work?]
[Ahhhh no, I don’t want it, not a single girl can be left behind (angry)]
The three of them finally set off towards the Forbidden City.
People from the underworld shouldn’t meddle in the affairs of the imperial court, but they were just going to meet a friend, so nothing should go wrong, right…?
The engagement was over and the matter was done. In addition, Lu Qinghe was as well-behaved as ever after returning, so the Lu family relaxed their control.
The young lady, who was overwhelmed by the etiquette courses she had been forced to take in half a month, finally had some free time to go out.
I heard that my husband's family has very strict rules and that I need to report before going out. I guess I can't go out as I please.
After much hesitation, Lu Qinghe decided to use this precious trip to go to the restaurant and listen to the storytelling again.
Ordinary people yearn for the martial arts world, and are all bewitched by the storytellers with brilliant voices. However, the restaurant that Lu Qinghe often goes to is even more special. The storytellers here not only tell those strange things, but also write books.
Well, what Lu Qinghe was reading was actually this guy’s masterpiece.
"It is said that in Jiangnan, there is a mysterious hero..."
The eldest lady on the second floor squinted her eyes and listened carefully to the storyteller's story.
"...He retired because he couldn't bear the love, and opened a pastry shop at the corner of the street."
Hearing this, Lu Qinghe was a little surprised.
This description?
She had actually seen the pastry shop on the corner of the street... Hmm, so it was the kind-looking old shop owner... ?
"It is said that the cake is made from the snow of Tianshan Mountain. Eating it can increase your internal strength by 100 years!"
Lu Qinghe: “Puff.”
This is totally wrong.
They made the pastries themselves. The ingredients they used were not special and there was nothing special about the taste.
Listening carefully again, she heard the storyteller talking about the duel between the two swordsmen in front of Fengyu Tower: "…At that time, a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky, and three consecutive lightning bolts split the earth apart!"
Lu Qinghe: “Hmm.”
This is even more wrong.
Although she was not close at that time, she would definitely notice it if there was a strange phenomenon like lightning.
Why are the things this storyteller says only half-truths?
Lu Qinghe pursed his lips and smiled. He was not angry because he had been deceived before. He just thought that with such ability to "polish" the story, it was no wonder that the stories written by storytellers were so popular.
The voice below changed. Lu Qinghe was about to leave when she heard someone at the door report that the storyteller just now asked to see her.
"Huh?"
Under normal circumstances, Lu Qinghe would definitely refuse to meet with a man outside of her family.
But Lu Qinghe, who had just heard the story of the martial arts world, still agreed.
Through the curtain, before she could speak, she heard the storyteller speak first: "I noticed your reaction just now. You don't seem to agree with my story."
Lu Qinghe: ...
Oh, did she fail to hold back her laughter?
The eldest lady was a little embarrassed for a moment, and apologized gently: "I'm very sorry, it's not that I'm dissatisfied with your story, I just remembered something else."
Storyteller: "May I ask if you have personally experienced what I just said?"
Lu Qinghe was somewhat surprised by his sharpness: "Well... I didn't see it myself, I just heard what the monks in the temple said."
Storyteller: "Please give me some advice, young lady."
Through the curtain, Lu Qinghe couldn't see his expression clearly. He could only hear his extremely sincere words. He let down his guard and explained in a low voice.
The storyteller was like a person who simply wanted to fill in the gaps in the story. He just listened carefully without explaining anything. After Lu Qinghe finished, he said apologetically: "So the truth is like this. I didn't investigate carefully enough. I made the girl laugh."
Lu Qinghe: "No, no, what you said is very interesting. These details are actually harmless..."
After a pause, with a little yearning and a touch of nostalgia, she continued: "Because, in fact, the spirit of the rivers and lakes is enough to attract people."
There was silence outside the curtain. The storyteller seemed to be in a brief state of thought before he smiled and said, "Thank you for your preference, young lady. There will be a new story tomorrow. Please be sure to come."
Lu Qinghe did not verbally promise to come.
But the next day, she still came to the restaurant.
Come to think of it, where else could she go?
If you like rich and luxurious places, you will be bored by the time you visit and attend banquets at your husband's house. There is no need to sacrifice your precious free time to go to these places.
In addition, Lu Qinghe really wanted to listen to the stories of the martial arts world again, so she stayed in the restaurant for several days.
The followers were watching closely at first, but relaxed later on.
Everything was calm. Just when Lu Qinghe thought that these few days would be so dull, she met the female knight who came to the capital to find her on the street.
Seeing the eldest lady, Ye Shuyu rushed over and said, "Qinghe, long time no see! I missed you so much!"
The fat cat was originally leaning on her shoulder, and when it saw Lu Qinghe, it called out softly and naturally jumped to the eldest lady's side without any unfamiliarity.
Lu Qinghe: "Ah..."
Compared to when they first parted, she became a little reserved and hesitated for a moment before putting her hand on the girl's back.
As soon as she put her hand on it, she heard Ye Shuyu whispering in her ear:
"We actually arrived yesterday. I heard that you will be entering the Prince's Palace in a few days."
"Want to leave? If you don't want to get married, I can take you away right now while the chaos is going on."
"Your house is so heavily guarded. I almost got mistaken for an assassin when I went around yesterday. This is my only chance!"
Thinking of the eldest lady's watery eyes of surprise when they met just now, Ye Shuyu felt more confident and began to mutter about what happened after he left with her.
"Mi Gao can fly in, but it can't catch someone as big as you. It probably pecked at your window for a long time last night without waking you up, and then came back sulking for a long time. You have to comfort it after it leaves..."
“Chirp!”
"Although I may not have enough money to escape, Luosha has a lot of savings. You don't have to worry about it. I've been getting along well with her recently! Rice cakes are my witness!"
“Chirp~!”
"The Taoist priest didn't come. He went out to see Rakshasa. The result of the divination he mentioned... Humph, if he doesn't want to come, then don't come. I don't want to protect this stinky man anymore!"
“Chirp?”
"Oh, Mi Gao, you are a little male bird. But you are different, you are better than all men!"
"Chirp~"
They chatted happily for a long time, but the girl in front of him remained silent and even began to tremble slightly.
Finally, she responded to the two of them, but her movements were gentle and firm as she pushed them away and rejected them: "I'm sorry to trouble you, but I don't plan to leave."
Ye Shuyu:!
Fatty:!
Ye Shuyu thought that Lu Qinghe was worried about the followers in the dark, so he hurriedly added in a low voice: "I can knock these followers down for the time being. Their hearts are flying to the sky. If we leave now, we will definitely not be caught!"
But Lu Qinghe still refused.
The underworld and the government should not be connected.
If she destroyed the careers of her relatives and close friends because of her willfulness, she would be committing a heinous crime.
But Lu Qinghe looked at Ye Shuyu who looked anxious in front of him, and just tried to smile and said softly: "It's okay, don't worry about me."
"I'll be fine."
She said this, as if trying to convince herself.
It seems like the world is about to end? Scratching my head
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