Chapter 168 Returning Home
Chunzhi didn't expect Huo Zheng to suddenly say such a thing, and her cheeks turned slightly red.
Huo Zheng is not a person who speaks sweet words, but when he occasionally says something like this, it is enough to surpass any love words.
Chunzhi whispered, "How can you say these things outside?"
Huo Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why not?"
"It's not that I can't..." Chunzhi was a little shy for once, "It's just that it wouldn't be good if someone heard it."
Huo Zheng's smile deepened, "I don't think there's anything wrong with it."
He didn't need to hide the fact that he liked Chunzhi.
Chunzhi raised her hand and touched her hot cheek, "Stop talking and go home."
"Okay." Huo Zheng agreed with a smile, "Go home."
When the maids and attendants saw the two of them like this, they tactfully fell behind them a little and followed them at a distance.
When Chunzhi and Huo Zheng walked out of the palace, they saw Lu Jingyun dragging Wang Yiyue into a carriage not far away. The latter refused, and the two started arguing.
"You go to the palace every few days to complain to the Empress. Do you really have no dignity at all? You don't have any shame, but my Lu family does!"
Lu Jingyun's voice was filled with uncontrollable anger.
"Face?" Wang Yiyue was just kicked out of the palace and was furious. "What face does your Lu family still have? Ji Ruzhen bullied me like that, and you didn't say a word. You ignored her, but insisted that I go to the palace to ask the Empress for help, Lu Jingyun! You really helped Ji Ruzhen bully me!"
Lu Jingyun wanted to say something when Wang Yiyue suddenly started sobbing.
Perhaps feeling truly wronged, Wang Yiyue burst into tears. "I, the daughter of the Grand Tutor, became your equal wife. It's one thing you're not grateful for, but you actually let Ji Ruzhen treat me like a lowly concubine. How dare you? How dare you?"
Lu Jingyun was a little overwhelmed by her crying, but making such a scene at the palace gate was really embarrassing. He pulled Wang Yiyue into the carriage and said, "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get back. How can we make such a scene at the palace gate?"
Wang Yiyue refused to get on the carriage. "What if someone sees us? I've lost my dignity, and you still want to save it? Forget it!"
The two of them pulled and tugged at each other, crying and making a lot of noise.
Haruji glanced at them.
With just one glance, Huo Zheng slightly turned sideways to block Chunzhi's view of Lu Jingyun.
"What is he doing?"
There was no fluctuation in Huo Zheng's tone, but his action was real.
Seeing this, Chunzhi couldn't help but smile, "Just take a look."
Huo Zheng said, "You can look at anyone, but not him."
He still remembered that Chunzhi had been Lu Jingyun's child bride for ten years and had done so much for him.
This is a past that Huo Zheng resents whenever he thinks about it.
"If you don't want to look, then don't." Chunzhi withdrew her gaze.
If Lu Jingyun and Wang Yiyue hadn't been making a fuss at the palace gate, Chunzhi really wouldn't have even taken a second look.
These days, the Lu Mansion has become the biggest joke in the whole capital. Many people in the mansion are talking about it. At first, someone even brought it to Chunzhi to make her laugh.
But Chunzhi didn't want to pay attention to Lu Jingyun's affairs. The people below noticed it and didn't bring those things up to her.
The carriage of the Chang'an Palace was parked not far away. Huo Zheng carried Xiaoxing back and did not forget to free up one hand to support Chunzhi.
Chunzhi said, "I can go up by myself."
Huo Zheng looked at her with eyes as dark as ink, "But I want to help you."
Chunzhi couldn't bear Huo Zheng's gaze, so she put her hand on his palm and slowly got into the carriage.
Wang Yiyue, who was a few steps away, saw this scene and immediately shook off Lu Jingyun's hand and ran forward crying, "Cousin! Cousin, Lu Jingyun is bullying me, you have to stand up for me!"
Seeing this, Lu Jingyun hurried over. When he looked up, he saw Chunzhi standing in front of the carriage with her hand on Huo Zheng's.
The twilight of sunset enveloped them, making them look like a perfect couple.
Huo Zheng was holding a chubby little baby in his arms.
That's their child.
Lu Jingyun looked at Chunzhi who was a few steps away, and suddenly realized that she was very far away from him.
If Wang Yiyue hadn't come here to make trouble today, he, a mere editor in the Hanlin Academy, would never have been able to meet Princess Chang'an.
Those times when they were together are long gone and will never come back.
Chunzhi didn't even look at him, she just asked Huo Zheng: "Give me the child?"
"No need." Huo Zheng said to the sobbing Wang Yiyue, "How can I make a decision for you?"
"I, I..." Wang Yiyue originally had a lot to say, but when she saw Huo Zheng's disgusted look, she suddenly became speechless.
Huo Zheng waited for a moment, but before Wang Yiyue could speak, he carried Xiaoxing back to the carriage.
The maidservants who came later separated Wang Yiyue who wanted to move forward.
The driver turned his horse around and left Lu Jingyun and Wang Yiyue.
A group of maids and attendants followed.
After a while, only Lu Jingyun and Wang Yiyue were left there.
Wang Yiyue suddenly couldn't cry anymore. She had always thought that she would become the Princess of Chang'an since she was a child. After being plotted against by Chunzhi in Princess Anyang's Mansion, she fell from the branch into the quagmire.
She hated Chunzhi to the core, but when such a thing happened, her father, who had always loved her, said that she could either commit suicide with a three-foot white silk or marry Lu Jingyun as his concubine.
Wang Yiyue didn't want to die yet. She persuaded herself to marry Lu Jingyun as his equal wife so that she could suppress Ji Ruzhen.
Unexpectedly, Ji Ruzhen was such a ruthless character, and they fought to the death every day. However, Lu Jingyun wanted to avoid offending both of them, so he hid outside every day and didn't come back.
Days like this make Wang Yiyue feel like years.
She had completely lost the upbringing of a legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor, and all she thought about every day was defeating Ji Ruzhen. Even her own mother ignored her, and her aunt, the Empress, who had loved her the most, also disliked her.
Now she is like mud in front of her cousin, disgusting to look at.
Wang Yiyue's grievances and hatred suddenly became unspeakable. She stared blankly at the carriage of the Chang'an Palace leaving, and couldn't help but think: How did I become like this?
Lu Jingyun didn't know when he would see Chunzhi again. It wasn't until the carriage from the Chang'an Palace left and he could no longer see her that he came to his senses. He pulled Wang Yiyue into the carriage and said, "Let's go! Back to the palace! We can go back if there's anything!"
Wang Yiyue seemed to have lost all her strength and was dragged into the carriage by Lu Jingyun.
Back at the Lu Mansion, Ji Ruzhen made a fuss again.
Lu Jingyun had a terrible headache and locked himself in his study to think for the whole night. The next day, he wrote a memorial and submitted it, requesting to be transferred to another post.
Queen Wang also wanted Lu Jingyun to leave Beijing, and the emperor agreed that day.
On the morning of August 15th, Lu Jingyun came to the Chang'an Palace alone, handed in a visiting card, and asked to see the Princess Chang'an.
However, this visiting card was not handed to Haruji.
Lu Jingyun was brought into the palace by a servant, but the person who came to see him was Huo Zheng.
"Your Majesty..."
As soon as Lu Jingyun saw Prince Chang'an, his face turned three shades paler.
Huo Zheng's expression remained calm, and he said calmly, "The princess is still asleep. If Lord Lu has anything to say, it's the same as saying it to me."
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