Chapter 3
System, this ancient scenery is truly beautiful. Hey, there are a lot of beauties too.
Liang He lifted the curtain of the carriage and accidentally saw a woman in red, who was bright and chivalrous.
Liang He was a little bored. Fu Jinwan ignored her. She must be secretly preparing her "revenge" plan, so Liang He chatted with her good friend, the system.
System: You are in the world of a book. The author's descriptions are definitely subjective. If nothing unexpected happens, the people you meet here won't be too bad looking.
Liang He: Yeah, that's right. The main character's looks are pretty good, so the supporting characters definitely can't be too bad either. Besides, the Fu family is pretty much just supporting characters.
System: Don't think I don't know you're bragging. Remember to switch rooms with Fu Jinwan later.
Liang He: I remember, I remember. Did you find out where Song Ji is?
System: Song Ji is now boating on the lake in the suburbs, and Lu Xiuyuan is also on the boat. They seem to be with the second prince Bai Xian.
Liang He still remembered that in the dispute between the two factions, Lu Xiuyuan stood on the side of the prince, while Song Ji was originally neutral, but later Fu Jinwan married Lu Xiuyuan and also stood on the side of the prince.
The current situation in the court is turbulent, and everyone has their own plans. The Crown Prince's party and the Second Prince's party are fighting openly and secretly.
Liang He thought, now that the crown prince has been appointed, is the second prince planning to seize the throne?
The emperor also acquiesced to this behavior because he seized the throne from the prince...his brother.
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The journey took almost half an hour, which is almost an hour according to modern time.
Finally arrived at the Fu family’s farm.
The farmhouse was a small courtyard, with bamboo and low shrubs planted outside. Further ahead was an open area with some unknown trees planted along the wall. Near the fence, Liang He also saw roses and Chinese roses.
After driving all the way, everyone in the Fu family was tired. The servants in the yard had already arranged rooms for them to rest.
Old Madam Fu was helped by Nanny Lian and Nanny Chen to go to the tidied room to rest.
"Wanwan."
Fu Jinchu followed Fu Jinwan and called out in a low voice.
"What's up?"
Fu Jinwan replied slowly, without any intention of stopping, and continued to follow the servant forward.
After a while, the servant pointed to the front yard and said to Fu Jinwan, "Miss San, this room is yours."
The servant paused for a moment, changed his position, pointed to the other side and said, "Second Miss, this room is yours."
Fu Jinwan's house is close to the outer wall, while Fu Jinchu's house is farther away from the courtyard.
Liang He looked at the wall, thoughtful.
After the servant finished speaking, he added, "Second Miss, Third Miss, we will send a few maids to tidy up the room later. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."
The servant bowed his head and saluted humbly.
Liang He glanced at the servant, then looked at Fu Jinwan. Seeing Fu Jinwan walking towards the assigned room, Liang He raised his hand and said, "Go away." Then he followed Fu Jinwan's steps.
"Wanwan, Wanwan." Fu Jinchu called softly.
"What's the matter?" Fu Jinwan responded, his voice a little impatient.
"Um... I want to trade rooms with you. I wonder if Wanwan can... give up?"
Yes, yes, give up. Liang He couldn't find the words to express it for a moment.
Change house?
Why did Fu Jinchu suddenly want to change houses?
Liang He glanced over and saw a jujube tree in the room where he was assigned, which immediately gave him a reason.
"Don't you like eating red dates? Look, there's a red date tree in my room. It's the perfect time for it to bear fruit this season."
Fu Jinwan followed Fu Jinchu's words and looked over, and sure enough, there was a jujube tree.
However, she was still more curious about why Fu Jinchu wanted to trade rooms with her. In the past, she would have agreed. But in her previous life, they hadn't gone to the manor for their grandmother's birthday party. Had the situation changed? Never mind, let's see what she wants to do.
"Sure, as long as Second Sister likes it. I didn't expect Second Sister to be so thoughtful and know that Wanwan likes dates. I'll trade this room with you. One room is not a big deal."
Fu Jinwan looked at Fu Jinchu's expectant eyes and felt a little uncomfortable, so she turned her head and looked to the side.
"Thank you so much, Wanwan! You're so kind!"
The last sentence Liang He said was as disgusting as it could be, and he even reached out and held Fu Jinwan's hand.
Fu Jinwan's hand was held tightly by Liang He. She inadvertently saw Liang He's charming and sincere eyes, and turned her head away somewhat unnaturally.
Then, Liang He let go of her hand and walked into the yard they had exchanged with Chu Li.
Fu Jinwan paused for a moment. Chu Lan looked at Fu Jinchu who had already entered the house and said, "Miss, let's go in too. It looks like it's going to rain again. Don't get wet."
Chu Lan looked at the changing sky and saw several large dark clouds floating by.
"Well, go in." Fu Jinwan came back to his senses and spoke.
Before entering the house, Fu Jinwan thought again: How did Fu Jinchu know that she liked to eat dates?
Fu Jinwan looked at the tender green jujube trees and didn't see a hint of red.
She thought to herself: These dates are not sweet now?
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When Liang He arrived at the room, he asked Chu Li to leave.
"Xiao Hezi, I don't know what Song Ji and Lu Xiuyuan are doing. They have been talking for a long time!" It was the voice of the system.
"When will Song Ji climb over the wall and come in?" Liang He was not interested in anything else. She just wanted to know when Song Ji would arrive so that she could prepare herself.
"Xiao Hezi, it's still early. It's at least midnight."
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
"Miss, Nanny Chen sent a message saying that we should have dinner in the front hall of the compound at twilight hour."
"Okay, I got it. By the way, Chu Li, I'm going to rest for a while, you can wake me up later."
"Yes, miss. Then take a good rest first."
After Chu Li left, Liang He continued to talk with the system.
"I'll take a nap first to recharge my batteries."
System: "Don't you want to know what Song Ji is doing now? Don't you want to know how Fu Jinxi and Song Ji met?"
Liang He: "I don't want to know now, I just want to sleep."
system:……
Liang He fell asleep unknowingly.
She dreamed of her "past life". In the dream, the man named Wang Ding was standing outside the house with a hairpin in his hand, looking lonely.
And the "she" in the room was writing on the table with an unhappy look on her face.
"Madam, the general is here to see you. Wouldn't you like to meet him?" The maidservant lowered her voice, fearing to anger the ancestor in front of her.
"No." Liang He saw "her" reply coldly, with a hint of anger in her tone.
Then, the dream switched and Liang He came to a rockery.
"Are you really leaving?" The man covered his wound and stared at the woman who left resolutely in front of him with red eyes.
"Yes. If you don't stop the bleeding, you will die." The woman's indifferent tone made the man's eyes dim.
"But, you stabbed me..."
Then, under the blue sky outside the Great Wall, large groups of people were lying in all directions on the bloody red soil. A desolate voice was heard, "Ah He... Ah He..."
Liang He was shocked, thinking of the corpses all over the ground. She shouldn't have abandoned them. Could it be that the army was destroyed because of her?
Liang He immediately imagined a love-hate drama. She was an undercover agent from a neighboring country, and accidentally became emotionally entangled with this general, stole intelligence, and took him down. Then, realizing her own "scumbag" behavior, she committed suicide for love?
No, she needs to be quiet...
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At the same time, on a boat on the lake, music was playing and people were singing and dancing.
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince invited us on a boat ride, to listen to the tunes played by the musicians of the Bi Yue Pavilion and admire the stunning moves of the dancers of the Qing Yue Pavilion. We are truly blessed by His Royal Highness! I, Wang Hao, offer a toast to His Highness."
As he spoke, a man in a dark blue brocade robe with dark patterns stood up and walked to the center, toasting the man sitting above him in a light white robe.
"Haha, Lord Wang is thoughtful." The second prince Bai Xian responded, but his eyes looked at Song Ji and Lu Xiuyuan who were sitting below. Seeing that they were unmoved, he felt a little angry in his heart.
These two people really don't understand or are they pretending not to understand? I talked to them for a long time but they didn't change their minds.
Well, then it’s not his fault for being unkind.
Bai Xian thought about it, holding the emerald green wine glass tightly in his hand.
Song Ji ignored Bai Xian's words and was thinking about the people from the Anxiang Sect.
He accidentally caught the girl from the Fu family.
Thinking of this, Song Ji felt that the eldest daughter of the Fu family was quite interesting. She escaped from under his nose, and not many people did.
A few days ago, Fu Jinwan ran into Song Ji when he went to a restaurant alone.
At that time, Fu Jinwan disguised herself as a man to check Li Junlian's background.
Then he ran into Song Ji who was capturing people from the Anxiang Sect.
The clothes Fu Jinwan chose were the same as those worn by the people from the Anxiang Sect. Song Ji thought Fu Jinwan was their accomplice and arrested him.
After all, the people from the Anxiang Sect also said that they had accomplices in that restaurant.
Fu Jinwan was caught by chance.
After Song Ji captured the people from the Anxiang Sect, Fu Jinwan was brought back to the Song Mansion by Song Ji.
Fu Jinwan also explained to Song Ji along the way that he was not an accomplice with the people from the Anxiang Sect.
However, in order to prevent his other accomplice from being arrested, the captured member of the Anxiang Sect also said that Fu Jinwan was not from the Anxiang Sect.
However, his eyes flickered intentionally or unintentionally, making others feel that he was hiding something.
Song Ji thought it was better to believe it than not, so he took Fu Jinwan back with him.
Fu Jinwan was very angry because she had finally managed to sneak out of the house to investigate Li Junlian's affairs, but was caught as a thief by Song Ji. She missed the opportunity in vain.
Then, Fu Jinwan was tied up and taken to the underground interrogation area of the Song Mansion.
Fortunately, she was prepared and hid a piece of debris in her sleeve.
Fu Jinwan took advantage of the fact that no one was watching and cut the rope. Then he knocked out the maid who came to feed him, took off her clothes and put them on himself.
When he was discovered escaping, Fu Jinwan did not escape immediately, but hid nearby.
Because she knew that she didn't know the way here and couldn't escape.
If Song Ji recognized her and asked someone to take her back home, she would really not be able to go out.
When all the guards inside were chasing out, Fu Jinwan accidentally came to the kitchen of the Song Mansion.
As the sun sets in the west, everyone in the kitchen of the Song Mansion is busy.
Fu Jinwan came to a secluded place in the back kitchen, looked at the big tree in front and the dog hole not far away.
She was a little irritable.
She looked at the cave not far away and frowned. Then she looked up at the tree and saw a person in lake blue clothes smiling at her.
"Fu Jinwan."
Fu Jinwan went out.
The man held a fan in one hand and held her waist with the other, and left the Song Mansion in no time.
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Song Ji and Lu Xiuyuan had official business and left one after another.
Bai Xian agreed.
"General Song, why don't you enjoy the song and dance? There's no such music or dance in the barracks."
Lu Xiuyuan turned his head, the breeze gently caressing his hair. His purple cloud-patterned brocade robe made him look mysterious and aloof. The wide gauze sleeves swayed slightly in the wind.
His fingers, each distinctly defined, held the somewhat worn fan by the handle, his hand placed in front of him.
Song Ji looked at Lu Xiuyuan's fan, thinking that this man always looked mysterious.
Everyone calls Lu Xiuyuan a "male fairy". In the State of Chu, being called a "male fairy" means being handsome.
Song Ji felt that Lu Xiuyuan looked like a scholar and would definitely be beaten if he were placed in the military camp.
He doesn't like weak men. If they go to the battlefield, they will definitely lose.
"I, Song Ji, don't like those things." Song Ji waved his hand with a stern face.
"General Song is a pillar of our dynasty. The things he likes must be unusual." Lu Xiuyuan continued without changing his expression.
"Do you know why His Royal Highness the Second Prince asked me to come with you?"
Hearing this, Song Ji's face changed.
He has never been involved in the court's factional disputes, but if he remains neutral now, he will be the first to suffer.
Lu Xiuyuan didn't look at Song Ji. He knew that Song Ji was not stupid and he knew some things.
The two walked in silence to a place planted with hibiscus flowers.
"The ground is covered with fallen hibiscus flowers, and the air is still slightly filled with the fragrance of hibiscus flowers, which is particularly intoxicating.
In the dusk, a purple figure and a blue figure stood under the setting sun, their eyes meeting each other, you in me, me in you..."
Liang He was just relaxing in the courtyard when he heard the system's nagging narration. His thoughts were distracted and he couldn't help but interrupt: "Can you please speak properly?"
She didn't want to think too much about this scene.
"Xiao Hezi, I haven't finished yet! This Bai Xian is planning to kill Song Ji under the moonlight on a dark night with strong winds and dark clouds, and then put the blame on Lu Xiuyuan."
The system ignored Liang He's little emotion and continued to report the news.
Liang He listened to the system report its "tracking news" and then told the system her dream.
Unexpectedly, the system mocked her: "Do you think the man in your previous life is too stupid? If they had discovered that you were an undercover agent, they would definitely stay away from you. Don't think that the position of general only requires force and not intelligence!"
Liang He: ...
"Miss."
"Um…"
"Which dress would you like, young lady?"
Chu Li took out three or four new clothes and gave them to Fu Jin to choose from.
One purple and one blue... Aren't these the colors of the clothes they wore today? But since Old Lady Fu was wearing purple today, she'd better avoid it.
Liang He chose the green dress, which was also a gauze skirt, but with auspicious cloud patterns.
Then he asked Chu Li to wear a jade pendant with tassels and tie it around her waist.
Tonight is Mrs. Fu’s birthday party, and Chu Li helped Fu Jinchu to style her hair in a more formal and complicated style.
Liang He put on her original silver-white jade earrings and a gardenia hairpin in the same color as her clothes.
I have to say, the original body really likes gardenia hairpins and has almost every color.
"Miss, you look so beautiful!" As soon as Liang He changed her clothes, Chu Li immediately praised her, "You look beautiful."
Liang He felt happy when he heard Chu Li's sincere praise.
For women, the word "good-looking" is something we will never get tired of praising.
This is when the system passed by lightly and spat out two words: "Vanity."
Liang He: Humph!
Because of the system's words, Liang He smiled at Chu Li even more wantonly.
Looking at Liang He's raised mouth and curved eyebrows, Chu Li couldn't help but wonder what kind of man would be so lucky to marry her daughter.
"Okay, Chu Li, let's go to the front hall."
The hour of You is approaching and the dinner is almost ready.
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