"We'll meet again if fate allows," Fu Yunchen said, continuing to build the grape trellis.
Mu Run got up and helped him with the frame. "Aren't you going back to the Grand Commandant's residence?"
Fu Yunchen said, "I won't go back for now."
"Don't worry about the foundation you've worked so hard to build in the court being taken away by someone else."
"What can be taken away is not a pity to abandon. Those who are truly loyal to you will stand by you even if you are ruined and disgraced."
"Qiao Dongzi and Liu Lao Er, right?"
“Yes. Their ancestors were my family’s retainers.” Fu Yunchen looked at her.
A retainer... such a servant usually comes from a noble family of princes and nobles. So, his ancestors, "were they the Fu family from when Your Majesty first ascended the throne thirty-five years ago?"
"Yes." Fu Yunchen did not experience the Fu family's former glory and prestige, but he endured all the hardships after the Fu family fell into decline.
"So you entered the court as an official, not just because you wanted to be an official, right?" It didn't seem like he was trying to revive the Fu family, because he used the name Yun Rong.
Mu Run dared not think any further.
Fu Yunchen patted her head, "You don't need to think about these things, this is all my business."
"Your business is my business too." Mu Run pouted, clearly unhappy that he had excluded her.
He had already done *that* with her!
"Oh? Who are you to me?" Fu Yunchen asked expectantly, waiting for her answer.
Mu Run blushed slightly and glared at him playfully, "Boyfriend!"
"Boyfriend?" Fu Yunchen didn't understand for a moment. "What kind of relationship is that?"
"How about fiancé?" Mu Run took it a step further.
"This is good." Fu Yunchen lowered his head and stole a sweet kiss.
...
When the vegetables in the garden grew to half a foot tall, Fu Yunchen left the manor with Mu Run.
Emperor Xiaozhi is critically ill!
Mu Run was reluctant to part with the fruits and vegetables she had planted on her estate, as well as the eight little ones that had grown quite a bit, and Da Huang.
She's gone, what will happen to them?
Fu Yunchen told her that when he was away, someone would go to the estate to work every day.
Mu Run suddenly remembered that when she first arrived at the estate, everything inside was in perfect order, and the curtains and bedding were all new.
"You've been suspended from your post, can you still enter the palace?" Mu Run looked at him, who was wearing a bamboo hat and holding a horsewhip. He looked like a coachman, but he was also quite different from others.
Fu Yunchen replied, "I can enter the palace anytime I want."
"On what grounds?"
"His Majesty's imperial edict."
"...Understood, His Majesty has another decree for you."
"Hehe, Run'er is so smart."
“Of course.” Mu Run leaned against the carriage door and looked at him. “I’m quite glad I’m not a princess.”
Fu Yunchen turned to look at her, "Didn't you say you still wanted to be empress?"
"Tch~ Can't you even tell I'm joking?"
"Then why be glad it isn't?"
“Because that way, I can stay with you without worry!” Mu Run sat down next to him, hugged his arm, and rested her head on his shoulder.
I've thought about leaving him, but I keep going around in circles with him.
And he treated her well. Even though she had a different body, he recognized her so quickly... he must still have feelings for her.
"I'll still be a maid in the manor, so let's not reveal our relationship for now, okay?"
"..." Fu Yunchen frowned. "Why?"
"I don't want to go through all that trouble. Being your little maid is fine too. As for the Imperial Censorate, I'm Dark Raven, so it'll be easier for me to handle things from a lowly position."
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