Chapter 45 Confirmation
At the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lu Yu, shirtless and carrying a bundle of brambles on his back, was shivering.
The cold wind was howling, and even the beggars on the roadside were wrapped in dirty and torn cotton clothes, but he had to endure such inhuman torture.
Four or five beggars poked their heads out from the alley entrance, holding firecrackers in their hands and threw them at him. When Lu Yu stood up, they shouted, "The madman is coming, run!" and ran away in all directions.
Lu Yu smiled bitterly, his eyes fixed on the fireworks exploding in the distance.
At such a romantic moment, everyone was celebrating in pairs, but he was alone, kneeling in the snow, begging Xu Qingwan to marry him.
Lu Yu raised his head and stared at the blooming fireworks for a long time. He secretly made up his mind that the humiliation he suffered today would be repaid double in the future!
At this moment, the door to the Prime Minister's Mansion opened. Xu Qingwan, wrapped in a snow-white fox fur coat, looked down at him and said, "Come in."
Lu Yu stood up, dragging his frozen legs, and slowly walked towards Xu Qingwan, saying to himself: Ah Ran, wait for me. I will do whatever it takes to climb up, and you must wait for me to marry you.
“Bang—”
"Fire drives away evil spirits, bringing peace to all families—"
The furnace maker melted the iron into liquid and threw the molten iron into the air, forming a huge fire tree and silver flowers, like falling stars, illuminating the ambitious faces and reflecting the innocent smiles.
Jiang Ran was at the front of the crowd, watching the craftsmen setting up the furnace to smelt iron from a close distance.
At the moment when the densest iron flowers bloomed, she closed her eyes, clasped her hands together and made a wish.
I wish that the world will be peaceful and I can be reunited with my father and brother as soon as possible.
Second, I wish my family peace and health, and all their wishes come true.
Three wishes... Considering that he won the lion lantern for her today, this third wish will be given to Lu Weiqing.
"Lu Weiqing, what is your wish?"
She really couldn't think of anything that Prime Minister Lu couldn't do.
Jiang Ran opened his eyes and looked over, and happened to meet Lu Weiqing's gaze.
He actually took advantage of her closing her eyes to make a wish and secretly tied a heart-shaped pendant to her belt.
"I will stay with you forever, even if it means leaving you for the mountains and rivers."
"What?" Jiang Ran doubted his ears.
"Is it the same as you thought?"
Jiang Ran's face turned red instantly.
How is this possible?! How could Lu Weiqing have read the story based on him? How could he have known that this plot was her idea?
He had actually read "Red Dust Dream". This was one of the most classic scenes in the book. After the hero and heroine expressed their feelings to each other, the hero tied a love pendant on her, and then...
"Can you continue?"
Jiang Ran let out a sharp roar. He really knew! The next scene in the story was the hero and heroine kissing passionately.
"It's incomprehensible. I don't understand what you are saying." She covered her burning ears and just kept on being stubborn, not realizing that she looked like a boiling kettle.
Tao Li was knocking her head like crazy, but was suddenly hit by Jiang Ran.
"Ouch, I feel dizzy." Jiang Ran winked, pointed his finger at Tao Li's temples and poured it on her.
Tao Li understood and reached out to take her, saying, "This is my young lady's old problem. She gets dizzy when excited. She must go back home and lie down immediately."
Jiang Ran secretly gave her a thumbs-up with his right hand, but before he could withdraw his hand, his body suddenly became lighter and was carried away by Lu Weiqing.
"In that case, it is my duty to escort Miss Jiang back home."
Lu Weiqing used his lightness skills and walked a long way in just a few jumps. Tao Li couldn't catch up with him at all.
She didn't want to chase after him, so she symbolically called out "Miss" and hurried a few steps, then returned to watch the sparks with a clear conscience. With Lord Lu here, the young lady wouldn't get lost.
Jiang Ran secretly cursed Tao Li for being unreliable and could only lean on Lu Weiqing's arms and pretend to be unconscious.
Fortunately, he had some conscience and did not expose her.
Jiang Ran squinted his eyes secretly and finally reached home, but he didn't expect that something went wrong when he was climbing over the wall.
Lu Weiqing saw Jiang Huan practicing shooting in the yard from afar, and wisely walked around him, climbed over the other wall, and landed outside the small kitchen in her yard.
Across the window, the three of them looked at each other in silence. Jiang Ran thought to himself, "Oh no! Why is there another Jiang Huan inside?"
There was a crisp sound, and the porcelain bowl in Jiang Huan's hand fell to the ground and broke into eight pieces, and the black and white paste inside spilled all over the floor.
"You, you, you, stay away from my sister!"
"This is outrageous! You haven't even gotten married yet." He shouted and walked out with shaking hands.
Jiang Ran realized that it was Jiang Chuan who had returned. The wish she had just made had come true so quickly!
She quickly pushed Lu Weiqing away, signaled him to leave quickly, and then coaxed Jiang Chuan into the small kitchen.
"Third brother, good brother, why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming back?"
"The sesame paste is all spilled. You must be hungry, right? Let's see if there's anything else to eat."
Jiang Chuan lifted the lid of the pot with a wronged look on his face. Inside were plump dumplings. "They are sesame dumplings, cooked by my second brother. He only allowed me to eat the broken ones, and saved the good ones for you."
Jiang Ran said guiltily, "So that's how it is. It's okay, I can't eat so much, I'll give you some."
Jiang Chuan took the glutinous rice balls his sister had served him and ate them with a look of satisfaction. He also reminded Jiang Ran: "Don't let Lu Weiqing lead you astray. Who can lead you over the wall? What good person can he be?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Jiang Ran nodded repeatedly. The "good guy" in front of her really forgot that it was he who taught her how to climb over the wall.
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"I ran away in time to attend my sister's wedding, and three horses died. I'll carry them!"
"I'm the second brother, I'll carry it!"
"No, you are not allowed to pretend to be me. I will carry it!"
The wedding is tomorrow. Jiang Huan and Jiang Chuan have been arguing for a whole day over who should carry her into the sedan chair, but they still haven't come to a conclusion.
Jiang Ran felt annoyed after listening to this and went back to his room after dinner.
Somehow, even though I couldn't hear their quarrel, I was still upset and couldn't even read my favorite book.
Jiang Ran remembered that during the day, Nanny Yue mysteriously stuffed a book under her pillow and told her to open it and read it tonight.
She took the book out from under her pillow and was about to open it when she heard a dull sound of a pebble hitting the window.
She looked up and didn't bother to pay attention.
"Bang——" Another stone.
"Jiang Chuan! Are you annoying?"
Jiang Ran stood up and walked to the window, then pushed the window open towards the figure outside.
She never expected that the person outside the window was Lu Weiqing.
"Aran," he called out hoarsely. The tip of his nose was red, perhaps from being hit or frozen.
"Why are you here in the middle of the night?"
Jiang Ran calmed himself down, stepped aside and let him in.
"Is this a gift from you?" Lu Weiqing took out a wooden bookmark from his arms.
Jiang Ran nodded. She was embarrassed to give such a small thing away solemnly, so she secretly stuffed it into Lu Weiqing's lapel when she pretended to faint yesterday.
"Is that what you came here to ask?"
Lu Weiqing said nothing, and took out a heart-shaped pendant from his bosom, the same as the one tied around Jiang Ran's waist, and said, "You drove me away yesterday."
Jiang Ran actually heard a hint of grievance in his tone, so she had to take it with a red face and tie it for him.
"Okay, nothing else?"
Lu Weiqing didn't answer, but looked at a place behind her.
Jiang Ran looked back and realized that in his haste to get up, the book had fallen to the ground. The wind blew it open to the middle page.
Two little figures are standing side by side on the page, moving freely.
"It's getting late, see you tomorrow!"
Jiang Ran raised his hands and waved them in front of his eyes, trying to stop him from looking.
"See you tomorrow." Lu Weiqing looked at her deeply, with a slight rise in his voice.
Jiang Ran looked around and saw him walking away, so he closed the window and threw the book far away.
Aunt Yue, what the hell are you doing with this book?
She and Lu Weiqing were just getting married, so they didn't need this.
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