Xu Zhuohua chuckled softly, "What I've always wanted to do is be an observer. I just want to rely on my knowledge to live a peaceful and stable life in this era."
Xu Shinong raised an eyebrow. "You're willing to marry Cheng Muyun, is it because you want to find a backer to live a peaceful life? I don't think it's a good choice at all."
A person who wants a peaceful life would never marry someone who lives a life of danger.
Xu Zhuohua sighed. After talking for so long, her throat was dry. She gulped down the now-cold tea. The icy tea slid down her throat and instantly caused a sharp pain. It went straight down her esophagus, carrying a bone-chilling cold that reached her heart.
Xu Shinong continued, "Although I don't know much about it, I do know that what the second brother, Cheng Muyun, Chen Hede from the French Concession, and Liang Shaozun from the Liang family are doing is very dangerous. The reason I didn't stop them is because I vaguely felt that what they were doing was a good thing."
Xu Zhuohua chuckled, "It's a good thing, a great thing that benefits the country and the people. If Second Brother can keep doing this, the Xu family's worst achievement will be great success."
Xu Shinong poured Xu Zhuohua another cup of tea. "So, they're on the right track?"
Xu Zhuohua took a sip of tea, her mouth filled with the aroma of tea, and her mouth had a sweet aftertaste.
"That's right, but it's very difficult to walk, full of thorns, and many people have paid the price with their lives."
Xu Shi Nong swallowed nervously, "Second brother..."
Xu Zhuohua said, "My grandfather is still more than ten years away from being born, so my second brother shouldn't die so early."
Xu Shinong breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Xu Zhuohua's bloodshot eyes and realized that she must be sad about something else.
It might be related to Cheng Muyun.
"What about Cheng Muyun? How long can he live? He's a young marshal, he must have kept detailed records, right?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhuohua's eyes quickly welled up with tears, and she said, forcing back a sob, "He will be the first to die. He will die next autumn from the guns of a mob."
Xu Shinong frowned deeply, only now realizing the reason for Xu Zhuohua's sadness.
Both of them were deeply in love. Even though Xu Zhuohua knew that Cheng Muyun would die, she was still willing to marry him.
Xu Zhuohua's trip to Baiyun Temple was probably to ask how to save Cheng Muyun's life, but the answer she received was likely not what she wanted.
That's why the child cried so bitterly.
"What did Master Yunxu say?"
Xu Zhuohua cried and said, "Let me leave Cheng Muyun and go to Dongzhou."
Xu Shi Nong then realized why Xu Zhuo Hua didn't want to go to Dong Zhou.
My lover's death is imminent; every meeting will be one less. And now I must leave my lover again.
It's just a difference between living as a widow and dying as a widow.
Xu Shinong didn't know what to say. Although he really wanted Xu Zhuohua to go to Dongzhou and wanted the Xu family to rise up in the chaos, he hesitated if it meant risking one of the few moments of happiness Xu Zhuohua had left in her life.
"If you leave Dongzhou, will Cheng Muyun be spared?"
"I don't know, Master Yunxu is unwilling to reveal too much."
“That’s worth a try. After all, Daoist Yunxu is very powerful. If Cheng Muyun is still alive by next autumn, you two can continue your loving relationship.”
These were the best words of comfort that Xu Shinong, as an elder, could think of.
Xu Zhuohua chuckled softly; she didn't want anyone else to die in her place.
Therefore, Xu Zhuohua's initial plan was to go to Dongzhou and then to Beiping to pave the way for Cheng Muyun's future.
Then she faced death calmly, as Cheng Muyun's wife.
"I will die this year."
"Bang!"
The sandalwood tabletop exploded with a muffled thud in Xu Shinong's palm, the route map of the east-to-south route scattered like startled butterflies, and the jade thumb ring struck the tabletop with a clear cracking sound.
"What did you say?" Xu Shinong's neck veins bulged, and his cloudy pupils suddenly contracted.
His forward-leaning body almost reached across the entire table, his heavy breathing mingled with the crackling of the charcoal fire, his chest heaving violently, as if a trapped beast was hiding within him, each breath carrying a tremor of impending doom. "You're going to die?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhuohua felt as if a certain constraint had been broken—the fear hidden in the dead of night, the despair swallowed alone, turned into light dust with the revelation of the truth.
She lowered her eyes and smoothed out the wrinkles on her sleeves, her voice as soft as the wind rustling through withered leaves: "Yes, you heard me right, I will die this summer. I've known it all along."
She was eerily calm, as if she were talking not about her own life or death, but about tomorrow's weather.
Xu Shinong's Adam's apple bobbed, and beneath Xu Zhuohua's pale skin, faint blue veins were visible, like withered vines in the dead of winter.
Who in this world can face death with equanimity? Her nonchalance is simply a result of swallowing all the turmoil and turmoil alone.
You must have tried and failed before to feel so disheartened, right?
Xu Zhuohua continued, "Master Yunxu said that I should go to Dongzhou, and you also want me to go to Dongzhou. Whatever the purpose, I only want to save Cheng Muyun. I can go to Dongzhou, but you have to promise me one thing."
Xu Shi Nong asked cautiously, "What is it about?"
"I will use all my experience and knowledge to help the Xu family. You must promise me that if the Xu family really improves under my leadership, after I die, you must use the entire Xu family's strength to save Cheng Muyun."
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