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Dong Ling stared at his master closely, and then he saw Lu Jingzhuo slowly loosen his hand.

The emperor's expression was not very good, but he didn't say anything and turned to go back inside.

Dong Ling was certain that the sachet must have been lost.

When he heard the sound of water inside, he hurriedly led a few eunuchs and searched the post station with umbrellas.

The area was not large, and we quickly searched everywhere, but found nothing.

He went to look near the post station again, but still couldn't find the sachet.

When I came back, I was soaked by the rain again, like a drowned chicken.

Looking at the pool of water at Dong Ling's feet, Lu Jingzhuo said calmly, "You didn't find it."

The master guessed what he was going to do. Dong Ling lowered his head and apologized, "I am useless."

The sachet definitely wasn't dropped at the post station. The post station was small, and when he just entered the post station, the courtyard was extremely bright even in the rain. How could more than 20 people holding lanterns not see that he had dropped something?

So he didn't tell Dong Ling to look for it.

The sachet must have fallen on the road where a sudden rainstorm occurred.

He wiped the rain off his face with a handkerchief and whipped his horse, perhaps he lost the sachet at that time.

If he had known earlier, he should have taken a car.

But the road was not smooth during the northern tour, and it was not as fast to travel by car as by horse, so what was the point of thinking about these useless thoughts? Lu Jingzhuo turned the ring, at worst he could ask Chu Yin to make another one for him when he returned.

She wouldn't be angry, would she?

He didn't lose it on purpose.

Even though I thought this way, I still felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.

There is also a peace charm placed by Chu Yin in this sachet...

He looked out the window. The rain was still falling relentlessly.

Another 120 miles north of the post station is Taizhou. There is a Baiju Town to the southeast of the post station and a large plain to the west. He has not heard of the "vicious and extremely evil criminals" mentioned by Chu Yin appearing there, but after thinking about it, he still ordered Sun Guang to increase vigilance that night.

Losing the sachet didn’t matter, he had to return to Beijing safely.

Lu Jingzhuo was accompanied on this trip by the Minister of War.

When he was resting, he suddenly heard footsteps outside.

The imperial guards and soldiers, wearing straw raincoats and holding swords, marched through the courtyard and then disappeared into the dark night.

The Minister of War was startled, thinking that there was some danger, so he went to see the emperor in his middle clothes. Unexpectedly, the emperor said it was just in case, so he was relieved.

The rain stopped soon.

The water on the roof kept dripping all night long.

The next day was a sunny day. After breakfast, Lu Jingzhuo did not take a rest and immediately rushed to Taizhou.

Lu Zhen said she wanted to learn how to play shuttlecock, but in fact she was a lazy girl. After playing for half an hour, she was unwilling to move and lay on the chair, refusing to get up.

Chu Yin put her hands on her waist and said, "I am your teacher now, hurry up, how can you rest when you can't even kick 30 shuttlecocks?"

Lu Zhen pouted and said to her mother coquettishly, "I'm so tired, Mom, just let me sit for a while. If you kick me again, I'll faint!"

How could she be so weak? Chu Yin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"How about you teach me something else? If I get tired of kicking shuttlecock, I can switch to something less tiring." Lu Zhen pulled her mother's sleeve.

That's a good idea.

Chu Yin immediately wanted to teach her music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but then she thought that the child liked to look at saplings and flowers, so she asked, "Do you want to learn flower arrangement?"

Flower arrangement is not only about appreciating fresh flowers and smelling their fragrance, but also about combining flowers from all seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, according to your own preferences and understanding, to create a different kind of interest. It is extremely interesting.

Lu Zhen had seen her mother arranging flowers and nodded repeatedly.

The mother and daughter immediately took a car to the garden.

At the turn of spring and summer, the garden is full of colorful flowers, which are dazzling to the eyes.

Lu Zhen pointed at the peonies and asked the maids to cut them, then pointed at the roses, then pointed at the jasmine and the poppy...

A crabapple tree in the west corner that was so big that it took two people to hug it soon attracted her attention. However, the crabapple flowers had already begun to wither. She said, "What a pity."

When the dragon chariot arrived here that time, the crabapple blossoms were still in full bloom.

Through the car window, she saw pink all over.

At that time, she could hear the man's low breathing, and her body was trembling to the extreme but also suppressed to the extreme, her nails almost digging into the skin on his back.

Her cheeks felt slightly hot and Chu Yin looked away.

The eunuch who had gone to gather information earlier returned to the palace and ran to Yu Garden to report that the Yu family was preparing to get engaged to the Fu family of the Duke of Song's Mansion, and that Yu Sizhang should marry into the Duke of Song's Mansion this year.

Chu Yin was surprised: "Is it accurate?"

"Don't dare to make mistakes."

After hearing the affirmative answer, Chu Yin happily hugged her daughter.

Lu Zhen was surprised why her mother was smiling so happily: "Mom, is there any good news? Could it be that Dad is coming back?"

"...No." Chu Yin thought, it's about your future mother-in-law and father-in-law getting married.

"Oh, what's the happy event?"

"Before, a man named Yu Sizhang taught my mother how to ride a horse. You should know that she is getting married soon."

Lu Zhen was not very interested. She nodded and immediately asked the palace maid to pick other flowers.

Chu Yin wanted to say a few more words but held back.

This was the limit of what she could do in her daughter's life.

If, like in her previous life, her daughter fell in love with the boy Fu Yue the moment she first saw him, then nothing would change. If not, she couldn't force her daughter to like him. Chu Yin thought, as long as she could be with her daughter, that would be enough.

After returning to Kunning Palace, she practiced her martial arts and archery. All her hard work was to survive the next year.

Qingfeng Town, Jinzhou at this time.

Princess Baocheng found Cheng Miyuan's residence.

She couldn't believe what she saw and asked the guard beside her: "Is this really the place? Isn't he a miracle doctor?"

How could a miracle doctor live in such a shabby hut!

"Indeed, you see, there are many medicinal herbs drying inside."

Princess Baocheng frowned and walked into the courtyard, covering her nose.

Not only was the hut rotten, it was also smelly. She wondered if there were chickens and pigs in it. She stood in a cleaner corner and winked at the guard.

The gate is open, so there must be someone there.

"Doctor Cheng," the guard called out, "Doctor Cheng, are you home?"

A man walked out slowly. He was tall and had broad shoulders, but his face was gray and his facial features could not be seen clearly. What impressed people most was his messy beard.

"You are..." His voice was very pleasant, like the sound of spring water in the forest, but a little lazy, revealing indifference. His eyes fell on Princess Baocheng's face, and his voice paused and lowered by two notes, "You are..."

"The person in front of you is Princess Baocheng, the aunt of the current emperor. Why don't you kneel down?" the guard shouted.

Cheng Miyuan smiled: "She is pretty, but you said she is a princess, isn't that nonsense? What is the princess doing here? If she needs to see a doctor, won't she go to the imperial physician? Besides, I don't think she is sick."

The guard held the long sword at his waist: "Bold!"

Princess Baocheng didn't like the look in his eyes, but was quite curious about his words: "Can you tell that I'm not sick?"

"Of course."

"How did you tell?" Princess Baocheng took a few steps forward, "You can tell without taking the pulse?"

"I'm sorry I can't tell you," Cheng Miyuan sat cross-legged on the ground and picked up his herbs, "I can only tell my disciples."

"How many disciples do you have?"

"Three."

"How about taking me in?" Princess Baocheng squatted down. "How much do you want for the salary? Just tell me, how about 100 taels a year?"

At that moment, the scent from her body filled his face, making Cheng Miyuan dizzy.

He pinched his nose and said, "Stay away."

Princess Baocheng: "..."

She didn't even mind that he smelled!

Princess Baocheng gritted her teeth and took a few steps back: "How about two hundred taels? As long as you can teach me medicine."

He answered the question irrelevantly: "Are you really a princess?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go ask the prefect of Jinzhou." She went to the prefect's office first and confirmed that Cheng Miyuan was a miracle doctor before coming to Qingfeng Town to find him.

Strange things happen every day, but today there are more. Cheng Miyuan looked at Princess Baocheng and said, "I heard that the princess got divorced, is that true? Also, how old is the princess now?"

Princess Baocheng felt that she was seriously offended and shouted, "Don't refuse a toast and then drink a punishment! I asked you to teach me in a nice way, but you said something rude? Aren't you afraid that I will order the prefect to throw you into prison?"

"Anger hurts the liver and may hurt the kidneys. Princess, please calm down... I have a habit of asking about the disciple's ancestors for eighteen generations before accepting him as a disciple. I will only accept him if he is innocent, so I asked the princess."

Compared with other doctors' requirements for accepting disciples, his is not very strict.

Princess Baocheng: "..."

She really wanted to turn around and leave, but she thought of the stories told by the Jinzhou prefect about this miracle doctor, and felt that this man's medical skills were extraordinary. It would be her loss if she did not take him as her teacher, so she held back.

"This princess's ancestors for eighteen generations are the emperor's ancestors for eighteen generations. Do you really want to ask?" she said in a deep voice.

"Then I'll ask you about the princess, for example, why you want to study medicine," Cheng Miyuan smiled slightly, revealing his snow-white teeth that were more attractive than his beard. "You are a princess, and you can condescend to me to be your teacher. I will certainly make some concessions."

Before I knew it, a month had passed.

This day, Queen Mother Jiang brought a letter to Chu Yin.

"Shanhui did start studying medicine, but she didn't like Doctor Cheng very much. She said that apart from his medical skills, he had no other advantages. Alas, Shanhui was really wronged. She was also very determined and could endure it."

Chu Yin: “…”

In my memory, Cheng Miyuan is not that kind of person.

How could this person, who does not seek fame, wealth or fortune and is devoted to studying medicine, not have any merits?

Or is it that Princess Baocheng, as a disciple, is completely different from the Cheng Miyuan she knows?

However, Princess Baocheng still recognized his medical skills, so it would be much easier to recommend him to Lu Jingzhuo in the future.

Speaking of Lu Jingzhuo, no one knows when he will return to Beijing.

After the rain that day, the weather has been sunny and calm. Logically, they should have reached Tongguan, right? If so, he should have sent someone to deliver the news in advance, firstly to relieve their worries, and secondly, so that they can prepare the welcoming banquet earlier.

Chu Yin couldn't sleep again at night.

I had all kinds of weird nightmares.

There was a dream in which Lu Jingrui attacked Lu Jingzhuo on the way.

But he was clearly in mourning, so that was impossible.

Fortunately, good news came the next day, saying that Lu Jingzhuo had arrived at Tongguan and would reach the capital the next day.

She breathed a sigh of relief and told her daughter and son about it. The two children were very happy. As for Lu Yu, he still ate and slept all the time, and his face was as fat as a steamed bun. However, his body was quite flexible and he could roll over and over. Occasionally, he would utter a few decent words, a bit like mother, brother, sister, etc., just like a parrot imitating others.

The next day, Chu Yin dressed up carefully and took her two children to meet Lu Jingzhuo.

From a distance, he came over on a dragon chariot, still wearing the black riding suit with dragon pattern that he had worn when he left.

Seeing the mother and her two children, he got out of the car and picked up the two children, one on the left and one on the right.

Lu Yu was the most excited, and couldn't help but tear up. "Dad, you're finally back. I missed you so much... I've been studying hard and learning horseback riding from mom. I can now ride a horse by myself."

The child, who was eager to be praised by his father, was about to burst into tears. Lu Jingzhuo smiled and said, "I just heard Minister Tao praise you."

"Really?" Lu Wei stared, "He would praise me?"

"You are very studious. Of course I will praise you." He rubbed his son's head and affirmed again, "You are doing very well."

Lu Yu cried and hugged his father's neck: "I will do better in the future and live up to my father's expectations."

"Well, don't work too hard."

Lu Jue's heart almost melted. He felt that his father was especially gentle today.

Lu Zhen smiled as she looked at her crying brother, and then said to her father, "I learned flower arrangement and shuttlecock kicking from my mother."

"Please put one in a vase for your father in the future." Chu Yin's flower arrangement is very artistic. I wonder how much her daughter can learn from her.

"Okay." Lu Zhen agreed.

After putting the two children down, he looked at Chu Yin.

The first sentence is: "I am back safely."

He didn't let her worry.

Chu Yin understood what he meant, walked up to him, and took the initiative to put her arms around his waist: "Your Majesty's words are indeed irreversible."

It was summer now, and she was wearing a plum-red dress embroidered with crabapple flowers. It was thin and soft, outlining her graceful curves. Her face was delicate and flawless, with beautiful eyebrows, a straight nose, snow-white skin and red lips. She was a beauty that would make anyone who saw her take a second look in amazement.

Lu Jingzhuo placed his fingers on her waist, wanting to kiss those cherry-red lips and taste their sweet flavor.

But they were on the road at the moment, with two children around them, so it was not appropriate because he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and would kiss deeply.

He took her hand and said, "Go and see the Queen Mother first."

When he was about to sit on the dragon chariot, Chu Yin caught a glimpse of the jade belt around his waist and saw that something was missing from it. She couldn't help but ask, "Where is the sachet I gave you?" It should still be tied to the belt.

Lu Jingzhuo: “…”

Did you find it so quickly?

He coughed softly: "I accidentally dropped it."

"What?" Chu Yin was dissatisfied. "I told you not to drop it... There's a lucky charm inside."

"It was raining heavily that day... You should know that I was on the road."

Chu Yin twisted her body slightly: "I don't care, I spent a long time making that sachet. I've never been good at needlework, and my finger was pierced..." She didn't blame him, but she just wanted to act coquettishly, "You pay me!"

He didn't say anything right away, but just pulled her onto the dragon chariot alone.

She pouted and gently pulled his belt with her fingers: "Look, there are jade pendants and other things on it, and they haven't fallen off."

Only the sachet fell.

Did he not cherish her at all? Chu Yin was really angry now.

"Because I was afraid of losing it, I put it in my sleeve. Who would have thought..." Lu Jingzhuo held her in his arms, gently stroked her back with his fingers, and coaxed her in a low voice, "But I'm back safely. How about I give myself to you?"

Why do you say that? It's so hard to refuse.

Chu Yin bit her lip and smiled softly.

Chu Yin: You are mine from now on.

Lu Jingzhuo: Always.