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"You should make your own decision about your life. A Yin will help you decide. What if something goes wrong in the future?" Should Chu Yin be blamed? This was not something she should bear.

Lu Jingrui blushed at what his brother said.

He really didn't consider his sister-in-law. He just thought that his sister-in-law understood those girls better and cared about him the most, so he felt at ease to entrust his life to her.

Now that I think about it, it’s no wonder that she didn’t agree immediately that day. Maybe she was afraid of choosing the wrong person.

Lu Jingrui apologized to Chu Yin: "I was rude, please forgive me, sister-in-law."

Chu Yin's mind had actually changed at this moment.

Admittedly, Lu Jingrui's invitation just now made her feel absurd, but she changed her mind and thought, why not take advantage of the situation and test his sincerity, so she said: "I heard from my mother that you have never been in contact with any young girls, but you are shy? Take your time, don't rush, and talk about the Mid-Autumn Festival later."

These words clearly left some room for maneuver, and Lu Jingrui was delighted.

The eldest brother loved his sister-in-law and was afraid that she would worry too much. The sister-in-law herself was also afraid of making mistakes, but even so, she still did not reject him. Lu Jingrui nodded obediently and smiled like a child.

Chu Yin felt a little uncomfortable seeing this, but didn't want to make Lu Jingrui wary, so she smiled back at him.

At this moment, Lu Jingzhuo had a feeling of "a loving mother often spoils her child".

Chu Yin clearly felt that it was not right for her to be the third brother's decision maker, but she softened her heart just now and showed her willingness to help. I really don't know what she was thinking.

My third brother is already 19 years old. Can’t he pick a girl he likes?

He frowned.

Queen Mother Jiang looked at her own son and said, "I should have been the one to worry about this, but I'm not feeling well and don't want to go out. If Ah Yin is willing, then it's okay for me to help check things out. We're a family, so there's no need to be so clear about what's going on. If anything goes wrong in the future, Jing Rui will never blame Ah Yin."

When his mother spoke, Lu Jingzhuo could not refute her in public, so he remained silent.

Seeing that it was getting late, Queen Mother Jiang invited everyone to take their seats.

Having not seen his nephews and nieces for more than two years, Lu Jingrui deliberately sat next to Lu Wei and asked him if he still knew how to play Qianqian Car.

It was made by his uncle himself. Lu Wei thanked him and said that he would play with it occasionally but no longer played origami. He also said that he was studying and practicing horse riding every day. Lu Jingrui then said that he also wanted to learn horse riding and asked Lu Wei to teach him.

Seeing that a six-year-old child could teach his third uncle, Lu Wei suddenly felt like he had grown up. He agreed immediately and invited Lu Jingrui to go to the racecourse tomorrow afternoon.

Chu Yin couldn't help but hold his forehead.

It's no wonder that his son's throne was taken away. Look, Lu Jingrui only needed a few words to make his son, who had become estranged from him, become close to him again.

On the other hand, Lu Zhen was quite interested in Lu Shaowen. She had a younger brother, and now she had a cousin. It was like having more little toys that could make her happy. She couldn't help but reach out and pinch them everywhere.

Lu Shaowen has a good temper and is always smiling.

"You and Yu'er are a lot like each other, both are well-behaved." Lu Zhen praised him.

Tang Feiyan took advantage of the situation and said, "Shao Wen, if you have nothing to do, come to the palace more often to accompany your cousin."

Chu Yin: “…”

Lu Jingzhuo was still taciturn, which made Lu Jingchen feel very nervous. He didn't know how his brother would treat him. Finally, he couldn't help but take the initiative to talk about what books he had read and what he had learned during the period of mourning.

Lu Jingzhuo nodded: "Very good."

It was not known whether it was a genuine compliment or just a casual remark, but Lu Jingchen did not dare to test it.

After the banquet, Lu Jingzhuo took Chu Yin and the two children and left Cining Palace first.

Lu Jingchen and his wife later said goodbye to Queen Mother Jiang.

On the way back, Tang Feiyan said, "Fortunately, Shao Wen is smart enough. You see, both the Queen Mother and Zhen'er like him very much. If he can come to the palace more often in the future and make Zhen'er reluctant to let him go, who knows..."

"How can a child influence his elder brother's decision?" Lu Jingchen shook his head. "Don't do this useless work."

Tang Feiyan actually understood this, and sighed: "After becoming the emperor, it is even harder to tell what he is thinking. What do you think, will he let you go to the vassal state soon?"

Of course Lu Jingchen couldn't guess, so he said silently: "What if he becomes a vassal?"

They have tried hard enough, if this still happens, then it is destined.

Tang Feiyan put her arms around his waist and said, "Then I can only hope that it's not too far from the capital, and not to a remote place with poor mountains and bad waters..."

She didn't blame him at all, but Lu Jingchen could still see that she was very reluctant.

She grew up in the prosperous capital city, so it is natural for her to be unwilling to leave. Moreover, she has done her best, and so can he. He can only wait for another chance in the future. If he still cannot gain his brother's trust, he can only leave it to fate.

It's the hottest month of July, but the weather isn't that hot these days.

At noon, Chu Yin fed Lu Yu some chicken paste. Since she was worried about her eldest son teaching Lu Jingrui, she decided to go to the racecourse to take a look.

Who would have thought that Lu Jingrui had arrived early and was already waiting for Lu Wei there.

"Sister-in-law!" He was extremely surprised to see Chu Yin and walked over quickly. "What a coincidence, sister-in-law is here to practice archery as well?"

"Well, the weather was hot before and the weather stopped for two months," Chu Yin glanced at his riding suit, "Were you prepared in advance?"

Lu Jingrui smiled and said, "After my old injury healed, I planned to learn horse riding and archery. I wanted to go hunting with my elder brother and his wife after I learned it. Of course, it would be even better if Er could go too."

The smile was very innocent, as if it was his deepest desire.

Chu Yin raised her eyebrows: "Then you shouldn't let Er teach you. He is riding a pony now, how can he teach you?"

"I know the reason, but I just saw that my son was studying all day and was very tired, so I wanted to make him happy."

Chu Yin: “…”

Hearing the sound of wheels in the distance, Lu Jingrui reminded: "Sister-in-law, don't tell Er'er later, just let him be the teacher again."

Chu Yin did not comment.

At this time, the horse supervisor came over with Lu Wei's pony, and Lu Wei just got off the horse.

"Mother, Third Uncle!" He bowed to the two of them and said, "Third Uncle came earlier than me," pointing to a place not far away, "Is that horse with four hooves stepping on the snow yours?"

"Yes, I got permission from His Majesty to go to the guard post this morning."

"How beautiful," Lu Yu exclaimed, "I can only ride such a short horse."

His excitement about being a teacher for the first time waned quickly.

Lu Jingrui comforted him, "You have improved so much in just two years. Uncle San almost didn't recognize you. In another two years, you will be able to ride a big horse. Besides, riding skills are based on horseback skills rather than the height of the horse."

"That's right," Lu Wei's eyes sparkled, "Uncle San, you are right. Come, I will teach you now."

He began to instruct Lu Jingrui.

Lu Jingrui obeyed all the instructions with a very good attitude.

Lu Wei laughed continuously.

Chu Yin's voice has a complicated taste.

Lu Jingrui was indeed trying to please his son, but he told her clearly that it was not mean, but rather it seemed like he was doing it out of concern for his nephew and wanting to relax, and his son really enjoyed teaching him.

Maybe he really had no other intentions?

Chu Yin observed while riding a horse.

When they stopped to rest, Lu Jingrui came over to ask about her bow and arrow.

"Just now I saw that my sister-in-law shot very accurately. I can't believe you can draw a bow."

"…Why?"

"Because my sister-in-law seems to have very little strength and thin hands."

Chu Yin said, "This bow was given to me by the emperor. It requires very little force." She handed it to him, "You can try it."

Lu Jingrui took it and easily pulled the bow to its full length.

As expected, he had fully recovered. Chu Yin smiled and said, "After you learned how to ride, did you just want to go hunting with His Majesty and me? Didn't you want to do something else?"

"What is it?"

Chu Yin said: "For example, to be a famous general, I see that you have a lot of talent. You can control this horse in such a short time. I think learning martial arts and being a general will be easy for you."

Being praised by her, Lu Jingrui blushed slightly: "Sister-in-law, do you think too highly of me?" Last time she said that he could become a master of calligraphy, and this time she said that he could become a famous general. In the eyes of sister-in-law, is he such a talented person?

"I'm being realistic. I've been learning horse riding for a year. Compared to you, I can only be described as 'stupid'."

Lu Jingrui said hurriedly, "Sister-in-law is a woman. She was weak before. Now she can learn to ride and shoot. It's already amazing. How can you say she's stupid? Not to mention that you are also good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. You are a real talented woman. Unlike me, I am not proficient in anything... If it weren't for Sister-in-law's encouragement, I would be a useless person now."

The words were spoken with true feelings.

Chu Yin stared at his slightly red eyes, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

"This bow is very beautiful," Lu Jingrui stared at it with his eyes downcast, trying to hide his excitement. "Brother looks very serious, but he is really considerate of you, sister-in-law. He even prepared the bow for you personally."

"Well, His Majesty is very good to me, but he is also very good to you. The reason why you said that yesterday was because you were afraid that I would make the decision for you and end up choosing someone you don't like, not because you were afraid that I would worry about it."

Lu Jingrui nodded: "I understand."

However, he understood more clearly that Lu Jingzhuo's concern was only out of guilt. He was a bastard's son, and Lu Jingzhuo was a legitimate son. Their identities destined their relationship to be impossible to be truly close, not to mention that his elder brother was so rational and cold-hearted.

He mostly took advantage of his stepmother's kindness. His eldest brother was nice to him, and part of the reason was because of his stepmother's face.

Only the Chu accent is different.

He asked, "Do you really think I can become a famous general?"

"Of course, but to become a famous general you have to go to the battlefield, which is too dangerous," Chu Yin was still testing, "I still hope you can stay in the capital safely. As for the border issues... at worst, His Majesty can go on a tour to the north a few more times in the future."

She said this and sighed softly.

My eldest brother and his wife have a harmonious relationship, so she must be worried about my eldest brother going on his northern tour.

Lu Jingrui hesitated and said, "I can also try to learn it, but I don't know if big brother will agree."

Chu Yin was stunned: "Are you really willing to guard the border?"

"Dai Viet has not fought with foreigners for several years. Normally, I still want to stay in the capital, but if a war really breaks out, if I have the ability to defeat the foreign enemies, I will go there voluntarily. However... it's too early to talk about this now. How can it be so easy to become a famous general? Or maybe my sister-in-law thinks too highly of me."

But it was incredible that he agreed.

Chu Yin thought, could it be that her persuading him to heal his old wounds was such a big favor? Did he trust her from then on?

Or was it because he had never been loved since he was a child and longed for others' care? So he regarded her plan as care?

"Uncle San?" Lu Yu was waiting impatiently, "You still have to continue studying. Why are you talking to mother all the time? You can't be lazy."

Lu Jingrui smiled: "Okay, okay," and said to Chu Yin, "Sister-in-law, Teacher Er is urging me to ride first."

"Well, go ahead."

Lu Jingrui squeezed the horse's belly and the horse began to trot forward slowly.

Chu Yin looked at his back getting farther and farther away, and after a while she let out a sigh of relief.

Maybe she shouldn't worry about it anymore.

If Lu Jingrui really obeyed her completely and followed her lead, then in the future it would only be possible for her to control Lu Jingrui instead of him manipulating his own son. Of course, the premise is that she can survive that disaster.

But there is another big event before the winter solstice.

Plague in Weizhou.

So on July 17th, after Chu Yin sent Lu Jingzhuo to the Qianqing Palace, she did not leave and stayed there.

She remembered that after the outbreak of the plague, Lu Jingzhuo was very regretful and said that he did not know that the disease spreading in Weizhou was a plague. At that time, an official mentioned in a memorial that the number of patients in Weizhou had increased greatly in recent days and there was also a flood, and requested disaster relief and food distribution. She asked when the memorial was made, and he remembered it very clearly and said it was on July 17. The plague later caused tens of thousands of people to die of illness.

So she had to remind Lu Jingzhuo.

His wife sat on his lap for a long time, and Lu Jingzhuo's legs were numb from sitting there. He couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have anything else to do today?"

Chu Yin pouted: "Why, you want to chase me away again?"

It seemed as if she would cry if he said one more word.

Lu Jingzhuo pinched his brows and said, "Of course not, I'm just asking."

In fact, Chu Yin didn't want to sit for so long, but the memorial concerning Weizhou had not appeared, so she had to stay in the Qianqing Palace.

"I just miss Your Majesty so much today and can't leave him." She could only use clinging to cover up her purpose. Anyway, she had already cried before, and he would not question her, so what face did she have? "Besides, I can still share His Majesty's worries and give him some suggestions."

When she started to act coquettishly, Lu Jingzhuo became even more nervous, but his legs couldn't bear it anymore, so he said, "Get up first and let me move."

"Why?" Chu Yin was puzzled.

"Because I have no feeling in my legs."

"..." Chu Yin was shocked. Did she actually sit on his legs and make them numb?

She came down quickly.

Lu Jingzhuo pressed his hands on the table before he could stand steadily.

Seeing the man frowning slightly, Chu Yin asked concernedly, "Would you like me to rub it for you?"

"No, it will be fine after standing for a while." It was also the first time for him to experience the feeling of numb legs, and it was caused by someone sitting on him.

Chu Yin pulled his sleeve and said, "Your Majesty, if you feel uncomfortable, you should have told me earlier. I didn't know your legs were numb."

Lu Jingzhuo said calmly: "I didn't expect that you would sit there all the time without me telling you."

Chu Yin: “…”

"Are my legs so comfortable?" He pulled her into his arms, "Or did you come here today for some other purpose?"

Chu Yin's heart skipped a beat.

He wouldn't be able to see it, right?

"What can I want?" She denied immediately. "Is it possible that I have some ulterior motive when I send His Majesty to the Palace of Heavenly Purity every day? Besides, it was you who held me on your lap. I wanted to grind ink for His Majesty at first..."

Her tone was so aggrieved that Lu Jingzhuo was really worried that she would cry again. He rubbed her waist with his fingers: "Okay, okay, I don't doubt you, okay?" Even if he doubted him, he kept it in his heart for the time being.

If you think about it carefully, there have always been many suspicious points about Chu Yin.

I'm not afraid of one more.

Chu Yin calmed down, waited for Lu Jingzhuo's legs to regain sensation, and then sat on his lap again.

Lu Jingzhuo continued to review memorials.

Chu Yin waited and waited, and finally the letter came.

Lu Jingzhuo also looked at it very carefully. After all, it was about disaster relief, and he had to consider whether to order officials to open the warehouses immediately to distribute food.

When he was about to put down his pen, Chu Yin suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the situation in Weizhou is very strange. Even if there is a flood, there shouldn't be so many patients, right? Floods happen every year..."

Lu Jingzhuo asked: "What do you think?"

"I don't have any idea, but I heard something when I was young. There were many patients in Yanhe Town one year. Later, it was found that it was plague. Your Majesty was born in Qingzhou, so he should know it."

That was about thirteen or fourteen years ago, right?

Lu Jingzhuo remembered that because it was close to Qingzhou, it caused panic at the time.

"Do you think it's a plague?" He looked down at Chu Yin.

"I don't know, but it's better to be careful."

Lu Jingzhuo pondered in silence.

The cost of carelessness is severe, while the cost of caution is just to send a royal physician.

He immediately ordered Ma Yuanzheng and two other imperial physicians to take the medicinal materials and set off to Weizhou to find out the cause of the disease. He also sent ten Jinyiwei to escort them.

Chu Yin breathed a sigh of relief.

He saw that she immediately became tired, and there was also fatigue between her brows. Suddenly, a thought came to him, as if Chu Yin had been waiting for this memorial to remind him that this was a plague...

But how could Chu Yin know this in advance?

She is not a great immortal.

Lu Jingzhuo shook his head and put the thought behind him.

But Chu Yin didn't say anything else. He read for a while and then looked down at Chu Yin, only to find that she had fallen asleep.

Well, my legs will definitely be numb again soon...