Lu Jin looked up at Lu Ren who was sitting silently on the roof and said with some concern: "Brother, what are you doing up there? You are wearing so little, it must be so cold."
Lu Ren didn't respond.
He was propped up on one leg, his eyes blank, no one knew what he was thinking, and there were two empty wine jugs beside him.
Seeing this, Lu Jin asked someone to bring a ladder and climbed up grunting.
Then he walked tremblingly to Lu Ren's side and sat down, taking the wine jug from his hand.
"Brother, I'll drink with you." Lu Jin said as he took a sip. Then he choked and shivered, hissing for a long time.
Good, very spicy!
Lu Ren sighed and took the wine back: "What do you want to drink?"
"Aren't you looking unhappy, brother?" Lu Jin hugged his knees and tilted his head to look at Lu Ren.
Lu Ren was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "The princess said she likes me."
Lu Jin got excited after hearing this and said with a smile: "Isn't that a good thing?"
Lu Ren's eyes were filled with disappointment and self-mockery, and his tone was dull: "But the princess also said that she likes more than just me."
"Ah?" Lu Jin was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"
"The princess also likes that scholar. I am not the only one in her heart."
Lu Jin was stunned: "Brother... didn't you say that the misunderstanding can be resolved as long as it is explained? Didn't you say that no one can come between you and the princess? Aren't you very confident?"
Lu Ren: ...
Seeing that Lu Ren didn't say anything, Lu Jin asked again: "Have you explained the misunderstanding to the princess?"
Lu Ren curled his lips: "There is no misunderstanding, the princess knew everything from beginning to end..."
He took a sip of wine and closed his eyes. Yes, the princess had always known about it and had done those intimate things to him, teasing him little by little and watching him sink inch by inch...
"What? The princess knows everything?" Lu Jin widened his eyes.
"...Yes, the princess also said that if I don't want to, forget it." Lu Ren's face was gloomy, but he chuckled, "She didn't even want to coax me."
As Lu Ren spoke, he slowly took out a brocade bag from his chest. It was obvious that it was well cherished.
I don’t know when, the sky that had stopped snowing a long time ago suddenly started snowing again.
Snowflakes fell on the brocade bag, leaving a wet mark.
Lu Ren stared at the brocade bag, stroking it gently with his fingertips, and murmured, "She lied to me..."
After a moment, he raised his eyes, shook his hands slightly, and then waved his hand and threw the brocade bag out.
The brocade bag was not heavy and made no sound when it fell to the ground. Soon, the snow covered it and it disappeared in the pure white.
Lu Jin's heart trembled when he saw it. He didn't know what was in the brocade bag, but he knew that this was his brother's most precious thing, and he would give it a creepy grin from time to time.
He didn't understand it before, but now he understands that it is related to the eldest princess.
But now it was thrown away.
"elder brother……"
"I want to be alone for a while."
"But it's snowing, brother, you're wearing too little..."
Lu Ren lay down, closed his eyes, took a sip of wine, and ignored everything.
Seeing this, Lu Jin opened his mouth, but still climbed the ladder and left obediently.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Ren opened his eyes and shook the wine jug in his hand.
"No more wine."
He sat up, but suddenly rolled down from the roof.
He clearly had the skills to stop it, but he didn't and just let himself fall.
Lu Ren lay on the snow, staring blankly at the sky. There were no stars, no moon, it was pitch black, with only fluttering snowflakes.
He seemed to see Wen Yu's every smile and frown, princess, liar...
The snow was getting heavier, but Lu Ren was only wearing a single layer of clothing. The snow fell on his face and shoulders, chilling his heart with each flake of snow.
He seemed to be very drunk. He slowly closed his eyes and his breathing became much lighter.
In a trance, he seemed to be back to the first time they met in the snow in front of the temple...
"Why are you kneeling here?"
"Why don't you want my things?"
"I got it. Don't forget the conditions you promised me..."
"Then write an 800-word essay praising my beauty."
"Lu Ren, I don't think I did anything to you, did I?"
…
"Even though you're a stinky, hard, broken rock, I really like you."
Lu Ren's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a faint light of water flowed down the corner of his eyes, suddenly slid onto the snow, blended into the snow in an instant, and disappeared.
It happened so quickly that no one noticed. Only the wet marks on the temples showed that there was one more sad person in the world.
Lu Jin hid behind the door and secretly looked at Lu Ren. He felt very distressed, but he was obedient and did not go forward to disturb her.
Princess Palace.
"It's snowing again, Princess. It's snowing so heavily! It's heavier than before!" Liu Chun looked surprised.
In previous winters, it would stop snowing by February, but this year it is really rare.
Wen Yu leaned against the window, stretched out her hand to catch two snowflakes, and suddenly said, "Liu Dong, go and get me the things in the sunken wood box on the second shelf."
Liu Dong nodded, opened the box and found a jade pendant with warm color, exquisite patterns and it warmed up when he touched it. It was the best jade.
Liu Dong blinked. How come she didn’t know that the princess had such a jade pendant?
Wen Yu took the jade pendant, touched it, and curled her lips: "Starting tomorrow, I will wear this jade pendant all the time."
"Okay, princess." Liu Chun took the jade pendant and placed it on the dressing table. "When did you get a jade pendant like this?"
Wen Yu turned around and stretched: "Lu Ren gave it to me."
Liuchun widened his eyes and looked at the jade pendant in surprise. This was probably the ancestral jade pendant that General Lu’s brother had mentioned.
"Princess, you and General Lu have already...why do you want to wear this jade pendant?"
Wen Yu smiled and said, "Because it looks good, if this princess wants to wear something, she'd rather wear something of this quality."
Liu Chun was puzzled: "Then why didn't you wear it before? And you put it away."
"..." Wen Yu pinched Liu Chun's mouth, "Why are you asking so many questions, little mouth? Go to sleep!"
After saying that, he went straight into bed and reminded, "It's snowing, add more charcoal."
Liuchun nodded, lowered the curtains, added charcoal to the fire, and retreated to the side hall to keep watch.
The snow was particularly heavy tonight, and even the wind made the windows rustle.
Wen Yu pulled the quilt up again and turned over.
The next second, she raised her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes.
At some point, a tall figure appeared outside the curtains. This figure definitely did not belong to any of the maids in the courtyard.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
