Chapter 102 A Chapter with a Taste
The carriage swayed, like a small boat taking him back to the past.
Long-forgotten memories are gradually being unlocked.
If he hadn't encountered Zhang Lin again and seen the silver embroidered knife, Xu Rui would have almost forgotten about it.
Before he was six years old, he had a martial arts master by his side.
Zhang Chizheng.
That was the other person besides Aunt Shui who had protected him.
However, he suddenly disappeared later.
The Empress Dowager said that Master Zhang had suddenly fallen seriously ill and had resigned from his post to return to his hometown to recuperate.
However, according to Zhang Lin, his father used to work for a wealthy family in the capital, but later offended his master and was poisoned, which crippled his martial arts skills.
After his father returned home half-dead, he took him away from the capital and traveled for eight hundred miles before finally settling in Liuyun Village.
That host family, of course, is the royal family.
But who is the one who harmed Master Zhang?
Earlier, Aunt Shui was expelled from the palace for giving the wrong medicine to a concubine.
If he hadn't heard the elderly people around him mention it occasionally, he wouldn't have known that there had ever been such a female doctor in his community.
He later sent someone to find him, and they met once.
Unfortunately, Aunt Shui is already married and doesn't want to get involved with the royal family anymore.
Later, the person his mother found for him was by his side.
They were all very kind to him.
But he couldn't feel any warmth.
His mother said that he was the crown prince and should learn to discard some unnecessary things.
He is the crown prince, a high-ranking and noble crown prince.
He couldn't take the risk either.
That time, he volunteered to manage the flood, but upon his return, he received not praise, but a heavy slap from his mother.
She said that the crown prince should sit firmly in his high seat, while those of lowly birth will naturally contribute to the country.
The person she was referring to as having a lowly fate was the ninth prince, the son of a palace maid.
But why was he, the crown prince of such high status, so easily overthrown by her?
Xu Rui's memories are confused and painful.
One thing after another kept popping up, making it impossible for him to find the original thread.
Until another memory surfaced.
He first hid in an abandoned palace and played the flute, attracting birds.
The Queen Mother led a group of people to search for the person who played the flute.
He hid on the beam and looked at his mother's sinister and terrifying face, her eyes bloodthirsty and ferocious, as if she were chasing after a demon that had escaped from hell.
But clearly, even the birds love to hear the flute he plays.
From then on, he only dared to play the flute secretly in the royal hunting grounds.
It was a safe place, so he never knew that his flute playing could attract ferocious beasts.
The shattered head finally got some rest.
Who taught me to play the flute?
Aunt Shui once said: The Empress will treat you well.
The Empress is his mother, so naturally she will treat him well.
Why would Aunt Shui say that?
It's as if he's grasped a thread.
...
"Auntie—Auntie—something's happened!"
Si Xi ran back, covered in sweat.
"Auntie, Uncle is being framed!"
Wang Cuicui's family became dependent on Lu Yun.
The reason was that Lu Yun and Wang Cuicui rolled into the field in each other's arms and had physical contact!
In the fields and along the roadsides.
The scene was extremely chaotic.
Lu Yun's face was deathly pale, like a patient who had lost too much blood.
He kept repeating the same sentence: "If you want me to marry Wang Cuicui, I'd rather shave my head and become a monk!"
"Second Brother Lu, if you don't marry me, I'll be too ashamed to face anyone. If you become a monk, I'll hang myself from a tree!" Wang Cuicui cried loudly.
Old Man Lu asked with a stern face what everyone who was there had seen, and demanded a clear explanation.
Several of the people who were here just now are members of the Wang family.
Everyone either said they didn't notice, or they said it was indeed Lu Yun's fault.
Only Wang Jincai and Granny Liu saw that it was Wang Cuicui's mother, Sun Shi, who pushed Lu Yun, causing him to push Wang Cuicui and fall into the field.
The two of them were piled on top of each other, rolled around in the mud, and their mouths even met.
Of course, it was Wang Cuicui who did it on purpose.
However, Wang Cuicui's father, Wang Defa, and her mother, Sun, did not acknowledge it.
Wang Jincai is a brat who runs to the Lu family every day, so it's normal for him to side with them.
Grandma Liu is deaf and blind, and she points at deer and talks about horses all day long. Can you believe what she says?
When Sun shouted loudly, Granny Liu shrank back and remained silent.
"Don't get too close to the melon while you're eating it" is a valuable lesson she has learned over the years.
Don't get involved haphazardly.
"Lu Yun, no matter what happened just now, you've already taken advantage of my daughter, and you can't get away with it."
Wang Defa said, "Are the men of the Lu family really so irresponsible?"
"My Lu family has a sense of responsibility, but we won't be the ones to suffer a terrible fate! I simply won't marry your daughter, I'll become a nun tomorrow! If your daughter wants to hang herself, don't go near the millstone, it's bad luck!"
Lu Yun seemed to have made up his mind. Although his face was still pale, he had calmed down and said fiercely to Wang Defa.
Lin Zhuang chimed in, "That's right, your daughter is dark-skinned and has a thick mouth. Lu Yun isn't blind, it's definitely your family's deliberate scheming."
Lu Yun was truly grateful to Lin Zhuang this time.
"Good brother."
"It's nothing, I'm just telling the truth. My little sister was prettier than Wang Cuicui even before her face healed!"
Wang Cuicui: "..."
He was so angry he almost bit his crooked teeth to pieces.
Wang Defa was both angry and anxious, and he winked at his family members.
But those people acted as if they didn't see it.
The Lu family just provided the medicinal herb seeds; who would want to cause them trouble?
She had ulterior motives in covering for him.
If Lu Yun marries Cuicui, he might even benefit from it.
But it's impossible for them to offend the Lu family.
"Lu Yun! You won't marry me, huh? If you don't, I'll go to the county government and sue you!"
"Go ahead and sue me! I'd rather take the beatings and go to jail than get married!"
"You...you, fine, very good, Lu Xingwang, you let your son ruin my daughter's reputation, what's the point of my daughter living!"
"You think you can bully people just because your family is rich? My family can't afford to mess with you!"
Mrs. Sun squatted down on the ground and wailed, "My poor daughter! Who will want you now? You've been ruined by that Lu family boy!"
"Mother, I don't want to live anymore!"
For some reason, Wang Cuicui suddenly found herself holding a paper package.
"Oh no, it's rat poison! Stop her!"
Before anyone could stop her, Wang Cuicui quickly poured the red powder into her mouth.
Lu Yun's face turned pale again.
He's only seventeen years old, after all. Someone died because of him, how could he not be frightened?
"Wow! Cui Cui, my Cui Cui!"
Sun rushed over, scratching at Cuicui's mouth while glaring fiercely at Lu Yun: "Lu Yun, even if my daughter dies, she'll still be part of your family!"
Old Man Lu gave the stunned Lu Yun a hard shove: "Go find some manure!"
Excrement.
Excrement.
Excrement!
Lu Yun turned around and saw Lu Qingqing and Sixi running over.
"Little sister!"
"Second brother, don't panic! I'm a doctor!"
Lu Qingqing squatted down to check, but was pushed away by Sun.
"I don't need your fake sympathy, you Lu family members are the ones who harmed my daughter! If Lu Yun doesn't agree to marry my daughter today, I'll make sure you get into a murder case!"
Anyway, my daughter has no face to live anymore..."
Looking at the rosy lips and trembling eyelids of Wang Cuicui, Lu Qingqing understood.
Turning to Sixi and Wang Jincai, he said, "Why go to such lengths? You two can make some ready-made excrement right now. One of you urinates, and the other defecates. Mix them together while they're still hot for the best effect."
Go quickly!
"Yes, Aunt!"
Si Xi and Wang Jincai seemed to have received an important mission, and after responding in unison, they scurried into the nearby bushes.
Sun's eyelids twitched: "What?"
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