Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Bronze Mirror (Mandatory, enter with caution)...
Lu Chen vaguely heard some noises in the corridor and hurried into the house. He saw Zhe Rou squatting on the ground with her arms folded, her throat choked with sobs and her shoulders shaking.
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, walked to her side, and reached out to pull her shoulders, but she just cried, crying more and more sadly, and stubbornly refused to comply.
Lu Chen's heart tightened, and he frowned and called her, "Xiaoxiao?"
Zhe Rou tried her best to suppress her tears and bit her lower lip so hard that it was about to bleed.
Lu Chen suddenly felt a surge of rage. He exerted force on his hands, forcibly hugged the woman into his arms, grabbed her chin, and shouted, "Let go!"
He used brute force, but Zhe Rou also became ruthless and bit his shoulder, clenching her teeth tightly.
The more tender and precious everything was in the past, the more hateful it becomes now.
She was filled with hatred and used all her strength between her teeth. The sharp pain suddenly pierced through her flesh. Lu Chen's body tensed up in an instant, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Why do you have to force me..." She sobbed incoherently, tears mixed with blood soaking his shoulders and clothes, "It's obvious... you are the most hateful... you won't let me go..."
Lu Chen let her vent without saying a word, feeling a drop of blood rolling down his back, leaving a line of warm touch.
He just silently tightened his arms, letting her lie in his arms, and gently stroked her trembling spine with his palms.
Let her go.
He couldn't help but pull up the corners of his lips and smiled self-deprecatingly and sadly.
He also wanted to know who in this world could let him go.
It would be better to stay entangled with him like this, entangled until death, and be buried with him in the Lu family's ancestral tomb, receiving the Lu family's incense, and even the four words "Lu Men Ningshi" must be engraved on the spirit tablet. From now on, I will never be separated from him in this life or the next.
It was unknown how long it had been, but Zhe Rou was finally exhausted from crying. Her eyes were so dry that she could not shed another tear, and her throat was choked by the sweet and fishy taste of rust. Only then did she slowly loosen her teeth that had been clenched until they were sore, and turned her head away, no longer looking at him.
Lu Chen was silent for a moment, then carried her to sit in the armchair, turned around, poured her a cup of warm tea, and handed it to her to rinse her mouth.
After crying for so long, her stomach was already churning. Zhe Rou forced herself to drink a cup of warm tea, but she still couldn't suppress the bloody smell surging in her throat. She couldn't help but lean over and retched.
Seeing this, Lu Chen's jaw suddenly tensed. He turned around and poured her another cup of tea, frowning and sneering, "Do you feel uncomfortable now? Do you feel relieved?"
Zhe Rou drooped her eyelashes and said nothing, her hands tightly gripping the teacup until they turned pale. She drank two full cups of warm tea before rinsing the bloody taste from her mouth.
After a long silence, until her tense shoulders relaxed completely, Lu Chen put down his teacup, lowered his eyes to look at her, and said calmly, "You bit me, you vented your anger, now you should compensate me with something."
Zhe Rou was startled when she heard this.
Before she could react, she saw Lu Chen squatting in front of her and taking out a green jade longevity lock from his arms.
Seeing clearly what it was, Zhe Rou raised her hand to block it, but Lu Chen grabbed her wrist and put the jade lock back around her neck first.
"Return the item to its original owner." He rubbed the familiar lines with his fingertips and said softly, "Don't pick it."
He had suffered a serious illness when he was young. His father was worried that he would die young, so he asked the monks in Xiangguo Temple for this longevity lock to ward off disasters and misfortunes for him. He wore it on his body for more than ten years. His life was stored in this jade lock.
She had left the jade locket behind quietly when she left, so now it was time for her to put it back on.
It's as if I had never left.
At night, on the bed where they had spent countless days and nights together, Lu Chen used all his patience to slowly get along with her.
Zhe Rou knew that she couldn't break free anyway, and struggling any longer would only make her look ridiculous. Why should she suffer in vain? She stopped gritting her teeth and endured it, and just let him tease and please her. Finally, her body gradually softened, and her breathing became slightly rapid.
After struggling for a while, Lu Chen felt it was getting slippery. He suddenly held her waist, picked her up, and put her on the dressing table in front of the bronze mirror.
That bronze mirror was made for her on her birthday that year when he was promoted in the army and received his salary. He went to the best coppersmith shop in Taozhou City to make it for her.
The mirror surface is finely ground and forged, and then mixed with silver powder, making it brighter than ordinary bronze mirrors. When it reflects people, it does not appear dim, but instead reflects a clear and light silver light.
Lu Chen lowered his head and bit her delicate earlobe, his hot breath wrapped around her ear, stirring up waves of numbness that penetrated into her bones without any explanation.
"Xiaoxiao," he said in a low voice, holding her chin with his long fingers and turning her towards the bronze mirror, "Look carefully, who is this person that is with you now?"
The mirror reflected the woman's flushed face and the thin, sharp jaw of the man behind her.
A strong hand tightly grasped her delicate arm, and the long fingers gathered together, easily holding her in the palm of his hand, making it impossible for her to escape.
She struggled a little, and the shadow in the mirror began to shake, but was quickly pushed back to her original position by the person behind her, and her back hit his hard, hot chest.
Zhe Rou couldn't help but let out a gasp of shock, and hurriedly closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling constantly.
"Xiaoxiao, open your eyes." There was an irresistible firmness in the voice.
His palms, covered with a thin layer of calluses and damp sweat, covered her from behind with a force so familiar that she tilted her neck back and gasped softly, and the mirror surface was covered with a layer of mist.
Lu Chen didn't stop moving, just wiped away the layer of moisture with his fingertips, forcing the person in the mirror to look at him, "Who taught you to be so happy, huh?"
The bronze mirror is as clear as water, reflecting everything clearly.
Zhe Rou hated his shamelessness and felt ashamed and unbearable in her heart.
She could only close her eyes tightly, gripping the edge of the dressing table with her thin fingers, letting the patterns of the winding carvings hurt her palms, forcing herself to retain some clarity in the chaos.
But he maliciously increased his strength.
He wanted to give her happiness, and he wanted her to remember only the happiness he gave her.
Zhe Rou felt a wave of haziness in front of her eyes, as if her soul was floating. Finally, she could no longer bear it and shouted in a low voice: "...Lu Bingyan!"
That's an answer, actually.
Lu Chen seemed to have finally gotten what he wanted. He chuckled softly and leaned over to kiss away the sweat on the back of her neck.
The wind outside the window grew faster, and the heat spread into the room. The bronze mirror reflected two sweaty figures entangled with each other, their outlines blurred into a hazy mass. One could only see the jade locket on her neck falling down and hanging on her white chest, swaying back and forth.
I don’t know how much time passed, but when everything was over, Zhe Rou was so tired that she could hardly stand.
Lu Chen took her back, took out a soft handkerchief and cleaned her carefully.
His palm gently stroked her sweaty face, and he lowered his head to kiss her brow, "Xiaoxiao... forget about the irrelevant people and just live a good life with me, okay?"
It sounds like an order, a plea, and also like a coaxing.
Not only did he want her to forget, he also forced himself to forget.
These days, he didn't even dare to look at her, for fear that if he looked at her for just one more moment, the pain and hatred boiling in his blood would burst out.
The comfortable afterglow faded away, and Zhe Rou felt tired all over. She was too lazy to even move her fingertips, and she was unwilling to agree in her heart. She frowned in a daze and turned her face away lazily.
Lu Chen lowered his eyes.
The red rope strung together a longevity lock, and the warm green jade lay quietly on the small piece of white skin, rising and falling slightly with her breathing, creating ripples in the candlelight, as if it hit his heart, causing a subtle and dense pain.
It was as if a gap in my heart was filled, but it still felt far from enough. I wanted more and more. I wished I could rub her into my bones and blood, and possess every inch of her, only then would it be complete.
**
The people from the Imperial City Bureau were afraid that something might go wrong along the way, so they even put strong drugs in the tea. Xie Yunzhou was confused on the road and couldn't tell whether it was day or night outside the car. When he finally regained consciousness, he found himself in the forbidden Funing Palace.
The light in the hall was dim, and it was impossible to tell what was happening. The draft blew through the heavy curtains, causing a slight rustling sound. No one knew where the people in the hall had gone. The gilded Suan Ni beast furnace on the side was emitting curls of green smoke, making the surroundings seem even more empty and quiet.
Jiuniang.
I must go back to find Jiu Niang as soon as possible.
His heart suddenly tightened, and Xie Yunzhou suddenly threw off the quilt and got up, getting off the bed and putting on his boots.
"woke up?"
Suddenly, the official's voice came faintly from behind the screen. It was neither fast nor slow, and there was no emotion in his voice. However, it made the blood in his body freeze in an instant.
Xie Yunzhou was so shocked that he froze in place before he could even put on his shoes.
After a while, his Adam's apple rolled with difficulty, he bent over to put on his boots, walked quickly to the red and gold-painted landscape screen, straightened his clothes and saluted: "Your Majesty."
Behind the brocade screen, across the hazy cloud patterns, the official glanced coldly at Xie Yunzhou.
"What a rush!" He snorted softly after a while, tapping his knuckles twice on the rosewood table, "Where are you going in such a hurry?"
Xie Yunzhou gritted his teeth and said stubbornly, "I was dazed all the way. When I woke up, I didn't know where I was. I just wanted to go and take a look."
"Thank you, Mingqi!" The emperor folded the memorial with a snap, staring at him with an increasingly cold gaze. "You treat me like a three-year-old child, allowing you to lie to me at will?!"
Xie Yunzhou lowered his head, "I dare not."
"Is there anything in this world that you dare not do?"
The official sneered, stood up, and slowly walked around the screen, looking down at him. "Are you so eager to compete with your cousin for a country girl, huh?"
As if he was suddenly struck by a thunderbolt, Xie Yunzhou's face turned pale in an instant and he looked up in shock.
The official narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at his expression.
"I don't know how long you plan to continue this nonsense. But a second-married woman, a broken flower and a willow, is it worth you and your brothers turning against each other...even disregarding ethics and moral principles, and even refusing to recognize your biological father? Hmm?"
His tone was calm and slow, but it was clearly filled with immense anger.
Xie Yunzhou felt a sudden chill on his back, and cold sweat had already soaked through his shirt.
He no longer cared about anything else and knelt down, his knees slamming heavily on the clay tiles in the hall, making a dull thud. He said urgently, "The crime of running away is entirely mine. From the beginning to the end, it had nothing to do with anyone else. Please don't vent your anger on the innocent! If you want to impose a punishment, please punish me alone!"
"You're really protective of me..." The official chuckled and said lightly, "If you continue to be so foolish and fail to distinguish the importance of a mere woman, I will definitely not keep her any longer."
Xie Yunzhou's entire body trembled violently, his heart pounding. He was about to argue and plead again, but when he looked up, he met Guan's unfathomable gaze. In a flash, he suddenly understood the deeper meaning behind the words "he doesn't even recognize his biological father."
He subconsciously clenched his fists, squeezing his knuckles until they turned blue and white and made crackling sounds.
The official stared at him motionlessly.
After his Adam's apple rolled several times with difficulty, Xie Yunzhou finally bowed down slowly, his forehead resting on the cold floor tiles, his voice hoarse.
"Daddy."
This name that he always refused to admit rolled around on the tip of his tongue, and finally he spat it out mixed with the taste of rust surging in his throat.
"Please, Daddy... please understand."
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