Restaurant.
Murong Jin looked at the person opposite her, "What is it?"
The man in the blue robe sat opposite her. "Can't I come to you for no reason? You're still the same as ever. No wonder no one wants to marry you."
Murong Jin took a sip of tea. "Marriage is preordained."
"Others are eighteen or nineteen and already have several children, but you're almost twenty-six and don't have a single woman, let alone a concubine or even a maid. Are you thinking of becoming a monk?"
"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot?"
Murong Jin glanced at him sideways and said, "Speak if you have something to say."
"Ahem, your uncle has found you a girlfriend, do you want her?"
Murong Jin parted her lips slightly: "No."
"Tch, not yet. You should hurry up and get married so your father won't worry about you anymore. Look at you. Now that your leg is injured, you need someone to take care of you."
Murong Jin: "Even if I lose my legs, I still have hands. I'm not marrying this girl to have her take care of me. Besides, I don't need anyone to take care of me. There's no need to ruin her life."
The man sat down beside him, glanced around, and then leaned his handsome face closer to Murong Jin. "Don't tell me you really like men. That's just what the rumors say. I don't think you like men at all. Otherwise, I haven't seen you even give the man next to you a second glance."
Murong Jin placed the teacup on the table. "Hmm, I prefer men. I have no feelings for ordinary people."
The man was stunned. "Brother, are you serious?"
Murong Jin looked at his cousin and said, "When have I ever lied to you?"
"No, I came all the way from Jinzhou specifically to find out something. You see, my aunt passed away a long time ago, and you don't have anyone to teach you about relationships between men and women. You don't like women because we haven't met, but you like men..."
"Do you want to drive your uncle to his death?"
Murong Jin narrowed her eyes. "Your uncle usually doesn't interfere with what I do, but if I'm looking for a man, he might be even more enthusiastic than I am."
"I don't believe it. Your uncle would let you find a man? That old-fashioned man of his always tells my dad to find me a wife whenever he comes to Jinzhou..."
Murong Jin didn't want to talk to him and changed the subject, "Where do you live?"
"The First Restaurant, no, don't change the subject, you really like men?"
Murong Jin: "Mm."
The man wailed, "My cousin likes men!"
It's over, the Murong family line is about to end.
"Brother, um, I..."
"how?"
Murong Jin looked at the son of her mother's aunt and said, "Speak."
"I ran away from my arranged marriage."
Murong Jin was speechless.
Running away from the wedding? This kid?
"If you don't like the other person, you can talk to your dad, he will understand."
Lu Qishuo: "You don't understand. He doesn't get it. I told him I had a girl I liked, but he insisted on tying the Liu family girl and me together. The wedding is in three months, and he even personally delivered the betrothal gifts to her."
"I was furious when I found out, so I came here. I gave him a false message, saying I went to Jiangnan, but who would have known I would come here to you?"
Murong Jin: "..."
Miss Liu?
She had visited this aunt's house with her father years ago; the Liu family was considered a wealthy family in Jinzhou.
The Lu family is the richest family in Jinzhou, and the Liu family is no less wealthy.
Marrying someone of equal social standing is very important. Uncle Lu probably did this because he wanted the boy to settle down; the kid always wanted to join the army...
After she entered the army, children younger than her all wanted to join, but their families stopped them because they all knew that life in the army was very tough.
"Brother, do you think if I got a government position, could I help you?"
After all, although the position of regent is high and powerful, his family said not to cause trouble for his cousin. It is easy to find flaws in those in power, especially since his cousin has an emperor above him.
They were not the kind of people who abused their power, especially their cousin. Although he was the regent, he was just family to them. They would only stand up for him when he was in danger.
Murong Jin chuckled, "No need, just live the life you want."
My maternal grandfather had two sons. The eldest son had a mother and a younger aunt, while the second son only had a daughter, who was Lu Qishuo's mother.
My mother and aunt each only had one daughter, so my cousin had a son.
"Marry into the family!!!"
This is what my mother said back then: my maternal grandfather didn't want his daughter to suffer outside, especially since he was afraid she would end up with a bad man, so he thought of arranging a marriage for her...
The first child born had to take their family name. Her mother passed away after her birth, and her name, Murong Jin, was chosen by her mother herself, taking her husband's surname.
"Your mother chose this name because she didn't want me to be criticized."
Murong Jin still remembers what her father said back then. She was only three years old at the time, but she had already started to learn to read and write, and even learned some martial arts from her father's guards.
"You're like a little boy. Your father is going to the capital later. Daughter, do you want to go and see the capital? I heard it's even more prosperous than Jinzhou."
Later, her father went to the capital, and she was taken care of by her wet nurse. She could see her father once a month, sometimes for several months at a time. She grew up slowly, and when she was six years old, her father became the Prince of Zhenbei, a sworn brother of the emperor but a prince without any real power.
And she, at the age of five, became the young master of the Murong family.
"Father doesn't want you to go to the palace. The harem is too dangerous. With Father's current status, His Majesty can bestow a marriage upon our daughter with just a word."
From then on, the Murong family only had young masters, no young ladies.
Reading, writing, and practicing martial arts became her daily routine, and she even developed many of her own ideas. When she was 12 years old, her father was away from home, so she went to the palace. She was originally going to the royal academy, but later she met the late emperor's most favored concubine...
She was adorable, especially since it was raining heavily that day and her clothes were quite wet, so this imperial concubine dragged her to her palace...
However, the clothes he changed into that time were not boys' clothes, but girls' clothes.
"Young Master Murong, you look even more handsome than a girl."
After thanking them, she left. On the way, she seemed to encounter a child being bullied. She didn't know whose child it was, but the child was dirty all over, except for its bright and clean eyes. Murong Jin was accompanied by a eunuch who was leading the way. After sending someone to report, the seven or eight-year-old child was rescued.
...
Murong Jin paused, then touched the jade pendant at her waist, her eyebrows curving into a smile.
I remember now.
"I will be staying at the Regent's Palace for the time being."
"Okay, but cousin, why did you suddenly laugh?"
Murong Jin smiled and said, "I just remembered something."
At 12 years old, it was the first time I had worn a skirt since I was six years old and had never worn women's clothing before.
This is also the origin of jade pendants.
It turns out that she always remembered in her heart that this jade pendant wasn't hers, and it really wasn't.
It did protect her many times. During the fatal blow, she almost thought she was going to see her mother, but the jade pendant blocked the arrow for her...
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