Lu Chengyan stared at the man she hadn't called "Dad" for a long time. Her eyes were dark and gloomy, and there was deep sorrow in them. She asked, "Does the Lu Family know that the Xu Family, which has retreated time and time again, will start to reason with the Lu Family instead of being sentimental after having a Secondary Grade Two Governor of Liangzhou? Do you know that your actions are equivalent to monopolizing the fate of two generations of the Lu Family? "
Lu Dongjiang said angrily, "Lu Chengyan, don't forget that I'm your father!"
Lu Chengyan smiled bitterly and said, "Lu Dongjiang, if I really forgot, why would I come here? Don't you realize that the reason why I didn't hesitate to break off relations with the Lu Family and act like we won't interact with each other for the rest of our lives is to make him feel guilty towards the Lu Family? Do you think he doesn't know about my selfishness? It's not that he doesn't know, but that he pretends not to know! Do you really think that Tian Peifang, that old fox, and Song Dongming, that great talent who could support the government of a country, would treat you as someone who would help the people just because you are good at handwriting in Lu Dongjiang? Are you stupid or are they stupid? Is there no one in the Lu Family who isn't blind? "
It was unknown whether it was anger, fear, or regret.
Lu Dongjiang stretched out a trembling finger and pointed at the woman who was becoming more and more unfamiliar. "Lu Chengyan, you bastard! Get out of the Lu Family! "
Lu Chengyan actually laughed. "Don't worry, I'll get out. But before that, I want to take away the ancestor's portrait from the ancestral hall. I'm afraid that he won't be able to rest in peace if he looks at this family every day."
Lu Dongjiang glared at her. "You dare?!"
Lu Chengyan narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "Lu Dongjiang, from the moment I decided to come here today, I no longer consider myself a member of the Lu Family. I'm just a daughter-in-law of the Xu Family. So if you still want to be the Liangzhou Provincial Governor, shut up!"
Lu Chengyan repeated, "Shut up, do you hear me?"
Lu Dongjiang's face was ashen, but for some reason, he could not utter a single vicious word.
In the small courtyard, not far from the father and daughter, the beautiful servant girl that Lu Dongjiang had just taken in from Yanzhi County was already scared half to death. She wished she could close her eyes and cover her ears as she squatted on the ground.
On this day, Lu Chengyan calmly leaves the Lu Family with a scroll in her hand. No one sees her off.
When Lu Chengyan sat in the carriage, she held the portrait of her ancestor tightly, lowered her head, and bit her arm to prevent herself from crying out loud. She did not want the coachman, who was the chief steward of the Prince's Mansion, Song Yu, to hear it.
Suddenly, not only did the carriage not immediately head for Mount Qing Liang, it seemed to have met Lu Chengyan by chance before she left the house. It also seemed like a steward who had suddenly decided to act as the future wangfei's coachman. He lightly knocked on the curtain.
Lu Chengyan suppressed her sobs and asked softly, "Steward Song, what's wrong?"
Through the curtain of the carriage, Song Yu said, "Before His Highness left, he told me to give Princess a small brocade pouch when Princess returned to her parents' home and then to Mount Qing Liang."
A corner of the curtain of the carriage was gently lifted. Song Yu handed over an exquisite brocade pouch that he had carefully kept.
Lu Chengyan opened the brocade pouch in confusion. There was only one piece of paper inside with one sentence written on it.
Lu Chengyan burst into tears.
This lucky woman who was said to be a "match made in heaven" with the young King, this foolish woman who had once secretly lit the Life Exchanging Lantern and used her life to exchange for his life, this strong woman who had single-handedly shouldered the fate of the family after the death of her ancestor, this crazy woman who could make her father shut up, for the first time in her life, cried without restraint.
On that piece of paper, the handwriting was familiar and meticulous. It said, "Don't cry, we are family in this life."
— —
On this day, the civil and military officials of Great Peace City, who had just finished celebrating the New Year, were all frowning on their way to the first morning court of the new year.
Even the Duke of Yan, Gao Shizhi, and the Marquis of Huaiyang, Song Daoning, looked serious after getting off the carriage.
In reality, the two of them had already entered the palace last night to see the Emperor. Not only them, but the prominent officials of the three provinces and six ministries had also gathered. Although the young Emperor appeared calm and only said that ten thousand cavalrymen from Northern Liang had charged into Hezhou under the banner of Jingnan and Guangling, his tone was light and casual. However, the Emperor was suppressing his anger. Everyone present could clearly see it. In the end, there were not many substantive countermeasures. Among them, the Assistant Minister of Rites, Jin Lanting, suggested that the Assistant Minister of War, Xu Gong, withdraw from the Liangliao border and lead the elite troops of the capital to Guangling Path to reinforce the South Conquering Commander Lu Shengxiang. The Emperor did not agree or refuse. The Assistant Minister of War, Tang Tieshuang, suggested that the court order the Ji Zhou General, Yuan Tingshan, to go down south to Guangling and advance together with the troops of Assistant Minister Xu Gong. There was an old Assistant Minister of Revenue. For some reason, he was afraid that the 10,000 Beiliang cavalry would not go to Guangling Path to quell the rebellion but instead turn around and go straight to Great Peace City. Thus, he suggested to the Emperor that the King of Shu should take 10,000 more troops from his territory. At that time, the young Emperor's expression changed slightly. Fortunately, Tantanon quickly added that the 10,000 troops could be temporarily "lent" to Assistant Minister Xu of the Ministry of War.
Gao Shizhi looked at his childhood friend, whose face was pale because of the cold, and asked softly, "Why didn't you change into a thicker fur coat?"
Song Daoning said bitterly, "I didn't sleep at all last night. The study was warm, so I casually picked up this one. It's not like you don't know my temper. When I went out, my face was probably not very good. How would the servants of the manor dare to come near me and ask for trouble? "
Without another word, Gao Shizhi took off the fur coat on his body and switched it with Song Daoning. Like a servant of the Marquis of Huaiyang, he personally helped the Marquis in front of him change.
Song Daoning said softly, "Old Gao, if there is a day when Great Peace City can see the smoke of war and we have to go to the top of the city wall to shoot the enemy, will you die first or will I die first?"
Gao Shizhi spat a few times and said angrily, "It's the new year, can you not say such unlucky things?"
Song Daoning laughed and said, "Just take it as a child's words carry no harm, a child's words carry no harm, haha."
Gao Shizhi lowered his voice and said, "I can't guarantee anything else, but even if Liao Gu Jiantang rebelled, Beiliang Hsu Fengnian would not attack Great Peace City."
Song Daoning asked curiously, "Is it really as the rumors say, that Hsu Fengnian really went to save a girl from West Chu? I originally didn't believe it and just thought it was a joke. "
Gao Shizhi bared his teeth and said, "That guy, what can't he do? Can a normal person take on Đồng Thái and Cao Changqing? Can a normal person kill their way in and out of the Imperial Astronomer? "
Song Daoning stopped and asked in a low voice, "Is the girl's identity as the rumors say, the Empress of West Chu?"
Gao Shizhi shook his head and said, "That's hard to say. Only the heavens know if it's true or false."
Song Daoning asked, "Gao Shizhi, do you know when the news of the Beiliang Xu Family hiding the fallen princess of Da Chu spread in Great Peace City?"
Gao Shizhi had a headache and said, "In fact, this kind of rumor has been around for a long time. It's just that it didn't spread widely at that time, so it didn't cause any big waves. But last winter, it suddenly started to stir in the city and got out of hand. Your marquis fu has strict rules, so you don't have to listen.
You don't want to hear this kind of unpresentable rumor. "
Song Daoning sank into deep thought.
Gao Shizhi smiled and said, "What is there to think about? In my view, it's definitely that Jin Lanting who doesn't grow his beard that is stirring up trouble. Gao Tingshu and Wu Congxian are running errands and cannot escape. I'm puzzled, why does this Beiliang person hate Beiliang more than us, the people of Jingdou? "
Song Daoning sighed softly and said, "The people of the countryside have to fight for water with the same village, the colleagues in the officialdom have to fight for the same chair. It's all the same. In any case, when some scholars are unreasonable, you can't say anything."
Gao Shizhi was puzzled and said, "Aren't you a scholar?"
Song Daoning glared and said, "It's the new year, why are you scolding people?"
Gao Shizhi was instantly speechless.
Motherf * * ker, the people beside us are the best scholars in Li Yang. Even if you are the Marquis of Huaiyang, if these words get out, let's see if you won't be drowned in spit.
Gao Shizhi and Song Daoning walked side by side. "Daoning, do you think that the boy of the Xu family will really rebel?"
Song Daoning smiled and asked, "Scared?"
Gao Shizhi muttered, "The Beiliang cavalry in the west, the Beimang barbarians in the north, and the West Chu Cao Changqing in the south. If it's really like this, aren't you scared?"
Song Daoning said playfully, "Who was it that just said that the Beiliang definitely won't come to Great Peace City for free?"
Gao Shizhi said with a bitter face, "The affairs of the world are hard to predict. If the young man surnamed Xu really is that kind of infatuated person who doesn't want the country and wants the beauty, then it's over."
Song Daoning's face was not much better. "Tell me the truth, what are you scared of?"
Gao Shizhi's face turned red, and he said in a low voice, "What's there to be scared of about the Beimang and West Chu? I'm scared that the Beiliang won't defend the country."
Gao Shizhi originally thought that after saying this, he would be laughed at by his good brothers. He did not think that the Marquis of Huaiyang would say softly, "I'm also scared of the Beiliang cavalry. Do you think that in today's imperial court, who really isn't scared? "
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