A crisp laughter, like a gentle breeze ringing silver bells, resonating by the ear.

  Jiang Xuanyin's face turned iron-green, and he closed his eyes with a scowl.

  He must have been a wicked person in his past life, so he met such a scourge in this life, unable to escape, and even with all his might, he couldn't achieve a good result.

  The abbot of Hanshan Temple once said that he knew the rules, understood self-control and was a person with great wisdom. If he saw him in his current state, I don't know if he would be so angry that he would smash the wooden fish to pieces.

  Li Huaiyu smiled to himself for a long time, his thumb gently rubbing the back of his hand, and said in a low voice: "You're really an idiot."

  Lips whiter, Jiang Xuanjin opens his head separately.

  He also knows he's foolish, every word and action, all foolishness.

  "I'm going back to Ziyang," he said.

  Hua Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, "How much longer until Qi Jin arrives?"

  "At the latest, we can arrive in the suburbs of the city tomorrow morning."

  "Alright." She smiled. "Tomorrow morning, I'll escort you out of the city and pick up Qi Jin at the same time. If you're not in a hurry, you can also meet with Qi Jin one more time."

  Carefree tone, no hint of sadness at all.

  Taking a deep breath, he couldn't help but chuckle: "In this world, there probably isn't anyone more carefree than Your Highness."

  "You're overpraising." Li Huaiyu withdrew her hand and continued to gaze at him with a joyful expression.

  Qing Si still stood on the city wall, watching the horse carriage by the moat getting farther and farther away, her heart full of worry.

  Xu Chuannan gently patted her shoulder and handed her the thermos: "Don't worry, Huaiyu has always been careful with what she does. Since she's chosen to take this step, it means she's already thought it through."

  The green silk leaned sideways, her willow eyebrows furrowed, and she said anxiously: "Your Highness."

  She feared that Zi Yang Jun would harbor evil intentions and resentfully betray their master, directly taking action against him.

  Xu Chuyan surprisingly guessed what she wanted to say, and smiled as he shook his head: "It won't happen, you'd better worry about Zi Yang Jun, I think he can't even get the upper hand in front of Huai Yu."

  How is this possible? The mistress is pregnant and can't fight, and Zi Yang Jun's face has been so gloomy all the way, as if he's trying his best to hold back something. If he couldn't hold back and took action directly, who would protect the mistress completely?

  Maybe...

  He turned his head to look at Lu Zhanggui beside him, who also didn't seem to be in a hurry. He stood on the city wall, gazing far away at the horse carriage, with an expression that seemed like a smile yet not quite a smile.

  Yu Wu stood beside him and asked in a low voice: "Willingly?"

  The jade bones fan was spinning in his fingers, and Lu Jinghang said slowly and calmly: "She never gave me a chance, what do I have to be resentful about?"

  "Then, shall we go to the main city of Danyang?"

  "No way." Feng Yan's eyes narrowed as he said, "The scenery of Yicheng is unique and I like it here. Even if you offered me three thousand beauties, I wouldn't trade this place."

  Having said that, he swung his sleeve and went down the city wall with a flourish.

  As she watched his back, she thought that Lu Zhuang was indeed a shrewd businessman who always knew what decision was the most profitable.

  If it were earlier, would everything that happened later be different if he had met him before meeting Ziyang Jun in the temple?

  The Gong Princess's mansion was brightly lit at night, and it was unclear whether it was because the water had been opened in the city moat or for some other reason. Many courtyards had their lights on all night without going out.

  "What's going on?" The servants in the mansion were puzzled. "Master Lu can't sleep and neither has Master Ziyang."

  "Hey, never mind, Xu and Jiang aren't sleeping either, are they? Look, even the prince's room has lights on."

  "How strange..."

  He didn't know why others couldn't sleep, but he was very clear about why he himself couldn't fall asleep.

  The main city of Ziyang and the main city of Danyang are six thousand miles apart, he goes to Ziyang, she goes to Danyang, this time, I'm afraid that until their hair turns white, they won't meet again.

  She didn't have the slightest hesitation.

  The lamp flower burned out, fell on the candle holder, turned into a wisp of smoke, and the room darkened a bit. Only the moonlight outside was still bright. Jiang Xuanjin stretched out his hand, compared it to the moon, and gently touched it.

  The moon can't be picked down, it's also good, when nothing is left, at least it's still watching in the sky.

  The quiet sky gradually darkened to its extreme, and then slowly revealed a faint light. In the blink of an eye, it seemed like dawn had arrived.

  "Master." He pushed open the door and came in, bringing him water.

  Jiang Xuanjin came back to his senses and moved slightly, only to find that his body had been frozen stiff. He let out a low, hoarse laugh and said: "Cheng Xu, come help me up."

  He was taken aback, and when he reached out his hand in the past, he felt a chill all over his body as soon as they touched.

  Your eyes were slightly red, gritting your teeth, your eyebrows relaxed and then tensed up again, with a heart full of persuasive words, you opened your mouth but didn't say anything.

  Jiang Xuanjin shook his head: "I'm fine."

  No matter what happened, he would say "it's nothing" or "it doesn't matter", as if saying more would make it truly insignificant. He was both angry and heartbroken, so I poured him a cup of hot tea and wrapped his cloak around him again.

  The car is already waiting outside.

  So early? Jiang Xuanjin closed his eyes, tidied himself up, pretended as if nothing had happened, and stepped out the door.

  Li Huaiyu rarely got up early, wrapped in a thick tiger skin standing in the courtyard, as soon as he saw him, he stretched out his claws and shook them at him: "Good morning, sir."

  She nodded in the morning, Jiang Xuanjin didn't raise his eyes, staring at a certain place on the ground, and asked: "When will we set off?"

  Hua Yu raised an eyebrow and walked over to his side, whispering: "You're in such a hurry to leave? Can't bear to part with me?"

  His back stiffened and he said in a cold voice: "Your Highness is worrying too much."

  "I had a dream yesterday." She pulled out a strand of fox fur from his cloak, put it to her mouth and blew on it, then looked up at his face, "I dreamed that you walked out of the city suburbs and came back."

  "Dreams are all opposite." Jiang Xuanjin said, "Ben Jun will never look back again."

  "What if I turn back?"

  This tone was as if he had already eaten him up, full of confidence.

  Her lower jaw tightened, Jiang Xuanjin raised his eyes and looked back at her: "Impossible."

  "Really?" The person in front of him wasn't intimidated by his gaze at all, and instead smiled mischievously and made a face at him before going to call Lu Jinghang from the neighboring courtyard.

  "Why drag me into this?" Lu Jinghang said sleepily, "Can't I just not go?"

  "No way." Huai Yu shook her head, "You're still carrying the title of being my child's father after all."

  He looked at her with a fixed gaze and asked: "Have you made up your mind?"

  "Hmm." She replied, "If it's just a matter of being heartless, then so be it. But since we both can't bear to part with each other, giving another chance won't hurt either."

  "You're quite open-minded."

  I've never been one for making things difficult for myself.

  It's easy to talk to Lu Jinghang, just a few sentences without a head or tail, he understands what she means, and she also knows what he wants to say. The people around them looked confused, but the two of them had already reached an understanding.

  At dawn, everyone got on the carriage. Jiang Xuanjin had planned to avoid Li Huaiyu, but when he lifted the curtain, the person inside was already sitting properly and even beckoned him: "Come up."

  Pinching the car curtain, Jiang Xuanjin seriously considered whether or not to go with Lu Jinghang in one vehicle.

  "I have something to say to you," said Huai Yu.

  After a moment of silence, he stepped on the carriage and sat down opposite her.

  The wheels started turning, and Li Huaiyu supported his chin and asked him: "If I said that at the beginning when we were together, did you have a true heart?"

  The hand placed on his knee slowly clenched into a fist as Jiang Xuanjin said, "Your Highness's understanding of true heart may be different from mine."

  She is used to being surrounded by a crowd of admirers, and maybe she likes someone the most, which means she has truly fallen in love. But he is different, his true heart can only be given to one person.

  "Hai Yu pouted: 'I think you have a deep misunderstanding of me.'"

  "Will Your Highness explain?"

  "To be honest, I'm not very willing to." Huai Yu smiled and looked at him, "I'm so aggrieved that I didn't get you to coax me well, it's absolutely not something I want to mention."

  Is she wronged? Jiang Xuanjin gritted his teeth, wasn't he the one who was more wronged?

  "Are you coaxing me?" she asked.

  With his last bit of pride, he pursed his lips and shook his head.

  "Don't blame me for not reminding you." Huaiyu smiled lightly, "You will regret it later."

  He regretted many things, anyway it had already come to this point, what's the harm in one more thing? Jiang Xuanjin looked out of the car window.

  The horse carriage passed through the bustling market and out of the heavily guarded city gate, and after walking half a mile further, it was the relay station.

  Jiang Xuanjin watched quietly, his throat getting tighter and tighter.

  "From now on..." he said in a low voice, "don't deceive people again."

  The swindler sitting opposite, laughing and holding his belly, said: "Alright, I'll live a good life with Lu Jinghang, loving each other every day, having children and educating them after giving birth, turning evil into righteousness."

  Not bad, he nodded slowly.

  "What's a good name for this child?" Wa Yu muttered to herself, "Jun Shang is only eight years old, should we help him come up with a name? Lu what?"

  His eyes sank heavily, Jiang Xuanjin didn't make a sound, as soon as the car stopped, he lifted the curtain and got out of the car.

  It doesn't matter what Lu says, it has nothing to do with him.

  Qí Jǐn had already been waiting at the post station, and Jiāng Xuánjǐn was tempted to just leave, but thinking of that person's round belly on the carriage, he hesitated for a moment before heading into the post station.

  As soon as he opened the door, someone knelt down in front of him.

  "I know my fault!" Qi Jin knocked his head on the ground, trembling with fear and said, "I shouldn't have agreed to keep it a secret from you, please forgive me for the sake of the happy occasion!"

  Jiang Xuanjin looked at her inexplicably: "What did you say?"

  Listening to his tone, Qi Jin thought it was because of her own insincere attitude, and she hurriedly knocked her head twice: "This servant truly only followed orders, thinking that the mistress would immediately tell the lord about the pregnancy news. Who knew so many things happened later, this servant didn't know what to do either, hence never reported..."

  Does Qi Jin also know about Li Huaiyu's pregnancy?

  "Her body... did you diagnose it?"

  Qī Jǐn hesitated and nodded: "At that time, the moon was small, and I didn't dare to make a diagnosis, but it's not far from ten. The madam was very happy and said she must tell the lord in person, so..."

  "Wait a minute." Jiang Xuanjin's heart skipped a beat, his pupils suddenly constricted, "She said she would tell me in person?"

  "Yes." Qi Jin nodded, "Madam Er also knew about this matter, it was just two days before the incident in the palace."