Li Huaiyu shook her head, the house was fine, she didn't want to move.

  "Chi Jin and Miss Xue have been making waves recently, I heard that Miss Xue was squeezed out by her family's younger sister, Chi Jin directly brought the betrothal gifts to the door, doesn't Your Highness want to go take a look at the excitement?"

  "Chi Jin has his own plans, he brought the betrothal gifts and is determined to bring a wife home, we can wait until they get married before visiting."

  "Why don't you go visit your old man then? Don't you miss Little Shizi and Xiaojie?"

  "Every day at dusk, Old Master takes them for a walk and will come over to let me take a look."

  Jiu Wu and Bai Ji were at a loss, looking at each other in dismay, their faces grave.

  "What's there to worry about? I'm fine, aren't I? I just don't want to go out, that's all. What's the big deal? You two are still holding official positions, so don't wander around at this time. Be careful or I'll report you for dereliction of duty and have you hanged up and whipped with a few small lashes!"

  "Ke" wrinkled his brow, they were all very uneasy, the prince was getting thinner and thinner, and the smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes. More than half a month had passed, she hadn't left the main building for a single step. If she continued to suffocate like this, she would eventually suffocate to death.

  "Alright, let's go." Huai Yu waved her hand. "Now that the new dynasty has just been established, Jiang Jin said he would assist with governance, but in reality many things have fallen on his shoulders. You all need to go and help him out. If you exhaust him to death, Northern Wei will be finished."

  The young emperor ascended to the throne in his infancy, and Jiang Xuanjin said he was assisting with governance. In reality, it was because of her laziness that he took on all the troubles himself, working hard from dawn till dusk every day. Fortunately, he had always been well-liked by others, and when handling matters, he was very steady-handed, so the imperial court quickly recovered, and negotiations with Western Liang were also relatively smooth. Now, only Liu Yunlie, who wanted to flee to Western Liang, remained a concern.

  Everything will get better, she thought to herself.

  Yu Rong and others had no choice but to open the window for her, then they bid farewell. Huai Yu watched them leave, waited until the door closed, before getting up to close the window, and returned to the soft couch, curled up into a ball.

  Rather than feeling sad, she's more angry, angry at Huai Lin and also at herself, the big fire at Xi Gong is like a stone stuck in her heart, can't be removed, it's heavy and suffocating.

  In a few more days it will be fine, she thought. In a few more days, she would have forgotten about this matter. She couldn't let the people around her worry for her sake anymore.

  With a creak, the door was pushed open, and Huai Yu was taken aback. She lifted her head to see Jiang Xuanjin pushing aside the curtain at the partition, his dark eyes fixed intently on her.

  "How did you get back?" She squeezed out a smile and said, "Didn't you say you were busy with official duties?"

  "I'm busy." He walked in, propped his hands on the bedside and leaned close to her, "But something happened, I wanted to come back and tell you."

  "What?"

  Her eyes flashed with a hint of light, and Jiang Xuanjin grabbed her wrist, suddenly pulling her up: "The newly appointed Taizhu Ling is very powerful, able to communicate with ghosts and gods. He just entered the palace and said that on the ruins of Xi Palace, there are reincarnated people who have been imprisoned and cannot be reborn."

  Hua Yu was shocked and immediately grabbed his shoulder: "How could this be?"

  "I didn't understand what he meant by those words, so I want to take you there."

  "Go!" Without hesitation, Huai Yu jumped out of his arms and instead pulled him towards the outside.

  On an autumn day, the sun didn't shine brightly, and the wind was cool and gentle. Li Huaiyu hadn't gone out for a long time, her face pale, but she ran extremely fast, one hand holding up her skirt, the other pulling Jiang Xuanjin, treading through the rainwater that had accumulated on the ground overnight, rushing straight to the ruins of He Xi Palace.

  There were many people standing in front of them. Taizhu Ling saw them coming from afar, wearing sacrificial robes, and bowed his hands to pay respects.

  "Don't mess with these useless things." Huai Yu supported him and frowned, "What's going on here?"

  Tai Zhu Ling glanced at Jiang Xuanjin and sighed, "I was born with yin-yang eyes, I can see the spirits of the dead. Today, when I entered the palace to take office, I unintentionally saw the spirits tied up in this abandoned place, and my heart felt suspicious, so I told you about it."

  "Tied up?" Huai Yu was anxious, "Why would she be tied up?"

  Tai Zhuo said: "There are too many worldly attachments, which will naturally generate a soul-locking chain, binding the deceased to the place of death and preventing them from reincarnating."

  As he spoke, he turned his head and pointed to a certain place on the ruins: "This person is dressed in luxury, with an aura of evil but not harming people. If it's reincarnation, maybe he can still be reborn as a human."

  She trembled slightly and looked in the direction he was pointing. There was nothing but emptiness there, she couldn't see anything.

  "What should I do?" she asked in a low voice, "What can be done for him to reincarnate?"

  Tai Zhuo's fingers flew across the abacus as he calculated, saying: "Let bygones be bygones, everything returns to normal. Don't let people from past lives interfere with worldly affairs. The chains will come undone on their own."

  Li Huaiyu pursed her lips and stared at the ruins in silence for a long time.

  Standing behind him, he was worried that his master's idea would not be accepted by his wife, but after half a stick of incense, she nodded.

  "Alright." She said, "I understand."

  In the following days, it seemed that Madam had really let go of her worries. She went for walks with Jun Shang, drank tea, and discussed state affairs together. Her face gradually regained its color, and she smiled more often.

  "It's still you who are formidable, no matter how they advised, it was useless. You took action and immediately solved the problem." Yu Feng sighed in the corner with him.

  Staring at the two people walking hand in hand in the distance, he whispered: "I always feel that Madam knows everything."

  "How is it possible? If she knew, why would she still be deceived?"

  "It's not like I was deceived or anything." He scratched his head, "You care about her, and she cares about you too."

  A nonsensical sentence, Yufeng didn't understand it and just shook his head saying: "As long as the two of them are doing well, that's all that matters."

  It's impossible for things to go badly now, as today's Northern Wei is under the control of these two people.

  At the end of the month, good news came from the border that General Zhenyuan had captured Liu Yunlie and intercepted 40,000 troops trying to leave the border. However, Liu Yunlie was shot dead by random arrows while resisting, and only his body could be transported back to the capital.

  It's not particularly good news, but with Liu Yunlie's death, the rebellious troops in various parts of Northern Wei finally calmed down. Some accepted the court's amnesty, while others hid their voices and never made any more big moves again.

  Jiang Xuanjin finished listening to the newly appointed Weiwei's report, turned his head and saw Li Huaiyu standing behind him at the edge of the tree, tiptoeing and stretching out her hand, wanting to pick an orange from the tree.

  The place where they are is the backyard of Moju, where a tangerine tree was planted by people long ago. The branches of the tangerine tree were bare in the past, but now it's lush and has produced many small tangerines that look like little red lanterns.

  "Oh no, it can't be picked!" He stomped his feet in anger. Huaiyu turned her head to look at him, "You come and help me quickly!"

  He looked at it and muttered in his heart, how could Ziyang Jun, with such a noble status, go to pick oranges?

  Before she could finish speaking, the person in the cyan robe walked over to her, stretched out his hand easily and plucked the highest one, handing it to her.

  Commander of the Guards: "What?"

  Jiang Xuanjin raised an eyebrow at Huaiyu and said: "You're short, why do you want the tallest one?"

  "They say the highest one is the sweetest!" Pouting, Huaiyu peeled an orange, carefully untangled the strings, and stuffed a slice into his mouth.

  He bit his mouth shut and swallowed it down with an expressionless face.

  "How is it?" Huai Yu proudly put his hands on his hips, "The tangerine I planted, is it sweet or not?"

  Jiang Xuanjin nodded.

  Hua Yu was delighted and immediately picked another one to hand over to Wei Wei who was standing on the other side: "Sir, have a taste too!"

  Wei Wei was taken aback by the favor, glanced at Zi Yang Jun who was eating calmly, and hastily peeled an orange and stuffed a slice into his mouth.

  Then I was suddenly awakened by the sourness!

  His teeth almost fell out, Weiwei covered his cheeks and grinned, but when he looked up, he met the eyes of Zi Yangjun and Shan. This look clearly told him - if you dare to say sour, just retire early and return home.

  "Isn't it sweet?" Huai Yu stood in front of Jiang Xuanjin with her back to him, asking very innocently.

  "Sweet!" Wei Wu swallowed the orange whole, his face full of praise, "It's so sweet it's almost choking me haha!"

  Delighted, she took two more jade pears and stuffed them into his bosom: "Then eat a bit more, it's all right to sit here and finish eating before leaving."

  Commander of the Guards: "What?"

  After a long time, the veteran Wei Jun plucked up his courage and asked Zi Yang Jun once: "Is the orange grown by Princess Chang really sweet?"

  Ziyang Jun stood with his hands behind him in front of the Fei Yun Palace, watching his own wife running back and forth in the distance with a child, and said with a hooked lip: "She's so sweet, what does it have to do with whether oranges are sweet or not?"

  Wei Wei shut her mouth and decided not to discuss the matter of Princess Chang with Prince Zi Yang again before getting married.

  In early November, Lu Jinghang held a farewell dinner party.

  "Business has reached the Eastern Jin, and I've collected so much silver that it can't be stored. I'm also very worried." Lü Jingxing said with a swing of his jade bone fan, "This time, after we pass by, we'll have to transport the silver from the Eastern Jin back to our Northern Wei!"

  Li Huaiyu glared at him: "You're straightforward, I think you want to go after Baihuajun, but this roundabout way of speaking, who did you learn it from?"

  Everyone burst out laughing, Lu Jinghang unfolded his fan to cover his face: "Why would I chase after her? She left on her own, it's not like I drove her away. Going to Eastern Jin was really just for the silver."

  "Hurry up, or we won't even get to have a wedding."

  After a pause, he added another sentence: "Maybe by the time Sui has children, you still won't be married, so she'll end up being your relative instead."

  "Pfft!" Lu Jinghang spat at her, "Don't curse me! Jiang Xuanjin, are you going to let this slide? Didn't the Jiang family have a strict rule about not speaking during meals?"

  The person holding a teacup next to Hua Yu looked at him and said, "She sounds nice."

  I'm happy to listen but not to interfere, what's wrong?

  "Look, look at what you've done to Zi Yang Jun! A man who used to have principles is now as shameless as she is!"

  "Your Highness is amazing!" Just Wu and others applauded in admiration.

  Lu Jingxing: "I'm sorry"

  Li Huaiyu was so delighted that he slapped his thigh: "This is my territory, how dare you give me a hard time? How about it, do you admit defeat?"

  Put the wine jar forward and Lu Jinghang coldly smiled: "Playing with words is useless, let's see who's true under the wine!"

  "Come on, who's afraid of you?" Hua Yu slammed the table and stood up, "In the past, I had a drinking contest with you, but you chickened out halfway through and ran off to pee. For so many years, we haven't been able to determine a winner. Today, let's have a final showdown!"

  Bai Xue and Qing Xuan, who were very enthusiastic about watching the show, immediately set up two rows of bowls for the two men and poured wine along the way.

  The room was suddenly filled with the smell of wine, and Jiang Xuanjin slightly furrowed his brow.

  Li Huaiyu tilted her head and knew what he was worried about. She leaned down and whispered, "My drinking capacity is much better than yours, don't worry."

  "What if I get drunk?" he asked.

  "Hai Yu smiled and said: 'You're still here, carry me back, I'm very obedient when I'm drunk, especially easy to take care of.'"

  She paused for a moment and then said: "Unlike you, getting drunk and throwing a tantrum, needing to be coaxed."

  Jiang Xuanjin paused, and in his mind's eye appeared the scene of their wedding day, the room filled with bright red decorations and the faint scent of wine. He pursed his lips and fell silent.

  Li Huaiyu then followed Lu Jinghang in drinking, she drank very quickly, like drinking water, and soon picked up the last bowl. Lu Jinghang still had three bowls left in front of him, supporting his forehead as he looked at her.

  With a smile, she held up her wine cup and toasted him: "Though we are separated by the vast ocean, it's as if we were neighbors!"

  No matter how many things happen, no matter how far apart they are, Lu Jinghang will always be her bosom friend.

  His Adam's apple bobbed up and down as Lu Jinghang smiled and said, "Great, you can recite poetry now."

  After finishing, he took a deep breath and downed the remaining three bowls in one go. Then, he snapped open his jade-boned fan with a "brush" sound and waved it in front of him, saying: "This time I'll be gone for quite some time, I hope Your Highness will take good care of yourself."

  "Alright!"

  With a smile, she leaned against Jiang Xuan's side, holding his hand and resting her head on it: "Am I the most beautiful person in this world?"

  Jiang Xuanjin gave her a slanted glance: "No."

  Her face fell, and Cui Yu was angry: "I won't sleep with you that night!"

  He heavily covered her mouth, Jiang Xuanjin slightly annoyed: "Didn't you say that getting drunk makes one very honest?"

  What kind of honesty is this?!

  "Hehehe" pulled away his hand, and Huaiyu pointed at her own face, asking him, "Do I look drunk?"

  His face flushed, his eyes dazed, this isn't called drunk, what's being drunk? Jiang Xuanjin was helpless, just thinking of ordering the maid to bring a sobering soup, when this person handed him a cup of wine and pressed it to his lips.

  "You drink."

  His face darkened on one side, Jiang Xuanjin said, "I don't drink."

  "You have to drink it, I'm giving it to you!"

  He took it over with a flourish, pretending to tilt his head back and pour the wine down his throat, Jiang Xuanjin said calmly: "I've finished drinking."

  Hua Yu was delighted and hugged his neck, saying: "How did you become so handsome? It's been almost a year, everyone else is getting old, but you're getting more handsome."

  The person next to him suddenly spat out a mouthful of wine and coughed.

  Jiang Xuanjin's ears turned red with anger, and he stood up to say to Lu Jingxing: "She's drunk, I'll take her back."

  Lu Jinghang was also confused, smiling and waving his hand: "Go back, go back."

  He picked her up and Jiang Xuanjin took a step forward, but the person in his arms was unusually reluctant: "Let me go, I don't want to go back!"

  "Where do you want to go?"

  She rolled her eyes and chuckled: "Shall we go find an inn to stay in?"