Chang'an is good

Yes, besides him, who else could it be?

"Prince..." Ma Wan's tears became more intense: "I do..."

Li Lu understood her sobbing words, but said: "I don't care about your purpose of coming, I only know that your love for me has never been false, and you are the wife I, Li Lu, am marrying, so I should protect you."

He held Ma Wan's hands. When he said this, he slowly lowered his eyes and said in a much lower voice: "But I also know that I am weak and cannot be used in many ways. And the situation in Prince Rong's Mansion is not a suitable place to settle down." At..."

He said: "Wan'er, if you want to leave, I can also have someone secretly escort you away safely..."

Ma Wan's heart suddenly trembled, and she subconsciously held those weak and clean hands: "Why did the Crown Prince say this...Does the Crown Prince want me to leave?"

Li Lu looked up, and the corners of his reddish eyes seemed to have given her an answer, but he still said: "Wan'er, I don't want you to be involved in this fight between right and wrong because of my selfish motives..."

His eyes looked guilty, yet infinitely nostalgic.

Looking at each other, Ma Wan could clearly sense that the owner of these eyes needed her desperately.

Recalling her first encounter with Li Lu, Ma Wan was attracted by the loneliness conveyed in his music when she didn't know his identity -

Ma Wan lost her father at an early age, so she and her mother took care of the affairs of the Right Prime Minister's Palace and took care of her younger brothers and sisters. She completed everything properly and thoughtfully, and her family members never hesitated to express their love and appreciation for her. All of this allowed her to develop a rare independent and confident character. She was never inferior or timid, and she never lacked the energy of her lover. ability.

Her love for Li Lu was mixed with a desire for "redemption" that she might not have even faced.

Li Ren used his music to create a clean and lonely world where he was the only one walking alone in the vast world.

Ma Wan was attracted in this way, and believed that since she could understand his music, she was a unique soul confidant in the world. This resonance was rare and valuable, so it was natural that she wanted to enter that world and resolve the problem. The thought of redeeming that boundless loneliness.

Therefore, from a soul perspective, in Ma Wan's subconscious, Li Lu is the "weak" party.

The past few months of house arrest in the Buddhist hall have dealt an unprecedented blow to Ma Wan's soul. On the other hand, Li Lu, a "vulnerable person", has even become the person who can decide her life or death due to changes in the external environment. ...But, even so, Li Lu still took the initiative to put himself in a weak position, gave her the choice of staying or leaving, and clearly sent her the signal that "he needs her".

For Ma Wan, this feeling of being needed by her sweetheart almost hit home. In a deeper sense, this was even a filling and reconstruction of her newly traumatized soul.

This kind of fatal attraction was destined to be irresistible to her.

The torturous and tense emotions of many days suddenly collapsed at this moment. Ma Wan leaned forward and hugged Li Lu tightly, her tears silently raging: "As the crown prince said, I am the crown prince's wife... Where is my husband? That’s where nature will be.”

Li Lu slowly hugged her back.

Ma Wan seemed to put all her strength into this tight hug. In her opinion, her husband needed her, and she also needed her husband extremely at this moment.

This sense of interdependence in a difficult situation made the previous estrangement and uneasiness in her heart stemming from her position completely disappear.

Today, she and her husband had a truly honest relationship with each other. From then on, there would no longer be any hidden dangers between them.

This beautiful thought brought a precious smile to Ma Wan's teary eyes, but regardless of the ego between husband and wife, she was still a little confused about the overall situation: "Your Majesty, after that... what will we do?"

She was asking about the overall situation, which was Prince Rong's Mansion and the Ma family.

She is Li Lu's wife and the daughter of the Ma family.

"Wan'er, you and I are insignificant and cannot control the overall situation of the world...but I will always remind my father that the way he acts should put the people of the world first, so that he can keep his true heart."

Li Lu gently held Ma Wan's thin shoulders with both hands, and solemnly promised with his eyes: "I also promise you that no matter what the situation is in the future, I will do my best to protect the Ma family."

Ma Wan's tear-filled face burst out with a reassuring smile, and she nodded to him repeatedly.

Li Lu raised a hand to wipe the tears from her face and said softly: "Okay, don't cry anymore. Too many tears will hurt your health..."

Ma Wan nodded again and tried to ask: "Your Majesty...can I send a family letter back to Beijing at this time to report to my family that I am safe?"

She knew that her grandfather might have given up on her, but she could understand his choice. This was what her grandfather had made clear to her before she chose to marry... and even so, she would not completely deny her grandfather's love for her. .

Moreover, her grandmother and mother are still at home, and they must be very worried about her these days.

"Of course you can." Li Lu answered without hesitation, but seriously reminded: "But the situation is like this. In order to ensure that this letter can be sent to Ma's family smoothly, it may not be appropriate to say anything else in the letter."

Ma Wan nodded. She understood that her ability to leave the Buddhist hall was the result of her husband's request to King Rong. However, King Rong would not tolerate her repeated betrayals and would definitely make people pay close attention to the news that she was sent to the capital. —

She is not a confused person, and will not do anything unnecessary at this time. She just wants to send a letter home to say that she is safe and reassure her family.

Ma Wan wrote a letter that night and gave it to Lan Ying, asking her to send it out.

Lan Ying pinched the envelope and stopped talking for a moment. She still couldn't help but whispered: "Girl, in this situation, it's better for you to be more cautious when dealing with the prince..."

"Lanying..."

Faced with the disapproving look of her girl, Lan Ying said bravely: "... I am just worried that the prince has ulterior motives and may take advantage of the girl!"

Ma Wan looked at her and frowned: "Do you think he instigated me to send this letter back to the capital? Or do you think that this abandoned son of mine really has any use worth mentioning now, worthy of his words?" A deliberate calculation?"

"Lanying, I know you have always been biased against him, but to be fair, apart from these groundless speculations, have you ever produced any solid evidence?"

"If it hadn't been for him this time, you and I might have died in that Buddhist hall long ago - Lan Ying, you shouldn't be so ungrateful."

Listening to these increasingly serious words, Lan Ying's expression changed. Just when she was about to speak, she heard her girl's tone becoming more and more disappointed: "You and I are master and servant. If you really don't want to stay here, I will find a way to send you away." Just leave."

Lan Ying was startled and quickly knelt down with red eyes: "Girl, I begged the girl so hard that I was able to follow you to Yizhou... How can I leave the girl behind!"

Seeing that Ma Wan was really angry, she could only slap herself in the face, cry and admit her mistake, and begged: "I was just talking nonsense for a moment... I will never do it again!"

"Okay." Ma Wan turned her face away. She couldn't bear it anymore and said helplessly: "Remember what you said today, and I won't do it again next time."

Lan Ying agreed, wiped away her tears, and retreated to deliver the letter, but her heart was extremely anxious. In the past few months in the Buddhist hall, she thought that the effect of the ecstasy soup that the girl had been given had finally worn off and that the girl would finally wake up... But who would have thought that today the charming prince would bring the ecstasy soup again!

Judging from the posture this time, the girl may not be completely soaked in this ecstasy soup...

The girl obviously loves him even more. She will not be able to speak ill of Prince Rong easily in the future... She must find evidence as soon as possible to expose the true face of this hypocrite.

Lan Ying didn't dare to relax at all. She clutched the envelope tightly and quickly disappeared into the night.

On the other side of Prince Rong's Mansion, a group of several people took advantage of the darkness to arrive outside Prince Rong Li Yin's study.

After getting the permission, the door was opened, and the leader of the visitors entered the study. He quickly knelt down and saluted: "...I have met Uncle Wang!"

King Rong walked out from behind the desk, raised his hand to help the young man who was tired of life, and said warmly: "Get up."

"We haven't seen each other for many years, but Uncle Wang is still the same as before..." The young man's red eyes were full of gratitude: "If Uncle Wang hadn't secretly helped me this time, my nephew would have died long ago."

This person was the Yue King Li Su, who failed in Yuezhou's rebellion, but was lucky enough to survive.

He had escaped from Yuezhou under the protection of his elite confidants, but the Holy Book Emperor's pursuit of him had never stopped. In the past six months, he had spent every day on the run.

During a critical moment, he was faced with people from the imperial court, and only three of his confidants were dead around him. It was King Rong's people who appeared in time and helped him escape.

Although they had not seen each other for many years, Li Su had a good impression of Uncle Wang from the past, and this time the other party took the initiative to help. This made Li Su, who was in desperate situation, immediately decide to come to Yizhou to seek this uncle who was only eight years older than him. She was protected by her nine-year-old cousin.

Although Li Su was incompetent, he had already begun to rebel and took action. Naturally, he was not a heartless fool with no brains. He knew that if he wanted to seek asylum, he would have to show corresponding sincerity.

After this experience, he also saw clearly the fact that he was just a little shrimp, and he didn't have the ability to make a comeback anyway... Oh, he had no chance of making a comeback in the first place, so he simply gave up all he had left.

He presented his arsenal map to King Rong.

Although Li Su drew his sword to rebel but failed, he made extraordinary preparations for sharpening his sword. He privately built two arsenals to store many weapons and property accumulated over the years. The location was extremely hidden, and one of them had a At the time of the incident, most of it was empty, and the other part was almost untouched.

"Among my family members, the one who my nephew admires most now is Uncle Wang... My nephew Li Su is willing to help Uncle Wang to revive the Li family, slay the demon queen, and become the master of the world!" Li Su's face was full of sincere follow-up.

Li Yin sighed noncommittally: "It's all for the sake of the Li family and the people of this country."

The young man in black robe who brought Li Su here took the picture of the arsenal from Li Su's hand. After looking at it roughly, he nodded lightly to King Rong.

Li Su felt slightly relieved and responded: "Yes, Uncle Wang cares about the world, and he will definitely become a good leader who can bring the world back to its heart!"

Li Yin still didn't say anything in depth. He just expressed concern for Li Su like an ordinary elder.

Li Su poured out his bitterness and shed a handful of bitter tears, recounting the many difficulties in the past six months.

While talking, Li Su asked his confidants and Li Yin's people to retreat together, and jointly discussed the planned route to the military depot to inspect.

"Now that we've arrived at Uncle Wang's place, we can settle down." Looking at his embarrassed nephew, Li Yin gently asked someone to take Li Su down to rest. "Next, let's take a good rest."

Li Su wiped away his tears and thanked him again and again. Facing Uncle Wang like this, he really felt a little bit at home.

He bowed and retreated to the threshold, turning around to leave the study.

The man in black stepped out of the threshold half a step ahead of him.

This person also led the way when he entered Prince Rong's Mansion, so Li Su subconsciously said, "Please lead the way."

But the next moment, the man turned around and changed from leading the way to blocking the way.

Before Li Su had time to react, the man who was between a teenager and a young man had already raised his hand and passed his backhand across his neck with an expressionless expression.

After Li Su froze, he retreated suddenly, covering his throat with blood gushing out with both hands, and fell to the ground uncontrollably. He held on and looked at Li Yin: "Wang...Uncle Wang..."

Li Yin sat down next to the table where the chessboard was laid out, without even raising his eyes.

The young man wiped the blood-stained dagger clean and put it away again.

Soon two attendants entered and dragged Li Su down, who was losing his breath. The two maids lowered their heads and quickly cleaned up the blood stains before retreating again.

The man in black stepped forward and surrendered his life to Li Yin.

Li Yin raised his head and looked at the tall and steady young man in front of him, with undisguised satisfaction in his eyes: "Well done. You have also taken care of the many trivial matters outside recently."

"It is Yi Cong's duty to share the prince's worries."

Li Yin smiled and nodded, raising his hand to signal him to sit down and play chess, while saying: "When the overall situation is decided, my son Yi Cong can resume his surname... At that time, my father will definitely let my son live in glory in the Imperial Ancestral Temple of the capital. The land recognizes its ancestors and returns to its clan.”

When the young man who had always been calm couldn't help but look forward to it when he heard this.

There was harmonious chatting and laughter about playing chess in the house, and the moonlight outside the window was silent.

The moon is hidden, the sun is rising, everything is waking up, and the city of Jiangdu has become lively early. People are rushing to market stalls, going to work, drinking morning tea, shopping in shops, and rushing to the academy. People are coming and going, and the birds are chirping. The sound awakened Jiangdu City together.

In the governor's house, Wu Jue had also stood up, but was forced out of bed by A Dian. At this moment, he was forced to practice Wu Qin Xi hard in the garden.

In Chang Suining's words, the fat is almost gone, and it's time to go to the pot and refine the fat.

The process of "refining fat" was not pleasant. While Wujue was struggling in pain, he suddenly saw a familiar figure appearing on the bridge in front. He quickly dropped A Dian and greeted the person with a smile on his face.

"Old Meng, you're finally back!" Wu Jue wiped the sweat from his forehead, grabbed one of Meng Lie's arms, and asked in a low voice: "Did things go smoothly during this trip?"

Happy New Year to everyone on the second day of the Lunar New Year!

(It’s really difficult to make fat oil, but it’s really easy to gain fat. I’m going to eat at a big table tomorrow, and the fat on my belly is getting worse... I seriously suspect that the fat lost by Jia Ling has been transferred to me...