Chapter 441: No turning back
Luo Hongying was surprised and happy to see Zhu Yunzhen. Although the two of them have become relatives, due to the huge gap in status, even if Zhu Yunzhen married Li Jinglong, she has never had the chance to say a word. However, Princess Yilun is beautiful and intelligent. He was well-known among the capital for being kind-hearted, and Luo Hongying also wanted to make friends with her, but for some unknown reason, Zhu Yunzhen was always very cold towards the people of the Li family.
Today, I suddenly came to Zhenjiang on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. This move was indeed beyond Luo Hongying's expectation.
Not many people know about Shen Zhuixing and Zhu Yunzhen, and Luo Hongying is even less likely to know.
Although Wu Qingqing had long seen that Shen Zhuixing had someone else's mark on her heart, she didn't know that this person was Zhu Yunzhen.
But when he saw Zhu Yunzhen's eyes glancing at Shen Zhuixing, Hui Zhilan's heart-broken Wu Qingqing immediately knew everything.
Luo Hongying remembered Princess Zhu Yunzhen's identity, and was about to go up to salute, but Zhu Yunzhen held her in her arms: "We are all a family, why are you so polite?"
Luo Hongying introduced everyone to Zhu Yunzhen one by one.
When the three girls met, they were all surprised that there could be such a stunning woman in the world. They fell in love with each other and immediately seemed extremely affectionate. They called each other sisters.
The happiest thing is that I can't ask for it: "Great, I have another beautiful sister."
Luo Hongying said angrily: "You should call this aunt!"
Qiu Bu touched his head out of habit and said confusedly: "Then Sister Dai Dai has also become my aunt?"
Dede took the opportunity to gently stroke Qiu Qing's head: "My dear nephew, be obedient!"
Qiu Bu immediately acted like he was hopeless and said to Shen Zhuixing: "Brother Xing, if you don't help me, if this continues, I might as well go back and be my monk!"
Now, the most embarrassing person in the entire garden banquet was Shen Zhuixing. He could only smile stupidly at Wu Qiu. Seeing that Zhu Yunzhen had transformed into the dress of a young woman, his heart was filled with sourness and bitterness.
Luo Hongying then remembered that she had not introduced Shen Zhuixing yet. She was about to say it but was stopped by Zhu Yunzhen: "Young Master Shen, there is no need to introduce him again. We have known each other for a long time and can be regarded as old acquaintances in the capital."
Except for Wu Qingqing, everyone looked at Shen Zhuixing with strange eyes, and Shen Zhuixing could only smile reluctantly.
Zhu Yunzhen continued: "Actually, the main reason for taking the liberty of visiting tonight is because of him."
Zhu Yunzhen said to Shen Zhuixing: "First of all, I want to apologize to you. In fact, I misunderstood you about Prince Guo Yi. You were just taking the blame for others out of loyalty. I shouldn't... use such extreme methods. I'm going to piss you off..."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was dumbfounded. It was clearly a tone of quarrel between lovers. Could it be that... no one dared to think about it any further. Only Wu Qingqing had already guessed the truth.
"How about you didn't take her...Huang Yike...?" Speaking of this matter, Shen Zhuixing thought of the little girl in the yellow shirt.
"Don't worry, eldest brother has already said that he will never pursue this matter again. However, Huang Feifei, who has iron arms and bronze legs, secretly sold weapons to the rebels. He has become an imperial prisoner of the imperial court and is under arrest."
Shen Zhuixing felt relieved.
"I came here today at starry night to do something else. I want to ask you to do me a favor..."
"In the name of Jingnan, the king of Yan, Zhu Di, raised an army to rebel. In less than a month, he captured several cities in Yan. It was unstoppable."
"The emperor appointed the Marquis of Changxing, Geng Bingwen, as the general to conquer the captives, and sent an army of 300,000 troops to march north to attack Yan... Putting aside the situation of victory or defeat for the time being, I beg you to go north once, and use Sheng Yong's name to protect Geng Bingwen's safety."
"Why Geng Bingwen?" Shen Zhuixing asked in confusion.
"Do you still remember what I told you last time in the Wuxi Royal Garden?"
"You said you have a sister, Princess Zhu Yunyan of Jiangdu, who is married to Geng Rui, the son of Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen..." Shen Zhuixing thought for a moment before blurting out.
"It's rare that you still remember..." Zhu Yunzhen sighed for a while, and suddenly realized that something was inappropriate, so he continued: "That day, the emperor ordered Geng Bingwen. In the evening, Zhu Yunyan came to beg me. He knew that I had the best relationship with the emperor. , I want to beg me to go to the emperor to discuss, take back my life, and be replaced by someone else, as the coach."
"The war hasn't started yet, is your sister so pessimistic?"
"Outsiders may not understand Zhu Di, but don't we, the Zhu family, understand it? In my opinion, he is just another Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and Lan Yu."
"There are so many experts in the imperial court, and any one of them can protect Geng Bingwen. Is there any need to look for him?" Wu Daidai asked very puzzledly.
This little girl has already seen that Shen Zhuixing and his sister are secretly in love, so she doesn't want Shen Zhuixing to leave just now.
"You don't know his abilities. If there is one person in today's world who can protect Geng Bingwen's safety, it must be him Shen Zhuixing." Zhu Yunzhen sighed again and said: "If the sword god Bai Qingchen hadn't gone overseas, he would still be sitting here. Capital Master, I don’t need to beg him.”
"When will we leave?"
"The army has already set off and just arrived at Zhending two days ago."
"I was asking when I would leave?"
"Did you agree?"
"How could I refuse your request?" Shen Zhui On a beautiful night with a full moon, all the previous efforts were in vain because of Zhu Yunzhen's soft words.
It's just that this time the situation is more dangerous than going to Xunxian Island. Ordinary martial arts people may not understand that the real battlefield is ten times more dangerous than the Jianghu. He is not a member of the imperial court, and even counting from his grandfather Zhang Shicheng, the Zhu family dynasty He should still be his enemy.
But Shen Zhuixing has never refused a friend's request since he entered the world. He will go through life and death for Lan Yue, and he will not hesitate to make enemies of the court and the entire martial arts world. In order to find Ouyang Qianqian, he can spend a winter in the snowy mountains. He can even forgive Linglong'er's deception and betrayal. All of this is not out of loyalty, but all of it is one word - love.
So when Zhu Yunzhen came over at night to ask him to help, of course Shen Zhuixing would not look back.
The reunion festival turned into a farewell dinner. Shen Zhuixing immediately left Zhenjiang with Zhu Yunzhen and returned to the capital.
The moment he left the Li Mansion Garden, Shen Zhuixing pretended not to see the deep resentment in Wu Qingqing's eyes.
On the official road to the capital, Shen Zhuixing and Zhu Yunzhen were walking side by side.
When they were in the Li Mansion Garden just now, the two of them were talking and laughing freely, but when they were alone now, Shen Zhuixing had thousands of things to say in his heart, but he suddenly didn't know where to start, so he had to walk around for a while.
"The eldest lady of the Wu family is indeed stunning in the world. It's a pity that I ruined your good deeds!"
"What?" Shen Zhuixing asked innocently.
"How do you want me to compensate you for this loss?" Zhu Yunzhen looked at Shen Zhuixing with a half-smile.
Shen Zhuixing looked at the radiant Zhu Yunzhen and smiled bitterly in his heart, and said casually: "Unless time can be turned back, everything will go back to the past."
Zhu Yunzhen ordered someone to take a box and deliver it to Shen Zhuixing, "I'll use this to compensate you for the time being!"
Shen Zhuixing opened it and saw that it was a Wuxi clay figurine, Big Ah Fu, exactly the same as the one that was smashed.
"It turns out that you went all the way to Wuxi to buy an identical one before you came here."
"Take a closer look."
Shen Zhuixing took a closer look and saw that the clay doll had many cracks on it.
"That night I broke this clay doll, and you picked it up piece by piece, and then disappeared. A few days ago, I went to Zhuangyuan Lane and found this from Sister Yichun, so I invited a master craftsman from Wuxi to make it. Come to the palace and repair it."
Shen Zhuixing stared at the restored big Ah Fu, filled with emotion in his heart. He hoped that going back in time could repair everything in the past, but could everything in the past really be repaired like this clay doll?
Shen Zhuixing handed the big Ah Fu back to Zhu Yunzhen and said lightly: "You forgot that I gave this to you in the first place."
"Although I can't turn back time, I still often recall my past experiences. Now that I think about it, there is one thing that feels particularly strange."
"Is it about us?" Zhu Yunzhen asked.
Shen Zhuixing nodded.
"I secretly sneaked into the Forbidden City to find you, and planned to travel around the world with you, far away from China. Do you remember?"
"Of course," Zhu Yunzhen sighed: "I can still remember it as vividly as if it happened yesterday."
"I have looked for you three times in total. The first time was because I lost the opportunity to save San Ziyu, and the last time was because of Prince Guo Yi's incident... These two things are just coincidences or accidents, maybe they are God's arrangements. But the second time..."
"What happened the second time? Is there something wrong?"
"Don't you think the time and place where Xu Huizu appeared is a little too accurate?"
"Do you suspect that someone secretly told Xu Huizu about this matter?"
Shen Zhuixing nodded.
"You don't doubt it's me, do you?" Zhu Yunzhen smiled.
"Of course it can't be you. I know that you sincerely wanted to fly away with me at that time. Besides, if you don't want to, just reject me directly like the third time. Why bother and be a villain? Besides, I sent Miss Shang away and just came back from outside the capital, so you didn’t know that I would look for you."
"After you said that, I also became curious. If you go to me, who knows about this matter? And what is the purpose of this person?"
"I don't dare to think further, because no matter what, this person must be someone I trust." Shen Zhuixing showed a sad expression.
The feeling of being betrayed by a friend is the most hurtful thing for Shen Zhuixing.
"Do you have the answer in your mind now?"
"Yes, but I don't want to say that, because I really can't think of any reason for the other party to do this."
Chapter completed!