The two brothers came out today and traveled lightly. There was no guard of honor, no carriage, and only about twenty horsemen to escort them.
On the way back to the camp, when passing by the Dusi Yamen, Zhu Zhen suddenly reined in his horse and said, "Fourth brother, please go back first. I have something to do."
"What are you doing?" asked the fourth child.
"Borrow the hut." Lao Liu said, holding his stomach.
"You're home in just two steps, why don't you have to stay in the latrine of Lao Wang's family next door?" the fourth child asked narrowly, knowing what this kid had in mind.
"Fourth brother, don't tell me when you see through it." Lao Liu said sarcastically.
"Okay, take your time and borrow it." The fourth child laughed, and seeing that he and the Miss Wang were about to be separated, he didn't care.
"Hey, then you go back first and I'll go." Lao Liu jumped off his horse and walked towards Dusi Yamen.
Hu Xian hurriedly opened the way and asked everyone in Dusi Yamen to avoid it.
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Lao Liu arrived at the Moon Gate of Houya without any hindrance.
"After entering this door, you will find Wang Bi's back house." Hu Xian reminded in a low voice: "Do you want me to go and report it first?"
"No need." Zhu Zhen shook his head and went straight into the Moon Gate. The gatekeeper was Wang Bi's personal soldier, so he naturally knew him and hurriedly knelt on the ground.
Lao Liu didn't even look at them. He came to the main hall, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "Sister Run'er, I'm here to say goodbye to you!"
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Wang Run'er was crying into a sachet in the embroidery room. Her mother comforted her from the side: "My dear, why are you crying? It's not like we won't see each other again."
"Who knows if we will see each other again?" Wang Run'er sobbed: "Who knows if he will still remember his daughter in a few years?"
"Oh, silly girl, she's just like my mother back then." Mrs. Yang helplessly touched her daughter's black hair, and then said angrily: "Your father is really a damn old man, he doesn't care about killing you!"
Originally, Wang Runer planned to let her father take her to say goodbye.
But Wang Bi just sent a message back, saying that he had important errands and would not be back today.
How could Wang Run'er have the nerve to come to the house by herself, not to mention that now King Yan also lives in the palace, but she was so worried that she shed tears.
Just when she was feeling worried, she suddenly heard Lao Liu's thunderous voice from ahead: "Sister Run'er, I'm here to say goodbye to you!"
Fortunately, the Yang family is a tiger girl, otherwise I would have been scared out of my mind by this sound.
"He's here, he's here!" Wang Run'er suddenly stood up in surprise, left her and ran out.
When the person reached the door, he suddenly stopped, turned around and ran back.
Yang thought it was reasonable, so she knew she had to ask her mother if she could go out to see him.
Mrs. Yang was about to put on a straight face and wanted to say: 'Although the person coming is a prince, when he enters our house, he must follow the rules.'
But I saw my daughter grabbing the sachet on the bed, and then ran out with the wind.
Yang was left alone, messy in the wind.
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Zhu Zhen shouted twice, and when he was shouting the third time, he saw Wang Run'er walking out quickly, with a pink face and a slight breath.
She straightened her slightly disheveled hair, held down Xiaolu's bumpy chest, looked at Zhu Zhen in surprise and said, "Your Highness, why are you here?"
"I just happened to be passing by. I thought your father had an errand today and won't be able to take you to be my coach tomorrow morning." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "I just came in and said goodbye to you."
"I can't, I can't." Wang Run'er shook her head flattered. "I should be the one to say goodbye."
"What can't be done between us?" Zhu Zhen looked at the girl who had been doing morning exercises with him for half a year with a smile. She was still as good as when they first met, and there was nothing he disliked about her. He felt very relieved when he saw her.
Then he cleared his throat and raised his voice: "Besides, it's you who comes to see me every time. It's only fair that I have to come to see you anyway."
"Your Highness..." Wang Runer's nose felt sore and she quickly covered her mouth to prevent herself from crying.
This time, she was so moved that she wanted to cry. Although her father had always said that for the sake of a lifetime of happiness, there is nothing shameful in taking the initiative. And she thought so too.
But she also knew that, up and down, inside and outside, there must be people gossiping behind her back, saying that her father sold his daughter for glory, that she was shameless, and that the King of Chu didn't take a fancy to her at all, and she was the one who went there on her own.
Put on hard stickers or something like that.
Now that King Chu has come, all the rumors have been dispelled, and the rumors are no longer lethal...
What are you saying, what are you talking about? A talented man and a beautiful woman are a perfect match, and it’s your turn, a monster, to oppose it?
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The two of them whispered about each other in the small garden of the back house.
Mrs. Yang and several women in her family were lying on the crack of the door and looking out. They were so far away, so naturally they couldn't hear a word.
"It's so cold! Why don't you come in and talk?" Wang Runer's wet nurse muttered, "Don't let me freeze to death."
"Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense!" Mrs. Yang was completely confused. Although she also supported Run'er, it was still difficult to let go before seeing His Highness.
"You haven't even written your horoscope yet!" she said in a long voice.
"That's right, I haven't come to visit my mother-in-law yet." Her dowry maid back then, now the housekeeper, also said with a smile.
The few old ladies burst into laughter. Normally, Ms. Yang would have scolded them, but today she was willing for them to go a little further.
So that the whole family, especially the gossipy ones next door, would know that His Highness the King of Chu likes her daughter!
Go ahead and be jealous and hateful!
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In the pavilion, Wang Run'er warned King Chu carefully: "After returning to the capital, you must keep exercising. I used to exercise so much that I would quickly gain weight once I stopped."
But he sighed with a sense of loss. "Actually, I quite like His Highness the way he was."
"Really?" Zhu Zhen also felt that it was a pity. All that was lost was his own flesh and blood.
He pinched his waist but failed to find the familiar lifebuoy. He couldn't help but regretted: "I also think it's a pity. It's just that you are too fat and easy to get sick. It's better to be thinner."
In this era, there are no insulin, antihypertensive drugs and lipid-lowering drugs, so it is still quite troublesome to have high blood pressure.
"That's it." Wang Run'er immediately became determined upon hearing this: "Then your Highness must exercise well and never stop."
"Hey, I'll try my best." Lao Liu was very confident and believed that he would not be able to persevere on his own.
"Your Highness..." Wang Run'er knew that he would be embarrassed if he said this.
"If I can still be with you every day like before, I will definitely be able to persevere." Zhu Zhen sighed.
"You know this is impossible..." Wang Runer was about to cry again.
Zhu Zhen saw that the preparations were in place, so he suggested: "How about this? I will find a way to transfer your father back to Beijing, so won't you follow him back?"
"Really?" Wang Run'er stopped crying and looked up at him.
Zhu Zhen smiled and stretched out his little finger and said, "If you don't believe me, let's hook up."
"Of course I believe you." Wang Runer's voice was like a gnat, but she still suppressed her shame, stretched out her white fingers, and hooked them with his little finger.
In the twelfth lunar month, her fingers were cold and cold, but Wang Runer's face was burning, and she quickly retracted her fingers as if she was electrocuted.
He originally planned to take advantage of the situation and grab Run'er's little hand. Unfortunately, what he had practiced was different. His movement was too fast and he couldn't catch it at all.
Wang Runer seemed to have exhausted her courage by the intimate contact just now. She stuffed the sachet into Lao Liu's hand, and ran away like a frightened deer.
"Waiting for you." Zhu Zhen clearly heard the last two words she left in his ear.
