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He Lan Xue smiled but didn't say anything, she looked like a simple gentleman.

"You are so kind to your wife. There are many capable girls who are fighting for you. " Third Aunt had long since despised someone like her, someone who had a lazy appearance when they went out to the market due to her lack of time.

Not to mention that the disguised He Lan Xue was still a luring butterfly.

"Miss Chen, was A Xue interesting?" Auntie Wang asked again, "That girl has cooked quite a good dish."

"I have enough." He Lan Xue naturally said this sentence. Suddenly, she remembered that day when she heard the news and met her lover at the city gate in the evening. An inexplicable sense of reality filled her heart.

In such a remote and isolated place, his former friends and relatives all seemed as if they were nothing.

Only her.

He was the one who was staying by his side.

His heart was at peace.

Even out of an emotion he did not understand.

Hearing this, Aunt Wang sighed and left in quick steps. All the way, she thought about how she should pay Lady Chen's introduction fee of a silver ingot.

It wasn't until Aunt Wang had left that He Lan Xue finally walked into the room. She looked at her lover with a smile and asked, "You're up?"

The woman nodded and lowered her head again, trying to figure out how to light the fire.

Her head was still lowered as she tried her best to deal with the firewood in front of her. That crude fire sickle, no matter how much it burned, it could not burn sparks.

Her lover missed the lighter from his previous life.

"Let me do it." He Lan Xue lowered her body and took the Fire Scythe from her hand. The girl's crouching body was curled up into a small ball. Her nose, which was red from the cold, was slightly sniffing. Her head of black hair was like a crow as it lightly trembled.

She didn't want to touch him at first, but now she had to cook for three meals a day.

"Go and sit, you can eat later." He ordered softly. "Crack." He had already lit up the branch and said, "Bring the oil from the stove."

Yi Ren made an 'oh' and jogged over to the stove. Just as he was about to grab the oil, he caught a glimpse of the salt pot three steps away.

She hesitated for a moment, then turned around, ignoring him, and handed over the oil in her hand.

Before He Lan Xue could receive it, a burst of laughter suddenly came from outside the house. One of them said, "A Xue, have you married a lazy woman?"

Hearing this, the maid turned around and saw two people with the appearance of ordinary soldiers standing outside the window, looking inside.

When He Lan Xue saw them, a warm smile immediately appeared on her face. "Little Zuo, Little Right, don't you have to work today?"

"No need. I heard that the current General He Lan Qin is going to arrive at the Fengdu Battalion tomorrow to take over the northern army camp. Right now, the camp is in chaos, so they can't be bothered with us kitchen soldiers." A tall and sturdy young soldier on the right answered.

"He Lan Qin is coming?" He Lan Xue was slightly stunned. She then muttered, "Could it be that there is some kind of strange movement in the Yan Kingdom?"

"We don't know about that. However, ever since the incident with the Carefree King, the court has never been at peace. Earlier, we heard that the Imperial Secretary didn't leave a letter of resignation and wanted to retire." The one who answered was still the taller and stronger soldier, and the one on the right was slightly more delicate. He seemed very bashful and did not say anything, just lowering his head as if he did not hear anything.

"Is that so?" He Lan Xue indifferently answered, then she turned to the one who hadn't opened her mouth all this time, and said with a smile: "Little Right, why are you so distracted today?"

"Him." Xiao Zuo disdainfully glanced at him and said, "He's a toad that wants to eat swan meat. Today, he saw a girl on the street. She's so pretty. This kid lost his seven souls immediately."

"Is that so? How beautiful?" As she spoke, she had already opened the door and called for the two brothers to come in.

"How should I put it, that girl is just like a flower that grew on a jade platform. It is obvious that she came from a rich family. Her skin is tender and her temperament is very good. She looks very noble." Little Zuo said with interest, "No wonder you're on the right side of the street. There's a lot of people watching on the street who are stunned."

"I've never heard of such a woman existed in Sui Yuan." He Lan Xue replied perfunctorily.

"He's probably from outside the city, his surname seems to be Huang …" Little Zuo shook his head and gossiped, "I wonder what kind of people the Emperor surnamed Huang is?"

"It's not the royal family after all, is it?" Little Right suddenly blurted out in a daze.

"Are you stupid? The royal family's name is He Lan." The little left knocked on the little right side of his head. These two brothers were always reasonable.

He Lan Xue was startled, then hastily told the other person, "Wait at home, I'm going out for a while."

With that, he rushed out.

The two visitors looked at each other, and Little Zuo smiled and said, "Men, how can they not go and take a look when they encounter such a beauty?"

He then said to his wife, "Sister-in-law, you must be considerate."

She only looked thoughtfully at He Lan Xue's gradually shrinking back. Suddenly, she put all the things in her hand onto the table. She didn't bother closing the door as she took small steps and followed.

The two brothers looked at each other again. One of them said, "I can't tell that sister-in-law is quite jealous."

Another person nodded, "Didn't you just say that you looked too young and lazy, unlike A Xue's wife? I'm afraid we've guessed wrongly now, not as wives, so why are you so nervous, Sister-in-law? "

"Are you nervous?"

"Didn't you see the look on her face? What's different from normal seems to be nervousness. "

"Stop being so nervous, that little girl doesn't even know what nervousness is. She's always acting so thoughtless …"

The debate over here continued. The person in question had already walked to the road leading to Suiyuan County. As for He Lan Xue, she had long since disappeared without a trace.

When He Lan Xue arrived at Suiyuan County, the girl surnamed Huang was already gone without a trace.

He slowed down his pace and walked down the bustling streets alone in disappointment. It was the day of the town fair, and no matter how far away people lived, they would carry their own vegetables, dried meat, or handicrafts and gather in the town to trade for the goods they needed.

The crowd was in an uproar.

It was hot and cold — because it had nothing to do with him.

Beautiful as an empty valley, could it be you?

Would it be you coming all the way from the capital?

Is that you?

Rong Xiu.

To fulfill my most luxurious dreams?

Like this, He Lan Xue walked in the middle of the long street, full of hope and despair.

That day at the Royal Flower Garden, her silence had already cast his despair.

He should not have had any hope.

However, when she heard the words of the two Little Left and Little Right Brothers, She Lan Xue still had a premonition: It's Rong Xiu. The one who came, it's Rong Xiu!

The news of his assassination had already reached the capital. When Rong Xiu heard this, would it hurt her heart and cause her to stop pursuing the things she wanted? Would she stop sitting on the empress's throne for the family's sake?

If it was really like this, then He Lan Xue was willing to live in seclusion forever. He would no longer hide his strength, and no longer have any intentions. As long as she came, he could give up everything!

But the long street stretched as far as the eye could see. That beautiful figure at the bottom of his heart still hadn't appeared.

He Lan Xue could only walk with faith. Every step she took, she took was on the edge of becoming more and more disappointed.

There were more and more hawkers trading by the side of the road, more and more confused. It was so noisy that it made one absent-minded. They seemed to hear it, but also seemed like they didn't hear anything.

He Lan Xue finally stopped and looked back disappointedly. "He has been walking for a long time."

Then, he saw a small figure squeezing towards him with all his might. The figure had fluffy hair and a round, small face. The expression on its face was faint, but the sweat on its forehead caused others to feel pity for it.

Her eyes were so bright that they seemed to light up two stars on a long street.

He Lan Xue suddenly came back to her senses. With a self-deprecating smile, she prepared to go up. He took her hand and went home with her.

He was touched for a moment, and the words "cherish the person in front of your eyes" popped up out of nowhere in his head.

The girl who was leaning against him stubbornly.

He had already walked back, and at that moment, at that moment, in an alley diagonally across the long street, a weak voice suddenly came over, but it was enough to make the entire city's clamor lose its color.

"Master Pei, you should return to the capital, I will definitely not return!"

The clear voice was cold and resolute, gentle like a nightingale, and ethereal like an orchid.

Houlan Xue's heart was beating rapidly.

He took one last look at his lover, who was trying to squeeze through him, then turned and headed down the alley without a second thought.

Houlan Xue was already there, but when she raised her head to look at the bustling crowd, she saw that he was no longer there.

The woman raised her hand and touched her head. She looked around in confusion and then withdrew.

The crowd began to move again, and she moved helplessly to the corner and leaned against the wall that faced the street, staring blankly at the throng of people in front of her.

Opposite her was the alley that He Lanxue had entered.

After Helan Xue walked into the alley, the noise in the market was immediately isolated. The alley and the outside of the alley seemed to be two different worlds.

He had only taken a few steps before he stopped.

The narrow, even forgotten alleyways of the locals were full.

The men did not show themselves, but hid under the eaves, around corners, trained and professional.

They were all royal experts.

He wanted to pretend that he was an ordinary person who had mistakenly entered this place, but the worry and anxiety on his face could not be concealed.

It was just a small Suiyuan City, yet there were so many royal experts. Tomorrow, He Lan Qin would be here as well and gather so many people. If He Lan Chun wasn't here personally, then who else could it be other than Rong Xiu?

He walked carefully, trying to make himself at ease, but by the time he reached the first corner, the heavy guard was still doing its job.

A brick fell from the sky, like a loose, unconscious landing of an ordinary building. If it had been a normal person, he would have been scared out of his wits.

However, She Lan Xue no longer wanted to pretend, nor did she want to accept this kind of probing.

He calmly avoided it, then raised his head. His eyes were like those of a falcon, accurately and sharply scanning the hiding spots above.

When the Third Prince of the Sky Dynasty was in his prime, it was only because of his eloquence and literary talent that very few people had seen his martial skills.

The last time Pei Ruochen caught sight of a corner of it, she was suspicious for half a day.

Moreover, He Lan Xue was A Xue now, so how could those royal experts recognize the people below?

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

And then, in the next moment, it exploded.

The attacks came from all directions. The tides came and went.