bestfiction Chapter 358 Young
Chapter 358 Young
Lu Xuan planted the saplings brought back by General Lu in the palace garden and covered them with the soil brought back by Long Chuan.
Touching the leaves on the branches, her heart seemed to be filled with warmth by each leaf. As the branches grew, her heart would surely become fuller and fuller.
After lunch, the three of them stayed in the study.
A black shadow flashed over the outer wall and rushed straight towards us.
"Your Majesty!"
Sweat dripped down Xuan Ge's forehead. "The emperor left the palace and went to Jiang's residence. After he returned, I saw elite Jinwu Guards leaving the city with a warrant."
Jiang Xing and Lu Xuan looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
However, General Lu stood up suddenly, and the teacup in his hand was almost crushed.
"So, you really want to attack me. No wonder I've been unable to escape for so many years. It turns out it's not Ji Xiangli who wants me dead, it's the Emperor!"
Jiang Xing sneered, stood up and stretched slowly, "Brother, now that you know the truth, are you still worried?"
General Lu laughed at himself and said, "What's there to worry about? It was just a blind spot from my previous passion. But..."
"how?"
General Lu frowned. "If the Jinwu Guards leave the capital, will they see our troops? After all, there are 200,000 of them. If they are scattered, each battalion will have tens of thousands..."
Jiang Xing smiled cunningly, "I don't think so. They must have been ordered to kill you on the way back to the capital from Longchuan, so they will definitely go straight to Longchuan and won't stay too long in the suburbs of Beijing. Even if they find out, it doesn't matter. Tomorrow morning, I will go to the palace to meet the emperor and tell him that you have arrived!"
Lu Xuan and General Lu were both scared to death by Jiang Xing's words.
Lu Xuan: "Your Highness, isn't it too reckless to tell the Emperor so soon? My elder brother is already being hunted by the Emperor, and you still..."
Jiang Xing raised his eyebrows, "If not, how can we kill him by surprise?"
Lu Xuan understood what he meant and stood up, walking towards the desk. "Then I'll write a letter to Princess Changyang and Shen Ting'an and his wife, informing them of Jiang Yuanfeng's true identity. This way, not only will the root cause of Shen Yuanci's previous targeting at the Ministry of Personnel be uncovered, but the case of the Ding Prince's mansion being slaughtered overnight will also be solved. With this, the Shen family will surely be willing to lend a hand to the prince in court!"
While Lu Xuan was writing the letter, Fei Xing came in again.
"Your Majesty, yesterday you ordered an investigation. Collecting money from the surrounding areas will allow the army to pass through. There is some clue as to why."
Jiang Xing played with the jade cicada in his hand and said, "Tell me about it."
"All officials a thousand miles outside the capital have been replaced before. Because the Ji family fell, they naturally couldn't let those people continue to occupy their positions without doing anything, so they were replaced later..."
"how?"
"It seems like someone arranged by the Third Prince."
Jiang Xing was somewhat shocked. "The Third Prince? He's far away in the harem, unable to do anything he wants. How could he have the courage and wisdom to do something so big?"
Fei Xing nodded. "That's the strange part. Many of those people have residences in the capital. I went to their residences to inquire and found that they seem to be related to the Ji family."
Jiang Xing raised his eyebrows, "Ji family?"
He smiled, "That makes sense. It's the same old story, just a new bottle. It seems the Ji family is trying to make a comeback! But this Ji Bozhou is even more ruthless than his father, directly using the Third Prince as a scapegoat."
Lu Xuan was busy writing a letter, so he didn't pay attention to what they said.
By the time the letter was finished and before anyone was sent out, Sang Luo knocked on the door and came in.
"Princess, Miss Xu is here."
Upon hearing this, General Lu knew it was inappropriate to meet outsiders, so he left first.
Lu Xuan handed the letter to Sang Luo and told her to send it out quickly. He and Jiang Xing went out to meet Xu Shu.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two left the study and walked onto the corridor of the palace, they saw two shadows looking at each other in silence with tears streaming down their faces across the corridor flower garden.
Xu Shu and General Lu just looked at each other and shed tears silently.
At this moment, Lu Xuan and Jiang Xing were stunned.
Jiang Xing was about to step forward to ask, but was pulled back by Lu Xuan.
Her intuition told her that Xu Shu and her elder brother had a story.
She was both surprised and excited. She never expected that two seemingly unrelated people around her could have such a wonderful fate!
Looking at the face opposite them that was once green and youthful but now weathered, nothing can express their feelings at the moment except the tears that have been shed over the past fifteen years.
Lu Xuan could hardly believe his eyes.
This shadow that he has missed for fifteen years, the little girl who used to pester him to learn martial arts, has now grown up to this, and is so dashing and heroic.
But she was only thirty-two or thirty-three years old, and she already had so much white hair...
The sunlight shone on her, making her outline tough and clear.
He stood at the end of the corridor, his eyes looking through the years, fixed on the familiar figure in front of him.
Time seemed to freeze, all sounds disappeared, and only each other's gazes intertwined in the air.
He had secretly inquired about her from the caravans going to Longchuan before, and they all said that she had disappeared long ago because she killed her father and mother. However, there was a person with the same name and surname who opened an escort agency.
He originally thought that he would never see her again...
The pain in his throat tore at him, and tears reacted before his heart did, dripping down his chin.
However, he didn't have the courage to move forward, fearing that all this was just a dream.
Xu Shu also looked at the man in front of him, his eyes filled with shock, disbelief, longing, regret, and joy...
This figure has supported her through more than ten years of solitude, this figure who had long been told that she had died on the battlefield, this figure who was once the hero in her heart, the person she had been thinking about for many years.
Lu Xuan.
Is he still alive?
She stood there, her eyes like burning fire, but wrapped in the mist of waiting for countless springs and autumns. She stared at him and let it wash over her.
The two looked at each other in silence. They were only a few steps apart, but it seemed as if there were thousands of mountains and rivers between them.
In the end, she was more courageous.
As she approached him, every step she took seemed to span the long years and touch the tenderness in the deepest part of his heart.
Finally, she stopped in front of him, stretched out her trembling fingers, and tried to wipe away his tears.
Her lips trembled, and her voice was choked with sobs: "You, are still alive? Are you really..."
However, before she could finish her words, the man in front of her quickly wiped away his tears, turned around coldly and quickly, and was about to leave.
Lu Xuan and Jiang Xing originally thought they were going to have a touching reunion scene, but they didn't expect to be confronted with General Lu's sudden change of expression and indifference.
The two were startled.
Is this... not recognizing each other?
But it was obvious that these two had a deep affection for each other in the past, and tears could not deceive people.
"Brother, Sister Xu is very sad, you..."
Before Lu Xuan could finish his words, General Lu had already walked past them and headed towards Ziyunxuan where he lived.
"Lu Xuan, stop!" Xu Shu's voice came from a few steps away, with a heart-wrenching tone.
"For fifteen years now, I've struggled to get to where I am today, and you never even ask how I've been doing these years?!"
Lu Xuan had never seen Sister Xu so uncontrollable, so he felt that this matter was probably very serious for the two of them.
General Lu stopped, his eyes filled with complex emotions.
Jiang Xing felt that this was probably a private matter between the two of them and did not want to interfere.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xuan pushed him out and nodded, signaling him to leave his brother behind.
Jiang Xing scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. "Brother, um, you two...what's going on? Do you know each other? Otherwise, explain it to me and A Xuan as well. Otherwise, I clearly said I would hide you, but I didn't expect you to be exposed so soon..."
General Lu took a deep breath, his voice hoarse, "Don't blame the prince, it was me who broke the rules just now and showed up on purpose to see if it was her."
While they were talking, Xu Shu walked over, grabbed his arm, and stared at him, his eyes filled with fierce anger. "Over the years, General Lu has become even more timid. He saw an old friend but refused to recognize him. Do you want to hide forever?!"
General Lu looked up at the sky, trying hard to hold back his tears.
He tried to brush her hand away several times, but her hand was firmly stuck to his arm and could not be brushed away at all.
"We are all adults and old, so don't be willful."
Lu Xuan's voice was low and hoarse, but he didn't dare look at her.
Xu Shu was unconvinced, "I insist on being willful! You taught me that!"
The two of them just stood there in silence, not saying a word.
After a long time, Lu Xuan finally sighed deeply, his voice hoarse, "I am no longer a general. Instead, I am a wanted criminal whom the emperor wants to kill as soon as possible. If you get close to me, you will bring disaster upon yourself."
Xu Shu was on the verge of collapse. "What about the prince and princess? Aren't you afraid they'll be implicated?"