Rêve de Jiangshan

Chapitre 225

"Haha... Little girl, I knew I couldn't hide it from you!" Aunt Lan laughed heartily, patting Ru Feng's hair.

"When did you two meet?" Ruthless Sword narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Ru Feng.

Ru Feng chuckled dryly and quickly explained, "Master, I met your wife at Fengxian Academy. At that time, I didn't know her identity." So he didn't mean to hide it.

"What do you want to do?" Master's wife narrowed her eyes, looking at the Ruthless Sword with displeasure.

Seeing this, Wuqingjian could only force a smile, but his eyes were fixed on Rufeng.

Ru Feng blinked innocently, looking at Aunt Lan in front of her. She looked to be in her early thirties, with a graceful figure and a smooth face without any fine lines. Her eyes were long and narrow with slightly upturned corners, making her a typical classical woman. However, the heroic spirit between her brows made her different from ordinary young ladies.

"Master's wife, you look so young! Your master could be your father." Ru Feng looked at his master's wife at eye level; the two were almost the same height.

"Yuchi Rufeng, don't think I can't control you just because you've graduated. What are you saying?" Wuqingjian scolded, looking at his wife's doting expression towards Rufeng. It turned out they had known each other for a long time. No wonder Lan'er was so good to Rufeng.

Ru Feng just chuckled. She now knew that her master was just a paper tiger. With her master's wife around, what was there to be afraid of?

Next, the Ruthless Sword was put aside, while Ru Feng and his master's wife chatted happily, making someone extremely jealous.

"So, when you were disguised as a man before, only Master recognized you?" Ru Feng asked in surprise.

“Yes, that’s why I married him,” Lan Niang said with a smile, patting Ru Feng’s head, “because your master knows medicine.”

Upon hearing this, Ru Feng pouted and said, "Wen Chen also knows medicine, so he saw through my identity." Otherwise, it would have been so much fun. What a pity.

Seeing Ru Feng's lament, Lan Niang laughed: "You, you're still not satisfied. I think that boy is quite good."

"It's pretty good." Ru Feng said the opposite with a bitter face, "He's a wolf in sheep's clothing. I feel like I've been tricked." At first, she just thought Wen Chen was innocent and cute, and so handsome. She thought she had found a treasure. But in the past few days, he has shown his true colors and his domineering side has gradually emerged, for example... in bed.

"Hehe, marriage is a lifelong commitment, you'll understand as you go on." Lan Niang glanced at the ruthless sword that was bored and said, "We're leaving now, I reckon someone else will come looking for you later. Also, we won't be attending your wedding, we have things to do. Your master and I are planning to go to the Kingdom of Shinan to learn about an old story."

Upon hearing this, Ru Feng quickly grabbed her hand and exclaimed, "Master's wife, you still haven't said whether it was you who saved me outside Xiangzhou City?" Ru Feng looked at the red clothes on her body. Although she had already guessed, she still wanted to confirm it.

"Haha, what's there to ask? We're leaving now. We'll come back to see you after you give birth." With that, she gently brushed aside Ru Feng's hand and jumped out of the window one after the other with Wu Qing Jian.

"None of you are attending my wedding!" Ru Feng watched their departing figures with dissatisfaction. They didn't even bring a gift! How could they come empty-handed? And Master, even if Grandpa is angry that you didn't tell him my true identity, you don't have to skip my wedding because of that. This is so frustrating.

As Ru Feng pouted and complained, she noticed something on the table. She quickly picked it up and was speechless. It was a small, porcelain-white bottle containing pills, which emitted a pleasant fragrance as soon as it was opened.

Ru Feng was puzzled when he heard this. He looked again and saw that there was another note underneath. After reading it, Ru Feng couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, my master's wife is so understanding." It seems that he won't get pregnant so soon.

Just as she was secretly rejoicing, she heard a knock at the door. Thinking it was her parents, Ru Feng quickly called out, "Come in, the door is open."

After a while, there was still no sound outside the door. Ru Feng turned her head and saw Yu Jue and Yu Xuan, which she had not expected.

"Brother Jue, Xuan, what brings you here?" Ru Feng said with surprise. They hadn't seen each other since they parted ways outside the palace gates last time. Ru Feng was also uneasy because she felt guilty towards the two of them.

Yu Xuan forced a smile, walked over, looked at Ru Feng, and said, "You're getting married tomorrow, and I'm reluctant to part with you, so I came to visit you."

Yu Jue also walked over, staring intently at Ru Feng, and said, "Yes, I didn't expect Ru Feng to be the first among us to get married. I thought you were young and naive before, but I didn't expect you to get married so quickly now."

Ru Feng touched his nose and said embarrassedly, "The New Year is coming soon, and I will be nineteen years old after the New Year. My mother said that I cannot get married at nineteen. Wen Chen does not want to wait, so I have to rush to get married."

"Ru Feng!" Yu Xuan suddenly hugged Ru Feng tightly and said, "Ru Feng, I really like you."

Ru Feng stood stiffly for a moment, then looked at Yu Jue, who had already turned his gaze away, before reaching out to hug Yu Xuan as well, saying, "Xuan, thank you." At this moment, she didn't know what to say.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine, Rufeng. If your uncle treats you badly, you can come to me. I'll welcome you anytime," Yuxuan teased, but his tone was more serious than ever before.

Ru Feng nodded vigorously and said, "I will, thank you, Xuan." Let's comfort her for now and deal with the rest later.

After venting his anger, Yu Xuan said, "I'm going out first. You and your brother can talk." Yu Xuan gently kissed Ru Feng's cheek, and when Ru Feng wasn't paying attention, he suddenly licked Ru Feng's lips before saying with satisfaction, "This is a gift for you."

Ru Feng took the scroll and glanced at it. It was a rolled-up painting. Just as she was about to unroll it, Yu Xuan kissed her cheek again and said reluctantly, "I really want to kidnap you and then we'll wander the world together and never come back. Too bad, brother is watching me." After saying that, he turned and left.

Ru Feng watched his retreating figure, feeling both amused and exasperated. Luckily, Wen Chen wasn't here, or she would have been in serious trouble. Although they couldn't meet for the past two days, that guy still brought news every week, the most important thing being to prevent Yu Jue and Yu Xuan from taking advantage of the situation.

Unfortunately, his words were in vain, and Ru Feng gave a bitter smile.

“Xiao San, I really envy his courage,” Yu Jue said quietly.

Ru Feng pulled her gaze back to Yu Jue, who was dressed in white, and smiled, "That guy is always like this. Brother Jue, congratulations on becoming the Crown Prince!"

Yu Jue, his face grim, approached Ru Feng and took out a hairpin from his robes. It was carved from white jade, with plum blossoms standing gracefully in the wind, delicate and charming, as white as lotus blossoms. He smiled gently and placed the hairpin in Ru Feng's hair. Ru Feng's hair was bare, and the white jade hairpin immediately complemented her black hair, creating a unique and captivating effect.

"Although nothing in this world is worthy of you, I still had this made. Consider it a congratulatory gift from your older brother. If I become emperor one day and you need my help with anything, you can bring this to me." Yu Jue sighed softly and gently pressed Ru Feng's lowered head into his arms.

"Like the wind, you are a free and unrestrained wind, and I missed the best chance to catch you." He sighed deeply.

The events of more than a decade ago still seem vivid in my mind: that mischievous little boy, that little boy reciting poetry while swaying his head in the spring breeze, that little boy who encouraged me to fight with others on the street, that spirited and dashing boy at Fengxian Academy, that boy who sweetly called me 'Brother Jue'...

Before she knew it, she had grown into a stunningly beautiful woman, but she was about to get married. From then on, she tied her black hair into a bun and laughed sweetly in another man's arms, knowing that she could no longer see him often or hold him in her arms as she did now.

I realized it too late! It came far too late!

Yu Jue lowered his eyelids, hugged Ru Feng tighter, and whispered, "Ru Feng, you must be happy." From now on, he would become the crown prince of this country, and in a few years, he would become the ruler of a country. In the future, he could no longer be so willful, and he could no longer express his emotions so freely.

"I will, Brother Jue." Ru Feng's tears fell. She had always known Yu Jue's feelings for her, his doting and indulgence. If it weren't for him speaking up for her in the capital, if it weren't for his help and his concessions, she might have had too much to worry about on the battlefield, and she might not have found happiness so easily.

"I'm already content with just one tear from you." Yu Jue looked into Ru Feng's eyes, gently wiped away her tears, and finally kissed her forehead softly, saying, "Ru Feng, you'll always be alright. Because I'm here watching over you."

“Ru Feng, come visit me sometime. I’ve planted lots of lotus flowers in the lake and built a bridge. I think you’ll like it,” Yu Jue said softly at the end, releasing Ru Feng and saying, “I’m leaving now. Remember to go to bed early tonight. Maybe I’ll see the most beautiful bride in the world tomorrow.”

Ru Feng could only nod, watching Yu Jue walk out of his room step by step. After tomorrow, perhaps everything would be different. She would become their aunt, and he would become a king. The brother who used to fight her when she was a child because of something she said might no longer exist. The person who cared for her and silently supported her at Fengxian Academy might also no longer exist.

Thinking of this, Ru Feng's tears flowed uncontrollably.

Tears sometimes come not from romantic love, but perhaps from friendship or family.