Когда мы вернёмся

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Jun Wuhen's pupils contracted sharply, all his emotions immediately hidden behind his blue eyes. He asked in a deep voice, "Who?!" His sharp gaze shot towards the back of the tree.

A gasp came from behind the tree, and then a purple figure staggered out from behind it.

She was a pretty girl.

Jun Wuhen frowned immediately and questioned, "Everyone in the Li Palace knows martial arts, but you—judging from your breathing and footsteps just now, you know absolutely no martial arts. Who are you?"

"My name is Ziyi. I was recruited to the palace as a maid yesterday by the head steward. The head steward asked Ziyi to tell the master that Miss Wuxia didn't practice the zither today and went out to play." Ziyi lowered her eyes and head, and answered softly one by one.

Jun Wuhen's brows relaxed slightly, and he waved his hand, "It's alright. She's practiced the zither for so long, she should get some fresh air. Send more people to accompany her!"

"Yes. Ziyi understands."

After the woman in purple withdrew, Jun Wuhen's eyes turned a deep blue, as profound as the ocean. He looked up at the sky, large snowflakes sliding across his face before continuing to fall to the ground.

Suddenly, a beam of reddish-white light pierced through the falling snow and landed firmly on a tree.

It was a dart with a red tassel, and a clean piece of paper was attached to it.

The red tassels danced with the snowflakes, their dazzling red contrasting sharply with the clear white.

Jun Wuhen's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately held his breath. However, he could not sense any presence around him. He couldn't help but secretly admire the newcomer's martial arts skills, which were certainly on par with his own.

He took down the dart and unfolded the piece of paper folded into a square.

"Your Majesty's wife is a hundred miles away. The past is past. I hope you will cherish her."

The handwriting is elegant, yet each stroke is vigorous and powerful.

In an instant, surprise, excitement... a multitude of emotions flashed through his icy blue eyes. Jun Wuhen clasped his hands in thanks to those around him, "Thank you for your help."

The next moment, the blackness in the snow vanished as quickly as lightning, leaving only the red tassels on the ground fluttering in the snow.

Gradually, the heavy snow gradually stopped.

A touch of green extended from the corner of the wall, standing out against the snow-white earth.

The green hue swayed in the wind, as if announcing the arrival of spring.

Volume Two: Fate Destined to Leave the Palace, Finding a Good Match (Part Two)

The air was especially fresh after the snowfall.

On the snowy road, two girls were walking one after the other.

The girl in front wore a light green dress with peacock feathers, and her cloud-like black hair was held up by a single, translucent green hairpin. Delicate green tassel earrings adorned her small earlobes, complementing her jade-like face. She clutched a bag tightly to her chest.

The girl behind her was dressed in plain blue and had a pretty face.

"Miss Wuxia, will the Lord be angry?" Green Plum, dressed in plain blue, frowned, a hint of panic in her eyes. "The Lord has become terrifying ever since last year... um... the day Princess Fengxue died." The Lord never smiled to begin with, and now he's even more frightening. Especially his blue eyes; just accidentally meeting his gaze sends chills down one's spine.

Yu Wuxia frowned. "Cousin Wuhen isn't scary at all! He's just worried about the recent rumor of the Qin Palace's restoration. Besides, Cousin Wuhen won't be angry with me." She paused, clutching the bag in her arms, her cheeks slightly flushed, and asked, "I wonder if Cousin Wuhen will be happy?"

Green Plum smiled and said, "If the Lord knew that Miss Wuxia had specially gone to the city to buy the Floating Cloud Cake, which is the Lord's favorite, he would be very happy."

Yu Wuxia nodded gently, a smile blooming on her lips.

"Um."

Suddenly, Wuxia's eyes dimmed. In just over half a month, her cousin Wuhen would be getting married.

Green Plum noticed the loneliness in Wuxia's back and immediately knew what she was thinking. Everyone knew that Miss Wuxia liked the Lord in the Li Palace, but the Lord only took it as a joke. She comforted her, "If the Lord's destined wife doesn't appear, then the Lord won't marry."

She pursed her lips, her eyes growing even dimmer. "But if Cousin Wuhen doesn't marry his destined wife within half a month, then Cousin Wuhen will be alone for the rest of his life, and he will also feel ashamed before the ancestors of the Li Palace."

Looking down at the snow on the ground, Green Plum continued to comfort her, "Even if the Lord takes a wife, she will certainly not be as beautiful as Miss Wuxia. Who in the entire martial world doesn't know that Yu Wuxia of the Li Palace is the most beautiful woman in the martial world? So Miss Wuxia, don't worry! The Lord's wife will definitely not be enough... Oh dear..."

Green Plum touched her forehead where she had been bumped, looked up and complained, "Miss Wuxia, why did you stop walking like that?"

“Pear Blossom Fairy…” As if she hadn’t heard Green Plum’s words, Yu Wuxia stopped halfway, stunned. After a long while, she finally uttered a soft sentence.

“Pear Blossom Fairy?! Miss Wuxia, how could there be a fairy?!” Green Plum turned to the side, peeked out, and followed Yu Wuxia’s gaze.

She was immediately stunned.

Beneath the tall trees, a woman without makeup leaned gently against a tree trunk with her eyes closed.

The woman wore a fox fur cloak, revealing a white skirt embroidered with large pear blossoms, so pure and noble that one dared not defile it. Her jet-black hair was loose, adorned only with a single snow-white pear blossom tucked into it, and a pair of crystal pear blossom earrings dangled from her earlobes.

She leaned quietly against the tree trunk, her long, tassel-like eyelashes casting a soft shadow on her serene face. Sitting on the snow-white ground, she resembled a pear blossom fairy who had mistakenly descended to the mortal world, breathtakingly beautiful.

Yu Wuxia and Lümei were completely stunned. They held their breath, as if afraid of disturbing the Pear Blossom Fairy, and watched her quietly.

Suddenly, a sharp gust of wind swept through the air.

When the wind stopped, a black figure landed precisely beside the girl in white.

Yu Wuxia was startled and immediately called out, "Cousin Wuhen!"

Green Plum was also taken aback and exclaimed, "Your Excellency!"

Jun Wuhen seemed not to hear, his eyes fixed only on the white-clad girl before him. He looked at her pale face with heartache, brushed the snow off his cloak, bent down and picked her up, then immediately used his lightness skill to fly back to the palace, completely unaware of the presence of two people on the scene.