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Zhang Yulu didn’t know what secret Lin Xuefeng had, but she knew it must not be a good thing.

Zhang Yulu asked Lin Xuefeng: "What are you thinking about now?"

Lin Xuefeng didn't want to continue talking: "You may be in great trouble. I still advise you to stay away from Liu Zhongqing."

Liu Zhongqing, who was standing aside, looked at Lin Xuefeng with gritted teeth: "At least I won't take advantage of a woman. Don't think I don't know that you secretly removed the wheels just to make us fall under the carriage. You are such a mean person."

Lin Xuefeng laughed: "As the saying goes, a man without ruthlessness cannot be a hero. Why should I be so nice to you? I used to be very nice to others, but what's the use?"

Zhang Yulu also knew what Lin Xuefeng was talking about, because before he traveled through time, the thesis Lin Xuefeng wrote was occupied by his supervisor.

At that time, Zhang Yulu also felt that it was unfair. The two of them had looked for that tutor, but to no avail. The school only hastily gave Lin Xuefeng a certificate of completion.

Lin Xuefeng smiled bitterly at Zhang Yulu and said, "Whether in our hometown or here, I finally understand one thing: it's good to lean on a big tree for shade."

Listening to everything that happened in front of him, Zhang Yulu didn't want to talk: "You are always so stubborn. I don't want to listen to you anymore. Let's put all this behind us and don't meet again."

Lin Xuefeng said something strange: "In less than three days, you will be in great trouble. Then you will understand what I mean."

Lin Xuefeng pulled Zhang Yulu and said, "You should come with me. Liu Zhongqing will not let you be happy."

Liu Zhongqing listened to the words in front of him: "Zhang Yulu, such a hypocritical guy, I advise you to leave with me as soon as possible. I believe I can handle any problem."

Zhang Yulu made her own judgment: "I don't want to depend on anyone, I still want to be myself."

After Zhang Yulu finished speaking, she walked forward and asked, "Shouldn't you be staying with Miss Qiufeng? Why are you here now?"

Speaking of this incident, Liu Zhongqing was particularly angry: "It was all Lin Xuefeng's fault. When we were halfway there, the wheels had already fallen off. I had no choice but to leave Qiu Feng on the side of the road and come back to find you."

After hearing these words, Zhang Yulu began to get angry: "Why are you so reckless? You came back to find my colleague and left Qiu Feng on the side of the road. If he were in danger at this time, you might turn around and blame me again."

Hearing Zhang Yulu say this, Liu Zhongqing got a little angry: "I came back to look for you out of kindness, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant. I think you just want to go with Lin Xuefeng."

Hearing these words, Lin Xuefeng was very pleased with himself: "You are right. Zhang Yulu and I are a natural match. We should not say anything bad about each other."

After hearing these words, Liu Zhongqing laughed: "Zhang Yulu, you will never learn your lesson. If this goes on for a long time, you will definitely confuse him. This is a man who relies on women to get to the top."

Zhang Yulu had some thoughts in her mind: "I can't tell you now, but I always feel that something is going to happen, and it's getting stronger and stronger."

Zhang Yulu thought about this and said to Lin Xuefeng, "Anyway, you have to be careful. When serving the Queen Mother, you are like a half king and half tiger. Don't let the Queen Mother kill you one day without you even realizing it."

After hearing this, Lin Xuefeng shook his head and said, "You don't need to be overly concerned about this matter. I know what to do. Just wait quietly for my good news."

Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Zhongqing said to Zhang Yulu, "We should hurry back and leave here. It's too late and it's not safe for Qiu Feng to be there."

Zhang Yulu was particularly angry: "Since you knew Qiu Feng was in danger, why did you come to me? You can just stay there."

Zhang Yulu turned around and ran away angrily. When Liu Zhongqing chased after her, he couldn't find Zhang Yulu, so he had to go back to Qiu Feng.

When Qiu Feng saw Liu Zhongqing coming back, he asked carefully, "What happened? You were gone for such a long time, and I heard the howling of wolves. I was scared to death at first."

Liu Zhongqing is now also in a state of panic: "It seems that we should return to Yiren Villa as soon as possible. We have already recognized him and are looking for Zhang Yulu together. He is such a willful guy."

Hearing Liu Zhongqing say this, Qiu Feng laughed: "I've never seen you so angry for someone. It seems that Zhang Yulu really treats you differently. But don't worry, I feel that he has strong survival skills."

After Zhang Yulu ran out, he walked on the wild hills in the wilderness, listening to the howling of wolves, and was indeed a little scared.

Zhang Yulu took a few steps forward and saw a carriage coming from the opposite direction.

The moment the carriage stopped, Shi Yufeng got off.

She looked at Zhang Yulu in surprise and said, "Why are you here? It's not safe for a girl to be out in the wilderness. Come back with me."

Zhang Yulu really had no choice but to nod and said to Shi Yufeng: "Thank you so much, but I don't know if there will be any bad news about us being different in genders."

Shi Yufeng said frankly: "We are both honest and upright, why should others criticize us? We still have things to do tomorrow, let's go back quickly."

The two drove to Guanghua Street and happened to catch the bustling night market in the capital.

Shi Yufeng said to Zhang Yulu, "Look at the streets. There are many people selling lanterns. I'll buy you a lantern today."

To be honest, this was Zhang Yulu's first time receiving a gift, so she felt particularly surprised: "I'm so happy. This is the first time someone has given me something. But this is not good. If Princess Honglian finds out, it will cause a big uproar."

When Shi Yufeng heard about Princess Honglian, his face immediately fell and he said, "I am free to make any decision now. If it weren't for the Emperor's assignment, I would never want Princess Honglian. She is so willful and capricious every day."

When Zhang Yulu saw the appearance of Princess Honglian’s brother before, she felt that this family was difficult to get along with.

Shi Yufeng pointed to a noodle stall nearby and said, "Sit down and have a bowl of noodles together. You've been walking all day, so you must be very tired, right?"

As soon as the two of them sat down, the noodles were served quickly.

Shi Yufeng said to Zhang Yulu, "Have you heard? The Queen Mother's birthday is coming up soon. The whole court is busy with this matter. Have you thought of a gift for the Queen Mother?"

Zhang Yulu looked at Shi Yufeng blankly: "What does it have to do with me?"

Shi Yufeng felt very puzzled: "According to Liu Zhongqing, you should be the granddaughter-in-law, so of course you have to prepare. You didn't do nothing, did you?"

Zhang Yulu said without any defense: "Shouldn't Liu Zhongqing prepare all this? I just need to follow him. I'm not good at these things anyway."

Shi Yufeng began to persuade him: "Why do you do everything without thinking ahead? Your current status is different. The Empress Dowager didn't have a very good impression of you last time. You'd better behave yourself. Otherwise, it will be easy for her to find fault with you."

Zhang Yulu looked at Shi Yufeng in front of him: "What are you talking about? I feel that the Queen Mother treats me very well, not like what you said."

Shi Yufeng shook his head and said, "It's not the same as what I said. The Queen Mother is the best at disguising herself. Last time, I heard that she gave you a bracelet, which made all the court ladies in the city jealous of you, because they didn't receive anything after seeing the Queen Mother several times."

After kicking the table, Zhang Yulu was confused: "A bracelet is nothing special. Besides, there is something inside the bracelet."

Shi Yufeng knew it all: "We all know about this trick, but what can we do? I believe you must have taken care of the bracelet. You must bring it with you to the Queen Mother's birthday celebration this time."

Zhang Yulu nodded: "I only collect wedding noodles, or some birthday peaches, I'll do it."

Shi Yufeng reminded: "I originally wanted to take Qiu Feng with me, but Liu Zhongqing has been rejected by the Queen Mother. Qiu Feng is approaching you. I feel that his intentions are not pure. You should be careful."

The system has already reminded Zhang Yulu about this, so Zhang Yulu will not wait foolishly like before.

Zhang Yulu said confidently: "Don't worry, I will definitely take care of these things."

The two of them sat on the side of the road and started eating. At this moment, Yu Xiaoyao came from a distance.

After seeing Zhang Yulu, Yu Xiaoyao showed some discontent on his face: "I didn't expect that after your efforts, your sister finally got what she wanted and could marry into the Yu family, but he won't have a good time."

Zhang Yulu knew this very well. In her previous novels, her sister not only had to compete with Yu Cailian in wits and courage, but later she almost lost her life for the Yu family's property.

Zhang Yulu obviously knew that she had no way to stop Zhang Fengxue. The only thing she could do now was to keep a close eye on her sister. "I will stare at her with wide eyes. Don't think about finding a time to bully her. If anything happens, I will definitely stand up for her."

Yu Xiaoyao pointed at Shi Yufeng and said, "You are also engaged. You are sitting here eating with others so openly. Aren't you afraid that Liu Zhongqing will be angry with you?"

Zhang Yulu said disapprovingly: "So what? Life is supposed to move forward. It's OK. He is with Qiu Feng, flirting with each other. No, he should go out for dinner with friends."

Obviously, Zhang Yulu's modern ideas sounded like glib words to them.

Yu Xiaoyao said calmly, "Anyway, I have said everything I need to say. I am waiting to go back and give Yu Cailian a midnight snack, so I won't wait any longer here."

Zhang Yulu stood up immediately: "I hope you can be nicer to my sister."

After Yu Xiaoyao left, Shi Yufeng also stood up: "I think it's time for me to go too. Do I need to take you back to Yiren Villa?"

Zhang Yulu didn't want to say anything, she just wanted to go back and have a good rest: "I'd better go back and prepare things for the birthday party. I believe that in three days, I will be able to hand in a satisfactory answer."

When Zhang Yulu returned to the villa, he happened to see Liu Zhongqing waiting outside the door.

Liu Zhongqing saw Zhang Yilu and began to blame him: "You are already so old, don't you know to go home early at night? Do you know how worried your family is about you?"

Zhang Yulu smiled and said, "I didn't expect someone would be waiting for me here. The Queen Mother's birthday banquet will be held in three days. What gift do you plan to give?"

Liu Zhongqing was very surprised: "How do you know this? I was just about to discuss this with you, but I don't know what to send. I'm afraid the Queen Mother will cause trouble for us."

Seeing Liu Zhongqing so worried, Zhang Yulu didn't say anything and immediately made a decision: "I'll just make a birthday peach. I believe the Queen Mother will like it."

Three days later, everyone presented their gifts. When Zhang Yulu presented a birthday peach, the Queen Mother said happily: "I have a reward. Today is my 50th birthday. I hope all the ministers can eat and drink well."

The Queen Mother called to the people beside her: "Go and open this birthday peach."

As soon as the eunuchs opened the longevity peaches, a cloud of white smoke appeared. After the white smoke rose, people around began to cough.

The emperor immediately started shouting, "Who is so bold? Hurry up and arrest this Zhang Yulu. He dared to murder the Empress Dowager."

After hearing this, Zhang Yulu just stood there stupidly. Shi Yufeng also stood up immediately and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I think there seems to be some misunderstanding."

Zhang Yulu had no way to defend herself. She stared at Liu Zhongqing intently, "What on earth is going on?"

Liu Zhongqing also knew nothing: "I don't know what's going on either. Don't get angry. I will definitely help you find a way to solve this problem."

The system immediately began to remind Zhang Yulu: "Host, doing this may implicate the entire Yiren Villa. The only thing you can do now is to find clues as soon as possible."

Liu Zhongqing immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The key point now is to see how the Empress Dowager is feeling. We will make a judgment later."

The emperor felt that what Liu Zhongqing said made sense, and after a moment of confusion, he said, "We need to think about this matter carefully. Let's detain Zhang Yulu first, and we can talk about the future later."

This made Liu Zhongqing feel awkward: "Your Majesty, if you imprison Zhang Yulu now, I won't be able to explain to Yiren Villa when I return."

The emperor leaned over to Liu Zhongqing's ear and said, "This is already the biggest concession. Now the evidence is in front of us. If this happened to someone else, I would definitely execute their entire family. Go back and find the evidence as soon as possible."

Liu Zhongqing turned around helplessly and looked at Zhang Yulu: "Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to rescue you."

Zhang Yulu then thought of something: "Go back and talk to Qiu Feng. I hope he can show some mercy. We will solve some things privately. Don't implicate too many people."

After hearing these words, Liu Zhongqing stood there in a daze, unable to believe that this matter was related to Qiu Feng.