King's favor is hard to do

Bad scolding, accompanied by a sharp pain in the waist.He was tied so tightly that the chains were cutting into his flesh.At this moment, he was being torn and pulled viciously, and he couldn't stand still at all... He fell in the middle of the road again, and the dust flew up and hit the wound at the corner of his eye, causing a burst of pain.

This pain made him laugh more freely.

"Are you still laughing?! Are you out of your mind!"

Zhang Yu suffered a few extra kicks abruptly.But the smile on his face never disappeared.And the blood from the corners of his eyes kept dripping down his cheeks without stopping.

The parade lasted two hours.In the end, Zhang Yu couldn't move anymore.He was dragged along, and the edges of his shoes were worn out, revealing a little bloody wound.He could hear the people watching the excitement around him, the noise of surprise, the Xu family insulting loudly, and the surrounding noise.

But his heart is very quiet.

Because he knew Master Xu was not here.

As long as he doesn't know.As long as he doesn't see it.As long as he is not there.That's all.But that's all.

... Xu Lang is fine.

……

On this day, the whole city of Zhangzhou knew that the lady in the Xu Mansion was a liar.He seduced Master Xu and defrauded his family of money.Fortunately, the law of heaven has recovered, and now he has received the punishment he deserved. He was dragged and dragged by the Xu family, and traveled all over Zhangzhou City.

Li Guangning and Du Yuzhang followed him step by step throughout Zhangzhou city.

From the beginning to the end, Du Yuzhang's eyes were full of tears, and Li Guangning's face was even more livid.They gritted their teeth and clenched their fists, but what could they do?Don't talk about stopping, it's impossible to even touch those perpetrators!This has happened a long time ago, whether it was beatings, insults, shoving or intentional humiliation, it all happened.There is nothing they can do.

They could only keep this cruel scene in their eyes, but they were helpless.

As Zhang Yu was pushed out of Zhangzhou City, they could no longer follow him.The surrounding scenery also changed rapidly.

They didn't see what happened to Zhang Yu with their own eyes.As their eyes gradually became clearer, they found themselves back in the courtyard of Xu Mansion.

On the opposite side is Mr. Xu who has just entered the gate of the courtyard.

"Ma'am... Where?"

The butler behind him carried the burden for him.Mr. Xu only held a small suitcase in his hand, with delicate patterns painted on it.His eyes swept over the faces of a row of servants in the yard, and those people all lowered their heads, no one dared to look into his eyes.

"Let me ask you... where is Madam?"

No one answered.

Master Xu's face gradually turned pale.

With a bang, the suitcase in his hand fell to the ground, and a few small and delicate snacks rolled to the ground, covered in dust.

"Zhang Yu, where has Zhang Yu gone! As long as I come back, he will never fail to greet me—what about others! Where has he gone!"

With this roar, Master Xu broke the sound directly, his face was grim with fear.

That face was exactly the same as Li Guangning's, and Du Yuzhang couldn't be more familiar with it.But he had never seen this face with such an expression.

It was as if his whole world was collapsing before his eyes.

"Master Xu..."

Du Yuzhang turned his gaze away, unable to bear to look any further.Li Guangning supported his shoulders and held him in his arms.

At this moment, there was a loud bang from the opposite side.It turned out that at the moment when the two were talking, the servants who stayed at home had already told Mr. Xu what had happened.

That loud noise was Master Xu smashing the row of potted flowers in the courtyard.At this moment, the tiles were splashed all over the ground, and the soil and flowers were scattered everywhere.Zhang Yu's meticulously arranged courtyard is now a mess.

Master Xu was shaking from his shoulders to his arms.It was the trembling of the muscles in the arms that were strained after smashing too many things.His teeth were bleeding, and blood poured into his face and into his eyes.His eyes were red, he was panting heavily, and the veins on his forehead were throbbing.

In front of him, the housekeeper and the servants knelt down on the ground.

"You let them take Madam away like this...you just let them take him away! You bastards! Did you also take their money, and you are also in collusion! Isn't it!"

He yelled heart-piercingly like losing his mind,

"Isn't it! Is it!"

With a bang, he kicked a potted flower lying on the ground flying towards the direction where Li and Du were standing.Although he knew that the thing would not touch the two of them, Li Guangning subconsciously dragged Du Yuzhang behind him.

The potted flower passed through Li Guangning's calf without hindrance, and smashed into the corner of the wall.

"Is he crazy! If he doesn't go to the Xu family to settle accounts at this time, what's the use of getting angry here? Can you bring Zhang Yu back?"

"How to settle the accounts? Zhang Yu is in the hands of the Xu family."

Du Yuzhang shook his head with a pitiful voice.

"I'm afraid I've already suffered all the crimes I deserve. And if I want Zhang Yu to leave the Xu family alive, there will be no conditions. Besides these people, who else can Master Xu send his anger to?"

"...No matter what, you can't take advantage of the beasts of the Xu family!"

Li Guangning gritted his teeth,

"It's a big deal, they really dug the dam—the Xu family said that they expelled people from the clan, but the court didn't recognize it! Heh, destroying the water conservancy dam without authorization is a felony for any dynasty! This is the Xu family's work." My son, if you really blame it, the whole family will be implicated, and no one can stay out of it!"

Du Yuzhang turned his head to look at Li Guangning.He sighed softly, turned around and hugged Li Guangning.

"Your Majesty's temperament is that he would rather burn jade and stone together than endure humiliation. Although Master Xu is far inferior to His Majesty's strategic mind, he has a similar staunch temperament. I think he will choose a similar method. Fortunately, we all know that in the end Zhang Yu came back alive and brought up a couple of children. I think no matter what Mr. Xu did, it was a blessing in disguise, and it was very effective."

Li Guangning reached out and pressed the back of Du Yuzhang's head, and buried his face into his chest.He lowered his voice,

"...I hope so."

Master Xu finally calmed down after smashing the flowers and plants in the courtyard uncontrollably.

It's more calm than dead silent.He just sat in the middle of the messy yard, without moving or speaking all night.

He opened his eyes and looked at the side door of the courtyard.There is a small path in the side door, and there used to be a person living in it.

But that person is no longer there.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Mr. Xu got up suddenly.He didn't change his clothes, and went straight out the door with the wrinkles and dust on his body.

Not long after, someone rushed to report in a panic-"Is Mr. Xu in your house suffering from insanity? He brought a group of people to the embankment, and smashed it with a hammer without saying a word! The embankment was originally It was about to be capped, and it was smashed to pieces just like that! When others stopped him, he didn't speak, didn't say a word, just kept silent... But when others were going to report to the police, he stopped , sitting on the embankment..."

The butler was taken aback, and hurried away with his people.Soon, it is said that people from the Xu family also arrived one after another and stood around the embankment.

All irrelevant people were driven away, and no one knew what they said on the embankment.

But that night, Du Yuzhang and Li Guangning met Zhang Yu again.

Zhang Yu was carried back.He was changed into a suit of clothes that didn't fit well and hung loosely around him.His consciousness was clear for a while, and blurred for a while.But when he saw Master Xu, he still recognized him.

The eye that was wounded by the iron chain was even more blue.I don't know if he was beaten again, so the injury got worse.The eye is now swollen even higher, leaving only a thin slit.Zhang Yu looked at Master Xu through the slit, and smiled at him.

There were several bruises on his face, some of which were still swollen.The rest of the place wasted away.It is so different from the original romantic and handsome appearance that it is almost unrecognizable at first glance.

"Xu Lang, you're back."

His voice was also much hoarse.But the calm and smiling tone didn't change at all.Master Xu's tears flowed down.He grabbed Zhang Yu's right hand and pressed it to his face.

"Yu'er, it's my fault that made you suffer..."

He stopped suddenly.

His whole body was stiff, and he took Zhang Yu's hand inch by inch, bringing his hand to his eyes.

That hand was missing three fingers.

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"This group of beasts... beasts!"

After a dead silence, there was a sudden explosion.Master Xu roared, stood up abruptly, and was about to rush out.

But his belt was grabbed by someone.

It's Zhang Yu.He lost a lot of weight, his oversized sleeves slipped down, and his arms were also bruised.There are swollen strangle marks around the wrist, and the texture of the iron chain can still be seen.

"do not go."

"Yu'er..."

"Xu Lang, don't go."

"These bastards are treating you like this...how can we not seek justice for you...I, I...Yu'er, who did this...I want his life!"

Master Xu's fingernails were pinched with bruises on his palms, and his arms trembled more and more.He was already on the verge of collapse—Zhang Yu was capable of writing and martial arts, could write a good handwriting, and wield a good sword.Back then, when they sparred in the academy, even I wasn't his opponent at all!

But now, can he still pick up a pen and a sword?

"Yu'er, why did you lie under me! Why do you want to stay in my back house for a few years! Those bastards mocked you behind your back, they all bullied you... But you believed me , believe that I can protect you and love you, so you are willing to be my wife! If I can't even protect you! If you are bullied like this, I can't avenge you, am I still worthy of being your man? ?!"

"Whether you deserve to be my man or not is up to me. I don't need you to protect me. I can protect myself. Xu Lang, I am also a man. I choose my own path. You don't have to act like this."

Zhang Yu's voice was low and tired.

"Xu Lang, I have no strength. My hand hurts too...Xu Lang, please hurt me, don't let me try to hold you with all my strength."

Master Xu looked down slowly.Zhang Yu's only two remaining fingers were holding onto his belt. His hand was wrapped in rags, and traces of blood soaking through the fabric could still be seen.

His mind was buzzing and he felt dizzy.He finally couldn't help but knelt down and wailed in pain while hugging Zhang Yu.

At the corner of the wall, Li Guangning tightly gripped Du Yuzhang's wrist.The two held their breath and kept looking at them.

Just now when Mr. Xu wanted to take revenge, Du Yuzhang also held his heart - he was really afraid that Zhang Yu, who was seriously injured, would not be able to hold Mr. Xu back, and would be impulsively done by him and do something irreversible.Now, hearing this painful cry, he was relieved.

"Great. I finally calmed down for the time being... Otherwise, I don't know how to end it. Isn't it, Brother Ning?"

Li Guangning didn't answer.His tiger's mouth was like a pair of iron clamps, which hurt Du Yuzhang's wrist.Du Yuzhang couldn't help shaking his arms,

"Brother Ning, let go...what's wrong with you?"

"Yuzhang, that's enough. I don't want to read any more."

"why?"

"Yuzhang, don't read it either. It's just a farce. That Xu guy is a piece of trash... Why couldn't he have thought about this earlier, why couldn't he have thought more about Zhang Yu? He never thought about Zhang Yugu The wood is hard to support, surrounded by wolves? He kept saying he cared about Zhang Yu, but left him here alone... Now that things have happened, what's the use of regretting?"

These words were squeezed out between the teeth, full of anger.Du Yuzhang turned around in a daze, and saw that Li Guangning's eyes were red.

"Brother Ning?"

Du Yuzhang put his arms around Li Guangning.Li Guangning gritted his molars, a horizontal ridge protruded from his cheek.

"Look at him. He is so angry, so brave, thinking that I am the most painful person in the world, right? But in my opinion——even if he loses his love, it is his own fault!"

"Your Majesty! Why do you say that about him? Master Xu is not at fault!"

"No fault? Ha! No fault at all! But now which of these things was not caused by him, and which one was solved by himself? Zhang Yu has been dragged down to such a degree, he still has the face to cry Still have the face to shout? Is he going to drag Zhang Yu to death before he can reflect on his own fault?!"

"Your Majesty, calm down! What happened? Why are you so angry? Your Majesty!"

Du Yuzhang was in doubt.He couldn't understand why Li Guangning reacted so emotionally.

"No... I'm not angry."

With red eyes, Li Guangning strangled Du Yuzhang into his arms.

"I'm afraid."

"..."

"Yuzhang, I used to act like that... but I never thought about it for you. But if I make a mistake later, it is impossible for you and me to be together like today."

"..."

"It's just like today's him who failed today's Zhang Yu... Yuzhang, in fact, as long as he had been more attentive to Zhang Yu before, such a thing would not have happened. Doesn't he know that someone will make a move secretly? Give them this chance?"

"Well, it's not his fault. And although Zhang Yu was injured, he is still alive. They will have a pair of children in the future, and they will have a lifetime, Your Majesty..."

"Yuzhang, don't lie to yourself."

Li Guangning gave a wry smile, clenching his molars,

"You have been in the officialdom, you can't guess it! The prime minister has not caused trouble until now - he smashed the dam, this is a ready-made excuse! The prime minister did not make things difficult for him, even though he overthrew the Xu family , brought Zhang Yu back! What does this mean, don’t you understand? Xu, I’m afraid he has already compromised with the Prime Minister!”

At this moment, the world froze.

A burst of laughter came from above the dome.The voice didn't know where it came from, and it didn't distinguish between male and female, it hovered up and down.Li Guangning and Du Yuzhang looked up together, but they couldn't find the smiling person.

The voice was getting louder and sharper, with a hint of madness and malice.The malice was so strong that it seemed to be countless tiny thorns, which pressed deeply into Du Yuzhang's flesh, making him feel uncomfortable and disgusted, almost unable to lift his head.

"who are you?"

Li Guangning stood up suddenly.

Du Yuzhang endured his nausea and looked up.He saw that Li Guangning's shoulders shrugged slightly, his hair was calm and automatic.Li Guangning asked, the laughter stopped for a moment, but suddenly broke out even more presumptuously.It was like hearing some ridiculous joke.

"I ask who you are! How dare you drag me here and force me to look at this kind of thing!"

Li Guangning raised his head to the sky and roared angrily.

"Where are you, what kind of monster and rotten ghost you are! I don't care what kind of lady you are, or what kind of lady you are! I don't care if you are a god or a ghost——I am the son of heaven, the emperor of Dayan! I order you—— Get out of here!"

The roar broke the sound and shook the entire illusion, almost breaking people's ears.The sound was vibrating continuously, and it was entwined with the laughter, making it a seamless one, and it was hard to tell which one came from whose mouth.

"That laughter..."

The sound entered Du Yuzhang's ears, making him terrified.He suddenly discovered that this laughter seemed to be Li Guangning's own voice, reverberated in a small space, and finally distorted... This terrible association made him shudder.

Du Yuzhang suddenly raised his head to look at Li Guangning—but the man was standing with his back to him, and he couldn't see Li Guangning's expression at all.

"Your Majesty... stop shouting!"

Du Yuzhang yelled out, but it was too late.

"I order you, show me your true colors! Destroy this damned place! Tear it into pieces! I don't want to see it again, it's all delusion - let them go away! Damn things!"

The emperor in the world has his own luck around him, but this place is just a dream constructed by the power of gods and ghosts.Li Guangning's rage actually caused rumbling noises in this small illusion, and the surrounding scenery was also distorted and skewed, as if it was about to be torn apart!

"Your Majesty, stop! This place is about to collapse!"

Du Yuzhang saw the ground shaking and the mountains shaking, the terrain was twisted and tilted, and the surrounding scenery rushed towards them together.He threw himself directly at Li Guangning and threw him to the ground forcefully.

Although in the illusion, things that belonged to Zhang Yu and the two seemed to be out of reach of them.But sometimes, doors and windows can really block their steps.The time between them and Xu Zhang is intertwined in this way. Who knows whether the world that has collapsed now belongs to Xu Zhang or them?

Du Yuzhang did not dare to take the risk.He hugged Li Guangning and rolled around on the ground.At this moment, the sky was cracked and the thunder was shaking. Du Yuzhang held Li Guangning's head and chest tightly in his arms, leaving his back to the unknown danger.

However nothing happened.Even the ear-splitting thunder that was extremely frightening just now gradually ceased to be heard.

Du Yuzhang slowly let go of his hand, raised his head, and met Li Guangning's eyes.

"Yuzhang, you..."

Li Guangning seemed to have regained some sanity.He turned over and pressed Du Yuzhang under him.He pressed Du Yuzhang's shoulders with both hands, but his voice was still in a trance,

"You want to save me...even if I caused the world to collapse, but you still think about how to save me...ha...you and that Zhang Yu...and me...that Xu and I really have nothing to do The difference..."

"His Majesty?"

"I figured it out. Why did you have to let me see these things... Is that partial empress looking down on me? Or, did he already see through me?"

"Your Majesty, what are you talking about!"

"Yuzhang, am I not good enough for you? Is it because I am always so impulsive, I want to treat you well and protect you, but in the end I will definitely destroy you... just like the one named Xu ruined you." Zhang Yu, he is sorry for Zhang Yu... One day, I will... I will also..."

"Your Majesty! No! What's wrong with you?"

Du Yuzhang jumped up and stood up, but instead held Li Guangning in his arms.

"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with this illusion! After we were locked in, you were wrong, and it became more and more wrong! Let's find a way to get out, or force the people behind the scenes to come out! We can't let him manipulate you—Your Majesty, you just now Your decision is correct! If the person behind the scenes has malicious intentions, we really shouldn't be crushed by him! Your Majesty, you have nothing wrong with trying to regain the initiative, let alone ruin me. Why are you blaming yourself!"

He spoke earnestly and anxiously, shaking Li Guangning vigorously.But Li Guangning hugged his head, but it became tighter and tighter, and finally buried his head in his arms, and refused to move.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty!"

Du Yuzhang called out several times, but Li Guangning didn't respond at all.Du Yuzhang panicked all of a sudden, the root of his tongue was numb, and his heart was beating wildly in his chest.

"Brother Ning, what's wrong with you? Brother Ning! Don't scare me!"

"You don't have to call him anymore."

But unexpectedly, a hand appeared on his shoulder out of thin air.A voice came from above Du Yuzhang's head,

"He can't hear it."

Du Yuzhang raised his head suddenly, and his hand grew from fingertips to wrist, solidified little by little.In a short while, the whole arm appeared in front of Du Yuzhang's eyes, followed by the shoulders and most of the neck.

After that, what appeared out of thin air was an incomparably handsome face.That face is full of spring and smile, a pair of peach blossom eyes are slightly squinted, and the place where the eyes look back is touching.

That was Du Yuzhang's own face.

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"You are Zhang Yu... No, it's you, a bitch!"

That face smiled and said nothing, as if acquiescing.His body is still gradually consolidating, as if such a person who is all over the world has grown out of thin air.The sight was appalling.But Du Yuzhang didn't pay attention at all.

He has already realized that since this place is an illusion, there must be an owner.Presumably the master is the one in front of him—then, as long as he thinks about it, no matter what it becomes, it will be within a single thought.

"What did you do to Brother Ning?"

"Brother Ning? It turns out that there is also a word Ning in his name."

"..."

Du Yuzhang suddenly remembered that when he was on the sedan chair, he subconsciously called out "Brother Ning", but was scolded by someone, "You are too sweet to call me".

——So Xu Ning, is Mr. Xu's name, right?

Yuzhang...Yu...Guangning...Ning...

First the face, then the name.There were too many similarities between him and Zhang Yu, which made him a little uneasy.

The biased lady glanced over Li Guangning.He didn't look strange, and even had a slight smile on his face.But Du Yuzhang felt that his eyes were cold and seemed to be filled with disgust.

Du Yuzhang took a step aside, standing in front of Li Guangning.

"You still protect him like this. Just like Zhang Yu back then, you protected Xu Ning like that, as if you could die."

"...This is meaningless. Others don't understand, so don't you understand? Who is protecting whom? I'm only doing it for my own sake—are you doing it for others instead of yourself?"

This sentence classifies both "Li Guangning" and "Xu Ning" as others.But Du Yuzhang felt that Zhang Yu should understand.It's my own business to like, and it's also my own business if I can't stand the love in my heart being hurt.What are you talking about enduring humiliation for "him"?That is dead wrong.

What Du Yuzhang did for him was always his own heart.

Du Yuzhang stared at the handsome face on the opposite side, which was almost identical to his own, but found that the expression on such a similar face made him so strange at the moment.

He suddenly felt a biting cold in his heart.

It turned out that the eccentric lady who became a god and demon was indeed two completely different people from the warm and self-aware Mrs. Zhang Yu.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. I just want to ask you, what did you do to my brother Ning?"

"What's the rush? He can't die. There's not even any danger. After messing around recklessly, it's never himself who bears the consequences for him."

The partial lady pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes became colder and colder.

"Compared to him, you should think more about yourself."

"I should have done something better than you to judge. I'll ask you again—what happened to him? What did you do to him?"

"Then I'll answer it again. He's all right, very well. He's just going back in his own memory, and I can bring him back anytime I want."

...If I want, I can naturally make him never come back.

Du Yuzhang completely understood the subtext that the biased empress did not say.His face sank instantly.

"Compared to this, I want to watch something else with you now."

The biased lady spoke again.At this moment, his whole body was reappeared, and he looked more breathtakingly beautiful than the real Zhang Yu, but the brows were a little narrow, which was slightly different from Zhang Yu's gentle and handsome appearance before.

He waved his right hand, his fingers were long and slender, but three were missing.

"Do you want to see what happens to Zhang Yu? I heard what you talked about in the illusion. Come on, now you can know what Xu Ning did to him."

With the dancing of the fingertips of the misplaced empress, the previously broken and tilted sky was restored to its original state, and the courtyard appeared again.

The seasons are changing again, and now it's going to be severe winter.

Heavy snow covered the entire ground, and there were some messy footprints in the yard.Feather-like snowflakes fluttered in the wind, making it almost impossible to see the scenery in front of you.

Several servants each hold a big broom and sweep the snow hard.But fresh snow kept falling on their shoulders and heads.They cleared it with great effort, revealing a brownish gravel floor behind them.After only a moment of effort, it was covered with thin snow again.

"Okay, you go back and rest."

Zhang Yu appeared in the yard.He was wearing a bright red cloak that stretched from his chin to the ground, shining extremely brightly in the snow.The servants stopped and saluted him.

"Ma'am, the snow is getting thicker and thicker. If it can't be cleared in time, the road will be wet and slippery, and it will be bad if you fall."

"It's okay. My lord is not at home, and I won't go out. You should be more vigilant when you walk, and rest in your room if you have nothing to do. You can clean up after the snow stops completely. Otherwise, such a heavy snow will fall again after sweeping. How long are you going to freeze here?"

Zhang Yu waved his hand.His right hand has long and slender fingers, but three are missing.And compared to before, this hand is also much thinner.

"It's all gone. Light the stove and go back to warm up."

"Thank you ma'am!"

The servants saluted again, and they all dispersed.Zhang Yu himself was still standing there, staring at the snow in the yard in a daze.

In the past, when there was such a good snowfall, he would have to dance swords in the yard for a while, and then go boating in the snow with Mr. Xu to enjoy the snow scene in the middle of the river.

But since he was severely tortured by the Xu family last time, his body is not as good as before.Not to mention going out on such a day, even if there is a little wind blowing when sitting or lying down, you will get sick from time to time, and stay in bed for a few days to get better.Mr. Xu also invited doctors to come to see it a few times, and they all said that he was injured and tortured before, and his vitality was seriously damaged.Even if it is carefully nursed back to health, it may be difficult to return to the original state.

As for the sword dance, there is no need to mention it.With a broken hand that can't even hold the hilt of a sword, how can you use a sword or a gun?

"lady……"

The little girl beside him carried another big cloak and put it on his shoulders for him.He turned his head and glanced,

"Thank you."

"It's not hard, it's not hard!"

The little girl waved her hands again and again,

"Madam, you stand for a while, then go back. It's too cold..."

"I want to see the snow."

"Yes, I know you want to enjoy the snow. It's just that you were ill before. Before you left this time, your lord told us to take good care of you. This kind of weather..."

Zhang Yu nodded.His eyes lingered in this small courtyard, and finally stopped on a red plum blossom outside the courtyard - the plum blossom was in full bloom, and it was proud of frost and snow.

Staring for a moment, Zhang Yu asked the little girl softly,

"When will your lord come back?"

"I'm going to the capital to do business, but I didn't say when. My lord has been running to the capital a little bit lately, and I didn't spend time with my wife at home..."

"I don't need his company either. If he has something to do, he can do it."

Zhang Yu said calmly,

"It's just that when he comes back, the plum blossoms should also be defeated."

The little girl didn't understand, and Zhang Yu didn't say much.But she heard that her master seemed to like that red plum very much, otherwise, before leaving, why did the master say, "It's a pity that he can't see such a good red plum"?

The little girl waited for Zhang Yu to drink the medicine, and then advised him to lie on the couch and take a nap in the morning.

Afterwards, she cleaned the dust on Zhang Yu's desk and found that the flower arrangement in the vase had failed to bloom.When she took out the remaining flower and threw it away, the little girl looked up and saw the plum blossom again.She stood still and said to herself,

"If the master opens his eyes and sees this plum blossom in the bottle, he will be happy."

After all, he is young.The little girl is innocent in her thoughts, but quick in her hands and feet.Having made up her mind, she stayed until Zhang Yu fell asleep, took a pair of scissors, and pushed open the yard door.

... With a plop, the scissors fell from her hands and were buried in the snow.

The little girl opened her mouth wide, staring blankly at the man lying under her feet.

It was a woman, dressed in gold and silver, obviously from a wealthy family.If it weren't for the thick cloak wrapped in big fur, she would have been frozen to death in the snow long ago.

——But even if she was wearing a thick cloak with big fur, judging by her blue face, she might not be far from freezing to death.

"You... who are you? Why are you lying in front of our Xu residence?"

The little girl knelt down and shook the woman vigorously to wake her up.The woman raised her head and said tremblingly,

"I'm here to find Xu...Master Xu..."

"What do you want us adults to do?"

"I want to marry him..."

The woman was already unconscious, and her eyes were loose.But when she said this sentence, her eyes suddenly became focused, and her voice was ruthless,

"I must marry him...No matter what, I...even if I die, I will die in his Xu residence!"

She yelled this sentence with all her strength, with such a ferocious expression.The little girl screamed in fright and threw her back into the snow.

"You...you...you are the lady of the prime minister's family! You forced the adults to marry you, and made our wife suffer so much! Is it you!"

When the woman heard this, her eyes widened, and a grin appeared on her lips.

"It's me, so what? I just like Mr. Xu, and I want to marry him. I can also bear children for him, and carry on the family line for him—so what? Your wife? Hahaha, a man can be a wife too Is it? A joke, a joke! Hahahaha! What a big joke!"

"You are shameless! You...you get out! Don't lie in front of our Xu Mansion... get out!"

The little girl was frightened and angry at the same time, grabbed the snow on the ground and threw it at the woman.But the woman laughed out loud, like crazy!The more she was hit with icicles all over her face, the louder she laughed,

"Man, ma'am! Hahaha! A joke! A complete joke! Farce! Disgraceful! Shameless! Hahaha!"

Instead, the little girl shed tears, she spoke incoherently,

"No... Our wife is not a joke! Our wife... He is not a joke... You shut up! You shut up!"

Amidst the ear-piercing laughter, the little girl cried until her eyes were blurred.She grabbed the snow with both hands on the ground, but caught something cold and hard.

"Scissors……"

The little girl suddenly raised the scissors,

"Shut up! Otherwise..."

"What else? Hahaha, you want to kill me? My father also wants me to die, Master Xu also wants me to die - I am a sin, a buffoon! Then let me die! Why don't you do it? Come on Ah, do it...you do it for your lords!"

The little girl's face was full of tears and snot, and she really stabbed it with a pair of scissors!

With a bang, the scissors plunged into the flesh.But the woman in front of her was clearly unharmed... So whose blood is it?

The little girl shook her hands and opened her eyes wide.The scissors in her hand were taken by someone. The hand was long and slender, but only two fingers remained.The scissors pierced into the palm of the hand, but blood gushed out from under the pale flesh, and fell on the snow like bright red plum blossoms.

A pair of arms hugged her, and a familiar voice rang in her ears,

"Mei Xiang, no. Don't hurt people."

"But... But she hurt you... She still wants to come to your door... It's too bullying... Ma'am! You are so nice, why...Why do they want to bully you like this...Madam!"

The little girl cried and knelt in the snow, her hot tears splashed on the snow, melting small potholes, but they couldn't melt the whole cold winter.

"Don't cry. I'm fine. I'm fine, nothing happened."

Zhang Yu took off the cloak on his shoulders and put it on Mei Xiang's shoulders.Then he raised his eyes and met the woman's gaze.

The four eyes are facing each other.Zhang Yu's eyes were like deep but clear pools of water.In the eyes of the woman opposite, it was like an ancient well that had been abandoned for too long, bottomless yet full of resentment.

"Can you still stand up?"

"What do you want to do?"

"If you still have strength, come in with me. I don't think you want me to help you—as you said, I am a man after all."

The woman narrowed her eyes, and then sneered.

"Let me in? Hahaha...you actually let me in...what do you want to do?"

"There has never been death from cold and hunger outside Xu's mansion. I can't let people die outside Xu's mansion, not even you."

"You are so kind? Do you think you are a Bodhisattva? A joke... What are you going to do?"

Zhang Yu had already stood up.The snow fell on his thin shoulders, the wind blew his hair, and his earlobe was red from the cold.He smiled lightly.

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of death? Since you can walk here alone in this weather, I'm afraid you are also prepared to freeze to death outside. So what are you afraid of—not even death, you But are you afraid of entering the Xu Mansion with me?"

"...Who is afraid of you? A joke!"

It was snowing all over the sky.Soon, there was a trace of a person lying in front of the gate of Xu's mansion, which was buried by ice and snow.Only near the threshold, you can still see the red dots on the ground. From a distance, it looks like blossoming red plums.

The sky is covered with snow, and the world is icy cold.But there are always kind people who offer their blood and bloom flowers in the snow.

【Li Du】Married by decree