A Blessed Daughter

 King Jing, whom everyone in the capital wants to marry, actually has a crush on his sister-in-law, Princess Rui. Who can believe this when word spreads about it?

If his grandfather hadn't told him about this, he wouldn't have believed that Chu Lan had done such a thing!

"Since you have heard it, why bother asking again." Chu Lan's answer was regarded as acknowledging this statement.

 “You are so confused!” Lu Yuhong said.

Chu Lan did not refute.

“Do you think she and Dr. Xu are the same person?” Lu Yuhong asked again.

“They are indeed the same person.” Chu Lan said firmly.

“What if it’s not the case? The person who attracted your attention was Xu Heyou, not Princess Rui! Have you ever thought about what if you were mistaken...”

 “There is no if, there is no what if.”

Chu Lan interrupted Lu Yuhong.

 “This is not what you would say, you shouldn’t be so irrational!”

"If I were irrational, I wouldn't be standing here talking to you at this moment." Chu Lan said.

 If he is not rational, there are more things he can do at this moment.

If he was irrational, Wei Qingruo would be unable to leave the capital today.

"You'd better be more sensible! You need to understand that because of this incident, the emperor was dissatisfied with you and began to re-appoint King Qin, and King Yu was also re-employed." Lu Yuhong reminded.

Looking at Chu Lan's stern face, Lu Yuhong softened his tone and persuaded: "You are still the most promising prince to inherit the throne. You should not ruin your great future for a little affair with your children!"

Chu Lan said coldly: "Are you serious? If Prince Rui hadn't been in poor health, the prince would have been sitting with him now, right?"

 Then Chu Lan asked Lu Yuhong: "Don't you feel that there seems to be an invisible force secretly driving all of this these days, reducing the power of King Yu and I step by step."

Lu Yuhong was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Didn't you deal with Prince Yu yourself? You also sent the Qi family away with your own hands. Where did the invisible power come from?"

"It's true that I did it, but all this was not my original plan. I seemed to be pushed by someone, and was forced to advance the plan before my wings were fully mature. Looking back now, it seems like I was doing something wrong. Whose executioner is he?"

“You’re not trying to say that you think the person behind this is Prince Rui, are you?” Lu Yuhong said with a surprised look on his face.

After a pause, Lu Yuhong retorted: "If King Rui is controlling all this behind the scenes, and the situation is like this, he shouldn't continue to pretend, right? He should take this opportunity to recover, and then he can naturally Now that he is sitting on the throne of the prince, why bother being granted the title and going to the bitter cold fiefdom?"

Chu Lan said nothing, his eyes were deep and bottomless.

While Lu Yuhong and Chu Lan were talking, the convoy from Prince Rui's Mansion arrived at the city gate.

Today there were many people who came to see Wei Ruo off. People were standing on both sides of the road inside and outside the city gate.

These are all people who received help from Wei Ruo: those who had no money to see a doctor received free soup and medicine from Wei Ruo's relief station, those who had no money to eat and received food from Wei Ruo's relief station, and those who had no clothes to wear and received food from Wei Ruo's relief station. Cotton-padded jackets and quilts.

 They all benefited and even survived because of Wei Ruo. When they learned that Wei Ruo was leaving Beijing, they spontaneously came to see him off.

 The cold weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of these people.

Wei Ruo looked out of the carriage window and saw the people standing on both sides of the road, and a warm current flowed through his heart.

 The convoy of Prince Rui's Mansion stopped at the gate of the city, waiting for the city defenders to confirm the documents and let them go.

 Seeing the carriage that Wei Ruo was riding in stopped, everyone gathered around him.

 Seeing this situation, Wei Ruo got down from the carriage.

 Seeing Wei Ruo, the people who came to see him off knelt down.

Wei Ruo looked at the people kneeling on the ground and didn't know what to do for a moment.

 “Thank you, the princess, for saving my life.”

“The princess will repay you for your great kindness in the next life.”

 “Have a safe journey, Princess Rui!”

“Princess Rui may live a long life!”

“…” The people kneeling on the ground expressed their thanks and blessings to Wei Ruo.

"Thank you, everyone." Wei Ruo said movedly, "It's freezing cold, everyone should go back early, don't get cold."

Wei Ruo persuaded everyone to leave, but they still knelt there.

Thinking that they were here to see him off, Wei Ruo decided to get back in the car and leave as soon as the city defenders let him go, so that these people could go back earlier.

As soon as Wei Ruo stepped on the footrest, a burst of rapid horse hooves and shouts interrupted Wei Ruo.

 “Wait a minute! Princess, please wait a moment!”

Wei Ruo looked back and saw a carriage speeding towards him.

Wei Ruo recognized the driver and the guards on horseback around the carriage as people from the Zhongyi Prefecture.

So Wei Ruo took his feet back.

Because the road was blocked by the team from Prince Rui's Mansion, the carriage coming from behind could not go any further. The carriage from Uncle Zhongyi's Mansion stopped behind the team from Prince Rui's Mansion.

 A woman got out of the car, it was Wei Ruo's mother Yun.

With the support of Cuiping, Mrs. Yun walked quickly towards Wei Ruo's position.

Wei Ruo stood there without moving, watching Yunshi walking towards him quickly step by step.

Yunshi walked a little hastily and her steps were a little unsteady. She stepped on the hem of her own skirt twice and almost fell down.

Yunshi, who has always been dignified and respectable, did not care about the dirty skirt at this moment, and her steps did not slow down at all.

 Finally arrived in front of Wei Ruo, but Yun was stopped by the guards of Prince Rui's Mansion.

"Ruo'er!" Yun looked at Wei Ruo.

 Wei Ruo's eyes were calm, with no ripples in his eyes.

 Wei Ruo raised his hand, and the palace guards stepped aside, and Yun was able to come to Wei Ruo.

Yunshi looked at Wei Ruo who was close at hand, and her eyes couldn't help but moisten.

 “What’s wrong, mother?” Wei Ruo asked.

Yun opened her lips and asked with difficulty: "When will you come back?"

 “I don’t know.” Wei Ruo replied.

  She was telling the truth, no one could say for sure.

 It is possible to leave and never come back.

 It is possible to come back soon after you go.

Of course she hoped it would be better not to come back.

Hearing Wei Ruo's answer, Yun's eyes became increasingly red, and tears fell silently from the corners of her eyes.

She stared at Wei Ruo, filled with all sorts of reluctance and sorrow.

 “You have to be careful along the way...there are some troubles here, just keep it close to you.”

Yunshi took a brocade box from Cuiping and handed it to Wei Ruo.

Cuiping added and explained: "Miss, these are the madam's own dowry."

 The implication is that these things were given to Wei Ruo personally by the Yun family, not from the Wei family, nor from the two elders or Wei Mingting.

Wei Ruo glanced at the brocade box indifferently, but did not reach out to take it: "Thank you mother for your kindness, but I don't need these, mother can keep them for herself."

Yun's hands trembled: "This farewell, mother and daughter, may never see each other again in this life. This is a little thought for my mother, and it may be the last thing my mother can do for you."