The dormitory was a four-person dormitory. The two lower bunks had already been filled with luggage, but no one was there. They probably went to the cafeteria for lunch, so Su Xi had to choose the upper bunk.

In fact, moving her things over to the dormitory was just a formality. There was an apartment opposite the school and Lu Huan, so she probably wouldn't go back to the dormitory to sleep too often.

But she couldn't tell her mother that she planned to sleep at Lu Huan's place in her third year of high school, right?

She was afraid that her mother would get a heart attack.

Therefore, Su Xi honestly chose her bed.

The mother walked around the dormitory and frowned. "The sink is a little dirty. I'll go downstairs to buy a broom and mop to clean it for you. You can pack your things first."

Su Xi nodded. "Okay."

After the mother left, only Su Xi and Lu Huan were left in the dormitory. Su Xi breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Have you finished the procedures?"

"Yes." Lu Huan subconsciously reached into his pocket, but found nothing. Only then did he remember that he was wearing a long-sleeved sweater and trousers from this dynasty. He took out two cards from his trouser pocket and handed them to Su Xi. "One is the cafeteria meal card, which has been charged with 1000 yuan. The other is the apartment door card. If the card is lost, the password is your birthday. You can still open the door. Take it."

Su Xi's heart was full of expectations. She looked at Lu Huan excitedly. Lu Huan looked down at her. The corners of his eyes and eyebrows were also somewhat suppressed. The two of them looked like they were secretly dating behind their parents' backs. They both felt a little guilty.

Especially Su Xi. She couldn't help but push Lu Huan out and whispered, "Okay, you should go. Don't make your presence known in front of my mother."

It was nothing to help with the luggage, but if he continued to stay, her mother would definitely be suspicious.

Lu Huan was a little too tall. Standing in the narrow corridor of the dormitory, the dormitory seemed very small. Once again, Su Xi's impression of him as a little bun with short arms and legs faded a little.

He stood still and looked at the thin upper bunk bed. "When I came here, I went to the supermarket downstairs. There were a lot of people shopping there. Auntie couldn't come back in half an hour. It's inconvenient for you to climb up and down. I'll make the bed for you before you leave. "

Su Xi couldn't dissuade him and had no choice but to let him be.

Su Xi opened the suitcase and put some of the clothes inside into the wardrobe as an act. She planned to take the rest of the clothes directly to the apartment opposite the school.

Lu Huan quickly twisted all the screws on the railing of her bed. Then, she took out a pink foam roll from her pocket and carefully wrapped it around the railing one by one. There was even a pink Kumamon drawn on the foam roll.

When Su Xi saw this scene, she was a little confused. It was like seeing a young general on the battlefield suddenly take out a pink Barbie. She went over and asked, "Where did you buy this?"

Lu Huan said, "Taobao."

Su Xi was in a bad mood. "When did you learn how to Taobao?"

Lu Huan said disapprovingly, "It's extremely convenient. You can place an order directly if you want to buy something. Someone will deliver it to your door the next day. It's quite simple. If you don't know how to do it, you can just use Baidu. Xiao Xi, if there's anything you want to buy, put it in the shopping cart. I'll empty it for you every few days. "

Su Xi spread her hands. "Give me your phone. Let me see what you bought."

Lu Huan handed her the phone.

Su Xi pulled a chair and sat down. She flipped through Lu Huan's orders and found that he was actually a prodigal. Not only did he buy curtains and refrigerators on Taobao, but he also bought a lot of knives, spears, and iron swords. In addition, he also added a lot of furry dolls to the shopping cart. She couldn't help but ask him, "Why did you buy these?"

Lu Huan said, "Martial arts can't be neglected."

Su Xi: "I'm talking about these dolls!"

Lu Huan hesitated and looked at her. "I thought you would like them."

Su Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she was a little touched.

It was already difficult for Lu Huan to gradually learn how to use a phone.

Although he said that it was easy to use Taobao, it was still a little difficult for him, who had never come into contact with these novel things.

He was trying hard to integrate into his own world.

Therefore, although she wasn't very interested in the furry dolls he bought, she liked him.

"You guessed right. I like them very much." Su Xi smiled.

Lu Huan breathed a sigh of relief. His eyes showed the same proud expression as when he bought her rouge. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he said in a very domineering manner, "I knew it."

Arrogant fart! Su Xi was about to laugh to death. She suddenly hooked his neck. "Come here."

Fortunately, Lu Huan's waist was very strong. Otherwise, he would have staggered because of Su Xi. He bent down slightly and felt Su Xi kiss his left cheek.

Lu Huan's eyes widened, and his ears quickly turned red. His eyes were very bright. He quickly took the phone and placed a few more orders. Then, he turned sideways and used his right cheek to face Su Xi, not saying a word.

Su Xi: "… Get lost!"

Who wants a death Barbie doll with a straight man's aesthetic!

While the two were talking, someone suddenly came. Su Xi's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly pushed Lu Huan away.

The person who came in was a girl in a long dress. Her gaze fell on the two lower bunks that were already occupied, and she frowned unhappily.

When Su Xi signed up, she saw the dormitory roster from the head teacher. There were four people in 506. Three of them were from her class, and the other one was from another class. Because it was difficult to assign them with odd numbers, they were assigned to their dormitory.

Su Xi took the initiative to greet her. "Hello, I'm Su Xi."

The girl nodded. "Hello, I'm Yu Pei."

Lu Huan made the bed for Su Xi and hung the mosquito net for her. It was still late summer and early autumn. If Su Xi was too lazy to leave school in the afternoon and wanted to take an afternoon nap in the dormitory, it would be much more comfortable with the mosquito net. The upper bunk was a little close to the ceiling. He was too tall, so it was a little uncomfortable to squat on it. Therefore, he quickly finished making the bed and jumped down.

Yu Pei's eyes lit up, and her attention was immediately attracted by this boy. She had never seen such a handsome boy in school with such an outstanding temperament.

"Your brother?" Yu Pei couldn't help but ask Su Xi.

Su Xi smiled, "She's my classmate."

Yu Pei's expression suddenly became more enthusiastic. "A new transfer school? Otherwise, it's impossible that I don't remember you! "

She was really too enthusiastic. Su Xi thought to himself, 'Oh no, is she interested in my child?'

Lu Huan was a little dissatisfied with Su Xi's perfunctory answer, and corrected her. "Boyfriend."

Yu Pei's smile suddenly froze on her face.

Lu Huan also glanced at Yu Pei. Seeing that Yu Pei wasn't a beautiful girl who could attract Su Xi's attention, and her looks were still considered ordinary, he was relieved. He took Su Xi's water bottle, turned around, and went out to get some water for her.

He walked out of the dormitory door, and Yu Pei was still staring at his back.

When Su Xi saw this scene, she sighed in her heart. 'It's over.' When Lu Huan had long hair, he wore a cap most of the time, so not many people saw his face. However, after she brought him to get a haircut, he didn't need to wear a cap anymore, completely revealing his unbelievably handsome face. If he really studied at her school for a year, who knew how many girls would give him love letters.

'What a disaster.'

Su Xi's phone rang. Mother Su had finished shopping downstairs and couldn't carry it, so she asked her to go down and pick it up. She said something to Yu Pei, then turned around and went downstairs.

After a while, Lu Huan came back with two bottles of boiled water. He found a rag from Su Xi's luggage and went to the sink to wet it. After wringing it, he wiped the dust off Su Xi's desk and chair.

Yu Pei looked at him. She didn't even want to pack her own luggage. She wanted to talk to him, but she didn't know where to start.

After staring at him for a while, Yu Pei's cheeks were a little red. She asked softly, "Are there many people at the place where I get the water?"

Lu Huan didn't realize that she was talking to him. He looked up and saw that there were only the two of them in the dormitory.

He replied, "Not many."

"What's your name?"

Lu Huan frowned and ignored her.

Yu Pei said again, "Handsome, I still have a suitcase downstairs. It's too heavy, so I haven't carried it up yet. Can you do me a favor?"

Su Xi just came up with the new mop and broom that her mother bought. Just as she was about to push the door open, she heard this. Immediately, with a girl's sixth sense, she felt that her new roommate had feelings for Lu Huan. She immediately felt a little unhappy.

However, Zaizai probably couldn't feel it. After all, modern girls were very different from ancient girls. Ancient girls were very shy, but modern girls expressed their feelings by directly getting close to them.

He couldn't tell, so he might agree.

Su Xi felt that she was a little petty. It was nothing to move things. Girls were indeed weak. Zaizai had always been kind to others. What was there to be jealous about?

Why don't I go in and ask him to help Yu Pei move things?

Su Xi had just pushed the door open when she saw Lu Huan slowly raise his head and glance at Yu Pei. "Don't you have hands and feet?"

Su Xi, "…"

Yu Pei, "…"

Su Xi thought to herself that she was wrong. What kind of illusion did she have? She actually thought that Lu Huan was kind to others.

Yu Pei's face turned green and white. He threw his luggage on the bed and rushed out of the door.

Su Xi was probably choked. It was good enough that she didn't hate Zaizai. How could she still like him?

She walked in disheveled in the wind and glanced at Lu Huan. The 1.85-meter-tall boy was sitting on a stool. When he saw her, he immediately stood up, his eyes sparkling as he asked for praise. "The tables and chairs have all been wiped."

Su Xi felt that his standing posture was a little strange. He wasn't facing her when he was talking to her. Instead, he was standing sideways … She went crazy and said, "… Lu Huan, why are you facing me with your right face?! It's gone! I won't kiss you anymore. Don't think about it! "

Lu Huan looked at Su Xi faintly and was a little disappointed. So he only kissed one cheek at a time?

The host mother was about to come up, so Lu Huan didn't want to stay for long. He quickly mopped the floor for Su Xi and went downstairs from the other side of the corridor.

When Su Xi's mother came in, she was shocked by Su Xi's execution. She had only gone down to purchase for less than half an hour, but Su Xi had already made the bed, tidied up the clothes, wiped the tables and chairs, and even washed the sink!

The host mother was extremely gratified. She felt that Su Xi could finally take charge of the housework. Su Xi, on the other hand, felt extremely guilty.

The host mother left after giving her some instructions. Just like that, she spent the first day of school cleaning. The first two days of school were only for registration and there were no classes. Hence, Su Xi and Lu Huan went to the furniture market and the large supermarket together to make up for the missing items in the apartment. There were two rooms in the apartment, one for her and one for Lu Huan. The two of them were very busy, but their lives were very fulfilling.

After finishing all these, Su Xi ordered a brown tabby cat with a flat face. He excitedly waited for the cat to be delivered to him after it was vaccinated in half a month.

On September 5th, the class officially started.

Before Lu Huan transferred to the school, he grew up in a welfare home. Therefore, the homeroom teacher had some inexplicable sympathy for this handsome young man. He even wanted to apply for subsidies for him. After being gently rejected by Lu Huan, the homeroom teacher gave up. Because of this, Lu Huan requested to sit with Su Xi. The homeroom teacher agreed almost without hesitation. He said that he only knew Su Xi in this city. The homeroom teacher's heart was broken when he heard this child's words.

Because he had already told Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin that Lu Huan would transfer to the school, the two of them weren't too surprised.

However, just as the three of them had expected, the day Lu Huan stepped into their class, their class immediately erupted into an uproar.

A handsome guy who was 1.85 meters tall! Even more handsome than Huo Jingchuan! Alive! The students in the class were extremely excited. They all gathered around him, as if they had seen a rare animal in the zoo. The girls' reaction was very obvious. The next day, they all washed their hair together.

Su Xi was speechless.

So angry.

All the girls in the class were very envious of Su Xi. He could actually sit next to a transfer student as soon as school started.

Lu Huan had just started learning and it was a bit difficult for him to adapt, especially mathematics. Although he had already learned nine chapters of arithmetic, he had never come into contact with some special symbols. It was still very difficult for him to start from scratch. He had already self-studied English. Other than oral English, which he had to learn from scratch, he already had some foundation in the other subjects. As for history and geography, he got started very quickly. And the fastest was language.

The language teacher cited classics and found that some things on national policy could only be answered fluently by Lu Huan. Therefore, the language teacher felt like he had found a treasure and loved Lu Huan very much.

A week after school started, Lu Huan had been adjusting himself to adapt to this kind of school life as soon as possible.

After class, Su Xi leaned on the table and asked him, "How do you feel?"

Compared to the surrounding students who were sleepy and sprawled on the table, Lu Huan was simply in high spirits. He copied the words and said, "There is no power or rank here. It's all deceit and deception. I think it's very good."

In the Yan Dynasty, no matter who came to make friends with him, they more or less had a purpose. Chang Gongwu and the others came to him in hopes of getting protection from him. Wan San, Qian Zhong, Gan Ping, and the others cooperated with him in hopes of getting benefits from him. As for the Minister of War and the others, needless to say, there was a huge gap between the monarch and his subjects. However, the 17 or 18-year-old students around him were so pure that Lu Huan felt it was a bit unbelievable.

Some of them got close to him because he was handsome, some of them wanted to copy his homework, and some of them were even more pure.

Between people, there was no distinction of superiority and inferiority, and there were no interests that bound them together.

Free and equal.

Su Xi smiled and was sincerely happy for Lu Huan. She was a little nervous before, afraid that Lu Huan came to this world because of her, but she didn't have a good impression of this world. But now, it seemed that other than her, he could still get more useful things from this world.

"It's been a week since school started. Let's call Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin to eat hotpot at our house tonight," Su Xi said.

Lu Huan smiled and said, "Okay."

The previous three-person party was becoming a four-person party because of Lu Huan's appearance. Gu Qin was very happy to see this happen. Although it wasn't his, it was good to look at handsome guys all day long. However, Huo Jingchuan wasn't so happy. He always felt like his friend was taken away by Lu Huan.

Lu Huan gave them the key card and then went to the supermarket with Su Xi to buy hotpot ingredients.

Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin entered the apartment according to the key card. After looking around the apartment, Huo Jingchuan said suspiciously, "I've always suspected that Lu Huan is a rich second-generation. Even if this apartment is rented, it's still a lot of money a month, right? Moreover, he's still a day student. He doesn't live in such a good place like the dorm and actually rents an apartment outside. "

Gu Qin twisted the doorknob of one of the bedrooms and found that it wouldn't budge. He said curiously, "Is he sharing the apartment with someone else? I saw a girl's things in the bathroom. "

Huo Jingchuan wasn't as sharp as Gu Qin and said, "Maybe it's his relative's?"

The two turned on the TV and waited for Su Xi and Lu Huan to come back in boredom.

In the supermarket.

Lu Huan pushed the cart and put the ingredients in it. Su Xi walked beside him and took the time to turn on her phone to watch the latest Fruit TV series.

Lu Huan had no choice but to hold her hand.

Su Xi didn't need to look at the road at all. She was very happy. If she went to the supermarket with her mother like this, her mother would definitely slap her phone away! It was good to have a boyfriend!

Lu Huan looked at her phone screen and saw that it was another soap idol drama with love and hate. He was puzzled and asked, "Why did the scriptwriter make it up like this?"

Because he had just integrated into this world, he had a lot of questions recently. Su Xi would answer them seriously.

So Su Xi looked up and said, "What do you mean? How else can it be made up? "

Lu Huan pointed at the screen in her hand and said, "Didn't this person say that he loved this person? Why did he run away after a little misunderstanding? "

Su Xi was amused. "If it's not like this, where would the conflict come from?"

Lu Huan shook his head. "I've been alone since I was young. Xiao Xi is my only friend, my only family, and my most cherished lover. If it were me, I would love you and try my best to get closer to you and treat you better. But why are there so many misunderstandings in these TV series? Why do men and women get separated from each other so easily and scatter in the sea of people?"

If it were someone else who said this, Su Xi would think that he was too confident. But since it was Lu Huan who said it, Su Xi knew that every word was from the bottom of his heart.

After getting along with him for a long time, she would realize that Zaizai was a very stubborn person.

He looked serious and sneered at the protagonists in the TV series. Su Xi looked up at him and felt happy. She couldn't help but tiptoe to reward him with a light kiss on his right cheek.

Nonsense, because you're better than them.

Lu Huan's throat moved. Perhaps he felt that it was inconceivable that he could get a kiss for saying such words?! So he opened his mouth and wanted to repeat it again. Su Xi was a little confused. 'Isn't this person going overboard?' She covered his mouth and said angrily, "Stop nagging. Watch the road and buy the goods!"

There was a coffee table in the living room, and the hotpot ingredients were all piled up on it. Su Xi had bought a four-person hotpot before. He turned on the electricity and poured in the water and hotpot base. Then, he could slowly put in the hotpot ingredients.

Su Xi had eaten with Lu Huan once before, but Lu Huan had never eaten food like this. He held his chopsticks and looked at it eagerly, as if he had discovered a new world. Su Xi's heart trembled at his cute gaze, and he was in no mood to go back to his room to do his homework. How could he get into a key university like this?! Therefore, Su Xi yelled at Lu Huan to stop acting cute on purpose. Could he evolve from an ancient country bumpkin to a modern man of the new century?!

At this moment, Su Xi, Huo Jingchuan, and Gu Qin surrounded the hotpot and unwrapped the ingredients one by one. Lu Huan went into the kitchen to cook.

After all, there were four of them. If they only ate hotpot without any food, they would still be a little hungry.

Huo Jingchuan eagerly threw the fish balls and tofu into the hotpot. Su Xi couldn't help but hit his hand with his chopsticks. "Don't cook first. Lu Huan hasn't come out yet!"

"Let's eat first. We'll cook another round when he comes out, right?"

"At your speed, you'll have finished all of it by the time Lu Huan comes out."

Huo Jingchuan was dissatisfied. "Su Xi, something's wrong with you recently. Why are you helping outsiders? How long have you known Brother Lu? How long have we known each other? Why are you protecting him like he's a treasure? If we're brothers, let me eat first! "

Su Xi said, "… Forget it. Eat, eat, eat. You'll be stuffed to death. I'll go help in the kitchen."

Huo Jingchuan was happy. He hummed a little tune and poured his favorite fish balls and tofu into the hotpot.

Lu Huan also liked to eat that. Su Xi specially brought two packets. Seeing Huo Jingchuan pour it all in at once, she got angry and got up to go to the kitchen.

Lu Huan was putting on an apron. He looked back at her, his eyes full of smiles. He said, "He's a guest. Let him eat."

Although the fish balls and tofu were all eaten by Brother Huo, he was very happy.

Su Xi walked behind him and helped him put on the apron. He said to him, "You don't have to be polite with Huo Jingchuan. Just make some shredded potatoes. He's been freeloading off my family since he was young."

Lu Huan was a little envious of Huo Jingchuan. He said, "The atmosphere in your house has always been very good. No wonder Brother Huo likes to go there."

In just a week, Su Xi had already taught Lu Huan how to cook with natural gas.

Lu Huan grew up in Prince Ning Fu. He had done all the hard work that others had never done before, so he was very skilled in cooking. However, in the Yan Dynasty, they all used firewood to cook. It was his first time coming into contact with natural gas here. The dishes he made tasted slightly different from Su Xi's, but they were both delicious. This week, the two of them didn't like to go to the cafeteria to eat. After school, they would come back to study the recipes.

The dishes were all washed by Lu Huan, but Su Xi felt sorry for him and would help him cover the blanket. After all, he couldn't do such delicate things.

The two of them lived a prosperous life in the apartment.

Lu Huan cooked two dishes, and Su Xi helped to bring out a few bowls of rice. Sure enough, Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin, who were sitting next to the coffee table, had already eaten a round and were drinking cola.

However, when he smelled the beef cooked by Lu Huan, Huo Jingchuan's nose twitched, and his eyes lit up. He quickly picked up his chopsticks and said, "Yes! Whoever marries our Brother Lu in the future will be lucky! "

Su Xi sat down and knocked his chopsticks. "Eat your food. You're always babbling all day."

Lu Huan sat cross-legged next to Su Xi and glanced at him with a faint smile.

Su Xi's mind rippled, and he quickly looked up at the ceiling.

The hot pot was steaming hot, and the four high school students were sweating profusely.

Huo Jingchuan slapped the table and stood up as if he had a stroke. "Congratulations to the third year of high school! Congratulations to the hot pot! "

Gu Qin also stood up with a smile. He clinked glasses with him with Sprite and said, "I have to hurry up and study. I still want to get into a key university in A City! Xixi, where do you want to go? Have you thought about it? "

"Not yet." Su Xi propped his head with his elbow and stretched out his hand. He clinked glasses with them very lazily and said, "I hope it can be in the same city."

Huo Jingchuan lowered his head and asked Lu Huan, "Lu Huan, what about you? I feel that your grades are not good? "

Su Xi almost burst out laughing and scolded, "You haven't even passed the exam. How do you know that Lu Huan's grades are not good?! Let me tell you, Huo Jingchuan. If he scores higher than you, don't cry! "

Huo Jingchuan was not convinced. "I'm in the top 100 of the grade."

Lu Huan smiled and stood up. He clinked glasses with them and drank it in one gulp. He said, "I hope that everyone here will live a carefree life."

"Bah." Huo Jingchuan said, "You speak in a genteel manner all day long. If you cut your hair short, don't put on a costume drama!"

Su Xi laughed wildly.

Lu Huan looked at her helplessly and sat down.

For Lu Huan, Su Xi brought him not only a lamp and a bowl of noodles, but also a lively world.

In the past, Lu Huan had never thought that a person could live like this. He had loved ones and good friends by his side. The TV was on, and the hot pot was steaming. Everyone was talking and laughing, and they were not worried about tomorrow's livelihood or the conspiracy the day after.

He felt satisfied with every minute and every second he stayed by Su Xi's side. He felt as if he was greedily absorbing the smoke and fire of the world from her.

The cola was a little choked. When Lu Huan drank it for the first time, he felt that his stomach was bubbling wildly. He was afraid that Su Xi would laugh at him for being a country bumpkin from the Yan Dynasty, so he did not dare to say it. After drinking it a few times, he got used to this kind of carbonated drink. He was becoming more and more integrated into this dynasty.

He took a sip and saw that there was a little oil stain at the corner of Su Xi's mouth. He smiled and reached out to wipe it off for her.

Huo Jingchuan had always been slow and did not realize anything. Gu Qin looked at Lu Huan and then looked at Su Xi who was engrossed in eating. He only felt that something was wrong.

After the hot pot was finished, Lu Huan cleaned up as usual.

Not only did Gu Qin help him to wipe the table, but Huo Jingchuan couldn't be bothered at all. He lay motionless on the sofa while rubbing his stomach. He even asked Lu Huan to bring another bottle of Coke.

Su Xi was so angry that she kicked him again.

Lu Huan ignored him. "A real man has hands and feet. How can you be dispirited all day long? No one will marry you like this."

Su Xi laughed and chimed in, "That's right!"

Huo Jingchuan: "… Outrageous! Both of you are mocking me! Su Xi, are you my childhood friend or his childhood friend?! "

Su Xi ignored him and went into the kitchen to help Lu Huan wash the dishes.

At eight or nine o 'clock in the evening, Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin were too lazy to go back to the dormitory. They sat on the carpet in front of the sofa and threw a bunch of snacks on the coffee table. They turned off the lights and the living room was dark. They connected the tablet to the TV and turned on the projector. The four of them watched a Korean horror movie.

Su Xi and Gu Qin sat in the middle. Lu Huan put on his jacket and sat on Su Xi's right.

Compared to idol dramas about love, Lu Huan was very obsessed with some animal world and scientific exploration programs. He was not so interested in horror movies because they could not scare him at all. The three people next to him were pale and scared out of their wits. He looked at the murderer who sneaked under the bed of the heroine on the TV with a blank expression.

In the middle of the night, the heroine found that the doorknob was shaking and there was someone outside the door.

The three of them were so scared that they screamed, "Ahhhh!". Gu Qin and Huo Jingchuan hugged their heads and screamed. Su Xi was so scared that he hugged Lu Huan's waist and buried his head in his chest.

Lu Huan's ears turned red.

You can do this?!

He suddenly fell in love with horror movies.

Lu Huan's lips curled up. He rubbed Su Xi's head and said, "It's fake. I'm here."

"Don't talk!" Su Xi tried to squeeze towards him. He wanted to use him as a pillow to block his view. Lu Huan did not know whether to laugh or cry. He took the initiative to raise his hand and let Su Xi grab his arm. He only revealed a little bit of his eyes to look at the screen.

It had to be said that sitting next to Lu Huan and watching a horror movie made it less scary.

However, Huo Jingchuan suddenly said, "Look, there's a figure by the window."

"Ahhhh! Huo Jingchuan, are you crazy!" Gu Qin and Su Xi were scared out of their wits.

After a while, it was already late at night. They still had to study early the next morning, so the four of them could not stay up too late. Gu Qin rubbed his eyes and went to sleep. There were two rooms in the apartment. The two girls shared a room, and Lu Huan shared a room. Huo Jingchuan thought that the two men could not sleep together, so he took the sofa.

The weather in late September was very cool. The leaves fell slowly, and Su Xi's pajamas had been changed into furry knitted long-sleeved ones.

Gu Qin might have been too excited, so he made a slight rumbling sound when he slept. Su Xi could not fall asleep. He dragged a pillow and gently pushed open Lu Huan's door with bare feet.

The moonlight shone through the gap in the curtains that were not closed. Lu Huan had one hand behind his head, but he was not asleep.

He sat up and said, "Why aren't you wearing slippers? The floor is cold. "

"Shh." Su Xi threw the pillow on his bed and climbed onto it. "They're sleeping. Don't wake them up."

Lu Huan was also wearing pajamas, which Su Xi had bought for him some time ago. He had changed from a white robe and trousers to this kind of cartoon long-sleeved trousers. At first, he was a little uncomfortable, but now he was completely used to it.

"Can't sleep?" Lu Huan looked down at Su Xi.

Su Xi lay down on the side of the bed and hugged his waist. He closed his eyes and said softly, "Yeah, maybe I ate too much. My stomach doesn't feel good."

Lu Huan also lay down and massaged Su Xi's stomach through his pajamas. Compared to the boys in school who could not carry the massage, his palms were very strong. His warm palms rubbed Su Xi's stomach, making Su Xi feel warm and comfortable. He wanted to sigh in satisfaction.

Su Xi opened his eyes and found Lu Huan lying on his side, looking at him without blinking.

Her cheeks suddenly became hot. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Lu Huan's ears were a little red. "I was just thinking. Isn't the air conditioner in the room? Why is it so hot?"

Su Xi was speechless. "Don't think about nonsense in your head. Otherwise, I'll go out."

"I'm not thinking about anything." Lu Huan put up two fingers to prove his innocence. "Before I marry you, I won't do anything to you."

He stroked Su Xi's hair and said, "In my opinion, you're still young."

Su Xi felt uncomfortable. He lowered his voice and said, "Don't talk like an old father. I only thought you were young before you transmigrated."

"What about now?"

Lu Huan was not convinced. He turned over and pressed on top of Su Xi. He was pure and paid attention to propriety. His body did not touch Su Xi, but the aura of a vigorous boy that hit her in the face made Su Xi feel a little breathless. She tried to stabilize her heartbeat and looked at him with wide eyes.

The moonlight shone in from the window and shone on his fair and handsome face. It also fell on his red ears.

The boy's shoulders were very broad, and the arms supporting his body were also very strong.

He was very gentle. Even his hands on the pillow were careful not to press down on her hair.

Su Xi looked at Lu Huan with fascination. Her heart was suddenly filled with the impulse to hug him and kiss him.

She had never been in love before. She did not understand the male and female protagonists who kissed in TV dramas. It was just two lips. What was there to kiss? But now she was like a tempted Eve. At this moment, she wanted to rush into his arms. She would not get up tomorrow or go to school the day after tomorrow. She would just hug him tightly like this.

So this was the feeling of love, Su Xi thought. It was really amazing.

Su Xi blushed and turned her face away. "… It's not small."

Lu Huan looked at her. His Adam's apple moved subconsciously, but he restrained himself. He lay down on his side and hugged her with one hand. "Can we sleep like this for a while?"

Su Xi burrowed into his arms, closed her eyes, and curled her lips. "Yes."

Lu Huan hugged her waist tightly. He found that the woman's waist was so thin. Although it was not so thin that he could hold it, he could feel the delicate touch of her skin through the layer of pajamas.

No, I can't think about this. Lu Huan repeated several times in his mind. Sex is emptiness.

He heard Su Xi yawn next to him and ask, "How's your radio gymnastics recently?"

It was a little difficult for Lu Huan to learn radio gymnastics. After all, all the students in the school started from a young age. He had joined the class midway and had never done it before. These few days, Su Xi taught him at home. Fortunately, he had a photographic memory and strong body coordination, so he could roughly understand it after watching it twice.

Lu Huan said, "I roughly know it. What's next week's content? Mahjong? "

Su Xi made a list with him. She would teach him one thing a week that was not in this world's textbooks.

"Yes, my mom likes to play mahjong. I'll bring you over during Chinese New Year. You'll get bonus points for playing mahjong."

Lu Huan smiled and said, "The most important thing is to get into the same university."

He also had a rough understanding of this world's university system. After entering university, he wouldn't have to attend classes full-time like this. Instead, he would take elective courses. At that time, he would be able to travel between the Yan Dynasty and this world.

With such a general plan, he and Su Xi were full of expectations for the future.

Su Xi opened her eyes and met Lu Huan's eyes. She felt very at ease.

The feeling that Zaizai gave her was like his arm under her head. It was comfortable and warm. It was also like a harbor that would never leave. No matter what obstacles there were in the future, he would definitely be the one to hold her hand and not let go. He would be the one to lead her forward.

Lu Huan also looked at Su Xi. With his back to the moonlight, Su Xi happened to be facing the moonlight. The faint moonlight fell on Su Xi's clean and white face. Her eyelashes cast a small shadow under her eyelids.

She curved her lips at him. Lu Huan's heart melted.

"There's one more thing." Lu Huan said expectantly, "Before we get married, can we do this?"

Su Xi didn't understand what he meant by 'do this'.

She saw his head suddenly move closer and leave three light kisses between her eyebrows, the tip of her nose, and her lips.

After the kiss, Lu Huan buried his face in the pillow. His ears were unbelievably red.

Su Xi suddenly felt a little disgusted. She felt that he was very useless. She blinked and asked him, "Have you never seen others kiss? Even if you haven't eaten pork, you should have seen pigs run, right? "

Lu Huan felt that what he did just now was already very overboard. He never expected Su Xi to feel a little disgusted. He hugged Su Xi tightly and asked blankly, "Then what do you want?"

She suddenly felt that Lu Huan wasn't good enough. She was much better than Lu Huan. In any case, she was someone who had watched countless soap operas.

Their breaths were close, and the temperature suddenly rose.

Lu Huan held his breath and looked at Su Xi as if he was fascinated. Suddenly, he said without rhyme or reason, "Xiao Xi, you're so beautiful. I like you."

"… I like you too." Su Xi suddenly broke down. She thought to herself, Forget it. If Lu Huan knew that she was better than him, he would be depressed for many days.

Su Xi thought that she was very understanding. She turned and buried her head in Lu Huan's chest. She smiled and said, "But you have to learn how to kiss first."

Half a month after the start of the third year of high school, the countdown for the college entrance examination started on the blackboard behind them. A banner with the words "If you don't study today, you have to carry bricks tomorrow" was hung up at the school gate. Everyone felt the atmosphere gradually become tense.

Therefore, the pace of the students from the cafeteria to the teaching building became hurried. Many people didn't sleep during the lunch break and stayed in the classroom to do questions.

Lu Huan came to this school and this class. In the first half of the month, he attracted a lot of attention. Many girls from other classes came to see him and tried to strike up a conversation with him.

However, after the novelty of the first half of the month passed, everyone gradually became accustomed to having a handsome guy in the class.

Firstly, this school was a key high school. The students prioritized their studies and had more self-control. Secondly, even if there were people like Yu Pei who took the opportunity to strike up a conversation, Lu Huan didn't pay much attention to them. He was even more vigilant than Su Xi.

Therefore, half a month later, when the students in the class saw that Lu Huan was helping Su Xi clean the blackboard again, they were already calm.

Su Xi went to and from school with Lu Huan. He taught him one modern thing a week, from radio gymnastics to mahjong to werewolf killing and roller skating. Lu Huan learned everything very quickly. In addition, unless there was something going on in the Yan Dynasty, he would stay here and have plenty of time. Therefore, gradually …

He finally became more and more like a big boy in the 21st century. He also became more and more integrated into this world.

When he first came to this world, the thing he wasn't used to was taking a taxi. Sitting in a carriage with four wheels that seemed to be drifting on the ground, Lu Huan's worldview was greatly impacted.

However, once he got used to it, Lu Huan couldn't help but start to study various types of cars.

This was probably a hobby that all boys couldn't control. They had a strong love for mechanical things.

He also bought a cleaning robot and some models online to take them apart and see what was inside.

During the weekends when they were relaxing and not doing homework, Su Xi would sit on the sofa with a tablet and watch TV series. He would take them apart — Su Xi was a little envious of him. Because he had never been in contact with modern civilization before, there were simply too many novel things in his world.

Some things that looked ordinary in the eyes of Su Xi and Huo Jingchuan, such as heaters, he couldn't help but take down the heating filament in the middle to take a look.

As a result, Lu Huan had too many things to explore in Su Xi's world.

Under Su Xi's company, Lu Huan was no longer as out of place in this world as he was in the beginning.

Apart from his speech and behavior, he still retained the customs of the Yan Dynasty, wherever he went, the people on the street would only think that he was a high school hunk or a celebrity...

It had to be said that Su Xi felt very reassured about this.

. She...

There was no such thing as the two worlds never being able to meet. Because he would work hard to complete the mission and come to her world.

There was also no such thing as him standing in her world, being out of place and having to part ways with her in the end. Because he would work hard to fit in and try to live like a normal person in a completely unfamiliar world. Whatever he did, he would succeed in the end.

Lu Huan. He never let her worry about gains and losses, nor did he let her worry or be afraid.

The little bun that used to be like a little bun had slowly turned into a person with flesh and blood in her heart over time.

She didn't realize this until he came to her world … Not only would there be bubbles above his head when he had something on his mind, the sun would grow when he was happy, and dark clouds would cover his head when he was unhappy. More importantly, he was standing in front of her alive and well. He was a young man with infinite good qualities, gentle, honest, and stubborn.

Su Xi felt warm in her heart every day when she saw Lu Huan. She was very steady and satisfied.

It was as if she had both confidence and courage. No matter how the future changed, there was nothing to be afraid of.

That weekend, the mutated short cat that Su Xi ordered finally arrived home. The cat was in a cage. Because it came in a taxi, it was probably frightened and whined.

Su Xi was very excited. She told her parents that she was going to Gu Qin's house to do homework, but in fact, she had been waiting at the apartment since early morning. She carried the cage and cat to the balcony, where the cat litter box and cat food bowl were already prepared.

As soon as the cage was opened, the chubby kitten looked around vigilantly and slowly walked out, the fat on its little belly shaking.

Su Xi's heart melted! She picked it up and held it in her arms. She stroked its little head and pinched its chubby little face.

Lu Huan came back from grocery shopping and saw this scene. He saw Su Xi holding the cat in her arms, stroking and kissing it. She didn't even hear the sound of him coming back from the door. Lu Huan changed his shoes and walked in. Su Xi was still excitedly pinching the cat's paws … Lu Huan couldn't help but cough and ask her, "I bought prawns. Do you want to eat prawns for lunch?"

Su Xi looked up at him and called him over in surprise. "Quick, quick, quick. Give it a name."

Lu Huan put the groceries in the kitchen and walked over. He squatted down in front of her and the cat. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to hug the cat when he saw the cat suddenly bristle and shrink back into the cage timidly.

"…" Lu Huan glanced at it and said, "Let's name it Cowardly."

"Don't be afraid. He's a good person. He's not fierce," Su Xi said to the cat with a smile.

She reached her hand in and rubbed the cat's head. After thinking for a moment, she looked up at Lu Huan and decided, "Let's call it Cowardly."

Lu Huan looked at the kitten that was curled up in the cage. "… Are you sure?"

Cowardly quickly integrated into the life in this apartment, but for some reason, it was a little afraid of Lu Huan. Whenever Lu Huan appeared, it would quickly run away with its tail between its legs. When Lu Huan called its name, it would quickly hide in Su Xi's arms.

Su Xi and Lu Huan were quite confused about this. It was probably because of the discord between two male creatures living under the same roof.

Su Xi asked Lu Huan to feed Cowardly more and get closer to it. However, whenever Lu Huan poured food into the cat's bowl, it wouldn't touch any of it. In the end, Su Xi had to feed it. Lu Huan could only shovel its feces.

The Zhenyuan General and The Emperor, as well as the people of the Yan Dynasty, would never have thought that their Ninth Princes, on the surface, was guarding the Imperial Mausoleum, but in fact, he was in another world every day, lowering himself to shovel feces for a four-legged beast.

Lu Huan's prediction was right. It was Su Xi's first time raising a cat. He was in a state of excitement for the whole week. He couldn't wait to take the cat into his room and sleep with it.

Six out of seven days in a week, Lu Huan knocked on the door to wake Su Xi up. When he opened the door, he found the fat cat lying on top of Su Xi's head with its belly open, satisfied.

The fat cat lazily opened its eyelids and found that it was the two-legged beast again. When it came in, it even glanced at him, showing off its eyes.

"…"

Lu Huan's face darkened.

Originally, the two of them had been sitting side by side on the sofa at night, doing their own things. After this fat cat came, it occupied Su Xi's thigh for a whole week, licking its paws leisurely.

Su Xi's heart trembled because of its cuteness.

Lu Huan glanced at the fat cat, which was so fat that he couldn't touch its waist. His whole person was a little depressed. He thought gloomily, "What's so cute about it?"

He couldn't help it. He quickly and accurately pinched the back of the fat cat's neck, grabbed its butt, and drove it off the sofa.

The fat cat miserably jumped onto the coffee table and meowed at Su Xi.

Su Xi's hands, which were just stroking the cat, were suddenly empty. He looked at Lu Huan and asked, "What are you doing?"

Lu Huan was even more aggrieved than the cat. He fell into her arms and rested his head on her thigh. He picked up the paper on the coffee table and handed it to Su Xi, saying, "There's a question I don't know."

It was a big deal that he didn't know! Su Xi immediately became serious. "Which question?!"

After school started, there was a monthly exam. Lu Huan didn't do very well in the first exam. After all, no matter how talented and intelligent he was, it was impossible for him to learn so much content in high school in such a short period of time.

He didn't expect that although Zai Zai was a top student in the Yan Dynasty, he still couldn't adapt to the various subjects here. It seemed that the golden finger that God gave him wasn't too exaggerated.

He was even mocked by Huo Jingchuan for being a bad student! Su Xi wanted to beat Huo Jingchuan up when he thought about it.

She had long wanted to find time to tutor Lu Huan.

Su Xi quickly took the paper and pen. She first did some calculations on her own before explaining to him.

In this way, Su Xi completely forgot about the cat.

Lu Huan hugged Su Xi's waist with one hand and smiled at the fat cat lying on the ground not far away.

The fat cat was speechless.

There was something wrong with cats.

Two months later, the invisible jealousy between Lu Huan and Bold gradually improved. Bold Cat saw how Lu Huan cleaned its poop every day and was finally willing to jump down from Su Xi's lap and onto Lu Huan's lap. It was a little closer to Lu Huan.

Su Xi also finally changed from his initial fanaticism to a normal cat-rearing mentality. He no longer kissed and hugged the fat cat as frequently and began to assign it to Lu Huan.

Lu Huan's head finally cleared up.

After Su Xi taught Lu Huan how to use the listening and math apps on his phone, Lu Huan spent a lot of time on them. He worked harder than anyone else. Most of his classmates, including Su Xi, still slept in for a while and lazed around in bed when they were in their third year of high school. However, he was probably used to marching and never had this habit.

He worked tirelessly every day, lighting the lamp and doing the questions.

After he finished doing it, he still had to supervise Su Xi doing it again.

Therefore, when it came to the final exam, his improvement was a qualitative leap compared to the first exam.

He was 113th in the grade, just in front of Huo Jingchuan.

This time, Huo Jingchuan couldn't laugh anymore.

Su Xi was used to being lazy. Her grades fluctuated between the top five to the top thirty of the grade. Under his supervision and forced to do the questions, she was miserable. However, the result was good. She actually got the highest score ever in the final exam and was second in the grade.

Her parents were shocked.

The weather turned cold and it started to snow. The school was like an ivory tower, carefree. Lu Huan had an unforgettable time.

It was already the third year of high school and there was no winter break.

There were only seven days of winter break for the Chinese New Year. During these seven days, Su Xi couldn't stay in the apartment and had to go home.

Lu Huan helped her pack her things and planned to send her back.

Before going back, he went back to the Taishan Palace every night as usual. The scriptures he copied in the past six months had piled up into a pile. He arranged for two servants to carry it to another hall.

It was also snowing on the Taishan side. The snow fluttered in the wind and covered the cornice with ice and snow.

Lu Huan hadn't cut his hair in the past six months. Su Xi helped him tie up his hair that almost reached his ears. When he returned to the Yan Dynasty, it would be just enough to tie his crown. He changed into a dragon embroidered robe and opened the door of the hall that had been closed for a long time. He went out to explain things to the Yulin Guards.

However, he hadn't taken two steps when he suddenly heard the sound of horses galloping from the mountainside. It was someone from the capital.

Very suddenly, a big news came from the capital that night.

Half a year ago, the matter of using barbarian merchants to launder money became a big deal. At that time, the Crown Prince was only grounded. However, from the news that came, the Second Prince did something again in the past six months. In the end, the Fifth Prince resisted the obstruction and announced the Crown Prince's matter to the public.

And just a month ago, the Crown Prince had reaped money from Taizhou again. The people were resentful and the imperial court couldn't control it for a while.

Unexpectedly, someone in the imperial court proposed to depose the Crown Prince to vent the anger of the people.

This letter was sent by the Minister of War, so it shouldn't be fake. Lu Huan had stayed in the Taishan Palace for half a year and was isolated from the news. However, the news didn't reach him too late. At this time, the Throne Room should be in the middle of a dispute.

His expression didn't change, but his eyes were somewhat gloomy. He turned back to the hall and burned the letter in the candlelight.

If he remembered correctly, the last mission he saw on the screen was to establish the Education Alliance, promote reading, subsidize the people's livelihood, set up county schools, and promote the Yan Dynasty's people to gain wisdom.

And the mission 20 was to —

Step into the Xuanwu Gate, sit in the Taiji Palace, and become the Yan Dynasty's emperor.

For the Minister of War to urgently send a message to Lu Huan, he definitely hoped that Lu Huan would return to the court as soon as possible. Now that the court was in turmoil and the Crown Prince was about to be deposed, The Emperor might really depose the Crown Prince in order to settle the matter! When the time came, Lu Huan would not be in the court and would be very passive. Only the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince would be left to fight for the position of Crown Prince.

Once either of them was seated, it would be difficult for Lu Huan to topple them in the future. After all, one of them could endure and the other was brave. They were much stronger than the cowardly Crown Prince.

Even if Lu Huan did not want the position of Emperor, if either of these two became Emperor, they would not let him stay.

He was different from the deposed Crown Prince. Without the Prime Minister, the deposed Crown Prince would not be able to support the wall. However, Lu Huan was a powerful threat. No matter who became Emperor, they would not allow such a threat to remain in the capital.

The meaning behind his words was that Lu Huan had no way out.

However, Lu Huan did not have a legitimate reason to return. He had guarded the Imperial Mausoleum for a year and could not return to the capital without an imperial edict. If he returned openly, his ambitions would be clear and he would give the Second Prince something to use against him. If he returned secretly, that would be simple. However, he would not have a place to set foot in the capital. Even if he showed his face, he would still not have a legitimate reason.

The only thing he could do now was to wait for a suitable opportunity before he could return openly.

If he wanted to be Emperor, it was best if he did not have any blemishes. Only then would he be able to win the hearts of the people and have the people pledge their allegiance.

If he replied, he was afraid that he would be intercepted midway. Even if he did not reply, the Minister of War had been an official for many years and knew how to protect himself. Thus, Lu Huan did not reply that night. Instead, he quietly waited for the situation to develop. Last time, he let the Second Prince profit from the battle. This time, he was determined to let the Second Prince become the mantis stalking the cicada, drawing water with a bamboo basket.

It was another cold winter in the Yan Dynasty.

The snow on Mount Tai covered the sky and covered the earth. The situation in the capital was like a surging storm, ever-changing.

After Lu Huan repeatedly instructed two Featherwood Guards who were relatively close to him to deliver the information they had scouted into the palace hall every day, he continued to shut himself in.

The Minister of War, who did not get any response from him, became anxious.

On one hand, the Minister of War felt that Lu Huan probably had his own plans, so he didn't need to worry about Lu Huan. But on the other hand, he couldn't help but be anxious about Lu Huan's negative attitude and the fact that he didn't have the slightest intention of taking over Taiji Palace.

In the beginning, he and the Zhenyuan General did not have a clear stance. It was only when Lu Huan was reinstated as the Ninth Princes and everyone returned from the Northern Region that he and the Zhenyuan General stood on Lu Huan's side many times in the Throne Room. Now, they were completely in the Ninth Princes' faction. If Lu Huan did not take that position, their fates would not be good either.

Even if it wasn't for this, for the sake of the people of the world, he still hoped that Lu Huan could take that position and make the Yan Dynasty peaceful.

The court officials were all in the capital, and the Zhenyuan General had already returned to their garrisons. From the capital to the Imperial Palace, there were a total of three city gates: Ming De, Zhu Que, and Hantian. Unless it was a time of war, the army could not enter the capital. Once they entered the capital, they would be arrested for the crime of rebellion.

The Minister of War was worried that the situation in the capital would suddenly change, so he first arranged for himself and the Zhenyuan General's family and relatives to leave the city gate in advance.

Su Xi also didn't expect such a big thing to happen in the Yan Dynasty after the supplementary classes. When she turned on her phone, the people gathered outside the Zhu Que Gate and asked the court to abolish the Crown Prince. Although there were certainly people who instigated this and deliberately aroused public anger, in the end, if the Crown Prince hadn't taken advantage of the time of national chaos to line his own pockets, how could such a big thing have happened?

Now the Throne Room was in a difficult position. Abolishing the Crown Prince would shake the foundation of the country. If the Crown Prince wasn't abolished, the people's hearts would be unstable.

Lu Huan came back from Mount Tai. After changing his clothes and coming out of his room, Su Xi couldn't help but take out her phone to find him, "What are you going to do?"

Fortunately, this didn't happen before or after the college entrance examination, otherwise Zaizai wouldn't even need to take the college entrance examination.

Fat Cat was under Su Xi's feet with its back. Su Xi gently kicked it away and muttered, "Damn, your Yan Dynasty's Second Prince is poisonous. I thought he was really honest before, but I didn't expect him to have a trick up his sleeve."

"Yeah, he's scheming and astute." Lu Huan was obviously still thinking about the hunting at Mount Qiuyan that year, "Isn't this kind of character very handsome? You even left a lamp for him. "

Su Xi was speechless.

You've watched too many TV dramas with me, so you even know about 'character'.

Lu Huan stared at Su Xi's hand and asked faintly, "Which hand did you use to help him apply the medicine? You applied it so evenly … "

"What are you doing?" Su Xi hurriedly grabbed her right hand with her left hand and hid her hand behind her back, "Why are you jealous of this kind of thing? I didn't save him for him. Didn't you already know that I did it for you …"

Before she could finish speaking, Lu Huan went behind her and grabbed her hand. Su Xi subconsciously retreated until she reached the wall and had nowhere to retreat. Lu Huan pinned her against the wall. Lu Huan grabbed her hand and wiped it on his chest.

Su Xi, "…"

Lu Huan was happy and said, "I want what others have."

Su Xi, "Are you crazy! At the very beginning, I even flicked the buttocks of two servants in Prince Ning Fu. Do you want to do it too? "

After saying that, she really pinched the butt of the young man in front of her.

Lu Huan's face lit up in an instant, "…"

Jokes aside, the main point was the current situation in Beijing. Su Xi was very worried about Lu Huan. However, Lu Huan calculated the time. It wasn't the right time yet.

No matter who had the upper hand now between the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince, if they wanted to fight for the position of Crown Prince, they would have to get The Emperor to issue an imperial edict. The Emperor wouldn't easily give the position of Crown Prince to either of them. The civil and military officials were originally on different sides and wouldn't easily submit to either of them. Then, when the time came, there would only be one path for the winner — instigation.

Lu Huan just needed to wait for changes.

"When the situation becomes more chaotic, I'll clean up the mess," Lu Huan said.

Hearing him say that, Su Xi was more or less relieved. No matter what, she wouldn't get hurt. She still had her and the system as her golden fingers.

However, what would come would come. Su Xi had to go home for the New Year. They wouldn't be able to see each other for seven days.

After feeding Audacious, Lu Huan carried Su Xi's suitcase and sent her home. In fact, it was only a few streets away, but for some reason, Su Xi was very reluctant to leave. Her heart felt empty. Especially since she would definitely be at home on New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year. Lu Huan could only celebrate the New Year alone. He used to be alone every New Year. Su Xi actually wanted to spend the New Year with him.

Downstairs. Fine snowflakes floated in the sky.

Although it was daytime, the automatic street lights were still on because the sky wasn't very bright.

Lu Huan stood in front of Su Xi and adjusted her scarf. "Call me when you go back. Call me tomorrow too. Call me again on New Year's Eve."

Su Xi said, "I should be able to run out tomorrow. See you at the nearby park."

"Okay, I'll wait for you!" Lu Huan's eyes lit up. He was about to say this, but he was worried that Su Xi would think that he was too clingy. Seeing that Su Xi blurted out first, his heart felt like it was dripping with a soft egg. He said, "Remember to wear more clothes and stay warm."

"Yes, yes. There are seven days in the New Year. Remember to do more questions. If you go to Beijing, you'll probably be delayed for a while. There will only be one semester left before school starts." Su Xi reminded him, "Also, feed Audacious until it's full. Don't take advantage of my absence to deduct its food."

Lu Huan said sourly, "When you're with that fat cat, you only care about its food. When you're with me, you just urge me to study. You don't care about anything else, right?"

Su Xi looked at him and suddenly said, "I really can't bear to part with you. Why don't you come back with me?"

Lu Huan said in surprise, "Are you serious? Xiao Xi, are you going to acknowledge me? I'll go up and pack my things now — "

Su Xi was taken aback by his serious tone. Before she could finish speaking, a car arrived with a honking sound.

Su Xi quickly slipped away like an irresponsible scumbag. She laughed and said to him, "Stop dreaming. Wait until you graduate. But on the fourth day of the New Year, you can come to my house as a classmate!"

Lu Huan was a little resentful, but he still couldn't help but laugh. He quickly put her suitcase into the trunk and then followed her into the car.

Su Xi originally thought that she would slip away. Who knew that he would follow her into the car? She was shocked and said, "Lu Huan, what are you doing? Are you really going to see my parents?"

"I'll send you back." Lu Huan said helplessly, "I understand. I won't make things difficult for you. We'll talk about meeting your parents after graduation."

Su Xi breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest.

Lu Huan held her hand.

The car moved slowly under the neon lights. The New Year's atmosphere was very strong on the streets. There were lanterns and streamers everywhere. It was Lu Huan's first time seeing the New Year in this world. Although it wasn't as crowded as the Lantern Festival in their world, there were all kinds of shops and it was more prosperous. As the car drove, he looked out. Su Xi introduced him to some fireworks and firecrackers on the side of the road.

Lu Huan suddenly remembered that after the Autumn Swallow Mountain hunt, she disappeared for eight days. When she reappeared, she set off dazzling fireworks above his head. He would never forget it.

He didn't know how beautiful the fireworks in this world were.

Thinking about it this way, he and she still had a lot of things to do, waiting for a lifetime to slowly complete.

Su Xi hoped that the car would drive slowly so that she could talk to Lu Huan more. But even if it drove slowly, it was only a few blocks away. Soon, the car arrived at the neighborhood. Su Xi had to push the door open and get out of the car.

Lu Huan took her suitcase out of the trunk and sent her to the neighborhood of the apartment building.

Lu Huan said to her, "See you tonight."

Su Xi was stunned. "Tonight?"

Lu Huan pointed at the phone in her pocket and said, "Don't forget that you have this. Call me after you take a shower tonight. I'll go to your place and do homework together."

"Ah, I almost forgot!" Su Xi thought that they wouldn't see each other for at least two or three days. However, Lu Huan's screen could adjust the starting interface. Previously, he had adjusted the starting interface to the apartment. Otherwise, during this period of time, every time he appeared in her room, he definitely wouldn't be able to hide from her parents' eyes.

Since he could adjust the interface, then he only needed to return to the Taishan Palace and adjust the interface to her room. Wouldn't that mean that he could easily enter her room at night? Then, when her mother walked to the door, he would suddenly disappear and return to the Yan Dynasty —

You can do that?!

Su Xi was pleasantly surprised. "Why didn't you say so just now?!" She thought that she wouldn't see him for a few days and felt quite disappointed.

Lu Huan originally wanted to say it just now, but when he saw Su Xi hanging her head and looking listless, he felt that Su Xi would also miss him because of his absence.

Su Xi was relieved and said happily, "Okay then, I'm going up. See you tonight."

She walked backward as she spoke, and only turned forward when she was almost at the bottom of the building. But when she pushed the suitcase into the building, she could not help but look back. She saw that under the heavy snow, Lu Huan was still standing under the streetlight, looking at her from afar. His hands were in the pockets of his black down jacket, and because his hair had grown long again, he was wearing a baseball cap. Even from so far away, she could still see that his eyes were like stars, and his gaze only fell on her.

When he saw her looking back, he opened his mouth as if he was saying something to her. However, they were already some distance away, so Su Xi couldn't hear him clearly.

For some reason, Su Xi's heart was filled with a strong sense of longing that she couldn't part with. They hadn't even separated yet, but she already started to miss him. There was no one around. She just threw her suitcase at the building and suddenly walked back.

She pushed open the door under the building. As she walked, she suddenly ran again.

There was a smile in Lu Huan's pitch-black eyes. Before she could charge back at him like a bomb, he opened his arms, and Su Xi fell into his embrace.

"What did you just say?" Su Xi tiptoed and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Lu Huan hugged her waist and rubbed her head with his other hand. He said to her, "I said —"

Su Xi raised her ears. Her ears were a little hot. She felt that the shape of his mouth just now was like a certain word.

"I love you." Lu Huan lowered his eyes slightly and looked directly into her eyes. He seemed to find it hard to say these words. His ears were a little hot, but he still held Su Xi's waist tightly and didn't let go.

Su Xi's face was completely red. She knew it. "Forget it, I'm going up."

Lu Huan: "Okay."

He hugged Su Xi tightly. After burying his head in her neck for a while, he let go of her.

Su Xi kept looking back as he walked into the building. Even when he disappeared into the elevator, Lu Huan did not leave.

She pulled her suitcase and stood in the elevator. When she thought of Lu Huan's serious eyes just now, the corners of her mouth unconsciously widened. An auntie who had just finished taking care of the garbage stood in the elevator with her. She looked at Su Xi strangely and asked, "Little girl, are you in love?"

Su Xi suddenly became shy and giggled twice. When the elevator stopped at the floor of her house, she quickly rushed out with her suitcase.

After living in school, she usually went home once a week. Therefore, when Father Su and Mother Su saw her come back, they didn't have any expression at all. Her father was boiling water in the kitchen while her mother was knitting on the sofa. She glanced at her and said, "You're back? Just in time. Help your father water the flowers. He's too busy. "

Su Xi, who didn't seem to be her biological daughter, was speechless.

Su Xi put down her luggage. She picked up the watering can and walked to the balcony with resentment. She unintentionally glanced down.

Downstairs, after confirming that she was home, the tall boy still stood there with his hands in his pockets. When he saw her appear on the balcony, he clumsily imitated the TV series that Su Xi liked to watch. He raised his hands above his head and made a big heart to Su Xi.

Su Xi looked at him and then looked up at the snow in the sky. She smiled and thought that she was probably poisoned. Why did she like him more and more every day?

Lu Huan also understood some of the social interactions during the New Year in this world. From Monday to Wednesday, Su Xi would visit his relatives' house with his parents. On the fourth day of the New Year, he could visit Su Xi's house as a classmate.

It would arouse Su Xi's parents' suspicion if he visited alone. Hence, Su Xi called Huo Jingchuan and forced him to come with Lu Huan.

There was a knock on the door. Su Xi wiped the water off her hands on her apron and went out of the kitchen to open the door. She saw two boys in down jackets standing outside.

Needless to say, one of them was Huo Yao, whom she had watched grow up. The other boy had fair skin and handsome eyes. He looked familiar. Su Xi recalled that he was the boy who helped carry her suitcase when school started.

She hurriedly let them in with a smile. "Come in and have lunch with us."

"Sure." Huo Jingchuan changed his shoes and walked in boldly. He went straight into the kitchen and asked, "Auntie Su, what are we having for lunch? Do you have stir-fried shredded potatoes?"

Lu Huan was still standing at the door. He smiled at Su Xi and handed her two shopping bags. "Auntie, here's a small gift. Happy New Year."

"Why did you bring gifts?" Although Su Xi said that, she subconsciously opened the shopping bags. She was pleasantly surprised — one of the shopping bags actually contained a set of mahjong tiles.

The mahjong tiles were exquisitely crafted. Each tile was very smooth and sparkling. They felt like high-quality jade in her hand and shone brilliantly under the light.

Su Xi instantly wondered if they were carved from jade. However, she thought about it again. How could a child give such an expensive gift for the New Year?

The other shopping bag contained a bottle of wine. The wine container did not look like the glass bottles of modern Maotai. Instead, it looked like peach blossom wine from television dramas. In short, the fragrance was about to overflow. It attracted Su Xi's father to run out of the study.

Su Xi could not accept it. She said to Lu Huan, "Thank you, Little Lu, but isn't this gift too expensive?"

Lu Huan said, "It's not expensive at all. It's just some local specialties from my hometown. I also brought similar gifts when I visited my classmates' houses."

Hearing his words, Mother Su finally felt relieved.

She turned around and gave him a red packet of 1,000 yuan. "Here you go."

Originally, Su Xi's mother would give a red packet of one or two hundred yuan to her friends as a token of appreciation. Except for Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin, who would give a little more each year, the other students who came to visit them for New Year's greetings were relatively small.

However, she felt that Lu Huan's two gifts were a token of his sincerity. She didn't know how much they would cost, and she didn't know how much they would cost. She estimated and bought 1,000 yuan. She didn't have enough cash, so she took a few hundred yuan from Su Xi's and Huo Jingchuan's red jewels and stuffed them into the gifts.

Both Su Xi and Huo Jingchuan had one, so Lu Huan accepted it.

However, when Father Su and Mother Su went to the kitchen to cook, the three of them gathered in Su Xi's room and opened their respective red packets.

Su Xi 800, Lu Huan 1000, Huo Jingchuan 200.

Su Xi..

. Huo Jingchuan...

He jumped up and looked at Lu Huan angrily. "Before you came, Auntie always gave me 500 yuan. Why are you giving me so much this year?!"

"Come on, you come to my house every year and freeload off my New Year's money! Aren't you satisfied with so much money?! " Su Xi was lamenting that his New Year's money was a few hundred yuan less this year. His mother had actually taken out his own money to give to Lu Huan! However, he could not bear to see Huo Jingchuan pick on Lu Huan. He immediately stood on Lu Huan's side. "Lu Huan brought gifts. A set of cards made of blue jade. Each card is a priceless treasure. What did you bring? You only brought one each year!"

"Blue jade, a priceless treasure? I don't believe it. "Huo Jingchuan snorted." No matter how rich you are, you can't possibly bring antiques, right?! "

Su Xi glanced at Lu Huan and smiled knowingly. Lu Huan also smiled but did not say anything.

Lu Huan was best at carving small wooden carvings. Su Xi had seen these carvings before. It was not difficult for him to carve jade. However, because he only had a few days, he did not do it himself. Instead, he handed it to his subordinates and asked them to find a few carvers. They worked through the night according to the drawings and carved a set of cards.

"Can you not look at each other for no reason? I'm still here!" Huo Jingchuan could not bear to look at them. He wished he could rush in and separate the two of them.

Lu Huan said to Huo Jingchuan indifferently, "It's not a valuable thing. It's just a little token of my appreciation."

Su Xi. "That's right! What did you give? You don't even have a token of appreciation! "

Huo Jingchuan...

Lu Huan took out 1,000 yuan from the red packet given by Mother Su and handed it to Su Xi. "All for you."

Su Xi's eyes lit up. In the past, he received 1,200 yuan every year. This year, it seemed like it was a blessing in disguise. His mother took away 400 yuan, but Lu Huan gave him another 1,000 yuan. This year, he actually received 1,800 yuan! He made a fortune!

... Huo Jingchuan was furious. He muttered that he did not want to eat dog food and turned to watch TV.

In the kitchen, Mother Su was grinning from ear to ear as she sorted the vegetables. Father Su poured a little wine and smelled it. He loved it so much that he could not put it down. Why was Su Xi so good at giving gifts to people's tastes? Mother Su liked to play mahjong, and he liked to drink a little wine.

Mother Su secretly glanced at the room where the three children were. She could not help but whisper to Father Su, "I think that Little Lu who just came seems to like our Xixi."

Father Su was not happy that his cabbage had been taken advantage of. He put down the wine jar and said, "You only know how to make things up. Can't they have a pure classmate relationship?"

"Pure? The children look quite pure, but the way he looks at our Xixi is obviously different. Before he entered the bedroom, I saw that he deliberately stopped Little Huo outside and let Xixi tidy up her things before letting Little Huo in."

"What does that mean?"

Mother Su lowered her voice mysteriously and said, "There are always some scattered things in a girl's room. She has to tidy up her things before she can let people in. This child is very meticulous. He also seems to have a problem with Little Huo entering Xixi's room."

"I have to hand it to you." Father Su took the selected vegetables and started to stir-fry them. He said, "You can analyze so much from such a small action. Do you think you are Sherlock Holmes?"

"Women are always more sensitive. I feel that the way Little Lu looks at Xixi is the same way you looked at me back then." Mother Su glanced at Father Su, who was already middle-aged and plump, and added, "Of course, Xixi has better taste than I do. This child is a million times better than you from head to toe."

Father Su was caught off guard and was stabbed in the back. "..."

Mother Su and Huo Jingchuan's mother used to associate Su Xi and Huo Jingchuan, who grew up together. However, Mother Su carefully compared the two boys, Lu Huan and Huo Jingchuan. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Little Huo was indeed very outstanding. However, he still paled in comparison to Little Lu.

Little Huo's messy hair when he came in looked like a bird's nest. It was obvious that he had been lying in bed at home and playing games. However, Little Lu was different. He was tall and had long legs. He wore a black down jacket and a tuft of fur on his hat. He was very clean. Little Lu was much more handsome than Little Huo. In any case, the most important thing about boys was not their looks. In terms of manners, Little Lu was much more polite than Little Huo. Little Lu only knew how to give gifts when he came in. As for Little Huo, he ran to the kitchen the moment he came in. There was no need to rely on him to help with the housework.

Moreover, it was said that Little Lu's results for the final exam were higher than Little Huo's.

What was there to be picky about? Little Lu was simply perfect.

Previously, Mother Su had looked at Huo Jingchuan as a mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law and a best friend looked at her son. She felt that Little Huo was not bad. However, at that time, it was probably because there was no one around who could compare to him. Now that Little Lu had appeared and was better than him in every aspect, Mother Su instantly felt that Huo Jingchuan, who was freeloading in her house, was not as pleasing to the eye anymore.

Seeing that he was still occupying the sofa all to himself, she tightly held the remote control and grabbed the fruits on the plate. The plate was instantly empty.

No way.

Mother Su shook her head. Little Huo was not good enough. She had changed sides. Little Lu was better.

Mother Su was secretly thinking about this in her heart. Huo Jingchuan, who was sitting on the sofa and laughing like a rooster while watching cartoons, had no idea that he had been demoted from a son-in-law candidate to an ordinary friend of Su Xi in Mother Su's heart. Su Xi and Lu Huan, who were in the room, did not know either. They only felt that Mother Su was extremely enthusiastic after they came out.

During the meal, she kept putting food into Lu Huan's bowl and told him to eat more.

The ratio was roughly like this — one chopstick for Su Xi, one chopstick for Huo Jingchuan, and three chopsticks for Lu Huan.

Huo Jingchuan, who could usually enjoy two chopsticks in the Su family's house, suddenly felt as if he had been banished to the Cold Palace. He felt cold all over.

After the meal, they watched TV together for a while. There was an obvious change in the seating arrangement on the sofa. In the past, when Huo Jingchuan came to the Su family's house, he would sit with Su Xi and Mother Su on the long sofa in the middle that faced the TV. Father Su, who had the least status in the family, would sit alone on the two-seater sofa far away from them.

However, for some reason, Lu Huan and Su Xi were the ones sitting on the long sofa this year. Huo Jingchuan was forced to sit with Father Su. From this position, he had to turn his head to watch the Spring Festival Gala. His neck was extremely sore.

He and Father Su looked at each other, and tears were about to fall.

Lu Huan, on the other hand, was very flattered. Probably because he had never felt the warmth of a family like this, Mother Su kept pouring tea for him and letting him eat oranges. He was a little overwhelmed. He glanced at Su Xi a few times. After Su Xi told him to eat quickly, he peeled an orange … and handed it to Su Xi.

Su Xi, "…"

Mother Su, "…"

Huo Jingchuan, "…" F * ck, this kid is too good at currying favor. No wonder he squeezed out his position in the Su family!

Previously, when he couldn't come to this world and could only watch through the screen, Lu Huan felt that Su Xi's family was happy and harmonious. Perhaps only such a loving family with parents who would overcome difficulties together no matter what happened could raise such a character like Su Xi.

At that time, Father Su and Mother Su might not have known him, but he already knew them very well. Therefore, he felt very close to them when they first met. Now, he could finally sit in Su Xi's house … Lu Huan looked at the steam rising slowly above the hot tea and felt satisfied.

After the New Year's greetings on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, Mother Su urged Lu Huan to come over and play more often. She was very enthusiastic and didn't know that when Su Xi's door was closed and he was doing his homework, Lu Huan was doing his homework on the other side of the desk.

It snowed a few more times. Lu Huan, Su Xi, Huo Jingchuan, and Gu Qin made snowmen and had a snowball fight in the park.

Originally, they were making snowballs and hitting each other. However, for some reason, it turned into Lu Huan hitting whoever threw a snowball at Su Xi. However, Lu Huan's snowball throwing was accurate and accurate. His hit rate was 100%. Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin were both hit miserably. Their heads were covered with snow, and even their hats and necks were covered with snow. They couldn't help but say angrily, "Hey! Lu Huan, you're cheating. Are you using hacks? I'm not playing anymore! "

Su Xi was completely excluded from the battle. He was both amused and depressed. He said to Lu Huan, "Are you going to let me participate or not?!"

Lu Huan had no choice but to quit. As soon as he left, the battle returned to balance. The three of them started playing crazily again.

However, the young man squatted on the flower bed with his down jacket and big hat covering his head. His dark and beautiful eyes stared at her pitifully. Su Xi couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to quit. "I'm not playing either. What's the point of fighting? My clothes are all wet. Let's just make a snowman."

"She only knows how to protect him." Huo Jingchuan was speechless. He turned his head and complained to Gu Qin, "Why don't the two of us become a couple too? That way, when they get married, our family only needs to send a portion of the money."

Gu Qin was a little slow. He was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red. He kicked him. "Get lost."

In the park, there were four snowmen side by side. Two of them were close to each other, while the other two were far away.

After they were done, Lu Huan insisted on squeezing his snowman between Su Xi's and Huo Jingchuan's snowman. In the end, he left his snowman and Su Xi's snowman far away from the other two.

The sky was filled with snow, and the New Year was over just like that.

This was also Lu Huan's first real New Year's Day. In the past, when Prince Ning Fu looked at the streets and alleys decorated with lanterns and colored banners, he never thought that he would have someone he liked by his side. He had friends and elders who cared about him. Snowball fights and making snowmen were normal, but to Lu Huan, who had never had one before, it had a different meaning.

The Yan Dynasty's capital was still in a stalemate. The matter of the Crown Prince hadn't been completely settled yet.

Lu Huan continued to wait with Su Xi. They went to school on the seventh day of the New Year.

After the beginning of spring, Lu Huan had the Minister of War suggest setting up a foreign trade monitoring agency. Although something big had happened to the Crown Prince, The Emperor still wanted to protect the Crown Prince. Thus, from the beginning of the Lantern Festival until the beginning of spring, he tried his best to push the blame of embezzlement onto the Hu merchants from the Western Regions. This way, the trade conflicts between the Yan Dynasty and other countries became apparent. The Minister of War insisted on this, and the Emperor went with the flow and agreed.

Just like the previous curfew, the foreign trade monitoring agency was also tested in a few provinces. If they wanted to implement it throughout the entire Yan Dynasty, it would take at least half a year to complete.

However, as soon as the imperial edict was issued, the system notification on Lu Huan's side popped up that Mission 18 had been completed. Thus, he smoothly accumulated 233 points. There was still a long way to go from 300 points. However, no matter how quickly Mission 16 progressed, it would still take at least three years to complete. Thus, Lu Huan and Su Xi weren't in a rush to get 300 points. After all, there was no point in being anxious.

Lu Huan's previous measures had all been completed through the Minister of War. Over the past year, the Minister of War had accumulated a lot of prestige in the court and the capital. Before, the Ministry of War was just one of the six ministries, but now it had become the head of the six ministries.

Lu Huan maintained a daily frequency of receiving news from his spies in the capital. He continued to stay here for his third year of high school.

Last semester, he only needed to go back to Mount Tai Palace every few days. This semester, because of the unpredictable situation in the capital, he had to go back every night.

This semester, his homework had obviously increased. The papers piled up on his desk every day were several kilograms. Su Xi couldn't take it anymore. During morning self-study, he often fell asleep due to lack of sleep.

However, Lu Huan benefited from his good physical fitness. He had more energy than others to catch up with them.

Other than books, Su Xi's desk was stuffed with all kinds of snacks. However, there were some blankets and pillows in his desk. When Su Xi couldn't take it anymore and felt sleepy, he would quietly cover Su Xi with a blanket. When the patrolling teacher came, he would hurriedly wake Su Xi up.

It rained the whole spring. Lu Huan's grades finally stabilized. He gradually caught up from the top 100. In April, the third last comprehensive exam, he was already in the top 20.

At this time, Huo Jingchuan asked him to go out and play basketball, but he didn't go. In order to get into the same university as Su Xi, he focused all his attention on his studies.

Su Xi also consolidated his knowledge and practiced the tactic of overflowing with papers. At the same time, he helped him review from beginning to end.

Su Xi was a little proud. Although Zaizai was smart and did many things very well, the knowledge he learned in a year was still far inferior to her, who had studied hard for 12 years. But then she thought, what was there to be proud of? He used a year to get into the top 20. She had worked hard for 12 years, and the best she could get was still second in the grade?!

Su Xi felt a sense of urgency, so he worked harder.

At the end of May, in the same year, Great Yan's Gengzi Rat Year, the Crown Prince was impeached more and more. On the 29th of April, the Crown Prince was deposed. He was moved out of the Eastern Palace and lived in seclusion in the Prince's Mansion.

The resentment of the people dissipated, but the Throne Room was even more turbulent.

With the Crown Prince's retirement, the position of the Eastern Palace was empty. The next Eastern Palace would probably be the official regent. The civil and military officials had to choose between the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince. Everyone still remembered that there was a Ninth Prince in Mount Tai Palace who guarded the imperial mausoleum. However, there hadn't been any news from the Ninth Prince for more than 10 months. The battle between the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince became more and more intense.

News kept coming from the capital. Lu Huan didn't sleep for several nights. He went to the Yan Dynasty to make arrangements. This caused him to have a lot of work to do even though the college entrance examination was coming.

Su Xi was actually a little worried, but at this time, he could only hold on and pass this period of time. After the college entrance examination, the situation in the capital would stabilize. Then, he could finally relax. This process was indeed a little difficult, but as long as he worked hard together with her, it would be fine.

The summer was hot, and the electric fan was buzzing above their heads. Su Xi and Lu Huan listened together. Each of them had a white earphone cable, which was inserted into their necks. The summer cicadas outside were noisy, but the students studying in the classroom were especially quiet. The two of them were also very quiet. They only raised their hands from time to time to check the options. After listening to the listening, Lu Huan continued to do the questions. Su Xi helped him save time and corrected his listening.

After correcting, Su Xi whispered in surprise, "You only made one mistake this time."

"Is there a reward?" Lu Huan asked quietly.

He leaned his head over and whispered. Su Xi's face immediately turned a little red. He urged, "Hurry up and continue writing. Call me when you're done with this one. I'll help you check the answers."

Lu Huan smiled and nodded.

After a while, Su Xi peeled two candies and handed one to him. It was cool and refreshing. It was like a cool breeze in the noisy summer cicadas.

That night, when Lu Huan went to Mount Tai Palace, he once again received news from the Minister of War.

Just as Lu Huan expected, the Second Prince had begun to make his move.

A day ago, Zhuque Gate was suddenly sealed.

Previously, there was news from the Imperial Palace that the Emperor had collapsed in the Imperial Garden. It wasn't known if it was because of heatstroke, or if it was because the Imperial Physician had determined that there were signs of a stroke. For nearly half a year, the Emperor had been racking his brains over the matter of the Crown Prince. His health hadn't been good. A few days ago, in the Throne Room, there were important officials who urged him to quickly set up a new Crown Prince to assist in regent. However, The Emperor hadn't made a decision for a long time. The next day, the Emperor issued an imperial edict for the Ninth Prince, who had been guarding the Imperial Mausoleum for a year, to come back.

However, this imperial edict didn't leave the capital.

Fortunately, The Emperor had expected this and drafted two imperial edicts. One was to ride out of the capital on horseback, and the other was to be given to the Minister of War.

After this, Zhuque Gate was sealed. The Imperial Guards heavily guarded it. They said that they were investigating the missing edict and the people who poisoned The Emperor. All officials were not allowed to enter.

Many officials in the capital protested, but most of the officials' families didn't return after the Qingzhou Festival banquet. For a while, the officials didn't dare to act rashly. At some point, the leader of the Imperial Guards had become one of the Second Prince's men. These days, he had been patrolling outside Zhuque Gate 24/7. Trespassers were killed.

The Fifth Prince clearly hadn't expected that the Second Prince would be so daring. He was caught off guard and caused trouble. The Fifth Prince led his soldiers to confront the Second Prince, but the Second Prince pushed the Fifth Prince's mother onto the city gate.

This was the great change that had happened in the capital in a few short days.

The Minister of War and the others had prepared in advance and sent their families out of the capital. At this time, they hadn't been restrained. However, many of their colleagues were under the control of the Imperial Guards. At this time, someone had to go to the north and bring troops to save the Emperor.

However, the situation was serious. The entire capital had been sealed off. Not even a fly could fly out.

The night Lu Huan received the letter, he arranged for the Yulin Guards, who had gone up Mount Tai with him, to take some measures. Most of the people remained on Mount Tai. Only six people, including Lu Huan, put on black cloaks and mounted their horses. They divided into three groups and secretly rushed to the north where the Yan Dynasty's troops were stationed.

However, they encountered a bloodbath on the road.

This assassination was within Lu Huan's expectations. The Second Prince in the capital had probably already given the order that no one who came down from Mount Tai would be left alive. Before these people went down the mountain with him, Lu Huan had already instructed that if something happened, they were not to protect him with their lives. They were also not to go to the north. They were to take off their Yulin Guard uniforms and blend into the common people to escape the disaster.

Naturally, this assassination was successful.

Three days later, a corpse floated above the Cao River. It had been swollen beyond recognition. In its bosom was the jade tablet of the Ninth Princes. After this was reported to the capital, the entire capital thought that the Ninth Princes had died and the entire country mourned.

However, it was actually the corpse of a condemned prisoner with a body similar to Lu Huan's. As early as half a year ago, when Lu Huan was making preparations, he had people find it and send it to Mount Tai's palace. He had promised to help the condemned prisoner's family settle down.

In the capital, the Second Prince did not know this. He only knew that after removing the biggest problem in his heart, the throne was finally within his reach.

The Fifth Prince's mother had been held hostage and had no choice but to take a step back.

Immediately, the capital issued an imperial edict. The Emperor claimed that his age had declined. The Second Prince was benevolent and magnanimous and could bring benefits to the Yan Dynasty. He had chosen a day to meditate on.

Previously, the lockdown of the capital and the imperial palace had been carried out in secret. The Second Prince could completely disassociate himself from this. However, once this imperial edict was issued, the Second Prince's ambition to seize the throne was as clear as day. At the time of the assassination, the person on the horse was indeed Lu Huan. The one who had pretended to be injured and rolled into the river was also him. However, from here, he had directly returned to the apartment in Suxi. The person that the Second Prince fished out of the river was the condemned prisoner.

Only after the Second Prince issued this imperial edict could Lu Huan legitimately lead the troops back to the capital in the name of protecting the Emperor.

Thus, three days after the imperial edict was issued, the situation suddenly changed while the capital was abuzz with discussion. Outside the city, there was a large army returning from the north. It was a vast and majestic army.

The Ninth Princes was also not dead.

Since the Ninth Princes was not dead, why did the Second Prince, who was in charge of the country, say that he was dead? The Ninth Princes clearly had the imperial edict personally written by the Emperor. Why did the Second Prince say that he had not returned to the capital before the corpse was found?

There was only one conclusion. The Second Prince had the ambition of a wolf and held the Emperor hostage in the imperial palace.

Lu Huan leading the army to suppress the border became justifiable. It even became a matter of course in the mouths of the people and in the history books as a heroic achievement. Under the attack of the army, the Imperial Guards in the imperial palace had no power to resist. The Fifth Prince even took the initiative to coordinate with the outside and opened the gates of the capital for the army to enter for his mother in the imperial palace. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the year of Gengzi, the court was in turmoil. The Second Prince was imprisoned and became a prisoner.

The hearts of the people of the Yan Dynasty supported the Ninth Princes, Yan Qing, who led the army to save the country.

It was easy to become the Emperor. Just kill the head of the person on the throne and usurp the throne. However, it was difficult to win the allegiance of the people and hold onto the throne for decades.

The first person who wanted to become the Emperor was a rebellion and usurping the throne. Rebellion was never justifiable, and sooner or later, there would be people who would rebel.

The second person who chased the first person down was the country protector.

The Emperor was indeed old and was waiting for a chance to step down. However, the Second Prince could not hold himself back and acted early. The Second Prince had no choice but to act. Even if the Emperor did not pass the throne to Lu Huan, there was still the Fifth Prince, who was a step above him. He had no chance.

Lu Huan waited for half a year. In the end, he saw that his Second Brother, whom he met by chance, acted. He had no choice but to go with the flow and make him a stepping stone. In just a few days, the panicked people of the Yan Kingdom supported the Ninth Prince's ascension to the throne like never before.

On the sixth day of the fifth lunar month in the year of Yan Shuo, the emperor officially announced an imperial decree. Accepting the will of the heavens, the emperor decreed, "Using the year name of Yan Shuo, the Ninth Princes is smart and has received the blessings of the heavens. I will pass the throne to him and let him ascend to the throne. I hope he will be a wise ruler and let the people of the Yan Dynasty live in peace. Everyone will celebrate and reduce taxes for three years. "

The sixth day of the fifth lunar month in the year of Yan Shuo was the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in Suxi.

Lu Huan led the guards into the Daming Palace. The ascension ceremony would be held on another auspicious day in the third lunar month. Everything was finally settled.

There were many things that needed to be dealt with. For example, the Clothing Bureau needed to make new dragon robes. The civil and military officials needed to be rewarded and promoted. The people were waiting for the Second Prince and his accomplices to give an explanation. The old Emperor, who had a stroke, was about to move into the palace.

While there were many things waiting to be done, Lu Huan first ordered the Yan Dynasty to be pardoned for three days. They could only go to court after three days.

During these three days, the capital was bustling. They only knew that they had welcomed a wise ruler who was willing to reduce taxes. However, they did not know that the next day, this wise ruler rushed to the college entrance exam venue.