HLnovel Chapter 844 1
Chapter 844 1
Cheng Ruoxue's eyelids twitched slightly, a hint of helplessness in her expression.
"Ayi, stop fooling around."
Sheng Junyi covered her eyes with one hand and carefully supported her with the other: "Get up, I'll take you somewhere."
Cheng Ruoxue knew that if she didn't comply with him now, he would definitely make a fuss about her later, so she had no choice but to get up with him.
“This is, after all, the Princess’s residence. There are many people coming and going today. If someone sees us…” Cheng Ruoxue was helped by him to the steps and tried to make him stop.
"Shall I carry you up?" Sheng Junyi put one hand around her waist from behind.
Cheng Ruoxue had no choice but to lift her leg and carefully step up the stairs with him.
Once the ground beneath their feet was flat, Cheng Ruoxue stopped with him, and Sheng Junyi then removed his hand.
Cheng Ruoxue slightly moved her eyes. She first smelled a floral fragrance. She opened her eyes and found that they were on the viewing platform of the pavilion. However, the railings around the viewing platform had been replaced by completely transparent glass, allowing the sunlight to shine through completely. A large area of pure white camellias was laid on the floor, which seemed to shimmer faintly in the sunlight.
Cheng Ruoxue was slightly stunned by the scene before her, but Sheng Junyi pulled her hand and they fell together in a field of camellias. Her hair, which she had tied up with a hairpin, fell down and her cascading black hair became entangled with his long hair, making Cheng Ruoxue feel a little dazed.
“This area is full of my people, and the entire mansion is covered with my spies. No one will come here.”
Their heads were close together, and his voice seemed to be right next to her ear; she could even hear his breathing. "I just wanted to help you relax for a while."
She wouldn't say it, but he knew that being alone in the Duke Xiao's mansion, working day and night to seek revenge, and even having his most trusted nanny and maid dismissed, wouldn't be an easy life.
But he hoped that for a moment, she could return to the past, to those countless days when they would lie quietly on the grass, watching the spring flowers in full bloom, smelling the broken branches and snow in winter, listening to the restless cicadas in summer, and catching the yellow leaves falling in autumn.
Those old times, scene by scene, page by page, all seem to be gone forever.
At that time, he was preoccupied and often spent time with her. In fact, most of the time he couldn't help but show his bad temper. Only in front of her could he reveal his most unruly and authentic side. She would always unconditionally tolerate him. Even if he said hurtful things, she would just tease him and let him vent.
He knew from the beginning that his father loved power but was also cautious. The emperor would never allow two military families to marry, especially since General Cheng was stationed in the north. He and Cheng Ruoxue were childhood sweethearts of similar age, but they were destined not to be together.
He selfishly and recklessly enjoyed her tolerance without ever thinking of giving anything in return.
Now that he has finally broken free from his constraints and found his own path, he no longer has to live a life of confusion and compromise like before. Just when he finally has the ability to do something for her, she clearly doesn't need him as much anymore.
Sheng Junyi opened her eyes and looked at the sky. "This kind of transparent glass is called glass. It's a technique that an adult improved after returning from the West. You used to say that when you were living your own life in the future, you would build a big greenhouse in the yard, and the first thing you would do every day after waking up would be to water the flowers. In the afternoon, you would pick some fresh flowers to put in a vase, make some snacks, and read a travelogue for the whole afternoon."
"Yangyang described to me that she saw someone build such a glass greenhouse, so I found this glass and had a craftsman work overnight to make the shape of this greenhouse. If you like it, I will build one for you at home in the future. I have a lot of money now. Which house do you like? I will go and buy it and decorate it first."
"Ayi," Cheng Ruoxue called out softly, her eyes stinging with tears.
Sheng Junyi's voice didn't stop, "I went to Chenzhou and found witnesses who could prove that in that great battle, the Duke of Rong, as the commander-in-chief, led the Rong family army and the people of Chenzhou to fight to the last moment. He would not and could not have colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. The one who truly colluded with the enemy and leaked the Chenzhou defense map to Northern Yan was the Duke of Xiao. He had already received Chenzhou's plea for help, but he stayed in Jinzhou not to provide support, but to block the Rong family army's path to help in case of emergency. From the Rong family army's northward march to their disastrous defeat in the battle of Chenzhou, it was all a conspiracy."
Cheng Ruoxue was already in tears. She couldn't imagine what kind of betrayal and despair her father had experienced in Chenzhou back then, when he led hundreds of thousands of soldiers. All these years, she only wanted to avenge her father one day, but she didn't know what he had gone through back then. He did his best to defend the Shunhe River and protect Dazhao, but in the end, he could no longer cross the Shunhe River.
"Ruoxue, you will definitely get revenge." Sheng Junyi gripped Cheng Ruoxue's fingers tightly.
"must."