kvmb Chapter 654 Thank you for appearing
Chapter 654 Thank you for appearing
This was the first time Sheng Yunjiao had received such an important task. She was so excited that she couldn't wait a moment longer. After making her promise, she turned around and ran out to discuss it with Wen Qingqing.
At this moment, Mingxiu also brought over the medicine. Lu Yangyang took the medicine bowl and told Mingxiu about Sheng Yunjiao's banquet: "Go and learn from her. You don't need to do anything here. Just leave the medicine-decocting to someone else!"
Mingxiu immediately agreed, "I'll bring breakfast to my sister later and then I'll go."
Lu Yangyang handed her the empty medicine bowl: "Okay, go ahead."
Mingxiu quickly brought breakfast to Lu Yangyang. According to Wen Qingqing, Lu Yangyang had not yet recovered and could not eat too much. However, Mingxiu was clever and had several dishes prepared for her, all served in small plates. They looked very delicate and delicious, and Lu Yangyang's appetite was whetted just by looking at them.
She was so hungry that she didn't bother to savor the food and quickly devoured it all.
Then, with a lingering sigh, he said, "How come there's so little?"
Looking at her, who had just almost experienced life and death but was now so vibrant, Sheng Junyi couldn't help but recall when he first met her. She was a thin, dark-skinned girl with particularly captivating eyes. Despite having endured far more hardships than most people, she showed no trace of melancholy or weariness.
At that time, he probably never imagined that one day they would be able to sit together so peacefully.
Lu Yangyang turned her head and happened to see Sheng Junyi deep in thought. "What are you thinking about?"
"It's nothing," Sheng Junyi shook her head.
"Are you going to Chenzhou?" Lu Yangyang suddenly asked, remembering something.
"You guessed it?" Sheng Junyi didn't try to hide it. It wasn't surprising that Lu Yangyang would guess it. When she told Sheng Yunjiao earlier that she would bring Li Duan back as soon as possible, he knew that she must know Zong Que's plan.
"For a smooth Northern Expedition to proceed, besides replacing that person, there is only one suitable opportunity: reopening the Chenzhou case. His Highness brought up the Chenzhou case back then, using the matter of deposing the Crown Prince to announce it to the world, waiting for the right moment. You've been here for so long, it must be for this reason." Lu Yangyang hadn't had time to think about these things before, but now that they were brought up, she roughly understood their plans.
She was only slightly curious: "Why would you be interested in this?"
She vaguely remembered that when they were in Jiangnan, Sheng Junyi returned from the capital and, unusually, came to see her for drinks. He asked her about the Chenzhou case, but she was too drunk to think about it deeply. Now that Sheng Junyi had come all the way to Jinzhou, he should have finished his business long ago, but he hadn't left. In addition, His Highness had mentioned that he would be leaving in a few days, so she could guess that Sheng Junyi was also here because of the Chenzhou case.
Although she didn't know what kind of deal His Highness and Sheng Junyi had made, she was certain that it had nothing to do with the Chenzhou case.
But now it seems Sheng Junyi is quite interested in the Chenzhou case. It's unlikely he suddenly has a surge of righteous indignation and wants to contribute to the Chenzhou case from back then. Come on, she doesn't believe it for a second.
She reconciled with Sheng Junyi because they didn't actually have any deep-seated hatred for each other; they just had different stances before. But she still understood Sheng Junyi to some extent. He was a person with a touch of paranoia in his bones, and he would never pay attention to something that had nothing to do with him for no reason.
Her intuition told her that something was definitely going on.
Sheng Junyi looked at her with a smile in his eyes: "Testing me?"
Lu Yangyang clicked her tongue lightly: "Can't I say?"
"Not for now, but you'll find out eventually. In any case, my purpose is similar to yours, though we're not on the same page." Sheng Junyi stood up. "It's getting late. I'll go pick out a place for Xiao Si to host the banquet. You should get some rest."
Lu Yangyang: "...So tight-lipped?"
Sheng Junyi has disappeared.
Lu Yangyang pinched her chin: "Why is that?"
"What do you mean, why?" Yan Yue stepped in and saw that only Lu Yangyang was left in the room. "Huh? Where did everyone go?"
"They're all busy." Lu Yangyang looked up and saw Yan Yue looking radiant: "What did you talk about that made you so happy?"
Yan Yue quickly walked up to him, looking at her with incredibly sincere puppy-dog eyes, "Yangyang..."
Lu Yangyang rubbed her goosebumps. "Speak properly, don't look at me like that, it's too cheesy."
Yan Yue chuckled twice, then took two steps back, suddenly knelt down with a thud, and bowed deeply to her with great respect.
Lu Yangyang: "Hey, what are you doing? It's not a holiday, don't shorten my lifespan!"
Yan Yue got up, poured himself a cup of tea, and looked at Lu Yangyang respectfully: "Yangyang, I know you don't need me to say thank you. My bow just now was on behalf of myself, the Yan family, and my deceased aunt, to sincerely thank you. When my cousin injured his leg and couldn't stand up anymore, I didn't dare to see him. I went back in the middle of the night and saw my father sitting in front of our Yan family ancestral tablet, shedding tears. My father is always a very serious person. If he doesn't like me, he'll just beat me up. When I was little, he was seriously injured once and almost didn't survive. I saw with my own eyes the more than a hundred scars on his body, and he endured it without uttering a sound." A single sound—I never dared to dream that I would one day see him shed tears. He felt sorry for his cousin, not because he was the Crown Prince of the Great Zhao Dynasty, the one on whom so many people placed their hopes, but because he was his own nephew, our family. His aunt had left him nothing when she passed away, which pained him even more; he hadn't been able to protect his cousin. During those days, I watched him, his hair turning half white. My cousin refused to see anyone then, so I secretly slipped into the East Palace to see him, fleeing in panic, afraid to let him know. I couldn't believe that someone as perfect as him could be so wretched.
Yan Yue's voice trembled slightly with emotion. "So you don't know how excited I was when I learned he could get better today. For the first time, I felt that God had truly blessed him, allowing him to meet you, someone willing to give his all for him. So many doctors, some skilled, some not so sincere, but only you were willing to go this far for him, never giving up. Yangyang, thank you. It would be too much for me to say more about our relationship. I'll offer you this tea instead of wine. Thank you for appearing, thank you for persevering until now."
Yan Yue brought the teacup to his lips and drank it all in one gulp, tears sliding down his temples and into his hair.
All the insurmountable difficulties in this world are like climbing a mountain peak; the hardest thing is having someone willing to persevere for you to the end.
Yan Yue put down his teacup, wiped his eyes, and grinned foolishly at Lu Yangyang: "I got tea in my eyes."