Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 262 Epilogue

Kui Fuguang said frankly, "I will do everything I can to obtain an official position in the capital."

Chu Yunchuan nodded: "If that's the case, then all the better." He gathered his sleeves and stood up. "If Your Highness has nothing else, we'll take our leave."

"I present you with the King and the White Maiden."

Bai Zhi remained seated. She paused for a moment, then lowered her voice and said, "Your Highness, I heard Chu Qi say that Your Highness's wish is to be remembered in history."

Wei Fuguang, unaware of what Bai Zhi wanted to say, simply went along with it, saying, "That's true."

Bai Zhi pondered for a moment and said, "If Your Highness can work hard and secure the throne, then not only will you be remembered in history, but history will also dedicate a page to Your Highness."

Upon hearing this, both Chu Yunchuan and Wei Fuguang were taken aback. Wei Fuguang immediately said, "Miss Bai, what merit do I possess..."

"Your Highness, there are no outsiders here." Bai Zhi interrupted her, looking directly into her eyes, "Do you really not want to be emperor?"

Kui Fuguang neither responded nor looked away.

After a long silence, she chuckled briefly, narrowed her eyes, and said without any attempt to hide her feelings, "If we can strike before Emperor Xiangyuan weakens the power of the princes and catch him off guard, it seems we have a better chance of winning."

Bai Zhiyang smiled and cupped her hands in greeting: "Then it depends on Your Highness's plans."

After an incense stick had burned, the carriage drove away from the mansion. Most of the guards were handed over to Wei Fuguang, while only a few followed the carriage.

The guards at the front were driving the carriage. Inside, Chu Yunchuan gripped Bai Zhi's hand tightly, his expression complex and unreadable: "Seizing the throne is treason. If we fail, Chu Qi will definitely be implicated. Why take such a risk?"

"First, you were both praised and criticized because of your past scandals, and then you simply abdicated. The emperor is still eager to reduce the power of the princes. Unless you die, the emperor will not let it go. Now you are abdicated prince, and there is no way out. When the emperor really wants to settle scores with you, it will be as easy as crushing an ant. After settling scores with you, he will settle scores with Wei Fuguang, and Chu Qi will still be implicated." Bai Zhi said, "What exactly did you and Lu Jiliang talk about that day? I don't believe you didn't foresee these things."

Chu Yunchuan was silent for a moment, then said, "Lu Jiliang promised to mediate in the capital. He would control all the secret guards who came to Qizhou to investigate and tell the emperor that I have been indulging in pleasure every day and have become a useless person who can't do anything. I can't completely trust him, so I also asked Wei Fuguang to keep an eye on the secret guards from the capital... I bet the emperor won't eliminate them completely."

Having finally settled down, he really had no desire to cause any more trouble.

Chu Yunchuan lowered his eyes, all the joy he had shown a few days ago vanished. Bai Zhi felt a pang of pity and reached out to grab his collar, pulling him up and gently biting his lips that were close to hers.

In the warm, humid air they shared, she chuckled softly: "Your Majesty, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. Even if he's the Jade Emperor, there's nothing to fear. A boil will fester if it doesn't burst. If you don't want to squeeze it, leave it to me."

Chu Yunchuan slowly closed his eyes and nodded almost imperceptibly.

After a while, the carriage arrived at Prince Jing's mansion, which was still as dilapidated as ever.

Chu Yunchuan walked to the mechanism door and patted it twice: "Changfeng?"

The mechanism quickly moved, and the gate slowly opened. Changfeng walked out, and without asking Chu Yunchuan what he had come for, he spoke first: "Kui Fuguang cannot live here; she wants to build another Prince Jing's Mansion."

"Okay, I'll tell her."

Changfeng nodded before letting the two into the house.

The furnishings in the room were the same as when Bai Zhi last came, except that the bedding was a bit messy, so it seemed that Chang Feng had been sleeping here for the past two days.

Chu Yunchuan got straight to the point and told Changfeng about the few secret guards who wanted to follow him.

Changfeng said bluntly, "No."

Chu Yunchuan didn't try to persuade him any further, saying, "Alright. I'll renovate this place after the New Year, making it look like the old Prince's residence. Do you still have the land deed?"

Changfeng took a small box from the bookshelf next to him and took out a thin piece of paper from inside. Chu Yunchuan took it: "Come with me."

"Where to go?"

"I'm handing over the land and the house to you."

Changfeng suddenly pulled back the land deed: "This belongs to His Highness."

Chu Yunchuan laughed and said, "I am no longer the Prince Jing, Changfeng."

In the end, the guards were handed over to Wei Fuguang. The three of them went together to the government office to change the names on the land deeds.

The clerk in the government office recognized Chu Yunchuan but was unfamiliar with Changfeng. He greeted him with a smile and asked, "What is this young master's name?"

Changfeng: "Lou Changfeng."

Bai Zhi's eyes widened in disbelief—Chang Feng's surname was actually Lou!

Never heard of it!

Chu Yunchuan smiled and whispered in Bai Zhi's ear, "Otherwise, do you think Changfeng doesn't have a surname?"

Bai Zhi said awkwardly, "No, I thought Changfeng's surname was Chang."

Chu Yunchuan: "..."

Changfeng received the new land deed, carefully placed it close to his body, and said to Chu Yunchuan, "I'm leaving."

Chu Yunchuan: "Okay."

Changfeng: "Your Highness, please come back to visit the Empress and the Prince often."

Chu Yunchuan: "Okay."

Changfeng didn't say anything more. He took out a dagger from his pocket and handed it to Chu Yunchuan. Then he walked alone back to the palace.

"Ah, this is a birthday gift that Changfeng prepared for you. Why are you only giving it to me now?" Baizhi asked in surprise. "Is it alright for him to live here alone? We can buy another house in the city and live back and forth between the two places. Anyway, it's not far."

Chu Yunchuan lowered his eyes and stroked the ancient patterns on the dagger hilt: "Changfeng misses my mother. Perhaps it would be better for him to live alone in the palace."

"I miss someone who can never come back," Bai Zhi sighed.

The two stayed overnight in the city and went to visit Fu Yao and Fang Zhiheng the next day.

Fu Yao, as always, stayed home taking care of the children. When he saw Chu Yunchuan, he patted him on the shoulder and laughed heartily: "Great, great! Come often in the future and help me take care of my younger brother and sister."

Fang Zhiheng was on the verge of tears, but Chu Yunchuan had to persuade him to stop before he could hold back.

Three days later.

The hot spring villa in Yangshan has been tidied up, and the plaque at the entrance reads "Yangshan Villa," a name written by Lin Ruogui himself.

Pushing open the gate and walking along a pebbled path, you arrive at the rustic and tranquil wooden dwelling. Because it's difficult to build a foundation halfway up the mountain, the wooden house isn't very large, only slightly larger than a bedroom in a house.

The two traveled light, carrying only a single bundle. Bai Zhi wiped the table, finding it spotless, and pulled Chu Yunchuan along with satisfaction: "Let's go."

Passing through the back door of the wooden dwelling, one finds a large hot spring. The pool is paved with blue bricks, extending all the way to the dwelling. Bai Zhi kicked off her shoes and socks, stepped barefoot into the water, and immediately pulled back: "So cool!"

Chu Yunchuan, also barefoot, stepped firmly onto the ground, turned around and picked Bai Zhi up in his arms, lowering his head close to her face: "What, have you forgotten all the internal energy I taught you?"

Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow mischievously: "I forgot, I'll trouble you, Prince Wang, to be my human sedan chair."

"Master, a human sedan chair isn't very stable," Chu Yunchuan said with a mischievous smile, taking long strides towards the hot spring pool.

As Bai Zhi walked to the edge of the pool, she intended to get down, but then she saw Chu Yunchuan take another step forward.

"Oh no, clothes! Clothes..."

thump--

Fortunately, the pool wasn't deep, only reaching Chu Yunchuan's chest. The splashing water soaked both of them, but Chu Yunchuan still held Bai Zhi steadily in his arms, his wet hair sticking to his face, his eyes clear as if washed clean: "What are you afraid of? There are still clothes in the bundle."

Bai Zhi wiped the water off her face: "The bundle is inside. You can go get your clothes yourself, naked."

Chu Yunchuan pressed his lips to Bai Zhi's neck and said, "I have something to give you."

He lifted Bai Zhi a little higher, freeing one hand to rummage in his sleeve for a moment, then magically produced a hairpin. The hairpin's head was the twin jasmine blossoms from the wooden box, now varnished, their color even brighter.

Bai Zhi smiled and lowered her head, presenting her hair to Chu Yunchuan, who carefully and gently put the hair in her hair.

Birds chirped, the mountainside was shrouded in cool mist, and the water in the pond rippled rapidly.

Twin jasmine blossoms and diseased plum blossoms are intertwined, for you and me.