The years I was in the human world

"Marquis Guangping flirted with the crown prince? Father really did everything he could to pave the way for my third brother, even going so far as to trample on Chu Zhaoli's face." The fifth prince couldn't help but sneer after hearing the rumors reported by his subordinates in the palace, "What else? What else is there?"

"Your Highness, there is a rumor going around that 'Although the Marquis of Guangping likes men, he doesn't like ordinary men. How charming the prince must be to have the guts to flirt with him.'"

"Grace? That idiot Chu Zhaoli has no ability, but he does have a good face." The fifth prince chuckled and waved his hand to let his subordinates retreat.

The Third Prince got the chance to go to Jiangzhou, and the Emperor helped him to quell the rumors in the capital. He was very happy for several days. However, his purpose of using Lu Zhouxue had been achieved now, and the latter's stay or departure became a problem.

One day after making love, the Third Prince and Lu Zhouxue's paper substitute were lying naked together. He looked at the beautiful woman in his arms who was in tears because of his bullying. When he thought that he had to send her away after using her up, he felt a rare sense of guilt in his heart.

To be fair, Lu Zhouxue was very beautiful and had a docile personality, so the Third Prince liked her. Otherwise, he, who had never been interested in women, would not have suddenly been so unable to control himself that he rolled into bed with her. However, this little bit of love was not enough for him to take the risk of disobeying the Emperor's words.

But in order to convince the Fifth Prince, he had created the illusion that he doted on Lu Zhouxue. How could he find a reason to send her away so as not to appear to be too heartless and throw her away after using her? He didn't care about Lu Zhouxue's thoughts. She was just a plaything. How could he say no?

The third prince's hands were caressing the paper figurine's face from time to time, and he lowered his eyes to stare at the beautiful face in a trance.

"Your Highness, what are you thinking about?" The paper figurine shrank gently into the Third Prince's arms, raised her sparkling eyes and looked at him, full of love and trust, "Is it because I didn't serve you well enough?"

At that time, Lu Zhouxue was summoned by Xiao Jin for interfering with the cause and effect. After the latter examined him, he said in a serious tone: "Sui Mo, your realm has fallen again, more than the last time. If you continue like this, you will fall out of the God Realm."

"Cangwu, I rarely interfere in other people's affairs." Lu Zhouxue said weakly. He didn't even favor Chu Zhaoli a little bit. It just happened that the two princes wanted to make trouble for him, that was all.

"I won't advise you, Sui Miao, you are a smart person." Xiao Jin said, raising his hand and tapping Lu Zhouxue's brow, and a stream of magic power poured in, "I summoned you out for only one thing. If you really want to change Senior Sister's fate, it's not impossible, but you can only do it as a mortal."

"In other words, as a god, you are now restricted in what you can do in the Samsara Mirror. However, if you sever your own spiritual veins and give up all your magical powers, the Samsara Mirror will have no way of detecting you, and no matter what you do, you will not be rejected by the rules. There is just one thing. After severing your own spiritual veins, you only have three years to live. You must come out one year in advance, and I will reconnect your spiritual veins for you. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Lu Zhouxue nodded.

……

"Pack up your things and leave." The things that the Third Prince left in the paper man were still warm, but his words were as cold as the coldest days of winter. Before the paper man could ask "why" with tears in his eyes, he interrupted and said, "I will not keep anyone from the Second Master here."

After the Third Prince finished speaking, he kicked the paper figurine off the bed, then stood up and called for someone to help him get dressed. The palace maids waiting outside the door filed in and began to help him wash and change clothes, which made the naked man sitting on the ground look even more embarrassed and humiliated: "Your Highness, don't you want me anymore? Were all the words you said before a lie to me?"

"I was happy before, but now you're a useless little thing. Do I have to coax you?" The third prince said nonchalantly, but looking at the pair of eyes that were gradually dimming, he felt a little upset.

As Juangu passed by, she gave him a light kick and scolded him, "What are you doing sitting there? Why don't you put on your clothes and go downstairs? Are you still waiting for someone to serve you?"

The paper man came back to his senses after hearing this, and hurriedly got up from the ground, put on his clothes hastily, and then retreated from the bedroom in embarrassment. As he walked, something flowed down his thighs. The palace maid who passed by smelled the smell on him and snorted softly, "What a dishonorable thing."

The paper man stumbled back to his residence and had just started to pack his things. He had no time to clean up the dirt on his body when the other eunuchs, who had long disliked him because of his favor, kicked open his door and said in a shrill voice, "Your Highness said that he will not keep people who have two masters. Come on, kick out this seductive woman who is trying to please both sides."

The paper man was dragged out in a messy way by the eunuchs who were flattering him. His clothes were not yet properly put on, the collarbone was not buttoned, and a part of his neck and collarbone with blue and purple marks were exposed, and an ambiguous and lewd smell wafted towards him.

The paper figurine was created by Lu Zhouxue's spiritual energy. It had been nourished by the Third Prince's rain and dew for several days and was now gradually gaining intelligence. It did not have the clear thinking ability of the original body. It only knew that the person who had said sweet words to it not long ago suddenly changed his mind and did not want it anymore. It let itself be carried to the Shangqin Bureau by two eunuchs in a daze. It looked so pitiful.

The Sixth Prince was going to visit the Fifth Prince together with the Fourth Prince, but he really didn't like playing the role of brotherly love and respect, so he ran away halfway. He happened to meet the paper mannequin that was about to be dragged to the Shangqin Bureau. He had also seen the eunuch that was quite favored by his third brother. He was indeed stunningly handsome. Why did he look like he was driven out now?

The Sixth Prince went forward to take a look with curiosity. Before he got close, he smelled the obscene smell on the paper figurine. His eyes gradually turned contemptuous. He asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

"Your Highness, this lowly slave is fickle and has two minds. Your Highness has ordered the servants to send him to do menial work." The two eunuchs replied.

"A servant who is disloyal to her master should not be kept, but I like this servant. Since my third brother doesn't want her anymore, take her back for me to play with." The Sixth Prince looked at the pitiful person and thought in his heart, she is not disloyal at all, it is obvious that my third brother is in a hurry to deal with her because of the rumors. If he keeps this servant, she may be useful in the future.

“Your Highness, this…” The two eunuchs hesitated for a moment. Their Highness had ordered that the person be sent to the Shangqin Bureau and kept under close watch. Now the Sixth Prince had intercepted him halfway. What should they do?

"Why, my words are of no use now?" The Sixth Prince lowered his voice, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

"We dare not. I will send the person to His Highness right away." The two eunuchs did not dare to disobey the Sixth Prince, so they had to agree bitterly. They were about to change direction and send the person to the Sixth Prince's palace, but the latter said, "Wait a minute, send him to Chungui Garden."

He would be crazy to bring such a hot thing back to his own bedroom. Chungui Garden was his villa outside the palace, and it was also where he usually hung out with other playboys in the capital. A beauty like Lu Zhouxue would surely be very popular with those horny losers, the Sixth Prince thought as he fanned himself.

When Lu Zhouxue came back, he found that things had taken a turn for the worse without his knowledge. First, Chu Zhaoli was the subject of rumors all over the capital, and then he discovered that his paper substitute had been kicked out by the wicked Third Prince, and then was sent to the beds of various playboys by the even more wicked Sixth Prince.

When he rushed over, the paper figurine he had conjured up was almost soaked in liquid, its body was wet and about to turn into a pool of shredded paper at any moment. When he saw Lu Zhouxue coming, he turned his eyes away and said sadly: "Master, he doesn't want me anymore..."

The paper man's words almost frightened Lu Zhouxue to the point of jumping up. He looked at the resentment lingering around the paper man and couldn't help but frown: "It turns out that its spiritual wisdom has been awakened."

The paper man had gained wisdom, but hatred had arisen from resentment, which was a bad sign. Therefore, this paper man could no longer be used, nor could it be disposed of casually. Lu Zhouxue temporarily put the paper man who had gained wisdom into the Spirit Sea and replaced it with a new one. He looked at the pitiful paper man in the Spirit Sea, thought about the Third Prince who had been so proud recently, and felt that he had to do something.

Lu Zhouxue went to look for Chu Zhaoli first. The young man had promised Lu Zhouxue to fight for him last time, but he was still calmly hiding in his bedroom tinkering with food. When Lu Zhouxue went there, he was rolling up his sleeves and kneading dough in a pottery jar. When he saw someone coming, he curved his eyes and said, "Mianmian is here. I'll give you something to eat."

"..." Lu Zhouxue was silent for a moment, then hesitantly said, "Regarding the rumors in the capital, you——"

"That happened eight hundred years ago. I had just come out of the cold palace at that time. Marquis Guangping had never seen me before, so he was offended." Chu Zhaoli said nonchalantly while stretching the kneaded dough. "The emperor probably spread the news. He had no other choice but to take the blame on me."

"...Don't be sad, I'm with you." Lu Zhouxue didn't pay attention to the first half of his sentence. She just felt sorry for Chu Zhaoli being pushed out by his father and uncle to attract attention. She didn't know what to comfort him with, so she could only touch his head and said dryly.

"I'm not sad." Chu Zhaoli took the time to smile at Lu Zhouxue, his face calm, "The emperor has been partial to me for a long time. He only likes my third brother, and I'm used to it. My fifth brother and the others are no different from me. As for the common people, they all think I'm capable of assassinating Marquis Guangping, so they must think I'm pretty powerful?"

"You..." Lu Zhouxue poked his head. Chu Zhaoli's words amused him, but he couldn't help sighing in his heart. The emperor only liked the third prince? Not really, he also liked the fifth prince. To be honest, he just didn't love Chu Zhaoli.

As for the common people, they did not think that the sudden death of Marquis Guangping was caused by Chu Zhaoli. What they cared about was only the rumors that Marquis Guangping had molested the prince.

"Come to think of it, Mianmian, I heard that you were kicked out by the third brother, what happened?" Chu Zhaoli only became serious when it came to Lu Zhouxue. He put the noodles into the pot, wiped his hands, and asked seriously, "The third brother treated you badly, right or not?"

Chu Zhaoli knew about the paper figure being taken out of the palace by the Sixth Prince to be tortured. Lu Zhouxue had previously told him about using a paper figure as a substitute. So when he heard that Lu Zhouxue was taken out of the palace by the Sixth Prince, his first thought was that the person taken out of the palace might not be the real person, so he did not act rashly, but just mobilized a few people to keep an eye on him.

However, as the news came back day by day, Chu Zhaoli felt terrified when he heard it. He knew all the news, so there was no reason why the Third Prince would not get the news. But that guy did not react at all and let "Lu Zhouxue" be tortured by the Sixth Prince. Chu Zhaoli gradually felt that expecting the Third Prince to protect Lu Zhouxue might be a very stupid idea.

"Mianmian, come to me." After several days of careful consideration, Chu Zhaoli made a decision. He might have a hard time himself, but he was a prince after all, and it was better than letting Lu Zhouxue be treated as a nobody by others. "I will go to ask my father tomorrow, and he will agree." The man wished he was uneducated.

"Okay." Lu Zhouxue was going to come too, so she nodded and agreed, and then said, "But you don't have to ask him, I have a plan."

"What's the plan?" Chu Zhaoli asked as he put the rest of the ingredients into the pot, and the aroma immediately came out.

"As for the Jiangzhou assignment, didn't I say I would let you go?" Lu Zhouxue said, twitching his nose involuntarily. Although he didn't need to eat during the fast, he still coveted his lover's cooking skills.

"Hasn't the third brother been chosen?" Chu Zhaoli asked casually, while picking up a strand of noodles from the pot, blowing it to cool it down, and handed it to Lu Zhouxue's mouth, saying, "Try it and see how it tastes."

Lu Zhouxue opened her mouth and ate the noodles. After chewing slowly, she said, "It's a bit bland. Deciding on the third prince is one thing, but I haven't made my move yet."

"What is Mianmian going to do?" Chu Zhaoli laughed when he heard that. He added salt to the pot and asked, "Mianmian seems to have a plan in mind."

"You'll know then. Xiao Li'er, just remember to go to your sixth brother's Chunguiyuan in three days to watch the fun - you actually have the skill of cooking?" Lu Zhouxue looked at his skillful movements and couldn't help but teasing.

"Not to mention cooking, I also have the skills to embroider handkerchiefs and make clothes." Chu Zhaoli said casually, picking the cooked noodles from the pot and putting them in the bowl. He looked up and saw Lu Zhouxue's puzzled expression, and couldn't help laughing and said, "It's okay, eat noodles."

"By the way, do you know Princess Su Qing?" Lu Zhouxue asked. He met the emperor a few days ago and found that he was the same person as Su Qing's heartless father. He began to speculate in his mind. He searched all over the palace for the familiar girl in his spare time these days, but he couldn't find her.

"Su Qing, I know. Five years ago, there was a fire in the cold palace and everyone was burned to death. Now there are only two princesses in the palace, the second princess Zhao Wu and the seventh princess Zhao Yu." Chu Zhaoli said lightly and lowered his head to hide the turbulent emotions in his eyes. He still didn't want to admit that past.

"Dead?" Lu Zhouxue held the chopsticks and stared blankly at Chu Zhaoli. He still remembered that girl saying to him, "Teacher, I want to take Ah Mao out to see the mountains, forests, rivers and fertile fields." How could he be dead...

"Mianmian seems very sad. You ask this because you recognize him?" Chu Zhaoli was determined to play dumb, but he couldn't help but be curious about Lu Zhouxue's reaction when he learned of his "death news". While asking, his hands involuntarily clenched the chopsticks.

"She is my student. I thought she could get out of here..." Lu Zhouxue was unable to continue. Perhaps he saw Chu Zhaoli's fate through Su Qing. He felt regretful but also fearful - Xiao Fengzhuo said that he died once, so why did he die?

"Xiao Li'er, you have to be fine." Lu Zhouxue said. Chu Zhaoli looked at his gradually pale face and suddenly felt that he might not dare to lie to him, but this thought was only a flash. He finally said: "Okay, Mianmian, we have to be fine."