Both worlds are like dreams

Yun Qing also brought her a gold-stamped invitation. She opened it and saw that it was an invitation from Mo Zhenyu. Ten days later, he and Ye Xun got married and invited her to his house to attend the wedding banquet.

"Second Uncle," Xue Huang said as she poured him a glass of wine, "Did you receive it?"

Wei Yunzhou shook his head.

"Why did you give me an invitation?" Xue Huang was puzzled. "My relationship with him is not that good, right?"

"Your status is different now, so there will be more and more posts like this in the future." Wei Yunzhou said calmly. He had expected this result long ago. Although he didn't want Xue Huang to have too much entanglement with the Beiling royal family, since he was back, all this was inevitable. But fortunately, she now had enough capital.

"So do you think I should go?"

"You decide for yourself." Wei Yunzhou said.

Xue Huang thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask Fifth Brother then."

Wei Yunzhou didn't say anything and ate in silence.

"Uncle, try this wine..."

“Try this…”

"this is delicious……"

……

Wei Yunzhou frowned and looked up at her, "Shut up!"

"Okay!" Xue Huang said happily.

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Qinglan hurried over.

Xue Huang was a little surprised and hurried over to greet him, "Brother Qinglan, why are you here?"

Gu Qinglan looked her up and down, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Xue Huang was a little confused, "What's wrong with you?"

"I heard that you had a fight with King Hanxi."

"So you are worried about me!" Xue Huang smiled happily, "Don't worry, he is no match for me, he has cheated and escaped."

Gu Qinglan saw her frowning face. He knew that Xue Huang was a person who would not take her injuries seriously, so he was still a little unsure, "Really?"

"Really." Xue Huang smiled. "You come here at this time. Have you not eaten yet?"

Gu Qinglan nodded. By now the news had spread throughout the city. When he heard about it, he hurried over.

"That's great, Second Uncle is here too, let's eat together." Xuehuang pulled him over.

Gu Qinglan greeted him, "Brother Wei."

Wei Yunzhou put down his chopsticks and said, "I'm full, you guys can do whatever you want." After saying that, he got up and left.

"Are you full?" Xue Huang raised her eyebrows.

Wei Yunzhou: He was full even if he wasn’t full, and he wasn’t in the mood to watch the two of them being affectionate in front of him.

Xuehuang pushed Gu Qinglan onto a stool, asked the kitchen to bring a set of bowls and chopsticks and a few dishes, and then started eating.

"Brother Qinglan, try this. The chef that Sister Luo Ning found for me has pretty good cooking skills."

"and this……"

“Try this…”

……

Gu Qinglan's bowl was immediately filled up. He smiled and said, "You can eat too."

Xue Huang nodded.

Gu Qinglan's eyes fell on the gold-embossed invitation, "Is this from the Second Prince's residence?"

Xue Huang opened the invitation. The handwriting on it was very elegant and the words were gorgeous and grand. "It's his wedding banquet. Did you receive it too?"

"Yes."

"I haven't decided whether to go or not." Xue Huang said. "So I plan to go to Fifth Brother's house tomorrow to ask for his opinion."

"From what I know about His Highness, he won't object."

"I think so too," Xue Huang smiled, "but I still don't want to go."

"If you don't want to go, you can prepare a generous gift and send it to him."

"Then I'll find an excuse to shirk my responsibility."

Gu Qinglan nodded and picked up some food for her, "Eat quickly."

The two chatted and laughed while finishing their meal. Xuehuang took him for a walk in the bamboo forest at the back door. When it got dark, Gu Qinglan said goodbye.

Xue Huang agreed with him that if it didn't rain tomorrow, they would go hiking. She watched him leave at the door, then leisurely returned to her room.

The boy's voice suddenly sounded, "Can you please stop showing off your affection every day?"

"Spreading dog food?" Xue Huang was immediately puzzled, "Where is the dog?"

"I mean, can you and Gu Qinglan restrain yourself a little?" The young man was speechless. "After all, I am also a human being. Listening to you two talking sweet nothings every day gives me goose bumps."

"Who told you to listen?" Xue Huang fell on the bed, picked up the book on the bedside, and started flipping through it. After a while, she suddenly sat up and asked, "What is this?" She looked at the cover, which said "poetry collection", but the content inside had been tampered with.

Starting from the fifth page of the collection, a story is told. In the 385th year of the Liuyun calendar, a divine stone fell from the sky and landed in the snow-capped mountains of the northern wilderness. Countless people flocked to it, wanting to explore it, but because it fell deep in the snow-capped mountains, the terrain was steep and the conditions were harsh, and no one had ever reached that area. But fifty years after the divine stone fell, a foreign country that had been living in seclusion in the north for generations opened up its territory, fought wars everywhere, and began to enter the mainland, officially changing its name to Yuan. It was from then on that the tenth country appeared on the mainland, which later became Beiyuan.

It is said that the founding ancestor of Beiyuan discovered the location of the sacred stone and obtained the treasure there, which is why it grew from a foreign country to a country. Beiyuan became famous for a while, and envoys from various countries came to pay tribute. However, the ancestors of Beiyuan denied that the founding of Beiyuan had anything to do with the sacred stone, but the world did not believe it.

From the founding of Beiyuan to its demise, there was no further conquest. For so many years, it has always maintained peace with other countries without disputes. During the three hundred years, Beiyuan also encountered many difficulties, but they were all cleverly resolved, such as the improvement of agricultural tools, the construction of water conservancy, the improvement of certain prescriptions, and new business methods. This is the capital of Beiyuan's gradual strength, and it is also the reason why the legend of the magic stone is becoming more and more magical, and Beiling is the one who believes it the most.

Bei Ling's situation on the mainland was also very difficult back then. Bei Yuan had helped it a lot, and the two countries have been friends for generations.

But in the 762nd year of the Liuyun calendar, Beiyuan tore up the covenant and openly declared war. The two countries fought for a year, and finally in the cold winter of the 763rd year of the Liuyun calendar, Beiyuan City was broken and the imperial city was stained with blood.

Seeing this, Xue Huang was a little curious, "Why do you think Beiyuan tore up the covenant?"

"Look back." The boy just said lightly.

Xue Huang flipped through the pages and found that there was indeed another story behind it.

In the 757th year of Liuyun calendar, General Dingguo Shen Congfeng advised Beiyuan's border troops to invade the border, fearing that they might break the alliance. Beiyuan's military strength declined year by year, and its position in the alliance gradually declined. In order to show the friendship between the two countries, the prince Xiao Chen'an was sent to Beiling as a hostage. However, on the New Year's Day of the 762nd year of Liuyun calendar, the youngest prince of Beiyuan died in Beiling's old capital. So Beiyuan broke the alliance and declared war.

"Why do I feel something is not right?" Xue Huang frowned and turned the page again. There was another story at the end of the collection. Who was it? It was so subtle, couldn't it be told all at once? Xue Huang raised her eyebrows and continued to read. The ending was a truth.

In recent years, the military power of Beiling has been constantly falling into the hands of Shen Congfeng and the former Han Xihou. The two have become more and more ambitious and have secretly explored the legend of the magic stone many times. The royal family of Beiyuan does have a secret, but this secret is said to have been hidden in the Taiji Hall of the past. So in order to get this secret, they constantly provoke disputes between the two countries and eventually reach out to the hostage Xiao Chenan. The emperor of Beiyuan at that time was naturally angry as a brother, but he still maintained his reason. He knew that once he went to war with Beiling, Beiyuan would be devastated. In order to stop the people from being displaced, he finally reluctantly asked for peace, but what he waited for was still Beiling's 300,000 troops pressing in, and the country was destroyed. During the war, Emperor Yuan had repeatedly expressed his unwillingness to go to war, but Shen Congfeng did not pass the news back to the old capital of Beiling, but insisted on going to war.

"What happened back then was a conspiracy," said the young man.

"What do you mean?" Xue Huang closed the book in confusion.

"Xiao Chenan is not dead, Beiyuan cannot break the covenant. If Beiyuan breaks the covenant, it only means that Beiyuan does not know that Xiao Chenan is still alive. This is the problem."

"Someone is hiding the truth. But since the covenant has not been torn up, Bei Ling has no reason to send troops. Why did they finally send 300,000 troops to attack Bei Yuan? No matter how arrogant Shen Congfeng is, he can't mobilize troops to attack Bei Yuan without authorization, right?"

"That's because someone is interfering and spreading false information. Shen Congfeng wants to get the secrets of the Beiyuan royal family, so he will definitely make Emperor Ling believe that Beiyuan has torn up the covenant."

"To massacre the imperial city in blood just for a secret whose truth or falsity is unknown is so shameless and cruel." Xue Huang cursed angrily.

The boy said nothing.

Xue Huang thought of something, "Hey, that's not right, how do you know that someone is interfering? You seem to know everything about what happened back then!"

"When you were very young, I heard your grandfather talk about this past event. You may not remember it."

"The truth that Xuyao was looking for was unexpectedly in the story of that year." Xuehuang sighed. "But it's good that he knows it, at least he won't take so many detours again."

"I don't think so. Do you remember what Xu Yao said when he came to see you three years ago?"

Xue Huang recalled, "He said he was looking for a secret, and that secret is likely to be the truth behind the destruction of Beiyuan. Now the truth is known, but the secret is still unknown." She looked at the tampered poetry collection in her hand. It was impossible for Wei Yunzhou to tell her these things in this way. Most of the people in the mansion now are from the Shanhe Sect. Since he said they can be trusted, there must be no problem. Who could send this to her room under the noses of these powerful spies from the Shanhe Sect?

"Shen Congfeng and Mo Yunchen should not have given up the pursuit." said the young man.

"What kind of secret do you think it will be?"

"I don't know." The boy said. "But I think even if there is a secret, it's not a good thing."

"That's true." Xue Huang lay down and covered her face with the collection of poems. "Beiyuan was destroyed because of a broken secret. So many people lost their homes. That's not a good thing."

"You should first be concerned about who put this in."

"Who do you think it is?" Xue Huang asked.

"It's definitely impossible for your second uncle to do that."

"Forget it," Xue Huang covered herself with the quilt, "The person who put this thing here must want to get something from me. If I don't go find him, he will definitely show up. Just don't disturb my sleep. I have to go to the mountains to play with Brother Qinglan tomorrow."

The boy sighed, "Did you forget something?"

"What?" Xue Huang yawned, feeling drowsy.

"He is now a Hanlin scholar and has to attend court every day."

"Go to court..." Xue Huang replied in a daze, "Then I'll go too..."

The young man listened to her confused words and sighed helplessly: "I wonder how long you can live such a carefree life?"

Xue Huang slept until dawn. When she opened her eyes, she found that the rain outside was falling like a waterfall. In such weather, it was a problem to go out, let alone climb the mountain. She turned over in frustration and fell asleep.

Over the next few days, the rain outside never stopped, changing from heavy rain to drizzle and then to heavy rain. There was a lot of rain accumulated in her yard, and the river at the back door also rose a lot, almost flooding the foundation of the pavilion.

Unable to go out, she stayed at home all day, either practicing martial arts, sleeping, or sitting in front of the window watching the rain.

The rain lasted for seven or eight days before it stopped. Xuehuang was so happy that she thought she could finally go out. However, it turned out to be her menstrual period. She was sweating profusely from the pain and even getting out of bed was a problem, so she stayed in bed and slept again.

Yun Qing asked the kitchen to prepare several bowls of ginger soup for her, but it didn't work. She was also a woman, so she knew how uncomfortable it was for women during menstruation, but Xue Huang's cold hands and feet, pale face, and sweaty appearance still scared her. She quickly asked someone to notify Luo Ning, and soon Luo Ning came with Dongfang Cong.

"Sister, I am really worried about the young master being like this, so I troubled you to bring Mr. Dongfang here."

Luo Ning touched Xue Huang's forehead, which was as cold as ice. "She has had a cold body since she was a child. She always gets like this at this time. Mr. Dongfang, please take a look at her."

Dongfang Cong nodded, stepped forward and felt Xue Huang's pulse, "Young Master has a special physique. This kind of cold disease cannot be cured by medicine. We can only carefully adjust the treatment to relieve the pain. But has she caught a cold these days?"

Yun Qing nodded, "That day, he got caught in the rain while fighting with someone, and then he fell down. It has been raining for the past few days, and the young master is bored, so he often goes out to practice in the rain."

"This girl," Luo Ning looked at her helplessly and distressedly, "She knows that she has a special physique, but she doesn't take care of herself and just acts foolishly."

"It's my fault," Yun Qing said with some remorse, "If only I had paid more attention to her."

"Mr. Dongfang," Luo Ning frowned and said, "She is in so much pain, is there any other way to relieve it?"

"It's not easy to take medicine at this time." Dongfang Cong took out a needle, "I'll give her acupuncture to help her suppress the symptoms first, and then I'll write a prescription later. You can make soup for her according to the prescription."

"Thank you for your hard work, sir." Luo Ning said.