The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

Motioning her to sit down, Lu Yun smiled and pushed the paper bag towards him. "The weather has been changeable recently, and many people have fallen ill. There's been a lot going on in the fields lately, so just in case, you can take these herbs back."

Old Ding's wife didn't dare to move. She followed her husband's instructions and thanked him politely, "Thank you, Princess."

Lu Yun: "The Spring Examination is over. How did Mr. Ding do?"

A bitter expression appeared on Old Ding's wrinkled face. "Thank you for your concern, Princess. My son failed the exam again because he was unwell."

"Alas." Lu Yun sighed. "Unlucky times, good things take time. You don't have to worry too much. The most important thing is to get well soon."

Old Ding wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said, "The princess is right. I've bought some medicine and am taking it. I feel much better now."

Lu Yun asked with concern, "What medicine did you take? Let me see if I have any here. If I do, I can give you some so you don't have to go buy it again."

Old Ding's eyes wandered around for a while before he said, "It was the old man who caught them. I don't know."

Lu Yun nodded, had her sent away, and sat behind the desk, slowly drinking tea, her eyes looking out the window.

Hearing several footsteps, Lu Yun put down the tea bowl and said, "Come in."

The door opened and closed, and a farmer in shorts, his face tanned by the sun, walked in.

"Old Ding, sit down." Lu Yun pointed to the chair below.

Old Ding bent his knees and knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face. "Princess, I'm here to apologize to you." Then he took out a wrinkled yellow paper bag from his arms with trembling hands. The paper bag contained a bunch of wilted potato sprouts.

"The old woman heard that potatoes can cure diseases, so she took advantage of the fact that no one was watching last night to steal a few potatoes from the fields and came back to make medicine for her son." Old Ding explained the whole story in detail and kowtowed to the princess again. "Please forgive her, princess."

"Old Ding, parents always plan ahead for their children. Considering that she was confused for a moment, I can let her go." Lu Yun's expression was complicated. "I heard that you two had a fight recently. You should know better than me what's true and what's false."

Old Ding lowered his head and said nothing. If he looked up, he could see the person sitting there, his face full of disappointment.

Watching Old Ding leave, Liu Qing's face was unfriendly. He strode into the house and clasped his fists. "My Lady, why don't you drive them out of the manor? Just give the order and I'll do it right away."

Lu Yun shook her head. "It's not the right time yet. Go ask the Wang brothers and sisters a few questions for me."

The next day, the farmhands noticed a little boy accompanying Old Ding, constantly following him around the fields. Old Ding ignored him, but he didn't ask him to leave. Wang Liu, on the farmstead's orders, was tending to the newly planted potatoes in the hot spring hut.

The master said that because of them, there were ten fewer potatoes, and if she compensated her with ten, the master would keep her and her brother on the farm.

Lu Yun returned to the temple and checked everywhere. Seeing that there was nothing wrong, she returned to the back mountain.

Dashou was still standing at the door early to greet her when she returned, with Xiaohuihui, wearing a brown dog coat, standing at his feet. Huihui rushed over with a "woop", and darted around Lu Yun's legs, his tail wagging excitedly.

Lu Yun bent down, and Huihui put his front legs on her thighs, enjoying the touch of his master.

Lu Yun hugged him tightly in her arms, rubbed Huihui's face with her cheek, picked up one of his paws and compared it with her own hand, and said in confusion, "Huihui's paw is so big." It was so big that it didn't look like a dog's paw at all.

Cai He chased Hui Hui out of the house and echoed, "During the past few days since the master went down the mountain, some people also said that Hui Hui doesn't look like a dog."

Lu Yun thought of Huihui's size. In just over a month, he had grown to the height of her knees. She also recalled the scene when she picked up Huihui. Could Huihui be a wolf?

Since there was nothing to do now, Lu Yun took some time to go to Qingping Temple. The master was not there, and Master Le Fan was knowledgeable and might know what kind of dog Huihui was.

It was an unfortunate occasion, the young monk told her, as the master had just been taken away by someone seeking medical treatment.

Lu Yun had no choice but to take Hui Hui to the backyard to find her eldest cousin. The eldest cousin was wearing a plain robe with her hair half-covered. When she was about to approach, she was startled by Hui Hui and took a few steps back in fear. "Sister, is this your dog? It looks a little scary."

Seeing this, Lu Yun had no choice but to untie the chain and patted Huihui's butt to signal him to go play in the woods nearby. After Huihui disappeared, Lu Yun returned to the courtyard and told him about the recent events in the Marquis' Mansion and his brother's success in the imperial examination.

Hearing about Lu Cheng, Lu Ling couldn't help but sigh, "Ever since he was little, the old lady has favored him. Back then, because he was bullied, she chased several people out. It shows that the saying "to drown a child is like killing him" is true."

Lu Yun picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, only to find that the tea was fragrant. "Sister, this tea is good. Where did you buy it?"

"It was sent from the mansion. It should have come from below." Lu Ling looked unnatural.

Lu Yun blinked her eyes and asked, "Sister, do you want to go back?"

Lu Ling was startled and immediately shook her head, "No." After a pause, she continued, "The Third Prince and I have broken off our relationship. There is no way I will ever go back in this lifetime. Praying for blessings is just a cover-up."

Lu Yun always thought that her eldest cousin really came to pray for blessings, but she didn't expect the truth to be like this.

"What will happen to my sister in the future?" Lu Yun couldn't help but worry about her.

Lu Ling smiled gently and said, "When I was a girl, I looked ten steps ahead before I took one step. Now I only look at what's in front of me." There was a childish look in her eyes as she spoke.

Before leaving, Xiang Xing packed a bag of tea, and Lu Yun accepted it with a smile. After leaving the yard, she stood on the slope and called out "Gray Gray" to the grove a few times.

After a while, Hui Hui rushed out with his mouth open and a look of excitement on his face, and kept calling "Woo woo hum hum" around Lu Yun. Lu Yun's nose twitched and her face changed. Where did the smell of roast chicken come from in the temple?

"Are you stealing other people's food?" Lu Yun looked at Lin Zi and Hui Hui. Forget it, let's leave quickly before anyone notices.

After tying the rope to Huihui, Lu Yun left quickly.

A moment later, a group of three people emerged from the forest. Liuzi cast a mournful glance at his master and rubbed his greasy hands vigorously against the tree. He didn't know if anyone else could match the giant dog, but he certainly couldn't.

"In my opinion, the mother of the dog raised by the princess should be a wolf." Lefan looked compassionate.

Zhou Boli chuckled. "For some reason, the princess's affairs cannot be judged by common sense."

When Lu Yun returned to the temple, Dashou was sitting under the porch basking in the sun. Seeing her sister come back, she was very happy and asked Biyu to take out the mat from the house and put it next to her bench. Huihui happily lay down on the mat without being taught.

Lu Yun also walked over and sat next to Dashou, closing her eyes and feeling the spring sunshine.

"Sister, do you like spring?" Dashou asked in a soft voice.

Lu Yun nodded. She liked days like this, which were full of hope and sunshine at first glance.

"I haven't seen Master Zhou for a long time. Why doesn't he come?" Dashou lowered his head and looked at the ground.

Lu Yun looked at the peach blossoms in the distance and said, "Mr. Zhou is quite busy. I guess he won't have time to come to our place in the future."

"Isn't my sister happy to see him?"