A life of ups and downs is pure joy

At the gate of Chenyu Courtyard, the aroma of herbs was no longer there. Lin Qinghuan stopped for a long time, looking up at the three words. Chuxia looked at her daughter's thin and pale face.

"Young Madam." Yun Xiang thought that Lin Qinghuan didn't want to go in, so he didn't know whether he should knock on the door.

The door was opened from the inside, and Dayuan looked at the three people in front of him in surprise.

"Young... Madam, you're awake." Da Yuan said with some stuttering.

"How is he?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Young Master...you still need to continue taking the medicine." Da Yuan said, "Young Madam, please come in."

Lin Qinghuan glanced at him, and Yun Xiang looked at Da Yuan approvingly. It seemed that the eldest master's love for this kid was not in vain.

"Young Master, the young lady came to see you as soon as she woke up." Da Yuan pushed open the door and said to Xiao Yi.

"You...what nonsense are you talking about..." Lin Qinghuan muttered in confusion behind him, but saw Yun Xiang laughing on the side, and Chu Xia even nudged Yun Xiang with her elbow in a complaining manner.

"Yunxiang, Chuxia, you two are very considerate. Please help me boil the medicine quickly. I have been very busy these days." Da Yuan asked the two girls to go out with him to leave some private space for his eldest son and young lady.

"you…"

"you…"

The two of them said in unison, and then they fell silent.

Lin Qinghuan sat next to Xiao Yi and secretly glanced at him out of the corner of her eye.

"This is the courtyard where Yu'er has lived since he was a child. You have been in the mansion for two years. Have you never been here?" Xiao Yi said.

"Yeah." Lin Qinghuan responded.

Then the two fell silent again.

"I... I heard that you were punished by the family. How are you now?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"It's okay, just a superficial wound." Xiao Yi said.

Dayuan knocked on the door and walked in with the ointment.

"This is the medicine for the eldest young master. Please ask the young lady to apply the medicine for him. I am a rough man, so I will let the eldest young master bear the consequences." After Da Yuan finished speaking, Xiao Yi looked up at him.

"How...how do I use this medicine?" Lin Qinghuan asked after taking the medicine.

"It's for application. The young master's back is in a terrible state now, so the young lady should be mentally prepared." Da Yuan said and quickly slipped out. If Xiao Yi hadn't been unable to move freely due to the pain in his back, he would have pulled that brat back and given him a beating.

"Don't worry about Dayuan, just ask him to come in and apply the medicine." Xiao Yi said to Lin Qinghuan who was still staring at the medicine bowl in a daze.

"Let me do it." Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi and said.

Then she knelt on the couch in front of him and took off Xiao Yi's shirt with trembling hands. When Lin Qinghuan's fingers touched Xiao Yi's arm, her face turned red.

Xiao Yi looked at the blushing woman and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable himself.

"I'll go behind you." Lin Qinghuan carefully took off Xiao Yi's shirt, but when she saw the stick marks on Xiao Yi's back, she was so scared that she couldn't speak for a long time. Tears began to well up in her eyes and she bit her lower lip hard.

Lin Qinghuan used her slender fingers to slowly apply the ointment on Xiao Yi's stick wound. "If it hurts, just tell me, and I will carefully check the severity." Lin Qinghuan said.

"It doesn't hurt." Although Xiao Yi said this, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Then just bear with it, I'll apply the medicine for you quickly. When An Cai was a child, he was beaten with a stick by his father and his skin was torn. It was my second sister and I who applied the medicine for him, but he always cried and wailed." Lin Qinghuan said as he applied the medicine.

"Is there anything else interesting?" Xiao Yi asked.

"And An Cai was digging out bird nests in Lingzhu Garden. He was so happy that he fell from a tree and sat in the wooden tub where Huang Mama was washing clothes. He fell pretty badly and even broke Huang Mama's tub." Lin Qinghuan thought that telling some funny stories wouldn't hurt Xiao Yi so much, so she tried hard to think about An Cai's funny stories.

"Are there any interesting stories about your childhood?"

"Me? I didn't go out of the yard for the first time until I was ten years old. Well... I remember the most interesting thing was going up to the roof with my fourth sister and sister Hongqi. Dad slapped sister Yi on the hand, and finally he was scolded by grandmother and left angrily." Lin Qinghuan laughed a little when he recalled the scene at that time. His hands trembled and he felt Xiao Yi move.

"Did I hurt you?" Lin Qinghuan said in panic.

"No, you continue." Xiao Yi said with his eyes closed.

Da Yuan and Yun Xiang were lying at the door outside, eavesdropping, leaving Chu Xia alone, fanning herself and decocting medicine. The little girl looked at the two people at the door with an unbalanced feeling from time to time, because she also wanted to know what was happening inside.

After Lin Qinghuan applied the medicine to Xiao Yi, she helped him put on his clothes, walked around to him and tied his belt. When she looked up, she met Xiao Yi's eyes.

Lin Qinghuan dodged in panic and was about to get up when Xiao Yi grabbed her and held her in his arms.

"Xiao...Brother Xiao, what are you going to do?" Lin Qinghuan looked at him in confusion and asked.

"Why are you fasting?" Xiao Yi asked.

"I…"

"Does being with me make you so miserable even to live?" Xiao Yi asked.

"I...I don't think so." Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi and said.

Xiao Yi reached out and lifted the loose hair on the forehead of the person in his arms, then helped her up. Seeing this, Lin Qinghuan quickly sat back down in the seat opposite Xiao Yi, feeling extremely flustered.

"How do you plan to punish Shuyin?" Xiao Yi asked.

"I didn't think of punishing her. Since she has been kneeling for several days, let her leave Luoyi Pavilion." Lin Qinghuan said.

Xiao Yi hummed, and the two fell silent again.

The young emperor of Dayan died, and the civil war in Tokyo was in turmoil. The Sixth Prince was in control of everything and was trying to establish an opposition party. Gong Heyu took advantage of the civil strife to escape from the palace. Gong Koushi watched her brother's receding back, then put a knife across her neck and threatened the secret guards not to chase him.

"elder brother…"

After Gong Zheshan returned home, Gong Kou Shi knelt before him.

"Dad, my brother doesn't want to come back at all. He just wants to find Sister Qinghuan." Gong Kou Shi said.

"Get up, your brother will be back in a few days." Gong Zheshan said. He knew that his son would run away, so he let him go on purpose. The secret guards and the old ghost were already on their way to chase him.

"Dad, do you still want to bring my brother back?" Gong Kou Shi asked.

"Remember, your brother is the emperor of Dayan, and you are a princess." Gong Zheshan said and left the yard.

Lin Qinghuan moved back to Taohuawu and went to the Jia Mansion a few days ago. Lin Mo gave birth to a son and named him Jia Zhengran.

"Girl, what are you embroidering?" Yun Xiang asked curiously, looking at the strange pattern in Lin Qinghuan's hand.

"I'm embroidering a small bellyband for Ran'er." Lin Qinghuan said.

"What kind of flower is this? Why haven't I seen it before?" Yun Xiang asked.

"This is the phoenix eye flower!" Chuxia poked her head over to take a look and said.

"So this is what Luo Feng's phoenix-eye flower looks like!" Yun Xiang said in surprise.

"Do you know where the most beautiful phoenix-eye flowers are in the entire Luofeng City?" Chu Xia asked.

"I don't know, it should be in some royal forest garden." Yun Xiang said.

"Let me tell you, the most beautiful phoenix-eye flowers in the whole Luofeng City are all in our Marquis' Mansion. Do you know how big the Marquis' Mansion is?" Chuxia began to chatter with Yunxiang about the story of Luofeng City. Lin Qinghuan looked at the two little girls with a smile in his eyes.

Hongqi flew to the top of the waterfall.

"You're back."

In the dead of night, Lin Qinghuan lay on the dressing table, took off the bracelet on her wrist that she treasured like a treasure, and gently placed it in the box.

Gong Heyu stood outside the window, looking at the figure behind the screen that he had been thinking about for two years, and then climbed into the house.

Lin Qinghuan heard the noise, looked at the window curiously, and called out tentatively, "Sister Hongqi, is that you?"

Gong Heyu slowly approached the screen, but stopped in front of it. He was not sure whether Huan'er had fallen in love with his elder brother and whether she still remembered him.

Lin Qinghuan saw that the figure behind the screen did not look like Hong Qi, and thought to herself, could it be that Xiao Yi is here? Thinking of the time when he pulled her into his arms, she began to feel uneasy, but still stood up and walked towards the screen.

When Gong Heyu's face appeared in front of Lin Qinghuan, she was stunned for a moment, thinking that she was dazzled because she was thinking about it during the day and dreaming about it at night.

"Huan'er..." Gong Heyu called softly.

Lin Qinghuan took several steps back in disbelief.

"Who are you and why are you pretending to be Brother Yu?" Lin Qinghuan asked.

"Huan'er, it's me, it's really me." Gong Heyu stepped forward and hugged Lin Qinghuan and said.

"Brother Yu, is it really you? They said you were imprisoned and locked up." Lin Qinghuan was stunned for a while and then burst into tears in grievance.

"Huan'er, it's okay, I'm back." Xiao Yu held Lin Qinghuan's face and wiped away her tears with heartache.

"Brother Yu, I miss you so much. I think of you every day and even in my dreams. I look at the birds flying all the way to the east and I envy them."

"Huan'er, can I take you away?" Gong Heyu hugged Lin Qinghuan tightly and said, "Let's go to the Six Seas and Five Divine Continents."

"Okay, Brother Yu, as long as I'm with you, I can go anywhere." Lin Qinghuan said with tears and laughter.

Gong Heyu held Lin Qinghuan's little face and looked at it for a long time. She didn't know how tormented she had been during those two years in Dayan.

Gong Heyu kissed Lin Qinghuan affectionately, melting all the longing of the past two years into this kiss. Lin Qinghuan hugged Gong Heyu's back tightly with both hands, stood on tiptoes, closed her eyes and enjoyed this wonderful moment.

Xiao Yi stood in the courtyard of Taohuawu and saw the two people kissing in the attic. He felt suffocated in his heart, and then turned around and left.

Lin Qinghuan liked these peach blossoms, so Xiao Yi built a yard for her here. She liked living here. She didn't expect that this would be the place where she and Gong Heyu were together under the flowers, the moon and the butterflies.

"Huan'er, can I take you to the roof to watch the stars?" Gong Heyu asked while pinching Lin Qinghuan's face.

"Okay." Lin Qinghuan said happily.

Gong Heyu held Lin Qinghuan in his arms and flew to sit on the roof of the attic. Lin Qinghuan grabbed Gong Heyu's clothes in fear.

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you." Gong Heyu smiled like a spring breeze. Since he saw Lin Qinghuan, he felt as if he had returned to the world again.

"Brother Yu, have you suffered a lot in the past two years? I heard from Ning Sijue that the Sixth Prince is very vicious and a very scary person." Lin Qinghuan and Gong Heyu held hands tightly, as if they were afraid that the other would suddenly disappear.

"Huan'er, have you met Ajue?" Gong Heyu said with a happy smile.

"Well, I originally thought he was a bad guy, but later I found out that he was a good guy. He saved my life in the hunting ground. You have been good friends since childhood, right?" Lin Qinghuan closed her eyes and leaned in Gong Heyu's arms.

"Ajue is my best friend. During the years he worked as a proton in Dayan, I would often visit him. Now I think the reason why he was not discovered was that everything was under the control of that person." Gong Heyu said.

"That person?" Lin Qinghuan looked at him curiously and asked.

"Huan'er, let's not talk about this. How have you been these past two years? How does your brother treat you? Why do you live in the south of the city?" Gong Heyu asked.

"Brother Yu, your elder brother is a good man. He has always been kind to me and knows that I have you in my heart, so he asked me to live here by myself." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Huan'er, give me a day. I'll take care of some things, and then we'll leave far away the day after tomorrow, okay?" Gong Heyu looked at Lin Qinghuan with red eyes.

"Okay, Brother Yu, at worst we can just go live on Xunlongsheng Island and never contact anyone again. Huan'er only wants Brother Yu." Lin Qinghuan hugged Gong Heyu tightly, afraid that he would abandon her again. "Brother Yu, you can't abandon Huan'er again."

"I promise you."

After Lin Qinghuan fell asleep, Gong Heyu stayed by her bedside. Lin Qinghuan also held Gong Heyu's hand tightly and did not let go until the rooster crowed, then Gong Heyu left.

Early the next morning, Da Yuan was ordered to come and pick up Lin Qinghuan back to the mansion, saying that the wife of the Grand Marshal had caught a cold. Lin Qinghuan remembered that she would be leaving the next day, so she asked Mother Huang to take all the people from Suheju back to the Lin Mansion first, saying that she would take care of her mother-in-law for a while.

After returning home, Da Yuan sent Lin Qinghuan and others to Luoyi Pavilion.

"Dayuan, didn't you say that mother was sick?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"Young Madam, the imperial physician has already been there. Before going to bed, the old lady told you to go back to the yard to rest first and we can visit her later. Da Yuan still has things to do as instructed by the young master, so you should leave first." Da Yuan said with a bow.

"Okay, go ahead." Lin Qinghuan and several maids returned to Luoyi Pavilion.

After Lin Qinghuan returned to the Xiao Mansion, she was in a very good mood, but what she didn't know was that Taohuawu had been burned down. She was unaware of anything and was just immersed in the happy time that she thought was about to come.

Lin Qinghuan played the zither in the room, while Yunxiang and Luhua sat beside her, listening. It was the first time the two maids had seen their mistress so happy, and it was a very warm evening. Lin Qinghuan's mood was particularly smooth as she thought about leaving this noisy world with Brother Yu the next day, and the music she played was particularly graceful and fluent.

"The song that the young lady played today was particularly beautiful." Lu Hua said from the side.

"Mother caught a cold during the day, but now she's fine. I must be happy." Lin Qinghuan said after thinking for a while.

"Young Madam, I'll go cut some fruit for you."

"Young Master." The maid in the yard saluted.