Spring Drunk Chang'an

Xu Ruyi was wearing a long red embroidered dress. The hem of the dress fluttered gently and was tied up by the white jade belt at her waist, which made her figure look graceful. Her long black hair like a waterfall was tied into an exquisite bun on the top of her head, with a jade hairpin inserted diagonally on it, adding a bit of elegance.

She has red lips, white teeth, delicate skin, a high and straight nose, and eyes that sparkle like cold stars. She has an extremely beautiful face. It's a pity that her red eyes and the sadness between her brows ruin her playfulness.

It hurts to look at it.

"Mother! Mother! Let me go!"

Xu Ruyi's red eyes were soaked with tears, her cheeks were puffed up, and she looked full of courage.

As if he wanted to die together with someone.

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo held her hand tightly, her fingertips turned white, and her daughter's wrist was also pinched by her, leaving red marks, but she acted as if she didn't see it.

She had forgotten her anger, her face filled with fear. She used all her strength to pull her daughter's arm, "You, you shut up! You are not allowed to speak! Get in the carriage with me!!"

"Come in, come in quickly!"

She pulled her daughter into the carriage, quickly closed the door, and pulled down the carriage curtains.

My heart is still pounding.

Xu Ruyi couldn't withstand her mother's explosive force and was pressed into the carriage, unable to move. She looked up at her mother's angry and frightened face, feeling so scared and wronged that she couldn't help sobbing.

"Wuwuwu, mother, mother..."

"You still have the nerve to cry?" The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo scolded angrily. She raised her hand and hit Xu Ruyi's shoulder hard, asking repeatedly, "Didn't your father and I ask you to reflect on your mistakes in the mansion? Why did you run away? What are you going to do now?"

"This direction, you are heading to the Ningguo Mansion, right? Your father and I have almost turned our hair white because of your relationship with that evil creature. After careful selection, we found a marriage for you in the Liu family. We only hope that you can be sensible, marry in safely and live a good life."

"Why can't you understand your father and I?"

"You're going to the Ningguo Mansion to cause trouble, right? You're going to cancel the engagement, right?"

Xu Ruyi's face was in pain from being beaten by her own mother, but she still stubbornly held her neck and cried, "Mother, I, I want to make it clear to the Liu family. I can't marry Liu Wenbai. I obviously love my second brother, and my second brother and I also, also..."

"Even if you and Dad disagree, my second brother and I won't give up, and you can't marry me to someone else!"

"Wuwuwu, mother, you can't. The Liu family is also the door of the Duke, and Liu Wenbai is the prince. I, I am not innocent, so I can't marry him, I can't!"

Are we enemies now?

Xu Ruyi burst into tears.

When the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo heard this, stars appeared before her eyes, and her bones felt cold. She could hardly breathe!

It turns out that the reason why the powerful and influential Duke Zhenguo, whose family is full of heroes, was willing to marry his beloved daughter Xu Ruyi to Liu Wenbai, a guy who is somewhat "unclear" in the eyes of the world, is that Xu Ruyi has an affair with the second son of the Duke Zhenguo, Xu Yuan.

of course……

They are not siblings and have no blood relationship at all.

There is another reason for this.

Xu Yuan is the son of the cousin of the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo. This cousin grew up with the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo and they were as close as sisters. However, she had bad luck and married the wrong man. She wasted several years of her life together. Later, the man died suddenly of a stroke. The cousin returned home and met the man she loved.

However, my cousin's father was just trying to gain fame by saying that "there has never been a daughter in his family who married twice". He also looked down on my cousin's lover because he had lost both parents and had no achievements. He strongly opposed it and even wanted to send my cousin to become a nun.

Naturally, the cousin was unwilling to do so, so she hardened her heart and eloped to the south with her lover. A few years later, the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife went to the south to provide disaster relief and met her. At that time, both of them were pregnant and about to give birth.

However, the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo traveled a long way and gave birth to a stillborn baby, so the cousin sister gave birth to a boy, which was considered a happy event. However, the news leaked out somehow, and the cousin sister's parents came to the house. After several disputes, the cousin sister and her lover both lost their lives. Those two old guys even wanted to secretly drown the baby who was less than a month old!

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo felt sad for her cousin, but also felt pity for the child, so she simply stole him away and treated him as her own deceased child. She raised him carefully, entered him in the family tree, and gave him a name. He was the second young master of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion!

No one knew about this except her husband and a few close friends.

The Duke and his wife treated Xu Yuan as their own son, and the story spread in the capital that he was one of the four heroes of the Xu family. However, no one knew when Xu Yuan and Xu Ruyi had known the mystery of their origins!

The original relationship between brother and sister has changed.

By the time the Duke and his wife found out, the big mistake had already been made. Xu Yuan was almost beaten to death by the Duke, and Xu Ruyi was also locked up in the yard.

However, the two of them really loved each other. Xu Yuan claimed that he was willing to hide his identity and take Xu Ruyi away. After all, he was a descendant of the Xu family listed in the ancestral tree. Even if they were not related by blood, he was still Xu Ruyi's brother. Legally, they could not be husband and wife.

One of them has to die before they can escape.

However, Xu Ruyi was the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. Which of the noble ladies in Beijing didn't know her? Xu Yuan was also a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Revenue, young and promising, and even had a place in the emperor's presence.

It’s not that easy to get out?

They were also reluctant to leave their parents and family, so they kept going back and forth, and delayed their efforts until they were caught by the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife, and then they showed their intentions.

However, the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife were unwilling.

They couldn't accept it. If a good son and daughter were mixed up, wouldn't it be a mess?

In short, they absolutely did not agree, and responded quickly. They first gave Xu Yuanyun a post in a remote area, escorted him out of the capital, and found a marriage for their daughter.

"Ruyi, listen to your father and mother. You are still young and ignorant. Yuan'er is your brother. You and him, and him..."

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo clenched her fists and took a deep breath. She said, "You said you and Yuan'er were going to hide our identities and leave the capital. Are you going to abandon your parents and family? Are you willing to leave? You grew up in luxury, living in the prosperity of the capital. Can you adapt to leaving here?"

"Even if you can adapt, what about Yuan'er? He studied hard for ten years, full of ambition, and worked diligently in the Ministry of Revenue, serving the country and the people. Are you going to give it all up now?"

"Since you two love each other, then think more about each other and don't just focus on the present."

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo cried out in hatred.

Xu Ruyi shed tears and remained silent.

Obviously didn't listen.

After all, since the incident, the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife have explained the truth in detail. Xu Yuan and Xu Ruyi listened but did not take it to heart at all!

During his exile, Xu Yuan tried to escape several times, and Xu Ruyi even rode his horse straight to the Ningguo Mansion!