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This method was developed jointly by Wu Xuefei in the post-apocalyptic world and Deng Ya in the interstellar world. It's just that Lu Huan in his previous life didn't have the opportunity to try it.

She endured the pain and waited for the power crystal to transform her body.

In just a few breaths, it felt like Lu Huan had been in pain all day.

Fortunately, she was mentally prepared and didn't utter a sound.

She entered the space, hurriedly wiped the stains off her body, and didn't even bother to look at the gold and silver.

Pushing open the door, two unfamiliar maids were waiting outside.

Seeing Lu Huan's half-exposed face, her makeup was neat and her eyes were smiling: "Sister Zijing has instructed us to escort you out of the manor!"

Lu Huan glanced at the sky. In their previous life, they held their wedding ceremony at noon (11 o'clock), and after the ceremony, they would start a banquet for the guests.

By then, even with the support of the Prince of Yan's mansion, she wouldn't be able to contend with the power of the clan.

With a hint of urgency in her eyes, she grabbed the hand of one of the maids.

"Sister, could you please tell Granny Gu that I need to go and stop them from getting married..."

Completely forgetting that his body had been strengthened by the power crystal core, his hand strength was much greater than before.

Before Lu Huan could finish speaking, she heard the maid gasp softly, only then realizing that she had pinched her hand so hard that it left a bright red mark.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Lu Huan hadn't expected that even the smallest power crystal core would have such a significant effect.

She searched herself up and then pulled a gold hairpin from her hair, stuffing it into the maid's hand.

"Dear sister, I really didn't mean to! I'm in a hurry and I don't have anything else of value on me, so I can only trouble you to buy some ointment and rub it in!"

Chang Le was merely a lowly cleaning maid in the Prince's mansion, and had never served the Princess of Yan in the house. Her monthly salary was only five hundred coins, and she also had to bribe the head maid. She had never seen such a beautiful gold hairpin before.

The anger in her heart vanished instantly, and she couldn't suppress the smile on her lips: "Don't worry, we will report back to Sister Zijing and Granny Gu!"

Lu Huan patted their hands before leaving, relieved.

Even after stepping out of the side gate, I could still hear the two people talking behind me.

"You are so lucky. You only got pinched and you got such a beautiful gold hairpin."

"Everyone who sees it gets a share. Once I make an excuse to go out of the manor to buy medicine and exchange it for silver, I'll give half to Sister Xile!"

I'll need you to massage it for me then, sister!

"That's more like it! Let's go find Granny Gu."

Hearing them say that, Lu Huan breathed a sigh of relief.

As the saying goes, "It's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with his underlings," she'll inevitably be visiting the Prince's mansion frequently in the future, so leaving a good impression on these servants wouldn't be a bad thing.

Giving away that gold hairpin wouldn't straighten the bull's horns; it would be a waste of effort.

Lu Huan asked passersby for directions to the East Gate, then spurred his horse and galloped off.

Along the way, she recalled her memories from her previous life and actually remembered quite a few shops. There were three or four shops that her mother often took her to when she was young, but which disappeared completely from Yanjing City not long after due to natural disasters and man-made calamities.

Having been given a second chance at life, she was determined to do something for this place, not for fame or fortune, but to prevent so many people from dying in this once-in-a-century cold wave.

Once outside Yanjing City, Lu Huan picked up the pace. Fresh footprints were left along the edge of the official road, leading towards Gaojia Village.

Gaojia Village is named after the fact that most of the villagers are surnamed Gao, and the Gao Clan Ancestral Hall is located in the very center of the village.

Apart from Gao Zhongbao's house, the ancestral hall, and the village chief's house, there are only a few other households in the entire village, all of which are large brick and tile houses.

The other villagers live in low mud-brick and thatched houses, which are not warm enough for ordinary winters, let alone the upcoming cold wave.

Many villagers died in the cold wave, and another group died during their escape south.

When Gao Jiarong returned to his hometown, he discovered that less than 30% of the Gaojia Village residents had survived.

At the end of the village road, a cluster of familiar yet unfamiliar low-rise houses gradually came into view, and faint sounds of joy could be heard.

Lu Huan unconsciously tightened his grip on the reins, feeling a mix of emotions.

If she knew nothing, she might have been able to deceive herself and live a life of bitterness, but now...

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the villagers thought it was a distinguished guest and quickly made way for them, only to find a young woman dressed in a wedding gown.

"Oh my! Whose new bride is this? What brings her to our Gaojia Village!"

"Hey girl! Who are you looking for?!"

"Yeah! Did you come to the wrong place?"

Lu Huan frowned slightly, looked around, and asked with a hint of doubt, "Excuse me, is Scholar Gao's family from this village?"

"Oh my! They really are here to see Scholar Gao! Could it be his lover?"

"Don't talk nonsense! Gao Zhongbao is always either studying at home or at the academy. When have you ever seen him leave the house!"

"Who knows! You're not keeping an eye on him at the academy every day, so how would you know what he's doing outside!"

The villagers were so busy discussing that they forgot to give Lu Huan directions.

She had never openly visited Gaojia Village before, and since she couldn't go directly there, she could only interrupt their conversation and ask again, "Excuse me, where does Scholar Gao live?"

A kind-looking old woman approached Lu Huan's horse and said, "Girl, you're dressed so well, why come here and humiliate yourself? Go home and let your family find you a suitable husband. Stop thinking about Scholar Gao!"

It took Lu Huan a while to remember that this was her aunt who lived at the west end of the village. Her surname seemed to be Wang. She had frozen to death at home during that cold wave.

She sensed the kindness in her aunt's words, and her voice trembled slightly as she said, "Thank you, Aunt, but I am the eldest daughter of the Lu family, and Scholar Gao is my husband. My sister and I got into the wrong bridal sedan chair!"

"what!"

Like water poured into hot oil, the villagers immediately erupted in anger.

"How could this happen!"

"That's right! I've never heard of such a thing before!"

"Young lady, go that way. The Gao family you're looking for is at the east end of the village, in that courtyard with the blue brick and tile house!"

"Hey! Why did you just tell her like that! What if she's here to cause trouble? Aren't you afraid that Scholar Gao will hold you accountable later?"

The man shrugged indifferently: "So what? My family's land isn't registered in his name, what am I afraid of!"

"I think you're just petty and resentful that Scholar Gao didn't accept your family's land!"

Seeing the two arguing more and more fiercely, Lu Huan cupped his hands in thanks and loudly thanked everyone: "Thank you, fellow villagers. I will come back to thank you all again after I'm done with this!"

After saying that, he lightly touched the horse's belly with his toes and crossed most of the village.

"Come on, let's go and take a look!"

Since they were in the second group to eat at the banquet, they went home to rest after watching the ceremony. Now that there was excitement to watch, they didn't care about anything else and followed Lu Huan's horse.

Lu Huan sat on his horse, which gave him a better view of the surrounding area.

Outside the large courtyard with blue bricks in the distance, a large group of villagers were gathered, laughing and making a fuss.

"Oh—hurry up and take them to the bridal chamber!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Hahahaha-"

Lu Huan's eyes darkened as he listened to their cheers.

Lu Ruyi, so what if you and Gao Zhongbao have already gone through the wedding ceremony? You still have to go to the Li family!