Baby, don't be afraid, I'll accompany you to the heavens and the seas!

"Wa ...

"Grand Tutor!!!"

"Grand Tutor!!"

Qianqian, dragging her legs which were cramping from overexertion, crawled on her knees to Ma Taifu's side.

"Young Master Luo; hahaha, I never imagined that the one who would be there to see me off in my final moments would be you!"

"No, don't be sad; here, this is the bone fan that Weiqian dropped!!"

"You, take good care of him; child, guard the crown prince well; and also, realize your ambitions; hahaha!!"

"I have never truly understood these ten thousand volumes of scriptures, and my understanding of the world is far inferior to even a single word from Young Master Luo!"

Grand Tutor Ma reached out and patted her head before collapsing into Qianqianluo's arms: "Grand Tutor, waaaah!!"

"Young Master Luo, the wildflowers in Wuzhou are in bloom. I... I want to go back and see them!!!"

Ma Ji gripped Qianqian's pale hands tightly, uttered these words haltingly, then spat out a mouthful of blood and closed his eyes forever.

Unaware of what was going on, more and more people gathered to watch, discussing the matter animatedly outside the Xuanwu Gate.

The Lu family's carriage happened to pass by Xuanwu Gate. Lu Weiqian, who had fled from the Imperial Academy to buy medicine and heal his wounds, was craning his neck to stick out of the carriage, wanting to see what was going on.

"Weiqian, what kind of behavior is this? It's utterly ridiculous!!!" Minister Lu squinted his eyes and called the troublesome young man back.

"Your Excellency, it was Grand Tutor Ma Ji who was assassinated outside Xuanwu Gate. Young Master Luo is currently collecting the body!" After gathering information, the guard immediately reported to the master in the carriage.

"Yes, let's go back to the manor!!"

Minister Lu, who had just finished the morning court session, thoughtfully recalled the behavior of the lower-ranking officials that morning. They had actually submitted a joint memorial requesting the Emperor to strip the Zhang family of their military power, which meant that bloodshed was about to break out in the court again.

After thinking it over, Minister Lu did not want to take sides without reason. He wanted to wait for some time until the Emperor made a decision before the Lu family could take any action.

But when his own son heard that Young Master Luo was also behind him, he was even more excited than when his mother gave birth to him, and he kicked his legs to get off the carriage.

"How dare you!! When did I give you permission to dismount and participate in such trivial matters?!" As soon as the old minister uttered his cold words, the guards standing outside the carriage immediately stopped their young master.

"Outrageous! You scoundrel!" The old minister slapped Lu Weiqian several times across the face, his anger palpable.

"Father!! Please, sob sob sob, I'll just go down and see the teacher!!" Lu Weiqian, after being slapped several times, still tugged at his father's official robe, pleading with him through his swollen, bruised eyes.

Seeing his son, who had somehow become so respectful of his teacher, the old minister, suppressing his urge to draw his sword and kill him, angrily rebuked him:

"You won't listen to me anymore, you filthy, degenerate wretch!!"

"Pu'er, get in the carriage and return to the manor immediately!!"

"Yes, sir!" Guard Pu'er leaped onto his horse, intending to ride back to the mansion.

"Yes, Father!!" Lu Weiqian mumbled, replying with a very aggrieved expression.

"Hmm!!!" Minister Lu closed his eyes again, not wanting to look at the only son of the Lu family who had tried to harass a commoner but ended up getting beaten into a pig's head by the commoner.

Just as the carriage passed the crowd of onlookers, and Minister Lu was barely holding back his anger, Lu Weiqian broke the carriage window and leaped out.

"I don't know who I am, so why should I listen to him?!"

Goodbye, Father, today your son embarks on a long voyage!

"Young Master?!?!" Pu'er was utterly shocked. When did her young master learn martial arts?!

Inside the carriage, the Minister, his face ashen with suppressed rage, finally spoke after a long pause: "Return to the residence! Today! No one from the Lu family's official residence is allowed to come and fetch the young master!!"

"What happened today was entirely due to Lu Weiqian's respect for his teacher; it has nothing to do with the Lu family! You all should hurry back to your residence! Let this brat walk home!"

"Yes, Master!" Bai'er glanced reluctantly at her young master, who was blinded by lust, and immediately spurred her horse away from Xuanwu Gate.

"Ouch! Who's blind?!" cried the passerby who was hit, utterly bewildered. What kind of lunatic would dare to throw something from a high place in broad daylight?!

"Young Master Luo!! Young Master Luo!!"

Qianqian had just taken off her outer robe to cover the already cold corpse of Ma Taifu when she heard a familiar voice and saw the familiar dead pig's head.

"Young Master Luo, please, please don't be too sad!!" Lu Weiqian staggered towards Qianqian Luo, hugged her tightly, and took the opportunity to grope her.

Qianqianlu looked at Young Master Lu and thought of the original book. After Grand Tutor Ma died, the Lu family was soon implicated in another court affair. The whole family was imprisoned, and the old Minister committed suicide by poison.

Thinking of this, Qianqian pushed Lu Weiqian away and said with red eyes: "The one who should be sad is you, Young Master Lu."

"Luo'er, how could you treat me like this?!" Having been humiliated in front of everyone, Lu Weiqian was quite embarrassed.

Qianqian ignored the eccentric old man and instead waited for a young man in straw sandals to bring the official documents and lead the oxcart.

"Greetings, Young Master Luo. This is a humble family's home, filled with carved official documents! This is the only oxcart we have left for plowing the fields; if, if you don't mind, then...!!"

"It's alright, thank you for your hard work!!!" Qianqian stepped forward and hugged the rough-clothed boy for a while, then turned around and picked up Ma Taifu.

After being embraced by her, the boy in straw sandals took a few steps back in a daze, looking incredulous, embarrassed, and bewildered.

"Hey! Here's a silver note, take good care of it!"

Lu Weiqian threw a stack of gold-embossed silver notes at the dazed straw-shoe-wearing boy, his gaze fierce, signaling him not to covet it and to stop daydreaming.

"Yes, thank you, thank you for your son; may your son be well!" The boy in straw sandals kowtowed his thanks and then immediately rushed away from the scene.

Lu Weiqian was very satisfied with the lowly commoner's servile manner, and then turned to look at Young Master Luo.

Qianqian carried the coffin onto the open-air oxcart with her bare hands, then jumped onto the cart, preparing to drive the ox to Wuzhou overnight.

"Luo'er, what are you doing?!" Lu Weiqian frowned, staring at the young man sitting on the dirty ox's back, somewhat annoyed.

"Young Master Lu, this humble person is going to Wuzhou to attend my teacher's funeral!"

Hearing Qianqian Luo so easily announce her intention to go to Wuzhou, Young Master Lu was utterly exasperated: "Luo'er! Aren't you embarrassed enough already?!"

"This corpse will be disposed of by the authorities; besides, you've just arrived in the capital, how could you possibly know where Wuzhou is? It's utterly absurd!!"

Lu Weiqian covered his mouth and nose, looking at Qianqianluo surrounded by filthy flies and cow dung, and he actually felt a little nauseous.

"Hahaha, Young Master Lu, this is the advance payment I made for you!!" Qianqian Luo pulled out the sandalwood hairpin from her hair and threw it to Lu Weiqian, who was covering his mouth and nose in disgust.

"It is indeed shameful for us commoners to be like this. This world is naturally divided into different classes, with distinctions between the noble and the lowly; it has its own meaning, and there is no right or wrong in it. We commoners do not blame you!"

"These are driftwood chopsticks. If you don't have enough money, I'll pay you back when I return to the capital!"

Qianqian, with her long black hair flowing, drove the oxcart and quickly disappeared from Lu Weiqian's sight.

On the third day of the third month in the capital, the handsome young man's appearance scorched the entire city and intoxicated the continuous spring rain, leaving people at a loss for where to go!