The eldest daughter's scheming, the crown prince's exclusive favor to the venomous concubi

Shangguan Jianyue remained silent, and Bai Jianan continued, "Therefore, if Lu Nianzhe wants to go further with Xing'er, he must continue to hone his skills. I am now helping him. Xing'er resents me now, but she will understand in the future."

Being a father is indeed exhausting, especially raising a daughter. It's heartbreaking. He sighed, picked up his chopsticks, took a bite of food, and said, "When Ruyu gets married in the future, we will need to be very selective. We absolutely cannot find such a troublesome son-in-law."

Heaven knows how much he wanted to abandon all of this and continue wandering the world with his beloved wife, but who knew that this mess would keep popping up and not give him a moment's peace. He was so happy when his daughter was born, but he was heartbroken when she got married.

Watching Bai Jianan take a bite of food and sigh, Shangguan Jianyue shook her head helplessly. She didn't believe that Bai Jianan was doing all this for Lu Nianzhe's sake. This guy always treated his daughter like a treasure and couldn't bear to see her get hurt. Now that Lu Nianzhe almost hurt her, how could he swallow his anger?

However, he is right. Lu Nianzhe does lack experience. A smooth journey is not necessarily the right one. When the main road comes to an end, he will inevitably have to turn back to the side road. If he does not start to break through the thorns now, the thorns will grow thick in the future, and there will be another bloody storm.

"You go."

"why?"

The wind blew through her long hair, stirring up countless complex emotions within her. Looking at Bai Rufeng, whose expression remained as calm as ice water, Chang Le was overwhelmed with feelings.

"Don't you hate me? I ruined your family, disfigured your sister, and your sister almost died trying to save me. And Lu Nianzhe, I destroyed him."

Bai Rufeng looked at Chang Le and said, "Do you think you got what you wanted?"

Chang Le remained silent.

What does she want? Lu Nianzhe?

She had no answer; even she herself was somewhat confused about why she had done all this.

She harmed Bai Ruyu and Bai Rufeng, but Bai Rufeng released her, sparing her from execution.

She orchestrated for Chu Zhaolin to capture Shangguan Ruxing. Lu Nianzhe wanted to kill her, but Shangguan Ruxing saved her. She didn't die, but she caused Lu Nianzhe to become possessed, with Gu worms running rampant, causing widespread panic.

What exactly did she do? And what did she gain? After thinking about it, she suddenly found it ridiculous.

"Bai Feng, I still think this name is cuter for you."

Bai Rufeng said, "Whatever you want, go ahead. The world is vast, you can go anywhere."

Chang Le smiled slightly and said, "Thank you for forgiving me, but I know you still have grievances against me. So, I still owe you an apology. Don't worry, I will never appear in front of you again. I will wish your sister and Lu Nianzhe well."

And Lu Nianzhe, if you can, please say sorry for me. I hope he won't end up like me, getting stuck in a rut and going down a path of no return.

Bai Rufeng didn't speak again. Chang Le turned around in disappointment and walked slowly. After a few steps, she turned back and said to Bai Rufeng, "I still want to know why you let me go?"

Bai Rufeng said calmly, "The debt of gratitude has been settled, there is no more resentment."

Upon hearing this, Chang Le's eyes flashed with bitterness, and she smiled and said, "The debt of gratitude has been settled, and there is no more hatred. Yes, between you and me, isn't it just that I'm emphasizing that I saved you? But you were the one who caused that. We're even, there's no debt of gratitude between us."

Now that you're letting me go, even if you don't admit it, I owe you a favor. I will remember it for the rest of my life. If you ever need me in the future, I will do everything in my power without complaint.

After saying that, she turned and left without looking back, walking steadily forward until she was out of Bai Rufeng's sight.

"Really letting them go? You won't regret it?"

Bai Rufeng paused, glanced sideways at his father who was always looking for trouble, and said, "Why regret it? She can't die anyway. I was just doing her a favor. Isn't that what you wanted to do? It's just that your identity isn't suitable, so I had to do it."

Bai Jianan smiled and said, "I do it for the sake of the world, but what do you do it for?"

Why? Bai Rufeng remained silent for a moment before saying, "To repay a debt of gratitude."

After saying those two words, Bai Rufeng turned and walked back. Bai Jianan smiled slightly and said to his back, "Being Chu Tianyi's son-in-law is not easy. Besides, she is five years older than you. If you still have feelings for her in ten years and she is still unmarried, you can try your best. As her father, I will reluctantly not object."

Bai Rufeng paused, stopped walking, and continued walking after a moment, but the corners of his lips turned up.

Do I like it? He didn't know. At his age, the word "like" was too far away. But at this moment, he was calm. Ten years later, if neither of them was married, anything could happen, right?

However, the prerequisite is that he has to keep a close eye on them.

Lu Nianzhe spent more than twenty days grinding for horses, and finally received a pardon after Bai Jianan left with Shangguan Jianyue. However, before he and Shangguan Ruxing could celebrate, Qiu Lingyu returned.

Faced with an even more 'ruthless' mother, Lu Nianzhe suddenly realized that his loving life with his dear wife was a long way off.

Looking at Qiu Lingyu, who had gone from being an aunt to a mother-in-law, Shangguan Ruxin felt like crying but had no tears.

She can act spoiled and unreasonable with her own parents, but how is she supposed to deal with her mother-in-law? It's her first marriage, she has no experience. Please advise, waiting online...

The agonizing life continued for another three months, until, under Qiu Lingyu's satisfied gaze, the two finally returned to their time alone.

At this time, Lu Nianzhe was also surprised to find that his ability to control the Golden Cicada Gu had greatly improved. He immediately understood the adults' good intentions. During this period, Shangguan Ruxing's swordsmanship also improved day by day. She was no longer the weakest one who was obviously targeted when the enemy came.

The two settled in Baiyue Village, but Shangguan Wutong left alone, citing Hua Xiangrong's summons.

Most of the houses in Baiyue Village had been sold, and Lu Nianzhe and Shangguan Ruxing lived in their courtyard, becoming neighbors with Chen Baxi.

After learning that his young master had married a beautiful woman, Chen Baxi immediately began to fawn over Shangguan Ruxing. After much pleading and flattery, he finally became the head steward of the Lu family and was in charge of the security of the entire Baiyue Village.

Two months later, Shangguan Ruxing became pregnant and gave birth to a son nine months later. Bai Jianan and others returned. After Shangguan Ruxing finished her postpartum confinement, everyone in the house disappeared completely. Chen Baxi, who was sleeping, woke up and found the house deeds and land deeds of the courtyard on the table, as well as a handwritten letter from Lu Nianzhe.

Having served Lu Nianzhe for over a year, Chen Baxi has transformed from a petty, profit-driven man into a mature and upright one. He is sincerely grateful to Lu Nianzhe, and now that he has been given a mansion, he is even more amazed at the passage of time.

He didn't touch the Lu family's mansion, nor did he transfer the ownership to the government. He still lived in his small courtyard, and he kept the Lu family's mansion. Unfortunately, Lu Nianzhe never came back. He only sent him a letter five years later, and then disappeared without a trace.

That's how people are. Even after knowing each other for ten years, they may still be like strangers. Like Lu Nianzhe and Chen Baxi, although their relationship was short and their paths crossed by chance, Chen Baxi never forgot Lu Nianzhe in his lifetime.

He guarded the Lu residence for decades, until he grew old, until his children and grandchildren grew up, and until he was on his deathbed. He still passed on the responsibility of guarding the Lu residence to his sons and grandsons. Many years later, his children and grandchildren continued to uphold Chen Baxi's last wish, guarding the Lu residence and waiting for the master to return.

Ten years passed in the blink of an eye. Because of Chang Le's actions, Chu Tianyi passed the throne to his second son, Chu Zhaoyu, and then took He Xinle back to the Northwest to retire. After that, the Yue Kingdom began its decline. Chu Zhaoyu's abilities were no less than Chu Tianyi's, but he still inherited He Xinle's narrow-mindedness. On the surface, he respected the Qilin Pavilion, but behind the scenes, he was quite dissatisfied with its existence.

As emperors, which one doesn't want to rule dictatorship? Bai Jianan and Shangguan Jianyue saw through this situation and moved the Qilin Pavilion into the shadows. In an instant, the Qilin Pavilion disappeared from the Central Plains, replaced by some smaller forces.

Ten years later, the Qilin Pavilion has become a legendary existence in storybooks, just like the armored soldiers of yesteryear, no one has seen it again.

However, the people from the Qilin Pavilion continued to operate, only now they moved from the open to the shadows.

Ten years have passed, and Bai Rufeng and Bai Ruyu have grown up.

Qilin Pavilion has a vast collection of medicines, and Bai Ruyu's face was left without any marks after careful treatment. Ten years of growth, coupled with her near-death experience, transformed her from an innocent child into a model of hard work and dedication.

Now, she is in charge of intelligence gathering at Qilin Pavilion.

Bai Rufeng, however, did not stay at the Qilin Pavilion. He became a wandering knight-errant, traveling alone to every corner of the world, never stopping.

With the intuition of twins, Bai Ruyu knew what her brother was looking for, but from beginning to end, he remained silent and never answered anyone's questions. Now, Bai Ruyu was too lazy to ask anymore. She would only chat casually with Bai Rufeng when he passed by her side to see her, without saying much.

However, there will still be plenty of care and concern from siblings.

After a year's absence, Bai Rufeng returned once again. Upon hearing the news, Bai Ruyu rushed to find him. When she saw Bai Rufeng, who was still covered in dust and hadn't even had time to put down his sword, Bai Ruyu immediately said with a mournful tone, "My good brother has finally returned. It seems he doesn't miss his little sister at all."

Bai Rufeng chuckled, took off her coat and tossed it aside, picked up a teacup to pour herself some water, and said without any mercy, "What's the use of me missing you? I come back to see you, but I have to make other men on guard the whole time, as if I'm going to steal you away. Tsk tsk, your Lord Zhou is really keeping a close eye on you."