After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

She was not mentally prepared to face Lu Changan like this, so she subconsciously avoided his sight.

Seeing that Lu Changan was not angry, Xue Changfeng snorted coldly and left.

"The golden silk cakes from Yixiangzhai are hard to buy." Lu Changan said in a gentle voice.

Only then did Liu Yunxiang see Lu Changan carrying a red-lacquered food box with the words Yixiangzhai engraved on it.

"You, you went to buy gold cakes?"

"Last night's was a bit cold, and the taste is much different. This is freshly cooked, please try it quickly."

Lu Changan sent it over. Liu Yunxiang paused for a moment and raised his hand to catch it. Under his gentle gaze, Liu Yunxiang opened the box stiffly. The golden silk cake was placed inside, and it was still steaming.

"There are a lot of people, right?"

"We've been waiting in line for half an hour."

Liu Yunxiang secretly exhaled, took one out, and ate it into his mouth. It was soft and glutinous, and the sesame filling made of honey flowed into his mouth, leaving a fragrance in his mouth. After thinking about it again, it was true that the coolness of mint was indeed better than cold food. too much.

"The gold silk cake yesterday was a gift from someone else, not Danqing who bought it."

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, his expression froze suddenly. It seemed that he knew what she asked Danqing last night, and he guessed that she knew something from it.

"Really?" Liu Yunxiang continued to eat calmly.

Lu Changan smiled, "It was a gift from a friend."

"Oh."

"only friends."

Liu Yunxiang looked up and saw Lu Changan looking at her, his eyes still so gentle, but she felt a little uncomfortable, "You don't have to explain to me."

"Some things happen, but they don't necessarily mean anything. They may be forced, or they may be just a means. In the end, sincerity is the most important thing, isn't it?"

Liu Yunxiang pursed her lips. If he was explaining his relationship with Murong Lingyi and defining it as a means, she couldn't agree with it.

Regardless of whether you love someone or not, you can induce others to fall in love with you, and use this love to achieve your own goals, and even harm innocent lives. This is what a terrible person can do.

Especially, he doesn't feel that he is wrong!

Liu Yunxiang looked at Lu Changan. At this moment, she saw clearly that Lu Changan was no longer the gentle young man from aristocratic family before, the man who sacrificed his life for the righteousness.

It's not her place to comment on what's wrong or right. She can only say that she doesn't agree with it.

Lu Changan lowered his head and smiled, "You will understand me in the future."

"probably not."

"Yun Xiang..." Lu Changan sighed, "That's all, I came here to tell you that the Princess of Xiyue came to Shengjing to attend the Queen's Thousand Autumn Festival, but she was kidnapped by a group of local bandits when she was passing through the northwest. It is a matter of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and the emperor ordered me to return to the northwest immediately to rescue the princess of Xiyue."

"Order you to go? But haven't you already handed over your military power?"

"Since I left the northwest, banditry has continued in many places, and the court can't find anyone to take over. In addition, the matter of the Princess of Western Vietnam is really urgent, so the general power is still handed over to me, and I will continue to command the northwest army."

When he said this, Lu Changan's tone was calm, but Liu Yunxiang saw the confidence in his expression. When he handed it over, he was sure that he would be able to take it out, and the emperor would have to beg him to catch it.

Whether it was banditry or finding no one to take over, it was probably his plan. And when the West Vietnamese princess was kidnapped, it was probably his fault.

Thinking of this, Liu Yunxiang was secretly surprised. She had already begun to analyze Lu Changan like this. Abandoning trust, there were only gains and losses and machinations.

But after such an analysis, many things will go smoothly.

"I should leave soon and be back before the Qianqiu Festival." Lu Changan added.

Liu Yunxiang smiled lightly, "Your Majesty, you don't have to explain this to me."

Lu Changan shook his head, "I'm actually worried about you. The Emperor granted His Highness the Seventh Prince a marriage. It's very difficult for you to change this matter with your own strength."

"Your Majesty, don't worry about me."

"You seem to be drawing a line with me?"

Liu Yunxiang sighed and looked up at Lu Changan, "I have a husband, I have children, and they are friends. The prince is too worried. But I still hope that the prince will have a safe journey and take care of himself."

Lu Changjing looked at Liu Yunxiang quietly, his eyes still gentle, but he showed a wry smile.

"Okay, I get it."

Lu Changan left. As he walked in the alley, the figure behind him became farther and farther away and became colder and colder. Liu Yunxiang frowned, but she didn't expect that she and Lu Changan would reach this point, or that they would be on opposite sides in the future.

In the next few days, there were two more heavy snowfalls.

Liu Yunxiang was worried about Yan Mu's injury, but fortunately Xue Changfeng sent her messages from time to time, which made her feel more at ease.

On this day, we wanted to eat glutinous rice cakes, and Aunt Zhang planned to make more to share with the clerks at the grain store, so she asked Zijin to go to the street with her to help get the food.

When Zi Jin heard that there was something delicious, Le Dian Dian followed.

Liu Yunxiang hadn't been out in the past few days and was feeling a little bored, so he went with them.

It was already the twelfth lunar month of winter. Although it was a market, there were not many stalls and not many pedestrians. Aunt Zhang wanted to buy red dates, so she visited one store and finally stopped in front of an old acquaintance.

Before buying dates, I chatted for a while, "Oh, you remember the old Jiang family at the northernmost end of Qianjie Alley. His daughter was a promising girl and married the fourth prince as a concubine. Now Mrs. Jiang is seriously ill and wants to see her daughter one last time. , I sent him several letters, but the Prince’s Mansion won’t let him go.”

"Hey, why is this?" Aunt Zhang became interested.

"Concubine Jiang is pregnant. It's a cold day and the ground is slippery. We're worried that she'll be sad and affect the fetus, so we won't let mother and daughter see each other for the last time." The woman selling dates came close and whispered. Said.

"Tsk, tsk, this is so disrespectful."

"But I heard that Concubine Jiang sneaked back, but people from the Prince's Mansion came over and said they wanted to take her away."

Aunt Zhang glanced into the alley ahead, "Sure enough, there are quite a few people there, they look like guards."

"If it weren't for the stalls, I would have wanted to go see the excitement."

Aunt Zhang laughed and said, "Then you weigh the dates for me and I'll go watch the fun for you?"

"You old bastard!"

Aunt Zhang liked to join in the fun. After putting down the basket, she pulled Liu Yunxiang and the others forward.

"Hey, there are a lot of people around!"

Liu Yunxiang didn't like to join in the excitement nearby, but she really wanted to see Jiang Yunying's.

Qianjie Alley is very close to here, only a dozen steps away. When they passed by, there were indeed many people watching the excitement outside, but they were all blocked by the guards.

Aunt Zhang successfully brought Liu Yunxiang and the others to the front by squeezing her left and right. She glanced at them first, then turned to ask the people next to them.

"Why are there so many people here?"

The eldest lady next to me replied: "It seems that the fourth imperial concubine is here, probably to take away the Jiang family girl."

"You're already here, why can't you let the mother and daughter stay a little longer?"

"No, it's because Mrs. Jiang has been breathing out more and taking in less air. I guess it's just today."

Liu Yunxiang turned his head and looked over, and saw Bai Jingyu coming out of Jiang's house. Behind her were several women, who were taking out Jiang Yunying, who was crying with tears on his face.

"Sister, please do me a favor and let me have a word with my mother again!"