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"Uncle, mother..." Xie Qiao opened her eyes wide, with her hands still on Lu Jue's shoulders, she felt a little guilty when she looked at Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu's eyes on Xie Qiao softened, she tried her best to restrain her temper, and expressed some stiff gentleness, but she was a little incoherent, saying: "Qiaoer, good boy, aunt is not, not talking about you, you , can you go back to the house first?" After saying that, his eyes became sharp instantly, and he raised his sword and pointed at his son: "Lu Huaiyu! Are you still coming?!"

Seeing Xie Qiao's eyes wide open, Lu Jue bent his eyes.He reached out and rubbed Xie Qiao's head, then turned to look at Mrs. Lu with a gentle and serious face: "Mother."

Mrs. Lu stared blankly at the way her son looked at her, the sword in her hand trembled, and finally fell to the ground with a clear "shaking".

After a moment of silence, she took a deep breath and said, "Come with me." Then she turned around.

"Wait for me for a while." Lu Jue leaned close to Xie Qiao's ear, said this softly, and then followed Mrs. Lu out of the courtyard.Xie Qiao grabbed his wrist and pursed his lips tightly.Lu Jue smiled at him, nodded between his brows, and said, "Don't worry. Nothing will happen." Then he left.

Xie Qiao stared blankly at their leaving backs. When they left the yard, a firm light flowed into his eyes from the bottom of his heart. He frowned slightly, then strode out of the yard, heading towards Lu Jue and Mrs. Lu just now. Go in the direction you are going.

ancestral hall.

Lu Jue knelt on the ground, facing a square tablet under heavy lights, and Mrs. Lu was beside her with red eyes.Mr. Lu was invited here by his servants, and he was at a loss when he saw this scene.

He glanced at his son kneeling on the ground, and said, "Ma'am, what's the matter? What did Jue'er do to make you angry?" After that, he smiled carefully at Madam Lu: "Jue'er is still injured Madam, if he wants to punish him, wait until he recovers from his injuries..."

Madam Lu stared at Master Lu with wide eyes. She took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice, "What did he do? Ask your good son what he did?! Qiaoer is only 19 years old!"

Mrs. Lu took a step back after being drunk by Madam Lu, and said helplessly: "Madam, you have to tell me what happened first, what does it have to do with Qiao Er?" She leaned closer and said, "Jue'er, what did you do again? Why did you make your mother so angry?" It looked like she was blaming, but her tone was completely gentle.

Mrs. Lu was furious when she saw Master Lu's cotton-like appearance, she took a deep breath, stepped forward and pulled Master Lu away, pointed at Lu Jue with trembling fingers and said, "Say! Tell your father! Tell me what a good thing you did!"

Lu Jue kowtowed to his parents, raised his eyes to look at his parents, and said seriously: "I am in love with Xie Qiao, and I hope my father and mother will be happy."

Master Lu's eyes widened when he heard this, he looked at Lu Jue, pointed at him "you, you, you" a few times, but couldn't continue.Madam Lu was so angry that she took a few steps back, stepped forward and stretched out her hand towards her son's face, but she didn't hit him in the end, she just slapped him hard on the shoulder. The eye sockets are completely red.

She said: "Jueer! Qiaoer was raised by you, how could you lay hands on him! How could you lead him to go this way! He is only 19 years old, you are his elder brother, how can you treat him like this My own brother! How can you!"

Lu Jue kowtowed to Mrs. Lu again, and said, "What mother scolded was that I took him this way. It's all my fault." After saying that, he remembered something, and some softness appeared in his clear eyes. Gently but firmly said: "But I like him. I only recognize him in this life. Mother, father, I can't do without him. Please help me."

The tears in Mrs. Lu's eyes rolled down like pearls, she couldn't help but take two steps back, Master Lu hurriedly supported her body.She pointed at Lu Jue and said, "Jue'er, but have you ever thought about Qiao Er? You want to walk this thorny road, you have to face those rumors outside, but what about Qiao Er? You want him to accompany you to suffer through these things What? He is only 19 years old, he is still young, should he go through this?"

Hearing this, Lu Jue lowered his eyebrows and said, "I will protect him."

"Fuck you!" Mrs. Lu stomped her feet vigorously, but she didn't teach her a lesson.

Master Lu hurriedly patted Mrs. Lu on the back, and said, "Madam Mo Qi, Madam Mo Qi, Mo Qi broke the body."

Mrs. Lu stared at him fiercely: "He is your good son, what do you say about this!"

Master Lu coughed, looked at his son, then looked at Mrs. Lu, and said cautiously: "Ma'am... I saw that Qiaoer has been clinging to our Jue'er since she was a child, and Jue'er just said that they are in love with each other. Yue... I don't think it's better--" No matter how the floods are raging outside, the left and right Lu families will protect them, and the Lu family will be their backing. His son is just in love with another man, why can't it be fulfilled?

Before she could say anything, she was pushed away by Mrs. Lu: "Even you are like this!" Yes, the Lu family will protect them, but Xie Qiao is still young, and her son has walked very smoothly since he was a child. How have you ever seen gossip comparable to a murderous blade?What's more, will the emperor let his own brother go this way?

"uncle and auntie."

A somewhat hoarse voice suddenly sounded.Mrs. Lu, Master Lu hurriedly looked outside the door.With his back to the door, Lu Jue opened his eyes wide.

Xie Qiao knelt down when he saw Lu's father and Lu's mother. He raised his eyes, his eyes were red, he looked at them seriously, and said, "Brother Huaiyu is wrong. It's not he who led me this way, first think about it. Yes, it was me. It was me who led him on this road.”

"It was I who pleased him first, and I couldn't do without him first. It was I who led him to go this way step by step. Uncle, aunt, it has passed the Chinese New Year, and I am 20 years old. I am an adult. You want If you want to scold me, Qiao Er never complains, Brother Huaiyu is injured, but Qiao Er is not, so uncles and aunts can vent their anger."

After Xie Qiao finished speaking, he kowtowed again, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were even more red, and even his voice was choked up: "But, I can't leave him, and he can't leave me now. Nothing can separate us. Where is my brother?" I will go and say, those gossips outside are full of maliciousness, I will protect him, and he will protect me. Uncle, aunt, Xie Qiao is happy with your son, Xie Qiao begs you to do it!" After finishing speaking, he kowtowed his head heavily on the on the ground.

Master Lu and Mrs. Lu looked at Xie Qiao's appearance, and were stunned for a while, unable to recover for a long time.

Lu Jue knelt there with his back to them. Hearing those words, he unconsciously clenched his fists, and his eyes were already red.

Silence for a moment.

Mrs. Lu took a deep breath, pinched the center of her brows, pointed to her son and said, "You... go out first, and let me be quiet. The scenery in front of our house is very beautiful now, you go out for a stroll, Come back at night." At that time, she could calm down.

Seeing that they were still kneeling and not moving, Master Lu hurriedly helped Xie Qiao up, walked a few more steps and elbowed his son, winking at him: "Hurry up!" Then he lowered his voice and said to Lu Jue, "Don't worry, I am at home."

"Thank you father."

Lu Jue couldn't help but smile, stood up, pulled Xie Qiao to salute Mrs. Lu, and then pulled people out.

Mrs. Lu looked at their figures and let out a long sigh. Mrs. Lu quickly stepped forward to help her by the hand and helped her out of the ancestral hall. The sky was bright outside, and he smiled and said, "Ma'am, we haven't visited the house for a long time. It’s the garden, the weather is fine today, do you want to go for a walk together?”

Mrs. Lu glared at him, but still followed his steps.

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The banks of the Qinhuai River.

Lu Jue looked at Xie Qiao, with softness in his eyes, and he said, "Mother said well, the scenery today is really beautiful, where do you want to go?"

Xie Qiao took a deep look at him, nodded, and said, "Let's go to the south of the city and have a look. The lotus blooms there well."

Lu Jue nodded and was about to walk in one direction, but Xie Qiao gently grabbed his wrist.

Mingming grasped it lightly, but Lu Jue was burned into the bottom of his heart by the heat of his hand. In broad daylight, he didn't break free after all. He just stretched out his other hand and nodded Xie Qiao's eyebrows: "Don't worry, my parents won't let you go." I agree." After that, the softness in his eyes seemed to overflow, he looked into Xie Qiao's eyes, and said, "Just, don't be so stupid in the future." He is a few years older than him, so naturally he should protect him. He, of course, should take on some things.

Xie Qiao smiled, and simply pulled the man's wrist and walked forward, just said softly: "Brother Huaiyu, who am I so stupid." There was a soft sigh in that voice.

The sky is bright and the lotus in the south of the city is blooming very well, and the fragrance of the lotus can be smelled in the alley.There are shouts of fish sellers everywhere in the river, and there are girls paddling boats through the lotus leaves, looking for water chestnuts mixed with them.

The girl's soft singing voice spread to the shore, which made people feel good when they heard it.

Xie Qiao took Lu Jue's wrist and walked slowly along the path. Xie Qiao's sleeves were wide enough to cover their connected hands, so they didn't attract the attention of passers-by, and they were very leisurely along the way.

Turning another alley, you can see a larger area of ​​lotus, Xie Qiao pulled Lu Jue to the entrance of the alley.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the alley, I saw a person stumbled out from a door, shouting as he ran, "Damn! My grandma told me everything, it was all a misunderstanding! You are my own father, I don't even believe me!"

Another man in brocade clothes chased after him with a broom, his white beard curled up and down, and the broom hit the man in front hard. Panting, the old man said sharply, "Ling Fengyun! Your grandma entered the barracks You didn’t learn anything except learning to call your grandma to your father, and to be angry, right! Misunderstanding! You were stripped naked and lying on the same bed with him, and your mother caught him and said that your father misunderstood !"

Ling Daoyuan took a deep breath and was about to say something when he bumped into Lu Jue and Xie Qiao.

Ling Daoyuan: "..."

With a "snap", the broom finally hit him.

Xie Qiao looked at the man whose eyes were wide open and his face was colorful, and finally said, "What a coincidence."

Ling Daoyuan: "...Damn!"