Frost shines on Qingcheng

"You stay here." Almost at the entrance of the alley, Shen Shuangzhao said to Lu Qingrong.

Lu Qingrong was wearing a veil as usual, she stopped as she said, without saying anything, she just waved her hand slightly to signal her to go.

Shen Shuangzhao bit her lip, tried her best to restrain the tears that were about to come out of her eyes, pinched her sleeve with her index finger and thumb and gently tugged: "Be careful on the way back to Shahai."

Lu Qingrong raised her chin, did not look at her, and her expression was calm: "You must remember what I said."

"Then...then I'm leaving." Shen Shuangzhao just nodded, the corners of her mouth drooping on both sides, she let go of Lu Qingrong's sleeves and turned to walk towards the alley.

The rain fell more thinly and densely. Shen Shuangzhao stepped on the stone road step by step, splashing water from his embroidered shoes.

Huan Hong held an umbrella for Lu Qingrong. In the deep and narrow alley, against the backdrop of white walls and black tiles, Lu Qingrong watched the figure of the man slightly blurred by the dense rain curtain in front of him.This was a scene she would never have seen in Shahai in her entire life.The alley is empty, and the person I love is far away.

"Miss, let's go back." Huanhong turned her head, watching Lu Qingrong lose her mind in the empty alley alone.

Lu Qingrong looked back, the clothes on her body were already wet by the drizzle.The coldness of Shuilan City made her feel melancholy. She raised the sleeve of her left hand and worried about the black spot on her arm. How long can she last?Could her mother have also stood in this deep alley, watching her loved one go away from her, that feeling turned out to be so sad.

"I'll say goodbye to Grandpa when I go back. Make some arrangements and we'll go back to Qingcheng." Lu Qingrong ordered.

Magic Red: "Yes."

Hearing the news that Lu Qingrong was leaving, Mr. Jiang was quite sad. Looking at Lu Qingrong's face, he felt as if his daughter had returned.

"Let's go." Master Jiang didn't hold back, but the expression of regret between his brows was particularly strong, "I'm used to being a loner."

Lu Qingrong felt a little guilty, but had no choice but to walk away.She said: "You take care of yourself, I will come back to see you."

Master Jiang shook his head: "You always remind me of your mother. I remember the last time I saw her, she was also your age. Looking back now, I didn't expect so many years to pass in a snap of my fingers."

Lu Qingrong was dejected, she thought over and over again, and still asked the confusion that had been lingering in her heart for more than ten years: "Grandpa, I have something to ask. Do you know... who is the person in Mother's heart?"

"It's not your father." Mr. Jiang looked at the pattern on his sleeve, and his memory drifted back to the dusty past, "I once asked her which son she liked. Let people try to talk about kissing. But she never told me that she was depressed for so long, until your father took her to Shahai."

Lu Qingrong frowned: "Maybe it's among the people she usually hangs out with."

Mrs. Jiang smiled: "She used to go to the inner city to accompany the wife of the city lord at that time. I don't know who she met. Later, for some reason, she never went again. You said she Who is she falling in love with, I really can't figure out if she doesn't tell me."

Lu Qingrong didn't make a sound, didn't ask any further questions, just got up to bid farewell and left.

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When returning to Qingcheng, Zhao Yueyao happened to send Luo Qi off, and they met at the gate of the main hall in the inner city.

Although Lu Qingrong was looking at Luo Qi, he was speaking to Zhao Yueyao: "I only left Qingcheng for a short day, and I didn't expect that City Lord Zhao would have a distinguished guest here."

Luo Qi put the cloak embroidered with dragons on her hands. Although she was petite, her bright eyes were extremely sharp, and her speaking momentum was no less than that of Lu Qingrong.She smiled brightly, and her childish facial features didn't look like someone in her twenties at all: "What kind of distinguished guest am I? I just stopped by to visit City Lord Zhao. Miss Lu has a lot of face, not only here You can go in and out of Qingcheng at will; I even heard that even the young master of Shuilan City was so fascinated by you that he almost didn't even recognize his own mother." Luo Qi said the following words in a blunt way It was light, but it made Lu Qingrong's expression a little serious.

When she said this, the atmosphere suddenly turned cold.Zhao Yueyao watched the two confront each other, but she couldn't figure out why, so she came out to smooth things over: "Aren't you tired of mentioning things about Shuilan City with me?"

Luo Qi pursed her lips: "Forget it, this is not the place I should stay. Everyone, I'll take my leave first." After saying that, she put on her cloak, plunged into the rain and drifted away.

Zhao Yueyao shifted his gaze to Lu Qingrong and asked, "Do you have any trouble with her?"

Lu Qingrong denied: "I haven't even met face to face a few times, so where's the holiday?"

Zhao Yueyao raised her eyebrows and smiled lightly: "Then why do you look at odds with her?"

"It's just that I don't like it, there's no reason." Lu Qingrong glared at her, "Zhao Cheng's supervisor is too lenient." Just based on what happened that year, she could hate Luo Qi for the rest of her life.

The sky was gloomy, Zhao Yueyao just felt bored, and Lu Qingrong's appearance just brought her some fun, how could she miss this opportunity: "In a few days, Luo Qi will officially visit Shuilan City, Shen Shuangzhao will inevitably get in touch with her. I thought you were worried and jealous because of this, after all..." Zhao Yueyao squinted his eyes, leaned into her ear and whispered, "Luo Qi is also a womanizer. She is also good at witchcraft, maybe one day Shen Shuangzhao will be fascinated by her gone."

Lu Qingrong was so provoked by her words that she was full of anger, but she still suppressed it, and said with a smirk: "Luo Qi is two years older than me, I guess compared to Shen Shuangzhao, a charming woman like Shen Wanrong more favored by her."

The rain came with the wind, and Zhao Yueyao's hair on the side of her ears was stained with water droplets. She curled her lips stiffly: "She is very eye-catching, and it is normal if Luo Qi really likes her." Saying so , but only she knew the bitterness in her words.After thinking about it for so many years, she didn't get what she wanted. Instead, she got Shen Wanrong's wholehearted "hate".

Lu Qingrong looked at her coldly, and said again: "People like Luo Qi, I advise you to stay away from him, otherwise——then you won't even know how you died."

"What about you?" Zhao Yueyao stopped joking, "As far as I know, your father seems to have other friendships with her."

"I won't get too close to her." Lu Qingrong said coldly, "As for my father, I will negotiate with him on my own, so don't worry about it."

Zhao Yueyao put her hands together in front of her, and she was dressed in a fancy dress to make her even more beautiful. She walked slowly towards it: "Young girls are always proud..."

Thinking of Shen Shuangzhao, Lu Qingrong still had a trace of worry in her heart.She wasn't jealous, nor was she worried that Luo Qi would really like Shen Shuangzhao.What she was worried about was Luo Qi's treacherous and cunning temperament and methods. It was never a good thing for Shen Shuangzhao to meet her.



Shen Wanrong sat in Qingshuang Hall, watching the thin Shen Shuangzhao walking from the courtyard holding an umbrella.

"Master?" Shen Shuangzhao didn't realize that Shen Wanrong was sitting there until she entered the door and put away her umbrella.

Seeing her surprised face, Shen Wanrong walked up to her and took out a handkerchief to wipe off the water droplets on her face: "But you are still worrying about Cai'er? I didn't even realize that I was here with you."

Shen Shuangzhao stared at her blankly, then remembered what Lu Qingrong had instructed, and frowned: "Shuang'er has made Master worry about these few days."

Shen Wanrong stopped what she was doing, with a gentle expression on her face: "As long as you are well, it's okay for me to worry more."

Shen Shuangzhao lowered her eyelashes, clenched her fists tightly, and said after a while: "I...I want to follow Master to discuss matters in the main hall again." She promised Lu Qingrong to protect her, if she was doing nothing, why would she talk about protecting her? ?

"Okay." Shen Wanrong couldn't wish more, but at the same time she was also surprised why Shen Shuangzhao's attitude suddenly changed? "Why did Shuang'er change her mind?"

Shen Shuangzhao silently lowered her head, with a guilty and disappointed tone: "Cai'er is gone, I can't even take care of her well..."

Shen Wanrong suddenly thought that she was stimulated by the disappearance of Caier, so she changed her mind.

"It's all right." Shen Wanrong patted her on the shoulder, "I will send someone to track down Cai'er's whereabouts. Don't blame Shuang'er too much. I'm naturally happy that you are willing to learn something hard."

Shen Shuangzhao turned her face away, feeling guilty for having lied and acted again.Thinking of Lu Qingrong's words again, it's okay to lie to Master, but never to lie to her.Such a domineering and willful person really makes her blush when she thinks about it now.

"What's wrong? I told you not to blame yourself, what happened to Cai'er is not your fault." Shen Wanrong saw that her face was blushing to the base of her ears, and she thought she was ashamed because of what she said wrong, so she hurriedly comforted her .

Shen Shuang couldn't listen to Shen Wanrong's words.She only wanted to land on Lu Qingrong, but she lied in front of her master, she just felt that she was terribly disgusting, and she was so guilty that she blushed almost on fire.

Her cover-up made Shen Wanrong even more puzzled: "Did you catch a cold yesterday and have a fever? Shuang'er, raise your head and let me see."

The more Shen Wanrong said this, the less Shen Shuangzhao dared to look up, and finally Shen Shuangzhao simply hid in Shen Wanrong's arms while the two were back and forth.She buried her face in front of Shen Wanrong, hugged him tightly and refused to raise her head no matter what.

"You child, it's really getting weirder and weirder." Shen Wanrong was angry and funny, but at the same time, she felt that it was great for Shen Shuangzhao to act like a baby to her.At least, the relationship between them is no longer as rigid as before.If they get along well and ignore Lu Qingrong's matter, Shuang'er will recognize her one day.

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In the next few days, Shen Shuangzhao ran to the main hall very frequently, and Shen Wanrong attached importance to her again. Shen Wanrong taught her how to deal with the affairs in the city.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that one is willing to teach and the other is willing to learn. It goes without saying who will be the city lord in the future.The number of people entering and leaving Qingshuang Palace gradually increased, but Sangyu's courtyard became more and more deserted.

"You will come to see me these few days." Tang Mengxuan said to Sang Yu who was sitting by the pool.

Sang Yu threw fish food into the pond, and a group of fish swam over: "People are just like these fishes. If there are benefits and benefits, they will naturally come uninvited."

Tang Mengxuan sat beside her: "What do you mean by that?"

Sang Yu smiled shallowly, but the smile didn't reach her eyes: "I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about everyone. Do you see how much attention has been paid to my junior sister these days? Those ministers and officials, which one is not busy flattering you?"

"I don't want to judge the ministers and officials. I just think it's good. Shuang Zhao is very motivated now, and Master is also very pleased. You and I have a lot more leisure." Tang Mengxuan followed her to watch the fish robbing the pond, "Shuangzhao just took back what belonged to her."

Sang Yu shook her head: "A person like her is not suitable to be a city lord, even if she is very smart."

"She is learning how to be a suitable person to be a city lord."

The thrown fish food was almost eaten, and the fish gradually dispersed. Sang Yu got up and said, "This is a matter of nature. If the city is stable, it is fine for her to be the lord of the city; but if the outer city is intrusive, I think she is more suitable to be a puppet. "

Tang Mengxuan sneered, and said quietly: "If she is suitable to be a puppet, then you are more suitable to be a traitor."

Sang Yu approached her: "I don't have second thoughts about Shuilan City, but you wait to see if what I said today is right. I also really want to know whether Shuangzhao will become a benevolent city lord, or a soulless puppet... ..."

"You are so scary..." Tang Mengxuan couldn't help getting goosebumps, she couldn't imagine that the pure and kind little junior sister would really become a puppet in Sang Yu's mouth.

"Stay with me tonight." Sang Yu walked towards the house, leaving a voice all the way, "In case you have to blame me for neglecting you these days."