The Lotus Lantern is with you

Ao Chun followed behind Mo Chen and Yang Jian in embarrassment, Xiao Tiangou looked back at him with strange eyes from time to time, which made Ao Chun even more unnatural.

Arriving at Mo Chen's bamboo house, Xiao Tiangou looked at the three people in the house, scratched his head and ran back to his own house automatically. In the whole wooden house, the three people stared wide-eyed.

In the end, Yang Jian sighed, "You talk, I'll make tea."

When Yang Jian went out, Ao Chun let out a sigh of relief, his pale face finally softened a bit.

Mo Chen couldn't laugh or cry, "Ao Chun, you seem to be very afraid of Yang Jian? Is he so scary?"

Ao Chun pinched his sleeves tangledly, and sat down, "I'm just not used to it. You and Yang Jian have suddenly become this kind of relationship. Although it's understandable, it always feels weird."

Mo Chen patted him on the shoulder, "Anyway, I'm very happy that you can come to me."

Ao Chun's complexion changed instantly. Ever since he knew the relationship between them, Ao Chun never came to see him again. It was a little embarrassing and complicated.

And this kind of complexity is more because of Ao Tingxin, Ao Chun still remembers what the fourth sister said before she died.

Therefore, the death of the fourth sister was indirectly caused by his good brother.

He could understand, but he couldn't forgive him, so he still couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart.

Seeing that he was silent, Mo Chen also understood the complaint in his heart, presumably it was the matter of the fourth aunt that made him sad.Mo Chen didn't mention the past, and directly changed the subject.

"Eight Prince, can you tell me now, what's going on with you and Ding Xiang? I remember that Ding Xiang seemed to be looking forward to your marriage, why did she run away from home at this juncture?"

Ao Chun's attention is all on her daughter-in-law.

"Hey, in fact, I did something wrong..."

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"Damn Ao Chun, damn it, big villain, big liar, hmph, I don't want to talk to you anymore!" Ding Xiang angrily ravaged the petals in her hand, then remembered the past again, her eyes turned red instantly .

Where is that bastard headed? She is his fiancée. Why should he help others to bully him? Thinking of her, Ding Xiang, who had been the eldest lady for more than ten years and called the wind and rain in Ding's house, she ended up following him. Learn this and that, the worst thing is, that bastard still...

Thinking of Lilac biting a silver tooth, she stepped up angrily. After walking for more than ten miles, she was a little tired. She touched her purse, and there were only a few copper coins left in it. Knocked his head against a tree by the side of the road.

It has been a few months since she ran away from home. This time, with the determination not to go back, it took her a lot of effort to erase her own breath. If Xiao Tiangou found her, what would happen to her in the past few months? Not in vain.

However, she is almost penniless now!

Ding Xiang wanted to cry but had no tears. When she ran away from home, although she brought a lot of money, it had already been spent in the past few months, not to mention that in order to hide from others, she could neither return to Ding's mansion nor go to Chen Xiang and Erlang Shen , and can't go to Master...

Complaining, the solitary cooing sounded, she touched her flat stomach, curled her lips, feeling her eyes were astringent.

All blame Ao Chun, all blame that damn Dragon Palace, without them, she is still enjoying the life of a young lady, if it is mother... Mother will definitely not let her be wronged.

But she had promised her mother that she would not rely on the family anymore, how could she go back so shamelessly.

She sighed a little, and gradually walked into a small village. It was already dusk at this time, and there was a scent of vegetables in the distance. Not bad, at least you don't have to worry about going hungry.

It's a pity that she is not yet qualified to become an immortal, so the biggest crisis she faces now is that she may starve to death here.

She is not familiar with the place where she was born, maybe she will die in the wild?I feel pitiful when I think about it.

Ding Xiang rubbed her arms, now that night had fallen, she shivered, thinking that she should find a place to sleep to spend the night.

Tomorrow, I will find a way to get some money, Ding Xiang is happily planning, and the sound of her stomach growling is getting louder and louder.Holding her stomach impatiently, she found a small room at random, leaned outside and sat down slowly.

It's just that the strong smell of medicine from this family made her a little uncomfortable. Is this family a doctor?Or is someone sick?

Smelling the scent of the medicine, she felt that she was not so hungry anymore, and her fatigue eased a lot.

At this time, only a man's vague voice was heard. Ding Xiang was a little curious, so she couldn't help but raise her ears. The voice was very faint through the wall, and she didn't quite understand it, only heard a 'click', and the door opened.

"clove?!"

Inside the house...

Ding Xiang felt a little embarrassed, she squeezed her hands nervously, her palms were covered with sweat.

"Uh... Uncle, why are you here, where is Shen... Mo Chen?" As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately realized that she had said something wrong, she quickly shut her mouth, and bowed her head in silence.

Liu Yanchang sighed, he heard Chan'er said there seemed to be someone at the door, he was worried if there was a thief, but he didn't expect it to be Lilac.

"Your aunt and I went out for a walk around the scenery, just to relax, but why are you alone at the door at such a late hour, where is Ao Chun? Are you not with you?" Liu Yanchang asked strangely. He remembered that when he left, they Appears to be engaged.

Ding Xiang pursed her lips, her face turned pale in an instant, Liu Yanchang saw it, but sighed silently, it seemed that the young couple had quarreled.

"It's also fortunate that we are here. Otherwise, it would be dangerous for you as a girl to live outside. If you don't want to go back, you can stay with us these days."

"How can this work..." Ding Xiang bowed her head, "How can I trouble you all the time."

Liu Yanchang shook his head, "Why is it troublesome? Chan'er and I have always treated you like a daughter, so you can stay here for as long as you want, but your aunt is not in good health, so I'm afraid it's not convenient to see you."

"Auntie is sick? Is it serious? Have you seen a doctor!" Ding Xiang asked in surprise.

Liu Yanchang smiled and said, "It's not a serious illness, it's probably because the previous injury hasn't completely healed, so don't worry about it."

Ding Xiang nodded, "Uncle... Is Xiaoyu there? Why didn't I see her?" It's not too late, Xiaoyu won't go to bed so early.

But seeing Liu Yanchang feeling a little helpless, "The kid went to gather medicine and hasn't come back yet."

"Picking herbs! Picking herbs in such a big night?" Ding Xiang opened her mouth wide in disbelief.

"Well, that herb will only appear at night, and it is best to collect it at this time. We can't persuade her, so we let her go."

"Xiaoyu is really amazing. She even recognizes the medicinal materials. If I were to do it myself, I'm afraid I wouldn't even know which medicinal properties are right." Ding Xiang sighed.

Liu Yanchang shook his head and smiled, "It's so late, I guess you haven't eaten yet, your aunt made some pastries, I'll bring them to you to fill your stomach first."

Hearing that there was something to eat, Ding Xiang almost wept with joy, and finally... no need to be hungry!When Liu Yanchang walked towards the kitchen, Ding Xiang smiled and began to observe the house.

She hadn't seen clearly when she came in just now, but now she realized that there are so many medicine bottles here, only one shelf occupies the entire wall of the living room, and some medicinal materials are placed on it.

Some she had seen in her own home, many more she had never seen.How could uncle have such medicine at home?Could it be that uncle has changed to be a doctor?

Ding Xiang was thinking in a daze, after filling her stomach, she fell asleep on the bed directly.

But the other room was brightly lit. Liu Yanchang gently helped the woman on the bed. The woman's hair was all white, but her eyes were blood red and her whole body was as cold as ice.

"Chan'er, do you feel better today?" Liu Yanchang gently pulled the woman's hand, and led her to sit down in front of the dressing table. The woman held Liu Yanchang's hand tightly, walking unnaturally.

"Well, Xiaoyu's medicine is very effective. It's just that you have worked so hard to live a day and night life with me." Yang Chan's eyes were wide open, and there was a gentle smile on her lips.

"What hard work, for you, even if it is isolated from the world, it doesn't matter if you live in darkness forever." Liu Yanchang touched Yang Chan's long hair, holding a comb and gently combing her black hair.

This is what he should have suffered, but let his wife bear it for him. Liu Yanchang looked at his wife's beautiful face in the mirror, but his hair was snow-white, and those red eyes looked at him blankly.

His wife was out of sight.

You will be extremely tired during the day, and often fall into a deep sleep. Only at night can you wake up. This is like a curse.

A wave of sorrow welled up, Liu Yanchang put his arms around Yang Chan, why his wife was tortured like this.

"Yanchang?" Although he couldn't see it, Yang Chan was sensitive to the sadness emanating from the person behind him, "Yanchang, don't worry, the toxicity has subsided a lot, and I'm fine now."

"..." The man stroked the top of the woman's hair with his chin, his smile was bitter, but his voice was so calm that no emotions could be heard, "Chan'er, you will be fine, this world is so big, you will definitely find a way to detoxify."

Yang Chan stretched out her hand to pat the man's arm comfortingly, and leaned into his arms, "Yanchang, did someone come in the room just now?"

"...Yes... That kid Ding Xiang is here..." Liu Yanchang returned hesitantly.

"Lilac! Then... Chen Xiang..."

"They didn't come, only Dingxiang was alone. I saw the child looked sad, so I let her stay with us."

"That's okay, just Ao Chun? Why don't you see him with Ding Xiang?" Yang Chan frowned, but she didn't hear Liu Yanchang's answer, so she said, "Could it be, the two had a fight?"

The next day, the sky was vast and the air was fresh, with a faint fragrance of green grass. Ding Xiang pushed open the door, stretched her waist, and saw Liu Yanchang walking slowly with a beautiful woman on his arm.

The woman's long hair was simply rolled up, and a green plum blossom hairpin set off her skin better than snow.She was wearing a blue dress, elegant and elegant.It's just that the woman's eyes are covered with a long white belt, tied behind her head.

Yang Chan used a potion that restores the blackness of her hair for a short time, and now her hair is back to blackness again, but the color of her eyes can't be changed anyway, let alone she can't see, it's better to cover her eyes, and it will also make the cloves less worry.

"Auntie... you are?" Ding Xiang walked up worriedly. "Uncle said you were sick, but what about your eyes?"

"It's just some sequelae. Don't worry, you will be fine after a while."

"Really?" Ding Xiang looked at Yang Chan with pale lips, and began to doubt the credibility of her words.

"You child still can't trust your aunt?" Yang Chan pretended to be serious, and Ding Xiang quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no, aunt, why can Ding Xiang not trust aunt?"

Hearing this, Yang Chan smiled softly and said, "Okay, I'm just joking, I know you're here, and I specially made your favorite food, you all come in and eat, Xiaoyu should be back after a while, she knows you're here It must be a pleasure."

Ding Xiang still looked at the table full of delicious food with tears in her eyes, she was so happy, her aunt's cooking skills were still so good.Ding Xiang thought absently.

Yang Chan hesitated for a while, "Ding Xiang, you can talk to your aunt, why did you run away from home suddenly?"

"Ah? Auntie, how did you know that I ran away from home!" Xiaoyu almost jumped up in fright.

"You and Ao Chun have always been inseparable, this time you have been out alone for such a long time, it's not a conflict with him, what else can it be?"

"..." Ding Xiang bit her lip slightly, her eyes turned red.

"Okay, okay, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, just live here and play happily for a few days, Yanchang and I miss you very much." Seeing that she seemed unwilling to say it, Yang Chan didn't force it She just asked Liu Yanchang to put a spoonful of egg custard into her bowl.

Ding Xiang looked at the golden egg custard in the bowl, and suddenly burst into tears.

"Auntie... I don't want to go back, I don't want to cultivate immortals, I don't want to marry, I... oh... Ao Chun is a big fool, he knows how to help others bully me, so I don't want to go back and suffer!" Lilac wiped Tears, shouted through gritted teeth.

Yang Chan sighed helplessly, so did the young couple really quarrel?

"Speak slowly, don't worry, what's going on?"

Ding Xiang spoke slowly, stopping from time to time in the middle, as if falling into helplessness and sadness, Liu Yanchang handed her a cup of hot tea, which warmed her heart.

God is different from people, she is just a mortal, if she stays with Ao Chun, it will only be a short hundred years, so she decides to cultivate immortality, so that she can always be by his side.However, cultivating immortals is not so easy, not to mention, if she marries into the dragon clan, it means that she will have more burdens on her.

"I know he's doing it for my own good, and I know that if I want to marry into the Dragon Clan, I have to do these things well, but I'm too stupid, those rules are tied up, and those etiquettes are a mess in my mind. Even if I learn No matter how hard I try, I can't get their approval, and only the fourth sister occasionally comforts me, but she almost never returns to the Dragon Palace after going to the deep sea for a year or so. Sometimes... I even think, if Ao Chun It would be nice if it wasn't that damn dragon clan..." Ding Xiang looked down at the steam curling up above the teacup, and her eyes were wet.

Hearing this, Yang Chan sighed silently, there are many things in the world that are helpless.

"I'm just an ordinary mortal. It's too difficult for me to cultivate immortality. If I embark on this road, I will go through endless hardships. I know that I am very lucky, but... I can't give up my mother, I can't help it." Abandoning the Ding Mansion, if you practice in seclusion, you will really say goodbye to your mother forever, but... Ao Chun and I are engaged, if I can't meet the Dragon King's request, the Dragon King will really dissolve our marriage and let him get along with you. The princess of the sea is getting married, Auntie... Tell me, what should I do?"

Yang Chan couldn't see her, but she could hear from her voice that this strong-tempered woman was crying.

Lover and relatives, you must choose one of the two, and sometimes fate likes to do such multiple-choice questions for you.

Although the heavenly rules allow the love between humans and gods, love is an illusory myth and legend, and this is reality.

The Dragon Clan pays attention to the transmission of blood, so most of the Dragon Clans are close relatives who marry each other to ensure the purity of the blood.

In fact, when Ao Chun was born, Yang Chan had visited him, and the Dragon King had already arranged a marriage for him, and it was a dragon girl from the West Sea who was born on the same day as him.

I heard Ding Xiang's weak voice again, "I... met Ao Chun's former fiancée. She was very beautiful. Although she didn't say anything, I knew her voice must be very nice. She looked She is gentle and generous, and most importantly, she is a real dragon princess, and I don't think I will ever be able to match her."

"Ding Xiang, you are wrong." Yang Chan held her hand and said slowly, "Love is not a comparable thing. Ao Chun loves you. He likes your frankness and your kindness and justice." , Ding Xiang, you have many beautiful qualities, and more importantly, you are the only one who understands Ao Chun best in this world, don’t you?”

Ding Xiang stared blankly at Yang Chan, and repeated, "I..."

"Since you have chosen to love each other, you can't give up lightly. No matter what the result is, you must let yourself have no regrets to love once seriously. Therefore, escaping is not a good way. You have to remember that no matter what happens in the future, you will always be in love again." You two need to face it together, understand?"

"I... let me try..." Ding Xiang bit her lip and said in a low voice.

She walked out of the door in a daze, not even noticing that Xiaoyu came in from the door. Xiaoyu was carrying a basket of herbs, looked at the woman in green, and looked at Yang Chan suspiciously.

"Mom? Why is Lilac here? She looks... not very well."

"Let her be quiet, Xiaoyu, you have worked hard these days..."

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"So, she left angrily?" Mo Chen sipped his tea, propped his chin, and looked at him lazily.

"Ding Xiang has a strong personality and is straightforward. She has never cared about the worldly etiquette, let alone the rules of the Dragon Clan. However, my father and king have said so. If she can't look like a Dragon King's daughter-in-law, our marriage may have to be cancelled. I... am I in a hurry!" Ao Chun opened his mouth and argued.

"Well, although what you said makes sense, but... I didn't know that you still have a fiancée?"

"I... I don't know at all! I haven't even met her before! What's more, it was all a long time ago." Ao Chun couldn't argue.

"However, Ding Xiang didn't know about it. Most importantly, you didn't explain it to her afterwards. No wonder she got angry."

"..."

Mo Chen sighed helplessly. At this time, Yang Jian came in from the door, and put the tea set on the star anise pear table, making tea gracefully. Mo Chen admired Yang Jian's graceful movements like flowing water, and said .

"Ao Chun, humans and gods are different. Sometimes, not being in love can solve all problems."

"I...Of course I know." Ao Chun replied dryly, "I just want my father to recognize her, and we can get married as soon as possible, so everything will be fine. The world is so chaotic now, and she likes to run around , I am worried about what will happen to her if something happens to her, if she gets married earlier, she can restrain herself..."

Yang Jian raised his eyebrows and raised his hand to push the tea to Ao Chun's eyes. Ao Chun was a little flattered for a moment. He took the teacup in a hurry, feeling a little nervous. He subconsciously held a feeling of resentment and fear for this person.

"So, you want to restrain her with marriage." Yang Jian continued to make tea and asked leisurely.

"I...I'm not..."

"Eight Prince... what do you like about cloves?"

"Uh..." Ao Chun was stunned, what is the problem.

"You guys are so smooth sailing, you don't even know if you love her or not." Yang Jian handed Mo Chen another cup of tea, then sat beside him, and said calmly.

"What do you mean by that? Of course I really like her!" Ao Chun said angrily.

"Eight Prince, if Ding Xiang really becomes what your father wants, or if she becomes your former fiancée, will you still... love her?"

Ao Chun was stunned, would he still love her?

"You...you're right, what about Mo Chen? Yang Jian, will you still love him?"

Yang Jian looked at Mo Chen and smiled, "It's natural, I clearly understand what kind of person I love, no matter how he changes, he will always be my true love, because I know... all his changes are for me .”

Mo Chen was stunned by the other party's words, and when he realized it, his face turned red and he coughed in a low voice.

Yang Jian smiled softly, clasped Mo Chen's fingers under the table, then turned to look at Ao Chun, "Eighth Prince, if you still have such thoughts, I think, maybe you will lose Lilac."

"!"

Yang Jian looked at the verdant green outside the door, his eyes were as gentle as water, "After all, gods and people are different after all. Shen and I have gone through too many life and death partings before we are where we are today. Sanmei and Liu Yanchang parted ways halfway through 20 Years, 20 years of loneliness, 20 years of missing, and the test of time."

"However, you are different. Your test has only just begun. Ao Chun, soon...you will know..."

Ao Chun watched the backs of the two leaving complicatedly. The tea in the cup was already cold, but he still didn't want to stand up.

If you hold this kind of mentality, will you lose Lilac?

Could he really, be with her?Just like Sanshengmu and Liu Yanchang, Mo Chen and Yang Jian.

Ao Chun looked at the light green tea in the cup, and the bitterness in his mouth became clearer.