Lu Zhaoling gasped heavily, and after a long while, he gradually calmed down.

She sat up slowly, looked around, and found that beneath her was a slightly rudimentary wooden bed, and the room she was in was not very large, and the furnishings were very simple.

She was the only one in the room.

Lu Zhaoling remembered that before going to sleep for the last time, he saw Shen Fengjiu open the iron door.

But she didn't know if it was her hallucination.

She got out of bed in a panic and walked out of the house with vague steps.

As soon as she reached the door, she suddenly felt dizzy and weak, unable to stand, and slammed her head on the door.

She held on to the door frame to steady herself, trying to wait for the dizziness to pass.

Just then, the door was opened from the outside.

Lu Zhaoling instinctively dodged backwards and looked at the person in panic-

The man grabbed her waist and frowned.

It's Shen Fengjiu.

That's great......

Lu Zhaoling breathed a sigh of relief.

"You don't have to use your head to knock on the door." Shen Fengjiu glanced at the red mark on her forehead.

"Poof." Lu Zhaoling couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard his familiar tone.

Shen Fengjiu also said with an imperceptible smile: "Stupid." ”

"Thank you." Lu Zhaoling hung his head and spoke angrily.

Shen Fengjiu let go of the hand that was holding her and touched her head.

"Don't cry. Porridge. ”

Lu Zhaoling wiped his eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that Shen Fengjiu was still holding a bowl of porridge in his hand.

"You did it?" Lu Zhaoling asked.

Shen Fengjiu nodded and placed the porridge on a simple and clean wooden table in the room.

"Serve hot." He urged.

Lu Zhaoling obediently came to the table, scooped up a spoonful of white rice porridge, and put it in his mouth expectantly.

……

It was unbelievably unpalatable, with a burnt taste.

Lu Zhaoling looked at this bowl of porridge with a complicated expression.

The appearance is quite good, how does it taste ...... It's so bad to drink.

She looked up at Shen Fengjiu.

Shen Fengjiu said without changing his face: "Medicinal food." ”

No, it's definitely not medicated, it's just unpalatable.

She laughed again, didn't say much, and continued to drink the bowl of porridge with satisfaction.

Seeing that Lu Zhaoling was drinking so happily, Shen Fengjiu coughed a little weakly and looked away.

After drinking the porridge, Lu Zhaoling said that she wanted to go out to have a look, and Shen Fengjiu helped her to the courtyard.

It is a simple country courtyard surrounded by a fence. There are some greens planted on one side of the yard, and there are two hens pecking around in the yard. There was a smaller room next to it, like a stove room.

But Lu Zhaoling looked around and didn't see a second family.

"Where is this?" Lu Zhaoling asked.

"Mengzhou."

Mengzhou ...... We are no longer in Jingyang.

Lu Zhaoling's heart was suddenly shocked.

"The name Mengzhou...... Like in a dream. Lu Zhaoling muttered.

"It's not a dream." Shen Fengjiu said.

Lu Zhaoling looked at Shen Fengjiu.

He is still wearing a green shirt, and his beautiful face does not often have any expression.

Lu Zhaoling suddenly stretched out his hand and gently covered Shen Fengjiu's eyes.

Shen Fengjiu closed his eyes.

Lu Zhaoling felt his long eyelashes cross his palm.

"I've wanted to do this for a long time. Your peach blossom eyes are so beautiful, and your eyelashes are extraordinarily long. Lu Zhaoling said with a smile.

Shen Fengjiu didn't speak, opened his eyes again, and looked at Lu Zhaoling's expression much softer.

"Whose yard is this? Are we living here? Why isn't the host there? Lu Zhaoling asked with a wink.

"Mine." Shen Fengjiu said.

“…… Yes? Is this your yard? Lu Zhaoling was surprised, "Then you planted this dish, and you fed the chickens?" ”

"When I'm not around, I'll live with someone else." Shen Fengjiu thought for a moment and explained.

"Oh, I see...... Otherwise, it is unimaginable that you grow vegetables and feed chickens. ”

"You slept for two days." Shen Fengjiu seemed to be a little dissatisfied.

"Huh?"

Lu Zhaoling thought for a moment, did this mean that he had indeed fed the chickens for two days?

"Haha...... Okay, then you're not small. Lu Zhaoling praised sincerely.

The two of them breathed in the courtyard before returning to the house.

Shen Fengjiu instructed Lu Zhaoling to lie back on the bed and rest.

Lu Zhaoling lay down obediently and looked at Shen Fengjiu beside the bed: "Don't go...... I have something to ask. ”

"Don't go." Shen Fengjiu sat down at the table.

Lu Zhaoling did have a lot of things to ask, but more importantly, at this moment, she felt relieved when she looked at Shen Fengjiu beside her.

Lu Zhaoling quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought for a while, there were too many things to ask, and she didn't know where to start for a while.

Eventually, she asked, "Will you go?" Back to the palace...... Or somewhere else? ”

After asking her, she felt that her question was inexplicable. Lu Zhaoling felt that Shen Fengjiu would leave after all, but he actually wanted to ask him when he would leave.

"No, it won't." Shen Fengjiu said lightly.

This unexpected answer made Lu Zhaoling stunned: "...... What do you mean? ”

"I will not leave, I will walk with you in the future." Shen Fengjiu patiently explained.

“…… Walk with me? Why? Lu Zhaoling was indigestible for a while.

"I came to you at the behest of my master to help you accomplish what you want to do."

"You...... Who is your master? Why me......? ”

"Go to Jinzhou and ask him."

"Ask your master? Is he in Jinzhou? ”

Shen Fengjiu nodded.

"Hmm......" Lu Zhaoling was still confused, but she knew that she couldn't ask anything if she continued.

After thinking for a while, she said again: "Then I won't ask you why you saved me......"

Shen Fengjiu nodded.

"That'...... You just took me out of Jingyang, in the palace...... Won't anyone come and get me back? ”

"You want to go back?"

"I don't want to." Lu Zhaoling hurriedly denied.

"Then don't worry about it."

“…… Good. Since Shen Fengjiu said so, Lu Zhaoling no longer had to worry about chasing soldiers.

After asking about this, Lu Zhaoling thought for a while, and Shen Fengjiu was not in a hurry, waiting silently and patiently.

"So where do we go next? I want to go back to Ryukoku...... That's right! I am a hostage who came to sue for peace, and now that I have escaped from the palace, will Anping break with the Kingdom of Liu? Their army is marching westward! Lu Zhaoling panicked.

Shen Fengjiu was silent for a moment, and Lu Zhaoling looked at him anxiously.

"You can't go back for a while." After waiting for a long time, Shen Fengjiu finally spit out a sentence.

"What do you mean? Why can't you go back? Can't I leave Anping? ”

“…… The coup d'état in the Ryuk Kingdom, your parents have died. ”

“…… What did you say? Lu Zhaoling's expression was stunned for a moment.

"After your uncle usurped power and joined the Western Alliance, the Kingdom of Lu had already broken with Anping."

And Lu Zhaoling's thinking was still stuck in the previous sentence that Shen Fengjiu said.

Your parents are dead.

Shen Fengjiu couldn't bear it when he saw Lu Zhaoling's sluggish appearance, and he regretted that he had told her about it.

But she had to face it.

After escaping the palace, she must face this vast and cruel world and choose her own path.