novelaction Chapter 359 Affection
Chapter 359 Affection
General Lu was choked by her words and froze, then turned to look at Jiang Xing again.
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean that..."
Lu Xuan also realized from the conversation between the two of them that the elder brother was not good at speaking.
Apart from the business, he probably knows nothing about anything else.
She and Jiang Xing hurriedly pulled the two into the house.
Lu Xuan: "Brother, don't be so hasty to leave. No matter what it is, we should all talk it out clearly. Now that the prince, you, and I have all embarked on this path, is there any turning back?"
She paused, "Besides, you don't know the story between Sister Xu and me. You don't know her kindness and hardship. She wasn't someone who stayed out of this matter. She and Jiang Yuanfeng had a grudge for murdering their father. She had always been involved in our affairs..."
General Lu finally understood what Lu Xuan said and was so frightened that his body trembled.
"Ah Xuan, what did you say? Shu Er and her, you two have been acting together all this time?"
After hearing the word "Shu'er", Jiang Xing and Lu Xuan were stunned.
He himself couldn't help blushing.
Xu Shu even smiled through his tears, which was a rare occurrence.
With Lu Xuan's words just now, he knew that Xu Shu was not implicated by him, but had actually already entered the game, so he no longer had previous worries.
His tense expression relaxed a little, and he felt a little at a loss.
Lu Xuan looked at the two of them and asked with a smile, "Have you decided to talk to each other first, with the prince and I coming in later, or should we talk openly and clearly about things first, and then you two can talk alone?"
"Let's be alone first!"
"Let's go together first!"
Xu Shu and General Lu said in unison.
Lu Xuan didn't expect that the person who suggested to talk alone first was actually his eldest brother.
I thought that he was so determined just now because he was determined not to have anything to do with it anymore, or that he had some emotional knot!
Xu Shu wiped away his tears and said, "Princess, let's talk together first. If I tell him privately, I'm afraid he'll leave again after just a few words. And without you around, I won't be able to pull him back."
General Lu sat on the chair, his dark skin slightly flushed, and he looked a little uneasy and nervous.
Seeing that General Lu had no objection, Lu Xuan nodded and sat down with Jiang Xing.
The maid served the people the best tea, snacks and fruits. Lu Xuan asked Xu Shu first.
"I remember when I first met Sister Xu, I arrested you and asked you to reveal your identity, but you would rather die than do it. Later, when you saw that my face was similar to Sister Siyu, you told me your relationship with the Duke's Mansion.
You said that when you were young, Sister Siyu always took you to the Duke's Mansion to play. Because you were weak, when you were ten years old, Sister Siyu asked you to go to the military camp to practice martial arts. For her sake, Brother Lu Xuan had someone teach you how to practice boxing and kicking.
Xu Shu nodded, a joyful smile escaping from the corners of his eyes. "Princess, you remember it well. Actually, I'm not afraid of you two laughing at me when I tell you this, but I already had a crush on your eldest brother back then. He's older than me, a great general, and a martial arts expert. I don't know how many women liked him."
I didn't know how to express my feelings, and I was worried that he would be attracted to other women, so I asked him to teach me martial arts every day."
Lu Xuan had never seen Xu Shu so gentle. She had shed her usual cold and hard demeanor of a female general. A soft glow flowed on her face, and she had a bit of the tenderness of a girl.
"Back then, she had a bad temper and was stubborn, always playing tricks. The other subordinates were tortured by her, so I had to accompany her in training. The army was busy, and I was reluctant to bring such a burden with me. But it was your sister Siyu who repeatedly urged me to teach her martial arts well, saying that she had been called a jinx since she was a child and had a bad reputation. I had to teach her to the point where she could fight back if she was bullied next time."
General Lu took over the conversation unconsciously, and a gentle smile appeared on his face as he recalled his youth.
"Then she grew up, turned seventeen, and said she wanted to marry me."
"But he didn't agree." Xu Shu seemed dissatisfied.
"No, it's not that I didn't agree..." His eyes dimmed, and General Lu added hurriedly, "It was because Siyu passed away at that time, and I felt something was wrong. She wasn't the kind of person who would commit suicide just to take a concubine for no reason. Later, before I could investigate, she was sent to the battlefield to fight against Annan, so I couldn't agree..."
Xu Shu's eyes, previously red from crying, sparkled. "Later, news came back that he had died on the battlefield. However, at that time, I had no time to take care of myself. I was caught up in the case of my father's murder and had been on the run the entire time. During my time wandering around, I also inquired about Brother Lu's news, but the only thing I heard was that he was dead."
Xu Shu lowered his eyes. "So later on, life became hopeless for me. Hiding from place to place, with nothing worth lingering on, I was left alone..."
General Lu was shocked. "You, you're not married?"
"How to marry?" She smiled bitterly. "You haven't come back yet, have you? I've lost all my goals. It was only later that I met the princess. She helped me out and told me that it wasn't me who killed my father, but that someone had cast a curse on me using mystical magic. That's when I finally found my goal again. That's to find the person behind it and avenge my father!"
General Lu didn't know whether to be happy or sad. His heart felt like it was wrapped in dense thorns, tight and painful.
After fifteen years of displacement, they are living in different places but leading a similar wandering life.
But she is just a woman, so she can imagine how difficult it must be.
His throat trembled and his eyes were red.
No wonder she has so many white hairs at such a young age.
It's really too hard and tiring...
Xu Shu's eyes gradually turned red, "Maybe for you, not making a promise to me is protecting me, just like when we met just now, you pushed me away as soon as we met.
But you don’t know another reason why I never married again.”
"What?" General Lu asked with a fixed gaze.
"Because I thought my husband had died in battle."
Her eyes were bright, like pearls hidden in the deep sea. After years of waiting, they finally saw the sunlight and regained their vitality and brilliance.
But her eyes were filled with tears, and at this moment, she was looking across time at the person she thought about day and night and wanted to entrust her life to.
The two sat face to face, looking at each other, tears streaming down their faces again.
General Lu couldn't hold on any longer and lowered his head.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault. After escaping from the sea of corpses and blood, I was busy avoiding pursuit and was unable to pass on any news to you. Actually, I had asked the merchants in Longchuan about you before, but I heard that someone with the same name and surname as you had opened an escort agency. At first, I didn't want to believe it, but then I thought it must be you, thinking you were already married. After all, no woman would open an escort agency alone..."
He paused, "None of us did anything wrong, yet we have endured such a mockery from God..."
"Who says no one is wrong?" Lu Xuan spoke up at this moment, very indignantly, "It's clear that someone is secretly manipulating all of this, and thus controlling the lives of each and every one of us!
"My Lord, my Lord, and you, each of us has faced life-or-death crises, but none of those crises had to happen. It was the Ji family, the Emperor, and Jiang Yuanfeng who ruined it all!"
Jiang Xing gave Lu Xuan a look, signaling her to calm down.
Then he looked at General Lu and Xu Shu and said, "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the palace to inform my elder brother that he has returned to the capital. By then, there will surely be even more severe storms. You two are already old, so I think we should have made things clear today, or should we leave it at that?"