In the 20th year of Yuansheng, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.
The annual Lantern Festival is being held on the main street of Yuansheng. It is rare for the common people to have a family reunion and take their families out to play.
The lantern riddle stalls on the bustling streets, there are jugglers, sugar sellers, and glutinous rice balls stalls, and there are laughter and shouts from the lively restaurants. Everything is simple, beautiful and enchanting. Everyone has a satisfied face, but this Everything has nothing to do with what is happening at the deserted and bloody East City Gate.
A carriage that is used by ordinary people fell to the ground and crushed to pieces. It is almost difficult to see its original appearance. The horse pulling the carriage has been shot by a poisonous arrow and fell to the ground with a low howl.
Not far away, forty or fifty people in black were holding bows and arrows, and one arrow shot mercilessly at the man in prison clothes who fell on the ground. His back was filled with arrows and his mouth was full of blood, but his eyes were firm and he embraced what in his arms with the last of his strength. He tightly held the white-clothed man with a pale face in his arms, and the white-clothed man also was still holding a stiff and breathless baby in his arms.
The man in prison clothes vomited black blood: "I'm sorry, Luo Shuyu, you must stay away from me in your next life, and don't let me get you involve anymore."
The white-clothed man's lips turned purple with cold. He leaned against the prisoner-clothed man's arms, and the deep winter wind that hit him could not erode half of his body.
"Don't be sorry for me." The man in white covered the other mouth with his hand, trying to make him vomit a little less blood, with despair in his eyes, "We will get out of this."
The man in the prison clothes felt his eyelids closing, and all he faced was death: "There are many things..I want to tell you, but...there is..no time." Another arrow shot into his back, and the arrow pierced him fiercely. "Luo Shuyu, you must stay away from me in your next life..."
The man in white put his arm around him and called his name sternly, tears streaming down: "Li Mingjin! Don't die! Don't die! What should I do if you die!"
Li Mingjin raised her hand and stroked his cheek: "...Don't...cry...no...cry..."
The fingers hadn't reached to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes. He was no longer breathing, and he fell into Luo Shuyu's arms covered in blood.
"I won't cry, I won't cry. So look at me, I'm not crying." Luo Shuyu said while wailing.
From the day when Luo Shuyu received the imperial decree of marriage, he knew that his destiny was tied to the third prince Li Mingjin. He did not understand why the third prince chose him. He has always been puzzled by the reason for this. Perhaps it's a family sacrifice, In exchange for the future of his father and elder brothers, or his horoscope coincides with the third prince, but no matter what the reason, he can't laugh at it.
No one in the whole kingdom didn't know that the third prince was violent and cruel. There were countless eunuchs and maids who died in his hands. He like to hold a whip in his hand. Whenever they are not pleasing to the eye, he will swipe them. We all know that he is not a good match. Luo Shuyu is the son of the Luo family. When Luo Shuyu married, the whole city thought he will be beaten the next day. However, after three years of marriage, Luo Shuyu was still safe and sound. Li Mingjin acted licentiously, and never moved a finger on him.
Later, he and Li Mingjin consummated their marriage In an accident, he became pregnant and gave birth to a son for him. One month after the child was born, Li Mingjin was sent to prison for collaborating with the enemy. Luo Shuyu father and the emperor were unwilling to save him, and the family lost their lives.
If Luo Shuyu don't find peace after death, he may be a ray-light of a wronged soul, and he will go straight to reincarnation, and accept the tragic fate of his previous life.
But he hasn't gone to reincarnation. As a ray of soul, he entered a square white room with a book called "Four Big Brothers Are Fighting to Marry Me After Entering a Book", Luo Shuyu only seeing it's a novel and from it's name he wasn't interested, but having nothing to do, he started reading the first page of the novel.
The full text of the novel is about 800,000 words. Luo Shuyu became more and more angry when he read it. After reading it, his entire soul became more and more transparent due to anger. The tragic fate he had received was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the protagonist. Both he and Li Mingjin Did not live half of the overall content of the novel.
Thinking of his one-month-old child dying in the cold winter and Li Mingjin, who was covered with blood and fell into his arms, his soul seemed to be torn by countless thin threads, causing him pain, and going crazy. Howling and crying, but couldn't shed half a tear because he's a soul ray.
It turns out that they are just worthless characters in the novel. They can't control their own destiny at all. They are a stepping stone for the promotion of the protagonist in the novel. Not even receiving petty, only death.
But what did I do wrong?
What did my poor baby do wrong?
Did Li Mingjin really collided with the enemy?
He knew that those letters that showed he collided with the enemy were forged, and that was not Li Mingjin's handwriting at all.
It was just that .. We are just the characters in the novel, an undeniable fact. A miserable ending for my family for others to start their road to their happy ending?
There was a resentment in Luo Shuyu's heart, and his soul starts flickering and becoming dark. He hates it! He hates it! He hates it all.
He wants those who ruined his child's life to be buried with him. Can't wait to eat their flesh, drink their blood, cramp their muscles, thwart their bones then bury the ashes.
He was immersed in resentment and did not notice that the space he was staying in was being distorted.
In the blink of an eye, the space turned into a small black spot, and then disappeared.
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In the west courtyard of Luo Mansion. Cicadas and birds screamed in summer, and a young man slept soundly on a deck chair under a tree with a book on his chest.
"Young master, young master, wake up, wake uup!"
Someone was talking, shaking his shoulder gently.
The sound in his ear made him wake up from the nap.
Nap? Isn't he dead? Isn't he reading a strange novel?
Luo Shuyu suddenly opened his eyes and saw a familiar and immature face. This was Qing Wang, who was only 16 or 17 years old.
Qing Wang's characteristic is that his skin is a bit dark, he is full of joy and easy to tease, and everything is written on his face. During the years when he entered the Third Prince' Mansion, because he was not favored as a master, Qing Wang began to become less talkative, because of bullying of the servants there. The only time he could hear his voice in the mansion, is when he would always speak up to protect him.
But, isn't he dead? How can I still see Qing Wang.
I still remember the officers and soldiers who came to the third prince mansion to take him, all of them were very rude. Qing Wang stepped forward to stop them and was injured on the spot. After that, he was sent to jail too and when he asked for food from the jailer, he was beaten by the drank jailer. When he died, he was holding a dirty bun in his hand.
Seeing the vividness of the boy Infront of him from when he was young, Luo Shuyu was in a trance, until Qing Wang shouted, "young master, something has happened."
Luo Shuyu was surprised by Qing Wang and opened his eyes. He stretched out his hand and pinched Qing Wang's face: "Does it hurt?"
Qing Wang wrinkled his pinched face and moved closer to Luo Shuyu, so as to reduce the force of being pinched: "young master, it hurts, it hurts, what did Qing Wang do wrong, to have you pinch me hard."
Luo Shuyu shook his head, wondering whether the things in his memory were a dream or something else. For a while, he was a little confused. If it is true, then he is now rewatching his life through his dying corpse?
But I have only heard that it was only a fantasyppto see your life while dying, and won't be able to touch other people's bodies. But what's now, he is returning to his own body, when Qing Wang is still so young.
Qing Wang, who was let go, said while massaging his cheek : "Young master, it's going to bruise."
Luo Shuyu calmed down and asked him: "What's wrong? What kind of demeanor to let you go out screaming and panicking, if the mistress saw you and beat you, I won't speak for you."
Qing Wang quickly admitted his mistake: "This little one knows that he is wrong, but the matter is really serious. I just heard the master and the lady say that the emperor will marry you to the third prince!" He was finally able to tell what he had heard. How come the young master is in no rush to go and see.
Luo Shuyu frowned: "Marriage?"
This was the second time he heard this word, but his heart was slightly shaken, but there was no resistance, grievance, or full unwillingness and a final compromise of the last time.
And when he heard the third prince, he was stunned.
What appeared in front of him was the picture of Li Mingjin being pierced by arrows, and the sentence he repeatedly emphasized before he died.
"Luo Shuyu, you must stay away from me in your next life..."
He used to think that Li Mingjin had no feelings for him. They were married for many years but never shared a room. The only time Li Mingjin accidentally took aphrodisiac, and then got him for one night. The memory of that night is still deep, Li Mingjin was very gentle. Afterwards, helped him clean up. He took him to the bath, and never really hurt him from the beginning to the end.
How could a person who gave up his life to protect you from a knife and an arrow, could he have no feelings for you?
Perhaps he has been immersed in sad emotions for getting married and never noticed li Mingjin's feelings. He has never asked Li Mingjin why he wants to marry him. There were so many women and gers in the world that he can choose from, why choose him alone and never taking a concubine.
The great Daxia Kingdom is divided into three types of people, men, women, and gers.
The ger is between a man and a woman and has fertility, but the fertility is lower than that of a woman, it is not easy to conceive. A family needs heirs to inherit and will not find a ger as the madam of the family, and most will choose a woman as the main wife.
The ger's status in the Great Daxia Kingdom is not high, married men has never selected gers as the first wife. However, the state of Daxia today is different from the past. The harem of the emperor now has a ger who has been promoted to a concubine of the throne. He is very pleased with the emperor. The status has been improved.
Just after receiving the news, the boy who was in front of him suddenly urged him to go to the front hall to meet the imperial decree.
Luo Shuyu put on a dress under Qing Wang's nagging. He didn't expect that the imperial decree came so quickly. Just like in his previous life, there was no time for him to prepare his heart or even his clothes.
Now, it's not needed anymore.
There are a lot of people in the front hall. His father Luo Renshou, the mistress of the house, the old lady over 60, and his brothers and sisters at home have all come out.
The Luo family is more complicated. Luo Shuyu is a direct descendant, but his mother the previous mistress passed away due to an illness in the early years. The current mistress is Liu, who has been with Luo Renshou for many years. One year after Chen's death, Liu was promoted to his wife. She had two sons, a daughter and a ger. She was very spoiled, and even the old lady had to give her a bit of face.
Although Luo Shuyu didn't receive much attention from his father in the family, he was a child of the direct first mistress, and he could survive in this house.
Sitting on the head master's chair in the main hall was an old eunuch holding the imperial decree in a delicate, majestic way.
Luo Renshou was talking politely with Wen Changhou.
Wen Changhou was a few years old, but with sharp eyes, he got up when he heard someone shouting "The Third Young Master is here" and said to Luo Renshou: "Luo Renshou, let's start proclaiming the imperial decree."
Luo Renshou raised his hand and respectfully said: "Please, Lord Hou."
Wen Changhou waited for the Luo family to kneel down and began to read the imperial decree.
"Luo Shuyu takes the order."
Luo Shuyu knelt down to take the order, with a dignified posture, neither arrogant nor humble. Wen Changhou glanced at him and felt that he was a good boy. It was a pity that this appearance, this manner, was allocated to the third prince.
"This servant carries the emperor words, and the edict said: We heard that Luo Shuyu, the son of Luo Renshou, an official from the Ministry of Rites, is dignified and generous, gentle and honest, and has outstanding appearance. The queen mother and this emperor are very happy. The third son of the emperor already accepted this. As the third son of the emperor can be said to be created by heaven and earth, for the beauty of being a beautiful ger, we will match you to the third son of the emperor as his princess. Work together and choose a good day to get married. Thank you for this."
Luo Shuyu listened to the imperial decree, and his mind drifted away.
Li Mingjin, I, Luo Shuyu, will never abandon you in this life.