After Chu Lan finished his work report, although Murong Qingwan and Chu Wei desperately wanted them to stay in the palace for lunch, they thought that Zhang Qingjiu had not seen his family for more than eight months, so they arranged for someone to send them back.
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In the carriage, Zhang Qingjiu suddenly pulled Chu Lan's sleeve and said, "Chu Lan."
"Huh?" Chu Lan seemed to be thinking about something, but still turned around immediately after hearing the call.
"Thank you." Zhang Qingjiu smiled slightly.
Thank you and your family for giving me the greatest tolerance and the best courtesy. Thank you for letting me meet you.
"What does Ah Jiu mean by this?" Chu Lan raised his eyebrows.
"It's nothing." Zhang Qingjiu raised the corner of his mouth. It would be great if she knew, and the doggy man didn't necessarily have to know.
But when Chu Lan saw her like this, how could he not know what the person she held dear to her heart was thinking, so she took her into her arms again, and Chu Lan said word by word, "Jiu, you deserve all the best in the world."
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Zhang Qingjiu was stunned for a moment, knowing that he had guessed what he was thinking, so he no longer hid it, blinked his eyes and poked Chu Lan's chest with his finger, "Yes, that's why God gave you to me.
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Chu Lan caught her breath and grabbed Zhang Qingjiu's finger, "Ajiu, if you continue like this, I'm afraid I won't be willing to send you back to the Wei Mansion."
Just now, next time now, when will his wine be able to stop being a seductress and run away?
"I..." Zhang Qingjiu's eyes suddenly widened. She meant what she said just now, and she said it seriously, but why did it fall into Chu Lan's ears and become different again?
"Sit tight." Chu Lan adjusted her breathing and moved Zhang Qingjiu in front of her legs, her tone obviously suppressed.
This action...
Zhang Qingjiu gritted his teeth and blushed inexplicably.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the carriage was extremely ambiguous.
If we are not careful again, no one knows what will happen.
Zhang Qingjiu narrowed his eyes, "I have been asking you something. You led troops to attack Qiu Di... What did the Queen say?"
She knew that Chu Lan knew that although he had Qiu Di's blood, his identity told his position - if there were competing interests between the two countries, how could there be any family ties?
And he has been growing up in Dahui, so naturally it won't have much influence.
But Murong Qingwan was different.
In any case, Qiu Di is Murong Qingwan's family member. Even though she has lived in Dahui for so many years, she still has relatives there.
"There's nothing going on with the Queen Mother, don't worry." Chu Lan lowered his eyes and glanced at Zhang Qingjiu, his eyes calm, "I told her about this before going on the expedition. The Queen Mother is not a person who doesn't know right from wrong, and the expedition is also for
Qiu Di’s future peace.”
At the end, Chu Lan added, "A man as ambitious as Murong Chunlai will be punished by everyone."
He said this very calmly, but anyone could hear the cruelty in it.
Hearing what Chu Lan said, Zhang Qingjiu couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Murong Qingwan was fine, but there was still...
"Murong Xiaoxiao has been following Mo Bianxian now. Mo Bianxian taught her very well. She knows what is right and wrong. You don't have to worry." Chu Lan continued to speak as if she knew what the people around her were thinking.
Zhang Qingjiu was silent for a while, then took a deep breath and raised his head, "What about you? Chu Lan, what do you think? If I hadn't saved Murong Chunlai back then, maybe nothing that happened later would have happened."
Chu Lan only glanced at Zhang Qingjiu, then lowered her eyes, said nothing, and frowned.
Zhang Qingjiu's heart skipped a beat. Although she had spoken calmly just now, she felt very uneasy at the moment. She was like a lone boat sailing through the big waves in the middle of the night, unable to see the light and unable to withstand the wind.
However, what she didn't expect was that Chu Lan reached out and pulled out her hand that was hidden on one side, then broke open the fingers that she held tightly to him, raised them up and faced the nails in her palms.
He pinched out the red bloodshot traces and rubbed it gently, then took out a small medicine bottle from the carriage and applied it to her.
"Chu Lan..." Zhang Qingjiu's eyes began to sour.
She didn't expect the dog man to notice this detail.
"None of this is important." Chu Lan took the medicine-coated hands and put them in her arms, looking at Zhang Qingjiu with clear eyes.
"But..." Zhang Qingjiu shook his head, "If it weren't for him, you wouldn't be in crisis again and again."
She was too confident, thinking that Murong Chun would die the next time she came.
"Ajiu, you really don't have to carry all this on yourself. You know Murong Chunlai's identity and Murong Yunqi's plan. You watch them act step by step, but you have to do it without alerting the snake. It's already very difficult.
"Yes." Chu Lan raised her eyes, her eyes full of calmness and transparency, "Since you know the deduction, you know that the identity of the queen mother will be exposed one day, and there will be someone else if Murong Chunlai is not here. It was not you who caused everything.
No, it’s me who should thank you for keeping all this with minimal harm.”
In fact, he figured it all out when he left Dali Temple after rescuing his mother and saw her rushing towards her single-handedly.
"I'm sorry, Ah Jiu, I should have said these words earlier." This way, she wouldn't have been in pain for so long.
When she heard Chu Lan say the third sentence, Zhang Qingjiu actually already understood what he was going to say, but after actually listening, she realized that she had actually underestimated Chu Lan.
Wow, oh, how can you, this dog man, say everything that goes into her heart? How can she continue to admit her mistakes like this? How can she have the nerve to tell him that she just wanted to save his life at first and didn't think too much about it?
Just a matter?
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Qingjiu shook his head, "No, Chu Lan, you shouldn't be the one to apologize. I was the one who blamed you. I didn't expect that Murong Chun would be so troublesome."
"This is what I want to tell you." Chu Lan narrowed his eyes, his eyes were a little deeper, "No matter it is this matter or in the future, no matter what happens, you must not take the blame on yourself.
He is a human being, not a God. Ah Jiu, how can you ask yourself to be perfect when God is powerless and helpless?"
When these words fell on her ears, Zhang Qingjiu was startled. Although it sounded like she was comforting herself, why did she have a strange feeling that the dog man was actually warning her?
It's like...he knows something.
But before Zhang Qingjiu was ready to speak, Chu Lan held her in his arms and whispered in her ear, "So Ah Jiu, in this world, you don't have to sacrifice yourself for anyone.