Six years after Rong Luan ascended the throne.

It's summer again, and it's sweltering in the palace.

When the first emperor was on the throne, when encountering such weather, he would take his concubines to the palace to escape the summer heat.

But since Rong Luan ascended the throne, he felt that going to the palace to escape the summer was too labor-intensive, and he cancelled it directly.

Fortunately, the human-powered fan designed by Shen Yu a few years ago was very useful, and it finally brought a touch of coolness to this sultry palace.

Rong Luan was looking at the memorial, the more he looked at the memorial, the darker his face became.

After watching it, he slapped the performance on the table, "It's really outrageous!"

Eunuch Su, who was beside him, was so frightened that he quickly knelt down.

Rong Luan stood up angrily, "These corrupt officials in Youzhou really think the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so I can't control them, right?"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger, those people were promoted by the previous emperor. They have been entrenched in the place for many years, and they have already formed a small force that shields each other. Besides, this group of people is cunning and cunning, and wants to find them for corruption and bribery. Evidence is difficult."

After listening to Eunuch Su's analysis, Rong Luan calmed down a lot. He walked around the hall a few times, and then decided to find the Queen Mother.

The empress dowager never gets involved in politics, but when he needs it, he will give several solutions for him to choose.

He discussed with the Queen Mother for one night and made a decision the next day.

After Eunuch Su found out, he was so frightened that he hurriedly went to the Queen Mother, but he didn’t think that the Queen Mother would just taste tea leisurely, and said lightly, “Eunuch Su thinks that His Majesty is lacking now?”

Grandpa Su shook his head.

The Queen Mother suddenly smiled and said, "Your Majesty lacks knowledge and experience now. He has never been out of the capital since he was a child, and he has never seen the suffering of the people."

"In the past, he was busy dealing with the remaining forces of King Jin and the previous emperor, and he had no chance. Now he has an opportunity. It is time to take a good look at what the people are like today."

Eunuch Su was completely speechless.

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It is said that it is experience, but Rong Luan's journey is really unfortunate, and only halfway there, he encounters an assassin.

When the dark guard was chasing the assassin, he encountered a sneak attack by the bandits again. The remaining dark guards were defeated, and Rong Luan was captured by the bandits.

The bandits took him to his old den, and he was tied up.

These bandits were still eating meat and drinking beside him. He hadn't eaten for a day, and he was already too hungry, so he could only watch.

."

Rong Luan felt a chill in his heart and wanted to hide, but there was nowhere to hide.

"Little white face, as long as you follow the Lord, the Lord will keep you safe, how about it?" The big man approached his face, and the smell of wine came to him.

Rong Luan was about to vomit, he couldn't help frowning and refused righteously, "No..."

"You little white face, you even toast, don't eat and drink fine!" The big man was furious, and he started to untie his clothes.

Just when Rong Luan felt that the reputation of his generation of emperors was about to be ruined, a few stones suddenly shot out in the distance and hit the mountain bandits.

Several mountain bandits were instantly knocked down, and a woman in red rushed over with a sword in her hand.

She was so fast that Rong Luan could only see a red streak in the air, and the person had come to him.

The downed bandit stood up and took up his weapon, "Where did you get that girl?"

The next moment, the woman in red cut the rope that tied Rong Luan with the sword in her hand, dragged Rong Luan and ran away.

Rong Luan followed behind the woman, he could not see the woman's appearance clearly, he could only see that she had a red earring hanging on her ear, and the earring followed her running. Action, rocking up and down, left and right.

How could that group of bandits be willing to suffer losses on a little girl? Quickly catch up.

Rong Luan ran slowly, and soon fell behind, the woman in red thought for a moment, turned around, and grabbed his hand.

Only then did he see clearly the appearance of the woman in front of him. Even after so many years, he could still recognize it!

Yes!

He was about to call out when Chu Chu covered his lips.

The cave is very small, he could even hear her breathing and heartbeat, Chu Chu put her index finger to her lips and made a "shh".

Rong Luan nodded blankly, then looked at Chu Chu's face blankly.

She looks better than before, and her temperament is completely different.

In the past, Chu Chu was weak and delicate, and always made people feel a little pity.

In the past, he swore to protect Chu Chu, but he never imagined that when we meet again, Chu Chu would protect him.

He was sour and uncomfortable.

The two waited in the cave until it was dark, and Chu Chu was not ready to go out until it was determined that all the bandits had left.

But she didn't think so, Rong Luan grabbed her hand, "Where are you going?"

Chuchu turned around and said, "Are you hungry? I'll go get you something to eat."

"I'll go with you!" Rong Luan said quickly.

Chuchu thought for a moment and nodded.

Not long after, Chu Chu caught a pheasant and went up to the tree to pick a lot of fruit, ready to go back to roast the pheasant to eat.

She didn't recognize Rong Luan, Rong Luan saw her serious roasting pheasant, there were many things she wanted to ask, but in the end she didn't say a word.

Perhaps she...forgot him long ago...

When she left, she was only ten years old, only he would foolishly keep the promise of a ten-year-old person in his heart.

His eyes were dry and dry, and for some reason, he didn't feel this way when faced with those difficult things in the court.

And now that he realizes that Chu Chu may have forgotten him, he has a feeling that the sky is falling.

The roasted chicken in Chu Chu's hands became more fragrant as it roasted, and when it was done, she tore off a leg to comfort him, "Don't be sad, eat the roasted chicken, and I will send you back tomorrow. Family."

He took over the roast chicken and ate it sullenly.

Chu Chu felt that this person was a little strange, but did not ask anything.

The two shared the roast chicken and fruit together, and then went back to the cave to sleep.

Chu Chu was used to this kind of life and fell asleep not long after.

Perhaps it was because it was really uncomfortable here, or maybe it was because Chu Chu was sleeping beside him, and Rong Luan couldn't sleep.

He didn't know what Chu Chu had been through these years. He wanted to recognize her, but he was afraid that she had already forgotten about him.

He struggled for a long time before falling asleep.

The next day, the two walked to Youzhou together, Chu Chu walked in front, Rong Luan walked behind and kept looking at her back.

When he didn't see Chu Chu, he prepared a big bag of words. When he really saw Chu Chu, he didn't dare to speak or even recognize her.

Just when he was thinking about something, Chu Chu suddenly protected him behind him and pulled out his sword. It turned out that the assassin was chasing him.

"No, run!"

As soon as the assassin came out, Chu Chu knew that these people were not easy to deal with, so he took Rong Luan's hand and ran with him.

A dozen arrows shot towards the two at the same time, Chu Chu subconsciously hugged Rong Luan and rolled away, then dragged him up and continued to run forward.

The two ran from early morning to noon, and finally had no strength to run, and lay straight on the ground, the assassin behind him did not chase, Rong Luan tried to get up to see how Chu Chu was doing.

But she saw Chu Chu looking straight at him, and then suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

The blood was black and poisoned.

Rong Luan was taken aback and hurried to check on her.

Chuchu grabbed his hand all of a sudden, "It's the waist, an arrow swiped my waist just now, the injury wasn't serious, but the arrow was poisonous."

"What should I do then?" Rong Luan asked quickly, he would rather die than have trouble.

"Go south to the Valley of Heartless Love." Chu Chu vomited another mouthful of blood.

Originally, Rong Luan had no strength, but he didn't want Chu Chu to die, so he used his last strength to carry her on his back.

"I don't know the way, you have to show me the way."

"Hmmm..."

This poison attacked too fast, Chu Chu's spirit was not very good, and her breathing became shallower.

Rong Luan was afraid that she would never wake up again after falling asleep, so she quickly said, "Hey, wake up, I don't know what your name is?"

"My name is Chu Chu."

"You are so good at martial arts, who did you learn it from?"

"My mother."

"Then your mother is very powerful."

"Well, my mother is very good."

Rong Luan racked his brains to find a topic with Chu Chu, and when it was dark, his mouth was dry, so he found a flat place to put Chu Chu down.

He instructed her, "I'll go get you something to eat, wait for me here."

Chu Chu gave a "hmm", then raised her eyes to look at Rong Luan's back and chuckled, "What a strange little talker."

She had never seen anyone speak so much.

She honestly waited here for half an hour before she saw Rong Luan came back with a rabbit.

He was covered in dirt, very embarrassed, and even his hair was messy. It seemed that the rabbit was not caught well.

He took the rabbit and came to Chu Chu, a little at a loss, "This... what should I do with this rabbit?"

Chu Chu smiled, then took out a knife from her pocket and threw it.

Rong Luan killed the rabbit according to the method she said, but she didn't think that the knife was not cut in place, and the rabbit struggled and ran away.

He was sprayed with blood and had to chase rabbits.

Chu Chu watched him chasing the rabbit in a daze, and couldn't help laughing. Rong Luan chased the rabbit three times before finally catching up.

He couldn't help lowering his head, fortunately his face was covered in dust, otherwise Chuchu would have seen him embarrassed and blushing.

After handling the rabbit, he followed the way Chu Chu roasted the chicken yesterday and put it on the fire.

The fire light against Chu Chu's face made her look even more beautiful, Rong Luan couldn't help but stare.

"The rabbit is mushy." Chu Chu reminded in a low voice, he just remembered to see the rabbit, and it turned out mushy.

He picked up the rabbit in a hurry, Chu Chu couldn't help laughing again, "Little talker, why don't you know anything?"

Rong Luan's face turned red again, "I..."

He wanted to explain, but suddenly realized that he didn't seem to know anything, and shut up again.

He handed the good piece of rabbit meat to Chu Chu, and went to eat the black and mushy piece.

Extremely bitter…

Although he had never eaten something so bad, he devoured it.

Chu Chu saw that his mouth was full of black, and couldn't help laughing, Rong Luan's face turned even redder.

He wanted to turn around and not let Chu Chu laugh at him, but he wanted to look at Chu Chu more.

Chu Chu handed him the leftover rabbit leg, "Little talker, I'm full, here it is for you."

Chu Chu saw his stubborn appearance, smiled again, thought for a moment, and took out a piece of oil paper from his arms to wrap the rabbit's legs.

Rong Luan looked at Chu Chu, really wanted to tell her that he was not a small talker, and he swallowed the words again.

Every time she called him a small talker, she was very happy, so the small talker should be a small talker, just be happy.

The two had eaten and it was time to go to bed. Rong Luan was too tired during the day, so this time he fell asleep quickly.

While he was in a daze, he suddenly heard someone's voice, and was suddenly awakened. When he looked up, he saw Chu Chu curled up on the ground, and kept shouting, "It's so cold..."

Her cold complexion was turning purple, Rong Luan couldn't help touching her face, it was freezing to death.

It seems to be poisonous.

He hurriedly lit a fire again, and put Chu Chu on the fire, but it was of little use.

"It's so cold..." Her eyes were closed, and she obviously lost her consciousness, she only knew how to go to the fire.

He grabbed her quickly to prevent her from burning herself.

"It's...so cold..."

Rong Luan watched her tangled for a long time, and finally put her in his arms to keep her warm.

Chu Chu has been poisoned and completely lost consciousness. Feeling a heat source around her, she kept digging into Rong Luan's arms.

Rong Luan took off his coat and put it on her, hugging her tightly, but with little success.

"Cold..." Chu Chu was still shivering coldly in his arms.

Rong Luan was heartbroken, and after struggling for a long time, he said to himself, "I really don't want to take advantage of others' danger."

"But you're too cold, if you stay so cold, something will happen..."

After he finished speaking, he made up his mind and untied Chu Chu's belt with his hands.

"I won't do anything to you...I won't go out and talk..."