Liao Tingyan sat in front of the table in a somewhat listless manner, while two servants removed the food on the table that had been basically untouched. Seeing that her daughter had not eaten much, Aunt Lu advised her with some concern: "Girl, you should eat something. If you don't eat, your body won't be able to bear it."
"I can't eat." Liao Tingyan was scared when she thought of the scene yesterday. She had a nightmare last night, so how could she eat anything? Besides, most of the food in the mansion was meat, and there were few vegetables. It would be strange if she could eat at this time. Regardless of the more than 20 years in her previous life or the eight years since she traveled here, it was the first time she saw such a cruel and bloody scene. She was busy escaping at the time and didn't react much. She vomited when she returned home safely.
Aunt Lu knelt beside her and said, "How about I go get some goat milk for you?"
At this time, the housekeeper came into the room and said to Liao Tingyan, "Miss, Mr. Chen did not accept the thank-you gift we sent him, and he also did not accept the gold that you specifically asked for."
Liao Tingyan had a slight headache. Oh yes, the male protagonist was like this. In the early stage, he was very righteous and principled and refused to accept thank-you gifts. It seemed that this was also mentioned in the original text.
"Then forget it." Liao Tingyan didn't want to talk about this any more. After the butler left, she stood up and said, "Prepare the ox cart. I'm going to go to Miss Cui's place."
The girl from the Cui family was Liao Tingyan's best friend. There was not much entertainment in this dynasty and it was very troublesome to go anywhere. Apart from burning incense and visiting relatives in the temple, the only way to pass the time was to hang out with the girls nearby. Girl Cui was the one who got along best with Liao Tingyan.
As the ox cart was heading towards Cui's house, Liao Tingyan accidentally saw a figure setting up a stall on the street through the gap in the curtain.
The hero, Chen Yun? In the early days, he was indeed a hunter who made a living by hunting. Later, when the situation became more and more turbulent, he gathered many people to rebel.
Liao Tingyan thought about it, called Lu Gu over and said, "That guy over there is our lifesaver after all. Since he refuses to accept our thank you gift, let the servants in the mansion watch over him. In the future, whenever he comes to the city to sell prey, buy all of it as a way of repaying him."
Aunt Lu responded, "Yes, girl."
Liao Tingyan was satisfied, lowered the curtain, and stopped thinking about it. Although she didn't want to fall in love with the male protagonist, since he saved her once, she had to repay him a little.
Arriving at Cui's house, he met Miss Cui. The two sat down in the room. Miss Cui chattered about what happened to Liao Tingyan yesterday. "You don't know, your story has spread everywhere. I was really worried to death! I heard that Envoy Liao took a large group of soldiers to suppress the mountain bandits yesterday. Is he back now?"
"Father won't be back until the afternoon." Liao Tingyan said helplessly: "Please stop talking about this. My head hurts. Tell me something interesting."
Miss Cui sat beside her and took her hand. "Okay, let's not talk about this. Speaking of interesting things, you know, that Dai Yu Dai Langjun who has been chasing you has been ordered by his father to go to the military camp for training. Now, this annoying guy can no longer bother you. How about it, do you feel happier?"
That is indeed very gratifying. This annoying guy named Dai Yu can basically be regarded as a warming agent for the early relationship between the male and female protagonists in the original novel. As long as he appears to cause trouble, the relationship between the male and female protagonists can be taken to a higher level. He is a standard arrogant, brainless and lustful second generation. Liao Tingyan also doesn't want to see him.
"Oh, by the way, my uncle and aunt came the day before yesterday. I heard that their family is planning to move from Luojing to our Hexia. My two cousins will come with them, so we will have two more playmates then." Miss Cui smiled happily, but Liao Tingyan was not in such a good mood when she heard it, and her smile even gradually disappeared.
Without the innocence of Miss Cui, Liao Tingyan knew very well why these people moved away from Luojing. Most of them had young unmarried girls at home, and they were afraid that they would be favored by His Majesty and summoned to the palace, so they chose to stay away from Luojing to avoid disaster.
The current emperor, Sima Jiao, loves beautiful women and has many beauties in his palace. If he is lustful, it would be fine, but he is not. This emperor likes to appreciate beauties, but he often goes crazy. The beauty he liked yesterday might be dragged away and killed the next day. It is said that he is an irritable and cruel master. Not only the beauties in the harem, but also the ministers of the previous dynasty, he kills them if he doesn't like them.
It was precisely because he killed people without scruples and his methods were brutal and cruel that uprisings broke out in various places and eventually the country was destroyed.
Sima Jiao, the king of a fallen country, is the second male lead in the original novel. This is the real reason why Liao Tingyan feels a headache.
From the perspective of former readers, the second male lead Sima Jiao is undoubtedly a psychopath. This "psychopath" means that he is really sick in the brain, at least a manic patient, sick, irritable, and unpredictable. The scene that impressed Liao Tingyan the most was in the original novel, when he suddenly ordered the skin of a beauty he loved to be peeled off for no reason at a banquet for all the officials, and then sent it to the beauty's father after it was peeled and tanned. It is said that the official was scared to death.
Since he is the second male lead, the heroine must have had contact with Sima Jiao. After the heroine and the hero had a quarrel and ran away, the emperor met them on a tour and was taken by his side because of his beauty. To be honest, even though Sima Jiao is very scary, he did not hurt the heroine in the original novel. On the contrary, he always doted on her. But it was useless. Anyway, the hero came to rescue the heroine and killed Sima Jiao.
Sima Jiao, the male second, is more troublesome for Liao Tingyan than Chen Yun, the male lead. If she doesn't want to be involved with Chen Yun, Liao Tingyan can just avoid him, but she can't avoid Sima Jiao!
Because according to the original story, about half a year after the hero and heroine met, Sima Jiao heard that there was a beautiful woman named Liao in Hexia, and issued an imperial edict ordering her to enter the palace to accompany the king. In the original story, of course, the heroine refused to enter the palace, because the emperor had a bad reputation, and she and the hero were already in love at that time, so it was impossible for her to enter the palace, so she ran away from home to find the hero, and then Sima Jiao directly put the heroine's father in prison.
Considering that she has been getting along well with her stepfather for the past eight years, Liao Tingyan doesn't want to be like the original heroine, so she can only choose the opposite path from the original heroine. If the time comes, she will just go to the palace. Anyway, Sima Jiao will not kill her, as long as she can stay alive and not implicate others. In this way, she will be completely out of the original novel.
It is basically certain that she will enter the palace in the near future, but Liao Tingyan can't help trembling when she thinks of the cruel male No. 2. She accepts her fate and is afraid. The plot has already begun, which means that she only has half a year of good life left. This countdown to death really makes people feel uneasy.
Going out to relax not only failed to relax her mood, but made her even more nervous. Liao Tingyan returned home worriedly and found that her father had already returned. When Liao Shijun saw his daughter's appearance, he thought she was still in shock from the danger she encountered yesterday. He came over with a stern face and patted her on the shoulder, "Don't be afraid, the group of bandits that came here have all been wiped out, and this will never happen again."
Liao Tingyan looked at him. This was the softest expression her father could show. Although he would not express his concern for his daughter in a loving manner, he actually loved his only daughter very much in his heart.
So Liao Tingyan didn’t quite understand why the heroine in the original novel ran away without considering what would happen to her father
"Dad, I'm fine."
"Well, you have a good rest, dad is here."
After the rare warm moment, Liao Shijun hurried back to his official duties, while Liao Tingyan was still doing nothing. She was the only one in the house, and the house was big, so her daily routine was just eating and sleeping.
After staying at home for a while, Liao Tingyan decided to go burn incense and visit temples. She didn't want to go to the temples outside the city, as she was afraid of any accidents. There was a temple in the city that was more popular, but there were too many people and she was afraid of trouble, so she finally decided to go to the quieter Lianshan Temple.
It was sunny when we set out, but when we reached Lianshan Temple, it suddenly started to rain. We had no choice but to take shelter in a wooden pavilion in the mountains with Lu Gu and several servants.
Not long after they sat down, a figure hurriedly came running on the mountain path.
Seeing Chen Yun again, Liao Tingyan's first reaction was to recall the original novel. Was there a plot in the original novel where the male and female protagonists met by chance while taking shelter from the rain? It seemed not! Although she couldn't remember the details clearly after several years, there was indeed no such plot when taking shelter from the rain. How could this be added to the drama
Seeing someone in the pavilion, a noble lady, Chen Yun didn't want to go in. However, the incense, candles, paper money and two lotus lanterns he was holding were to be placed in front of his parents' altar. If they got wet in the rain, they would be useless. So he hesitated and asked, "Can I leave these in the pavilion? I'll stay outside the pavilion and won't disturb the lady."
Liao Tingyan sighed silently, "Please come in and take shelter from the rain, it's okay."
When Chen Yun entered the pavilion, he found that he had met the girl from Lord Liao's family again. Lu Gu, whom he had seen before, smiled and nodded at him. He also returned the greeting and consciously stood in the corner of the pavilion away from them, being very polite.
Liao Tingyan adjusted her veil and thought that this male lead was indeed good. After all, he must have a strong personality to be the male lead. It was a pity that she didn't want to accompany him to suffer. The male lead had ideals and ambitions. He was kind and principled in the early stage. In the middle stage, he fought and killed decisively and became a tyrant. In the later stage, he became a lonely man with deep thoughts due to palace fighting. The female lead had to accompany him to change all the way and give birth to children for him one after another. It was really tiring and troublesome.
She was thinking in her heart, but she didn't know that Chen Yun was also thinking about her. These days, whenever he hunted prey and sold it in the city, it would be quickly bought by someone else. After so many times, he realized something was wrong. After asking around, he found out that it was the servants of the Liao family who bought the prey. After asking around again, the person quietly told him that it was Miss Liao who personally instructed him to do so.
Chen Yun was silent. Because he refused the thank-you gift, the girl Liao responded in such a roundabout way? Although the two did not speak, he had a lot of good feelings for the girl Liao. She was so thoughtful, she must be a kind-hearted girl who knew how to repay a favor. But he didn't expect that they would meet again here.
The rain stopped soon, and Liao Tingyan and her group prepared to leave first. She wanted to leave early, but the road was slippery after the rain, and Liao Tingyan twisted her foot and leaned forward. Although she was supported, the veil on her head fell into the mud.
Liao Tingyan: “…” Is it true that this story has a setting where the veil must be dropped in front of the male protagonist
Chen Yun, who had been hiding aside to let them go first, happened to see this scene. The pure white veil fell, revealing a stunning face. When the pair of bright eyes looked at him, Chen Yun was almost stunned. Like a lotus in clear water, like a white lotus flower, full of tenderness, beyond words.
Subconsciously glancing at the male lead’s reaction, Liao Tingyan said: “…” What a vivid expression with the word “stunning” written in his eyes.