C602 Footprints in the Snow

Yan Jue knew that he must have gone mad. He smiled bitterly yet depressingly, and turned around to walk inside.

If Xiao Tian Xin was still alive, she would definitely come to find him after so long.

He lowered his eyes and silently stepped through the gates of the Duke Palace. Behind him, he heard the sound of footsteps, followed by Liu Ruo Qing's worried voice, "Eighth brother."

Yan Jue stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and saw Yan Yuan and his wife standing in front of the door, looking at him with a pair of worried eyes.

He smiled faintly. "You guys came to visit on the first day of the new year. Why didn't you bring my nephew over?"

He spoke so lightly that the disappointment of falling into the abyss in his eyes was long gone. He smiled at them.

Yan Yuan and Su Yun walked over, Yan Yuan frowned and looked at him, then said: "I heard that you vomited blood again last night? Go to the Taiyuan Hospital and find an imperial physician for you to see. "

The smile on Yan Jue's face froze, he looked at the butler behind them, who was staring at him with displeasure, the butler immediately lowered his head and played with his fingers.

Yan Jue retracted his gaze, nonchalantly shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's fine, I was too happy last night, I drank too much, this old man is making a fuss, why did he call you here?"

Was he really too happy?

Liu Ruo Qing looked at Yan Jue suspiciously, not daring to look at her. On one hand, she felt guilty, but on the other hand, her face looked too similar to Xiao Tian Xin's. Whenever he looked at her, she would think of Xiao Tian Xin and how she had bullied her in the past, making her feel wronged.

Yan Yuan walked in front of him, patted his shoulder consolingly and said: "The doctor told you to drink less, so drink less. You're already old, yet you're still disobedient like Heng Er."

"…"

young son, who was far away from the King Jing Palace, sneezed inexplicably.

Yan Jue knew that Yan Yuan was trying to beat around the bush to console him, so he did not flirt with his good intentions and nodded.

"There's something I need to discuss with you."

"What is it?"

"…"

The two brothers walked into the house side by side. Liu Ruo Qing was standing in front of the Duke Palaces entrance and did not hurriedly follow inside. She only watched Yan Jue's skinny back and frowned in worry.

Looking at Eighth Brother's face just now, he was so pale that there was not the slightest bit of blood left, and his cheeks were so thin that they were almost caved in. It could be seen how big of a blow Liu Tian Xin's death had been to him.

Besides drinking, the most important reason behind him fainting last night was probably because he thought of Liu Tian Xin on New Year's Eve.

He remembered that when Liu Tian Xin had just returned to the xieqing, they had sent her out of the city together. Eighth Brother told Liu Tian Xin that after he married her and came back, the four of them would be together in the winter to eat hotpot and have another cute child like Heng Er …

At that time, how brazen was he to say such words in front of them, causing Liu Tian Xin's face to flush red as he chased after him and beat him up.

Not to mention eighth brother, even when she recalled, her eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Although more than half a year had passed, it still seemed like it was yesterday.

The doctor was right, a troubled heart still needed to be treated with medicine. Unless Liu Tian Xin came back to life, or eighth brother thought of it himself, otherwise …

The doctor's words were truly hard to say.

"Princess Tian Xin, have mercy on eighth brother. If he's still alive, come and see him earlier. If this goes on, he really won't be able to live anymore."

Liu Tian Xin let out a long sigh, and just as she was about to walk in, she suddenly saw a light green figure at the corner of her eyes, "Who?"

She subconsciously looked towards that corner, but there was no one there.

"Strange, are my eyes playing tricks on me?"

She frowned, whispered, pursed her lips in silence for two seconds, then walked over to the seat.

The snow here had not been cleaned up completely. On the surface of the snow, there were still some footprints that were very faint. There was even a tiny drop of blood.

Although the blood stain was not very obvious and it was only an extremely small drop, when it landed on the white snow, it became exceptionally dazzling. The sunlight shone down, as if a golden light was cast on that drop of blood.

"Who is it?"

She frowned and muttered to herself. Seems like she was not seeing things just now. Someone was staring at Prince Lu's Mansion.

However, who was the one looking at him? What was the other party up to?

At this moment, the only thing that Liu Ruo Qing could think of was Shen Ji Hall who was going against the imperial government, or perhaps King Wei and the others. She got up and left, intending to warn Yan Jue.

However, there was a strange feeling in his heart when he saw that dazzling drop of red blood.

She furrowed her brows, slightly turned her head, and thoughtfully entered the Prince's Mansion.

In another remote corner of the alleyway, a slim girl leaned against the wall and raised her head. The back of her head was pressed against the wall behind her.

A crimson veil covered her face, covering her entire face, revealing only her pair of clear and transparent eyes, which were currently glowing with tears.

She silently sobbed. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying. The blood on her fingertips dripped into the snow like a plum blossom blooming in the winter.

"Do you know how to change the topic?"

When Yan Jue spoke, he didn't sound as if he was filled with energy and blood, and his voice sounded a little hollow.

When Liu Ruo Qing entered, she just happened to hear them chatting. Yan Jue's voice sounded a little lacking in confidence, and when she looked at his slightly pale face, her eyes started to ache.

Yan Yuan nodded. Seeing Liu Ruo Qing's eyes turn a little red, she understood in her heart, but she did not openly ask about it.

"The examiners this year might as well be you."

Yan Yuan suggested. Yan Jue then smiled and pointed to himself, "I think I will forget about it, I have no experience with Imperial examinations, let the emperor send someone reliable."

Yan Yuan shook his head: "This time, there are too many suspicious places, no matter how reliable it is, it won't be more reliable than me. I have been busy with investigating the army that Wei Shao left in the capital recently, and after a while, the Spring Hunt will begin, and I will be busy with many matters in the imperial court.

When Liu Ruo Qing heard him mention Shen Ji Hall, her heart suddenly froze. She couldn't help but think of the old man and Mo Rong Tian once again, and her expression became a little strange.

Yan Jue knew that Yan Yuan wanted to find a job for him to do, so as to not get involved in this matter, he did not insist and nodded, "Alright, leave this to me."

Liu Tian Xin calmed herself down and said: "Alright, the two of you, you guys are also discussing business on the first day of the new year, are you bored?"

Yan Jue looked at her and smiled faintly, "Whatever you want to talk about, we'll listen to you."

Liu Ruo Qing rolled her eyes, turned her head and looked at Yan Yuan, then looked at Yan Jue again, and said: "I have an appointment to go soak in a hot spring with Shen Qin and the others at Jade Dragon Mountain.