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After leaving Li Chun Yuan, Lin Zai hurried back to Li Mansion.
Many years ago, Lin Ran resolutely accompanied her husband to the Western Region. Taking this into account, the imperial court specially placed a mansion for them in the city.
Li Ao spent most of his time in the military camp. Now that the situation is serious, even Lin Ran goes to the military camp more and more often.
It is estimated that Yin Tianxing has arrived at the house, but Lin Zai is not sure whether his adoptive father and stepmother are at home.
As soon as he arrived at the gate, Lin Zai met Ling Qiuyun face to face.
"Miss, you are back!"
Lin Zai nodded, "Brother Ling, where are you going in such a hurry?"
Ling Qiuyun smiled bitterly and said, "I have something to do at home, so I have to go back."
Although Lin Zai was worried, he couldn't ask too many questions. Besides, there were more important things at the moment, "Has anyone come to the house?"
"I almost forgot if you didn't ask me! Miss, the third prince is back. He is now in the study reminiscing with his wife."
"Where's the adoptive father?"
"The general is still in the barracks. They came suddenly and I didn't notify him in advance. However, I have sent someone to notify the general. I believe he will be back soon."
"Thank you for your hard work." Lin Zai did not forget to remind: "Brother Ling, please don't tell anyone about their coming to the Western Region. I think the prince and his adopted father and mother also hope so."
"I understand, don't worry, miss."
Ling Qiuyun was originally an insignificant soldier, but he performed well. Three years ago, he even got the chance to be reused by Li Ao and could always follow him.
At that time, Yin Tianxing had not returned to Beijing, and Ling Qiuyun often met him. Although the two did not communicate much, he had a very deep impression on the third prince.
"Miss, the Third Prince came back suddenly. Did something happen?" Ling Qiuyun asked with a worried look on his face.
Lin Zai shook his head, "I don't know either."
"Well, the Third Prince has his own reasons for returning to the Western Region. Miss, please go to the study quickly. I'm going home too."
"good."
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Lin Zai knocked on the door and called softly: "Foster mother."
Soon the door opened, and Lin Ran said excitedly: "Ah Zai, look who's back!"
I thought my daughter would be surprised, but she just looked at the visitor calmly.
Lin Ran wondered: "Tian Xing and Rushuang are back, aren't you happy?"
"happy."
"Then why don't I feel it at all?"
Yin Tianxing helped explain: "Master's wife, actually we met Ah Zai last night."
"What?" Lin Ran was shocked again. She asked her daughter, "Were you at Granny Cui's place last night?"
"That's right!"
"Then how did you meet?"
"My lord, they happened to be staying at Granny Cui's place."
So that's it, Lin Ran said meaningfully: "This is what God specially arranged. People who are destined to meet will meet no matter what. You..."
"A Ran." Before Lin Ran could finish speaking, Li Ao pushed the door open and entered.
He could almost guess what A Ran was going to say next, so he interrupted in time.
"Master, I'm back." Yin Tianxing said with rare emotion.
Three years have passed in the blink of an eye. The master and apprentice looked at each other, and it was difficult to calm down.
Li Ao patted Yin Tianxing on the shoulder, "Okay, it's good to come back and take a look!"
The master never cared about his situation, but took care of him like a father, which more or less made up for the regrets he had when he was young.
Li Ao looked at Yin Tianxun and Zheng Zhen, "Who are these two?"
Yin Tianxing gave a brief introduction, and then said worriedly: "The situation is getting more complicated!"
"Yes! Ten years ago, Heliancheng borrowed my power from Dayin to seize the throne. At first, he pretended to be good, but gradually his ambition was exposed. Helianxuan was not an easy person. He acted ruthlessly and secretly. , more difficult to deal with than his father. Tianxing, although Yin and Rong have not completely broken up, it seems now that this war is unavoidable."
Although he had never met He Lianxuan, Li Ao had indirectly fought with him many times, and he knew firsthand how powerful this person was.
Fortunately Tianxing is back.
He glanced at the haggard Fifth Prince and Zheng Zhen, and then told Lin Zai: "Ah Zai, please arrange a place to live. There are some old people in the mansion who know Tianxing and Rushuang. You must keep it secret if you tell them. Their identities are inappropriate. If it is leaked, it will be said to the outside world that he is a relative of your mother's family, so you should pay more attention during this time."
"Yes, foster father."
"You've been working hard all the way, so let's have a good rest today. Ah Zai, please show them to the Li Mansion first, and let the servants clean up the place where they live."
"good!"
~~~
After everyone left, Lin Ran came close to Li Ao, "Tianxing and Azai actually met at Grandma Cui's place last night. What do you think this is if it's not fate? Our daughter likes Tianxing, and I think they are a perfect match. , how about we find ways to bring it together?"
Li Ao said with a hint of seriousness: "Let's not get involved in the children's affairs! We are not sure about Ah Zai's thoughts, and Tianxing has always regarded Ah Zai as his sister, so he cannot force himself on emotional matters. Ah Ran, you should worry less. These!"
"You mean I'm meddling in other people's business?" Lin Ran glared at her husband and said displeased.
Li Ao secretly complained, and he quickly denied it: "Don't get me wrong, that's not what I meant."
"Then what do you mean? Okay, I won't ask anything from now on, so as not to make the general dissatisfied, that's alright, right?"
After saying that, she walked out of the study angrily.
"Aran!"
"Aran!"
…
Li Ao hurriedly chased after him, and he kept saying nice things and apologizing behind him, without any airs of a general.
Many servants looked at him on the road, but Li Ao didn't care at all.
Originally, Lin Ran wasn't particularly angry. She was mostly pretending. Seeing her husband being so anxious, the little anger she had dissipated.
She stopped and smiled, "It's a good attitude to admit your mistakes. I will forgive you this time."
Li Ao felt relieved and promised: "I will never refute anything you say in the future."
"That's right."
"Aran, there are some things that need to be dealt with. I will go back to the military camp first and come back later."
"Okay, be careful on the road."
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Li Ao overheard the servant's whispers.
"Our general is really afraid of my wife. You didn't see how nervous he was just now. He doesn't look like a majestic general!"
The general, the wife, and the young lady have no airs of masters at all. They treat their servants very easily, so while the servants of Li Mansion respect their masters, they are not afraid of them at all.
The servants often get together, and of course what they talk about most is how the general is afraid of his wife.
Li Ao heard it several times, but he didn't mind it, let alone get angry.
Being afraid of his wife is not a shameless thing, so Li Ao never cares about other people's evaluation of him.
He respected and cherished Aran from the bottom of his heart.
Speaking of the acquaintance of these two people, it was indeed a wonderful relationship full of drama.
Although Li Ao is upright now, he was a well-known prodigal son in their county at the time.
One day when he had nothing to do, he went to wander around the streets to have some fun.
An old beggar tremblingly passed by. Li Ao was in a good mood, so he threw some silver into the bowl.
But he had no intention of looking at the old man who suddenly had a kind heart to give alms.
Lin Ran happened to pass by. She had something to do, so she walked in a hurry, and unexpectedly bumped into the old man.
The poor old man had been hungry for a long time and his body was so thin that he could not withstand the impact.
Li Ao happened to be next to him. The old man couldn't control himself and fell on Li Ao.
Li Ao subconsciously threw him away, and the old man was thrown to the ground like a worthless object.
He didn't care at all whether the old man was injured or not, he just looked at his clothes with disgust, as if there were bedbugs crawling on them.
He had always been clean and couldn't bear to be touched by this dirty and smelly beggar. Even when he was rewarded with money just now, he had to stay away.
Lin Ran stopped quickly after bumping into the old man. She saw all Li Ao's performance.
After helping the old man up, Lin Ran picked up the scattered copper coins and carefully put them into the old man's bowl.
Later, Lin Ran handed the old man some silver coins and apologized to him seriously.
This poor man who had been humiliated and tortured all his life had never been respected like this before, and his expression became more and more frightened.
Li Ao looked at all this, not only indifferent, but also felt a little ridiculous.
In the end, it was all this woman's fault. If it hadn't been for her, I wouldn't have had to go back and change my clothes.
Li Ao originally planned to scold her, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.
As the saying goes, a good man doesn't fight with women, so he should consider himself unlucky today.
"etc."
Before Li Ao could leave, he was grabbed tightly by Lin Ran.
"Miss, what else do you want?" Li Ao asked impatiently.
Even though he was no longer pursuing the case, she was still looking for trouble. If there weren't so many people watching on the street, he would have cursed her on the spot.
"Apologise!" Lin Ran said in a deep voice.
"What?" Li Ao asked in disbelief.
"I asked you to apologize!"
"Is there anything wrong with you?"
It was so hard today that Li Ao just wanted to leave as soon as possible, but the woman was too strong and he couldn't get away no matter what.
At first glance, it turns out that the opponent has been trained.
Li Ao was filled with regret. He should have listened to the old man and practiced martial arts well!
More and more people were watching the fun, and Li Ao knew he couldn't beat her, so he had to apologize to the old beggar reluctantly.
The old man was even more panicked. He quickly waved his hands and said he was fine.
Lin Ran didn't want to add a burden to this unfortunate man, so he took Li Ao away.
"I've already apologized, what else do you want?" Li Ao said angrily.
"Your apology just now was not sincere!"
"Please, he is just a beggar, and do you know who I am? Can you offend me for him?" Li Ao asked confidently.
"What happened to the beggar? Beggars also have self-respect."
"Self-respect? Are you kidding me? If he had self-esteem, why would he ask for money from others?"
"Not everyone is as lucky as you. He is also forced to be like this by life! People like you have no right to make arbitrary comments!"
Li Ao didn't have time to listen to her lecture. He said angrily: "Yes, yes, you are nobler than me, so you better let me go quickly to avoid dirtying your eyes!"
Before Li Ao finished speaking, he was dragged forward by Lin Ran again. He asked helplessly: "Where are you taking me?"
Lin Ran ignored him. She walked to a martial arts gym, opened the door and entered the courtyard, then let go of her hand.
"What did you bring me here for?" Li Ao asked warily.
Lin Ran looked at him provocatively, "Contest!"
"What?" Li Ao yelled.
This woman was a madman, but he didn't dare to say it openly.
"I forgot to tell you that I know you, Master Li Ao. Your father and my father are close friends. Didn't you expect that? As for him, seeing how bad you were in studying and martial arts, he regretted his indulgence in you. Master Li specially asked me to Dad will teach you kung fu, but before my dad teaches you, let me tell you some principles of life."
Li Ao was bruised and swollen from the lesson, so Lin Ran went back to Li's Mansion with him and told his father what happened.
I thought my father would help him seek justice, but I didn't expect that not only did he not feel sorry for his son, but he also kept praising Lin Ran for what he did right!
The most important thing is that the old man actually entrusted him to Lin Ran and asked that girl to discipline him.
In this way, the two people really started to get to know each other.
At first they both hated each other, but as time passed, this prejudice slowly changed.
Under the influence of Lin Ran, the original arrogant and careless Mr. Li's temperament began to change little by little.
Li Ao is not bad in nature, he just lost his mother when he was a child. His father devoted all his love for his late wife to his son, so he doted on Li Ao even more, even turning a blind eye to his not studying seriously, practicing martial arts and other behaviors. , and eventually developed these bad habits.
Fortunately, Li Ao was not hopeless.
Facts have proved that Mr. Li is really foresight. Under Lin Ran's guidance, Li Ao becomes more and more promising, and they gradually fall in love with each other.
Lin Ran stayed with Li Ao all the time. She went to the capital with him, and then came to the Western Region together.
Although the two have no children, this does not affect their relationship.
Li Ao was grateful to Lin Ran from the bottom of his heart!
It was she who made her heart softer, it was she who made herself understand that many things are not taken for granted, and it was she who made herself a good person in the end.
True love should achieve mutual success.
They met, got to know each other, fell in love, and were together. They are really happy now.
