[R18] The stars are brilliant, so lucky even (The stars are brilliant, the moon rises over the sea) – Chapter 163 of “The Stars Are Brilliant, How Lucky They Are (The Stars Are Brilliant·The Moon Rising Over the Sea)” [English]

Chapter 163

Shao Shang was exhausted and sat down, leaning against the table that had been kicked over during the fight, panting as he watched Huo Buyu bandage his wounds.Circles of cloth straps were tightly wrapped around the arms. The thick and breathable fine linen showed a comfortable off-white color, which contrasted with Shao Shang’s arms, which were white and green.Huo Buyi was also torn to pieces, his hair was messy, there were fine red scratches scattered on his face and neck, and there was a shocking bite wound on the back of his left hand – in fact, they had fought many times before, but nothing like this time.

Shao Shang’s eyes moved down and he noticed a plain colored brocade bag lying on the floor. She was very familiar with this kind of brocade bag. It didn’t look big, but it could hold a lot of things.She had seen Mrs. Xiao clean the fine linen belt with her own hands many times, dry it and iron it, then roll it into a tight roll and stuff it into this kind of pouch together with the best gold sore medicine.

People in the military are prone to external injuries. Even if they are not in the battle formation, injuries can easily occur in the martial arts competitions. People at that time already knew that it was extremely inappropriate to wrap wounds with unclean things, so military generals often carried these things with them.

Huo Buji noticed Shao Shang’s gaze and smiled: “You promised to make one for me, but you never took it out.”

Shaoshang woke up and saw that the wound was almost wrapped, so he said coldly: “Okay, I’m leaving.”

Huo Buyi put a hand on her shoulder: “I haven’t said what I want to say yet.”

Shao Shang was angry and sneered: “Okay, you go ahead and I’ll listen.” Could it be that if she said, “If you don’t listen, I won’t listen,” and he would let go. Didn’t you see that he couldn’t move even if he pressed lightly on his shoulder?

Huo Buyi bowed his head and sat down next to the girl, sighing softly: “I didn’t expect to meet you.”

With these eight simple words, Shao Shang instantly burst into tears – She turned her head and said, “I believe this. Meeting you is my disaster, and meeting me is your misfortune.”

“No, meeting you is the best thing that has happened to me since I was six years old.” Huo Buyi did not look at her, but looked at the halo on the ground not far away. The faint sunlight filtered through the curved carved window lattice, like her smiling face, soft and bright.

Shaoshang smiled sarcastically: “That’s true, I still have to defend the Huo family murder case to Your Majesty on your behalf.”

Huo Busuo smiled but said, “You’re right.”

Shaoshang came to his senses and said angrily, “No, you have to save me first. At least that time when Uncle Wan was intercepted and killed on a road in a dense forest, if you hadn’t saved me, I would have probably died.”

The two of them had only been together for a few months, but when they became entangled, it seemed like a lifetime had passed, and they were inextricably entangled and inseparable.

“I have a deep hatred and have never planned to get married. For many years I have only been worried about how to resist His Majesty’s kindness and kindness.” Huo Buyi imitated Shao Shang and leaned on the desk he had turned over. “I was relieved when I heard that you and Lou Yao had arranged a marriage. Otherwise, it would be really embarrassing. In fact, I admire Lou Yao very much. Although he has ordinary talents, he is aboveboard and upright. But then I heard that you followed himHe kept calling me ‘brother’, and I wanted to squeeze him to death.”

Shaoshang straightened up and emphasized, “A Yao is a good person.”

“Well, so he lives well and I plan to go to your wedding banquet.”

Recalling the past, it seemed like a previous life, Shao Shang sighed softly.

She used to be so eager to start a family, start an independent business, and work hard to live a decent life to show Mrs. Xiao.A few years later, Lou Yao and He Zhaojun may have had three children, but she is still entangled with her ex-fiancé. It is true that her ideals have become reality, and her well-planned life plan has always been premature.

“I never wanted to hurt you. I got news about the remaining members of the Huo family recently, and I thought I could properly end the Ling clan, so I came up with the idea of ​​marrying you.” Huo Buyi said.

Shaoshang said angrily: “Can’t you wait until you have finally finished Ling Yi before you come to me?”

“I can’t wait any longer.” Huo Buyi lowered his eyes, “People are always like this. If there is no hope for something they have been thinking about for a long time, that’s it. But as long as there is some hope, they can’t wait.”

Shaoshang felt that he had been unlucky for eight lifetimes, so he stood up and said, “Are you done? I’ll leave as soon as I’m done.”

“And…” Huo Buyi took her hand and found blood on her fingertips. He frowned and said, “You didn’t like to keep your nails long before.”

“How can you apply wetness without leaving your nails?” Shao Shang didn’t even know why he said this.

“You didn’t like Kou Dan before.” Huo Buyi pulled her to the opposite side of him and prepared it. Sharp weapons were not allowed in the palace, so he could only pick off the broken nails of the girl, and then apply powder on each fingertip.

Shao Shang stretched out his hand and let him apply the medicine. From this angle, he had a tall nose and thick eyelashes. She suddenly became irritated: “If there is anything else, please tell me at once. I can’t delay returning to the banquet.”

Huo Buyu paused and said, “Luo Jitong is not a good person. If she writes you a letter or says anything, don’t believe it.”

Shao Shang was shocked: “What?!” She just felt that Luo Jitong’s character was not good, but if Huo Buji said someone was “not a good person,” he must have done something big.

Huo Buyu raised his head and said, “It was not the fifth princess who killed the maid Chunxi, but Luo Jitong. Yes, she also participated in framing you. I suspect that the plan to frame you was hers. The fifth princess was not such a good scheming person.”

Shaoshang opened his mouth slightly.

“Also, the death of her ex-husband Jia Shiqilang is inseparable from her. In short, you have to be careful about this person.”

Shao Shang stood up and couldn’t help shouting: “Since you know everything, why do you still plan to marry her?”

Huo Buyi smiled slightly: “I have no intention of marrying her, I’m just using her as a cover. Otherwise, your majesty and the prince can let me live in peace at the border for these six years?”

“That’s right.” Shao Shang nodded, and then he was startled, “Oh no! You can’t keep a pretense forever. Even if you don’t marry Luo Jitong, you will have to marry someone else. Instead of spending time with a woman of bad character, it’s better to find someone who is virtuous and kind…”

She looked at he’s calm and deep eyes, and her heart trembled, “You did it on purpose. You don’t plan to marry at all. You, you won’t get married in the future…?” She guessed the reason, but she didn’t dare to guess his intention.

“You’re crazy. The Huo family is waiting for you to pass on the legacy. If you dare to be alone all your life, His Majesty will eat you alive!” She lowered her voice and was shocked beyond words.

Huo Buyi smiled at the clear mountains and rivers, not caring at all.

Shao Shang’s eyes were moist, and he persuaded him in a good voice: “Can’t you just look away? The past is in the past. Let’s go our separate ways and get married and have children. Wouldn’t it be nice to have old friends gather together and talk and laugh in ten or twenty years?” If he is lonely and alone all his life, what should she do? Just watch like this?

Huo Busuo put his arms around her thin back, hugged her tightly, and said in a depressed tone: “I won’t be old friends with you, we will be an old husband and wife.”

Shaoshang felt a hot breath coming towards him, and the warm head was buried in the crook of her neck. The clean male scent lingered around him, mixed with the familiar scent of herbs and rusty blood.

She silently shed tears, then hardened her heart, pushed He away, stood up straight, and said coldly: “You can marry whoever you want, and you can marry whoever you want. It has nothing to do with me! It’s all said and done, I’m leaving.”

Huo Buyi grabbed her, knelt down on one leg, tightly hugged her slender waist, and begged: “Don’t be so cruel. I couldn’t help you six years ago. Others don’t understand, but I understand – you never want to trust others or rely on others, but I forced you to accept me, and when you wanted to live with me wholeheartedly, I abandoned you…”

Shaoshang cried again, and another crack was torn open in his already scabbed heart.

There is a high wall made of ice in her heart. She is alone on this side of the wall, and no one can enter.Six years ago, Ling Buyi broke through the ice wall with a thunderous force, saying that they could keep each other warm from now on. She tried her best to believe him, but the result…she had made up her mind that she would never come out again in this life!

“I will never forgive you!” sheWith tears streaming down his face, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely, “Stop dreaming. I can live a good life until now only because of my hard heart. I will never forgive someone who has been unfaithful to me. They will be unfaithful to me once and disloyal a hundred times. You would have abandoned me six years ago. Who knows you won’t make the same mistake again in the future! I know everyone is talking to you openly and secretly, including people in my family, but I am not as good as you want! I can live a good life without you. I will never trust you again, never!”

Huo Buyu also shed tears and begged humbly: “You are not talking for me, you are helping us. Look yourself in the mirror. The way you see Yuan Shenshi is completely different from the way you look at me. I am not blind, and neither are others!”

Shao Shang burst into tears, choked with sobs and unable to speak: “I can live well without you. Yuan Shenhui and I will grow old together and spend our lives together…”

Huo Buyue said softly: “Yes, I deserve to be alone all my life. You can always forget me.”

Shaoshang’s throat was blocked and uncomfortable.

Huo Busuo looked up at her: “I never wanted to hurt you. I always hope that you can have a smooth life and be happy and worry-free. I even found a place for you and Lou Yao to go out. It has beautiful mountains and clear waters and simple people. If you like to bake bricks and tiles, and if you like to make wine, you can make wine. No one will criticize you.”

“I have always had a dream in the past six years. I dreamed that my parents and brothers and sisters were all alive and well, and there was never any tragic disaster. I went to your house to propose marriage, and you agreed, and then we happily became husband and wife——”

Shao Shang’s eyes were blurred with tears, thinking how great it would be if Huo Chong and his wife were still alive, if everyone was alive.

Huo Buyi will definitely be the most heroic and cheerful young man in the entire capital. They will meet again in the lantern market, but this time, he will not have any worries, but will walk over openly. When he sees his face, he will definitely become infatuated.

Maybe Mrs. Xiao would think he was reckless, and Father Cheng would think he was abrupt, but given the prominent family background of the Huo family, she would marry him anyway; when her children come around her knees, she would tell everyone that it was actually Baicai who made the first move.

Huo Buyi’s eyes were red, and his eyelashes were filled with tears. He grabbed her hands and put them on his cheeks: “Don’t be so cruel, please, don’t be so cruel to me.”

Shao Shang could no longer maintain his indifferent air, and cried like a child, with tears and runny nose, and was imageless; today she was completely defeated and had no power to fight back.

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of noisy voices outside, as if many people were walking towards this direction. The one at the head was the loud and drunken laughter of the third princess – “Qu Lingjun left so fast, and he hasn’t eaten the iced sweet chestnuts in the mother’s harem yet; and Cheng Shaoshang, I don’t know where he went.”

The second princess said: “Lingjun is a twin, so you take it as your own, eating and playing non-stop. Shao Shang must have returned to Yong’an Palace. I heard that Queen Mother Xuan’s health has become worse and worse recently.”

The Crown Princess of Ruyang said: “The spring is beautiful today, why don’t we go to the garden behind to set up a banquet and enjoy the wind to sober up.”

The third princess laughed and said, “Spring is nice, but there are also a lot of mosquitoes. This palace is better. The partitions on three sides can be removed, so you can still enjoy the breeze and enjoy the scenery.”

“Oh, Sister Sanhuang is so considerate and considerate now.”

“Fuck you, no matter how big or small!”

The women laughed.

Both Huo Cheng and Huo Cheng were crying. Soon after they spoke, the door of the palace was slammed open, and the inside and outside were connected. They saw Shao Shang standing upright, and Huo Buyi was kneeling in front of her with one leg. Both of them had tears on their faces, and there were sporadic blood stains on their clothes. The tables and furnishings on the floor were scattered in a mess.

The women might as well take a breath when they see this situation.

After a moment of silence, no one spoke. As the most senior noblewoman, Princess Ruyang felt obliged to speak, and said dryly: “Uh… you, you guys are here too, what a coincidence…”

It was better not to say this, and silence fell into silence again inside and outside the door. After a while, everyone came back to their senses, and there were rustling discussions, mixed with chuckles.

The women thought, could these two people have a tryst here?But looking at the mess on the ground and the blood on the clothes, it looks more like a fight. Then look at the two people standing and kneeling. Are they begging?But would such an arrogant young powerful official like Huo Buyi kneel down and beg for help?!…Well, she can’t guess this question.

Shaoshang’s head buzzed, he was at a loss and didn’t know how to deal with it.

Huo Buyi stood up slowly and calmly, stopped the girl behind him, and looked at the women with cold eyes.He made such a completely protective gesture, and the chuckles and whispers outside the door suddenly fell silent – given their background and status, they are not just talkative women in the market who only watch the excitement, they still have the awareness they should have.

The second princess sighed softly, took a step forward, and said softly: “Zisheng, we drank too much today, and we need to sober up here.”

Huo Buyi’s expression softened, and he suddenly said inexplicably: “…Second Princess, do you still remember that time in the palace alley, you, me, Shao Shang, and the Third Princess met.”

The third princess remembered.

She scratched her ears and rolled her eyes. She had forgotten the embarrassing past a long time ago. Why did Huo Buyue bring it up again? Really!

The second princess said: “I remember, that was the first day that Young Shang came to listen to and receive lessons from Empress Xuan.”

Shao Shang also remembered that it was the same at that time. The third princess wanted to trouble her, so he protected her behind him, like a tall and straight mountain, blocking all wind and rain.

Huo Buyi looked cold and serious: “I wonder if the second princess still remembers the last words I said before we parted that day?”

The second princess looked at he quietly, then smiled: “…remember, don’t worry.”

She turned around and looked at the women, her eyes majestic but gentle, “Zi Sheng and Shao Shang haven’t seen each other for many years, so we have something to say. I hope that what you will see today will not cause any rumors outside.”

Smart people don’t need to say much, they know it in their hearts. The women immediately understood that if they went out and talked nonsense, they would not only be enemies with Huo Buyi, but also the emperor’s favorite second princess, so they started fighting and pretending to be confused.

Shao Shang slowly clenched his fists, and she remembered everything. The last words Huo Buyi said to the two princesses that day were – I didn’t think about getting married until I met her, and there was no one else except her.