The Family of Time Travel Has an Ugly Wife

Shan Yu had been ill for a long time, and it was not until the beginning of spring in March that he regained his energy and opened the door of the medical clinic.

More than two months had passed since the book-burning incident that affected the entire Qiu Ming Dynasty to prevent unreasonable critic of the court, and the theater building was still filled with a strong smell of blood.

Every time Shan Yu passed by there, he would always think of the cruel scenes during the execution that day, and then think of the Lian family who had also been confiscated and beheaded. The most worrying thing was Lian Zhou.

He frowned and coughed with a pale face. Knowing that he was overthinking, he turned his eyes away from the dark brown blood still remaining on the ground. He held Wan Qiu’s hand and said, “Let’s go another way.”

“Yes.” Wan Qiu patted Shan Yu’s back with some worry. His fingers were cold to the touch. He quickly lowered his head and breathed on Shan Yu’s fingertips. He rubbed his hands and asked, “Husband, are you very cold? Otherwise, you go home first, I can go to the grain store alone, you don’t have to follow me.”

“We’ve come this far, why would we go back? Besides, you can’t take anyone else with you, so let’s go.”

After the Chinese New Year, the prices of rice, flour, grains, and oils all rose. Although the fluctuation was not large, there were often cases where they were unavailable.

For those who had fields at home, the impact was not big, but for people like Shan Yu who had to buy a piece of garlic to eat, it was simply pinching their lifeblood.

Wan Qiu asked about the price of grain and hesitantly said to Shan Yu, “There is no rice, only flour. Husband, can we buy it?”

“Buy, buy them all.”

“But it has risen again. I still have enough rice and noodles at home. How about we wait a few more days? Maybe it will drop.”

Shan Yu shook his head, took out his money, and bought some grains from the store. When he returned home, he saw Er Zhu waiting at the door.

He looked haggard, with a particularly obvious trace of worry in his eyes. Shan Yu wondered, “What’s wrong with you? Did something happen?”

Er Zhu sighed lightly and shook his head, then handed a notice in his hand to Shan Yu, “…you can read it yourself.”

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The emperor chose concubines to expand his harem, and the empress position was given to the daughter of the current prime minister. Everything he originally promised to Lian Zhou turned out to be empty words.

Regarding the position of imperial consort and the dismissal of the harem, it seemed that sparing Lian Zhou’s life after he ordered the entire Lian family to be executed was a great kindness.

On the day when the emperor’s wedding was celebrated by everyone, Shan Yu stood in front of the window and looked at the bright moon in the sky and silently asked, “Lian Zhou, do you regret it now?”

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And in the capital, Chang’an, thousands of miles away…

In the imperial city, in the cold palace.

A figure in filthy clothes was huddled on a moldy and rotten straw mat. Several rats were gnawing at his wrists and ankles, but he was not seen moving.

Lian Zhou protected his slightly bulging belly with his hands and listened to the bells and music outside the high wall. Two lines of blood and tears rolled down his cheeks: “…Er Zhu, don’t be sad because of me anymore. I have already received my retribution.”

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Er Zhu was running around the ground anxiously; Shan Yu was pounding the medicine without raising his head.

“Let’s go to the palace! Let’s rescue him! How about that?”

“That palace is as airtight as the Iron Gate. There are hundreds of gates alone. How are you going to get through the layers of guards and go to the emperor’s backyard to bring someone out?”

“This… why don’t we disguise ourselves? Disguise ourselves? Find a way to sneak in?”

“Dream on.”

“Then what do you think we should do?”

“I have no idea.”

Shan Yu and Er Zhu both wanted to rescue Lian Zhou, but they couldn’t.

Without a golden finger, there were naturally no opportunities to take advantage of.

Er Zhu couldn’t hide the disappointment and sadness in his brows. He sat aside and whispered for a long time, “Can you tell me about Lian Zhou? I want to know what he did before traveling through time.”

Shan Yu paused in making the medicine, looked at him, and listened to Er Zhu continue, “You don’t have to pretend. When I came here, my mother told me a little bit about your situation… you have lost your memory and your personality has changed drastically. You are almost the same as me. When Lian Zhou was drunk, he hugged me and called me mom and dad. Before you were bedridden, you also held Wan Qiu’s hand and called mom and dad…”

Upon hearing this, Shan Yu let go of the medicine mallet in his hand and looked at Er Zhu with a hint of oppression and scrutiny.

The atmosphere was a bit silent for a moment. Er Zhu looked at Shan Yu with dark clouds gathering in his eyes and said hurriedly, “Don’t be nervous, I just want to know something about Lian Zhou. I… I miss him a little bit.”

It could be seen that Er Zhu was sincere to Lian Zhou, or maybe Er Zhu was indeed a good person.

If Shan Yu and Lian Zhou were both nameless common people before time travel, then it would be okay for Shan Yu and Er Zhu to talk about Lian Zhou’s situation. However, Shan Yu and Lian Zhou were both from very prestigious families in society. Shan Yu could not take the risk of handing any leverage to anyone.

“Sorry, it’s not convenient for me to talk about what you asked.”

“Why?” Er Zhu was puzzled and reassured as if thinking of something, “Who were you before you traveled through time? Even if I travel back one day, I won’t talk nonsense to others.”

“Sorry.”

Shan Yu was not an emotional person. He was very rational and very vigilant. He would never show his trump card to others just because he was familiar with someone.

It would be a bit silly to do otherwise.

Er Zhu saw Shan Yu’s persistence and did not force it. He asked from a different angle, “Then I want to know if I had a chance to contact him before traveling through time.”

Shan Yu shook his head, “You are not in the same circle.” Naturally, it was impossible to get in touch with him.

“So, you are all the rich second generation?”

Shan Yu smiled and said in his heart that if Lian Zhou was just a simple rich second generation, he wouldn’t pretend to be mysterious here with Er Zhu.

Er Zhu sighed, “When I first knew Lian Zhou was a prostitute, I thought I would definitely take him down. I asked him why he was so domineering and overconfident sometimes. It turned out that he was a young master before time travel… Thinking about it this way, I have taken advantage and gained a higher ranking…”

“There is no such thing as one being superior to the other. If Lian Zhou really likes you, he won’t mind things like status, so you don’t need to belittle yourself,” Shan Yu comforted him.

Er Zhu also almost realized the fact that Lian Zhou had never liked him and smiled bitterly, asking Shan Yu, “What about you?”

“What?”

“Based on your status before time travel, ordinary people like Wan Qiu wouldn’t attract your attention at all, right? Are you sincere to him? Or are you just like Lian Zhou to me, just doing it for fun?”

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Shan Yu returned to his room after sending Er Zhu away, and Wan Qiu was coaxing the little bun to learn to walk on the bed.

The little bun was laying softly, swaying his short legs and standing firm with Wan Qiu’s support. After a few steps, he staggered and fell on the mattress. He didn’t cry and smiled silly at Wan Qiu.

Shan Yu walked over, kissed Wan Qiu from behind, buried his head into Wan Qiu’s warm neck, and said, “Wan Qiu, I want to ask you a question.”

“Um?”

“Do you like me? Or… do you only rely on me because I am your husband?”