Yun Wan, I Was Wrong

"Yun Wan, it's me. I'm Lu Zhengliu."

Lu Zhengliu nervously said his name.

Lin Yunwan still looked at her as if she were a stranger.

Lu Zhengliu took a step forward, Cuiqin had already rushed out with her maids, blocking his way. She glared at him and shouted, "Who are you? How dare you offend the women in the inner courtyard! Get out of the way!"

He stopped in his tracks, staring intently at that face.

He had thought of her for almost seven years, countless days and nights, hoping she would come back to life. He went from heartbroken to despair, from despair to numbness, and finally accepted the fact that she was dead. But then she reappeared.

Holding back tears, Lu Zhengliu choked out, "Yun Wan, I... all these years, I've been waiting for you..."

He cried tears of joy, "Thank goodness, you're not dead! Thank goodness! Thank goodness!"

"Yun Wan, let's go home, come home with me, okay?"

He rushed past the maid and tried to take Lin Yunwan's hand.

Lin Yunwan didn't need to hide at all; she just watched coldly.

Several maids blocked his way like a wall, taking off their hairpins and forcing Lu Zhengliu retreat.

Lu Zhengliu's hands were pricked and bleeding, but he didn't feel any pain.

His eyes lit up with joy. "Yun Wan, will you come home with me?"

However, Lin Yunwan remained unmoved throughout, only coldly saying, "Are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?"

Her eyes held a look as if she had never known him at all.

Lu Zhengliu his head. "No, I won't mistake you. I absolutely won't mistake you. Yun Wan, I know... it's you, it's definitely you!"

Even if you turn to ashes, I'll still recognize you. Even after I'm gone, I won't forget you.

He knew it was her.

But she refused to acknowledge him.

He was a little flustered and stammered for a while before finally saying, "Yun Wan, I know you hate me for favoring my concubine over my wife. I know I was wrong, I really know I did wrong... I've done so many wrong things, I know, I know everything. I will change in the future, please come home with me first, okay?"

Lin Yunwan found it utterly ridiculous.

She never imagined that she would hear Lu Zhengliu admit his mistakes in her lifetime.

But she just looked at him with a hint of confusion.

They didn't take him seriously at all.

Cuiqin, accompanied by her maid, pushed Lu Zhengliu and glared at him fiercely. "Do you know who you've offended right now—"

Lu Zhengliu wouldn't listen to a word he said.

His eyes were only for her, and he smiled ingratiatingly, "Yun Wan, I haven't married another woman. I haven't made her my official wife either. I've always reserved the position of the Wuding Marquis Residence Principal Wife for you. I only recognize you."

"I know you loved Chang Gong the most. After you left, I treated him like my own son."

"You and Zhu Qing are the closest, and I treat Zhu Qing just as well as you treat her. You don't know, Zhu Qing had a daughter who looks a bit like you."

"Yun Wan, your grandmother misses you too. She has repented. From now on, everything in the family will be done your way, and no one will make things difficult for you anymore."

Cuiqin and the other maids were all startled.

The madman in front of me is actually the eldest son of the Wuding Marquis Residence.

Lin Yunwan frowned in disgust and said coldly, "You've really mistaken me for someone else."

Lu Zhengliu gritted his teeth in anxiety.

She refuses to acknowledge him! Why?!

He used a sliver of reason to scrutinize Lin Yunwan, only to realize that she was dressed as a married woman.

He asked, his whole body trembling with cold, "You... you got married? You got married? How could you get married?"

"You're already married to me, how could you possibly marry someone else?"

Cuiqin couldn't stand it anymore and said coldly, "If this gentleman is referring to the former mistress of the Wuding Marquis Residence —didn't she already divorce the Lu family? Why can't she remarry?"

Although it is said that a woman cannot serve two husbands, she had heard about the Wuding Marquis Residence in the short few days she had been in the Capital.

It would be wonderful if that mistress could remarry while still alive!

Lu Zhengliu shuddered, but gradually calmed down.

He had almost forgotten that he had already written a letter of divorce to Lin Yunwan, and it was none of his business if she wanted to remarry.

But it's okay.

He can marry her again.

"Yun Wan, I will marry you again. We'll go through all the proper courtesies and betrothal rituals; you won't be treated unfairly. Whatever dowry you desire, I'll give it to you."

Lu Zhengliu the bottom of his heart. "What I owed you before, I'll make it all up to you this time."

"OK?"

His tone had never been so gentle.

Lin Yunwan felt disgusted and her stomach churned.

Knowing that Lin Yunwan was now a married woman, Lu Zhengliu said magnanimously, "I don't care if you've been married twice or three times before. I just want you back!"

Cuiqin's eyes widened.

Is it any of his business whether he cares or not? The important thing is whether her Prince and Princess Consort care!

But the man seemed to have gone mad; he wouldn't listen to anything anyone said.

"You're a madman..."

She had nothing to say to the madman, but fearing she might hurt the Princess Consort, Cuiqin turned back and whispered, "Princess Consort, please go inside first."

"What's wrong with this Duke's Residence? They actually let this madman into the inner courtyard. And no one has dragged him away yet!"

Lu Zhengliu glanced at Cuiqin and the several maids around her.

Even if Lin Yunwan marries someone else, she is probably not as good as the Lu family of the Wuding Marquis Residence. After all, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.

He would do anything, pay any price, to win her back!

"Yun Wan, wait for me, wait for me to come and marry you--"

Qi Zaijun ran out, warily eyeing the unfamiliar man. He rushed to Lin Yunwan's side, protecting her, and loudly asked, "Mother Consort, who is he? Does he want to hurt you?"

"Mother Consort?"

Lu Zhengliu's confused mind began to clear up a bit.

Cuiqin said coldly, "Since you are from the Wuding Marquis Residence, how dare you come to the Duke Xingguo's Residence to cause trouble? How dare you disrespect our Princess Consort!"

Lu Zhengliu stared blankly at Lin Yunwan.

"You... are Prince Huan Consort? You married Prince Huan?"

His mind went completely blank.

How so!

"This, this is..."

The Stewardess from the Duke Xingguo's Residence also came out, her legs trembling with fear.

The servant behind Lu Zhengliu had long been kneeling on the ground and couldn't get up. He turned around and crawled to find Chen Heir Apparent.

The Stewardess hurriedly went to Lu Zhengliu's side and scolded him in a low voice, "This is Prince Huan Consort, what are you doing, acting so crazy in front of Princess Consort!"

Lu Zhengliu was completely paralyzed.

Lin Yunwan, holding Qi Zaijun's hand, prepared to leave, and said calmly to the Stewardess, "The Duke's Residence must keep a close eye on this kind of madman from now on."

"Yes, yes... this servant understands."

The Stewardess said, trembling with fear.

Lu Zhengliu watched helplessly as Lin Yunwan left with her son.

She not only got married, but also had children.

She married into royalty and gave birth to a grandson of the emperor; her current status is unattainable.

And he will never be able to remarry her in this lifetime.

Lu Zhengliu's heart ached again.