Volume 1 Chapter 15: Shattered Jade

  As soon as Lu Xuan got into the carriage, he saw his younger brother staring at him with a pale face.

  Little brother is still afraid. Lu Xuan quickly took two steps forward, came to Lu Yun's front, she raised her lips and smiled, her voice clear and said: "A Yun, it's okay."

  Lu Xuan's smile and composure greatly calmed Lu Yun's nerves. He tried to force a smile, but his facial muscles were too stiff, making the expression look awkward. After a while, Lu Yun finally heard his own hoarse voice asking, "What did they want with you?"

  "What else could it be?" Lu Xuan smiled and said: "Of course, it's praising your sister for being intelligent and capable."

  Lu Yun finally smiled and pulled Lu Xuan's hand, saying in a hoarse voice: "Sister, let's go home." He didn't want to stay in this place for another moment.

  "Okay, let's go home." Lu Yue held her little brother's hand and said with a smile: "Later, sister will cook chicken for you to eat!"

  The brother and sister had just turned around when they heard a clear male voice calling out, "Miss, please wait." It was the subordinate of the young master from earlier, walking towards her with big strides.

  In Lu Yun's vigilant and pale face, the young man walked in front of Lu Xuan, he took out an oil paper package from his sleeve pocket, opened it and took out a book to hand over to Lu Xuan, saying seriously: "This is my family's young master rewarding you."

  Did he reward her?

  She glared at the young man and took the book from him.

  The book is very thick and heavy, with the two big characters "Zhong Yong" printed neatly on the cover.

  As she looked at the two characters, Lu Xuan's pupils suddenly enlarged. She couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: Could it be that the young master from just now was the one they called Master? He had told her to read more about moderation and said something about taking her as a concubine...

  Lü Yuansheng shivered at the thought. Although she was well aware that the young master in the carriage was definitely not an ordinary person, and that any woman who met him would be crying and begging to become his concubine, let alone his wife. But she never thought that way. Perhaps it was because she had inherited her father's inexplicable pride, or perhaps it was because of her naturally cold personality, which made her rarely have improper thoughts about men, she had never thought of becoming anyone's concubine.

  Lü Yu stared at the written words in a daze, and the young man said again: "My young master also said that he was very surprised!"

  He was surprised? Why should he be surprised? At that time, he wanted to read the Doctrine of the Mean himself, which meant that he should use a virtuous and good appearance to cover up his cunning and ruthless heart. His actions just now were clearly fierce and straightforward, having nothing to do with the doctrine of the mean at all. Why should he be surprised?

  The young man, still in a daze, took another exquisite wooden box from the hands of someone behind him and smiled: "This is also given to you by my family's young master."

  Lu Xuan took it over. Seeing Lu Xuan take the wooden box, the young man didn't say much and turned around to leave.

  As she watched the young man walk towards the horse carriage, Lu Yue was stunned for a moment. At this time, Lu Yun walked up to her and whispered, "Sister, what's going on inside?"

  Lu Ying shook her head and said softly: "Open it and you will know."

  She had just said that, when suddenly a weak cold wind came, and then Lu Xuan's wrist was hit by something at the Neiguan point, and a severe pain suddenly attacked. This pain came so suddenly, so strongly. Under the sudden attack, Lu Xuan hummed a sound, her wrist shook, and with this movement, the wooden box in her hand fell to the ground with a loud crash!

  With a "bang", the wooden box fell to the ground, and the lid flew far away. On the exquisite Shu brocade of the wooden box, a jade pendant that had been smashed into pieces appeared before everyone's eyes.

  Although the jade pendant is fragmented, its lustrous and flawless texture, its exquisite and luxurious carvings, all reveal its extraordinary quality.

  And now, this extraordinary, priceless jade pendant was shattered into powder the moment Lu Xuan got his hands on it!

  A series of gasping sounds came and went...

  Lu Yun's face turned pale, and he hastily took a step forward, leaning in close to Lu Yue and whispering: "Sister." Looking at the shattered jade pendant on the ground, his face turned even paler, almost unable to speak.

  Lu Yun, although young, also knew what it meant to break the gift that the noble had just bestowed upon him. Without even lifting his head, he could see the disappointed, shocked, and pitiful eyes surrounding him.

  Biting her lip tightly, Lu Yun thought secretly: What can be done? That nobleman will definitely blame my sister, he definitely will!

  The young man with a dignified face at the carriage, glanced at Lu Yun's pale face and Lu Yue who slowly squatted down to pick up the broken jade on the ground, suddenly sighed, "This little girl is actually quite pitiful."

  "Is that so?" From the slightly opened car window, the young master of the house stretched out his handsome and bright face, gazing at the lonely siblings with a calm and collected expression, saying softly: "I don't intend to really pursue her, why are you sympathizing?"

  You may not intend to pursue it, but the sister and brother are just ordinary commoners who can't be more ordinary. Just thinking wildly, just being nervous, just the gossip of others is enough to scare them!

  But he would never dare argue with his master about this matter.

  At this moment, the young man suddenly let out a loud cry of surprise.

  It wasn't just him who was shocked, even his master beside him had also put away that smiling face, and furrowed his brow...

  Lu Xuan slowly bent down, her fingers stroking the shattered jade pendant, picking up each piece and placing it in a wooden box. After taking two more steps, she picked up the lid of the box.

  When she took the wooden box in her hands and covered it again, she was all smiles.

  The girl's five senses were originally extremely beautiful, and this smile was even more moving. When the crowd looked at her in a daze, they saw Lu Xuan turn around.

  She faced the direction of the horse carriage, made a beautiful and elegant bow, then held the jade box with both hands, smiled calmly and said in a clear and gentle voice: "There is a saying that it's better to be broken jade than unbroken pottery. This jade will shatter into pieces as soon as it reaches Ah Yu's hands, it must be Master Qiu's spirit warning people: As Confucians, one should have the virtue of beautiful jade, even if it breaks, it cannot be used for vile and filthy things, or lowly behavior!" After a pause, she put away her smile, her expression turned serious, as if making an oath, "This piece of noble jade, Ah Yu will properly keep it from now on. Always reflect on oneself, daily examine one's heart."

  She carefully bowed towards the place where Qiu Gong died, then she also bowed towards the direction of the horse-drawn carriages. After that, she stood up with a smile and put the wooden box into her sleeve. Holding Lu Yun's hand, they walked slowly through the crowd of onlookers in the direction of returning to the city.