Lu Huan also understood some of the social interactions during the New Year in this world.

From Monday to Wednesday, Su Xi would visit his relatives' house with his parents. On the fourth day of the New Year, he could visit Su Xi's house as a classmate.

It would arouse Su Xi's parents' suspicion if he visited alone.

Hence, Su Xi called Huo Jingchuan and forced him to come with Lu Huan.

There was a knock on the door. Su Xi wiped the water off her hands on her apron and went out of the kitchen to open the door. She saw two boys in down jackets standing outside.

Needless to say, one of them was Huo Yao, whom she had watched grow up.

The other boy had fair skin and handsome eyes. He looked familiar. Su Xi recalled that he was the boy who helped carry her suitcase when school started.

She hurriedly let them in with a smile. "Come in and have lunch with us."

"Sure."

Huo Jingchuan changed his shoes and walked in boldly. He went straight into the kitchen and asked, "Auntie Su, what are we having for lunch? Do you have stir-fried shredded potatoes?"

Lu Huan was still standing at the door. He smiled at Su Xi and handed her two shopping bags. "Auntie, here's a small gift. Happy New Year."

"Why did you bring gifts?"

Although Su Xi said that, she subconsciously opened the shopping bags. She was pleasantly surprised — one of the shopping bags actually contained a set of mahjong tiles.

The mahjong tiles were exquisitely crafted. Each tile was very smooth and sparkling. They felt like high-quality jade in her hand and shone brilliantly under the light.

Su Xi instantly wondered if they were carved from jade. However, she thought about it again. How could a child give such an expensive gift for the New Year?

The other shopping bag contained a bottle of wine. The wine container did not look like the glass bottles of modern Maotai. Instead, it looked like peach blossom wine from television dramas. In short, the fragrance was about to overflow. It attracted Su Xi's father to run out of the study.

Su Xi could not accept it. She said to Lu Huan, "Thank you, Little Lu, but isn't this gift too expensive?"

Lu Huan said, "It's not expensive at all. It's just some local specialties from my hometown. I also brought similar gifts when I visited my classmates' houses."

Hearing his words, Mother Su finally felt relieved.

She turned around and gave him a red packet of 1,000 yuan. "Here you go."

Originally, Su Xi's mother would give a red packet of one or two hundred yuan to her friends as a token of appreciation. Except for Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin, who would give a little more each year, the other students who came to visit them for New Year's greetings were relatively small.

However, she felt that Lu Huan's two gifts were a token of his sincerity. She didn't know how much they would cost, and she didn't know how much they would cost. She estimated and bought 1,000 yuan. She didn't have enough cash, so she took a few hundred yuan from Su Xi's and Huo Jingchuan's red jewels and stuffed them into the gifts.

Both Su Xi and Huo Jingchuan had one, so Lu Huan accepted it.

However, when Father Su and Mother Su went to the kitchen to cook, the three of them gathered in Su Xi's room and opened their respective red packets.

Su Xi 800, Lu Huan 1000, Huo Jingchuan 200.

Su Xi..

. Huo Jingchuan...

He jumped up and looked at Lu Huan angrily. "Before you came, Auntie always gave me 500 yuan. Why are you giving me so much this year?!"

"Come on, you come to my house every year and freeload off my New Year's money!

Aren't you satisfied with so much money?! "

Su Xi was lamenting that his New Year's money was a few hundred yuan less this year. His mother had actually taken out his own money to give to Lu Huan!

However, he could not bear to see Huo Jingchuan pick on Lu Huan. He immediately stood on Lu Huan's side. "Lu Huan brought gifts. A set of cards made of blue jade. Each card is a priceless treasure. What did you bring? You only brought one each year!"

"Blue jade, a priceless treasure?

I don't believe it. "Huo Jingchuan snorted." No matter how rich you are, you can't possibly bring antiques, right?! "

Su Xi glanced at Lu Huan and smiled knowingly. Lu Huan also smiled but did not say anything.

Lu Huan was best at carving small wooden carvings. Su Xi had seen these carvings before. It was not difficult for him to carve jade. However, because he only had a few days, he did not do it himself. Instead, he handed it to his subordinates and asked them to find a few carvers. They worked through the night according to the drawings and carved a set of cards.

"Can you not look at each other for no reason? I'm still here!" Huo Jingchuan could not bear to look at them. He wished he could rush in and separate the two of them.

Lu Huan said to Huo Jingchuan indifferently, "It's not a valuable thing. It's just a little token of my appreciation."

Su Xi. "That's right!

What did you give?

You don't even have a token of appreciation! "

Huo Jingchuan...

Lu Huan took out 1,000 yuan from the red packet given by Mother Su and handed it to Su Xi. "All for you."

Su Xi's eyes lit up. In the past, he received 1,200 yuan every year. This year, it seemed like it was a blessing in disguise. His mother took away 400 yuan, but Lu Huan gave him another 1,000 yuan. This year, he actually received 1,800 yuan!

He made a fortune!

... Huo Jingchuan was furious. He muttered that he did not want to eat dog food and turned to watch TV.

In the kitchen, Mother Su was grinning from ear to ear as she sorted the vegetables. Father Su poured a little wine and smelled it. He loved it so much that he could not put it down.

Why was Su Xi so good at giving gifts to people's tastes?

Mother Su liked to play mahjong, and he liked to drink a little wine.

Mother Su secretly glanced at the room where the three children were. She could not help but whisper to Father Su, "I think that Little Lu who just came seems to like our Xixi."

Father Su was not happy that his cabbage had been taken advantage of. He put down the wine jar and said, "You only know how to make things up. Can't they have a pure classmate relationship?"

"Pure? The children look quite pure, but the way he looks at our Xixi is obviously different. Before he entered the bedroom, I saw that he deliberately stopped Little Huo outside and let Xixi tidy up her things before letting Little Huo in."

"What does that mean?"

Mother Su lowered her voice mysteriously and said, "There are always some scattered things in a girl's room. She has to tidy up her things before she can let people in. This child is very meticulous. He also seems to have a problem with Little Huo entering Xixi's room."

"I have to hand it to you."

Father Su took the selected vegetables and started to stir-fry them. He said, "You can analyze so much from such a small action. Do you think you are Sherlock Holmes?"

"Women are always more sensitive. I feel that the way Little Lu looks at Xixi is the same way you looked at me back then."

Mother Su glanced at Father Su, who was already middle-aged and plump, and added, "Of course, Xixi has better taste than I do. This child is a million times better than you from head to toe."

Father Su was caught off guard and was stabbed in the back. "..."

Mother Su and Huo Jingchuan's mother used to associate Su Xi and Huo Jingchuan, who grew up together.

However, Mother Su carefully compared the two boys, Lu Huan and Huo Jingchuan. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Little Huo was indeed very outstanding. However, he still paled in comparison to Little Lu.

Little Huo's messy hair when he came in looked like a bird's nest. It was obvious that he had been lying in bed at home and playing games.

However, Little Lu was different. He was tall and had long legs. He wore a black down jacket and a tuft of fur on his hat. He was very clean.

Little Lu was much more handsome than Little Huo. In any case, the most important thing about boys was not their looks. In terms of manners, Little Lu was much more polite than Little Huo.

Little Lu only knew how to give gifts when he came in. As for Little Huo, he ran to the kitchen the moment he came in. There was no need to rely on him to help with the housework.

Moreover, it was said that Little Lu's results for the final exam were higher than Little Huo's.

What was there to be picky about?

Little Lu was simply perfect.

Previously, Mother Su had looked at Huo Jingchuan as a mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law and a best friend looked at her son. She felt that Little Huo was not bad. However, at that time, it was probably because there was no one around who could compare to him.

Now that Little Lu had appeared and was better than him in every aspect, Mother Su instantly felt that Huo Jingchuan, who was freeloading in her house, was not as pleasing to the eye anymore.

Seeing that he was still occupying the sofa all to himself, she tightly held the remote control and grabbed the fruits on the plate. The plate was instantly empty.

No way.

Mother Su shook her head. Little Huo was not good enough. She had changed sides. Little Lu was better.

Mother Su was secretly thinking about this in her heart. Huo Jingchuan, who was sitting on the sofa and laughing like a rooster while watching cartoons, had no idea that he had been demoted from a son-in-law candidate to an ordinary friend of Su Xi in Mother Su's heart.

Su Xi and Lu Huan, who were in the room, did not know either. They only felt that Mother Su was extremely enthusiastic after they came out.

During the meal, she kept putting food into Lu Huan's bowl and told him to eat more.

The ratio was roughly like this — one chopstick for Su Xi, one chopstick for Huo Jingchuan, and three chopsticks for Lu Huan.

Huo Jingchuan, who could usually enjoy two chopsticks in the Su family's house, suddenly felt as if he had been banished to the Cold Palace. He felt cold all over.

After the meal, they watched TV together for a while. There was an obvious change in the seating arrangement on the sofa.

In the past, when Huo Jingchuan came to the Su family's house, he would sit with Su Xi and Mother Su on the long sofa in the middle that faced the TV. Father Su, who had the least status in the family, would sit alone on the two-seater sofa far away from them.

However, for some reason, Lu Huan and Su Xi were the ones sitting on the long sofa this year. Huo Jingchuan was forced to sit with Father Su.

From this position, he had to turn his head to watch the Spring Festival Gala. His neck was extremely sore.

He and Father Su looked at each other, and tears were about to fall.

Lu Huan, on the other hand, was very flattered. Probably because he had never felt the warmth of a family like this, Mother Su kept pouring tea for him and letting him eat oranges. He was a little overwhelmed. He glanced at Su Xi a few times. After Su Xi told him to eat quickly, he peeled an orange … and handed it to Su Xi.

Su Xi, "…"

Mother Su, "…"

Huo Jingchuan, "…" F * ck, this kid is too good at currying favor. No wonder he squeezed out his position in the Su family!

Previously, when he couldn't come to this world and could only watch through the screen, Lu Huan felt that Su Xi's family was happy and harmonious.

Perhaps only such a loving family with parents who would overcome difficulties together no matter what happened could raise such a character like Su Xi.

At that time, Father Su and Mother Su might not have known him, but he already knew them very well. Therefore, he felt very close to them when they first met.

Now, he could finally sit in Su Xi's house … Lu Huan looked at the steam rising slowly above the hot tea and felt satisfied.

After the New Year's greetings on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, Mother Su urged Lu Huan to come over and play more often. She was very enthusiastic and didn't know that when Su Xi's door was closed and he was doing his homework, Lu Huan was doing his homework on the other side of the desk.

It snowed a few more times. Lu Huan, Su Xi, Huo Jingchuan, and Gu Qin made snowmen and had a snowball fight in the park.

Originally, they were making snowballs and hitting each other. However, for some reason, it turned into Lu Huan hitting whoever threw a snowball at Su Xi.

However, Lu Huan's snowball throwing was accurate and accurate. His hit rate was 100%. Huo Jingchuan and Gu Qin were both hit miserably. Their heads were covered with snow, and even their hats and necks were covered with snow. They couldn't help but say angrily, "Hey!

Lu Huan, you're cheating. Are you using hacks?

I'm not playing anymore! "

Su Xi was completely excluded from the battle. He was both amused and depressed. He said to Lu Huan, "Are you going to let me participate or not?!"

Lu Huan had no choice but to quit. As soon as he left, the battle returned to balance. The three of them started playing crazily again.

However, the young man squatted on the flower bed with his down jacket and big hat covering his head. His dark and beautiful eyes stared at her pitifully. Su Xi couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to quit. "I'm not playing either. What's the point of fighting? My clothes are all wet. Let's just make a snowman."

"She only knows how to protect him."

Huo Jingchuan was speechless. He turned his head and complained to Gu Qin, "Why don't the two of us become a couple too? That way, when they get married, our family only needs to send a portion of the money."

Gu Qin was a little slow. He was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red. He kicked him. "Get lost."

In the park, there were four snowmen side by side. Two of them were close to each other, while the other two were far away.

After they were done, Lu Huan insisted on squeezing his snowman between Su Xi's and Huo Jingchuan's snowman. In the end, he left his snowman and Su Xi's snowman far away from the other two.

The sky was filled with snow, and the New Year was over just like that.

This was also Lu Huan's first real New Year's Day.

In the past, when Prince Ning Fu looked at the streets and alleys decorated with lanterns and colored banners, he never thought that he would have someone he liked by his side. He had friends and elders who cared about him. Snowball fights and making snowmen were normal, but to Lu Huan, who had never had one before, it had a different meaning.

The Yan Dynasty's capital was still in a stalemate. The matter of the Crown Prince hadn't been completely settled yet.

Lu Huan continued to wait with Su Xi. They went to school on the seventh day of the New Year.

After the beginning of spring, Lu Huan had the Minister of War suggest setting up a foreign trade monitoring agency. Although something big had happened to the Crown Prince, The Emperor still wanted to protect the Crown Prince. Thus, from the beginning of the Lantern Festival until the beginning of spring, he tried his best to push the blame of embezzlement onto the Hu merchants from the Western Regions. This way, the trade conflicts between the Yan Dynasty and other countries became apparent. The Minister of War insisted on this, and the Emperor went with the flow and agreed.

Just like the previous curfew, the foreign trade monitoring agency was also tested in a few provinces.

If they wanted to implement it throughout the entire Yan Dynasty, it would take at least half a year to complete.

However, as soon as the imperial edict was issued, the system notification on Lu Huan's side popped up that Mission 18 had been completed. Thus, he smoothly accumulated 233 points. There was still a long way to go from 300 points. However, no matter how quickly Mission 16 progressed, it would still take at least three years to complete. Thus, Lu Huan and Su Xi weren't in a rush to get 300 points. After all, there was no point in being anxious.

Lu Huan's previous measures had all been completed through the Minister of War. Over the past year, the Minister of War had accumulated a lot of prestige in the court and the capital. Before, the Ministry of War was just one of the six ministries, but now it had become the head of the six ministries.

Lu Huan maintained a daily frequency of receiving news from his spies in the capital. He continued to stay here for his third year of high school.

Last semester, he only needed to go back to Mount Tai Palace every few days. This semester, because of the unpredictable situation in the capital, he had to go back every night.

This semester, his homework had obviously increased. The papers piled up on his desk every day were several kilograms. Su Xi couldn't take it anymore. During morning self-study, he often fell asleep due to lack of sleep.

However, Lu Huan benefited from his good physical fitness. He had more energy than others to catch up with them.

Other than books, Su Xi's desk was stuffed with all kinds of snacks. However, there were some blankets and pillows in his desk. When Su Xi couldn't take it anymore and felt sleepy, he would quietly cover Su Xi with a blanket. When the patrolling teacher came, he would hurriedly wake Su Xi up.

It rained the whole spring.

Lu Huan's grades finally stabilized. He gradually caught up from the top 100. In April, the third last comprehensive exam, he was already in the top 20.

At this time, Huo Jingchuan asked him to go out and play basketball, but he didn't go. In order to get into the same university as Su Xi, he focused all his attention on his studies.

Su Xi also consolidated his knowledge and practiced the tactic of overflowing with papers. At the same time, he helped him review from beginning to end.

Su Xi was a little proud. Although Zaizai was smart and did many things very well, the knowledge he learned in a year was still far inferior to her, who had studied hard for 12 years.

But then she thought, what was there to be proud of?

He used a year to get into the top 20. She had worked hard for 12 years, and the best she could get was still second in the grade?!

Su Xi felt a sense of urgency, so he worked harder.

At the end of May, in the same year, Great Yan's Gengzi Rat Year, the Crown Prince was impeached more and more. On the 29th of April, the Crown Prince was deposed. He was moved out of the Eastern Palace and lived in seclusion in the Prince's Mansion.

The resentment of the people dissipated, but the Throne Room was even more turbulent.

With the Crown Prince's retirement, the position of the Eastern Palace was empty. The next Eastern Palace would probably be the official regent.

The civil and military officials had to choose between the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince. Everyone still remembered that there was a Ninth Prince in Mount Tai Palace who guarded the imperial mausoleum. However, there hadn't been any news from the Ninth Prince for more than 10 months.

The battle between the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince became more and more intense.

News kept coming from the capital. Lu Huan didn't sleep for several nights. He went to the Yan Dynasty to make arrangements. This caused him to have a lot of work to do even though the college entrance examination was coming.

Su Xi was actually a little worried, but at this time, he could only hold on and pass this period of time. After the college entrance examination, the situation in the capital would stabilize. Then, he could finally relax.

This process was indeed a little difficult, but as long as he worked hard together with her, it would be fine.

The summer was hot, and the electric fan was buzzing above their heads. Su Xi and Lu Huan listened together. Each of them had a white earphone cable, which was inserted into their necks. The summer cicadas outside were noisy, but the students studying in the classroom were especially quiet. The two of them were also very quiet. They only raised their hands from time to time to check the options.

After listening to the listening, Lu Huan continued to do the questions. Su Xi helped him save time and corrected his listening.

After correcting, Su Xi whispered in surprise, "You only made one mistake this time."

"Is there a reward?" Lu Huan asked quietly.

He leaned his head over and whispered. Su Xi's face immediately turned a little red. He urged, "Hurry up and continue writing. Call me when you're done with this one. I'll help you check the answers."

Lu Huan smiled and nodded.

After a while, Su Xi peeled two candies and handed one to him. It was cool and refreshing. It was like a cool breeze in the noisy summer cicadas.

That night, when Lu Huan went to Mount Tai Palace, he once again received news from the Minister of War.

Just as Lu Huan expected, the Second Prince had begun to make his move.

A day ago, Zhuque Gate was suddenly sealed.

Previously, there was news from the Imperial Palace that the Emperor had collapsed in the Imperial Garden. It wasn't known if it was because of heatstroke, or if it was because the Imperial Physician had determined that there were signs of a stroke.

For nearly half a year, the Emperor had been racking his brains over the matter of the Crown Prince. His health hadn't been good. A few days ago, in the Throne Room, there were important officials who urged him to quickly set up a new Crown Prince to assist in regent. However, The Emperor hadn't made a decision for a long time.

The next day, the Emperor issued an imperial edict for the Ninth Prince, who had been guarding the Imperial Mausoleum for a year, to come back.

However, this imperial edict didn't leave the capital.

Fortunately, The Emperor had expected this and drafted two imperial edicts. One was to ride out of the capital on horseback, and the other was to be given to the Minister of War.

After this, Zhuque Gate was sealed. The Imperial Guards heavily guarded it. They said that they were investigating the missing edict and the people who poisoned The Emperor. All officials were not allowed to enter.

Many officials in the capital protested, but most of the officials' families didn't return after the Qingzhou Festival banquet. For a while, the officials didn't dare to act rashly.

At some point, the leader of the Imperial Guards had become one of the Second Prince's men. These days, he had been patrolling outside Zhuque Gate 24/7. Trespassers were killed.

The Fifth Prince clearly hadn't expected that the Second Prince would be so daring. He was caught off guard and caused trouble. The Fifth Prince led his soldiers to confront the Second Prince, but the Second Prince pushed the Fifth Prince's mother onto the city gate.

This was the great change that had happened in the capital in a few short days.

The Minister of War and the others had prepared in advance and sent their families out of the capital. At this time, they hadn't been restrained. However, many of their colleagues were under the control of the Imperial Guards. At this time, someone had to go to the north and bring troops to save the Emperor.

However, the situation was serious. The entire capital had been sealed off. Not even a fly could fly out.

The night Lu Huan received the letter, he arranged for the Yulin Guards, who had gone up Mount Tai with him, to take some measures.

Most of the people remained on Mount Tai. Only six people, including Lu Huan, put on black cloaks and mounted their horses. They divided into three groups and secretly rushed to the north where the Yan Dynasty's troops were stationed.

However, they encountered a bloodbath on the road.

This assassination was within Lu Huan's expectations. The Second Prince in the capital had probably already given the order that no one who came down from Mount Tai would be left alive.

Before these people went down the mountain with him, Lu Huan had already instructed that if something happened, they were not to protect him with their lives. They were also not to go to the north. They were to take off their Yulin Guard uniforms and blend into the common people to escape the disaster.

Naturally, this assassination was successful.

Three days later, a corpse floated above the Cao River. It had been swollen beyond recognition. In its bosom was the jade tablet of the Ninth Princes. After this was reported to the capital, the entire capital thought that the Ninth Princes had died and the entire country mourned.

However, it was actually the corpse of a condemned prisoner with a body similar to Lu Huan's. As early as half a year ago, when Lu Huan was making preparations, he had people find it and send it to Mount Tai's palace. He had promised to help the condemned prisoner's family settle down.

In the capital, the Second Prince did not know this. He only knew that after removing the biggest problem in his heart, the throne was finally within his reach.

The Fifth Prince's mother had been held hostage and had no choice but to take a step back.

Immediately, the capital issued an imperial edict. The Emperor claimed that his age had declined. The Second Prince was benevolent and magnanimous and could bring benefits to the Yan Dynasty. He had chosen a day to meditate on.

Previously, the lockdown of the capital and the imperial palace had been carried out in secret. The Second Prince could completely disassociate himself from this. However, once this imperial edict was issued, the Second Prince's ambition to seize the throne was as clear as day.

At the time of the assassination, the person on the horse was indeed Lu Huan. The one who had pretended to be injured and rolled into the river was also him. However, from here, he had directly returned to the apartment in Suxi. The person that the Second Prince fished out of the river was the condemned prisoner.

Only after the Second Prince issued this imperial edict could Lu Huan legitimately lead the troops back to the capital in the name of protecting the Emperor.

Thus, three days after the imperial edict was issued, the situation suddenly changed while the capital was abuzz with discussion. Outside the city, there was a large army returning from the north. It was a vast and majestic army.

The Ninth Princes was also not dead.

Since the Ninth Princes was not dead, why did the Second Prince, who was in charge of the country, say that he was dead?

The Ninth Princes clearly had the imperial edict personally written by the Emperor. Why did the Second Prince say that he had not returned to the capital before the corpse was found?

There was only one conclusion. The Second Prince had the ambition of a wolf and held the Emperor hostage in the imperial palace.

Lu Huan leading the army to suppress the border became justifiable. It even became a matter of course in the mouths of the people and in the history books as a heroic achievement.

Under the attack of the army, the Imperial Guards in the imperial palace had no power to resist. The Fifth Prince even took the initiative to coordinate with the outside and opened the gates of the capital for the army to enter for his mother in the imperial palace.

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the year of Gengzi, the court was in turmoil. The Second Prince was imprisoned and became a prisoner.

The hearts of the people of the Yan Dynasty supported the Ninth Princes, Yan Qing, who led the army to save the country.

It was easy to become the Emperor. Just kill the head of the person on the throne and usurp the throne. However, it was difficult to win the allegiance of the people and hold onto the throne for decades.

The first person who wanted to become the Emperor was a rebellion and usurping the throne.

Rebellion was never justifiable, and sooner or later, there would be people who would rebel.

The second person who chased the first person down was the country protector.

The Emperor was indeed old and was waiting for a chance to step down. However, the Second Prince could not hold himself back and acted early.

The Second Prince had no choice but to act. Even if the Emperor did not pass the throne to Lu Huan, there was still the Fifth Prince, who was a step above him. He had no chance.

Lu Huan waited for half a year. In the end, he saw that his Second Brother, whom he met by chance, acted. He had no choice but to go with the flow and make him a stepping stone.

In just a few days, the panicked people of the Yan Kingdom supported the Ninth Prince's ascension to the throne like never before.

On the sixth day of the fifth lunar month in the year of Yan Shuo, the emperor officially announced an imperial decree.

Accepting the will of the heavens, the emperor decreed, "Using the year name of Yan Shuo, the Ninth Princes is smart and has received the blessings of the heavens. I will pass the throne to him and let him ascend to the throne. I hope he will be a wise ruler and let the people of the Yan Dynasty live in peace.

Everyone will celebrate and reduce taxes for three years. "

The sixth day of the fifth lunar month in the year of Yan Shuo was the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in Suxi.

Lu Huan led the guards into the Daming Palace. The ascension ceremony would be held on another auspicious day in the third lunar month. Everything was finally settled.

There were many things that needed to be dealt with. For example, the Clothing Bureau needed to make new dragon robes. The civil and military officials needed to be rewarded and promoted. The people were waiting for the Second Prince and his accomplices to give an explanation. The old Emperor, who had a stroke, was about to move into the palace.

While there were many things waiting to be done, Lu Huan first ordered the Yan Dynasty to be pardoned for three days. They could only go to court after three days.

During these three days, the capital was bustling. They only knew that they had welcomed a wise ruler who was willing to reduce taxes. However, they did not know that the next day, this wise ruler rushed to the college entrance exam venue.