Outside the chamber was full of people, and the maid and servant craned their necks to look inside, and lowered their voices to turn their heads and ears. Many people had red eyes and tears on their faces, but they were suppressed and did not dare to speak out.

Someone with sharp eyes saw Jing Ning running from a distance, wiped away his tears, and choked up, "Miss." The rest of the people also hurriedly wiped away their tears and took the initiative to get out of the way.

Xue Yi's face was extremely pale, and the doctor stood at the head of the bed, shook his head weakly at her, packed up the medicine box and withdrew.

The floor had already been cleaned by the subordinates, but Jing Ning could still clearly smell the strong smell of blood in the room, squatted down stiffly, and said softly, "Where is Daddy uncomfortable now, Ning'er asked the doctor to show you, do you want to drink water, do you still want to ......?"

"No need." Xue Yi smiled bitterly, "Dad has lied to you for so long, and he still has to tell you the truth after all." ”

Jing Ning froze, reluctantly smiling, "When did Dad lie to me, I think I was in a daze." ”

"Silly child" called weakly and dotingly, "Don't be sad, Dad should have followed your mother thirteen years ago, but he stole thirteen years from God to watch my family Ning'er grow up, become so sensitive and clever, and even more outstanding and resolute than Dad." How good, now, I can finally rest assured...... Walked away with peace of mind. ”

forcibly suppressed his tears, and joked with red eyes, "How can my father be so partial, leave Ning'er for my mother, before I get married, and before I do my filial piety, how can I go like this." ”

"My Ning'er is really a precious girl, and she is jealous of her mother." Xue Yi seemed to be smiling, turned sideways and rubbed Jing Ning, who was half-kneeling beside the bed, and murmured softly, "Ning'er in the future, you must find a husband who can make you happy, don't be like your father and hurt your mother." ”

"My daughter has a bad eye, she can't tell what is good and what is bad, and her father will check for her daughter, right?"

Xue Yi trembled, "I'm afraid Dad won't be able to do it." His eyes looked at one place, like a hopeful gaze that had not yet come back to his senses when he dreamed back at midnight, "It's too bitter, when I am alone, I always suffer a lot, and my mental energy is exhausted little by little, but I can't hope for a trace of light." Your mother must be lonely over there, she used to always say that she was afraid of the cold and the dark, without me by her side, how would she spend the long snow? ”

"My mother is very happy, and my father loves her like this."

"Yes, I owe her so much......" he said no more, pursing his lips and falling into a long contemplation. Jing Ning didn't interrupt, still maintaining that posture, looking at him with a light smile and a trance, as if trying to recall the best thing in his life.

After half a ring, a cold hand covered the back of her hand, "After Dad leaves, help Dad cremate into ashes and take him to Kyoto to be buried with your mother." Three years ago, I planted a lot of pear trees, and I think I'm going to have a good time now. ”

Jing Ning's mouth opened, and his eyes were sour, "...... Good. ”

"My good daughter, the most sorry thing for your mother was you when she was alive, but fortunately, she finally came to Qingming and I saw her, which can be regarded as a good explanation." Xue Yi coughed a few more times, "It's just that Dad still owes you a lot, and the people of Pingcheng, Dad is afraid that he will disappoint them." In three years, how much effort did it take me to make the barren land at the beginning a little more vibrant, and I don't want to, I won't be able to take care of it in the future. ”

"Daughter for daddy!"

Xue Yiwu's eyes widened.

Jing Ning took a deep breath and said calmly, "Dad wants the people of Pingcheng to live a good life, and my daughter will do it for my father." Here, it will be as my father thought, the scenery is like this, and the people are healthy. ”

Xue Yi couldn't help but be stunned, "Ning'er, you ......"

"Can't Dad trust his daughter?" Jing Ning said softly, "My daughter won't let the people of Pingcheng suffer, she won't!" ”

I don't know whether to be surprised or relieved, the corners of Xue Yi's pale lips were slightly hooked, "My Ning'er has really grown up, how can my father not believe it, okay...... Okay......" He spoke in a hoarse voice, "It's okay, if your father is gone, you don't have a guard of honor, how can you live in peace." Zhou Tongju and Sun Dujian are both talented people, they may be arrogant, but they are good officials who love the people in their hearts. As you spend a long time with them, you will come to know. ”

"Yes, my daughter will respect them."

Xue Yi struggled to stand up, but found that he couldn't exert any strength, his head was dizzy and hot, and his hands and feet were as cold as falling into a frozen lake.

Shaking his head helplessly, he pointed to a locked cabinet next to the bed, took out a bunch of keys from his arms and handed them to Jing Ning, "Take out the things inside." ”

There is only one delicate small box in the cabinet, dark crimson color, carved with delicate patterns. When I took it out and opened it, there was a volume of books with gold trim in yellow and yellow, firmly tied with gold thread, and I knew it was precious at a glance.

"It's the gold-mounted imperial book that the saint gave me when he named me the prince of the county." Xue Yi spoke, "Since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, only the Founding Emperor Taizu specially allowed Empress Jiamu to participate in the government back then, cough cough...... Governing the southern Xinjiang genera. However, in the following hundred years, there has never been a woman in charge of the affairs of a city. Even though there are female officials in Daqi, ...... cough cough, but it doesn't just take care of the complicated affairs of the inner court, or it is a petty official and a small position, and he can't go to the stage. If you are asked to take over Pingcheng, I am afraid that you will be refuted by the important ministers of the court, and this gold mounting imperial zai can play a lot of roles. ”

Jing Ning took it in a daze, this thin scroll that had been kept for seventeen years suddenly became heavy in her hands, Xue Yi thought that it was necessary to keep this to protect Xue Jingning's life, but he didn't know that the original body had already died by eating herbs by mistake.

Lowering his eyebrows, he felt that he was useless, and he took up the identity of others, but he couldn't protect his only relative. She had always been calm, but she couldn't control her feelings for a while, and the tears that had accumulated in her eyes for a long time burst out of her eyes, blurring her vision.

"Don't cry." It's more like a whispering voice, "Dad just should go to your mother when the time comes, and leave here without pain." The Song family ......," he muttered, "After I leave, if the Song family can accept you, Ning'er, listen to your father, don't blame your grandfather and uncle, they ...... Since your mother left, it has not been easy. ”

“…… Okay, what did Dad say...... All good. ”

Xue Yi finally smiled with relief, "You can let go, go to another place, and continue to guard our Ning'er with your mother...... I am well. ”

Greedily took another look, and then calmly, slowly, closed his eyes.

"Daddy! Daddy-"

…

The green pine is loaded, and it has been built for twenty-seven years, and it has been an eventful spring. Xue Yi, the prefect of Pingcheng, died of heart disease, leaving his daughter Jingning alone at the age of forty-four.