Chapter 34: Departure

I went to Chu Mo's Shrine of the Gods, and this was the last time I went to that place before leaving. The first time I went, I was hungry and fainted in the apse, the first time I went, I quarreled with Chu Li in the dark, the first time I went, I saw a bunch of modern furniture, the first time I went, I was comforted by others.

Let Sang Ma carry several food boxes, all of them were brought to Chu Mo, all of them were pastries and flower teas made by himself, fruit tea, I only made these well, and preserved fruits made of roses, all of which were packed with good white porcelain jars and then sealed, Chu Lige said that he loved to eat preserved petals, and every time he went to Yilan Palace, he had to eat some before, because of the trouble in workmanship, I was not very generous, and now that I was leaving, I took all the things I had done before.

I don't know how to repay Chu Mo, I can only show my gratitude by taking some snacks, he understands me, and accepts it with a smile, but Chu Lige shouted, my iron is finally willing to bleed.

Chu Mo said that he didn't like money and those things outside his body, and gave him a compass the size of a watch plate, saying that it was given to him by his master, in this era, I don't know how advanced it is, whether there are compasses and gunpowder, but just looking at the rounded corners of the compass that are grinded, I know how much he likes it.

I shirked it several times and said no, but he still forced it to tell me, for fear that I wouldn't recognize the way, and it would be good to point in the direction. When he said this, I naturally couldn't refuse again, and I really needed it, so I accepted it. Chu Lige didn't know where to get a silver bracelet, it didn't look very expensive, he had to ask me to wear it, and asked him curiously, where did the girl's jewelry come from, and he said that he bought it from other palace maids.

He put the bracelet on me stiffly, and his hand was red, because I was a little unhappy because of the pain, but for his kindness, I still accepted it with a smile.

After sitting in the temple of the gods for a few hours, and having dinner with their master and apprentice, I came back, put the compass in my purse, and carefully looked at the humble silver bracelet, and looked at it for a long time before I discovered the secret.

The outer ring of the silver bracelet is full of totems with various fish patterns, while the inner ring is slightly engraved with an address and a sentence. It says what village it is in the Gel Mountains, and the name is a small village on the side of the Biansai, which should be the place where the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Kingdom are enchanted. It was a very short sentence, which meant that I went to the village and went to a family surnamed Mu, showed them the fish pattern on the bracelet, and they would take care of me.

Looking at this bracelet, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart. Chu Mo, Lige, they are the closest people to me in the past few years, since Chu Lige can give me this bracelet, presumably Chu Mo has already told him that I am going to escape, just now he looked at me with a normal face, there is no abnormality, such a calm performance, this child, after all, has grown up.

Sang Ma and Bai Zhi couldn't sleep excitedly because they were going to leave tomorrow, they sorted out their baggage and luggage over and over again, and the things that Huang Fuchen rewarded were also loaded into the carriage one by one, and the car was parked outside the palace gate of Yilan Palace.

The next morning, before the sun rose, I was woken up by the mulberry horses and began to clean up. Because I had to travel a long distance and travel tirelessly, I didn't dress up and wore my usual clothes and jewelry. The formal clothes were packed into the baggage, and when it was time to leave the border gate, it was good to change, and after a hurried breakfast in the Yilan Palace, I went to say hello to the emperor and queen.

First went to the Emperor's Hall of Virtue to prepare to thank the Emperor, he had not yet gone to the early court, saw me go, let me serve him to change clothes and eat, neither of them spoke much, he was as majestic as before, I still waited with fear.

Huangfu Chen instructed me to be careful all the way, if I was not used to living in Liangzhou, I would come back early, he naturally didn't want me to stay in Liangzhou for too long, although I didn't know much about the court, but I still knew the general situation. nodded, obediently responding.

Seeing that he was going to the early court, I took a leave of absence and went to the queen's Shuyi Palace. The queen is no longer as dissatisfied with me as before, Xu saw that the emperor did not favor me, and he has always been safe in the palace, and has never posed a threat to her, and her son often helps me, and over time, she also treats me with a smile.

I heard that I was going back to Liangzhou. After almost half a year of going back and forth, the empress also sent someone to take a ferret shawl to send me, saying that if I could come back before Chinese New Year's Eve, I would be warm on the road in winter, I took it with a smile, said something to let her take care, and was ready to leave, and when I was about to reach the gate of the palace, I bumped into Concubine Xia to ask for peace, she was still that arrogant and domineering, but she no longer dared to fight with me.

I went back to the Yilan Palace, and told the Sang Ma and them to take the baggage, and the group was ready, so they got into the carriage, walked from the palace road, and walked towards Chaoyang Gate.

Huang Fuchen gave me a jade disc for customs clearance, saying that a post station had been arranged along the way, and a group of brave men were selected from the military camp in Beijing to escort them all the way. Whether his careful arrangement is for me or his own face, presumably only he knows.

I sat in the carriage, a little trance-like, looking at the Yilan Hall behind me, but I was a little reluctant in my heart, here, the place where I have lived for six years, the place where I have lived for six years, the place where I woke up and was reborn, I am really leaving.

In the past six years, laughter and tears, the sun and the moon have passed, and it has made me a little uncomfortable.

The back palace with yellow walls and red tiles slowly became a miniature, and finally disappeared into my reluctant gaze. Together with the people in the palace, I am afraid that we will not see each other in this life.

Ziqing, I'm sorry, I can't wait to see you reign in the world.

Qi Hao, I'm sorry, I will definitely find a woman who treats you sincerely in the future.

Chu Mo, I'm sorry, I let you take the risk of bullying the king just for my selfish desires.

Chu Lige, the only person I don't have to be sorry for is you.