Chapter 43: The Way Home
When the emperor returned to Luan, it was already the end of spring, and Meili was holding the six-month-old Yun Ke close to the wall, afraid that the careless subordinates would bump into the child in a hurry. The maids and servants were busy loading their luggage into the car, and Yun Ke liked to be lively, watching the busy scene in Eniang's arms.
There are more people on Su Ying's side, and the luggage is several times that of Meili, and after each gave birth to a child, the opportunity for the two to meet is even rarer, and they seem to live their own lives in the same mansion. Seeing Meili, Su Ying nodded and smiled kindly.
Meili also responded politely. In all fairness, Su Ying was tolerant of her, because of the rules set by Jing Xuan, Su Ying did not enjoy much of the honor of a wife in front of her, but she did not embarrass her, never came to her room, and did not do anything embarrassing her.
Being able to ignore her can be regarded as a kind of tolerance.
Jing Xuan made proper arrangements in the palace, worried about his wife and children at home, and hurried back, Yun Jue was still young after all, and his living habits were disrupted and he lost his temper, crying nonstop, Su Ying and the nursing mother were not good at coaxing, the child was crying so much that his voice was hoarse, Su Ying was in a hurry and hugged the child and cried, and the people tried their best to make the world laugh and persuade Fu Jin not to worry, the scene was very chaotic.
In contrast, Yun Ke seemed heartless, and he smiled when he watched his younger brother turn over on his back. Meili smiled bitterly and hugged him and shook him gently, Yun Ke didn't like to cry since she was a child, so she suffered a lot.
Jing Xuan got off the horse is this big scene, he glanced at Meili, she and Yun Ke are worry-free at this time. Su Ying was already crying so much that Pear Blossom took the rain and threw the child into his arms, Jing Xuan was also distressed, and took Yun Jue over and slapped it a few times.
Yun Jue gave him Ama face, sobbed and finally stopped crying, Su Ying's personal maid and grandmother all had ulterior motives to praise the prince loudly for usually hurting Yun Jue, so Yun Jue and Ama were very close, and the prince was obedient as soon as he hugged him.
Su Ying also burst into laughter, pouting and scolding Yunjue for having no conscience, and flattering Ama to toss Eniang.
Jing Xuan couldn't help but look at Meili again, worried that she would be uncomfortable. She was holding the smiling Yun Ke happily looking at Yun Jue, who was no longer crying, his heart twisted, and he turned around with a cold face and stopped looking at her.
Meili rolled up the curtain of the car, out of the city, the scenery was as open as when it came, and the trees were more prosperous, Meili put her hands under Yun Ke's armpits and held him by the window to show him the scenery along the way, the little child was also happy because of the vast world, hehe smiled, the little fat foot stepped on her legs and tiptoed, Meili raised her arms for a while, afraid of heat and squeezing, there were no other maids and grandmothers in the car, seeing Yun Ke so happy, she has been persevering.
Jing Xuan rode over, and attached to the car with a calm face and did not speak.
Meili smiled faintly, seemingly unaware of his anger, "Thirsty?" β
He didn't answer, glaring at her.
She knew what he was angry about, and if she could, she wanted to pretend to be jealous and pitiful. But she ...... It's not uncomfortable indeed.
She was just one of his wives, just his side Fujin, and she had come to terms with that fact. When he went to Su Ying's place for the night, she could also carry Yun Ke to sleep with her, which was safe and happy.
She survived, came out of the Hall of Tranquility, she felt that she had died once, she was naΓ―ve, she loved Jing Xuan, and died on the side of the lonely life road. After Yonghyuk's death, she was stubborn and uncompromising, and because of her child, she was also forced to die in a desperate life trek by the ruthless reality. Now she is also a stranger, she doesn't care what kind of woman she wants to become, as long as she still has Yun Ke, it's enough.
The young couple is an old companion, although she and he are not old, but they have already understood the meaning of this sentence. Love is dead, but life still has to go on. As long as he is good to Yun Ke, she will be good to him, treat him as a husband, be a benefactor who helps her and Yun Ke, and be a prince...... When anything is good.
She looked at Jing Xuan's handsome and cold face, this person was her husband, her child's Amma...... She smiled, but she was no longer her Jingxuan brother, and the Jingxuan she loved also died with her in the past, on the way she didn't want to look back.
Although it was extremely bitter, she still had illusions and survived...... She and he never came back.
He glanced at her pale face coldly, and couldn't be indifferent after all, and shouted angrily and asked Mama to come and take Yun Ke away. Meili was unwilling, shook her head and refused, she didn't want to be separated from Yun Ke, she didn't want Yun Ke to be out of her sight.
He frowned, knowing that persuasion was useless, so he dismounted with a blue face and came to hug Yun Ke in person and put him on the saddle in front of him. Yun Ke sat on Amma's tall horse and had a wider field of vision, and he was so happy that his two short legs kicked one by one, as if he was riding a horse, which made Jing Xuan's cold face soften a lot.
Meili leaned against the window and watched silently, a smile on the corner of her mouth.
Yun Ke looked at the scenery for a while and began to be distracted, secretly gnawing on the reins exposed between his Amma's hands in front of him, Jing Xuan found out, pouted and patted his round head, patted his head a little harder, and snorted angrily.
"Dirty or not?" Jing Xuan asked the six-month-old child majestically, and the tone of talking to the baby in a serious manner made Meili couldn't help laughing.
Jing Xuan raised his head when he heard the sound and grabbed the sweet smile from his heart. She used to have such a smile on her face, but he was so disgusted that he didn't want to stay on her pretty face with a vivid expression. Now...... In a brief flash, he was like a treasure.
He shouted to the grandmother in the car behind him to pick up Yun Ke, and threw the reins to the person who was driving the car, but before Meili could refuse, the person had already squeezed to her side.
There was a coachman in front of her, and the guards accompanying her on both sides, he put his arms around her arrogantly, his mouth was not honest and his hands were not honest, and she was too embarrassed to stop her, and her face was red.
Her shy expression also made his heart flutter, and now he was addicted to any kind of vivid expression of hers. Her empty eyes and numb expression frightened him too much, and it hurt his heart too much. Lingering repeatedly on her blushing little mouth, he was secretly happy.
No matter what role she has become, he already has a chance. The years ahead are still long, his efforts have paid off, he is encouraged, as long as he is good to her and Yun Ke, one day, he will go back to her heart.
"Lord Wang, Lord Wang." A man whispered outside the car, apparently with something important. He also seemed to know that he was very blind, and his voice was vain.
Jing Xuan was annoyed, but Meili breathed a sigh of relief, and took advantage of the moment when he was ferociously asking what was going on, and pushed him away some distance.
"Lord Wang...... That Hao Qi died in prison yesterday. The man outside the car said cautiously.
Jing Xuan's expression froze, and the hand that was tightly clamped on her shoulder loosened.
"Dead?" He frowned.
"Yes, now all the clues of the formation map are broken, so the slave hurriedly came to ask the prince to show him."
Formation?
Miri was stunned, listening carefully to their conversation.
"Death is death." Jing Xuan came to his senses and snorted coldly. "It's a big deal, send someone south again, and track it down for me again!"
"Wow." There was a sound outside the car, but there was no sound.
Meili hesitated for a moment and lowered her voice, "Formation? Is it important? β
Jing Xuan nodded indifferently, "It used to be Cheng Yi...... mentioning Cheng Yi, both of them were a little sad, "Responsible for finding it for the emperor." β
"I couldn't find it after looking for so long?" She looked at the corner of the carriage.
"It's good to find it in 10 or 8 years. There is no urgency in this matter, maybe you can't find it in a lifetime, and it depends on chance. He didn't elaborate, and she didn't ask.
Ten years and eight years...... No wonder Brother Cheng Yi was not in a hurry to take it out, she blinked, it was about the huge treasure of the previous dynasty, although the emperor wanted to get it, he understood that he couldn't ask for it. Perhaps, she should also stay for Yun Ke, perhaps, Yun Ke's life will change a lot because of this picture.
The return trip is always faster than the way to come, I have to take care of Yun Ke, and I am worried that the little children will get sick because of not adapting, and there are many distractions, so I don't feel that time is in a hurry, and I have already walked most of the way inadvertently, and I can enter Beijing in a day or two.
After camping, he settled down and put Yun Ke to sleep, and it was already dark.
Meili slowly walked to the corner of the camp alone, there are certain rules for camping, the direction is always not much different, the tree is still there, and the stone buried in the soil under the tree should also be there...... She was the only one who came back!
She always deliberately doesn't think about Yonghyuk, as long as she still wants to live, she can't think about it. Her heart was already filled with a lot of pain and helplessness, and if she didn't hide from Yonghyuk's pain, she was afraid that she would not be able to afford it.
She heard the slight sound of footsteps, and by the light of the camp fire, she could see the gloom on Jing Xuan's face.
He wasn't angry, he didn't blame, he was just gloomy, and his eyes were darkened by overly complicated emotions, but he couldn't see his emotions.
"Do you want to dig it up?" He asked her in a deep voice.
She was stunned and shook her head, "No one is there...... "Nothing makes sense."
It's still the same place, but people have changed so much. This feeling was familiar, just as she came out of the Hall of Tranquility and saw Ziyu, and saw him. At first, she thought that the suffering was over, and she had endured it.
"Unfulfilled wishes, I am buried deep underground......" Her thoughts flew far away, and her unfulfilled wishes, many.
He also looked at her through the light of the fire, and was stabbed by her expression of obsessing with memory.
The carriage and horses finally stopped in front of Prince Qing's mansion, Meili was helped down from the car by the maid, and she looked up at the palace gate on the high stone steps, and the huge plaque hanging on the door.
She remembered that when she was a teenager, she had secretly determined to be the mistress of this mansion under this majestic gatehouse, and for the first time she felt that it was good to be young and mad, or at least so heroic.
Now she looks at this gorgeous house, in addition to sighing, she is also emotional.
Time is indeed the most ruthless.
She crossed the high threshold with Yun Ke in her arms, and the way she came in the past is the way back to the present day, and at this moment...... It's a new starting point.