Time flies like flowing water, and the past of following Mu Xize to the unknown small mansion to visit King Yi seems to have just happened yesterday, but nearly a year has passed since then. I wonder if that quirky little boy has grown taller, and will he remember such a big sister who has always remembered him?

Looking back, it has only been a year since she Ye Ningxiang re-entered the palace gate, and too many things have happened around her this year, so many vivid faces, so many people that Ye Ningxiang can't forget in this life, have left her side one by one.

On the road to Huangquan, there were still their souls who stopped and looked back, looking at their sorrowful tears in the world, warm and salty, and very mischievously opened the door of their eyes, rolling wantonly on her cheeks, and interpreting her grief to the extreme.

Why does it hurt like this? Ye Ningxiang clutched her chest, and the depression that came from her chest almost swallowed her whole body, making her breathless.

Mu Xize's fingers slid over her cheeks, stained her tears, and hugged her tightly into her arms, like a heavy wall for her to lean on wantonly. She really leaned quietly on his shoulder, and didn't speak, and the silence around her was so quiet that almost the air condensed.

It took her a long time to understand why she had such a strong reaction. It is an irrepressible nostalgia for the old man, and it is an irrevocable repentance for the past.

She has always regarded revenge as her mission, and the destruction of the country as her ultimate goal, but she ignored how many innocent people would die because of such a tragic process, how many people would be separated from their wives and families, and she had already unknowingly lived as vicious as the culprit who framed the Su family.

"Lady, don't cry. ”

The words with a timid voice gently drifted into Ye Ningxiang's ears, healing every painful nerve of Ye Ningxiang.

She grabbed Mu Xize's hand, and a tired smile appeared in her eyes, "Well, don't cry, I don't cry." ”

People always have to look forward in life, she is not a saint, she has no ability to reverse time and space, change the world, the only thing she can do is to use her best to grasp the people who are still alive in this world, such as her husband, such as the people who are still alive in the world and make her worry.

The plaque of Yiwang's Mansion trembles in the evening breeze of late summer, showing a strong desolation and dilapidation.

Gu Liancheng parked the carriage, and two subordinates came to the palace very appropriately to help Ye Ningxiang and them carry their luggage. Probably forced by King Yi to come out to work, the two of them had a look of reluctance on their faces, if Ye Ningxiang was just ordinary people, I am afraid that these two people would have the courage to scold them.

After all, he was banished here, and even if he still retains his title, the prestige of being a prince has probably been consumed by the loneliness and helplessness of this foreign land. Ye Ningxiang sighed, pulled Mu Xize, and dragged his heavy steps towards King Yi's mansion.

Fortunately, King Yi is still the same King Yi as before, as warm as water, as calm as the wind. He smiled, took Sitang's hand, and rushed to the courtyard to welcome the arrival of Ye Ningxiang and his party. But when he saw Mu Xize, who was obviously not mentally abnormal, the smile on his face instantly froze, and was replaced by astonishment, which was unbelievable.

"Three...... The third brother really ...... Really delirious?"

His face was filled with sadness that had never been revealed, or more of regret, for the stupid situation of the person he admired most in his life.

As if frightened by King Yi's actions, Mu Xize hurriedly shrank behind Ye Ningxiang, and the hands that grabbed Ye Ningxiang seemed to be wet and slippery, as if they were in a cold sweat.

"Ning Xiang greets His Royal Highness King Yi. ”

Ye Ningxiang lowered her head and saluted King Yi, and Mo Xiaoqin behind her also blessed her body and saluted King Yi.

"It's true. ”

King Yi's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible, and the intense trembling between the bytes showed the violent fluctuations in his heart.

Ye Ningxiang reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and touched Mu Xize's shoulder very dotingly, with a strong love in the corners of her eyes.

"Xi Ze will be fine, he will definitely change back to his original self. ”

Suddenly there was a series of weak, rapid coughing sounds in the side hall of the palace, which sounded as if they were coming from the mouth of a young girl who had been ill for a long time.

There are not many people in the palace, and they are all in the courtyard to greet Ye Ningxiang and them at this moment, so the woman in the side hall who seems to be terminally ill is definitely not a person in the palace. Then there is only one possibility, and that woman is Princess Yi, Ye Ningxiang's former rival Wang Liyue.

After listening to the series of sounds, King Yi looked sad and hurried to the room where the sound came. The furnishings in the room are simple, even simple, and the furniture in the room seems to have been used for many years, and some places are too old to lose their paint.

Wang Liyue was lying on the bed weakly, obviously the weather was hot, still covered with a thick quilt on her body, her face was pale and thin, her eyes were sunken, and the arrogance of the former commanding spirit was gone, so that people like Ye Ningxiang, who hated her very much before, couldn't help but feel pity when they saw it.

"Liyue, your heart and lungs hurt again, right?"

King Yi thoughtfully sat beside her and took her into his arms, while Wang Liyue's cough did not abate in the slightest, and her originally pale face turned purple from the lack of oxygen.

"Lord Wang, hand ...... Handkerchief. ”

Hearing Wang Liyue's weak words, King Yi quickly took out a handkerchief from his bosom that seemed to have been prepared in advance and handed it to Wang Liyue. Wang Liyue took the handkerchief with great difficulty, and pressed the handkerchief to her lips, and in an instant, a bright red in the center of the white handkerchief kept smearing from the middle to the surroundings.

Only then did Ye Ningxiang realize that this piece of distressing red was all blood spit out of Wang Liyue's mouth. Probably all the blood that had accumulated in her lungs gushed out, Wang Liyue sighed, it seemed to be much more comfortable, and the person also lay back on the bed, closed her eyes, and gradually fell asleep.

"How long has Princess Yi been like this?"

King Yi turned to look at Ye Ningxiang with an unbelievable expression, his expression was sad, and he said in a low voice: "It's been half a year." ”

Then, he got up and made a gesture of please, motioning for Ye Ningxiang and the others to leave for the time being, so as not to disturb Wang Liyue's rest.

It turned out that Wang Liyue had been pampered since she was a child, but she was greatly stimulated by the fall of the Wang family, and followed King Yi to exile in Shuozhou.

According to the usual practice, although King Yi was exiled here, the Shuozhou government will also issue a certain amount of silver to the Yiwang Mansion every month, although these silver coins cannot be compared with the silver money issued by the royal family every month in Jing'an in the past, but they can also make the Yiwang Mansion reach the living standard of an ordinary large family.

However, seeing the current state of King Yi's mansion, this money is obviously not enough, at first Ye Ningxiang thought that King Yi would use all the money issued by King Yi to buy medicine for Wang Liyue, but King Yi's next words really overturned Ye Ningxiang's thoughts.

"I have been exiled here as a criminal, and it is a matter of great duty for the Shuozhou officials to provide me with this shelter from the elements. ”

He smiled, feeling very helpless and sad, seeing that Ye Ningxiang's heart was tight and his mood was heavy.

"So for nearly a year, we all relied on the care of the Shadow Guard who Mr. Gu left here, so that our family would not go hungry. ”

"Why are these officials in Shuozhou like this, they are very disrespectful! When I return to Jing'an, I must seek justice for His Royal Highness King Yi!"

Originally, Ye Ningxiang was just heartbroken, but when she learned that the Shuozhou officials provided a residence for King Yi and let King Yi fend for himself here, her heart burned with uncontrollable anger.

If this kind of thing happens to her, she is afraid that she will beat these snobbish officials all over the place.

However, King Yi has a light and elegant temperament, does not like to fight, and has never been involved in the power struggle between princes when he was in Jing'an in the past, and it is impossible to bother to compete with Shuozhou officials at this time.

However, instead of arguing for himself, he exonerated the Shuozhou officials.

"Actually, they also have difficulties. Shuozhou was originally an important military town, and the annual military expenditure has made it difficult for Shuozhou to operate. If disasters and man-made disasters continue today, even if taxes continue to increase, there is almost no money left in Shuozhou for self-expenses. They also thought that they could save the money. ”

Hey, in the final analysis, the country is not rich and strong enough, and the world is not healthy enough, Ye Ningxiang stopped talking and began to busily move their luggage into the palace.

Probably living alone in a foreign land for a long time, and suddenly seeing so many familiar friends, King Yi was very happy in his heart, and he actually cooked for Ye Ningxiang and others. The cooking skills of the Mu family seem to be genetic, Mu Xize is like this, Mu Jinglian is also like this, and I haven't seen how King Yi wastes time and effort, this courtyard is already full of vegetables.

In the nearly half a month since she left Jing'an, it was the first time that Ye Ningxiang had eaten a meal so peacefully. She ate very quickly, as if someone was going to grab food from her, and she couldn't help but praise in her mouth: "His Royal Highness King Yi's cooking skills are really amazing, several times better than my husband's!"

As soon as these words came out, Mu Xize, who had been eating with relish, suddenly snorted coldly, pouted as if he was being gasped, and turned his head to stop looking at Ye Ningxiang.

Ye Ningxiang was distressed in her heart, her husband said that he was stupid, but whenever she said something bad about him, he could always give an arrogant or angry reaction at the first time, as if he could fully understand what she said. Say he's not stupid, he doesn't understand anything else she says, and he just smiles stupidly forever.

It's really nerve-wracking, nerve-wracking, and the only thing I'm looking forward to now is God's mercy, so that her husband will suddenly be mentally sound and return to normal, and no matter what she says, she can understand it.

"Hehe, my husband's cooking is also delicious!"

Ye Ningxiang smiled, deliberately put a large piece of meat into Mu Xize's bowl, and said comfortingly.

Sure enough, it was his usual coquettish style again. Mu Xize picked up the rice bowl, smiled stupidly, and deliberately leaned towards Ye Ningxiang's side, and said with difficulty: "Lady, it's so good." ”

Then he didn't eat by himself with the rice bowl, but handed the rice bowl to Ye Ningxiang's hand, and said naturally: "Lady, hey." After saying that, he immediately opened his mouth and screamed non-stop.

Ye Ningxiang's head was full of black lines, her whole body became hot, and her face should be so red that she couldn't speak, she smiled awkwardly and put down her rice bowl, as if persuading a child, and said: "Xi Ze, don't make trouble, so many people are watching!"

In this case, I was most afraid that someone would add fuel to the fire, but at this time, the eccentric Xiao Sitang poured a large bucket of oil on Ye Ningxiang's head.

"Third Aunt, Third Uncle asked you to feed him, you see how pitiful the Third Uncle is like this, you just obey him!" As he spoke, Si Tang's big eyes blinked, as if Ye Ningxiang had committed a great crime if he didn't do what he said.