roccoschili Chapter 207: Sadness of the Old Friend
Chapter 207: Sadness of the Old Friend
It was not until midnight that Su Cheng'an returned with Ye Jinxuan on horseback.
After returning to the guest house of Dingbei Palace, Ye Jinxuan simply washed up and lay on the bed. He thought about the difficult life that the three brothers and sisters had lived since the fall of Wu'an Marquis, when they had to leave their hometown and wander around. During this period, they were rarely together and had experienced life and death several times.
Faced with a powerful and suffocating enemy, he had already made preparations to fight to the death, but unexpectedly, God had eyes and let the brother and sister meet a noble person, and finally they had the opportunity to take revenge and escape unscathed.
Seeing Xiaochu today really surprised him.
In my impression, Xiaochu was gentle but also timid, just a well-behaved and ordinary girl. After not seeing her for several years, she had quietly grown into such a tough and wise person.
Compared with her previous self, her personality has changed drastically.
Ye Jinxuan felt a mixture of pride and pity in his heart. Xiaochu must have suffered a lot to have undergone such a big change.
Fortunately, he was back, and the three siblings could spend more time together again. In the future, he would take over some of Xiaochu's responsibilities and raise Zhao'er well, so that Xiaochu could marry into the Dingbei Palace without worries and become a happy Crown Prince's consort.
The most painful and hopeless days are over, and every day in the future will be full of hope and yearning.
Xiaochu, Zhaoer, my dear ones, I will do my best to protect you in the future.
In such beautiful expectations, Ye Jinxuan's wandering heart finally found a place to rest. The corners of his lips, which had always been tightly pursed, unconsciously curled up at this moment, and he fell into a peaceful and sweet dream.
The next morning, Zhao'er woke up rubbing her eyes, hurriedly put on her clothes, and knocked on Jinchu's door: "Sister, I think I saw Third Brother last night?"
The young boy had red lips and white teeth. He tilted his head, and his eyes were filled with unconcealable joy and a hint of uncertainty.
This child has been lonely since childhood and longs for family affection so much that when his real relatives come, he can't believe his eyes.
Looking at Zhao'er's worried expression, Jinchu's heart softened.
"Zhao'er, come here!" She waved to her brother.
Zhao'er obediently came to her sister's side, a warm hand caressed her head, and gentle words rang in her ears.
"You're not mistaken. The person last night was indeed our third brother. Third brother has returned. He will stay in Youyun City with Zhao'er from now on. The three of us siblings will watch over each other and help each other. We will never be separated again."
When Zhao'er heard this, his eyebrows curved and he smiled with satisfaction.
Before she could laugh for long, she heard the little fellow frown again and whispered, "Third brother is back, but sister is going to marry into the palace!"
He didn't want to be separated from his sister, nor did he want to be separated from his third brother who had just returned, but his sister and third brother were destined not to live together. The little guy was in a dilemma and didn't know how to choose for a while!
Looking at Zhao'er's expression of joy at one moment and distress at another, Jin Chu couldn't help but laugh again.
"Didn't I tell Zhao'er before? Although I'm marrying into the palace, Zhao'er is still young, so naturally he has to live with me in the palace."
Jinchu teased her brother, "Zhao'er, don't you want to go to the palace with your sister?"
"Zhao'er is willing." The little guy shook his head like a rattle, looking embarrassed. "I am willing to go to the palace with my sister, but Zhao'er can't bear to leave my third brother and wants to be with him too."
Jin Chu burst out laughing. "What's so difficult about this? If you want to see Third Brother, just let him live in the palace with you! Or if Third Brother doesn't want to live in the palace, then buy a house nearby. If you miss him in the future, just let him come to the palace to see you, or let your sister Huanyan take you to see him."
Zhao'er's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands and said with a smile, "Sister, this is a good idea. Then I will follow you to the palace!"
Jin Chu nodded and coaxed him away.
Zhao'er is still young now, and the third brother is a grown man after all. Although the two brothers are close, they are not as careful and considerate as women in daily life.
Zhao'er had been taken care of by her since he was a child. Jin Chu herself was not very reassured about letting Zhao'er follow a grown man like him. So she simply continued as she had said before and took Zhao'er and Huanyan into the palace first.
In two years, when Zhao'er grows up a little, and the third brother marries his third sister-in-law and there is a mistress in the family, it will not be too late to let Zhao'er live with the third brother.
After making up his mind, Jin Chu sat quietly at the table and ate breakfast.
The wedding is tomorrow, and she has a lot of things to do today!
In contrast to Jinchu's busy and joyful life, the Jingchuan Marquis Mansion was thousands of miles away in the capital.
At this time, Zhao Huaiqing, the son of Jingchuan Marquis, was sitting in the study with a solemn expression on his face, holding two thin pages of letters in his bony hands. He lowered his eyes and remained silent, his whole body as still and quiet as a sculpture.
After a while, the young man slightly raised his eyelids, and seemed to let go of the paper he had been staring at for a long time. As he moved, the paper spun lightly in the air, and then landed lightly on the ground covered with a thick velvet carpet.
Like a gust of wind, it comes quietly and goes silently.
"Hehe." Zhao Huaiqing chuckled twice, then covered his chest, squatted down, and wanted to pick up the paper on the ground.
He stretched out his hand but failed to grab the paper. He suddenly laughed bitterly again and squatted on the ground.
"It's better to leave. This capital city, with all its flourishing flowers, is truly a gorgeous cage that devours people without blinking an eye."
Zhao Huaiqing muttered to himself, and the girl's lively face appeared in his mind again.
As early as when he had hinted to her repeatedly, both explicitly and covertly, and she had clearly drawn a line between them, he knew that he would probably get a result that was like the water flowing with intentions but the flower falling without mercy.
Even after he passed the imperial examination and returned to the Marquis' Mansion, gaining both fame and fortune, because of the despicable hope in his heart, even if it was to use the power that made the world jealous, he still confessed his love to the girl again, but of course his dream was shattered in the end.
At that time, he sadly discovered that such a beautiful girl was really going to leave him.
During the first ten years of his smooth career, he devoted himself to his studies and had no interest in those vulgar women. His plan was to achieve fame and then choose a lady from a noble family as his wife who could help him in his career and be a beautiful woman with beautiful eyes.
Unexpectedly, all the perfect plans began to go haywire after he met that unexpected woman.
For her, he could break his plans of many years; for her, he could bend down and do everything to make her happy.
Since she had no interest in him, he let her go. He thought he would eventually let it go. The feelings of youth will always fade away little by little in the long river of time as time goes by.
Before long, he might have a wife of equal status, with whom he would have children and protect the Jingchuan Marquis Mansion together.
The girl who went away will slowly be forgotten.
But once he learned that she was going to marry someone else, why couldn't he help feeling sad and disappointed?
It is really a saying that goes, "I have never missed you in my life, but I miss you all my life!"