Gongyang Nong said no, "She has never used Gongyang's surname. How can she tarnish Gongyang's reputation? It's my fault alone and has nothing to do with her. Please tell me, father. If he insists on taking me away, please kill me."
He raised his head, wanting to tell his father his determination with firm eyes, but when he raised his head, he only saw his father's old cheeks and tears falling from his cloudy eyes. He seemed to have aged several years older in an instant.
Gongyang felt as if his heart was being roasted on a fire, so he had no choice but to lower his head in a hurry, not daring to look directly at his father.
He felt guilty towards his father because he was sorry for his years of cultivation, but for Twelve Niangs, that was what his heart wanted and he couldn't let go.
"Half of my body has been buried in the earth. I know women better than you do. Only a chaste woman is worthy of your favor, and she is not worthy."
"Father, maybe I did something wrong, but she was not wrong. She has never been wrong. What was wrong was her fate and the torture she suffered. She is a wonderful woman. You don't know what she is right about. How caring I am, she puts me first in everything. She is different from other women. They only see me as the eldest son of the Gongyang family, but in her eyes, I am just Gongyang Xiangan. "
"Aren't you ashamed to say these things in front of me?"
"I just want to tell you what I've been saying all these years, and let you know that what I have done is all worth it."
"What you want to do is to become the Duke of Beiqiu, to be His Majesty's minister, to be granted an official title. You will have a bright future, not to hang out with an actor."
Gongyang Nong knew that no matter how much he said, he would not change his father's mind. He remained the same as he had been many years ago.
"I will no longer be at your mercy. Over the years, I have learned to make my own decisions, and I will not go back with you. Father, just say goodbye."
When Gong Yangnong said this, the old man's face turned pale and he couldn't say a word.
But this time, he didn't throw the porcelain cup in his hand at him.
He just looked at his son with disdain.
"Xiang An, are you back?" Twelve Niang rushed towards him and grabbed his hand hard, fearing that he would fly away if he wasn't paying attention.
Gongyang Nong did not tell her what his father said. He felt that he could settle the matter alone, and he and Twelve Niang could quickly resume their previous lives.
"What did your father say?" she asked proactively.
Gongyang smiled thickly and said, "It's nothing. I just said that I haven't seen him for many years and misses me a little. He asked me to go see him."
"Liar, your father will not let it go."
"How I left Yujian before, I will leave Changzhou now. You pack your things in the past few days, and we will leave this place together."
As he said this, he also went into the room to pack his things. When he looked back, Twelve Niang didn't move anything. She was just sitting on the threshold in a daze, and Gongyang Nong patted her on the shoulder.
She seemed startled.
"What are you thinking about?" Gong Yangnong was most worried that she would have random thoughts.
"You go and see your father. See him for the last time. Let's leave Changzhou again. I don't know when I can see him again."
Gong Yangnong felt warm in his heart. She always had plans for him and knew that he couldn't worry about his father either.
"I...if this makes you uneasy, then I won't go." He sat at the door with her and watched the moon pass through the clouds.
"Are you coming back?"
Gongyang Nong said, "How do you say this?"
"It's nothing. I would only be worried if you never come back. If you promise me that you will come back tomorrow, I will be relieved."
"Okay, I promise you, no matter what happens, I will be back tomorrow night."
That night, Twelfth Mother rested on his shoulder and never fell asleep. Gongyang Nong knew this, so he whispered, "How about I don't go to say goodbye to him tomorrow, and we'll leave directly."
Twelve Mother turned her back and said, "You must go see him."
She said it decisively.
But she kept turning over the whole night, and Gongyang Nong knew that she was in a state of confusion. In the early morning of the next day, he packed all the baggage and called a carriage to wait at the door.
Twelve Niang asked him, "Why don't you go?"
Gongyang Nong said, "No, let's go directly."
"No, you must go." She repeated what she said last night.
Gong Yangnong held her hand and said, "Listen carefully to me. I have never regretted being with you. You don't have to bear any burden. If the sky falls, I will bear it for you."
Twelve Niang shook off his hand, "Then you go see your father for the last time and tell him clearly that you will never leave me in this life."
She is now impatient and wants him to prove that he can do anything for her. In just one night, she is almost the same as the twelve mothers in Yujian, as if she has returned to her aggressive and moody self.
She kept urging him to leave for his father.
Gongyang Nong had no choice but to go to Jade Tower.
He found a horse and was about to get on it. Twelve Niang's eyes were red. She suddenly came over and hugged him and cried in his arms. She cried so sadly that Gongyang Nong couldn't help but worry. He said She didn't want to see her father, but she forced him to go. She obviously wanted him to go, but she was getting more and more painful. Gong Yangnong had no idea what was going on.
He became more and more worried about Twelve Niang's tears, which was a sign that the storm was coming. He felt that something was about to happen, but Twelve Niang didn't tell him anything.
She cried so much that she couldn't stand, so Gongyang Nong had to take her back to the house and let her drink some soothing tea. He asked her what was wrong, but Twelve Niang found some unseemly reasons to prevaricate him.
"Are you afraid that I won't come back?"
She didn't answer.
"Then let's go directly, I won't go."
"No, you have to go." She replied.
"Are you coming back?" She looked at him with watery eyes like an abandoned kitten on the roadside.
"If I don't come back, where else can I go?"
"Yes, you will be back in the evening, I just need to wait for you."
"Of course, didn't we all agree?"
"Well, it's been agreed, and no one is allowed to change their mind." She burst into laughter.
She stopped crying and became the docile and gentle wife again.
Gong Yangnong had planned not to go many times, but he could never change Twelve Niang's decisions.
"See you in the evening." As he mounted his horse, he turned back and said to Twelve Niangs.
Twelve Niang turned around and went back, seemingly not hearing his words.
He rode away and wanted to come back quickly.
After he left, Twelve Niang stood motionless at the door, like a stone statue.
When he arrived at the Jade Building, his father came downstairs to pick him up personally on crutches. He patted Gongyang Nong's shoulder and said, "I'm very pleased that you have thought clearly."
"Father, I have thought clearly. I want to leave here with Twelve Mothers."
The father's hand holding the cane trembled, but Gong Yangnong didn't notice.
"You don't have to take her away. Let's go back to Yujian together. You can marry her back to Gongyang's family openly and give her a birthright."
Gongyang Nong was stunned, "Father..."
"I have been forcing you too much, which makes you want to escape from me. I am already old and have no strength to fight with my children anymore. You can go home and take her with you. I will not say anything more in the future. What."
(End of chapter)