Volume II[Return from Nirvana]
[Protect the people I love and guard every inch of the mountains and rivers under my feet. This has nothing to do with power or hatred. This is my responsibility. —Sheng Qianmo]
[I don’t believe in seeing each other again in the afterlife. Wen knows the past. I mean, after four years of exile and four years in the desert, can I come back? Come back to see you. —Ji Xubai]
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Beichuan, under a shop.
A four-year-old girl stood on the steps, tiptoeing on her shoes, looking at the market.
The little girl wore a goose-yellow coat and skirt with a pattern of baby's breath embroidered on the hem. The collar and cuffs were surrounded by a circle of snow-white fluff. Her smooth black hair was braided into two braids and combed behind her head. Very cute bow tassel clip.
She just stood there, looking gentle and quiet.
It was snowing and blowing cold wind outside, and the little girl's eyelids were blown a little pink, but her beautiful big eyes were still looking towards the market.
Not long after, Linwu ran back panting, holding a bunch of candied haws in his hand, "Is this this, little ancestor?"
Qingzhi nodded, and Linwu handed the candied haws to her and squatted down in front of the little girl, "Come on, Uncle Wu will carry you home!"
Qingzhi took a small bite of the candied haws and shook her head.
"You won't give in to Shu Nuan, right?"
Qingzhi nodded.
"How about Uncle Wu take Qingzhi home?"
Qingzhi agreed and followed Linwu back to Heng Mansion while eating candied haws.
Shunuan only found out about Qingzhi sneaking out after she came back from the shopping mall. Afterwards, Linwu took all the blame for the mistake on himself. It was not because he wanted to drag Qingzhi out to play, but Qingzhi and Qingzhi were the ones who went out to play. Childishness has nothing to do with it.
Qingzhi opened her clear eyes and looked at Linwu and then at Shunuan. She didn't interfere in their conversation and went back to her room silently, closing the door.
"Shu Nuan... Qingzhi has been bored for too long. She wants to go out and have fun. Don't be so strict..." Linwu saw the little girl closing the door and going back to her room. He didn't know what to do for a moment.
Shu Nuan lowered his eyebrows and said nothing more. He just said softly: "I know, you go back first, I will talk to Qingzhi later."
"Then please speak carefully and don't scare Qingzhi."
Shu Nuan smiled bitterly in her heart, she couldn't say anything about Qingzhi, she was just worried about Qingzhi's health.
There is a reason why he controls Qingzhi so much.
Qingzhi had actually made progress slowly before she was two years old. She could make ah sounds and was pampered by these people. The child was always happy. However, when she was two years old, she had an accident. Qingzhi also became closed off again from then on, and her health became not very good, and she was always prone to illness.
One day that year, the Empress Dowager's men took advantage of her going to the trading house and knocked out Uncle Chen who was guarding Qingzhi in the Heng Mansion and took Qingzhi away.
There were so many people and horses. Qingzhi was only a two-year-old child no matter what, and he had never seen them before. How could he not be afraid
The Empress Dowager wanted to take Qingzhi back to Beichuan. Fortunately, Shunuan learned about it immediately, and with the help of soldiers and horses from Ache and Linwu, they blocked the gate of Beichuan City and prevented these people from leaving the city. After a day and night of stalemate, Qingzhi was finally taken back to his side.
Qingzhi developed a high fever as a result, and it took her half a month to recover. But from then on, Qingzhi refused to make a sound, except for vaguely calling her "Shu Nuan", but even these two words , the number of shouts is also very few, and the little guy has become introverted. Sometimes he will get sick easily if he is taken out for a breeze.