Time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
At the corner of the alley outside the Charity Hall, Feng Xu stopped Yun Zhao, who had just come to say goodbye to everyone and was about to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Yun Zhao, wait a minute." Seeing Yun Zhao stop and look at him, Feng Xu's face turned red to his neck. He looked up at the sky and the ground but didn't dare to look at her.
Yun Zhao frowned: "What's the matter?" Her sister was still waiting for her outside, and she couldn't keep her sister waiting for long.
Feng Xu clenched his fist, put it to his mouth and cleared his throat, then said anxiously: "Are you really going to leave Huaijing and go to the border areas like Raoliang? I heard that there are many bandits in Raoliang, and from time to time there are foreigners who go there to burn, kill and plunder. Although you have always been strong, you are a woman after all. What if..."
Yun Zhao glared at him before he could finish and interrupted him unhappily: "Feng Xu, can't you say something nice? I haven't even arrived yet, and you're here to boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige. It's simply abominable."
Feng Xu was so glared at by her that he instantly forgot what to say. He just stood there awkwardly with his mouth open, not knowing what to say.
Yun Zhao felt that this nerd was as boring as ever. He shook his head and prepared to go out to find his sister.
"Yun Zhao, wait a minute," Feng Xu saw that she was about to leave, and in a moment of anxiety he couldn't help but pull her sleeve, blurting out: "I, I like you, can you please not go to Rao Liang? I'm going to take the palace examination soon, and when I pass the exam, I will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask for your hand in marriage."
Yun Zhao, who had clenched his fists, planning to teach him a lesson if he said anything unpleasant again, was now dumbfounded.
Mingyue, who had been waiting for no one at the entrance of the alley and had come to pick someone up, was stunned for a moment. Then, while the two children over there hadn't noticed her yet, she smiled, shook her head, and walked out of the alley.
Young people are so reckless and lively that they can boldly and casually say the word "delighted".
Well, her cabbages have grown big and pigs have started to eat them.
However, young people’s affairs should be left to them to resolve.
Mingyue felt a little melancholy and a little happy. She slowly sat back in the carriage, ate cakes and waited quietly for the answer.
At the entrance of the alley, after a long while, Yun Zhao frowned and said calmly, "I have always treated you as my brother, Feng Xu, but we are not the same kind of people. Just give up on this idea."
Feng Xu's face turned pale instantly, and he looked up at her in disbelief: "Brother? How could it be a younger brother? I'm obviously older than you."
Yun Zhao raised his chin slightly: "Oh, because I think people who are weaker than me are all younger brothers."
Feng Xu took two steps back, then quickly took two steps forward, reaching out to pull Yun Zhao: "I don't believe you, you must be saying this in anger. Yun Zhao, I will take care of you in the future. Marry me, and you don't have to wrong yourself and go to such a remote place to suffer."
What does it mean to suffer? That is clearly the good place she had begged her sister for after a long time.
Sure enough, she still hated nerds the most.
“Don’t you understand what I’m saying? I’ve endured it, but I really can’t bear it anymore.” After saying that, Yun Zhao raised his fist... Before Mingyue could wait for a moment, Yun Zhao got on the carriage with an angry face.
"Cough, cough, cough, so soon?" Mingyue didn't expect her to come back so soon. She was choked by the pastries and quickly drank two cups of tea before she calmed down.
Seeing her like this, the anger on Yun Zhao's face instantly disappeared. He hurriedly poured her tea and handed her some. He patted her on the back and said helplessly, "What are you doing? You are so old, but you are still like a child. You can even choke when eating. I will be leaving in a few days. How can I rest assured that you are doing this?"
Mingyue rolled her eyes: "Yun Xiaozhao, that's enough, why are you still addicted to acting?"
Yun Zhao sat down and stuck out his tongue: "So my sister also thinks I'm nagging, but that's what you usually say to me."
"Oh, so you think I'm nagging," Mingyue made a gesture of holding her heart and sighed deliberately, "Alas, my heart hurts so much, it's broken to pieces by someone."
Even though Yun Zhao knew she was pretending, he just couldn't bear to see her like this, and immediately raised his hands in surrender: "Okay sister, I was wrong, I was wrong."
Mingyue chuckled, then looked at her expression and finally asked, "You told those friends today that you were going to Raoliang. Did they say anything?"
Yun Zhao's smiling face suddenly darkened when he thought of Feng Xu's unpleasant words.
But after seeing her sister looking at her, she quickly regained her composure, shrugged her shoulders, and said in a nonchalant tone: "It's nothing. Sister Xiaotang and Sister Hehua cried and said they couldn't bear to leave me. They even wet several of their handkerchiefs with tears. Sister Chunhua and Sister Qiuyue understood me very well. They even said they would come to Raoliang to play with me in the future. As for Feng Yu and the others, they all said they respected me as a good man and said that if I became a female general in the future, they would come to be my military advisors."
Seeing that she didn't mention Feng Xu, Mingyue simply pretended not to see what happened and nodded: "That's good, I've packed your luggage for you. Be careful when you are alone outside in the future, and don't believe anyone's words. And..."
Yun Zhao grabbed Mingyue's arm and begged for mercy: "Sister, my dear sister, please stop talking and forgive me. I have heard you repeat it so many times that I can recite it by heart."
Well, Mingyue shut up awkwardly. Maybe she was indeed too talkative
But luckily she didn't follow Yun Zhao into the charity hall, otherwise He Hua and the others would probably pull her and cry. And who knows if Feng Xu would be so crazy as to ask her to marry Yun Zhao
These children were either picked up or "bought" by Mingyue and Feng Lingling. They have been living in the charity hall and have been raised by teachers specially invited by the two.
Although the children have different personalities, they have always had a good relationship with each other. Perhaps they all know that everyone has been abandoned, so they have a sense of mutual sympathy.
Among them, Yun Zhao is the most special and the most enviable one.
Compared to these children who all lived in the Charity Hall and would only see Mingyue or Feng Lingling after many days, Yun Zhao had lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion since she was a child. Mingyue even recognized her as her godsister and later held a family recognition banquet. She had made great progress.
In addition, Yun Zhao was a person with supernatural powers and had been interested in martial arts since childhood. Mingyue was willing to spend a lot of money to find her a martial arts master who had retired from the army due to injury. He taught her martial arts and how to march and prepare for war, and finally made her heart wild.
Later, Mingyue would go to the charity hall to see these children from time to time. Yun Zhao liked to stick to Mingyue the most, so he always went with her and became familiar with these children.
(End of this chapter)