The seventeenth day of February in the first year of Tianding.
Royal study.
"Long live, the champion of martial arts has arrived." The chief eunuch came in to report respectfully.
"Let him come in," Zhong Mingwei looked at the white jade Guanyin pendant in his hand, said in a deep voice, and said to the chief eunuch, "You don't have to come in to serve later."
Zhong Mingwei looked at this white jade Avalokitesvara pendant, thinking about how much Meiya cherished this pendant when he saw Meiya wearing it for the first time in Ninggu Pagoda, and also thought about how much Jiang Jinwan snatched the pendant. The thin red marks on Meiya's neck, and the girl's timid eyes, couldn't help but let out another sigh, and then held the pendant even tighter.
At that time, he hated himself to death, hated himself for being incompetent, a paralyzed man who could only lie on the bed and let Meiya take care of him, hated himself for being powerless, not capable of protecting Meiya at all, for letting Meiya live like this It's as hard as it is so careful.
But if he knew early on that all of Meiya's pain came from him, then would he... stand up again for her? Or should he just kill himself and thank him for his sins
…
Zhong Mingwei didn't dare to think about it, the more he thought about it, the more confused his mind became, and the more flustered his heart became, but he couldn't really pretend that he didn't know it. This piece of white jade Guanyin that was lost and recovered was like a thorn, deeply piercing into him. He couldn't pull out his heart, he owed it to Meiya, and it was what he deserved to bear, so no matter how painful it was, he could only bear it alone, but he was still greedy after all. He was so eager to know about the past that he did not participate in without knowing, even though he knew it would make him more painful.
…
"I want to know the girl's birthday. The date of birth on the record is soaked in water and I can't see anything."
"Just because of this?"
"I have never given her a birthday. She said she doesn't mind it, as long as I treat her with my heart, but I do. If I can make her a bowl of noodles on her birthday every year in the future, that's fine." That's great, even... even if she never knows that it's actually longevity noodles."
"The tenth day of September in the sixteenth year of Jiasheng."
"Thank you, Cheng Zhi, you can ask me anything."
"In the future, help me add an extra poached egg to the longevity noodles every year. Poached eggs were her favorite food when she was a child."
"Okay, I remember."
…
"She... is really pregnant?"
"Yes, it's been two and a half months, and it's still twins."
Zhong Mingwei has never seen a man so sad, and at this moment, He Chengzhi is crying out of breath in front of him, but Zhong Mingwei also knows that after crying this time, He Chengzhi will be with the pain The past is broken, but his future is full of hope and peace, so Zhong Mingwei is happy for him in his heart.
"Long Live Lord, please arrange the errands for your subordinates to go out of Beijing." Sure enough, He Chengzhi seemed to have changed after wiping away his tears. "Please rest assured, Long Live Lord, this subordinate will be loyal to the imperial court and dedicate his life to the court!"
"Don't you want to stay in the capital?" Zhong Mingwei looked at him with a smile, "Didn't you always look forward to returning to the capital?"
"I used to have a knot in my heart, and I had to go back to the capital to get rid of it. Now that the knot is solved, my subordinates don't have to stay in the capital," He Chengzhi said with a smile, and his tearful eyes were unusually clear. When you are serving as a general in the court, although your subordinates are fledgling, they are still willing to be driven by Lord Long Live, please don’t worry about other things, Lord Long Live, just arrange errands for your subordinates according to the rules!"
"If you insist on leaving Beijing, then I really have an errand I want to entrust to you..."
…
"Long live, my subordinate has something else I want to tell you." Before leaving, He Chengzhi suddenly stopped, "My sister's baby name is Tiantian, her parents and husband are very affectionate, and her mother's surname is Ye, so my father gave her sister the name of Ye." The name Tiantian takes the meaning of lotus leaf He Tiantian."
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