Murong Kai hugged Ah Man and comforted her for a long time, and only left when she finally calmed down.
He lived next door to Ah Man. Even when he was lying in bed, he listened carefully to the sounds next door. His heart ached like a knife.
As long as Ah Man is not sad, he is willing to endure any twists and turns.
However, the truth is so cruel. Ah Man, who was as bright and sunny as she was, lost her loving mother overnight.
After there was completely no sound in Ah Man's room, Murong Kai turned around and sent out the signal in his hand.
Even though he pursued A'man in a hurry, he had made preparations. When he was sure that he wanted to marry A'man, he asked his eldest brother for the power of the Great Zhou in Bei'an.
Now, he just wanted to ensure Ah Man's safety. He didn't know what would greet Ah Man when the news of her return came.
What is the attitude of Emperor Bei'an, who changed his mind in just two months, towards A'man.
Only after ensuring Ah Man's safety would he take her to the Bei'an Palace.
In fact, compared to sending A'man back to the palace, he wanted to take A'man away and return to Da Zhou. With the mandarin duck jade pendant given by the Empress Dowager, they could get married legitimately, and he would give A'man happiness.
But he also understood that escaping was not what Ah Man wanted. No one knew what the situation of the Crown Prince of Bei'an was, and the entire Zhenguo Mansion was still in prison.
It is neither moral nor logical for Ah Man to leave.
So, he stayed with her and tried his best to protect her.
In addition to sending a signal to the Great Zhou spies in Bei'an, Murong Kai also wrote a letter to Murong Zheng, sincerely apologizing and explaining that A'man had been recognized by the Empress Dowager, and that they were now married by the Empress Dowager. He hoped that his father could be a support for him and A'man.
Murong Kai's words were full of emotion. He was not sure whether his father would be soft-hearted, so after writing a letter to Murong Zheng, he wrote several more in succession, to his mother, to his eldest brother...
Letter after letter, every word came from the heart. In all his years of struggling in the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he had never asked anyone for anything. But now, in every letter, he was begging, asking his relatives to help him protect his beloved woman in this critical moment.
Just after handing the letter to Xiao Yuanzi, Murong Kai heard a noise from next door. He quickly turned his wheelchair and hurried to the dormitory where Ah Man was sleeping.
"Ah Man, what are you going to do?" Even though Murong Kai acted quickly enough, when he arrived at the door of Ah Man's dormitory, he saw Ah Man had packed up and was ready to go out.
Ah Man looked at Murong Kai, her eyes full of bitterness, and she said softly: "Murong Kai, you should go back."
Murong Kai reached out and grabbed Ah Man's hand, hard, as if he wanted to rub her hand into his body.
"Murong Kai, please go back." Ah Man spoke again, tears falling from her eyes.
"Ah Man, we agreed to live a good life."
"But I am no longer the original Ah Man. I don't know what my father is like now. Is he really angry with my mother, or is he being controlled by someone to do such a thing? No matter which one it is, my mother is gone, and my brother, the Crown Prince, must be in a bad situation. He is still young, and I have to protect him. There is also the Zhenguo Mansion. They have protected my mother and me for many years. I can't just ignore it. But this is my business, and it has nothing to do with you, and even less with the Great Zhou, so you just leave."
"Are you so eager to draw a line between you and me? Su A'man, in your heart, who am I, Murong Kai? What do you regard my sincerity towards you as?"
Murong Kai felt very distressed when he heard Ah Man's words, but he could only question her harshly.
Husband and wife are birds of a feather, but they fly away separately when disaster strikes. What's more, they are not even husband and wife. They don't even have much in common. Even if she understands each other's feelings, this cannot be a reason for her to drag Murong Kai into this mess.
He is now the prince that Murong Zheng feels most guilty about, and he deserves a better life. In front of her, there may be a bottomless abyss, or there may be a smooth road. She can't bear to see him, who just pulled his legs out of the mud, crawling with her again.
(End of this chapter)