You Yuji looked at the two figures leaning against each other in the bronze mirror, with a gentle smile on her lips. She took Si Que's hand on her waist and said softly, "The servants have packed everything. We can't delay for too long."
She held his hand and turned sideways, looking at him with a smile, then she leaned closer to his ear and whispered, "The time we have is too short."
It’s not enough.
She pressed her soft lips against his earlobe and said softly, "Wait a minute."
Si Que lowered his eyes for a moment, took the eyebrow pencil from You Yuji's hand with a bit of gloom, and sat down to help her draw her eyebrows.
You Yuji really felt that Si Que sitting here without clothes and without any scruples was a bit unpleasant to the eye, and her eyes had to fall on him. She had no choice but to close her eyes.
Baohe was knocking on the door outside, but she didn't come in. She reported through the door that the things had been packed.
You Yuji gently pushed Si Que and whispered to him to get dressed.
Si Que did not move, but took the rouge on the dressing table and slowly picked a box for You Yujie.
"Okay, I'll do it myself. I have to go see my mother soon, so you have to get yourself ready when I come back." You Yuji said softly, "Don't go back to bed lazily again."
Si Que yawned, stood up and walked towards the bed, saying, "Got it."
You Yuji sat sideways, looking at Si Que's back, frowning slightly. She didn't know what Si Que was busy with recently, but carrier pigeons often flew into the house to look for him, and people from the Poison Tower also appeared frequently.
Without thinking too much, You Yuji unscrewed the cap of the rouge that Si Que had picked out, applied it briefly on her cheeks twice, and hurriedly stood up to bid farewell to her mother.
Baohe was waiting outside the door.
You Yuji paused and ordered, "No need to go in and serve, His Highness has already woken up."
"I know." Bao He's sparkling eyes rolled around. Naturally, she knew that Princess Que was actually a man. She and Zhen Xu would never go to You Yuji's bedroom again. They would knock on the door before doing anything, and even try to report things outside the door.
When You Yuzhi rushed to her mother's room, her mother was leaning against the head of the bed, drinking a bowl of medicine.
"Yuanyuan." She looked over gently.
You Yuji quickened her pace and walked towards her mother with a smile. As soon as she sat down beside the bed, Mrs. You put aside the half-drunk medicine in her hand and held her daughter's hand.
"Are you going back now?" Madam You asked softly. She had been weak since childhood and often fell ill. Even when she was healthy, she always gave people a feeling of being weak and frail. Moreover, now that she was seriously ill, her weakness made people feel even more sad.
"Yes." You Yuji nodded gently, hesitated for a while, and then continued: "But I will be back to accompany my mother soon."
Because of her illness, my mother was asleep most of the time. Even when she was awake, she would lie on the sickbed with her eyes closed, looking exhausted.
There are many things that You Yuji doesn't know how to start talking about, and can't find the right time to start talking.
You Yuji looked at the half bowl of medicine on the table and said, "Mother, drink the medicine first."
"Wait a while before drinking again." Madam You gently refused. She took medicine every day, more than she ate, and she had long forgotten what bitterness was and was tired of the taste.
You Yuji moved forward, leaned in her mother's arms, and whispered, "Years ago, my mother's illness was much more serious than it is now. It was a luxury for me to hear her call me by my maiden name. Now, she wakes up more and more often. Her health will get better and better."
"When the weather gets warmer in two months, shall we go to Su Country together?" You Yuji's lips curved up with a smile. She raised her face and looked at her mother. "Let's go back to my mother's hometown, to where she lived when she was a child. The flowers and plants there must be thinking of her, too."
"Okay. We'll go wherever you say." Madam You repeatedly stroked the back of You Yuji's hand. "Yuanyuan, I heard from Madam Liu about Doctor Hu."
You Yuji was slightly startled. She didn't want her mother to know about Doctor Hu's prescription, so as not to make her worry. How come her mother knew about it anyway
She raised her eyes and looked carefully at her mother's expression.
Her mother was still smiling, and her face was as gentle as always in her memory.
"Yuanyuan," said the mother, "you see, even without using that prescription, my health is getting better and better. So that prescription is not the only life-saving medicine. Don't make things difficult for yourself because of having an heir. If you can't live with Prince An anymore, just come back. After you come back, don't find another man to marry just because you're thinking about that prescription and put yourself in a difficult position."
You Yuji was not surprised when she heard her mother's words. She knew her mother would say this after she learned about this. But after hearing it with her own ears, she still felt sour and warm in her heart.
Madam You looked at her daughter distressedly. She was silent for a long time before she spoke out the words she had been hesitating about for a long time: "Yuanyuan, do you like Princess Que?"
You Yuji opened her mouth, not knowing how to explain for a moment. In the past few months, she and Si Que had been almost inseparable, and there had been many rumors, but she had never paid attention to them. She never expected that these rumors would reach her mother's ears.
There was no way she didn't care about her mother.
She frowned and asked, "What did the servant say to mother?"
Madam You did not explain. She was silent for a while before she spoke again: "Mother was very happy that Yuanyuan had a close sister like Chun. But later I found out..."
"Mother… "
Madam You interrupted You Yuji and said, "Yuanyuan, mother doesn't want you to be affectionate with a woman just because you were hurt by a man. But mother thinks about it and thinks that my Yuanyuan is a sensible child who never acts on impulse. If you really like her..."
Madam You frowned, not knowing what to say for a moment. She calmed down, sighed softly, and continued, "It's nothing. It doesn't matter if my mother has an extra half-son or half-daughter. As long as my Yuanyuan is not confused for a moment, but is really happy."
You Yuji listened to her mother's words in a daze. At first she knew that her mother had misunderstood, but as she listened, her eyes turned red. Her eyes, throat and heart all began to feel sore, and this soreness was accompanied by warmth.
Until hearing the end, You Yuji couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Mother..." Her eyelashes were wet with tears, and she smiled and snuggled into her mother's arms, "You don't have a half daughter, but a half son."
Madam You was puzzled. Did she guess wrong? But how could she not see through her own daughter? No matter how close Ah Chun and Yuanyuan were, their sisterhood was a foregone conclusion. Her Yuanyuan and Princess Que were definitely not just sisterhood. The look they gave each other when they looked at each other inadvertently was too obvious.
She wouldn't be wrong.
You Yuji leaned close to her mother's ear and whispered, "He is a boy."
Mrs. You took a moment to react before she understood what You Yuji meant. She looked at her daughter in surprise, with disbelief in her eyes. She either had a faint smile on her face or a calm expression, rarely showing such shock.
You Yuji shook her mother's hand and said with a smile, "Really, I'm not lying to you."
Madam You was in a trance for a long time, then she nodded stiffly and said in a gentle voice: "Okay..."
Hearing her mother's "OK", You Yuji's eyebrows curved again and again. Her mother was always like this. When she did something that went against her will since she was a child, she would always compromise and say "OK" helplessly.
"What's good about that?" You Yuji couldn't help but act like a little girl and cling to her mother.
"This way we will have children." Madam You smiled, "It would be even better if we have both a little girl and a little boy..."
"Okay." You Yuji snuggled in her mother's arms, "Let mother give them names when the time comes."
You Yuji spoke a few more words to her mother. After watching her mother finish the medicine and lie down, she pulled the corner of the quilt for her mother and quietly walked out.
Si Que did not keep You Yuji waiting for long. When she came out of her mother's room, he had already dressed himself up and was lazily sitting on the stone railing in the courtyard. The breeze blew his skirt and brushed against the lush flowers and plants under the stone railing.
As the weather gets warmer, the flowers and plants have revived and are growing wildly.
He lowered his eyes, and under the warm sunlight, his long eyelashes cast a crescent moon-like shadow on his cold white cheek. When he saw You Yuji, his expressionless face suddenly and silently came to life.
But the next moment, he saw Jiao Yushu walking beside You Yuji. His face changed for a moment, and all the vitality disappeared, replaced by a look that was hard to tell whether it was sullen or disgusted.
You Yuji stopped, looked sideways at Jiao Yushu, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to bother you to take care of me during this period of time, cousin."
Jiao Yushu smiled warmly, "You are too polite, cousin. Before I left home, my mother told me to treat my aunt like my own mother. My aunt is ill, and I am just helping out a little. Besides, my family is planning to move the business to the capital. Since I am staying in the capital, it is only natural for me to come visit my aunt more often."
"I still have to thank you." You Yuji said with a gentle smile, "I have to go back to the palace to deal with things over there. My cousin has been busy with business recently, so don't send me off too often."
Jiao Yushu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you sure you want to go to Suguo in the future, cousin?"
"Of course. The day of departure is almost fixed."
Jiao Yushu nodded. He wanted to say something else but Si Que interrupted him.
"Sister." Si Que walked over from a distance, glanced at Jiao Yushu with a cold gaze, and when he looked at You Yuzhi, the coldness in his eyes immediately disappeared and turned into a smile.
"It's getting late. Sister hasn't had breakfast yet. We have to travel soon. Let's go eat something."
You Yuji smiled and nodded to Jiao Yushu, saying, "I'm leaving now, cousin, you don't have to see me off."
Then he walked forward with Si Que.
Jiao Yushu really didn't move forward, but stood there and watched You Yuji's back as she left. He heard Si Que whisper into You Yuji's ear, and he didn't know if it was a low whisper.
"Sister, why does your cousin only know how to talk to you and doesn't care whether you are hungry or not? I am the better one who cares about whether you are hungry or not."
Jiao Yushu frowned and looked at Si Que's back blankly. He couldn't help but wonder when he had offended Princess Que
No, right
Why doesn't he remember
How could You Yuji not hear that Si Que said this on purpose for Jiao Yushu to hear? She was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and she held Si Que's hand intimately, then gently pinched the back of his hand.
Si Que looked at her and met a pair of eyes that looked unclear whether angry or smiling.
Si Que retracted his gaze and squinted his eyes slightly to look ahead. The warm light of the morning sun sprinkled on the world, and all things were full of vitality, with gentle warmth.
Si Que couldn't help but let a relaxed smile appear on his lips.
He suddenly felt that this kind of life was also very interesting. When someone knew that you were acting, and she watched you act and acted with you, this was actually more interesting than the enjoyment of fooling the other person without being discovered.
As the two of them sat down on the carriage, You Yuji suddenly became serious and said, "I want to tell you something."
Si Que was lazily leaning on one side, playing with one of You Yuji's hairpins. Hearing the seriousness in You Yuji's tone, he couldn't help but look up at her.
"Find a suitable opportunity, change into men's clothes, and go see my mother," said You Yuji.
Si Que's expressionless smile suddenly turned into a smile, and he said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, sister. I will wear my best clothes to meet my mother-in-law."
After a pause, Si Que leaned against the wall of the car again and slowly changed his words: "Or, wear a special outfit."
You Yuji didn't understand what he meant and looked at him in confusion.
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