In early May, the gardenias first bloomed. You Yuji casually said that the gardenias tasted very sweet, and gardenias could be seen everywhere in Tanxiang Yingyue.
She lazily leaned on the beauty couch under the window, and the warm wind flowed in from the window, gently blowing her hair. A thin blanket was draped over her knees, and Baisui curled up and slept beside her, occasionally yawning with his mouth wide open, stretching and then continuing to sleep.
You Yuji smiled at Baisui and touched his forehead with her finger. Baisui was too lazy to open his eyes and lazily shook his tail in response.
You Yuji smiled and retracted her gaze, her eyes falling back on the book. She felt lazy in the afternoon and couldn't sleep, so she leaned back and flipped through some medical books to kill time.
Bao He came in from outside and said with a smile, "Madam, everything has been packed."
You Yuji nodded, glanced at the beads of sweat on Baohe's forehead, and said with a smile, "We won't leave until tomorrow. Now that you're done, have some tea and take a break."
"Hey!" Baohe responded, walked into the house, picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup of tea, and drank it in one gulp. But she couldn't sit still, so she ran to the inner room to carefully check if there was anything left behind.
Although the Empress Dowager Cixi meant to wait for Chen Anzhi to come back and let them go to the Zongfu to record the divorce, she did not say that she had to stay in the Jinnan Palace before Chen Anzhi came back.
She plans to return to You's house tomorrow.
You Yuji lowered her eyes, her gentle gaze falling on her lower abdomen.
This child was the reason why she was eager to leave the Jinnan Palace. When she was pregnant with this child, Chen Anzhi had already gone to war with the army, so others naturally could not doubt that this child had any relationship with Chen Anzhi. But now that she was pregnant, she did not want to stay in the Jinnan Palace.
"Meow." Baisui had enough sleep and stretched out, his pair of jewel-like cat eyes opened wide.
You Yuji rubbed its chin and listened to it purring comfortably.
You Yuji's gaze passed Baisui and fell on the bottle of gardenias on the windowsill. There were many bottles of newly harvested gardenias in the room, but this one was picked three days ago.
Si Que picked them for her.
After Si Que picked all the gardenias for her, he said he had to go back to the Poison Tower and has not returned yet.
You Yuji's movements of rubbing Baisui's hair gradually slowed down, and she became distracted as she stared at the bottle of gardenias on the windowsill.
As she wished, she became pregnant. Now she is resting and taking care of the baby, waiting for the birth of the child to complete her mother's prescription.
Then what
You Yuji suddenly felt a little confused.
She had already made plans for the future, and she just needed to follow the plan. She couldn't explain why she still felt lost. It was as if the road ahead was covered by fog. Even though she knew it was this road, she felt empty inside because she couldn't see clearly what was ahead.
She was always well-organized, but she didn't even know what she was confused about.
She and he liked each other, and they got along warmly and happily. Now they had a child. Isn't this great? She advised herself not to think too much. The past and the future were not as important as enjoying the present.
You Yuji stopped stroking the cat to make it feel comfortable. Baisui waited for a long time before he stretched out his little paw and patted You Yuji's wrist in protest.
You Yuji came back to her senses, held Baisui in her arms, and stroked it gently from time to time. Baisui was satisfied and closed his eyes comfortably.
Not long after, Zhenxu came in to report that Chunxing was here.
You Yuji didn't even stand up, but asked someone to invite Chun Xing in.
Chun Xing was holding a box in her arms. She was wearing a red pomegranate skirt, which was rare today. Because there was a happy event in the mansion, today was the day when Chen Lingyan and the son of Princess Huarong were getting engaged. You Yuji waved her hand and asked someone to sit next to her on the beauty couch.
"My sister is leaving tomorrow. Fortunately, this dress is finished." Chun Xing lowered her head and opened the box on her lap.
You Yuzhi also sat up a little straighter, pushed Baisui away from her legs, brushed off the cat hair that had fallen on her legs, and went to look at the clothes in the box.
"Made it for me?" she asked softly.
"Well." Chun Xing said, "I didn't have anything to give my sister, so I thought of making her a spring shirt. I'm clumsy and it took me three months to finally finish it."
It's hard to tell whether a person is stupid or not, but it's true that he is always in a daze. But Chun Xing felt that it was fortunate that she had made this set of clothes to kill time in the past few months.
You Yuji took out the clothes, stroked the delicate embroidery on them with her fingertips, and said sincerely: "You are thoughtful. These embroidery must have taken a lot of effort."
"As long as my sister likes it." Chun Xing smiled faintly.
But she could no longer smile to her eyes.
You Yuji looked at Chun Xing's expression. After several months, she still seemed the same. If there was a difference between people and things, it was probably their spirit. However, You Yuji felt that Chun Xing's spirit had gone with Wang Jiang.
She hesitated for a while, but couldn't help asking: "Or do you decide to stay here?"
Chun Xing folded the unfolded clothes and put them back into the box, saying softly, "It's the same everywhere."
You Yuji couldn't help but think of the night cruise on Lianshui last year. At that time, Cuiyu and Lin Yingying were there, and there was laughter all the time. Now they are all gone, and only Chunxing is left.
"Cui Yu and Ying Ying may be looking forward to your help." You Yuzhi advised again.
Chun Xing seemed to hesitate for a moment, still shaking her head.
This was the only place in the world where traces of his presence remained. She didn't want to go anywhere else.
You Yuji nodded, stopped trying to persuade her, and started talking to her about other things.
When Si Que came back, Chun Xing had not left yet.
Before he entered the room, he heard Bao He's laughter. He listened casually and the people inside seemed to be talking about Chen Lingyan's engagement.
"So this is so troublesome." Chun Xing said, "I never noticed it before."
"I remember it was almost like this when I got engaged." You Yuzhi said casually.
Si Que paused for a moment before continuing to walk in. He looked towards the beauty couch and saw You Yuji surrounded by people.
You Yuji also saw him coming back. She raised her eyes and looked over, saying, "You're back."
Si Que hummed, passed by her, handed her the candied haws in his hand, and continued to go into the inner room.
Zhenxu and Baohe exchanged glances secretly, then turned their gazes away seriously again.
"It's getting late, I'm going back." Chun Xing stood up.
"Okay. I won't see you off." You Yuji pulled Chun Xing's hand, "If you have any problems in the future, just ask someone to go to the You family to find me."
Chun Xing nodded, shook You Yuji's fingertips in return, turned around and walked out.
Zhenxu followed him out to see him off. Baohe thought for a moment, then made an excuse to go and check on dinner and ran out.
"Meow." Even Baisui jumped off the beauty bed and rushed out before Baohe closed the door.
You Yuji smiled and lowered her eyes to look at the candied haws in her hand. She took a bite, and the sour and sweet taste immediately spread between her lips and teeth.
When she took a bite of the third one, Si Que had changed his clothes and came out from the inner room.
You Yuji listened to the footsteps getting closer and closer behind her, without turning back, and slowly ate the hawthorn in her mouth. She heard Si Que sitting down behind her, and waited for a while, but he didn't move, and never spoke.
You Yuji then turned around and looked at him in confusion, meeting his focused eyes.
When he concentrated on thinking, his dark eyes became deeper than a cold pond.
You Yuji handed him the candied haws in her hand. Si Que raised his eyes and watched You Yuji bite a hawthorn.
"What's the matter?" she asked softly.
"Not happy." Si Que said bluntly.
You Yuji uttered a sigh and looked at him in surprise, waiting for him to continue. But Si Que said nothing and refused to continue eating the candied haws that You Yuji handed over.
He stretched out his hand towards You Yuji, wanting to pull her into his arms. But You Yuji put her hand on his chest to stop him. She looked at Si Que, and he had to say it.
Si Que suddenly asked, "Is Chen Anzhi dead?"
You Yuji was stunned for a moment before she said, "No? I haven't heard of it."
"When will he come back?" Si Que asked again.
You Yuji shook her head: "The princess only said that she would come back before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the date of return is undecided. But now that the front line has suffered a series of defeats, His Majesty seems to be planning to withdraw the troops, so he may come back early."
"I can't wait." said Si Que.
"What?" You Yuji still didn't understand what he said.
Si Que's face turned cold, his expression was indifferent and cold-blooded: "Wait for him to come back, peel off his skin and bones, and feed him to the dogs."
He stared at You Yuji with burning eyes. Si Que didn't know when he started to become jealous of Chen Anzhi, jealous that he had once served as his Yuanyuan's husband, jealous that he and his Yuanyuan had chosen a date to wear wedding clothes and worship heaven and earth.
He was so jealous that even the sight of red now bothered him.
He clasped You Yuji's lower back with his hands and pulled her into his arms, calling her "sister", and leaned close to the side of You Yuji's neck to kiss her.
"There's sugar all over your lips, stop rubbing them." You Yuzhi smiled and pushed him away, dodging to the side.
"Just rub it." Si Que leaned over first, rubbed the sugar juice on You Yuji's lips, and then rubbed his thin lips covered with sugar juice on her cheek.
Of course, in the end he swallowed all the candy with a sour taste.
Cuiyu and Lin Yingying got up early in the morning as usual and worked hard. Not only did they steam a lot of buns, but they also added a few new kinds of pastries.
Lin Yingying and Cuiyu moved the buns and pastries out of the kitchen together. She glanced casually and found that the person on the corner was not there today.
The man who stood not far away across the street every day was Jiang Yunche's bodyguard.
Ever since she and Cuiyu came here to set up their stall, the guard would come every day. When they closed their stall, packed up their things and went home, the guard would follow them not far behind until he sent them home and then left. The next morning, before dawn, the guard would appear at the corner of their street on time again.
When she went out today, she didn't see anyone. Lin Yingying thought that he might be waiting here, but she didn't expect that when she and Cuiyu came out after finishing their work, there was no one there either.
Lin Yingying told herself in her heart that this was normal. Jiang Yunche was now in high spirits and should have let her go long ago. This was exactly what she wanted, wasn't it
But for some reason, Lin Yingying felt vaguely uneasy.
Lin Yingying was quite absent-minded all morning.
Until the conversations of passers-by drifted into her ears.
"I didn't expect the top scholar to write anti-government poems. Yesterday he was a rare talent, but today he is a prisoner."
Lin Yingying stood up at once, grabbed the pedestrians who were about to leave, and asked anxiously: "What do you think happened to Jiang Yunche?"
"You wrote anti-government poems. The soldiers are taking you to the prison. You're going to lose your head." The man raised his hand and gestured at his neck.
Lin Yingying froze in place, her mind going blank.
The next moment, she looked back at Cuiyu: "I can't be with you anymore."
After saying that, she ran forward without looking back.
"Yingying! What are you crazy about? You didn't want to go with others to enjoy the good life, but now you follow them when they are going to be beheaded. Are you sick in your brain?" Cuiyu was so angry that she threw the rag in her hand.
She walked back and forth and hesitated for a long time, then gave up the matter and ran after Lin Yingying, cursing.
The number one scholar's parade was as lively as it was today, and the crowds gathered on both sides of the road, pointing and talking.
"What do you do?"
Even though there were many mocking and taunting voices in his ears, Jiang Yunche had no expression on his face until he heard a noise and turned around to see Lin Yingying running towards him from a distance.
"Who is barging in here?" the officers and soldiers asked.
Lin Yingying was glad that she arrived before entering the prison. She looked past the officers and soldiers and looked at Jiang Yunche in prison clothes. She panted, "I, I am his maid, take me in with you."
We are born as far apart as heaven and earth. If your wish comes true, I will be happy. If you fall into the mud, it would be my joy to die on the same day.
The author has something to say: Have a happy holiday, babies.