Chen Anzhi was hunched over, walking alone among the crowd. It was only early winter, and he had wrapped himself in a thick coat, but he still couldn't resist the cold that seeped out of his body, and he coughed from time to time. He was obviously in his prime, but he looked sick and old.
He stopped his aimless steps and looked back at the few people who had just passed by. He had learned from their words why it was so lively today. It turned out to be the Queen Mother's birthday, and the Emperor and Empress went out of the palace to the horse farm to race horses, and many people went to watch the excitement.
Emperor and Empress
Chen Anzhi was in a trance. His hands hanging by his side suddenly clenched into fists. The existence of those two people was a huge joke to him, constantly reminding him of his stupidity. After a while, his clenched hands lost strength and loosened.
What else can he do
He can't do anything.
He exhaled a cloud of white air, carrying a sense of depression. He felt extremely tired, so he found a random place and sat down on the stone steps, staring blankly at the bustling crowd coming and going. Now he has become numb to the scrutiny of people looking at him, and no longer cares about what they say about him behind his back.
Soon, the Emperor and Empress' motorcade passed by, and the crowd pushed and shoved to watch the excitement.
Chen Anzhi looked over and saw You Yuji and Si Que. Si Que, dressed as a man, made him frown and felt so disgusted that he wanted to vomit. He looked away and looked at You Yuji. The disgust in his eyes disappeared and turned into regret. If I hadn't been deceived by Fang Qingyi, if I had cherished her...
Chen Anzhi didn't think about it any further, because he saw Yu Shu and Que Yuan sitting in the back carriage. Their children are this big now. After counting the birthdays of the two children, they actually got together when he was in the army! Although he and You Yuji had already signed the divorce agreement at that time, he chose to forget it. He could only sit here helplessly and angry.
You Yuji and Si Que were talking and laughing, and didn't notice Chen Anzhi who was in a corner. But You Jiamu saw Chen Anzhi. You Jiamu watched Chen Anzhi stand up and turn around to leave, with a sneer on his face.
Chen Anzhi avoided the crowd and chose a secluded path to go home.
Until he heard a dog barking.
The barking of dogs sounded extremely harsh in the quiet path. Chen Anzhi was startled and turned around in surprise.
You Jiamu sat on the horse's back, not holding the reins, but holding the dog chains tied to Da Huang and Da Hei. You Jiamu looked down at Chen Anzhi, a smile slowly appeared on his face, and he called him affectionately like when he was a child: "Brother-in-law."
It had been a long time since You Yuji had ridden a horse so happily, as if she had returned to the old days on the grassland. It was different from the past, now she turned her head and Si Que would be by her side.
You Yuji slowed down, bent down and patted Xuanying's neck, and said in a doting tone: "Xuanying is tired."
Xuanying is no longer as young as he used to be.
Si Que also stopped, raised his foot from the footstool, and gently touched the side of You Yuji's boot. He sighed and said, "Some people only care about whether the horse is tired or not."
You Yuji smiled with her eyes curved, looked at him with her eyes moving, coughed lightly deliberately, and then said: "Unlike you, I only care about whether my sister is tired or not."
Si Que was startled, then he realized that You Yuji was imitating his tone. He thought seriously for a moment and asked, "Am I so weird?"
"No," You Yuji shook her head, "They call it the art of brewing tea."
After saying this, You Yuji smiled and rode his horse forward.
Si Que spurred his horse and chased after him, shouting, "Does sister like it?"
The breeze brought the faint scent of irises from You Yuji's body, gently caressing Si Que's cheek, replacing You Yuji's answer.
Here, two people were galloping in the endless horse field, while over there, Yu Shu and Que Yuan only trotted for a short while on the back of a pony under the protection of the guards. The two were still too young, so they could only play like this for a short while. When the time agreed by You Yuji came, the guards immediately carried the two little princes off the horses.
The two returned to the pavilion to drink hot tea. Que Yuan looked around frequently and asked countless times: "Where is my uncle?"
The maid couldn't answer. On the way here, You Jiamu suddenly turned his horse around and didn't tell anyone where he was going.
Que Yuan shook his short legs and groaned, "Even Da Huang and Da Hei are gone."
"Are you looking for your uncle?" You Jiamu smiled and rode over, holding the reins in one hand and two strings of candied haws in the other. Da Huang and Da Hei followed behind him.
He dismounted and handed two strings of candied haws to Yu Shu and Que Yuan respectively.
"Did uncle go to buy us some candied haws?" Que Yuan smiled, "Uncle is so nice."
Yugamu touched her head.
Yu Shu also said, "Thank you, uncle."
"Come on, I'll take you to the stables." You Jiamu picked them up one by one, put them on the horse's back, and led the way to the stables by holding the reins.
Que Yuan opened her mouth wide and bit off a candied haws to eat. Her small mouth was filled with the sour and sweet candied haws. While eating, she looked back at Da Huang and Da Hei.
She held a candied haws in her mouth and asked indistinctly, "Uncle, what are Dahuang and Dahei eating? Do they have candied haws to eat, too?"
You Jiamu looked back and said calmly, "I passed by a mutton soup shop and bought a sheep for them to eat."
Que Yuan stopped asking questions and pointed at the bird flying in the sky for his brother to see.
The laughter of the two children was right beside his ears, making You Jiamu feel comfortable. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the birds flying in the sky. He felt like a bird that had finally grown its wings.
He was no longer the half-grown eleven-year-old boy, full of resentment but powerless. He hated to the point of wanting to kill someone but smiled and called him brother-in-law. He could only tell himself again and again that the years he temporarily endured were like a painful nightmare.
Fortunately, he finally grew up.
Chen Anzhi never knew until his death how much the half-grown boy who smiled and called him brother-in-law had done in the army six years ago to make him so weak.
The experience of being bitten to death by two dogs was too painful. After his death, Chen Anzhi turned into a ghost with nowhere to go. His soul was constantly enduring the pain of being bitten. He fled back home. But when he got home, his parents couldn't see him. They were talking to his younger brother with a smile. They kept praising his younger brother for being so well-behaved and sensible.
Chen Anzhi was floating in the sky, looking at the happy family. He wanted to ask them if they had forgotten him. But he didn't ask, and he couldn't ask.
He floated and floated until he came to a small courtyard. He saw Hongzan holding her one-year-old daughter and talking to her husband. Chen Anzhi looked at the happy smile on Hongzan's face and was confused. He still didn't understand why Hongzan left him and married such a farmer
The weightless soul was easily blown away by the wind, and Chen Anzhi saw Chun Xing again. The lowly maid who was dull and boring in his eyes and only had one advantage, obedience, is now the young lady of the Zhou family. She sits in the armchair and orders the steward to do things, which is quite decent. Wang Jiang came in from outside, and Chun Xing immediately ran over with a smile...
Chen Anzhi saw Lin Yingying again. For quite a long time, Chen Anzhi firmly believed that Lin Yingying would not be happy if she married into the Jiang family. What kind of family is the Jiang family? He saw Jiang Yunche's strict mother at the Jiang family, who was instructing the maid to call a doctor for Lin Yingying. It turned out that Lin Yingying had caught a cold. Dissatisfaction was real, but a family with a good family tradition should not have narrow-minded people. People are kind-hearted. After six years, no matter how much dissatisfaction there was, it was worn away by the daily interactions and they became a family.
As the sky darkened, Chen Anzhi's spirit drifted uncontrollably to the Cui family. Cuiyu must be having a bad time, right? Would she miss him? Cuiyu was very busy during the day and went to bed early. Chen Anzhi looked at Cuiyu's quilt in astonishment. Her quilt was densely embroidered with gold and silver ingots, and her quilt was even more embroidered with banknotes. She turned over, hugged the quilt and kissed it.
Chen Anzhi felt that his soul would soon be scattered, and finally his soul was blown into the palace by the cold winter wind. Chen Anzhi was panicking. Was he going to see the "two most important women" in his life in his last moments before he died
The palace lanterns swayed, and the moonlight cast a winding and moving shadow on You Yuji. She had just taken a bath, and her every move was breathtakingly beautiful.
Chen Anzhi's spirit hung on the palace lantern, watching You Yuji appear at the entrance of the palace and then walk closer. Chen Anzhi tried to open his nonexistent eyes and watched her walk towards Si Que.
Si Que sat behind the jade table, seemingly reviewing memorials. He reached out to You Yuji, who leaned into his arms. The ambiguous candlelight blended the shadows of the two people leaning against each other.
Chen Anzhi watched Si Que bend down to kiss You Yujie. He felt suffocated in his heart, but he couldn't vent his anger. A gust of wind blew from under the eaves, completely blowing away the last wisp of his soul.
Si Que frowned, feeling a little cold, and asked someone to close the palace door. The palace servant closed the palace door and took off all his clothes.
You Yuji rested her head on Si Que's legs and looked at the memorials on the desk. She thought that she had been out of the palace for most of the day and there were still many things she hadn't dealt with.
Si Que followed You Yuji's gaze and asked casually, "Sister, are you surprised that this territory has survived for six years in the hands of an unreliable person like me?"
"Who said you are not serious?" You Yuji pinched his face, "My Ah Que has always been a serious person."
A long time ago, she knew him from his poems and articles. If it weren't for his childhood experience, he would have grown up to be an upright and progressive prince. Although his words and deeds were different from others, she always knew that he was a gentleman among gentlemen.
As if pinching his face wasn't enough, she leaned over and kissed him again, saying softly, "You take care of government affairs first. I'll go see Yu Shu and Que Yuan."
As You Yuzhi walked out, she met Yu Shu who was wandering around.
“Mother…” Yu Shu looked embarrassed.
You Yuji asked briefly and learned that when Si Que gave the Yuanzhu flower today, he also gave Yu Shu a copy. Yu Shu hesitated for a long time and went to You Yuji: "Mother, Yu Shu knows what father meant. But I don't need these. It's a waste to prepare an extra copy for me. It's better to use the money for more useful things."
You Yuji was silent for a while, then said softly, "Your father must be very envious of you."
Yu Shu's frown gradually relaxed, and he asked doubtfully, "Isn't my father's father not good to him?"
You Yuji smiled.
"I understand." Yu Shu nodded heavily.
You Yuji also nodded, touched his face, and said gently: "Keep it, there will be a time when it will be useful, give it to your future wife or daughter."
"Well, I'll keep them all!"
Before leaving, Yu Shu hugged You Yuji. Before turning around, he hesitated for a moment, ran into the hall, saw that his father was not busy, ran over and hugged his father before leaving.
"He ran in just to hug me?" Si Que frowned.
"Hmm..." You Yuji leaned against the jade table, "Maybe since I hugged me, I have to hug you too."
Si Que fell into deep thought.
You Yuji glanced at the memorial on the table, which was a proposal to establish a crown prince as soon as possible. You Yuji always knew what Si Que was worried about. She smiled and said, "I have an idea on how to give the throne to the emperor in the most fair way."
Si Que immediately raised his eyes.
You Yuji leaned over, slowly opened the drawer under the jade table, took out a copper coin from it, and played with it between her slender white fingers: "The probability of heads and tails is the same, so it is naturally the fairest."
Si Que was stunned for a moment, then he laughed.
Yes, he has been tossing coins for so many years, how could he forget it at the critical moment!
Having solved the big problem all of a sudden, Si Que was in a good mood and pulled You Yuji into his arms. He took the copper coin that You Yuji was playing with, leaned over to her ear and whispered, "I'll give up the throne another day. Let's give up the lovemaking tonight first."
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