It was a cold night. In the east wing of the courtyard, a candle was burning. The system quietly stayed in Rong Tang's arms for half the night, watching its host silently copying Buddhist scriptures since returning to the room.
During the time when he was just reborn, Rong Tang copied a lot of Buddhist scriptures, and the system knew why he did it. Later, after he met Su Huaijing, Rong Tang also copied scriptures, but the frequency was much lower, and he often pulled Su Huaijing to do something else to kill time.
The system also thinks that the big villain is a pretty good person.
At least it can accompany its host.
But today, Rong Tang copied until half the night, his expression was grim, and his handwriting was quick. If he said that he copied the Buddhist scriptures out of guilt, the system would never believe it.
But its position did not allow it to say anything to Rong Tang at this time. All it could do was to accompany Rong Tang so that he would not be lonely at night.
The candlelight was getting dimmer and dimmer, and the lamp was crackling frequently. Rong Tang put down the last stroke and finally put down the wolf hair brush.
The system let out a long silent sigh.
Rong Tang heard the noise and laughed softly.
Having sat for too long, his body ached, so he stood up, opened the door and went out, wanting to enjoy the evening breeze and admire the stars.
There was no one in the attic, only lanterns hung in the four corners. Rong Tang originally wanted to go up, but when he turned his eyes, he caught a glimpse of the light still on in Su Huaijing's room.
A very faint light came out through the window frame, and its brightness was far less than that of the night stars.
Rong Tang's toes changed direction.
After copying Buddhist scriptures for a long time, he still felt bored, so he wanted to look at the prosperous night stars, but Su Huaijing was awake, and Rong Tang's first choice was to find him.
There is no reason and no logic.
Rong Tang knocked on the door, took a step back, and waited quietly.
Footsteps were heard from the inner room, the door was opened, and Su Huaijing appeared in the dim light, his expression becoming even more gentle.
The moment he saw Rong Tang, he seemed to be stunned for a moment, and subconsciously moved sideways to welcome him into the room, blocking out the cool evening breeze.
"Aren't you asleep?" Su Huaijing asked.
Rong Tang shook his head, his eyes fell on the lamplit desk and the ground ink on the table, and he felt a little regretful for a moment.
He thought Su Huaijing was writing a secret letter, and he wanted to go out, but Su Huaijing had already poured him a cup of warm water and said, "Drinking tea at night will make you unable to sleep, Tangtang, drink some water."
The water tasted slightly sweet, as if honey was added to it. He was stunned the moment he took a sip and said to Su Huaijing, "You really like sweet food."
Su Huaijing smiled and said, "So I really like Tangtang too."
He has said similar things many times. Sometimes Rong Tang is immune to it, but sometimes his ears turn red. At this time, he is probably worried about something, so he just ignores what he hears and doesn't take it to heart.
He put down the teacup and said, "I just wanted to go out for a walk. I saw the light in your room, so I came over and knocked on the door. It's nothing important. You still have things to do, so I'll go back first."
Rong Tang turned around and wanted to leave, but Su Huaijing stopped him, frowning slightly: "It's getting darker and the dew is heavy. Are you going out for a walk in such thin clothes?"
Rong Tang paused slightly, then lowered his eyes to take a look at the spring clothes he was wearing.
Su Huaijing didn't wait for him to say anything and led him to the desk: "It's not an important matter, but it's still missing some finishing touches. If Tangtang can't sleep, can you stay with me for a while?"
Rong Tang blinked and watched Su Huaijing bring him to the desk, pull a chair for him, then hold his shoulders and sit down, while he sat opposite... and copied the Buddhist scriptures
Rong Tang was stunned for a long while, and almost thought that he had not actually left his room at all, otherwise there was no way to explain why what he thought should be a pile of very important secret letters turned out to be a Buddhist scripture that he had copied most of.
Su Huaijing lowered his eyes, quietly, and his demeanor was very easy-going and calm. When he was not looking stern, he looked more like a gentle and kind god in the moon than a tyrant.
Rong Tang looked at it for a long time, until one sheet was used up and Su Huaijing changed to another sheet to continue copying. Then he came back to his senses and asked in a very soft voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing something, "Why are you copying Buddhist scriptures?"
Isn't this what I should do
Rong Tang was very puzzled.
He even wondered if the villain had some violent gene stirring in his bones at this moment, and wanted to kill people but had to hold it back, so he copied Buddhist scriptures to suppress it.
But this was obviously not in line with common sense, and Rong Tang denied the idea almost the moment it came to mind.
His son is not that kind of person.
His cub was the nicest, most gentle person in the whole world.
As he was thinking, Rong Tang heard Su Huaijing chuckle softly and replied, "Because I don't know why Tang Tang is unhappy."
Rong Tang was stunned: "Huh?"
Su Huaijing still kept his head down as he copied the scriptures. His eyes showed no sadness or joy, and there were no extra emotions.
If we really want to analyze it, it is probably indulgence and pampering.
He copied the scriptures not for himself, just like Rong Tang never copied the Buddhist scriptures for himself.
Su Huaijing said: "Since I entered the mansion, I occasionally saw Tangtang copying scriptures. I don't know why you are worshiping Buddha, but I know you are unhappy."
"If you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask. But it seems a bit tiring for one person to bear so much. We are husband and wife, so I should help you bear half of the burden."
Su Huaijing whispered, "Tangtang, no matter what it is, you can ask me to share the burden with you."
Be it sins or guilt, I will bear all the things that you cannot bear for you.
As long as you are happy, you will always be my carefree little Bodhisattva.
Don't be unhappy, otherwise I will be even more unhappy.
If I am unhappy, many bad things will happen, and I won’t feel the slightest bit of guilt about it.
So Rong Tang, you'd better be more obedient, sensible, and well-behaved, but also a little willful, arrogant, and unscrupulous.
What are you feeling guilty about? I can make sure the other party doesn't dare to blame you.
Whatever sins you have committed, I don't mind taking them all on myself. What I am about to do is irreparable anyway.
But you are different, you have to be clean, you have to be happy, you have to be more dazzling than this spring, and you have to stay by my side forever.
Su Huaijing raised his head and looked at Rong Tang. His eyes were filled with a deep, thick ink that could not be dissolved, just like the scriptures jumping on the paper under the lamp, and also like the shadows outside the window on a moonless night.
"Tangtang, so can you tell me why you are unhappy?"
Su Huaijing rarely gave people a sense of oppression in front of him. The few times he did so were once when he saw Shen Feiyi returning to Yong'an Lane, and once after he finished talking with Rong Zheng in Tanghua Courtyard.
As for the former, Rong Tang knew that he was suspicious of him, but as for the latter, he still didn't understand the reason.
But he knew that Su Huaijing was a very easy person to please.
Show weakness, act coquettishly, and rub against him obediently, like a pet cat to express that you have no ulterior motives, and the villain will automatically retract his anger.
Rong Tang didn't know whether he treated others the same way, or whether this was his unique privilege. He originally thought that he just wanted to give Su Huaijing shelter because of some unclear guilt, and the villain should also treat him as a tool that can be used wantonly.
Everyone knows that who is not sincere, so just be at peace with yourself.
Don't try to figure out the meaning behind every word, and don't pursue whether the other person has done anything wrong to you.
He protected Su Huaijing to ease his guilt; Su Huaijing used him to speed up his revenge.
Everyone gets what they need, and being able to become friends or even confidants in the process is already a very, very happy and joyful thing. Don't think too much about it.
But Su Huaijing told him, "We are husband and wife, I should help you bear half of the cost."
But when Su Huaijing didn't know, he was copying the Buddhist scriptures that were supposed to be copied by Rong Tang.
The main villain in "The Emperor's Journey" should have been a person who did not believe in ghosts or gods. Otherwise, how to explain that there are gods above his head, but his whole family died tragically
I can't explain it, so I don't believe it.
Even if it really exists, Su Huaijing should be thinking about pulling the gods and Buddhas down from their high platforms and restoring order to the way of heaven.
If he is chaotic, then he will be chaotic to the end.
It is impossible for him to believe in Buddhism.
He doesn't need anyone to redeem him, nor does he need to wash away his so-called sins.
But he spent half the night copying Buddhist scriptures here just because Rong Tang was unhappy for a moment
Rong Tang felt that his mind was a little confused.
He didn't even know how to react.
His throat felt a little itchy, but he felt like coughing. He swallowed unconsciously and looked at Su Huaijing, his nominal wife, across the light.
Readers say: This is the most hidden and cruel villain in the whole book.
The system said: This is a villain who will destroy this country.
Tiandao said: This is a villain who deviates from the fate of the characters, causes the protagonist's luck to dissipate, and destroys the whole world.
Everyone told him that Su Huaijing was a villain, evil, and sinful, a villain who luckily escaped from the sea of fire and corpses but turned into a ghost to wreak havoc on the world.
But in Rong Tang's eyes, he is a thousand and one times better than the protagonist.
He is smart, frank, generous, strategic, ambitious and principled. He knows what he wants and what he is fighting for.
He would waste time accompanying me to see the spring flowers, and would also allow many poor people who were worried about their livelihoods to work in his house because of a casual word he said.
He may not have much kindness towards this world, but he definitely has incomparable patience towards Rong Tang.
Why is this
Just because I was the first person to reach out and pull him out of the abyss
When Li Changfu took Su Huaijing away from the Duke of Xian's mansion, he didn't know his true identity. He only knew that this was a relative of his who was fatherless and motherless, but had a lot of money. He rarely came to the capital, and he wanted to ask for some benefits from the Duke's mansion and take them back to Shu, and maybe he could be transferred to the capital to be an official, but he came back empty-handed and almost got implicated. He finally saw a child who could be exploited by him, and he took him back without even hesitation.
Li Panyan knew that Su Huaijing liked to eat desserts. Even though she didn't know why, she knew clearly that he loved lotus cakes, so she put the medicine in the lotus cakes without any psychological burden, hoping to use Su Huaijing to exchange for his family's honor and favor, or even for herself the title of Crown Prince's Consort.
What about Rong Tang
From the time they met until now, he had given Su Huaijing everything, including the house, the carriage, the status, the amulet, and never asked for even a single thing.
He didn't want to ask for it.
He just wanted Su Huaijing to live a peaceful and smooth life.
But Su Huaijing said, no matter what it is, you can ask me to share the burden; Su Huaijing said, you cannot be unhappy; Su Huaijing also said, Tangtang, I wish you a long life.
Ever since Rong Tang traveled to this world, he has been accustomed to giving, giving, and giving without asking for anything in return.
He was good to Sheng Chengli. Because of the system tasks, the reader filter, and his own saintly father mentality, he never thought about asking the male protagonist to repay him.
He was nice to Su Huaijing out of guilt, appreciation for talent, and sympathy, but he also never thought of asking the villain to repay him.
At most, we can remember his kindness and give his mother a good end in the future.
But Su Huaijing told him, we are husband and wife, I should help you share half of the burden.
should.
There is no such thing as it should be in this world.
They are not a couple who truly love each other.
What he has to bear denies the existence of Su Huaijing, so how can he share the burden...
There was still a slight hoarseness in his throat as Su Huaijing finished copying the scripture. Rong Tang picked up the teacup and took another sip of the slightly sweet tea. The inexplicable bitterness in the corners of his eyes spread into the night sky.
He did not answer Su Huaijing's words, but stood up and walked to the door, stretched out his hand to feel the temperature of the night, and suddenly heard a very faint cicada chirping in the grass.
Rong Tang was stunned for a moment, and said, "Huai Jing, it's summer."
He smiled slowly and said, "It's great that we have walked from spring to summer."
We went from blooming flowers to scorching sun.
(End of this chapter)