He even confidently admitted what he had deliberately hidden from him before.
In this situation...how could it be that if the wife lost A Yuan, she simply didn't want him anymore?
Yes, this time it was a very clear feeling, not an illusion.
Mrs. Xu probably really didn't want to talk to her husband any more, so she wiped away her tears and lay back.
Looking at his wife lying facing inward, Prince Wu suppressed the complexity and bitterness in his heart and lay down silently.
That night, neither husband nor wife could sleep well.
The next day, I got up at the same hour as usual, washed up, and then the maid prepared breakfast.
When the couple was about to sit down, a maid came in and said, "Your Majesty, Madam, your grandson is here."
Mrs. Xu was startled for a moment, then nodded and said, "Let people come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, a fresh and clean young man wearing a dark blue robe and a jade crown walked in.
"My son sends his regards to his father and mother."
The young man saluted and said hello, his expression and tone were no different from usual.
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Xu's eyes were slightly hot, but her voice was full of smiles: "...can we have breakfast?"
"Not yet."
"Then let's sit down and use it together." Mrs. Xu hurriedly ordered to the maid: "Bring me a pair of bowls and chopsticks."
There was no time to add too much to the meal, but it was enough for my husband to eat less.
Wu Chao had no intention of staying for breakfast, but when he saw that the maid agreed to go down, he also said "yes".
After a quiet breakfast, Xu's mood gradually calmed down a lot.
Although A Yuan didn't like to talk much, he obviously did this to make her feel at ease.
The child is so sensible, but she still wants to comfort her. As an elder, she should think more about the good things and think more about how to help A Yuan.
After the meal, the dishes were removed and the family sat and drank tea for a while. Wu Chao, who still had other things to do, left.
…
The sky was gloomy, with surging black clouds hanging over a seemingly inconspicuous courtyard outside Yangzhou City.
In the courtyard, a fire was burning outside the hall door, and the flames spread rapidly and quickly filled the entire corridor.
Xu Mingyi, who was wearing a snow-green dress, fell into the fierce fire.
A hovering black shadow rushed towards the fire, making a sharp cry.
It's the Third Eye.
Xu Mingyi heard it.
And I also saw it.
Ordinarily she could no longer see anything clearly, but at this moment she could clearly see the big bird trying to crash into the fire again and again, and the raging fire even burned its wings.
Xu Mingyi wanted to tell it, "Let's go quickly."
But she couldn't make a sound.
I could only watch helplessly as the big bird flapped its burned wings and whined anxiously.
She was also very anxious - she never noticed that this bird was so stupid. Isn't it always afraid of fire?
At this time, a figure rushed into the fire and took her out of the fire.
Is it that person?!
Xu Mingyi's heart tightened, as if she vaguely realized something, and she quickly looked towards the man's face.
The young man in his twenties, thirties or fours, was dressed in black and had dark hair, handsome eyebrows, and a straight nose. Raindrops rolled down from his handsome jawline and hit her face.
He was surprised and said——
"Xu Mingyi, you are still alive?!"
Xu Mingyi also fell into a huge shock.
This...is the right thing for her to say?
——Wu Chao is still alive?!
Who was the person who fell into the icy lake and died, causing her to secretly shed a lot of tears?
Immediately afterwards, she saw him hurriedly asking someone to put out the fire on her body.
Although the fire was out, she could not open her eyes.
It was really strange that she could actually see her complete body, just like a bystander.
She also saw Wu Chao carrying her on his horse and galloping all the way in the rain to a military camp.
The accompanying military doctor shook his head, and Wu Chao's face turned ugly. He said that he had asked people to go to the city to capture the best doctor - Xu Mingyi couldn't help but wonder, how could this look like a bandit?
But coincidentally, Divine Doctor Qiu was brought here at this time - the people who stayed in another hospital to deal with the aftermath brought Divine Doctor Qiu and the others back.
Wu Ran, who had never been so embarrassed, cried until his eyes were swollen to the point of being invisible. After seeing Wu Chao, he was surprised and rushed towards him and cried loudly.
After Doctor Qiu examined her, he shook his head - the problem was not the burns, but the poison she had taken.
When Wu Chao heard this, he frowned and fell silent, then turned to look at her who was placed on the bed.
After a long time, he said: "It's my fault that I left too late."
Wu Ran stood by the couch wiping tears.
Azhu knelt beside her without saying a word.
There was also the big bird whose feathers were almost blackened by burning, also standing by the bed, stretching its neck from time to time and scratching her hand with its long beak.
Seeing that she didn't respond, the big bird staggered to Doctor Qiu and pecked at the corner of his robe.
Doctor Qiu sighed, looked down at Big Bird, and said, "She's gone."
The big bird suddenly screamed.
He ran to the bed again and struggled to fly onto the bed.
Perhaps because the wings were burned, the movement looked like a fat duck trying hard to flapping but still couldn't fly high.
Wu Chao stepped forward and picked up the big bird and handed it to Doctor Qiu: "Please take it down for treatment."
Doctor Qiu took it over.
While leading the big bird that was trying to break free out of the tent, he said, "You're still stubborn. If you bake it for a while longer and sprinkle some salt on it, you can eat it..."
Is it so miserable?
I guess she won't be much better, right?
Xu Mingyi went to the bedside and took a look, and couldn't help showing a look of dismay.
...If you don’t bury it quickly, what are you waiting for?
Looking at the people standing or kneeling beside the bed, Xu Mingyi sighed - there was no need to express condolences to her in this way, as she would die with tears in her eyes if people stared at her in such a miserable state.
As soon as this idea appeared in her mind, the scene changed drastically.
Under the lowered sky, the palace stood majestically, and there seemed to be a smell of blood and burning in the air.
A young man wearing black armor broke into the Yangxin Hall and dragged the emperor out of the hospital bed.
The emperor was dragged out with disheveled hair and a miserable state.
The imprisoned officials cursed with grief and anger.
Looking at the emperor being dragged out of the palace, Xu Mingyi covered her mouth and exclaimed, thinking: Is this appropriate?
The next moment, after seeing the emperor's face clearly, I immediately felt that it was indeed quite suitable.
She heard that Wu Chao forced the emperor to write an imperial edict to clear the names of the Xu and Wu families.
Not long after, a man wearing armor and a beard came over.
When the emperor saw the visitor, he gritted his teeth and cursed loudly.
Wu Chao raised his hand and saluted him: "Father——"
Father?
Xu Mingyi was a little startled.
When she came back to her senses, she was already in a cemetery.
Looking at the words engraved on the tombstone next to her, she couldn't help but be stunned. This was her grandfather's tomb...
And my father's.
Second uncle's.
Mother, tomorrow...
She walked slowly and looked at the tombstones, which were cold and quiet. Xu Mingyi's eyes stung. It turned out that these were the ancestral tombs of their Xu family.
But her entire family was executed for collaborating with the enemy. As felons, all their heads were missing. Who moved her grandfather and the others into this ancestral grave?
She thought it should be Wu Chao.
However, even the Fifth Uncle Qin and the Sixth Uncle Yun were there, why was her tomb the only one missing?
ah.
Xu Mingyi patted his forehead lightly.
How could she forget that she was a married woman, so she couldn't be buried in her family's grave.
As soon as this thought came to her mind, she felt that the scenery around her changed again - she had actually arrived in Ningyang, where the ancestral graves of the Wu family were located.
The Wu family is worthy of being a century-old noble family, and even their ancestral graves are much more luxurious than the Xu family.
At this moment, she was in front of her own grave.
And next to her was Wu Chao's tomb.
Therefore, the Wu Chao she married is indeed dead. The one living now is a person with a completely different identity.
"Are you serious about not going back?"
The young man's voice suddenly sounded from behind, and Xu Mingyi looked back subconsciously.
The handsome man in a crow-green robe looked in the direction of her grave.
She followed his gaze and saw a big bird squatting next to her grave.
It turned out that he was talking to the Third Eye.
However, Tianmu doesn't want to follow Wu Chao back to the capital. Does he want to stay here as a tomb-keeper?
But now it clearly seems to be in low spirits, perhaps because it was injured previously. How can it be as comfortable as following Wu Chao back to the capital while staying in this cemetery?
He is already an old man, so he should enjoy a happy life.
Xu Mingyi squatted down next to it and wanted to persuade her, but the big bird couldn't hear her voice.
Wu Chao had no choice but to leave.
He only asked the servants guarding the tomb to take more care of him.
After Wu Chao left, Tianmu grabbed two seeds from somewhere, dug around her grave with his claws, and buried the seeds inside.
In spring, the seeds sprouted, grew and stretched under the sun, rain and dew, and finally bloomed two blue-white morning flowers on a summer morning.
The third eye squatted there and looked at the two flowers with round eyes, seeming very satisfied.
Wu Chao is here again.
This time he hadn't had time to take off his armor, and he seemed to be injured.
He personally arranged the fruit snacks he brought.
Xu Mingyi took a closer look and found that those snacks were all her favorites, but how did he know? Did he notice them when he was in Prince Dingnan's mansion in Ningyang?
But no matter what, she was naturally very grateful to him for bringing these here specially.
Although she could only take a look.
After Wu Chao left, several house sparrows flew over to look for food. As soon as they came, they were driven away by Tianmu, who was flapping his wings that could no longer fly high.
Looking at the big bird that looked like a mother chicken protecting its food, Xu Mingyi thought with a smile, she was quite worried.
And the facts prove that Big Bird really does his duty very well.
Not only would he watch her eat in front of her grave, but he would also carefully pull out the weeds beside her grave, and use his wings to sweep the fallen leaves on the grave cleanly. He would do this every day.
Xu Mingyi made a serious comparison and found that within a radius of ten miles, her tomb was the most carefully and beautifully maintained, even Master Wu's could not compare to it.
Another winter has arrived.
When Wu Chao came back, he personally built a small wooden house for Tianmu to shelter from the cold, which was right next to her tomb.
Xu Mingyi squatted aside, holding her chin up and watching him hammering with a hammer.
He looks to be in his mid-twenties, and compared to the energetic young man he once was, he now looks more calm and steady.
But when it comes to good looks, it is not inferior to before.
Xu Mingyi's eyes stayed on his face for a long time before moving to his hands.
While he was busy running the country, did he actually learn carpentry?
Last time she heard his entourage call him "Your Majesty".
But it seems that His Majesty often leads military expeditions in person.
After the wooden house was completed, Xu Mingyi never saw Wu Chao again.
She stayed here every day, watching the big bird being busy, which she found very interesting.
Until one day, the big bird slept in the wooden house and could not come out.
The servants guarding the tomb brought water and food, but the cat refused to move.
The servant sighed and left.
For two whole days, the big bird did not take a sip of water.
Xu Mingyi was very anxious and wanted to do something, but couldn't do anything.
In the afternoon of the third day, the big bird finally moved out of the wooden house.
The summer afternoon sun was shining brightly, and the old bird lay beside her grave, closed its eyes, and never woke up again.
Xu Mingyi called out again and again, so anxious that tears fell out.
Where is Wu Chao?
She stood up and wanted to find Wu Chao.
At this moment, bursts of sad music suddenly reached her ears.
She felt inexplicably nervous and ran out.
This is the capital...
At this time, there were wailings everywhere and the whole city was deserted.
This is the ceremony of national mourning...
Xu Mingyi ran all the way into the palace.
She stared blankly at the scene in front of her.
There were several banquets in front of the coffin, with comforting silks placed on them and an inscription "Zi Palace of the Daxing Emperor" -
Is Wu Chao gone?
Hearing the cries in his ears, Xu Mingyi looked around with a dull look.
There were unfamiliar faces everywhere, but strangely, there were no concubines or concubines.
Kneeling at the front, wearing mourning clothes and holding a memorial tablet in his arms, was a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old.
It seems that this is the next king, right?
But...why does it look nothing like Wu Chao?
On the contrary, he looks very much like another person...
Who is it?
Xu Mingyi thought for a moment, and a face appeared in his mind - Prince Jing!
Could it be the bloodline of Crown Prince Jing?
The respectable prince lost his life long ago due to the murder of the former prince, so how could his bloodline still exist in the world?
Xu Mingyi was puzzled and looked to the left and right behind the young man again. Indeed, there was no trace of the concubines.
So, does Wu Chao have no heirs of his own?
Although the country is busy with military campaigns and military affairs, how much effort can it take to give birth to a child?
But if you think about his temperament, you can roughly understand it.
Faced with anything, he is a person who refuses to make do with anything. This is true for relationships, and perhaps the same is true for raising children?
But how can someone who has become an emperor still be so stubborn?
I'm afraid several of the pillars of the Jinluan Hall were broken by the censors, right? If they were forced to die, it would not only cost the pillars, but also the censors.
But...how did he leave?
Clearly still so young.
Is it the accumulation of old wounds and exhaustion from hard work, or is it that he will remain on the battlefield forever?
Suddenly, a bright light appeared, and Xu Mingyi subconsciously raised his hand to block it in front of his eyes.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw the blue sky above and the dazzling sunlight.
Xu Mingyi stared blankly at the lush flowers and trees around her. The clear sound of birds chirping in her ears made her unable to tell where she was.
