Are you...conveying the message of reconciliation to him?
Doctor Qiu's face was filled with smiles when he saw Duke Zhen Guo eating glutinous rice balls, and then he turned his expectant eyes to him...
This sight made King Dingnan feel slightly suffocated.
...He will not accept such ridiculous and weird suggestions!
Over there, the Duke of Zhen Guo put down his porcelain bowl, glanced in his direction, and continued eating with a sullen face.
Doctor Qiu still refused to let him go easily.
This atmosphere, which only three people seemed to understand, made King Dingnan feel as if he was being roasted on a fire.
After a moment that felt like a year, he finally picked up the spoon with difficulty, scooped up a glutinous rice ball, and took a bite.
After just one taste, I put it down.
He doesn't really want to make peace with this old man!
It's just that he, the dignified head of the Wu family, has no reason not to be more generous when faced with the other party's intention to seek peace - his upbringing does not allow him to do anything that disregards the family's demeanor.
Doctor Qiu doesn't care about that much.
His face was full of joy at this time, and his eyes looked at Duke Zhen and then at King Dingnan - this is right!
"I'll give it a try, too." Xu Mingyi smiled and said, "Doctor Qiu's skills in kneading glutinous rice balls are second to none."
Wu Chao vaguely heard these words, and even though he didn't like sweets, he subconsciously picked up the spoon.
And just now he saw that Uncle Xu was eating happily, as if eating this mandarin duck glutinous rice dumpling could get rid of the dilemma of not having a wife as soon as possible——
It is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist.
With the same thought in mind, the boy also ate the two glutinous rice balls seriously.
After dinner, Yuan Dezhi and the Yuan clan chief said goodbye without causing further disturbance.
Xu Yun stood outside the hall to see him off.
Yuan Dezhi bowed back to him, secretly feeling a little strange.
In the past, when he went to Xu's house, he almost never saw the second master's face. Why did he feel like a different person when he came to Linyuan this time?
Mrs. Xu, the wife of Prince Dingnan, supported the Queen Mother out of the hall, and Xu Yun also sent her off with a courtesy.
Mrs. Xu and the Queen Mother smiled and nodded.
Xu Jin and Wu Jingming drank some wine during the banquet, and then left together, saying they were going to have tea and write poems.
Next came King Dingnan.
"My lord, go slowly." Xu Yun saluted again.
King Dingnan nodded slightly and left expressionlessly.
Xu Mingyi, Wu Chao, and Zhen Guogong also came out.
"Father, watch your steps." Xu Yun reminded.
Looking at his son, the Duke of Zhen frowned - where are the restaurant waiters waiting to see off guests one by one?
The old man looked displeased and was about to curse, but was pulled away by Xu Mingyi: "Grandpa, Wu Chao and I still have something to discuss with you..."
Finally, Xu Mingshi came out slowly holding the big bird that was too full to move.
"Go back to bed quickly." Xu Yun, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, waved his hand and urged.
"Second uncle, aren't you going back?" Xu Mingshi was full of doubts in his heart.
He deliberately waited until now just to see what his increasingly abnormal second uncle wanted to do.
"It's still early, and my second uncle wants to take a walk around." Xu Yun put his hands behind his hands and looked out at the night outside the corridor, making a leisurely gesture, and then said, "Go around alone."
Xu Mingshi: ...There is no need to add such a sentence specifically to prevent him from following.
"Second uncle, it's up to you. I'll take Tianmu back."
"Yeah." Xu Yun looked calm and calm, and in his heart he wished he could kick his slow-moving nephew back.
Xu Mingshi walked down the stone steps with his third eye in his arms, turned around and walked towards the path on the left.
At the corner of the path, a banana bush turned yellow.
Xu Mingshi crouched down behind the banana bush, softly "shushed" towards the third eye in his arms, and whispered: "Don't make any sound."
Fearing that Tianmu wouldn't understand what he said, he covered the bird's beak again.
The confused Celestial Eye stared motionless with its two small eyes.
At this time, the queen walked out of the hall and said to the two little girls beside her: "You guys go back first, I want to take a walk alone."
The little maids responded "yes" in unison and left as ordered.
There were footsteps approaching behind him. Xu Yun stood in the corridor with his hands behind his hands, as if he didn't hear it.
When the queen came to his side, he did not turn around to look at her, his face was very calm.
The queen showed a faint smile and asked, "Let's go for a walk together?"
Xu Yun's expression remained unchanged——
After a moment, he said: "Okay."
Just walk around, who is afraid of whom?
He lifted his feet and walked ahead.
The queen followed.
Xu Mingshi, who was squatting behind the banana bush, looked at the backs of the two people leaving together. His whole body was as stiff as stone, and his eyes were already as wide as copper bells - even if he moved out at this time, he would use it as a stone lion for the town house.
No.
——And it’s still the kind of big lion holding a little lion in his arms.
The little lion in the big lion's arms shook off the hand covering its long beak.
Seeing the two figures leaving, Xu Mingshi still couldn't recover.
What exactly is going on?
His second uncle, and...the Queen...can't—?!
What should Mr. Qiao do?!
No...that, that's not the point!
The point is, this is the Queen!
Xu Mingshi, who consciously discovered a shocking secret and thought that no one else would know it, stood up suddenly - he couldn't be shocked alone, he wanted to tell Xu Mingyi!
He hugged the big bird and ran away. Xu Yun and the Queen walked slowly and silently all the way.
Walking across a wooden bridge over a narrow stream, there was a faint night breeze carrying the fragrance of osmanthus.
The two of them followed the scent and slowed down under a golden osmanthus tree.
Queen: "I..."
Xu Yun: "You..."
The two of them spoke at the same time, and the queen looked at him and smiled.
"..." Xu Yun slightly shifted his gaze and said angrily: "If you want to say anything, just say it quickly. I don't have time to waste time with you."
However, the queen didn't seem to feel that she had been treated coldly, and she still smiled: "I just came all the way, and just walking like this, I feel very comfortable, as if everything has slowed down and become quiet."
Xu Yun's figure straightened up again.
Wouldn't it be nice to have him by your side?
Not everyone can get this kind of treatment. She should know how to cherish it now, right?
"Mr. Xu -" the queen spoke, looked at him and said: "I call you this, please don't be angry first."
After all, she doesn’t know what to call her right now——
This wasn't her intention to distance herself.
But before the words of apology are spoken, there should be no confusion.
"What happened back then was my fault from beginning to end. When it comes to debts, I really owe you a lot." Under the moonlight, she looked ashamed but unavoidable: "I have always owed you a word of sorry.
Stay, but I delayed opening my mouth until today..."
Listening to these words that he had waited for too long, Xu Yun's lips almost stretched into a straight line.
After a while, Shicai said in a steady voice: "So you also know——"
The queen looked at him: "Of course I know, how could I not know if I did something wrong?"
"How can you not know what a good sentence is?" Xu Yun's eyes finally returned to her face, and he looked at her. His cold voice was full of restraint: "Why exactly? I have always wanted to ask you why!"
"Wu Jingying... I have often wondered over the years, was it that I was just dispensable to you? It's okay if you want it, and it's okay if you don't want it, so you can just throw it away without even leaving a word!
"Xu Yun stared at her closely, his eyes turning slightly red under the cold white moonlight.
Facing these eyes, the queen shook her head slightly: "No..."
"What is that!"
"..." The queen held the edge of the sleeve, which was embroidered with lotus branches and vines.
In addition to saying sorry, she really owed an explanation and explanation.
After a brief silence, she said: "Back then, I begged my father privately for a matter between you and me, but my father refused to let go..."
But at that time, she did not feel that it was really hopeless. On the contrary, she thought that she would eventually get the blessing from her father just like her sister did when she married King Yan.
At the moment, his father was just thinking and testing Xu Yun.
Or maybe they can't let go of face and are waiting for a soft word from the Duke of Zhen.
"I thought it was only a matter of time before I asked my father to change his mind, but something happened in the capital soon. The late emperor was buried, and something happened to my sister..."
"After Sister's incident, my father had a long conversation with me alone. He explained to me the current situation, the difficulties of marrying the Xu and Wu families, and the various disadvantages..."
That night, her father did not mention any objections, but asked her if she could bear the worst outcome if she persisted——
She thought about it for a long time.
She can bear it.
She believed that Xu Yun could do it too.
However, the Wu family and the Xu family cannot.
To be precise, even though the Wu family can afford it with its century-old foundation, the Xu family cannot afford it.
She and Xu Yun are not two separate people. Talking only about themselves is too whimsical and selfish.
He is not a selfish person. If she threatens each other with their love, even if they reluctantly get there, the result may not be better than what they are now - they abandon everything in an impulse, but what happens after the impulse fades?
After all, people have to face their true nature.
Everything before them at that time was the wrong time.
The previous emperor passed away, and there seemed to be many conspiracies surrounding the new emperor, and the situation in the future was uncertain... So, she was shaken at that time.
But there is still a trace of luck, she thought luckily, maybe she can come up with a solution to both ends -
She wrote a letter to Xu Yun, but before the letter could be sent, the decree was delivered to her home...
Her father knew her intentions and never thought of forcing her. He was thinking about how to balance the situation and how to balance the temptation of the new emperor.
However, she realized that once this imperial edict was issued, no matter whether the Wu family resisted it or not, there was no way she and Xu Yun could find a solution that would satisfy both parties.
Everything came to a dead end.
And just then——
"...I did shrink back under all kinds of circumstances, and later I heard my father's suspicion about my sister's death." She looked at Xu Yun, not hiding all her selfish motives, nor did she intend to attribute all her difficulties to 'for you'
good'--
"The Wu family gave me birth and raised me, gave me fine clothes and food, and taught me to read and learn science. My mother never said a word of importance to me, and my father never thought of using me as a bargaining chip when it came to the interests of the family. My younger brother respects me.
, Sister gives in to everything...I can't and don't want to bring trouble to the family because of me."
"Beyond this, you and I are roughly in the same situation and state of mind." She looked at him and asked: "Xu Yun, to be fair, if I abandon all these and still want to be with you, will you really feel at ease?
Will this peace of mind last long?"
"..." Xu Yun clenched his fingers at some point: "I don't know."
He had no chance to think about that -
He didn't have time to think about it, and the situation before him was already one with no room for change.
So, should he thank her for saving him from having to make a decision?
Or does she think that if she were to be this cruel villain, he would only be a hater, and he wouldn't have to bear any debt or guilt... would he be able to live a happy life?
Thinking of this, he felt an indescribable, hard-to-distinguish between sour and bitter feeling, but it hit his heart so that he could no longer pretend to be indifferent: "...Yes! You understand the overall situation, know the trade-offs, and want to find out the cause of your sister's death.
!Don’t I understand? Even if you don’t explain this to me today, how could I, Xu Yun, have been struggling for more than ten years in vain and not be able to figure it out at all! Otherwise, why would I have waited until today!"
"What I really want to ask is why you didn't say a word, not even a word? It's clearly a matter between you and me, so why did you make up your own mind!"
"I know you understand..." The queen looked at him, with tears in her eyes, "It is precisely because you understand that I dare not leave any room for it."
At that time, she just wanted him to give up.
But he is so kind, once he knows her thoughts, he will not blame her at all.
It is better to hate her and blame her than to still have hope and wait for her to come.
But she didn't expect...
He resented her so much, but he was still waiting for her.
Therefore, looking back now, looking back, it turned out that the decision made at that age was too shallow and too self-righteous.
"Over the years, I have always been looking forward to the day when I can hear the news that you are getting married..." The queen's smile was complicated and bitter, and she seemed to find it a little funny: "That way I will feel less guilty."
Xu Yun sneered, "Why should I make you feel better!"
"I just don't want you to torture yourself again."
Xu Yun sarcastically said: "You are not my wife, do you need to take care of my affairs?"
Seeing that she was about to answer, he cut off: "That's enough, I don't want to hear these useless old stories. I just want to ask you one thing now -"
As he spoke, he took a look at the thing in her hair: "What do you mean by wearing this hairpin today?"
"This hairpin..." The queen raised her hand and touched it, and said, "I just wanted to make amends with you first..."
Xu Yun immediately asked: "What are your plans after the compensation?"
"I plan to ask you later..." She was not slow-tempered. She had made up her mind, and although she was anxious, she did not hesitate to back down——
"I am no longer what I used to be, both inside and out. I am very different from the Wu Jingying you knew back then. I am not very good physically, and I probably won't be able to stay with you for too long..."
"What a stupid thing to say!"
Xu Yun interrupted her and grabbed one of her hands: "Okay, let's go!"
"Go...where?" His sudden movement made the queen stunned.
"Go and ask the prince to promise you and me things!" Xu Yun couldn't help but said, took her hand and left.
Now that she has coaxed him and apologized, everything that needs to be explained has been clearly explained. If he keeps nagging, I am afraid that the daughter-in-law he just hoped to get will fly away again!
