Chapter 608: Sorrow (Part 1)

The afternoon sun shines through the lattice glass windows, turning into soft colorful light and falling on the ground, adding a bit of warmth and vitality to this room with a sense of oldness.

After making arrangements for his funeral afterwards, Empress Dowager Wenzhuang glanced at Eunuch Qiu and whispered: "Call Nian Yao over." Eunuch Qiu retreated with his order.

Taking advantage of the time when the two of them had not yet arrived, Qin Lei whispered: "What is going on about the father..."

The old lady waved her hand slowly and said, "Don't worry about this matter, your second brother has his own opinions." After that, she closed her eyes tiredly, her breathing sounded heavy and turbid, which sounded heartbreaking.

Qin Lei sat quietly on the side without saying anything.

After a while, the sound of tiny footsteps sounded, and Qin Lei couldn't help but look at the door, and saw Eunuch Qiu and the increasingly graceful girl Nian Yao come in. After not seeing her for a year, the girl's appearance has not changed much, but she has a heartbreaking resentful temperament.

After seeing the prince in a proper manner, Nian Yao knelt in front of the Empress Dowager.

"Girl, how old are you this year?" Wenzhuang opened his eyes slightly and looked at Nian Yao lovingly.

"Mother-in-law, Nian Yao is twenty." Nian Yao replied softly.

"Double ten years old, this is considered a big girl among the people..." Wenzhuang pondered and looked at Qin Lei and said, "Sun son, grandma is ready to let Nian Yao go with you..."

Qin Lei nodded calmly, but Nian Yao said in surprise: "Mother-in-law, you don't want me anymore? What did Nian Yao do wrong?"

"Silly child, where are you thinking about?" Empress Dowager Wenzhuang shook her head and smiled: "You did nothing wrong, and my mother-in-law doesn't want you, but you can't stay in the palace for the rest of your life."

"Nianyao is willing to stay in the palace for the rest of her life and serve her mother-in-law for the rest of her life." Miss Nianyao said in disgrace.

"No!" The old empress dowager coughed violently, and Qin Lei quickly stepped forward and gently stroked his back. It took a long time to recover and said, "The homeland is three thousand miles away, and the deep palace has been twenty years. The best thing for girls is this youth. If they are always deeply trapped in the forbidden palace, there will be another white-headed palace maid."

"Mother-in-law is so serious," Nian Yao's cheek shed two lines of clear tears, as pitiful as wild flowers in the wind, saying: "Nian Yao suffered a great disaster, and her parents were both dead. Although the world is big, there is no home for me. Only by my mother-in-law can Nian Yao forget the loneliness and helplessness in her heart. If you insist on me leaving, then let me become a nun." Although my age has changed and my temperament has changed, my stubborn personality seems to never change.

The old empress smiled helplessly, tilted her head to look at Qin Lei and said, "What do you think?"

Qin Lei couldn't help but look embarrassed and said, "I have to go back first to ask for instructions..."

"Ask for instructions?" the old empress dowager laughed and said, "Who do you need to ask for instructions from Prince Wucheng?"

"It's not necessary." Qin Lei said like a mosquito, "But I have promised that I can't get in home anymore. A man can't go back on his word, right?"

"No need to ask for instructions!" Empress Dowager Wenzhuang said obviously unhappy: "I am ashamed of you if a big man can't be his own leader." She waved her hand and said: "Take Nian Yao back, either keep it yourself, or help her find a good family. You can do it with your conscience, I won't care anyway." After that, she turned around and lay down inward, and turned her back to the three people in the room.

Qin Lei called out a few more times, but he never got the old lady's response, so he had to scratch his head and exit the warm room with the two of them.

"What should I do?" As soon as I left the room, Eunuch Qiu sighed.

"What's there to worry about?" Qin Lei gently stroked his forehead and said, "Isn't it just a pair of chopsticks to eat?" He then strode out.

After walking out of the old man, he didn't listen to the movement behind him. Qin Lei looked back and saw that Nian Yao's girl was still standing at the door, without any intention of following her.

He had no choice but to stand firm, turned around and waved, "Go away quickly."

Eunuch Qiu also advised her, "Nianyao, the prince is asking you, hurry up and follow."

Nian Yao shook her head and lowered her head and said, "Nian Yao has its own place to go, so the prince doesn't have to make things difficult."

Qin Lei thought to himself: 'This little girl is quite twisted!' And she was just laughed at by the old empress dowager, so she didn't want to Luo Da anymore, so she turned to Eunuch Qiu and said: "Old Qiu, are you a palace maid with thick legs and big sticks?"

Eunuch Qiu didn't know what he was going to do, but he nodded and said, "Of course, someone will always do heavy work."

"Okay, find four for me." Qin Lei said angrily.

After a while, four tall and sturdy servants appeared in front of Qin Lei and kowtowed, "What are the instructions of the prince?"

"Driving Miss Nianyao into my car, don't hurt her." Qin Lei left an irresponsible order and turned around and went out of Cining Palace. No matter what movement was made behind him, he never looked back.

The four strong women captured Nian Yao's hands and feet and easily escorted her to Qin Lei's car. Eunuch Qiu followed him and Xiaoyi said to Qin Lei: "Prince, you are very kind, don't abuse Miss Nian Yao, she is the heart of the Empress Dowager."

He waved his hand impatiently, and Qin Lei glared and said, "She is my cousin, what can I do to her?" As he said that, he patted Eunuch Qiu's arm and said, "I'm going to discipline the emperor's grandmother to avoid the future husband's family annoyed her mother-in-law... Let's meet." As soon as the curtain was lowered, the black-clothed guard drove away.

Looking at the direction where Qin Lei disappeared, Eunuch Qiu said laughing and crying: "It's really... a man."

The carriage was passing through the palace garden, and it was quiet all around, with only Qin Lei and Nian Yao in the carriage.

Miss Nian Yao curled up in the corner of the car and looked at Qin Lei in horror.

Seeing that there was no one around, Qin Lei did not show off his arrogant airs and changed his amiable expression and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm just pretending, otherwise where will I put my face as a prince?"

Looking at Prince Wu Cheng who turned his back on his face, Nian Yao looked distrustful, but her body was moving slightly, and it turned out that she was hurt just now.

"Don't you believe it?" Qin Lei said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you don't believe it. Will the road from a long way to know the horse's strength show people's hearts? Sooner or later, you will know that I am actually a very casual... Oh no, very easy-going person." Qin Lei rubbed his hands and said: "Don't be afraid, come and laugh..."

Seeing his strange appearance, Nian Yao could not laugh, it would be nice if she didn't cry.

Seeing that he couldn't make her laugh at her, Qin Lei had to accept his fate and scratch her head, and said embarrassedly: "You are tired, so sleep." Nian Yao said to herself: "Who can sleep with this sunny sun?" But Qin Lei had already closed his eyes and snored slightly.

"Just pretend..." Nian Yao said indignantly.

But she didn't know that Qin Lei was really asleep... He was too tired.

While he closed his eyes, Nian Yao looked at Qin Lei secretly. Compared with the slightly childish little prince five years ago, he obviously had a huge change. It was not because he had neat short beards, but because he had a mature self-confidence that was refined by time and hardships, and that noble and calm demeanor could make any woman in the world feel happy.

But Nian Yao is an exception. Although she was born in poverty and had a miserable fate, and suffered misfortunes in life, Nian Yao never thought about accepting anyone's gifts or forcing anyone to accept... From the day he cruelly sent her to the palace, she cut off her love and would never be moved by this man again...

Nobleness is only due to the soul, and cannot be attributed to the origin.

As soon as the carriage left the palace gate, someone knocked on the car window and called out loud outside: "Prince, Prince..." Qin Lei suddenly woke up and shuddered, "What's wrong?"

"When Zhuang sends a message, Shi Meng seems... to be out of the way." There was a voice from Gou Ji outside the car window: "He said he wanted to see you for the last time."

He suddenly lifted the curtain and Qin Lei said with a grim expression: "Why don't you go there quickly!"

"Driving!" The black-clothed guard driving desperately urged the carriage. The four black horses were hooved by wind and galloping like lightning on the streets. Although the driver was very skilled, he didn't know how many pavilions he had hit and how many pedestrians were scared along the way.

These were things that Qin Lei hated deeply in the past, but now he didn't care about them. Although the carriage began to make 'squeak' moans, he still kept urging the driver to get there quickly.

In just half a quarter of an hour, Qin Lei arrived at the door of Shi Meng's house, and this section of the road normally takes a moment and a half.

"Wow..." The coachman suddenly pulled the reins of the horse, and the four divine horses stopped crying, and their limbs became weak, foaming at the mouth, and all of them stopped.

When Qin Lei looked at Miss Nian Yao who was so ecstatic that he was spitting, he wanted to smile apologetically, but his expression was already stiff and he couldn't squeeze out even a trace of smile.

Zhao Nianyao grinned, Qin Lei jumped out of the carriage and threw a sentence: "Find a few maids with thick legs and big sticks, and help the girls in the car to rest." Then he strode into the stone house.

"Prince..." Zhuang Die'er, who was wearing pear blossoms, quickly led his mansion to welcome him.

"Mrs. Sister-in-law, no gift." Qin Lei said anxiously: "What happened to Shi Meng? Wasn't you doing well before coming?" In fact, he knew best that several serious injuries on Shi Meng's body hurt the internal organs. Under today's medical conditions, there is no possibility of healing. Especially after thousands of miles of travel, Shi Meng could only rely on a heart fire to support it until now.

Zhuang Die'er's face was as golden as paper, and she cried, "Mr. Gongsun is treating it inside, he said..." As he said that, he covered his face and started crying, which made the whole mansion cry together.

Qin Lei frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Take me in and see him." Zhuang Die'er stopped crying, looked back at the sad servant who was slutty and whispered: "Prince, please."

"Mrs. Sister-in-law, please, please." Qin Lei reached out and asked Zhuang Dieer to lead the way, and followed her to the main house in the backyard.

As soon as he entered, he smelled a strong smell of medicine. Shi Meng, who had become thinner into a bone, was quietly lying on the big bed. Gongsun Jian stood aside with a solemn expression, saluting Qin Lei and saying, "The prince is here."

Qin Lei nodded, walked over, leaned over and sat beside the bed, holding Shi Meng's skinny right hand, trying to say something to comfort him, but he couldn't help but choked and couldn't say anything.

"Prince..." Shi Meng smiled faintly and said, "I've seen you for the last time."

"What nonsense..." Qin Lei gritted his teeth tightly, not wanting to cry out.

"I know my own affairs." Shi Meng shook his head and said, "If I hadn't wanted to come back and see my son and Die'er, I wouldn't have been able to hold on now."

"I was the one who hurt you..." Qin Lei covered his face and shook his head, and said hoarsely: "If I hadn't been a hero and always put myself in danger, you wouldn't have been injured..."

"What happened on the battlefield is accurate?" A trace of abnormal blush surged on Shi Meng's pale face. Everyone in the room knew that he had already turned back. Shi Meng's voice suddenly became louder and he grinned: "The parents who gave birth to me, but the prince threw Shi Meng into a personal form. My poor life was originally yours..."

Seeing that Qin Lei was still full of sadness, Shi Meng coughed a few times and smiled relaxedly: "Mengzi, thank you, Prince. If you hadn't performed that surgery on me, I wouldn't have come back no matter what."

"Stop talking about this, I know more than anyone else's heart." Qin Lei shook his head suddenly and said, "You have precious time. If you have any instructions, please tell me if you can do it or not, I will help you do it!"

"Okay..." Shi Meng nodded and smiled, saying to Zhuang Dieer who was crying, "Die'er, bring all three children here." Zhuang Dieer nodded and went down tremblingly at Qin Leifu.

Looking at his wife's back greedily, Shi Meng laughed and said, "Your Majesty tells you the truth. When you assigned me this marriage, the boss was unwilling to do it from the bottom of my heart. He always thought that he would be a character in the future. It would be too undecent to marry a kiln sister to be a full house."

Qin Lei Qiang smiled and said, "What's wrong with Sister Yao? You are still a servant. The key is to be a character and ability."

Shi Meng grinned and said, "Yes, to this day, this is what I am most grateful to the prince. Since getting married, some people have become more and more worried about it. She is still so capable that she has managed her family business so prosperously that she will never spend it in her lifetime."

Qin Lei nodded and said in a stern voice: "Yes, everyone envies you. Mr. Guantao also said: 'Work a wife, you should marry Zhuang Die'."

Shi Meng smiled proudly and grinned: "I knew that the old guy was interested in my wife." Hearing that Zhuang Die'er was about to come in, Shi Meng said hurriedly: "Prince, promise me something."

Qin Lei held his hand tightly and whispered: "Tell me."

"When Die'er has finished mourning for me, let her remarry..." As he said that, Shi Meng's tears came down and he cursed, "Why is it so sad that he's so sad to think about it?"

Qin Lei frowned and said, "Don't worry, even if you don't remarry, no one dares to bully them."

"Of course I know this. The prince is the most protective of his shortcomings," Shi Meng laughed and said, "But my wife is only twenty-two this year and there are still decades of great time. How can I bear to let her stay a lifelong widow?"

Seeing Zhuang Die'er and two maids walking from the front yard with three children in their arms, Qin Lei had to nod quickly and said, "Who are you marrying?"

"Guantao..." Shi Meng said muffled: "I am alive and he has a thief heart but not a thief courage, but when I kick my legs, he will definitely be in a state of spring. Instead of being silent in the spring, it is better to be a human beauty!"
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