Pei Yuanxiu was silent for a while and said slowly: "It's much better."

"That's fine."

Li'er breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I scared Li'er yesterday. I saw Aunt Ruoshi so uncomfortable, and I thought she was going to be like last time again."

I looked at her, but saw that she suddenly remembered something, pursed her lips, then turned around and leaned to the window.

The atmosphere still has not been relieved.

Pei Yuanxiu and I sat opposite each other quietly. Even if his eyes were gentle and his breath was calm, they could not bring any comfort to people at this moment. On the contrary, the sound of the monotonous wheels hitting the stone road made this already boring journey extremely long and more boring.

Fortunately, no matter how long the journey is, there will be an end.

When we finally heard the sound of the river surging from the distance, the carriage stopped. Pei Yuanxiu got off the carriage first. After he carried Li'er down, he turned around and stretched out his hand to me.

I reached out and was held tightly by him, and then half supported and half carried out and got out of the car.

As soon as I stood still, I looked up and saw a ship docking on the dock. Unlike the huge sea boats that docked yesterday, this ship was smaller, but it was even more exquisite and comfortable. The guards stood neatly from the bow to the stern of the boat, looking particularly solemn and dignified. When Li'er looked up, he immediately opened his eyes in surprise and said "Wow".

She turned around and asked, "Are you here to pick me up?"

Pei Yuanxiu and I were silent for a moment, then nodded.

At this time, I saw a group of people walking down from the boat and Wu Yanqiu.

When he saw us, he smiled and bowed and bowed: "I have met the young master and the wife."

Pei Yuanxiu also bowed: "Mr. Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time."

I smiled at him, too.

I was not surprised that Wu Yanqiu is still in Jiangnan, nor was he surprised that today he went to this wharf to welcome Li'er. After all, Pei Yuanhao's behavior yesterday was actually much better than that. You must know that if there was a person on the wharf yesterday, even if he waved a knife or shot a cold arrow, he would have killed this Supreme Nine Five!

Perhaps, sometimes, some things cannot be regulated by etiquette, reason, or human status, or any rules. After all, what he saw was his daughter who had been separated for many years.

However, after waking up, I guess he must have been submitted by some old ministers and scholars to kneel down for him. After all, the emperor is the foundation of the country. He took risks in this way. Although life and death are a matter of one person, the emperor's life and death will be related to the future situation in the Central Plains, and may be related to the life and death of thousands of people.

So today, he obviously woke up and did not go to this dock again.

I don't even guarantee he will be on this ship.

After Wu Yanqiu saw the ceremony with us, he bent down and smiled gently at Li'er, "Miss Li, please get on the boat."

Li'er nodded, but did not step forward immediately, but looked up and looked at us, saying, "Dad, are you going together?"

Pei Yuanxiu shook his head.

"Why?"

"My dad has a lot of things to do, and I don't have time to go out for a trip today."

"oh……"

Li'er pouted with some regret, then turned to look at me.

But before she could speak, Wu Yanqiu next to her had already stepped forward with a smile and asked, "Madam, are you going with me?"

“…”

I was stunned.

Originally, my prepared statement was almost the same as Pei Yuanxiu. Li Er wanted to go out for a trip, so it was inevitable that he would invite us to go together, and it was almost inevitable. Pei Yuanxiu and I could no longer easily set foot on the territory of Yangzhou, especially when Pei Yuanhao was in Yangzhou!

But now, it was not Li'er who invited me, but Wu Yanqiu.

No, it's not even Wu Yanqiu!

He is just a minister, and he can't do this even if he decides. It's Pei Yuanhao who asked him to pick up Li'er, so of course he asked him to speak out - Pei Yuanhao!

My face suddenly sank.

Not only me, Pei Yuanxiu's face also slightly sank.

Li'er, who was standing aside, did not feel the changes in the entanglement at all. Instead, she said to me happily: "Yes, do you want to go together?"

"I……"

"Yangzhou is so fun. When I was in Yangzhou and I before, I saw a lot of fun things and a lot of delicious food."

“…”

"Mom, can you go together?"

I felt her hand holding my sleeve and shaking it gently twice. I didn't say anything, but just slowly raised my head and looked at the ship docked by the dock.

On the bow of the boat, there seemed to be a man standing behind the guards in the palace, but he did not stand in the dazzling position of the bow with his hands behind his back, but stood quietly behind the crowd, peering at everyone on the dock with his dark and deep eyes.

Maybe, it's just someone.

I calmed down, and then smiled and said to Li'er, "Mom won't go."

"Why?"

"Because, there are still many things that my mother needs to deal with in the mansion. After leaving for so long, my mother will do it."

"oh……"

Li'er pouted again, looked at me again, "Is it not enough for one day?"

I smiled and shook my head: "It's really not possible."

Li'er sighed.

I reached out and rubbed the top of her head, then raised my head and said with a smile: "Along the way, I have been bothering Lord Wu to take care of Li'er."

He looked at me with a complicated expression, and immediately smiled: "Mrs. I have a serious opinion. I should put Miss Li's affairs first."

I smiled and told Li'er to "Don't cause trouble" and "Don't run around" and other words. She also listened to them one by one, agreed, and then asked me: "Then, will my mother and dad come back here?"

"Of course," I said, and looked up at Wu Yanqiu: "Mom and Dad will pick you up here at Youshi. Remember to promise you that you won't run around, and you will definitely come back obediently."

Wu Yanqiu understood my implicit meaning and smiled and went forward and said, "Prince and Madam, please rest assured. The master has already given instructions. Today's official duties are piled up in the study room, and they will be dealt with on time in the Xu hour."

“…”

It means that accompanying Li'er is a private matter, but private matters will not disturb the time when he deals with his state affairs after the Xu hour.

After receiving such a guarantee, I couldn't say that I was completely relieved, and I was relieved. Then Li'er followed Wu Yanqiu. I watched her walk onto the huge sampan, and several young but smart maids and servants who looked very smart came to serve her. When she got on the boat, she immediately walked out of the boat and reached out to hold her little hand.

It's Pei Yuanhao.

Looking at him from afar, today I changed into a long blue and white gown, a jade belt around my waist, and a jade pendant that I couldn't see clearly underneath. One hand even held a moon fan. It was the dress I had been by his side for so many years and had almost never seen before. It looked particularly leisurely, but it was as calm and restrained as his usual calmness and restraint, and even had a bit of a ruthless and cruel temperament.

However, perhaps because when he looked down at Li'er, his eyes were too gentle, and when he looked at Li'er and smiled, his smile was too gentle, so he was not too abrupt in dressing like this.

After they looked at each other and smiled, they both turned around and looked at us on the dock.

Pei Yuanxiu and I stood on the dock. For a moment, neither of us spoke, but just looked at them quietly. Until Li'er held him with one hand and waved at us with the other hand, I could only smile a little and waved at her.

Pei Yuanxiu, who was beside him, also waved his hand.

Then, when the hands of both of us were put down, his hands slowly reached over and held mine.

The man on the boat's eyes were still dark and deep, and he could not see any changes in his expression at this moment. It was only after everyone around him came forward and said something that he led Li'er and turned toward the cabin.

When he looked back at us for the last time, Pei Yuanxiu held my hand and used a little force.

The boat slowly turned around and headed towards Yangzhou.

We were still standing there silently on the dock. I watched the ship get farther and farther away, and the horn on the bow of the ship gradually disappeared into the gurgling sound of the river. After a while, on the wide river surface, there was only a small shadow left on the ship, moving forward in the millions of rippling waves reflected under the sunlight.

At this time, Pei Yuanxiu turned to look at me and said softly: "Let's go back."

I didn't say anything, and after watching for a while, the ship had disappeared into the mist.

At this time, I looked back at him and nodded gently.

He held my hand and never let go. At this time, he kept holding me and walking. The two of them walked to the carriage. He still held my hand with one hand and supported my waist with the other, and helped me onto the carriage.

Then, he came up himself.

Soon, the coachman raised his whip and made a loud whip in the air. The carriage began to slowly move forward, and the wheels bumped into the stone road. Just like when he came, the sound was endless.

But this time, without Li'er's noise and her involvement in the middle, he and I sat on one side of the carriage. The already wide carriage had a large space in the middle, as if there was something invisible and nameless, which ran across between us.

The invisible and famous one is silence.

I felt that he had something to say to me, and I also had many questions to ask him, but it seemed that both sides were waiting for each other to speak first, and this would become a deadlock.
Chapter completed!