Chapter 456 Home is where the heart is

It was the third day after Shangguan Jin returned from Bao'en Temple.

The day before she was to go out with Shen Huaichen, news came from Bao'en Temple in the suburbs.

Master Xingyun has passed away.

Everyone was surprised.

At the same time, everyone felt as if it was expected.

Master Xingyun was at Bao'en Temple during the reign of Emperor Taizu, and should be considered the longest-lived person in the Great Yu region.

He's gone...it seems he was getting old too.

Because of this incident, Shangguan Jin and Shen Huaichen postponed their trip.

Emperor Xiao Wu also attended Master Xingyun's funeral.

After Master Xingyun's body was cremated, the abbot of Bao'en Temple found several lustrous beads among the ashes.

Relics...

Once again, stories about Master Xingyun began to circulate in the capital.

He began reciting scriptures at the age of four, studied Buddhism under the abbot at the age of eight, and was able to debate Buddhist doctrines with the abbot at the age of twelve...

Until he was thirty-two years old, he became the person with the highest level of Buddhist knowledge at Bao'en Temple...

Many people say that Master Xingyun was a born Buddhist...

Only Shangguan Jin knew that Master Xingyun harbored an unresolved knot in his heart...

Just how wonderful must the other world be that the Empress of Emperor Taizu was willing to give up half of the Great Yu kingdom to return to it...?

Shangguan Jin really wanted to tell him.

The empress from back then always wanted to go back, probably because there was no one left here for her to miss...

What happened between the Emperor Taizu and the Empress back then remains unknown...

The only thing Shangguan Jin knew was that the person who inherited the throne from the founding emperor was not a legitimate son...

In other words, that empress had no descendants.

"Look, I don't want to leave now!"

Putting aside the fact that the Shen family is currently at its peak, I can't bear to give up the money that Chun Buwan distributes every year, as well as the money that the caravans distribute.

"Why give up what we've worked so hard to build?" Shangguan Jin said to Shen Huaichen, who was driving the carriage, while munching on the fruit in her hand.

Dongmai and Shen Zhong were in the carriage in front.

After leaving the capital, the group changed into coarse cloth clothes and rode in the most ordinary carriage.

They came out to have fun, not to be easy prey...

Shen Huaichen smiled, flicked his whip, and drove the carriage forward smoothly.

Yes, I don't want to leave either!

I'll leave whenever you leave!

Also, Miss Shangguan, don't sneak away on your own!

"Be sure to call me when you leave. We're practically each other's only support now," Shen Huaichen said with a smile.

Shangguan Jin continued eating the fruit in her hand.

After leaving the capital, this guy kept saying some strange things.

"Don't worry, even if I die, I'll take someone down with me."

"We're in the same boat, neither of us can escape the other," Shangguan Jin said.

This description made Shen Huaichen laugh for a while.

That makes a lot of sense; they're in the same boat...

"Miss Shangguan, what would you like to see next? Would you like to see a babbling brook or towering waves?"

"Or perhaps it's snow-covered plains and boundless grasslands?" Shen Huaichen asked with a smile.

Without a second thought, Shangguan Jin said, "Let's go see the little bridge and flowing water first, and then go to the southernmost point to see the sea."

Then we'll head north along the coast to see the snow-capped mountains and the vast desert grasslands.

"Alright! Let's do as Miss Shangguan says!"

However, this whole journey will take at least a year! Miss Shangguan, be prepared!

"It's okay! I've already said we're in the same boat, let's go together!"

......

Dongmai and Shen Zhong kept glancing at the carriage behind them.

"It seems that the Duke has learned to drive his own carriage after all these years in the border city."

"Look how steadily that carriage is being driven!" Dongmai couldn't help but whisper to Shen Zhong.

Shen Zhong is very proud when this is mentioned.

"That's right, the Duke learned to drive a carriage from me!"

"The first time the Duke drove the carriage, he drove it into the sheepfold!" Shen Zhong couldn't help but reveal an embarrassing story about Shen Huaichen.

Dongmai's eyes lit up.

Yes, I'll definitely tell my mistress about this when I rest tonight.

"Hey, Dongmai, have you noticed that the Duke has called his wife 'Miss Shangguan' several times?"

"Don't you find it strange?" Shen Zhong asked in a low voice.

Dongmai snorted.

"What's so strange about that! I call you 'Miss' too!"

I've read in storybooks that couples with a good relationship will privately call each other by the names they used to call each other most.

Perhaps in the Duke's eyes, no matter how old my young lady is, she is still the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family waiting to be married!

"The Duke was very fond of my young lady back then," Dongmai said proudly.

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhong thought, "That makes sense!"

The Duke has been gone for so many years, he must want to make up for the best years of his life.

That's probably why he brought his wife out for a walk!

However, Shen Zhong soon discovered another problem.

"There's still a problem with winter wheat!"

Have you noticed that since they came out, the Madam and the Duke have been living separately?

The lady will live with you, and the Duke will live with me.

"Aren't they husband and wife? Shouldn't they live together?" Shen Zhong continued to ask.

Upon hearing this, Dongmai exclaimed, "This question is so easy to answer!"

"Are you stupid? In other people's eyes, the Duke is long gone, and my young lady is all alone."

What if they live together and accidentally get pregnant?

Wouldn't that allow others to talk about my young lady behind her back?

One more thing: when you're traveling, you should still try to save money when you can.

If the two of them live together, how are we supposed to live?

Should we open two more guest rooms?

Now that the young lady is staying with me and the Duke is staying with you, do we just need to book two guest rooms?

If you calculate it this way, wouldn't you be able to save a lot of money?

We have plenty of money, but we can't just spend it recklessly!

They don't live together, but their hearts are together!

My daughter once said that it doesn't matter where a person is!

The important thing is that your heart is there!

Alright, hurry up and catch the train! We're almost at the next town...

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhong hurriedly cracked his whip.

Yes, home is where your heart is!

(The main story is finished! Lots of bonus chapters to follow!)