Chapter 62 The couple took her back to his hometown
The reunion was more unexpected than she had imagined.
The person she thought of every night, she imagined that one day they would meet again in some beautiful place. When they were far away, she couldn't let go of him, but when they were close, she felt nervous and at a loss. Now, when she met his eyes in this unintentional moment, Yun Xi's subconscious reaction was to want to escape.
After three breaths, she came to her senses and pulled her hand back: "It's not convenient here, let's talk outside."
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The summer in the south of the Yangtze River is hot. The scorching sun makes the lotus leaves green. Clouds slowly drift away into the distance. On the lakeshore, boats are swaying and people are bustling.
When Yun Xi has free time, she likes to take a walk by the lotus pond. Today, with another person by her side, she became a little restrained.
Ji Xun, dressed in black, followed her. He was silent, his mask reflecting a dazzling golden light under the sun. The black jade crown and deerskin boots seemed inconspicuous at first glance, but the embroidery and embellishments revealed careful consideration.
He was still as taciturn as usual, and his every move was filled with coldness and inhumanity, but now his eyes were much calmer, and his various emotions were hidden under his eyes as calm as water, making it difficult to see.
The two of them kept a distance that was neither too far nor too close, so that Yun Xi would not feel overly intimate, but they could easily catch her when she wanted to slip away.
Yun Xi had no intention of slipping away. She glanced at him sideways and found that he was staring straight ahead with his jaw and arms tense.
"How did you find me?" Yun Xi stopped by the lotus pond, and Ji Xun also stopped.
"You pawned the jewelry from the Wei imperial palace. If you want to check, you can find it." As soon as he spoke, he still spoke in the familiar straight man's tone.
Yun Xi: “…”
After a moment of silence, Ji Xun opened his mouth: "Yun Xi, I almost thought you were dead."
That day in the battle of Chang'an, he saw her fall to the ground after being shot by an arrow, and then her body disappeared. Others said that someone in the palace had a grudge against Princess Roujia and took her body away during the chaos.
But he didn't believe that if he hadn't seen her body, she must still be alive. In the past three years, he had reached an agreement with the new emperor of Wei and searched for her over and over again in Wei. Everyone said he was crazy.
But he didn't. He found it.
Ji Xun's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at the lotus leaves and flowers in the distance: "Is this the place you like? You would rather hide here for three years than contact me."
He could guess that she was blaming him for leaving without saying goodbye and was teasing him in this way.
There is no doubt that she succeeded.
Yun Xi: "Are you blaming me?"
She just wanted some quiet time.
"I don't blame you." Ji Xun lowered his eyes, lowered his voice, and tentatively hooked his pinky finger with hers. "Since you've ignored me for three years, let's call it even... Yun Xi, come back to me. I can give you whatever you want."
Yun Xi hesitated for a moment, then let him lead her. There was no doubt that he had always been in her heart, but...
"Prince Ji, I was never pregnant with your child. That was all fake." Yun Xi said, "If you only came to me out of guilt, there is actually no need."
Ji Xun paused for a moment: "...I came to you partly out of guilt."
Yun Xi took a deep breath, her eyes felt a little sore, but she was no longer the Yun Xi who would cry at every turn. She was filled with emotion, but in the end she only revealed a faint smile.
"You know, the person I love has always been my 'Guardian Ji'. Even though you were once him, I only want him."
"I remember you didn't think so highly of him before." Ji Xun looked into her eyes and said calmly, "You said you were going to marry the emperor, but you were just using him for fun."
Now, the real emperor is standing in front of her, but she says that she likes the guard. Is it because after looking at him from left to right, she is still not satisfied with him as a person?
He had been angry and sad because of her words, but then he thought, why would she accept him like that? So he left without hesitation, in order to stand in a position where she respected him.
But in the end, she changed her mind.
"What kind of man do you like?" Ji Xun couldn't help but hold her shoulders, with a hint of humble pleading and questioning in his dark eyes.
Give him an accurate answer, and he will learn and do it. Don't keep him in the dark, and don't secretly hate him.
"...How do you know what I said to Yuanhe?" Yun Xi couldn't help but widen her eyes.
She had never said that to anyone else.
"That day, I was outside the door." Ji Xun pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly without letting go, his cold skin pressed against her neck. "I heard everything. Since then, every word you said has reminded me to quickly restore the country. Your maid said I was unworthy, I know. But now, who else besides me is worthy of you? Even if there is, I will eliminate them one by one."
If it were three years ago, when Yun Xi rejected him, he could still restrain himself from disturbing her. Three years of longing almost crushed him, and now he wanted her so much that he was going crazy. He would kneel down and die just to see her.
"you……"
Yun Xi didn't expect that he would be outside the door that day, but he was always like this, quarreling with her silently, so that she didn't notice that her words had hurt him.
"I don't dislike you," Yun Xi said. "I just wanted to deal with Yuan He... that matter is too complicated to explain. But I have never disliked your identity."
Sometimes, she would laugh at him for being dumb and straightforward, but so what? She still liked him the way he was.
"It doesn't matter." Ji Xun let go of her and put his forehead against hers.
Even if her mouth was filled with poison, so what? He had already kissed her.
"Yun Xi, will you come back with me? I want to marry you."
“…”
Yun Xi was stunned for a long moment, her gaze evasive, her face flushed. "...Ji Xun, I'll ask you one last time, is it you who likes me, or is it that memory that forced you to marry me?"
"Actually, I recovered my memory a long time ago," he said.
"I am the one who eats with you every day, I am the one who accompanies you to banquets, and I am the one who makes love with you at night."
As soon as the words fell, Yun Xi, who had not yet reacted, had her mouth blocked, and the cold, thin and soft lips fell on her lips, lingering gently.
Yun Xi: “…”
Did he mean that, knowing that he was a normal person with a clear mind, he still had the audacity to act like a fool, agreeing to bathe with her, taking her underwear, and hugging her?
When Yun Xi thought of the past, her eyes suddenly turned dark.
She had once felt so sincerely guilty, thinking that she had taken advantage of him, but in fact, she was taken advantage of without knowing it.
…
Yun Xi didn't agree to go back with him. Firstly, she didn't want to be near the imperial city anymore. Secondly, she already had her own home in Jiangnan. By July of this year, she would have saved enough money to buy a house in town. She really didn't want to give up halfway.
She refused to leave, so Ji Xun also refused to leave. At first, he just stayed in her yard, sitting there all night. Later, he found a tree near her house, followed her casually during the day, and sat in the tree to rest at night.
He followed Yun Xi so openly that everyone in Yun Xi's neighborhood knew him. Ji Xun was not shy either. When others asked him about it, he would say indifferently and seriously that he was Yun Xi's fiancé.
Now when the neighbors see Yun Xi, they praise her for being lucky enough to find a tall and elegant husband.
There were many insects and snakes in the small village at night. Ji Xun encountered snakes accidentally several times. He let himself be bitten without saying a word, and bitten in a conspicuous place for her to see.
Yun Xi really couldn't do anything about him, so she could only let him in at night, and he finally behaved himself. She felt like she had adopted a big, obedient dog, who didn't bark or make a fuss, and who quietly accompanied her every day.
He never asked her to go with him again, but he often stared at her with strangely calm eyes.
After a long time, Yun Xi finally couldn't help but ask: "You ascended the throne as emperor, don't you have anything to do? You have been in Wei for the past three years?"
"Duan Song likes to work, so let him do more." Ji Xun held her in his arms and kissed her again and again.
Yun Xi was surprised: "Are you and Duan Song so familiar with each other?"
"He is originally from Jin."
Yun Xi: "It seems that I am the one who prevented you fellow villagers from meeting each other."
"No problem." Ji Xun said, "I don't mind."
Yun Xi: "If you don't go back, won't the people of Jin spread rumors that I'm a witch who seduced their new emperor?"
Ji Xun pondered for a moment and said, "What do you think of Duan Song?"
"I'm not familiar with him." Yun Xi teased, "Why, do you want to pass on the throne to him?"
“…”
After a brief silence, Yun Xi's expression changed slightly: "No way? Clear your mind..."
Ji Xun didn't say yes nor no.
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Autumn has finally arrived and the weather is gradually getting cooler.
Ji Xun had completely shed his finery and settled down in Xinghua Village with Yun Xi. Initially unaccustomed to the new environment, he gradually took to it. He always wore a gold mask and had a cold demeanor, rarely speaking to anyone except Yun Xi. Fortunately, he was skilled in everything from hunting in the mountains to fishing in the rivers.
Many letters were sent from the State of Jin, urging him to return to the court to take over government affairs. Duan Song cursed all nine clans of his family in the letters, but still failed to shake his mind.
After chopping wood in the afternoon, when he was making dinner for Yun Xi, she just came back from town, holding a thick stack of silver bills in her hand, and rushed straight into the house.
After a while, Yun Xi came out and threw a bundle to him: "Pack your things and return to Jin State."
Ji Xun lowered his eyebrows, as if he had expected this day. He said calmly, "After we prepare tonight's dinner, there will be your favorite grilled fish."
"No need, we'll leave right after we pack up." Yun Xi urged, pushing him into the house.
She drove him away without hesitation, determined to let him go this time. Ji Xun could no longer find excuses and could only go along with her.
After three years of separation, it was his turn to be with Yun Xi as an ordinary couple for three months. It felt like a dream. But dreams must eventually end. Yun Xi had actually hinted at him to go back more than once.
After cleaning up, Ji Xun stopped in front of the door, looking at the busy Yun Xi, his throat tightened and he was speechless.
"Yun Xi, I was your 'husband'."
She wanted to remember. Even though they had never been married, they were already like husband and wife. He wanted her to remember him forever.
"What are you talking about?"
Yun Xi turned around and saw him staring at her with a gloomy face. She felt confused and turned around to clean up the front of her house.
Ji Xun took a deep breath and forced himself not to look at her. If he looked at her again, he was afraid he would never be able to leave.
He had no expression on his face and walked out.
"What are you doing?" Yun Xi saw him walk to the gate of the yard, so she leaned against the wall and looked at him with a smile.
"I haven't finished packing yet, why are you in such a hurry?"
Ji Xun's back stiffened, a hint of doubt appeared in his dark pupils. Turning back, he saw Yun Xi holding the customs clearance document and banknotes in her hand, smiling and saying to him:
"I've had enough of Jiangnan. Ji Xun, take me to taste the apricots from your hometown, okay?"
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Yun Ci had a dream. In the dream, she had just gotten married and learned that her new husband had three mistresses. He brought them into the house in front of her and acted tyrannically towards her.
Yun Ci, who was bullied terribly, hanged herself with a white silk thread. No one cared about her after her death and her body was thrown on the street.
In the snow of June, only one person stopped here to collect her bones and body.
That man was the current crown prince, Xie Ling. He was handsome and intelligent, the long-cherished white moonlight in the hearts of the noble ladies in the capital, but also her mortal enemy.
After her death, Xie Ling never married in his life. Sixteen years after he ascended the throne, he passed the throne to his younger brother and lived out his life alone in her old house.
Yun Ci then realized that Xie Ling had always had a crush on her.
Back to the day when she was sixteen, Yang Xuan, the eldest son of the censor, came to propose marriage. However, Yun Ci had seen through the nature of the scumbag and was determined not to marry him.
She also decided to treat Xie Ling well in the future. Every time she met him when she went out, she would take the initiative to say hello and send him flowers and cakes at banquets.
Although Xie Ling always refused with a cold face, Yun Ci knew that he was just arrogant, so she persisted in making up for his years of lovesickness.
Later, the Yang family used the Yun family's leverage to force Yun Ci to marry them. With nowhere else to turn, Yun Ci found Xie Ling and, knowing that he was also facing the pressure of marriage, she pitifully pulled his sleeve:
"Hey, I know you like me, do you want to try to marry me?"
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It was common knowledge in the capital that Crown Prince Xie Ling and the daughter of Minister Yun had never gotten along.
Xie Ling has always disliked Yun Ci, a spoiled and willful lady, and he doesn't take her cold eyes to heart.
But I don’t know what’s wrong with this little girl. She follows me every day. She changed from treating me coldly to welcoming me warmly.
Xie Ling turned a blind eye and never paid any attention to it.
One day, she suddenly found him and held him tightly, refusing to let go: "I know you like me, do you want to try to marry me?"
Xie Ling's eyes darkened.
After a brief silence, he finally began to reflect on himself: "..."
What on earth had he done to make her misunderstand like this?
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On her wedding night, Yun Ci had the same dream again. She consulted a royal physician and found out that she had pre-marital anxiety.
The dream was fake, and Xie Ling had never had a crush on her. It was all a misunderstanding.
Yun Ci: ...Is it too late to regret now?
She immediately tried to escape through the window, but was caught by Xie Ling and pressed down on the red quilt.
"Didn't you say I like you? Huh?"
Soft and cute idiot × Takamine flower
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