Chapter 298 Deren
Although he didn't want to live with Cao Muxue, he felt guilty towards the two children, so Yu Cheng compromised.
"Let's go." Yu Cheng took the two children and went to Cao Muxue's courtyard.
The two children were very happy, their faces full of laughter.
"Humph!" Cao Muxue, who had successfully snatched people away, glared at Xie Wanruo fiercely and left triumphantly.
A queen came to the concubine's courtyard and used the children as an excuse to snatch people away. Xie Wanruo didn't understand what Cao Muxue was so proud of.
Yu Cheng stayed with the two children for half a day, and only got up and left after coaxing them to sleep at night.
"Cousin." Seeing that Yu Cheng didn't plan to stay overnight, Cao Muxue held Yu Cheng's hand, with hope in her voice.
She had finally snatched the people away and kept them until nightfall. If Yu Cheng left at this time, wouldn't she be a joke.
Yu Cheng pulled back his hand, frowned and said, "It's late, go to bed early."
"It's late, I'll help you to rest." Cao Muxue reached out to pull Yu Cheng again.
Yu Cheng slightly turned away, pinched his eyebrows and said, "I'm very tired, come back in a few days."
In a few days, it will be the first day of the lunar year, and the palace rules have changed.
Cao Muxue didn't feel happy when she heard this, but felt extremely humiliated.
"Cousin, I'm your legal wife, don't you give me any face?" Cao Muxue asked unwillingly.
Facing her repeated nonsense, Yu Cheng said impatiently: "When you went to Wanruo's courtyard to make trouble in the afternoon, did you ever think about her face?"
"Muxue, you are not the only one who needs face."
Cao Muxue said angrily: "She is a concubine, and you live in her courtyard almost every day. Doesn't she have enough face?"
"Cousin, look at me, I am your wife, can't you give me half of your love?"
At the end, Cao Muxue's voice was filled with grievances and complaints, and a hint of begging.
Yu Cheng was unmoved and reminded coldly: "Before you entered the palace, I told you that I would not love you. It was you who insisted on entering the palace. Do you still remember what you said?"
When the Cao family and the queen forced Yu Cheng to marry Cao Muxue, he had talked to Cao Muxue, hoping that Cao Muxue would come forward to stop this marriage.
But Cao Muxue said that she had loved him since she was a child, and as long as she could be with him, she would not fight for anything.
Recalling what she said at the time, Cao Muxue's face turned pale, her face full of anger, humiliation and hatred.
That was just her expedient words, how could it be taken seriously?
She thought that as long as she married Yu Cheng and gave birth to his children, coupled with the relationship between the two of them as cousins, she would slowly develop feelings, and there would always be a place for her in Yu Cheng's heart.
But for so many years, Yu Cheng's heart was like iron and stone, and she couldn't pry it open no matter how hard she tried.
Not only that, the relationship between the two of them as cousins was also worn out over the years.
In Yu Cheng's heart, there was only that bitch Xie Wanruo!
"Why complain if you get what you want?" After leaving this sentence, Yu Cheng turned around and left without looking back.
Cao Muxue looked at Yu Cheng's ruthless back and made up her mind.
She wanted to kill Xie Wanruo!
What she couldn't get, no one else could get!
It was late at night and a light was dim.
Xie Wanruo was about to go to bed to rest when she heard the door open. She turned her head and saw Yu Cheng walking in.
"Your Highness." Xie Wanruo was a little surprised.
It was so late, she thought Yu Cheng would not come back.
Yu Cheng looked at Xie Wanruo in thin pajamas, walked closer and smelled the fragrance of her body after bathing, and said tiredly: "I want to take a bath."
He played with the two children in the afternoon and sweated a little.
Xie Wanruo hurried to the closet to take out Yu Cheng's pajamas, and went into the bathroom to help him take a bath.
After washing, Yu Cheng lay on the bed, hugged Xie Wanruo, and fell asleep contentedly.
After working from dawn to dusk in Duanzhou for more than two months, he was indeed exhausted. After
a good rest for two days, Yu Cheng took Xie Wanruo and Yu Haolin out of the palace and went to Mochou Lake in the south city.
When Cao Muxue found out, she was so angry that she smashed the tea set on the table.
Today the weather is half cloudy and half sunny, the sun is not strong and there is a breeze, which is just right for traveling.
Mochou Lake is the largest lotus lake in Shangjing. It is famous for its summer lotus scenery and is exclusively for the rich and powerful to play.
Yu Cheng asked someone to clear the ground. Today there are only three of them.
Yu Haolin ran happily in front, and Yu Cheng held Xie Wanruo's hand and strolled leisurely behind, feeling relaxed and happy.
"After so many years, the lotus flowers in Mochou Lake are still as beautiful." Xie Wanruo sighed.
Yu Cheng stared at her profile and said, "You are the same."
Xie Wanruo tucked her wind-blown hair behind her ears and said shyly, "Your Highness, please don't tease me. Haolin is so old now. How can I compare with you in the past?"
Yu Cheng said, "You used to be a bud waiting to bloom, and now you are in full bloom. In my eyes, you are both extremely beautiful."
"But no matter how good your face is, it will eventually fade. When that time comes..." Xie Wanruo was interrupted by Yu Cheng before she finished.
Yu Cheng stopped and looked at her and said solemnly word by word, "Liking a person may start from appearance, but loving a person must be loyal to his inner character."
"Wanruo, I love you."
These three words suddenly floated into Xie Wanruo's ears, and her heart trembled. Her beautiful eyes met
Yu Cheng's affectionate eyes, and Xie Wanruo's heart surged. She couldn't help but say, "I love you too."
Yu Cheng bent his lips after getting a response, leaned over and kissed Xie Wanruo's forehead. He was satisfied that he could be happy with her in this life. Xie Wanruo stared at Yu Cheng, thought for a long time and said, "Your Highness, if I lied to you and did something that made you sad, would you forgive me?" Yu Cheng was startled when he heard this, and said firmly, "You won't lie to me, and you won't do anything that makes me sad." Xie Wanruo frowned, "What if?" Seeing her so persistent, Yu Cheng thought for a while and said, "Then I will forgive you too." "No matter what?" Xie Wanruo asked.
Yu Cheng nodded, full of apology, "You have suffered so much in these years. If you want to ask for forgiveness, I should be the one asking for your forgiveness."
Xie Wanruo said gently, "I don't blame Your Highness."
Although Yu Cheng was a little weak, he had always been very kind to her and Yu Haolin. And she had chosen him firmly at the beginning because she saw in his kindness and that he would not give up on her.
Everything has two sides, and no one can be perfect. Yu Cheng could do the side that she couldn't do.
It was almost noon when the three of them finished swimming in Mochou Lake. Instead of returning to the palace immediately, they went to Xie's house.
Speaking of which, Xie Wanruo hadn't been back to her parents' home for a long time.
Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. Cao Muxue, a principal wife, can't leave the palace at will, let alone a concubine like her.
"Dad, Mom, Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law, I'm back." As soon as Xie Wanruo saw her family, her eyes were immediately wet.
The Xie family learned that Xie Wanruo was returning to her parents' home today, and the whole family was waiting to welcome her.
"Wanruo." Mrs. Xie grabbed Xie Wanruo's hand, her eyes were red.
If it weren't for Yu Cheng, she would definitely hug her mother and daughter and cry bitterly.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty, please." After the greetings, Prime Minister Xie invited Yu Cheng and Xie Wanruo to the hall and take a seat.
"Haolin, come here and let your grandmother take a good look at you." Mrs. Xie waved to Yu Haolin, very curious.
The family sat together and talked softly, and the atmosphere was harmonious.