Chapter 158,
Su Guoer followed Pang Ya eastward, passing through Jizhou, Wuzhou, and Yuezhou along the way. Before they reached Wangyou Valley, they heard the good news from Bianjing.
It turned out that Emperor Mingde successfully expelled the rebels and found out that the death of the envoy from the Hu Kingdom was the result of collusion between the rebels and Concubine Zhang. As for the person who poisoned him, it was Minghua who was beside Concubine Zhang. They were all people around the second prince. Their purpose was to provoke a conflict between the two countries and ask the Hu Kingdom to send troops to help the second prince attack Emperor Mingde when necessary.
Emperor Mingde was not to be outdone. He found the imperial physician who had attended to the previous emperor's death and announced a scandal concerning the royal family from the physician's mouth - the second prince had killed his father.
This was the real reason for Emperor Shunde's death. All of a sudden, the Second Prince's followers scattered and fled one after another. Emperor Mingde took only two days to recover the lost territory, clear his name, and knock the Second Prince to the ground so that he could never raise his head again!
The final result was: after the second prince was expelled from the royal family, all the upper and lower branches of the clan and their followers were executed, leaving no one alive.
After this farce ended, Pei Yan was conferred the title of First-Class Duke of Shun, and Prime Minister Liao was dismissed. Pei Yan became the sole ruler of the court, which was considered a legend.
But... this has nothing to do with Su Guoer.
Qingniang wrote in a letter: "Tell her to study medicine well and go back to Bianjing if she wants to in the future. She has also bought a few acres of land in Bianjing." She herself has no children, so these things must be left to Su Guoer, so she also sent along with the envelope...
A thick stack of land deeds, gold, silver, jewelry, and... the deed to Mingyue Tower.
Now Mingyue Tower is also hers.
After she left, Wen Qianxi and Chang Qi cleaned up Mingyue Tower together and arranged for people to reopen it. Now... Mingyue Tower has been revived, and it has become the first restaurant to open in Bianjing after the disaster.
It is said that it was very lively when it opened.
But... Su Guoer couldn't make it in time, so she didn't see the grand opening of Mingyue Tower.
Anyway...
all is well.
Su Guoer sat in the carriage back to Bian Jing, her face full of anticipation.
She didn't expect everything to go so smoothly, which made her seem a little useless.
But... Qingniang must have helped secretly, otherwise it would not be so easy to open this restaurant. The money for repairs alone would be a huge sum.
Su Guoer is not short of money now. All the inheritance left by her father in Wangyou Valley was given to her. Although she may not have much, she still has 100,000 taels of gold. Add to that the land deeds and properties given by Qingniang, and she will probably be able to rank high on the list of wealthy businessmen in Bianjing when she returns.
Although it wasn't her own doing.
But...at least I have money, right?
Just as she was thinking about it, the carriage suddenly stopped. Su Guoer subconsciously called out, "Lianxin?"
But there was no response from her.
Feeling a little flustered, Su Guoer tightened her grip on the crossbow in her sleeve. In the past few months in Wangyou Valley, she had read medical books, learned medical techniques, and even learned a lot about martial arts, mechanical devices, and hidden weapons. Among them, the one she learned best was... hidden weapons.
The crossbow in her sleeve is a hidden weapon, as well as the peach blossom hairpin on her head and the silver bracelet on her wrist.
There were countless of them, so even if she faced any danger, she could delay it for a while.
As Su Guoer called out Lianxin again, she quietly lifted the curtain. At this moment, the carriage was parked on a dry grass field with some unmelted snow on the edge. There was no one around, including Pang Ya and .
Oh, by the way, Pang Ya is Lian Xin, her real name.
Where are you going?
When Su Guoer lifted the curtain, she kept an eye on the movements in the bushes. Sure enough, a dark shadow jumped out of the bushes the next second, and Su Guoer pressed the crossbow in her sleeve without hesitation.
She heard the sound of "whoosh" as the sleeve arrow flew through the air, and then she heard the other party's panicked retreat steps, followed by a "hiss".
The tone was somewhat impatient.
I looked up and it turned out to be him?
Pei Yan?
"You are so cruel, do you want to kill me?" He barely dodged the sleeve arrow and said immediately after standing still.
When Su Guoer saw that it was him, she still did not put down the weapon in her hand. Lianxin was missing. What was this guy planning?
Although I know he has no ill will towards me, but...it's always better to be on guard.
Pei Yan stood with his hands behind his back, and several people immediately came out from behind him. Those people were holding down Lian Xin, and only then was Lian Xin able to break free from their control and return to Su Guoer. Of course, those people didn't use much force, but there were too many of them so Lian Xin couldn't escape.
Su Guoer: "I wonder what Master Pei can do for you? You stopped my carriage and robbed my people. Are you bored?"
Su Guoer probably never had a good face towards him. She didn't know why.
This was a bittersweet statement. Pei Yan frowned.
This ancestor...seems like he needs someone to coax him even in his dreams. He always looks like he's unwilling to give in, but I don't know what's wrong with him.
Pei Yan: "Come here, let's talk."
Su Guoer: "Let's talk here."
Pei Yan: "Hmph, okay, then I'll tell everyone about the birthmark on your body..."
Su Guoer got angry and said, "Shut up!" Then she got off the carriage immediately.
birthmark?
In this life, Pei Yan had never seen the birthmark on her body.
So... she immediately understood what was going on.
So she followed Pei Yan to the foot of the mountain in the distance. After avoiding the crowd, Su Guoer asked, "How did you know I had a birthmark?"
Pei Yan looked at her without saying anything, and that look... gave people... goosebumps.
Su Guoer couldn't stand being stared at for just a moment, and she said viciously, "I'm asking you a question? Are you mute?"
Pei Yan reached out to hug her, but Su Guoer dodged quickly. After two moves, Pei Yan still didn't touch her at all.
Finally, he gave in and took the initiative to speak: "It's only been a few months since we last met. Did you put oil on your body? It's so slippery?"
Su Guoer: "Stop talking nonsense, just say what you want to say."
Pei Yan then told the truth honestly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Su Guoer felt like she was struck by lightning.
"I had a dream," he said.
"In my dream...you were mine. We were together for three years and were very loving. You even accompanied me to the northwest for military training, accompanied me to war, and did many, many things with me."
"But in the end...because of an accident, I lost you."
There were tears in his eyes when he said this.
It was a magical thing. Suddenly one day he had this dream. In the dream, he saw her and his life, from meeting, knowing each other to falling in love. Although they occasionally quarreled, they lived a very happy life like ordinary couples.
When they were at the border, she would get up early to cook for herself, and he would ride a horse for thousands of miles to a dangerous place to pick a bouquet of flowers for her.
She would feel sad for his injury, and he would rush into the enemy's encirclement alone just to rescue her.
She would find ways to please him, and he would respond to her even when he was busy with the war. The two of them spent a lot of time together, supporting each other.
But later... the old lady arranged a new wife for him while he was away. When he returned three months later, all he saw was her corpse.
After he woke up from the dream... the tears sliding down his eyes made him feel distressed. He still remembered that he cried for a long time on the bed, clutching his clothes to his chest.
Does it hurt? Yes, that suffocating feeling still scars him when he thinks about it now...
But Su Guoer said: "It was just a dream."
"Dreams are false. No matter how beautiful or tragic the scenes in a dream are, they will eventually disappear one day. What do you think?"
She asked him.
Pei Yan cried again.
"I didn't even tell you what the dream was about. How do you know the ending of the dream was tragic?" Su Guoer's words were chilling.
He finally knew what went wrong.
According to the story of the previous life, Su Guoer would agree to let the old lady be his concubine, but in this life, Su Guoer resolutely said goodbye to the old lady and wanted to leave the Marquis' Mansion.
This life's separation begins from there.
He also clearly sensed the astonishment and excitement in Su Guoer's eyes when she faced him after waking up.
At that time, he didn't understand why she looked at him like that. He just thought it was funny and wondered if she liked him, so he unconsciously wanted to get closer to Su Guoer, but this aroused her disgust.
The feeling of resistance was so intense that he always felt that there was some unsaid story between the two of them.
Until the complete dream appeared before him.
He finally understood the astonishment and determination in her eyes when she looked at him.
"So? What do you want to do?" Su Guoer asked.
Pei Yan did not answer for a moment, because he did not see any love in Su Guoer's eyes. After a few months of separation, the little affection she had for him had long been exhausted.
Now she looks at herself no differently than she looks at a stranger.
This made him unable to say what was in his heart.
For a moment, the two fell into a strange silence.
"Where are you going? I'll take you there," he finally said.
Su Guoer looked at him in surprise and replied, "Going to Bianjing is not on the way."
Pei Yan: "How could that be? It's on our way. Why don't we go together? There are bandits in this area. It would be better if we had more people."
Su Guoer finally did not refuse his request.
Just like that, Su Guoer got on the carriage. But before getting on, she heard Pei Yan whisper, "Can we start over?"
"What?" Su Guoer asked.
But he never heard Pei Yan's answer. He probably didn't hear his question, but turned and walked towards his carriage.
Su Guoer sat in the carriage, listening to the sound of the wheels turning, and inexplicably had some thoughts.
She began to doubt her feelings.
She placed her hand on her chest and could feel the strong thump of her heart. It was beating fast and strong.
It seemed to express some emotion, an emotion she had thought she had long forgotten.
But it didn't matter. No matter what she felt, she had the opportunity to start over. What was there to be afraid of? She had everything now. Pei Yan was, at best, just a common guest in her life.
As for what this guest thinks...
It doesn't matter. She won't treat herself badly, and she won't make the same mistakes as in her previous life again.
Feelings will never be as important as herself. ——This is not just her father's wish for her.
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