Qi Yunxiao felt insecure, especially after learning that Shen Qingyu had no intention of stopping him or going with him when he was going to the capital.
So, on the day before he was to go to the capital, he looked at Shen Qingyu, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.
Shen Qingyu remained calm as she chatted with Zhao Yuzhu about business matters and the plans for the soap workshop.
Today, soap workshops can produce thousands of bars of soap a day, and production capacity is still increasing.
The courtyard by the river is gradually becoming overcrowded.
Shen Qingyu is considering whether to buy another yard near the dock to use as a soap workshop.
Just when I felt like everything was pretty much planned, I suddenly realized that Qi Yunxiao was sitting right next to me, neither saying a word nor moving.
"Is there something you need?" Shen Qingyu asked curiously.
Qi Yunxiao: "..."
Seeing that he didn't respond, Shen Qingyu hesitated for two seconds and asked again, "Are you alright?"
Qi Yunxiao: "..."
Finally, Qi Yunxiao got up dejectedly and called to the second-year high school students, "Are your things ready? We'll be leaving in a bit."
Shen Qingyu: "..."
Zhao Yuzhu kicked Shen Qingyu and whispered, "Didn't you realize what she meant?"
Shen Qingyu sighed quietly: "Then what do you want from me?"
The people in the capital summoned Qi Yunxiao to the capital, but did not say that Shen Qingyu should bring the three children with her. This clearly indicates that they wanted to discuss something with Qi Yunxiao privately.
In other words, Shen Qingyu has been quietly sidelined in the palace.
Even though Shen Qingyu was once the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wei's mansion, the Duke of Wei has not appeared for many years, and the Duke of Wei's mansion exists in name only.
Therefore, it is understandable that the handsome young master of the Qingping Marquis's mansion would want to remarry.
The palace didn't want Shen Qingyu to go back with him, was that also a reason?
This realization made Shen Qingyu very unhappy: if she had known, she shouldn't have sent so many soap boxes and chili sauce to the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
You heartless bastard!
So annoying!
Shen Qingyu was angry for a while, but then she calmed down and got up to go find Qi Yunxiao: "I'm going to say a few words to him."
Qi Yunxiao was packing his things in the room.
It's called tidying up, but there's really nothing to tidy up.
But he just felt a tightness in his chest.
The palace summoned him back to the capital, but not his wife. If his wife was upset, she could have told him, but she didn't say anything.
What does that mean?
Doesn't he have himself in his heart?
Does he not take himself seriously at all?
Thinking about this, Qi Yunxiao felt a pang of heartache; he couldn't shake the feeling that all his sincerity had been wasted.
So when Shen Qingyu entered the room, she saw Qi Yunxiao standing by the bed in a daze.
There seemed to be a hint of...resentment on that face?
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Shen Qingyu asked curiously.
Qi Yunxiao glanced at Shen Qingyu, sighed helplessly, and didn't reply.
Shen Qingyu walked over and sat on the edge of the bed next to Qi Yunxiao, without even looking at him: "If anyone's unhappy, it's me. Why are you throwing a tantrum?"
Qi Yunxiao felt even more helpless: "Don't you know why I'm unhappy?"
Shen Qingyu looked at him now: "Why?"
Qi Yunxiao couldn't resist sitting next to her, pulling her fingers and playing with them: "You don't care about me, so I'm unhappy."
Shen Qingyu denied it, widening her eyes and retorting, "Who said I don't care about you?"
"You knew I was going to the capital alone, but you didn't care what I was going there for or what might happen to me?"
Shen Qingyu: "Do you really know what will happen when you go to the capital? What do you think will happen?"
Qi Yunxiao: "..."
Why doesn't this exchange feel right?
There was a hint of gunpowder in the air.
Qi Yunxiao held back for a moment: "Aren't you afraid that after I return to the capital, His Majesty will assign me other tasks, and... or even try to find someone to help me?"
Shen Qingyu chuckled strangely: "If His Majesty were to send you someone, could you refuse?"
"Of course I would refuse."
"Then what do I have to worry about?" Shen Qingyu shrugged, looking completely matter-of-fact.
Qi Yunxiao: "..."
That's what they said, but something just doesn't feel right.
"You don't care about me." Qi Yunxiao said these last words.
Shen Qingyu was also taken aback when she heard this.
She wanted to retort, but when the words reached her lips, she felt inexplicably guilty, and the atmosphere froze for a moment.
“If it were an ordinary woman, upon hearing that her husband might receive a marriage decree from the Emperor, she would be anxious and worried, begging for all sorts of assurances, and demanding to return to the capital together to see her husband… But you didn’t even ask.”
Shen Qingyu: "..."
"You know perfectly well how I've treated you these past few days, yet you don't seem to care about me at all..."
Qi Yunxiao's tone was filled with undisguised resentment.
Shen Qingyu was utterly shocked!
Seeing her man so aggrieved that tears were about to fall, Shen Qingyu finally had a change of heart and grasped Qi Yunxiao's hand: "I actually knew..."
Qi Yunxiao: "?"
"You're going back to the capital, I reckon your mother wants to see if your forehead is really healed."
"There's also the possibility of a marriage alliance. But I think if the decision is yours, then I don't need to worry."
"If you decide to marry someone else, I should be glad that we haven't started over yet."
"If you can refuse, I should be glad I chose to stay with you."
"If it's an arranged marriage you can't refuse, what's the point of me going along?"
"You say I don't care about you, but that's not true."
"But in this era, what can I do besides silently let a man who can't be kept go his own way?"
After Shen Qingyu finished speaking, her mood also dropped.
Qi Yunxiao could no longer remain resentful.
He reached out and took Shen Qingyu's small hand in his, saying what he had wanted to say for a long time: "Could you come with me to the capital?"
Shen Qingyu: "??? But they didn't invite me."
Qi Yunxiao: "They didn't say you couldn't go!"
Shen Qingyu: "..."
That's true.
In the end, Shen Qingyu agreed.
There was nothing he could do; Qi Yunxiao, I don't know who he learned it from, had somehow learned to play the victim.
Hearing that her daughter was going to the capital, Zhao Yuzhu was not surprised. Instead, she gave her a token and said, "Go to the Duke of Wei's mansion."
"ah?"
“That’s your home, you should go and see it. Show this token to the steward of the Duke of Wei’s mansion, and he’ll know.”
"oh."
My daughter is going back to Beijing and might face a rival in love, so I have to support her no matter what.
Zhao Yuzhu retrieved various resources from the original owner's memories that might be helpful to her daughter and gave them detailed instructions to Shen Qingyu.
Watching her daughter pack her things to take to the capital, Zhao Yuzhu felt very relieved.
Although the Duke of Wei's family has disappeared from the circles of power and wealth in the capital for many years, the camaraderie forged in the past remains, and the old brothers who fought alongside them are still there. They would not stand idly by and watch their daughter suffer.
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