Chapter 390 Looking for a boat
Upon learning of King Doma's death, Nanping, which was occupied by the Western Rong army, surrendered without a fight, and the four counties of Xiliang finally returned to the hands of the Mei family.
Qiang Lin stayed behind with his army to deal with the tens of thousands of surrendered Western Rong soldiers. As the King of the Western Rong, he was the most suitable person to do this. Mei Dai left Geng Hong to take care of the post-war affairs. She personally escorted Su Mo to Shengjing with the Shen sisters to meet her father, Su Han.
Shen Yuexi was worried about Xiao Beiheng's escape and asked Mei Dai what to do if Xiao Beiheng came to assassinate them. Mei Dai just comforted her and said that Xiao Beiheng would not come to find them again.
Shen Yuexi didn't understand why Mei Dai was so confident, but in her mind, Sister Mei was omnipotent and would never speak nonsense. Since Mei Dai said Xiao Beiheng would not come, she was relieved and focused on taking care of Su Mo.
I also received some good news on the way to Shengjing.
Lin Kui's letter arrived just in time. Xiao Zhuo's army and Anzhou's army met in Shengjingdong. Before they even started fighting, Su Han received Lin Kui's letter. Both sides immediately stopped fighting and joined forces to rush over.
Given Su Mo's low mood, Shen Yuexi arranged the best carriage for her. Mei Dai, Chen Lan, and Shen Yuexi took turns caring for her. During the day, the three of them chatted with her to relieve her boredom, and at night, Shen Yuexi slept with her.
The caravan traveled in the snow for two days, passed Leshan County and arrived at Leye Plain. Su Mo's spirit gradually recovered and she spoke more than before.
Shen Yuexi saw it all and was delighted. When they set up camp in the evening, she asked Mei Dai and Shen Lan to accompany Su Mo while she personally cooked chicken soup for her.
Since being rescued, Su Mo has only drunk some water and not eaten anything. She plans to make a pot of fragrant chicken soup, which should help Su Mo feel better.
After the chicken soup was cooked, she carried the hot pot to the carriage. When she reached the carriage, she heard Su Mo talking inside. Su Mo's voice seemed to be much more energetic, although still a little weak, but very fluent.
"Queen, I know you once served Emperor Yongde. But when you knew your grandfather was going to send you to the palace to serve an old man you didn't even like, would you be willing?"
There was silence in the carriage for a moment, and then Mei Dai's voice rang out:
"Of course I don't. It's just that I've known since I was a child that the fate of our Mei family depends entirely on me. Grandfather is seriously ill, and my father and brother are unable to bear the heavy responsibility. I have never had any feelings for Emperor Yongde from the beginning to the end. I just want to do anything to save the Mei family."
Su Mo asked, "What about Chen Lan? In order to save the Duke's Mansion, your grandfather forced your sister to marry Xiao Zhuo. He also married you to Jingzhou overnight. Are you really willing?"
After Su Mo finished asking, silence returned to the carriage. After a long while, Chen Lan finally spoke, "How could I possibly like Xiao Kai? Although he has always pursued me, I have no feelings for him. As for how he treated me later... you know everything."
"I'm different from you."
After Su Mo said this, she stopped talking.
After listening to Su Mo's words, Shen Yuexi suddenly remembered the fact that she had forgotten.
Whether it's Mei Dai, her, Chen Lan, or even Li Wan, none of them can live the life they desire. Mei Dai was sent to the palace by the old King of Xiliang. She and her sister Chen Lan became bargaining chips to save their grandfather's life. Li Wan dares to love and hate, but cannot win Mei Pu's true love.
She was the luckiest among them. She met Xiao Zhuo, and the two of them walked step by step to this day and finally achieved a happy ending. However, the journey was bumpy and full of hardships. Even if they took a wrong step, they would fall into the abyss.
Mei Dai, with her perseverance and determination far exceeding that of an ordinary woman, became the Queen of Xiliang and maintained the dignity of the Mei family. Although Chen Lan lost her left hand, she also found her own path in life.
But what did Su Mo mean by "different"?
Thinking of this, she opened the car door and called Mei Dai and Shen Lan, "Sisters, the chicken soup is ready."
Mei Dai wiped the tears from her face, stood up and said, "Sister, come and talk with me. Shen Lan and I will go to another car to eat."
Seeing that Mei Dai and Shen Lan seemed to have cried, Shen Yuexi knew that Su Mo's words had touched their hearts and the two sisters needed time to calm down, so she let them get in the car and served the chicken soup in a bowl to Su Mo.
"Sister-in-law, drink it while it's hot. This is cooked by my sister-in-law."
Su Mo took the bowl and used the spoon to draw circles in the bowl. She drew dozens of circles, which made Shen Yuexi dizzy, but she didn't scoop up the soup to drink.
Shen Yuexi was anxious and advised: "Sister-in-law, I know you are sad, but you should eat something. No matter what happened, it is all in the past."
Su Mo put down the bowl and said, "Sister-in-law, you don't know. I haven't told you all this time. In fact, I... took the initiative to go to King Thomas."
Shen Yuexi exclaimed, "Didn't your brother tie you up?"
"No," Su Mo smiled, "He's very good to me, he likes me very much, how could he do such a thing."
Shen Yuexi thought Su Mo had fainted from hunger and started talking nonsense. She reached out and touched her forehead and said, "Sister-in-law, you are not kidding, are you?"
Su Mo smiled and took her hand away and said:
"Sister-in-law, I didn't lie to you. Bei Heng did catch up with me that night, but he knelt down and begged me. He was very arrogant and couldn't surrender to anyone no matter who asked him to. He didn't want to die, so he was actually very timid. Sister-in-law, do you remember? I told you a long time ago."
Shen Yuexi then remembered that Su Mo had indeed said that Xiao Beiheng was timid. It was just before Chinese Valentine's Day, when Su Mo had given Liuli the parrot and they were making hot air balloons together.
But she didn't take it seriously at the time.
Su Mo hugged her knees with both hands, rested her chin on them, and chuckled: "The queen also served a man she didn't like, and so did Chen Lan. I just did the same thing."
Shen Yuexi was stunned for a moment before she said, "You took the initiative to go to King Doma in order to save him?"
"Yes, Bei Heng was desperate at that time," Su Mo said with a smile, "I am different from them. I was willing to marry Bei Heng. I fell in love with him from the moment I saw him. He is good in every way, except that he likes to lie to me. But that night, he finally stopped lying to me, and I was very happy."
Although the carriage was warm as spring with a charcoal pot burning, Shen Yuexi shuddered. Looking at Su Mo's smile, she couldn't tell whether Su Mo was happy or angry.
Seeing her bewildered face, Su Mo smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, where is Bei Heng now? Is he dead?"
"He's gone," Shen Yuexi said. "We didn't find him. He's such a skilled martial artist, and he has the Yanque Sword to protect him, so he'll definitely be fine."
She had already heard that Su Mo was infatuated and devoted to Xiao Beiheng. This was why she refused to leave him even when he beat and scolded her. She had tried to take Su Mo away from Xiao Beiheng many times, but Su Mo was always unwilling.
"I am willing to sacrifice for him, I am willing," Su Mo breathed a sigh of relief and said in a light tone, "Just like you, sister-in-law, treat my elder brother... By the way, sister-in-law, there is something I want to ask you."
"What's up?"
"King Thomas said he once led his troops to block you and my brother on the mountain," Su Mo said, "How did you two escape?"
Shen Yuexi said, "Uh... at that time, my husband stopped the enemy soldiers, and then a small boat floated down from upstream... We jumped on it and fled along the river."
The universal manufacturing machine is the biggest secret, and she instinctively doesn't want to reveal it. It is enough for only Xiao Zhuo to know it.
Su Mo smiled and said, "I'm so lucky." Then she picked up the soup bowl and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm hungry. The chicken soup you made is so delicious."
Seeing that Su Mo was finally willing to start eating, Shen Yuexi said happily, "Hurry up and drink it. I cooked a lot."
Su Mo seemed to be in a better mood. After drinking the chicken soup, she ate a bowl of rice. She got out of the car and asked Mei Dai if there were any nice scenery nearby. She said she had been stuck in the car for several days and wanted to get some fresh air.
Mei Dai pointed to a nearby peak and said, "This is the only peak on the Leye Plain, called Wangyou Peak. When spring comes and flowers bloom, standing on the peak and looking out over the Leye Plain is a breathtaking view. But it's January now, and it's freezing cold, with snow everywhere. There's nothing much to see."
Shen Yuexi looked in the direction Mei Dai pointed and saw that the mountain was only two or three miles away from the convoy. The top of the mountain was covered with snow and was not very clear in the twilight.
Su Mo pulled her and said, "You don't have to wait for spring or summer to relax. Winter also has its own winter scenery. Let's go and take a look. I'm finally in the mood."
Seeing that Su Mo insisted on going, Shen Yuexi agreed and said, "Okay, let's go and take a look."
Mei Dai refused to agree and said to Shen Yuexi, "The sun has already set and the mountain is covered with snow. What if you fall and get hurt? Neither of you is allowed to go."
Su Mo took Shen Yuexi's hand and said, "The Queen is right. Let's go and see it tomorrow morning. Let's go and get some rest."
The two returned to the carriage. This carriage was extremely spacious and comfortable. They could sleep directly in the carriage at night. The bed could accommodate two people lying side by side. Su Mo slept inside and Shen Yuexi slept outside.
The two of them got on the bed and covered themselves with the quilt. Su Mo said, "Sister-in-law, I want to touch the baby again."
Shen Yuexi smiled and lifted up her clothes and said, "Touch him, he'll kick you."
On their first night together, Shen Yuexi had let Su Mo touch her belly to comfort her. She was already six months pregnant, and the baby inside her belly would move around playfully, sometimes even pushing up against her belly with its hands and feet.
Su Mo placed her hand on Shen Yuexi's belly, paused for a moment, and whispered in surprise: "He is really moving, as if he is kicking my hand with his foot."
Shen Yuexi laughed and said, "I don't know when it started, but sometimes when I'm so strong, my belly would bulge out."
Su Mo retracted her hand, turned around and said with a smile: "I really want to have a baby like this. I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep first."
Seeing that Su Mo was about to sleep, Shen Yuexi also closed her eyes.
She felt that Su Mo had improved a lot. Not only did she eat, but she was also in the mood to talk and laugh with her, so she went to sleep peacefully.
She was sound asleep when she suddenly felt that there was no one beside her. She stretched out her hand and felt around but couldn't find Su Mo. She quickly opened her eyes and stood up, only to find that Su Mo had disappeared. She was shocked and quickly got out of bed and dressed, blaming herself for sleeping so soundly that she didn't even know when Su Mo left.
After getting off the car, I saw a bright moon in the sky, illuminating the snow with its whiteness, and a line of footprints heading towards the Wuyou Peak in the distance.
She knew something was wrong and didn't bother to call Mei Dai and Shen Lan, and hurried to catch up to the top of the mountain.
The slope of the mountain was long and gentle, not steep, but she ran all the way and was out of breath. Seeing Su Mo standing on the top of the mountain, she hurriedly shouted: "Sister-in-law, don't mess around."
Su Mo heard her voice, turned around and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, don't come over. It's very deep down here, very dangerous."
Shen Yuexi quickly stopped, suppressing her violent heartbeat, and said in a gentle tone, "Sister-in-law, didn't you say that the queen also served men she didn't like, and Shen Lan did the same."
"Yes," Su Mo smiled sadly, "but they are all stronger than me."
She waved to Shen Yuexi and shouted, "Sister-in-law, I'm going to find that small boat. The one that can take Bei Heng and I away..."
Shen Yuexi was shocked and rushed towards Su Mo desperately, while calling Daxiong in her heart.
If Daxiong could create some miracles, maybe Su Mo would change her mind.
The Universal Fabricator didn't respond. Big Bear had used up all his energy creating the rainstorm and had shut down.
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