Chapter 203 Finale (Xie Yunzhao remembers his past life)
In the 13th year of Yongjia, Xie Yunzhao fell into a coma due to an unknown illness. After waking up on the third day, he hugged his wife Chen Shurong tightly. The two cried for a long time, venting the regrets and pains of their previous lives.
He dreamed about his past life in his sleep, he lost his position as the crown prince and lost Shen Shurong.
He saw with his own eyes that amid the sound of firecrackers outside the gate of the Duke of Lu's mansion, Xie Yunzheng rode a tall horse to marry her.
His father asked him to go and entertain the guests, but he ran away and went back to Linfengju to drink like crazy, trying to numb himself with alcohol.
His mind was full of fantasies, imagining that she was marrying him. The more he thought about it, the more painful he became, and he got drunk.
Qingzhu Qingying blocked the news and took care of him, and had to go see his new bride early the next morning.
He did not go to see the new bride because she was in a very bad state and was afraid that Shen Shurong would find out something was wrong.
He only dared to think about her and love her secretly.
The kind of dream I had since I was fifteen, the person under me was her.
He never hid his thoughts. Whenever he saw Chen Shurong, he would still call her Rongrong and tell her about the interesting things that happened recently. She always listened with a smile, so she must have been happy too.
It was not until she was sixteen and decided that Xie Yun would compete for the title of Crown Prince that she looked at him with a sense of distance and spoke in a more polite and restrained manner.
The subtle change made him uncomfortable, so he took note.
Until he heard his mother say that she wanted to give the Dongzhu as a betrothal gift to the princess, the Crown Prince's wife, he was stunned beside her.
How could the princess be the Crown Prince's wife when she is not the Crown Prince?
He secretly asked Qingzhu Qingying to investigate. All the servants in the Princess's Mansion knew that the princess wanted to marry the prince, but the Princess and the old tutor were reluctant to let her go and wanted to keep the princess for a few more years.
He realized that he had been deceived. He knew that Xie Yunzheng also liked Shen Shurong, so what he wanted to exchange was not only the title of prince, but also the marriage.
He rushed into Xie Yunzheng's study like a madman and came out in a daze.
Yes, he was nothing. The second son of the Duke of Lu’s mansion had a high status, but he was not worthy of Shen Shurong, who was doted on by both the emperor and the eldest princess.
From then on, he stopped thinking about her, but she was still on his mind and in his dreams.
He began to find things to do for himself. During the day, he still played with Lu Ziqian and other second-generation rich people, and secretly ran out at night to build up his own power.
He hoped that he could be of some use. If Rongrong needed him someday, he would not be as useless as Xie Yunzheng said and could not help her in anything.
The Duke's Mansion would have dinner together on the tenth, twentieth, and thirtieth of every month. After they got married, he was rarely at home and only returned on the tenth day so that he could see her openly.
She has called him Brother Yun Zhao since she was a child. Now that he has become her sister-in-law, she can't even call him Second Brother.
Whenever they saw him, they would call him A Zhao, and he liked to hear that. The person under him in his dream also began to call him A Zhao, but he didn't dare to call her sister-in-law.
Later, Xie Yunzheng was raped by her maid and went into bed with her. She was so angry that she gave birth prematurely. He wanted to pick up a sword and kill the couple.
But Xie Yunzheng was her husband and the father of her child after all. Killing him would vent his hatred, but she would then become a widow and raise the child alone, and he felt distressed.
A year later, she fought for Xie Yun to take a concubine, the legitimate daughter of the Wei family.
He suddenly felt that she didn't seem to care much about Xie Yunzheng, otherwise why would she be willing to take a concubine for him?
She didn't want to and no one could force her to do so. He began to rejoice secretly, thinking that she might just marry the prince because she wanted to marry him, not because she liked Xie Yunzheng.
It is possible that she is hiding someone in her heart, just like herself.
Thinking positively, maybe the person she truly loves in her heart is me.
But one day at a family dinner, she asked him if he wanted to marry the Fourth Princess. He was devastated. She actually introduced another woman to him?
I suddenly stood up and ran out, tears started to drip as I stepped out of the door.
He was wrong. She could introduce him to other women, but she didn't like him either.
Sad and heartbroken, as if I had lost her again.
But he still missed her, very much.
He was a loser, and showed up at the next family dinner as usual, just to see her and eat with her.
In the sixth year of Xie Yunzheng's marriage, Xie Zhinan was already five years old. One day, when he was away from home, he was woken up in the middle of the night and told that there was a fire in the house.
He didn't expect it to be Chaohuiyuan, and he didn't expect that one of the two charred bodies was her!
He became so angry that he fainted. Qingzhu secretly carried him back home in the dark without anyone noticing anything was wrong.
My sister-in-law died and my brother-in-law fainted. If it gets out, it will be a trouble.
When he woke up the next day, he cried and grabbed Qingzhu's arm, shaking his head vigorously. He didn't believe that Rongrong would die!
Qingzhu Qingying knew how much he loved Chen Shurong. The 26-year-old master had never had a woman, and Duke Lu would not agree to the marriage even if he beat and scolded him.
They were afraid that he would never recover, and were even more afraid that he would commit suicide for the princess on impulse, so they made up a lie, saying that the princess's death was suspicious and that the charred corpse seemed shorter than the princess.
He immediately suspected that someone was trying to divert Shen Shurong's attention, and immediately went to help with the funeral arrangements.
He stared at Xie Yunzheng's every move and every expression.
Although he was crying, he was not sad. It was impossible. Xie Yun loved Chen Shurong and they had lived together for six years. It was impossible for him to react like this.
Qingzhu Qingying agreed with his suspicion, so that he would live to seek the truth.
Half a month later, Xie Yunzheng set out to fight pirates at sea.
After he learned about it, he was certain that Shen Shurong must not be dead, otherwise Xie Yunzheng would not have been able to leave the capital at this time.
In the past few years, there have been fires in officials' residences in the capital every year, and he sent people to investigate.
Ye Man was Chen Shurong's close friend and was also burned to death in a fire two years ago. Her husband, Jia Caiyong, has now been promoted two levels.
Later he discovered that those burned to death were all wives in the family, and that the official would be promoted soon after. So many similarities made him suspect Li Chen.
When it comes to the royal family, he can only look for other princes. He has always had contacts with the Third Prince, who has now gone to his fiefdom, so he went to the north to find him.
After he came back, Gu Kaizhi still often asked him to play, but he didn't have time to play with him.
Later, annoyed by being pestered, he deliberately assigned tasks to Gu Kaizhi.
Gu Kaizhi was silly and just did it without asking why, and he was very happy doing it.
Two years later, the three of them joined forces and led their men into the palace.
After entering the palace, he risked his life just to save Shen Shurong.
In the cold palace, Qingzhu Qingying lit torches. He saw the skinny Chen Shurong lying on the thin bed, and his heart ached to the point of breaking.
Her eyes were dull and it took her a long time to recognize him.
She looked down at him, her eyes gradually widened, and asked him in disbelief: "You - rebelled?"
He was afraid of scaring her, so he said softly: "Sister-in-law, I... will take you home!"
She shook her head, tears streaming from her eyes, as if to say that she had nowhere else to go.
Xie Yunzhao's heart ached, but with a gentle smile in his eyes, he whispered to comfort her: "Wherever I am, that's my sister-in-law's home!"
Sui Han heard the noise and ran over. The two of them were like frightened little rabbits, supporting each other as they walked out and got into the carriage he had prepared.
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