Wandering bewilderedly on the gravel road, Lu Lingjing was overwhelmed. Suddenly, she saw her brother and cousin approaching from a distance. She felt like she had found a savior and rushed over to them, "Cousin, brother! You're back so early!"
"Yeah, today's work ended early, why are you here alone?" Lu Lingyan asked.
Lu Lingjing ignored him and walked over to tell Fu Yueli what happened today. As Fu Yueli listened, his expression became solemn.
The door was closed. Fu Yueli pushed it open hesitantly and looked at Shi Mingyue who responded and looked over. It was the first time he saw so much sadness in her eyes.
"You're back." At that moment he pushed the door open and walked in, accompanied by the bright sunlight. When she saw him, she realized that the past was over.
Fu Yueli came over and said, "Well, the Ministry of Rites finished its work early today. I heard from Lingjing that you went out shopping today."
"Yes, you are going to Xinzhou, and you need to prepare a lot of things in advance."
"Lingjing said that you seemed very unhappy just now. What's wrong with you?" He asked directly. Shi Mingyue's throat choked and she was unable to answer for a moment.
Thinking of the sad things in her previous life, she didn't want to tell Fu Yueli everything. She calmed herself down and smiled at him: "I'm fine now, don't worry."
She didn't want to talk, refused to confide in him, and he hadn't yet reached the point where she could trust him wholeheartedly. Fu Yueli suddenly felt like a failure, but he hid his emotions well and said considerately, "Since you're okay, that's good. If there's anything, don't keep it to yourself. I can also share your burden."
Shi Mingyue looked at him quietly. He was still so gentle and considerate to her. She suddenly remembered what had worried her. Although it did not happen in this life, if she could not get pregnant, would he be like Qin Zheng?
"I want to ask you a question."
Fu Yueli was slightly surprised: "You ask."
"If, if I...it's nothing." The words came to her lips, but she couldn't ask them after all. Why? Was she afraid of hearing his answer?
"Why don't you continue asking?" Fu Yueli looked at her with burning eyes and asked.
Shi Mingyue turned her head away, unwilling to meet his gaze. "Because there's nothing to ask, don't worry about it."
Fu Yueli always respected her, so she didn't ask any more questions.
A strange silence stretched into the night. When the little light in the room completely disappeared, filling the room with dead darkness, Shi Mingyue turned over and hugged him, her hands tightly grasping his clothes. Fu Yueli had thought the night would be silent, and as soon as she lay down, she closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep. Now she made such a move, had she figured it out?
Shi Mingyue realized she had been neglecting one thing. She wanted to help him seize the throne, but if that happened, how could she be the only one in the harem? Not to mention the question of what would happen to him if she couldn't conceive. He could only make the same choice as Qin Zheng, so what was the point of her rebirth in this life? She only had one small wish: to win the heart of one person and live together forever. So even if Fu Yueli loved her now, who could predict what would happen in the future?
Just like in her previous life with Qin Zheng, he also loved her. Regardless of what happened later, the love between the two was real. She could recall every bit of that memory. But nothing is permanent, because her heart has changed. She no longer loves Qin Zheng, but has fallen in love with Fu Yueli.
So these loves were like dreams, fleeting like dew and lightning, fleeting. Perhaps she shouldn't dwell on them too much, shouldn't expect too much, just grasp the present moment. What she truly possessed at this moment was Fu Yueli, right beside her, within her sight, within her reach. Her hands pressed against his body, feeling his warmth and his vibrant energy. She half-raised herself, looking down at him in fascination, sketching his outline in her mind, memorizing the reality of this moment, the experience of this moment.
At this moment, she was deeply in love with him, and he was also deeply in love with her. Shi Mingyue slowly approached him, and the closer distance made her feel his presence more deeply. The slightly rapid breathing was real, and the warmth and softness of his lips were also real. She now had it, remembered it, and it would be deeply engraved in her heart. This was a memory that belonged to her.
It was already dawn when Shi Mingyue slowly woke up. There was a very hot hand pressing on her neck.
"Don't you have to go to the Ministry of Rites today?" she asked.
Fu Yueli slowly opened his eyes, his voice a little lazy: "It's a day off today." In fact, he didn't want to go. He hadn't been with her for a long time, and he wanted to indulge himself once.
After breakfast, they fed the parrot together on the porch. The cockatoo was eating its favorite nuts. Seeing this, Fu Yueli asked, "How much can Pipi speak now?"
Pipi is the name Shi Mingyue gave to the parrot because it is very lively and cute. Shi Mingyue sighed helplessly: "Don't say it, it only knows how to say hello, and no matter what I teach it, it ignores me."
"Really?" Fu Yueli smiled. "It doesn't matter. Parrots can imitate speech, but they can only imitate speech. They can't understand human speech."
Shi Mingyue felt that what he said was right, but he didn't expect that the parrot would fly to Fu Yueli's shoulder the next moment, peck at his shoulder several times, then immediately spread its wings and flew to the eaves, calling out proudly a few times.
Fu Yueli and Shi Mingyue were stunned for a long time before they smiled at each other. Fu Yueli smiled bitterly and said, "This parrot must have become a spirit. It holds such a grudge."
Shi Mingyue brushed his shoulder and said with a smile, "Maybe. It didn't hurt you, did it?"
Fu Yueli shook her head: "It's okay, I can't talk about it in front of it anymore."
Shi Mingyue reached out to the parrot and shouted, "Pipi, come back!"
The parrot flew over obediently, stood on her finger, and called out arrogantly: "Hello! Hello!"
"Hello, you are the smartest." Fu Yueli praised it.
The parrot actually nodded and flew back to continue eating nuts.
Shi Mingyue and Fu Yueli smiled at each other again, and their morning mood became very happy because of Pippi.
Back at the Ministry of Rites, not only did Fu Yueli take a leave of absence, but Fu Baiheng also took a leave of absence on the pretext of feeling unwell. Meanwhile, he was sitting leisurely in Xu Ziling's pharmacy, watching her write something with her head down, intently focused.
The drawing of lots at the Ministry of Rites was over, and the rest were just some trivial matters that he was too lazy to go to. Wouldn't it be pleasant to look at the beauties here?
Xu Ziling stopped writing, raised his head with a rather helpless look, and said bluntly: "Your Highness, if you have nothing else to do, please leave. You are disturbing me here."
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