The waiters left temporarily, and Shi Mingyue said, "Didn't you say last night that you had something to tell me today? Tell me now."
Fu Yueli didn't expect that she still remembered this, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll tell you, the Tang Nuan you noticed before is dead."
Tang Nuan is dead? Shi Mingyue blurted out subconsciously: "How did she die?"
"He committed suicide."
Shi Mingyue was even more confused: "Why?"
Fu Yueli briefly told her the whole story, omitting the details of Tang Nuan's first attempt to assassinate him and the second time Tang Nuan led people to chase and intercept him.
Shi Mingyue was silent for a long time after listening to his story. She did hate Tang Nuan, but when she saw him again, Tang Nuan hadn't done anything substantial to her, and they didn't even know each other. She could only treat him as a nasty stranger, and couldn't inflict the resentment from her past life on him, because that would be unfair.
Fu Yueli initially didn't understand why Shi Mingyue was interested in Tang Nuan. Tang Nuan was just Fu Baiheng's secret guard, so how could she be involved with Mingyue? Now that she thinks about it, Tang Nuan was given to Helian Yizhuo by Fu Baiheng and went to Xinzhou. Mingyue was also in Xinzhou in her previous life, so their involvement must have happened in the previous life.
But he didn't ask, because if she wanted to say something, she would tell him herself.
The sunlight was getting stronger and stronger, shining through the gaps between the leaves onto the stone table. Pippi was tired from playing around, so he flapped his wings and flew to Shi Mingyue's hand, then lay in her hand and fell asleep.
"You asked whether Pipi was male or female. I forgot to ask the boss when I bought it." Shi Mingyue suddenly changed the subject. The dead are gone, and she didn't want to think about the entanglement between her and Tang Nuan anymore.
Fu Yueli was stunned for a moment before responding to her: "I can't guess either." After all, male and female parrots are not as easy to distinguish as male and female parrots. They look the same.
Shi Mingyue touched Pipi's feathers lovingly, stood up carefully, and put it back into the cage to sleep, for fear of waking it up.
Because of his recent business trip, Fu Yueli had a day off when he returned. After that day, he had to go to the Ministry of Rites to continue his busy work. He looked up at the sky. The sun was shining brightly and the sky was very blue. This kind of weather was perfect for going out for fun.
"Where do you want to go for fun?" Fu Yueli asked.
Shi Mingyue had just put Pipi into the cage. The little guy was sleeping soundly and showed no sign of waking up.
"Let's go to where there is water." She thought for a moment and said.
So the two of them came to a place with water, a flat lake on the outskirts of the city. Beside the lake was a large green meadow. Shi Mingyue got off the carriage and walked onto the soft green meadow. He saw a group of ducks on the lake.
A few white ducks were swimming on the water with a group of yellow ducklings, and their cheerful calls came from the water. Shi Mingyue sat down on the grass, and Fu Yueli came over and sat beside her.
She naturally leaned her head on his shoulder. Neither of them spoke, but just watched the group of ducks leisurely on the lake.
The early autumn sun was warm and comfortable. Shi Mingyue suddenly felt sleepy, and her eyelids felt heavy. She leaned on Fu Yueli's shoulder and tried to concentrate, but the view of the lake seemed to become a little blurry. Gradually, she closed her eyes.
"Hey, girl, wake up!" It seemed like someone was calling her.
Shi Mingyue opened her eyes and saw that the person who called her was a simple old lady. Behind the old lady was a group of ducks, all quacking and making a lot of noise.
She was a little confused. When she sat up, she was still a little dazed. She looked around. This was Pinghu, but Fu Yueli was gone. Where did he go?
"Girl, are you okay? Why did you fall asleep here alone? It's getting dark." The old lady asked kindly.
Shi Mingyue was puzzled and smiled at the old lady: "My husband and I came here together. Did you see the man in green clothes?"
The old lady shook her head and said, "No, I've been here all day herding ducks. I didn't see the person in green clothes you mentioned. I just walked over here and saw you sleeping here alone."
Shi Mingyue was even more puzzled. Where had Fu Yueli gone? Why did he leave her alone?
"Thank you, Auntie. I'm going back now." Shi Mingyue stood up. It was getting dark. There was no one else around except Auntie and her ducks.
The old lady was worried and asked, "Are you going into the city?"
Shi Mingyue nodded: "Yes."
"It's getting dark. Are you going into the city alone?" asked the old lady.
Shi Mingyue still couldn't believe what had happened. Why had Fu Yueli suddenly disappeared? She replied absentmindedly, "Yes," and walked back to the city alone.
The old lady looked at her in confusion. This girl was pretty and well-dressed, so why was she here alone? Seeing Shi Mingyue walking away, she also led the duck towards home.
It was completely dark, but fortunately the city gates were still open. Shi Mingyue found something strange when she entered the city. Lanterns were hung on both sides of the streets, there were vendors, and many people were walking on the streets. Looking at the colorful sachets in the hands of the girls and the wreaths on their heads, she finally realized that these people were celebrating the Chinese Valentine's Day.
This was clearly a scene that only happened during the Chinese Valentine's Day, but hadn't the festival already passed? Shi Mingyue suddenly felt a little creepy. Where had she come to?
She hurried towards Prince Ling's Mansion. When she saw the familiar gate and the familiar sign, she finally felt relieved. This was definitely Prince Ling's Mansion!
But when she reached the gate of Prince Ling's mansion and was about to step onto the steps, the guard shouted at her, making her feel like she was falling into an ice cellar. "Who are you?"
The guard's face was unfamiliar to her, she had never seen it before. She didn't answer for a long time, and the guard became a little impatient. "This is Prince Ling's Mansion, not everyone can come in."
"...I, I'm looking for His Royal Highness Prince Ling." After a long time, Shi Mingyue said without confidence.
No matter what, she still has to meet him to confirm whether all this is true?
"Who are you? Do you have an appointment with His Highness?" the guard asked.
Shi Mingyue didn't know how to answer. Who was she? If she said she was Princess Ling, she was afraid the guards would immediately drive her away.
"Speak!" the guard urged.
Shi Mingyue took a deep breath and replied, "No appointment, but could you please tell His Highness that my last name is Shi and he will meet me?"
The guard was about to retort when Shi Mingyue took off the white jade hairpin on her head and said to him, "This is a mutton-fat white jade hairpin, and it's worth a lot of money. Thank you for your hard work, brother."
The guard's expression softened, he took her hairpin, and turned to walk through the gate.
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