As Happy as Ever (End)
How could it be... How could it be possible...
It was just the second day after their wedding, when they were newlyweds enjoying their sweet love. Why did God have to make her go through such a thing?
Jing Yao stumbled into Jingyun Palace. Seeing her coming, Eunuch Ming hurriedly came forward to explain.
Si Pei's poison attack this time was more severe than ever before. The Imperial Hospital had already used all available methods, but the situation was still critical, and he might not survive more than seven days.
"Hurry, Fourteen!"
As Jing Yao finished speaking, the young man appeared from behind and knelt on one knee: "Miss, please give me your orders."
"Hurry back to Weihua Valley to invite Liu Shiwei, quickly."
Fourteen's face was solemn. He knew how important this matter was, so he immediately took the order and set off: "Yes!"
Jing Yao took a deep breath and prepared herself mentally as she walked towards the inner hall. Eunuch Ming followed her worriedly, fearing that she would not be able to accept it and faint.
The disease came like a mountain falling. The poison was too sudden and too violent, like an evil ghost constantly devouring Si Pei's life.
The person on the couch had a face as pale as paper, black lips, and looked like he was about to die.
The old emperor forced himself to come and see him once. He leaned on the edge of the couch and looked at Si Pei and sighed: "I just lost and regained a son, but I am about to lose another one..."
"No." Jing Yao shook his head, "Si Pei won't die."
She stayed here for three days without moving an inch. Even though Si Pei's condition showed no improvement and became increasingly exhausted, she remained undaunted. She believed that nothing would happen to Si Pei.
Didn’t Yue Ningning say that the world revolves around the protagonist? Si Pei is also the protagonist, so how could he die so easily?
On the fourth day, Shi Si finally arrived at the palace with Liu Shi Wei, exhausted. Jing Yao told him that the medicines Si Pei had left behind hadn't worked. Liu Shi Wei sat down and examined his pulse, his face serious. "In his current condition... the medicines aren't effective anymore. Of course, they won't be of much use."
He needs to take some drastic measures.
"I'll prepare a new recipe for him, but I still say that I can't cure this poison. It's simply not something that could exist in our world." Liu Shi shook his head slightly. "Even if I risk my life, I can only give him another month at most."
Jing Yao's legs weakened instantly when he heard this and he fell to the ground. Was Si Pei really beyond help?
Liu Shiwei sighed: "He was able to get better suddenly before, there must be something that can save him. The answer has always been in your hands."
Jing Yao suddenly came back to his senses. Yes, he was in the sea of stars and flowers before because of the appearance of the fairy in his dream, but she had not appeared for a long time.
If sending a dream fails, where can I go to find the fairy in my dream?
"Later, I heard that there was an immortal living in seclusion on Jueyun Snow Mountain, and perhaps there was a way to bring the dead back to life."
Si Jue’s words before his death suddenly echoed in his ears - Jueyun Snow Mountain!
Yes, the fairy in the dream told Jing Yao from the beginning that she was the fairy guarding the Xuantanhua on Jueyun Snow Mountain.
It turns out that the answer was in her hands all along, but she was too stupid to think of it.
"I know where I need to find a way to save Si Pei."
Jing Yao's eyes gradually changed from ecstasy to determination. She knew that this was the last resort and she had to do it no matter how difficult it was.
"What?" Zuo Yuanwu slammed the table and stood up. "You want to climb Jueyun Snow Mountain? That mountain is covered with snow year-round and the climate is harsh and cold. It's too dangerous for you to go! If you want to find the antidote, just send us."
Jing Yao ignored Zuo Yuanwu who had been trying to persuade her, and quietly packed her luggage: "No, this is not a simple antidote, but to ask the immortal for help. The fairy only wants me to go, I can feel it."
"What kind of talk is that?" Si Cheng also disagreed. "The fairy looks at sincerity. Aren't we going there with sincerity to seek medicine?"
Jing Yao remained unmoved and walked past the two of them as he headed out: "Si Cheng, the palace will be temporarily handed over to you and Baili Wenfu."
"Ah?" Him again?
Zuo Yuanwu quickly stepped forward to stop her: "Then I'll go with you, is that okay?"
Jing Yao held Zuo Yuanwu's hand and smiled trustingly, "Brother Yuanwu, please keep an eye on Si Cheng and take good care of Si Pei in the palace for me, okay? Don't worry, the secret guards will go with me."
She raised her chin and motioned him to look outside. Sure enough, there was a group of secret guards dressed in black, ready to go, outside the hall.
"Then...be careful."
Zuo Yuanwu knew that Jing Yao was determined to leave and there was no way to persuade him, so all he could say could only turn into a few words of advice.
He stayed here to help the young lady take care of everything so that she would have no worries after her death.
She doesn't have much time left. Si Pei's health is getting worse and worse, and it is possible that his condition will worsen. Even if Liu Shiwei is here, she will be powerless to save him.
Jing Yao and his group rode at full speed day and night, finally arriving at the foot of Jueyun Snow Mountain four days later. Fourteen had been worried that the young lady wouldn't be able to handle the hassle, but she had adapted so well that she didn't even look tired when she rested at the inn at the foot of the mountain.
The shop owner's little daughter kept staring at the beautiful sister in front of her while helping to serve the dishes. Jing Yao turned her head and smiled at her, and the little girl ran away shyly.
Soon, my sister came out to pour the wine. She looked more cheerful and generous, and took the initiative to talk to the guests: "Girls, are you also going into the mountains to look for Xuantan flowers?"
Jing Yao didn't comment, so his sister continued, "Every autumn and winter, many people come to the snow-capped mountains to look for flowers. There are always people who claim to have found something, but they won't show it to others. Do you think they really found it or not?"
"I'm afraid only they themselves know." Jing Yao responded, and the wine girl laughed: "Hahahaha, but some people come here to look for immortals, but immortals are hard to find."
She was getting a bit interested when she talked about Jing Yao, and the girl noticed it, so she continued mysteriously, "I heard that the gods are on the southeast peak of the snow mountain. Once you get there, you have to kowtow and bow until a wooden house appears before you."
After saying this, the girl walked away with a smile, holding the wine jug: "But these are just rumors. I have never heard of anyone actually worshipping the gods."
Jing Yao thought secretly, maybe she would be the first one.
The next morning, Jing Yao set out on his mountain climbing journey.
As the girl said, there are many people climbing the mountain in this season, but most of them are here to look for flowers and herbs, and they are the only ones heading to the Southeast Peak.
"Don't people here believe in gods anymore?"
Jing Yao was talking to himself when the old man next to him shook his head: "It's not that I don't want to believe it, it's that I won't believe it anymore."
After asking, I found out that in recent years, all those who wanted to climb the Southeast Peak to find the immortal, no matter how professional they were or how many people there were, would return empty-handed due to various dangers and almost lose their lives. Naturally, no one went there anymore.
He also advised Jing Yao not to take risks, but Jing Yao was so eager to save people that he didn't care about anything else.
The longer he stayed, the more dangerous Si Pei would be.
Thinking of this, Jing Yao resolutely set out on the road to the southeast peak of Jueyun Snow Mountain.
Although the Jueyun Snow Mountain in autumn is not as cold as in winter, the wind is extremely strong, and the sand and snow flakes are constantly blowing on people's bodies and faces.
No matter how tightly Jing Yao wrapped himself up, he could not withstand the biting evil wind. It could penetrate almost everything. Jing Yao felt that his body was about to be blown unconscious.
The road to the Southeast Peak is gentler than that to other peaks. Someone once opened a road here, and many people stopped here to rest along the way, but there are basically only a few bones left.
So Jing Yao rejected the secret guard's idea of stopping to rest. She had already walked half the distance, and her intuition told her that she had to finish the journey in one breath, otherwise she would surely die.
The wind and snow here are so weird!
At the end, Jing Yao felt her body getting heavier and heavier, and she was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, Fourteen noticed it in time and pulled Thirteen together to help her continue to walk up.
"You really don't need to rest, miss?"
Jing Yao's eyes were blurry: "No..."
Absolutely not.
My legs hurt as if they were sawed off alive, and I could hardly open my eyes. I could only rely on my feeling to move forward.
"Miss! We've reached the top!"
Fourteen's joyful cry came to my ears, but Eleven, who went to investigate first, brought bad news: there was nothing on the top of the mountain.
Jing Yao's heart sank. She pushed away the people who were supporting her on both sides and knelt down on the snow with a thud.
"Miss!"
"Miss, absolutely not! You are too weak now. If you really go up there on your knees... you will die!"
Jing Yao rested her forehead against the cold snow and shook her head gently. She knew that she would not die.
No matter who dies, Jing Lingyi will not die.
She will never admit defeat in her life.
Ignoring the secret guards' objections, Jing Yao knelt and bowed in the snow, moving slowly towards the top of the mountain.
There were a few moments when she could hardly tell whether she was in a dream or reality. The scene was too similar to her first dream. It was also in such a snowy and icy place that she entered the game alone.
When they finally reached the top of the mountain, Jing Yao collapsed completely as if he could no longer hold on.
No... She's only one step away from death.
It’s so cold… so cold.
The voice of Fourteen calling in my ears gradually faded, and only the sound of the wind remained between heaven and earth.
"No!"
Jing Yao suddenly opened her eyes. She was still lying in the snow, but she was the only one around.
The familiar snow-capped mountain cottage gradually appeared before his eyes. Jing Yao was extremely excited and dragged his heavy body forward to push open the wooden door.
The fairy was leaning on the wooden couch by the window, sipping tea. When she saw her coming, she didn't even look at her, but put down her teacup and smiled knowingly: "You are finally back."
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Jing Yao stared blankly at the fairy who waved her sleeves and brought her to the table to keep her warm. She unconsciously repeated the two words: "Come back..."
"Yes, I told you before that you would definitely come back to see me again."
Jing Yao's mind became clearer after his body warmed up: "I came to you like this before?"
The fairy smiled without saying anything. With a flick of her finger, a scene suddenly appeared before Jing Yao's eyes:
It must have been winter, with a raging snowstorm on the mountain, and the sky gloomy and gloomy, as if it were about to collapse. A thinly dressed girl, covered in blood, climbed to the top, bowing her head with every step, just as she had just done.
Jing Yao saw the girl's face clearly, it was... herself.
It turns out that those were not dreams, but memories of past lives.
"Why was I wearing so little?"
When had she been here?
The fairy smiled bitterly: "You are wearing so little because... you are already dead and no longer afraid of the cold."
Jing Yao looked back at himself lying in the snow, staining a large area of the snow red. There was indeed a dagger stuck in his chest.
That was how she looked when she committed suicide in her previous life.
"You should have remembered it by now." The fairy waved her sleeves to put away the memories. "After your death, you were obsessed with it and actually came all the way to my sect and found me."
The fairy had never seen a soul with such powerful telekinesis, and she keenly sensed that something was wrong.
"You were destined by heaven, but your fate was tampered with by someone from another world. That's why I stepped in to help you and put you back on track."
Because the time went back to the night when Jing Yao committed suicide, she naturally forgot that after her death she went to Jueyun Snow Mountain to ask for help from the immortals.
"I promised you something, so I helped you when you asked me to help save your lover."
The fairy stood up and picked up a flower, tending to it while sighing, "What a pity! Si Pei is not a simple man either. He actually gave his life to you."
Si Pei had never practiced immortal arts, so this breathing exercise was entirely driven by his own mental power.
"So it's almost a miracle that he managed to make it to the end of your wedding before dying."
The fairy looked at her calmly, supporting herself with her hands: "You both have good talents."
"So you didn't make a move later because the karma I prayed for in my previous life has run out."
"certainly."
Jing Yao knelt down again with a plop: "Can I ask you to save Si Pei again this time?"
“Hahahahahaha…”
The fairy laughed heartily and opened the window. The scene outside was just as she remembered, with bright blue chrysanthemums blooming everywhere.
"If I don't want to save you, you won't be able to see me anymore." The fairy pointed to the sea of flowers outside, "Pick a few and take them away. They contain my spiritual power. Just boil some water for him to drink."
"Thank you, fairy!"
The fairy supported her in time: "I am helping you this time because I can't bear to see anyone else sad for their lover."
Jing Yao felt sad when he recalled the folk legend that the Xuantanhua Fairy was abandoned by her lover who ascended to heaven.
"Don't overthink it. I didn't stay here to become an immortal just for that heartless man." The fairy said proudly, "When the plague broke out that year, I climbed all the way here in search of medicinal herbs to save the world, and unexpectedly got the opportunity to become an immortal. Besides, that man didn't care because he was too convinced that immortals shouldn't interfere in mortal affairs. But we are all mortals, how can we be so arrogant and indifferent?"
I see……
Jing Yao felt that he was vulgar and believed those love stories too easily, and had always misunderstood the Xuantan Flower Fairy.
"Loving someone is wonderful, and I understand that. But life is not just about love."
Perhaps there are things I want to pursue more, which have been buried in my heart.
Jing Yao suddenly realized, but suddenly lost consciousness.
When she woke up again, she found that the wooden house had disappeared, and the secret guards were still surrounding her anxiously. It seemed like everything that had just happened was just a dream.
Jing Yao hurriedly touched her sleeves and took out the Xuantan Flower. The moment Fourteen was stunned: "Miss, you...you succeeded!"
In their eyes, Jing Yao had just lost consciousness for a short time and woke up soon after. In such a short moment, she had actually obtained the legendary Xuantan Flower.
It seems that gods really exist, it just depends on chance.
The group went down the mountain happily. Eleven suggested that since they had already got the Xuantan Flower, they should hurry back to Beijing.
But Jing Yao pondered for a night, and the next day he handed the Xuantan Flower to Fourteen: "You guys should go back to Beijing as soon as possible. I... plan to stay here."
"What?"
Several secret guards looked at each other, all of them panicked and at a loss.
How are they going to explain if Jing Yao doesn’t go back?
Jing Yao had anticipated this and took out several letters he had written overnight and handed them to them: "Give them the names on the envelopes and they will understand."
She breathed a sigh of relief: "You guys go, I want to do something I really want to do."
——
On the thirteenth day of his coma, Si Pei drank the water made from the Xuantan flower brought back from Jueyun Snow Mountain, and he miraculously woke up. After being examined by Liu Shiwei, it was confirmed that there were no other toxins remaining in his body and he was very healthy.
When Si Pei woke up and didn't see Jing Yao, he panicked. Zuo Yuanwu handed over the letter that Shisi and the others had brought back with a helpless look on his face.
He opened it with trembling hands. The letter was very long and Jing Yao must have spent a long time writing it.
She started by apologizing for not being there to witness him wake up, and then spent a long time talking about her memories of the past with him in the palace. She said that in fact she never liked life in the deep palace, and of course she never regretted marrying him. She was willing to do this, but she did not want to marry into the palace.
She wanted to stay at the foot of Jueyun Snow Mountain and live the life she had always dreamed of. If Si Pei wanted to come and find her, she would welcome him at any time.
"Xiaoli, I will always love you."
Si Pei closed the letter, tears streaming down his face as if he were half crying and half laughing. He already understood Jing Yao's feelings, which were different from what Zuo Yuanwu had imagined. He had always thought that with Si Pei's past paranoid and crazy personality, he would definitely rush to Jueyun Snow Mountain to capture the person, but he didn't.
He didn't go on the second day, the third day... and the fifteenth day either.
Si Pei said that he would finish dealing with all the things here before going to see Jing Yao without any scruples.
——
Jing Yao bought the inn where she once stayed and became the manager, but the original owner and his wife and the sisters still worked there.
Jing Yao said that she had no children and just wanted to fulfill her dream of becoming a boss. She would continue to pay them their wages and dividends, and the inn would still belong to them a hundred years after she passed away.
She had no shortage of money, so she renovated the inn. In addition to providing accommodation, she also added a restaurant and a wine shop, turning it into a large restaurant.
Every year, many caravans come to Jueyun Snow Mountain and pass through neighboring countries, and this new restaurant is doing a booming business.
As the boss, Jing Yao finally "enjoyed" the busy schedule she'd always wanted. After all, the iris is a fairy flower, and it's impossible to transplant it from the snowy mountains. Jing Yao didn't give up on her dream, and commissioned artisans to make a large number of simulated irises for decoration.
When she has free time, she likes to read letters from old friends from all over the world. Fourteen of them are now her full-time messengers, traveling all over the country to ensure that their mission is delivered.
Jiang Jing and her friends often wrote to Jing Yao, always saying that they would come to see her when they had time and enjoy the personal service of the boss. However, due to various reasons, they had not yet been able to realize this wish.
Baili Wenfu and Wenren Cuo occasionally wrote to her, but they always asked how she was doing.
Zuo Yuanwu didn't write letters often, but he was the first one to visit.
The last thing Jing Yao read was naturally Si Pei's letter.
Si Pei seems to have matured a lot and is not so fond of saying weird and corny things, but he always writes that he loves her repeatedly at the end.
During the Chinese New Year, Jiang Jing and the others finally found time to come. Jiang Wen had already married Wen Renyou, and Jing Yao specially gave Jiang Wen a big red envelope because he didn't attend the wedding banquet.
After the spring, Jing Yao received two pieces of news that shocked her. One was that Si Cheng was getting married, and the bride was none other than Zhiyue. Zhiyue had been her maid, an orphan with no parents, and her name had been chosen by her nanny. Her marriage was a matter of great concern to Jing Yao.
She prepared a generous dowry for Zhiyue and acknowledged her as her adopted sister. From then on, Zhiyue became her nickname, and Jingyao gave her the full name Jingyan.
Another major event shocked not only Jing Yao, but the entire Xijing.
The old emperor abdicated and went to live a life of leisure, and the successor was not the crown prince Si Pei, but a young prince selected from the royal family. The new emperor ascended the throne and pardoned the people. Si Cheng did not become a prince again, but was given the title of marquis, and took Zhiyue to his fiefdom.
Si Pei wasn't idle even before he ascended the throne. He proclaimed himself Prince Jing and assisted the young emperor, effectively serving as regent. Another year passed, and the power dynamics in the capital seemed to have shifted again. New military families were being promoted, and the Wei family had a female ruler. That winter, Jiang Min gave birth to a lovely daughter. She was already frail, and due to confinement, she couldn't visit Jing Yao during the Lunar New Year.
During the Chinese New Year, Si Cheng brought Zhiyue to see her. At that time, Zhiyue was already pregnant. She knew that Jing Yao did not plan to have children, so she basically did not talk about it.
Si Cheng was a complete wife slave, fearing that Zhiyue would feel uncomfortable at all. Originally, he was unwilling to come at this time of year, but his master insisted on coming to reunite with his old master for the New Year.
In the past two years, her friends have come to visit her one after another, but there is only one person who has never shown up.
Jing Yao knew that Si Pei could not abandon everything and come to her until he completely unloaded his responsibilities.
Because she would be disappointed in him that day too.
It was spring again, and the flowers planted by Jing Yao herself outside Jinghong Restaurant were in full bloom. The little girl who had been shy when she saw her hurriedly called her out of bed: "Sister Jing! Sister Jing!"
Jing Yao hasn't fully woken up yet, and today is a holiday and the shop is closed. What happened?
The little girl was sweating profusely in anxiety: "Sister Jing, there is an accident outside the building, you should go and take a look!"
When Jing Yao heard this, she quickly got up from the bed and tied her hair up in a bun while being angry. She wanted to see which bastard came to her territory to make trouble again!
Turning down the stairs and passing through the magnificent lobby, Jing Yao suddenly pushed open the door of the restaurant. Just as he was about to explode, he was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.
It wasn't winter yet, but outside the door was a vast expanse of white. Trees that had appeared out of nowhere were now covered in snow-white flowers, and the spring breeze blew, sending petals fluttering and scattering all over the ground.
Jing Yao would not make a mistake. This was a pear tree, and what fell into her palm were pear blossoms.
There seemed to be no need to guess who had brought these things to her doorstep.
The young man walked out from under the flowers, took off his previous dark robe and put on a moon-white brocade robe, which was very suitable for the pear blossoms.
He was still as handsome as ever, and was still the same as the man in her dreams, except that his face seemed to have a few more traces of time.
As soon as he smiled, he turned back into the most familiar little pear in her memory.
"Yaoyao!" The young man's smile was like a spring breeze, caressing her sweetly, "I'm here to keep my appointment."
Jing Yao's eyes were filled with tears. He smiled and threw himself into the man's arms: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, you know! Bastard!"
Si Pei hugged her tightly and spun around several times, unwilling to let go as if he wanted to carve her into his bones: "Sorry, I'm late."
"Fortunately, it's not too late."
Jing Yao snuggled in his arms for a long time. Even though they hadn't seen each other for such a long time, at this moment it seemed as if they had never been apart.
Jing Yao knew it, because she and Si Pei always had each other in their hearts.
"Okay, let me show you my restaurant."
Jing Yao patted Si Pei's back generously, and the young man was reluctant to let go: "I haven't hugged you enough, Yao Yao is so comfortable hugging me... I've been thinking about it for a long time."
Jing Yao got goosebumps all over her body. She thought that Si Pei had really stopped being so corny after being the regent for a few years, but it turned out that he was waiting for her here!
She didn't indulge the hypocritical man at all: "Let's go! I'll hug you enough tonight!"
Si Pei blushed and nodded shyly, "Okay."
Jing Yao naturally took his hand. Si Pei was stunned for a moment, then held it tightly with his backhand.
The two smiled at each other tacitly and walked into the door together.
Outside the door, the wind blew the pear blossoms all over the sky, and the two people in the house finally bid farewell to the days of separation.
Jing Yao knew that they would never be separated again.
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