Chapter 103
Just as Xu Junyuan put away Jiang Xing's handwriting, a voice came from outside: "The Queen Mother has arrived--"
Xu Junyuan said: "Master Jiang... No, now I should address Master Jiang as 'Your Majesty'."
Jiang Xing's face clearly showed the expression "You talk too much nonsense".
"I know your majesty is anxious, but in order to avoid arousing the queen mother's suspicion and causing unnecessary trouble, I ask your majesty to be patient."
This was a reminder for him not to destroy Xiao Li's character too quickly. Jiang Xing nodded, pointed to the door, and signaled Xu Junyuan to stop wasting time and run.
Xu Junyuan added: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will deliver your Majesty's 'family letter' to Lord Lin as soon as possible."
As soon as Xu Junyuan finished speaking, the Queen Mother, supported by Lai Fu, hurried in: "Li'er——!"
It may be a little difficult to pretend to be a god of war or a general, but anyone can pretend to be stupid. Jiang Xing put away the expression on his face, lowered his head and said nothing. He was almost halfway to success.
The Queen Mother held Jiang Xing's hand and found that he was frighteningly cold: "Go and get the charcoal basin - what on earth is going on? Why did the Emperor come to the Qinzheng Palace for no reason?"
Nanny Xiujiao told the empress dowager everything that had happened, and Jiang Xing wished he could lend her a hand. Fortunately, after she finished speaking, Xiao Songzi added: "It seems that the emperor is here to see Lord Lin."
The Queen Mother hurriedly said, "Why don't you invite Lord Lin to the palace?"
Very good, he can always trust Xiaosongzi.
Xu Junyuan knew that the Queen Mother would not let him go for the time being, so he glanced at Jiang Xing and said, "I will arrange for someone to go."
The Queen Mother ordered the maids to take Jiang Xing to bathe and change clothes, and then turned to Xu Junyuan: "Imperial Master, what is the Emperor doing...?"
Xu Junyuan explained: "It's a good thing that the emperor can react to the outside world. It's better to be emotional than to have no emotions."
The Queen Mother was immediately overjoyed: "Is the Imperial Master saying that the Emperor's amnesia is starting to get better?"
Xu Junyuan smiled and said, "'The nine stars of the Tail Constellation indicate that the legitimate son will be in the right position. His soul will return to his original body and unify the country.' Queen Mother, these words of your humble servant are indeed what I have learned from observing the celestial phenomena."
The Queen Mother was so excited that she could hardly contain herself: "I have waited for so many years, and finally this day has come..."
After bathing, Jiang Xing put on a new dragon robe. He stood in front of the mirror, looking at the boy in it. Xiao Li looks very much like him, but seems to be a little shorter and thinner than when he was seventeen, probably because he played in the mud too much in the past.
The Queen Mother still wanted to stay with her son, but Jiang Xing fell asleep after taking a bath. The Queen Mother was old after all, and after all this trouble, she could hardly hide the fatigue on her face. Xu Junyuan advised: "I will stay at Xingqing Palace to guard Your Majesty. The Queen Mother's health is more important. Why don't you go back to Ci'an Palace to rest first?"
"No," said the Queen Mother, "I will just rest in the side hall. If the Emperor wakes up, you will come and inform me immediately."
As soon as the Queen Mother left, Xu Junyuan sent away the other palace maids and eunuchs with an excuse. Jiang Xing immediately threw back the quilt and sat up. He could finally think carefully about how to coax Lin Qingyu later. He was unable to speak for the time being and could only write down everything he wanted to say.
He wrote without any rules, just writing whatever came to his mind, forgetting that there was no punctuation in Dayu, let alone logic. He was worried that the words were too small and Lin Qingyu couldn't see clearly, so he wrote them quite large, with only enough space on a piece of rice paper for him to write one sentence.
Xu Junyuan said that his loss of voice was only temporary, because this body had never spoken and therefore he would not be able to adapt in a short period of time. If that is the case, could he have developed the voice through trial and practice?
The eunuch who brought the message from the palace rushed to the general's mansion and explained his purpose to Yuan Yin. Yuan Yin said, "Please wait a moment, sir. I will go and tell my wife now."
Half an hour ago, Lin Qingyu returned to the general's mansion. Over the past year, it was common for Lin Qingyu to return home late at night, and Yuan Yin did not find it strange. As usual, he welcomed Lin Qingyu into the house and asked Lin Qingyu if she wanted a midnight snack. Lin Qingyu nodded and said yes.
It was all business as usual.
When Huan Tong brought the midnight snack, she watched Lin Qingyu calmly rummaging through the boxes and cabinets and asked, "Master, what are you looking for?"
"The box." Lin Qingyu said in a normal tone, "Where is the box containing the ring and the letter from home?"
"Oh, it's here." Huantong always felt that something was strange. He didn't have time to think about it and handed the brocade box to Lin Qingyu. When Lin Qingyu took it, a chill crept up Huantong's back.
He knew the reason for this strange and bizarre feeling - his young master had a photographic memory, so how could he not remember where he put such an important thing?
Lin Qingyu opened the brocade box slowly and calmly. Finally finding what he was looking for, he smiled slightly and said, "Look, he promised me."
Huan Tong asked in horror: "Master?"
"He wrote me a letter of guarantee." Lin Qingyu said firmly, "He won't lie to me."
Huan Tong became more and more panicked: "Master, what are you talking about?"
Lin Qingyu seemed to be unable to hear his words, or rather, he was deliberately avoiding everything in this world and immersed in another illusory world: "It's just a dream... just a dream." His expression suddenly became cruel and twisted, but his face was still strange and exquisite. "How dare he lie to me!"
In addition to the letter of guarantee, the brocade box also contained the engagement ring Jiang Xing gave him, as well as every letter he had written to him in the past year.
Lin Qingyu picked up the top letter. In the letter, Jiang Xing complained that he was very hungry and couldn't eat enough, and said that he wanted to eat the plum cake made by his mother-in-law. At the end of the letter, Jiang Xing reminded him to eat well and sleep well.
Eat... Jiang Xing wants him to eat well.
Lin Qingyu walked to the table, picked up the pastries on the plate and stuffed them into his mouth. Before he had swallowed one, he stuffed another one in. Huan Tong hurriedly stopped him: "Master!"
Lin Qingyu's eyes were red, but she couldn't cry. His tears had already dried up in his dream.
As soon as Yuan Yin entered the room, he saw this scene. Even though he was well-informed, he was shocked: "Madam?"
Lin Qingyu swallowed the food in his mouth, lightly brushed the corner of his mouth with his fingertips, and said nonchalantly: "What's wrong?"
Yuan Yin did not dare to look directly at Lin Qingyu, and bowed his head and said, "Someone from the palace has come to invite you to come to the palace to see the emperor. The eunuch also brought a letter."
When Lin Qingyu heard the word "letter", he swayed slightly and was helped by Huantong to stand steadily.
What did the people in the palace want to tell him...something about the northwest?
Lin Qingyu heard himself say, "Bring it here."
When the letter was handed to him, he suddenly felt nauseous, so nauseous that he wanted to vomit, and even had an urge to tear up the letter. But what if, what if it was Jiang Xing’s letter home?
Lin Qingyu's eyelashes fluttered and he opened the letter tremblingly.
A line of familiar font came into view: a sentence he had silently repeated countless times, and the name engraved in his heart.
In the chaotic and muddy memory, a voice sounded in his mind: "We can agree on a code. If I am not dead and I am in someone else's body, we can use this code to recognize each other, okay?"
Lin Qingyu's face revealed an abnormal confusion and horror. His frighteningly calm breathing became rapid again, as if burning, and it made him lose all consciousness.
Yuan Yin asked worriedly, "Madam?"
"Prepare... prepare the car." Lin Qingyu said in a trance, as if in a dream, with unclear eyes, "I want to go to the palace."
…Is that you?
If it's you, it must be you... please, it must be you.
The carriage could only stop at the gate of the palace. Lin Qingyu stepped down too quickly and stepped on the hem of his clothes for the first time in his life. Unless there are special circumstances, one is not allowed to walk fast in the palace. But he doesn't care.
Just like the Lantern Festival that year, he struggled through the crowded crowd and threw himself into Jiang Xing's arms.
——Why is Doctor Lin running away?
——To come and see you, of course I have to run.
He watched the magnificent palace getting closer and closer to him.
He heard a voice saying "Lord Lin is here" and came to the emperor's bedroom.
The young man in the black dragon robe looked at him. The boy's originally gray and lifeless face was glowing again, his eyes were bright as stars, as if they could speak, hiding unspeakable anger and love.
The boy's eyes and Jiang Xing's eyes in the dream gradually merged. At this moment, Lin Qingyu felt like he was fished out from the bottom of the cold and deep lake.
When the two looked at each other, the young man uttered two words with difficulty: "Qing, Yu."
These are the only two words he knows how to say.
Lin Qingyu looked at him in a daze.
Jiang Xing wanted to speak again, but he could no longer make a sound. He could only take out the words he had written in advance and hold them up one by one for Lin Qingyu to see:
[Qingyu! Qingyu! ! ! 】
[I am Jiang Xing!] ! ! 】
[I'm back!] ! ! 】
[I'm not a scumbag!] ! ! 】
[You ran away when I wasn’t asleep! ! ! 】
[I miss you so much...]
[I like you so much...]
【I love you. 】
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