Xu Bai sat on the other side of the kang table, holding the literacy cards that Xu Di had made for him. However, his eyes were not on the cards, but were fixed on his sister, Xu Zhi.
Xu Bai had always felt that his older sister was the best sister in the world, and that no boy was good enough for her. But now, his sister had come back looking so distraught after seeing a boy. Xu Bai was a little unsettled, but if he tried to discuss the topic with his sister, he knew she would probably shut him down as soon as he opened his mouth.
Xu Zhi couldn't care less about her younger brother now. Sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed), she was thinking about the boy she had just met who looked much younger.
That was when I was being exiled to Lingnan with the people from the Duke of Dingguo's mansion. Halfway there, the old lady of the Duke's mansion was not feeling well, but the fifty li journey each day could not be delayed. The people from the Duke's mansion wanted to bribe the escorting officers, but no one dared to accept the bribe. In the end, only a few young people from the mansion could carry the old lady on their backs and continue walking.
When it was Xu Zhi's turn, she carried him on her back, with one person on each side helping her. Now, when she thinks back to that time, Xu Zhi still feels dizzy and her head is buzzing as if it's about to explode. Every breath she takes feels like a knife is cutting into her chest.
The people in the manor bullied Xu Zhi because she was helpless and forced her to carry the old lady of the Duke of Dingguo's manor away. In the end, a young man in his twenties from another family who was exiled with the Duke's manor couldn't stand it anymore. He somehow managed to talk to the bailiffs and bought a cart so that the old lady could be put on the cart and pulled around.
Whether the person was pitying her or helping her because of a past connection with the Duke of Dingguo's family, Xu Zhi was grateful. While resting at the post station, Xu Zhi went to thank the person and learned that the young man who stepped forward was the eldest son of the late Marquis of Pingxi, named Zheng Boyuan. He was the child left behind by the late Marquis of Pingxi's first wife. Like the Duke of Dingguo's family, the Marquis of Pingxi was exiled to Lingnan because he chose the wrong side during the struggle for the throne.
Zheng Boyuan back then, compared to now, only had a few more signs of vicissitude on his face. When Xu Zhi thanked him, he just waved his hand and told her not to take it to heart, and that no matter what happened, she must live well.
Unfortunately, when they arrived at their destination, the two families were not together, and Xu Zhi could not inquire about the Pingxi Marquis's family. Until Xu Zhi drowned herself in the sea, she did not know what happened to Zheng Boyuan.
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