Chapter 119 Come and see him off
That night, Nymph could not fall asleep for a long time.
For some reason, she suddenly remembered that one year after her previous life, Zong Si returned to Beijing from the north.
At that time, Emperor Jingwen was seriously ill, the war in the north was gradually stabilizing, Meng Ze had a slight advantage in the fight, and Prince Xuan's Palace returned to its heyday.
The palace was crowded with people attending the banquet. All the famous families in the capital came. Ning Fu could only secretly glance at him from a distance.
At that time, Zong Si no longer had the handsomeness of a young man, but had begun to take on the appearance of a powerful official, with an unfathomable depth in his eyes. The more power a person holds, the more unattainable and frightening he seems.
Ningfu felt that there seemed to be an insurmountable gap between them. Her heart suddenly turned cold, and she knew very well that the man she loved was no longer someone she could ever get.
Concubine Zong smiled and asked him, "Now that you return to the capital, it's time to arrange your marriage."
"Mother and aunt will make the plan." Zong Si said with a smile. Even though he was smiling, Ning Fu felt it was extremely cold.
He was keenly aware of her gaze, and when he looked up, Nymph's breath was choked, and she quickly looked away.
At this banquet, Meng Ze pestered her several times and then forced her to drink. She was accompanied by her eldest aunt Wei, who was afraid of offending him, so she tried to please Meng Ze and persuade her to compromise.
She looked at Meng Ze with a humiliating smile, and drank all the wine and her grievances.
Zong Si seemed to glance at her.
Afterwards, she took the opportunity to walk away and sat in the yard in a daze. It seemed that her aunt and grandmother hoped that she would compromise with Meng Ze. The declining Xuanwang Mansion could no longer afford to offend a prince, not to mention that following Meng Ze might bring a turning point to the Duke's Mansion.
Only her mother didn't want her to compromise and refused to agree no matter what.
While she was lost in thought, she saw the prince of Prince Xuan's mansion, her lover, standing on the rockery, looking down at her indifferently.
"Did I disturb the prince?" she asked softly.
"Do you want to marry Meng Ze as a concubine?" His tone was also emotionless and cold. That kind of alienation and indifference made people want to stay away from him.
She looked up at him and shook her head.
"Yeah." He had no interest in talking to her anymore and responded indifferently.
She was left alone there, her heart beating very fast. Even if he was very cold, the words from her lover made her feel a little excited.
A few days later, she was nearly run over by his horse again.
Zong Si just glanced at her coldly, dismounted to check if she was injured, and said, "What do you want?"
She looked at him doubtfully and said, "I am not injured, there is no need to do this, Your Highness."
"It's my promise to you." Zong Si said before he mounted his horse and left. "If you have decided what you want, you can come to Prince Xuan's mansion to find me."
She didn't know why Zong Si was like this, was it just because he bumped into her? How could this be worthy of such attention?
Naturally, she did not go to Prince Xuan's Palace.
If he had promised himself anything, it was probably that not long after that, his mother went to Prince Xuan's palace and mentioned marriage to him.
My mother went to Prince Xuan's palace twice in total.
Later one morning, Dongzhu told her with a smile: "Miss, Prince Xuan's Mansion came to the Duke's Mansion to propose marriage."
She was naturally delighted and somewhat smug, but in the end she managed to take him down.
That day, the sun was shining brightly, and she dressed up specially. When she went to the front yard, the man was standing against the light. From his back, she saw his broad shoulders and narrow waist, which made her blush.
"I have something I want to ask Fourth Miss." Zong Si looked at her at a loss, without any restraint between men and women, and asked seriously, "Fourth Miss, are you willing to marry me?"
"Yes." She nodded.
"If one day, I die on the battlefield, will the fourth lady take care of the palace for me?" he asked in a deep voice.
"I will," she whispered.
Zong Si seemed to smile, but also seemed not to, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or not. Perhaps for him, it made no difference who he chose for marriage.
But the marriage made her happy for a long time, and also made others envy her for a long time.
Even hearing the question "Why would the prince choose Ning Si from the declining Ningguo Mansion" would make her feel a little proud.
Thinking about this memory, Ning Fu still remembered a lot of things. She also remembered that Zong Si once went to the North in the middle of the night. He called her and said, "See me off."
That was a period of time when the two had a good relationship.
She liked him very much at that time, and naturally she wanted to be with him. She listened to whatever he said and got up no matter how sleepy she was.
"I have a request. Whenever I go to the north, you must come and see me off." Zong Si put the hood of his cloak on her in front of the accompanying team.
"Why?" she asked.
"The battlefield is dangerous, and this may be the last time we see each other." Zong Si looked at her and said in a deep voice, "If you don't say goodbye, you will regret it for the rest of your life."
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Thinking of this, Nymph recalled carefully for a moment. In fact, she never saw him off many times afterwards, and he never mentioned it later. He just got up and left on his own.
The last time he went to the north, his words actually came true.
He left without saying goodbye to her.
And she died that time.
I don’t know if it can be considered a regret.
According to what Lu Xingzhi said, Zong Si regretted after her death, which was probably a feeling of regret.
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It was Ning He who told her the day when Zong Si would leave Beijing.
"Fourth sister, are you going?" Ning He asked. This was Zong Ning's instruction to her. No matter what, fourth sister had to go to see the prince off.
Ning Fu smiled and said, "That's Prince Xuan's business."
"I see Sister Ning looks a little heavy-hearted." Ning He said, "Is it possible that the prince's condition is really not good this time?"
Nymph said nothing.
When Lu Xingzhi came to the Duke's Mansion, he also mentioned this to her.
Nymph said: "Do you want me to see him off?"
"It's up to you to decide." Lu Xingzhi paused.
"He won't die this time. To be honest, he went back to the North without saying a word in the last life, but I died. I wonder if he regretted not waking me up that morning and saying a few more words to me." Nymph said.
Lu Xingzhi was silent for a moment, then said, "The prince must be extremely regretful."
"Maybe I didn't expect that I couldn't survive even though I was doing well in the palace." Nymph joked, "It's just that he wanted to be so cold and indifferent. He deserved to regret it, and it was me who died. If I hadn't been reborn, I would be sad."
She knew that there were many things that Lu Xingzhi could not reveal, and she did not ask him to respond to her thoughts on everything, so she just said it casually.
After all, it wasn't difficult to die in the previous life. If I were alive, as long as I divorced, even if I was poorer, I could live a very good life with my mother.
Lu Xingzhi's expression was somewhat complicated.
Ningfu turned back to carve the wood block, but Lu Xingzhi looked at her for a long time behind her.
However, on the day Zong Si left Beijing, Ning Fu still went there and stood in an extremely inconspicuous corner, just to see which bureaucrats were leaving Beijing with him.
It was not until the carriage was about to leave that Zong Si saw her.
The man was slightly stunned, then he curled the corners of his mouth. He was originally cold and icy, but suddenly he felt as if he were basking in the spring breeze.
Zong Si never thought that Ning Fu would come.
But he was extremely happy.
He looked in the direction of the nymph for a long time.
Later, during this year, even though Zong Si was unable to move and was almost disabled, he still thought of her and told himself over and over again that he had to get better and go back.
If you think this way, you won’t feel pain anymore.
He had to go back and ask her whether she came to see him off out of some affection.
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