After finally finishing coughing, Jiu Niang looked even more haggard, her face as white as a sheet of paper. When she coughed, her body trembled, like a tattered rag standing in the wind, which could be blown away at any moment.
The former Jiu Niang is probably dead.
“He…may never come back,” Jiu Niang said, her tone indifferent, as if she were talking about someone insignificant.
But she still lives in the Xiao residence, which shows that she is waiting for Xiao Xingyuan to return. However, he never comes back, so she tells herself to give up, but her heart cannot die.
Unable to obtain what she desired, yet still willing to fly like a moth to a flame, Jiu Niang was the most pitiful one in this chaotic love affair.
"It's cold in the capital. I'm afraid Mr. Xiao will have to go south for the winter, like a bird. He'll come back next spring. Ninth Sister, you must take good care of yourself and wait for Mr. Xiao to return."
Zhao Shu didn't know if what she said was right or wrong; it was probably wrong, since she should have told Jiu Niang to give up.
Waiting for someone who doesn't love you is destined to end in tragedy, but she has waited for so many years that it has become a habit, so why bother to wake her up?
She might as well live in a dream forever. She's not stupid; she understands everything, she just can't get out of it.
"I really envy you, young, nothing else matters." Jiu Niang sighed, then tried to force a nonchalant smile, but perhaps because she rarely faked it, her smile looked so forced. "Your Highness must be very tired these days, shall I give you a massage?"
Speaking of massage, Zhao Shucai thought of those blind people who had been there for so long without seeing anyone.
"Ninth Sister, you should rest well. Forget about the massage; I don't think they're here anyway." Zhao Shu immediately rejected her suggestion.
Jiu Niang's expression darkened. "My skills have become rusty and I am not as good as theirs. The princess eats pastries, and the recipes for these pastries are from Bianzhou. You probably can't find them in the capital."
With her clumsy attempt to change the subject, Zhao Shu remained silent, ate a couple of bites of pastry, but with something on her mind, she couldn't taste anything at all.
The Xiao residence was eerie. After eating some snacks and instructing Jiu Niang to take good care of herself, Zhao Shu returned to the Yong Prince's residence.
As soon as she entered the door, she immediately said, "Have Xiao Zhu come to see me."
“Princess, I just asked the maids in the Xiao residence, and they don’t know any of the blind men who gave the massages last time. They also seem to have only been in the residence for a few days.”
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