Chapter 588 Zhang Yumo Wakes Up
Meanwhile, Bai Yuhan sat alone in a carriage, feeling bored. They had come in a carriage with three other people, but she was leaving alone.
She was going back to Jiangzhou, and she was a little reluctant to leave. She wondered what the Emperor's intention was in deceiving the Empress all the way. Once they returned to Shengjing, how would he continue to deceive the Empress? Bai Yuhan wanted to go to Shengjing with a "let's see what happens" attitude and see how the Emperor would fabricate his lies.
She lifted the carriage curtain and saw Guard Lin riding a horse, looking very imposing. She said, "Guard Lin hasn't seen Miss Lianye for so long, he must miss her very much!"
Lin Feng and Lian Ye's relationship was no secret in the palace. Lin Feng, like his master, was always very high-profile. At this moment, Lin Feng chatted with Bai Yuhan, "My Lian Ye is still waiting for me to go back. When I left, she told me that I must find her..."
He glanced at the carriage in front of him and lowered his voice, saying, "If I can't protect Empress Lianye, she will never marry me. I have a heavy responsibility to take her as my wife."
Bai Yuhan smiled and said, "Among the men in your capital, only Guard Lin is the most devoted to love. Miss Lianye is so lucky. I really envy Miss Lianye for being treated so sincerely by Guard Lin."
She also wanted to find a man who would love only her wholeheartedly. Her husband could not have multiple wives and concubines; she couldn't tolerate any infidelity.
Thinking of the many women in Xie Shang's harem, Bai Yuhan felt that even if Jiang Fenghua married the emperor, there was nothing to envy. What woman could bear sharing her husband with so many other women?
The more she thought about it, the more horrified she became. Originally, she had wanted to go to Shengjing to see the excitement, but now she just wanted to stay far away. She didn't want to suffer any more unnecessary trouble if she offended the couple. Back then, Empress Dowager Cheng had tricked her into entering the palace...
Thinking about her experiences in the palace, Bai Yuhan became even more frightened. She heard from Lin Feng that Xie Shang had already announced that Consort Han had died of illness and that her body had been thrown into a mass grave to be fed to wild dogs. Thinking of this, she was really afraid that she would die there if she went back.
The road back to Shengjing doesn't pass through Jiangzhou, and they won't give her a special ride. How is she supposed to say goodbye to them?
Let's travel together first, since the journey is long and she has no guards with her.
Bai Yuhan only just remembered to send a letter home to let her family know she was safe; her family must be very worried.
What Bai Yuhan didn't know was that when the Bai family learned that she had entered the palace and become a concubine, the entire Bai clan thought she had risen to great heights and began building a temple for her in Jiangzhou. It was such a glorious thing for the Bai family to have a concubine.
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Shengjing, Jiang Prefecture.
Ever since Feng Jingyuan learned that her daughter was no longer in the palace, she has been so anxious that she has nightmares every night and runs to Zhang Yumo's bedside to cry every day.
Two-year-old Jiang Ruochu held her grandmother's hand and comforted her, "Grandma, don't cry. Xiaochu will tell you a story."
Feng Jingyuan held her granddaughter and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Grandma, don't cry. Grandma will sing for Xiao Chu."
"Xiao Chu will sing for Mommy too. Mommy has been sleeping for a long time and hasn't woken up yet. She must be very sleepy. Xiao Chu won't disturb Mommy. Xiao Chu will play with Grandma." Jiang Ruochu's face was rosy and her cherry lips were even more adorable. When she smiled, she looked like a delicate doll. She was a standard little beauty.
Her little mouth sang nursery rhymes, which melted everyone's heart.
Listening to Xiao Ruochu singing, Feng Jingyuan cried again. Ever since Jiang Ruochu grew up, she had always told her that her mother was tired and needed to sleep. Xiao Ruochu was very sensible and never made a fuss about her mother.
Now she only hopes that Zhang Yumo will wake up soon. She consulted Master Wu Zi about her fate. Although Zhang Yumo's fate was not good, she had the help of a benefactor to change her destiny. Therefore, she would definitely not die so young.
At this moment, no one saw Zhang Yumo's eyelids twitch slightly on the bed. She heard a children's nursery rhyme and felt as if she had returned to her childhood. Her mother often sang nursery rhymes to her.
In her memory, only the nursery rhymes sung by her mother were special. Now, who is singing songs to her?
When she was very young, both of her parents passed away. She was raised by her grandparents, and her grandmother would sing nursery rhymes to lull her to sleep, just like other mothers.
She called out "Grandfather and Grandmother" as tears streamed down her face.
The maidservant, who was standing by, noticed the tears in the corners of the young mistress's eyes and said urgently, "The young mistress is crying."
Feng Jingyuan carried Jiang Ruochu to the bedside, overjoyed, and repeatedly said, "Yu Mo."
Jiang Ruochu also called out, "Mother, Mother."
The maid said, "Did the young mistress hear Miss Xiao Chu singing, which is why she is waking up?"
The nanny who served Zhang Yumo explained, "The old lady used to sing nursery rhymes to lull the young mistress to sleep. The young mistress must have dreamed of the old lady. Perhaps Miss Chu singing nursery rhymes can wake the young mistress up."
Feng Jingyuan asked, "Can Xiao Chu sing for her mother?"
Jiang Ruochu, like a little angel saving Zhang Yumo, held her hand and sang the nursery rhyme that Feng Jingyuan had taught her. The mother and daughter seemed to have a telepathic connection.
Zhang Yumo's fingers twitched. She wanted to wake up, but she couldn't. It was as if she was drowning. The icy lake water was hitting her eyes, ears, nose and mouth, making it impossible for her to breathe. She couldn't hear any sound either, as if she was about to drown.
She remembered that Jiang Jinyan had rejected her. In her heartbreak, she went to the lake and jumped in during the dead of winter. She heard her grandparents crying sadly. She regretted it; she shouldn't have jumped into the lake for a man.
She cried out "Help!" in a hoarse voice, but the lake water submerged her mouth and nose, and she could no longer survive.
"Yu Mo, wake up." Feng Jingyuan kept calling out to her.
The explosion damaged half of Zhang Yumo's hearing, and now she can't hear who is calling her at all.
Suddenly, she slowly opened her eyes. Standing beside her bed was a beautiful little girl, as lovely as an elf, whose eyes were filled with unfamiliarity.
The little girl smiled brightly and said, "Mommy, you're awake."
Zhang Yumo was completely bewildered. Although she couldn't hear anything in one ear, she could hear in the other. "Why are you calling me mother?"
Jiang Ruochu's eyes were full of confusion. "Grandmother, Mother doesn't recognize Xiaochu."
Feng Jingyuan quickly said, "Yu Mo, she is your daughter Xiao Chu. Jiang Ruo Chu is the name Jin Yan gave to your daughter."
Zhang Yumo glanced at the people around her and asked in confusion, "Are you Madam Jiang?" She had met Madam Jiang once, but she had refused her grandmother's marriage proposal.
Feng Jingyuan was completely dumbfounded. "Have you lost your memory too, Yumo? I am your mother. We are all your family. Your husband's name is Jiang Jinyan, and your daughter's name is Jiang Ruochu. Don't you remember any of these things?"
Upon hearing Jiang Jinyan's name, her eyes filled with pain. He had rejected her grandparents' marriage proposal, and she had committed suicide by jumping into the lake out of ignorance. Was it because she wanted to marry Jiang Jinyan so much that she wove a dream for herself after her death?
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