Chapter 481 Extra Chapter 1: Youyou and Emperor Xiao Cong
Time flies.
Jiang Wan Ning sat on a rocking chair in the courtyard, idly fanning herself with a round fan.
Pei Yanchuan carefully mixed the hair dye.
"I already said I wouldn't dye it anymore. The kids are all grown up, it's normal for them to have some gray hair." Jiang Wan Ning enjoyed Pei Yan Chuan's service, but said something against her will.
Life goes by too fast; she hasn't been young enough yet.
"No matter how old your children are, it doesn't stop you from loving beauty."
"This hair dye was specially brought by Yu Hai. He said the color is very... what's the word again? Stylish, yes, very stylish."
"Let me try it on you first."
Pei Yanchuan narrowed his eyes slightly; as people get older, their eyesight isn't as good as it used to be.
“Youyou came back a few days ago.” Pei Yanchuan said to Jiang Wanning while dyeing her hair.
"That mischievous monkey, always running wild outside, has he finally decided to come back?"
"If you have time, go to the palace and persuade the emperor not to just wait for Youyou. That girl is naturally wild and may not be suited to palace life."
“I think there’s been a twist in this matter,” Pei Yanchuan said. “Youyou seems like a completely different person since she came back this time.”
"He actually approached me and said he wanted to marry the emperor."
"Oh?" Jiang Wan Ning looked up in surprise, turning to look at Pei Yan Chuan. "Really?"
Pei Yanchuan, holding a hair-dyeing comb in his hand, nodded. "When have I ever lied to you?"
"I'll go find this girl and have a good talk with her later, and see what's going on."
Just as Jiang Wan Ning was about to lie down, she suddenly noticed Pei Yan Chuan's hands and her eyes widened in surprise. "You old man, what color did you dye my hands?"
Pei Yanchuan calmly handed the bronze mirror on the table to Jiang Wanning, and then... ran away.
"Pei! Yan! Chuan!" Jiang Wan Ning looked at her full head of pink hair; no wonder it took so long to get it done...
"How am I supposed to go out and face people now?"
Pei Yanchuan kept his distance, saying, "That's perfect, then we won't go out. It'll save you from always going to the pleasure boats."
Jiang Wan Ning immediately realized that she was probably not the only one who had suffered such a thing.
really,
The crabapple and the peony were staring at different hairs – one was orange, and the other was staring at a red one.
"Yu Hai!"
Jiang Wan Ning gritted her teeth. Ever since Yu Hai found a way back, he would bring back strange things from time to time.
Fortunately, he can only go back once a year.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could go back every day...?
It seems I won't be able to see anyone for a while; at least I can't go out to the pleasure boat for drinks until my hair is dyed back to normal.
at night,
Just as Jiang Wan Ning fell asleep, You You came in carrying her own pillow.
Pei Yanchuan always clung to Jiang Wanning, but he didn't dare to approach her today, which gave Youyou the perfect opportunity.
Jiang Wan Ning closed her eyes, seemingly knowing that Youyou would come, and patted the spot next to her, "Come on over."
Youyou kicked off her shoes and climbed into bed. "Mom, how did you know it was me?"
Jiang Wan Ning didn't answer, but asked directly, "Is there something you want to tell Mother?"
"Why do you suddenly want to marry the Emperor again? If you don't want to, no one can force you."
"No one forced me, I just feel... I might have made the wrong choice before."
"Mother, I had a dream, a very, very scary dream. In the dream, I married a man I met in the martial arts world, but in the end I found out that he was lying to me."
"Later, it was my brother, the emperor, who avenged me. He was very sad."
"I had many dreams... I dreamt that because of my rebellion and willfulness, my brother the emperor was injured a lot and almost died together with that person."
Jiang Wan Ning slowly opened her eyes and listened quietly to You You's words.
"Mother, are you even listening to me anymore?"
“What you’ve been through, your mother has been through too,” Jiang Wanning said slowly. “It wasn’t a dream; it was all real.”
"Youyou, you've been reborn, haven't you?"
Youyou suddenly sat up. "Mom, did you really experience that?"
As soon as Youyou asked the question, she regretted it. Her mother would never lie to her about such things. What her mother said was always true. Her parents would never think she was talking nonsense like outsiders.
"Mother, I've lived my life again." Youyou seemed to be talking to herself, but also to Jiang Wanning. "I was willful and ignorant before."
"Blinded by someone's outward kindness, my brother was also deceived by that person because of me..."
"And the way our parents looked after losing us."
"Mother, Youyou was wrong."
Jiang Wan Ning smiled and patted Youyou's head. "There's still time. You should think it through. Being the Empress of Dongling may be easy, but it's not easy either."
"The most important thing is whether you're feeling touched or genuinely like your emperor brother."
Youyou curled up her legs, hugged the quilt, and sat on the bed. "I always thought I treated the emperor brother as just a brother, but later I realized that I liked him."
"I just got so used to his sacrifices that I completely ignored my own feelings."
The mother and daughter talked all night.
Early the next morning.
Youyou got up and prepared to go find Emperor Xiao Cong.
As soon as I stepped out of the room, I saw Xiao Cong's figure.
He stood quietly in the yard, carrying Youyou's favorite mochi and her favorite wine, waiting patiently.
The morning sunlight was weak, but it shone on Xiao Cong, making Youyou unable to look away.
Previously, I was only focused on the world of martial arts, viewing men of that world through a biased lens, and never paid them any attention.
This man, who was born and designated as the crown prince and became emperor, was surprisingly handsome.
"Brother Emperor," Youyou called softly, her voice filled with a hint of joy.
Then she lifted her skirt and rushed to Xiao Cong, "Brother Emperor."
In the past, when Youyou called him like that, it meant she wanted him to cover for her so she could go out and play.
Xiao Cong reached out and gently stroked Youyou's nose, saying tenderly, "You've only been back a short while? You've already gone out to be your heroine again?"
"Tell me, what cover will you get your brother, the Emperor, to provide this time?"
"Brother Emperor, will you marry me?" Youyou asked with a smile, her eyes narrowed.
Xiao Cong froze for a moment, almost dropping the glutinous rice cakes and wine in his hands. "Youyou...you..."
"My Emperor brother fulfilled my martial arts dream, so shouldn't I repay him?"
Xiao Cong's mood shifted from shock to slight disappointment. "Youyou, if you only want to repay your brother the emperor, then your brother cannot marry you."
"I don't want to take advantage of your kindness and trap you for life."
"If you don't want to enter the palace, your brother the Emperor will speak to the Empress Dowager and your teacher. They are both reasonable people and they dote on you, so they won't disagree."
"But the chivalrous hero you admire may not be right. You should listen to your brother, the Emperor, on this point."
Youyou discovered that Xiao Cong knew from the beginning that he never spoke ill of that person in order to make her his empress; he had long seen through the person's ulterior motives in approaching him.
“Brother Emperor, I was young before, but now I’m grown up and I understand my own feelings.”
"I am willing to be your queen."
Inside the house, Jiang Wan Ning and Pei Yan Chuan secretly watched the two people embracing in the yard.
Jiang Wan Ning's face was full of gossip; she'd have plenty to talk about when she played mahjong with her girlfriends later.
Pei Yanchuan's face was quite ugly. His own cabbage had been eaten by a pig, and he wanted nothing more than to kick Xiao Cong away if Jiang Wan Ning hadn't been there.
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