Chapter 81 Peach Blossoms Bloom, Set Off for Yuecheng
"elder sister."
Xiao Tao held it in for a long time, but she couldn't help but ran to Shang Yuwan's arms and asked in a low voice, "Is my mother dead?"
Liu Mengyao and Zhu Hao sat aside, watching silently. Shang Yuwan reached out and rubbed Xiaotao's hair, saying sorry.
Logically, Shang Yuwan had no objection to Yuezhu abandoning Liuniang to the Youkou army, and even welcomed it. Liuniang had used him and Xiaotao to deceive them, and she deserved her own death in Youkou, or her return to Youkou to live a life worse than death.
But in terms of feelings, she did feel a little guilty towards Xiaotao.
This child is smart, motivated, and obedient. He is less than five years old and younger than Liu Mengyao's kid.
Shang Yuwan couldn't bear to kill such a soft little girl. But if Liu Niang was in her hands, she would not spare her life.
"Sister is not wrong, brother is not wrong either." Xiao Tao buried her head in Shang Yuwan's thin shoulders, her eye sockets aching. "It was my mother and I who were wrong. We deceived our brothers and sisters who were so kind to us, and that Uncle Song."
Shang Yuwan gently patted her thin back and asked, "Xiaotao, would you like to follow me in the future?"
She wants to clear the name of the Shang family and restore their good reputation. The road of revenge will inevitably involve stepping on the corpses of others and will inevitably end with blood on her hands.
But she still didn't want to, didn't want the knife in her hand to cut the neck of an innocent child.
Xiao Tao shook her head and said, "I want to follow Brother Liu."
She is young, but after all, she is a girl raised by Youkou, and is much more sensible than her peers.
Xiao Tao knew clearly that she was a wanderer, and staying with Shang Yuwan and the others would only bring them endless troubles.
"......" Xiaotao buried her face and stopped talking.
In fact, she blamed Shang Yuwan and Ji Suxian.
Why didn't he save her mother? He clearly had the ability to keep her mother, so why didn't he do it?
Obviously...
It is clear that Luzhou City was not razed to the ground by Youkou's army.
The people of that city were clearly safe and sound. Even the most dangerous epidemic after the flood was under control, with no more than twenty people falling ill! The epidemic was suppressed before it could even spread!
Why didn't she save her mother?!
"Xiao Tao, if you want to hate someone, hate me." Shang Yuwan lowered her eyelashes, covering half of her eyes.
It was normal for a child like this to feel resentment. If she didn't have any other emotions, Shang Yuwan would have wondered if this body, like her, had a new soul.
Xiaotao hugged her neck tightly, her body trembling slightly, still not saying a word, only sobbing occasionally.
There were two knocks on the car wall. Shang Yuwan turned sideways, rolled up the curtain, and looked back. The sun could not shine on the sleeping Xiao Qinggu, so he looked outside with relief.
A peach branch was handed to me, it was Ji Suxian.
She was riding a horse outside, and the sunlight fell on her body, illuminating her awkward expression.
The peach branch was handed to him stiffly. If you didn't know better, you would think that the peach tree had just become a spirit and broke off a branch to give it to him.
The first blooming of peach blossoms in March was enough to brighten the eyes of Shang Yuwan, who had been exhausted day and night for so many days.
She chuckled and took it in her hands, "Thank you."
The carriage curtain dropped. Ji Suxian curled her lips, clamped her legs against the horse's belly, and quickened her pace to catch up with Xiao Qingxu's carriage. Shang Yuwan examined the peach branch in her hand. Tender leaves sprouted, dewdrops were about to fall, and tender pink peach blossoms were quietly blooming, with a few shy buds still in place.
"Xiaotao." Shang Yuwan called softly.
Xiao Tao sniffed, raised her head, and a peach branch was reflected in her eyes.
"Look, it's blooming."
The voice was gentle, as if her mother had said the same words to her long ago.
Xiao Tao was crying, but she kept her mouth shut, not daring to wake up Xiao Qinggu. She hugged Tao Zhi tightly in her arms, lowered her head and sniffed softly.
That time, Sister Ji and her mother taught her together, and she secretly asked Sister Ji.
"Sister, what if Xiaotao does something wrong and becomes a bad kid in the future?"
At that time, Xiaotao's palms were sweating and she was very scared.
Ji Suxian looked at her straight, and finally touched her little head.
"Xiao Tao, there is no absolute love or hate in this world."
Xiao Tao didn't understand such profound words, but she remembered them for some reason, as if they were branded deeply in her heart.
At that time, Ji Suxian just thought that Xiaotao felt that Liu Niang didn't love her, so she said this.
Thinking about it now, Xiaotao suddenly understood what that sentence meant.
She couldn't hate anyone.
Something in her heart was collapsing. No one knew, not even Xiao Tao herself, she just felt empty inside.
Xiao Tao's eyes gradually closed. She had just recovered from her illness and now fell into a deep sleep again.
Shang Yuwan hugged her and sighed softly.
Ji Suxian had the experience of fleeing when she was young, so she would only be more angry and sad about the true faces of Liu Niang and Xiao Tao. Otherwise, she would not allow her to take these three children with her, plus Xiao Qinggu, who was sleeping so soundly that she could not be woken up.
However, although Ji Suxian didn't want to see Xiaotao, he was still willing to hand over a peach branch from the car window.
He is also a soft-hearted person. A gentle light appeared in Shang Yuwan's eyes.
"You are kind-hearted." Liu Mengyao glanced at Shang Yuwan and hummed softly.
I hit him too hard, and now two of his teeth are missing.
Shang Yuwan glanced at him, her eyes a little cold, "Are you so kind to me?"
Don't think you can be disrespectful just because you don't cause them trouble.
Liu Mengyao: “…”
At noon, Shang Yuwan and his group passed through a small town. Xiao Qinggu happened to wake up and was growling with hunger. She said she wanted to eat something good, so Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qingxu naturally agreed and found an inn.
Ji Suxian saw that Xiao Qingxu looked fine, so she felt his pulse and found that there was nothing wrong except that his internal organs were still slowly failing. So she took the three children to a guest room for dinner.
No matter how disgusted she was, Shang Yuwan had more important things to do, and Xiaotao was not suitable to be with Shang Yuwan.
Xiaotao looked at the meat and vegetables piled up in the bowl, holding her chopsticks, not knowing where to start.
Ji Suxian glanced at her and said coldly, "If you don't want to eat, get out."
How skinny she is! If she can't gain weight, won't Shang Yuwan be so distressed again? It makes me sad just looking at her.
Xiao Tao was afraid that Ji Suxian would dislike her, so she grabbed the chopsticks and ate without hesitation.
Liu Mengyao ate in silence. Or should he let Ji Suxian raise her? If he couldn't afford to raise this girl in the future, would Ji Suxian kill him?
Seeing that Xiaotao was about to choke, Zhu Hao quickly poured her some tea.
Ji Suxian took a quick glance and ignored it, continuing to eat.
Humph, he's not dead anyway, so what does it have to do with her?
After Xiao Qinggu and Shang Yuwan finished their meal, they put their arms around her and acted coquettishly, saying that they wanted to go visit Dingzhou City and Yuecheng.
The journey from Luzhou City to Kyoto wasn't long. Xiao Qinggu really didn't like that imprisoned place and didn't want to go back too early. Although she had never lived in Kyoto for long, except for important banquets, she had been rushing back since she was a child.
Dingzhou City and Yuecheng were her fiefdoms. She stayed in the north for a longer time in the past few years and had not been back for a long time.
Previously, Zhao Zhouxing had threatened her to hand over the silver in her pocket on the grounds that she had been wandering around for a long time. Later, when the Zhao family fell, she also gave extra silver to help Luzhou City. It was reasonable for her to go back and take a look.
After Shang Yuwan and Xiao Qingxu went to find Yue Zhu for a brief discussion, Yue Zhu did not object, considering that there was a gap of two months before the Shang Liu Banquet in May.
Yue Zhu received the invitation and met the person. He resigned from his official position as soon as he returned. He urged Xiao Qinggu to leave Luzhou City because he didn't want Xiao Qinggu to return to Beijing with him exhausted both physically and mentally, so as to avoid any trouble.
The princess wanted to go back to her fiefdom to have some fun and relax, so why wouldn't he allow her to do so?
However, Yue Zhu did not agree to go to Dingzhou City. "Your Highness, Dingzhou City is a bit far to walk to. Why don't we go to Yuecheng?"
Xiao Qinggu thought about it and agreed, not daring to be too willful.
She didn't want this person to say a word about her in front of Emperor Chengming after returning to Beijing, otherwise she would not only get rewards, but also be confined to her house.
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