Thinking that Rong was sick, he traveled all night and was caught in the rain. He had a high fever that night and was bedridden the next day.
An invited a doctor from Baicaotang to come and see Xiangrong. It was just a common illness, so with the doctor from Baicaotang there, An was not worried.
However, Xuan Tianyi was quite nervous. Hearing the news, he rushed to the door as soon as possible. He rushed to Xiangrong's sickbed. Looking at the girl lying on the bed with a slightly red face and frowned eyebrows, he suddenly regretted his bad idea. If he hadn't claimed to be sick, Xiangrong wouldn't have rushed here so quickly, right? And she wouldn't have been caught in the rain, right? He was only thinking about himself, but ended up making this girl sick. Isn't this a sin?
He apologized to An: "Madam, it's all my fault. I was not thoughtful enough and caused the girl to get sick."
Because of Xiangrong, Xuan Tianyi and An were also acquaintances, but no matter how familiar they were, with An's personality, she still felt a little embarrassed when facing a prince apologizing to her so seriously. So she waved her hands repeatedly and returned the greetings frequently, saying: "Fourth Prince, please don't say that. This is really embarrassing us mother and daughter."
Xuan Tianyi didn't think so. He really felt sorry for Xiangrong. Whenever he thought about the girl getting sick because of him, he couldn't stop feeling guilty. He stayed by Xiangrong's bedside all day and didn't leave. He didn't eat and only drank water twice at the persuasion of the servants. It wasn't until the evening when Xiangrong regained some energy and could sit up and talk that he felt relieved.
Facing Xuan Tianyi, Xiang Rong was originally very angry, and had many words of complaint and teaching. She even thought about saying, you always call me Master, but when did I ever teach you to lie? But after the illness, all those thoughts disappeared, especially when she saw Xuan Tianyi sitting in front of her sickbed, watching over her with concerned eyes, she suddenly wondered, if she was sick in Prince Chun's mansion, would the Seventh Prince also be so concerned about her?
There was no answer to this question, because after all, she had never been sick in front of the Seventh Prince. But she had fallen into the water in front of that man, and she still remembered that when she was rescued from the water, that man had supported her and wrapped her in a cloak. Now that Xuan Tianyi was guarding her, she felt touched, but thinking back to the past, when Xuan Tianhua helped her, she was full of nervousness and excitement, and even more joy.
This is the difference!
It was indeed different. When facing the person she liked, she was very careful in everything she did, and she had to think twice before saying anything, for fear of making a mistake and annoying the other person. But when facing Xuan Tianyi, it was as if they had become a family. She didn't need to worry about anything, she could say whatever she thought of, do whatever she wanted, laugh freely when she was happy, and yell at people when she was unhappy. These two completely different states made her unable to tell which one she liked more.
"Do you feel better?" Xuan Tianyi reached out to touch her forehead, and she subconsciously dodged. His hand stopped in mid-air and did not fall down. He withdrew it angrily, then smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect that I would cause you to get sick. I'm sorry, it's my fault."
Xuan Tianyi is good in this respect. He will admit his mistakes and never feel ashamed of being a prince. In fact, he was not like this before. He used to be a man with great ambitions. Otherwise, he would not have been engaged to Bu Nishang of the Bu family, and would not have followed Xuan Tianye in forcing the emperor to abdicate. However, the past is fleeting, and sometimes people think that things that they can never let go of in their lifetime will change in an instant. He let go of his ambitions, but he didn't know if he would be able to let go of this girl who had entered his heart one day.
"Go back after you've had a good rest!" Xuan Tianyi said this against his will. Although he was extremely reluctant, as soon as he saw the girl on the sickbed, he felt so distressed that he would rather let her go back than let her suffer here any longer.
Xiangrong just stared at Xuan Tianyi without saying a word, but in her heart she had guessed about 70% of what this man was thinking.
She understood Xuan Tianyi, so well that she could almost guess what he was thinking. But what could she do if she understood him? She had already made her choice, hadn't she? Now she was engaged to the Seventh Prince, so she came to see him, doing her utmost, and from now on, they would no longer owe each other anything.
She lowered her head, feeling a little uncomfortable, but still spoke to Xuan Tianyi: "I don't blame you for lying to me, just don't lie to me again. I came back to see you, and we can talk about what we need to say. After that... I will leave. Concubine Yun has made the decision to arrange my marriage with His Highness the Seventh Prince. I will probably come to the county to propose to my mother in the second half of the year."
Xuan Tianyi was a little surprised. The affairs of Prince Chun's Mansion were always airtight and could not be spread out. He did not have the ability to plant spies in Prince Chun's Mansion and Prince Yu's Mansion, so what Rong said was an absolute surprise to him. He was stunned for a moment, his throat was a little dry, but after a long while, he still said aloud: "Congratulations, finally... your dream has come true."
Xiangrong nodded, "Thank you. It is indeed a dream. I have never been able to take my heart back since I first saw the Seventh Prince when I was ten years old. Xuan Tianyi, maybe you don't understand, maybe others don't understand, but I know that he is the person I fell in love with at first sight, the first person I like in my life, no matter what, I can't let him go. When you and I first met, the Feng family had changed a lot under the influence of the second sister, and I was very different from before. I have the courage to do things that I didn't dare to do before, and I also have the courage to obey you, the prince, alone. But when I first met the Seventh Prince, the Feng family was at its peak. My mother and I, as the concubine and concubine of the Feng Mansion, had no status. We were disliked by my grandmother, suppressed by my father, and bullied by my sisters. That was the darkest time in my life. It was during that time that the Seventh Prince gave me a lot of help, helped me, saved me, and gave me spiritual support. So, he is different from anyone else to me."
Xiangrong said these words calmly, thinking about the past, thinking about the gorgeous dress that the Seventh Prince had given her, thinking about how the Seventh Prince had helped her when she fell into the water, thinking about the various injustices that befell the Feng Mansion afterwards, and how the old lady had restrained herself because of the Seventh Prince's care for her. She also thought about the year when she saw Han appearing by the lake in disheveled clothes at night. If her mother had not moved out of the Seventh Prince's house, I'm afraid the people in the Feng Mansion would not even look for her, and would have believed that she had fallen into the lake and drowned!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile. They all said that the Seventh Prince was a god who had descended to earth and never had much contact with the human world. But between her and him, there were so many past memories that she could reminisce about. Now thinking about it, it was all so beautiful.
She looked at Xuan Tianyi again, and without much ado, she started talking to him about all this. She started from when the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince sent her second sister back to Feng Mansion, and talked about everything so happily, all of which were about her and the Seventh Prince. She even talked about the year when she mustered up the courage to run to Prince Chun's Mansion for help, and her feelings when she first entered Prince Chun's Mansion.
Xuan Tianyi just listened quietly, and when he heard the end, all the doubts in his mind were resolved.
In the past, he didn't know why Xiangrong was so obsessed with his seventh brother. He thought Xiangrong was just like other women, attracted by Xuan Tianhua's celestial aura. It was not until now that he understood that there were so many stories between the two. Perhaps these stories were not many compared to others. After all, if the love was deep, there should be more intersections. But because he knew that one of the protagonists was Xuan Tianhua, the prince who had always been untainted by the world, Xuan Tianyi thought that it was enough. There were so many pasts, which were enough for his seventh brother. And in this world, I am afraid that except Feng Xiangrong, there is no other woman who can enjoy so much care from his seventh brother?
Thinking of this, his mind suddenly became clear, and then he laughed loudly, pointing at Xiangrong and said, "Little girl, you are so lucky. Do you know that just based on the things you described, it is enough to make all the girls in the world jealous. Your second sister married the ninth brother, and the hearts of girls in the world have died. If you marry the seventh brother, will the girls in the world still have a chance to live?"
Xiangrong was amused by him, and with a "puff", her sickly look disappeared halfway. She told Xuan Tianyi: "There will always be a woman who will come to you."
Xuan Tianyi wanted to say that someone had already walked up to him, but after walking up to him, he left again. He had tried to keep that person, and had used all sorts of tricks, but still failed to keep that person.
"As long as you are happy and contented," he told Xiangrong, "I will not return to the capital, but will stay in Ji'an County. Don't worry, I will take care of Madam An on your behalf. Of course, no one here will make life difficult for Madam. This is your territory. You should stay well with Old Seven, and I look forward to your wedding."
Xuan Tianyi knew that this time, he really lost, and there was no room for redemption. If he hadn't heard those stories about Xiangrong, he would have wanted to fight for it again. But when he heard those things, he knew that he couldn't win back this girl's heart. The roots of love had been deeply planted, and he couldn't dig them out even if he tried day and night. It's better to let her be. As long as she is happy, it's the best.
Xiangrong was planning to stay in Ji'an County for five days and then return to the capital. He had agreed with An that he would come back after autumn and Concubine Yun would also come with him. He would personally come here to propose marriage.
An didn't say anything more. Her daughter had grown up and could make her own decisions. As for the final outcome of this matter, she shouldn't think too much about it! Good or bad, life or death, it was all Xiangrong's own choice. She had lived dependent on the Feng family for the first half of her life, and now she was finally free. She could understand Xiangrong's desire to make her own decisions like her second sister.
It took fifteen days for Rong to return to the capital, and more than a month to go back and forth. However, he didn't know that in the capital, the left prime minister Lu Song had been dismissed. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get rid of the decision made by Emperor Tianwu under the joint efforts of General Pingnan, Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng. This was also the first time that Emperor Tianwu participated in the affairs of the court after the poison was removed, and at the same time he also made a decision that the Dashun Dynasty would no longer establish the position of left prime minister from now on!
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