Chapter 430: Epilogue: See You Again 3
"A'si, it's not that I'm forcing you to go to the Imperial City with me, but Xianyang City... is really too far away. Even if I work harder and come to see you often, it will take at least more than a month or two to go back and forth and stay for a while."
If possible, he would be willing to give up everything and stay in Xianyang City with her.
But that is impossible.
He has come to this point. He may not sit on the throne, but he will never give it to anyone else except his own children.
Although Shen Mo is also a good person, he has a child and he has better options.
Yan Xingchuan was anxious: "We can't give up the throne, right? You have to think about me, the children, and our family!"
"Furthermore, if I give it up, the imperial power will move people's hearts, and my existence may become a thorn in his side, and our family may not have a good outcome."
It’s not that he is unwilling to compromise, it’s that he really can’t.
"Even if you don't want to go, the child must go. Even if you can keep him now and let him grow up in Xianyang City, when he grows up and takes that position, he won't be able to stay in Xianyang City anymore."
Although Xianyang is a good place, if she insists on staying, she will have to part with her children and her husband.
"As for Cui Jing and Cui Yi, they will also stay in the Imperial City. When the imperial court is more stable, Cui Jing and Cui Yi should come to take the ancestors of the Cui family to the Imperial City and worship them there in the future. Their brothers' lineage will be in the Imperial City in the future."
This is indeed the truth. Going to the Imperial City means reuniting with everyone, but Cui Si really doesn't want to move. She wants to stay with her grandmother in Xianyang City.
"But Grandmother..."
"Just take the old lady over as well." Yan Xingchuan said.
Cui Si was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "I'm afraid this is not a good idea..."
The old lady has lived in Xianyang City for decades. It is already unfilial for them, the younger generation, to not be able to stay with her, and they are forcing her to leave her hometown at such an old age.
"A'si, you forgot that the old lady grew up in the Imperial City!"
"Besides, your third and fifth brothers also got married in the Imperial City. The old lady must have wanted to reunite with them."
Cui Si: "..."
Yan Xingchuan said, "Leave this matter to me, okay? If the old lady agrees to go to the Imperial City, we will go to the Imperial City."
Cui Si hesitated for a moment, but this time, she finally nodded.
Although Xianyang City is nice, the family she cares about is in the Imperial City, and she can't stay here.
And as Yan Xingchuan said, she has to think about her children.
Seeing her nod, Yan Xingchuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
He didn't know when, but his palms were already full of sweat, for he was afraid that she would refuse and insist on staying in Xianyang City.
If this was true, he had to consider moving the capital here. However, moving it here would require large-scale construction, which would be a waste of money and manpower, and that was not an option.
He couldn't do that either.
He reached out and held her hand: "A'si, don't worry, I've taken care of everything. There's a Daming Palace northeast of Taiji Palace. It was originally an imperial garden. When we get there, we can live there. It's quiet and peaceful."
"Outside the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, you'll find Guangzhaifang, Lingshanfang, and Changlefang. Cui Jing's Renguo Mansion is in Changlefang, very close."
He had arranged everything, just hoping she would come and have a happy time.
But he is not a god and cannot do everything well. She really cannot stay in Xianyang City.
No one knew what Yan Xingchuan had said to Old Lady Xu, but a few days later, Old Lady Xu found her.
"Okay, I also want to go back to the Imperial City. Maybe when the world is at peace, my family will come back to the Imperial City. Then I will see them again one day."
"You go back with him first. He's been reluctant to take the throne and hasn't been in the Imperial City for a long time. I'm afraid some people might develop ambitions. For him and your child, you must not act so willfully anymore."
"And what about Grandmother?"
"I'll wait for your third and fifth brothers to come back and take the ancestral tablets with me. As for Ah Hao, I'll wait for your third and fifth brothers to come too. I won't bother you anymore."
"All her things must be taken away. Once we get there, we should get married in the Imperial City."
Cui Jing and Chang Ru, Cui Hao and Shen Mo have never been married.
Originally, they could have prepared for the marriage the year the child was born, but the situation was not good at that time. The war broke out in the spring of the following year, and Cui Jing and Chen Mo followed Yan Xingchuan to the battlefield.
Later, the fight lasted for three years.
"Go visit your father when you have time. Once you go to the Imperial City, you and your daughter may never see each other again."
Mr. Cui will definitely stay in Xianyang City to run the Xianyang Academy. This is the foundation of the Cui family and cannot be abandoned.
"What about my uncle?"
"Let him do whatever he wants. He has done a good job in the academy over the years. If Jiulang (Cui Xian) can take over your father's management of the academy, then let him do whatever he wants. If Jiulang can't, the academy will be his business."
"Compared to being trapped in Xianyang City or the Imperial City, he would probably prefer to be free and unrestrained, seeking immortals and cultivating the Dao. I'm old now, and I can't control him anymore."
In the past, Old Lady Xu was very angry that Cui Changyou refused to marry, but later she realized that although incense is important, personal happiness is also important.
Cui Si smiled: "If my uncle knew what grandma was thinking, he would probably laugh in his dreams. So I'll just do as grandma says and let him do whatever he wants."
"Humph, you'd laugh even in your dreams." Old Mrs. Xu said angrily, "I really did commit a sin. What kind of son did I give birth to?"
Cui Si couldn't stop laughing when she heard this.
Now that the decision had been made, Cui Si began to arrange the farms, shops and houses in Xianyang City, and then packed up her things.
When she left, her grandmother, brother, sister-in-law, and sisters were all in the imperial city. She didn't know if they would come back. She had to take away everything she could and wanted to take away.
She also had to tell Mr. Cui that she and her child were going to the Imperial City.
After hearing this, Mr. Cui was in a daze for a long time. He also knew that once she took the child away, he didn't know when the father and daughter would see each other again.
Fortunately, Mr. Cui had already prepared himself mentally. Girls from aristocratic families usually marry into aristocratic families, and many of them marry far away, like Mrs. Xu, who was like Mrs. Cui before.
Therefore, although Mr. Cui was a little reluctant, he was just reluctant.
"When are you going?"
"After a few days, when everything is packed up and arranged, we will invite all the elders, brothers and sisters to have a meal together, and then we will leave."
"Alright, before you leave, go pay your respects to your grandfather and your fifth uncle and aunt, and let them know how you're doing."
Cui Si naturally agreed: "My daughter will."
Yan Xingchuan, Cui Si and the children spent the Mid-Autumn Festival in Xianyang City. At the end of August, after they finished everything and prepared to pack the boxes and cages, they said goodbye to the Cui family and headed to the imperial city in a mighty procession.
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