Cheng Qingyan panicked. She didn't know what was wrong with Ye Lingyu or why she was crying like this.
She didn't know if it was because she said something she shouldn't have, but what exactly was it? She hadn't said anything that couldn't be mentioned!
"My dear wife, please don't cry. Can you tell me what happened? If you're feeling uncomfortable staying here, I'll take you away right away. Please stop crying, okay?"
"My wife, I was wrong. Don't cry, don't cry. I shouldn't have suggested coming here. It was my fault. Let's leave now."
As she spoke, she kept wiping away Ye Lingyu's tears. The tears flowed intermittently, but the more she cried, the more her heart trembled.
Ye Lingyu grabbed her sleeve, her eyes red from crying: "Ayan, I know, I know what Mother is looking at."
Her eyes were red from crying, and tears still clung to her eyelashes. Seeing her heartbroken appearance made Cheng Qingyan's heart ache.
Cheng Qingyan gently wiped away Ye Lingyu's tears, his voice softening considerably: "How did you find out? What is Mother looking at?"
After asking the question, Cheng Qingyan observed Ye Lingyu's reaction, afraid that she would burst into tears again.
"Ayan, the direction Mother always looked in was Kyoto! It was the home she longed for, but she can never go back." After Ye Lingyu finished speaking, the tears that she had stopped flowing again.
Cheng Qingyan could only continue wiping away her tears; if she cried any longer, Ye Lingyu's eyes would swell up.
However, Bai Ruosu had never returned to the capital during all these years living in the Ye family residence. After she got married, she never contacted her family again, and Ye Zongzhi intercepted all those letters.
For so many years, she always looked in the direction of home. Cheng Qingyan dared not think about how she got through those difficult days.
It's like someone you cherish so dearly suddenly turns a knife on you. How could she possibly accept that feeling?
As for how she reconciled with herself over the years, perhaps the answer is Ye Lingyu, and only she knows.
Having a child, she couldn't bear to part with the child, yet she couldn't take the child with her, and the home she longed for until her death never responded to her.
No, it's not that she didn't respond; rather, her responses and the signals she sent were blocked.
After Ye Lingyu grew up, she could no longer hold on, so she said goodbye to this world she had no attachment to.
At that moment, Cheng Qingyan suddenly thought of her living mother.
The difference is that her mother in this life might now be Yun Yue. Although they have been separated for many years, they can still meet now, and they will meet again in the future.
A long and lasting bond awaits them in the future.
She didn't know how to comfort Ye Lingyu in this situation, so she could only hold the sobbing woman and whisper, "Wife, let's take Mother home."
These words struck a chord with Ye Lingyu. She had been planning to move her mother's grave to Mengjia Village. Now, perhaps they could take Bai Ruosu's memorial tablet to the capital, allowing her mother's free spirit to roam there once more.
"Ayan, let's go, let's go home soon, and let's take Mother home soon too."
"Okay, let's go back now."
After returning home, I consulted someone to choose an auspicious date, and the grave can be moved the day after tomorrow.
The relocation of the graves would also be the time for them to return to Mengjia Village. As for Prince Ning, Cheng Qingyan still needed to communicate with him.
She herself could not attend court, but she could not refrain from offering any of the necessary suggestions.
Prince Ning has the right to meet the emperor directly, and his words may change the situation of those who are suffering.
She offered her suggestions, and the specific plan was to be created and modified by someone hired by Prince Ning. As long as the intention remained unchanged, it would be fine as long as it could be implemented.
While there was still a little free time, I went to Wang Mazi to have the divorce papers signed with Zhao Rushuang. Having obtained the household registrations for Zhao Rushuang and Wang Xue'er, it was a relief to have one of my worries resolved.
On the day of the relocation, Cheng Qingyan hired people to carry the carved tombstone, removing the surname Ye and keeping only Bai Ruosu's name. Even the memorial tablet bore Bai Ruosu's name, without the surname Ye.
Shen Ziyu and Yun Yue returned to Mengjia Village ahead of time, while Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu, along with Jiang Jiang and Bai Ruosu's coffin, arrived at Mengjia Village.
The relocation of the grave from the Ye family's residence finally put an end to Ye Lingyu's long-standing worries.
From that point on, they truly had no further connection with Ye Zongzhi's Ye family.
As for Ye Zongzhi, it is said that none of them made it to their place of exile, dying on the way. Cheng Qingyan and the others didn't pursue the specifics; it was no longer important.
For several days after returning, Cheng Qingyan studied how to make some simple and clear suggestions to Prince Ning that would benefit the country and its people.
After all, her thoughts and knowledge were a thousand years ahead of people of this era. Her insights on matters concerning people's livelihoods, discarding the dross and retaining the essence, impressed Prince Ning greatly.
As a result, Prince Ning, who was supposed to return to the capital with Yun Yue and Cheng Qingyan, ultimately did not get to travel with them.
These past few days, Cheng Qingyan had told him things that he needed to quickly return to the capital to discuss them in detail with the emperor, and then fill in any gaps and improve these suggestions.
This will allow them to be put into practice better and faster.
Cheng Qingyan had no way of deciding these matters. She had done what she could, and how far she could go depended on the country's leaders.
She also knew very well that the war in this country had only just ended, and it was a time when everything was in need of rebuilding and peace was restored.
The king's virtue will become apparent in the years to come.
However, she also believed that a king who could make Shen Ziyu and Prince Ning risk their lives could not be a foolish ruler.
It's better to teach someone how to fish than to give them a fish. She did what she could and should do, and for the things she couldn't control, she could only let nature take its course.
After Prince Ning left, Shen Ziyu moved to Ruan Banxia's place.
Yun Yue and Jiang Jiang were left at home. Yun Yue would often tell Jiang Jiang what delicious food there was in Kyoto, which made Jiang Jiang long for Kyoto.
The boardwalk and pavilion that were supposed to be built over the river have been completed, but it's already late autumn. These boardwalk and pavilion can only be used for listening to the rain, watching the snow, and admiring the withered lotus leaves.
I picked lotus root shoots with Ye Lingyu in the days after we returned, and had Ye Lingyu cook them for me according to the taste I remembered.
Because the lotus root shoots were quite thin, Jiangjiang initially thought her family was so poor they could only afford to eat lotus leaf stalks. Only later did she realize that the color was wrong.
The crops in the field were ready for harvest. The edamame were growing very plump, and Cheng Qingyan and the others went down to the field to pick them.
Yun Yue knew these were soybeans, but she had never seen fresh soybeans just peeled from their pods.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com