Chapter 398: Running away from home? No!
Yun Qiao lives with Nian Nian on the farm. Her daily task is to provide Nian Nian with a quiet environment so that she can feel relaxed and comfortable.
They brought some books with them when they came.
Nian Nian likes reading the books prepared by Yun Qiao very much, and sometimes she is so engrossed in them.
While Nian Nian was sitting under the shade of a tree reading a book, Xiao Tao brought a plate of washed fruit and placed it in front of her.
"The girl's habit of reading is very similar to His Highness's."
"Aunt Xiaotao." Nian Nian called out, then said, "You see, I always talk about my mother. What was she doing when she was my age?"
Xiao Tao said, "Your Highness, at that time, even food and clothing were a problem, so how could he do anything?"
Nian Nian whispered, "She never told me about her difficult past, but she raised me very well."
"That's right. Your Highness was worried that the young lady would be alone in the future. After the young men get married, they will naturally have their own families. If you don't get married, what will you do if you live alone in the future?"
"People will always grow old. Your Highness and the Marquis can't take care of the girl forever."
"But seeing that the girl is sick because of this, His Highness regrets and blames himself, saying that he shouldn't have urged her and shouldn't have forced her to get married."
Nian Nian said, "It's the same whether you marry or not."
"If mother is worried about me, I will marry someone who can make her feel at ease."
She knew that her mother liked Han Shiyi's works very much.
Not to mention his mother, even his brothers like him very much because he knows a lot.
The older brother also asked Han Shiyi why he knew so many things.
Han Shiyi said that when he was young, he was in poor health and could not practice martial arts like his parents, so he could only read books, one after another, and he would read any book he came across.
It was difficult to understand at first, but after reading it several times, I finally understood its meaning.
This is what it means: Read a book a hundred times and its meaning will become clear.
Xiaotao advised Nian Nian that she just needed to take good care of her health and not think about anything else.
Nian Nian chuckled.
Xiaotao said, I have good news for you.
In the middle of this month, the Marquis will bring Miss Ruoruo and Miss Qiqi to the manor to play.
Nian Nian was naturally very happy when she heard this.
She said, finally someone comes to play with me.
Yun Qiao knew that Chen Jingyan couldn't hold it back and would come anyway, so she told him to stay for a while and take Nian Nian back when she was better.
She also noticed it and thought about her brothers, sisters and brothers at home, who were also feeling uneasy living here.
Yun Qiao didn't force her.
If she wants to go back, she can go back. As long as it can make her feel good, she has a way to make her go back to the Marquis' Mansion or even live in the palace.
In the middle of the month, Chen Jingyan came.
Brought two little girls.
The three brothers Chao Nian, Mu Nian and Chen Yang were left at home.
Originally, when my parents and sisters were all here, their food was very good. Even after my mother and sister Nian Nian went to the farm, their food was not very good, but it was still good.
Until daddy took Ruoruo and sister Qiqi to the farm.
At dinner that day, the four Chen brothers looked at the food in front of them and lost their appetite.
The next day, we all went to my second uncle's yard to have a meal.
Li Yuan and Gu Heng had always had simple meals, but these past few days, several young men suddenly came, especially those who were growing up, and their appetites were quite big.
None of the brothers had enough to eat at dinner that day.
Chen Yang expressed his dissatisfaction, "When we eat at Uncle San's yard, we always eat until we are stuffed. But when we go to our own yard, we can't even eat enough. Mom, you and my dad are stingy."
Li Yuan explained this with a smile.
"Your father and I don't eat much to begin with, and you and your sister don't come home often to eat. If we cook too much and can't finish it, it would be a waste."
"It just so happened that your uncle and aunt went to the farm in the third house, and you guys came here to eat. You just came without even telling me in advance."
"Just make do with it tonight. If you're not full, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some midnight snacks for you."
Chao Nian and Mu Nian said that it was okay and that they would just eat half full. Chen Yang also said that he didn't want any more. Only Si Nian was waiting quietly.
Li Yuan asked the kitchen to quickly prepare some wontons. After Si Nian had eaten his fill, the child said it was delicious before leaving.
Chao Nian, Mu Nian, and Chen Yang all followed everyone and had a bowl.
This night was enough to make Li Yuan exhausted.
She also talked about it with Gu Heng in the evening.
Fortunately, these four sons were not born to her. If she had given birth to four sons, she would probably be exhausted to death.
Gu Heng smiled without saying anything, saying that she was just used to a leisurely life.
Li Yuan curled her lips. How could she feel relaxed?
She was also doing some small business, of course not as good as what Gu Heng did, but she did these businesses not to make money, but to make herself happy and feel good.
So I didn't argue with him any further.
Gu Heng is very busy every day, and sometimes he doesn't even come back to sleep.
The two of them had already slept separately.
In this way, Li Yuan and Gu Heng can both sleep well.
Li Yuan was busy taking care of four boys at home, while her biological daughter Qiqi and two sisters were having a great time on the farm.
The weather is just right this season. There are many trees and high mountains in the village, so it is not stuffy at all. In addition to the ordinary trees planted, there are also many fruit trees. Several little girls are looking for fruits everywhere in the mountains and having a lot of fun.
Nian Nian brought Ruoruo and Qiqi with her, and they were accompanied by several maids and old women. They were in the farm, so apart from bumps and bruises, there was no danger at all.
The little girls didn't let Yun Qiao follow them.
Qiqi also said very seriously that they were going to go on an adventure...
Yun Qiao followed them.
It just so happened that Chen Jingyan also came, and he wished Yun Qiao would not leave so that he could be with him.
It's only been ten days or half a month since we last saw each other, but it feels like it's been years, as if we have endless things to say.
Yun Qiao immediately understood what it meant that a short separation is better than a new marriage.
She also laughed and joked, "I always thought it was nice to be together at home all day, but now I suddenly find that when we are apart for a few days and then meet again, our relationship will be better."
"It seems that I still need to go out more often in the future."
Chen Jingyan: "Where are you going? Can't I go with you?"
"Can't I go out for a walk by myself?"
"My Lord, I've thought about it. The children have grown up now. I think we should go and see far away while we still have the energy."
Chen Jingyan asked, "Where do you want to go?"
"Go beyond the Great Wall, overseas, or to an island."
In her previous life, she was completely devoted to work and only knew how to make money but not how to spend it.
Then she traveled to ancient times. Since she was young, had children, and had endless money at home, why couldn't she go out and have a look?
What she thought at the time was that once she made money, she would do something meaningful for society.
But now Nian Nian has inherited her task, and she does it even more attentively.
Chen Jingyan knew that Yun Qiao always wanted to go out for a walk. He thought she wanted to go to Jiangnan or the Mobei border to have a look outside, but he didn't expect that she wanted to go somewhere farther.
"If you want to do these things, then I have to take off this identity."
"Two years later, when the eldest and the second oldest have established themselves, I will put everything aside and travel with you."
Yun Qiao nodded.
She never doubted Chen Jingyan's heart, but she was also wondering, did she really have to depend on Chen Jingyan for the rest of her life?
She doesn't want to do this.
She wanted to go somewhere farther away, and it was okay for her to go alone...
Chen Jingyan thought he understood Yun Qiao's thoughts very clearly.
Until one day, Yun Qiao left a letter home and left Kyoto with her maid Xiao Tao.
After playing on the farm for half a month, Nian Nian's health improved a lot.
She said she wanted to go back because she was worried about the school. Also, she hadn't taken care of the account books her mother had given her to do and the shop she had to manage for a long time, which made her feel uneasy.
Yunqiao was just as Ruoruo and Qiqi were returning home, and everyone went back with them.
After entering late autumn, when Gu Heng had some free time, Chen Jingyan talked to him about dividing the family property.
Gu Heng was reluctant at first, but Chen Jingyan said that with Gu Heng's current status and position, he didn't need to rely on the Marquis' Mansion at all and he could have been on his own a long time ago.
Especially now that the children are older, it’s time to separate.
The Marquis' Mansion does have some power, but the wealth of everyone in the Mansion is not as much as what Gu Heng has earned in the past few years.
Especially after marrying into the Zhao family, Gu Heng had both financial power and influence.
After three months of procrastination, Gu Heng said, let's divide it after the new year.
In fact, Gu Heng had already bought a yard outside, which was quite large.
It was the residence of a princess from the previous dynasty, but naturally it needed to be renovated inside and out.
The following year, Gu Heng began planning to move.
Li Yuan was extremely reluctant to let go.
She has been staying in the Marquis' Mansion since she came to Kyoto. It has been more than ten years now. She has developed feelings for every tree and blade of grass in the Mansion. It is not like she can just leave.
She met Yun Qiao privately and expressed her reluctance to leave.
Yun Qiao smiled lightly and said softly, "Don't even mention us. Even when the children grow up, they will have to separate. Everyone has the life they want."
"I told the Marquis that after we divide the family property, we will go out for a walk."
Li Yuan asked, "There's no need to split up the family just to go out for a walk. You just go out and have fun, and I'll take care of the kids at home."
"Mother Qiao, being apart from you makes me feel uncomfortable. It's like I've lost something, and I don't feel safe anymore."
The feeling of worry and fear in her heart made her panic.
Seeing what Li Yuan was thinking, Yun Qiao said to her, "No matter what happens, we are still best friends. Apart from being sisters-in-law, we are still good friends, aren't we?"
"Yuan Niang, I want to tell you, don't put all of yourself on others, whether it's your husband or your children, you have to live for yourself."
The division of the family has been decided.
Gu Heng's family moved away.
When Chen Yang and Qiqi knew that the family business was going to split up, the two children cried so hard that they ran to Chen Jingyan.
Did we do something wrong? That's why you don't want our...
Chen Jingyan spoke a lot to the children seriously.
They talked until Qiqi fell asleep, and Chen Yang seemed to understand what was going on.
However, Chao Nian and Mu Nian seemed to understand something.
After sending Chen Yang and Qiqi to Chunhuiyuan, Chaonian, Mu Nian and Si Nian were called to the study.
Chao Nian looked at his father and said, "Dad, why did you separate from Second Uncle so directly? Chen Yang and Qiqi will find it hard to accept this."
"Separation is inevitable, no matter whether you can accept it or not. We have to separate. Now it's me and your second uncle, and in the future it will be you three brothers."
"Dad, did you separate from Second Uncle because he was close to Uncle Zhao?" Mu Nian asked.
Chen Jingyan glared at Mu Nian and asked, "Is your father really that stingy?"
"It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that Dad doesn't want to side with them. Now Second Uncle and Uncle Zhao are obviously on the same side. They want to support Queen Zhao. Dad, you are nonpartisan, right?"
Chen Jingyan's eyes fell on his youngest son.
"You're right."
"No matter what you three do in the future, remember that we in the Zhenbei Marquisate are protecting the Great Zhou, not any particular party."
If the Great Zhou is in chaos due to factions, it is not impossible for them to want to replace it.
But Chen Jingyan did not tell the children the latter part of this sentence.
Yun Qiao left after Li Yuan and Gu Heng moved away.
The sun was shining brightly at that time.
Yunqiao and Xiaotao drove a carriage, swaying slowly on the road leaving Kyoto.
Xiaotao raised the whip, feeling free and relaxed all over.
"Your Highness, I never thought you would go out without anyone but me."
Yun Qiao sat in the carriage, leaning on the cushion, playing with a crossbow in her hand.
She contacted Han Shiyi privately and got some sophisticated and easy-to-use weapons suitable for women to use for self-defense from Han Shiyi. When she first got them, she didn't know how to use them, but after fiddling with them a few times, she became proficient.
She was so skilled that she could shoot the birds in the trees just by reaching out and pinching her sleeve.
Yun Qiao said softly, "You forgot, we were originally together."
Lilac and crape myrtle are also good, but she still prefers peach.
Together they have suffered hunger, cold, hardships and sweetness.
When she was helping out in the big kitchen, she would secretly give her a steamed bun or an egg.
When Yunqiao comes across delicious cakes or fruits, she will hide them in her sleeves and bring them to Xiaotao.
The past days were bitter, tiring and sad, but they never gave up on each other.
Now that life is better, she wants to go out for a walk and also wants Xiaotao to go out and see the world.
"I am worried about Miss Nian Nian now."
"Don't worry about her. There are so many servants in the house, and she is smart. She won't let herself suffer any loss."
Yun Qiao didn't think that her departure would make the children worry, so she left a letter before leaving.
Chen Jingyan secretly sent people to follow her, and Yun Qiao knew it. She was not trying to escape, but wanted to go out for a walk. She also told Chen Jingyan about this in the letter. She said, "I will always keep in touch with you, you don't have to worry about me. Your guards can just follow her secretly and tell you my whereabouts."
You just do what you want to do.
Raise your two sons to be your pride.
As for Si Nian and Nian Nian, she just followed them. She was trying to give the two little ones some freedom.
She knew that Chen Jingyan would not be able to leave Kyoto in the short term. Even if he left Kyoto, he could not ignore the things in Mobei. The businesses in Yun Qiao's hands and the managers under her had been with her for many years. She was going out for a walk now, and maybe when she had time, she could inspect her own business shop.
Chen Jingyan looked at the letter left by Yun Qiao and fell into deep silence.
The children didn't dare to speak, for fear of causing their father's sadness.
Si Nian looked at his father and asked, "Did you do something to make her unhappy, so she ran away from home?"
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