Under the bright sunshine and amidst the fragrance of grass, trees, and flowers, two people sat facing each other inside the red-tiled pavilion.
Jing Xiuming: "I heard that Miss Mi Chan is looking for her younger brother who was lost many years ago."
Mi Chan was taken aback, not expecting Jing Xiuming to bring this up. Now that the three Ge brothers were dead and Ge Family Village no longer existed,
There was no longer any need to hide her background and the existence of her younger brother, so she simply admitted it readily:
"yes."
"Why would Dr. Jing bring this up with me today? Could it be that Dr. Jing knows my brother, or has any leads about him?"
Jing Xiuming: "May we all live long and share the beauty of the moon, even though we are thousands of miles apart. Is the name of Miss Mi Chan's younger brother Mi Yuan?"
Mi Chan was terrified, and her fingers, which were resting on the pipa strings, almost stiffened.
Even though it was cold, birdsong and insect chirping could still be heard in the princess's garden, but at this moment, Mi Chan could hear nothing at all.
long time,
Having just rediscovered my voice, I trembled with fear of being disappointed.
"Dr. Jing, do you know my brother?"
She was born on the Mid-Autumn Festival, but her father was unable to return home immediately because he had contracted a cold while on business.
The mother then took the name Chan from that poem and gave it to her, and also named her future second child Yuan.
My mother's wish at that time was the same as the meaning of that poem: that all the loved ones in the world could be safe and healthy.
Even though we are thousands of miles apart, we can still enjoy the beautiful moonlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival together.
Mi Chan was excited. Only her family knew the origin of her and her brother's names, so Dr. Jing must know her brother:
"Dr. Jing, where is my brother now? You must know him, right? How has he been all these years?"
Jing Xiuming looked at Mi Chan for a long time before finally speaking: "Why did you abandon him back then?"
She was very calm, as if it didn't matter whether Mi Chan answered or not.
Mi Chan shook her head, her eyes already red: "No, no, how could I abandon him? How could I bear to abandon him?"
I left that night because I heard Ge Wuqing's voice and chased after him, but when I came back, he was gone.
I searched for him everywhere, I searched for him frantically, but I couldn't find him anywhere. All these years I have never given up trying to find out where he is..."
Mi Chan was incoherent, tears blurring her vision. The overwhelming grief she felt on that rainy night many years ago surged up again, the pain almost suffocating her.
The garden is vast, and the autumn scenery is picturesque.
Jing Xiuming's long-standing inner conflict seemed to be resolved in an instant, as if too many years had passed and too many things had happened, and he no longer cared.
I am asking this question today on behalf of my younger self.
In the years following their separation, Mi Yuan stubbornly wanted to find his sister and ask her face-to-face why she had abandoned him.
Was it because she considered him a burden, or was there some other reason...?
A few years later,
Mi Yuan no longer wanted to ask, and there was no more Mi Yuan in the world.
"Den." A very soft sound, from the jade pendant.
That jade pendant engraved with cloud patterns, that jade pendant made by my father and engraved with my mother's surname as a token of love to my mother.
Mi Chan picked up the jade pendant and held it in her palm. Her fingertips traced the not-so-exquisite cloud patterns on the pendant, and her whole heart trembled.
"This jade pendant is..."
Jing Xiuming: "It's mine."
Mi Chan suddenly looked up.
Jing Xiuming removed the human skin mask from his face, revealing his true face, except for a beauty mark under his right eye.
This face doesn't resemble Mi Chan much; he inherited more of his father's gentle appearance than his mother's.
Mi Chan, her eyes red from crying, stared intently at Jing Xiuming, a look of longing for home mixed with a bittersweet feeling. She opened her mouth several times before finally managing to utter the name she remembered from childhood:
“Ah Yuan…”
She cautiously reached out to touch Jing Xiuming's face, but Jing Xiuming dodged her hand.
Jing Xiuming took out some medicine from his sleeve and reattached the human skin mask to his face. After tidying everything up, he looked at Mi Chan:
“Mi Yuan died twelve years ago, from a sudden onset of a cold.”
Princess Anguo fed him two pills to relieve his cold ailment, giving him a second life.
From that moment on, the one living in this world was not Mi Yuan, but Jing Xiuming.
Mi Chan shook her head, at a loss.
Jing Xiuming stood up, and when Mi Chan also stood up and moved closer, he dodged and stepped back to create some distance between them.
“Mi Chan, from the moment you left me alone in the dilapidated temple, our sibling bond was severed.”
Mi Chan: "No, that's not it, A Yuan. I didn't mean to leave you alone in the dilapidated temple. I was chasing after Ge..."
Jing Xiuming didn't want to hear these old stories because they were meaningless, so he turned and left.
"Ah Yuan!"
Mi Chan wanted to chase after her, but found her limbs weak and powerless. She managed to take a few steps before collapsing to the ground.
"Ah Yuan, Ah Yuan! Listen to your sister's explanation, listen to your sister's explanation, I really didn't mean it, I really didn't..."
As Jing Xiuming walked further and further away, Mi Chan's crying and explanations did not stop his slightly thin figure for even a moment until he completely disappeared.
"A-Yuan, A-Yuan... I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have left you there alone... I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..."
Mi Chan was powerless to pull her hand back, and sat on the ground, covering her face with her hands and sobbing uncontrollably.
About an hour later.
When Shang Changge returned to the mansion alone, the first news she heard was that Jing Xiuming was Mi Chan's long-lost younger brother.
Shang Changge: "?"
She was greatly shocked. Before she could recover from the news, the head steward of the manor reported another matter to her.
Shang Changge: ...
After a long silence, Shang Changge repeated the head butler's words: "You said, Doctor Jing... is gone?"
That was close; I almost blurted out Jing Xiuming's name.
Apart from Qingyao and a few elite guards, no one else in the manor knew that Jing Xiuming was Jing Xiuming.
All that is known is that another physician, Jing, has arrived in the manor, and rumors are circulating that the new physician is a stand-in for the original physician.
When Shang Changge first heard this talk of a 'stand-in,' she was utterly bewildered.
All I can say is that these servants have an exceptionally rich sense of gossip and imagination.
Head Butler: "Yes."
The head housekeeper was a forty-year-old woman who had also come from the mansion of the beauty's younger brother.
She was very capable and managed the entire princess's residence in an orderly manner.
The head butler presented the letter Jing Xiuming had given her before leaving to Shang Changge with both hands, respectfully observing the proper etiquette:
"This is what Physician Jing asked me to give to you. I shouldn't have let him leave without your permission."
But he didn't know when he had given the maid something... it must have been some kind of poison.
The servant girl wanted to shout for the guards to stop him, but then realized she couldn't speak.
Shang Changge opened the letter and read its contents, which could be summarized in one sentence:
He left, but he will come back when she needs him.
Shang Changge: ...
There was no feeling of being moved, only displeasure.
What the hell! What do they take her princess's residence for? They think they can just come and go as they please? Disgusting!
This is simply a provocation against her, and a provocation against the security work of the entire Princess's residence!
but……
Shang Changge thought for a moment and realized that the man had left.
No one in the manor anymore tried to bump into her all the time, then bothered her by calling her "sister" repeatedly.
My anger suddenly vanished, and my mood instantly improved.
"cough."
Shang Changge coughed lightly to suppress her wonderful mood, because she was thinking of Mi Chan.
Jing Xiuming's departure was painful for Mi Chan, and her actions were rather impolite.
He casually tossed the letter and envelope to the head steward and instructed, "Take this letter to Mi Chan and tell her not to be too sad."
If you want to find someone, you can draw a group of people from the manor to help her. You can arrange the number of people as you see fit.
"Also, when Qingyao comes back later, tell her about this and ask her to go and comfort Michan."
After saying that, she turned and left. While she appeared to have returned alone, she wasn't truly alone.
She is very busy; she has many people to settle and many important matters to arrange.
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