Wealth and glory seek stability

"Xi'er." The voice contained the longing for many days and deep guilt and sadness. Gao Yunhuai stood outside the palace wall, looking at Jian Xi and Shen Nanxing standing together, and couldn't help but shout out.

Jian Xi turned around and saw Gao Yunhuai standing alone under a bare willow tree, with a little stubble on his thin face.

For some reason, she felt unusually calm, not as excited as she had imagined.

Jian Xi smiled gently, glanced at Shen Nanxing, and slowly walked towards Gao Yunhuai, "I'm back."

Gao Yunhuai reached out his hand and wanted to hug Jian Xi, but when he saw her belly, he stopped dead in his tracks, "Is this our child?"

"Yes." Jian Xi said calmly.

Gao Yunhuai felt that something seemed to have changed between them, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

With a bitter smile, "Are you blaming me?"

Under the willow tree, both of them were dressed in blue.

One Tibetan blue, the other royal blue.

Shen Nanxing stood not far away with his hands behind his back, and did not disturb the two. He looked at Mo Chuan, whom he had not seen for a long time, and asked, "Are you all right along the way?"

Mo Chuan still had a smile on his face, "Hey, it's not always like that. At least I wasn't hungry along the way." He didn't say how the journey was. That was not what he should say.

Seeing Shen Nanxing's demeanor change and a bit depressed, Mo Chuan couldn't help but ask, "General Shen, what happened? It's rare to see you so depressed."

Chu Lu was holding Jian Xi's shawl in her hands, ignoring the conversation of the others. There was only Jian Xi in her eyes.

Shen Nanxing didn't say anything, so Mo Chuan didn't continue asking questions. They just stood there quietly.

Jian Xi looked at the man in front of her who was once her lover.

"I don't blame you, it's all over."

Jian Xi felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward and wanted to escape.

Gao Yunhuai continued to ask: "What are you going to do next?"

"I want to go find Brother Lei Zi and the others. There is a lot of work to be done in Saibei, and I need to bring some people over."

Gao Yunhuai hummed softly, "By the way, I have already found out your identity."

Jian Xi pulled the corner of her mouth, "Who is it?"

"She is the daughter of Tao Ran, the head of Guangling Tao family, and Lu Feiman. As for Jian Yu family where you were before, his wife is Lu Feiman's half-sister Lu Feixuan. You have two older brothers. Madam Lu knew about Li's baby swap a long time ago and has been depressed. She has been bedridden for many years. After knowing the truth, Madam Lu vomited blood and fainted. Tao Ran went to Yaowang Valley to ask for a doctor himself. I'm afraid she won't live much longer."

The two of them asked and answered each other in this way.

Jian Xi listened to the unfamiliar life story. She thought she would be happy after knowing it, but she didn't expect that she just felt strange in her heart.

A completely unfamiliar family and unfamiliar background.

Gao Yunhuai looked at Jian Xi in a daze, did not say anything, just accompanied her quietly.

Jian Xi thought for a moment and said, "I will go to Guangling to visit Madam Lu when I have time. It will also be a relief for me."

She is always like this. She can't get something when she needs it the most, and even if she gets it later, she no longer has the same original enthusiasm.

Just like when Gao Yunhuai left the capital, she stayed in the capital as a pawn of Emperor Xuanyuan to contain Gao Yunhuai.

Isolated and helpless, he can only take the trouble to plan on his own, just to find the only way to survive in a situation where he is sure to die.

Even if she is pregnant, she still travels long distances.

She had long been accustomed to being alone.

Besides, she now has the power to refuse. She is no longer like the dodder she used to be. Even if she is capable, she still has to rely on men to survive in that world.

The essence is different. When a person has no choice, true love is a lie that binds both parties, and the ultimate goal is still the involvement of interests.

When she has a certain amount of power and can decide for herself the kind of life she wants, men are no longer an option.

"Okay, I'll do as you say. Do you want to go home?"

Gao Yunhuai's eyes were about to break.

Jian Xi couldn't bear it, but still refused, "Our relationship is not suitable for being together now. It is safest for us to separate. I have a house in the capital, and I want to live there first." Seeing Gao Yunhuai's dim eyes, Jian Xi added, "If you want to see the child, you can come anytime. The doctor said it might be a daughter."

The witch doctor should also be considered a doctor. Bai Zhi also took the pulse and said that it was more likely to be a girl.

Hearing this, Gao Yunhuai's eyes lit up, and his tone was somewhat tentative, "Can I touch her?"

Jian Xi reached out and took Gao Yunhuai's hand and placed it on her belly, smiling and narrowing her eyes, "She can still move."

Gao Yunhuai only felt that Jian Xi's belly was hard. Although he couldn't feel anything through her clothes, he was still happy, and the haze in his heart for many days dissipated a little.

Pine Alley.

Caixia was wearing a lilac-colored jacket and an ebony hairpin on her head, and was sitting in front of an embroidery frame.

"Sister Caixia, this is the freshly cooked Tremella soup. I put two more rock candies in it for you." Qiao'er came into the room carrying a white porcelain bowl and quickly placed the bowl on the table. She kept touching her ears with her hands and yelled, "Hiss! It's so hot."

Caixia scolded, "You are so old, why don't you be more careful?"

Qiaoer moved a stool and sat next to Caixia, looking at the flowers on the embroidery frame and praising her: "I have nothing to do all day. Sister, you have been embroidering this hundred flowers painting for half a year, and it is finally finished."

Caixia put down her needle and thread, washed her hands with ice water, and then covered the embroidery with a piece of fine silk cloth.

"I've been working all morning and my eyes are sore. How's it going outside these days?"

Qiao'er walked to the side, took the white porcelain bowl and handed it to Caixia. When the masters of Wu'an Palace left, she was left in the palace as a personal maid. Fortunately, Caixia remembered her good deeds and took her away with her.

Otherwise, she and her substitute would have been killed by the rebels. "Brother Qing went out to do some shopping today. He said that things are much safer outside. The rebel army has strict discipline and does not harm the people. Many shops have reopened.

However, all the officials above the third rank and the nobles in the capital have disappeared, the bloodstains on the streets of Zhongdu City have not been cleaned up, and the heads hanging on the walls outside the palace have been removed. "

Caixia stirred the white fungus in the bowl with a spoon. The weather was cold, but after a while, the temperature of the bowl became warm.

"I don't know how my sister and the others are doing. I just hope the world can calm down soon."

The only thing Qiao'er felt now was gratitude. She would never forget the bloodstains on the ground when she followed Aqing for a walk on the street.

The residence here is only two streets away from the Wu'an Prince's Mansion, just around the corner. She will never forget the blood-stained steps at the gate of the Wu'an Prince's Mansion. There were hundreds of people in the mansion, big and small, and except for the masters, the blood was all stained with the blood of their servants.

When Qiao'er saw this, her legs went weak and it was Aqing who helped her back.