Drunk Bamboo

Seven days later.

Zhuque Street in Zhongdu City.

Almost all the people in the city stood on both sides of the street, looking sad and in tears.

A long funeral procession, with no end in sight, slowly moved out of the city.

The entire Xie family is in this team.

Xie Yuyun walked in front holding the urn.

Xie Juesheng could only walk with the support of his two daughters.

No one expected that the bad news would come so suddenly.

Xie Yuzhu suddenly fell ill and died.

The Xie family immediately turned the boat around and rushed back to Zhongdu, only to see Xie Yuzhu who was not breathing.

I didn't expect this would be the last time we saw each other.

The Xie family was heartbroken.

Hua Qinfeng was not in Zhongdu, so the Xie family took Xie Yuzhu back to Nanmi according to her last wish.

Walk to the outskirts of the city.

A galloping horse is coming towards us, raising a cloud of dust.

Immediately, a dishevelled man with a cold aura came down and ran straight towards the funeral procession.

"Where is she? Where is she!"

Only then did Xie Yuyun see clearly that the man who was frantically looking for the body was Hua Qinfeng.

"My Lord, she is gone."

Zhang Xinghe grabbed Hua Qinfeng's hand to stop him from going crazy during the funeral procession.

Hua Qinfeng had a face full of stubble, looked haggard, and had bloodshot eyes.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! When I left, she was in good health. She knows medical skills. How could she suddenly fall ill?"

"Zhang Xinghe, tell me, you are lying to me, you are all lying!"

Baiguo cried until his voice became hoarse.

"Your Highness, the princess is gone, really gone! Wow! Wow!"

Yun Ling standing aside was like a paper man, as if she could be blown down by a gust of wind.

I was so sad that my tears ran dry.

Hua Qinfeng swept across those sad and desperate faces, and instantly fell into the abyss.

He rode back non-stop, killing five horses, and working day and night.

Xie Yuzhu must be joking with him.

She is so powerful and so smart, how could she die?

Finally, a funeral procession was seen.

"Where... is she?" He still didn't believe it.

Zhang Xinghe's eyes fell on the white porcelain jar in Xie Yuyun's hand.

"How could you burn her? Are you going to turn her bones into ashes?"

Hua Qinfeng snatched the porcelain jar and roared in anger.

Xie Yupei and Xie Yulan burst into sobs.

Zhang Xinghe: "It was the princess's last wish."

"You won't even let me see her for the last time?" Hua Qinfeng hugged the porcelain jar tightly, "No one of you can take her away! She is mine! She is mine in life and in death!"

No one dared to approach him.

Who doesn't care about her?

Xie Juesheng walked over trembling.

"Your Highness, Yuzhu passed away suddenly and everyone is sad. Yuzhu said she wanted to return to Nanmi. Please, Your Highness, return Yuzhu to me and to the Xie family."

"father in law……"

But Hua Qinfeng only has this porcelain jar.

Why do you want to take it away too?

Xie Juesheng felt pity for him when he saw how heartbroken he was.

But the daughter was eventually killed by the emperor, and the Xie family would never leave her alone.

"It's my fault. If I hadn't let her marry to Zhongdu, this wouldn't have happened..."

Xie Juesheng regretted his decision and begged, "Your Majesty, please let my daughter go and let me take her home."

The Xie family knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, please let her go home."

Hua Qinfeng looked at them with desperate eyes.

"Go home? Isn't this her home? Am I not her family?"

He slumped to the ground, distraught.

Xie Yuyun took the porcelain jar back and continued on her way.

Hua Qinfeng can't keep anything.

Why did God treat him like this?

Time seemed to stop for him, and his heart seemed to stop beating in an instant.

"She left this for you."

In the palm of Zhang Xinghe's hand lay a bamboo-jointed silver whistle.

Hua Qinfeng's eyes trembled suddenly and his heartbeat resumed.

He held the silver whistle, which seemed to still have Xie Yuzhu's body temperature and her breath.

"Did she have anything to say?"

"She said she was going to the mountains to collect herbs and she didn't need the life-saving silver whistle, so she told you not to worry."

"Worried?" Hua Qinfeng raised his head and looked at Zhang Xinghe, "Did she say that herself?"

Zhang Xinghe opened his dark pupils and said firmly: "Yes."

Hua Qinfeng's unfocused eyes suddenly became bright.

"Did she drink the poison herself?"

Zhang Xinghe stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the princess has a sudden emergency and there is no way to save her."

Hua Qinfeng stood up without warning and laughed wildly.

"Hahaha……"

Everyone was puzzled.

He turned and flew towards the funeral procession which had not gone far.

He smashed the porcelain jar containing the ashes into pieces.

A gust of wind blew, and the ashes were blown away by the wind, leaving no trace.

Xie Yuyun was angry, "You, what are you doing?!"

Xie Juesheng fainted immediately.

Hua Qinfeng raised his head and looked at the ashes floating in the air.

There was a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Xie Yuzhu, if you want freedom, I will give it to you."

"Go with the wind, and roam freely between heaven and earth."

Zhang Xinghe ran up.

"Crazy, you are completely crazy!"

Hua Qinfeng couldn't hear anything around him.

He saw Xie Yuzhu's figure floating away, getting farther and farther away.

Finally a tear fell from the corner of my eye.

"Xie Yuzhu, you have such a cruel heart..."

This was Hua Qinfeng's last words before he fainted.

He held the bamboo silver whistle tightly in his hand.

"Your Majesty!"

……

Hua Qinfeng did not stay in Zhongdu. He stayed in Changfengyuan for one night and left for Xilin the next day.

A year later, the emperor abdicated.

Hua Qinyu ascended the throne.

Hua Qinfeng returned to the court.

Now, he is second only to the emperor in the court.

He stood at a height that no one in the Golden Hall could reach.

Looking back.

The vast mountains and rivers, the peaceful lights of thousands of homes, the sad piles of bones, the supreme power and loneliness, none of them have anything to do with him.

What he wants and what he wants to see is only that one person.

Xie Yuzhu, where are you?

Hua Qinyu and Hua Qinfeng stood on the palace wall, looking at Zhongdu City.

"The western border defense has been reorganized, and the people are now safe. With Xiao Bingfeng and Xiao Bingxin protecting you, you can also return to Zhongdu."

"General Xiao retired, but I didn't expect Xiao Bingxin to become a female general, carrying out the wishes of the eldest and second sons of the Xiao family to guard the western frontier."

Everything is God's will.

Xiao Bingxin, who initially wanted to flee Xilin, eventually returned to Xilin, determined to guard the border and never leave.

Hua Qinfeng has a full beard and a determined look in his eyes.

"Your Majesty has recruited many talented people and brought peace to the four directions. Now the western border is stable, the embankments in the major river basins are complete, the south is peaceful, and the north is free of disasters. Everything is peaceful. I want to rest for a while and take a look at this beautiful land."

"Alright, King Wen has a daughter, and the Hundred Days Banquet will be held soon. Princess and Lin'er want to go and watch the fun. Do you want to go with them?"

Hua Qinyu wanted him to relax.

Hua Qinfeng said calmly, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

"Prince Gu will marry Miss Xun at the beginning of next month. Third brother, will you drink some wedding wine before you leave?"

"I like Jing."

"Third brother..."

Hua Qinyu looked worried.

What's the difference between him and a living dead?

Neither laughing nor angry, no emotions, no interest in anything.

Only one breath was left.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will live well. This is what she wants."

Hua Qinfeng walked down the palace wall, his tall and straight back looked lonely...

When he left, he didn't tell Chaoyang.

One man and one horse left Zhongdu quietly.

Two people blocked the way outside the city gate.

"You threw Changfeng Tower to me, and Lao Liu to me too. You really treat me as your housekeeper!"

Gu Suiyi walked towards him cursing.

"You didn't come back to see us. Don't you know we would be worried about you? I'm getting married next month, and you won't even stay for the wedding. Is that nice of you?"

Hua Qinfeng said expressionlessly, "I wish you a happy marriage."

"Who said blessing words like mourning words!"

Hua Qinfeng said nothing.

Today, he is more stable and calm than anyone else.

Zhang Xinghe walked over slowly and said, "I heard that a miracle doctor appeared near the East China Sea. Maybe he can cure your heart disease."

Hua Qinfeng's eyes finally flickered, but he quickly regained his composure.

"It would be best to have an amnesia drug so that I can forget everything." Gu Suiyi sighed.

No one dared to mention her.

At this time, Chaoyang came over on horseback with Yunling.

Chaoyang: "My Lord, I will go with you!"

Hua Qinfeng looked at Chaoyang and Yunling.

"She'll be happy if you two are together."

"Sister Baiguo has also left Zhongdu... I will stay here to study medicine and make medicine, and I will wait for Chaoyang to come back." Yunling shed tears, "Prince, let him take care of you. You are the most precious person to the princess, and she doesn't want you to suffer!"

If the princess were in heaven, she would be sad to see the prince torturing himself like this.

After they left, another two years passed.