They all say I'm a puppet

Fu Zhi stood motionless on the spot, staring blankly at Chen Yuan who fell on the ground, watching the blood gushing out from his neck, and then washed away by the rain.After a long time, she touched her face subconsciously. The blood that splashed on her face just now stained her fingers red. Fu Zhi stared blankly at the bright red on her fingers, feeling something warm coming from Tears welled up in his eyes, and it took him a while to realize that they were his own tears.

She couldn't remember how long she hadn't cried. She didn't cry when her father died, and she didn't cry when her brother forced her to marry someone she didn't like. When she was murdered and Nan Xia was in danger, she did not shed a single tear.She seemed to be able to accept all the helplessness and misfortune in this world, but in the end, she still couldn't accept this doomed ending.

The tears in her life were ultimately given to this man she loved but also hated.

Fu Zhi squatted down slowly, stretched out her blood-stained hand to cover Chen Yuan's eyes, and murmured: "I've been thinking about it until now, if I was willing to resist the emperor and leave my eldest princess identity, abandoning the so-called responsibility to Nanxia, ​​and leaving with you recklessly, will everything change now?"

She lowered her head and stared at the face she was most familiar with, as if she wanted to engrave this face deeply in her mind: "It's just that I will betray you in the end. I couldn't leave you back then, and I can't now Abandon Tao Tao and go with you."

Fu Zhi leaned down slowly, pressed a kiss on Chen Yuan's lips, and said softly: "If life can really start over, I would rather not meet you in the Royal Garden that day." She raised her head, her lips showing With a wry smile, "It's just that there is no such thing as a rebirth in this world. I only hope that I will not be born in this emperor's family in the next life, and you will never enter this court again. If we can still meet at that time, we will be together." For an ordinary couple."

Xun Cheng stood a few feet away, taking all this into his eyes. He lowered his eyes and glanced at Chen Yuan's corpse. In the end, he just shook his head slightly and looked up at Cang Lin Er on the city wall. Man, waved his hand: "Although I didn't do it myself, there is no difference, and the rest of the mess will be left to you to deal with."

After speaking, the figure flashed and disappeared into the rain.

Cang Lin looked at the direction where Xun Cheng disappeared and let out a soft sigh, then turned his head and glanced at Fu Yu beside him: "Do you want to go down?"

Fu Yu stared at Fu Zhi under the city for a while, then turned her back: "She has already made a decision, let her stay with him for a while, after all, from now on, she has nothing to do with Chen Yuan , all the past will eventually dissipate." Fu Yu turned her head and glanced at Cang Lin, "The matter of Xiping City is still waiting for you to deal with, I'll go back and see Tao Tao first."

Cang Lin patted his shoulder from behind, and whispered in his ear: "I'll take care of it here, wait for me to go back."

Fu Yu showed him a slight smile, turned his head and looked down the city again, put the bamboo hat back on his head, and walked towards the city.

Probably because almost everyone in the army is still guarding the city, the prefect's mansion is extraordinarily quiet, the steward recognized Fu Yu as the young master who followed Cang Lin during the day, and hurriedly welcomed him in: "Aiyo Young master, it's been raining outside for so long, it looks like your clothes are soaked, I'll ask them to bring you some bath water, take a bath and change into dry clothes, don't worry about catching a cold."

Fu Yu smiled: "Thank you very much." He took off the bamboo hat on his head and stripped off the already soaked coir raincoat, "Where is that child now? Is he still in the mansion?"

"Yes, yes." The steward said hastily, "Didn't His Royal Highness King Jin order you to take good care of their mother and daughter? Before the lady left, she said hello to me and said she was going out. The child was sleeping. I'll help keep an eye on it, so I arranged for someone to guard it, young master, don't worry."

When mentioning Fu Zhi, Fu Yu's eyes were a bit sad: "Okay, I'll go and see her later, I'm sorry to bother you."

The steward waved his hands hastily: "My lord, you are welcome."

The rain outside the window gradually stopped, and the night returned to tranquility.

Fu Yu hurriedly took a shower, changed into dry clothes, declined the steward, and went alone to the courtyard where Fu Zhi's mother and daughter lived temporarily.The guards who guarded here during the day had retreated at Cang Lin's previous request, and there were only a few maids on guard outside.

Fu Yu glanced inside: "Is Tao Tao okay?"

The maid woke up from her drowsiness, glanced at Fu Yu, and recognized that this person seemed to be related to the King Jin who came during the day, and hurriedly replied: "The lady left quietly after putting her to sleep. Been asleep."

Fu Yu nodded: "That's good, I'll go in and have a look, you go back and rest first."

The maid was a little hesitant, but seeing the expression on Fu Yu's face, for some reason, she felt a little afraid of this young man with picturesque eyebrows, and glanced inside: "The young man must tell us something."

Fu Yu lowered his eyes as acquiescence, opened the door curtain and entered the room.There was only one candle lit in the room, the light was dim, Tao Tao was sleeping soundly on the bed, Fu Yu walked over, covered her body with the kicked-off thin quilt, and sat down against the bed.

Tao Tao slept very well, with the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, as if she had come across some sweet dream.Looking at her, Fuyu couldn't help but curled up her lips. In fact, he and Tao Tao only met once, maybe because the child is really cute, or because the two are connected by blood. , he really likes this child, and hopes that this child can grow up healthy and happy.

It's just that from now on, her life is doomed to have shortcomings. She can't have both parents and a happy family like other children.There are many things that can be made up, but some are destined not to be made up.

This is her fate, it was doomed from her birth.Fortunately, with her father's death, all of this will come to an end. From then on, she will bid farewell to her identity as Chen Yuan's daughter, bid farewell to all the past related to her father, and start a new life.

But I don't know if this is a good thing for her.

After a whole night of tossing and raining again, Fu Yu was so tired that he lay down beside the bed and fell asleep, until a small hand patted his face before he opened his eyes in a daze. Seeing Tao Tao lying on the bed, he stared at him curiously: "Brother, why are you sleeping on the floor?"

Fu Yu slept half the night in the position of sitting on the ground and half lying on the bed, and now his whole body was sore, he supported the bed to make himself stand up, moved a little, and made his expression not look so ferocious. Sitting down on the side of the bed, he pinched Tao Tao's face with his hand: "I was just sitting for a while, but I fell asleep unexpectedly, don't be like my brother."

Tao Tao smiled and nodded: "Okay." After she finished speaking, she looked around and rubbed her eyes, "Brother, where is mother?"

Fu Yu forced a smile: "Auntie has something to go out for a while, and she will be back later, can't brother stay here with you?"

Tao Tao shook his head, as if he had seriously thought about this question: "That's fine, anyway, my mother is always with me, and I also like my brother, so it's fine for my brother to accompany me."

Fu Yu patted her on the head: "Then I'll ask them to come in to help you comb your hair and change your clothes, and then Tao Tao will have breakfast with your brother, okay?"

Tao Tao nodded: "Okay! After breakfast, brother wants to play with Tao Tao, okay?"

"Okay." Fu Yu's eyes were gentle, "Whatever Tao Tao wants to play, my brother will accompany you. Just as the rain stopped outside, my brother will take you for a stroll in the city, okay?"

"Okay!" Tao Tao replied cheerfully, and even got up and jumped on the bed a few times. She grew up under the care of her parents and rarely had the opportunity to go out for a walk. Of course, she was looking forward to it.When the joy was over, she couldn't help asking again, "Brother, when will mother come back? Did she go to find her father? Tao Tao hasn't seen her father for a long time, and her father said to let me go with my mother." Let's go first, he will come to us in a few days, but how long will it take in a few days, Tao Tao misses daddy."

Fuyu looked at Tao Tao's disappointed face, the words stuck in his throat but he didn't know what to say. Tao Tao wanted to know the truth sooner or later, but he couldn't hear it from him.Fu Yu closed her eyes slightly, and said in a shy voice: "Tao Tao, brother, go and ask them to come in first, and wait for your mother to come back, then..."

He couldn't say the second half of the sentence no matter what. Fortunately, he was facing a four or five-year-old child and couldn't perceive his emotions. Fu Yu forced a smile and left the room as if fleeing. The maid who had been waiting outside for a long time breathed a sigh of relief: "Help her wash up."

"Yes, sir." The maid entered the inner room neatly, leaving Fuyu alone outside. He poured himself a cup of overnight tea and drank a big gulp, but still felt bored and walked around the room. After a long circle, he stretched out his hand and opened the door, wanting to get some air.

As soon as Fu Yufang showed his head, he saw a familiar figure walking into the courtyard. Subconsciously, he closed the door behind him, walked to the courtyard a few steps, looked at Fu Zhi who was in a mess, and said in a low voice, "Auntie."

Fu Zhi raised her head, showing a pair of red eyes, and smiled at Fu Yu: "Is Tao Tao okay?"

"Don't worry, aunt, she slept soundly this night, she's up now, and is washing up."

"That's good." Fu Zhi smiled, and then fell down limply.

The author has something to say: In fact, the eldest princess has never been the kind of person who loves children. If she had been, she would not have married others back then, and she would not have married Chen Yuan again.Because she was born in the emperor's family, she actually shouldered a lot of things.After finally escaping from that emperor's house, she shouldered the responsibility of being a mother again, so she was destined not to act arbitrarily.