Rebirth: Ordinary Life and Living

Jin Yourong smiled and said, "Then... the child will be named Jin Hongkang. What do you think?"

Zhou Xinyue thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Okay, let's call him Jin Hongkang."

Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. Jin Yourong did not sleep, and Zhou Xinyue did not sleep either. The two talked a lot.

Soon at dawn the next day, Jin Yourong put on a black robe, a black crown with gold inlay on his hair, a black sword in his hand, his eyebrows were sharp, and his eyes were bright.

Zhou Xinyue sent him to the door of the room. Jin Yourong turned around and looked at Zhou Xinyue, as if he had a thousand words to say, but after a moment of silence, he didn't know where to start.

Jin Yourong stretched out his arms and held Zhou Xinyue in his arms, closing his eyes and remaining silent for a long time.

"Take care of yourself and the children. Don't worry!"

After saying that, Jin Yourong turned around and left. Zhou Xinyue felt as if something precious was suddenly lost in her heart.

Zhou Xinyue ran out in a hurry, hugged him on the back and said, "Ayu, take care!"

Jin Yourong paused, turned to look at her, his eyes red. The nurse came over with Jin Hongzhi in her arms.

Jin Hongzhi kept saying, "Dad, Dad, Dad!"

Jin Yourong walked to the child again, hugged him and said, "Zhi'er, wait for daddy to come back and bring you a candy man. Be good."

Jin Hongzhi laughed.

Jin Yourong took one last look at Zhou Xinyue, his eyes moistened, and left without looking back.

Zhou Xinyue stood at the gate of the courtyard and watched him walk farther and farther away, watching the group of soldiers following him gradually disappear from her sight.

Li Yingying was in the carriage outside the mansion. When she saw Jin Yourong finally come out, she said happily, "He finally came out. I can finally go back to Cangdu City to visit my father and mother. That's great."

The maid outside said, "That's right. The prince took everyone with him and left her alone. Humph, you can tell at a glance that she has fallen out of favor."

Li Yingying smiled and said, "I am going back to Cangdu this time, first, to visit my parents, second, to send my sister Fu Huan back to the Xu family for treatment, third, to visit the Eighteenth Master who is critically ill, and fourth, all members of the royal family must participate in the blessing and sacrificial activities held by the emperor for the Eighteenth Master. How can she participate in the activities without the formal marriage of the prince? Besides, she has no parents to return to. How can a commoner compare with the real daughter of a wealthy family? She is destined not to follow the prince."

The maid said happily: "You deserve it!"

"This time, my mother will personally lead us back to Cangdu City. My father and mother will definitely come to the city gate to pick me up..."

The maid said happily: "Master, this is such an honor! The master and his wife must be very happy!"

Li Yingying smiled and said nothing.

The maid stared at Li Yingying and pretended to talk to her calmly on the surface, but she was actually worried that she might suddenly fall ill.

Finally, the group set off.

Li Yingying was secretly happy because she hadn't seen her father and mother for a long time and she was very worried about them. Even though she had many concerns about the trip back to Cangdu City, with the prince, Concubine Yan, and several other big families around, they wouldn't dare to do anything to us.

My father is the Duke of Li, so I wonder who would dare to act rashly.

Just as she was thinking of this, Li Yingying suddenly coughed up blood, scaring the maid into screaming.

Jin Yourong is gone, Li Yingying is gone, Yunxiao, Fu Huan, Xu Huibao, Quemei, Ming Xiangnan, Yue Yaoyi, and the two sisters of the Mei family are all gone, and the palace is so quiet.

It seemed that even the birds in the trees had flown away. Almost all the servants in the palace were taken away, which must have been Li Yingying's idea.

Apart from the few people I left in Xuanjiyuan, I'm afraid there's no one else.

Zhou Xinyue couldn't help but say, "I guess there's no one else in the palace except us!"

Xiaomei said, "No, there are still a dozen nameless young ladies in the northwest courtyard of the palace. They used to be maids of the prince's concubines. They were not brought with them this time, so they were left behind. There is a deputy housekeeper taking care of them there, so don't worry, young lady."

Zhou Xinyue nodded and said, "That's good. I thought there was no one in the palace, but it turns out there are people here. Maybe it's too quiet, I'm a little uncomfortable with it."

Xiaomei smiled and said, "Miss, I think it would be better if it were quiet. It would be convenient for you to rest and recuperate."

Zhou Xinyue nodded and said, "Yes, I need to take good care of myself. I must get my body in good shape. I still have a lot of things to do."

Since Jin Yourong passed away, Zhou Xinyue has been slowly recovering her health.

Eat enough nutritious foods, rest more and get plenty of rest.

Soon more than half a month passed, and Zhou Xinyue calculated that Jin Yourong and the others should arrive in Cangdu City by then.

Sometimes Zhou Xinyue would accidentally walk into Jin Yourong's study and stare at the four writing tools he used, and the calligraphy he practiced and threw into the scroll.

Sometimes when I get bored, I open the scroll and take a look at the calligraphy and paintings.

Suddenly I found a painting, and the picture on it was actually myself.

Zhou Xinyue couldn't help laughing. In the painting, she was dancing in a white dress.

This scene is so familiar, as if it was the scene when I once participated in the Oiran competition.

If I was in a daze for too long, I would sometimes be discovered by the maids Xing'er, Mei, Lan, Zhu and Ju, and they would scold me for a long time.

Every time Zhou Xinyue just smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Occasionally, he would tease Hongzhi and Hongkang to pass the time.

Occasionally, when the sun is shining brightly and the weather is nice, I would lie in the yard and bask in the sun wearing the windproof cap that Fanxing had patched up.

In short, the days were peaceful and comfortable, giving Zhou Xinyue the illusion that she had returned to the small courtyard she had bought in Cangdu City.

At that time, although the people in Cangdu City were in panic, it did not affect her at all who were in the courtyard at that time.

You Ran still remembers that at that time he grew vegetables, raised chickens and ducks in his own yard.

Sometimes I go to the market to buy some other vegetables to eat, and my life is simple and happy.

Speaking of my sister, she should be doing well, and Sandan should have grown taller now.

Zhou Xinyue suddenly felt very worried about them.

Before she knew it, Zhou Xinyue's body had recovered. With the constant supply of supplements from Amei Fanxing and the others every day, she had become a lot plumper.

Zhou Xinyue was worried about Jin Yourong. She didn't know what happened to him after he left. There was no news at all.

None of the pigeons in the backyard flew back. Fanxing went to the backyard every day to check, but never saw a single pigeon fly back. It was very strange.

Zhou Xinyue comforted herself: "Maybe no news is the best news."

Zhou Xinyue looked forward to seeing even a single pigeon every day, but there were no pigeons to be seen.

Every day I feel both hopeful and disappointed.

After the confinement period, Zhou Xinyue went to take a bath in the hot spring pool. Although Xing'er also helped to wash her body during the confinement period, it was not as clean as just soaking and washing like this.