Looking to the Thirteen Rivers

The draft wind surrounds the whole body, and the night is cold, but such a cold night becomes warm and bright because of the arrival of Wen Zhaoyu, and the coldness is no longer there.

The two lips touched each other lightly, and swept away, leaving a clear scent of wine.Ji Wan took off her robe, put it on Wen Chaoyu's shoulders, and said in silence for a moment: "I am glad to have you by my side, but if you kneel here with me, they are afraid..."

"I'm afraid they don't want to show up again," Wen Zhaoyu continued, "I know this, so I will kneel with you until dawn and I will wait for you outside, so as not to embarrass you all."

When Ji Wanshu heard this, he felt mixed feelings.

Embarrassed?What's wrong with them?

Those who did wrong dare not face it, but those who have to suffer have to back down again and again. The more understanding Wen Chaoyu is, the more guilty Ji Wanshu will feel.

"I know what you're thinking, you don't have to think that I've been wronged," Wen Zhaoyu said, "I've let go of it long ago, and I don't hate anyone, I just don't want to make you too stiff because of me."

Ji Wanshu closed her eyes and said tiredly, "Get up, don't kneel."

Wen Zhaoyu still smiled: "Like I said, it's not them that I'm kneeling, I just want to accompany you. You and I both know that it's hard to get them to accept my existence, not to mention that we are still like this now. relationship, but I don't care if they can accept me, and even if they are willing to meet me, I actually don't think it's necessary. Although I don't hate, I also have the right not to forgive, and sometimes it's better to forgive or not. It's not that important, and it doesn't necessarily have to be a breakup, anyway, it's fine if we don't communicate with each other forever."

After all, what about admitting mistakes?What about forgiveness?No matter what you do, you can't change the fact of being abandoned, and the years that have passed away will always stay in the past, and they can't be recovered.What's more, Wen Zhaoyu was so young back then, and she hasn't stayed in Ji's house for a long time so far. To be honest, she doesn't have much affection for this place.Even if Ji's couple were willing to apologize to her for what happened back then, and could accept that she and Ji Wanshu were together, she would not be able to come back to this family.

The four of them are destined to never be a family again.

"How can there be so many happy endings in this world?" Wen Zhaoyu said, "There are shortcomings, regrets, ups and downs and unsatisfactory experiences, and that is what a person should really have in life. Death goes smoothly, and all wishes come true. I let go of it, and accepted it, accepting everything that fate has given. I hid from you for so many years because of this, but fortunately, you have been chasing me and did not give up. In this way Your affection is enough to make me stop too. Then this time, it will be considered as the final decision, I choose to stand with you, and I will not care whether others agree or not, whether they like it or not."

These words made Ji Wanshu's heart churn, and he couldn't reply for a long time.

The night got deeper, but the cold wind never returned, and it didn't return until dawn along with the sunrise.The two of them knelt in the yard all night, and neither of them had the intention of getting up. Seeing the light golden light cast on the ground, Ji Wanshu said, "I'll do the rest, find an inn to rest, and wait for me." Look for you."

Wen Chaoyu said: "If they don't want to see you, why don't you just keep kneeling like this?"

"I knelt, not to force them to do anything, but to make amends for not being filial," Ji Wanshu said, "Since it is to make amends, what if there is no sincerity, you go first."

Wen Zhaoyu said: "Let me leave you here alone and go to the inn to sleep? I can't do it."

Ji Wanshu looked sideways at her and said, "Didn't you say last night that you would go out and wait for me at dawn? Go quickly."

"I regretted it again now," Wen Chaoyu said, "An ugly daughter-in-law still has to see her parents-in-law, not to mention that they are my biological parents. They have no face to see me, but I have the face to see them. Let's just kneel down."

Her tone was flat, but her attitude was very firm. Ji Wanshu didn't want to persuade her anymore, so she kept silent.

The house was quiet and quiet, and no one was seen walking around at noon, the lights in the Ji couple's room had been burning all night, and even now they could still see some light.The maids and servants stopped coming to the front yard, and everyone tacitly avoided this place. The only way in and out was the corner door and the side passage, no one dared to pass by this place.

Watching the time go by bit by bit, and the dusk approaching quietly, Ji Wanshu gradually couldn't kneel anymore, and when he was about to go to the door of his parents' room to say goodbye, he suddenly saw that the housekeeper at home went to the room before her. After about a stick of incense, the steward bowed out and closed the door, and walked down the steps to support Ji Wanshu.

"Miss, Master and Madam asked me to send a message that you don't have to kneel."

Ji Wanshu said, "Then..."

"Go to the door and talk," the steward said, "Madam has something to tell you."

Ji Wanshu stood up, helped Wen Chaoyu, and made a gesture to take her up the steps, but Wen Chaoyu backed away and said, "I won't go when you mother and daughter are talking, just wait here for you."

Ji Wanshu glanced at her, and ordered the steward to bring a chair for Wen Zhaoyu, then went to the door and knelt down again, calling: "Mother."

The doors and windows were closed, the light in the room was dim, Mrs. Ji's eyes were red and swollen, and a new lamp was replaced. Mr. Ji sat on the low couch and said nothing, both of them seemed to have aged a lot overnight.

Both of them heard Ji Wanshu's voice, but neither of them responded.

Reaching out to push the window open a thin gap, Mrs. Ji covered her mouth with a handkerchief, watching Wen Chaoyu in the yard from a distance through the gap.

It was almost dusk, and the sun was like flowing water mixed with gold powder, flowing over the clouds and filling the entire house.Wen Chaoyu was sitting on a wooden chair, one hand was tucked in the sleeve and hanging by her side, the other hand was gently rubbing her knee, a few birds landed on the open space at her feet, Wen Zhaoyu looked down at them, sideways The face is well-defined, quiet, and there is a kind of kindness in the corners of the eyes and brows that makes people feel very close.

She looks like a smiley person.

Mrs. Ji shed tears before saying a word, and said with a suppressed voice: "Master, come and see, how much she looks like you..."

Master Ji sat distraught, his eyes were bloodshot, and he didn't answer.

"I saw that the child seemed to have broken a hand." Madam Ji was holding on to the window sill, there were a few conspicuous white hairs in the messy bun, "It's all right, why did you break the hand?"

Master Ji wiped his face, and said tiredly: "Don't look, before it's dark, say everything you need to say, let them go."

Ji Wanshu called again from outside the door.

Mrs. Ji looked sad, and looked at Wen Chaoyu for a long time before closing the window. She staggered to the door and said to Ji Wanshu through the two doors: "Wanshu, you have been kneeling for a day and a night. Get up. Don't break your knees."

Listening to her mother's gentle voice, Ji Wanshu looked back at Wen Chaoyu behind her, and sighed softly: "I can't leave the palace for too long, there are still many things waiting for me to go back, so just speak up if you have something to say. It's over... ...we should go too."

Mrs. Ji was stunned for a while, her forehead rested lightly on the door frame, and said in a low voice: "Let's go... let's go. Just be careful on the way, and remember to repair a letter when you arrive at the palace, and tell us that you are safe."

Ji Wanshu said: "Aren't you and dad coming out to meet us?"

Mrs. Ji's heart was full of melancholy, she wiped her tears and said: "How should we meet? Why is there any need to meet? Wanshu, your father and I have thought about it all night, and we have figured it out a lot, but you want us to go out Meeting you, we can't do it no matter what," she choked up several times, and said intermittently, "Where do we have the face to meet that child?"

Ji Wanshu frowned, lowered her head and said, "I understand."

"You didn't come back this time to ask for our consent, but to let us know," Mrs. Ji said, "So it doesn't matter whether we agree or not. It's just that we are stubborn to prevent you from being together. You will not listen to our words. The matter has come to this point, and your father and I can only accept it. Who you want to be with is your own business. As long as you are happy, that is more important than anything else."

Ji Wanshu said, "Mother..."

"Go back to the palace while you're on your way in the morning," Mrs. Ji cried so heartbroken, but she couldn't make any noise, she could only suppress her voice and said, "I've fulfilled you, and I won't ask any more questions in the future. Your father and I can only That's it. As for other things, don't force us. For the sake of our old age, you should also give in. Let's take a step back and leave each other with dignity. Don't make too much noise. Ugly, what do you think?"

Ji Wanshu paused for a moment, kowtowed and said, "That's okay...Thank you, Mom and Dad, for making this happen."

"In the future, I'll come back often when I'm free," Mrs. Ji said. "Even if you become the head of Yunhua Palace, you will always be our daughter. You have to take care of yourself when you are outside. Whenever you feel homesick, you can do it at any time." Come back, Mom and Dad are waiting for you."

Ji Wanshu's throat was dry, her nose was sore, she stood up after a moment of stupefaction, and said with lowered eyebrows, "Got it. You and Dad should also pay attention to your health. Whenever there is a chance, I will definitely come back to see you."

Mrs. Ji covered her mouth and sobbed, she couldn't speak anymore, she turned her head to look at Master Ji, the couple was relatively speechless, only tears.

The sound of footsteps gradually drifting away came from outside the door, and Ji Wan's shadow on the door also faded away. Mrs. Ji staggered to the window, and then carefully pushed open a gap, her eyes full of tears. looking there.

"Let's go," Ji Wanshu's eyes were slightly red, and he squeezed a smile at Wen Chaoyu, "It's very rare to get them to let us be together, and I'm not greedy for anything else. Come to this home, but I can give you another home. Parents are old after all, and they will live a decent life. Limited, we can only fight for this step, will you...will you blame me?"

"What are you complaining about?" Wen Zhaoyu held her hand and said with a slight smile, "This is the best situation. It didn't destroy the original harmony of your family of three, and you and I can continue to be together. That's enough. I'm not greedy either."

Ji Wanshu said, "I just wronged you."

Wen Chaoyu said: "No wrong, not to mention that there are people who bless us, don't they?"

Ji Wanshu looked at her softly, then smiled softly and said, "Yes."

The author has something to say: this chapter is for Wen Ji, and the next chapter is for Qiu Xue.

If there are no accidents, it should end the day after tomorrow.