Wishful Things

He even admitted confidently that he had deliberately kept it from him before.

In this situation... How can there be a feeling that the wife doesn't even want him anymore without Ah Yuan?

Yes, this time it was even a very clear feeling, not an illusion.

Mrs. Xu probably really didn't want to talk to her husband any more, so she wiped away her tears and lay back down.

Looking at his wife who was lying on the inside, Wu Shizi suppressed the complexity and bitterness in his heart, and lay down silently.

That night, both husband and wife could not sleep well.

The next day, I got up at the same time as usual, washed up, and then a maid served breakfast.

When the husband and wife were about to sit down, a servant girl came in and said: "My son, madam, my grandson is here."

Mrs. Xu was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said, "Let someone come in."

As soon as the words were finished, a clean and fresh young man walked in, wearing a dark blue robe and a jade crown with his hair tied up.

"My son greets his father and mother."

The young man saluted and greeted him, his expression and tone were the same as usual.

Seeing this scene, Xu's eyes were slightly hot, but his voice was full of smiles: "...Can I eat too early?"

"Not yet."

"Then sit down and use it together." Mrs. Xu hurriedly ordered to the maid: "Add a pair of bowls and chopsticks."

There is no time to add too much to the food, but it is enough for the husband to eat less.

Wu Chao didn't intend to stay for breakfast, but seeing the servant girl agreed to go down, he also said "yes".

After a quiet breakfast, Xu's mood gradually calmed down a lot.

Although A Yuan doesn't like to talk too much, but doing so is obviously to make her feel at ease.

The child is so sensible, and she still wants to comfort her in reverse. As an elder, she should think more about the good side, and think more about how to help A Yuan.

After the meal, the dishes were removed, and the family sat and drank tea for a while, and Wu Chao, who had other things to do, left just now.

...

The sky was gloomy, and billowing black clouds hung over a seemingly inconspicuous courtyard outside Yangzhou City.

In the other courtyard, a fire was burning outside the hall door, and the flames raged, quickly spreading and filling the entire verandah.

Xu Mingyi, who was wearing a snow-blue dress, fell into the fierce flames.

A hovering black shadow was about to rush into the fire, making a high-pitched chirp.

It is the third eye.

Xu Mingyi heard it.

And also saw it.

Ordinarily, she could no longer see anything clearly, but at this moment she could clearly see the big bird trying to crash into the fire again and again, and the agitating fire even burned its wings.

Xu Ming wanted to tell it, let's go quickly.

But she couldn't make a sound.

All I could do was watch the big bird flapping its burnt wings and whining anxiously.

She also watched anxiously - she never realized how stupid this bird is, isn't it always the most afraid of fire?

At this time, a figure rushed into the fire and carried her out of the flames.

is that person? !

Xu Mingyi's heart tightened, as if he had faintly realized something, he quickly looked at the man's face.

A young man of twenty-three or fourteen years old was dressed in black and had black hair, handsome features, and a straight nose. Raindrops rolled down from his handsome jaw and landed on her face.

He was surprised and said——

"Xu Mingyi, you are still alive?!"

Xu Mingyi was also in great shock.

That's... she should say it, right?

——Wu Chao is still alive? !

Who was the one who fell into the frozen lake and died earlier, and caused her to secretly shed many tears?

Immediately afterwards, she saw him rushing to ask someone to extinguish the fire on her body.

Although the fire was extinguished, she could not open her eyes.

It was strange to say that she could see her complete body, like a bystander.

She also saw Wu Chao put her on the horse, galloped all the way in the rain, and came to a military camp.

The military doctor accompanying him shook his head, Wu Chao's expression became ugly, and he said that he wanted someone to go to the city to capture the best doctor—Xu Mingyi couldn't help thinking, how could this be like a bandit?

But by coincidence, Miracle Doctor Qiu was brought here at this time—the people who stayed in the other hospital to deal with the aftermath brought Miracle Doctor Qiu and the others back.

Wu Ran, who had never been so embarrassed before, cried until his eyes were swollen to the point that he could not see. When he saw Wu Chao, he was surprised and rushed over to cry again.

Doctor Qiu, after examining her, also shook his head - the trouble was not the burns, but the poison she had taken.

Hearing this, Wu Chao frowned and fell silent, then turned to look at her who was placed on the bed.

After a long time, he said: "It's my fault that I went too late."

Wu Ran stood by the couch wiping tears.

Ah Zhu knelt beside her without saying a word.

There was also the big bird whose feathers were nearly scorched black, also guarding the bedside, stretching its neck from time to time, and scratching her hand with its long beak.

Seeing that she didn't respond for a long time, Da Niao wobbled to Miracle Doctor Qiu's side and pecked at the hem of his robe.

Doctor Qiu sighed, looked down at Big Bird, and said, "She's gone."

The big bird suddenly cried out.

He ran to the bed again, struggling to fly to the bed.

Or because of burnt wings, this action looks like a fat duck trying to flap its edges but still can't fly high.

Wu Chao stepped forward to pick up the big bird, and handed it to Doctor Qiu: "I'll take it down for treatment."

Doctor Qiu took it over.

While leading the big bird trying to break free out of the tent, he said, "Still stubborn, you can bake it a little longer, sprinkle some salt on it, and you can eat it..."

Is it that bad?

If you think about it, she won't be much better, right?

Xu Mingyi leaned over to the bedside to have a look, and then couldn't help showing a look of disbelief.

... If you don't hurry up and bury it, what are you waiting for?

Looking at the few people who were standing or kneeling beside the bed, Xu Mingyi sighed—it was not necessary to mourn her in this way, if she was stared at in such a miserable state, she would die with regret.

As soon as this idea appeared in her mind, the scene changed drastically.

Under the lowered sky, the palace stands majestically, and there seems to be bloody and scorched breath flowing in the air.

A young man in black armor broke into the Hall of Mental Cultivation and dragged the emperor out of the bed.

The emperor who was dragged out was disheveled and embarrassed.

The ministers of the inner prison were sad and angry.

Seeing the emperor being dragged out of the palace gate, Xu Mingyi covered his mouth and exclaimed, thinking: Is this appropriate?

The next moment, after seeing the emperor's face clearly, he immediately felt—it was indeed quite appropriate.

She heard that Wu Chao forced the emperor to write an imperial edict to clear the names of the Xu family and the Wu family.

Not long after, a man with a beard in armor walked over.

When the emperor saw the visitor, he gritted his teeth and cursed.

Wu Chao raised his hand to salute him: "Father——"

Father?

Xu Mingyi was a little taken aback.

When she came back to her senses, she was already in a cemetery.

Looking at the words engraved on the tombstone beside her, she couldn't help being stunned. This is the tomb of her grandfather...

And father's.

Uncle's.

Mother, tomorrow...

She walked slowly and looked at the tombstones. The tombstones were cold and quiet, and Xu Mingyi's eyes hurt. It turned out that this was their Xu family's ancestral grave.

But her family was ransacked and beheaded for the crime of collaborating with the enemy. As a felon, all of them were decapitated. Who moved her grandfather and the others into this ancestral grave?

She thought it should be Wu Chao.

However, even Qin Wushu and Yun Liushu's are there, so how come her tomb is the only one missing?

ah.

Xu Mingyi patted his forehead lightly.

How could she have forgotten that she was a married woman, so it was naturally impossible for her to be buried in her family's ancestral grave.

As soon as this idea came to her mind, she felt that the scenery around her changed again - she actually came to Ningyang, the ancestral grave of the Wu family.

The Wu family is worthy of being a century-old noble family, even the ancestral tombs are much richer than their Xu family.

At this time, where she is, is in front of her own grave.

And beside her was Wu Chao's tomb.

Therefore, the Wu Chao she married was indeed dead. What is alive now is that person with a completely different identity.

"Are you really not going back?"

The young man's voice suddenly sounded from behind, and Xu Mingyi subconsciously looked back.

The handsome man in the crow blue robe looked in the direction of her grave.

She followed his line of sight and saw a big bird crouching beside her grave.

It turned out that he was talking to Tianmu.

However, Tianmu doesn't want to go back to the capital with Wu Chao, does he want to stay here as a grave guard bird?

But now it looks clearly not very energetic, or because of previous injuries. Staying in this cemetery, how could it be more comfortable to follow Wu Chao back to the capital?

It's also an old bird, and it's time to enjoy the happiness.

Xu Mingyi squatted down next to it, trying to persuade her, but Big Bird couldn't hear her.

Wu Chao had no choice but to leave.

Only tell the servants guarding the tomb to take care of them.

After Wu Chao left, Tianmu grabbed two seeds from nowhere, dug and dug at the side of her grave with his paws, and buried the seeds in it.

In spring, the seeds germinated, grew and stretched under the sun and rain, and finally two blue and white morning flowers bloomed in the early morning of a summer.

Tianmu squatted there and looked at the two flowers with round eyes, seeming very satisfied.

Wu Chao came again.

This time, the armor on his body has not been removed in the future, and he seems to be injured.

He personally placed the fruit snacks he brought.

Xu Mingyi took a closer look, and found that those snacks were all her favorites, but how did he know, did he notice it when he was in Dingnan Prince's Mansion in Ningyang?

But no matter what, she was very grateful to him for being able to bring these here on purpose.

Although she can only look at it.

After Wu Chao left, several house sparrows flew over to look for food. As soon as they flew over, they were driven away by the Celestial Eye with their wings that could not fly high.

Looking at the big bird that looked like a mother chicken protecting food, Xu Mingyi smiled and thought, but he was quite worried.

And it turns out that Big Bird is really conscientious.

Not only will she watch her eating in front of the grave, but she will also carefully pull out the weeds beside the grave for her, and use her wings to clean up the fallen leaves on the grave, sweeping it every day.

Xu Mingyi carefully made a comparison, and within a radius of ten miles, her tomb was the most beautifully cared for, even Mr. Wu's was not as good as it.

Another winter has arrived.

When Wu Chao came again, he personally made a small wooden house for Tianmu to avoid the cold, which was next to her tomb.

Xu Mingyi squatted aside, resting her chin and watching him beating with a hammer.

He looked to be in his late twenties, and compared to the youthful boy who was full of vigor, now he looked more calm and stable.

But in terms of good looks, it is not inferior to the past.

Xu Mingyi's eyes lingered on his face for a long time before moving to his hands.

In addition to being busy governing the country, did you actually learn carpentry?

Last time she heard his followers call him "Your Majesty".

But this majesty seems to often go to the imperial court personally.

After the wooden house was completed, Xu Mingyi never saw Wu Chao again.

She stayed here every day and found it very interesting to watch Big Bird busy.

Until one day, the big bird slept in the wooden house and couldn't come out.

The servants guarding the tomb brought water and food, but it refused to move.

The servant left with a sigh.

For two whole days like this, Big Bird never took a sip of water.

Xu Mingyi was so anxious that he wanted to do something, but he couldn't do anything.

In the afternoon of the third day, Big Bird finally moved out of the cabin.

The sun was shining golden in the summer afternoon, and the old bird lay beside her grave, closed his eyes, and never woke up again.

Xu Mingyi called out again and again, so anxious that tears fell out.

Where's Wu Chao?

She stood up and wanted to find Wu Chao.

At this time, there were bursts of mourning sounds entering her ears.

She felt inexplicably tense and ran out.

This is the capital...

At this moment, however, there was wailing everywhere, and the city was full of silence.

This is a national funeral...

Xu Mingyi ran all the way into the palace.

She stared blankly at the scene in front of her.

There are several banquets in front of the coffin, on which there are silks to comfort the gods, and an inscription on the inscription "Daxing Emperor Zigong"——

Is Wu Chao gone?

Hearing the cries in his ears, Xu Mingyi looked around dully.

All eyes were unfamiliar faces, but the strange thing was that there were no concubines and family members.

Kneeling at the very front, wearing mourning clothes and holding a memorial tablet in his arms, was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy.

It seems that this is the next monarch, right?

But...why does he look nothing like Wu Chao?

On the contrary, it looks like another person...

Who is it?

Xu Mingyi thought about it for a moment, and a face appeared in his mind-Jing Wang Shizi!

Could it be the blood of King Jing's son?

The honorable king's son lost his life long ago because of the murder of the former prince, so how can there be blood in the world?

Xu Mingyi was puzzled, and looked to the left and right behind the young man again, but there was indeed no concubine.

So, does Wu Chao have no heirs of his own?

Although the country is busy with wars in the east and west, how much effort does it take to have a child?

But when you think about his temperament, you can roughly understand it.

In the face of everything, he is a person who refuses to force himself to do so. This is true for emotional matters, and perhaps the same is true for raising children?

But he is already an emperor, so why is he still so stubborn.

The pillars of the Jinluan Hall must have been broken several times by the censors, right? If it is forced by death, it is not only Fei Zhuzi, but even Fei Yushi.

But... how did he get away?

Clearly still so young.

Are old wounds piled up and exhausted, or are you always on the battlefield?

Suddenly, a bright light appeared, and Xu Mingyi subconsciously raised his hand to block it.

When I opened my eyes again, I saw the blue sky above and the glare of the sun.

Xu Mingyi stared at the lush flowers and trees around in a daze, and the crisp sound of birdsong made her unable to tell where she was in the moment.

As for this chapter, you can regard it as a side story in the article, or it can be regarded as just a dream that Zhao Zhao had in the garden after Chongxi’s identity became clear~

(Today is two chapters in one, so see you tomorrow)