sbdcsierra Chapter 291 The capital is too far away, I don't want to come back.
Chapter 291 The capital is too far away, I don't want to come back.
Lu Yangyang turned around in surprise when she heard the sound.
The young man at the head of the group, with his bright black eyes, excitedly rode his horse at full gallop towards her and stopped beside her.
"Yangyang, it really is you! I thought I was seeing things. What are you doing here? Did you know I was coming back today?" Yan Yue looked at Lu Yangyang excitedly.
Lu Yangyang was also looking at him.
Yan Yue has been gone for two years. He seems to have grown taller and looks more robust. His skin is slightly tanned, but his eyes are exceptionally bright.
She suddenly slapped her forehead and said that she felt like she had forgotten something these past few days.
It turns out they had forgotten about Yan Yue.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, she heard that Yan Yue was coming back soon, but the date was uncertain. She even said she would go to ask His Highness, but then she got distracted and completely forgot about it.
Lu Yangyang looked at Yan Yue with a slightly guilty conscience.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Yan Yue hurriedly asked, "Yangyang, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you saying anything? Don't you recognize me? I haven't changed much. Why are you all alone? Where's Sheng Xiaosi? She didn't even come to pick me up when I came back. She even said she wanted to see me return in triumph. Where is she?"
As he spoke, he became somewhat sad again: "And Li Duan, I also wrote to her, but she always replied very perfunctorily, and now she doesn't even reply to my letters anymore. Such a big thing, and you didn't even tell me. Do you even consider me a friend?"
Lu Yangyang listened to his long string of words before finally coming to her senses and slowly replied, "I didn't come to pick you up, I came to drop Jiaojiao off."
"Huh?" Yan Yue's eyes widened suddenly: "Sending Sheng Xiao Si off? You came to the city gate to see her off? What are you going to do with her there?"
It’s a long story.
Lu Yangyang could only keep it brief: "Something happened a couple of days ago. Second Master Sheng requested a transfer to a local post and just left with his family. They should be far away by now."
"What?" Yan Yue was dumbfounded. He subconsciously turned his horse around, wanting to turn back and chase after them, but the generals from the southwest were traveling with him to the capital. His first task upon entering the city was to report to the palace. If he turned back after entering the city, he would be late for the time to enter the palace, and he could not bear the consequences.
Lu Yangyang hurriedly called out to him, "Don't chase after me. I only came back after escorting you for more than ten miles. If you chase after me again, it will probably take you an hour or two. Don't delay your official business. Come back to me after you've finished your business, and I'll explain everything to you in detail."
Yan Yue glanced reluctantly at the city gates, feeling extremely depressed.
After hesitating for a while, the general who accompanied him came to urge him on, and he had no choice but to say goodbye to Lu Yangyang and leave with the others.
Lu Yangyang sighed. Who would have thought that in just a few months, her friends would all be scattered in different places?
Lu Yangyang was also feeling a bit down. When she returned to the Princess's residence, she saw Granny Hui directing people to pack their things. She was slightly taken aback and went over to ask, "Granny Hui, where are we going?"
Granny Hui smiled at her: "Madam is waiting for you. I wanted to tell you a couple of days ago, but then that happened. Madam didn't want to cause you any trouble, so she told me to pack my things first. We plan to go back to our hometown in Jiangnan."
Lu Yangyang paused for a moment, then nodded and walked into the house.
As expected, Lan Yin was already waiting for her. When she saw her come in, she waved to her happily.
Lu Yangyang walked over and sat down next to her.
Lan Yin pushed a box towards her: "This is the dowry I prepared for you a long time ago. I heard you say that you wanted to leave the capital and travel around. I don't know when you will be able to get married. You can keep this dowry for yourself."
Lu Yangyang didn't speak, just looked at her, feeling that something about her seemed different. Before, when she saw her, she was always full of sorrow and cautious, but now it was as if she had suddenly let go, and she looked much more relaxed.
Seemingly sensing her question, Lan Yin took her hand and patted it reluctantly, her eyes slightly red: "Yangyang, I'm sorry. Whether it was not insisting on picking you up immediately before, or not figuring out the truth after you came back, causing you to suffer, or always trying to make amends and imposing my own ideas on you, it's all my fault."
"I didn't intend to forgive you at first, but it wasn't entirely your fault. I also made a judgment about you based on preconceived notions." As for Lan Yin, she did make a judgment about her based on that dream, assuming that she would hurt her for Sheng Yunzhu, just like in the dream. So from the beginning, she never gave the two of them any room to understand each other.
As a result, their relationship was always awkward. Even when she wanted to let go and give each other a chance, the relationship didn't feel natural or easy. Instead, it felt more like Lan Yin was making amends and accommodating her.
She didn't like this way of being together, but she didn't want to hurt her feelings.
Lan Yin shook her head: "It's not your fault. If I were you, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself either. Fortunately, I didn't carry this regret to the end. Yangyang, the first half of my life was lived in a daze. Many times, I couldn't even distinguish right from wrong. It was as if I was trapped in a whirlpool, numbing myself day after day, becoming more and more clueless about what I should do. When I felt I was wrong, I wanted to make amends, but I was at a loss. I felt this was very bad, as if it had become a burden on myself. It was really too tiring. So I want to go back to Jiangnan. I lived there for a while when I was young, and I really liked that peaceful life. If you ever go to Jiangnan in the future, please come and see me. The capital is too far away, and I don't want to come back."
Lu Yangyang took her hand, nodded, and said, "Okay."
She had heard that even family members need fate to be together. The mother-daughter relationship between her and Lan Yin was probably like that. They were destined to be mother and daughter, but not destined to be together. If being together would not be easy and happy for either of them, it would be better to let go and hope that they could each live their own lives well.
Lan Yin's eyes were red, but she couldn't help but smile. Her daughter was probably the best fate they had ever had in this life.
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In the palace, Yan Yue followed several generals from the southwest to report back.
Some time ago, a small-scale war broke out between the southwest and the surrounding small tribes, but it was quickly quelled. Yan Yue performed very well in this war, so when the news came back, the emperor specially ordered him to return to the capital to be rewarded.
Yan Yue followed behind several generals, waiting for His Majesty to finish bestowing rewards so he could return home as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, after His Majesty finished discussing official business, he suddenly called out his name.
"A-Yue is eighteen this year, isn't he? Has your marriage been arranged yet? You and Sixth Girl are about the same age, how about I marry her to you?"