mtl008 Chapter 885 The Last Meeting in This Life
Chapter 885 The Last Meeting in This Life
"Second Brother," Lu Yangyang said after thinking for a long time.
"Xiao Chong, who colluded with the Northern Yan to trap the Rong family army in Chenzhou, confessed his crimes and was executed. Sheng Qishen, who fabricated evidence to frame General Rong, has also been imprisoned and punished. But there is still one person who owes the Rong family justice that has not yet been served."
Sheng Junyi watched as the imperial edict in the brazier burned out. She must have seen it, right?
From now on, whether she is Cheng Ruoxue or Rong Xueyin, her name will never be placed alongside her enemy's, and her enemy's surname will never precede her name again.
“I know,” Sheng Junyi said, getting up with the help of his sword. Lu Yangyang quickly stepped forward to help him up.
Sheng Junyi stood there, his gaze fixed on Cheng Ruoxue's peaceful face in the coffin. "I will not seek death. She was never free in her life, and I could not give her what she wanted in life. For the rest of our lives, let us both be as we wish and be free."
They met in their childhood, and the reason they were able to cherish each other was because their hearts were trapped and unable to fulfill their desires.
She was trapped in hatred, day after day, and could never escape it.
He killed someone for the first time when he was eight years old, and his father told him that this was his path.
From then on, he became a sword that could not be free.
They sought solace from each other, yet neither was able to fight against fate. They needed each other to comfort each other, perhaps simply to need and comfort another version of themselves.
"Cheng Ruoxue," Sheng Junyi said to Cheng Ruoxue in the coffin, "This is the last time we'll see each other in this life. After this, you don't need to wait for me."
"goodbye,"
If she can reunite with her parents in the underworld, she hopes they can be a family again in the next life to make up for the regrets of this life.
If she were to have a miraculous encounter and wander beyond the mortal realm, may she let go of her past and be free and unfettered.
He will complete the things she didn't finish in this life.
Goodbye then.
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Outside the door, Granny Qi, the wet nurse who used to take care of Cheng Ruoxue, came in with her niece's hand red and swollen, her eyes red and swollen. When Cheng Ruoxue married Prince Xiao, she was sent back to her hometown to live out her days. Granny Qi was worried about her. Moreover, after returning to her hometown, her nephew from another branch of the family did not treat her, an old woman, well and abused his youngest daughter every day. She couldn't stand it, so she took her niece Zhaodi to live with her and brought her back to the capital. She didn't tell Cheng Ruoxue, but secretly asked Madam Song to find her a job on her estate so that she could live with her niece Zhaodi.
She thought that if the girl could get what she wanted one day, she could go back to her side to take care of her. If not, she was near the capital and could at least know some news about the girl and whether she was doing well.
Last night, Madam Song sent someone to deliver a letter to her. Even though she already knew that the young lady had such intentions, when she heard the news, it still felt like a piece of her heart had been torn out.
She nursed the girl, raising her from a tiny baby. After all her children died, the girl was like her own.
Madam Song fainted yesterday upon receiving the news and has not yet woken up.
How can an elderly person bear to bury their child?
Granny Qi cried so hard she could barely stand. She braved the snow overnight to rush to the capital. When she saw this familiar courtyard, she almost fainted.
She was originally a maidservant to the Duchess of Rong. After giving birth, just as the Duchess was about to give birth, she became the wet nurse for the girl. When the girl turned one year old, her own child fell ill. The Duchess took pity on her and asked her to go home to take care of the child. However, the child's illness dragged on for more than a year, and in the end, she could not be saved. Just then, the Duchess was worried that the Duke was going to the battlefield, so she sent the girl to Madam Song's estate and found her again to take care of the girl.
Later, the girl became the eldest daughter of the Cheng family, and the entire Rong family was slaughtered overnight, including her husband and eldest son.
Over the years, she could understand the girl's hatred, but the thing she regretted most in her life was that New Year's Eve. She shouldn't have secretly gone to find a fellow villager after watching the girl fall asleep, hoping that the villager could help her deliver things to her husband and child at the Rong mansion. She didn't keep a close eye on the girl and let her run away alone to the courtyard where the Rong family was executed. It became a nightmare that she could never erase.
She really regretted it.
Sheng Junyi came out and met Granny Qi in the courtyard.
Granny Qi looked at him with tears in her eyes, "Second Young Master."
Sheng Junyi nodded slightly to her, "His Majesty has decreed that she can get a divorce. I have already told her, so please rest assured, Granny."
Granny Qi replied, "Thank you, Second Young Master. I have already heard about it. Thanks to you and His Highness, Miss... Miss knew this day would come. Now, she can finally leave this world in peace and with a clear conscience."
"Mm." Sheng Junyi responded softly and walked towards the door.
"Second Young Master," Granny Qi called out instinctively, but seeing Sheng Junyi's numerous injuries and graying hair, she moved her lips, but when Sheng Junyi turned to look at her, she shook her head with teary eyes.
"Take care, Second Young Master. The young lady always thinks of you."
“I know.” Sheng Junyi looked at the withered peach tree in the courtyard. “She went to find her mother.”
Following Sheng Junyi's gaze, Granny Qi recalled the scene in the courtyard when the peach blossoms were in full bloom, when the madam held the young lady and taught her to call "Mother" over and over again.
She nodded. "Yes, the girl has gone to find her mother."
The girl, whose child was destined never to be born, can now see her mother.