Three days later, the imperial decree was directly issued to the farm, and they were to return to Beijing.
"So, this spring year, can you spend it in Beijing?"
At present, it is already November, and in another month, it will be December. The winter in Nanling Country is only about ten degrees Celsius, not very cold, which is good.
"To think about returning to Beijing when not allowed, and now, when I do not want to return, I received the decree to enter Beijing, ha, Heaven really treats generously!"
"Why don’t you want to return to Beijing? That’s your ho, isn’t it? From that New Year’s in Dongru Country, you haven’t returned to Beijing for two whole years,"
"If it were you, having hardly earned your achievents, and then to simply let soone else take them over, would you be willing?"
The key issue was that these achievents were handed over to the sons of Consort Xian, the archrival of Consort De. Rong Heng felt incredibly stifled and also felt he couldn’t face his mother after returning to Beijing.
Naturally, he was not willing. However, things here had already beco a complete ss, and the plague they were supposed to manage was also in disarray. She knew that Rong Heng was delaying action just to find the right opportunity to turn things around. But now, before the opportunity had even arrived, he was urgently summoned back, no wonder he was reluctant.
Imperial orders couldn’t be defied; even if reluctantly, they had to return to Beijing. From here to Beijing would take at least a month; they needed to rush back before the spring year.
First by land, then by water, and then by land again, the journey of over twenty days exhausted everyone.
This ti, however, Rong Heng chose to travel by horse carriage instead of riding a horse, because in the carriage, Tangyuan wouldn’t have to suffer the harsh cold winds. After all, won need more care. Since he was riding in the carriage, she could naturally join him, and this also provided an opportunity for them to be alone.
The most uncomfortable part for him was probably the ten days on the boat, watching her vomit terribly, and he could do nothing about it.
"You get seasick so severely, can’t you treat it with dication?"
"It’s useless, I can’t resist it, don’t worry, I can endure it."
She casually waved her hand, rejecting Rong Heng’s suggestion, little did she know that Rong Heng had already secretly vowed never to let her take a boat again.
These days, apart from fruits and spiritual spring water, she didn’t consu a single grain of rice, for whatever she ate, she would vomit; even fruits were vomited out ssily. But she couldn’t just not eat, so in the end, she decided not to eat at all, and solely relied on water to maintain her strength. She essentially treated these ten days as a fasting period, which turned out to be very effective. When she left from Prefecture City, she weighed 132 pounds, but upon arriving in Beijing, she had slimd down to 125 pounds, losing a total of seven pounds.
It was evident how much she had suffered during this ti.
After returning to Beijing, she was sent directly back to Prince Heng Mansion by Ming Yue because Rong Heng had various etings to attend in Beijing, and seeing her so exhausted, he didn’t want her to continue running about with him, so he let Ming Yue take her back to the mansion.
After Rong Heng t with the Emperor, he went directly to Consort De’s palace. Unlike the Emperor, who primarily inquired about his political achievents, Consort De imdiately touched on a critical subject as soon as she spoke.
"I heard that in these two years, you’ve taken a maid by your side? How co you haven’t brought her over for to see?"
Consort De was an elegantly lonely and cold beauty, usually not very talkative, but as soon as she spoke, she would go straight to the point.
Rong Heng was taken aback that she would be interested in a re maid by his side.
"Mother, she’s just a maid; how could she rit your attention?"
"Does Heng’er really treat her just as a maid?"
While making tea, Consort De casually glanced at her son, her gaze seemingly piercing through Rong Heng instantly.
User Comments
0 comments from readers