After the divorce, the reborn emperor seduced me into his arms

Chapter 158 Yan Junyuan's End

"Miss, what's wrong with you?"

When Yan Qing was brought back to the Princess's Mansion by Li Yin, she felt a little dizzy.

She supported Luzhi to steady her footing and said to Liying, "You go down first."

Li Ying touched his nose: "Yes."

Then disappeared into the night.

Luzhi helped her into the house and asked curiously, "Didn't His Highness say that the young lady would stay at the Fourth Prince's residence tonight? Why are you back?"

Yan Qing: “…”

She never said she would stay at the Fourth Prince's mansion. It was Gu Huaizhou who acted on his own initiative, and Luzhi and Qingluan were already convinced of him.

Just now, she knew that she could not force Gu Huaizhou to do anything, so she pretended to agree. This way, she could take advantage of the moment when he left to let Li Yin take her out of the Fourth Prince's Mansion.

To be honest, it was all thanks to Gu Huaizhou that she got Li Ying.

Otherwise, tonight she might...

Thinking of this, Yan Qing blushed.

"Miss, why is your face so red?"

Luzhi looked at Yan Qing's face with surprise.

Yan Qing was even more embarrassed. She pulled her hand back and walked towards her own couch: "It's too late, you should get off. I want to rest."

The green branches blew out the cage and then retreated.

Yan Qing wrapped herself in the quilt, her face burning. She didn't know how to face Gu Huaizhou anymore...

……

The next day.

In order to avoid being held accountable by Gu Huaizhou, Yan Qing got up early and went to the Fugui Casino.

Sure enough, Qingluan came in a short while later and said that Gu Huaizhou had been to the Princess's Mansion, and when he learned that Yan Qing was not there, he left with a gloomy face.

Yan Qing asked anxiously, "You didn't tell him I was at the Fugui Casino, did you?"

"My lady ordered that the Fourth Prince not be informed of your whereabouts. How could this servant dare to tell anyone?"

Qingluan brought Yan Qing a cup of tea and said with a smile, "It seems that the Fourth Prince went to the General's Mansion. I think he will come here soon..."

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here.

Zhao Hu suddenly came in and reported, "Princess, the Fourth Prince is here and wants to see you."

Qingluan pursed her lips and smiled.

The lady's whereabouts are easy to guess.

He is either in the princess's mansion or the general's mansion. If not in the general's mansion, he is in the rich gambling house.

Yan Qing immediately said, "Just say I'm not here."

"Oh well."

Zhao Hu immediately went out to report to Gu Huaizhou: "Your Highness, the princess said she is not here."

Yan Qing: “…”

This Zhao Hu!

Qingluan laughed even harder.

Yan Qing was thinking about how she would make an excuse for herself after Gu Huaizhou came in, when she heard a man's gentle voice coming from outside: "Since the princess is not here, I will leave first."

After a pause, he continued, "Please tell the princess that no matter what she does, I will not be angry. Please don't avoid me..."

"Eh? Avoiding?"

Zhao Hu walked in, rubbing his head. "Princess, what does the Fourth Prince mean by this? Didn't I tell you you weren't here? Why does His Highness want me to tell you whether to avoid or not?"

Yan Qing looked at him weakly: "Go down and get busy..."

I really don’t know how Gongsun Zhi communicates with Zhao Hu. I’m so tired.

Qingluan jokingly said, "I heard from Luzhi that the young lady was sent back to the Princess's Mansion by Liying last night. Did the young lady have a quarrel with the Fourth Prince?"

Yan Qing picked up the account book and covered her cheeks: "No..."

It would be fine if we just had a fight.

There is always right and wrong in an argument, and you can still coax the two sides into a fight.

She is... It's like the bride ran away in the bridal chamber. How can the groom not be angry?

Yan Qing felt that he had gone too far.

But she really had no choice at the time.

Qingluan advised, "Miss, don't worry. Didn't His Highness just say that no matter what you do, His Highness won't blame you. Just do what you want to do."

Yan Qing felt even more guilty after hearing this.

The whole little face was twisted into a ball.

After a while, she asked hesitantly, "Qingluan, am I going too far?"

"what?"

Qing Luan was confused. After a moment's thought, she replied seriously, "Even if the young lady did something excessive, His Highness the Fourth Prince will surely forgive her. From what I've seen, His Highness the Fourth Prince truly loves the young lady..."

Yan Qing sighed: "Forget it."

Matters of the heart are the most disturbing, so it’s better not to think about them.

"Is Green Branch back?"

Since Gu Huaizhou appeared here, it meant that the court had already left.

"It's back, it's back!"

The moment Yan Qing finished speaking, Luzhi's voice rang out from outside. A moment later, the little girl appeared in front of Yan Qing and said happily, "Miss, forget it!"

"What?"

Qingluan handed her a cup of tea and said angrily, "Have a cup of tea first, don't be so impatient that you can't even speak clearly."

Luzhi gulped down the entire cup of tea, then wiped her lips and said, "Master has been dismissed from office! Now the whole capital is saying that Master favored his concubine over his wife, forcing Madam Yan to divorce him, and then, not wanting to give up, poisoned Madam Yan in front of her mourning hall, trying to murder her!

His Majesty was furious and dismissed the old master from his post, but the old general was still scolding the admiral. It was so satisfying!

Miss, you didn't see it. When I came back just now, I secretly went to Yan's Mansion. The plaque with the words "Shangshu" on it had been taken down. The master was standing at the gate in a dejected manner, as if he had lost his soul. There was no one inside!

It looks so pitiful!"

Luzhi sounded pitiful, but the corners of her mouth were raised to the sky.

In the past, the master favored his concubine over his wife and was not good to the young lady at all. No matter what the young lady did, she could not get the slightest warmth from the master. They were all maids who grew up with the young lady and had seen the young lady sad because of the master countless times.

So now I see the master in trouble.

Even if the young lady wanted to scold her, Luzhi would still express her happiness.

"He's spent his entire life pursuing power, scheming to reach the pinnacle of it. Now, just one step away, he's been beaten back to square one. He's ended up with his wife and children separated, a lonely and helpless man. This is the retribution he deserves."

Yan Qing murmured softly, but there was no pleasure of revenge in his heart.

Defeating Yan Junyuan and making him pay the price has always been one of Yan Qing's goals after his rebirth.

But when she finally achieved this goal, she didn't feel happy at all, but instead felt a heavy feeling.

Lu Qiaonan is dead.

The Wu'an Marquis Mansion collapsed.

Yan Tan is crazy...

Even Wang Mingjue was sent by her to be a widow to Lu Qiaonan.

Now, Yan Junyuan has also lost everything...

Logically speaking, she should be very happy that her revenge was achieved.

But I just can't be happy.

Yan Qing looked at the account book in front of him, confused for a moment, as if everything was not real.

is this real?

Did she really change the ending of her previous life?

"Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Zhi looked at the expression on Yan Qing's face and asked anxiously, "The master has been dismissed. Is the young lady unhappy?"

Yan Qing shook his head, suddenly stood up and said, "I want to go out for a walk."

Luzhi immediately followed: "This servant will accompany you."

"No, I want to walk alone."

Yan Qing rejected Luzhi.

Luzhi wanted to say something, but was stopped by Qingluan. Qingluan shook her head and said softly, "Just listen to what the young lady says."

Yan Qing was walking alone on the street.

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and there are more vendors on both sides of the street than usual. The bustling streets are hung with lanterns and firecrackers, as well as pairs of written Spring Festival couplets hanging on bamboo racks.

Children wearing big red jackets walked around the streets, playing and laughing non-stop.

The adults made an appointment to buy New Year's goods.

Everyone's face is filled with hope and happy smiles, which are the joy of welcoming the New Year and the warmth of family reunion.

Yan Qing had always been envious when he was a child.

Because there is no such happiness in the Yan Mansion. Such happiness belongs only to Madam Zhen, Yan Tan and Yan Hao.

Every year when the end of the year is approaching, Madam Zhen would take people out to buy New Year's goods, Yan Junyuan would teach Yan Hao how to write couplets, and Yan Tan and Yan Yue would play around the house in new clothes.

Yan Qing and Yan Xun could only watch from afar.

Even the new clothes were only received by the two of them on the night before New Year's Eve.

But even so, Yan Qing at that time cherished it very much and longed for that false and almost non-existent warmth.

But now, no more.

She has a mother but no father.

I probably will never be able to experience the ordinary life of ordinary people's families in this lifetime.

Suddenly it started snowing lightly.

"It's snowing! It's snowing!"

The excited voices of children came from the alley.

Even the pedestrians on the street stopped to look up at the sky: "The first snow of this year..."

"Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. I hope it's a good omen!"

"Yeah, it's snowing nicely..."

A cool feeling fell on his hand. Yan Qing looked up at the endless sky. The blue sky was covered with ice and snow, a vast expanse of white.

Just like her mood at the moment.

The sky is vast and boundless...

Suddenly, the vast expanse of white in front of him was blocked by a piece of smoky green smoke. Yan Qing was stunned for a moment before realizing that an umbrella had appeared above his head without him noticing.

She looked up in a daze and saw a handsome and gentle face.

"Gu Huaizhou..."

"Ah."

Gu Huaizhou nodded, put the umbrella into Yan Qing's hand, took the cloak handed by Lai Fu and put it on Yan Qing. While tying the belt for her, he said, "It's snowing heavily today, the temperature has dropped, and it's a bit chilly."

"Yes, Princess!"

Lai Fu interrupted, "As soon as His Highness left the court today, he said that the princess might be unhappy today, so he has been looking for her all day, and just now he has been waiting at the Fugui Casino..."

Gu Huaizhou glanced at him and said, "Stop talking!"

Lai Fu stuck out his tongue.

It was clear that these words were just ordered by His Highness, who deliberately told him to tell the princess. His Highness's sinister nature really hasn't changed at all.

Yan Qing was stunned: "You have been in the gambling house this whole time?"

Gu Huaizhou seemed awkward for a moment before he nodded gently: "I know you don't want to see me."

"I……"

"I see."

Yan Qing felt even more guilty.

Gu Huaizhou was so good to her, but she still wanted to avoid him.

"Gu Huaizhou..."

Yan Qing looked at the man with emotion. In his affectionate and gentle eyes, she could no longer hold back and threw herself into his arms, choking with sobs: "I don't know why, but I feel a little bit...sad."

Gu Huaizhou didn't say anything, but raised his hand and patted her shoulder gently, silently comforting her.

The snow gradually got heavier, the roadside vendors began to pack up their shelves, and pedestrians hurried home.

The road looked like it was covered with a white velvet carpet.

The handsome and gentle man caressed the woman in his arms again and again, his expression gentle and calm, not at all affected by the nearby vendors.

A servant stood beside him holding an umbrella.

As the snow fell, people under the green paper umbrellas hugged each other tightly, as if it was the warmest existence in the world...

After an unknown amount of time, Yan Qing finally raised her head from the man's arms and looked at him with red eyes: "I'm fine."

"Ah."

Gu Huaizhou gently smoothed her messy hair and still said nothing.

Yan Qing waited for a while, and couldn't help asking, "Don't you have anything to say?"

The man thought for a moment, then suddenly looked into Yan Qing's eyes and said, "Go see him."

Yan Qing's body suddenly froze.

After a moment, she relaxed, but kept her head down and remained silent.

Gu Huaizhou took the umbrella from Lai Fu and gently stroked Yan Qing's shoulder: "I'll go with you."

Yan Qing suddenly looked up at him.

There was a glimmer of water in the dark eyes.

After a while, she uttered a "hmm" with a heavy nasal tone.

There were not many people on the streets, and there was a thin layer of snow on the road. When you stepped on it, you felt like you were stepping on air.

But Yan Qing felt at ease holding Gu Huaizhou's hand.

The two were very quiet along the way.

When they arrived at Yan's house, the gate was open and no one had cleaned the snow at the door.

Yan Qing took a look inside and it was empty, as if there was nothing there.

But she felt inexplicably nervous.

"Go."

Gu Huaizhou shook her hand and looked down at her: "I'll wait for you here."

Yan Qing glanced at him, then took a deep breath, let go of Gu Huaizhou, and entered the Yan Mansion alone.

All the servants in the mansion have left.

The mourning hall had not been dismantled yesterday, with paper strings and fallen leaves fluttering everywhere. The lotus pond next to the rockery was covered with snow, and the entire Yan Mansion looked desolate and gloomy.

Yan Junyuan knelt in front of the spirit body of Old Lady Yan, holding a pot of wine in his hand.

Hearing footsteps, he looked up.

When he saw Yan Qing, Yan Junyuan sneered, "Why, are you here to laugh at your father?"

Yan Qing stopped in front of him and asked seriously, "Are you my father?"

"what!"

Yan Junyuan suddenly burst into laughter: "Yes, I am not your father. I can't possibly give birth to a daughter as powerful as you. Your father is the monarch of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and you are a princess of the Western Zhou Dynasty. How could you have a father like me? Hahaha..."

Yan Qing pursed her lips and said, "Once, I really hoped that you were my father, but you just didn't want me as your daughter."

Yan Junyuan sneered and raised his head to drink.

It seemed that he didn't want to pay any attention to Yan Qing at all.

Yan Qing looked at the indifferent expression on his face and asked the question she had wanted to ask in her previous life: "Do you regret it?"

Do you regret not treating your mother well?

Do you regret abandoning her?

Do you regret standing on the King of Qi's boat and working with Lu Qiaonan and the King of Qi to deal with the General's Mansion?

Have you ever regretted it?

Yan Junyuan's face suddenly froze.

Regret?

He looked back at the tablet of Old Lady Yan still placed in the mourning hall, then looked at the deserted and desolate Yan Mansion, and now looked at himself lying on the ground like a puddle of mud.

How could he not regret it?

He regretted it so much!

But he didn't know when he started to regret.

"Ah……"

He made a sound in his throat that sounded like crying and laughing, then continued to drink.

Yan Qing didn't wait for his answer.

It seemed that she didn't want an answer to that question.

After taking a last look at Yan Junyuan, she turned around and left the Yan Mansion.

When I walked to the front door, I suddenly heard a "plop" sound, and something fell into the pool...