Chapter 43 Going Home
Shan Li and Song Qingci stayed in Fengxue Tower for a total of ten days.
Shan Xi recovered very well in the past ten days and can now walk around normally.
"Sister-in-law, can you sleep with me tonight?" Shan Xi begged.
She had never known there was a kind of story called a bedtime story. The stories told by her sister-in-law were really beautiful. They were all things she had never heard before.
She must listen more while she is still outside. After returning home, her sister-in-law will sleep with her eldest brother in Chixiao Courtyard, and she will have no chance.
Song Qingci now regretted a little bit, because he told Shan Xi a bedtime story out of boredom and soft-heartedness. Then it got out of control. Now, she has to listen to it every night.
In fact, the stories she knew were almost all told. There were no fairy tales in her childhood. She only heard these stories when she grew up. She only remembered a few of the most famous ones, such as Snow White, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, etc.
She had tried her best to adapt it so that Shan Xi could understand it.
If she goes on, she will run out of words.
No one knew what Shan Li was busy with these days and he was rarely seen in Fengxue Tower. Song Qingci thought he would not come back tonight, so he promised Shan Xi that he would tell her the story of the Little Mermaid again tonight.
When talking about how the little mermaid lost her voice and had to endure severe pain to walk in order to get ashore, Shan Xi's face changed.
"Sister-in-law, this mermaid princess is too stupid. She degraded herself just for a man. Where does she put her parents and relatives?" Shan Xi couldn't understand.
Song Qingci nodded in agreement. In order to prevent Shan Xi, who was obsessed with looks and had a love-brain, she changed the endings of many stories.
After all, fairy tales are all lies.
Song Qingci continued to tell the story of the Little Mermaid. When he got to the part where the prince couldn't recognize his savior, Shan Xi felt like she was about to explode with anger.
"Don't be angry, it's just a story. Have you forgotten that you are still a patient?" Song Qingci kindly reminded.
If you are too excited, the burden on your heart will be increased.
It would have been fine if Song Qingci hadn't said anything. As soon as he said it, Shan Xi felt her heart begin to ache.
Song Qingci calmed her down and said, "I'd better not tell you. Look how excited you are."
"No, sister-in-law. You have to continue. I want to know what happened to the mermaid princess in the end!" Shan Xi would never allow Song Qingci to give up halfway. That would be like hanging her in the air and leaving her there.
Song Qingci knew that the feeling of being hung was indeed very uncomfortable, so she continued her speech.
But she changed the ending of the story. The little mermaid did not turn into foam and disappear. Instead, she stabbed the dagger into the prince's heart, turned back into a mermaid, and returned to live happily under the sea.
After hearing the story, Shan Xi smiled and said, "I think the mermaid princess did the right thing. That's how it should be. Don't degrade yourself without any bottom line for a man and even risk your life. It's not worth it."
Song Qingci looked at Shan Xi quietly and said silently in his heart, Girl, I hope you will always remember what you said tonight.
After the story was over, Shan Xi fell asleep.
Song Qingci put on his clothes, opened the door and walked out. Looking at Shan Li outside the door, he said, "If I don't come out, will you continue to stand here?"
In fact, when the story just started, Shan Li had already arrived, but he didn't say anything, just stood outside the door silently. Song Qingci didn't know what he wanted to do, so he ignored her.
Shan Li answered irrelevantly, "The story is very interesting. I think the human prince was really too stupid to recognize his savior. He deserved to die in the end."
Song Qingci was stunned. What was wrong with these two siblings? They were so obsessed with the story that they didn't even forget to comment on it.
Song Qingci was speechless and could only chuckle twice.
"Thank you." Shan Li thanked him sincerely, "You are better to Xi'er than anyone else."
Shan Li felt that even her mother was not as good to Xier as Song Qingci.
When Xier was with her, she smiled more often and brightly.
Song Qingci was suddenly overwhelmed by the compliment. According to the routine, he should have made some demands at this time.
"No, she is very cute and deserves to be treated well by others." The fate between people is sometimes so inexplicable. If you are attracted to each other, then it is really love at first sight. If you are not attracted to each other, then it is really just a joke.
"It's time to go back home tomorrow. I've been out for a long time." Shan Li came back early tonight, intending to tell them in advance, but unexpectedly, she heard a very special and beautiful story.
Shan Li even felt that this was not a story at all, but something that Song Qingci had experienced in the previous world.
She herself is the mermaid princess, and the person she once loved was the human prince.
Those painful experiences were also what she had experienced before.
These made him feel a little uncomfortable. When he heard that the human prince was killed by her, his depression finally dissipated.
"Okay, I'll prepare. It will take a long time for Xi'er to fully recover, so now the main thing is to recuperate. I'll prescribe some medicine for you to take back home."
After returning home, Shan Xi lived in a separate courtyard. Taking and changing medicines were not as convenient as here, so they needed to be prepared in advance.
At this moment, Shan Li felt a little jealous of his sister.
She seemed to have never cared so much about him before.
Song Qingci almost lost his habit of not being home for a long time. Fortunately, Yinping was a capable person. During her absence, she managed Chixiao Courtyard in an orderly manner.
The news from the Dali Temple was exactly as they had predicted.
All the charges were finally placed on Aunt Feng and Song Qinghan. However, these two people had already died, so they naturally could not die again. In the end, the matter could only be left unresolved.
The other participants were charged with different crimes according to the degree of their involvement, including Aunt Feng's family, who were also dismissed from office and imprisoned.
Song Yuelin was reported by the censors in the court for not managing his family well. Before the emperor could make a decision, the empress dowager's decree had already been issued.
Song Yuelin was fined half a year's salary as a warning to others.
In this way, the case of assassinating General Xuanwu and his wife was concluded.
At this time, the people in the general's mansion knew what had happened.
The old lady found Shan Li and scolded him in Jing'an Hall, only then did she feel better.
When Song Qingci received the news, she covered her mouth and laughed. She had originally suggested that they confess to their grandmother as soon as they returned.
It was impossible to keep this a secret, so rather than letting my grandmother and the others know the news from others, it would be better for them to confess on their own initiative.
Let grandma see that they are all safe, even if she will be blamed, it won't be too difficult. Shan Lifei refused. Song Qingci laughed and said he deserved it.