Chapter 698 Cousin Remarries 4
The next day.
When Sheng Huan woke up, he found a warm token in his hand.
She looked down and knew it was the one belonging to Fu Jinmo.
She quickly stood up, looked around, and rubbed her forehead.
"Furong, where is the princess?"
She didn't see Fu Shirui last night.
Furong hurried forward to support Sheng Huan. Upon hearing this, she said respectfully, "Princess, the eldest princess had something to do last night and left at around midnight. She saw that you were sleeping soundly before she left, so she didn't let anyone disturb you."
Sheng Huan quickly said "hmm", as if he didn't notice that Furong had changed her name.
At this moment, she felt a slight sting at the corner of her lips, and she subconsciously touched her lips. Instantly, she thought of something, and she suppressed the uneasiness in her eyes and asked quickly: "Did you hear any noise in the house last night?"
Furong was puzzled and shook her head: "Princess, no."
Sheng Huan breathed a sigh of relief: "I miss my aunt..." She pinched the token: "Tonight, let's go back to Duke Fu's mansion."
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The Imperial Palace, the Queen Mother's Palace.
"Your Majesty, are you not planning to hold a beauty contest?" asked the Queen Mother.
Fu Jinmo was unmoved: "Mother, my heart is not there."
"Where is that?" the Queen Mother pressed on.
“There’s always a place to go.”
The two of them started playing riddles.
Finally, Fu Jinmo had to leave for something.
Watching his departing figure, the Queen Mother sighed and suddenly said inexplicably: "Your Majesty, Ying'er is still in mourning."
Fu Jinmo paused and said, "In Dahui, the mourning period only takes one month."
The implication is that the mourning period is over.
When talking about mourning, we have to talk about the previous emperor Li. Because of his absurdity, Dahui is now implementing a policy of recuperation.
In addition to the population loss caused by the war, Dahui encouraged widows to remarry and observe mourning for the rest of their lives.
The Queen Mother watched the Emperor leave.
Alas, she finally sighed.
She understands her children.
Never mind, Ying'er is a good kid. The emperor is her own son, so she has to help them.
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Mansion of Duke Fu.
"aunt."
Sheng Huan snuggled into Madam Fu's arms.
"You've lost weight." Mrs. Fu touched her niece's head with concern.
"Aunt." Sheng Huan raised his head. His plain clothes made him look thin and fragile, as if he would fall down at the slightest breeze.
She shook her head: "Aunt, I want to sleep with you tonight..."
"Okay. Not just tonight, but tomorrow night, the night after, or the night after that."
Upon hearing this, Sheng Huan gently rubbed her elder's arm with her little face, her eyes glowing with a beautiful luster: "Aunt, you are so kind."
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"His Majesty."
On Fu Jinmo's side, Chang Ji had already received the news. He hurried to the main hall to report and bowed: "The princess has returned to the Duke's Mansion."
Fu Jinmo pinched his finger bones.
Huiying, she ran away?
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At night, snow falls in Xuan.
Sheng Huan slept next to Madam Fu Er.
The night was so dark that she had already fallen asleep, and all she felt was that she was in a familiar embrace.
I rubbed it subconsciously.
Fu Jinmo's body stiffened for a moment after being touched.
The corners of his lips curled up slightly and he gently squeezed the woman's hand.
Outside, the carriage swayed and moved slowly towards the direction of the palace.
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The next day, Sheng Huan woke up.
I found myself trapped in someone's arms.
"Awake?" The man's hoarse voice sounded in my ears.
The woman was still confused. When she saw him, her eyes widened in fear. Only then did she realize that everything around her was bright yellow. "Why am I here?"
"you you……"
"It was me who brought Huiying into the palace." Fu Jinmo held the woman's hand.
The woman was shocked when she heard this: "Are you crazy?!"
"I'm not crazy." The man kissed the woman's hand, but looked over: "Hui Ying, don't run away."
"Do you know what you are doing? Do you know my identity and your identity?"
"I know."
"You knew you were doing this?!" The woman couldn't believe it. "Let me go back now. My aunt and the others will be worried if they can't find me."
"No. I've arranged it."
He soothed her and responded to what she had just said: "If you don't do it, you will hide."
All the words came to the woman's lips, but in the end, only a few words remained: "Cousin, you have changed."
Fu Jinmo looked into her eyes, his eyes were so deep that it was hard to understand.
"I haven't changed. I've always been like this."
He was very sad. What changed was his Huiying.
"Hui Ying," he said, "In the beginning, you were the one who provoked me."
The woman shook her hand: "But at first, you clearly rejected me."
"Cousin, you are like this now...it will make me look down on you."
Fu Jinmo's expression was shocked, he couldn't say anything more, he even... ran away.
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"Princess, it's time for dinner."
Chang Ji brought in the meal.
Sheng Huan was unmoved and didn't even look at it.
She sat in front of the bronze mirror and stopped talking.
The food was heated up and then cooled down again, but the woman never even looked at it.
Chang Ji was so anxious that he didn't know what to do.
The stalemate lasted until Fu Jinmo left the court.
"Hui Ying."
Fu Jinmo knew everything and silently brought the bowl over himself, but the woman still turned a deaf ear to him.
Not even moving.
"Let's eat first..." Fu Jinmo hugged him.
She didn't eat, she didn't even look at him.
Knowing that resistance was futile, she simply didn't bother to break free from his embrace.
She is on a hunger strike.
He saw it.
"Hui Ying, don't go hungry. I can promise you anything except letting you go back."
She finally raised her eyes: "I just ask you to let me go back."
"No." Fu Jinmo said without hesitation.
Sheng Huan ignored everyone and never spoke again.
And it was useless for anyone to persuade her to go on a hunger strike.
"Your Majesty." Outside, Chang Ji was even more worried: "You haven't eaten for a day. I'll ask the imperial kitchen to send some food over."
"Need not."
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Sheng Huan was embraced by the man in her sleep.
His embrace was very tight.
She didn't open her eyes.
The next day.
Fu Jinmo went to court.
After Sheng Huan woke up, she still refused to eat, and she didn't even drink a sip of water.
Fu Jinmo also stayed with her all the time.
Chang Ji was frightened by the two people’s hunger strike.
"Princess, please eat a little." Chang Ji almost begged when Fu Jinmo was in court: "You don't eat or drink water, and His Majesty doesn't eat or drink water either. You two are torturing each other."
Sheng Huan was stunned, his dry voice was particularly hoarse: "I want to go back."
"This..." Chang Ji obviously couldn't make the decision.
Sheng Huan was in poor health after all. He had not eaten or drunk anything for three days and had obviously reached his limit. In the middle of the night, he developed a high fever.
"Oh no, Your Majesty, this medicine won't go in!"
"The princess doesn't open her mouth."
Fu Jinmo took the bowl of medicine, looked at the pale and bloodless woman, took a sip of the medicine, and leaned down.
Cross it with your mouth.
However, the woman was still on guard even though she was unconscious, and her lips were still tightly closed.
The man tried hard, and finally...
The woman also woke up, with a bitter taste of medicine and warmth in her mouth. She struggled desperately, refusing to take anything in. Her eyes were weak, and she was dying.
"Huiying, take the medicine..." Fu Jinmo's heart skipped a beat and he quickly took a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.
The woman shook her head and grabbed him with her pale fingers: "Cousin, I want to go back..."
Her expression was so heartbreaking that Fu Jinmo felt very uncomfortable, and he couldn't bear to see her suffer any more. He looked at her for a long time, touched her head, and finally - as if compromising, he nodded.
"Drink the medicine and I'll let you go back."