With that heavy piece of silver in my arms, I felt that my steps were lighter and I didn't seem to feel so uncomfortable. After a while, I returned to the street and walked to the place where I just met Ye Fei. Ping'er had already gone back.

There were still many people here looking at the portraits on the wall and talking quietly. I took another look at my portrait, said nothing, and prepared to go back.

Just as I was about to turn around and leave, I saw a young woman in front of me who had been looking up at the portrait on the wall. Her back looked familiar. At this time, she turned around and met me face to face.

Although I haven't seen him for many years, I recognized that familiar face at a glance.

"Rue?"

Before I could react, I had already called out this name - wasn't she the girl from the Zhao family who lived next door to Liu Saner's house in Jixiang Village?

When she heard someone calling her name, she immediately raised her head and looked at me. She was startled by my face, stared at me blankly for a long time, and subconsciously came over: "You are calling me? You

It’s——”

I froze for a moment, completely forgetting my current situation, but when I suddenly saw an acquaintance, I couldn't help but feel a bit groggy.

Seeing that I was hesitant and didn't speak, Yunxiang frowned and looked at me for a while. The more she looked at me, the more her eyebrows furrowed. I said sarcastically: "Yes, I——"

She remembered something, turned to look at the portrait on the wall, and her eyes widened in shock: "You, you are - Qing -"

"Shh!"

I quickly reached out and covered her mouth, and pulled her to an alley on the street.

Yunxiang was still a little unable to recover. She kept staring at my face for a long time and then said: "Is it really you? How-why are you like this?"

I pulled the scarf up a little awkwardly: "I'm sick."

"..."

She looked at me in disbelief for a while, her brows never widening.

Reunion does not mean that we will definitely be happy. I also know that she doesn't like me. Although she didn't say it personally at the time, I know that her feelings for Liu San'er are extraordinary. I handed the Geng Tie to Liu San'er.

I'm afraid she's there, otherwise Aunt Zhao wouldn't have such a cold attitude every time she saw me. And when Liu San'er and I got married, as childhood sweethearts, in addition to asking someone to send over a piece of embroidery embroidered by herself, she always

She didn't show up, and I didn't see her leave the house for several days.

I am not a good appearance to her.

Thinking of this, I don't know whether I was right or wrong in calling her name rashly just now.

The two of them stood in the alley. For a long time, no one spoke, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

After a while, she turned around and looked at someone selling sweet porridge at a stall at the other end of the alley, and said, "Let's go drink porridge."

I nodded and followed her.

The street stalls are naturally not as good as restaurants, and the weather outside is cold, but the steaming bowl of sweet porridge is still warm in my hands. I hold the fragrant sweet porridge but don’t dare to drink it. Now my body is getting worse and worse.

She was under control, and she didn’t know if there would be an embarrassing scene if she took a sip, so she could only hold it in her hands to keep warm. On the other hand, Yunxiang, I wonder if it was because the porridge was very warm, but her face turned a little red after drinking it.

After a while, as if she mustered up the courage, she raised her head and looked at me: "He——Third brother, have you ever——?"

I also know that she must ask.

"He's fine now."

Yunxiang looked at me: "You two are still together?"

I was stunned for a moment, and then immediately remembered that no normal man could ever forgive me for what happened before Liu Saner and I left Jixiang Village. She asked me, it was just a test.

Looking at Yun Xiang's surprised eyes, I thought for a moment and said: "Over the years, he and I have gone through a lot of things. These things are hard to describe in a word. But what I can tell you is that he is very good now and is in the capital.

, and also became a very important official."

"Ah?! Is he an official?"

"Hmm."

Yunxiang lowered her head and said nothing. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly. There was an expression of joy or sadness on her face. She murmured: "He is living a good life... That's good. In fact, I knew it a long time ago."

, he will be promising...I have known since I was a child that he is different from us."

When I looked at her, I felt so sad that I was speechless.

After a while, Yunxiang raised her head and looked at me again: "I just saw the portrait on the wall - what's wrong with you? Why do I still hear someone saying that you are someone close to the emperor? What on earth are you -

—?"

I suddenly felt a little embarrassed and a little nervous.

I have no intention of letting her know about my identity and Qinghan's current situation. Yunxiang is just a quiet woman in a fishing village, and she shouldn't be exposed to the unbearable things that filled my life. But what's more troublesome now is——

As long as you expose me and hand me over to the government, you can get a thousand taels of gold. Looking at Yunxiang's current appearance, I don't think she is very rich. What if-

Sensing my nervous gaze, Yunxiang understood immediately and blushed immediately.

I subconsciously said: "You, you must not tell the news about meeting me."

"..."

"Please."

Yunxiang raised her head and glanced at me with a slightly angry expression: "Who do you think I am?"

When I heard what she said, I felt a little relieved. For no reason, maybe, I believe in a person's self-esteem more, especially in front of me, and she didn't want to be looked down upon.

I smiled awkwardly and changed the topic. Looking at her outfit, her black hair was already rolled up and pinned behind her head with a wooden hairpin. Although it was simple, it made her face look more delicate.

How unique. This kind of dress is clearly not the dress of the girl who had not left the court. I asked: "Are you married now?"

"Yes." She nodded, but for some reason, a shy look flashed across her face. Before I could figure it out, I heard her whisper: "I married Gou Er."

"Gou Er?" I was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought of that ignorant person, frowned, and immediately understood why she looked so ashamed just now.

How come, marry him?

Although it's hard to say that flowers are stuck on cow dung, Yunxiang understood the look in my eyes and just smiled bitterly: "In the end, I just get married."

"..."

The only solution is to get married.

A simple sentence, but for some reason, I felt sour in my heart.

For many women, life is actually two and a half lives. The first half of life is given by God, and the second half of life is given by people. Who you meet and marry determines the happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy of this half of your life.
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If you meet the right person and can fall in love with each other, then your life will not be in vain; if you don't meet or miss it, your life will come to an end. Some people may insist on being alone until the end of their lives.

, and some people may just accept their fate and make do with it.

Looking back on my life, countless people have told me countless times to accept my fate.

However, who is really willing to just give in?

After Yunxiang said that, it seemed that she didn't even know what to say, so she just lowered her head in silence. After an unknown amount of time, she raised her head to look at the sky and said: "It's getting late, I have to go back. Otherwise

He wants to--" As she said that, she glanced at me and stopped talking.

Although I also heard something, I didn’t ask any further questions. I just said, “Why did you come to the city?”

"I'm here to sell some needlework and vegetables from home. Many people in the village are not allowed to go into the water these days, and many people in the village can no longer carry it."

"Ah..."

As she spoke, she remembered something again and said to me: "Can you still come out tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?"

"Well, I have something to give to you. It will be early tomorrow, so you can wait for me here, okay?"

Although I didn't know what she would give me, I nodded immediately. Yunxiang drank a little sweet porridge left in the bowl, put some money on the small table, nodded at me, and stood up to carry some money.

He hurried away with the basket.

When I went back that night, Sister Qi and the others didn't find anything. They were still training the children as usual, kneading the dough and mixing the fillings, and preparing the ingredients for making steamed buns the next day. Ping'er wanted to ask me several times what happened today.

, but I distracted them all.

The next day, when Sister-in-law Qi went out, I left Ping'er who had been pestering me to ask questions and went out too.

As promised, I went to the sweet porridge stall on the corner of the street to wait. After waiting for a long time, I saw Yunxiang walking over. As soon as I stepped forward, I immediately saw that her face was slightly red and swollen, and even her eyes were a little red.

.

I hurriedly said: "Yunxiang, what's wrong with you?"

She kept her head lowered. When I asked, her face turned redder. She subconsciously wanted to cover it with her hands, but she knew she couldn't. She could only pull me to the Hutong Palace. I kept asking: "Your

Why is your face swollen?"

"Don't ask."

As she spoke, she took out a small cloth bag from her sleeve and stuffed it into my hand: "Here you go."

The cloth bag was so heavy that I almost couldn't hold it. What was it? I touched the inside and it seemed hard. I was surprised to untie the rope and see that it was a big bag of broken silver!

I raised my head in surprise and asked her: "What, this is-"

Yunxiang still lowered her head and said, "Don't get me wrong, I didn't give this to you."
To be continued...