Chapter 104

  It's still that familiar little courtyard, it's still that familiar person, but looking at him now, the mood is different, with a hint of pain, because looking at him makes me think that I can only see him in my dreams and cannot really touch him, which is an irresistible helplessness.

  Listening to Wang Bao say: "However, this is the emperor's intention, and the order has already been given. I'm afraid you can't disobey it anymore. Lord Wei is the father of Princess Yunhui and also the husband of the empress's sister. If you refuse, I'm afraid..."

  "What can be done?" Sima Rui said calmly, "I have already married Fei, and although Feng'er is now missing and presumed dead by everyone, I still won't believe it until I see her body. So, no one should make any plans about this."

  "How about the Emperor's side?" Wang Bao asked cautiously.

  "Why bother telling him," Sima Rui said coldly, "he can't even handle a Mu Rong Xue, yet he still has time to come and ask about my affairs."

  Murong Xue? Bai Min heard the name and suddenly smiled slightly, "I wonder how that girl is doing now? Has she regained the emperor's favor?" She muttered to herself for a few sentences, then looked at Sima Rui. Perhaps it was because of her recovered memories, but when she looked at Sima Rui again, she felt an overwhelming joy, and gazed at him with a hint of infatuation.

  "These days, the Emperor has been accompanying Snow Concubine, and Snow Concubine's mood hasn't been good since the Fourth Prince Concubine's incident. It wasn't until after three months of recuperation that she started to show some improvement. At first, she wouldn't see the Emperor, avoiding him every day, saying it was her fault for inviting the two Prince Concubines that night, which led to her own sister, the Fourth Prince Concubine's death. She even set up an incense altar in her residence at Yang Palace, reciting scriptures daily to help her sister's spirit ascend, and this moved the Emperor to pity her, often going over to visit, accompanying her, talking with her, comforting her heart. It seems Snow Concubine is not far from regaining favor." Wang Bao said.

  Simar frowned and said impatiently, "When did you become so garrulous? Isn't it just that Murong Xue always felt that Feng'er's death was related to her and felt guilty in her heart? She has apologized several times since coming to this mansion, my ears are already numb."

  Wang Bao lowered his head and didn't dare make a sound.

  Bai Min smiled, this Sima Rui's temper indeed hasn't changed, still so autocratic and self-willed. But why is he so delighted? If it were possible to return, what kind of joy would that be?

  "According to the Emperor's intention, it means - " Someone suddenly spoke up and startled Bai Min. She only noticed Sima Rui leaving and didn't notice that there was another person standing beside her, who was Gao Gonggong, a high-ranking eunuch by the Emperor's side. With his soft voice, even though no one could see him, Bai Min was taken aback. "The Fourth Prince has been gone for many days, Your Highness can't always be immersed in sorrow. Meng Niang is also the daughter of Duke Meng, a renowned scholar, and she is quite talented and beautiful. Now that she has followed you, it's not good to keep putting things off like this."

  Bai Min thought to herself: You'd better watch out, Gao Gonggong! If I were Bai Min - no, that's not right, it should be Murong Feng who has returned. Just you wait and see, I'll slowly take care of you!

  "What do you mean by 'following me'?! Sima Rui's eyes slightly opened, "If someone climbs onto my bed, that's already considered part of Meng Da's family tradition, isn't it? It's she who insists on staying here and won't leave. What's the point of always putting things off? Father Emperor's excuses are truly numerous. Please tell him to get his own affairs in order first before speaking, don't bother me with nothing to do, I'll handle my own matters, they have nothing to do with him."

  Gao Gonggong's face changed, and he knew the fourth prince's temper, but still forced himself to say: "Meng Da has already asked the emperor, and the emperor has also agreed to your marriage with Meng Niang. You should just follow the emperor's will. These days, the emperor's mood is not good either, fearing..."

  "What's there to be afraid of? Afraid that he'll take away my title as crown prince?! Let him do whatever he wants, does he really think this is a title that everyone desires? I couldn't care less. As for Meng girl, I won't marry her even if she stays here and refuses to leave, it's up to her. She won't starve to death, there's always food and drink available." Sima Rui said coldly, without a hint of warmth in his tone.

  Bai Min suddenly became excited, it turned out that Sima Rui really hadn't forgotten her, Murong Feng was still firmly alive in his heart, but if she really couldn't come back, how would he be?

  "I must find a way back no matter what!" Bai Min said to herself.

  Suddenly, she heard a faint sobbing sound. Bai Min turned her head and saw Meng Wanlu standing beside her, with a sorrowful expression on her face, looking at Sima Rui and choking back tears, saying: "Is Wanlu so detestable to you?"

  Simarui let out a soft sigh and said lightly, "It has nothing to do with whether I dislike you or not. It's just that my heart already belongs to Feng'er. No matter how obedient and virtuous you are, it's all irrelevant to me. My heart is no longer here, why must you still have feelings?"

  "Meng Wanluo is determined to say, 'No matter how you treat me, I will never leave your side. Even if you don't care about me for the rest of your life, I won't mind, as long as you let me stay with you.'"

  Simarui's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and his expression had a few parts of gentleness. Bai Min looked at him, and her heart began to feel uncomfortable again. She knew that with Simarui's everything, there must be many people who liked him. Since she wasn't here, of course, she couldn't stop others from liking him. But how could she come back?

  "Suit yourself. If you've come to your senses, you can leave anytime." Sima Rui's tone was no longer so stiff, but his expression was somewhat tired.

  Bai Min looked at Sima Rui with a dazed expression as he passed through her body, but she couldn't feel his temperature, only hearing his deep sighs and helplessness. Such sadness, it could only be like this, watching him but unable to possess him, only staring blankly as others came to love him. And she, in Bai Min's world, was also loved by others.

  She wanted to reach out and touch Sima Rui, but all she touched was the air, the cold autumn day's desolate breath, and a heart full of helplessness.

  When I woke up, it was Du Ze's warm smile and focused eyes.

  "Woke up? Are you in some pain, how did you fall asleep and still secretly cry, if there weren't outsiders here, I'm afraid I would really want to sneak a kiss. " Duan Zhishan smiled, with a gentle expression, but it made Bai Min's heart skip a beat, she'd rather this person not love her, all she wanted was to return to the Great Xing Dynasty, the only person she missed was Sima Rui, apart from Sima Rui, her heart couldn't accommodate anyone else. She knew she shouldn't hold onto past regrets, but she really had no way of accepting another man after finding out she was Murong Feng."