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  Meng Wanlu walked out of Sima Rui's room, looking at Yan Yu with a cold gaze, her soft voice carrying an innate air of authority, "I heard from Wang Bao that it was you who wanted me to come out?"

  Yan Yu's eyes didn't blink, she nodded slightly. She said quietly: "This is also for Miss Meng's own good, after all, you are an unmarried lady, although it was arranged by your parents and mediated by Lord Wei, but still, it hasn't gone through the proper rituals and hasn't been acknowledged by the Fourth Prince. You sneaking into the Fourth Prince's room in the middle of the night is not proper, if word gets out, people might look down on you, Miss Meng."

  "How dare you, a mere servant, to instruct me?" Meng Wanlu said coldly. "You servants are all spoiled by your masters and have no sense of propriety at all. If one day I become the princess consort of this household, the first person I will deal with is you."

  Yan Yu's face didn't change color, coldly saying: "Yan Yu remembers."

  "What are you arguing about at this late hour?" Sima Rui didn't know when he woke up, heard the sound of conversation in the courtyard, and came out to watch.

  "The Fourth Prince." Several people hastened to pay their respects.

  Simarui waved his hand, "It's late at night, everyone go to sleep. —— Meng Niang, it's so late, why are you still here? Yan Yu, send Meng Niang back to rest."

  Bai Min was so angry that she really wanted to slap Sima Rui, thinking: "Sima Rui, I'll remember this for now. If I come back, I'll slowly settle the score with you." At this time, you still have the heart to care about whether Meng girl can sleep or not. What about me? In order to see you, I couldn't sleep at night and came here to watch you, but you can't see me.

  Bai Min went to work, but Duan Zhishan hadn't arrived yet. His injury hadn't healed yet. But since that day, the woman named Yuè Lù had never appeared again. However, Bai Min's concern wasn't about this; she was always thinking about how to go back.

  "Vivian, may I ask you something?" Bai Min stopped her work and looked at Dong Weiwei, asking softly. These past few days, she had noticeably lost some weight, as she was always thinking about how to return, but couldn't think of a way, and with the passage of time, it seemed like her memories were fading away, even in her dreams, she found it increasingly difficult to return to the Daxing Dynasty.

  "What's wrong?" Dong Weiwei stopped what she was doing and looked at Bai Min. Although Bai Min's exhaustion was invisible, as an onlooker, it was shocking to see the deep-seated worry and sadness in her eyes that couldn't be dispelled, making Dong Weiwei's heart ache.

  "Do you still remember the amulet I asked for? Bai Min said very seriously, "You once said that now I - of course I'm not carrying it with me now, I forgot where I put it. Can you still find the person who gave you the amulet?"

  Dong Weiwei hesitated for a moment, but still nodded her head.

  "I'd like to meet this person," said Bai Min with a smile. "If he can help me avoid Sima Rui, then he must have a way for me to return."

  "Bai Min——" Dong Weiwei sighed, "Why do you have to go back? Isn't it good now? There's Duan Zhishan, he's really not bad. Why do you have to be like this? You clearly know that Duan Zhishan likes you so much, if you go back, he might become the second Sima Rui."

  Bai Min was taken aback for a moment, let out a soft sigh and said: "At present, he just likes me, he still has many choices, I left maybe he will be sad, but if I don't go back, I think, Sima Rui, he will die. Now, Bai Min is just Duan Zhishan's girlfriend, but in the Great Xing Dynasty, I am Sima Rui's wife. Most importantly, I miss him."

  Dong Weiwei was speechless. This Bai Min, really couldn't let go of that strange Sima Rui. Perhaps the love of souls was deeper and more unforgettable. "Alright, I'll take you to see him."

  A somewhat dilapidated room, a man with a haggard appearance, about fifty years old, thin and gaunt, smoking, his fingernails already yellowed from smoke, his voice also hoarse, a pair of dull eyes, hair disheveled.

  Bai Min had some doubts in her heart, was this really the person who was going to take Dong Weiwei to the Imperial Palace? How could he not have any aura of a celestial being? Just looking at him, he didn't seem like someone who could bring her back to the Great Xing Dynasty or let her reunite with Sima Rui.

  "Do you want to go back?" The thin old man said in a hoarse voice, "Isn't it good now? Why must you go back?"

  His words startled Bai Min so much that she jumped up, really not looking like a person, just such an unremarkable old man, yet he could suddenly know what she wanted to do, and she nodded seriously.

  "It was an accident, not your past life or next life, just a mistake. Your soul went to another place unintentionally, guided by a wish, and went to a place you shouldn't have gone. Now that you're back, don't go again." The old man said while smoking, his thoughts were still quite clear, and the words he spoke didn't seem like something someone with his appearance could say.

  "No, I want to go back. Even if it's a mistake, I'll see it through to the end." Bai Min looked at him and said, "Even if only my soul goes, but now my soul dominates me. If I don't go back, then living like this is a mistake."

  "If you really go back, I'm afraid there's still a calamity ahead, and I don't know how you'll get through it. Maybe when you want to come back, it will be too late. Now there's someone who loves you, if you follow this person, you can live happily in this life, why must you go back to that place and let your emotions suffer? If that person changes their heart later on, what will you do? Although the current situation is not ideal, at least it's genuine, even with some ups and downs. It would be better to return here, where there are still friends. If something happens over there, you'll have to face it alone, I'm afraid you won't be able to withstand it. You'll end up disappointing the person who loves you now, and also wasting your feelings for that other person. Why must you do this?"

  Bai Min thought blankly, would Sima Rui change his heart? Probably not, if he did, what could she do about it? But even if he did change his heart, she was willing to go back, at least for now he deeply loved her. Anyway, no matter what situation arose, she had to go back, and deal with whatever came up later. "Yes, I want to go back. No matter what happens, I just want to go back now."