Chapter 115

  "What about the red lanterns and the auspicious characters in that courtyard? How do you explain them to me?" Murong Feng pointed at the lanterns and auspicious characters swaying gently in the wind, asking quietly, "And what's going on with Chun Liu? Why did she need medicine applied? What happened to her?"

  Simarui was somewhat tongue-tied and didn't know what to say.

  In her illusion, she already knew that Sima Rui had married Meng Wanluo, but fortunately, when she returned, what she saw was not the loving expression of two people. If it were two people leaning on each other, she feared that she would really regret abandoning everything and coming back.

  Yan Yu, however, couldn't care about that anymore and happily said: "I'll go tell the Empress Dowager, I'm afraid she'll be so delighted that she won't know what to do." As she spoke, she turned around and ran off, also forgetting about applying medicine to Chun Liu.

  Looking at Murong Feng, Sima Rui tightly grasped her hand, as if to convey all his thoughts to Murong Feng in an instant. "You're finally back? Where have you been these days? Why didn't I hear from you? Were you really heartless and didn't show up?"

  "I just said, I just woke up." Murong Feng smiled and said softly, "That day, the horse carriage carrying me rushed all the way and finally fell into the river. That day happened to be a sudden surge in water, originally I was not likely to survive, but fortunately, there was an isolated island in the river, on which stood a hundred-year-old tree that just blocked my body. After the water receded, a fishing boat discovered me and rescued me back home. It's also lucky for me, in the village, there happened to be a merchant from Wumeng who had a miraculous medicine, which he gave me to take, allowing me not to die even in a coma. Then, the Su family took good care of me with all their heart, thanks to their daughter taking care of my daily life and food, so my life was prolonged. Later, although I was still in a coma, because there was always you, the Great Xing Dynasty, and the life here in my consciousness, it made me wake up unknowingly."

  Murong Feng suddenly smiled mischievously and continued: "After waking up, due to the long period of bed rest, I had to stay at the Su's house for another three days before I could leave. Once I was able to walk, I first took a boat back into the city and went to the Fragrant Pavilion, where I found the head chef, who was discussing with his staff about preparing a birthday banquet for my grandmother. I was naturally delighted and took the opportunity to help them deliver the menu, thinking of giving you a surprise. It's funny to say, but I really did scare the head chef half to death - he shouted that it was daytime and he had seen a ghost! Thinking about it now, it's also quite amusing. However..."

  Murong Feng suddenly smiled faintly, paused for a moment, and then said, "I haven't given you a surprise yet, but you've actually given me a big 'surprise'. It seems that there's already a new owner here. How do you plan to arrange me?"

  "There's only you in this house, where did the others come from?" Sima Rui smiled and said, his hand still tightly holding Mu Rong Feng's hand, his tone full of care and doting, Feng'er is back, that's the most important thing, as long as she's back, everything else disappears into thin air.

  "But it seems there really is another woman, isn't she a new concubine? I've already heard the common people talking about it when I arrived, don't try to deceive me anymore." Murong Feng's expression was tinged with a hint of sadness as he changed the subject and asked, "What happened to Chun Liu? You still haven't told me yet."

  "Uh, she...," Sima Rui secretly lamented in his heart, not knowing how to explain it. Although he didn't acknowledge Meng Wanluo's existence, this Meng Wanluo was indeed staying in the mansion and taking charge of things that a mistress should do. If he told Murong Feng that Chunliu was injured by this so-called new crown princess, he was afraid there would be no good outcome.

  "It's heard from outside shouting, 'The Empress Dowager has arrived!' It was Xiao Dezi's voice."

  Simarui let out a sigh of relief. His grandmother's appearance was truly timely, at least it could temporarily alleviate his current predicament.

  "Maple - " The person hasn't arrived yet, but the voice has already come in, and it can be heard that it's so surprising. Hearing Yan Yu say that Murong Feng is back today, at first thought it was Yan Yu joking with her, but such a joke, how dare a little maid play around, half-believing and half-doubting, hurried to the Fourth Prince's mansion, and couldn't help but shout from afar, "Is it really you who has returned?"

  Suddenly, Murong Feng couldn't help but shed tears. When he saw Sima Rui, he was overjoyed and hadn't even had time to feel sad yet. But when he heard the Empress Dowager's shout, he couldn't hold back his tears anymore. The joy in her voice was completely unmasked.

  Yes, the Empress Dowager really misses her. When she thought of herself as Murong Feng, she had secretly gone to the Empress Dowager's Xiangfu Palace in a trance, seeing the Empress Dowager tearfully chatting with Xiao Dezi about her.

  Murong Feng withdrew his hand from Sima Rui's, and with a bow, he said in a trembling voice: "Grandmother, it's Feng'er who has returned. I've missed you so much, have you ever thought of me?"

  The empress dowager really saw Murong Feng kneeling on the ground, and her tears were truly unstoppable. She could only cry as she helped Murong Feng up and held his hand, unable to say a word. As she looked at him, she murmured: "Feng'er, Grandmother was wrong about you, you've lost weight, my good Feng'er, have you suffered a lot?"

  Murong Feng's eyes were filled with tears as he smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, I've just been unconscious all this time, my mind wasn't clear. Luckily, the medicine from the merchant of Wumeng Country helped me maintain my current state. Actually, I've always had some consciousness, there are things here that keep reminding me, if I didn't think about and miss the people here, I'm afraid grandmother really wouldn't have seen me again."

  "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back." The empress dowager let out a sigh of relief and gazed at Murong Feng carefully, as if she couldn't get enough of looking at her. "I once asked a wise man from the imperial court to calculate your fortune, and he said that you were a girl who valued emotions and righteousness, no matter what happened, you would never give up on everything here. He also said that even if we couldn't find you now, your body must be safe, only your soul was wandering somewhere unknown. As long as there's something holding you back here, you'll definitely come back. Indeed, he was right. When I heard from Yan Yu that you were back, I didn't believe it at first, thinking she was just trying to make me happy. Now that I've really seen you, I can finally put my mind at ease."

  Murong Feng lowered his head, thinking: It turns out that not only the 21st century has such a great person, but also the Daxing Dynasty. If I get the chance, I must see what he's like and how he can talk about my life with Bai Min. Thinking about it, it's really interesting, she likes this life!