Chapter 420: Chapter 420, Departing Back to Beijing
Could someone as wonderful as she ever really be his match?
To take her home as his wife in the future, he would have to put in a lot of effort, as he is still somewhat disadvantaged at present.
All the things he once dismissed with contempt, he must now pick up again for her sake, as well as for their future.
"Big brother Chu, what are you thinking about?" Yun Jinnian, holding raspberries, approaches.
The white handkerchief, embroidered with clusters of bright red raspberries.
Yun Jinnian hands it to Chu Yu, "Big brother Chu, try these, did I pick sweet ones?"
Chu Yu nods, picks up a raspberry, and tosses it into his mouth, "Sweet!"
Sweet to the core, and warming to the heart.
Yun Jinnian lowers her eyes and offers a gentle smile, soft as water.
Chu Yu musters his courage and tucks a wildflower into Yun Jinnian’s hair, grinning, "It looks beautiful!"
The flower is beautiful, but she is even more so.
She outshines the flowers in loveliness!
Yun Jinnian reaches out to lightly touch the flower, her smile deepening.
Fearing that Han Tianci would get anxious not finding them, Yun Jinnian picks some more raspberries and lets Chu Yu take her back.
Upon returning to the sect, Han Tianci indeed comes looking. Seeing raspberries in Yun Jinnian’s hands, he knows Chu Yu had taken her to the back mountain. He glares fiercely at Chu Yu and pulls Yun Jinnian into the house.
Chu Yu touches his nose, admitting he’s utterly at loss with this future brother-in-law and decides it’s better to keep him pleased.
"Sister, all our belongings are packed. We will set out for Capital City on the sixth day of the month at dawn. Shall we take the same path we came by?"
Yun Jinnian nods, "Let’s not take the same route back. We’ll go through Hengzhou and pass Yangxi on our way to Capital City!" She remembers that her Third Uncle Yun Bi is the Magistrate of Hengzhou.
She glances at Han Tianci.
Yun Jinnian’s thoughts are shadowy and indistinct.
Although it is only a conjecture, Yun Jinnian’s journey to Hengzhou is also to meet this uncle who, in her previous life when she became the Empress, supported her a lot and showed her genuine affection, treating her better than her own father did, even though she does not know what the end result was afterwards.
Thinking back on her previous life, Yun Jinnian feels she was truly foolish. Having been dealt a good hand, she ended up with such a fate, which she deserved.
This Dragon Boat Festival, the followers below in the sect still received their rewards.
Each person received a pouch of medicine, supposedly blended personally by the Saintess. They treasured it immensely, and learning that the Saintess would be leaving for the Capital and not return for three years, they were reluctant to part and immediately presented her with many more gifts.
Yun Jinnian looks on, torn between laughter and tears.
"With so many things, we can’t possibly take them all with us. Let’s leave them here; who knows, I might come back one day!"
Living here feels comfortable.
And it’s free from all the filthy scheming.
In the nineteenth year of Yuanhe, on the sixth day of the fifth month, Yun Jinnian and her party left the Moonview Sect and reunited with Momo Qian and the others in Licheng.
During these months, Momo Qian and her group were anxious and worried, visibly thinner.
No longer possessed the haughtiness she once had when facing Yun Jinnian.
"This servant pays respects to the Fourth Miss!"
Yun Jinnian smiles faintly, "Momo Qian, have you packed all your belongings?"
"In response to the Fourth Miss, yes, everything is packed!" Momo Qian replies, glancing towards the carriages behind her.
This time returning, there are fifteen more carriages, joined by more than a hundred of Moonview Sect’s top guards, the Law Venerable, the Earth Elder, the Wood Elder, and the Hidden Guards of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms.
They also bring gifts for the Emperor, and incidentally inform the Emperor that Yun Jinnian is now the Saintess of Nanjiang.
Yun Jinnian doesn’t ask where Liuka has gone, but she decides for the other three, providing them with generous dowries, and sends them home to reunite with their families and take their time in finding husbands.
Thus, she fulfills the brief bond of master and servants.
As for the two Hidden Guards sent by the Emperor, they couldn’t even enter the Moonview Sect, let alone know what had happened to Yun Jinnian inside.
"Big brother Chu, let’s go!" Yun Jinnian calls out to Chu Yu, who is leading the way.
Chu Yu turns back, smiles at Yun Jinnian, and with a grand gesture, proclaims, "Let’s set out!"