Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Yun Qianyu walked speechlessly to the table, picked up the purse, paused, and sighed, “He really is a vinegar jar! No wonder he let me smell the vinegar. The vinegar smell is so strong that we won’t need to buy vinegar for a year.”
Chen Xiang and the others curiously gathered around, looking at the purse in Yun Qianyu’s hand, wondering where Yun Qianyu’s sigh came from!
Yun Qianyu threw the purse to them. Chen Xiang caught the purse, paused, and then couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Yu Nuo, Man’er, and Ying Yu also came forward, took the purse, and laughed like Chen Xiang.
Yun Qianyu didn’t stop them. After they had laughed enough, Yun Qianyu took the purse, opened it, and poured out a pile of red bean powder inside.
Chen Xiang sighed, “The Xian Wang is indeed Xian Wang; even his jealousy is so unique!”
Yun Qianyu looked at the pile of red bean powder on the table and thought to herself: “That cunning fox, what he meant by letting her smell the vinegar was that this was his real purpose!”
Yun Qianyu wasn’t unhappy at all; on the contrary, she was quite happy!
She asked Chen Xiang to clean up the red bean powder, and Chen Xiang smiled as she put it back into her purse and put it away!
In the evening, Yujian returned from the Imperial Study.
“Why didn’t you have dinner with Grandpa?”
Yujian said sullenly, “Grandpa said he had no appetite!”
Yun Qianyu said to Chen Xiang beside her, “Have Hong Su make some porridge; Yujian and I will take it to the Emperor later.”
Chen Xiang agreed and left.
Yu Nuo and Ying Yu set out the dinner, and Yun Qianyu pulled Yujian to sit at the table. “Grandpa isn’t feeling well, so we’ll take some porridge to him later. You need to eat your fill so Grandpa won’t worry.”
“Mm,” Yujian said in a low voice as he picked up his chopsticks.
Yujian didn’t eat much that evening, and Yun Qianyu didn’t try to persuade him; eating too much when you’re in a bad mood wouldn’t make you feel better.
After the siblings finished eating, Hong Su’s porridge was ready.
Hong Su put the porridge into a soup pot to keep it warm, and Yun Qianyu picked it up and walked with Yujian towards the Imperial Study.
Inside the Imperial Study, Murong Cang was still processing memorials. His already thin face, coupled with days of exhaustion, made him look even older.
“Grandpa,” Yujian called out as soon as he entered.
“Grandpa, Hong Su made some porridge, please have some!” Yun Qianyu placed the soup pot on the desk.
Murong Cang looked at the two children and put down the memorials in his hands.
Li Jintian immediately stepped forward, opened the soup pot, and served Murong Cang a bowl. The Emperor hadn’t eaten dinner for several days in a row, and even his usual nightly snack hadn’t been touched. It pained him to see this!
Murong Cang picked up a ladle and ate small bites, praising, “Hong Su’s cooking skills are truly exceptional, surpassing even my imperial chefs.”
Yun Qianyu said, “From now on, I’ll have Hong Su cook something for Grandpa every night.”
“Nothing else, just some porridge!” Murong Cang knew the two children were worried about his health, so he didn’t refuse.
Watching Murong Cang finish the bowl of porridge, Yujian’s complexion improved considerably.
The siblings didn’t stay long; Murong Cang still had memorials to handle.
On the way back, Yujian cautiously asked, “Royal Sister, how much longer can Grandpa hold on?”
Yun Qianyu didn’t answer; any answer would be painful for Yujian.
“Royal Sister, I’m scared!” Yujian whispered.
“Royal Sister knows, I’ve been scared too!”
Yun Qianyu wasn’t lying. In her previous life, when her parents suddenly passed away, she was also very scared, but fear was useless and didn’t solve anything; only strength could ensure survival.
“No one can accompany you for your entire life. Our lives are like this path; we’ll meet different people along each stretch, and everyone will accompany you for a part of the journey. They lend you a leg of their journey, and you lend them a leg, but no one will accompany you to the very end.”
Yun Qianyu stopped at the entrance to her palace.
“Just like now, your elder sister has accompanied you for a while, but you must continue on the rest of the way. Perhaps you’ll meet other people who will travel the same path as you, but you’ll part ways at the next intersection. Some people aren’t leaving us; they’re just changing their way of being with us, like Yujian’s parents. They must be watching over Yujian from heaven at all times.”
“Will Grandpa watch over me from heaven like my parents will?”
“Yes, so Yujian must protect the empire Grandpa entrusted to you, so that when you see Grandpa again in the future, you won’t disappoint him!”
“Will I be able to see Grandpa again?”
“Of course, we’ll go to the places Grandpa wants to go sooner or later.”
“Thank you, elder sister!” Yujian felt much better.
“Go back! Even if you have to walk alone, be brave and move forward!” Yun Qianyu pointed to the path Yujian was taking back to her palace.
Yujian understood Yun Qianyu’s implication, nodded, and straightened her small body to walk forward.
Only after watching Yujian’s figure disappear did Yun Qianyu turn back.
“Qianyu.”
Yun Qianyu turned around upon hearing the call, looking at the person behind her.
“Sangmo?”
Gong Sangmo appeared before Yun Qianyu, looking travel-worn.
“Here.”
Gong Sangmo took out a brocade box and handed it to Yun Qianyu.
Yun Qianyu took it with a puzzled expression. What was wrong with Gong Sangmo today? He came in the afternoon and left after letting her smell the vinegar, and now he came again in the evening, even bringing her something. Yun Qianyu felt that she really didn’t understand Gong Sangmo.
“Open it and take a look!” Gong Sangmo pointed to the brocade box.
Yun Qianyu glanced at the brocade box; it was actually made of sandalwood. Yun Qianyu’s lips twitched. She knew he had a lot of sandalwood, but there was no need to be so extravagant!
Gently opening the brocade box, Yun Qianyu was stunned by what she saw inside— a whole box of red beans!
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