Part One: Intertwined Time and Space Chapter Two: The Spiritual Stone of Fate
Chapter 239: Difficulty Returning Home (4)
When she woke up early in the morning, Yue Qing sat up and was stunned for a while before asking if there was any news about her departure.
Qing'er said: "Not yet, why don't you go and ask."
"Where are Mo Xue and the others?"
"I came back last night."
"I wonder if they had an agreement with King Bowei about leaving yesterday."
"I guess we'll talk about it later. Miss, let's pack up and have dinner first. Even if we have to leave, we can't go hungry."
"Yes." Yueqing sat up and asked Qing'er to comb her hair.
Sure enough, just after Yue Qing finished eating, Mo Xue came.
"I think the lady is in a hurry, so I'll come over and take a look."
"How's it going? Did you say when you're going to leave?"
Mo Xue didn't say when she would leave, but instead asked, "Miss is feeling unwell. Is it better to wait until her menstruation is over before leaving?"
Yue Qing smacked her lips, "What's the point of waiting? It hasn't come yet. Who knows when it will come. Could it be that if we keep waiting, it would be better to stay in Xibao City and not come out? Is this what King Bowei meant? When we were in Xibao City, he was more anxious than anyone else and came to see me every day. Oh, now that we are in Li Country, he is starting to waste time."
"King Bowei didn't say that. This was what Chang Ge and I thought."
"Do you really want to stay here?"
"Of course I don't want to, but I just considered the young lady's health. We discussed it. Since there are many inconveniences in the military camp, it is better to go to the next town and rest for a while before leaving. The head of the Yue family has prepared a place to stay in the next town, which is suitable for the young lady to rest."
"Then when do you plan to go to the next town?"
"We have discussed it with King Bowei and will leave at noon today."
Yue Qing sighed, "Okay, at least go a little further. I just want to go back home, why is it so difficult? The Manchurian Communist Party is only a few days away, why are you so worried?"
Qing'er spoke for Mo Xue and said, "Miss, how can you blame Deacon Xue and the others? This woman should not go out during her menstrual period."
"Why aren't you allowed out?"
Qing'er looked at Mo Xue and Chang Yuxiao in the room: "Miss, this menstrual matter is a private matter. Only you, miss, are so bold to say it casually. If it were any other woman, she would definitely say it without saying a word." Don’t even say anything.”
Mo Xue coughed twice, "Anyway, miss, let's rest first. We will set off at noon." After saying that, he withdrew.
Qing'er was helpless: "Miss, please stop fussing. Just have a good rest in the next city and wait for this menstrual period to pass."
Yue Qing was even more speechless, "It's just a call, I'm not allowed out."
"Of course you can't go out."
"It is because of the low status of women in Li State that they need to abide by etiquette. Don't tell me that the villa is like this. Why can't you go out? There are only several men in the rooms of the masters. Why do you still care about this? What if King Bowei They argue, let's just leave by ourselves. I don't believe it anymore. When we get to the next town, prepare some things and we'll set off. I won't waste another day. Who says I'm in a hurry to let me rest?"
Qing'er hurriedly came up to pat her: "Miss, don't be angry, our villa doesn't have as many rules as Li Guo. You are the master of the villa, who dares to set rules for you. But now that menstruation is here, you really can't go out."
"It's not like I haven't been here before. Which woman hasn't? We worked and went out as usual that day."
"Still going to work as usual?"
"Yeah, just do whatever you have to do."
Qing'er said: "It may be like this at the courtyard master's place, but it is different here. Even if we let the courtyard master go out, it will be taboo in other places."
"What are you taboo about? Blood? Superstition. As long as you don't taboo us, we will leave. I have decided that when we get to the next town, we will leave King Bowei and the others behind and leave on our own."
"This." Seeing Yueqing's firm attitude, Qing'er and Qiao'er looked at each other.
Yue Qing continued: "Shang Yuxiao, go talk to Mo Xue and the others and do as I say."
San Yuxiao said: "Housemaster, don't worry, it's just a few days of delay. It's not good for your health to insist on going out."
Yue Qing looked at him: "It's not whether you go or not, I will go myself."
Chang Yuxiao quickly stopped her: "Okay, I'll go, I'll go talk now." He sighed and turned around to leave the camp.
Yue Qing was also angry and lay on the bed unable to get up.
Qing'er sat by the bed and looked at her, not knowing what else to persuade.
After lunch, she was ready to leave. Yue Qing felt somewhat relieved to finally be leaving here. Sitting in the carriage, watching King Bowei saying goodbye to all the soldiers, Yueqing lowered the curtain and rubbed his hands.
Qing'er looked at her: "Miss, King Bowei and others will go to Xiafu Town with us. When we arrive, Mr. Mo and others will make arrangements."
Yue Qing nodded.
Now, in addition to the people from the villa and the Yue family, there are also people led by King Bowei. Of course, they are not a large army, just a few hundred elites. But after all, there were outsiders, so Yue Qing took the carriage and left honestly.
After wandering for a long time, we finally arrived at Xiafu Town. With so many people passing by, the people of Li State stepped aside one after another. Those who knelt down to salute, and those who shouted that King Bowei was mighty. There are quite a lot of people, but compared to Xibao City, there are a lot less.
Yue Qing looked out from the curtains, and saw that most of the people's clothes were relatively shabby, and they were stopped by the city guards who maintained public security on the roadside. Most of the children were also wearing patched clothes, which Yueqing had never seen in Xibao City. The children were ignorant and didn't know why their mother or father wanted to press their heads to the ground, but they cooperated with them honestly and did not dare to move.
Yue Qing even saw beggars in the alley, but they couldn't go forward. They were driven into the alley in the middle of the house and looked out.
Qing'er closed the curtain: "What are you looking at, young lady? This is not a villa. It's best not to pull up the curtain casually."
"What's wrong, let me just take a look at the mental outlook of the people in this city. Are towns like this better or worse? I mean, compared with other towns, is it stable here?"
"Of course it is better. No matter which country it is, as long as it is a town close to the villa, it will be more stable. The people live and work in peace and contentment. There are no wars and there are not many natural disasters. If there is a plague or something like that, the villa will still be there. Special personnel will be sent to take care of it.”
"The villa still cares about this, doesn't it say it won't have any contact with the outside world?"
"It's just that we are not allowed to enter. I didn't say that people from the villa can't come out. Miss, I think if these places are not peaceful, the villa will be implicated in some way, so as long as we can control it, we have to take care of it."
"oh."
"Aren't these countries afraid that people from the Villa will take over their place?"
"Miss, the Villa has never participated in any country's wars, and has never expanded its territory. We only guard our own place. As long as other countries do not invade us, we will not have any conflicts with other countries. . All countries understand this in their hearts."
Yue Qing nodded and thought to herself: This is treating herself as a paradise. A pure land in this world. Thinking about it, Yue Qing had only heard that the Yue family and the Mo family lived in the villa. She didn't know where the Qi family and the Zhen family mainly lived. It couldn't be that there was a separate country.
Soon we arrived at our place of residence. Yueqing followed Qing'er as she stepped out of the carriage. When she looked up, she saw King Bowei, Mo Xue, and the head of the Yue family standing in front of a courtyard.
Standing with them were two men in official uniforms. One was in red, the other was in green, and there were some other officials standing behind them, standing respectfully behind them.
When the red-clothed official saw Yue Qing getting out of the car, he immediately stepped forward and bowed to salute: "I'm going to be the prefect of Qingzhou, Wang Yuan, to see Princess Shun'an."
The official in Qingyi also bent down and saluted: "I'm here to see Princess Shun'an at the Yishui County Magistrate's Office."
The officials behind him followed: "See Princess Shun'an."
Yueqing glanced at King Bowei and said to them: "Everyone, please get up."
"Thank you, Princess Shun'an."
The magistrate stood up and said: "A few days ago, I heard that King Bowei and Princess Shun'an were passing by Yishui County, Qingzhou Prefecture. I rushed to Yishui County without stopping and prepared a hotel for the prince and the princess. No. I once thought that the princess had prepared the courtyard for her stay. The official was frightened, not knowing whether the princess wanted the prince to live in the hotel together or whether the prince and the princess should live together in this elegant courtyard."
Yue Qing smiled and said: "Sir, you don't have to worry about this. King Bowei is King Bowei, and I am me. King Bowei goes to the hotel you prepared, but I won't go. I am more accustomed to the lifestyle in the villa. I can’t adapt to the sudden change in food, clothing, housing and transportation, so I’ll just rest here.”
"This." The prefect glanced at King Bowei. "Princess, isn't this inappropriate?"
"There is nothing inappropriate. Please worry about it. Just take good care of King Bowei. I have my own villa to take care of him."
"This is."
King Bowei said: "Since the princess lives here, I, the king, should also live here."
"Ah?" The prefect was stunned.
"I and General Shi Rong will live in the other courtyard with the princess. General Shi Hu and others will arrange the birthday gifts for the Queen Mother at the hotel."
"This, yes, I understand."
"Master Wang and Master Guan, please go and do your own business. Don't worry about us. I will pay a special visit to the two adults after I have settled Princess Shun'an."
"Yes, yes, I don't dare, I don't dare. Then I won't disturb you, officials." After saying that, the prefect left with a group of officials.
Yueqing looked at King Bowei and said: "King Bowei, actually you don't have to go with me specifically. I think you must have some urgent things to do, otherwise you can leave first. How about we meet again in the capital?"
King Bowei said: "I have already reported to the capital and will take Princess Shun'an back to the capital. If you let me go back by myself, won't you be accused? I have already discussed with Mr. Mo this morning as to when to leave." , just do it according to the wishes of the princess. But the number of people cannot be reduced any more. The princess also said last night to avoid damaging the national prestige of Li State. "
Yue Qing opened her eyes wide and was speechless: "Okay, if you want to follow, just follow, but it's best not to do so many things again. Otherwise, I will ask Qi Jiao and the others to tie you two to the wild for two days."
Shi Rong smiled and said: "Princess's threat is not good enough. This is Li country, and we are more familiar with it than you. Besides, if we really want to kidnap the prince, you might get into a lot of trouble."
"Trouble is trouble. Just leave someone to deal with it when the time comes. I will go my own way."
Li Muchhang also smiled: "Oh, how many people can you leave behind to solve the problem? There is still a long way to go. Even if you want to leave people behind, everyone in the villa probably won't trust the princess to return to the capital alone. "
Yue Qing ignored them, snorted and turned around to enter the courtyard gate. Chang Shen and the others have basically packed their things.
Jian Yueqing has finished speaking: "Miss, the backyard has been tidied up, you can rest now."
Yue Qing nodded: "Okay, um, there is a cloth shop here."
Yue Chi said: "Of course there is. There is also the Yue family's cloth shop in Yishui County. What do you want to do?"
"Just prepare some more soft cloth and bring it. I'll take a look first."
"Okay, I'll let someone do it later."
"Master Yue, please do your work. Just leave these matters to Yue Ke and Chang Shen."
Yue Chi glanced at Yue Ke. "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to take them there."
Yue Ke said: "I've been here before, and I'm quite familiar with it. I'm sorry to bother the clan leader."
Yue Chi nodded and looked at King Bowei: "King Bowei should live in the front yard. The backyard may not be convenient."
"Wuwei, brother Yuechi will take care of the arrangements."
"King Bowei, please, I will take you there."
"Thank you, Brother Yue Chi. I didn't expect that there is such a elegant residence here. I come here often and have never noticed it."
"Small courtyard, I don't live in it often. I only packed it up for this trip."
King Bowei smiled: "This courtyard is not small. The courtyard given to me by the emperor is not much bigger than this."
"King Bowei is joking..."
