Chapter 942: Chapter 942 I’ll Take You to See the Ocean! Chapter 942: Chapter 942 I’ll Take You to See the Ocean! Turning his head, he instructed Old Cheng, “Go call Da Niu and Er Niu over, we need to discuss things properly. Additionally, record the nas of all the people who have had contact with the Princess in recent days, compile it into a list and hand it to .”
Although Di Yelei didn’t specify, Old Cheng understood very well what exactly the matters for discussion entailed.
“Yes, Old Master Marquis.”
At present, taking advantage of the fact that everyone was still unaware that soone in the manor had contracted smallpox, the real solution was to imdiately evacuate everyone.
“Also, organize so people, and when the ti cos…”
The rest of Di Yelei’s words were already too low to be heard.
Liu Sisi blinked her dry eyes, unable to imagine herself contracting such a vile illness. But how exactly had she been infected? She had no mory of it whatsoever.
Hearing that a few children had already left, and hearing Di Yelei’s occasional movents and soft indistinct instructions to servants in the outside room, she carefully pondered the events before and after, and suddenly felt much relieved, struggling to prop herself up.
A coolness spread across her back, and the fever seed to have receded considerably. However, she didn’t dare to be careless; instead, she picked up the clothes beside her and began to dress, wrapping herself tightly in layers until even a pair of thick gloves covered her hands. Only then did she pick up the bedding from the bed, bundling it up and packing it.
She left behind nothing that she had touched.
By the ti she finished these tasks, she had emptied the entire room! Looking at the barren room, she suddenly laughed softly.
At this mont, she felt an imnse sense of relief!
Relieved that Di Yelei had taken another concubine, so at least he wouldn’t be too lonely after she was gone.
Even if he made her the official wife in the future, at least while she was with him, he was hers alone – that should be enough for her!
Among the children, Di Xuan and Thirteenth Luo’s marriage was a weight on her heart, and even though she might be leaving, she had to ensure it was well arranged. Di Ying was still young, and if she could survive this ordeal and marry Zhang Yun, it would be a beautiful tale; it was just a pity that she was destined not to see their wedding.
As for Niuniu and Chou Chou, she really wasn’t sure what the future held for those two mischief-makers; she simply hoped they would grow up safely and live happily ever after. And little Xiao Xiao—she wondered, how was he doing now?
Upon reflection, she realized she had countless attachnts, things she couldn’t break away from or let go!
Outside, the courtyard was brightly lit, with people coming and going continuously, ready for action. Liu Sisi put on the thick veil hat that obscured her vision before approaching the window to call out.
“Soone co! Quick, co here!”
After a long wait, a voice from behind the window of a little maid responded, “Pri… Princess, what are your… your orders… this servant, this servant…”
Listening to the little maid’s chattering teeth, a hint of darkness crossed the depths of Liu Sisi’s eyes.
“Can you read?”
“This servant… this servant cannot…”
“Never mind, go find soone who can read.” Liu Sisi, after all, did not have the heart to trouble her further.
Hearing the little maid’s relieved farewell and the sound of hurried footsteps leaving, Liu Sisi sighed to herself. They say adversity reveals true friends! Now that she truly had contracted a dreadful disease, it turned out she had no one dependable at all.
Should she say she had been too much of a failure? Or should she say the world was too pragmatic?
Knock knock knock—
The sound of knocking arose, and Liu Sisi’s instinctive reply ca, “Co in.”
By the ti she gathered her thoughts, she suddenly realized that at this mont, there shouldn’t be anyone coming: “Sisi, it’s .”
The deep voice was so familiar. The radiance suddenly coming from the doorway made her instinctively squint as she looked up.
There stood Zuo Xingyu in his hemp clothes at the doorway, his eyes brightly fixed on her.
“Big Brother Zuo? How could it be you! Why have you co?”
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“I heard you wanted a little maid who could read and write, so I ca over,” Zuo Xingyu said with a neutral expression on his face.
Liu Sisi’s mouth gaped open, then she quickly covered her nose and mouth, stepping back as she spoke, “No! Big Brother Zuo, you must not know that I’ve contracted smallpox, do you? It’s contagious. Get out quickly, get out!”
Instead of stepping back, Zuo Xingyu advanced step by step.
“I know, I know you’ve caught smallpox. I also know how serious the disease is. So, I’m here to take you away, to take you out of the prince’s mansion.”
Liu Sisi was stunned, and then slowly cald herself down, “Is… Is it him who asked you to take out of the mansion?”
Her heart ached indescribably! Liu Sisi could never have imagined that Di Yelei would do such a thing!
She couldn’t even see him one last ti; he simply sent Zuo Xingyu to send her away!
She thought she had seen through everything, but only at this mont did she realize there was still that one in ten thousand hope in her heart!
“It’s my own willingness!”
Zuo Xingyu’s face was hidden in the darkness, making it impossible to see his expression, only his bright eyes shone in the dark with a gradually glowing radiance.
Indeed! Given Zuo Xingyu’s abilities, if he himself were unwilling, it’s unlikely that others could really force him to do anything.
Liu Sisi closed her eyes and, when she opened them again, her face had regained a serene calm.
“When shall we depart?”
“The carriage is ready; we can leave at any ti.”
“Then… let leave a letter and go.”
She’d originally planned to leave a letter behind before she left, never expecting it would be so soon.
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As the third period of late night arrived, the East Gate of Bianliang City quietly opened.
Several carriages that supplied water to the Palace creaked their way out of the city gate, heading towards Jade Screen Mountain. The spring water from the mountain was so sweet and fresh that tens of carriages carried it to the Palace every day.
But today, an additional carriage followed the convoy out of the city.
Once out of the city gate, this last carriage did not head towards Jade Screen Mountain; instead, at the three-way intersection on the official road, it turned onto another path.
Outside, Zuo Xingyu, driving the carriage, spurred his horse forward, racing into the night.
Inside the carriage, Liu Sisi sat motionlessly, as if she were a clay sculpture.
“Big Brother Zuo, where are we going?”
“…Where do you want to go?”
She had never really thought about where she wanted to go.
“I… I want to see the sea…”
In her two lifetis, she had never been to the seaside to see the ocean for herself. When Zuo Xingyu asked, she suddenly thought of the sea.
Then she laughed and shook her head. The sea! It’s so far away from here. Is it sowhere you could reach in just three or five days? She feared that in her lifeti she might never make it there.
“Good! I’ll take you to see the ocean.”
From the front of the carriage, Zuo Xingyu’s resolute words ca, mingling with the sound of horse hooves and the howling wind, gradually fading into the silent night.
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