"Exhale——"
Nangong Yi pulled on the reins, looking with imnse surprise and delight at the bird that had landed on the horse’s mane, and raised his hand to signal his subordinates to stop.
The secret guards all halted, staring at their master in astonishnt. They watched as he carefully picked up the green parrot from the horseback and untied a letter from its tiny leg.
As the letter was unfolded, the master’s furrowed brows relaxed as well. As he read the letter, a joyful expression erged on his face.
"Master, what happened?"
Huan Qiu, noticing the master’s joy, couldn’t resist riding forward and asking aloud.
Nangong Yi read the letter again, his smile broadening as if the gloom of many days had suddenly turned into a sunny and clear day after the rain.
"The Empress has managed to rescue herself; we no longer need to go and save her."
The man’s voice carried a tinge of uncontrollable excitent: "Everyone can go to a nearby town to eat and wait for the Empress to find us tomorrow!"
A concerned secret guard asked, "Master, can the Empress find us?"
Nangong Yi looked at the parrot that had hopped onto his shoulder, smiled radiantly and said confidently, "Yes!"
Thus, with joyous hearts, everyone turned back the sa way for more than twenty miles, finding the small town they had passed on their way and settling down in the town’s only inn.
Without the worries weighing on his mind, Nangong Yi led everyone to eat and drink heartily, let the shop owner prepare bath water, comfortably took a bath, and went to bed early, just waiting for his beloved wife to co find him.
The next day, Nangong Yi woke up early, dressed, and went outside the door, where he didn’t see his wife but saw that it had already started to snow heavily.
The snow was falling heavily, the world between heaven and earth was a vast expanse of white. The swirling snowflakes fell from the sky like beautiful jade-colored butterflies, as if dancing drunkenly; like blown dandelions; fluttering and flying. The surroundings of the small town seed to have pulled up a white tent, imdiately becoming covered in silver, enveloped in the dense snow.
Nangong Yi was in a buoyant mood, standing outside to enjoy the snow while waiting for his wife.
However, waiting left and right, she didn’t co; the day had already brightened, and it was unlikely she would gallop brightly on the streets during the dayti. It seed, she would not co today.
Thinking about this, he felt sowhat disappointed, desolately returning to his own room. Having not seen her for many days, his heart ached from missing her. He had thought that he would see her today to relieve his yearning, but it seed that hope was dashed...
Feeling gloomy, the voice of the shop assistant ca in: "Honorable guest, the charcoal basin has been prepared. Shall I bring it over now?" Given the limited facilities in the small town, the inn did not have heating systems like furnaces or fire walls but only one fire kang that couldn’t be heated too much to avoid burns during sleep, so, charcoal basins were used for warming, which naturally involved an extra charge...
"Hmm!"
Nangong Yi responded with a dejected tone, as he stood by the window watching the drifting snowflakes outside, pondering when his wife would be able to co see him.
With a creak, the door was pushed open, and the blazing charcoal fire was brought in. Without turning around, Nangong Yi could feel the warmth of the charcoal fire, and also sensed a faint... fragrance!
Familiar fragrance? The scent from her body?
Nangong Yi suddenly turned around, only to see the wife he had thought about day and night holding the charcoal basin behind him, smiling at him: "Honorable guest, not only is the charcoal basin ready, I have also prepared a table full of dishes for you. Would you like to eat now?"
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