A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 414: Clearing away the fog after experiencing the pain of separation?

The dim morning light shone into the room through the window. Shangguan Jiuyi, who was lying on the bed, gradually woke up to the chirping of birds outside the window. Before he opened his eyes, he suddenly realized that his hands were empty. He immediately looked up and was shocked to see the empty bed in front of him. He got up worriedly, and before he could pick up the robe that had slipped off his body and fell to the ground, he hurried out of the room.

With a creak, Shangguan Jiuyi just walked out of the inner room, and the door of the outer room opened at the same time. Luoying walked in slowly with breakfast in her hand. When she saw him, she smiled sweetly: "Are you awake?"

Shangguan Jiuyi looked at Luoying nervously. Although she had lost weight, she still had a smile on her face, and she didn't seem to be depressed by Yingyan's death. But the two of them were childhood sweethearts, and Shangguan Jiuyi knew that she was only smiling to reassure him.

"What are you in a daze about?" When Luoying put the breakfast in her hand on the table, she looked back and saw Jiuyi still looking at her infatuatedly, so she smiled gently again.

"Luoying!" Shangguan Jiuyi came to his senses and hugged Luoying in his arms, his eyes involuntarily turned red.

"Jiuyi, thank you for your hard work during this period." Leaning in his warm arms, Luoying's hard heart softened again. Her endearing eyebrows curved slightly, and tears fell unintentionally.

"Luoying, don't be afraid. You still have me and your brother. From now on, we are all a family." Feeling the clothes on his chest getting wet, Shangguan Jiuyi hugged her tightly with heartache and comforted her softly.

"Well, Luoying, don't be afraid, Jiuyi don't worry, I'm fine, really fine." Luoying, nestled in Jiuyi's arms, smiled with tears in her eyes, but this smile was filled with bitterness and pain. Thinking of the separation from Jiuyi in the future, her heart felt like it was pierced by thousands of arrows.

After the two of them had breakfast together, Shangguan Jiuyi went to the front yard. Luoying also took advantage of Ah Xiu's absence to go to the small courtyard where Ying Yan lived before his death.

Today the sky was clear, and there were no clouds in the blue sky. Luoying stood under a mulberry tree at the corner of the courtyard, lost in thought for a long while before she smiled blankly and murmured, "Yingyan, your aunt will fulfill the hatred that you could not let go of during your lifetime. Just go back to them with peace of mind."

Luo Yingcai had just finished speaking when a dark shadow appeared behind her. Chen Ming still frowned in confusion and asked, "Princess, have you really decided?"

"If Brother Chen Ming doesn't help me, I also have a way to leave Xuanmeng Country." Luoying didn't look back, but said indifferently.

"If Young Master Shangguan knew about this, he would definitely stop you. Given his cautiousness, you might not even be able to leave the Shangguan Mansion by then." Chen Ming hesitated to speak, and then continued.

"Don't let him know!" Luoying frowned, and turned around in fear, choking with sobs to Chenming, "Brother Chenming, please promise me? Now, for Luoying, there is no meaning in living except to avenge my relatives. If I can't avenge my blood feud, I will always struggle in pain. Do you have the heart to let me suffer in this Shangguan Mansion and die with hatred like Yingyan?"

“Princess…” Chen Ming clenched his fists again, his lips trembling, not knowing what to say.

"After going through so many things, Luoying is no longer the same Luoying as before. Now my heart is filled with pain and hatred. I can no longer give Jiuyi any hope, and in the end I will only drag him down." Luoying sighed lightly, turned around and looked at the mulberry tree in front of her and said dejectedly.

"The princess will take this opportunity to go to the study room later." Chen Ming closed his eyes in despair. After a moment's silence, he opened them again. Just as he was about to speak, he heard footsteps getting closer outside the courtyard. So he hurriedly left these words and ran away with a guilty conscience.

"Girl?" Then, Ah Xiu appeared at the gate of the courtyard. Seeing Luoying under the mulberry tree from afar, she couldn't help but call out worriedly.

"What's wrong?" Luoying turned around and slowly walked out of the courtyard, then asked.

"Just now, my lord came back to the backyard to look for you. He said that someone was sent from the palace and he had to go to the palace. He wanted to say hello to the young lady but he didn't see you, so he had to go first." Ah Xiu followed closely behind Luo Ying and replied.

"Okay, I understand." Luoying nodded absentmindedly, and after responding to Ah Xiu, she was about to go to the study in the front yard, but she saw Ah Xiu still following her, so she said again: "I want to go to the study to read to kill time, you go back to the small courtyard."

"But...but, sir, please allow me to accompany you for the next two days..." Ah Xiu was in a dilemma and stammered with her head down.

"I'm fine. It'll be boring for you to stay in the study with me. You might as well do something else." Luoying pretended to be displeased and frowned, saying in a cold voice.

"Yes, young lady." Seeing that the young lady was a little angry, Ah Xiu did not dare to say anything more. After bowing, she turned around and walked towards the courtyard.

Seeing Ah Xiu walking away, Luoying continued to go to the front yard, but just as she arrived outside the study, she saw the housekeeper coming towards her.

"Miss, the master has just gone out to the palace." The housekeeper came to Luoying and replied respectfully.

"A Xiu just told me, please let the butler know again." Luo Ying also smiled slightly and nodded to the butler.

"You are too polite, young lady." After returning the greeting, the butler asked, "Young lady, do you want to go to the study?"

"Well, I want to find some books to pass the time." Luoying continued to respond, with a hint of impatience in her eyes.

"That's right. I'll have someone prepare some refreshments."

"No need, housekeeper, just let me stay quiet."

Luoying finished her words hurriedly and went straight into the study. Then the door slammed shut, startling the housekeeper outside.

Although the housekeeper was puzzled as to why Miss Luoying, who had just woken up, had a bad temper, he thought that Young Master Yingyan had just passed away, and the girl must not have gotten over her grief, so it was inevitable that her mood would fluctuate. So he just sighed and turned around to tell others not to make a noise outside the study.

Luoying leaned against the door and felt relieved only after she heard the housekeeper walk away. As soon as she entered the inner room, she saw Chen Ming waiting for her in the room.

"These are the files about the Xiyue Kingdom that Young Master Shangguan has collected. Princess can look for anything she wants to know directly in here." Chen Ming then took out a stack of books from a bookcase and placed them in front of Luoying, and replied.

"Brother Chen Ming is willing to help me?" Luoying was overjoyed. She raised her expectant eyes and looked at Chen Ming.

"Since I can't persuade the princess to come back, I naturally can't let you do whatever you want." Chen Ming lowered his eyes guiltily and sighed helplessly.

"Brother Chen Ming, there's no need to blame yourself or feel guilty. This is my own decision. Also, I am a princess after all, not a fool with an empty head. How could I do such a stupid thing?" Luo Ying shook her head helplessly at Chen Ming, feeling a bit amused.

"Hurry up and don't let Young Master Shangguan find out. I'll be watching outside. If anyone comes, remember to put these books back into this bookcase." Chen Ming said no more, but pointed vigilantly at the opened bookcase and gave the instructions, then turned around and climbed out the window.

"Thank you, Brother Chenming." Looking at the black shadow disappearing outside the window, Luoying suppressed her smile and murmured, then lowered her head and began to flip through the book in front of her.

It was almost noon when Shangguan Jiuyi returned from the palace. The king Yingye originally wanted to keep him in the palace for dinner, but he declined because he was concerned about Luoying.

"My lord, you're back." As soon as Shangguan Jiuyi entered the mansion, the housekeeper came up to him and bowed.

"Well, today's lunch is still prepared in the backyard. I'll go to the study first." Shangguan Jiuyi nodded and then gave the order.

"Yes." The butler responded and turned to go to the kitchen.

As soon as Shangguan Jiuyi entered the study, he noticed the wet ink on the desk. He then looked at the open window and thought for a moment before asking someone to call the butler. The butler, who had just come out of the kitchen, heard that the master was looking for him and hurried to the study again:

"Sir, are you looking for me?"

"Has anyone been to the study today?" Shangguan Jiuyi was still checking every corner of the room and asked the housekeeper carefully.

"Your Excellency, Miss Luoying came to the study and stayed in it for half a day today. She said she was looking for some books to pass the time." The butler replied without hesitation.

"Okay, it's okay, you can go and get busy." When Shangguan Jiuyi heard it was Luoying, he felt relieved and smiled at the housekeeper.

"Yes." The butler responded and left the study.

Shangguan Jiuyi then turned around and continued to look for the book he was looking for on the bookshelf, but looking at the neatly arranged bookshelf in front of him, he couldn't help but wonder: Luoying was impatient and always careless in doing things. In the past, the bookshelves she had looked through would never be so neat.

Just as Shangguan Jiuyi was staring at the bookshelf in a trance, a dark shadow came in from the window. Chen Ming pretended to be calm and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Were you in the study just now?" Shangguan Jiuyi glanced at the open window again and smiled in daze.

"If the princess wants to take the book from the top, I will come in and get it for her." Chen Ming pointed to the top of the bookshelf and said calmly.

Wherever Chen Ming pointed were scriptures. Shangguan Jiuyi did not speak again but just sighed sadly.

In the past, Luoying avoided reading scriptures as if she was lost in a sea of ​​smoke. But now, she has picked up the scriptures again. Could it be that she has cleared the fog after experiencing the pain of separation?