Looking at the not-so-majestic city wall in front of him, Hu Shijie raised his head, and the three characters "Chun'an County" came into view. He sighed softly and walked towards the gate of the city.

The officer guarding the city gate held a portrait in his hand, and all the women who entered or left the city had to be carefully questioned.

A wry smile gradually appeared on Hu Shijie's face. In the past four years, he has seen such scenes wherever he traveled, ranging from state capitals to counties and towns.

After the disappearance of Wei Ning'er, the emperor issued a secret decree to search for her, and even sent officials to take charge of it secretly. It was probably the emperor's order that such a situation occurred, but even so, she was not found.

Ning'er, where are you?Hu Shijie looked at the street full of people coming and going, full of depression and unwillingness in his heart.

He was afraid, afraid that something really happened to Wei Ning'er, otherwise... why hasn't she been found for four years, the emperor used all the power in the world to find her, and the ominous premonition expanded infinitely in Hu Shijie's heart.

Hu Shijie walked through the streets and alleys of Chun'an County. Although he knew that finding Wei Ning'er would be more difficult than reaching the sky, he still had a glimmer of hope.

From time to time, there were children chasing and fighting in the alley. Hu Shijie watched all this, and his heart gradually calmed down.

For the past four years, he has been looking for someone and spending time in anxiety, only now did he suddenly realize that he was too impatient.

At the end of the alley, two children ran over while calling for help, and ran away from Hu Shijie, followed by a child who was much younger than them. The child's face was covered with dust, but his eyes were particularly dark. Bright, Hu Shijie was startled, a familiar feeling came to his heart, subconsciously stopped the child.

"Let go..." The child bit his wrist suddenly, and when Hu Shijie was in pain, he slipped under his arm.

"Don't run away, give me back the plum cake my mother made for me!" The child shouted while running, his immature voice full of anger.

Hu Shijie looked at the neat row of teeth marks on his wrist, and couldn't help laughing. Although the child looked about four or five years old, he was strong and ruthless.

Hu Shijie paused, but still chased after the child in the direction where the child disappeared. After turning the alley, he found that there was no trace of the child, so he had to walk forward slowly, stopping outside each house for a while.

"Yongxuan, why did you get so dirty again? Didn't Erniang tell you that you are not allowed to fight with others, why is it always..."

This voice... Hu Shijie paused for a moment, his heart was beating wildly the next moment, and he took a few steps forward and pushed open the door of the yard.

The sudden sound made the two people in the yard, one big and one small, turn their heads at the same time.

"Ning'er, it's really you!" Ye Wenhao looked at Wei Ning'er, and couldn't believe that he really found her.

"Brother Wenhao, you're still alive!" Wei Ning'er looked at Hu Shijie standing at the door, and couldn't help crying.

"Yes, I'm still alive, and I was lucky enough to take my life!" Hu Shijie's eyes turned red with excitement.

"Great, great, brother Wen Hao, you are still alive, what about E Ning and Bing Ruo, are they still alive?" Wei Ning'er asked with tears in her eyes.

"E Ning is fine, he returned to the palace a long time ago, and now he is no longer a bodyguard, he became an official last year, as for Bing Ruo...we didn't find her!" Hu Shijie was a little sad when he said this.

"Didn't you find it?" Wei Ning'er only felt a pain in her heart, and the hope that had arisen was shattered in an instant. However, two of the three survived, and this was a gift from heaven.

"Ning'er, why didn't you go back to the palace? You should also know that the emperor has been sending people to look for you these past few years." Hu Shijie paused slightly when he said this, looking at Wei Ning'er's face, he couldn't help being startled: "Your face? "

"It's okay, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I drew this scar on my face myself, it's fake!" Wei Ning'er smiled unnaturally.

"It's fine, why don't you go back to the palace?" Hu Shijie asked softly.

"Brother Wen Hao... Seeing the three of you die one by one trying to protect me, I... really hate myself for being useless. Not only can I not protect myself, but I can't even protect the people around me. You all let me live well , how dare I not cherish the glimmer of life you gave me in exchange for my life, and go back to the palace... I don't dare to think about what will be waiting for me? After many years in the palace, I am really tired... Even if the emperor They dote on me a lot, but I am still persecuted by others, unable to control my life and death in my own hands. I have had enough of those days of fear and fear. I don't want to fight or fight with them, and... I have eternal Xuan, he is the child I gave birth to after a narrow escape, I just want to lead my child to live an ordinary life, not to be rich and wealthy, just to be safe for the rest of my life!" Wei Ning'er said this, hugging the child , sobbing.

"You..." Hu Shijie didn't know how to comfort her.

"Er Niang..." The little man clumsily tried to wipe away the tears on her face with his small hands, but found that there were more and more tears, and the tears were also swirling in the eye sockets when his mouth was flattened.

"Yong Xuan is good, Er Niang and uncle have something to say, you go into the house, Er Niang has cooked you delicious food!" Wei Ning'er coaxed softly.

"Okay!" Yong Xuan nodded lightly, and went in obediently.

"Brother Wenhao, the emperor loves the empress so much, but the two elder brothers born to the empress died one after another. The eldest elder brother was so energetic at the beginning, but because of the emperor's words, he lost his qualification to inherit the throne, and then became depressed. Sick and died... I don't know how many people will die in the battle for the throne, I don't want my Yongxuan to go back to that place, and I don't want him to be harmed in the slightest." The stable life of the past four years has made her used to this kind of life, Being an ordinary commoner is happier and more comfortable than being an imperial concubine in the palace.

In order to support her children, she, who was originally a poor female celebrity, learned embroidery with the older ladies in the neighborhood, helped people starch and wash clothes, suffered a lot, and suffered a lot, day after day, year after year, and now she has long since died. She was able to go to Xiuzhuang to make a living. Although life was a bit rough, she felt at ease. There was no persecution, no calculations, no disputes, and there were only happy memories of her and her children.

"Are you really not going back to the palace?" Hu Shijie was startled before asking.

"Yes!" Wei Ning'er nodded heavily.

"What about the emperor?" Hu Shijie asked after pondering for a moment.

"Your Majesty..." Wei Ning'er trembled all over, and said in a trembling voice, "I... Brother Wen Hao, the Emperor has treated me very well, so good that I have dreamed of him in my dreams for the past few years, and I will miss him day and night, but , he is the emperor, no matter how much he loves me, there will be a day when he will dislike me, the youth is fleeting, and the beauty is easy to grow old, now I am no longer the same as I was then, brother Wenhao, I am 27 years old, the most indispensable in the palace The only ones are women. Some people are getting old, and newcomers enter the palace. The emperor will always have someone he loves, such as... Concubine Xin Dai Jia, she saved me back then, she is kind-hearted, talented and beautiful woman."

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