No matter how reluctant one might be, night will always pass, and day will surely come. The sun will definitely rise in the east.
After Wei Shuxuan left, Xin Zizhao leaned against the head of the bed. He reached out his hand and touched the already cold side of the bed, as if he could feel the warmth left by Wei Shuxuan in this way.
Today was the second day after the wedding. The emperor of the Yu Long Kingdom's wedding was, of course, a time of celebration for the whole nation. Xin Zizhao didn't need to attend the morning court for three consecutive days. But so what even if he was given this time? During these three days, his newly - wed wife wasn't by his side.
After Wei Shuxuan left the palace, she went to the renovated Wei Mansion. She remembered that the first time she came here, the mansion was dilapidated, full of dust everywhere, and there were cobwebs in the corners.
Now it had been renovated very beautifully. Xin Zizhao had someone refurbish it. However, after the refurbishment, she hadn't been here. This was her first time coming back since it was renovated.
"Wei Wei, I want to ask you, has there been any change here after Xin Zizhao renovated it?" Wei Shuxuan looked at the scenery inside the house and couldn't help asking Wei Wei. She really didn't know what it used to look like, so she wanted to ask Wei Wei.
".....Reporting to the young lady, there has been no change at all."
Wei Wei almost forgot that his young lady had lost her memory. Maybe it wasn't a bad thing. Forgetting all the bad things in the past and giving herself a chance for a new start.
"Then let's rest here for a while. As soon as dawn breaks, we'll leave the capital."
Wei Wei still looked at Wei Shuxuan worriedly. "Young lady..... Are you really determined to leave the capital?"
"Yes. Do you doubt my words?" Wei Shuxuan looked up at Wei Wei, her eyes clear.
"Your subordinate definitely doesn't mean to doubt the young lady. It's just that you just got married. Is it really okay to leave Mr. Xin like this?" Since the moment Wei Shuxuan married Xin Zizhao, Wei Wei's heart had died. But then Wei Shuxuan ran out after the wedding, which made his heart restless. The feelings he had finally suppressed flared up again.
"Don't worry about him. This was something he promised me before. I'm just making the choice I think is right. Maybe I'll regret it in the future?" Wei Shuxuan couldn't help but laugh self - deprecatingly.
"Young lady....." Wei Wei looked at Wei Shuxuan's face, which had become downcast because of his words, with concern.
"Don't worry about me, Wei Wei. You should go back and rest quickly. We'll leave here early tomorrow morning. I'm afraid the longer things drag on, the more out of my control they'll become."
"Yes, young lady."
Wei Shuxuan asked Wei Wei where her former room was. Wei Wei led her to the room where she used to live, and then she told Wei Wei to go back and rest.
Pushing open the door of the room, Wei Shuxuan surveyed the scenery inside. Actually, the furnishings here were quite simple. There was a round table, a dressing table, a tall bookshelf, a dark wooden rocking chair, and a gradually - fading light - colored gauze curtain hanging around the bed. On the other side, there was a screen painted with a landscape painting. Wei Shuxuan wasn't in the mood to go and see what was behind the screen.
She lay on her own bed, looking up at the high top of the gauze curtain. She couldn't fall asleep at all. She hugged herself with both hands, as if she could still feel the fiery warmth Xin Zizhao had left on her body a few hours ago, the touch of their skin against each other, that warmth. She really didn't want to forget it at all.
She pulled over the quilt on one side, turned over, and lay on her side in bed. Looking at the desk not far away, her thoughts gradually drifted away..... She simply couldn't fall asleep. She knew she had to get up early to travel tomorrow, and she knew that if she didn't rest well tonight, she would surely be very tired on the road tomorrow, but she still couldn't fall asleep.
"How annoying..... Why can't I fall asleep?" Wei Shuxuan grabbed the sheet covering her body and murmured to herself.
Actually, at this moment, wasn't Wei Shuxuan the only one who couldn't fall asleep?
The moment the first ray of sunlight in the sky shone into the room, Wei Shuxuan got up. She rubbed her face. It had been so hard for her to fall asleep, but she got up just a few minutes after she finally did.
The dark circles under her eyes were extremely obvious. When Wei Wei saw them, he couldn't help being greatly shocked. "Young lady..... Didn't you rest well last night?"
Wei Shuxuan helplessly rubbed her eyes. "Aren't you talking nonsense? If I had slept well, where would these dark circles come from?"
Wei Wei looked at Wei Shuxuan's face still full of drowsiness. His emotions were rather complicated, like someone who wanted to try harder but just couldn't get up after falling.
"Let's go, let's go. Stop asking. Let's hurry up. It's just dawn."
"......Yes, young lady."
When leaving the Wei Mansion, Wei Shuxuan had changed out of the black night - suit she had worn last night and put on ordinary women's clothes. Wei Wei, as her guard, followed behind her.
They went to the stable and bought two horses. Wei Shuxuan stroked the maroon horse and inexplicably felt a sense of nostalgia. She remembered that the first time she rode a horse, it was a maroon one, and the person who taught her to ride was Xin Zizhao.
Wei Shuxuan hurriedly shook her head. Why did she think of him again! She was about to leave. Xin Zizhao, you bastard, get out of my mind quickly! Don't harass me anymore!
She finally managed to calm down her mind and looked at the horse she was leading. Wei Wei had already gotten used to his young lady's strange behavior.
"Wei Wei, let's go."
Wei Shuxuan stepped on the stirrup and flipped onto the horse's back in one go. She looked into the distance. There was an unknown journey waiting for her ahead. She was going to have a new start.
"Giddyap!" Wei Shuxuan kicked the horse's belly hard and waved the whip in her hand.
She thought this was a new start, but was it really so?
The two of them rode their horses and quickly left the capital, heading for the next town.
Finally, before sunset, they arrived at the next town. It was a small town near the capital called Bird - Chirping Town. They found an inn in the town. Wei Shuxuan planned to rest for a while before continuing on the road. Because she hadn't rested well last night and had ridden for a while, she really felt very tired.
"Wei Wei, I'll go back to my room to rest first. Come and find me if you have anything."
"Your subordinate knows. Young lady, you should rest well."