Hua Shuo came back from taking a bath at the river and saw Hua Ling standing outside the tent holding a flute and preparing to play. Before she had even finished arranging her clothes, she ran over and grabbed Hua Ling's hand to stop him from playing.
"The way you looked just now was as if you were trying to prevent someone from committing suicide." Hua Ling smiled and lifted up Hua Shuo, who was caught in the hem of her clothes because she was running too fast, and patted the hem of Hua Shuo's clothes.
Hua Shuo grabbed Hua Ling's collar: "At least... say goodbye to your brothers and sisters, right?"
Hua Ling saw Hua Shuo's eyes turning red, pursed her lips, and nodded in agreement.
Three days later.
Gu Xiangqiu sent people to station in the original city of Qi State. Hua Ling inherited Hua Mu's position and commanded the others. He also signed an agreement with King Guze to divide the original Qi State into his own country by dividing the rivers in Qi State.
"Are you sad because Hua Mu is gone? Your Excellency Hua Ling?" King Guze came to see Hua Ling off before leaving for Guze. He could see Hua Ling's emotions.
Hua Ling smiled and nodded: "Looking at what you said, who wouldn't be sad if a close relative dies?" Of course, if that "close relative" fails to fulfill his duties as a relative, it doesn't hurt to not be sad.
"Hua Mu and I often discussed you when we talked on the road to war, Hua Ling, you can be a good emperor and you won't let him down."
"Thank you, I know." Hua Ling always maintained a polite smile, but when he thought of Hua Mu, he still had tears in his eyes without knowing it.
King Guze saw Hua Ling's expression at this moment and said nothing to Hua Ling. He looked at Hua Shuo and said, "Hua Shuo, are you serious about not going back with us?" Feng Sai had already mounted his horse and was preparing to return to Guze, not far away.
He watched the conversation between his father and Hua Shuo.
Hua Shuo waved her hand: "I'd better stay in Ruiguo. Although I'm sorry to say this, my feelings for Ruiguo are deeper than those for Guze."
King Guze smiled, nodded understandingly, said goodbye, mounted his horse and directed the soldiers to leave.
Gu Xiangqiu came over and patted Hua Shuo and Hua Ling on the shoulders: "Are you planning to return to the city today?"
Hua Shuo nodded, and Hua Ling asked: "Is the carriage ready?"
"Get ready, Queen...cough, the Queen Mother and Lu Yu are already in the car."
"Well, let's go then."
There was the sound of flapping wings in the sky, Hua Ling stretched out her hand to let Lu Ya fall down, and after stopping, Hua Ling touched Lu Ya's head.
Gu Xiangqiu looked at Hua Ling's face and paused for a moment to think. When Hua Ling and Hua Shuo turned around to leave, he called out to them and asked, "When we go back this time, we will say goodbye forever, right? Hua Ling."
Hua Ling stopped, Hua Shuo frowned and looked at Hua Ling, Hua Ling nodded: "I will leave you after bidding farewell to everyone."
"Take care of yourself."
"Well, take care of yourself too."
Luo She stood guard by the carriage on the way back. When he saw Hua Ling and Hua Shuo approaching, he went to greet them.
Hua Ling waved his hand for Luo She to get on the horse, put Hua Shuo into the car and then got on the horse himself.
Hua Shuo looked at Hua Ling from the carriage window: "Is it okay?"
"What doesn't matter?" Hua Ling didn't look directly at Hua Shuo. He kept looking straight ahead. Lu Ya, who was on Hua Ling's shoulder, looked at Hua Shuo's head.
"...It's nothing." Hua Shuo closed the curtains and shut up.
In the carriage, Hua Shuo saw the luggage that Luo She had packed. He did not look through the items in the luggage because the bone flute was not in the luggage. The bone flute was carried by Hua Ling.
Although he proposed to Hua Ling to play the flute, he still couldn't bear it at this time. In addition to the time before the time travel, she was the sister he had protected for more than 20 years. It was really hard to accept that Hua Shuo suddenly forgot her.
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Duanmu Wuxiang was sitting in the carriage looking out the window sadly, and suddenly said: "Shuo'er..."
Hua Shuo suddenly looked up: "I'm here."
"Ling'er is a good boy, right?"
Hua Shuo did not expect that Duanmu Wuxiang would say this. Hua Shuo was stunned for a few seconds, lowered her head and swallowed: "Yes...he has always been."
"A good boy won't lie, and we must respect his choice..." Even though he said this, the tears in Duanmu Wuxiang's eyes had burst. Lu Yu handed Duanmu Wuxiang a face cloth to wipe his tears.
"He won't lie, Ling'er won't lie, he will only remain silent." It was precisely because Hua Ling could replace lies with silence that Hua Ling did not tell them directly when he knew about it.
Hua Ling has always been thinking about others, but no one knows what he thinks about himself.
Hua Shuo's tears also welled up.
Hua Ling, who was riding a horse and walking beside the carriage, naturally knew what was going on inside the carriage. He looked unmoved but his lip-biting action made Lu Ya notice.
"Are you sad?" Lu Ya asked softly.
"Um."
It would be a lie to say that you are not sad. Who wouldn’t be sad in this situation? But this will definitely not be the first time you say goodbye to your friends and family. No matter how sad you are, you have to get used to it.
Arrive at the Royal Palace of Switzerland.
Hua Ning hurried out to greet him, but saw a white-haired man dismounting, taking his luggage from the carriage, and then skipping her.
Hua Ning felt that she didn't know him, but she was a prince, so how could she let him ignore him? Then she shouted at him: "Hey, why don't you say hello to me?!"
Hua Ling paused, looked back at Hua Ning, and smiled: "Is it fun to be a prince? Hua Ning."
"This, this tone...sister!?" Hua Ning was frightened by the man's smile and froze in place, never letting go of her hand pointing at the man.
Hua Ling ignored Hua Ning and turned around and continued walking forward.
Hua Shuo walked out of the carriage, walked behind Hua Ning, put down his arm, and patted his shoulder: "Don't be too surprised. Also, Hua Mu is dead, and Hua Ling is the emperor now."
"Ah? Isn't Queen Duanmu..." Hua Ning turned around and saw Duanmu Wuxiang being helped out of the car by Lu Yu, who looked almost haggard and haggard.
Hua Shuo sighed: "Well, my mother is the Queen Mother now."
"What about the battle? Was it won?"
"Victory, the territory of Qi State is divided equally between us and Guze."
Hua Ning's hanging heart can be considered relieved, but she is still sad when Hua Mu is gone: "Hua Mu is dead, the most saddened ones should be the eldest sister and the queen. Shall I go and tell the concubines?"
"Go ahead."
Hua Ning ran away.
Hua Shuo looked back and looked somewhere in the motorcade. A man wearing a hat got off the horse. The man walked up to Hua Shuo and took off his hat: "What are you looking at me for?"
"It's nothing, I'm just thinking...how do you explain your identity to everyone?"
Hua Beichen waved his hand: "Ling'er will definitely talk about the demise of civilization first. I'll just pick up after he finishes."
"Telling them that you're not dead when everyone is immersed in sadness or hasn't reacted yet will cause public outrage, right?" Hua Shuo looked at Hua Beichen with disdain.
"Then what can we do?" Hua Beichen shrugged and sighed sadly, "At least it can make them less focused on Hua Ling, otherwise it will be even more sad, right?"