Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 60: Carriage Travel
Pei Nai suddenly felt that he had lost his composure, and was even unlike himself.

She took a deep breath and continued, "I can't forgive you. I just think that all the mistakes were caused by me pestering you fifteen years ago. Now that you have achieved the great cause you wanted, and the person in front of you is no longer called Pei Nai, let's just let it go."

There was a bone-chilling coldness in her words. She avoided Gu Jinheng's attempt to pull her sleeve and walked towards the door.

Gu Jinheng raised his hand gently when she left, but she shook it away and it remained hanging in the air for a long time.

Everyone left the study, but for safety reasons, they did not go far and remained in the yard. They looked over here the moment Pei Nai opened the door.

Shrewd and worldly-wise people like Ju Yan and Prince Guangping already had a rough guess in their minds.

But there are still some people who have doubts and surprise in their eyes.

Pei Nai strode out, and when she opened the door, she wanted to shout: Lord Duan Ding is injured, go and ask the imperial physician to come and bandage him.

But on second thought, since they would have no connection in the future, why should she meddle in other people's business?

When passing by Yixi, he just said, "I'll go back first." Then he turned around and left resolutely.

She didn't look back, but she could feel that Gu Jinheng was looking at her back.

She knew that she left indifferently, and this persistence without looking back, could it be called a tit-for-tat?

My mind was in a state of confusion at this moment, so confused that I almost lost my composure.

But Pei Nai knew in her heart that she could never turn back.

Pei Nai walked a little out of breath.

I don't know if it's because the road out of the house is too long, or Tang Mingzhi's physical fitness is too poor, it shouldn't be like this, why is he out of breath?
But she forgot that the Li Mansion had been sealed off. How could she get out without Gu Jinheng's oral order?
Finally, he was stopped at the door by the guards.

Guards stood along the walls inside and outside the courtyard, with layers of alert and strict order.

The gate was open and there was a carriage parked in the distance, a familiar ceremonial procession to Pei Nai.

The palace servant saw Pei Nai's figure, walked closer, took out his waist badge, and said to the soldier at the door: "Your Majesty has ordered Miss Tang Mingzhi to enter the palace."

"Miss Tang Mingzhi, please follow us." The palace servant said politely.

Pei Nai thought that Xiao Mingyi received the news too quickly.

Did he know that she had been exposed and come to take her into the palace to avoid the limelight?

However, even though the palace servant who came to pick her up said so, the guards blocking the door still did not move at all.

Pei Nai understood that these people were following Gu Jinheng's orders, and they would not let anyone go unless Gu Jinheng spoke.

Just as she was about to negotiate with these people, several silver-armored guards came riding up behind her.

Pei Nai narrowed his eyes. It was the most skilled silver-armored guard under Gu Jinheng. If nothing unexpected happened, Gu Jinheng should be behind them.

Sure enough, a black nanmu carriage slowly drove out from the other side of the corner.

She didn't want to meet Gu Jinheng again, so she turned around and said to the soldier who blocked her way: "How dare you disobey His Majesty's order? Do you really think that you won't be held accountable if Duke Duan Ding supports you?"

"Please understand, Miss Tang. We have to obey the military order."

Pei Nai raised his right hand, "Then I also ask for your understanding. I am in a hurry to go out. Maybe you will have to take some unnecessary sick leave for the next period of time."

The soldiers' expressions changed.

But before Pei Nai could make a move, the Silver Armored Guards had already arrived on horseback.

They dismounted together, knelt down with their hands clasped, and said, "Madam, my master said he would take you back to the mansion to get the Guimo Gun."

Pei Nai was annoyed, "Don't yell."

Although she said this, she thought carefully about the black iron spear she bought from the blacksmith shop and found that it was indeed a bit difficult to use.

After weighing it over, he decided to just endure it all the way, and then leave after she got the Guimo Gun.

It's okay
"Please tell His Majesty that I will go get the gun first. He will understand." After Pei Nai explained to the palace servant, he walked towards the carriage behind the Silver Armor Guard.

The guard lifted the curtain and Gu Jinheng was sitting inside. The light was a little dim and Pei Nai couldn't see his expression. She hesitated and got on the carriage.

The guards lowered the curtains and the carriage slowly moved forward.

Pei Nai sat in the other corner of the carriage opposite Gu Jinheng, a little far away from him.

Neither of them spoke.

There was tea on the small table, and the leaf buds were floating in the water, rolling in the steaming mist.

Pei Nai's eyes lightly swept over the tea set, and Gu Jinheng moved at this moment.

He moved a cup of poured tea in front of Pei Nai.

"This cup is cooler." The voice was a little hoarse.

Pei Nai did not move.

Seeing her like this, Gu Jinheng fell silent again.

From time to time, the hawkers' cries could be heard from the roadside, mixed with the sounds of pedestrians passing by and horse-drawn carriages passing by, making the interior of the car seem not so quiet.

After a while, he finally spoke again, and suddenly asked: "Why did Xiao Mingyi know about this, but you kept it secret from me?"

He must be talking about Pei Nai's return.

Pei Nai didn't expect that Gu Jinheng, who had been cured of his muteness, would always speak concisely and economically, and was used to speaking in short sentences.

She couldn't help but smile. "Your Majesty, what you asked is interesting. When the birds are gone, the good bows are put away; when the cunning rabbits are dead, the running dogs are cooked. I am just the abandoned thing. Since I can't go back, why should I bother myself?"

"You came back on the tenth day after your death?" Gu Jinheng suddenly changed the subject and asked.

Pei Nai frowned, "How do you know?"

"That day Tang Mingzhi recovered from his illness, and the holy monk Zhongchuan also happened to come to Beijing." Gu Jinheng continued to speak concisely.

Pei Nai raised his eyebrows again, somewhat incredulously, "Can this be used to infer the time of my rebirth? What if it's just a coincidence?"

"Someone told me that night that you rode a horse and broke through the blocked city gate, but she couldn't ride a horse."

Pei Nai suddenly realized what was going on, but what he said was: "You checked me?"

Gu Jinheng was speechless for a moment.

Pei Nai had no intention of telling him about the matter of Senior Zhong and the "Hun Shu Pian", nor was he interested in his thoughts, so he did not ask any further questions.

The Li Mansion was very close to Duke Duan Ding's Mansion, and the carriage only needed to drive two streets to reach it.

Gu Jinheng got out of the car first and turned around to pick her up.

The Gu Jinheng in Pei Nai's memory was always cold in his expression, gaze, and the way he did things, and he could never make people feel warm.

In the past, when attending banquets or other large occasions, Pei Nai always envied other ladies.

One of the points is that when the carriage arrived, everyone got off from different carriages, and the husbands of others were always there to support them.

But every time she got off the car, Gu Jinheng had already walked away.

Maybe it was because he had always thought that Pei Nai was independent enough and didn't need help.

At that time, Pei Nai felt a little lost. She could sense the strange looks from other women, but she had never taken the initiative to tell Gu Jinheng about it.

How come he noticed this kind of unorthodox etiquette now?

Pei Nai glanced at him and avoided his hand.

"I never had it before, and I don't need it now. I no longer have a suitable identity or reason."

(End of this chapter)