Peach Blossom.

Wang Jing didn't know how to answer, he didn't want to deceive his father.

When he introduced Taoye to his father in Prince Ning's Palace, he only said that Taoye was a maid who was driven out of the Princess's Mansion and accompanied him to Yongchang. For convenience, they were called husband and wife to outsiders, but in fact they were just friends.

He never told his father that Tao Ye had impersonated Mantangjiao and lived in Wang's house for more than half a year.

But without mentioning the past, he would find it difficult to explain the reason for the relationship between them.

Although Wang Jing didn't respond promptly, Wang Yi already had the answer in his mind.

Wang Yi was a little angry and lectured Wang Jing: "You have already done it, why don't you marry her? What did your father teach you before?"

Wang Jing felt that a man should not put the blame for what happened on a woman, and if so, he didn't know how to face his father's rebuke.

Wang Yi ordered Wang Jing seriously: "I'm the boss. You two must get married."

Wang Jing was unwilling to comply, so he had to evade the request, "I have just asked the Prince of Yongchang to annul my marriage with the princess and take Ah Jiao's body back to the ancestral tomb. If I marry Tao Ye at this time, what will the Prince of Yongchang think of me?"

"Don't make excuses for me! You two called each other husband and wife and lived in Prince Ning's Palace for so many days. The refugees saw it all. How could Prince Yongchang not know about it?" Wang Yi became even angrier and his tone became harsher.

Wang Jing had nothing to say.

Wang Yi smiled coldly and asked, "Do you really think that the Prince of Yongchang values ​​you because you are loyal and righteous? Then you are too naive! Even his nostalgia for the queen may be for the people to see! How can trust between people be so easy to build? Do you know why Chen Ji had to take the lead in offering the treasure map? The Prince of Yongchang can infer from this that you were forced to go with the flow because the matter of the treasury could no longer be concealed! You are the son-in-law of the Meng family, and it is entirely possible that you are loyal to the Meng family! If you marry Tao Ye, it can show your position against the Meng family, don’t you understand?"

Wang Jing looked up at his father, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"Personally speaking, our Wang family's ancestors would never allow their descendants to abandon their wives! If you can't marry Taoye in a proper way, then don't acknowledge me as your father!" Wang Yi said this and left.

Tao Ye had nothing to do, so after looking at the wild flowers, he continued to stroll somewhere else.

Because she was preoccupied, she was always daydreaming and didn't pay much attention to which road she was taking. Unconsciously, she had turned from the south of the mountain to the north of the mountain.

As she was walking, she suddenly tripped over something and almost fell.

She looked back and saw that it was actually a foot bone... sticking out from below the ground...

Tao Ye was suddenly terrified as she realized that there were corpses buried beneath the ground where she was standing!

"Ah--" Tao Ye couldn't help but scream, turned around and ran back, but her legs were so weak that she couldn't even run fast.

She vaguely heard footsteps around her, which frightened her even more. She bumped into something while running madly and fell to the ground.

"What's wrong with you?" Wang Jing hurriedly helped Tao Ye up.

Tao Ye looked up and realized that she had bumped into Wang Jing.

She was sweating all over. After seeing Wang Jing, her fear was finally relieved. However, she felt even more aggrieved. She threw herself into Wang Jing's arms and started crying.

Wang Jing asked again: "What happened?"

Tao Ye pointed in the direction of the foot bone with trembling hands.

Wang Jing understood. He leaned on a crutch and took Tao Ye to slowly walk back to the sunny side of the mountain, then slowly walked down the mountain.

As they walked, he told Tao Ye: "This mountain is also a mass grave. Because the mountain is sloping and no one takes care of it, the graves have collapsed badly, and it is inevitable that some of them are exposed."

Tao Ye's scalp tingled when she heard this: "Why do we have to live in a place like this?"

"If you are afraid of living here, you might as well leave early." Wang Jing said this gently, like he was persuading.

Tao Ye noticed something was wrong. She stopped and turned to Wang Jing: "What do you mean? Are you going to chase me away?"

Wang Jing sighed and had to tell Tao Ye: "My father wants to make the decision for me and let me marry you."

Tao Ye was stunned for a moment. She was not very surprised by this statement. Wang Yi's attitude towards her in the past few days had been very obvious. She just didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Wang Jing looked at Tao Ye, his eyes full of doubts: "I don't know, with our relationship, if I don't marry you, would it be considered as abandoning you in the end?"

"You...you don't want to marry me?" Tao Ye asked through gritted teeth.

After asking, she immediately regretted it. She felt that she had asked a nonsense question. If he was willing to marry her, would he still chase her away?

But Wang Jing's answer was beyond her expectations: "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't."

Tao Ye was puzzled: "Why can't you?"

Wang Jing solemnly stated his reasons: "The medicine I take every day is very harmful to my health. I have only told you about this. I don't want my parents to know that I will not live long, so I have kept it a secret from my brothers. You are still young. Are you going to marry me to become a widow? This is one of the reasons.

Secondly, I don’t know whether Prince Yongchang can seize the throne, nor whether my marriage to the princess can be annulled. Even if this is possible, the princess is Prince Yongchang’s sister, she is still a princess, and can still mess up our lives.

Third, I am not like Chen Ji, who only cares about one person. I have a large family, so it is inevitable that there will be disputes. You and my mother had some misunderstandings before, and I am afraid that you will not be able to get along well. In the past, Ah Jiao was often wronged because her mother favored her eldest sister-in-law, but at least I was a normal person at that time and could help her a lot, but now, I am a cripple..."

Before Wang Jing finished speaking, Tao Ye's tears had already flowed.

Wang Jing's words were so rational. They had nothing to do with whether they loved each other or not, but every one of his reasons was for her own good.

Tao Ye asked softly with tears in her eyes: "If I marry someone else, will you be sad?"

"Yes." Wang Jing answered sincerely: "But you deserve someone better, not me. And...you must not marry Chen Ji."

"why?"

"He doesn't really love you, he just wants to use you because you have special powers! If you were just an ordinary little maid, he wouldn't lower himself."

Tao Ye nodded. She believed Wang Jing's words and acted as serious as Wang Jing: "I am a person from the future. I only told you this. But I didn't tell you the whole story. I can actually go back to my original time.

Remember the Ghost King I mentioned to you? The fellow countryman you met before is from the same era as me. We were both given a job by the Ghost King. We had to sell the food in the Ghost King's restaurant. Once we had enough, we could go back.

I used to be Chen Ji's cook, I brought you meals at your house, and later I gave out meals on the streets, all to complete the mission the Ghost King gave me! But just when the mission was about to be completed, I didn't want to leave, because I couldn't bear to leave you.

I really want to take you to my place! In our time, everyone is equal and free. You will not be forced to marry a princess, and you can be with the one you love... As long as I complete the few remaining tasks, I can go back at any time, but I don’t have the ability to take you..."

At this point, Tao Ye's eyes were blurred with tears again. She looked at Wang Jing, unable to explain the sadness in her heart: "I stayed here for you! Do you think I could choose someone else?"

Wang Jing didn't know how to answer, and his mood became even more complicated.

"My mother..." Tao Ye just said, and then quickly changed the topic: "I mean my mother, she is still waiting for me to come back, so... I have to go back sooner or later. I can't be with you forever, so how can I be a widow or not? This is one of the reasons.

Secondly, the princess has disliked me for a long time. Even if I don’t marry you, she won’t cause trouble for me?

Thirdly, if I can be with you legitimately, I am confident that I can get along well with your family and won’t put you in a difficult position!

And the fourth one…” Tao Ye paused for a moment. She guessed that there was a “fourth one” in the reason Wang Jing didn’t finish saying: “If you just regard me as Mantangjiao’s shadow, I can accept that…”

Tao Ye felt so reluctant to say this last point. She thought that in this world, no one should be willing to be someone else's shadow.

However, the relationship between her and Wang Jing was based on her impersonating Mantangjiao from the very beginning.

Her similarity with Mantangjiao is an unchangeable fact, and Wang Jing will never be able to get rid of it. If she cannot accept it, she and Wang Jing will probably always be on two parallel lines.

"If so, will you marry me?" Tao Ye felt deeply humbled when she asked this question again. She couldn't even understand how her love could be so humble.

After standing opposite each other for a long time, Wang Jing finally agreed: "Okay, I will marry you."

At the foot of the barren mountain where corpses were buried, Wang Yi had several houses built and purchased various items for daily necessities. He then selected an auspicious day to host the wedding of Wang Jing and Tao Ye.

A wedding under such circumstances could not be grand, but Tao Ye was already very content.

Although she married the man she loved, she knew that this marriage could not last long. Wang Jing would not live long, and she had to go back to her original time to fulfill her filial duty to her mother. Such a marriage was like a dream in the world of mortals intoxicated by wealth and fame.

All she hoped for was that this dream wouldn't be too short.

The two of them wore wedding clothes and bowed to heaven and earth, to Wang Yi, and to each other in the bridal chamber, and the ceremony was complete.

Under the candlelight, Wang Jing lifted Tao Ye's red veil, and they smiled at each other.

"My husband, my remaining life is short. If there is anything I am lacking in, please give me your guidance." Tao Ye put her hands on her waist, slightly bent her knees and bowed to the king.

Wang Jing also bowed and bowed deeply to Tao Ye: "Mutual."

After saying that, the two of them walked into the tent hand in hand.

After sitting down on the edge of the bed, Tao Ye lowered her head shyly, her cheeks flushed, her heart pounding like a deer, as if she had never been so nervous in her life.

She didn't dare to look up, but she could feel Wang Jing's lips approaching her face, causing her breathing to become rapid...

When the atmosphere was just right, they suddenly heard a flurry of footsteps coming from outside, approaching very quickly from far away. The two of them looked out the window at the same time.