Forced love, an inescapable fate

After Feng Zong left, he instructed Qing'er behind Mu Qingli's back, "Check Wanyue and Baiyu's backgrounds. Wanyue must be a martial artist. Find a chance to test her. Also, be careful with the princess. She's simple-minded and has lost her memory. Don't let anyone take advantage of her."

"clear."

Mu Qingli watched Feng Zong leave before she breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that he has revealed my thoughts, I can no longer try to please him as planned in the future, otherwise I will end up making things worse.

But in the past two years in Dongli Town, apart from focusing on the fruit tea shop, she also revolved around Jiang Ci. At that time, every day was very fulfilling, but now she is here, Jiang Ci has returned to Shangjing, and Feng Zong has not been away for some time. For a moment, she really doesn't know what she can do.

When people have free time, they will think about many things, such as missing their loved ones. Even though they know that they will never see them again in this life, Mu Qingli still can't control himself and misses them like crazy.

In the past two years, she had tried to keep herself busy, filling her days to the brim so that she had no time to think about them. Now that she was here, she had plenty of time. Besides worrying about Jiang Ci's safety, she spent most of her time thinking about her family.

Thinking about the past, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes, as if she suddenly didn't know what she could do here now. It was as if all her time and focus had been placed on Jiang Ci without her realizing it.

She took out the little clay dolls that Jiang Ci had sent to her earlier. Looking at the two chubby little clay figures, she felt a little better, but still felt empty.

I was thinking about Jiang Ci, and I didn’t know what he was doing at this time.

Mu Qingli was in a daze for most of the day. Wanyue walked in and saw her in a daze with red eyes. She thought that she had an unpleasant conversation with Feng Zong just now, so she asked tentatively, "Princess, what's wrong with you?"

Mu Qingli finally reacted after hearing Wanyue's voice. She put the clay doll back in her hand and shook her head.

"It's okay, I just feel a little homesick."

"Homesick? Princess, do you want to go back to the capital?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingli was stunned. She was afraid that she would never be able to return to her home in this lifetime. As for Shangjing, apart from the fact that Jiang Ci was there, that place had no other meaning to her.

Seeing her in a daze, Wanyue couldn't help but wave her hand in front of her eyes.

"Princess, what's wrong? I feel like you haven't been very happy since His Highness left. If you have any worries, you can tell me, or we can go out for a walk. Although this is a border town, it's still very lively. You haven't been out for a while, and you'll get bored staying in your room every day."

Mu Qingli naturally felt Wanyue's concern for her.

She raised her lips and smiled, took Wanyue's hand and asked her to sit down, and reached out to tidy up the loose hair around Wanyue's ears.

"Wanyue, thank you anyway. You've helped me a lot in the past two years, and now you're taking the risk to come here with me. I'm fine, I just stopped all of a sudden and don't know what to do. For the past two years, besides going to the store every day, I've spent the rest of my time taking care of my younger brother. My schedule was always packed. Now that I have some free time, I don't know what to do for a moment, or what path I should take in the future. I'm just a little lost for a moment."

The longer Wanyue spent with Mu Qingli, the more guilty she felt. If she hadn't trusted herself so much, perhaps she would have felt better. However, from beginning to end, Mu Qingli never doubted herself, and even treated her like her sister. But the more she did this, the more uncomfortable Wanyue felt, because everything in front of her was just a scam from beginning to end.

For a moment, Wan Yue even wanted to disregard everything and tell her the whole story from beginning to end, asking her not to be so stupid. All the kindness Jiang Ci had shown her and all that he had done were just carefully fabricated lies from beginning to end.

But he was Jiang Ci's secret guard, and he knew better than anyone else the purpose of approaching and staying with her from the very beginning.

How should I tell her the truth from my perspective?

Wanyue unconsciously clenched her hands, and finally had to let go helplessly.

"Princess, do what you like in the future. You have your own life. Didn't you always say that you would eat all the delicacies in the world and see all the scenery in the world? Why do I feel that you have trapped yourself? And General Feng Zong, you two are engaged. Although we have not been here long, I can see that General Feng is a very reliable person. He is also good to the princess. He now commands a large army and is capable of protecting the princess's safety. If the princess marries him, she will definitely be happy in the future."

Wan Yue's words made Mu Qingli feel a little bit unbelievable. She always felt that there seemed to be something separating her from her, and she couldn't describe what it was. But Mu Qingli was really touched by what she said just now.

However, as for the engagement that Wanyue mentioned, she had never thought about it in this way.

She took out her hand and scratched Wanyue's nose, smiling.

"Wanyue, why do I feel like you're different than before? As for the engagement you mentioned, you can sense it too. The General Feng you mentioned treats me completely like a younger sister. When we first arrived here, he told me that our engagement was just a casual talk. Now that both of our parents are gone, we shouldn't be bound by this. Besides, from what I've observed, my nominal fiancé probably has someone he likes."

Wan Yue pretended to be surprised. "Really? If so, Princess, you have no chance. I thought it was great for you to be promoted to general. I was hoping that when you became the general's wife in the future, I could still rely on you as my strong support."

Mu Qingli was amused by her words. "So, I ruined your plan, but Wanyue, at least I still have the title of Princess. I just don't know if this title is useful? But I think it doesn't have much value. But there is still my younger brother. Once he has established himself in Shangjing, he will be a prince and more than capable of protecting us two little girls, don't you think?"

Wan Yue nodded. "That seems to be the case. However, Princess, I'm more concerned about your relationship. Since there's no chance for you and General Feng, what about Doctor Su? I was very optimistic about you two back in Dongli Town."

Wanyue has been with Mu Qingli for a long time and has become accustomed to her occasionally saying something that she doesn't quite understand.

After two years of getting along, Wanyue has been able to keep up with Mu Qingli's thinking, and naturally can say a few words that she didn't understand at first, such as about emotional issues, optimism, etc., and even Wanyue can understand the value of what Mu Qingli said. This is probably the saying that "birds of a feather flock together." I don't know if this description is correct.