Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

The stall displayed some game and finished wooden hairpins, which looked quite exquisite, but they couldn't compare to the items in Yinyin's makeup box.

"What are you looking at?" Fu Yuanzhou moved closer to her, thinking she was admiring the affection between the stall owners, but after looking at them for a while, she felt that they looked somewhat familiar.

A thought suddenly struck him, and he asked seemingly casually, "That man... I feel like I've seen him before?"

Yinyin thought for a moment: "He used to be a guard in my family, so he must have traveled around Yangliao City. It's normal for you to think you've seen him."

"I thought he looked familiar, so I looked at him for a while longer."

Fu Yuanzhou feigned curiosity: "So he settled down in the Ming Dynasty before resigning and leaving?"

Yinyin shook her head and whispered in his ear about the whole story of Xu Yaonian's amnesia.

"According to the investigation my father ordered later, this man must have joined the army again. Now that he's here, it seems he's finally decided to return to his hometown."

“Fortunately, Yin Yin suggested that we not arrange marriages between him and the girls in the village,” Fu Yuanzhou said, his displeasure undisguised. “His amnesia was not something he could control, so we can’t blame him. But what he did after regaining his memory was his own choice.”

"His wife was able to forgive him under such circumstances and reconcile with him as before..."

Fu Yuanzhou swallowed the unpleasant part of his sentence.

“His wife is indeed a very outstanding woman,” Yin Yin also agreed with this point.

Putting aside her status as the female protagonist, given that she was born in the Ming Dynasty where female submissiveness was the norm, the fact that she was able to stand up for her family and herself after her husband "died" instead of letting others make decisions for her, being kicked out of the house, or being quickly remarried under the auspices of her elders, makes her worthy of such praise.

She did what she could, and she did it well enough.

Unfortunately, after Xu Yaonian returned, her career and love life became entangled and gradually weakened to the point of being dispensable. All the difficulties were solved for her by Xu Yaonian, whether openly or secretly, and her success no longer came from her own efforts.

Perhaps the drama was meant to showcase Xu Yaonian's affection for the female lead, paving the way for her to accept him again and reunite with him.

But no matter how sweet the male and female leads become later, or how well the female lead lives, she has ultimately lost her original intentions and essence.

Seeing the affection between the female lead and Xu Yaonian, Yin Yin couldn't muster the slightest desire to approach and speak to him.

Because she couldn't think of anything she could say, after all, the female lead was content with her current life.

Besides, who can say that the female lead is necessarily bad right now? Everyone has different pursuits, and no one can dictate what others do in their lives.

As a viewer who had watched the show, Yin Yin felt a little disappointed and regretful.

Seeing that Yin Yin was no longer paying attention to Xu Yaonian and his wife, but instead continued to think about what gifts to prepare for the two children, Fu Yuanzhou breathed a sigh of relief without his noticing.

His ability to recognize Xu Yaonian was certainly not accidental.

After all, when he first developed feelings for Yin Yin, he secretly asked someone to inquire about her, and that's when Xu Yaonian came into his sights.

Fu Yuanzhou still remembers that Chu's father was very satisfied with Xu Yaonian at the time, and even lamented many times why Xu Yaonian was not his biological son.

Although Chu's father did not say it explicitly, Yin Yin had mentioned that her father wanted to find a husband for her.

With these two factors combined, it would be impossible for Fu Yuanzhou not to remember Xu Yaonian.

Moreover, Chu's father always treated him, the King of Yangliao, with more respect than intimacy, avoiding him whenever possible.

Fortunately, he and Yin Yin are now a happy couple. On the other hand, Xu Yaonian not only left, but the things he did were not exactly pleasing to people.

Now that he knows that Yin Yin doesn't care much about Xu Yaonian, but has a lot of affection for his wife, Fu Yuanzhou is finally at ease.

Their troops only rested briefly in the city before quickly setting off again.

After they left, people in the previously normal market began to ask about the origins of the procession.

It was only at this moment that Xu Yaonian heard the words "King Yangliao and his wife".

He paused in packing his things, glanced in the direction the convoy had gone, and then continued packing.

Before parting, Ning Lingde paid a special visit to the two of them: "Since the Prince arrived in Yangliao, he has not returned to the capital, and the Princess has never met His Majesty."

"Now that Your Highness has this opportunity, why not go directly to the capital with the delegation and then return?"

Yin Yin did not respond to Ning Lingde's suggestion, leaving it entirely to Fu Yuanzhou to consider.

After all, it was Fu Yuanzhou himself who didn't want to see the emperor.

Fu Yuanzhou was momentarily stunned upon hearing Ning Lingde's words, and then said, "My wife and I were merely added to the list by Father Emperor on a whim. Now, we have not even achieved our initial goal of obtaining the title of Princess of the Ming Dynasty. How can we face Father Emperor?"

Fu Yuanzhou covered his face with his sleeve and sighed, "I hope to achieve something before I can go to see my father with my head held high. I also hope that Lord Ning will put in a good word for me after he goes to the capital."

Ning Lingde had done more than enough to offer him a word of advice, so he naturally wouldn't try to persuade him again. After seeing him off, he set off again.

Fu Yuanzhou held Yin Yin's hand and said, "I really don't want to go back to the capital to see my father and the others. Yin Yin, do you think I'm being too weak?"

“You wouldn’t make such a decision without a reason. Something must have happened before,” Yin Yin said, squeezing his hand back. “Once you’ve made up your mind, I’ll stay with you.”

Upon hearing this, Fu Yuanzhou was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes.

“It’s not anything else,” Fu Yuanzhou told her. “I’ve had enough of their cold looks in the capital and don’t want to get involved anymore. I don’t want them to push me out as a punching bag when Father has no one to scold.”

He spoke casually, but Yin Yin's eyes and face were filled with heartache.

Fu Yuanzhou hugged her: "My father dislikes me for being weak. I dare not fight back when they bully me. I have no talent in literature or martial arts. I am not even as good as the sons of ministers in the capital when it comes to being a playboy."

His eyes welled up with tears, and he leaned his head on Yin Yin's shoulder, feeling wronged: "But Father never imagined that the other brothers all have maternal families or are favored. I have nothing, and Mother has to make a living under someone else's control, and is often sick."

“If I behave even slightly better, my mother might not get her medicine. What’s more important than my mother?

"But Yinyin, I still couldn't keep her."

Yinyin hugged him back and coaxed, "Sooner or later, we'll make them pay back."

“That’s difficult,” Fu Yuanzhou said slyly, “but we can stay far away and live longer. As long as we live longer than others, we’ll always have a chance.”

Yin Yin chuckled for a moment: "Such a 'clumsy method,' it's amazing that you came up with it."

"What can I do? This is all I can do," Fu Yuanzhou sat up straight, looking at Yin Yin with a smug expression.

"But I will get married and change my fate. Yinyin, you are smart and capable. In just two years, you have already taken control of the military and political affairs of Yangliao and your orders are strictly enforced."

He reached out a finger and gently touched Yin Yin's lips, silencing her.

"Although Yangliao is still too small and not enough for you to perform at your best, Yinyin, what can we do? You can't shake me off!"