Holding the script, I want to give up.

Chapter 26 I’ll accompany you

"Please bear with me for now, stay here. It's close to my palace, so feel free to contact me if you need anything."

Shangguan Zitong pointed to the palace that was relatively close to her own palace, saying that it was actually quite nice, not at all. The facilities and amenities were quite good.

"thank you."

Shangguan Jin didn't know which way to go, but he decided to take it one step at a time.

"I'm sorry, my abilities are limited, I cannot let you leave the palace."

“If you leave the palace, Father will definitely send people to hunt you down. I...I...I really did my best.”

"It's alright, it won't affect anything. I want to bury my mother myself, is that alright?"

Shangguan Jin said pitifully. He felt it was necessary for him to say a proper goodbye to his mother.

"Let me find the imperial physician to treat your injuries first. Could you... perhaps wait a little longer?"

Shangguan Zitong's eyes darkened.

"Okay, I believe you."

After settling him in, Shangguan Zitong went to discuss the matter with His Highness the Crown Prince.

......

Inside the East Palace.

"Brother, please help me."

Shangguan Zitong said to Shangguan Nuoyou in a coquettish tone.

"I will do my best in this matter, after all, he is our half-brother."

Shangguan Nuoyou is not an unreasonable person.

"Haha, I knew it would be most useful to ask my brother for help. He's the best brother in the world!"

"Stop being silly. Do you really intend to protect him forever and break with Father?"

"There's no other way. He's my savior, and he's also my brother. If I don't protect him, who else should I protect?"

"Okay, you will grow up eventually, and there are some things you need to see clearly for yourself."

"Oh dear, don't be so heavy-hearted. Look at my hands and head, they're practically turning into pig brains and pig trotters."

Shangguan Zitong raised her hands and forehead, which were bandaged like silkworm cocoons.

"You, you."

Shangguan Nuoyou flicked her nose.

"Brother, there's something else I need to tell you, which is that the gatekeeper embezzled funds."

Shangguan Zitong put her hands on her hips and said angrily.

"what happened?"

Shangguan Nuoyou seemed used to her sudden change from boisterous to serious, and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"When I was tied up, Youxi had clearly requested that the city gates be closed and pedestrians be prohibited from entering or leaving. The guard at the gate was greedy for money... I was furious."

"Alright, alright, calm down. I'll go and deal with them, and while I'm at it, I'll go find his mother's body."

"Okay, okay, thank you, brother."

After finishing her sentence, Shangguan Nuoyou left to resolve the problem and find the person.

After he left, Shangguan Zitong slowly walked back to her own palace.

......

Shangguan Zitong has been recuperating these past few days, either wandering around Shangguan Jin's place in case he does something rash, or checking on the Crown Prince's progress. Occasionally, she watches Yibai training Youzhi and Youxi, seemingly forgetting about someone.

So, when Shangguan Zitong refused to look at someone, that person rushed over to make their presence known.

Shangguan Zitong lazily swung on a swing under the crabapple tree outside her palace, basking in the sun to heal her injuries. Her days were finally starting to feel a bit like those of a salted fish.

"Your Highness, what refined taste you have! Why aren't you wearing the jade bracelet I gave you? Do you find me lacking?"

Huangfu Hongxi asked in a charming manner, fanning himself with a fan.

"Oh dear, I'm so lively and active, I'm afraid I might accidentally break it."

Shangguan Zitong was talking nonsense with a straight face; she had no intention of wearing that thing at all.

She already had one annoying thing, like a dog on a leash. She didn't want to be tied down. A free life would eventually beckon her.

"Does Your Highness like the gold bracelet that the courtesan gave you?"

"If you like him so much, why not keep him here?"

Huangfu Hongxi stared at her swaying feet, especially the gold bracelet with bells on her right ankle, which jingled in a particularly offensive and offensive way.

"Ah, yes, yes, whatever you say. I have no intention of arguing with you."

"Does liking someone mean you have to keep them with you? What if the other person doesn't like you back? If you force them to stay, wouldn't you just become a resentful couple?"

"It would be better to set him free. Can't we just let each other live our own lives? I'm tired, I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Shangguan Zitong jumped off the swing and headed towards the palace, her good mood ruined.

"Does Your Highness dislike me that much?"

Huangfu Hongxi said sadly.

Shangguan Zitong paused, then turned to face him.

"No, I've had a lot of troubles lately, so my attitude towards you was a bit harsh. I apologize." "But are we that close? Surely I don't need to tell you everything?"

Shangguan Zitong transforms into a master of arguing with everyone and everything.

"Well, I thought we were very familiar, but I was just being presumptuous."

"..."

Destroy it, whatever. It's utterly absurd.

Shangguan Zitong turned around and went back to her palace, closing the door and ignoring what the people outside thought.

Huangfu Hongxi was turned away and, finding it uninteresting, left.

......

Inside the East Palace.

“Sister, I have already buried his mother in the maple forest on Wutong Mountain outside the city gate.” “Here is a map, take him there.”

Upon finding the body, Shangguan Nuoyou prioritized the deceased's peace and buried the body.

"Okay, thank you, brother. I'll take him there now." "But, brother, how did you find it?"

Shangguan Zitong asked curiously.

"...In the mass grave, his body was covered in wounds, and Father Emperor sent people to guard him."

"In the dead of night, while the guards were changing shifts, I had my servants find a substitute... and set that suffocating place on fire."

Shangguan Nuoyou really didn't want to relive that memory again; it was too suffocating.

......

In the maple forest on Wutong Mountain, Shangguan Zitong brought Shangguan Jin here.

Yi Bai, You Zhi, and You Xi were waiting not far from them.

"I'm sorry, I broke my promise and couldn't let you bury her yourself."

Looking at the grave before her, Shangguan Zitong felt a mix of emotions.

"Do not blame you."

Shangguan Jin knelt before the grave and wept bitterly.

"I'm sorry, Mother, I'm...late."

"Mother...please...teach me...how to walk...the path ahead..."

"Mother...how could you...be so heartless as to leave me behind?"

Shangguan Zitong watched him vent quietly from the side.

A light drizzle began to fall, and Youzhi handed Shangguan Zitong an umbrella. She held the umbrella over him.

"I'll stay with you as long as you want."

"Thank you, I want to see my mother again."

"Okay, I'll accompany you."

The rain was getting heavier, and Shangguan Zitong tried to tilt the umbrella towards him. After all, his injuries were more serious than hers, and what if his wounds got infected and worsened because of a cold?

Shangguan Zitong's thought process is always so unique.

"Let's go, I'm tired."

Shangguan Jin stood up, took the umbrella from Shangguan Zitong's hand, and tilted it towards her.

Damn it, I was being kind by tilting the umbrella towards you. What's wrong? Is this umbrella too hot to handle? Why does it have to be tilted towards me? Do you want to get soaked to the bone? Shangguan Zitong muttered to herself.

"Um, brother, thank you for your kindness." "Although the umbrella is tilted towards me, you are taller than me. When the umbrella tilts, all the rain is pouring over my head."

Shangguan Zitong was a little speechless, but she still smiled and said to him.

Damn, this is ridiculous. I didn't mean to remind you when I saw you thinking about something. But the rain is too heavy, and I can't suffer like this.

"Ah, I'm sorry."

Shangguan Jin straightened the umbrella, and the two walked to the carriage and boarded it. There was a heater inside the carriage.

Youxi took the cloaks and put them on the two of them.

"Brother, if you're tired, lean on my lap and sleep. The road ahead is still long."

Shangguan Zitong patted his thigh and sat up straight.

"it is good."

Shangguan Jin didn't hesitate and lay down, quickly falling asleep. However, his dream wasn't pleasant.

“Princess, you can’t be too nice to him.”

Youxi said.

"Shh, he's asleep."

"Princess, what if he has ulterior motives?"

Youzhi said.