novelhk Chapter 504 Leaving
Chapter 504 Leaving
Manager Li and Nanny Duan, along with a group of maids and servants, were standing quietly in the yard, with their backs to the bedroom and facing the courtyard gate, as if they were all waiting for Prince Yi Fengming to arrive.
As soon as Feng Ming entered the yard, these people suddenly knelt down without saying a word.
"What's wrong?" Feng Ming and Zhou Chang had the same feeling and both had a bad premonition.
Manager Li knelt at the front, his horse face stretched even longer with no other expression. He leaned forward and kowtowed, saying, "Reporting to His Royal Highness Prince Yi, the princess..., she has gone back."
"Going back? What do you mean?" Feng Ming didn't react for a moment, "Where did she go back to? Back to her mother's home?"
Manager Li did not dare to look up, and his tone was also hesitant: "The princess, she went back, and after she went back, she will never... come back again."
"Not coming back?" Feng Ming still didn't understand, "What do you mean by not coming back?"
The skinny monkey also realized something was wrong: "Master Li, please explain clearly where the princess went? What do you mean she won't come back?"
Manager Li had no choice but to repeat: "The princess left and will never come back?"
Feng Ming's mind went blank and he was unable to react, and the same was true for Zhou Chang.
The skinny monkey was the first to react: "You mean, the princess left? Why, why would the princess leave for no reason?"
Manager Li raised his body but did not answer the skinny monkey. Instead, he looked up at Feng Ming and said, "Your Highness, the princess said she left something for you. She said you will know it once you see it."
"What is that?" Feng Ming wanted to ask in his heart, but when he opened his mouth no sound came out.
Manager Li saw it clearly and knelt down to take a step back: "Your Highness, you will know once you go in and take a look."
Feng Ming had recovered a little from his shock. He left everyone behind and rushed towards the bedroom in two or three steps.
The skinny monkey wanted to ask a few more questions, but had to follow.
Everything was normal in the bedroom, except that it was empty.
Feng Ming took a quick glance and rushed directly through the screen on the right and entered the inner room.
Everything in the inner room was arranged as usual, the bed was made neatly, but the round table in front of the bed no longer had the usual tea and oil lamp, but instead had the thousand-year-old golden nanmu brocade box that was given to him last night.
The midday sun shone in through the window, shining on the brocade box, shining brightly and dazzlingly.
When Feng Ming saw it, his eyes were stung and he felt a sharp pain. In addition, his feet went weak and he fell directly on the table. It was as if all his strength had been drained away.
Zhou Chang wanted to gain control of Prince Yi's body but he failed.
Instead, the skinny monkey followed behind, came up and helped Yi Wang Fengming up and sat him down at the table.
Feng Ming regained some strength after a while, put up the brocade box with one hand, and waved to the skinny monkey with the other hand: "You go out first."
The skinny monkey retreated silently.
Jinsinan's brocade box was still unlocked like last night, so Feng Ming could open it directly.
On the top was a jade pendant that was tied together with branches and had not moved at all, just as he had put it there with his own hands last night.
Feng Ming took out the jade pendant and put it aside, his hands shaking uncontrollably.
Zhou Chang has lost all control and can do nothing but watch. However, he feels everything that Feng Ming is experiencing. He dares not speak or think, but he already knows what is happening.
Below the jade pendant are two envelopes in a stack.
Feng Ming first picked up the envelope and opened it. There was a contract inside, and he took a quick glance at it.
It listed all the businesses related to the Yuan family, all of which Zhou Chang had a stake in, and they were willing to split the profits in half in the future. Attached below was a thick stack of house deeds, land deeds, deeds, and other documents.
Feng Ming just glanced at it twice and threw it aside as if he had been burned.
Next, take out the second envelope.
There was only a simple piece of letter paper inside, with a few numbers:
"You are connected to the world, and my heart is unimpeded.
Our relationships are shallow and our fates are thin, and it is difficult for us to be harmonious due to our different paths.
I returned from now on with no regrets.
I wish Your Highness a bright future.
Morning and night, year after year."
The signature is "Yuan Qi, January 15, the 35th year."
It was simple and clear, but Feng Ming's heart stopped beating.
Why is that?
Feng Ming held the letter in his hand and looked at it again and again, but his mind was already blank.
I don’t know how much time had passed, and I don’t know how many times I read it.
I just didn't understand it.
Everything was fine yesterday. Feng Ming still remembered Yuan Qi's bright smile and brilliant eyes when he returned home last night.
He still remembered that he had made an appointment with Yuan Qi to have breakfast together this morning.
Yuan Qi also agreed.
Now, what is this?
Feng Ming raised his head and looked around blankly, only to find that his cheeks were already wet and cold.
He didn't know when the tears started to flow, but he was completely unaware.
Yuan Qi left just like that. Nothing in the room changed, yet everything changed.
The next second, Feng Ming grabbed the letter and rushed out of the bedroom.
The servants who were kneeling on the ground in the yard were still there, motionless.
"Where did she go?" Feng Ming roared at Manager Li.
Manager Li knocked his head to the ground again and said the same words: "Your Highness, the young master has left."
"Leave?" Feng Ming still didn't want to believe it. "If you leave, what are you still doing here?"
Manager Li raised his head again. His narrow face was still expressionless, but his eyes showed a complicated look. "Young Master said that it would be unfair for Your Highness if she left like this, but there was no other way. Let us bid farewell to you on her behalf."
After saying that, he kowtowed to Feng Ming again, and the others followed suit.
Feng Ming has gone crazy: "What do you mean there is no way? Why did she say goodbye? I don't need her to say goodbye. Where did she go? Where did she go..."
Kneeling next to Manager Li were Nanny Duan and Steward Duan and his wife.
No one dared to speak easily at this moment. Finally, Manager Duan boldly repeated, "Your Highness, our young master has indeed left. He had someone harness the carriage before dawn this morning and was going to leave through the east gate. Later, he said he would go back to where he came from, so he asked Li Fu to open the front gate and left first."
Feng Ming felt as if there was a fire in his chest that was about to burst out, but when he heard Yuan Qi leaving from the main gate, he turned around and ran out. There was only one voice in his heart roaring: "No, she can't leave, she can't leave..."
"Your Highness..." The skinny monkey hurriedly followed and chased after him.
Feng Ming ran towards the gate like mad. When he turned and ran onto the corridor, he slipped and fell to the ground.
It snowed again three or four days before the Lantern Festival. Although the snow on the ground of the palace had been cleared, the road was still slippery due to the cold weather.
"Your Highness, be careful..." The skinny monkey chased after him and helped.
Feng Ming didn't care, he rushed forward, grabbed the letter that fell from his hand, and clutched it to his heart.
"Oh, Your Majesty, your head is bleeding." The skinny monkey couldn't pull Feng Ming up no matter how hard he tried.
"Monkey, go and prepare the carriage..." Feng Ming's head hit the steps at the entrance of the corridor. He didn't feel any pain at all and tried his best to get up. "Let's go to the old house of the Yuan family. Yes, let's go to the old house of the Yuan family..."