605 Come and Go (1/2)
Chapter 605: Come and Go
Translator: TransnEditor: Transn
The wind was blowing wildly and there were few people in the south of Chang'an. The sunlight shone through the clouds but the weather was still very cold. Two people were saying goodbye in the pavilion. They were Chen Pipi and Tang Xiaotang.
”No one can represent the Academy in the world since Ning Que went missing or died. In this tense situation, we need to build prestige. The idiots from Qinghe County just came at the right time. Besides you, I am the youngest one in the Academy who is the perfect one to do this.”
”You also said the situation was tense. The Academy isn't afraid any of them, but we don't want to mess it up. Why do you insist on leaving at this time?”
Chen Pipi looked at her beautiful face and said, ”Our marriage still needs the parents' approval and I want to know my father's attitude toward this.”
Since she knew Chen Pipi's father was the legendary person, Tang Xiaotang had a very complex feeling. As the time passed by, she became calmer, so she said, ”What if your father disallows?”
The Love Story between the son of the Zhishou Abbey Dean and a girl of the Devil's Doctrine, in any case, seemed like it would end as Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai's.
Chen Pipi said, ”As his son, I need his permission. Since Teacher allowed, his opinion is not important at all. If he doesn't agree with me, I will come back. If he doesn't want to be beaten by Teacher again, I think he won't dare to ground me.”
Tang Xiaotang smiled and said, ”How dare you laugh at your own father like that?”
Chen Pipi grinned and said, ”I'm telling the truth.”
Tang Xiaotang asked, ”Are you heading to the South Sea, or going to Zhishou Abbey first?”
Chen Pipi straightened his face and answered, ”Zhishou Abbey. Then I will go to the West-Hill Divine Palace to figure out what happened last year in the Lanke Temple. The West-Hill Divine Palace is going to disclose Sangsang's identity and if they do so when Ning Que and Sangsang come back, they will be hunted down forever. I would like to try and stall it a little.”
Tang Xiaotang nodded and said, ”When can you come back?”
The sky suddenly became dark and the wind and rain came after that. Chen Pipi looked at the rain and said, ”I will return before the first spring rain next year.”
Tang Xiaotang said, ”Take care.”
Chen Pipi said, ”Remember to inform me when Ning Que is back.”
”How?” asked Tang Xiaotang.
Chen Pipi said, ”You can tell the Southern Gate Temple. They can deliver the message fast.”
Tang Xiaotang said, ”Then, take care.”
Chen Pipi turned around and walked out of the pavilion, but he turned back before going into the rain.
Tang Xiaotang looked at him, smiling and said, ”Can this little rain make you sick?”
Chen Pipi looked at her and seriously said, ”It can't, but you can.”
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaotang blushed and began to roll up her sleeves as a reflex.
Chen Pipi was terrified and said, ”You told me to take care twice. It seems that you really want me to leave.”
Tang Xiaotang bit her lip and refused to talk.
Chen Pipi was about to go, but he felt reluctant, so he took courage and stepped forward to hold her in his arms.
Although he held the girl in his arms, he didn't lose his attention. He kept an eye on her hands until he found, though, they were slightly shaking but without any signs of taking action. He was a little relieved and slowly lowered his head.
A long time passed, and they gradually separated.
Chen Pipi vigorously entered the rain and waved his hand without looking back.
Tang Xiaotang looked at his back and waved her hand as well.
She felt upset, but she didn't know if it came from the bleak wind or the man who just left.
Some people left while some people returned.
No long after that, a couple walked into the pavilion with a blue umbrella in the rain.
The wife was a pretty young girl, with contentment in her eyes. She overlooked the city of Chang'an from a distance and said, ”It's so tall.”
Hearing this, her husband, a middle-aged man, smiled.
He was wearing a turquoise robe and looked gentle, revealing his elegance with his every movement. If he wasn't carrying a little girl on his back, he would attract a lot of young girls in Chang'an.
The little girl was about two years old who was tightly grasping her father's clothes and trying to look at the walls from a long distance. Her eyes were so bright that they were twinkling.
The rain was about to stop. The man left the pavilion with his wife and daughter and headed to Chang'an City's south gate. His steps became lighter as he got close to the city.
The south gate was quiet, but there were a lot of people waiting outside the gate.
They were armored officers, uniformed officers, many men in blue robes who looked murderous, and even a eunuch.
When seeing this, the middle-aged man did not stop his feet but nodded. His wife, even though she had lived in the Capital of the Great River Kingdom for two years and had widened her experience, was still a country girl and could not help being nervous.
Looking at the family of three coming toward the gate, the crowd gradually became turbulent. Some blue-robed men's eyes even got wet. A man wearing the Valiant Cavalry Battalion's uniform took the lead to bow to the middle-aged man, so did the rest of them.
”Welcome back, Leader.”
”Welcome, Elder Brother.”
”Brother Chao, welcome.”
”Mr. Chao, please come into the palace with me. His Majesty is desperate to see you.”
The family entering Chang'an in the rain was Chao Xiaoshu with his wife and daughter. He was supposed to return last autumn, but because of his daughter's serious illness, he had to delay it until this autumn.
Chao Xiaoshu didn't go to the palace with Eunuch Lin. After seeing his brothers, he went straight home to see his parents. Eunuch Lin could not do anything about that but felt sorry for His Majesty.
After they entered the Chao family's old mansion, his father, old master Chao, paid no attention to his son. He happily carried his granddaughter to pick fruit from his back yard and left his daughter-in-law to his wife.
Looking at his brothers in the hall and finding out that they were doing very well during these years, Chao Xiaoshu felt relieved. Since they had not seen each other for a long time, they had to celebrate the gathering. However, he discovered that his counselor, Chen VII remained silent since they had met.