TCN: Mei Gongqing

Chapter 63: Wang Qilang's "Kindness"?

Chapter 63: Wang Qilang's "Kindness"?

Chen Rong watched the departing carriage for quite some time before she turned around and walked to the Chen estate's entrance.

It only took her a few steps by the time a black shadow hurtled out from the roadside ditch.

Startled, Chen Rong was about to scream when this shadow raised his clasped hands and said to her, "Are you Ah Rong of the Chen house? General Sun has asked me to wait here for you."

Sun Yan? Chen Rong recovered herself and inquired, "Where is he?"

"After slashing the two advisors sent by the prince, General Sun has moved out of the city on Wang Qilang's advice." He paused. "General Sun was worried about you, so he told me to stand here and wait. Now that you've come home, I'll take my leave." He again raised his clasped hands to Ah Rong and turned away. When his figure disappeared from the ditch, Chen Rong noticed other shadows joining him as they all left together.

The surroundings resumed their frightening silence when he was no longer with her, and she hastily ran toward the gate.

The iron gate creaked wide open the moment she got to the front. Two doormen gave her a bow as they said in unison, "You've come back, miss!"

Chen Rong nodded, knowing these people must've heard the noises outside and had been waiting behind the door. She hurried inside and to her own courtyard.

It was late; besides a few scattered lanterns hung for decoration, there only existed the chirping of insects at the Chen estate.

Chen Rong's pace quickened, rushing to her courtyard. When she got to the door, she pounded on it and called: "Old Shang, Nurse Ping, I'm back, open the door for me."

Her loud call was resounding in the silent night. She hadn't detected any movement inside her courtyard while a candle had already lit up in Chen Wei's courtyard.

Chen Rong quickly hushed herself and just desperately continued to knock on the door.

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"Who's there?" Nurse Ping's voice nervously asked from the other side of the door.

"It's me."

The nurse's voice went hoarse, shakily asking: "Miss?"

"It's me."

The door opened to the nurse and Old Shang with a lantern raised, both thrilled to see her.

Their eyes moistened when they saw her bright and refreshed face. Nurse Ping quickly walked over and touched her face, gasping, "Miss, miss, have you really come back?"

"Yes, it's me." Chen Rong's voice was similarly raspy. She had been thinking of them every day during her stay at the prince's estate. To her, the two people standing here were even closer than her father and brother.

Nurse Ping raised her hand to dab the tears on her face, then tugged Chen Rong's sleeve and repeatedly said, "Come in, come in."

By the time the door closed, four or five lanterns must have been lit in Chen Wei's courtyard.

Chen Rong glanced that way, asking Nurse Ping in a low voice: "Nurse, that day you..."

The nurse struggled to find her voice as she said, "You had barely left that day when the master had sent people here to watch me. It was the same for Old Shang. We were only allowed to go about our activities in the courtyard. Old Shang tried to climb out a few times at night, but they always caught him."