kingnovel Chapter 281 Regrets Leaving the Capital
Chapter 281 Regrets Leaving the Capital
The old emperor was filled with bitterness. He gazed at the endless mountain peaks, tears welling in his eyes, and uttered a soul-searching question: "It's already dawn..."
"It's so high, will we still be able to see the sunrise once we get up there?"
The sun looks about right at midday.
"Who said we came to see the sunrise? What's so interesting about the sunrise? You can see it anywhere, even on a dirt mound."
What we're about to experience is something that sunrise can't compare to; hurry up and catch up!
"How can a grown man be more delicate than a woman?" Cui Meixin glared at him disdainfully.
She's determined to be a super landlady in the future. If she can't even endure this little bit of hardship, how can he help her collect rent everywhere?
The old emperor slowed down his fanning motion. As a role model for all men in the country, how could he be looked down upon by a woman?
Looking at the mountaintop again, and then at the cable cars floating overhead, I regretted not insisting on taking the cable car back then.
After struggling like an old ox to climb to the top of the mountain, they found there was still nothing to see. Bent over, hands on their knees, panting heavily, they said, "Huff...huff...what did we climb up here to see?"
"Of course, look down there!"
Cui Meixin stood on the edge of the cliff, arms outstretched, eyes closed, feeling the cool breeze on her face.
The old emperor: ……
Wouldn't it be better to look at the bottom from below?
How can such a boring person exist in the world?
He rubbed his forehead, stood next to the woman, and leaned down to look: "What's so interesting down there?"
Cui Meixin's eyes flashed with disdain. This person had absolutely no sense of humor. She patiently lectured him, "You just don't understand."
What we want is to climb to the top step by step.
Enjoy the feeling of standing at the highest point and looking down at all the mountains below; it's like life itself.
Will you ever reach such heights in your lifetime?
The old emperor sneered inwardly, "What height haven't I experienced?"
When descending the mountain, Cui Meixin insisted on relying on her own two legs. Her assertive attitude left the old emperor, who often debated with scholars in court, completely unable to withstand her.
The ministers were reasonable, but this person seemed to have no concept of reason in her mind.
Not wanting to become the laughing stock of other tourists, I could only let it be.
It's insane! This whole day is just about climbing to the top of the mountain, taking a stroll around, and then climbing back down.
What's the point?
It's not as fun as the gym.
Moreover, this woman had no sense of self-awareness whatsoever, carrying all the bags and packages on his back; even his wife had never dared to order him around like that when she was alive.
If it weren't for the need to use her to conceal his identity, he would have already... charged her with deceiving the emperor!
That night, in a suite at a hot spring hotel.
Cui Meixin lay sprawled on the sofa, chatting on the phone with her daughter while putting on a beautiful face mask.
Feeling energetic and refreshed.
On the sofa next to him, the old emperor pitifully took off his socks, turned his feet up, and almost burst into tears.
Good heavens, five huge, bright red bubbles!
He closed his eyes, looked up at the sky, and regretted leaving the capital once again.
In the following days, Cui Meixin only took him to those tourist attractions that didn't require tickets but were extremely tiring on the feet.
The old emperor has gone from initially regretting his actions to now being numb and listless.
Previously, he didn't want to return to the palace. The wolf cub he had raised from a young age attempted to defeat the old wolf and become the leader of the wolf pack himself.
If it were another emperor, he might have deposed the crown prince because of his lust for power.
But he couldn't do it; his wife risked her life to protect him more than once.
Moreover, Huang'er only wanted to seize power; he did not intend to kill his father.
How could a father willingly break his son's wings?
So far, Huang'er has done a good job, but he still lacks experience.
Ah! It's not necessarily a bad thing for a son to gain respect from others early on.
His thoughts returned to him. He couldn't go back now, and for some reason, recently, the number of people secretly looking for him had suddenly increased, and he could spot them even from thousands of miles away.
No matter what Huang'er was so eager to bring him back for, the more he wanted to find him, the less he wanted to show his face.
So you only come to me when you're in trouble? Go solve it yourself!
Fortunately, he was shrewd and never used his own ID. The person on the fake ID was a bearded man, which closely resembled his current appearance.
Cui Meixin was using her own identification, but who would have thought that the old emperor had been with her all along?
On the contrary, it was precisely because of her existence that those people never doubted the old emperor.
The old emperor and the former wife of the military governor were completely different people, and it was impossible for them to be together.
Do you hate your ex-husband?
In the garden, the two sat cross-legged facing each other in a hammock woven from hemp rope when the old emperor asked this question out of the blue.
From the moment Cui Meixin used her own identification, she revealed her true identity to him.
I know what he's asking.
Taking off his sunglasses, he asked in bewilderment, "Why would I hate him?"
"He lied to you first, didn't he?" The old emperor had been following the news closely, and now opinions about Cui Meixin online were mixed.
I wonder who has such great ability to clear her name so quickly.
"I was angry when I first found out he was married." Cui Meixin opened up and calmly shared her past with the other person: "I don't know if I'm a good person."
Anyway, everyone who knows me thinks my thinking is abnormal.
Gradually, I also began to doubt whether I was an oddball.
When it comes to marriage, I don't care what my partner looks like.
But I must be able to live a comfortable life, especially in terms of material conditions.
He can go out and find mistresses, I don't care.
The old emperor was speechless. What kind of anomaly was this? Shouldn't every man want to marry a wife like this?
Cui Meixin continued her rambling: "I'd be perfect as a matriarch in ancient times, haha."
I promise not to be jealous.
Everyone says I'm materialistic, but I'm not really that materialistic, am I? I haven't spent money recklessly, have I?
Perhaps I was terrified of poverty when I was young, which is why I value money so much.
Back then, my ideal was to marry into a wealthy family, preferably one without any mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflicts.
The old emperor was ashamed; wasn't having no parents the best thing?
"Old Mu's disguised identity perfectly matches my criteria for a partner: he's rich, but not so rich that I can't control him."
Who knew... I was quite angry at first, but inexplicably I became a third party who interfered in someone else's marriage.
He kept bothering me after that, but I ignored him until one day he told me that his wife had died in childbirth.
He wants me to marry him. Ha, his wife just died and he already wants to remarry. Of course I disagree. What will people think of me if word gets out?
He cried to me, saying that his child had just been born and he had no mother to take care of him, and he hoped I could help him take care of the baby.
The old emperor smiled enigmatically, as if he had already seen through it all: "Isn't it because you covet his status and position?"
Cui Meixin didn't try to embellish her statement: "Of course that's there, and it makes up the majority of it."
Ha! Actually, I felt panicked back then too.
Because he often gave me a very dangerous feeling, I have suspected the cause of his wife's death more than once.
They later had someone investigate, but they found nothing.
We're both women, and I did feel sorry for the child, but after a few months of caring for him, Old Mu started intentionally or unintentionally separating us.
They say they fear that overly doting mothers will spoil their sons.
He's very controlling; any other woman would have been driven crazy, but I'm different.
Because I don't love him as a person, I only love his money. I don't care what he does, as long as the money is there.
The old emperor found it hard to judge; even if Lao Mu hadn't gotten into trouble, he felt that his marriage with Cui Meixin wouldn't have lasted long.
Old Mu was clearly after her beauty; once she aged, things would turn around.
It becomes a desire to live for someone you love, and a desire to die for someone you hate.
"Have you ever considered that if he really did kill his ex-wife, you might... end up doing the same thing?"