BXBX NOVEL Chapter 732 – Respected Him as a Father and Took It to Hear
Feng Yu Heng had never seen Imperial Concubine Yun cry before. In her mind, Imperial Concubine Yun was either laughing and smiling or acting prideful while having an air of indifference. With her two sons, there was no feeling of superiority or inferiority, and it was a very harmonious scene.
But now, she could clearly see a bit of a shine coming from Imperial Concubine Yun’s eyes, as they looked at Yao Xian. But this was just for a moment, as the stubborn Imperial Concubine Yun very quickly retracted her tears and continued to say to Yao Xian: “Because I remember that uncle had said to me right before leaving there is no need to marry someone influential in this life, and there was no need to act dignified, but they must treat me very well and only think of me. Uncle said that our residence was very good, the people were pure, and the people’s thoughts were simple. People living there would be the happiest. You hoped that I would happily live in that residence for my entire life and hoped that I would not be like my mother and be scammed by someone from the outside, but... I really was scammed by someone. Not only was I scammed, but I also left that mountain residence with him. Although there was a plague running rampant at that time, which left us with no other choice, but I only found out that he was the ruler of the country after following him home. He already had wives and children... Everyone said that the wife was first, the concubines were second, the young were third, and the servants were fourth. At that time, I counted on my fingers and found that I was not even fifth. He already had that many children.”
Imperial Concubine Yun’s voice was filled with loneliness and also filled with a taunting tone. Facing Yao Xian, she looked like a child that had done something wrong. She was afraid and filled with grief. Her words only brought about Yao Xian’s sympathy, but there was no resonance. Yao Xian used all of his might to search through the memories belonging to the body’s original owner to find this period of time. Unfortunately, the end result was that he could find a vague memory of living in a mountain residence, but he could not recall much else. The memories belonging to the original owner of Yao Xian’s body were not as clear as Feng Yu Heng’s. After all, the age of the original Yao Xian was already quite high at the time of his passing. In addition to this, when Feng Yu Heng had come to this world, the body was just 12-years old. The memories began from the age of three or four and was not more than 10 years. Those memories would naturally be clearer. The original Yao Xian had treated countless people. The matter with Imperial Concubine Yun had been over 30 years earlier. Not being able to remember it was pretty normal.
Imperial Concubine Yun did not ask whether or not Yao Xian was able to remember her. It seemed that Yao Xian’s reaction did not matter to her too much. She just wanted to pour her heart out and only wanted to say what she wanted to say. By saying the things that she had been keeping bottled up for all of these years, she felt better.
Fortunately, Yao Xian and Feng Yu Heng were both very patient people. Further, they also wanted to hear Imperial Concubine Yun’s story, thus the three sat in the hall of the moon-viewing building and just chatted while drinking tea and eating fruits and pastries. From noon until evening, they chatted until an impression appeared in Yao Xian’s mind once more. She also recalled that the original Yao Xian had saved a pregnant woman deep in the mountains many decades earlier. At that time, he had entered the mountains wanting to find some valuable herbs. After saving that pregnant woman, he went to the mountain village, and the people there were very welcoming. He remained for a few years, and it was during those years that he had researched a number of special herbs.
But in the end, it was still the same. In Yao Xian’s memories, things relating to Imperial Concubine Yun and her mother were very faint. This allowed Yao Xian to know that the original Yao Xian was someone that was rather indifferent toward people. He was entirely dedicated to studying medicine. Saving people was just a simple exercise in using his abilities. It was just part of the job. But in regards to what sort of person he was saving, he did not have much memory. In fact, during those few years, he was distant and did not contact the people of the Yao family. He remained in the mountains on his own, leaving the entire Yao family in the capital. Calculating it, the original owner’s young son still should not have been very grown.
But that was a matter of the past. Yao Xian currently could not remember it, and Imperial Concubine Yun did not hope that he would remember her much. But she appeared to be completely fine and said quite a few polite words. With Feng Yu Heng helping to round things out, the atmosphere was much better than when they had first entered.
Feng Yu Heng and Yao Xian left the palace early in the evening. When they left, Imperial Concubine Yun had a relaxed expression. She had fulfilled a lifelong wish, and this was a good thing. As for Yao Xian’s neither intimate nor distant demeanor allowed her to relieve herself of quite a great burden. After thinking about it later, she thought that this sort of outcome was the best. She remembered, and he had an impression of it. It was neither too distant nor too close. It was neither intimate nor neglectful. Now, they also had A-Heng. The two had an extra layer to their relations. This sort of feeling was very good. Regardless of how it was, She respected him as a father and took it to heart. That was enough.
Feng Yu Heng cleverly used her space to hide Yao Xian and leave the palace. Only when they returned to the imperial daughter’s manor and returned to her own room did she dismiss everyone and also enter her space.
At that time, Yao Xian was on the first floor stomping around near the medicine cabinets. Seeing Feng Yu Heng enter, he quickly said: “When I was in the palace earlier, I went through some of Yao Xian’s former memories and found that when he had gone into the mountains, he had been looking for some rare medicinal herbs, and the direction of their development was toward dealing with inflammation, exhaustion and pain. It’s just a pity that the medicine that he had researched was already a huge step up for this time period. But when that medicine is compared to modern medicine, there’s not even the slightest bit of use.”
Feng Yu Heng nodded, “That’s right. Although medicine in this world cannot be considered very far behind, if it’s compared to the modern world, it’s a bit lacking. Regardless of whether it’s in medicine or in technique, including the doctor’s knowledge, it needs to be improved. There are very few people like Song Kang that will think of researching surgery, but speaking of this matter, Song Kang also happened to gain the favor of some natives, which allowed him to grow.”
“A-Heng.” Yao Xian looked at her seriously: “I know that you intend to spread modern medical information in this world, but have you ever thought about how hard it will be? Not to mention the fact that neither you nor I can produce these medicines, with the only option being to bring them out of your space, but once they come out of this space, they will have an expiration date. The world is so large. You can manage to run one Hundred Herb Hall in the capital, but once there are too many, even replenishing supplies will become a problem. A-Heng, visions will always be beautiful, but they are not realistic.”
“I know.” Feng Yu heng nodded and was also tired, “I also thought about it before. It will be difficult to replenish supplies, but if I don’t try, I will feel unreconciled. Grandpa, why do you think the King of Heaven arranged for us to come here? It can’t be that every dead person would have a separate arrangement. Also, Da Shun does not exist in the history that we were part of. It’s as if it appeared out of thin air. There are times when I will suspect whether or not everything is real? If Da Shun does not exist in our history, what am I considered?” As she spoke, she became a little emotional. This was a thought that had existed in her mind the entire time. It was just that she never dared to say it. There were times when she even suspected that this was all an illusion and was part of her delusions. She did not dare to actually give voice to these thoughts, fearing that things would disappear as they were brought up. It just had to be that there were many things that she held dear in this place.
“You’ve overthought things there.” Yao Xian told her, “It’s not like the history that we know is the truth of history. Even historians are just coming up with theories based on artifacts that they find from each era. The so-called Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou and the so-called Spring and Autumn Period, which of them had people from the modern era personally experienced? They are historians, not gods. They can also be mistaken. Them not speaking about it does not mean that it did not exist. At the same time, us not knowing does not mean that it does not exist.”
“Grandpa means to say that Da Shun still exists within our history? It’s just that the historians of the modern world still haven’t found it?” She furrowed her brow and thought for a bit before shaking her head, “It should not be the case. Based on how prosperous Da Shun is, it’s not quite the same era as the Xia Dynasty or Western Zhou. No matter what, it would need to be... around the same time as the Tang and Song dynasties. There are even times when I feel that its fame has already reached the same state as the Ming Dynasty. With it being so close to modern history, how could modern historians not be able to find a single trace of it?”
“Then there is another possibility.” Yao Xian continued: “There’s another possible situation called a ‘parallel space.’ In a different world but a similar time, different people are living in parallel. Because they are parallel, they will never intersect. We live our lives, and they live their lives. To begin with, there’s no possibility of them finding out about the other; however, when we died, there was an irregular passing between the two parallels, and we came to the other side. Child, if grandpa says it like this, do you understand?”
It was a very mysterious explanation, but Feng Yu Heng understood it. After all, she came from the 21st century. Science in that era had already expanded a great deal. What was there that could not be talked about? Thus she nodded and did not say anything else. She then had Ban Zou bring Yao Xian back to the Yao family; however, right before Yao Xian left, he said to her: “You doing it like this is correct. Grandpa will face these trials with you, but the Yao family is not our true family. Child, take care of yourself.”
The first snow of the year only fell in the middle of the tenth month. When it came around, it was quite a heavy snowfall, and a thick layer of snow covered the streets. The people began to speculate whether or not there would be another Winter disaster like that year. Fortunately, it only snowed for a while before stopping and did not continue.
Feng Yu Heng brought Wang Chuan and Huang Quan to stroll through the streets. After visiting the few shops they slowly walked around. Huang Quan said that Feng Yu Heng was missing His Highness the Ninth Prince and that she was being stubborn in refusing to admit it. In her heart, however, she was worried about it. Why had he not even sent a letter after such a long time?
The three walked along and ended up in front of An shi’s embroidery shop. Looking over, the inside of the shop was quite lively. There were quite a few people buying embroideries, and there were some people picking up their orders, carrying out bags of all sizes. Huang Quan said: “Concubine mother An’s shop is prospering quite well. She and Third Young Miss are going to be able to live a bit better.”
Wang Chuan quietly said: “That’s right! I heard that under Feng Fen Dai’s instigation, the fifth prince lowered the amount of monthly allowance given to the Feng family. That was barely even enough to support Feng Jin Yuan’s expenses, so it’s even more impossible to speak about giving some to Third Young Miss and Concubine Mother An. Fortunately, they have their own shop and don’t need to rely on anyone else to take care of them.”
“As I see it, it just serves Feng Jin Yuan right.” This time, Huang Quan was in agreement with Fen Dai’s actions, “He should be sorted out fiercely in the way that Feng Fen Dai is doing. He’s still a father, but where is there any sign of doing anything fatherly? Last time Prince Lian came to the imperial daughter’s manor, he even said that Feng Jin Yuan learned to climb walls. There was even a time when he climbed from the Feng residence into the Lian residence. His arm ended up bleeding from the fall. After that, Feng Fen Dai didn’t even call for a doctor. She just had him endure it. I heard that it took quite a few days before the pain stopped.”
Just as they were speaking, someone very impolitely shouted from behind them: “Young Miss Feng is setting out. Everyone get out of the way! Out of the way!”
TN: The Xia Dynasty is believed to have existed between 2000 and 1600 BCE.
The Shang Dynasty existed between roughly 1600 and 1046 BCE
Western Zhou existed between roughly 1045 and 771 BCE
The Tang Dynasty lasted from 618 until 904 CE
The Song Dynasty lasted from 960 until 1279 CE