After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Chapter 242 He Doesn’t Blame You

In the seven years they had known each other, the Crown Prince had never seen Lu Zhiyuan cry, especially not in his dreams. She sobbed softly, tears streaming down her face like they were free. He tried to wipe them away, but found himself tightly entwined by her, unable to move.

He looked at her slightly trembling eyelashes and wondered what she had dreamt about that made her so sad.

His heart clenched instantly when he heard her call out to Ye Bai.

Xiao Yebai?

It turns out the person in her heart was Xiao Yebai!

He sighed, freeing his arms from her grasp and gently pulling her into his embrace, soothingly whispering, "Ah Yuan, what am I supposed to do with you? You love Xiao Yebai, and I love you. I don't want to give you to him. The Master said love is about giving freedom, but what if I give you freedom and you're unhappy?"

In the dream, the Crown Prince opened his arms and hugged Lu Zhiyuan, asking with heartache, "What's wrong, A-Yuan?"

Lu Zhiyuan suddenly opened her eyes and found herself facing the Crown Prince's eyes.

In the dim candlelight, those eyes were frighteningly soft. Lu Zhiyuan stared blankly at them, then asked in a daze, "Why did you go to the beach? Did Ye Bai appear in your dream and tell you to go?"

seaside?

The Northern Liang has a sea, not in the south but in the west, called the Western Sea, which he has never been to.

In a dream?

That's something only the deceased would do.

He frowned slightly and looked into her eyes: "What did you dream about, A-Yuan?"

"Ye Bai, sitting on the beach." Lu Zhiyuan clutched his clothes, her voice softly choked with sobs. "I can't find him, I just can't find him anywhere. I've tried so hard, I've searched the entire sea area, but I still can't find him. He turned into you, and he said he's always been by my side. Tell me, are you Ye Bai? Did you transmigrate into a book like me?"

Her words were incoherent and confused the crown prince.

The Crown Prince gently stroked her back and said softly, "Does A-Yuan like Xiao Yebai? Is she sad because she can't be with Xiao Yebai? If I let go and let A-Yuan be with Xiao Yebai, would A-Yuan be happier?"

"Xiao Yebai? What does this have to do with Xiao Yebai?" Lu Zhiyuan regained some of her composure: "I helped him because he is the King of Southern Chu!"

"Seven years ago, did A-Yuan know he would become the King of Southern Chu?"

Lu Zhiyuan was still sad, so she snuggled into his arms.

The sudden happiness froze the prince in his tracks; he dared not move and simply stared at her.

Lu Zhiyuan spoke in a muffled voice, nuzzling her head against his chest, making his spine tingle and making him even more afraid to move. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and listened to Lu Zhiyuan say, "It's not that I know he will become the King of Southern Chu, but that he must become the King of Southern Chu. The King of Southern Chu must be him."

"Why?" The Crown Prince asked, a hint of jealousy in his voice. "Is he really that good, so good that A-Yuan thinks the throne of Southern Chu must be his?"

"Why are you so jealous? I still think the throne of Beiliang must be yours." Lu Zhiyuan was completely sober. She got up, moved a little further inside, and leaned against the corner of the wall.

"Xiao Yebai's birth mother was from the Northern Liang royal family. He himself was not tolerated by the Southern Chu royal family. Only by taking that position could the relationship between Northern Liang and Southern Chu be balanced. Furthermore, he had been a hostage in Northern Liang. In his elder brother, the Crown Prince, a hostage was just a hostage, whose freedom of movement was restricted and who had no choice but to live in the Northern Liang palace. Little did he know that he suffered all kinds of grievances in the palace, not having enough to eat or wear, and being ridiculed. Only a monarch who has come from the bottom can understand the suffering of the common people and put himself in their shoes."

"so--"

"Only by making Xiao Yebai the king of Southern Chu can the people of Southern Chu live a good life of self-sufficiency and have no worries about food and clothing. When the people live in peace and contentment, even if the king wants to wage war, the people will not be happy. Furthermore, my maternal grandfather and mother are guarding the border city. I have helped Xiao Yebai. If he had even a little bit of conscience, he would not go to war with Northern Liang."

"My Ah Yuan has the world in her heart; she is worthy of being the mother of the nation."

“I have no ambition for the world.” Lu Zhiyuan wrinkled her nose. “I just don’t want anything to happen to my maternal grandfather and mother. My grandfather is old and should enjoy his retirement. My mother should also have her own life. Only when Southern Chu and Northern Liang cease hostilities can they put down their burdens. Only when my brother, the Crown Prince, ascends the throne will he not harbor murderous intentions towards them. Because my brother knows that whether it is my maternal grandfather, my mother, or even my two uncles, they are all loyal to Northern Liang and the Xiao family, and have no intention of rebellion.”

The Crown Prince naturally trusts the Xie family, both now and in the future. If everything goes smoothly, his child will also have some Xie family blood, and the future Crown Prince will be his and A Yuan's child.

She lowered her eyes and took Lu Zhiyuan's hand: "The Ye Bai that A Yuan is talking about is not Xiao Yebai."

"Does Your Highness believe in reincarnation?"

The crown prince neither said he believed nor disbelieved, but only asked if Ye Bai was someone from a previous life.

Lu Zhiyuan hugged her knees, resting her chin on them: "Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, but did he know it wasn't a dream? Back in the villa, A-Yuan was drowned by the nanny, and when she woke up, she had an extra memory. In that memory, A-Yuan was still A-Yuan, an orphan, growing up in an orphanage. Later, A-Yuan was spotted by the leader of an assassin organization and taken back to a dark and gloomy assassin training camp. In that training camp, there were many children like A-Yuan, and people died every day for various reasons. A-Yuan had to practice diligently, protecting herself while also guarding against others."

"Ah Yuan—"

The crown prince listened with a pained expression, but couldn't bear to interrupt her.

“Ye Fan was A Yuan’s only friend in the training camp. A Yuan could entrust her life to him, and he could entrust his life to A Yuan.” Lu Zhiyuan clenched her arm: “That was the last mission. After completing that mission, A Yuan and Ye Bai could say goodbye to their life of risking their lives. By the sea, a sudden change occurred. Ye Bai was seriously injured while saving A Yuan and fell into the sea. He was never seen again, neither alive nor dead.”

"Does A-Yuan feel guilty?"

“He didn’t have to die. If it weren’t for me, he wouldn’t have been buried at sea.” Lu Zhiyuan looked up: “Has Crown Prince ever seen the sea? The sea is beautiful, but the seabed is very dark, the kind of dark that stretches to the horizon. Ye Fan loves liveliness the most. He told me that even if he dies in the future, he wants to be buried in the most lively and prosperous place. He is afraid of loneliness, afraid of being alone, and doesn’t want to be alone.”

Lu Zhiyuan covered her face, tears streaming through her fingers: "A-Yuan should go to the bottom of the sea to be with him."

“Ah Yuan was wrong!” The Crown Prince covered her hand: “He risked his life to protect Ah Yuan so that she could live well. He would rather endure the darkness and loneliness that he could not bear so that Ah Yuan could live in light and liveliness. If Ah Yuan really died, he would blame Ah Yuan, because Ah Yuan had let him down and did not understand him.”

"Really?" Lu Zhiyuan looked up at the Crown Prince, her eyes brimming with tears. "He doesn't blame me for not saving him? He doesn't blame me for not finding him?"

“He doesn’t blame you!” The Crown Prince pulled Lu Zhiyuan into his arms. “Men understand men better. You should believe what I say. In the past life, Ye Bai protected you. In this life, I will protect you.”

A commotion broke out outside the window. Liu Ying pushed the door open and came in. Seeing the Crown Prince and Lu Zhiyuan embracing each other, she covered her face and retreated.

“This servant deserves to die. This servant did not mean to disturb the master and mistress. There was trouble on the street, and I was heading towards the temple of the goddess.”

Before he could finish speaking, screams came from the street.