Chapter 1533: Her Highness the Princess (83)

“I don't care. Foster Father said you had to take care of me for the rest of my life.”

Yun Buxiu secretly glanced at Tang Guo. Seeing that her expression remained unchanged, he replied, “I never agreed to that. I only promised to cure your illness.”

Yun Huayin bit her lip and could no longer say anything.

After a long silence, she turned her gaze to Tang Guo.

“Tang Guo, Brother Buxiu is so wonderful, yet you don't deserve him. He likes you so much, but you remain indifferent and refuse to be with him. I've never seen anyone as cold-hearted as you. I'm telling you, I won't give up. One day, I'll bring Brother Buxiu back to my side.”

System: In your dreams?

Once someone falls into Host's palm, can they still escape?

Impossible.

From that day onward, Yun Huayin never appeared again.

Tang Guo didn't concern herself with that woman and treated it as though she had never existed.

Yun Buxiu was equally sensible and never mentioned Yun Huayin again. Just as he had said, he had already repaid his foster father's kindness and had no intention of becoming entangled with Yun Huayin.

As for his own Highness, she had never once taken her anger out on him because of Yun Huayin. That alone made him secretly happy.

System: This guy is becoming easier and easier to satisfy. Maybe he's suffered too much in life. Give him a little sweetness, and he thinks it's honey.

Without Yun Huayin's constant interruptions, Tang Guo's journey progressed much faster.

During that time, she visited twenty kingdoms, both large and small.

The people of those countries had long heard that the Grand Princess of Northern Xia would be touring the nations and had eagerly awaited her arrival.

To establish peaceful relations with Northern Xia would bring them nothing but benefits.

By the fifth year, Tang Guo had fulfilled her wish and visited every country on her list.

By the time she returned to the capital, it had become even more prosperous than before.

When the common people heard of her return, they had gathered far outside the city long in advance. Seeing the countless carts filled with goods behind her and the familiar carriage they knew so well, many of them were moved to tears.

Originally, Tang Guo had planned to return in the sixth year.

But the Emperor's failing health forced her to come back early.

During those years, she had encountered many dangers. Some sought to kill her, others wished to abduct her, but all of them met miserable ends.

By the fourth year, such dangers had almost disappeared.

Apparently, her enemies had realized that no matter how many assassins they sent, they would never be able to take her life.

After all, maintaining assassins required money.

Sending them only to have them never return was simply too costly.

Tang Guo hurried to the palace and went to see the Emperor. She recounted everything she had experienced and all the things she had witnessed over the years.

Even ten days or half a month would not be enough to tell it all.

Tang Guo only spoke of the important matters, while the Empress sat beside the Emperor, holding his hand and listening together with him.

The Emperor's aged face was filled with smiles.

From time to time, he would speak.

“My Guo'er is truly remarkable.”

“Guo'er is no less than any man.”

“Who says women are inferior to men?”

“My Guo'er has accomplished what no one before her achieved and what no one after her may ever surpass.”

The Crown Prince, Tang Zhi, stood nearby with reddened eyes.

Before his sister returned, Father Emperor had possessed no spirit at all. He could barely eat and was hardly able to speak.

Now, speaking so much in one breath, it could only mean one thing.

This was his final burst of life.

At last, the Emperor held Tang Guo's hand and gently patted it.

“Guo'er, Father Emperor must thank you. You allowed Father Emperor to become the emperor who ushered in an age of prosperity. I have no regrets in this life.”

“You have always been Father Emperor's good Guo'er.”

Tang Guo paused for a moment. Looking into the Emperor's eyes, eyes that seemed to understand everything, she softly said,

“Father Emperor has always been your daughter's good father as well. Thank you, Father Emperor, for fulfilling your daughter's wishes.”