The snow might have weighed too heavily, bending her brows, or it might have been something else. Verdant Green Maiden did not know.
The younger generation of the Yue family no longer recognized her.
Though Yue Huan wanted everyone in the Yue family to pay their respects to Verdant Green Maiden, she refused. Why make such a ceremony of it?
She was only a passerby.
"Goddess..."
Before the graves of Yue Qiu and his wife, Yue Huan looked at Verdant Green Maiden and bowed solemnly.
He understood that after this parting, their paths would likely never cross again in this life. She made her home between Heaven and Earth, claiming not a single square inch as her own.
Verdant Green Maiden left Lantian County.
She went to Bianjing. That year, Bao Zheng had passed the Presented Scholar examination.
Master letters and arms, then offer your talents to an emperor's court.
For someone Verdant Green Maiden had raised, learning was the last thing anyone needed to worry about.
Bao Lingyi had retired from office and returned to Luzhou with his wife.
Bao Zheng also wanted to return to Luzhou to care for the two elders. After he petitioned the court again and again, it granted him an appointment there.
Today was the day he left Bianjing.
"It seems I came at just the right time."
In the courtyard, Verdant Green Maiden watched Bao Zheng and his wife pack their belongings and could not help smiling.
Bao Zheng gave her a helpless look. "Teacher, how is this good timing?"
"One day later, and I'd already be on the road."
"Doesn't that make it all the better? Once you've finished packing, come have a simple meal with me. Don't worry, I won't make you pay. I know you haven't much salary yet. Keep