Housekeeper of the Hundred Blossom Palace

Chapter 124: Incompetent Guy

Silence reigned for a while, but Ming suddenly came to his senses.

No, if you put it that way, then it sounds like Hui abandoned her child? She was definitely not a cruel woman

Ming was trying to gloss over it so that they wouldnt think her mother was bad, but he couldnt properly say it.

Yui Mei sent a gaze that was more exasperated than it was cold towards Ming.

Mings grief was directed towards her mother Hui, and the child she gave birth to was thoroughly left out.

Then, did he think that Hui was just a woman he loved, and that she was not Hui the mother?

Really, are all of them a bunch of lovesick fools!?

Love is everything, love is life such a love story was good enough for reading for amusement.

Both Ming and her mother lived in that tale of love.

However, it was difficult for two people to spend the rest of their life together just by being head over heels in love. Yui Mei, who had died in peace in her previous life, knew this fact very well.

She thought that Ming and her mother were both pitiful people who didnt see the reality because they chose to wallow in their grief.

If that woman chose to live then she could have enjoyed a life full of love with her adorable child, so its better for her to regret it in the afterlife! Otherwise, its disrespectful to all those people who are trying their best to live!

Ming wanted to say something when he heard those words that came from the bottom of her heart, but he kept his mouth shut in the end.

If thats not the case, it would be too unfair for the Yui Mei within me.

Yui Mei met the emperor, who was her father, because both of them were still alive.

However, she would never meet her mother again for eternity, because she had already passed away.

It was the same for her mother, who lost the chance to watch her own child grow forever.

What is the real worth of the happiness that she herself chose to give up?

In this world, both happiness and misery exist in balance

In order to possess them equally, one must live their life to the fullest up to the second that they had.

Only those who did so would be able to understand what real happiness was.

However, her mother didnt choose that path, and instead arbitrarily decided that her happiness was already over.

She didnt have any pursuers probably because they knew what kind of personality she had.

If they really wanted to kill her, she would never reach the borderland alive.

They would murder her right after she left the capital, even before she met Ming. 

Yui Mei couldnt help but compare her to the emperor.

They had only met for a handful of times, but she never heard the name Hui from that esteemed persons mouth.

Even if Yui Mei hid her hair, the emperor had already considered her existence as Yui Mei right from the start. 

This emperor already had a few children, but he never forgot his child that went to the borderland faraway. 

Yup, Im starting to think that Dads a better person now.

Yui Meis opinion of the emperor had improved a little.

Ming, on the other hand, was crushed after Yui Mei talked him down.

Ahh, you really arent Hui. Hui will never say such things. Shes just weak and gentle, thats why I had to protect her

From Ming words, which sounded like hes lamenting and grumbling at the same time, Yui Mei deduced that he was the type to pamper people.

Her mother had a spoiled nature, so thats why they were probably a good fit.

I didnt give Hui a reason to live. What an incompetent man I am

Ming shoulders drooped after saying those words.

Because of their protector and ward relationship, her mother didnt manage to gain the strength to stand on her own, even during their harsh trip to the borderland.

Still, shes supposed to be a court lady before, so she must have known a thing or two about hardship, right.

Perhaps, it would only take a moment for a person to indulge in a comfortable life.

Ming had been wavering for ages, so Yui Mei replied frankly.

Oh my, isnt it good that you understand how incompetent you are? People are like that, they fall in the face of most challenges. Once you acknowledge that, it will be the beginning of your new lifewas what a traveler that I met long ago said.

Incompetent I see, yes, Im an incompetent guy from the start

Ming was depressed even more after he heard what Yui Mei said.

Perhaps, he was expecting that she would comfort him with something like No, thats not true, but unfortunately for him, Yui Mei didnt have any obligation to shower him with such kindness.

As a former nurse in her previous life, she knew that she couldve used the right words and attitude to handle a wounded heart such as Mings; unfortunately for him, Yui Mei was still irked that he had treated her as a ghost all this time.

Lassie, what a confusing chap you are. I dont know if youre trying to lift Mings spirits up, or if youre crushing him down.

That was General Lis impression.