Flying courtyard.

The old general was filled with doubts all day long and could not sleep all night. In the afternoon, when he took a short nap, he asked his close servant to invite his eldest grandson Ye Yunlu to Feiyuan.

Ye Yunlu was not on duty today and stayed at home without going out. When he heard that his grandfather had summoned him, he followed the servants to Feiyuan.

"Yunlu, come and sit with grandpa."

The old general waved and greeted Ye Yunlu with a friendly face, completely different from his usual self. He was only so friendly and amiable towards Ye Xiaosi and Ruhuan.

Ye Yunlu was the eldest son and grandson. The old general's attitude towards him wasn't particularly cordial, but it was definitely a notch higher than that towards the second grandson. He was the patriarch, and like any other elder in a family, he had high hopes for his eldest son and grandson.

With this in mind, the old general was naturally more friendly to Ye Yunlu than to others.

The old general, having retired from the imperial court, had retired to his home, and, plagued by leg problems, besides occasionally practicing a few sets of boxing and spear techniques, he devoted considerable attention to the art of chess. While his chess skills were not at the pinnacle of perfection, they were still quite good.

Ye Yunlu had never delved deeply into the art of chess, having only occasionally played a few games with his father and younger brother. He couldn't really say he was proficient, but only knew a little. Since his grandfather wanted to play a game, he couldn't refuse, so he played two games with him.

You are strong and I am weak, so Ye Yunlu was quickly defeated in the first round.

Ye Yunlu sighed lightly. With his chess skills which were barely mediocre, he could not last many rounds against his grandfather.

The old general taught Ye Yunlu some tips on chess. During the second game, Ye Yunlu felt that he had more ideas in his mind than in the first game. He was no longer in a confused state. A white chess piece was dropped on the board by him without any hesitation.

The old general was a man who could do two things at once. While he was playing chess with Ye Yunlu, his mind was kept straight while he was also chatting with Ye Yunlu about family matters.

He first said that without Ye Shiheng and Xiao Si at home, Feiyuan suddenly became much quieter. Fortunately, he would bring Wei Jieer over from time to time to relieve the boredom.

Ye Yunlu was thinking about how to play chess, occasionally responding to his grandfather's words.

"Maybe Grandfather is old, and your father and your fourth brother are not at home. Grandfather has been thinking about some things in the past recently. There are things about your father's childhood, and also things about you, Zelin, and Huan'er when they were young... Grandfather remembers one time, when you were eight years old, I think, and you got into a fight with a classmate in private school. When your father found out about it, he was so angry that his face turned green. He picked up this long wooden root and was about to beat you—"

As he spoke, the old general stretched out his hand to indicate the length of the tree root. "It's probably about this long. You ran so nimbly that your father couldn't catch you. Your father, a general, couldn't even catch up with his son who was less than ten years old. It's really funny when I think about it."

The old general spoke tirelessly, and Ye Yunlu listened attentively.

"Watching you four siblings grow up, grandpa sometimes thinks of your third brother. If he could grow up, he would be a handsome and elegant man like your second brother." The old general talked about the past of his grandchildren, and naturally shifted the topic to the grandson who died young.

Ye Yunlu sighed casually and replied to his grandfather, "Yes. If my third brother were still alive, he would be the same age as my fourth brother. I vaguely remember that when my third brother was born, he looked a bit like my second brother."

The old general's hand holding the chess piece stiffened slightly.

"Grandfather." Ye Yunlu called.

The old general said sheepishly, "You've all grown up. Some of you've gotten married, some of you've become fathers. In a year or two, Huan'er will be getting married too. Time flies."

…

The murderer of Liu Feixu has surrendered himself to the police.

The Tokyo government has closed this case.

Ye Zelin knew very well that the mastermind behind the murder of Liu Feixu was Prince Qinghe. No matter how hard the Tokyo government investigated, they could not find any connection between Liu Feixu's death and the Prince Qinghe's Mansion.

The murderer was brought to justice and sentenced to death, which was a great comfort to Sai's mother.

But after the incident with the willow catkins, Sai's mother's spirit and energy collapsed all of a sudden. She had no intention of continuing to run the Xianhua Club and thought about selling it.

She gathered the girls, servants and handymen of the Xianhua Guild Hall together, returned their indentures, and gave each girl, servant and handyman a generous compensation.

After everyone was sent away, the entire Xianhua Club was empty. Only Mother Sai was there, staring at the big red lanterns hanging at the gate in a daze.

That year, she was forced to work in a brothel, and it was under such lanterns that she met the upright scholar who had won the imperial examination. He vindicated her, and she also spent half her life thinking about that scholar in this brothel.

At that time, Xianhua Club was not called this name, but Yaotai Pavilion.

She asked someone from the pawnshop to sell the Xianhua Hall, but within one day, the pawnshop replied that someone had taken a fancy to the Xianhua Hall and was willing to pay a high price to buy it.

After the house deeds and land deeds were handed over and the ownership was transferred, Xianhua Club was officially sold.

Mother Sai packed her bags and headed south from Tokyo, taking only a loyal old servant with her.

Looking back, she had spent the first half of her life in the capital, living a repetitive life day after day. It was time for her to live a life of her own.

In the past, she was Sai Mama, the madam of a brothel, but from then on, she was just herself, Wu Xuemei.

Live your life with a raincoat and be free.

Hua Fushu secretly saw Sai Mama off for a while, watched her leave the city gate, and then returned to the general's mansion.

Ye Zelin said that every time he went back to Xianhua Club, Sai's mother treated him politely. At first, he couldn't understand the reason, but later he realized that it was thanks to his father-in-law.

Sai's mother knew that he was the future son-in-law of Hua Yushi's family. No wonder sometimes the information that Huai Qin Pavilion could not obtain was inexplicably sent to Huai Qin Boye's base.

Ye Zelin looked at the land deed and house deeds on the corner of the table. They belonged to the Xianhua Club. "You buy it. What do you want to do in the future?"

"Open a pharmacy and buy medicinal materials." Hua Fushu made the final decision.

Ye Zelin asked with a smile, "Didn't you say you wanted to open a clinic to treat patients? Why did you change your mind?"

"As a disciple of the world's number one doctor, do I really need to open a clinic and wait for patients to come? I don't need to open a clinic, people will come to me. There are clinics everywhere in Tokyo, and opening one more or one less won't make much difference. I started out in the herbal medicine business, so opening a pharmacy is easier. Xianhua Club is in a good location, so even if I don't open a pharmacy, I can do something else. Besides, Mama Sai was in a hurry to sell, so I bought Xianhua Club at half the market price, so I still made a profit."

She bought the Xianhua Club purely because of its good location and cheap price.

If she didn't open the shop, she could also sell the Xianhua Club and make a lot of money.