Kyoto, Guogong Mansion.
This is the first night back at the Duke's Mansion.
In the first half of the night, Shen Yuyao tossed and turned, but in the second half, she slept very soundly.
No dreams in the middle of the night.
When I woke up, it was already noon.
Zi Su had prepared some water and was already waiting by the side, holding the moon-white blouse that Shen Yuyao loved to wear.
When Shen Yuyao first opened her eyes, she was a little dazed.
The perilla beside me is familiar, but the surrounding furniture is unfamiliar.
"Miss, are you awake?" Zi Su saw Shen Yuyao open her eyes and hurriedly called out to her with a smile: "I have prepared warm water and will help you get up right away, okay?"
Hearing Zi Su's voice, Shen Yuyao seemed to have just realized that she had already quietly returned to the Duke's Mansion in Kyoto.
Shen Yuyao looked up at Zi Su. There were already fine lines at the corners of her eyes.
A few years ago, Shen Yuyao also found a suitable family for Zi Su, wanting to marry her off in a grand manner, just like Bai Zhi.
As a result, Zi Su threatened to commit suicide and was determined not to leave Shen Yuyao and choose to get married.
She said that her mission in this life was to accompany Shen Yuyao until the end of her life.
After this happened several times, Shen Yuyao had no choice but to agree to her request.
However, Shen Yuyao stubbornly asked all the children in Prince Ning's Mansion to change their way of speaking. They all had to call Zi Su: Aunt Su.
Shen Yuyao also did not allow Zi Su to call herself a slave in front of the children.
At first, Perilla was very difficult to adapt to, but it was only in recent years, after a long time, that I gradually got used to it.
She treated the nine children of Prince Ning's Mansion as if they were her own and cherished them with all her heart.
Especially Xia Xiaoxian, she is really better than a biological child.
Although Zi Su was no longer a servant in Prince Ning's Mansion in name, she still developed the habit of helping Shen Yuyao get up every day.
After Shen Yuyao washed up, she planned to take Zi Su with her and head to Zuixianlou in the city.
In order to avoid alerting the Black Dragon Guards in the city, Shen Yuyao didn't even bring Xia Xiaoxian with her.
I have been thinking about Zuixianlou day and night for seven years. So much time has passed in a flash.
The last time I went there was with Xu Yunxuan, but now there is no news from Xu Yunxuan.
I don't know if she is okay.
The carriage was driving on the streets of Kyoto, and the sound of horse hooves on the bluestone slabs sounded a little different from that in Yanjing City.
Kyoto is more humid than Yanjing, and there is less wind and sand. Even the sound of horse hooves seems crisper.
This is where Shen Yuyao has lived since she was a child, and the fragrance of daylilies in the air seems to remind her.
"I don't know where the person has gone, but when I smell the daylily, I can't forget the sorrow."
Shen Yuyao lifted the car curtain and looked out.
Various street vendors were still shouting their wares as usual.
There is a hustle and bustle of pedestrians and merchants coming and going, and you can even occasionally run into merchants from the Western Regions with golden hair and high noses.
It really was the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty, a prosperous and flourishing place.
Tang Wei rode his horse beside him, watching the passers-by with vigilance from time to time.
He was worried about being targeted by the government or the Black Dragon Guards, so he had even disguised himself before leaving the house.
In order to make it easier for Shen Yuyao to see the Kyoto city after seven years, Tang Wei specifically instructed the coachman, so the carriage was not moving fast.
After crossing Kyoto's freight avenue, you will enter Shangheji.
Tang Wei seemed to have noticed something and looked back, only to find a little boy wearing clothes with many patches following closely behind the carriage.
In order to test whether the little boy was following the carriage on purpose, Tang Wei asked the coachman to stop several times. He found that when the carriage stopped, the little boy also stopped.
As the carriage slowly passed through the two streets of Shangheji, the little boy was still following behind the carriage.
Although the little boy was wearing patched clothes, he was clean and tidy, and his hair was carefully combed.
Tang Wei gestured to the young guard beside him. The guard understood and immediately took out a few copper coins from his pocket, dismounted, and handed the copper coins to the little boy.
"Little boy, are you hungry? Go buy something to eat." The little guard smiled and touched the little boy's head and said to him.
"I'm not a beggar, and I don't want your money!" The little boy's face turned red and he shook his head like a rattle.
It looks like the little boy is a little angry!
"Then why are you following us?" the young guard asked curiously.
The little boy suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the carriage, saying loudly, "Someone asked me to deliver a letter to the lady in the carriage."
Tang Wei and the young guard's expressions changed at the same time.
The guard even forced the copper coins into the boy's hands and scolded him, "Who told you that the queen was sitting in the car? Hurry up and take the money and leave!"
Although there was a hint of fear in the little boy's eyes, he kept moving forward.
He followed the carriage closely, shouting loudly: "Yuyao! Yuyao!"
"How dare you! How dare you call me mother..." The young guard just started to scold when Tang Wei signaled him to be quiet.
Shen Yuyao in the carriage also heard the little boy's cry. She was startled and hurriedly asked the coachman to stop the carriage.
This was an agreement between her and Xu Yunxuan. They had agreed that if they had to contact each other for important matters, they would use each other's maiden names as code words.
Shen Yuyao knew that Xu Yunxuan was anxious to contact her.
But how did Xu Yunxuan know that Shen Yuyao had returned to Kyoto?
Is Xu Yunxuan also in Kyoto? What is she doing in Kyoto?
A series of questions were written all over Shen Yuyao's face.
Seeing the carriage stopped, the little boy also stopped.
Shen Yuyao got off the carriage and walked to the little boy. She squatted down, stretched out her hand and said, "Little brother, where is the letter Yunxuan gave me?"
The little boy was surprised. How could such a handsome young man come to collect the letter?
Isn't it said that she is a queen?
However, the codeword is correct.
The little boy hesitated for a moment, then took out a piece of letter from his arms and handed it to Shen Yuyao.
Before Shen Yuyao could open it, the little boy ran into the alley next to him.
He actually ran away!
The guard following behind hurriedly got up and chased to the alley entrance, but heard Shen Yuyao shouting, "Come back! Let him go."
Tang Wei's hand, which had been on the knife at his waist, slowly relaxed. He dismounted and walked to Shen Yuyao's side, whispering, "My Lady..."
Shen Yuyao hadn't opened the letter yet. Just by looking at the three words "Shen Yuyao" on the letter, her eyes were already slightly red and her hands were shaking slightly.
This is Xu Yunxuan's handwriting.
Shen Yuyao was very familiar with it.
She whispered to Tang Wei, "It's Xu Yunxuan!"
Tang Wei was stunned for a moment.
He only remembered that seven years ago, Concubine Xu of Prince Ning's Mansion disappeared without a trace overnight.
Three days later, Prince Ning announced to everyone in the palace that his concubine Xu had fallen seriously ill and died suddenly.
Even shortly thereafter, Prince Ning removed Xu's name from the royal family tree, and all the twins born to Xu were registered under Shen Yuyao's name.
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