Chapter 452 Aunt
After they parted at the city gate, Xie Jingyu rode back to the Prince of Jingbei's Palace.
On the way, Chen Ping came up to him and said, "As I expected, the princess went to Huguo Temple today, and the masked man really appeared..."
Xie Jingyu asked, "Who is it?"
Chen Ping shook his head.
Xie Jingyu frowned, "I don't know."
Chen Ping said, "I was far away. The man walked up to the princess, knelt down, and called her 'Aunt', which scared her..."
Someone gave the princess a painting personally drawn by her, but the princess did not remember the painting. Xie Jingyu then sent people to Kyoto to look for the masked man, but after so many days of searching, they still couldn't find him.
Xie Jingyu guessed that the man's purpose in sending the painting was to lure his mother out of the house to meet him. Unfortunately, he didn't know that his mother had lost her memory and could not understand his intention.
If the man was still in Kyoto and the princess was out of the house, he would definitely go to see her. Xie Jingyu would not look for anyone and would just sit back and wait.
Sure enough, I waited for it.
Chen Ping reported everything about following the princess to the Huguo Temple to Xie Jingyu.
After breakfast, the princess and the fourth lady took a carriage to the Huguo Temple, where they first burned incense, prayed for blessings, and added incense money.
Gokokuji Temple is located halfway up the mountain. The snow in other parts of Kyoto has melted long ago, but there is still some snow in the forest of Gokokuji Temple, and the scenery is very different from before.
The princess was not in a hurry to return home, so she went for a stroll with the fourth lady. Halfway through the stroll, the fourth lady's skirt was cut at some point, so she went to change it.
The princess was tired from walking around, so she sat down in the pavilion to rest.
At that time, Mother Zhao and her maid Shaoyao were by her side.
Two stones hit them, and Mother Zhao and Shaoyao fainted on the ground. The princess was frightened, and then the masked man appeared.
The princess thought the man had some ulterior motive and was wary. However, the man entered the pavilion and knelt down before the princess, "Aunt..."
The princess was stunned by the shouting, "You call me aunt?"
The man nodded and said, "I have been looking for my aunt for many years. I didn't expect that she was in Ning Dynasty..."
The princess asked, "Are you sure I'm your aunt?"
The man shook his head. "I've seen my aunt's portrait. It can't be wrong."
"Auntie, do you really not remember me?"
The princess shook her head.
The man was about to ask something when a hidden weapon was shot at him. He turned his head to avoid it.
Not knowing who shot the hidden weapon, the man was afraid of hurting the princess, so he immediately got up from the ground, said "I will come to see my aunt again" and left quickly.
Xie Jingyu frowned, "Who shot the hidden weapon?"
Chen Ping said, "It's the prince's secret guard."
"It's not about killing him, it's about leading the man away."
Chen Ping's mission is to find the masked man and find out who he is.
Once the man leaves, Chen Ping will definitely chase after him.
He was only halfway through following when the prince's secret guards stopped him. He could only watch the masked man walk away.
The man who calls my mother "Aunt" must be her nephew. After my mother lost her memory, she ended up in the Jiang family and married my father to bring good luck. The masked man must be his cousin.
People have come to his door, but he is not allowed to investigate. How long does your father think he can keep it secret?
Riding back to the Jingbei Palace, Xie Jingyu stepped onto the steps and asked the servant, "Has my father returned home?"
"The prince is in the study."
Xie Jingyu went to the study to find the prince.
Seeing Xie Jingyu come in, the prince frowned almost imperceptibly, "No need to ask, your cousin has already left the capital."
Xie Jingyu said, "Mother has lost her memory for twenty years. Now that her relatives have come to look for her, father has driven my cousin away. Isn't father worried that mother will hate you if she regains her memory one day?"
The prince knew that his son could not say anything good.
What does it mean to drive his cousin away?
The prince said, "A carrier pigeon sent a letter yesterday saying that Princess Heshun stabbed Prince Li of Dongliang on their wedding night. Prince Li of Dongliang is still unconscious..."
Xie Jingyu frowned.
It was his negligence.
The third prince of Beiyue is in Prince Cheng’s palace.
At that time, they only thought of taking advantage of this favorable situation to let Xiao Huaijin recognize his ancestral home and restore his status as a prince, but they forgot that the person hired by Duke Song to impersonate Chen Wan might be Xiahou Yi's man.
The Ning Dynasty princess stabbed the Prince of Dongliang on her wedding night. This matter will never end well.
but--
Xie Jingyu said, "I was talking to my father about my cousin."
The prince said, "Your cousin left the capital for this very reason."
The masked man finally saw his mother, but he left because Prince Li of Dongliang was seriously injured...
"My mother is from the Dongliang royal family."
Prince, “…”
Fighting a war is not as tiring as talking to my own son.
He is probably the only father in Kyoto who wishes his son could be a little dumber from time to time.
The prince asked, "If the lost memories contain pain that your mother cannot bear, do you still want your mother to remember those things in the past?"
Xie Jingyu was of course unwilling, but, "Father, can you guarantee that Mother will never recover her memory?"
“There has been no recovery in the past 20 years, and it is unlikely to recover in the future.”
At this time, there was a knock on the door. "Your Highness, eight hundred taels of silver from the border must be sent to the capital urgently. The Emperor summons you to the palace for a meeting."
The prince was worried about being harassed by his son, but the emperor's summons saved him.
The prince immediately stood up and left.
Xie Jingyu also turned around and left the study.
He returned to Zhaolanxuan and walked outside of Zhaolanxuan. He thought of something, stopped, and turned to go to Liuliyuan.
Inside the house, the princess was distracted by a jade pendant, which was the only thing left on her when she lost her memory.
Over the years, the princess has consulted many doctors to treat her amnesia and has taken countless medicines, but to no avail.
Although she is now the Princess of Jingbei, living a life of luxury, she still cares about the lost memories. At least she should know who she is and whether she still has relatives in this world.
The masked man today called her aunt. Is she really his aunt?
After returning from Huguo Temple, the princess has been thinking about this matter.
The maid came in and said, "Princess, the prince is here."
The princess put the jade pendant into the brocade box and got up to leave.
The princess was in a depressed mood, but she felt much better when she saw her son. "Why are you here at this hour?"
Xie Jingyu said, "I heard that my mother was almost injured in the Huguo Temple. I was worried, so I came to see her."
The princess said, "Mother is fine."
Xie Jingyu asked, "Why did mother think of going to Huguo Temple to burn incense today?"
The princess said, "Wan'er will be giving birth soon. She's carrying twins, so she'll probably give birth early. Your father is worried, so he asked your mother to go to the Huguo Temple to pray for her."
It’s indeed my father!
My father knew that my cousin was in Kyoto and that he would leave after receiving the news that Prince Li of Dongliang was seriously injured, so he deliberately used my mother to lure him out.
But things were not done well. When my cousin saw my mother, he knelt down and called her aunt.
Because of this incident, Xie Jingyu did not doubt the prince at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he came to verify it.
The princess said, "Mother is fine, you should go back and accompany Wan'er."
Let’s talk about Chen Wan. She was doing needlework in the room when the maid came in to report that Xie Jingyu had returned. Afraid that Xie Jingyu would say that she was tiring herself out, Chen Wan put down the embroidery basket. However, she waited for a long time but Xie Jingyu didn’t come in.
Shen Wan looked out the bead curtain, "Where's the person?"
Shanhu went out to ask, and then came back and said, "The prince didn't enter the yard. He went to look for the princess."
Shen Wan picked up the embroidery basket again and embroidered the last dozen stitches.
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