As the sun sets, the mountains are dyed a crimson hue. The sun gradually sinks, dusk descends, and the landscape turns a hazy, gray-yellow.
Su Yan lowered her eyelashes and remained silent. Leaning against the tombstone, she tilted her head back and took a sip of wine, her face showing no emotion whatsoever.
At this moment, Wang Ruofu came over carrying a bamboo basket, squatted down, and placed the fruits and vegetables in the basket one by one in front of the tombstone.
He took out a clean white handkerchief from his hand and wiped the inscription on the tombstone, his expression silent and focused.
After finishing, Wang Ruofu plopped down next to Su Yan, snatched the wine from her hand, and drank it down in one gulp.
He also reached out his other hand and pulled Su Yan into his arms.
Su Yan's eyes were already a little moist, but she held back her sadness and didn't cry.
When Wang Ruofu pulled her into her arms and she leaned on her senior sister's shoulder, the high walls Su Yan had built in her heart collapsed at that moment.
She nestled in Wang Ruofu's arms like a child, sobbing softly, "Senior sister, in this world, you're all I have left..."
Su Yan became increasingly sorrowful as she spoke, as if she wanted to release all the pain and sadness that had been suppressed in her heart since her rebirth.
Wang Ruofu didn't comfort Su Yan with words, but simply reached out and stroked her head, just like when she was a child.
Meanwhile, Shen Yao stood not far away, silently watching everything.
He learned Su Yan's true identity from Ye Qingzhu. Although it sounded absurd, Shen Yao didn't care about such supernatural things. He only cared about Su Yan herself, regardless of her past.
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With the new dynasty newly established, everything was in need of rebuilding.
As the head of the Surveillance Bureau, Su Yan also participated in court affairs, but not in handling difficult and complicated cases.
This was mainly because Li Shen carried out a major reshuffle of civil and military officials, dismissing some, promoting others, and exiling others.
In short, after such a major reshuffle, there were very few people in the court who were truly loyal to Li Shen; they practically wanted to cut one person into eight pieces to use.
In addition, Su Yan handled exceptionally well in her cases, so Li Shen entrusted her with important responsibilities.
After a month, I couldn't even go home.
Besides Su Yan, Shen Yao was also promoted, being appointed by Li Shen as the Left General of the Golden Guard, giving him full authority over the Golden Guard.
The Lin family was even more remarkable. General Lin was promoted to Protector of the Nation, while Lin Shu was promoted to General of the Cavalry, in charge of the Imperial Guards. Moreover, a daughter of the Lin family was made Empress.
The Lin family's status rose dramatically, and even Su Yan had to bow respectfully to Lin Shu.
As for Wang Ruofu, Li Shenzheng originally intended to promote her, but unexpectedly she suddenly proposed to resign from her position as Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
At first, Su Yan didn't understand, but Wang Ruofu explained it to her.
She wants to continue studying medicine and uphold Su Ci's ideals, practicing medicine in the martial arts world.
After that, Su Yan stopped trying to persuade her.
She knew that her father had originally wanted to stay in the imperial court and travel the world with her mother, but unfortunately she had no talent for medicine. Fortunately, her senior sister could help him fulfill his last wish.
That winter, after the New Year, Su Yan saw her senior sister off on the city wall.
Standing on the city wall, watching her senior sister lead her horse away into the distance, Su Yan felt a sense of loss she had never experienced before.
Life is unpredictable; it is a constant cycle of parting and reunion.
Seeing that Su Yan's eyes were red, Shen Yao walked to his side and gently comforted him, "Don't be sad, we'll meet again anywhere in life."
Upon hearing this, Su Yan cast a resentful glance at Shen Yao, "Who's sad? Senior Sister is fulfilling my father's last wish. I'm overjoyed..."
Ever since Shen Yao learned that Su Yan was a woman, she had him completely under her control.
In addition, he is clumsy with words and is always bullied by Su Yan, but Shen Yao never gets tired of it.
Seeing Shen Yao's discomfitured expression, Su Yan couldn't help but chuckle and mock him, "Shen Yao, you're such a fool."
When Shen Yao saw Su Yan smile, he grinned widely and said, "You smiled..."
"Laughing at your stupidity! You blockhead, tell me, what girl would want someone like you? I'm probably the only one in the world who would even bother with you..."
Upon hearing Su Yan's words, Shen Yao's cheeks flushed red, and he suddenly became shy, unable to look up and meet her gaze.
Seeing Shen Yao's shy expression, Su Yan couldn't stop smiling.
I never expected Shen Yao to have this side to him, so easily swayed.
Time always flies. Because Li Shen entrusted Su Yan with important responsibilities, the affairs she had to deal with were piling up, so she had no choice but to hand over all the affairs of the Surveillance Bureau to Xie Yu.
Although the court was in chaos these days, no one was killed, which gave Xie Yu some peace and quiet, allowing him to spend his days following Jing Ning around.
As time went on, even a blade of grass could bloom. If Su Yan hadn't accidentally stumbled upon Xie Yu and Jing Ning together...
Nobody knows when Xie Yu will finally win the heart of his beloved.
After his trip to Suizhou, Jingning became much more composed and broadened his horizons, accepting Xie Yu's unwavering love from childhood to adulthood.
After the two got together, Su Yan often saw a happy smile on Jing Ning's face. Indeed, love and being loved are always visible to the naked eye.
Because the late emperor has passed away, we must observe a three-year mourning period.
However, Li Shen still arranged the marriage between Xie Yu and Jing Ning, and the wedding was held only after the mourning period was over.
Jing Ning was already a useless pawn, and Xie Yu was not favored in the Xie family, so Jing Ning posed no threat to him. Why not do him a favor?
Three years later, Xie Yu and Jing Ning got married, and she became pregnant the following year.
Su Yan finally managed to find some time to visit Jing Ning, who was pregnant, at the Xie residence.
As soon as she entered, she took the clothes into the side room and showed them to Su Yan a lot of children's clothes.
From birth to age ten, Jingning had already ordered people to make them, and with those sent by the Empress Dowager, there were a total of seven or eight boxes.
Jingning's birth mother died early, and he was raised by Xiao Guanyin's side. Although it was just a matter of using her, his feelings for her were not fake.
In short, Su Yan was so surprised when she saw it that her eyes almost popped out.
Jingning is only three months pregnant, and her belly isn't even showing yet. As first-time parents, she's always trying to be thorough in everything.
Su Yan reached out and touched Jing Ning's belly, which wasn't showing much, and asked curiously, "Xie Yu, have you thought of a name for the baby?"
Jingning nodded, "Call him Xiao Fubao."
"Little Fu Bao? That's her full name?"
Jingning shook her head, "That's a nickname, I haven't decided on a formal name yet..."
"Oh... Fu Bao sounds nice, just like my son, both are precious..."
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Speaking of this, Su Yan has to mention Su Bao'er.
Although Su Yan was busy with official duties all day, Su Bao'er was very ambitious and earned academic honors. At only twelve years old, she was already a top student in the academy.
Presumably, he will participate in the imperial examination in the future. Su Yan couldn't help but feel proud of the original owner of this body for giving birth to such an outstanding son.
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