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Li Yan didn't quite understand what Li Yuanxiu meant, but he listened to Li Yuanxiu's explanation after they moved to a secluded place.
"Didn't they say a carrier pigeon went missing a while ago? Who was in charge of that pigeon?"
Hearing this question, it seems the carrier pigeon has reappeared and caused trouble again.
"Could it be?" A question arose on his brow. As expected of a longtime friend, a single glance was enough to understand his meaning. Li Yan looked at Li Yuanxiu, and seeing her nod firmly, he knew something was wrong.
So they hurriedly sent people to look for him, but they didn't expect that the person was no longer in Flying Pigeon Feather.
"What did you say? She's gone!" Li Yan listened to his subordinate's report. He hadn't expected this person to be so clever, but he figured she wouldn't live much longer. Anyone who dared to betray the Crescent Moon Sect would suffer the sin of having their heart devoured.
Each member of the Crescent Moon Sect has their own "flower of the heart," which is nourished by dripping their heart's blood. If that person dies, their "flower of the heart" will likely die as well. If they don't die, pouring some poison into the roots of that flower of the heart will likely cause them great suffering for a long time.
"In that case, you can investigate here, I'll go back to Crescent Moon Gate to see her beloved."
"good."
Jiang Chaoyu saw that these people were moving very quickly. She wondered if they could still find that person. It was possible that the person was right next to Xie Yunyin, but they couldn't get close. It was probably a traitor that Xie Yunyin had planted before.
"Senior sister, is that person still useful?" Jiang Chaoyu asked abruptly as they were returning.
"You mean to just destroy her heart's sweetheart?"
If she were still alive, she would definitely continue to be used by Xie Yunyin. Moreover, since that person was on Xie Yunyin's territory, there was no way to get her out, which would be even more disadvantageous for the Crescent Moon Sect.
"Keeping them alive will only cause endless trouble!" This is true; for someone who cannot be found, death is the greatest guarantee.
In this way, Li Yuanxiu understood Jiang Chaoyu's meaning: keeping an unpredictable person around was a threat.
The deepest part of the Crescent Moon Gate is called the Gate of Heart's Life. No one knows about this except the core members. Every member is bound to the Heart Flower, which is the last line of defense for the Crescent Moon Gate.
I never thought it would come in handy one day.
After pressing the switch of the hidden door, what came into view was the Heart Flower swaying in the wind. The last time she saw these was when her master brought her here. However, Jiang Chaoyu had a secret: she didn't have a Heart Flower; that one was just a cover.
She and her master couldn't even plant the flowers in their hearts; they didn't belong to this world, so how could they stay in it?
Li Yuanxiu and Jiang Chaoyu stood beside the heart-shaped flower, and Li Yuanxiu gestured to Jiang Chaoyu that she could pluck it.
The moment it was plucked, the flower in my heart withered instantly.
Soon, Xie Yunyin received a message: "My lord, that man is dead."
He gazed at the flowers he had carefully tended on the windowsill, and with a flick of his wrist, all the water poured out, overflowing instantly.
"How did he die?"
"Died suddenly!"
I never expected the Crescent Moon Sect to have such a hidden trick up their sleeve. It's truly unexpected. It seems they've also found out who it was.
"Get rid of it!"
"yes."
Looking down at the flowers she had carefully watered, which were drooping as if she had overwatered them, Xie Yunyin felt a surge of anger and snapped off the stem. The petals fell to the ground one by one with the action.
He muttered to himself, "What a useless person!"
"Thinking about it this way, it must be dead." Li Yuanxiu casually scattered the withered flower on the soil to use as fertilizer to nourish the remaining flower of her heart.
Jiang Chaoyu watched the flower fall into the soil and disappear in a moment. "That's good. Senior sister, you must be more careful in the future. The capital is about to change."
It's always good to leave something to hold over your actions. Knowing someone's background is always a good thing, so Jiang Chaoyu didn't plan to tell Li Yuanxiu anything else. She just told him to be careful in everything he did.
She didn't know what Jiang Yunxin and Xie Yunyin were plotting, or Xie Yunyin's alliance with the Chu Kingdom, nor did she know if Jiang Yunxin was involved. All of this was too complicated, and she wondered why she had gotten involved.
Whether Xie Yunyin was truly after him or whether he harbored some unspeakable secret, only Xie Yunyin knew.
“I understand what you mean. The Crescent Moon Sect should hold on for at least another ten years, otherwise I will die with regrets and I will be letting down my master and the sect leader.”
When Jiang Chaoyu returned to the manor, she heard that Jiang Yuyao had left. "She left again?"
"Yes, only the old lady is in the mansion." Cui Cui had only heard this from others, and she didn't know what the others were doing.
"Great!" Wouldn't it be better if there was no one in the mansion? She liked the quiet life of being alone.
Before Jiang Chaoyu could continue to be happy, Cuicui said, "But Miss, the old lady said that you should go to her courtyard now that you're back. She has something important to tell you."
Hearing this, Jiang Chaoyu was somewhat surprised. "When did Grandmother come?"
Cui Cui shook her head, realizing she must have misunderstood. "It wasn't the old lady who came, it was the aunt next door. She originally wanted to invite you, Miss, but you weren't here, so..."
Cui Cui didn't say the rest, but Jiang Chaoyu understood what she meant. It was really bad; it seemed someone knew that he wasn't in the manor.
"Didn't we agree that if I wasn't in my room, it would mean I was already resting?"
"I would say that to ordinary people, and they wouldn't barge into the room. But that aunt is no ordinary person. She opened the door directly and didn't see you, Miss, so that's why she said that."
Hearing this, Jiang Chaoyu felt a bit awful. She rubbed her forehead, somewhat helplessly, "Oh no~"
I didn't expect I still couldn't prevent it. I looked up at Cuicui and asked, "Did that aunt say anything more to you, like what Grandmother wanted to see me about?"
Seeing Cui Cui shake her head, Jiang Chaoyu felt a bad feeling. She started to rack her brains, thinking about what excuse she could use to appease her grandmother. However, a woman from the inner quarters who could do nothing and avoid trouble must be extremely smart. She thought that her excuses would be easily seen through.
"Or should I pretend to be sick?"
Jiang Chaoyu looked at Cuicui and felt a sense of despair. However, Cuicui reminded Jiang Chaoyu, "Miss, you have been faking illness many times before, but if the old lady hears that you are sick, she will definitely find a doctor for you. Besides, if the old lady finds out that you have gone out, it will be troublesome if she tells the master."
Hearing these words, Jiang Chaoyu felt even more pained. Why did she have to be discovered today? She was getting married in half a month, and then she wouldn't have to pretend to be sick anymore. But she was discovered now. Could it be that her grandmother had something important to say to her?
"Fine, so be it!" Jiang Chaoyu stood up and walked out of the room with a look of resignation to her fate.
"Miss~" Cui Cui called out to Jiang Chaoyu from behind, but Jiang Chaoyu waved her hand and said directly, "Cui Cui, you wait for your young lady to come back safe and sound."
Cui Cui gazed at Jiang Chaoyu's retreating figure, which was filled with unwavering resolve.
I had never chatted with my grandmother in private, and since she usually lived in the courtyard and loved health preservation and Buddhist offerings, we had very little communication. I couldn't guess what my grandmother wanted to say on this trip.
"Miss, please come in!"
Just as she reached the front of the courtyard, the head maid came out to greet Jiang Chaoyu. Looking at her from the front, her grandmother was offering incense.
"Granddaughter greets grandmother. May I ask what brings you here, grandmother?"
The old lady knelt before the Buddha, and Jiang Chaoyu knelt before the old lady. Only after the old lady finished offering incense did she slowly stand up. Not having heard the sound, Jiang Chaoyu did not dare to be presumptuous and remained kneeling.
"Get up." Jiang Chaoyu had been kneeling for a long time before finally receiving these words, her knees were even a little red from kneeling.
"Please take a seat."
"Thank you, Grandmother."
Sitting in the chair, Jiang Chaoyu, who usually doesn't like to greet people, was even more at a loss for words when facing her elders. She simply raised the corners of her lips slightly to show her respect as a junior.
"Xiaoyu, where did you go?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Chaoyu knew that what was bound to happen would happen. On the way there, she thought of several reasons and finally gave the old lady a relatively satisfactory one.
"Grandmother, I had some pimples on my face a while ago, and they almost left scars, so I secretly went out to buy medicine."
Upon hearing this, the old lady stared at Jiang Chaoyu's face, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.
Since that's the case, he didn't make things difficult for her and continued, "Do you know why I summoned you here?"
Jiang Chaoyu shook her head honestly; she really didn't know why the old lady would call her to her courtyard so late at night.
It was getting late, and there weren't many clouds tonight. I could see many stars hanging in the sky. If it weren't for the moonlight illuminating my way, I probably would have arrived even later.
"I suppose you'll be getting married in about half a month."
Jiang Chaoyu never expected that the old lady's actions were a way of saying that one should remember the good things about one's own family and not forget them. That was the gist of it, but in reality, it meant doing more for one's own family.
"Yes."
"Since you're getting married soon, it's not good for this old lady to keep this thing any longer."
Jiang Chaoyu was very curious. What was that? Could it be her mother's?
The head maid gently placed a wooden box in the old lady's hands. Jiang Chaoyu looked at the wooden box, wondering what was inside.
Looking at Jiang Chaoyu's curious expression, the old lady smiled kindly and said, "Judging from your curious look, you probably don't know either."
He unbuttoned the box and slowly opened it under Jiang Chaoyu's gaze. Inside lay a gold hairpin, but looking at its appearance, it looked exactly like the gold hairpin that he had redeemed before and that Zeng Chenhua had redeemed for him again.
He frowned slightly, trying to remain calm, and waited for the old lady to speak.
"You probably don't know about this. It belongs to your birth mother and was part of her dowry. It's just a pity that she's no longer here."
At the old lady's prompting, the head maid brought the gold hairpin to Jiang Chaoyu.
!! !! !!
Only after she took it did she realize that the gold hairpin was exactly the same as hers...
Jiang Chaoyu cautiously voiced her concern, "Grandmother, did my mother only have one gold hairpin?"
She didn't know why Jiang Chaoyu asked that question, but it was Jiang Chaoyu's mother who gave her the gold hairpin when she was ill, saying that she would give it to her daughter after she got married. At the time, she didn't understand why she did that either, thinking that she wanted to give her daughter some security.
Now that the girl is getting married, there's no use for this gold hairpin if I keep it; it's time for it to fulfill its purpose.
"Yes, there's only this one."
"Does Grandmother know where my mother is from?"
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