The carriage passed through Chang'an Avenue and turned into Zanmao Hutong. The surroundings suddenly became much quieter and the houses and buildings became taller and more majestic.
The area around Zanmao Hutong was inhabited by princes and marquises, and several baronial mansions were granted in this hutong. In addition to the Annan Marquisate of Gu Yun's family, there was the Zhongyong Marquisate of the Feng family, which produced a current empress. Among them, the largest mansion was the Jingyuan Marquisate, the family of the most favored concubine in the palace, Xiao Guifei Xue.
The reason why the Liu family's mansion is in this alley is because Liu Ci Fu was an important official of two dynasties and was awarded the mansion by the previous emperor during his reign. Although the Shen Party is in power now, no matter how much Shen Tian covets such a good place, he can do nothing about it.
Yu Jiao noticed that among these tall and spacious buildings with green tiles and red roofs, there was a ruined building covered with weeds, which looked very desolate. Mixed in with the mansions full of magnificent buildings, red bricks and green tiles, and red doors with unicorn locks, it was very eye-catching and strange.
I don’t know whose former residence this was, but it has become dilapidated like this now.
Chou Ge'er stared at the ruins with his gloomy eyes. In his dusty memory, some scenes seemed to come alive again. There were two green pines on the west wall, and autumn chrysanthemums were planted under the south eaves. There were hundreds of green bamboos on the east wing, and wisteria was in full bloom in the garden. The people living in the yard were smiling like flowers and were gentle and amiable.
Chou Ge'er was a little dazed. He didn't expect to come back here in such a coincidental way.
The carriage stopped only when it reached the end of the alley.
Liu Ziqi's men had already entered the mansion to report early. The two tall vermilion doors slowly opened. Yu Jiao heard someone outside say, "Sir, the message has been passed on. The master, his wife, and the old lady are waiting in the front hall."
Liu Ziqi responded, and the carriage entered the mansion. Although the Liu family's mansion was not as large as the other earl's mansions, it was also larger than Yu Jiao had expected. It took the carriage half an incense stick of time just to walk from the screen wall to the hanging flower gate.
When the carriage finally stopped, Liu Ziqi opened the curtain from the outside. He stretched out his hand to Yu Jiao and said gently, "Yu Jiao, we are home. I will take you to meet your grandmother and father."
Yu Jiao leaned out and was helped down from the carriage by Liu Ziqi.
Yu Jiao did not forget the ugly boy in the carriage. She looked up and said, "Brother, I want to keep this person by my side."
Liu Ziqi glanced at Chou Ge'er. He had just heard voices talking in the car and knew that the man had woken up.
It is naturally not a problem for Yu Jiao to keep someone by her side, but this person still needs to be investigated secretly and no danger should be left around Yu Jiao.
He nodded and agreed.
Ugly boy said hurriedly, "I'm afraid I'll scare the nobles in the mansion. Miss, I'll go to your courtyard and serve you."
Chou Ge'er didn't know that this was Yu Jiao's first time stepping into the Liu family mansion, and she didn't even know where she lived.
Liu Ziqi ordered his servants, "Take him to Yingyue Pavilion first."
Upon hearing this, Yu Fuling got off the carriage and said weakly, "Yu Jiao, I also want to go back to the yard first."
The Liu family's status is too high. Yu Fuling is just a commoner. She has never thought in her life that she would have any relationship with high-ranking officials like the cabinet ministers. She is really afraid that if she goes to the front hall with Yu Jiao to meet such an important person, she might accidentally show her weakness and embarrass Yu Jiao.
"Okay." Yu Jiao saw Yu Fuling holding the medical box with her hands tightly clenched, and she could roughly guess that Yu Fuling was a little nervous and scared.
After the servants led Chou Ge'er and Yu Fuling away, Liu Ziqi held Yu Jiao's hand and led her forward, gently soothing her, "Don't be afraid, you are a daughter of the Liu family, and this will be your home from now on."
His palms were warm and large, as if trying to alleviate Yu Jiao's nervousness and unfamiliarity when she first entered the Liu Mansion.
Yu Jiao was actually fine. In her previous life, she had been to many wealthy and powerful families with her grandfather, so she had seen a lot of the world, so she was still calm.
Just thinking that the people in this mansion are her closest relatives in this body, if it were the real Meng Yujiao, she would probably be very excited to see her relatives soon.
She looked up at Liu Ziqi beside her. It felt good to have a brother like this whom she could rely on.
Liu Ziqi noticed her gaze and mistakenly thought that Yu Jiao was too unfamiliar with the surroundings and that he was the only person she was slightly familiar with, so he unconsciously became somewhat dependent on his brother. He smiled slightly and said, "The Liu family is where you should be most confident. My father and I are both your family members. You are the master of this mansion. You can do whatever you want in this mansion from now on."
Yu Jiao pursed her lips and smiled at him.
Liu Ziqi's mood also brightened because of her smile. Yu Jiao was very quiet along the way and never asked him for anything. It seemed that she would accept anything he prepared. After all, Liu Ziqi was a man, so it was inevitable that he would be careless.
Although he knew that Yu Jiao was a quiet person, Liu Ziqi was always worried that he might have done something wrong, which might make Yu Jiao not as happy as she expected to be about going home with him.
This girl has had no one to rely on over the years, and has developed a mentality of relying on herself for everything. She never thinks of relying on others, and takes things as they come. She has to bear both the good and the bad by herself. This is what Liu Ziqi feels most sorry for her about.
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