Su Qingyu was completely stunned and even thought that she had heard it wrong.
"Third Master...you...what did you say?"
Shen Zhixiu spoke again, his face full of joy.
"You heard right, Yunzhou has returned to the capital and is now in the study in the West Courtyard."
Su Qingyu covered her mouth and nose with her hands, tears streaming down her face.
Shen Zhixiu reached out and held her in his arms, gently stroking her back.
"Don't cry, it's great news that he's fine."
"I have something important to discuss after we get home. I'm afraid you might be too excited, so I'm telling you now."
He then lowered his head to look at the wet collar of Su Qingyu's clothes and said jokingly, "If you keep crying, you'll have to take off your clothes and wring them out."
Su Qingyu was delighted and burst into laughter when she heard this.
He raised his head slightly and looked at it. "Third Master, you are talking nonsense. It has never come to that."
She was crying, but she wasn't venting her anger.
The palace gate is not far from the Shen family, but today Su Qingyu felt that time was passing particularly slowly.
A quarter of an hour later, the carriage finally stopped in the west courtyard of the Shen family.
The two got off the carriage and walked towards the study.
At this time, Jiang Qi and his men were guarding outside the study. Seeing them return, Jiang Qi also breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that the Third Master was back, and they had a backbone.
Shen Zhixiu pushed the door open and walked in with Su Qingyu one after the other.
At this moment, the young man was sitting upright in the armchair in the study, and stood up when they came in.
"Teacher...sister."
Even though she had already cried, Su Qingyu still couldn't hide her inner excitement when she saw Li Yunzhou.
The young man in front of him was much thinner than before he left Beijing. Like Song Hongshen, he looked weathered at a young age.
"elder brother……"
Su Qingyu cried out with a sob, but the word "brother" was stuck in her throat and drowned out by her sobs.
Shen Zhixiu walked up to Li Yunzhou and looked him over. He was dressed in a green robe and had his hair tied up, looking dusty and exhausted. Although he looked tired, he was fortunately uninjured.
"Are you anxious? I'm glad you're alright. Sit down and talk."
Su Qingyu also wiped the tears from her face and calmed herself down. Now was not the time to be sad and depressed. If she came back alive, there would be plenty of time to be together in the future.
"I'm sorry to have made you worry during this period of time." Li Yunzhou looked guilty.
Shen Zhixiu shook his head and said, "We're family, there's no need to say such things. First, tell me what happened. How are Zhang Pan and the others?"
Upon hearing this, Li Yunzhou straightened his back and sat up straight.
"Teacher, you probably already know what's on the surface, so I won't go into details. Actually, before I entered Spring Valley, I realized it might be a trap. But Zhang Pan was there, and I had to save him. So before entering, I carefully studied the terrain of Spring Valley."
"Jumping off the cliff was also the escape route we had agreed upon in advance. There happened to be a cave at the bottom of the cliff, which is covered in fog all year round and few people know about it."
"It's just... I planned everything, but I didn't anticipate there was a poisonous python in the cave. Zhang Pan was bitten, but luckily he lost an arm and survived."
Su Qingyu's heart was in her throat as she listened to him describe the whole process. Although he had escaped, it was still a narrow escape.
If the cliff was not calculated well, there would be no corpse left. The poisonous python could even swallow everyone into its belly.
Afterwards, Shen Zhixiu told Li Yunzhou about what had happened in the capital during this period, especially about Li Yunzhou's life experience. At this moment, he was already the son of Princess Yongning in the emperor's place.
Just when Su Qingyu thought that Li Yunzhou would curse Princess Yongjia, she heard him say in a low voice: "So she is a princess..."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhixiu asked, "Do you still remember what happened with Princess Yongning in the other courtyard?"
Li Yunzhou nodded, then shook his head.
"I can't remember clearly. I just remember that she was very gentle and very kind to me. These are just vague impressions. I can't even remember what she looks like, let alone her identity."
"But I still remember the day she died. She hid me under the bed. First a man came in and said a lot of words I couldn't understand, and then he left."
"Later... another woman came in. After that woman left, I saw a lot of blood dripping down the side of the bed."
"I was very scared and wanted to go out and find someone to save my mother. Then I fell in the woodshed. I don't know if I fainted or fell asleep. When I woke up, I was taken back to the Li family."
Shen Zhixiu and Su Qingyu were not stupid people, and they figured out the key point in a moment.
Su Qingyu blurted out, "Brother, what you mean is that Princess Yongning... was killed by a woman?"
"Back then, the War King returned and massacred everyone in the Other Courtyard. Later, Li Jingchuan quelled the War King's rebellion and found my brother in the Other Courtyard."
"If Princess Yongning was killed by a woman, then..."
Then the most likely person is Princess Yongjia, right?
Li Yunzhou nodded, a glimmer in his eyes.
He had remembered that scene for over a decade and never dared to forget it for a moment. This was also the first time he had ever spoken of it to anyone.
Su Qingyu was heartbroken. A five-year-old child had suddenly fallen from heaven to hell, and had to bear a deep hatred and struggle to survive. How had he managed to survive all these years?
Shen Zhixiu suddenly asked, "So what are your plans? Especially regarding the Li family, are you going to cut ties right away, or take it slow and steady?"
Su Qingyu also looked at Li Yunzhou. In his previous life, Li Yunzhou chose to break off relations with the Li family after returning to Beijing. However, she thought that this move was not wise.
In his previous life, the only explanation he could offer was that Princess Yongjia had not treated him well. Although the Emperor had severely punished Princess Yongjia and had Li Yunzhou relocated, the Li family had not been harmed in the slightest.
After all, Princess Yongjia did not announce the relationship between Li Yunzhou and Princess Yongning in her previous life, and the emperor might not really want to make the decision for Li Yunzhou.
Li Yunzhou thought for a moment and spoke.
"Since Princess Yongjia has honored me and given me such an identity, I must use it."
Shen Zhixiu's eyes lit up, he and Li Yunzhou had the same idea.
Afterwards, the three of them discussed in the study for half an hour, and Li Yunzhou quietly left the Shen family.
Just wait for Li Yunhuai to escort the coffin back to Beijing in two days and give the Li family a big gift first.
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