Xu Yiwen widened his eyes. Due to the busy days, his face, which was not fat to begin with, now looked even more bony, and even his eyes were bulging out. When he glared at him, he looked even more frightening.
"Where is it? Where is it?" Xu Yiwen's heart was beating like a drum. He found it, but was it alive or dead?
"She's in the east of the city, but she might not be what you think right now..."
"What's the difference? Is he missing an arm or a leg?" Xu Yiwen grabbed Gao Yao's arm, not caring about the differences between men and women.
"No, no, she's fine. I'll tell you the address. You'll know when you go and see her!" Gao Yao quickly pulled her hand away and told him an address. He wrapped his hat around his neck and hurried over. He didn't even hear her last question. Oh! I have to tell Xueyan quickly, lest Mr. Xu go on the run with Miss Xu and die. Wouldn't that mean we won't be able to see each other for the last time?
Xu Yiwen rushed into the city rashly, his heart growing more agitated as he walked, yet his actions calmed him down. He was no longer the aristocratic young man who only cared about having fun or escaping. Having been out for so long, he had seen everything, and his behavior had naturally changed.
As he walked, he observed his surroundings, looking for any spies. Fortunately, Miaozhou was freezing cold, and everyone on the street was bundled up like him, so no one would be suspicious. When he reached the small courtyard Gao Yao had mentioned, he pressed his ears against the door and listened inside, but he could hear nothing but the wind.
The closer I get to home, the more timid I feel. When I got to the door, I didn't dare to knock. After standing there for a while, I finally raised my hand and knocked on the gate of the courtyard. After waiting for a long time, I saw a strange man open the door a small crack.
"Who are you looking for?" the strange man asked in a rough voice, with a wary look on his face.
"Uh..." Xu Yiwen didn't expect a man to open the door, not to mention he had never seen this man before. He was speechless for a moment and quickly thought of an excuse: "Miss Gao Yao asked me to deliver some things. Is that convenient?"
The man took a look at him and saw that he had nothing with him. The vigilance in his eyes became even stronger: "Who is Gao Yao? You have the wrong person!" After that, he locked the door and never showed up again.
Xu Yiwen was frustrated and stood at the door for a long time, unable to recover. He was a little annoyed that he had not asked Gao Yao for the details before coming, or brought her with him. Now he had made things worse.
"Master, the eldest son is here."
"Puff!" Xu Yixing nearly spit out the brown sugar and egg syrup. "Is anyone following us?"
"I didn't notice anyone following us. Gao Yao must have told him our address."
Xu Yixing raised his sleeve to wipe the sugar water from the corner of his mouth, with a glimmer in his eyes: "Let him in, you stay outside and don't let anyone in."
"If he's still outside." Ying Wu turned around and went to the front door again. Sure enough, he saw Xu Yiwen still standing at the door. Judging from his gesture, he was going to knock on the door again.
"Sir, please come in."
Hey? Xu Yiwen lowered his arm, a look of suspicion on his face. Hadn't he just pretended not to know her? How could he let him in all of a sudden? Was it a trick?
He walked into the house and headed towards the main room. He saw that there seemed to be only a little girl busy in the kitchen and the person next to him. He couldn't tell what kind of people they were.
"Sir, please come in. The person you are looking for is inside."
Xu Yiwen was about to say that he was not looking for anyone, but the man turned around and walked to the gate of the courtyard without giving him any chance to speak.
Xu Yiwen turned around, looked at the heavy door curtain in front of him, took a deep breath, and stepped over the threshold.
"Sister?" He called out tentatively, for the room was so shabby and bare, and the moment he entered he could take in the entire place. An "old woman" lay halfway on the kang, holding a child in her arms.
"Your habit of randomly recognizing sisters is not good. Just wait and see if I call you that again." Xu Yixing laughed, leaving Yiwen stunned.
He took two more careful steps forward and finally saw the woman's face clearly. "Uh... I made a mistake?" Xu Yiwen turned to leave, but suddenly came to his senses. The voice was clearly his sister's! "You, how did you get into this state? This child, where did this child come from? Why are you in Miaozhou? What happened?"
"Can you please ask them one by one? You were the one who left without saying goodbye. How can you have the nerve to blame me?"
"This..." Xu Yiwen felt guilty. He had regretted leaving the previous time for a long time. After all, they were his only family in the world. Their father's death was ordered by the late emperor, so he shouldn't have taken his anger out on his sister. "My dear sister, you don't know how worried I was about you. When the court issued a wanted order for me for no apparent reason, I knew something must have happened to you!"
"You knew I was in trouble, so why did you still rush to the capital? Do you think your portrait hanging on the city wall is not conspicuous enough, and you want to hang your head there directly?" Xu Yixing sighed, still shaking his head, and explained in detail how she left the Prince's Mansion and came to Miaozhou. Xu Yiwen's mind was spinning after hearing it.
How could a coffin be used to transport a living person? Putting aside the taboos, don't you find it eerie and scary? Furthermore, the Crown Princess had secretly fled the capital! No wonder his brother-in-law was so angry, using him as a scapegoat.
"Sister, this child, can't be, can't be..."
"Yes. I've already chosen a name. It's Lu Xiaobao."
"Uh... isn't this name too hasty?" Not to mention that he had studied sage books for a few years, even a family with a little reputation in Beijing would ask a master to calculate the name for their child. At worst, the parents would use words according to the old calendar of their ancestors. What's the difference between the name given to this little treasure and that of a child in the countryside?
"It's just a nickname. Let's give him a real name after he turns ten." Xu Yixing is now holding the child and seeing that his red skin has gradually turned into a tender white, he likes it from the bottom of his heart. Even feeding him feels much more comfortable.
"Does he know about this?"
"I don't know. Even I didn't know I was pregnant until I left Beijing. How could he know?"
Xu Yiwen covered his head. His sister was so bold! As an imperial concubine, she actually escaped secretly and dared to show off with the emperor's bloodline. Isn't this a crime that can be punished by exterminating the entire clan?
"So what are your plans now?"
"If he wants to come, I will naturally leave. I have already arranged everything and will leave in three days."
"Then I'll go with you." Xu Yiwen blurted out without thinking. Now that his sister had just given birth to a child, how could she be tired again?
"Ah, this..." Xu Yixing's heart began to beat fast. "If you leave, won't Wu Xueyan follow you? If you kidnap Wu Xueyan, her eldest brother will probably chase her to the ends of the earth, right? It's the hardest to accept the kindness of a beautiful woman, brother!"
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