"Since then, no one has come to me looking for anything, and no one has asked about the person in the portrait." The old man said affirmatively, but he avoided the first question asked by Chang'an.
Bei Mingxuan noticed something. He noticed that after the old man finished speaking, there was a slight hesitation on his lips and his eyes seemed to be evasive. He asked, "Who is the man in black who saved you?"
"How do you know that I know the man in black who saved me?" the old man blurted out, but he immediately regretted it after he said it.
Bei Mingxuan did not answer his question. "Don't worry, no one else will know about this. This prince will not let you fall into danger."
After a moment's hesitation, he said, "It's someone from the General's Mansion."
Changan was surprised, "General's Mansion? Which General's Mansion?"
"And that, of course, is General Gu Xiong's residence."
"Who?" Bei Mingxuan asked.
The old man thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I'm not sure either, I just heard it from others.
Many years ago, about half a month after that incident, a woman came to my place to buy some cakes.
As she approached, I felt her figure was very familiar, but I couldn't place it. Then, I was certain she was the woman in black who had saved me that day. She had a strong scent of the kind used for worshiping Buddha, and it was exactly the same as the scent of the man in black that day.
Later, some people said that this person was from the general's mansion, Gu Qingyun's concubine, named Meng Sichan, and she would come three or five times a year.
Perhaps it was to confirm whether I had been doing business here all along. For so many years, this old man, I hadn't left there. Firstly, I had to take care of the things I had received and deliver the letter to the Ninth Prince. Secondly, I didn't dare leave. I was afraid that if I disobeyed, I would be killed by the men in black.
Obviously, this harvest today was something Chang An and Bei Mingxuan had not expected. "Just by the smell of the incense, can you conclude that the person is from the General's Mansion?"
"Ninth Prince, you don't know. To put it bluntly, my nose is more sensitive than a dog's. I'm sure of that."
The old man spoke so confidently that Bei Mingxuan and Chang'an didn't know what to say. They just said a few simple words to the old man and left.
In the carriage, Chang'an's eyes fell on the letter in Bei Mingxuan's hand, but she had many questions in her mind, such as, were those three people from Fu Fushengmen?
Could what they are looking for be the amber ring that Aunt Wanxin mentioned, which is owned by every generation of the Fusheng Sect’s leader?
The important thing is that Aunt Wanxin has never mentioned the existence of this old man. And what about my own father? Will he know some of these things?
"Do you want to know what's in this letter?" Bei Mingxuan asked softly.
Chang'an then shifted her gaze from the envelope to Bei Mingxuan's face. After a moment, she spoke, "I do. To me, these are the only things my mother has. I want to see them, I want to possess them, but they weren't left for me."
Changan's eyes were slightly moist as he spoke, "Bei Mingxuan, you don't know how much a child who has never seen his mother longs for her love, and how much he envies those children who have their mother's love.
When I was little, I had no mother or father. The only person who treated me well was Aunt Wanxin. Aunt Meng was also nice, but there was always a sense of distance between them, a feeling that didn't seem real. Often, in the dead of night, I would look at my mother's portrait and secretly cry.
Then I cried and cried, and fell asleep alone, and then..."
Having said this, Chang'an suddenly stopped, and at this moment she seemed to have thought of something.
Bei Mingxuan noticed something was wrong with Chang'an, "What's wrong?"
"Why didn't I realize it before?"
Bei Mingxuan pressed, "What?"
"If it's real, and not a dream as I thought, then who are those people? What are they looking for?" Chang An said, looking at Bei Mingxuan.
"When I was a child, I always had dreams about a mysterious person coming to my room late at night and looking for something. I was confused and thought it was a dream. But after listening to what the old man said just now, I suddenly felt that what I thought was a dream when I was a child might not be a dream."
Bei Mingxuan asked, "Isn't Wanxin by your side? Have you asked her?"
"I asked, but the result was still that I was dreaming."
At this time, the carriage had already reached the palace gate, and the two entered the palace on foot.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I got off the car, I saw Eunuch De, who was beside the emperor, standing at the palace gate.
"Your servant pays respects to the Ninth Prince." Although Eunuch De said this, he did not make any gestures of courtesy. "Greetings to Miss Chang'an. The Emperor knows that Miss Chang'an will come to the palace to visit the Master, Concubine Tong, so he asked this servant to wait here. The Emperor is currently in the Imperial Garden, waiting to speak to Miss Chang'an."
"Okay." Chang'an smiled. "Then I'll have to trouble Eunuch De to lead the way. I'll just have to trouble the Ninth Prince and Concubine Tong. Chang'an will be there in a moment."
Bei Mingxuan smiled and nodded, then gestured to Eunuch De.
When the two left, the smile on Bei Mingxuan's face gradually faded. No emotion could be seen on his calm face, and he walked directly towards the Queen Mother's palace.
Chang'an followed Eunuch De all the way and saw from afar that the emperor was standing in front of a red plum tree.
It was so cold, and Chang'an was a little surprised, especially because there was no one around the emperor. Even in the entire imperial garden, there was only the emperor. It was obvious that everyone had been sent away by the emperor.
"Your Majesty, Miss Chang'an is here to see you." Eunuch De reported.
Chang'an stood in the distance and watched the emperor turn his head to look at him and wave to him, and then Eunuch De left.
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