Chapter 270: The Empty House
At the gate of the courtyard, a group of young people were sitting on horseback.
Shen Yu looked down at the baby in the cradle, his brows slightly knitted, a flicker of reluctance in his eyes.
He stared at the child without saying a word, and the young men behind him did not dare to urge him.
Xiang Tu saw this scene, shook his head helplessly, and lowered his voice to persuade.
"General, Taohua Town is close to the Imperial Capital. It only takes half a day to go back and forth. This child is destined for us. When we have time, we can come back to see him."
Hearing this, Shen Yu's expression became more attractive.
"Yeah." He nodded. "You're right."
After a pause, Shen Yu withdrew his gaze, but his voice was deep and hoarse.
He said softly, "If Xiaowan could also give birth for me..."
He didn't finish what he was going to say halfway through.
Xiang Tu didn't hear clearly and was just wondering when he saw Shen Yu turning his horse around and rushing out with a whip.
Xiang Tu didn't think much about it and quickly followed with his brothers.
Shen Yu didn't look back, so he would never know that just as the sound of horse hooves rang out, someone in the house in the distance pushed open the window.
Through the gap in the window, Wenwan's burning gaze fell on Shen Yu's back.
The sun was rising, and the sunlight was shining with golden warmth. That touch of warmth fell on his back, but in a moment, it disappeared at the end of the sight.
"Chen Yu, for the rest of your life, I wish you happiness and peace."
Wen Wan said this with a sob, and the tears in her eyes could not be held back and flowed out.
It turns out that if you really love someone, even after you break up, you still hope that he can live a better life.
*
The summer heat gradually dissipated, and the fruits of autumn inadvertently covered the fields.
There are also osmanthus trees planted in the back garden of the Shen Mansion, but few people paid attention to them in previous years.
I don't know where General Shen got the interest from this year. During the past few months in the Imperial Capital, except for going out on business, whenever he was resting in the mansion, he would come to take care of these osmanthus trees from time to time.
After several months of careful care, these osmanthus trees bloomed unusually vigorously during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival.
Xiang Tu took a few servants to catch the fallen osmanthus flowers under the tree, and soon they had scooped up a large bunch.
He was greedy, so he immediately sent the osmanthus flowers to the kitchen and asked Chef Zheng to make fresh osmanthus cake.
The osmanthus cake was freshly baked, and Xiang Tu carried the plate into the study.
"General, I have just made some sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Please try it. It tastes delicious."
He placed the plate on the desk and saw the map that Shen Yu was studying.
Xiang Tu couldn't help but mutter, "General, you should take a break. We've been searching for the treasure for months according to the clues in Cang Qi's secret box, but we haven't found it. Who knows, maybe the clues in the box are just a lie."
Shen Yu casually grabbed a piece of osmanthus cake and said, "Is it a lie? This is the last one. If there is not even this one, then I will explain it to the emperor and then go back to the border town to guard the border."
He took a bite of the osmanthus cake, was stunned for a moment, and looked at the soil with sharp eyes.
"Osmanthus cake? Where do the osmanthus flowers in it come from?"
Xiang Tu smiled guiltily, "It fell from the osmanthus tree! The flowers fell on their own, I didn't pick them!"
"Heh," Chen Yu said coldly, "It's better not to be you who picked them. If you dare to touch my tree, I will peel off your skin."
Xiang Tu curled his lips in dissatisfaction and muttered softly, "It's just a few osmanthus trees. Look at what you gave to your baby."
Shen Yu was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and asked directly: "Do you have any more osmanthus cakes?"
Xiang Tu: "Yes, Chef Zheng made a lot."
Without even looking up, Shen Yu said, "Pack the rest and go there yourself to deliver it to Taohua Town."
"Peach Blossom Town?"
When Xiang Tu heard the place name for the first time, he was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that it was the small town they passed by a few months ago.
At that time, there was also a child in the town that their general was holding, and he was reluctant to let go.
Xiang Tu understood, but then curled his lips and said, "General, do you want to give the osmanthus cake to Yan Sui?"
Shen Yu responded.
Xiang Tu couldn't help but laugh, "General, that child should only be three or four months old now. How can a child of that age eat osmanthus cake? He can only drink milk!"
Shen Yu paused and raised his head in confusion.
He seemed to think for a while, and then his face turned red, which was rare.
He coughed twice and said, "Forget it then. I'll send it over again this time next year."
"Next year?" Xiang Tu sneered again, "By this time next year, we should be in the border town."
However, Xiang Tu was also sighing in his heart. His general really liked that child and had even made arrangements for next year.
Neither this nor that works.
Shen Yu took a bite of the osmanthus cake irritably, and suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"Then ask Chef Zheng to boil goat milk with osmanthus flowers and send it to Taohua Town."
Xiang Tu: “…”
OK, he is worthy of being his general. He can even come up with this idea. He is very thoughtful.
*
After receiving the order from the general, Xiang Tu did not dare to delay and immediately found someone to do it.
Two hours later, Xiang Tu, carrying the osmanthus goat milk wrapped tightly in three layers, rode his horse at full speed to Taohua Town.
When night fell, Xiang Tu returned and rushed into the study with a gloomy face.
Shen Yu had already circled the last place he wanted to find on the map and was considering which route to take to reach his destination.
As soon as Xiang Tu entered the door, he said, "General, Prime Minister Wu's family is no longer in Taohua Town."
Shen Yu's hand trembled, and a drop of ink fell on the map, leaving a dirty spot.
"Not here?" Shen Yu raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean? Their whole family is gone?"
Xiang Tu nodded and said, "I've asked everyone in town, and it turns out that Wu Xiang's wife wasn't his first wife at all."
"The person living in that courtyard was originally a young widow. She was pregnant with her husband's child who died in battle. She fell in love with the Prime Minister Wu who lived next door, and the two of them started living together."
"Prime Minister Wu originally came to the Imperial Capital on short notice to attend the Spring Examination. Because of the incident with the bandits, he was probably frightened and didn't even attend the examination. As soon as the child was one month old, he took the little widow and left Taohua Town."
"These are what the townspeople say. It's said that Prime Minister Wu agreed to marry the young widow after returning home."
It is not surprising that Wu Xiang returned to his hometown.
What shocked Shen Yu was the matter between Wu Xiang and the young widow.
Shen Yu frowned and lowered his eyes to think for a moment, "You just said... that young widow was pregnant and she and Prime Minister Wu fell in love?"
Xiang Tu nodded in confusion, "Yeah, I don't know if it's because that young widow is so pretty, or if Prime Minister Wu just likes this kind of thing. He can be so attracted to both of them. His taste is really..."
"Even the young maidservant beside the young widow, who is young and in the prime of her life, is no better than a pregnant widow. But Prime Minister Wu turned a blind eye to it? Did he not fancy the young maidservant but the young widow?"
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