My master led me to a tomb and told me that Aunt Qinglian was inside.
As for my mother and younger brother, I will find them myself when I grow up.
From then on, I stayed at Jinghuanglu and learned Gu techniques from my master.
Until two years ago, I kept dreaming that my younger brother and mother were crying and looking for me. In exchange for never being allowed to return to Jinghuanglu on my own, I bid farewell to my master and went out to find my younger brother and mother.
I learned that there has only ever been one prince in the entire Xiaoyue Imperial Palace, namely Crown Prince Ji Yanzhuo, born to Empress Wu, and there have been no other princes.
After Consort Yun gave birth to a stillborn child, she was banished to the Cold Palace, and no one knows whether she is alive or dead.
I started searching everywhere for a boy with heterochromia who was about the same age as my brother. But after searching for a long time, I found nothing.
Later, I searched all the way to Beili, where I encountered a group of bandits. I was shot with an arrow, and the leader of the bandits said he would capture me and make me his wife.
Although I know how to use Gu poison, I can't deal with so many people at once. Just when I decided to perish with them, I was saved by Princess Yaolan, who was out hunting.
To repay Princess Yaolan for saving my life, I stayed by her side and told her that I was a Gu master, willing to cast Gu spells on her three times to repay her kindness.
After Princess Yaolan learned that I was looking for my younger brother, she told me that she could find him for me and that I shouldn't worry.
A princess searching for someone is far better than I am. I was very grateful to her at the time, thinking I had met a good person.
Unexpectedly, when I was about to leave after casting the Gu poison on Yao Lan three times, Yao Lan wouldn't let me go, saying that I had to stay by her side for the rest of my life, otherwise I would only have one way out: death.
It was only then that I discovered Yao Lan's true colors. I tried to escape, but unfortunately, I failed.
Until one day, Yaolan said she had found my younger brother.
When she brought Dapu to me, all of Dapu’s features matched what Aunt Qinglian had said. He was the younger brother I had been searching for for so long!
Yao Lan said that if I wanted my brother to live, I had to stay by her side, otherwise she would kill him.
For Dapu's sake, I had no choice but to stay by Yaolan's side and become her maid, reluctantly helping her to quietly get rid of people she didn't like.
"Until I came to the Great Chu with Yao Lan for a political marriage, what happened afterward, Your Highness and Your Highness, you both know."
"When Aunt Qinglian carried you out of the palace, you were not even four years old yet. How can you remember the details so clearly?" Su Ruojin asked.
Although a three-year-old child can vividly recall scenes from their early childhood when stimulated, some memories become blurred as they grow older. However, Aya was able to describe them so clearly, especially the characteristics of the little prince.
"Because when Master was gathering herbs to save Aunt Qinglian and me from falling off a cliff, Aunt Qinglian was still alive. She told Master everything, and Master relayed it to me."
My master said that Aunt Qinglian held me tightly in her arms at the time. She had multiple fractures all over her body, and the rocks on the mountain had cut her limbs and back so badly that they were bloody and mangled, while I only had minor scratches. As she said this, Aya closed her eyes and tears streamed down her face.
To protect her, Aunt Qinglian endured all the pain alone.
"When you heard that Consort Yun gave birth to a stillborn baby, why were you still so sure that your brother was still alive? That stillborn baby could also be your brother." Xiao Yanchu also noticed something was amiss.
“Because my master said my brother is still alive. Besides having excellent Gu techniques, my master also understands celestial phenomena. If she says my brother is still alive, then he must be alive.” Aya’s eyes showed absolute trust in her master.
Xiao Yanchu glanced at Su Ruojin, who was also looking at him. The same message was conveyed in their eyes: this Fu Linglong is no ordinary person.
"Why does Aunt Qinglian trust your master so much? If your master were to take you to Empress Wu to claim your reward, I believe the Empress would be very willing to give you a sum of money for it," Su Ruojin continued to ask.
Aya was taken aback. She had never thought about this question before and couldn't answer it.
She had always trusted the master who raised her, and subconsciously felt that it was only natural for Aunt Qinglian to trust her master so much, without thinking about it in detail.
But when the princess asked that question, she realized that something seemed amiss.
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