Chapter 432,
As the sky brightened, Daohua woke up from her sleep. Through the half-open door, she saw a vast expanse of white outside. She could not help but curl up in the warm quilt again, leaving only half of her head outside.
With a creak, the door opened and Wang Man'er came in shivering, carrying a pot of hot water. Seeing Daohua move, she smiled and said, "Miss, are you awake?"
Daohua stuck her head out of the quilt and asked, "Is it snowing?"
Wang Maner nodded. "It's been snowing for most of the night. The yard and the roof are covered with thick snow. Defu said that once October comes in Ningmen Pass, it snows frequently. Are you going to get up, young lady?"
Daohua shook her head without hesitation and tucked her head into the quilt again: "No, I want to sleep a little longer."
Wang Man'er put the hot water in the pot and said with a smile, "When the young prince and the third and fourth masters left just now, they also said that the girl should sleep a little longer to avoid getting cold."
Daohua stretched her head out again and propped herself up slightly. "Where did they go so early in the morning?"
Wang Maner smiled and said, "The Third and Fourth Masters went out for morning exercises. As for what the young prince said, I don't know."
Daohua frowned: "Xiao Yeyang is still injured, it's ok for him not to rest properly, but he's running around everywhere!"
Wang Man'er saw her daughter's face showing concern and dissatisfaction, and said with a smile: "I just took a look, and the young prince is in good spirits. Don't worry, young lady."
Daohua lay back on the bed and hummed, "Who's worried? You should take care of your own body. I don't have the energy to worry about others."
Wang Maner smiled and did not reveal her daughter's hypocrisy. She quickly poured a glass of boiled water and put it on the table at the end of the kang to cool it down, then went outside to wash and clean up.
Daohua lingered in bed for a while, then sat up with the quilt, picked up the boiled water and drank it in small sips. Not long after, Xiao Yeyang's voice was heard in the yard.
"Is your girl awake?"
"Awake, but not up yet."
Then, footsteps were heard outside the door.
Xiao Yeyang stood outside the door and asked softly, "Are you awake?"
Daohua quickly put down the cup: "Wake up."
Xiao Yeyang asked with a smile: "I brought back breakfast. Do you want to eat on the kang, or get up and eat with me?"
Daohua looked at the kang where she slept and said decisively, "You eat first, I'll get up right away."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you." Then he turned and left.
At this time, Wang Man'er pushed the door open and came in, carrying a large package in her hand. She said with a smile on her face, "My girl, the young prince is really thoughtful. He knows that your clothes are thin, so he went to the camp early in the morning to get you some thick clothes."
Hearing this, Daohua's face lit up with joy: "Really? Come on, bring it here so I can see it?"
Wang Maner smiled and put the package on the bed.
Daohua opened it quickly and recognized at a glance that the package contained Xiao Yeyang's clothes.
Wang Maner picked up one of them and said, "This is a mink fur coat, it looks very warm. Girl, you won't feel cold if you wear it. It's just a little big."
Daohua smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. As long as you stay warm, it's fine." Then, she flipped through the package and said, "There are quite a lot of clothes. You can choose one to wear. Don't catch a cold."
Wang Man'er shook her head and refused without a second thought. Even if she had a hundred guts, she wouldn't dare wear the little prince's clothes. "Don't worry about me, girl. Defu also gave me a fur coat just now, and I left it outside."
Daohua: "Then go put it on quickly, and get me a pot of hot water. I'm getting up."
Wang Man'er smiled and left the room. When she came back, she was wearing a sheepskin coat.
Seeing that she was wearing warm clothes, Daohua didn't bother her any more.
After a while, Daohua was dressed and washed. Just as she was about to go out, she saw Xiao Yeyang coming over with a lunch box.
As Xiao Yeyang walked towards Daohua, he asked, "You came home too late last night and went to bed without even having dinner. You must be starving, right?"
Daohua shook her head: "I'm not really hungry!"
Xiao Yeyang placed the lunch box on the table and turned to look at Daohua's clothes: "The clothes are a bit too big!"
Daohua looked down and smiled, "It's quite warm."
Wang Man'er cleared the table and took out the food from the lunch boxes one by one. As she placed the food on the table, she smiled and said, "What a rich meal this morning!"
Daohua turned around and looked at it, looking surprised: "Why are there milk porridge, red dates and yam cakes?" Such exquisite food should not be made in the military camp!
Xiao Yeyang pulled her to sit down and said with a smile, "The food in the barracks is very rough. I was afraid you wouldn't be used to it, so I went to my uncle's place to get some food."
Hearing this, Daohua felt a little touched. This guy actually went out to get her food so early in the morning! She picked up a piece of red date and yam cake and put it in her mouth, saying with a smile, "Delicious!"
Seeing that she was eating with relish, Xiao Yeyang smiled, brought the milk porridge to her, and then he picked up the chicken porridge and started eating.
Daohua took a sip of milk porridge and said, "Xiao Yeyang, there's no need to be so troublesome next time. I'll eat whatever you eat." Xiao Yeyang could eat coarse food, let alone her.
Xiao Yeyang glanced at the rice flowers and said, "How long do you want to stay here?" Then he glanced at the sky outside. "Alright, eat quickly. When your two brothers come back, we'll go to the river valley! Fortunately, it's only October now, so the snow in the mountains hasn't fallen very often. If it were November, I wouldn't dare take you into the mountains."
Daohua nodded and quickened her eating pace.
After Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao came back from morning exercises, Xiao Yeyang took the three siblings to the Sanchuan Valley.
After arriving, Xiao Yeyang saw Daohua looking around. He didn't go to the river valley where he found the gold sand yesterday, but just wandered around. He couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking for?"
Daohua pondered for a moment and thought that she should tell Xiao Yeyang about the rock gold mine. She pulled him aside and whispered, "I'm looking for another gold mine. Most of the gold in the riverbed was washed over from the rock gold mine."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang's expression changed. He quickly looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one was paying attention. "Don't tell anyone else about this."
Daohua nodded: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. We don't know whether we can find it or not!"
In the next few days, Xiao Yeyang took the three Daohua siblings to wander around the Sanchuan River Valley.
Wu Jingyi was very surprised when he heard about it. He heard his subordinates say that they seemed to be looking for medicinal herbs, and thinking of the deeds of the old man in Taohua An, he didn't think much about it.
At the same time, in the imperial palace in Beijing.
After entering October, the war in the north became increasingly tense. Just when the emperor was worried about food and wages, Wu Jingyi's letter arrived.
When the emperor saw the letter saying that the gold mine had been found, he laughed out loud with joy.
After Eunuch An and Wei Qi knew what had happened, they all congratulated the emperor.
The emperor looked at the end of the letter and smiled at the two of them, saying, "Jingyi said that the gold mine was found by that girl."
Eunuch An and Wei Qi were stunned for a moment before they realized who the maid the emperor was talking about.
Eunuch An glanced at the smile on the emperor's face and said with a smile, "When I first saw Miss Yan, I felt that she was a smart and blessed girl!"
Wei Qi glanced at Eunuch An and thought with contempt in his heart, when the girl was knocked unconscious and kidnapped, this guy said that the girl was barbaric and vulgar when he woke up, but now his tone has changed.
The emperor smiled and said, "I thought that girl was just talking nonsense, but I didn't expect that she would actually go and look for it. The Jiang family, Old Eight, and our people searched for so long but found nothing. She found it right away. She was quite lucky."
Eunuch An smiled and took over the conversation: "Finding the gold mine is secondary. To be able to meet the emperor by chance is the greatest luck!"
The emperor glanced at Eunuch An, and thinking of his frail mother and elderly uncle far away in Zhongzhou, the smile on his face gradually faded. After a while, he stood up and took out a secret box from the bookshelf behind him. He opened the box and took out the portrait treasured inside.
The portrait was exactly the group portrait that Xiao Yeyang had painted for Grandma Gu, Gu Jian, and Old Lady Yan.
Seeing that the emperor fell silent while looking at the portrait, Eunuch An and Wei Qi looked at each other and dared not say anything.
After a while, the emperor finally spoke: "Are the Jiang family and Lao Ba still looking for gold mines?"
Wei Qi nodded: "Yes."
The emperor was silent again, looking at the portraits of Granny Gu and Gu Jian. After a while, he said, "Tell the Jiang family where the gold mine is."
Upon hearing this, Eunuch An and Wei Qi both looked up in surprise, but soon showed a look of realization.
In order to return to the court, Prince Duan spent a lot of money this time, and the gold mine was his important bargaining chip. If the gold mine was offered by Prince Duan, under the advice of the officials in the court, the emperor would have no reason to refuse his return.
Now that the location of the gold mine has been told to the Jiang family, given the Jiang family's style of doing things, they will definitely report it to the emperor immediately.
Prince Duan's hope of returning was blocked by the Jiang family, and the two sides are bound to confront each other in the future.
In this way, the emperor can sit back and watch the two sides consume each other's strength.
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Tell the Jiang family the location of the gold mine, and the eldest daughter of the Yan family will not be able to receive the reward for the time being!
Thinking of Daohua's unwillingness to act until she saw the rabbit, Eunuch An and Wei Qi looked at each other. The little girl was probably disappointed.
(End of this chapter)
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