"Reporting to Miss, there is still no news of the young master."
Xia Zhi pursed her lips, but still spoke up, "Miss, you seem to be quite interested in Da Yu and the young master lately?"
The woman's expression suddenly changed.
"I've been staying in this tea pavilion for a while now, and I'm feeling a bit stifled. Come to think of it, I've been here for quite some time now, but I still haven't met my cousin. I'm really sorry."
"Miss, don't worry about these things. The head of the family has already made arrangements for you."
Watching Xia Zhi's departing figure, the woman's eyes were filled with wariness. A moment later, Xia Zhi brought over a bowl of medicinal soup.
“Miss Jiang is in poor health, and her energy has only recently improved.” Xia Zhi handed the medicine bowl to Jiang Yu. “This was specially instructed by the head of the family to be used to nourish your body.”
The woman forced a smile. "The medicine is too hot. I'll drink it later."
Since she was able to get out of bed, she has been given different herbal medicines every day.
"Yunming!"
"Cousin Yunming..."
Two women's voices came from outside the Minghua Water Pavilion, and Xia Zhi's expression immediately changed drastically. "Miss, it's the eldest aunt and the second young lady."
The woman was taken aback, clearly unaware of why the people outside had come here.
"Yun Ming, do you even know what shame is!" Yun Wei, the eldest aunt of the Yun family who had married out, glared angrily at the woman, with a sobbing girl hidden behind her.
"Young Miss." The woman slowly rose and curtsied to the two of them.
Before the woman could even get up, a palm strike came towards her.
Almost instinctively, the woman grabbed Yun Wei with her other hand and then collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.
"You actually dared to stop me, you really are no good." Yun Wei said viciously, "You say you're a cousin, but you look much older than me, and you still have that vixen look. No wonder my second sister was bullied by you."
"I bullied the second young lady?"
"Big sister, my cousin didn't bully me." Yun Hui's voice was very low, which made Yun Wei frown deeply.
"Second sister, do you have to wait until they've successfully taken over before you realize you've been bullied? Our stepmother passed away early, leaving only you and Mo'er. Now someone wants to take over our stepmother's position!" Yun Wei actually started scolding Yun Hui.
"I'm tired. If there's nothing else, I'm going to rest. Xia Zhi, see the guest out."
Watching this farce, a look of disgust flashed across the woman's face. She struggled to get up, completely ignoring Yun Wei and Yun Hui.
When giving the medicine away on the summer solstice, they threw it away directly.
Lying in bed, the familiar headache returned. The woman stared blankly at the bed curtains. The Yun family was a den of dragons and tigers, but now she was all alone, and... she didn't even know who she was.
Yunwei's words just now reminded her that she looked much older than Yunwei.
How could such an unmarried young lady appear out of thin air? And why is the head of the Yun family so concerned about her, yet strangely confining her to this tea-flower pavilion?
This is all too strange.
That night, the woman had a strange dream.
In her dreams, someone kept calling her name, but it wasn't Yunming; it was Ayu.
Ah Yu...
Early the next morning.
"Miss, it's time for breakfast." Xia Zhi saw the woman sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze and couldn't help but call out to her again.
"knew."
But the woman's hands under her sleeves remained tightly clenched. Who exactly is A-Yu?
What exactly is the relationship between Ayu and Dayu?
Thinking of the uninvited guest yesterday, the woman's eyes narrowed slightly. "Xia Zhi, I'd like to go out for a bit after we finish our meal."
“Miss Cousin…” Xia Zhi’s expression showed obvious hesitation.
“Yesterday…” the woman deliberately lowered her gaze, “I wanted to apologize to the Second Miss, so as not to cause a rift between her and the head of the family.”
"Miss, please allow me to inform the master first."
......
The moment she stepped out of the Tea Flower Pavilion, the woman felt a sense of relief wash over her.
"Cousin, it was wrong of my eldest sister to hit someone yesterday, please don't blame her."
Looking at Yun Hui in front of her, the woman twitched the corners of her mouth and said, "How could I blame the Second Miss and the Eldest Aunt? I came here today specifically to apologize."
Yunwei was the eldest daughter of a concubine, and she married the son of a concubine from the Gong family in Longyou.
The woman before them, Yun Hui, was the legitimate daughter of the Yun family and Yun Mo's elder sister, yet she was incredibly weak.
"Cousin, you've come at the perfect time. You can keep me company for a while." Yun Hui warmly embraced the woman. Unlike her eldest sister, she didn't think that her fairy-like cousin Ming could be such a despicable person.
The woman couldn't help but smile, and Yun Hui was somewhat stunned.
"Cousin Ming is so beautiful."
No wonder... no wonder Aunt Zhu called my eldest sister away as soon as she returned, and then immediately dragged her to the Minghua Water Pavilion to confront her when she reappeared.
"Second Miss is joking. To be honest, I haven't seen the young master since I recovered. I heard he went to Dayu?"
“Yes.” Yun Hui smiled faintly. “My cousin has never met Mo’er, but Mo’er has met my cousin, only when my cousin was still unconscious.”
The woman pursed her lips. "The Great Yu has only been established for four years, and the young emperor in power is only sixteen years old. I don't know why the young master would condescend to go there."
To the woman's surprise, the usually gentle Yun Hui immediately released her hand after hearing these words, and her expression turned cold.
"Cousin, don't talk nonsense."
Yun Hui's expression was serious and earnest. "That Emperor Yu is no pushover. He is Gu Lin and Jiang Yu's child!"
"Gu Lin...and...Jiang Yu?"
A surge of heat welled up in her eyes, and for some reason, she couldn't suppress the urge to cry.
“It’s Emperor Zhaoyuan and the Empress Dowager of Dayu who fell off a cliff four years ago.” Yun Hui stared at the woman in front of her. “I admire that Empress Dowager the most. Women should live like her.”
"Was that Empress Dowager very powerful?"
"Of course, she established a girls' school in Dayu, and she even went to the battlefield herself. Even when she fell off a cliff, she still killed the enemy general." Yun Hui seemed to have endless things to say when these things were mentioned.
"Ahem..." Yun Hui's personal maid spoke softly, and Yun Hui stopped talking. Although her expression was still a little stiff, she still reminded her, "Father doesn't like this Empress Dowager, so cousin, don't mention her in front of Father."
"Jiang Yu..."
The woman murmured the name over and over, her blood boiling and her heart trembling.
"Cousin, why are you crying?"
Yunhui was immediately flustered. Could it be that she had been too cold and scared her cousin?
"No, I just think that Emperor Yu must be very sad to lose his mother before he even came of age." Tears fell one by one. "And Emperor Zhaoyuan, he also lost his wife."
"I just feel so sorry for them..."
But why does her heart ache?
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