After confirming that Zhao Moyan was alright, Li Yong declined all rewards and volunteered to return to Lao Zhao Village. He said that he had to keep his promise to his sister-in-law and that he would protect Lao Zhao Village from now on!
Outside the city gate, Zhao Moyan saw Li Yong off. Li Yong said emotionally, "Brother! Sister-in-law is gone, but you still have children. You can't do anything rash!"
"Don't worry! I'm fine!" Zhao Moyan said with a smile.
"Although I'm not in the capital, I'll be the first to come if anything happens to you, brother!"
"Have you thought it through?"
"I've thought it through. My sister-in-law entrusted me with protecting Old Zhao Village for her. I may not have any other skills, but I can still keep this place safe!"
"Alright! I'll leave that place to you!"
"Brother! I misunderstood sister-in-law before, and I shouldn't have said those things to her!"
"It's okay! She understands and won't blame you!"
Li Yong hugged Zhao Moyan and left the capital with reluctance, determined to protect their hometown!
After seeing Li Yong off, Zhao Moyan stayed in Qinyuanli, sitting in the room where Tian Yu used to live, looking at the things she left behind. Li Xingyun came in and said, "You're not fully recovered yet, can you please stop disappearing all the time?"
"It's all over now!" Zhao Moyan said without even looking up.
"Put your hand out!" Li Xingyun ignored him and forcibly took his pulse, saying, "Whether he's better or not is up to me."
After looking at it, Li Xingyun handed the medicine that the servant brought in to Zhao Moyan and said, "Drink the medicine!"
Zhao Moyan glanced at the book in his hand, then casually took the medicine bowl without looking at it and drank it down in one gulp, saying, "Is that enough?"
The servant took away the medicine bowl, and Li Xingyun said, "Tangyuan is very worried about you."
“Tell him not to worry, I wouldn’t have come out if I wanted to die.”
“You’re his father, you should tell him this yourself.”
"You're his uncle!"
"You two really are a couple!" Li Xingyun said angrily.
"She said that too?" Zhao Moyan couldn't help but want to know more whenever someone mentioned her.
"Yes! What kind of parents would abandon their children to play the hero!"
"Thank you for your hard work! She didn't want this either!" Zhao Moyan said with some heartache.
Li Xingyun was also a little sad, and waved his hand, saying, "Oh! Never mind, let's not talk about it. The Third Prince wrote to say that he wants to send you a big gift, which should arrive in the next couple of days."
"A grand gift!? Why?"
"Now that you're a prince, why don't you try to win him over?"
"The Sixth Prince has been under house arrest in the capital, so why has only the Third Prince returned to his fiefdom?"
"After the late emperor passed away, the Third Prince immediately returned to his fiefdom. Now it seems he was very prescient. As for why the Sixth Prince didn't return, you can ask Prince Wu. He should know the specific reason."
Zhao Moyan was flipping through the book in his hand when a piece of paper fell out. He picked it up and opened it, only to find that it was covered in characters he couldn't understand. He asked Li Xingyun, "Do you recognize these characters?"
Li Xingyun took it and looked at it, then shook her head and said, "I can't understand it. It looks like symbols. Maybe only she can understand it!"
Zhao Moyan looked at the symbols and lines on the paper, not understanding what Tian Yu was trying to say. Why would she draw such a drawing that no one could understand, yet it seemed very important? What was she trying to say?
"Tian Yu secretly told Prince Wu that there should be someone behind this whole thing, but she couldn't find out who it was. Could this picture be the answer to that question?" Li Xingyun said, looking at the question mark on the picture.
"Wu Yaohui seems completely unaware that he was being used by the person in question," Zhao Moyan said thoughtfully.
“I checked and found out that the wizard he hired was also deliberately given to him by someone,” Li Xingyun said.
"It seems this person is very well hidden. He seems to have some connection with the royal family. I also found some clues in Mongolia, but I can't be sure if the person I'm thinking of and the one Tian Yu found is the same person."
“Prince Wu has been secretly investigating for a long time, but there has been no news,” Li Xingyun said.
The two felt that Tian Yu's drawing was telling them something very important, but they couldn't understand it, so Zhao Moyan could only keep it safe for now. Before leaving, he instructed his men to protect the area and prevent outsiders from entering. As for the rice variety improvement plan and the explosives manufacturing method left by Tian Yu, they had already been taken by Prince Wu and were now treasured in his palace. They didn't use the explosives for war, nor did they intend to manufacture them; they believed Tian Yu wouldn't want to see them use explosives to open the city gates.
Xuan Yu strolled through the streets of the capital with Tang Yuan. Xiao Qi, because of his ambition to inherit the throne, had been taken back by Prince Wu to study. The furry creature was enormous, and people on the street kept their distance. The two of them were now the most eye-catching figures on the entire capital!
"Brother Xuanyu, do you think my mother might suddenly appear and tell me she's not dead?" Tangyuan said sadly.
“You’ve asked me this many times already. No, when someone dies, they die. Besides, everyone was on guard at the time. If you don’t trust others, do you think Physician Li would lie to you?” Xuan Yu said patiently.
"Fine! Can't you lie to me just this once? Say something nice! I already said it was 'if'!"
“I won’t, and it’s a fact. There are no ifs. I know you’re in pain, but you have to accept it slowly. I believe your mother wouldn’t want to see you like this.”
"So how did you accept it?"
Xuan Yu turned his head away and looked elsewhere, saying, "Time, time will allow you to gradually accept everything."
“Really? Mother also said that time will make people forget everything, but I don’t want to forget Mother. Has Brother Xuanyu forgotten?” Tangyuan said.
Xuan Yu tried hard to control himself and said, "No! But it's enough to keep her in my heart."
“Okay! I’ll listen to you. In a few days I’ll be going back to Chen with my godfather, but what will happen to my father?” Tangyuan said worriedly.
"Don't worry! His Highness will take good care of himself; he won't be beaten."
"You don't understand. Father loves Mother too much. I'm afraid he might do something rash. Didn't you see that he even prepared his own memorial tablet?"
"No! His mission isn't finished yet, he won't die!"
"What if we finish?" Tangyuan cried.
"This!? I don't know!" Xuan Yu didn't know if Zhao Moyan would still be alive. He used to be, but now? Ever since he met Tian Yu, he has changed. He is no longer the cold-hearted marquis he once was.
Suddenly, the furry creature rushed out, startling everyone on the street who scattered in fear. Tangyuan and Xuanyu were also taken aback, wondering why the furry creature had suddenly become so out of control. Without thinking twice, they chased after it, shouting for fear that it would hurt someone, even though it had never hurt anyone without reason. The furry creature charged forward with unusual excitement, and Tangyuan's shouts were no use.
On another street, Zhao Moyan and Li Xingyun were preparing to return to their residence when the Third Prince's gift arrived. The servants told them to hurry back, saying that no one could touch the gift until the prince was seen!
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