Lin Zhi's mother was very interested in the future of Lin Zhi and Lin Yu, but she still said that she would wait for Lin Zhi's father to come back and ask for his opinion.
After finishing his meal, Li Wan went to the door of Lin Zhi's room.
Lin Zhi gave his original room to her, and he now lived in the utility room at the back. All the sundries in the utility room had been cleared out, but the space was limited, and there was no extra space to put a bed.
Li Wan came to Lin Zhi's door and knocked.
There was no sound from inside.
Li Wan said through the door: "Xiao Zhi, I have something to tell you, can you let me in?"
There was still no sound from inside.
Li Wan said: "Xiao Zhi, if you don't open the door, I have to stand all the time. My legs are not healed yet, so I can't stand for long..."
Before she could finish her words, the door suddenly opened from the inside. Lin Zhi stood at the door with his back to the light, holding the door handle. A pair of black eyes on his handsome face stared at her steadily, then turned and went in.
Li Wan held onto the door railing and slowly stepped over the threshold and walked in. Lin Zhi had already sat down on the bed, still not looking at her. He turned his face away, facing the wall.
Li Wan walked over slowly and stood in front of him.
"Xiao Zhi."
She called him.
Lin Zhi's eyes suddenly turned red: "Don't call me. Anyway, you want to go back to Kyoto day and night. When you go back to Kyoto, we will never see each other again anyway, so why bother pretending here now..."
Li Wan said softly: "Then why don't you come back to Kyoto with me?"
Lin Zhi was stunned, then turned around abruptly and looked at Li Wan, who was smiling, in disbelief.
Li Wan said, "I have just told my aunt that I want to take your whole family to Kyoto. Ayu is willing, and so is my aunt, but I still want to ask you and your uncle if you are willing." She paused and asked softly, "Xiao Zhi, are you willing to come with me? Come with me to Kyoto."
Lin Zhi's red eyes gradually became moist, and there was still some doubt on his face: "Really?"
Li Wan smiled: "When have I ever lied to you?"
As she spoke, she sat down next to him, then took his hand and gently squeezed it: "You are like family to me, and I can't bear to be separated from you."
Lin Zhi's face flushed, and he tried not to notice that Li Wan was holding his hand. He just asked with some curiosity and yearning, "What is Kyoto like?"
The farthest place he had ever been was to the nearest town with his father. It was a small town, and it was dazzling for him who had grown up in this small mountain village.
Li Wan smiled and said, "Kyoto is very big and prosperous. It has the best silks, the best schools, and the best teachers."
She paused, looked at Lin Zhi, and the smile on her face deepened: "And the most beautiful girl." She patted his head, "Our little Zhi is beautiful and smart. When he arrives in Kyoto, there will definitely be many women who admire him."
Lin Zhi seemed to be stung by something. He glared at Li Wan in embarrassment and anger, and his handsome wheat-colored face turned red.
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Because the messenger missed Li Wan's letter, it had to wait until the second batch to be sent out.
Li Wan's letter was delivered to Kyoto.
It's been a month and a half.
One morning in early April.
The letter was delivered to Li Prefecture by a courier himself.
The envelope was signed Li Wan.
A letter threw the Li family into chaos.
Mother Li cried bitterly, stuffed the letter she had read several times back into the envelope, and with red eyes, put it into the hands of the eldest brother of the Li family, saying in a trembling voice: "Go, tell someone to hurry up and send it to the palace."
The eldest brother of the Li family nodded heavily with red eyes and went out with the letter.
In less than a moment, the letter was delivered to the palace.
It was half an hour later that Cao Yu received the letter.
Xiao Qianzi ran all the way from Gan Zhenggong, almost out of breath. When he arrived in front of Cao Yu, he couldn't say a word and sweat broke out on his forehead.
Cao Yu frowned and lowered his voice to scold: "What are you doing? So reckless."
Xiao Qianzi's eyes were red, and she stuffed the envelope into his hands with shaking hands, anxious to let him see it: "Night, night, girl."
Hearing the name, Cao Yu's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to scold, he caught a glimpse of the two words on the envelope in his hand, and his hands suddenly shook.
Cao Yu was panicking, his throat trembling: "Where did it come from?"
Xiao Qianzi finally recovered his breath and said, "The Li family, it was someone from the Li family who sent it in."
Cao Yu, who had just scolded Xiao Qianzi, walked towards the dragon throne with weak hands and feet.
His Highness's ministers only saw Cao Yu handing over a letter.
When the emperor saw the envelope, his face changed drastically and he suddenly stood up from the dragon throne.
The ministers who were talking loudly in front of His Highness suddenly fell silent, looked at the emperor above them, and then looked at each other.
I wonder what big thing has happened that could cause the usually dignified and calm emperor to lose his composure like this.
After reading the letter, the emperor stood up from the dragon throne without saying a word and walked down. He even staggered when going down the stairs and was supported by Cao Yu. He shook off Cao Yu's hand and stumbled out.
"Eunuch Cao! Eunuch Cao!"
The ministers hurriedly stopped Cao Yu and asked what had happened.
Cao Yu was also in a state of confusion at the moment, and was even more worried about the emperor. How could he care about them? He waved his hand and hurriedly followed the emperor.
But soon they knew what had happened.
Li Wan, who had been assassinated together with the emperor and fell off a cliff into the water half a year ago, and almost everyone except the emperor thought she was dead, actually sent a letter from Yancheng, thousands of miles away.
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The emperor almost went crazy after receiving the letter. He could not wait any longer and rushed back to the palace, leaving all the officials behind.
"Ah Wan is still alive... I knew it, Cao Yu, I knew it, Ah Wan must still be alive!" The emperor held the letter tightly in his hand, his voice trembling. As he spoke, the corners of his mouth rose higher and higher, but his eyes became redder and redder. Tears fell down, his eyes were red: "Cao Yu... Ah Wan is still alive... Cao Yu, am I dreaming?"
Cao Yu's heart was in a knot, and tears welled up in his eyes. He wiped them away and said with a smile, "Master, this is not a dream, this is real. This letter arrived at the Li family this morning. After Madam Li read it, she immediately sent it to the palace. Master, Miss Wan is still alive, which is a great joy."
The emperor suddenly turned around and grabbed his arm: "Quick, Cao Yu, tell them to prepare, I want to pick her up in person! I want to pick up my Ah Wan in person... Ah Wan has a leg injury, you tell them to put a few more blankets on the carriage, and make it thicker... Go, go and call Doctor Zhao! Ask him to go with me, Ah Wan has a leg injury, and I don't know if she has been treated well... And cakes, ask the imperial kitchen to prepare chestnut cakes, that is Ah Wan's favorite..."
The emperor walked back and forth in the palace with red eyes, muttering to himself.
Over the past six months, the emperor had become increasingly silent, speaking less and less every day, like a walking corpse, as if he was hanging on by his last breath. But now he looks excited and keeps on talking.
Cao Yu looked at it, his eyes felt sore and swollen, but the corners of his mouth were raised high.
When the palace maids in the main palace heard that Li Wan was still alive, they were overjoyed.
They don't know how they got through the past six months.
The queen who had been silent for half a year finally came back to life.
When the news reached Cuizhu, she was embroidering.
She still lived in the West Palace and didn't go anywhere. Her superiors didn't assign her any other errands. She occasionally went to help other palace servants with their work. Apart from that, she stayed in the West Palace every day waiting for Li Wan to come back. Like the emperor, she firmly believed that Li Wan was definitely not dead.
When the palace maid brought the letter, she felt a sharp prick from the needle. She raised her head abruptly and looked at the maid in disbelief: "Really?"
The palace servant said, "Of course it's true! It's said that Miss Wan is in Yancheng. The letter has just been delivered. It's a letter written by Miss Wan herself. The emperor wants to go and receive it in person! The palace is in chaos now. I'm afraid you don't know, so Xiao Qianzi specially asked me to come and tell you the news. You should get ready quickly. You are Miss Wan's close friend, and the emperor will definitely take you with him!"
Cuizhu's tears welled up in her eyes. She wiped them with her sleeves and choked up, "I knew it, I knew it. God will definitely bless such a good person like my master!"
Because of a letter.
There was chaos in the Ganzheng Palace early in the morning.
Before the officials could react, the emperor had already walked out of the city gate with hundreds of people.
The carriage was moving too slowly. If it moved at normal speed, it would take at least ten days or half a month to reach Yancheng. The emperor could not wait any longer, so he got off the carriage, rode on the Gale Horse, and galloped all the way with a team of light cavalry.
We slept in the open air and rode at full speed, and the insides of our thighs were all rubbed raw.
The guards changed horses at the post station along the way, and the emperor rode on Gale all the time.
The journey, which originally took ten days at its fastest, was shortened to seven days.
The carriage team behind was three or four days behind.
The emperor rushed to Yancheng in a dusty state.
He came so fast that the letter didn't even have time to reach Yancheng. The Lord of Yancheng didn't know what had happened and hurried to the city gate to greet him in fear and trepidation.
When he saw the emperor, the Lord of Yancheng was shocked.
He had just met the emperor a year ago. The emperor at that time was so elegant and graceful. But the emperor in front of him was pale, with thin cheeks, dressed in a black riding suit, and looked dusty. Even his lips were dry and chapped due to lack of water. He didn't look like the noble young emperor sitting on the dragon throne at all. Only his pair of phoenix eyes were surprisingly bright.
It was already afternoon when the emperor arrived in Yancheng.
He really didn't want to go see Li Wan like this, so he entered the City Lord's Mansion and looked in the mirror. He was almost shocked by himself in the mirror. How did he become like this? He washed himself and looked in the mirror again, and then he looked better.
The city lord's mansion prepared dinner, and when the city lord went to invite the emperor in person, the emperor had already left the city gate with a team of cavalry.
When this team of light cavalry appeared in the town, they attracted a lot of attention.
Such a majestic group of people have never come to this small town.
They were all dressed in riding clothes, riding tall horses, with swords at their waists, looking cold and murderous.
The young man in black at the head of the group was even more handsome than an ordinary human.
The guards quickly led people over.
He was a young boy, a villager from the village where Li Wan was temporarily staying, and an apprentice in a shop in the town. He was brought before the emperor. As a countryman, he had rarely seen officers and soldiers, let alone a team of the emperor's guards. He was so frightened by the solemn and murderous aura that he could not even speak, and stammered as he gave directions.
The journey usually takes half a day, but this team of light cavalry arrived in just two quarters of an hour.
The country boy rode a horse for the first time and was so frightened that he vomited as soon as he landed.
Lin Zhi's family built a small yard surrounded by a fence.
The gate was half open.
The emperor suddenly felt a little homesick and felt something was not real.
He slowly pushed open the gate.
Lin Yu was just walking out of the house when she suddenly saw a handsome young man standing in the yard and was startled for a moment.
She originally thought that her brother was good-looking enough. From childhood to adulthood, she had never seen a man more handsome than her brother. Every time she went to town, many girls stared at her brother. When she went to school, many girls asked her about her brother.
But when I saw this young man, I realized that there are always people better than you in this world.
She had only seen such a person in storybooks. He was truly a god-like figure.
She was stunned by the boy's appearance, and was unusually shy. She didn't dare to look him in the eye, but was also curious: "Who are you looking for?"
The young man was slightly startled when he saw her, and he seemed to know her. He said in a gentle tone, "You are Lin Yu, right?"
Lin Yu opened her eyes wide: "Do you recognize me?"
On his way here, the emperor read Li Wan's letter over and over again. Her letter was extremely detailed, and she wrote about the four members of the Lin family. She said that the Lin family had a little girl named Lin Yu, who was very studious and intelligent.
As soon as the emperor saw her, he thought of the little girl that Li Wan wrote in the letter.
The emperor did not reply to her words, but asked: "Ah Wan, Li Wan, where is she?"
Lin Yu didn't notice the subtle tremor in the boy's voice. When he asked about Li Wan, she was startled at first, then delighted. She almost jumped up and shouted, "I know! You are a family member of Sister Wan, right?! You are here to pick her up, right?"
The emperor's throat choked, his eyes became hot, and then he smiled slightly: "Well, I'm here to pick her up."
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