Almost immediately, I found the answer in my own head.

Liu Li, the second prince Nianyun!

When we visited the Imperial Garden before, we had seen the small cloak that Liu Li made for the second prince Nianyun with his own hands, using the exact same fabric as this!

I still remember that she told me that she dismantled the old objects before and made them, and the thing she dismantled may have been used by Liu Qinghan when he was a child, or it may have been used by Wei Ningyuan when he was a child.

Realizing this, I couldn't help but breathe a little tighter.

At that time, when I heard her say this, I already had some awareness, in terms of the poverty of the Liu family back then, it must be that I couldn't afford such good materials, so I kept wondering if there was something wrong with this, either Liu Qinghan's life experience was problematic, or Wei Ningyuan was born in a famous family. Now, seeing this found from Nangong Lizhu's secret box, my suspicions have almost been confirmed!

This gold medal of exoneration is what Nangong Lizhu has been holding, I have asked her before, who gave the gold medal, and she replied that it was Pei Yuanxiu, but I think she didn't tell the truth - how deep Pei Yuanxiu's feelings for her are, so deep that she can give her this gold medal, just this makes me unable to fully believe it, and in connection with the previous suspicions about her and Pei Yuanxiu's life experience, I prefer to believe that this gold medal was given to her by Queen Yin.

If, she and Pei Yuanxiu really had been exchanged.

So this time, many things are easy to explain, even including the cloth wrapped in the gold medal of exoneration in front of him, Pei Yuanxiu will not have this thing, and the origin of this cloth should be Queen Yin.

In other words, the child beside Liu Shizhou back then had some problems, and the problem came from Queen Yin!

It's just that who's the problem?

Liu Qinghan? Or Wei Ningyuan?

The father and son of the Liu family have passed away, leaving one Liu Li, who also has a vague memory of the events of the year, if you ask her, I am afraid that I will not be able to ask anything.

It seems that this matter has to be considered in the long run, but fortunately, there is no urgency.

I thought about it, slowly folded the piece of fabric along the previous imprint, received it in one of my boxes, and when I looked back, Miao Yan was still holding the gold medal, carefully stroking the pattern of the dragon and clouds behind the gold medal, and exclaimed: "This carving is really good, just like the real thing." ”

I smiled and said, "Show me it." ”

Miao Yan hurriedly came to me, pointed to the five-clawed golden dragon on it and said, "Mother, look, this one is carved like, that eye is just like looking at me." ”

"Hmm."

"And this cloud, it's so well carved, I feel like it's moving."

"Yes, lifelike," I said with a smile as I looked into her eyes and said softly, "Actually, Niang has a jade plaque here, which is better carved than this gold medal." ”

"Really? Where is it? ”

When I heard the wonderful words, I looked at me curiously, but I smiled and said: "But this thing is very valuable, it must be kept secret, unless you leave the capital, you can't take it out lightly for others to see." ”

"Leaving the capital?"

To say that although this child is naïve, he is also smart, and immediately heard the clue from my words and looked at me: "Is my mother leaving the capital?" ”

"yes. My mother plans to go back to Xichuan and do something. ”

“…… Nishikawa? ”

She muttered these two words, and the originally bright sunshine on her little face seemed to be covered by the clouds on the gold medal at this time, revealing a little haze, and I asked, "Is Miaoyan willing to go to Xichuan with my mother?" ”

Miao Yan was silent for a while, then raised her head and looked at me: "What are you going to do when my mother returns to Xichuan?" ”

I said, "My mother wants to go back to the Yan family to meet your second uncle and grandmother, and we have to deal with some things." ”

Clever words winked: "Just to see them?" ”

“……”

I was stunned for a moment.

Of course, I didn't just go back to Yan's house, I only saw them, although I didn't think too much about it, and when I talked to Pei Yuanhao, it was just a cover-up, but I think the saddest hurdle in his heart was naturally that I was going to see Liu Qinghan.

How will we get along? What will we talk about?

Liu Qinghan, who is no longer in the DPRK and has even become a powerful party now, what will be his attitude when he meets me again? What does it look like?

I hesitated a little longer when I thought about it; And after hesitating for a long time, Miao Yan seemed to think about something immediately, her eyes widened, and she looked at me with a dark aura: "Mother, you want to see the third uncle, right?" ”

“……”

My throat was dumb: "Wonderful words......"

This can't help but be said to be a taboo between our mother and daughter, although she should have accepted that her infatuation would end in nothing, and I had already gotten the answer given by Liu Qinghan himself, but when the two of us talked about him, it was still a little difficult to calm down.

I thought about it for a moment, and said softly, "Wonderful words, if you—"

Miao Yan suddenly spoke, and said simply: "I don't want to go." ”

“……”

I shook slightly, looked down at her, and after saying that, I lowered my head again, my long and curled eyelashes trembled slightly, and I repeated: "I don't want to go." ”

I was silent for a while, and then said softly, "Don't you still want to see your third uncle?" ”

“……”

"Or, are you still angry with your mother?"

“……”

"You hate us? Unwilling to forgive us? ”

She lowered her head, I said, she shook her head, and in the end, I saw that there seemed to be something overflowing in her big watery eyes, and I didn't ask again, but it was herself, who blushed her little nose, and was silent for a while, before she said softly: "I don't want to see the third uncle, and I'm not angry with my mother, I'm just-I just, I don't know how to meet him." ”

“……”

"I don't know, how to meet you two."

“……”

"I'm not afraid that you will laugh at me, but in my heart, I still feel uncomfortable."

“……”

As she spoke, her little mouth also deflated, as if she was about to cry at any time, and I sat on the side, watching her full of grievances and desperately suppressing herself, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

I think she'll be relieved.

No matter which girl, the girl's feelings are always spring, there will be such a person who makes her heartbeat, although this person may not accompany her to the end, may not know her, and may not even be a suitable person, but for the girl herself, this is a life experience, after experiencing this, she will know better how to love people, how to be loved.

She will be relieved, but now she is too young, the shyness of girls, and even the feeling of hurt self-esteem, still makes her unable to face it.

Recalling the look on his face when Pei Yuanhao said just now that I would ask her, I also understood.

Miao Yan didn't know that Liu Qinghan had gone to Xichuan before, but now as soon as she opened her mouth, she could be sure that Liu Qinghan was in Xichuan, it seems that Pei Yuanhao should have made some things very clear when she reconciled with her before.

Then, her current decision is not made on impulse.

I looked at her for a while and said softly, "Okay, my mother understands." ”

As soon as I said this, Miao Yan looked at me a little nervously: "Mother, you won't be angry with me because I don't go with you, right?" ”

Seeing her like this, I laughed and said, "Of course not, my mother can understand your current mood." Actually, it's better if you don't go. ”

"Why?"

"Because, my mother has a lot of things to do when she returns to Xichuan this time, and she will be very busy, and I am afraid I will not have time to take care of you."

But, there is a deeper reason.

Pei Yuanhao and Pei Ji have almost already affirmed one thing - there is going to be a war.

We traveled westward, passing through the sphere of influence of the Lin clan in the clouds, the Yuan clan in Runan, and even the Gongsun Shu of the Marquis of Jin, in case they really intercepted it halfway, it would be very dangerous.

Therefore, if you don't follow me, in the imperial city, it will be safer after all.

I didn't tell her this, so as not to frighten her, and in the days that followed, word got out.

Chang Qing and Prince Nianshen both knew that I was leaving the capital.

The palace has not been peaceful these days, after the turmoil of the rebels, there are more things in the palace, some of the damaged palaces need to be repaired, the frightened concubines need to be appeased, and those innocent palace maids and eunuchs who were killed want to comfort their families, Chang Qing has been so busy that everyone is thin and out of shape, when I went to Jingren Palace to see her this day, I saw that Kou'er was helping her to bend over and slowly sit back on the couch.

I stepped forward to say goodbye, looked at her unhealthy face, and said softly: "The queen should also take care of herself." ”

She smiled bitterly: "There must also be a chance to take care." Now inside and outside the palace, which one is lacking? ”

"Can't the prince share his worries for his mother?"

"The prince can share his worries, but not for the palace," she said, taking the tea that Kou'er brought to her hand, taking a sip, and then said: "Last time, when the emperor was in a coma, we raised the matter of the prince's supervision of the country, although the emperor is now sober, but he is still doing things. Every day, I called Nian Shen to the imperial study and followed the study. This kid is also willing to learn, and now he talks and does things more steadily than before. ”

"That's fine."

"yes."

……

The two of us gossiped for a while, and they got acquainted with each other, and brought some chilled sour plum soup. It's May, the weather is getting hotter, and it's very pleasant to drink a little bit of it.

I was drinking when I heard Chang Qing stirring the soup with a spoon and saying softly, "By the way, when are you leaving?" ”

"It was probably set before, but it was low this month."

"Oh......"

"Niangniang, does Niangniang have anything to explain?"

Speaking of this, Chang Qing slowly raised her head and looked at me, her eyes flashed with something, and asked, "Light, you left this time, will you come back?" ”