Early the next morning, when Shen Yan went out, Gu An handed her a burden, but it turned out to be a silver rat skin coat, which was warm in her arms.

Naturally, he collected this last night on Xu Yan's orders, and Shen Yan was a little grateful and thanked Xu Yan a few times.

At this time, the pain in the abdomen had faded, and there was enough silver charcoal in the carriage, and there was a large soft blanket to prepare, and the road was not cold. It's just that the carriage and horse were bumpy, and when they arrived in the capital six days later, Shen Yan's bones were almost falling apart.

This is the second time she has come to the capital, the majestic emperor stands solemnly and quietly, people can't help but look up, this is the king's steaming place, even the city gate is taller and more solid than other places. The city gate is crowded with pedestrians, the bluestone paved road, there are cars and horses rolling back and forth, but under the pale winter skylight, it shows a different kind of vitality.

Although Xu Yan did not rely on it, the majestic red lion was well-known in the capital, with red hooves and strong hooves, and even the skeleton was much higher than other horses.

Even if the soldiers guarding the city didn't recognize Xu Yan himself, they also recognized this famous horse carrying the "God of War" in and out, and then looked at the upright and vigorous figure on the horseback, and immediately guessed the identity of the person, and hurriedly asked someone to give way, and did not dare to do more checks, so he respectfully sent him in.

Shen Yu sat in the carriage, lifted the side curtain and looked out, the same long street in the city, but it was a different atmosphere.

Luling city is famous for its literary and beautiful atmosphere, the capital is the residence of the Son of Heaven, the buildings on both sides are also different from the exquisite style of Luling, occasionally see one or two government offices along the way, and it is also more majestic than other places.

The Meng family is in the outer city, and Uncle Liu, who was driving the car, was Mrs. Shen's companion back then, so he was familiar with the way.

Xu Yan should have something to do, and when he arrived at the fork in the road, he talked to Mrs. Shen and Shen Yan, and then went to the palace in the inner city, while the Shen family's carriage and horse turned a corner and went straight to Shizhang Street.

Now it is the end of the day, most of the people living on this Shizhang street are eunuchs, it is exceptionally clean, the bluestone paved road is also clean, the wind sweeps the ground, and even a little fallen leaves are not seen.

There are several Cui Gaihua cars parked in front of Meng's house, one of which should be parked under the corner of the west wall, and there are special guards. Compared with those beautifully carved cars, the car that Mrs. Shen was riding in was inconspicuous, but when the car arrived in front of the Meng Mansion, an old man with a gray beard had already greeted him, and he seemed to be very pleased, and said: "This is Liu Gui!" Are there three girls sitting in the car? ”

- Mrs. Shen was ranked third before she got married, and she was called "three girls" in the house. ”

Uncle Liu was obviously also very excited, and as soon as the carriage stopped, he beckoned: "It's the third girl who is back, go and report to the old lady." At the same time, he called the maids and daughters in the back to come over and help Mrs. Shen get out of the car.

The people of the Meng family obviously expected that Mrs. Shen might come to the capital in the next few days, and at this time, they had already sent a few servants at the door to respond, and when they saw Mrs. Shen, they hugged up, helped the mother and daughter to enter the door, changed into a green cloth sedan chair, and hurriedly entered the second gate.

Mrs. Meng is also an important minister for a while, although she didn't get any title, but it is impossible for an official to achieve the position of a second assistant, without some net worth. He is a mellow and good at handling things, although he is in a high position, he has never offended many people, and he lives a stable life after resigning from the official position and suing the old man, unlike the first assistant at that time, when he was in power, he was in power, and immediately after the old man, his former political enemies rushed to trample on him, and finally ended up with a confiscation of family property.

This Meng Mansion is the family property purchased by the old lady Meng at that time, it was originally a Hou Mansion, and then it was transferred to his hands, after several repairs and expansions, now it is the carved beams and paintings, the color decoration is brilliant, very spacious.

The green cloth sedan chair stopped at the second gate, Mrs. Shen was eager to return home, and she couldn't care about the walking etiquette she often learned when she was a child, so she held the hand of the servant woman, and walked in a hurry, and Shen Yu followed.

Inside, Mrs. Meng got the news and had already sent someone to greet her.

The old lady and the old lady are now living in the Ming Courtyard, and Shen Yan's mother and daughter can see the crowds outside the Ming Courtyard from a distance. When I got closer, I saw a group of maids and women surrounding a silver-haired old lady, who staggered out, followed by Aunt Jiang and Jiang Zhen, as well as two noble ladies and a young girl.

This is naturally Mrs. Meng, Mrs. Shen looked at the beautiful woman with silver hair and recalled the green silk like a waterfall in her memory, and when she stepped forward, she knelt on the ground with the futon stuffed by the clever maid, and exclaimed: "Mother! ”

"Xiaoshu!" The old woman Meng was also choked, hugged her daughter in her arms, and kept saying, "It's back, it's back." ”

- Mrs. Shen is the youngest daughter in the house, and her single name is a Shu character.

How did the people present not know that after Mrs. Shen married Luling in these years, the old lady missed every time she read the letter, especially Aunt Jiang witnessed the respective concerns of both sides, at this time she couldn't help but shed tears, stepped forward to help Mrs. Meng up, and helped Mrs. Shen up, and persuaded: "My sister is so easy to come, go first to see my father, and then meet my brothers and sisters." ”

There were also the eldest uncle's mother Tian, the second uncle's mother Lu and others, all of whom knew that Mrs. Meng was holding on to meet her beloved daughter, and she didn't care about greetings, so she hurriedly led Shen Yan's mother and daughter to the hospital.

These days, almost all the masters of the Meng Mansion have gathered in the Ming Courtyard, and the courtyard is full of servants and maids.

The old lady is now in the warm pavilion of the main house, open the curtain of the sandalwood flowers, there is a medicine into the nose, his medicine is usually hung in the small kitchen, boiled and then brought over, now the medicine spread all over the house, it can be seen that these days is to drink a lot of bitter medicine.

Mrs. Shen's hands trembled a little, and she almost stumbled when she crossed the threshold, but fortunately, Aunt Jiang was by her side, and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't panic, it's inside." However, his voice was choked, and two lines of tears flowed out.

Turning a large screen of red sandalwood embroidered lotus, it was faintly faint, it was the old aunt who had served Mrs. Meng all her life in the house, and the old man who had been hanging her life by the couch these days.

Shen Yu and Jiang Zhen walked over hand in hand, although they didn't say anything from beginning to end, their hearts had already risen to their throats.

Turning the curtain of twigs that reached the ground, on the Arhat bed against the wall, Old Lady Meng looked haggard and looked at the door.

Mrs. Shen couldn't bear it anymore, called "father", and knelt on the edge of the couch.

"Xiao Shu......" Old Lady Meng's voice was very weak, her lips were moving, but her voice was indistinct. He looked at his beloved daughter for a long time, and the corners of his lips were tugged, and cloudy old tears slipped into the corners of his eyes. His slightly thin hand held Mrs. Shen's, his eyes full of concern and a little relieved, and said, "Auntie? ”

"Grandfather, Grandma is here." Shen Yu walked forward on her knees, her eyes teary-eyed.

Is this still the grandfather she remembers? I still remember the first time I went to the capital when I was a child, he was still strong and laughed heartily, and he held her high above his head and called her "little girl".

At that time, he loved his granddaughter so much, he took her, Jiang Zhen, and the little cousin from the county king's mansion, like an ordinary grandfather, to buy sweet cakes and pick toys in the market together, and go to the capital to see the scenery and fold flowers and branches.

When his second cousin Meng Yu was naughty and bullied them, he also taught Meng Yu a fierce lesson and told him to love his cousin. He said that the girl is delicate and delicate, and she should hold it in the palm of her hand, and she can't be wronged at all. He did the same, loving his daughter and loving his granddaughter...... Unlike other stern and old-fashioned politicians, who stare at the high position of the court and take the camp, they regard their daughter's family as a ladder to advancement.

It was the bright shadow in Shen Yan's memory, full of the sound and color of Mengfu. A qiē sound and smile are like yesterday, even after eight years, they can still come to mind lightly. Those bright sunshines, those soft sweet cakes, and those broad scenery are vaguely only yesterday.

But now? The old man's face was haggard, his eyes were cloudy, and the hearty smile had long since disappeared.

He was sick and weak, drank all the bitter decoctions, and suffered the pain of acupuncture, just to take a breath and see his beloved daughter who he hadn't seen for many years. That may be the corner he is most concerned about and most at ease.

At that moment, Shen Yu realized for the first time that it turned out that marrying far away was such a painful and cruel thing-

The Lama Hall in the palace, the black and solid gold brick paving, the dust is not clean, the half-human high gold beast on both sides slowly spit incense, even though this hall is four connected, there are several zhang wide, the smell of agarwood is still full in every corner of the palace, as soon as you step into the door, you will feel that the aroma is too strong, almost can smoke people dizzy.

After Xu Yan entered the door, his eyes swept behind the screen on the left, and he saw a figure behind the screen, and there was a corner of the robe dragging to the ground, and he couldn't help frowning.

The Lama Hall is the emperor's daily rest of the study, different from the solemn and brilliant Chengqian Palace, here is the emperor's private residence, except for a few close people, others are difficult to set foot in, so the emperor is here for the three Qing, raising Taoist priests, and is not afraid of the impeachment of the ministers.

There are several layers of music stacked on the big table of red sandalwood, and the little eunuch in a Taoist robe quietly bows down and grinds, and the tea in the cup next to him is warm and fragrant.

Emperor Huiping raised his head and glanced at Xu Yan, with a happy look on his face, "You're back?" ”

Xu Yan walked a few steps to the front of the palace, lifted his robe and knelt on the ground and saluted: "After the younger brother returns to Beijing, he will immediately enter the palace to ask for a meeting, and wish the imperial brother Sheng'an." ”

"Get up, sit down." Emperor Huiping put down his pen, and the little eunuch next to him invited Xu Yan to sit down and serve fragrant tea.

Xu Yan didn't dare to sit down immediately, greeted a few words of health and the like, and his eyes swept over Emperor Huiping's increasingly godless face, and he couldn't help but feel sad.

Emperor Huiping had already spoken slowly, "This time you go to Wuchuan, the noise is not small." Hua Zhen also told me, you injured Zong Yuan's child? ”

"Brother Huang is well-informed." Xu Yan smiled sheepishly.

Emperor Huiping didn't delve into this, and when he asked like this, he just reminded Xu Yan and said: "Hua Zhen is angry there, if you meet her, you have to explain it well." He glanced at Xu Yan with a smile, but he had some meaning to watch a good show.