Time passed little by little, but in the blink of an eye, it was time for the emperor to receive foreign envoys.

Early in the morning, Yan Xiruo was cleaned up by Zhiyun and went to the palace with Mrs. Yan and several uncles.

Different from the mood last time, this time Yan Xiruo was very calm, calm to the point of being a little sleepy.

"What's the matter, Xiruo didn't sleep well last night?" After Yan Xiruo yawned a few gracefully, Mrs. Yan opened her mouth with concern.

"Well, thinking that I am going to enter the palace today, I am a little nervous, and I have some insomnia." This is a half-truth. It's really that she had insomnia last night, and the fake thing is that she wasn't nervous about entering the palace at all.

This palace, she has long been familiar with, and she knows even more about the grass and trees here than her uncle and grandmother.

Because this was her hell.

"You." Old Madam Yan shook her head dotingly, and patted her hand gently: "There is still a distance from the palace, or you can take a nap, and when it comes, grandma will call you." ”

"No, Zhiyun made me so beautiful today, if I mess up it after a while, Zhiyun will be angry, why don't grandma talk to me, anyway, uncle is in another carriage, you are bored." Yan Xiruo took Mrs. Yan's hand with her backhand, like a child.

Mrs. Yan already liked to be with this child together, and at this time, she took the initiative to talk to herself, and it happened that she was very bored along the way, so she nodded and agreed: "What do you want to say to grandma?" ”

"Grandma, what kind of person is my father? When I was in Phantom Valley, the master told me that my father was a very gentle person, who had no quarrel with the world, but he had the world in mind, and other people who had seen my father said that he was a very good person, grandma, is that really the case? He always wanted to know what his father, the man who left him since he was a child, the master didn't want to mention it too much, but every time he talked about it, he was in awe, she knew that it was because his father was the young master of the phantom family, his master.

Old Madam Yan didn't expect her to mention her father to herself, she was stunned, but she quickly smiled: "Although I have only met your father a few times, he is indeed a great person, he does not love power and pursues the most ordinary life, perhaps, this is also the reason why the Phantom Family will not fight with the world." ”

"Really? I really want to meet him, to meet that gentle and wonderful man in the mouth of all of you. In the past, she always wanted to meet her father and ask him why he left her, but then she learned everything from the master's mouth, and understood that he was for his own good, but she still wanted to see him, just wanted to see what that man was like, whether it was the same as in her mind, how had she been all these years?

"I'll see it, and when the time comes, I'll see it." Mrs. Yan patted her hand and comforted her softly, she was distressed, she felt sorry for this granddaughter, she had never seen her parents since she was a child, and she could only know everything vaguely from other people's mouths.

"So grandma, what about my mother, what kind of person is she, she can be loved by her father, she must be very beautiful, gentle and kind, right?" Suddenly, she was so desperate to know what her biological mother looked like, she always heard people mention her father, but no one mentioned her mother, the master once said that her mother was an eternal scar in her father's heart, and no one could touch it.

But at this moment, she suddenly wanted to know what kind of person could make her father miss so many years without being touched.

Old Madam Yan's hand was so stiff, compared to hearing her mention her father, she really didn't know how to answer at this moment.

Xiruo's biological mother, the daughter she loves the most, the daughter who is even her own daughter, even if she is not her own, is also a sad past that she has never wanted to mention in her heart, but at this moment, the girl in front of her suddenly mentioned it.

It's not that she didn't imagine that one day, her Xiruo would ask about her mother, but she never thought that this day came so suddenly, whether something flashed from her heart in a trance, but she couldn't grasp it quickly.

"Your mother, she is the gentleest, most beautiful and kindest person in the world."

Old Madam Yan was only willing to leave this short sentence, and then she didn't speak again.

Yan Xiruo knew that her mother was not only a wound for her father, but also a wound in the hearts of her grandmother and uncle.

"Grandma, I'm sorry for reminding you of something sad."

"It's okay, it's just, grandma can only tell you so much, Xiruo, there are a lot of things you can't know now, but you just need to remember one thing, whether it's your father or your mother, they love you very much, they love you very much, you know?" Old Madam Yan's tone unconsciously carried a little vicissitudes, as if she had aged a lot in an instant.

"I know."

Mrs. Yan's words made Yan Xiruo a little puzzled, she always felt that there was a story between her mother and father, a big, great, and even very related story.

That's something she hasn't understood ever since.

In the past, she didn't want to understand, but now she wants to work hard to restore what she really wanted back then, and she wants to know everything about her parents.

"Grandma, I don't want to hide anymore." Yan Xiruo thought about it very seriously and felt that he should still tell his grandmother.

Old Madam Yan didn't speak, but her expression was calm as if she had thought of it a long time ago, and looked at Yan Xiruo with a loving smile, waiting for her next words.

"Grandma, I don't want to regret it, I don't want you to bear anything for me, and I don't want to lose the entire Yanfu and the Phantom Family one day in the future, so grandma, I don't want to hide it, and I can't hide it."

"As long as you make a decision, then just let it go, grandma and your uncles support you, I believe that your father, the whole phantom family will support you, Xiruo, grandma doesn't know how difficult the path you choose, but grandma hopes that you, don't give up the obsession in your heart, don't forget, you are a member of the Yan family, but also a person from the phantom family. Maybe there will be a lot of talk about you in the future, but grandma only hopes that you will not forget your original intention. Old Madam Yan saw firmness in Yan Xiruo's eyes, and it was as firm as when her mother chose.

She knew that the girl in front of her had long grown up, had long learned to be responsible for her own path, and had long since learned to forbear. She may be reluctant, but she understands better that at this moment she can only let go and let her make her own choice.

As she said, there are many things that can't be hidden at all, and she should have known her purpose for this day a long time ago.

As the only daughter of the Phantom Family in the past fifty years, she has an innate responsibility that makes her unable to live like an ordinary person, and she is destined to be entangled with the imperial power, either taking the initiative or passively fighting.

And at this moment, she chose to take the initiative, which also means that she is fully prepared.