After the Queen Mother and Concubine Hui left, Uncle Xia asked Xia Ji, "Madam, do you really want to accompany Concubine Hui to Wu Kingdom?"

"Xianggong, accompanying Concubine Hui to Wu Country was agreed with her before, I thought it would be at least three or five years later, but I didn't expect her to return to Wu Kingdom so soon. If adults don't want me to go, I won't go. ”

Xia Ji knew that Uncle Xia Yu was soft-hearted towards her, and she should not object to her going to Wu, so she adopted the strategy of retreating and advancing, and offered to go to Wu.

"As long as Xia Zhengshu can be properly arranged, I have no objection to Mrs. accompanying Concubine Hui to Wu Kingdom."

"Xianggong, then do you agree that I will take Xia Zhengshu to Wu Country together?"

"Xia Zhengshu is too young to travel far, what I mean is that you can accompany Concubine Hui, but Xia Zhengshu must stay at home."

Although Xia Zhengshu has been weaned off breast milk, and the conditions of Xia Mansion are enough for her to be completely at ease with Xia Zhengshu's diet and daily life, the main purpose of Xia Ji's trip is to find Qu Hao, if she doesn't take the child to go, even if she finds Qu Hao, wouldn't she have to return to Uncle Xia Yu, which makes Xia Ji have no idea for a while.

After thinking about it again and again, Xia Ji decided that even if she couldn't take Xia Zhengshu with her, she had to go to Gusu by herself, she felt that no matter what the outcome was, she had to give herself an explanation.

After Xia Ji told Uncle Xia of her decision, Uncle Xia immediately asked the captain of the guard, Guan Ping, to select ten soldiers with strong martial arts to protect Xia Ji's safety, and told Xia Ji to pay attention to safety.

Early in the morning three days later, Xia Ji and his entourage came to the palace gate with two carriages and ten horse guards, where they set off with Concubine Hui's carriage and guards, and set off to Shucheng in Chu State, where they changed to a big boat to go to Gusu.

Xia Ji took Chun'e and Xia Chan with her, and when the carriage left Zhuye, her heart was both uneasy and full of hope, not knowing what kind of fate the trip to Gusu would bring to her.

Concubine Hui is very excited, since she married Chen Guo for fifteen years, she has only gone back twice, and the last time she went back to her parents' house was ten years ago.

Besides, this time she was accompanied by Xia Ji, and along the way, she asked Xia Ji to come to her carriage many times, chatted with her, talked to each other about women, and had some anecdotes.

Concubine Hui and Xia Ji's convoy stopped and went, and arrived at Shucheng Wharf four days later, where the building boat had already been arranged in advance.

After sailing, Xia Ji looked at the familiar scenery on the shore, remembered what happened here a year ago, and sighed with emotion: this is the purgatory where Qu Hao faces the test of life and death, and it is also the crossroads where Qu Hao and himself were forced to break up and embark on different life paths.

If it weren't for what happened here, he would never have left Qu Hao, and he would never have been sold to a brothel and married to Chen Guo instead of Princess Ji Shao.

Life is impermanent, maybe it's all fate.

Xia Ji stood on the roof of the boat, not paying attention to the cool breeze of late autumn at all, and not even noticing Concubine Hui who was quietly approaching.

"Sister Natsuhime, what's wrong with you? Under the weather? Why are you shedding tears here? Concubine Hui asked.

Xia Ji hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears and said, "Sister, it's okay." It's just that this situation reminds me of some sad past, a little sad, that's all. ”

"It's normal for women to be sentimental. But your current life is still perfect, Lord Sima favors you alone, and you have a son, you have a good life, and you don't have to worry about food and clothing, right? Concubine Hui comforted.

"I understand what my sister means, and I'm not dissatisfied, but I just sigh that time is in a hurry and youth is short."

"Oh, that's true, I'm going to cry a little later." Concubine Hui said.

"Sister, you're really good at laughing, okay, I won't cry anymore. We'll have a cabin. ”

Hui Fei and Xia Ji walked hand in hand into the cabin, where a tea table was set up for the two of them, and some fruits and pastries were placed there, making their journey feel like home.

"Xia Ji, it is said that after leaving the Chen Kingdom and returning to his home country, his identity has also changed, from now on, I will return to the identity of Princess Mingyue, and accordingly, you will also be restored to Princess Ji Shao like me, okay?"

"Of course, Sister Princess Mingyue." Natsuhime said.

At noon on the second day after boarding the ship, the boat arrived in Hanyue, Xia Ji said to Concubine Hui that she wanted to go ashore to have a look, and by the way to have lunch, Concubine Hui was also very happy, so the boat docked, and Concubine Hui and Xia Ji walked up to the dock accompanied by guards and maids.

is still the dock that she used to be familiar with, busy dock workers, pedestrians coming and going in a hurry, and beggars in disheveled clothes, making her seem to have returned to the day when she and Qu Hao held hands here to play.

When Xia Ji entered the city gate, she looked at the place where the notice of the arrest of Qu Hao and her was written, there were still many announcements, and even sea fishing documents, but they had nothing to do with herself, Xia Ji thought of the embarrassing journey a year ago, the adrenal glands were extremely surging, and the excitement of hitting the soul formed a strong contrast with the calm and calm at this time.

Natsuhime and Concubine Hui boarded a rented carriage and headed for the city gates.

Walking into the city gate, Xia Ji saw that it was still the same shops and bustling people she had seen with Qu Hao last time, as if nothing had changed except for herself.

There was a breath of himself and Qu Hao here, which made Xia Ji feel very cordial. Natsuhime looked at the flow of people passing by the carriage, and how much she wished to see that familiar figure.

Xia Ji originally planned to suggest that she and Concubine Hui go to lunch with Qu Hao, but when she thought of so many people, she couldn't tolerate it at all, so she had to ask the locals where there was a better place to eat, and the locals told her that Caiyun Restaurant was the most famous, so Xia Ji and Concubine Hui walked towards Caiyun Restaurant.

Entering Caiyun Restaurant, the waiter saw a group of noble ladies surrounded by people, and knew that they were not ordinary guests, so he hurriedly welcomed the two of them in.

Walking into the lobby, Natsuki opened her mouth in surprise - the display cases in the lobby were filled with modern items that she was all too familiar with.

Xia Ji was suddenly a little dizzy, and almost didn't stand firm, but fortunately, Xia Chan, who was walking behind her, was smart and stepped forward to support her.

Concubine Hui was very curious when she saw those colorful and exquisite packaging materials and those bottles and cans, and walked forward to ask this and that, and her face was flushed with excitement after listening to the introduction.

Xia Ji walked to the counter and asked, "Shopkeeper, your boss is surnamed Qu?"

When the shopkeeper saw that it was a noblewoman, he thought that it must be the official's wife, and replied enthusiastically: "This lady, our boss's surname is Wu, and she is the younger brother of Yin Wurong of our county."

When Xia Ji heard Wu Rong's name, she knew that it was the first person she and Qu Hao knew here, and she didn't expect that this Wu Rong would be Han Yue's parents.

This store was opened by Wu Rong's younger brother, so these things are undoubtedly related to Qu Hao.

Considering that her identity was no longer Wu Mengyao, Xia Ji categorically did not dare to claim to know Wu Rong, let alone meet Wu Rong as Wu Mengyao.

Xia Ji was chatting with the shopkeeper here, and Concubine Hui had already started to buy a lot of special purchases, those bizarre candies and biscuits with high prices, Concubine Hui bought them without blinking an eyelid, but she could only buy two bottles of wine, which made her very unhappy.

But those modern daily necessities, because she didn't know about it, didn't dare to buy it.

Natsuki walks over and tells her that these things are worth buying, especially lighters.

Natsuhime also bought candy, biscuits, lighters, liquor, and a lot of toys, shoes and socks, cotton cloth, and so on.

The waiter was secretly a little surprised when he saw that the two of them didn't ask the price of buying things, and they bought a lot, but they didn't know that these two people were not bad at all.

After shopping, the two began to order, Xia Ji was very curious to see that there were braised pig's trotters, back pot meat, yellow stewed chicken and other dishes on the menu, and after ordering it, she was even more surprised after the results were served, knowing that these dishes must have been taught by Qu Hao to make them.

And Concubine Hui was even more surprised when she ate these dishes, because these dishes were very similar to the dishes she ate at Xia Ji's house last time, but they tasted better, which made her feast.

Xia Ji wanted to visit the kitchen, but she didn't expect to be politely refused, and Xia Ji's offer to buy their spices was also refused, saying that the boss had an explanation, and the seasonings must be used for their own use, and none of them should be exported.

Xia Ji asked the shopkeeper where he could still buy these things, and the shopkeeper told him that Gusu also had Caiyun Restaurant, and it was the same owner as their Caiyun Restaurant.