The next day, Yun Xiao sent someone to spread the news.

Soon, the painting that was taken away by Dugu Yexue returned to Yun Xiao's hand.

Unfolding this picture scroll again, Yun Xiao looked at it very carefully, but this time, she was not sure whether the person she saw through this picture scroll was the princess Loulan who was in love with the emperor, or the concubine Rou who made Xia Rui uneasy.

Too many old things are entangled in Yun Xiao's heart, like constant sorrow, and like unexplained debts.

Yun Xiao sighed silently for this past, and sighed for himself and Xia Rui, who are still living in this past and can't get out.

But perhaps, this is fate, fate, the unfinished grievances and grievances of the previous generation need to be settled by the next generation.

In the afternoon of that day, Yun Xiao ordered someone to open the treasury of the Middle Palace and enter the treasury alone.

It didn't take long for her to find the box full of relics from Weiyang Palace that Liu An had sent back then.

Yun Xiao squatted down, opened the box, and took out the contents of the box one by one again, this time, Yun Xiao looked very carefully, and almost didn't dare to let go of any dead end.

This time, Yun Xiao was very sure that all the things in this box belonged to Princess Loulan.

Among them, the artifacts from Loulan should have been brought by Princess Loulan from Loulan, and the artifacts belonging to the Great Xia Kingdom were probably given to Princess Loulan by the first emperor.

These things...... It is the proof of the love between the former emperor and Princess Loulan, for the former emperor, it must be the most precious and the most unwilling to touch, so he will seal them together with Weiyang Palace and not allow anyone to approach.

Yun Xiao took out a pair of jade pendants from the box, they were both in the shape of a half-moon, but, together, they happened to be a complete circle.

On the same position on the back of these two jade pendants, there is a small character engraved, which is "Bai" and "Mo".

These two small words, if you don't look carefully at the light, can't be seen at all.

Among them, "Bai" is the name of the former emperor, Yun Xiao thought, this "Mo" character is probably the name of Princess Loulan.

What a beautiful and enviable love, Yun Xiao looked at this pair of jade pendants and couldn't help but bend his eyebrows.

After a while, she carefully put away the two jade pendants, put them back in the box, and then took out the two boxes that were placed in the box.

I didn't look carefully enough last time, these two boxes, Yun Xiao didn't open them, today, Yun Xiao felt that it was necessary to open them all to see what secrets were hidden between the emperor and Princess Loulan.

The box placed on it was smaller, and after Yun Xiao opened it, he found that there were four letters stored inside, all of which were letters exchanged between the former emperor and Princess Loulan.

The first letter was written by Princess Loulan to the emperor, and the content was very simple:

Red beans are born in the south, and a few branches are sent in spring. May you pick more, this thing is the most lovely. (note 1)

The second letter is a reply letter written by the former emperor to Princess Loulan, and the content is also very simple:

I live at the head of the Yangtze River, and you live at the end of the Yangtze River. Every day, I don't see you, and I drink the water of the Yangtze River. When will this water stop, and when will this hatred end? I only hope that your heart will be like my heart, and I will live up to my love. (note 2) beautiful book

At first glance, these two poems are expressions of lovesickness between lovers, and there is nothing wrong with writing them on the letters exchanged between the two of them, but after reading them carefully, Yun Xiao couldn't help but wonder.

First of all, back then, Loulan was located in the northwest of my Great Xia Kingdom, and Princess Loulan expressed her lovesickness to the emperor, why did she write "Red Beans Born in the South"?

The southern side of the Great Xia Kingdom...... It's obviously Nanyan Kingdom, isn't it...... What happened back then still has something to do with Nanyan?

Secondly, this second poem is about the feelings of a woman thinking about the king, but it appeared in the letter written by the former emperor to Princess Loulan, how to look at how awkward, and this sentence "When will this water stop, when will this hatred be", it is too strange, at that time, Princess Loulan and the former emperor have already decided to get married, they should be able to stay together for a long time as long as they wait for the wedding, what hatred makes them unable to let go?

With these questions, Yun Xiao opened the third letter, which was written by Princess Loulan to the emperor, and the content was even simpler:

Recently, I received a secret report, I am afraid that there are spies around you, I hope you cherish it, everything is safe for me, don't read it.

When Yun Xiao read this, he couldn't stop shaking.

Spies? At that time, the emperor's side was mixed with spies? At that time, my grandfather was still there, this spy ...... Could it be the one who killed my grandfather and was unjustly imprisoned?

Thinking of this, Yun Xiao hurriedly opened the last letter, and the last letter was a reply letter written by the former emperor to Princess Loulan, which was as follows:

Everything is ready, I can deal with it, the wind has been very tight recently, don't go out of Weiyang Palace alone, and stay, cherish.

is also a short sentence, and there is no mention of who the spy is.

Yun Xiao hurriedly opened another box, hoping to get the answer he wanted in this box.

However, this box is made of pure gold, the texture is very hard, and the outside is locked by a Luban lock, no matter what method Yun Xiao uses, this Luban lock cannot be opened.

Not only that, Yun Xiao turned the box upside down, but she couldn't find the key that could open the box, and seeing that the sun was about to set, she still couldn't open the golden box.

Yun Xiao reluctantly put the gold box back in the box, and then, with the four letters, left the warehouse.

It was night, Yun Xiao sat alone under the lamp, looking at the painting that was sent back in a daze.

At this moment, Princess Loulan on the picture scroll seemed to be alive in Yun Xiao's eyes.

She seemed to see a bright girl, crossing thousands of rivers and mountains, coming thousands of miles, working hard and struggling for her country and love.

Yes, it's struggling.

Thirty years ago, Loulan was already in danger in the face of the attack of Xichang Kingdom, and had to send out their noble princess in order to survive and steal a living, and Princess Loulan, who married for the country, even if she finally found a lover who could know and promise her in the Great Xia Kingdom, she could not get the happiness she dreamed of like ordinary women.

Before today, Yun Xiao had always felt that Princess Loulan had lived happily during her lifetime, but now, through the letters between her and the former emperor, Yun Xiao understood the sadness and hardships of this woman who married for the country, maybe ...... From the very beginning, she was a victim of the power struggle in this world, and perhaps ...... The emperor got some rumors beforehand, but in the end he couldn't stop the bloody storm from coming.

Just as Yun Xiao was pondering, Xia Rui walked in from outside.

(PS: Note 1, this poem is from Wang Wei's "Acacia" in the Tang Dynasty; Note 2, this first word is from Li Zhiyi's "Fortune Operator, I Live at the Head of the Yangtze River" in the Song Dynasty. )