Chapter 119: The Former Residence

Everything was fine in Suizhou, but Xiaodong and the others decided to set off for the capital in seven days.

Xiaodong misses the capital and wants it very much.

She misses King An, Zhao Lu, the Queen Mother, and even the stuffed pancakes she ate in the morning when she was in the capital, and the garden and pond of her new home, as well as the fat cat plum blossoms. I didn't bring it out this time, I wonder if it's doing well these days?

Even here I am very happy, very happy. But she still couldn't stop feeling homesick.

Yes, she already sees the capital as her hometown.

Maybe Suizhou will become her other home. But...... It won't be now.

Zhao Zhi's body recovered quickly, half of her illness was heart disease, and half of it was lost in postpartum recuperation. After the Zhang family's affairs were completely resolved, she quickly got better, maybe there is a saying that is very true: although a woman is weak, a mother is strong. For the sake of the child, she can't let herself be weak like before.

Qin Lie arranged for manpower and sent her out of Dongquan as she wished. Zhao Zhi's maid who was married was also sent over by Zhang Manting, and when she saw her, she threw herself on the ground and cried.

sent Zhao Zhi away, and the house was much quieter all of a sudden. There is no more green smoke and medicinal gas that permeates the decoction, and there is no babbling cry of a baby. Qin Lie couldn't know Xiao Dong's heart any better, knowing that she likes to be lively, likes to be lively with relatives and friends, and separation will always make her sad for a while. For example, the last time she was in the capital, she sent away the Qin family and Yao Jinfeng, and she was lost for several days. However, the Li brothers and sisters quickly filled this gap, they are really living treasures, for Zhang Ziqian said that when drinking tea, they should pay attention to water, they are busy jumping up and down, catching rain when it rains, picking dew when it is not dawn, and going up the mountain to fetch spring water, it is simply a good apprentice of twenty-four filial piety.

"Do you really want to take them back to Beijing with you?"

"Well, it looks like you can't get rid of it." Qin Lie smiled: "Don't worry, someone can restrain them now." ”

Xiao Dong is not so optimistic. The cow is still a cow in the capital, can these two monkeys change their evil and return to the right at once? Don't be honest for a while and then relapse into your old ways, and cause some earth-shattering trouble.

"By the way, let's go to Suizhou Xicheng tomorrow, do you want to go to Yao's house to have a look?"

Xiao Dong was stunned for a moment: "Yao family? ”

She's been so crazy these days that she's forgotten about it.

King An also talked about it

Suizhou is not only Qin Lie's hometown, but also Yao Qingyuan's hometown

Xiao Dong was a little ashamed and a little puzzled: "Can you go?" ”

Although King An hasn't said anything over the years, Xiaodong is not a fool. Although Yao Qingyuan has long since passed away, the Yao family has never sent anyone to the capital to see her, no letter, no things, which is very abnormal. Look at the Shen family, although Zhao Lu's mother, Princess Shen, has been dead for many years, earlier than Yao Qingyuan, but the Shen family has maintained a good relationship with King An's Mansion, Shen Fen, Shen Fang, Shen Jing, and they have lived in King An's Mansion for several years.

And the Yao family ...... Why didn't the Yao family move? The Yao family is her uncle's family, and at this time, the uncle's family is the closest relative. Yao Qingyuan is dead, but Xiao Dong is still there, and the Yao family has not had any contact with King An's Mansion for so many years - if Yao Jinfeng is counted, it can barely be regarded as a contact - but Yao Jinfeng has long been equivalent to breaking away from the Yao family. Xiao Dong called her cousin...... But in Yao Jinfeng's place, she hadn't heard anything about the Yao family.

"Actually, the Yao family is almost scattered now. The closest one to you is Yao Jinfeng's father, your cousin, who also passed away. Now the successor of the Yao family is the side branch, I also heard that ...... They don't get along. ”

Xiao Dong nodded.

She thought about it. Either there is something hidden about Yao Qingyuan's affairs back then, or Yao Qingyuan no longer has close relatives in the Yao family.

"We don't have to go around in circles, I've inquired, the place where your mother lived back then should be empty now, I'll accompany you to take a look."

"It's fine."

Xiao Dong was also a little curious.

Also, when I went back, I also gave an explanation to King An.

Qin Lie's action was very fast, and after sending Zhao Zhi away, he arranged the things at hand the next day and took Xiaodong to Xicheng by boat. It was not too close from Dongquan to Xicheng, where they lived, and it took half a day to take a boat. Xiao Dong was surprised when he looked out of the cabin. She hasn't been to this part of Suizhou yet. What I saw a few days ago, are a kind of alien customs, most people live in the mountains, all they see are wooden buildings and bamboo buildings, stone houses and earth houses, but here it is like a town in the Central Plains, at a glance are brick houses, some houses have high courtyard walls, cornices, carved beams and painted buildings - compared with Dongquan, Xicheng is not like a remote place at all.

"Most of the people living here are wealthy gentry, which is very different from Dongquan."

Xiao Dong understood and nodded.

It seems that the Yao family is also a big local family.

There are cars and sedan chairs on the streets here, and women are rarely seen, and everything is similar to the Central Plains. Xiao Dong got on a sedan chair, and through the curtains on both sides, he could see the scenery on both sides of the road clearly. The sedan sedan bar creaked, and after about a meal, the sedan chair stopped, and Qin Lie lifted the sedan curtain and stretched out his hand to help her out: "It's here." ”

Xiao Dong raised his head and saw a few old trees in front of him that had grown for an unknown number of years, and the green trees covered a section of the courtyard wall. Qin Lie helped her walk over and knocked twice on a small dark door, and someone inside quickly opened the door.

The alley was deep, and dogs barked in the distance.

Qin Lie gave the old servant who opened the door some money, and the man silently stepped aside, very knowledgeable and neither looked up at the person, nor asked many questions.

Xiao Dong followed Qin Lie in.

The house is very old, and it looks like it won't be much worse if it's not a hundred years old. But apparently it's often taken care of, so it's very well preserved.

There was no one living here, and there were two or three feet of Artemisia annua growing on the roof tiles, and a lot of weeds were coming out of the bricks. There are many dandelions growing along the corners of the wall, and there are bunches of flowers growing in bulbs.

"Is this it?"

"Yes."

They went around to the front yard and pushed open the door of the main house, which was empty and empty. There were no tables, chairs, utensils, curtains, and walls, and there were no calligraphy or paintings on the walls.

"Come on, it should be this way."

The silent old servant opened the lock on the courtyard door to the east, and Xiao Dong suddenly smelled a sweet scent of flowers.

"Osmanthus?"

An old servant whispered, "Osmanthus is planted here." ”

Xiao Dong thought of the large osmanthus flowers in King An's mansion, and didn't know if there was any connection with these.

Maybe it's because people like it very much.

Between the thick green leaves, there are dense golden osmanthus flowers, and the fragrance is getting stronger and stronger. Because of the light rain in the morning, the air was very humid, and the wind blowing on the face carried a dampness and fragrance, as if people were bathed in a fragrant mist.

This courtyard is small and simple, with three rooms, and there is nothing in the main house, Xiao Dong stood at the door for a while and entered the east chamber.

There are also simple household items in the east wing. A bed, a dresser, a desk, the shelves against the wall were empty, and it turned out that there might have been a book or a vase here. Maybe there are still flower branches in the vase that have been broken from the laurel tree outside.

Because no one has lived here for too long, there is a stale musty smell in the house.

Did Yao Qingyuan ever live here?

Maybe King An has also been here before.

Xiao Dong slowly walked to the window, pulled the latch off, and pushed the window open.

Light and breeze poured into the room, and the place suddenly became bright and vivid. The black lacquered table top reflects the light, and there is a small makeup box and a comb on the dresser, these things are very clean, there are no signs of mold, and it seems that someone has carefully cleaned and maintained the place. With the light and the wind, it no longer looks like an old and uninhabited room, but like a room where people live.

It's like the master is still there.

She walked lightly through the courtyard and into the house, holding in her hand a branch cut from under a tree, and inserting it into a vase, perhaps tweaking it again. The room was filled with the scent of osmanthus flowers. She would sit at the dresser and comb her hair, and she would use this comb, and when she was done, she might forget to clear the comb, so that she might leave a soft hair or two between her teeth. She would sit at the table, open a book, spread out a book, polish the ink, and bury her head in writing—

Xiao Dong has never felt Yao Qingyuan's existence so strongly as now.

I felt so close to her.

In King An's Mansion, she couldn't find any trace of Yao Qingyuan.

Yes, there are no traces.

Xiao Dong suddenly found that she had been negligent so much.

There was nothing in the house where she lived, no clothes she wore, no people who had served her, nothing......

It's like ...... It's as if she's never lived in the palace.

She didn't think about it so much before, and occasionally touched it, and she would think that it might be because some people and things were processed and placed after she died, and it took a long time, and maybe King An didn't want to touch the scene, so ......

But now she suddenly thought, perhaps, Yao Qingyuan really never really lived in King An's Mansion. The place where she stayed for the longest was probably the place where she died.

Why?

King An has a lot of affection for her, and this Xiaodong will never doubt it. But there are so few marks of their lives together...... It's unreasonable.

Even this house where Yao Qingyuan lived a long time ago can leave some traces of the past, and it makes no sense that there is nothing in the palace.

Qin Lie walked up to her, and Xiao Dong looked a little dazed and stunned. Qin Lie had thought in advance that when she came to her mother's former residence, maybe Xiao Dong would be in a low mood. But now it looked like she was more like she couldn't figure out something.

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay......"

Xiao Dong came back to his senses and reached out to close the window. The room suddenly became dark again, and it looked a little gloomy and depressing.

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I woke up from a nap today and was still confused...... It seemed like it was going to be a few days before I could really feel mentally the fact that I was home.

Ah, ask for a ticket~~~