Xiangqiao was confused, and the begonias were even more inexplicable.

"Mother, what do you say? This is Princess Cheng. Xiang Qiao hurriedly explained, "It is rumored in the capital that you are dead, but some time ago, the slave maid grabbed medicine in the capital, but I heard that the little prince had ordered before, and only when the Chengwang Mansion set up a mourning hall would he be willing to admit that the princess was dead." Chengwangfu has not set up a mourning hall until now, really, you are still alive, princess! ”

"Xiangqiao!" Her mother scolded lightly, and Xiangqiao knew that she had said something she shouldn't have said. She secretly looked at Begonia's face, and saw that she looked indifferent, and she didn't care about these at all.

"No problem." Begonia took out the only broken silver on his body and put it on the table. "I'll have to bother you at your house tonight, and I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

"Is the princess going back to the palace? It's just that the slave maid is still not in good health, otherwise the slave and maid will follow the princess back. "Xiangqiao didn't dare to take the silver, so she pushed it again and again." The princess saved the slave and maid again today, and the silver slave and maid could not be collected again. The house in the slave's house is dilapidated, so the princess should not dislike it. ”

"Qiao'er." Her mother seemed to have made a lot of determination, and this sudden rise surprised Xiangqiao. "Let me follow, say a few words to Princess Cheng alone, okay?"

Xiangqiao was stunned and went out obediently.

There was only one candle lit in the house, and it was dim and dark, like the days in the cottage. Thinking of the days in the cottage, the memories in Begonia's mind never stopped.

Suddenly, Begonia's whole body trembled. She looked down at her somewhat withered and haggard hand on the back of her hand, and looked up at Xiangqiao and her mother suspiciously.

"There are rumors that you are a female bandit on Yufeng Mountain?"

She pursed her lips and sneered, "It's not a rumor. The face of the person in front of the meeting changed slightly, and her tone became even more cold, "I am the second leader on Yufeng Mountain." ”

In an instant, the hand suddenly grasped the back of her hand, and the strength was so great that no one dared to believe that it came from the woman in front of her.

"Yufeng Mountain! Where is your father? Do you know a person named Gu Yan? Yes? ”

Haitang's eyes tightened for a while, "Which Gu Yan?" ”

Xiangqiao's mother withdrew her hand and gestured it out of thin air, "It's so tall, white and clean, with a soft voice, some like a woman, can dance, sing, and read, likes to laugh, and looks good when you laugh." Afraid that Haitang would misunderstand, he quickly added two sentences, "It's a man, he's a man." ”

Haitang couldn't pretend to be calm anymore, "How do you know him?" Who are you? ”

Xiangqiao's mother suddenly rejoiced, "Do you recognize it?" Where is he now? Is he alright? ”

Without waiting for Haitang to speak, Xiangqiao's mother asked again: "Then the little jacket you wore when you were seven or eight months old is still there?" You had this little silver bell around your neck at that time, which was just the size of a fingernail, and the bell was carved with a small lotus flower, which was tied to a red thread. Is it still there? Yes? Is it still there? ”

Begonia subconsciously caressed her neck, and goosebumps rose all over her body. She did always have a bell hanging when she was a child, small and delicate, and the lotus carved on it didn't even pay attention to his brothers, how did this woman know? Gu Yan only taught her one dance in her life, and this dance made her famous in the capital. How did she know about Gu Yan's affairs?

"Who the hell are you?"

Xiangqiao's mother was so stunned, and at the moment when Begonia was about to lose her patience, her mother suddenly knelt on the ground, crying forbearance, crying sadly.

"Miss! You really are Miss! ”

"Mother!" Xiangqiao heard her mother's cry and hurriedly ran in to see, but she didn't expect to see this scene. "Mother, what are you talking about, this is Princess Cheng, where is Miss. She was born ......" Xiangqiao thought for a while and couldn't come up with a suitable statement, so she could only explain it to Begonia. "The slave maid used to be a maid for other people, she has been sick for too long, and now she is afraid that she is sick and confused."

Her mother raised her head from grief and indignation, "Nonsense, I'm not confused!" She grabbed Begonia's hand again and held it tightly in her palm. Was your jacket light green? The material is double-sided embroidery, embroidered with lotus flowers, and there are two small silver finchs on the neckline and at the corners of the clothes? ”

Begonia trembled, what this woman said was true!

Seeing her reaction, Xiangqiao's mother cried again, but there was laughter in this cry, which was so contradictory.

"Yes, yes, you are my young lady!" Her mother wiped the tears from her face, patted her chest and said, "I embroidered the little silver finch, I embroidered it." At that time, my wife said that it was beautiful, so she asked me to embroider it on it. Originally, it was just a pair of necklines, but I thought that the corners of the clothes should also be embroidered, and sure enough, after the embroidery, Mrs. even praised the good looks. ”

Begonia was moved by what she said. She opened her mouth, and it took a lot of courage to ask, "You call me Miss?" So whose lady am I? ”

"Prime Minister's Mansion, you are the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

With Xiangqiao's gasp, the hope in Begonia's heart was dashed.

"Mother, how can you talk nonsense, Miss Prime Minister's family is staying in the house, how can you talk nonsense?"

Her mother glared at her, "You know what." Her mother pointed to Begonia's nose and eyes, smiling with satisfaction. This nose and eyes are exactly the same as Madame's. I have been serving my wife since I was a child, and after more than ten years, can I still admit my mistakes? After that, her mother scolded disdainfully: "A few years ago, I saw the young lady of the prime minister from afar in Beijing, she didn't look like my wife, she was obviously a fake, and I don't know where Meng Qingyue got the impostor." ”

"Mother!" Xiangqiao was in a hurry, hurriedly pulled her mother over, and whispered to persuade her not to talk nonsense anymore.

"You say, I'm a young lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

The mother and daughter looked up and saw Begonia smiling rather than smiling, but their eyes were extremely cold. The two of them chuckled in their hearts at the same time, and they always felt that Begonia's smile made people a little uneasy.

Haitang looked at Xiangqiao and her mother, "If I go to the Prime Minister's Mansion now, how can I make the Prime Minister believe that I am her daughter?" ”

Xiangqiao and her mother smiled, "Miss, isn't your face enough to make Xiangye believe it?" ”

Oh, yes!

Haitang then remembered that she had been in the capital for so long, whether it was in the capital or in the imperial city, she and Huo Xing really hadn't seen each other.

Probably thinking that Haitang didn't believe this, Xiangqiao and her mother stood up again and said: "I have served Mrs. for many years, and Xiangye still recognizes me. ”

"Mother." Xiangqiao tugged on her mother's sleeve again, pulled her mother aside, and whispered, "Mother, you are confused." This is Princess Cheng, and over there is the Prime Minister's Mansion, if she is really the young lady born to the Prime Minister, then ...... The entanglement and contradiction between the Chengwang Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion are not unaware. ”

Xiangqiao's mother's whole spirit was gone, she turned around and looked at Begonia, and stopped talking several times, but finally didn't say anything.

Begonia didn't know what she was thinking, and after a long time, she suddenly stood up and raised her feet to walk out. Xiangqiao caught up with her, "Princess, where are you going?" It's getting late now, and if you want to go back to the palace, you'll have to go back tomorrow. ”

"Who said I was going back to the Chengwang Mansion?" Begonia led the horse and jumped on the horse with ease. "Princess Cheng is already dead. I am now the unrecognized lady of the Prime Minister! ”

Xiangqiao gasped again, "Princess, ...... you"

Her mother chased her out and looked at the begonia with joy. "I have heard about those things between the little prince and the Fu family, so it is okay if the Chengwang Mansion does not do it. The young lady of our Prime Minister's Mansion is not bad, and besides, the Prime Minister will definitely not treat his own daughter badly! ”

"Mother!" Xiangqiao was so anxious that she almost jumped to her feet.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Xiangqiao knew that Begonia had already ridden away, and she was even more anxious. "Mother, where did the Chengwang Mansion treat us badly, you want to harm the princess like this! Little Wang Ye and Miss Fu Family, that, that's ...... In short, the little prince is not fake to the princess, otherwise how to explain the statement of the Lingtang. Mother! What are you doing here! ”

Xiangqiao's mother kept her head down, and after a long time, she raised her head, looked into the distance and said, "That's Madame's child." Mrs. has loved Xiangye all her life, not to mention that she lost her life, but also lost her child. Under the nine springs, Madame must be very sad. Now that the young lady has found it, the lady can rest assured. Moreover, Meng Qingyue has taken advantage of the Prime Minister's Mansion for so many years in the name of his wife, and it is time to return it. ”

Haitang galloped all the way to the foot of Yufeng Mountain, threw down his horse when he reached the foot of the mountain, and hiked into the mountain by himself.

Once upon a time, when I went up the mountain, I was going home. Now going up the mountain, Begonia can't find a word to describe her mood at this moment. Looking at the scenery she was familiar with on the mountain road, Begonia couldn't pretend, her knees fell down at once, and she didn't feel any pain at all on the rugged and gravel mountain road. She knelt down step by step, and before she knelt down the next step, she shouted out to her brother.

"Brother, Begonia is back."

"Begonia is back!"

"Brothers, I'm Begonia, I'm home!"

……

The mournful cry resounded throughout Yufeng Mountain, even a hard-hearted person was afraid that he could be shattered by this cry.

The top of the mountain is a cottage that has long been burned down, which is not grandiose, but you can see the atmosphere in the cottage from the gate of the village. The moonlight was thick, and a silver light sprinkled on the ground, illuminating the tattered wreckage of half a year ago clearly. Begonia's knees have long been numb and bloody, and even lifting her feet is difficult. Her lower lip had already been bitten, and her tears were about to drain up.

"I'm back."

After this roar, her eyes went black and she fell limply.

She woke up from the cold, and when she opened her eyes, she realized that it was snowing again. She stood up slowly, shook off the residual snow on her body, and dragged her still numb legs to temporarily find a place to shelter from the wind and snow. After a while, she straightened her clothes, smoothed her hair, and went around the back hill.

As far as the eye can see, the back hill is full of low snow bags.

Begonia's eyes were a little moist. Under those snow bags, it was her brother.

Forty-seven graves, pits she dug with her own hands, those who argued with her own hands, and buried the earth with her own hands.