At this time, outside the door, Li Yungui, who was dressed in green clothes and was handsome, was sitting there without any image at this time, with his back to the door of the room where Xu Shiyan was.

He lowered his head, tears wetting his shirt.

He and Xu Shiyan, at this time, the two were obviously only separated by one door, but that door would isolate them for the rest of their lives.

Half a month later, Kyoto.

Standing in front of the Xu Mansion in Kyoto again after nine years, Xu Shiyan only felt in a trance. In these days, because of the hurry, even the fur of Arnold in her arms is no longer as soft as before, and it is dry and a little prickly.

In nine years, Kyoto seems to have changed little except that it was more prosperous than it was when she left. The gate of Xu's Mansion is still open, the two stone lions in front of the door are as powerful as ever, and there are two guards standing in front of the door, one on the left and one on the right with serious expressions, no different from nine years ago.

Xu Shiyan suppressed all kinds of emotions in her heart, walked to the door with Arnold in her arms, and said calmly to the two nurses who blocked her way: "Go and report, just say ......" Xu Shiyan took a deep breath, and his voice was unwavering, "Just say that Xu Shiyan, the unfilial daughter of the Xu family, is back." ”

The two guards couldn't help but glance at each other when Xu Shiyan's words fell, one hurriedly turned around and entered the courtyard, and the other looked more and more respectful in the face of Xu Shiyan: "Please wait for a while, we have someone to go in and report." ”

Xu Shiyan nodded and stopped talking.

Shaoqing, the person who went in to report, walked out, followed by the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion. As soon as the housekeeper saw Xu Shiyan, he saluted respectfully and said, "Miss, please come with me, the old lady is already waiting in the lobby at this time." ”

Xu Shiyan's eyes were slightly moist, and he thanked the housekeeper and followed.

In the lobby, Mrs. Xu was standing at the door and waiting, and when she saw Xu Shiyan, her tears suddenly fell: "Xiao Yan, come over and let grandma take a good look." ”

After Xu Shiyan handed Arnold in his arms to the maid on the side, he suddenly knelt down straight in front of Mrs. Xu, and said word by word with red eyes: "The granddaughter is not filial, which makes grandma frightened." ”

Seeing this, Mrs. Xu hurriedly reached out to help: "Get up quickly, get up quickly." ”

Xu Shiyan stood up and saluted to the woman next to Mrs. Xu: "Hello sister-in-law in the lobby." ”

Sun smiled: "I haven't seen each other for so many years, and Xiao Yan has become more and more smart. ”

Xu Shiyan smiled silently, walked to the other side of Mrs. Xu, and walked to the lobby together.

At this time, except for Xu Qianzhi, the eldest of the Xu family, and Xu Shiyan's father, the second eldest of the Xu family, were not in the lobby, everyone else was already waiting in the house.

They watched Xu Shiyan come in, although they all wanted to come forward to say hello, but because of the old lady Xu beside Xu Shiyan, they had to resist the urge to step forward.

Xu Shiyan helped Xu Lao Taijun to sit down in the middle of the lobby, and then stood behind Xu Lao Taijun, Xu Lao Taijun originally wanted her to sit, but Xu Shiyan insisted on refusing to go down, Xu Lao Taijun had to order his subordinates to move the chair next to his position, and forcefully ordered Xu Shiyan to sit down.

Although the Xu family is a family of merchants, they have always attached great importance to the family rules, and at this time, in order to prevent Xu Shiyan, who had returned, from standing, she actually let her sit beside her.

This is the first time, and it is also the only special case of Xu Shiyan, which shows that Xu Shiyan's status in Xu Laotaijun's heart is not ordinary.

Xu Shiyan's eldest brother's wife, Mo Shi, and his second cousin's wife, Luo, both entered the door after Xu Shiyan left, and they only knew about Xu Shiyan's existence before, but they were not familiar with him. Now Mrs. Xu's move directly made them understand what status Xu Shiyan had in the Xu family.

And the Xu family also knows that Mrs. Xu's move is intended to make them understand that even if Xu Shiyan is now just a poor child who was ordered to die by her father, her status in the Xu family will never change.

After Xu Shiyan sat down, Mrs. Xu raised her eyes and looked at the people in the room, and said, "I called you all over today, in fact, there is nothing to do, just let you come to see Xiao Yan, so that she will not run around to see you." She hurried back to Xu's house, and she had a lot to do. ”

Mrs. Xu turned her head to look at Xu Shiyan, and her voice suddenly became loving: "Xiao Yan, go meet your uncle, aunt, brother and sister-in-law." ”

After Xu Shiyan met with everyone and saluted, Mrs. Xu waved his hand to signal everyone to leave, but he pulled Xu Shiyan to the inner room: "Your father and uncle are still busy outside, I just sent someone to inform you, and you should be able to come back after a while." ”

"Father?" Xu Shiyan was a little surprised when he heard this, "Didn't you say that my father had been put in prison?" ”

Mrs. Xu sighed: "It's fake." ”

"Fake?"

Old Taijun Xu nodded: "When your father comes back, I will tell you everything." ”

When she learned that the news that had frightened her for a long time was fake, Xu Shiyan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but she didn't know that there was even more surprising news waiting for her.

Xu's father returned to Xu's house an hour later.

At this time, Xu Shiyan had washed away the dust and dust before, and wore a pink embroidered skirt, which was as delicate as the peach blossoms on the branches of March, showing the posture of the country with a smile.

Father Xu met Xu Shiyan in the study, he looked at the bright and moving daughter in front of him, his heart tingled, but a smile appeared on his face: "Xiao Yan, you are back." ”

"Xiao Yan has lived up to his father's heart, and I hope that my father will not blame Xiao Yan." Xu Shiyan said gently.

Father Xu's eyes were sour when he heard this: "How can I be willing to blame you." Father Xu took Xu Shiyan's hand and carefully looked at the daughter who made him feel guilty, "Tall, thin, you have suffered these days." ”

Xu Shiyan said: "Xiao Yan is not bitter, but it makes my father worried." ”

"That ......" Father Xu shook his head and let go of Xu Shiyan's hand, his voice was full of forbearance, "The cloud belongs to him......"

"He's back in Yangzhou." Xu Shiyan was silent before replying, and then changed the topic stiffly, "Daddy, can you tell me the truth about the matter?" ”

Father Xu looked at Xu Shiyan's pleading eyes, gritted his teeth and told Xu Shiyan everything: "Child, it's Daddy who can't stand you, but Daddy carries the entire Xu family, Daddy ......"

Xu Shiyan's face was white: "I ......"

At this moment, the housekeeper of the Xu Mansion suddenly came to report in a hurry, saying that the palace had sent a father-in-law to come and ask the Xu Mansion to go together to receive the order.

Father Xu's face changed instantly when he heard this, but he had to comfort Xu Shiyan: "Let's go and receive the order first." ”

After everyone in the Xu Mansion came, the father-in-law waved the dust in his hand with satisfaction, pinched his throat and said, "Where is Xu Shiyan, the sixth lady of the Xu family?" ”

Xu Shiyan raised his head when he heard this. At this time, her complexion had recovered to seventy-seven eighty-eight, although she knelt on the ground with everyone, she was neither humble nor arrogant, and her temperament was dusty.

Seeing this, the father-in-law couldn't help but secretly praise himself, and then he stretched out his hand and opened a golden scroll: "Xu Shiyan took the order." Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. I have heard the words of the daughter of the Xu family, who has both ability and political integrity, is generous, humble and elegant, and has good quality. His father Xu ......"

Before the father-in-law finished reading, he was suddenly interrupted by a scream, and he couldn't help frowning and pulled down the holy decree, raising his eyes to look at the scream.

This look frightened my father-in-law. I saw that a snake with thick wrists in the crowd was wrapped around Xu Shiyan's neck at this time, and the snake's head was on Xu Shiyan's shoulder.

Before the father-in-law could react, Xu Shiyan's two brothers had already stood up regardless of it, stretched out their hands and pulled out the sword on the waist of the stunned guard on the side and stabbed towards the snake.

It's just that for some reason, the sword was three feet away from Xu Shiyan, and it couldn't get close anymore.

And when the two brothers swung their swords again, the snake suddenly raised its head, raised its head and spit out the snake letter as if showing off at the father-in-law who was trembling with fear in his hand, until the father-in-law screamed in fright, and then left from Xu Shiyan's neck.

It was only when the serpent got up that the people noticed the strangeness of the serpent. The snake actually had a pair of wings that could fly in the air. The evil serpent flew in mid-air, hovering in the air in a majestic circle before leaving.

At this time, Xu's father had already reacted, and followed Xu Shiyan's two brothers around Xu Shiyan.

At this time, Xu Shiyan only had a faint breath left, her forehead was blue and black, but her lips were bloodless, seeing Xu's father squeezing out a smile on his face, he stretched out his hand as if he wanted to wipe his tears, and his voice was soft and weak: "Daddy, don't cry, different paths are the same." Just an afterlife...... In the next life, Xiaoyan wants to be a boy, so that he can be happy under his father's knees. ”

Xu Shiyan's hand was tightly grasped by Xu's father, and big tears fell on Xu Shiyan's face, sliding down her face coolly. Xu Shiyan's consciousness became more and more distracted, but he still kept whispering: "Take care of Arnold for me, and Yungui, but I will wait for him in the bridge, and I will not live up to it in the next life." ”

"Daddy, I want to go back...... I want to go back to Qindu, I want to go back to my courtyard......"

In a daze, Xu Shiyan seemed to hear a cat meow, but among the mixed and chaotic human voices, it was extremely loud.

It seemed that something was touching her shoulder, making her uncomfortable, but she couldn't resist. It's so fast, her life is over. Ephemeral as an epiphany, not yet appearing, but withering.

But it's okay this way, if she dies, her father no longer has to worry that the emperor will try his best to get her hands on her and use her to frame the Xu family, and he doesn't have to feel guilty that the Xu family was forced to stand in dire straits because of her.

But I don't know why, Xu Shiyan feels very unwilling. She didn't want to die yet, she actually had a lot of things to do, a lot of wishes to be fulfilled.

She hasn't finished seeing these great mountains and rivers, nor has she grown old with Li Yungui, she is unwilling to die like this, she dies meaninglessly, and loses all the possibilities of returning to Li Yungui.

And Arnold, the kitten she picked up on the day she lost her mother, the cat that had been with her for seven years, the cat who was only close to her, what if she was gone?