Early in the morning, outside the gate of the painting house, a nobleman in gorgeous clothes came, and he stood in front of the door with his head bowed with a strong horse in one hand, and hesitated.

The housekeeper of the painting house heard the wind, hurriedly greeted Liu Che'er out of the door, and said with a respectful smile: "I don't know if the prince is coming, the little one is far away, please forgive the prince." The prince, please enter the house. ”

"This king won't go in to disturb the painter, this king is ready to leave the capital at the moment, just passing by here." Liu Che'er said insincerely.

The painting housekeeper hurriedly said: "The little one immediately went to inform my lord, please wait a while, and let my lord send one to the prince." ”

Liu Che'er immediately stopped: "No need. You only informed them that I had left the capital. Speak on my behalf to the county lord, if there is Yaxing, Shuchuan welcomes her at any time. ”

After Liu Che'er finished speaking, he turned around and got on the horse.

The painting housekeeper said with a slightly embarrassed look: "Lord, if you bring it to the master, the small one can do it, but the painting lord is not in the mansion." ”

"Where is she?"

"Taoyuan, the county lord has been unwell recently, and he went there to recuperate, and he also set off earlier today."

"Do you know the location of Taoyuan?"

The painting housekeeper scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I don't know the little one, and the lord and lady don't know the specific location, and I think that coming to Taoyuan is not a place that everyone can know." ”

"I see." With a disappointed look, Liu Che'er drove the horse out of the city gate.

Besides, Huayan said goodbye to his parents early in the morning, and the two of them left the capital in the carriage prepared by the Forgotten Dust Building and had been waiting in front of the door.

Forget the dust building and the charity hall, she has been fully handed over to the shepherd and Xiao Haizi to take care of.

Since Lin Yunrou left the Forgotten Dust Building, a singing and dancing show every night in the Forgotten Dust Building has also been canceled, although this change has attracted the dissatisfaction of many guest officials, and the business is declining day by day, but under the shepherd's best efforts, it is still due to the frequent patronage of the old customers who have benefited from the Forgotten Dust Building, and barely survived.

The shepherd never told Huayan all this, so as not to add to her troubles.

Due to the sadness of the whole day and the physical pain, the painting face became wooden, in a trance, and did not care about the outside world.

She doesn't blame others, she only blames herself for making affectionate mistakes.

The picture of Xiao Minglang and Lin Yunrou embracing each other deeply pierced her heart and defeated her. In a short period of time, she was powerless to face it, so she could only escape.

Although they didn't end up together, she knew who his heart was.

All this reminded her of Chu Hao and Lulu, who had been pushed to the brink of life at that time, and now she was hit by the same blow, no matter how strong her heart was, she would eventually be unable to resist and completely collapse.

Sheng Lan carefully covered the shawl on Hua Yan's body, and reminded softly: "Miss, you have already left the city gate." ”

Hua Yan opened his blurry eyes, looked at Sheng Lan and nodded, and continued to fall asleep.

Above the castle tower, a man in green stood, staring in the direction in which he had left for a long time, until the shadow of the carriage was completely blocked by the snow trees on both sides of the road.

He didn't chase and couldn't chase.

Xiao Minglang leaned dejectedly against the city wall and drank the half pot of wine in his hand. Snowflakes soaked his thin clothes, and he didn't even notice it.

The cold and humid air did not make him sober, but made him more confused.

He suddenly stood up, threw the flask in his hand on the ground, took his sword and went downstairs, and rode away.

In the white expanse of heavy snow, he drove his horse alone to the Shili Pavilion outside the capital, and he seemed to be waiting for someone.

Sure enough, not long after, the sound of horses' hooves came from far to near.

"Brother Lang?" Liu Che'er, who had just dismounted, walked into the pavilion and said in surprise.

Xiao Minglang turned around and arched his hand: "Lord Wang." ”

"No wonder this king asked around, but he couldn't hear from Brother Lang, it turns out that you are here!" Liu Che'er said excitedly.

Xiao Minglang leaned over and said, "I know that the prince is going to Shuchuan today, so I came here to wait." ”

Liu Che'er asked with a little disappointment: "Do you just want to come to see off this king?" ”

"No, I'm waiting for the prince here, because I want to go to Shuchuan with the prince." Xiao Minglang still replied.

Liu Che'er said in disbelief: "Is that really the case?!" Is Brother Lang willing to give up his official position in the court and go to the barren Sichuan land with this king? ”

Xiao Minglang smiled, "If it weren't for helping the prince, I wouldn't have the intention of being an official, and now that the prince is not in the court, why should I stay." Moreover, Shuchuan is by no means a barren place, on the contrary, it has outstanding people. ”

He knelt down on one knee and said firmly to Liu Che'er: "I am willing to help the prince return to the capital!" ”

Liu Che'er hurriedly helped Xiao Minglang up, and said happily: "It's best to have Brother Lang with you!" He suddenly wondered: "Just return to the capital, you can't know." ”

Xiao Minglang saw Liu Che'er's doubts and pointed out: "The prince has no intention of ruling the country, and Mrs. Zhang has no voice in the world. No matter how much military power Mrs. Zhang has, she can't withstand the hearts of the people in the world. The prince recuperates and returns to the capital is just around the corner. Shuchuan is a treasure land for raising soldiers. ”

The benefits of Shuchuan, Liu Che'er already knew it, and he actually planned to do so in his heart, but he didn't say it directly. "Coincidentally, Yan'er said the same thing."

As soon as he heard the news about the painting face, Xiao Minglang couldn't help but ask, "Second Miss Painting?" She...... What else did she say? ”

Liu Che'er remembered the conversation with Huayan that day, thought to herself in her heart, and suddenly shook her head and said, "She just said a few words casually." ”

"Is her injury healed?" After thinking about it again and again, Xiao Minglang finally asked.

Liu Che'er pretended not to notice the nervous look on Xiao Minglang's face, and said lightly: "It has not fully recovered, and the residual poison in the body before, the body is even weaker." He turned around like Xiao Minglang and asked, "Brother Lang, do you know where Taoyuan is?" ”

Xiao Minglang shook his head and said: "I have never heard the rivers and lakes talk about Taoyuan, but no one has seen it." It can accommodate more than 2,000 people but disappear, so it can be seen that Taoyuan is extraordinary. ”

Liu Che'er said disappointedly: "In this way, there is no way to see Yan'er if you want to." ”

Xiao Minglang pretended not to care about tidying up his belongings, re-placed the horse, and got on the horse first, "Lord Wang, it's not early, let's continue to hurry." ”

The attendants on the side led the hot horse to Liu Che'er's side, and the group shuttled through the snow and rain one after another.

In the bustling capital, people gather and scatter, and scattering is the beginning of gathering.

Halfway through the journey, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Sheng Lan opened the curtain of the car and was about to ask the coachman what was going on, when he suddenly saw a young man on a horse smirking at him on the opposite side.

Sheng Lan asked vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

The young man was stunned and smirked, "Sister Lan, don't you know me?" I'm Limu! ”

"Limu?" Sheng Lan looked at it carefully for a while, and then suddenly realized, "I haven't seen you for a while, but I've grown up again!" Why are you here? ”

"I was ordered by the fourth uncle to come to pick up Sister Yan." Limu smiled.

Sheng Lan asked in surprise, "How did he know that Miss was coming?" ”

Limu pretended to be mysterious and said: "He? He knows all about the whole world! ”

Painting his face in the haze, he heard the voice of Limu, slowly got up, and asked outside, "Is Limu coming?" ”

Limu hurriedly agreed: "Sister Yan is me!" Fourth Uncle sent me to pick you up! ”

Sheng Lan opened all the curtains to allow the painting to breathe more fresh air.

Hua Yan smiled gently: "The efficiency of the sentry post in Taoyuan is really good, and it should be praised." ”

"What about me? Sister Yan, why don't you just talk about them and don't praise me? "Limu naughty road.

Hua Yan smiled helplessly: "Praise, praise." If you want any plaything, just ask your sister Lan to get it. ”

Hearing Huayan's personal praise, Limu smiled with satisfaction. He turned his horse's head and led the way, while the carriage slowly followed.

Along the way, all the places where Huayan passed, the hidden sentinels in Taoyuan all appeared, clasped their fists and saluted, until the carriage of Huayan disappeared completely.

After passing through a dense and curved peach forest, the carriage finally stopped outside the gate of the peach orchard.

Sheng Lan helped Huayan get out of the carriage and walked towards Taoyuan, but found his father-in-law and the masters waiting in front of the door.

Seeing the pale and emaciated face, Qin Zhengfeng's face sank, wanting to ask what was going on, but he was afraid of making the painting more uncomfortable, so he changed his gentle tone and said: "It's good to come, it's good to come, it's good to be tired from the bumps and fatigue along the way, hurry, go back to the room first and rest well." ”

Aunt Pan turned her head to wipe away her tears, regained her old smile and said, "Yes, come with Aunt Pan, all the supplies have already been prepared." This time, I can live in Taoyuan for a while. ”

Kong Yaowen knew that Lei Buming couldn't keep his mouth shut, so he had already suppressed him, and said first: "Yan'er is here, the little girls and boys here are very happy, and finally there is a child king who can take them to play!" ”

After saying that, everyone laughed happily again.

The smiles of the masters made Hua Yan feel extremely warm, she held back her tears, smiled and watched everyone say close to herself, and was hugged all the way into the door.

Pangu took the painting face to the room she had carefully prepared and blocked the others out.

"Yan'er, Aunt Pan's is outside the door, you can sleep in peace." Pangu tucked the quilt for the painting and prepared to leave.

Seeing the embroidery with lilies all around, Huayan remembered Princess Yuzhang, and hurriedly pulled Aunt Pan, "Aunt Pan, I have something important to tell you, you stay first." ”

"What's wrong Yan'er?" Pangu gently walked to the side of Huayan's bed and sat down, and asked with concern.

Hua Yan held Aunt Pan's hand tightly, "Aunt Pan, how did Xin Nan get lost in the first place?" ”

Pangu was stunned for a while, and frowned with a burst of sorrow, "What is Yan'er asking for?" Xin Nan is probably no longer alive now. ”

"No, she's still there. I remember you told me that there was a birthmark of a lily on Xin Nan's right hand of the tiger, right? Huayan looked at Aunt Pan seriously and said.

"There is indeed a birthmark of a lily on the tiger's mouth on her right hand, in order to remember this sign, I embroidered its pattern on the ......" Pangu said this, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and asked in surprise: "Yan'er, you just said that Xinnan is still alive?" ”

Hua Yan nodded excitedly, "She's still alive, and I've already found her." ”

The sudden news shocked Pangu so much that she couldn't speak, and she burst into tears for a while.

Huayan hugged Pangu and gently patted her shoulder, crying with her.

After a long time, Pangu said nervously, "Where is she?" ”

Huayan paused for a while, she was thinking, saying everything in full, whether Pangu could accept it.

"Yan'er, tell me quickly, where is Xinnan?"

Looking at Aunt Pan's full of anticipation, Huayan finally said, "She is in the capital, in the palace, she is the current Princess Yuzhang." She said slowly, word by word.

When Aunt Pan heard this, she didn't act excessively surprised, but seemed to wake up, half crying and half laughing: "I should have thought of it a long time ago...... He was so ruthless that he deceived me for ten years. ”

Seeing Aunt Pan's reaction, the conjecture in her heart was even more certain, "Aunt Pan, when you left the emperor who was still a general, you took Xin Nan away, right?" Later, halfway through, your mother and daughter were separated, but in fact, Liu Yu secretly sent someone to take Xin Nan back, not only deceived you, but also claimed the news of your death, causing you to feel guilty for ten years. ”

Aunt Pan slowly sobered up from her sad memories and said with a wry smile: "Back then, because I couldn't stand Liu Yu's arrogance and suspicion, I left him with Xinnan, and I didn't expect him to do everything he could to separate our mother and daughter in order to take revenge on me. What will he get......

"He may have repented, since he ascended the throne, the harem has not been established. Okay, Aunt Pan, sad memories, let's not think about it, I promise you, one day I will definitely bring Xinnan to see you. Hua Yan said sincerely.

Aunt Pan recovered from her grief, helped Huayan to go down again, and said with relief: "It's hard for Yan'er to still worry about my aunt, and my aunt believes that you will bring Xinnan to me." Go to sleep, when you regain your strength, there are still a bunch of delicious food waiting for you. ”

Under the warm comfort of Aunt Pan, Huayan fell asleep with a smile.