The palace is located in a secluded valley in the north outside the middle capital.

Late at night, the convoy of the Duke's Palace walked on the streets of Zhongdu, and the guards of the Duke's Palace were dressed in gold armor and walked with high spirits.

Everywhere they passed, the patrol guards in the city saw from a distance, they all knelt down on one knee and saluted, and only after the convoy passed did they get up and continue patrolling.

At the north gate of the central capital, the guards guarding the city received the news early that the tall city gate had been opened.

All the convoys knelt to greet the duke's convoy.

In the carriage, Chu Xi closed his eyes and went to visit Chu Wan'er at night, he was also apprehensive, after all, he and Chu Wan'er hadn't seen each other for ten years.

The Zhicuo Palace is basically equivalent to the Zongren Mansion, but now there are dozens of first-surnamed Zongren in the Zhicuo Palace, and they are generally branch sectarians, and there is only Chu Wan'er in the direct lineage.

The first family is prosperous, and now there are five generations of the first family.

The first generation is the Emperor of the Burning Sun Empire, who is invincible at the beginning.

The second generation is Chu Xi Yan Chu Xi Yun and their parents, and now most of this generation has retreated into the background.

The third generation is the generation of Chu Xiyan, Chu Xiyan, and Chu Tianba, and this generation is also the most prosperous generation of the Chu family, and most of them are in important positions in Zhongdu.

Among them, there are also branches of the main vein, Chu Xiyan is actually a branch of the main vein, and the real main vein is Chu Xiyun and Chu Wan'er, but Chu Wan'er was imprisoned in the Zhicao Palace, and Chu Xiyun fled because of Chu Wan'er's affairs, so it was Chu Xiyan's turn to be in charge.

The fourth generation is the generation of Chu Qianxue and Chu Qianyuan, and this generation is also the generation with the most personnel, most of whom are now adults, either staying in Zhongdu to help their parents manage affairs, or learning from teachers outside.

The fifth generation is the new generation, and this generation is basically still in swaddling milk dolls.

The duke's convoy slowly came to the mountain gate of the Zhicuo Palace, Chu Xiyan opened the curtain, and his eyes were fixed on the vermilion gate of the Zhicuo Palace.

"Knock on the door!" Chu Xiyan tidied up her clothes after getting out of the car and said.

Immediately, a subordinate knocked on the door first, and Chu Xiyan followed behind with a fire lion.

Soon, the vermilion gate opened, and all the people who came out of the Zhicuo Palace were armed with golden guns, and it was the golden spear guards stationed in the Zhicuo Palace.

"Lord Duke, why did you come late at night?" The leader of the Golden Lance Guards saluted, his face expressionless, not respectful because the other party was a duke.

"Night visit Chu Wan'er!" Chu Xiyan said in a deep voice.

"I'm sorry, we haven't received the emperor's order, we can't let you see Chu Wan'er." The commander of the Golden Spear Guard said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Take me to her!" Chu Xiyan took out a snow-white jade plaque from his sleeve.

The moment the jade plaque was exposed to the air, the commander of the Golden Spear Guards immediately knelt down on one knee with the Golden Spear Guards.

The snow-white jade plate that Chu Xiyan took out was much higher than the previous black jade plate, and this was the emperor's own jade plate.

"Take me to see Chu Wan'er." Chu Xiyan commanded again.

"Duke inside, please." The Commander of the Golden Spear Guards made a gesture of please, and then guided Chu Xiyan towards the depths of the Zhicao Palace.

Surrounded by valleys, the late night and the surrounding environment give people a feeling of loneliness, helplessness and despair.

The Zhicuo Palace covers an area of more than 1,000 acres, divided into one dense small courtyard after another, speaking of which, these children of the first family clan have a good life here except that they have no personal freedom.

Following the leader of the Golden Spear Guards all the way to the courtyard in the depths, Chu Xiyan looked at the closed courtyard door and took a deep breath, the last time he came here was ten years ago.

"Stand down!" Chu Xiyan said softly.

The guards he had brought with him retreated, but the guards of the golden spear remained unmoved.

"Get out of the way!" Chu Xiyan's voice was obviously angry this time.

The Golden Gun Guards hugged their fists and retreated, and the Golden Gun Guards Commander helped Chu Xiyan open the lock on the courtyard door.

This lock has a doorway, this lock can cover the entire courtyard, and if there is any movement among the disciples in the courtyard, the Golden Gun Guards will receive the news as soon as possible.

Walking into the courtyard, Chu Xiyan closed the courtyard door with his backhand.

The yard was cleaned up, and some small flowers were planted in the yard.

Chu Xiyan looked at the house, there was a light in the house at this time, and it was obvious that Chu Wan'er had not rested.

"Knock knock~" Chu Xiyan came to the door and knocked lightly, and the room suddenly fell silent.

After about three breaths, a soft voice came from inside the room: "Come in." ”

Chu Xiyan took another deep breath and slowly pushed the door open.

Walking into the house, Chu Xiyan first glanced around, the room was also very clean, so everything was placed where he should be, and behind the candlelight in the distance, a beautiful woman was knitting something with her head down.

"Wan'er..."Chu Xiyan called softly.

Chu Wan'er stopped what she was doing and raised her head.

"Brother Yan, I haven't been here for a long time." Chu Wan'er said with a slight smile.

"yes, it's been ten years." Chu Xiyan nodded ashamedly and said.

"Why do you sit down quickly and drink water?" Chu Wan'er asked, putting the needle and thread back into the basket.

"I've drunk it before I came, so don't be busy." Chu Xiyan waved his hand and said.

"I see you're busy, are you knitting something?" After a pause, Chu Xiyan continued to ask.

Chu Wan'er pulled her hair from her temples, and then opened the wardrobe beside her, Chu Xiyan looked over and saw that in addition to Chu Wan'er's daily clothes, there were rows of clothes hanging neatly from childhood to adulthood in the wardrobe.

"My son should be almost twenty years old now, and for more than ten years, I have knitted a piece of clothing every year, although I don't know whether he is tall or short or fat or thin now, but I will knit according to the way I think in my heart, as a mother's thoughts." Chu Wan'er said as she stroked the clothes, as if she was caressing her own son.

"Since you miss them so much, just speak up, and if you say it, you will have a chance to reunite your family." Chu Xiyan sighed and said.

"Hehehe... Do you think that reunion or peace is more important than this, it is nothing to be alone with me, but it is a dream for you to hurt them, I still say the same thing, or you will kill me and want to get news of them from my mouth, it is impossible. Chu Wan'er said angrily after a sneer.

"Wan'er, I didn't come today to tell you this, I just... I just miss you, I want to come and see you..."Chu Xiyan said with a sigh.

"Really? I also miss Brother Yan, now that Brother Yan has seen Wan'er, then please go back, it's cold here at night, don't freeze Brother Yan. ”

Chu Xiyan didn't expect Chu Wan'er to give an eviction order so quickly, and she didn't react for a while.