Outside the bookstore, Sun Yan, who was hiding in a hidden place, stared intently at the door of the bookstore, his palms were full of sweat because he was nervous.

He had never felt that time had ever slowed down, and the melodious bird calls from the trees had become unusually noisy.

I don't know how long I have been suffering, but I finally saw Xin Yu come out of the Qingsong Bookstore, and a woman in a blue cloth dress was two steps behind, and her body bowed slightly, like many people under her to her master.

Sun Yan's gaze fell on the woman's face and he never looked away.

It's Cui Niang!

Although they had been separated for more than ten years, the poor and turbulent life had left a deep mark on the woman's face, and it was no longer the beautiful appearance he remembered, but he still recognized it at a glance.

Xin Yu walked very slowly, Shi Niang walked two steps behind her, and slowly moved farther and farther away from Sun Yan unconsciously.

Sun Yan looked eagerly, and suddenly Shi Niang glanced back, so frightened that he immediately ducked back, and his heart beat wildly.

Xin Yu took Shi Niang into the carriage and went to the embroidery workshop.

The embroidery workshop is indeed studying new patterns, and the stone lady does sewing work all year round, although she is not good at embroidery, but she has some experience in the basic appearance.

After such an exchange, on the way back to the bookstore, Shi Niang seemed to be in a good mood.

"If Sister-in-law Sun likes the embroidery workshop, she can go to the embroidery workshop to do things."

Shi Niang was stunned for a moment and shook her head: "The owner said that the little woman is so rough that she can't touch those fine fabrics." It's good to be in the bookstore, you can see the stone at any time, and you can feel at ease. ”

"There are fourteen stones, right?"

"It's exactly fourteen this year."

"It's so fast, the first time I saw the stone, he looked like a child."

Shi Niang's expression seemed to be sad and happy, and murmured: "Yes, it's really fast." ”

"Did it remind Sister-in-law Sun of something sad?" Xin Yu looked apologetic.

"Nope. The proprietor knew that the little woman brought the stone to Beijing to find his father, and she had already died after so many years. Our mother and daughter can meet so many good people from the owner and the shopkeeper Hu, and we are very content to have the current life. ”

Xin Yu moved her lips, wanting to ask what if Daddy Shi appeared?

But I still held back.

She didn't even know if Sun Yan was indeed Shi's father, and his appearance would be good or bad for the mother and son who had a stable life.

sent Shi Niang back to the bookstore, and then explained some things to the shopkeeper Hu, Xin Yu went to the place where she made an appointment with Sun Yan.

Sun Yan had already drunk several cups of tea, and his voice was still very dry: "Stone Niang...... It's our wife......"

Xin Yu didn't answer, Sun Yan said to himself: "The family was really difficult that year, in order to have a good life in the future, I temporarily left Cui Niang and went to Beijing to wander." Unexpectedly, I became seriously ill, and was thrown to a mass grave by the shopkeeper to die, and after surviving, I was penniless, and even the begging people thought I was young and unwilling to give alms, and finally I was desperate and entered the palace ......"

Sun Yan never mentioned such an unspeakable past, but today he saw that the impact of the stone mother and son on him was too great, and he couldn't help but say it in the face of Xin Yu.

"Didn't Grandpa Sun send someone to his hometown to find someone later?"

"I went, but my hometown was hit by a disaster, and the whole village was gone......"

Xin Yu listened silently and asked, "When does Grandpa Sun plan to recognize Sister-in-law Sun and Shishi?" ”

Sun Yan's face changed: "Our family didn't plan to recognize each other!" ”

Xinyu raised his eyebrows.

Sun Yan lowered his head and poured a sip of tea, and the hand holding the teacup trembled uncontrollably: "How can our family recognize each other......"

After his wife and children lived a stable life, he suddenly appeared in front of them, letting Cui Niang and Shi know that the person they had been looking for for so many years had become a eunuch?

Sun Yan couldn't breathe when he thought about this scene.

No, no, no, absolutely not!

He immediately bowed to Xin Yu: "Xin waits for the edict, and asks you to keep it a secret for our family." ”

"But in this way, Sister-in-law Sun will always be thinking about it." Xinyu reminds.

This is a family matter, Sun Yan is reluctant to recognize each other because of her own speciality, she is not good at going to Sister-in-law Sun to talk more.

Sun Yan smiled bitterly: "That's okay, at least in Cui Niang's heart, I am still her husband." It doesn't matter if I guess I'm dead, or if I abandoned her, it's better than letting her know that her husband has become a rootless eunuch. ”

"I see."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Sun Yan looked at Xin Yu's eagerness, and there were countless things he wanted to ask about the stone mother and son, and finally held back all of them.

Looking at Cui Niang's appearance, he knew that she was doing well now, and if he wanted to know more, he just inquired slowly.

Xin Yu had something to ask him: "Is Grandpa Sun going to Qingsong Bookstore today for Lord He?" ”

Sun Yan was stunned, hesitated for a long time and nodded.

If he hadn't discovered the existence of Cui Niang and the stone, he would have been business-like, but now it's different.

He didn't want Cui Niang to know his current situation, and he was grateful to Xin Yu for taking care of their mother and son, no matter what aspect, he couldn't bear it.

In terms of loyalty to Emperor Xingyuan, Sun Yan certainly has it, but many things can be big or small. For example, whether He Qingxiao knew Xin Yu's identity for a long time, this answer will determine He Qingxiao's life and death, but it has nothing to do with the emperor.

I have long known that the emperor was angry and killed He Qingxiao to vent his anger. Unknowingly, He Qingxiao escaped, Xin Yu was relieved, and the emperor was less angry.

Sun Yan quickly persuaded himself and had a choice: "Lord He liked to go to Qingsong Bookstore to read books a few years ago, right?" ”

"That's right." Xin Yu heard what Sun Yan meant, and the corners of her lips raised, "Grandpa Sun can talk to Shopkeeper Hu, Shopkeeper Hu is clear." ”

"That's fine." Sun Yan simply responded.

He wants to hand over to the emperor, and the person who should ask will naturally ask.

Soon Sun Yan met with Shopkeeper Hu.

Shopkeeper Hu had learned the identity of this eunuch from Xin Yu's mouth, and talked about He Qingxiao under Sun Yan's inquiry: "You said that Lord He, I loved to come to our bookstore to read books a few years ago, and I only read and didn't buy ......."

After Sun Yan listened, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Is Changlehou too poor, or is he too thick-skinned?

It's a pity that Shopkeeper Hu doesn't know what Sun Yan thinks, otherwise I'm afraid I would have to reply: ......

Asking He Qingxiao's situation was just to deal with an errand, and Sun Yan didn't get to the bottom of it, lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and asked about the stone mother and son.

Speaking of the stone mother and son, the shopkeeper Hu talked a lot, saying that it was not easy for the mother and son to come to the capital, and said that the stone lady was sick: "I gave him half a year's salary in advance, but being sick is burning money, how is it not enough...... The boy was lucky to meet the owner who came to the bookstore, and the owner was not the owner of our bookstore at that time, so he was pitiful and gave him two taels of silver on the spot, and later arranged a light job for the stone lady......"

Sun Yan listened, and his attitude towards Xin Yu was different. If it was gratitude before, it is now deeply grateful.

This is saving Cui Niang's life!

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he wondered and asked, "Do you know the stone?" ”