"Sister, it's me."

She raised her hand and wiped off the makeup that had been added to her forehead since the first day of her painting studies, revealing the wounds.

"I'm Li Yan'er."

"I grew up and didn't die."

"I'm back."

She smiled.

After her words fell, the dormitory fell completely silent.

The beauty was still staring at her steadily, just as Su Yu's heart turned worried, and the smile slowly disappeared, suddenly, the beauty laughed, nodded, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks, dripping little by little onto the scroll in her hand.

"Wei Yinniang, the daughter of the criminal minister, meet Princess Shouchang."

Wei Yinniang choked and knelt down in front of her, kowtowed, and couldn't stand for a long time.

Su Yu forced back the tears that were about to fall in her eyes, took a deep breath, and walked up quickly to help her up.

"I'm not Princess Shouchang. Nor are you the daughter of a sinner with me. You are my sister, the sister of the Wei family who always took me to eat flax cakes when I was a child, I just want to hear you call me sister. ”

Wei Yinniang couldn't stop laughing and crying, and under her comfort, she finally barely wiped her tears, put down the scroll in her hand, and invited Su Yu to sit on the bed and serve her tea.

She brushed aside a pile of hot ash from a gilded silver fire cage, turning the charcoal buried under the snow ash red. Take out the compact tea cake from a silver turtle box, crush it carefully, scoop some tea powder with a long handle of silver, and gently disperse it into a kettle containing Xishan Spring.

The tea in the pot gradually bubbled and boiled, and the strange aroma of hot tea and incense mixed with incense filled the room. When Yin Niang respectfully served tea to her with a repeatedly rinsed Yue Kiln secret color flower mouth tea pot, at this time, they had already recounted their respective experiences over the years, and they tacitly agreed that no one mentioned the past of the Wei Mansion, and their emotions slowly settled down.

"Ah Mei, since you were lucky enough to be adopted, and now you are back, why don't you let people know your identity and want to recognize the saint? All you need to do is identify yourself to the magistrates of Chang'an or Wannian County, and they will play immediately. ”

"The saint's remembrance of the late Empress Zhaode is known to the whole world, and you will never forget it. Just yesterday, there was a prayer party for you in the hairpin star view, which is known all over the city, and every year. ”

Su Yu raised her eyes.

"Sister, you should also know about the rumors about my mother."

"That's a rumor, don't listen to it! Empress Zhaode, Zhenrou Huaide, how could she do such a thing! She said immediately, in a very firm tone.

"So you know what? Why are there such rumors? ”

Yin Niang did not answer at this time.

"What happened on the night before the destruction of Chang'an City, how much do you know?" Su Yu continued to ask.

"A-Niang was summoned to the palace. After she left, I was drowsy, only to know that Guo Zong came back and said a few words to Zhao Zhongfang across the screen, and I was sent to the carriage, and then caught up with the person who wanted to kill me......"

If the vicious face that had become distorted in the light of the fire rod appeared in front of her eyes again, she paused and looked at Yin Niang on the opposite side again.

"I remember that you were with me in the dormitory that night, and then you were rushed home. But when Guo Zong and Zhao Zhongfang were talking, you were also nearby, did you hear what they said? Why was Zhao Zhongfang so frightened that he almost tripped while walking? ”

"That's why I didn't identify myself right away when I came back. I'm not sure what happened to A-Niang, why those people are chasing me, and even, I'm not sure ......"

She stopped.

She wasn't sure if her Aya was really unaware of everything that had happened that night.

This point, for her, is extremely important, extremely important, and it is more important than the sky!

Wei Yinniang was still silent when she heard this.

"Sister! If you hear something, be sure to let me know! She pleaded and pleaded.

Wei Yinniang finally smiled reluctantly, avoiding Su Yu's attention, and said, "Sister, I only cared about taking care of you that night, and I didn't hear anything-"

Su Yu got up from sitting on the bed, and was about to kneel down to Wei Yinniang, so she hugged Su Yu's body tightly, and she also half knelt down: "Princess, what are you doing!" Never! ”

"Sister! You must have heard something! It is about the whereabouts of my aunt, I want to see people in life, and I want her to be buried and enjoy rest in death! For so many years, Aya was her pillow person, and he didn't do anything! If I don't care, no one in the world will care how she is gone, whether those rumors are true or false! ”

"Sister! I beg you! ”

Speaking of emotion, Su Yu burst into tears for a while.

Wei Yinniang hurriedly wiped her tears, and she also wept and took a long breath.

"Sister, even if you know, what can you do? I ......"

She looked at Shang Suyu with a pair of hazy teary eyes, gritted her teeth, and finally whispered: "I didn't hear it very clearly at that time, and I only vaguely heard the news from Ding Baiya halfway, and a few words from the Liu family. ”

"Later, I slowly figured it out on my own. That night, the emperor had quietly left with the queen mother, but no one knew. You also know that Liu is the cousin and granddaughter of the Queen Mother, and she was in the palace all the time. She should have known, but she didn't leave at once. ”

"Do you remember, at that time your Aya sent someone back to meet you, and they arrived soon. This matter is because of Prince Li Mao, and the Liu family also knows about it. She wanted to marry you Aya many years ago, but when it didn't work, she never proposed marriage in the name of cultivating at home. I suspect that either she hates your mother and daughter, so she wants to trick you into the palace in the name of the queen mother, which is not good for you. ”

If she really had that in mind, it would be her best time. At that time, the emperor and the queen mother were gone in the palace, and there was no one in the palace, and the people sent by you Aya did not arrive. If you are picked up, she will not have a chance. ”

"Ding Baiya was a very popular painter in the palace at that time, and he made friends with many people, from princesses and noblewomen to palace eunuchs and maids. Maybe it was how he learned about the Liu family's conspiracy and came to report to your mother, and met halfway. At that time, the people of the Liu family should have found out and chased after you, your aunt knew that she would not allow you to live, so in order to fight for more escape opportunities for you, asked Guo Zong to come back alone and take you to escape. As for herself......"

She stopped.

"If I'm not mistaken, she must have fallen into the hands of the Liu family and suffered an ......accident," she spoke again after a moment, speaking slowly.

Tears fell silently one by one, wetting the placket of the rain.

"However, as I just said, I didn't really hear it that day, and it was just my later speculation. Maybe I heard it wrong, your aunt is still alive! Don't be too upset! ”

Wei Yinniang was also in tears herself, and she kept comforting Su Yu.

Su Yu silently wept for a moment and wiped her tears.

"Zhao Bandang, Zhao Zhongfang, is he dead or alive now, do you know?"

This time, Wei Yinniang did not hesitate and immediately bowed her head.

"Uncle Zhao should still be alive, not dead!"

"About 10 years ago, when I was still in the workshop, one day he came to see me quietly. That was the only time in so many years. ”

"After the saint ascended the throne, he became the chamberlain of the palace platform. My life in the workshop has always been okay, although the art is hard, but I have hardly been beaten and scolded by the teaching lady. Originally, I didn't know why, I just thought that I was luckier than others. That's when I realized that he had been secretly sheltering me before. But when I saw him that time, he didn't look good. ”

"Uncle Zhao said that because you have always been close to me, he took care of me on your behalf before, and this time he came to see me last on your behalf, and he can no longer protect me in the future, so I asked myself to take care of myself."

"He didn't say it at the time, but I suspect that somehow he angered the saint and was expelled from the palace. Although he didn't say where he went, he must still be alive. If you want to find some old people in the palace, you may be able to find out his whereabouts. ”

After Wei Yinniang finished telling this past, she forced a smile again: "He thought you had gone early, he was extremely guilty, and he blamed himself for failing to protect you before." If he knew that you were back now, and that you had become such a handsome little gentleman, he would be very happy. ”

Su Yu also showed a smile on his face: "Thank you, sister, I will go to Zhao Bandang." I have one more thing here. I remember that Guo Zong had a son back then, who was only half a year old at the time, and his nickname seemed to be Guo'er? Do you know the whereabouts of the child and his mother are still alive? ”

Wei Yinniang showed a surprised and happy expression.

"Sister, I didn't expect you to remember Guo Dianjun's child!"

"If it weren't for Guo Zong's sacrifice for me, I wouldn't have been able to escape, how dare I forget?"

"After you were sent away that night, the lady of the Guo family also went to my house temporarily with Guo'er. No one expected that the city would be destroyed the next day, and we would escape from Chang'an together. The lady of the Guo family was not in good health, and she was sick on the road and couldn't hold on, so the child stayed with me, and finally survived until the rebels were quelled, and we also returned to Chang'an with Guo'er, but I didn't expect——"

She paused, and then quickly glanced at the rain.

Su Yu knew what it was, and she couldn't help but feel a great sense of guilt in her heart. Wei Yinniang quickly skipped this paragraph and continued: "When I learned that my house was going to be raided, I was forced to send Guo'er to an old couple who had worked in my house overnight and asked them to raise them on their behalf. Then I went to the workshop, and my family was scattered, and it was only two years later that I finally found a chance to see him, only to learn that the old couple had died, and Guo'er's whereabouts were unknown, or they had been sent to Jigutang. I've been looking for it all these years, and just last year, I finally asked someone to find out. ”

"That kid is very competitive, he grew up in Jigutang, and now he is sixteen or seventeen years old, and he is in the West Market, following a man named Gu Twelve to make a living by delivering goods and selling coolies. I once looked for him, but I didn't dare to let him know his background, but I said that I was the deceased of his former parents, and wanted to buy him a house, so that he could do some business and live a stable life in the future, but he refused, saying that it was useless. Sister, if you want to find him, go to the West Market to inquire about Gu Twelve, and you can find someone by asking him. ”

Su Yu was full of gratitude and thanked him repeatedly.

Wei Yinniang shook her head: "I didn't do much, I just did my best." Sister, you finally found me here, I am really incompetent, and I can't help you anything. ”

"No, I know a lot. I am also satisfied and very happy to find my sister! ”

Su Yu said sincerely, "After I sent the painting a few days ago, I didn't wait for the news from you, Sister, I thought I had found the wrong person, or Sister You didn't want to see me again, I was really disappointed and sad." ”

Wei Yinniang hurriedly shook her head.

"Knowing that Sister is back, you are still willing to recognize me if you don't give up, how can I not want to see me? The first time I saw the painting you sent, I guessed it was you. It's not that I deliberately made you wait, but I have something else here......"

She hesitated and looked at Su Yu cautiously: "Sister, do you remember Prince Jingsheng's son back then?" ”

How could the rain forget?

"I'm sorry, sister. At that time, I was too ignorant. If I hadn't let you go, you and my brother Yan would have been together a long time ago. ”

She said softly.

Her cousin Li Yan, who was very good to her, must have died in the killing of the throne after the chaos was pacified, and now he is lonely and lonely.

At that time, she always called him Brother Yan. He was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy who was gifted with both civil and military skills, who could burn incense and tune the piano, and was also good at riding horses and archery. Her brother Yan is the most elegant and gentle teenager in the world.

Su Yu still remembers that she once saw him sitting in front of the window with an eyebrow pencil in his hand, dipped in the eyebrows from Persia, and painted the eyebrows for Sister A with her own hands.

Now I think about what a beautiful and quiet spring afternoon it must have been.

It's a pity that at that time, she didn't know anything, and she broke her head, which shocked Brother Yan's hand to the ground, and Sister A was even more ashamed and red-faced, envious of Hibiscus.

For some people, going to Huangquan together may be better than the separation of yin and yang for the rest of their lives, and they will be lovesick for a long time.

Wei Yinniang's eyes fell on her: "Sister, I happen to have another old friend of yours here, but I don't know if you want to see him too." ”

Su Yu was slightly stunned and met her eyes. When they looked at her, at that moment, she realized something, and her heart beat faster.

"Who is it?" She asked, her voice slightly tightened.

"Is it my brother Yan?"

Wei Yinniang got up from sitting on the bed at this time, walked in front of her, and knelt respectfully again.

"Yes, he is not dead, he just came to Chang'an recently, and he is here with me. Before the princess was told about this, she was invited here and asked for forgiveness! ”

Su Yu was already excited to stand up and hold Wei Yinniang's hand.

"What about others? Get him out! ”

After she finished speaking, she thought about it, turned her face quickly, and looked at the door of the side pavilion that Wei Yinniang walked out of.

Sure enough, a figure slowly walked out from behind the door and stopped in front of her.

This is a young man with a jade face, his eyes are bright, staring at the rain, smiling, and softly calling out her name: "Sister! ”

When I was a child, my memories swept towards the rain like a tide.

She rushed to him, threw herself into his arms, and called out "Brother Yan" in a crying voice, and the tears that had just stopped fell again.

Li Yan gently hugged her, patted her on the back soothingly, and told her not to cry.

Su Yu didn't care, only leaned on his shoulder and closed his eyes and wept, and after a while, he woke up, raised his hand to wipe the tears from his face, and looked at him.

When he came out, she felt that he was inconvenient to walk, and he stumbled slightly. Looking at him again at this moment, I saw that his face was pale and haggard, and not only that, but there was also a scar in the center of the eyebrow bone on his face, which looked quite new, as if it had recently been cut by a sharp blade such as a sword.

"Brother Yan! What's wrong with you? Who hurt you like this! ”