After sending He Shaoting away, Ge Qingyun went home and tidied up a bit before planning to go to the ground, but suddenly saw his wife running out of the house in a panic: "Look, Brother Ting gave him all the things his aunt left him. our daughter."
While talking, he handed He Shaoting to her before leaving, saying that the box for his little nephew was handed to him.
Ge Qingyun took a look and saw that there was actually a stack of bank notes with a large denomination inside, his thick eyebrows furrowed tightly, recalling that day when He Shaoting said that he had found a good job, and today when he planned to send him to the town, But he pointed to a carriage parked on the side of the road in the distance and said that it was the person who came to pick him up...
"No, I'll go get him back." The more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, so he turned and ran outside, so anxious that Sister Fang chased after him with the box, but in the end he couldn't run as fast as him and couldn't catch up for a while. He was nowhere to be seen from the distance.
It was not until the evening that she saw Ge Qingyun come back with a tired face.
"What's up? Have you found him?"
Ge Qingyun shook his head, his tone full of remorse: "Even what he said about the carriage that came to pick him up was fake, people just stopped by to take a break, they didn't recognize him, and they didn't have anything to say about him. Ask him to take him to the escort."
"And the escort bureau he said has long since closed. It is said that the chief escort has gone to join the army. Who else would you hire! We were all deceived by that kid!"
When Sister Fang heard this, she cried anxiously: "Then what should I do? Where did he go? He gave us all his money, so what if he is outside? If he has something, what should I do? Confess to the mother under Jiuquan, and to his parents!"
"Will he go home? The home in the sixth lane in the east of the city or the He family in Danyang County?"
"I've also looked for the sixth lane in the east of the city, but it's not there, but the He family. I'll look for it in person tomorrow. I hope he really returns to the He family!" Ge Qingyun regretted that his bowels were about to break. It wasn't his own carelessness, how could he be deceived by such a clumsy lie.
"Yes, he must have gone back to He's house, it must be right." Sister Fang didn't know whether she was comforting others or herself.
"And those silver notes, you can find a place to keep them for him. They were left to him by his aunt. We can't ask for them." Ge Qingyun whispered worriedly.
Sister Fang nodded: "Don't worry."
However, when Ge Qingyun arrived at the He's house in Danyang County the next day, he found that the door of the He's house was closed, a thin layer of dust hung on the lock, and no one had come back at all.
When Sister Fang found out, she cried again, and Ge Qingyun also sat silently.
"It's not a three-year-old child. Most of them are younger than him who are single and work hard outside. What are you thinking about!" .
"Mother, please don't say it! Brother Ruoting really has something wrong, and I don't have the face to live anymore." Ge Qingyun wiped his face and said hoarsely.
Miao Shi still wanted to say something, but it was obvious that the son's face was ugly, and the daughter-in-law held her granddaughter and wiped away her tears, so she had to swallow the words.
It wasn't until two months later that Sister Fang received a piece of cloth and a piece of money from He Shaoting's trustee. Ge Qingyun asked about the person who came, and learned that He Shaoting was working in a martial arts gym in Qingzhou, so she hurriedly searched for it. But he was told that He Shaoting quit his job three days ago and left.
Although he didn't find anyone, he finally got the news, and Ge Qingyun was slightly relieved.
The husband and wife were worried about He Shaoting, but they did not know that he had already left the Central Plains with a convoy and headed for the frontier.
When He Shaoting left from Gejiacun, he only took five taels of silver and a dozen copper coins. He wandered around aimlessly. When the silver taels on his body were almost spent, he would find a temporary job to earn some money, and then continued on. one stop.
In just one year, he carried sacks on the wharf, worked as a helper on a flower boat, worked as an apprentice in a restaurant, and worked as a part-time worker in a martial arts hall. thing.
Later, he felt that he might be able to go further afield to gain insight, and he happened to see a fleet of merchants on the sidelines recruiting short-term laborers, so he went.
It's just that he never thought that such a temporary decision would change his life.
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However, Xu Yunyao has been paying attention to Fangyi since she saw Fangyi at the Fengzao Palace, knowing that she is the teaching aunt who is responsible for teaching the new palace maids in the East Palace, and after teaching those palace maids, she also stayed in the East Palace.
Coupled with the Tuyi who was implicated by Mu Chongrong a few years ago, he was later transferred to the Shangyi Bureau and moved to the Prince's East Palace two years ago. Now she is a decent maid in the East Palace. She also has to be called an aunt.
Everything is exactly the same as in the previous life, and she also believes that another 'Xu Yunyao' may really appear in the near future.
The Xidi people invaded the border one after another, and finally annoyed Emperor Tianxi. He ignored the repeated dissuasion of the courtiers, and resolutely decided to go on a personal expedition, and decided to teach the Xidi people a lesson.
For the emperor's imperial expedition, the courtiers persuaded and persuaded, but none of them could change the determination of Emperor Tianxi.
Xu Yunyao couldn't hide her excitement. Because she knew that Emperor Tianxi's battle would bring out a general star in the future of Daqi. That's right, that's her Moonlight Boy!
After He Shaoting left the capital, in fact, she and Master Xiao Tang had sent letters and things to him, but in the end they were sent back intact.
But she didn't know that Mrs. He did not take He Shaoting back to her husband's house in Pingdong County, but took them to the old house of her parents' He's family, and lived there for two years, and did not return until two years later. to Pingdong County.
Because of this miss, she completely lost the news of He Shaoting.
Now that the emperor's imperial expedition will bring her the news of the moonlight boy, how can she not be excited by teaching her
"Why are you fooling around here alone?" Brother Zhou's puzzled voice sounded behind her, and Xu Yunyao glanced at him in disgust.
A teenager who is in the period of voice change, his voice is rough and hoarse, and naturally it will not sound very pleasant. It's just that the young man's figure is tall and straight, and his facial features after the childishness has faded away have gradually taken on the appearance of the little Tang adults in his previous life.
But for her, who had already met Tang Songnian when she was young, the appearance of the young man in front of her did not gradually overlap with that of Mr. Tang in her previous life, but resembled his own father.
The two brothers and sisters grew up together, and Zhou Ge'er could naturally see the deep disgust in her eyes, snorted at her, then turned around and left.
Xu Yunyao chased after him and asked with a smile, "Hey, are you annoyed?"
"Who has the idle time to get angry with the idiot Baoya, get out of the way, get out of the way, and take advantage of today's rare dad coming back early, I just have a few schoolwork questions to ask him!" Zhou Ge'er is like chasing mosquitoes Wave to her.
"Dad can come back early today? It's really rare." Xu Yunyao was a little surprised.
Two months ago, Tang Songnian was officially promoted to the official minister of the Ministry of Personnel, which was only two years after he was promoted from the last time he was a member of the foreign minister to the middle minister.
Xu Yunyao had to sigh that the success of the old man's official fortune was really enviable.
After being promoted, I am naturally more busy. It is good to be able to return at the time of Xu every day. For some days, I only return around the time of Hai. It's rare to see it as early as today.
Seeing Brother Zhou walking briskly out of the study, she thought about it and simply followed.
There is nothing to do right now, so I might as well have a look. Speaking of which, this was the first time she went to the old man's study with no purpose!
There was a knock on the door, and Tang Songnian, who was looking at the file, said without raising his voice, "Come in."
When the door rang, he saw his son step in, and then a small head poked in outside the door.
Seeing that face that was somewhat similar to Mrs., he couldn't help but bring a smile on his face: "Bao Ya is here too?"
Xu Yunyao pursed her lips and smiled at him, and followed Brother Zhou slowly into the room, seeing that Brother Zhou couldn't wait to ask his father for some questions about his schoolwork, while Tang Songnian patiently answered him.
She felt a little bored for a while, and saw that a lot of books were neatly placed on the bookshelf not far behind Tang Songnian. She was about to go over to pick up one and have a look, but she accidentally kicked the leg of the chair, which was painful. She took a deep breath, and while subconsciously holding the corner of the desk, she accidentally pushed the stack of files on the desk to the ground.
She didn't care about the pain in her feet anymore, so she squatted down to pick up the files scattered on the ground, and heard Zhou Ge'er dislike the tunnel: "Idiot Baoya is really a fool Baoya, and it's like a day and can still be kicked. Feet, you are the first."
Tang Songnian glared at his son angrily: "What about my sister?"
However, Xu Yunyao ignored their father and son, and his attention was already attracted by the contents of the dossier in his hand.
"Dad, isn't the royal family of the previous dynasty dead? How can there still be remnants of the previous dynasty? Huh? So there are still fish that slipped through the net? If the ninth prince of the previous dynasty was still alive, he would be like a big brother now. Are you old? If you can live unharmed until now, you can see that there are many capable people around him who are protecting him!"
"Little girl, what do you do with so many other people? Go back and have a look, but you kicked your foot." Tang Songnian took the file she had packed and put it away, instructing.
"It doesn't hurt anymore, I just felt pain when I kicked it, but it's all right now." Xu Yunyao didn't care, and asked again, "Under the whole world, could it be King Tu, you said that the ninth prince of the previous dynasty could Where is he hiding? Who is protecting him? The world has already been settled. If they want to start another war in the Central Plains, it will not be easy, not to mention the imperial court, they have already lived a stable life. The people will not agree."
"Dad, do you think they would hide outside the customs? Or would they flee to a neighboring country and hide their names? Or maybe they would hide in the capital?" Xu Yunyao guessed wildly.
Tang Songnian looked at her in surprise.
Now there is indeed news that the 'ninth prince' is hiding outside the border, and they do suspect that he may be hiding in a small country at the border, but there is no conclusive news, everything is just speculation.
Xu Yunyao didn't actually want to get an answer from him, just said it casually, and quickly forgot it.
In the early summer of this year, Emperor Tianxi ordered his prince Zhao Yuande to supervise the country, and he himself led the army of the imperial court to the frontier, and started the first battle against the small frontier countries after the founding of Daqi.
While Xu Yunyao was paying attention to the war, she also paid attention to the East Palace, especially as the day when she entered the East Palace in her previous life was getting closer and closer, she gradually became a little uneasy.
If there is really another 'Xu Yunyao' in this life, what is he? What is Au? What connection will they have with this 'Xu Yunyao'
The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became, and finally she couldn't help asking Yan Wu, who was scratching her ears and cheeks in front of the bronze mirror: "A-Wu, do you think there will be another person in this world who will look exactly like you when she grows up?"
Yan Wu was stunned, pointed her finger at her nose and asked, "A person who looks exactly like me?"
"Exactly, do you think there will be such a person?"
Yan Wu shook her head and said with a certain face: "There won't be any! Ah Wu is unique in this world."
Speaking of which, her tone was a little smug.
Xu Yunyao couldn't see her complacent appearance, and deliberately attacked her: "Yes, unique and stupid!"
The smile on Yan Wu's face suddenly collapsed, and she stared at her accusingly.
Xu Yunyao just pretended not to see it.
A certain day three months later will be the day when Xu Yunyao in his previous life first entered the East Palace.
Xu Yunyao was a little nervous, but more uneasy, and she didn't know whether she should be looking forward to having such a person or not having such a person? She is the one and only Xu Yunyao in the past and present life.
She found a reason to go to the East Palace to see Xu Wanjing, and after meeting Yibai, she took the cage from the little palace maid, which contained a red-billed green-haired parrot, handed it to Xu Wanjing, and said with a smile, "This is five The princess asked me to hand it over to the crown princess, only that she had corrupted a puppy from His Royal Highness the last time, and the husband and wife are one, and the same is true of giving a parrot to the crown princess at this time."
Xu Wanjing laughed when she heard it, and said angrily, "She can talk, so why didn't she bring it in person, but she has to trouble you to go like this."
"She wanted to come too, but she didn't expect to be invited by the Empress after she left the door. It is estimated that the homework she fooled her husband did was known to the Empress, and she may be begging for forgiveness with tears in her eyes and admitting her mistake!" Xu Yun Yao smiled.
Xu Wanjing couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, as if she had returned to the days when she was in the Wenhua Pavilion. At that time, her grandfather was still alive, and she was still a carefree little girl, and her relationship with Peng Yuqi was not what it is now, and she wanted to step on the other side on the ground.
It's a pity that time can't be turned back in a hurry, and in those days, she could only look back a little when she was alone in the dead of night, lying on that big promise bed.
"The little girl is really eccentric. When she arrives in the East Palace, she only remembers your sister Wanjing. Did you forget me?" Peng Yuqi stepped in from outside the hall with a great demeanor, and looked at Xu Yunyao sourly.
Xu Yunyao smiled and said: "It's a huge injustice. I thought I would go to see you after seeing the Crown Princess, but I didn't expect to meet you here."
"You're a little girl with a conscience." Peng Yuqi said angrily.
Xu Yunyao smiled sweetly at her, looking at Yi Anxie and Yixi in front of her, there was both a charming teenage girl and a charming Peng Yuqi belonging to a woman, and then compared with Xu Wanjing who always smiled dignifiedly. , shook his head secretly.
In terms of grasping the prince's preferences, Peng Yuqi is even better than Xu Wanjing. However, she did not intend to intervene in the dispute between wives and concubines in the East Palace, nor did she intend to have both sides among the two daughters of Xu Peng.
"This parrot is so beautiful, and the Crown Princess still has time to raise a bird to relieve her boredom. Could it be that she wants to let it talk to you at night?" The next moment, she heard Peng Yuqi cover her mouth and chuckle.
That's a really cruel thing to say. Talk to the princess at night? Insinuate that the princess can only find a bird to accompany her when she is alone in the empty room
"My sister is wrong, this is the last time His Highness the Crown Prince gave Wu Huangmei a puppy, and Wu Huangmei returned the bird. That girl just said..." At this point, Xu Wanjing's lips twitched. She smiled, but her face was helpless, "The girl only said that husband and wife are one, and the same is true of giving a parrot to the princess at the moment."
Hearing the words "husband and wife as one" fell into Peng Yuqi's ears, it also made her heart feel like a needle had been pierced through it, which was really painful.
Yes, husband and wife are one body. In terms of background, appearance, and talent, she is no worse than Xu Wanjing, but in the end, she can be the prince's 'wife' and become one with the prince and husband and wife, and she can only be subordinate to her.
Xu Junyao watched the two girls come and go with great interest, occasionally gags, and then attracted the two of them to accuse her of paying more attention to each other, true or false.
Very good, very good, smiling like flowers on the surface, but hidden needles on the inside, this situation mostly occurs in two people who are evenly matched, and it happens to respond to the two people in front of them.
It's a pity that a palace maid soon came to complain to the Crown Princess, Xu Yunyao was about to take the opportunity to ask for a walk in the garden, Peng Yuqi took her hand and said, "Since my sister has something to do, I will accompany her. Sister Yao, let's take a walk in the garden!"
The princess smiled and agreed.
In the garden of the East Palace, Xu Yunyao listened to Peng Yuqi and said, "When I was with sister Yao, I felt that I was still the daughter of the Hou's mansion back then, and I didn't have to be subservient to others like I am now."
"I saw it last time. His Royal Highness is very good to Sister Yuqi! Today, there is a new maid in the East Palace. I guess I also want more people to serve my sister." Xu Yunyao said with a smile.
Peng Yuqi was a little smug when she heard what she said. The crown prince was really kind to himself, even better than Xu Wanjing, and he stayed with her for most of the month.
She said angrily: "You see, what did you see? Little girl loves to talk nonsense. Also, how can there be a new palace maid in the East Palace today."
No? The smile on Xu Yunyao's face was a bit stagnant, and she couldn't tell whether she was disappointed or relieved.
Does not mean that there is no 'Xu Yunyao' in this world
When she found out what she wanted to know, she didn't want to stay for a long time, and she said a reason to leave. After Peng Yuqi left, Yili went to ask the princess to leave.
She was walking for a while when she heard a familiar shout from not far away: "What do you think of this place? Why do you run around everywhere? There are no rules at all!"
"No, it's a trivial matter to bump into your aunt at the moment. If you bump into your master, it won't be enough for you to die a hundred times, but you'll have to implicate others!" Then came the voice of an unfamiliar woman.
"Aunt, let me teach her a lesson, so that she doesn't know what to do!"
"Auntie forgive me, the slaves really didn't do it on purpose. Aunt and two elder sisters just suddenly turned around from behind the rockery, the slaves didn't see it, that's why..." The voice sounded very immature, even a little scared. also passed.
'Snapped! ' With a crisp sound, someone slapped the childish voice master heavily, and then scolded again, "Presumptuous, do you mean that we hit you on purpose?!"
Xu Yunyao looked through the branches and leaves, and sure enough, she saw two palace maids in tuyi, who were kneeling on the ground with a cold face, and looked at the little palace maid who was about the same age as her.
Only because the little palace maid knelt with her back to her, so she couldn't see her face, she only winked at Tuyi, and the slightly taller palace maid beside her stepped forward and threw the little girl with force. The palace maid slapped her face.
The little palace maid was beaten to the side, but she didn't dare to cry.
Xu Yunyao's heart moved, and she immediately looked around alertly, and she found a figure hidden behind a tree somewhere.
The next moment, the figure came out, his voice was calm but with a bit of majesty that could not be provoked: "Are you going too far? The palace maid has done something wrong, and there is someone who should be disciplined, when will you be disciplined? Is it your turn to beat people?"
It's Fang Yi... but he's finally playing!
She raised the corners of her mouth mockingly, watching Fangyi protect the little palace maid and fight Tuyi with reason, causing Tuyi to drop a vicious look and lead her people away.
Fang Yi helped the little palace maid up with her own hands, frowning slightly, as if she felt sorry for the slap on the other's face.
And Xu Yunyao also took the opportunity to see the appearance of the little palace maid, and his heart suddenly burst.
It was a completely unfamiliar face, neither like her nor Yan Wu. She even collected memories of two lifetimes, convinced that she had never seen this person.
How is this going
"What's your name?" she heard Fang Yi ask.
"Tingruo, Xu Tingruo." The little palace maid gave her a grateful look, then lowered her head.
Xu Tingruo? Surname Xu? Xu Yunyao was stunned.
Her eyes flickered, and then she walked out and patted her chest with the appearance of the rest of her life: "It really scared me to death, I didn't expect that there was such a fierce aunt in the East Palace, and if she said hitting someone, she would hit her. people."
Then he walked up to Xu Tingruo, took her hand, looked at the wound on her face and said, "Oh, the mark is so red, it must have been painful just now, right? I wanted to help you too, but I was frightened. ."
After a pause, she turned to Fangyi, who was obviously surprised by her appearance, and pretended to be innocent and said, "This aunt must be frightened too? I watched you hide behind that tree for a long time! I'm generally too scared to come out. But my aunt finally came forward, which shows that my aunt is much braver than me."
Xu Tingruo was stunned for a while, then quickly looked at Fang Yi and looked away, but her eyes became gloomy, and the gratitude that was overflowing just now disappeared suddenly.
How could Fang Yi not notice the change in her attitude, and hated Xu Yunyao who suddenly appeared to do bad things to her, but she couldn't do anything because of the identity of the other party, so she respectfully bowed to her, and then He told Xu Tingruo to remember to apply medicine to the wound, and then he left.
Xu Junyao sneered: It seems that this Xu Tingruo is her goal, otherwise she would not give up her goodwill to her at this time.
But... She glanced at Xu Tingruo who had her head lowered, thinking of the gloomy look in her eyes just now.
This one is not a good person to look at, and her defense against people is not much worse than her previous life. Fang Yi miscalculated today, I am afraid that it will not be easy to gain her trust again.
She immediately raised a naive expression and continued to add fire: "But I thought about it again, I'm young, and I'm not from this palace, I'm afraid that the fierce aunt is normal. But why did this aunt just now What are you afraid of? When she came out to speak, the fierce aunt was very angry, but she didn't dare to do anything to her! Why didn't she come out to help you earlier? If you came out earlier, you wouldn't have to suffer these two things. Slapped."
After she finished speaking, she caught the ruthlessness that flashed in Xu Tingruo's eyes with satisfaction, and then followed the maid who came to find her, and went to the main hall to say goodbye to the crown princess.
Xu Tingruo... So there is no Xu Yunyao in this life, only one Xu Tingruo? But why is the surname Xu again? Is it a coincidence
It's just that whether it's a coincidence or not, she has to find an opportunity to find out about this Xu Tingruo's life experience.
It was also at this time that the news that Emperor Tianxi was trapped in an ambush by the enemy and lost his trace was secretly sent back to Beijing, and the important court officials headed by Zhongshuling Ji Yuan gathered in the Prince's East Palace to discuss countermeasures.
Xu Yunyao didn't know anything about it. After coming out of the East Palace, she went back to the house, but she might as well see King Yu's listless face.