When Xiaoru woke up, the sun was already setting. It's time to have dinner at this point. After washing her face with the water in the copper basin, Xiaoru went straight to Ying'er's room to find her to cook Sichuan cuisine.
"Mom Ying'er, you haven't gotten up yet. Everyone is hungry." Xiaoru knocked on the door hard, but no one responded to her.
"Mom Ying'er, where have you been?" Xiaoru boldly kicked the door open.
There was no one inside. A feeling of abandonment surrounded her. How could her Yinger mother leave her alone in this deep palace
Maybe they were just out on business. Xiaoru wiped away her tears and ran out.
"Hey, do you know where the Supreme Emperor has gone?" Xiaoru grabbed a passing eunuch and asked in a panic.
"Hui-hui-hui girl, I don't know." This little eunuch has been on duty at Tailong Hall since Xiaoru came. He has never seen Xiaoru like this before, and he was so frightened that he could not speak.
"What about you? Have you seen the Supreme Emperor?" A passing little palace maid was also caught by Xiaoru.
"I don't know." The palace maid kept shaking her head. Xiaoru was getting discouraged and said, "Miss Xiaoru, the emperor has invited you." It was Fu Xia and Shangguan Yi who were looking for her again.
By the way, today Shangguan Yi asked her to go inexplicably, but he didn't see her and didn't let her come back. It must be Shangguan Yi's fault.
Xiaoru went to Jianzheng Hall angrily, but when she entered, she saw a big cake on the table. Although there are no candles and cream, it is still very interesting
People were shocked.
"Happy birthday, little girl Xiaoru." Ying'er ran out from nowhere, and both Shangguan Jing and Shangguan Yi came out. And the princess she had never seen before - Shangguan Xue also came.
"Xiaoru, this is Xue'er. She is one year younger than you, so she has to call you sister." When Ying'er introduced Shangguanxue to Xiaoru, Shangguanxue was also looking at Xiaoru.
"You are sister Xiaoru. As soon as I came back to the palace, my mother-in-law couldn't stop praising you. I was almost jealous to death because my mother-in-law had never praised me like this before."
Unexpectedly, Xue'er would start the conversation between them like this, and Xiaoru could only laugh dryly.
"Sister Xiaoru, look at how partial my mother is. I have never seen my mother do this to anyone in my whole life." Seeing that Xiaoru didn't express anything, Xueer changed the subject again.
"Really? I thought Ying'er's mother had done it for you all." Xue'er's words made Xiaoru even more afraid to speak.
"Ying'er's mother? You called her so kindly, Queen Mother, can I call you this too from now on?" When Xue'er turned around to ask Ying'er, she saw that she had tears streaming down her face.
"Mother, why are you crying?" Xue'er and Xiaoru basically hugged Ying'er at the same time.
"Oh, I haven't seen a family like this together for a long time. I'm a little excited." Ying'er wiped her tears. "Okay, let's cut the cake together!"
The family of five had a happy dinner, but Xiaoru never saw Ying'er and the others again after that night.
Xiaoru even suspected that the gathering the night before was an illusion. But she didn't want to give up just like that. Maybe they had left her some letters or something. Isn’t that how it’s done in costume dramas
Xiaoru rummaged through the entire Tailong Hall but couldn't find any paper, let alone anything like a note.
This time they really left, quietly.
But why did they leave? Is it Shangguanyi? I still remember Ying'er saying that she was not from the royal family and didn't know their suffering.
(End of chapter)