"Aunt?" Xie Yunchen turned around and looked at Yu Nanyu, his eyes revealing some worry.
"Yes!" Yu Nanyu nodded." Although I am not sure that person is your aunt, if my guess is correct, it is very likely that the person is her!"”
Xie Yunchen did not reply. Instead, he quietly waited for Yu Nanyu to continue.
"Before our dynasty was established, the Retired Emperor, who was also the Ninth Wangye at that time, married a princess not long after marrying your mother! The princess's name was Liya. It was said that she was the most enchanting woman in the world. As long as a man saw her peerless beauty, he would fall for her and would not hesitate to give up everything for her! After the Retired Emperor married the princess, she took over your mother's position and became the main consort. After an unknown period of time, this princess unknowingly caught the attention of the Emperor at that time. However, the Emperor would also have some taboos. After all, she was the wife of his brother. At that time, he personally bestowed the marriage, so he had always endured it. In the end, it was that princess who became the real reason for the fall of the previous dynasty! I investigated and found out that not long after that princess was brought into the palace by the previous emperor, the previous emperor's empress died in the palace. Your father, mother, and your 15th imperial uncle survived in danger and quietly hid. Under the pressure of the various countries, the previous dynasty completely fell, and that princess became the target of everyone's competition. The Retired Emperor relied on his wisdom and his own strength to win the hearts of the people and then wiped out the various countries! Princess Liya had disappeared without a trace after the Retired Emperor had pacified the world. She was nowhere to be seen, dead or alive! Although I have never seen your aunt, you once said that your aunt would wear extremely thin silk robes all year round. Princess Liya has a characteristic that is the same as your aunt! So…"
Before Yu Nanyu could finish his sentence, Xie Yunchen interrupted him,""You mean…this Princess Liya who brought disaster to the country and the people is very likely to be my aunt?”
"That's right!" Yu Nanyu nodded. Although I can't find out the details of what happened back then, I can be sure that Princess Lia isn't dead! It was just that her whereabouts were unknown. Those who were lucky enough to see her face and were still alive tried to find her after she disappeared, but the final result was unknown. If my guess is correct, Liya's disappearance must be closely related to the Retired Emperor! Although the women of Princess Liya's country all had such characteristics, and although there were still people like Princess Liya in that race, they were only a minority. Very few of them had the ability to get to know the Empress Dowager. Even if this person knows the empress dowager, the empress dowager will definitely not bring you to her side in the future. She even placed you by her side without any worries and did not worry about your safety at all.”
"According to your thoughts, that is to say, only if my YiNiang is the missing Princess Liya can I explain why mother was so assured to hand me over to YiNiang? Was it because she had once served the same husband as her mother that he was not wary of her at all?”Xie Yunchen pondered.
"That's right, that's exactly what I meant. Although I don't know what the relationship between the Empress Dowager and Liya is, I can be sure that only the fact that your aunt is Princess Liya can explain everything!”Yu Nanyu drank a mouthful of wine and said.
"In that case, this matter is extremely complicated! I originally thought that mother poisoned him to protect his throne. After all, I was the only one who could pose a threat to him. I didn't expect that this matter would involve my aunt!”Xie Yunchen paused." If my aunt is really Princess Liya, then I'm afraid this matter isn't that simple!"”
"Nan Yu, I want you to investigate immediately. Before this, I want to get the most accurate answer. Do you understand?"
Although he was very unwilling to believe that what Yu Nanyu said was true, he knew that he had no choice but to believe it. Even though in his heart, the person he didn't want to involve the most was his aunt!
However, he could not decide anything. At this moment, he seemed to understand why his aunt had been guarding the bamboo forest for so many years. No matter how much he tried to persuade her, she would not come out with him, not even for a short stay!
If it was really as Yu Nanyu said, his doubts over the years would be answered. How could a person who was imprisoned have freedom?
However, his concubine did not seem to be trapped there because there was no one else in the concubine's residence except for a few servants. Moreover, those servants only knew a little martial arts. If his concubine wanted to escape, she could escape no matter what!
"It's not easy to finally see you so serious again!”Yu Nanyu looked at Xie Yunchen and said.
"Don't tell me that I'm not usually serious? I've always been serious, haven't I?”Xie Yunchen looked at Yu Nanyu and asked.
"Seriously? Have you really been serious?" Yu Nanyu paused and said," Even if you were serious, it was just a game!" Perhaps you didn't even realize that you rarely had any thoughts, even when you were facing your own life and death. But at this moment, you were different! Therefore, I dare to conclude that you are serious! Being serious was a good thing. Usually, you could handle everything well without being serious. It could be seen how perfect the outcome would be once you were serious!”
Xie Yunchen did not say anything. Instead, he snatched the wine from Yu Nanyu's hand and drank it in one go!
Some things were like a mess, wrapping around him tightly. Even breathing became more and more difficult. He had never cared about these things, but at this moment, he was a little confused. After all, the existence of his aunt was another empress dowager, another mother…
His mother was already making him uncomfortable. He didn't want another person who wasn't his mother but was like his mother to be dragged into this…
In a very simple room in an inconspicuous inn.
Lan Yue sat down and removed the headband from her head. In an instant, her long, ink-like hair cascaded down. She placed the headband on the combing table, but in the next moment, she picked it up again.
She looked at Bu Yao in her hand for a long time and sighed."Forget it. This place is very small, and there must be many thieves. I'd better carry it with me. If I accidentally lose it, wouldn't my heart ache to death? After all, this Bu Yao is so valuable!"
As Lan Yue spoke, she placed the buyao in her hand in her lapel and brought it close to her chest.
Just as Lan Yue put away the rocking chair in her hand, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Lan Yue looked at the tightly shut door warily. For some reason, this inn always made her feel uncomfortable.
"Sir, I'm the waiter of this shop!”A magnetic male voice came from outside the door.
"Oh, it's already so late. Is there anything else?”Lan Yue asked.
" Sir, this humble one has just sent some bath water to the room beside you. When I passed by here, I remembered that the people living here are women. Therefore, I came here to ask..."
The person outside the door paused and said,"May I ask if you want bath water?" Or something else? If you don't want me, then you can leave. If you want something after Si: 00 at night, I'm afraid you'll have to find it yourself. There are rules in the shop. After Si: 00, everyone in the shop must stay in their rooms and not go out.”
Lan Yue lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying,"Your shop owner is very diligent, but this rule is a little too strange!”
She paused and said,"If we follow your rules here, doesn't that mean that outsiders can't stay in the hotel as long as it's Si Shi?" When it came to doing business, how could the God of Fortune not let them in? This white money is waiting for you to earn, but you're not willing to earn it. I can't help but wonder if your boss's money is too abundant!”
"Sir, you might not know, but it's not that the rules of this store are strange. It's just that the world isn't peaceful. Within a radius of a dozen miles, our store is the boldest! It is only at this time that we ban people. If it were another shop, the sky would have just turned dark and no one would be allowed to enter. Your idea is just right and you just happened to catch up with our shop. If you miss our shop, I'm afraid that you will have to sleep on the streets with your attendants tonight. How could I have the honor to talk to you like this? How could a businessman not earn money when he came? It's just the fickleness of the world. Guest, don't look at how this place is only a few dozen miles away from the Imperial City. Even this distance of several dozen miles already feels like a lifetime. This was a small town. Although it was very close to the Imperial City, it was a little remote. It was obvious that people would go to the Imperial City from here, especially those officials. Therefore, at night, those bandits would appear, which was why there were so many rules and regulations. Although there were a lot of rules, it was still very safe. There were people coming and going here.”The waiter at the door replied carefully.
"I see. I'll have to trouble the waiter to boil some water for me and give you a serving of osmanthus cake!”Lan Yue sighed softly. Hearing the waiter make this matter so serious, she had some thoughts of wanting to interfere in this matter. However, this kind of matter was not something she could interfere with at this moment!
Although she had five servants by her side and they looked quite sturdy, she knew that her manpower was far from enough. How powerful must a bandit be to be able to make the people here so afraid that they would not even hesitate to close their doors at night? She would not be so arrogant as to use the five people beside her to deal with them!
She did not want to lose her life here. If she could not even protect her own life, what was the point of doing such a thing?
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