Xia Mingming was surprised when she heard from Yu Shu that Jing Chen was the famous Daoist in Anling City not long ago. Yu Shu told her about the friendship between Jing Chen and the ninth prince. She told her everything she could. As for what Xia Mingming thought, she didn't care.
When it was dark, Xia Mingming reluctantly said goodbye to Yu Shu. She sneaked out when her father went out to visit friends today. If she was found late, she would be grounded for a few more days.
Yu Shu knew that Xia Jiang Helang didn't like her, so she told Xia Mingming not to mention her in front of her father.
After seeing Xia Mingming off, Yu Shu and Lin Fu said goodbye and went home. Today, she didn't see Xue Rui for a whole day. Yu Shu guessed that there was a big case in the Supreme Court, otherwise he wouldn't have left in such a hurry yesterday.
When Yu Shu got home, she went to Yu Xiaoxiu's room first. She saw Bai Ran sitting on a small chair beside the bed, holding a book in her hand and reading to Yu Xiaoxiu. She was satisfied and walked over,
"Don't read it. Wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
When Bai Ran saw Yu Shu coming back, he quickly stood up from the chair and stood aside with his head down, "Daxiu."
Yu Shu nodded to him. She looked at his submissive appearance and turned her attention to Yu Xiaoxiu. She took the clothes at the end of the bed and put them on him. She reached out and touched his head,
"How long did you sleep in the afternoon? Are you still dizzy?"
Yu Xiaoxiu replied obediently, "I slept for a while after you went out at noon. Fortunately, I didn't faint today. Sister, where did you go in the afternoon? Did you go to visit my mother?"
Look, it was said that "the old don't rest, the young don't have a conscience", but her son was much more conscientious than her mother.
Yu Shu said, "Didn't I go there yesterday? I was busy this afternoon. Do you remember your sister? I saw her. "
Yu Xiaoxiu was surprised. "Xia Mingming? Didn't they say she went back to the south with her family? Why is she still in the capital? "
"I didn't manage to leave. I was held up by something." Yu Shu didn't tell the child more about the inside story. After fooling him for a while, the maidservant came in with the food. Zhao Hui thoughtfully asked the servants to prepare three pairs of bowls and chopsticks, including Bai Ran.
Under Yu Shu's invitation, Bai Ran sat next to the brother and sister in a somewhat reserved manner, eating without saying a word.
Yu Shu was quite satisfied with his behavior. She didn't like to follow the rules, but that didn't matter. She liked people who followed the rules.
***
The next day at dawn. It was rare for Yu Shu to sleep in. Zhao Hui's little maidservant, Yun Dou, stood outside her window. She knocked on the window lattice and softly shouted a few times, asking if she wanted to eat breakfast. When she didn't hear any movement inside, she went back to report. Zhao Hui was distressed that she had to run back and forth every day, so she didn't let people call her again. She asked Yun Dou to prepare a portion of breakfast and put it on the stove to keep warm, waiting for Yu Shu to sleep.
Who knew that she would stay in bed until noon. Yu Shu slept too much. When she got up, her head was dizzy. After washing up, she walked around the courtyard. She walked to the door of the small courtyard in the west wing, hesitated for a moment, and then lifted her foot to enter.
After a winter, the courtyard was no longer the same as when Jing Chen lived here. The trees in the courtyard had a layer of new buds, giving off a faint green color. The weeds in the corner had been cleared during the New Year. The pair of red couplets in front of the door was still very new. She pushed the door open and entered. The furnishings in the room hadn't changed much. Since Jing Chen left, no one had lived in this room. Occasionally, when Pei Jing got drunk and stayed overnight, he would stay in the room next door.
Yu Shu walked to the window and looked at the thick stack of books on the desk. Although she had never read these books before, she could recognize the names of the books. These were the Taoist classics that she had picked out from the exchange store and bookstore. At that time, in order to help Jing Chen recover his memory, Yu Shu had been scratching her head a lot.
She casually flipped through the dusty books on the table, and it wasn't difficult to find the Biography of Liu Yi. This was the only book that she bought for Jing Chen that had nothing to do with Taoism. It was a story about love between a man and a woman.
She still remembered that on the night when he left in a hurry, this book was upside down on the table.
In a daze, Yu Shu recalled that day. It was the first snowfall, and it was freezing outside. She crazily ran out to find Jing Chen, and in the end, she was almost frozen into ice.
Now that she thought about it, she was really stupid. For a man, she even risked her life. Was this something stupid she would do?
"So stupid, so stupid." Yu Shu shook her head. Although she said so, she didn't regret it at all. She rearranged the books on the table, picked out the Biography of Liu Yi, and put it in the drawer. After finishing all these, she went out of the room and closed the door.
She took a deep breath, and her mind became clear.
***
When the sun went down, Xue Rui came to Zhao Hui's house to pick him up. The coachman, Lao Chui, called the new gatekeeper to deliver the message. After a while, Yu Shu came out.
Xue Rui had changed to another carriage today. It looked very gaudy from the outside, and it was spacious inside as well. It was enough to seat seven or eight people, but there were only three people in the carriage, so it was really a little empty. Oh, I have to mention that Xue Rui brought a manservant with him today, and he was sitting at the corner of the carriage with the curtains drawn. He looked very smart, and he seemed to be fifteen or sixteen years old.
Yu Shu had never seen the servant beside Xue Rui before. She looked at him a little more. He was just a servant, so Xue Rui didn't introduce his name. He looked at Yu Shu, who was wearing a beard and had her hair tied up. He touched his forehead and regretted that he didn't remind her to dress up the day before yesterday. Tonight was the banquet, which was appointed by the emperor. It was the first time that Daozi appeared in public. Maybe there would be an imperial edict. None of the female guests dressed so "casually".
"What's wrong?" Yu Shu looked at Xue Rui. The way he looked at her was a little strange.
"Nothing. How is Xiaoxiu? Is he better?" Xue Rui saw that she didn't seem to be aware of it. He shook his head and thought, forget it. He didn't want to talk about her. Anyway, the host of this banquet wasn't someone else.
Yu Shu smiled: "He's recovering well. Godfather said that in another seven or eight days, he can go to school."
"That's good," Xue Rui prepared to talk business with Yu Shu. This was the main reason why he took a detour to pick her up.
"There are a lot of people going to the Princess fu tonight. Among the same generation, those who should come are all here. At that time, there will be many people asking about Daozi's arrival in the capital. The emperor has rewarded you before, so it's not small. There are many people here who know that you have done a meritorious service in escorting Daozi. If someone talks to you at the banquet, you just need to be polite. You don't need to say much to them, especially about Daozi's death on the road — remember not to talk too much about it.
Otherwise, there will be people who have bad intentions towards you. "Yu Shu had long thought that this banquet wouldn't be easy. Maybe there were people who had bad intentions towards Jing Chen mixed in. After listening to Xue Rui's advice, she nodded and said:" I know. Don't worry, I know how to deal with it. "
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