In the blink of an eye, three days had passed since the mathematics results were released. Yu Shu took some time in the morning to bring Yu Xiaoxiu to the north of the city to look at the houses that Liu Tan intended to give to her.
"Sister, is he really going to give you a house?" Yu Xiaoxiu sat in his family's horse carriage, leaning against the rare glass window and looking out. He turned his head and asked Yu Shu with uncertainty.
"Of course it's true!" Yu Shu fiddled with the set of porcelain on the coffee table. Before leaving, she had Yun Dou brew tea. This was the flower tea leaves that Xue Rui had given her a long time ago, and it tasted very fragrant.
Yu Xiaoxiu scratched his head and stammered, "Then when we move to a new house, can we bring mother to live with us?"
Yu Shu frowned slightly. Thinking of Aunt Cui's craftiness, she was annoyed. Thus, she tried to reason with Yu Xiaoxiu, "Mother ran away from the Ji family after all. Why can't she avoid the limelight for two or three years? Sister is now a fortune-teller. In the future, there will be many people coming to visit us. It'll be hard to avoid gossip. If you miss her, you can visit her often. Or you can stay at mother's place for a few days. That's fine too. "
Yu Shu could not be blamed for driving a wedge between mother and son. Aunt Cui was a troublemaker. If they really lived under the same roof, she might cause chaos in the family. Yu Xiaoxiu was at an age where he was determined. With such a mother holding him back, he might grow up crooked. If that happened, it would be too late for Yu Shu to cry. It was better to be ruthless now.
"Yes, I understand." Yu Xiaoxiu was very sensible. He guessed that living with Aunt Cui would affect Yu Shu. Although he was a little disappointed, he didn't want to cause trouble for Yu Shu.
Yu Shu spent the entire morning looking at three mansions. The largest of them was a compound with five entrances near the Spring River. There were dozens of rooms in the front and back, and there was even a large flower garden.
However, the one that caught Yu Shu's eyes the most was a smaller one. It had four entrances and three doors, and it had a courtyard that spanned from the north to the south. Inside, there were two small gardens, a small bridge, a pond, and flowers. The fengshui here was also smoother than the other two. It could be considered a blessing.
Yu Shu asked Yu Xiaoxiu which one he liked. This child had long been blinded by these large residences. How could he tell if they were good or bad?
In the end, it was the housekeeper sent by Liu Tan who said something that allowed Yu Shu to make the final decision.
"Don't think I'm talkative. The house by the river is big, but most of the neighbors are idle and lack people. This four-sectioned residence was different. Its eastern neighbor was the residence of Scholar Song of the Graceful Literature Pavilion. The first house at the end of the street is occupied by Assistant Minister Li of the Ministry of Justice. If the neighbors visit each other, it will be more or less a social network. "
"Alright, let's do it here."
Liu Tan's people were efficient. They passed the title deed to Yu Shu. Both parties signed a contract and stamped Liu Tan's personal seal. Soon, a large house was added to Yu Shu's name.
However, the courtyard was mostly empty. There wasn't much ready-made furniture. If she wanted to move in, she would need to tidy it up.
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Yu Shu came back from looking at the house. She went to the princess's residence on the way.
She hadn't seen Jing Chen visit her in the days since she became an accountant. She didn't care about it before, but when she thought about it carefully last night, she felt unhappy.
Such a happy event happened to her, and all her relatives and friends expressed their support. Even Xia Mingming, who couldn't go out, asked someone to send a thick letter to Wangji Tower. Jing Chen, her life and death friend, didn't do anything, as if he didn't care about her at all.
She came in to take a look. What was Jing Chen busy with? If he was just taking care of his junior sister, he shouldn't have the time to send someone to her house to congratulate her.
Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu got off the carriage in front of the princess's residence. One of the guards at the gate knew Yu Shu. When he saw her, he came up to greet her.
"Miss Yu."
"Is your young master at the residence?"
"Young master just went out not long ago."
"Do you know where he went?"
"I'm not sure."
Yu Shu missed. She angrily pulled Yu Xiaoxiu back to the carriage and told Liu Zhong to go home.
Yu Xiaoxiu saw that Yu Shu didn't look good and couldn't help thinking, 'In the past, they lived with Brother Jing and ate and drank together like a family. But since Brother Jing regained his memory and became a relative of the emperor, he rarely contacted them. In the past month, he didn't even go to their house.'
Yu Xiaoxiu didn't know what happened, but he felt sorry for his sister. After all, Yu Shu never left Jing Chen, and Yu Xiaoxiu had seen it all. Although he was young and didn't understand love, he thought that people should be grateful. So he was a little dissatisfied with Jing Chen and even thought that he was ungrateful.
"Sister." Yu Xiaoxiu leaned towards Yu Shu and pulled her sleeve to comfort her, "Brother Jing is different from before. We are common people, and he is a member of the royal family. We can't get close to him. It's fine if he doesn't come to you, but we don't have to curry favor with him."
Hearing this, Yu Shu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She reached out and flicked Yu Xiaoxiu's forehead and scolded, "Nonsense. Who is trying to curry favor with whom? Your Brother Jing is a noble, but your sister is not a useless person. Why do I need to curry favor with others? Didn't you have a good relationship with Jing Chen before? Why did you become estranged after not seeing him for a few days? "
Yu Xiaoxiu murmured, "It's not just a few days. It's been a month."
Yu Shu said stiffly, "So what? We see each other every day. It's good if we don't see each other every day. Didn't the Headmaster of the Academy teach you that a gentleman's friendship is as indifferent as water?"
Yu Xiaoxiu was not convinced and said, "Then Brother Xue often comes to our house. It doesn't mean that you don't have a good relationship, does it?"
"…" Yu Shu was speechless by Yu Xiaoxiu. She wanted to say a few words of justice for Jing Chen, but she got herself involved in it. She felt embarrassed, so she pulled a long face and said to Yu Xiaoxiu angrily, "You kid, I say the bald and you say the blind. I say the eggplant and you say the cucumber. Who taught you to talk back to your sister?"
Yu Xiaoxiu didn't expect that Yu Shu would be angry at him because of a few words. He opened his mouth and wanted to explain, but he was afraid of making Yu Shu angry. So he turned his head and said no more.
The sister and brother were in a deadlock all the way home.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Yu Xiaoxiu pushed the door and jumped out. Yu Shu got out with a straight face. She turned her head and saw the carriage parked across the road. She was stunned. Yu Xiaoxiu also saw the carriage. He bit his lips and ran into the yard with his head down. When he passed by the door of the living room, he let someone call him. He pretended not to hear and didn't even turn his head.
Yu Shu walked to the door of the living room with mixed feelings. She saw Jing Chen sitting on a chair and drinking tea. She greeted him dryly, "When did you come over?"
Jing Chen smiled slightly. He raised the cup in his hand, "I just drank two cups of tea."
Yu Shu sat down beside him and turned her head to look at his emotionless face. She suddenly didn't know what to say. When she went to the Princess Residence to look for him, she prepared to say what she wanted to say. But when she saw him, she couldn't remember a word.
Jing Chen spoke first, "I heard from Chong Yun that you won first place in the Da Yan Examination. Now it's already a foregone conclusion. Congratulations. "
Yu Shu's smile was a little forced, "It's been a few days, and you just found out."
She thought that it was a joyous occasion, but in Jing Chen's eyes, it was just a false reputation. There was nothing to be happy about.
Jing Chen had a trace of guilt on his face, "I was researching prescriptions in the Imperial Hospital a few days ago and just left the palace yesterday."
Researching prescriptions? Yu Shu didn't need to ask. She also knew that it was for Shui Yun. Seeing the man who once made her dig out her heart and lungs was now doing his best for another woman, but not caring about her. Although Yu Shu had already let go of this relationship that ended without a cause, she still felt a trace of sadness.
Yu Shu didn't want to pretend to care about Shui Yun's injury, so she skipped this topic and asked, "By the way, did you put away that sword?"
Jing Chen nodded.
"That's good. After a while, I will find a fake one to send over to you."
"There's no hurry. I don't have time to practice the sword these days. No one will find out." Jing Chen put the teacup in his hand aside and looked helplessly at Yu Shu, "I was too busy and couldn't explain the Chaotic Sky Divination Record to you. Where have you memorized it? "
"I've almost memorized the first part." Those two handwritten copies, Yu Shu would flip through them every night. She had a good memory and had memorized almost a third of it.
Jing Chen thought for a moment and said, "If you are not busy in the future, you might as well come to the princess residence. After changing Shui Yun's medicine every day, I will explain it to you for half an hour. "
When Yu Shu heard that she wanted to talk to Shui Yun, she didn't even think about it and shook her head, "No, the Ninth Prince didn't tell you? I will go to the Imperial Historian's Library to study. How can I run to the princess residence every day? I will wait a little longer."
Daoist Master Huai Xian's Chaotic Sky Divination Record was not very difficult to understand. Every time Yu Shu studied it by herself, she would more or less gain some insight. Even the astrolabe was explained in the book. Just as Shui Yun had told her that day in the teahouse, she could comprehend it on her own, but the progress would be much slower.
Yu Shu had no intention of learning, so Jing Chen didn't force her. He reached into his sleeve and took out a palm-sized sachet and handed it to her.
Yu Shu took it suspiciously. As soon as she touched the round bulge in her hand, she guessed what it was.
"Yellowfrost Stone?"
"En, you can keep it. It should be yours."
Yu Shu held the Yellowfrost Stone, but she didn't feel much joy. Instead, she felt it was ironic.
Because she knew that she would be killed, she asked Jing Chen to borrow this precious stone to save her life. However, he told her that Shui Yun had taken it and couldn't give it to her. Now that everything was calm and she no longer needed it, he said that the Yellowfrost Stone should be hers.
It wasn't that Yu Shu hadn't been sad and angry about the various changes that had occurred to Jing Chen after he had recovered his memories. However, she had always endured it and didn't want to flare up. Today, when she saw Huang Shuangshi, she recalled how Shui Yun had schemed against her and how she had disregarded her life and death. The fire in her heart burned.
However, Jing Chen was kept in the dark. At this time, he said a few words, which was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire: "Shui Yun knew that I gave the Yellowfrost Stone to you long ago. Last time, I had no choice but to borrow it, so I felt very guilty. She asked me to apologize to you and must return it to you. "
"Ha!" Yu Shu sneered and suddenly turned hostile, "I don't dare to accept something that your Junior Sister has used before. Otherwise, if I lose my life one day, I won't even know how I died. You should take this treasure back."
After saying this, she threw the sachet into Jing Chen's arms, got up and walked out, shouting in a deep voice: "See the guest out!"
Jing Chen was stunned by Yu Shu's cold words. He blankly caught the sachet hanging from his chest and hurriedly called Yu Shu: "Xiaoyu, why are you doing this? I don't understand. "
Yu Shu walked to the door, turned her head and sneered: "If you don't understand, go back to your junior sister and ask her what she has done."
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