Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen

The young man led Di Renjie to another room, and then retreated.Di Renjie opened the door and entered, and saw that the owner was already waiting, it was indeed Duan Jiu, Di Renjie cupped his hands and said, "Brother Duan has started the quality warehouse business." Duan Jiu was sitting on the wheelchair, with a slight smile, but there was a bit of sadness: "How is Master Di?" He let Di Renjie sit again, and said: "This business is not entirely my capital, the real owner is Yu'er's." Master An Jinzang, but Yu'er doesn't know about it." "Ask you, a godly thief, to manage the quality warehouse. You are really making the best use of it, and it is thanks to him that he wants it." Di Renjie looked at Duan Jiu, and said seriously: "You are afraid that Ayu will suddenly know her life experience and will not be able to accept it, so you deliberately don't let her Are you coming?"

Duan Jiu nodded, sighed and said: "This matter is very important. His master came quietly the day before yesterday and told me everything about Ayu's life experience, and entrusted me to take care of him. It is more appropriate to tell you, so I sent someone to deliver the letter. These few rooms are difficult for outsiders to enter without my permission, so they can just talk." After speaking, there was silence for a while. Seeing Duan Jiu's solemn expression, it seemed that he didn't know where to start. Di Renjie knew what he expected, most likely, it was not bad. He turned his head to see the setting sun reflected in from the window, and the tables, chairs and utensils in the room were covered with a dim yellow.

Di Renjie said leisurely: "In February of the Jiayin year, Wu Zhaoyi gave birth to a daughter in the Palace of Changsheng. The late emperor loved it very much and regarded it as the jewel in his palm. However, within ten months, Zhaoyi's daughter died suddenly, and the king and queen killed her. So there was the intention of abolishing the establishment. In the same year, the case of the empress Wang and her mother Liu's affair occurred in the palace. If he is alive, he belongs to Tiger, so he should be nineteen years old." "Master Di has guessed that the baby's clothes and jade tiger in the lacquer box are the things that the baby was wearing when Ayu's master picked her up." Duan Jiudao: "Nineteen years ago, the battle for the next position , shocked the government and the public, how many twists and turns, plots, blood and tears are in it, my lord knows better than me."

"Well, when the king was abolished and the martial arts was abolished, it caused a great uproar, and important officials such as Changsun Wuji were sacked one after another. Although the battles in the harem are unknown, it is conceivable that the situation is tragic and complicated, and it is better than that in the court." Di Renjie sighed. With a sigh of relief, he said: "In all fairness, although the death of the princess was not the main cause of the abolishment, it was indeed the lead that triggered the matter, which reversed the stalemate between the two forces in the court at that time. For decades, the court and the opposition There are doubts about the death of the little princess at home and abroad, and it is even rumored that Zhaoyi killed it by himself. Today, I know that it is the love of the calf after all, and Yuer is lucky. I only hope that there will be no grievances in the palace in the past. Anything to do with it."

Duan Jiu caressed his disused leg, and sighed: "I did not personally experience what happened back then. For those who know the details, it is said that one is Wu's confidant palace maid, one is the deputy commander of the inner guard, and the other is Yu'er Master." "Don't the servants of the Anfu know about it?" Duan Jiu shook his head and said: "My lord, don't worry too much. At that time, An Jinzang was just a young musician who had just debuted. He didn't have a lot of money, and there were no housekeepers and servants in the family. Because he trusted me back then, he made a general statement about it:

It is said that when the baby was found, the child's face was blue and he was dying. That night, a woman came to the door and said that the child was the illegitimate daughter of a lady from a rich family. She secretly threw it away because she could not stay in the mansion. The girl waited secretly to see which kind-hearted person would adopt the baby, and because the child was weak, she said that she had lost her breath, so she ordered the girl to bring some medicines, milk and so on.Yu'er's master was dubious, but seeing that the child was ice and snowy and cute, after picking it up, he couldn't bear to leave it alone, and took good care of it.

After that, the woman came every few days, until one day, when An Jinzang went to the palace to play, he accidentally discovered that the woman was Zhaoyi's maidservant, and later found out that Yu'er was the princess.The little princess didn't really die that day, the deputy commander temporarily shut down the baby's breathing. Although this method is clever and can be used on ordinary people, it is very risky for a small baby. Yi Yu'er was extremely weak when she was young. " Suddenly hearing the door slam, Ayu rushed into the room, her eyes full of panic and disbelief, holding the lacquer box tightly in her hand, she asked in a trembling voice: "Father Duan Jiu, my lord, is what you said true?"

Di Renjie and Duan Jiu looked at each other and nodded. Li Yuanfang saw her swaying in agitation, as if she was about to fall down, so she stretched out her hand to support her firmly, and saw that Ayu's eyes were dazed, and the lacquer box fell to the ground without realizing it, and murmured: "No. Yes, no, why did my mother throw me away? I remember she hugged me and sang to me." Seeing Ayu's appearance like this, Duan Jiu couldn't help being very heartbroken, and called softly: "Yu'er, Yu'er." He didn't know how to comfort him. At this moment, Ayu's heart was in a state of turmoil, she felt her mind was blank, what she had seen and heard just now was not true and what was illusion, she also felt dizzy with headache, the corners of her eyes were astringent, but there was not a drop of tears, After staring blankly at Di Renjie and Duan Jiu for a while, Fang slowly walked over, lay on Duan Jiu's lap, buried his head deeply between his arms, and refused to get up again.

Di Renjie knew that she suddenly heard that her mother had abandoned her because of a power struggle, and all the beautiful thoughts about her mother in the past were all shattered in this instant, how could it not make people sad? I had to persuade: "Yu'er, although I don't know what the plan was to send you out of the palace, I heard from your father Duan Jiu that even though it was more than ten years ago, I can still feel the panic at that time. Anxiety and danger, let alone the person involved? Think again, the palace is full of dangers, if you stay in the palace, you don't know what the future fate of the princess will be. Do you remember Linyue? Her mother Xiao Shufei was also the favorite of the three palaces back then. , but as a princess, Linyue is not happy. It is unfortunate that she was born in the royal family. On the contrary, you, with the love and care of your master, grew up safely outside the palace. In the past nineteen years, you have not lived happily Happy? You shouldn't blame your mother, in my opinion, keeping you away from the center of the vortex of the struggle should be the best arrangement."

Di Renjie knew that the royal family had always fought for power, father and son turned against each other, and brothers killed each other. Under the circumstances back then, it was naturally much easier to kill an infant baby than to steal the day and send the baby outside the palace. For a woman who is a mother, it is certainly cold-blooded and ruthless to abandon her flesh and blood, but it also shows that her resourcefulness and courage are beyond human reach. It is indeed a miracle that Ayu can grow to such a big age, but this What he said couldn't be said to Ayu. Li Yuanfang said softly, "Didn't you have a good life when your mother wasn't around these years?"

Ayu didn't make a sound, and after a while, she still raised her tearful eyes, looked at Duan Jiu, and said softly: "Then, was it her maid who hugged me to sleep the night before? Then she knows where I am, all these years, Is she so cruel that she won't come to see me?" Duan Jiu couldn't bear it in his heart, so he said: "I guess it was an emergency at that time, the palace maid only said that she sent you to a proper place, but your mother didn't know where it was. Later, the emperor and empress lived in the Eastern Capital for a long time, and you followed your master I grew up in Chang'an, and only moved to Luoyang a few years ago, so I lost all news." "The situation in the palace was tense at that time. If people found out that the princess is still alive, what a catastrophe it would be! Leaving Chang'an, I think most of the reasons are related to this matter." Di Renjie recalled: " When Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu were about to die, they yelled: "Mr. Wu is a fox, and it's turned upside down! I'm going to be a cat, and I'm going to make Mr. Wu a mouse. I'll repay him by strangling him!" Since then, there have been ghosts in the palace. Rumor has it that if you want to come to Chang'an Palace, it has become a place where Empress Wu is sad and afraid, and there are some things that she naturally doesn't want to think about." Ayu sat on the ground, staring blankly at the lacquer box beside her feet. Just listen to Duan Jiudao: "Yu'er, do you remember that when you were fourteen years old, you pestered your master to call him daddy, your master knew that you missed your parents, and his heart softened, so he sent you to the inner guard mansion. I begged someone to make an exception to include you, and he told me afterwards that he just thought that if you become an inner guard, you will be by mother's side one day." Li Yuanfang stepped forward to help Ayu, looked into her eyes, and said softly: "Your master is so hardworking, it shows that he really loves you, you really don't have to feel sorry for yourself." Ayu's starry eyes were like lacquer, and he asked in a daze: "Really?" Duan Jiu secretly shook his head and sighed. Di Renjie knew that it would be useless to be persuaded by others on this matter, and she still needed time to think it through, so she said: "Yuan Fang, you send A Yu back first, and I will come later." Here Duan Jiu took a bundle, wrapped the lacquer box, and asked Ah Yu to bring it back carefully.