After leaving Suhua Palace, Shu'er hid in the night and came alone to the Jinxiu Garden where Lin Long lived.

Mother, do you still remember Shu'er?

The two ginkgo trees in the Jinxiu Garden were much thicker and more prosperous. Shu'er climbed along the uneven palace wall to a ginkgo tree in the garden and watched from a distance.

Lin Long's dormitory has an open window, and candle lights are bright inside. Just like more than ten years ago, Lin Long would always sit by the window after dinner, reading and writing, peaceful and peaceful.

Tonight, Lin Long was still sitting by the window writing, with Auntie Adie standing next to her, grinding her teeth.

Shu'er jumped down from the ginkgo tree lightly, and the branches trembled slightly, making a rustling sound. Lin Long was still writing and did not raise his head to look.

Adie looked out the window and saw pitch black in the night. Adie smiled and said: "Princess, the cat in the Song Palace is getting better and better at flying over eaves and walls." Lin Long put down his pen and folded the written words.

He wrote it into a letter and handed it to Adie, saying: "Please hand the letter over tomorrow." Adie sighed and said, "Yes." Lin Long got up, went out of the house to see the vegetable seedlings in her vegetable garden.

Shu'er hid behind the ginkgo tree and watched her mother busy and orderly from a distance. She felt that compared to her brother's mother, her mother had not changed much. Maybe it was because the night was dark, maybe it was

Because the candle light was dim, or maybe it was because Shu'er was standing far away and couldn't see clearly. Lin Long's figure was still petite, there weren't many wrinkles on his face, and he couldn't tell whether he had gray hair.

Shu'er was leaning on the ginkgo tree. I don't know when her eyes were filled with tears. Mother, I'm sorry, you have raised me for seven years, but I have not been able to repay your kindness in raising me. Seeing that you are well, I

I should be most relieved. But why do I still shed tears when I see that you are all well?

Under the shadow of the tree, Shu'er's heart fell into a struggle.

Mother, at this time tonight, should I tell you that I am still alive? Tell you that I am still alive, but I can’t be with you? Tell you that I am still alive, but I will not come back to see you in more than ten years.

See you? Tell you, I am still alive, but I am free and easy in the world, but you are in the deep palace as a prison?

Just like this moment, I see you who are busy and flawless, who have no traces of time, who have not been depressed because of my departure... Do you know? In fact, over the years, I have always hoped that you are as well as you are now, but

Seeing that you are better than I imagined, I feel a little inexplicably sad. After all, I am your adopted daughter, not your biological child, so my disappearance is like jumping into your life.

You never raised your head to look at a cat in the garden, but allowed it to come and go freely and fend for itself?

Shu'er kept wiping her tears, but the tears were pouring out and falling to the ground with a sound. Mother, can you hear my tears? She curled up and squatted down, burying her head in a light blue men's clothing, her tears wet.

If the cloth is removed, it will not hit the ground and make any sound.

Mother, whether you still remember me or not, care about me or not, I have come back to visit you after all. Although I know that you are not my biological mother, you will always be my mother in my heart.

After Lin Long checked the vegetable garden, she turned on the light to look at the flower garden nearby. After looking at the flower garden, she went to see a small medicinal field. Finally, she walked lightly into the house and picked up a book. A Die brought a pot of tea.

Xing also walked in and sat embroidering. The doctor Lin Long brought from the Chu Palace also limped over from the backyard, carrying a medicine basket in her hand, sat down next to Xing, and sorted it out.

Herbs in basket.

Shu'er looked at this familiar scene in a daze, as if she had returned to more than ten years ago. At that time, her mother, Aunt Adie, Aunt Axin and her mother-in-law were the people closest to her. They had three meals a day and were enjoying themselves.

My mother knew how to cook and write poetry. She would always tell her stories and sing ballads before going to bed. She could still vaguely hear them in her dreams until she fell asleep. She liked to ask Aunt Adie about the food of Chu.

Aunt Adie always described a very ordinary dish as mouth-watering. She was climbing and running around outside, and her clothes were torn, but Aunt Axin mended them with a smile. When she fell and broke her skin, her mother-in-law took care of her.

He carefully applied medicine to her, for fear of leaving scars on her body. The most carefree time in her life was spent with them in this beautiful garden.

Shu'er almost got up and walked towards them, but the night wind blew the wet tears on her face and made her wake up a little.

A few words that she had never wanted to recall but had never forgotten suddenly flashed through her mind: "This little girl was born unknown. On the day she was born, news of the late king's death in battle came to the palace, and Xiao Meiren also died in childbirth...

...Thanks to that stupid Princess of Chu, she took the little girl back to Jinxiu Garden and raised her like a daughter..."

Dark clouds covered the moon, and Shu'er's heart suddenly felt cold. The words she overheard when she was a child kept echoing in her ears: "This little girl was born unknown... This little girl was born unknown..."

Shu'er couldn't help but just about to step into the candlelight, she stepped back into the shadow of the tree. When I was born, both my parents died. When I arrived at Prince Sheng's Mansion, Xiaoying left the Prince's Mansion overnight.

I have turned into a talented man with a broken sleeve who lives incognito and wanders in a foreign land. I returned to the Jade City, and before I even recognized my brother, I disturbed his wedding banquet... Do I want to recognize you now, and then cry in each other's arms, attracting people with ears across the wall?

The palace guards, and then charge my mother, who is already confined here, with the crime of harboring Chen Guo’s assassin?

Mother, forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. Forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye again. Seeing that you are well, I have fulfilled my wish. In fact, since you can send the message, the Song Palace will not be able to trap you. Maybe you will draw a prison here.

, it is your unspeakable secret. I, a prodigal son from the end of the world, should not come back to bother me again. Since I have left once, it is better for me to disappear without trace than to make you worry about me.

Shu'er didn't waste any more time, jumped up onto the ginkgo tree, climbed over the wall and left Jinxiu Garden.

That night, how could she know what kind of gain and loss, love and hate, the war of war in Kyushu, and the ups and downs of all countries would eventually result from this one step away and one thought?

******

There are no red candles in the Yongtai Hall. Liu has told him that this is the place where he reviews memorials and works diligently on government affairs. There is no need to light up the hall and make it wasteful and extravagant.

At this time, Liu changed out of his Chinese clothes and wore the loose white robe he usually wears, working diligently at his desk.

But it was just a sentence in the memorial that he didn't realize even after reading it over and over a dozen times.

Sometimes he thought about her who answered fluently when making suggestions in the Zhao palace, sometimes he thought about her returning to live under the peach tree and dancing to the sound of the piano while sword flowers flowed around, sometimes he thought about her holding the Sword of King Huai on his shoulders.

...The warmth of her delicate hands was still burning in his palms, and the fragrance of her clothes and hair was still lingering in front of him...

Lao Shizi's memorial! He sighed, stood up and walked to the lyre aside, reaching for the jade box in a small drawer.

The jade box is exquisite and warm in color. It is made of fine white jade and has a peach blossom engraved on it.

Liu opened the jade box, randomly took out one of the dozens of crystal pearls inside, and looked at it carefully under the lamp. The pearls were engraved with the scores used by folk musicians of the Zhou Dynasty to record lyre music a hundred years ago. Although people who know the art of the piano are
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