While they were talking, A Luo also came back, looking a little absent-minded. She often had to call out several times before she would respond, which was totally unlike her usual self.
After seeing off Song Zihua, Xianyue picked up Xingxin who jumped down from the tree and returned to the palace. After sitting down, she caught a glimpse of something in A Luo's hand and flashed her eyes, then said: "A Luo, your right hand
What are you holding?"
After Ah Luo said "Ah", he subconsciously opened his right hand, revealing a small silver ingot inside. Xianyue frowned and said, "Didn't I ask you to give the silver to Imperial Physician Song? Why is it still in your hand?"
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"I forgot about it for a moment. I will send it to the Imperial Physician Song right now." A Luo was about to leave when Xianyue stopped her and said, "That's all, there is no need to go there just for a piece of silver. A Luo, what's wrong with you?
Why are you so restless after returning from a trip to the Ministry of Internal Affairs? What happened?"
A'luo gritted his teeth slightly and said: "Returning to the master, Cai Ling has a cousin in the capital. I once asked her to help find out the news about my mother. Today Cai Ling told me that I have news, so I came up with the idea.
Please come to the palace and ask for your permission, Master."
Xianyue said in surprise: "There is such a thing. Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"
A Luo said: "Cai Ling asked her cousin to help the slave search for her in the capital, but the slave didn't have any hope and just mentioned it casually, so she didn't tell the master. How did she know that there was really news now?"
Xianyue nodded and said, "Have you really found your mother? Where did they find it?"
A Luo said with some excitement: "Cai Ling said that based on the physical appearance described by the slave, there is indeed some similarity, but whether it is true or not, I have to let the slave identify it by herself. As for the specific situation, the slave is not very clear. Master, slave
Can I leave the palace?"
Xianyue took her hand and smiled and said: "Of course, if it is really your mother, I will be happy for you. But it's getting late now, and I'm afraid there won't be enough time, so I'd better wait until tomorrow morning to leave the palace."
A Luo thought about it and nodded her head one by one. It was only seven or eight hours, but it was extremely long for her. She didn't close her eyes for a whole night. She couldn't help but wonder if the person she saw after leaving the palace was really her mother.
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I finally waited until dawn, washed my face, and was about to go to freshen up Xianyue when Qi Kuan came over and said: "Aluo, the master has just given instructions. You don't have to go there. You can go directly to the honorary room to get the belt card for leaving the palace."
But." After saying that, he handed over a piece of paper and said: "This is the handwriting given to you by the master, and it has been stamped with a gold seal."
A Luo nodded gratefully, took Xia Yue's handwriting and rushed to the minister's room. When he got there, he unexpectedly found Cai Ling there too. He walked over and said, "Why are you here?"
Cai Ling's eyes flashed slightly and she said: "I waited for a long time yesterday but didn't get any news about my sister. I thought that Concubine Xian would not let you leave the palace, so I was worried and wanted to come to the honorary room to see if I could get one.
I want to get out of the palace, but Eunuch Bai and the others ignore me at all." After she and A Luo got along for a long time, they called each other sisters.
Seeing the aggrieved look on her face, A Luo said with gratitude and amusement: "Without the palace master's handwriting, how could they give you a badge?" After saying that, she raised the thing in her hand and said: "You
Look, what is this?"
After Cai Ling took it in her hand and looked at it carefully, she said in surprise: "This is the handwriting from Concubine Xian. Does she agree with you, sister, to leave the palace?"
"My master has always been kind to me. Now that I have the chance to find my mother, why won't she let me leave the palace? The reason why I didn't leave the palace yesterday is because my master is afraid that there won't be enough time to get back and forth. You, you really think too much."
Cai Ling smiled sheepishly and said: "How would I know? Now that I have the handwriting of Concubine Xian, sister, please go and get the waist badge. Remember the address I told you yesterday. You can find my cousin there.
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A Luo responded and signaled her to go back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do some work. However, Cai Ling insisted on going back after sending A Luo out of the palace. A Luo couldn't resist and had to let her do it.
After leaving the palace, A Luo met her cousin at the address given by Cai Ling. A Luo called him Uncle Jiang and he ran a small tea shop.
After a simple conversation, Uncle Jiang led A Luo around and around to an inconspicuous brothel. He pointed inside and said, "That person is inside. Miss A Luo, are you sure you want to go in?"
A Luo has never been to a brothel in his life. He hesitated for a while, but thinking that his mother might be inside, he finally gritted his teeth and walked in.
After Uncle Jiang exchanged a few words with an old-looking man, he took A Luo to the backyard, pointed to a bungalow and said, "That's the one. You go in, I'll wait for you outside."
"Thank you, Uncle Jiang." After saying this, A Luo opened the door with peeling paint and walked in with complicated emotions. The room was very dark. After getting used to the light inside, she saw a man with a New Year's appointment.
A forty-year-old woman sits in a chair.
A Luo was trying his best to identify the woman's appearance by the skylight shining in from the window. The woman suddenly said: "Who are you? Are you a new girl?"
"You..." A'luo tried his best to remember her mother's appearance, but when mother and daughter were separated, she was only six years old, so she could only remember some rough memories. In addition, after seventeen years, the impression was very vague and could not be confirmed.
It feels like it but doesn't feel like it.
She suppressed the excitement in her heart and said, "Uncle Jiang came to see you. You said you have a long-lost daughter, right?"
"Uncle Jiang..." the woman murmured and repeated, "Yes, my daughter and I have been separated for seventeen years." After that, she stared at A Luo and said, "Do you know Uncle Jiang?"
"Yes, I asked Uncle Jiang to find my long-lost mother. Coincidentally, my mother and I have also been separated for seventeen years." A Luo's words made the woman's expression change. She stared at A Luo closely and said, "Your name is
What name?"
"My name is A Luo, the name given by my mother." Just as A Luo finished his words, the woman who had been motionless suddenly stood up from the chair, grabbed A Luo's hand and said excitedly: "You said your name is
What, say it again!”
"My name is A Luo!" When these four words came out of A Luo's mouth clearly, the woman picked up the sleeve of A Luo's left hand, revealing a mole between her arms. The next moment, the woman relaxed
She opened her hands and covered her mouth tightly, tears kept falling from her eyes, but no matter how fierce the tears fell, her eyes always fell on A Luo, refusing to move away or blink.
Her tears made Ah Luo feel very uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but ask, "Why are you crying?"
"Because..." the woman choked and said, "Because my lost daughter is also named Aluo, and she also has a mole on the crook of her left arm." At this point, she cried and laughed, "I can't believe... I can't think of it before I was born.
, I can still see my daughter who has been separated for seventeen years, it’s really a blessing from God!”