All the dark side of the warm autumn sun fell on the jade surface, with only a few brightly colored mottled spots, which seemed to be the crystal clear crystal wrapped inside after the clay sculpture was cracked.
The bright color also drew a line on her curled eyelashes. Yu Anning could only see the line flickering a few times before settling down again.
Yu Qiansi said "hmm" softly, her expression hard to distinguish.
Yu Anning breathed a sigh of relief. After looking around for a while, she became a little anxious and asked quietly: "Then...can I see her again in the future..."
Yu Qiansi's breathing was stagnant, and there was a dull pain in her heart that was difficult to calm down. Looking at Yu Anning's face full of hope in front of her, she couldn't even say the word "um" this time.
Boyi kept frowning, trying to see clearly her hiding herself in the darkness.
For a moment, the silence between the three of them made them seem to have completely integrated into the dense forest.
Even though it was Yu Anning, who was not as stiff as the two of them, an idea suddenly occurred to her.
He waved his hand quickly: "No, no, no, let's forget it. She settled down easily, so don't let us disturb her. It would be terrible if she is discovered again."
Furthermore, if we meet again, Ma Jian will inevitably be mentioned. She doesn't know if Lin'an already knows about Ma Jian at this moment... Thinking of this, she is a little afraid to face Lin'an.
"Princess, please rest assured, Lin'an is now... free." Yu Qiansi swallowed the pain stuck in her throat and replied with a vague residual phantom pain.
Seeing her like this, Boyi felt a little relieved, and then changed the subject: "Is the princess entering the palace today also for the birthday banquet of Taiyechi?"
"Yes, I came here with Brother An to see Aunt Merchant."
With An?Merchant?
Yu Qiansi turned to look at Boyi. Yu Anning had always been at odds with Shang Fu, so why was he suddenly addressed so affectionately?
Boyi seemed to understand the confusion in Yu Qiansi's eyes and chuckled.
In order to hide Chunjiao's smile, he reached out and picked a leaf above his head, played with it in his hand, and joked: "Master Yu remembered it wrong, Shang Fu's words and thoughts, and An should be...Master Shaoqing's biological brother."
, Shang Ci, Shang and An."
Shang Ci was a young talent who entered the Shangshu Province at a young age. It was precisely because of his greatness that the Qingliu party decided to ignore Shang Fu's ridiculous reputation and recommended him to succeed him as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.
Boyi secretly glanced at Yu Qiansi, who looked confused.
Her ignorance about government affairs is indeed a bit cute. It seems that she has never taken Shang Fu seriously. Even he remembers Shang Fu's self-introduction and mention of his cousin the day they first met, but she didn't.
He didn't even know that Shang Fu had an older brother, and even confused the two names together.
Yu Qiansi blinked his eyes and said calmly: "Master Shaoqing is not here?"
"Huh, I don't know where I went to fool around again! The merchant's aunt is so kind to the younger generation, but he never comes to the palace to visit my aunt!" Yu Anning pouted: "But if he comes, I will too
He won’t come.”
The excitement outside burst through the branches of the trees and reached their ears.
Yu Qiansi thought of the excitement he heard in Qingning Hall just now.
As the death anniversary of the late emperor approaches, the saint plans to allow the concubines to leave the palace and return home after the death anniversary of the late emperor. If their relatives are separated and they have nowhere to return, they can also ask to stay in the palace.
She immediately had an idea and came to Taiye Pond.
The saint took pity on the concubines who had lived in the palace for a long time, and always allowed their family members to visit the palace. If the time was not right, they could stay in the palace after informing the Secretary of Internal Affairs.
She gently put her arm around Yu Anning's shoulders and asked her to stand side by side with her. She pointed at the lively group and asked her to introduce the people at the banquet.
Yu Anning didn't know what she meant by this, but she still obediently explained it to her one by one according to Yu Qiansi's instructions.
Boyi looked on and noticed that Yu Qiansi had something in common with the people he cared about.
These men all wore jade rings on their right index fingers, and their hearts moved as they understood the purpose of her move.
If the murder of Lin'an was not caused by ministers who stayed in the Yuchen Palace, then the most likely thing is that someone came to the palace to visit relatives and stayed in the palace that day. Due to the peace talks with the north, there have been many more Hu merchants in the capital recently.
Archery, horseback riding, and archery became fashionable again. It was popular among the nobles to wear jade rings on their thumbs and index fingers.
If the saint really released the concubines of various palaces on the anniversary of the death of the late emperor, it would naturally be even more difficult to trace him in the future. How about today, while these people gather at the Taiye Pond, let's investigate first.
Boyi looked at Yu Qiansi whose outline was mottled and lit up, and felt warm in his heart.
She really meant what she said. Even though Ma Jian had passed away, she never forgot to find the murderer of Lin'an.
"The one in the middle with a gorgeous crown is the host of today's birthday banquet, Concubine Yan. She is..." At this point, Yu Anning smacked her lips before continuing: "As a human being.
Arrogant and doesn't like to interact with others."
Therefore, as the host of the birthday banquet today, she was sitting alone on the main seat with no one paying attention.
"What about your merchant brother?"
Yu Qiansi's calm tone touched Yu Anning's face, but it lit up a blush.
She twisted the handkerchief in her hand: "Why is he my merchant brother? Sister Yu, you are always talking nonsense!"
Hearing Boyi behind him chuckle lightly, Yu Qiansi realized later that he had said the wrong thing. Just as he was about to explain, Yu Anning had already stretched out her pink and shy jade finger and pointed to one side.
"That's the one wearing a dark green round-collared robe and a white jade crown."
Yu Qiansi and Boyi looked at that finger together. At the end of their eyes, the man who was smiling and bowing his eyebrows to greet his elders suddenly raised his eyes and looked at their forest.
It seemed that the leisurely prey had noticed the danger hidden under the dark forest. He slowly raised his beautiful eyebrows with a look of confusion.
On the other side of the room, Yu Qiansi immediately opened her hands to cover Yu Anning's eyes, while Boyi at the same time suppressed the arm that Yu Anning pointed at.
The two of them looked at each other and broke into a cold sweat.
The two of them are used to observing in the dark, and they have long known how to observe others without being noticed. But this person was able to notice in an instant that there were eyes hidden in the dark at Yan Yanyan's banquet.
Following is really... too sensitive.
Yu Anning was let go by the two of them one after another, and she didn't dare to act rashly.
Yu Qiansi looked over again, but no longer noticed anything unusual about Shang Ci. He just looked like an ordinary man.
Although he is also wearing green clothes, his appearance is completely different from that of Shang Fu. One is carefree, one is upright and polite, one is fearless, and the other looks like he is worrying about many things all the time.
The kind-faced person next to Shang Ci was Shang Fu's aunt, the concubine of Shunmiao Shang. Her well-nurtured face was rosy, and a loving smile and tolerance showed from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. She was talking to her at the moment.
The younger brother, younger brother, daughter-in-law, and Shang Ci's parents were chatting kindly, while Shang Ci stood quietly aside, smiling and saying something from time to time, which always made the three elders smile.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes at this moment, Yu Qiansi would never have believed that such a dignified man and Shang Fu were brothers.