As soon as the curtain was lifted, the appearance of the person standing outside the door was clearly reflected in Mrs. Zhao's eyes. Mrs. Zhao seemed to be stunned, her eyes fell on Xia Huanyu's face and almost penetrated the entire face.
He put his face on the scar and took two steps back suddenly.
Yun Shang saw that Xia Huanyu's eyes were full of confusion, and he was staring at Mrs. Zhao's face intently. Although Yun Shang always called her Mrs. Zhao, it was only because Zhao Yingjie was Hua Jing's husband before, and Yun Shang was
As Hua Jing's sister, she should be addressed with such respect.
However, although Mrs. Zhao is already in her forties, her appearance has not lost much traces of time, except for the slight wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. Although she is shallower than Bu Ning, and not even as good as the queen who usually takes care of herself in the palace, she looks...
She is still much younger than other ladies of the same age.
No matter how many things flashed through Xia Huanyu's eyes, Yun Shang couldn't figure out what he was thinking. One had disappeared for more than twenty years, one he thought he was dead for more than twenty years, and one that had worried him for twenty years.
People who have lived there for many years are now standing in front of him, and I don't know what he feels in his heart.
Mrs. Zhao had already come to her senses and looked at Xia Huanyu with a frown, "Who are you?"
Yun Shang couldn't help but want to laugh. She clearly knew Xia Huanyu's identity in her heart, but she still asked her like this. This was like stabbing Xia Huanyu in the body with a knife. Sure enough,
In this world, everyone is an actor.
Sure enough, Yun Shang saw Xia Huanyu's eyes flashing with deep sadness and a bit of obvious hurt.
Yun Shang said quickly: "Madam, this is His Majesty the Xia Kingdom."
Mrs. Zhao was stunned for a moment, as if she had just come back to her senses. She quickly took two steps back before steadying her steps. She bowed quickly and said softly: "Greetings to Your Majesty."
Xia Huanyu didn't respond for a long time, and just stared at Mrs. Zhao steadily. Yun Shang couldn't help but feel a little frightened as the situation changed in his eyes.
After a long while, Xia Huanyu slowly approached the house. His eyes looked around the house for a moment, and then fell on Mrs. Zhao again. He still couldn't help being a little dazed, "You live here?"
Mrs. Zhao pondered for a moment before softly responding: "Yes."
Yun Shang didn't expect that the first thing Xia Huanyu said to Mrs. Zhao was this. Her eyes moved, she lowered her eyes and stood quietly aside.
Xia Huanyu seemed to have regained his composure, but Yun Shang saw that his hands in his sleeves were trembling slightly. Xia Huanyu was silent for a moment, then walked to the chair and sat down, staring at Mrs. Zhao.
After looking at it for a while, he opened his mouth, but did not speak. After a while, he asked again: "Did they tell you?"
This sentence was a bit confusing, but Yun Shang understood it, and so did Mrs. Zhao. Mrs. Zhao was silent for a moment, and then whispered: "Yes."
Xia Huanyu opened his mouth again, a sad look flashed in his eyes, "You don't have to answer me so respectfully, I feel uncomfortable." When he spoke, he did not use the title of "I", but "I".
Yun Shang and Mrs. Zhao were suddenly stunned for a moment. Before they could recover, they saw Xia Huanyu suddenly stood up and walked out of the house quickly. The figure staggered a little, as if he couldn't wait to escape.
Mrs. Zhao had a thoughtful expression on her face and fell silent.
Yun Shang looked at the expression on her face, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke softly: "Madam."
Mrs. Zhao nodded lightly, and after a while, she raised her eyes to look at Yun Shang and said softly: "The scar on his face..."
Yun Shang did not expect that she would suddenly ask about this, but he quickly answered her question: "I heard that it was left behind by Queen Hua when she fell off the cliff."
"Oh." Mrs. Zhao nodded, then waved her hand gently and said, "You'd better go and have a look, I'm fine."
Yun Shang was silent for a moment, then nodded and quickly left the room.
Yun Shang didn't expect that Xia Huanyu didn't go far. He just stood outside the yard and looked into the distance quietly. When Yun Shang got closer, he realized that there was confusion in his eyes that Yun Shang had never seen before.
and injured.
Yun Shang was shocked. She was used to seeing Xia Huanyu, who was more quiet and calm than Luo, but she had never seen Xia Huanyu like this. Maybe Xia Huanyu really loved Empress Hua.
Yun Shang stood aside quietly, not daring to disturb.
After about half an hour, Xia Huanyu gradually calmed down. After a moment of silence, the first thing he said to Yun Shang was: "Don't you still want to give her a prescription? Let's go, you will give her the prescription."
The medicine is open, I'll ask the guards to get the medicine."
Yun Shang responded quickly and followed Xia Huanyu slowly towards the yard where she lived.
After walking more than half the distance, Yun Shang suddenly heard Xia Huanyu speak: "When did you know her identity?"
Yun Shang was silent for a moment before answering truthfully: "When you were in Ning State, does your Majesty still remember that the portrait of Empress Hua was displayed at the palace banquet in Ning State?"
Xia Huanyu nodded silently.
Yun Shang then continued: "General Zhao was once my emperor's sister's consort. I once met Mrs. Zhao in her palace. When I saw the Empress Hua in the painting, I always felt that there was something wrong with her.
The person looked familiar, but I just couldn't remember it. It took a long time before I came back to my senses."
"Did Prince Rui know?" Xia Huanyu said softly again.
Yun Shang smiled: "I wasn't sure at that time. At that time, the prince already knew his life experience and had some doubts about his wife's identity. Later, the prince sent someone to investigate and even went there in person.
One Kangyang..."
Xia Huanyu was silent for a long time, and then sneered: "So you all know, you are just hiding it from me."
Yun Shang did not defend himself, but followed Xia Huanyu quietly.
After a while, Xia Huanyu asked again: "How has she been doing these past few years?"
Yun Shang pondered for a moment and then said softly: "General Zhao was very kind to his wife, but it's a pity that General Zhao left too early. It was very difficult for my wife to bring up General Zhao by herself. Later, my wife and General Zhao
Along the way, we made many military exploits and our status in the court became increasingly stable. My father married the princess to General Zhao, but my princess was a spoiled person and was not good to my wife. However, my wife also had a bad temperament.
Weak people do not suffer much loss. Before the Battle of Kangyang, General Zhao disappeared, and my wife went to the battlefield in person. After finding General Zhao, she has been stationed at the border with General Zhao."
Yun Shang told Mrs. Zhao everything she knew about Ning Guo one by one, and then she said softly: "Madam, your life has not been too easy these years..."
Xia Huanyu paused, his body trembling slightly.
Yun Shang was walking behind him and couldn't see his expression. She could only stand quietly behind him without speaking.
"I didn't protect her well." Xia Huanyu's deep voice came from the front, filled with endless self-blame.
Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart. After pondering for a moment, she finally said: "The prince and I decided to conceal Madam's affairs at that time because Madam had lost her memory, and now she has lost her memory."
We have a new family, so we don’t want to disturb you. In addition, we also know that during the years when the Empress of China was absent, your Majesty established a new empress, with many concubines in the harem and many heirs. We really don’t know if these words are correct.
It is a good thing for both of us to talk and think about it, whether we are unaware of it or not."
Xia Huanyu fell silent, and Yun Shang didn't hear Xia Huanyu's response until he returned to the courtyard.
Yun Shang knew that Xia Huanyu had received too many things today, and he was afraid that his mood was a bit complicated, so he stopped talking and quietly returned to the room, wrote a prescription, and then ordered Qin Yi to personally
I went to grab the medicine and delivered it to Mrs. Zhao’s yard.
When Yun Shang finished writing the prescription and returned to the courtyard, Xia Huanyu had disappeared. Yun Shang was startled and wanted to order someone to look for him, but then she remembered that since Xia Huanyu had left the palace, he must have brought a lot of people with him.
There was no need to worry about the secret guards. He calmed down a little and ordered Qin Yi to prepare something to eat.
However, Xia Huanyu didn't come back until the evening, so Yun Shang became a little panicked. He quickly stood up, took Qinyi and Qianzui out of the house, and hurried to the yard where Mrs. Zhao lived.
Huaiyin was not big, so Yun Shang didn't take the carriage. When he turned the corner next to Mrs. Zhao's yard, he suddenly stepped back.
Qinyi and Qianzui both had a bit of questioning look in their eyes. Yun Shang glanced at them before sticking her head out again.
Xia Huanyu stood next to the wall of Mrs. Zhao's yard. It seemed that he had been standing there for some time. After standing for a while, he began to pace, walking back and forth, but his eyes were always looking at the low figure inadvertently.
's wall.
Yun Shang looked at Xia Huanyu's worried figure, frowning, and felt a little moved in her heart.
Yun Shang hid in the corner and watched for a long time, then turned around to talk to Qin Yi and Qian Zui, then turned around and returned to the yard. She suddenly felt that bringing Mrs. Zhao here might be a wrong decision.
.
Xia Huanyu entered the courtyard again the next morning, had breakfast in silence, and sat silently on the soft couch in the courtyard for the whole morning, and then for the whole afternoon.
In the evening, Xia Huanyu raised his eyes and looked at Yun Shang, who had been looking at Xia Huanyu occasionally, and his expression returned to the Xia Huanyu Yun Shang was familiar with, the calm and self-possessed Emperor of Xia.
After a moment of silence, Xia Huanyu spoke, his voice slow but with a firmness that could not be ignored: "I will set off back to Jincheng early tomorrow morning."
Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, but she heard him seem to be talking to himself: "It's been more than half a month since we left. I'm afraid the political affairs in the DPRK have already piled up."
Yun Shang stared blankly at Xia Huanyu. He didn't want to take Queen Hua back to the palace?
Just when Yun Shang was secretly speculating, Xia Huanyu spoke again: "There is some chaos in the palace now. Tell her to wait for me for a while. It won't be too long. After I clean up everything in the palace, then
Take her back."
Yun Shang was suddenly startled and looked at Xia Huanyu in disbelief.
He means……
However, Xia Huanyu did not explain too much, turned around and walked out of the yard. Yun Shang quickly ordered the secret guard to follow quietly from a distance.
Early the next morning, the secret guard came back and reported: "Yesterday, Your Majesty went and stood at the gate of the courtyard over there all night. Today, he left the city early in the morning and seems to have returned to Jincheng."
After hearing this, Yun Shang stood up and went straight to Mrs. Zhao's yard.
Mrs. Zhao was moving a deck chair and was drinking tea in the courtyard. She looked at Zhao Yingjie who was practicing martial arts in the courtyard with a smile. When she saw Yun Shang entering the courtyard, she patted the chair next to her.
Yun Shang walked to Mrs. Zhao and sat down next to her. After a while, she finally said: "Your Majesty, you have returned to Jincheng."
Madam Zhao didn't seem surprised, she just nodded lightly and did not speak.
Zhao Yingjie had finished a set of boxing skills, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead and face. Mrs. Zhao smiled and handed the handkerchief to Zhao Yingjie, and said to Zhao Yingjie: "Go take a shower first, you are sweating profusely."
of."
Zhao Yingjie responded and quickly returned to a room on the side.
Yun Shang glanced at Mrs. Zhao, who looked indifferent, and then said: "The past two days, His Majesty stood under the wall of Madam's courtyard for two whole days. Yesterday, he told me that he was going back to Jincheng and asked Chang'er to tell Madam.
, saying that there is some chaos in the palace now, he will go back to the palace to clean up the palace first, and ask his wife to wait for him. It won’t take long before he will come to take her back in person. "
Mrs. Zhao's eyebrows moved, then she raised her eyes to look at Yun Shang, nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."
Seeing the surprise in Yunshang's eyes, Mrs. Zhao slowly raised her lips and smiled: "Since I promised you something, I will definitely find a way to do it. Although I have lost my memory
, Prince Jing is my flesh and blood. And you said that I still have my parents and relatives in Jincheng? I should go back and have a look, both emotionally and rationally."
Yun Shang fell silent again.
After a long while, Yun Shang finally raised her head and asked Madam Zhao softly: "Madam, you have met Your Majesty, do you think you are somewhat familiar with him?"
Mrs. Zhao thought for a while and finally shook her head.
Yun Shang couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. She could see that Xia Huanyu had deep affection for her, but Queen Hua had forgotten everything.
Yun Shang lowered her head and thought, sure enough, in love, only the person you miss is the most vulnerable to injury. Suddenly, she felt some sympathy for Xia Huanyu.
Yun Shang was silent for a long time, remembering that Mrs. Zhao had just mentioned her parents, and then remembered another thing. She turned to Mrs. Zhao and said: "Madam's father is the Duke of Hua. He is currently in Ganying.
After encircling and suppressing Yelang's army with the prince, Madam will be able to see her when she comes back."
When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she was slightly startled and smiled. Yun Shang saw her hand holding the tea cup and shrank slightly.
Yun Shang pondered for a moment, and then slowly and clearly said: "Once the news of Madam's survival comes out, I'm afraid it will cause a big turmoil, and the Xia Kingdom will change again. But now Madam has been involved, and she wants to
