Yingping looked at this jade pendant, and his eyes suddenly froze. This jade pendant looked so familiar that he couldn't help but touch the purse around his waist - back then, Emperor Tang asked his husband to come find him and Yi. Isn't this the jade pendant that my father held as a keepsake? Later, I heard from my adoptive father that this jade pendant was a personal possession that my mother had carried with me all her life. After I became pregnant, I gave it to Emperor Tang. How could it be in the hands of this person now?
Yingping touched his purse and felt relieved after making sure that his piece was still lying there quietly.
He took the jade pendant and looked at Chang Xiaotian suspiciously, wondering about the identity of the Shence Camp general.
Seeing Yingping taking the jade pendant, his eyes were full of confusion, Chang Xiaotian explained: "Ciyu is my personal belongings, to be honest, I am the general of the Shence camp outside the city. I can't repay my kindness today. If If you need it in the future, just come to me in the camp with this jade pendant."
Chang Xiaotian thought that his father's identity was now sensitive, so he did not report his name.
Yingping held the jade pendant in his hand, stared at Chang Xiaotian and said softly: "Then I will accept this piece of jade pendant, let's... say goodbye!"
"See you again if we are destined!" Chang Xiaotian said with a smile without hesitation.
"See you again by fate!"
Yingping also suddenly showed an intriguing expression. Looking at the general of the Shence Camp whom he met for the first time, he felt something indescribable in his heart, like a feeling of regret for meeting at such a late date, an inexplicable closeness, and a feeling of inexplicable closeness. It's a kind of déjà vu.
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Looking at the two jade pendants in his hand, Yi Hongyan fell into confusion. He repeatedly compared the two jade pendants, which were like twin brothers, and for a while he couldn't tell which one was real and which one was fake.
Yi Hongyan muttered to himself in confusion: "This jade pendant was specially made by the master for the young lady after she was born... There is only one like this in the world, how could it be..."
After hearing this, Yingping made a wild guess: "Could it be that my grandfather was showing mercy? He also made a piece for my wild uncle or aunt?"
"Impossible!" Yi Hongyan denied without hesitation.
"Then how come there are two identical pieces?"
"unless..."
"Unless what?"
"Unless someone takes a fake piece of it."
Yingping was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, he didn't know much about his mother's past. Apart from knowing that this jade pendant was a token of love given by his mother to Emperor Tang, he didn't know anything else.
Yi Hongyan tried hard to recall the past. The people he and his lady had met and the things they had experienced after arriving in the Central Plains flashed back one by one in his mind. Suddenly a figure appeared in his mind. He quickly asked Said: "What does the person who gave you this jade pendant look like?"
Yingping recalled Chang Xiaotian's appearance and roughly described it. However, although Chang Xiaotian was somewhat similar to his father, Yingping was unable to capture his key points. This was tantamount to Yi Hongyan. The blind touch the elephant.
"Where did you meet him?" Yi Hongyan tried to approach from other directions.
"Beside the Weishui River, I was by the river with Changshan today..." Yingping roughly told what happened today, including how he rescued Tang'er, how he met the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Justice, and what he saw and heard in the mansion. It wasn't until Chang Xiaotian and he parted ways at the end that Yingping remembered a key point and forgot to mention: "Although this person didn't give his name, he said he was from Shence Camp."
"Shence camp?" After hearing these three words, Yi Hongyan finally had some clues, and a burly body and majestic face appeared in his mind.
Could it be...that he was really his son?
Yi Hongyan boldly guessed that the man's admiration for the young lady was obvious to everyone at the time. As a bystander who stood behind the young lady and Emperor Tang and silently watched the two falling in love, that man was indeed the most likely to imitate this. The jade pendant is used to express the love and regret that one cannot express.
Just when Yi Hongyan had analyzed the person's identity to the point where he was about to inquire further, Yiyi suddenly asked with a suspicious tone: "What are you two doing there?"
Yingping was thinking about this jade pendant. He didn't feel inappropriate about Yiyi's inquiry and said casually: "I wanted to go to Lan Qiufang to have a look, but it turned out..."
As soon as the words 'Lan Qiufang' came out of his mouth, Ye Changshan immediately realized something was wrong, and he quickly pinched the flesh of Yingping's waist.
Yingping felt pain and grinned. Just when he was about to turn around and express his dissatisfaction to Ye Changshan, he suddenly came back to his senses - although Yiyi had never been to Lan Qiu Fang, everyone in Chang'an City knew Lan Qiu Fang's name. . When Yingping faced Yiyi again, he saw that Yiyi's expression was extremely gloomy, like a little tiger ready to show off its power——
"What are you doing in Lanqiufang!?" Yi Yijiao scolded.
"We...we..." Ye Changshan panicked to the extreme. He was already clumsy and felt that even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clean himself up.
"Isn't it possible to do this..." Yingping also felt that he was wrong and argued forcefully.
"You didn't go? Does that mean you two had an idea originally!?" Yiyi narrowed her eyes and asked sharply.
"No, no, no...no idea..."
Seeing that his sister was making things difficult for her, Yingping knew that if he didn't explain things clearly, things would become more and more confusing. He quickly said: "Yiyi, please don't make things difficult for Changsha. I wanted to go to Lanqiufang and insisted on holding Changsha to accompany me."
"There are so many beauties in the palace, isn't it enough?" Yiyi said with resentment. Her brother in Changshan was such a simple boy. What if he went to the land of fireworks and saw the colorful world and was led astray? Can you take responsibility?
"To be honest, my brother has fallen in love with a girl."
"You? Fall in love with a girl? From Lan Qiufang?" Yi Hongyan also asked.
"Well, you've seen this girl before. We punched Cui Qinglan for her a few years ago." Yingping continued to explain to Yiyi, for fear that she wouldn't believe it.
Yiyi, the girl from Zhitang, was deeply impressed, not only because of that conflict, but also because her brother never forgot Zhitang that day.
After hearing Yingping's explanation, Yiyi gave up her attitude of pressing forward step by step. But after a while, she still felt that this unreliable brother would not make people worry, so she asked: "Then...will you go next time?"
Ye Changshan stood aside and did not dare to say anything. He looked at Yingping helplessly and begged this cheating uncle not to say anything wrong again.
"Well..." Yingping didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Yiyi's big eyes stared at Yingping. She knew her brother very well. Without his instigation, even if he gave Ye Changshan ten courages, he would not dare to step into that kind of place. He is the source of all evil. On this playboy brother. But if what my brother said is true, then it is impossible for him not to go to Lan Qiufang.
So what to do? Yiyi rolled her black eyes in a similar manner, and then said slyly——
"It's not impossible for you to go there, unless..."
"Unless what?" Yingping asked excitedly as if he suddenly caught a glimmer of hope.
"Unless you take me with you next time too."
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There was silence in the room. Yingping and Ye Changshan could be seen opening their mouths in surprise, while Yiyi had a smile on her face.
"Nonsense!" Yi Hongyan could no longer stand the childish words of these juniors, and scolded them with the dignity of the elders in the past.
"Yes! What a nonsense!" Yingping followed up his adoptive father's words and scolded Yiyi.
"The same goes for you! You still have the nerve to talk about your sister!" Yi Hongyan was even more angry and amused when he saw Yingping pretending to be a tiger.
"Brother can go, but why can't I go..." Yiyi pouted.
"Don't say anything. Let's talk about this later." Yi Hongyan had a headache. Now that these children have grown up and have their own ideas, it is difficult for him to restrain them like before.
"Yes, yes! Let's talk about it later!" Ying Ping agreed as he was granted amnesty.
Yiyi watched her brother escape, and she raised her delicate fist without any sign of weakness, indicating that she would not let them go.
Ye Changshan stood aside and held his breath, wishing that he was transparent at this moment.
sorrow! I'm depreesed!
Ying Ping looked at Ye Changshan's bearish look and shook his head secretly, thinking that his future brother-in-law would probably be a strict henpecker. He was afraid that this would happen before the relationship was confirmed. How could he be married now?
"snort--"
Yiyi also noticed the "humble" and "restricted" look of her brother in the gown. Yiyi was quite satisfied with such a reaction. She snorted disdainfully, then proudly raised her head and returned to her boudoir.
Seeing Yiyi leave, Yingping and Ye Changshan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Seeing his adopted son still looking cynical, Yi Hongyan was extremely helpless, but now that his adopted son was the emperor, he did not discipline him as strictly as before.
"Ping'er, now you are no longer a child, everything is decided by you... I hope you will take care of yourself."
Yingping was startled. Looking at his adoptive father who had shown signs of aging in recent years, he suddenly couldn't bear it. Then, he straightened his waist and put his right palm firmly on his adoptive father's shoulder. His eyes gradually brightened, and he swept away the decadent state of the past two years, like replacing old clothes with new clothes, and replaced them with a new one. It has a brand-new and positive look, like new sprouts sprouting from the cracked loess that has been barren for a long time.
Seeing the sudden arrival of his adopted son, Yi Hongyan seemed to have seen the past in a trance, especially the determination in Yingping's eyes and the kindness in his smile, which made him have the illusion that the young lady had returned to the human world.
I have to say that Yingping's appearance can indeed give people an inexplicable sense of comfort.
Yi Hongyan blinked hard, and when he was sure that the person in front of him was his adopted son who was already half a head taller than him, he sighed happily.
He patted Yoshiko's arm, then slowly turned around and walked toward the house.
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The room was brightly lit by candlelight, and there were several plates of fruit on the table. Further up, the portrait of Yingping's mother hung prominently on the wall.
Yingping took this portrait out of the small building because he felt that only the small courtyard of Yi Hongyan could be considered a real 'home'. Although the palace was large, it was always cold there, and it was not the same as Yi Hongyan's. If the people who forced him to death live together in the same place, it would be difficult for his mother to rest in peace even in heaven, right?
The clean house was spotless, as tidy as any place Shichiro had ever cleaned.
Yi Hongyan would come to this house every day to take care of it, but at this time he was not as busy as before. He just stood in front of the portrait for who knows how long. Looking at the familiar face in the portrait, he smiled and said——
"Miss, your flesh and blood have grown up now——"
He was the only one in the room at this time, but Yi Hongyan seemed to be really having a conversation with the person in the painting. However, looking at his expression and listening to his tone, it seemed as if he had completed an entrustment and a mission.
