Zhicou Palace is located in a secluded valley in the north outside Zhongdu City.
Late at night, the convoy of the Duke's Palace was walking on the streets of Zhongdu. The guards of the Duke's Palace wore golden armor and walked with high spirits.
Wherever they passed, the patrol guards in the city saw from a distance that they all knelt on one knee to salute. After the convoy passed, they got up and continued patrolling.
At the North City Gate of Zhongdu, the guard group guarding the city had received the news early, and the tall city gate had been opened.
All the escort regiments knelt to welcome the Duke's motorcade.
In the carriage, Chu Xiyan closed his eyes to rest and went to visit Chu Wan'er at night. He was also nervous. After all, he and Chu Wan'er had not seen each other for ten years.
Zhicuo Palace is basically the same as the Clan Mansion, but now there are dozens of clan members with the Chu surname in the Zhicou Palace, usually branch clan clan members, and the only direct clan clan member is Chu Wan'er.
The Chu family is very prosperous, and today there are five generations of the Chu family.
The first generation is the Emperor Chu Invincible of the Lieyang Empire.
The second generation is Chu Xiyan, Chu Xiyun and their parents. Now most of this generation has retreated to the background.
The third generation is Chu Xiyan, Chu Xiyan, and Chu Tianba. This generation is currently the most prosperous generation of the Chu family, and most of them hold important positions in the capital.
Among them, there are also branches of the main line. Chu Xiyan is actually a branch of the main line, and the real main line is Chu Xiyun and Chu Wan'er. However, Chu Wan'er was imprisoned in the Zhicuo Palace, and Chu Xiyun And because Chu Wan'er ran away because of the matter, it was Chu Xiyan's turn to take charge.
The fourth generation is the generation of Chu Qianxue and Chu Qianyuan. This generation is also the generation with the largest number of people. Most of them are adults now. They either stay in the middle school to help their parents manage affairs, or they study with teachers outside.
The fifth generation is the new generation. Basically, this generation is still in their infancy.
The Duke's motorcade slowly arrived at the mountain gate of Zhidong Palace. Chu Xiyan opened the curtain, his eyes fixed on the vermilion gate of Zhidong Palace.
"Knock on the door!" Chu Xiyan said after getting out of the car, straightening her clothes.
Immediately, one of his men knocked on the door first, and Chu Xiyan followed behind with the fire lion.
Soon, the vermilion door opened, and those who walked out of the Zhicong Palace were holding golden spears. The ones stationed at the Zhiduo Palace were the golden spear guards.
"Your Majesty Duke, why are you here late at night?" the leader of the Golden Spear Guards saluted and asked. His face was expressionless and did not become respectful because the other party was a Duke.
"Visit Chu Wan'er at night!" Chu Xiyan said in a deep voice.
"I'm sorry, we can't let you see Chu Wan'er without receiving the emperor's order." The leader of the Golden Spear Guards said without being humble or overbearing.
"Take me to see her!" Chu Xiyan took out a snow-white jade plaque from her sleeve.
The moment the jade tablet was exposed to the air, the leader of the Golden Spear Guards immediately knelt down on one knee with the Golden Spear Guards.
The snow-white jade tablet that Chu Xiyan took out was much higher than the previous black jade tablet. This jade tablet was the emperor's own.
"Take me to see Chu Wan'er." Chu Xiyan ordered again.
"Please, Duke." The leader of the Golden Spear Guards made a gesture of invitation, and then guided Chu Xiyan towards the depths of Zhicou Palace.
The Zhitu Palace is surrounded by valleys, and the surrounding environment late at night gives people a feeling of loneliness, helplessness, and despair.
Zhicuo Palace covers an area of more than a thousand acres and is divided into densely packed small courtyards. It seems that except for the lack of personal freedom, these children of the Chu family live a pretty good life here.
Following the leader of the Golden Gun Guards all the way to the deep courtyard, Chu Xiyan looked at the closed courtyard door and took a deep breath. The last time he came here was ten years ago.
"Stay back!" Chu Xiyan said softly.
The guards he brought withdrew, but the golden gun guards still did not move.
"Everyone, stand down!" Chu Xiyan's voice was obviously angry this time.
The Golden Spear Guards then clasped their fists and retreated, while the Golden Spear Guard Commander helped Chu Xiyan open the lock on the courtyard door.
This lock has a doorway, and this lock can cover the entire other courtyard. If there is any change among the disciples in the courtyard, the Golden Spear Guards will receive the news immediately.
Entering the courtyard, Chu Xiyan closed the courtyard door with her backhand.
The yard was kept very clean, and some small flowers were planted in the yard.
Chu Xiyan looked at the house, which was lit with lights. It was obvious that Chu Wan'er had not rested yet.
"Dong dong dong~" Chu Xiyan came to the door and knocked gently, and the room suddenly became quiet.
After about three breaths, a soft voice came from the room: "Come in."
Chu Xiyan took a deep breath again and slowly opened the door.
Entering the house, Chu Xiyan glanced around first. The house was also very clean, and everything was placed where he should be. Behind the candlelight in the distance, a beautiful woman was knitting something with her head lowered. thing.
"Wan'er..." Chu Xiyan called softly.
Chu Wan'er stopped what she was doing and raised her head.
"Brother Yan, you haven't been here for a long time." Chu Wan'er said with a slight smile.
"Yes, it's been ten years." Chu Xiyan nodded shamefully and said.
"What are you standing for? Sit down quickly and drink water?" Chu Wan'er asked as she put the knitting needle and thread back into the basket.
"I drank before I came here. Stop working." Chu Xiyan waved her hand and said.
"I see you are busy. Are you knitting something?" Chu Xiyan paused and continued to ask.
Chu Wan'er rolled up her hair on her temples, and then opened the wardrobe next to her. Chu Xiyan looked over and saw that in addition to Chu Wan'er's daily clothes, there were neat rows of clothes hanging in the wardrobe from small to large. clothing.
"My son should be almost 20 years old now. In the past ten years, I have knitted a piece of clothing every year. Although I don't know whether he is tall, short, fat or thin now, I will knit it according to the look in my mind. Weaving, just think of it as a mother's thoughts." Chu Wan'er said while stroking those clothes, as if stroking her own son.
"Since you miss them so much, just say it. If you say it, there will be a chance for your family to reunite." Chu Xiyan sighed and said.
"Hahaha... Which one do you think is more important, reunion or peace? It's okay for me to be alone, but it's just a dream for you to hurt them. I still say the same thing, or you will kill me and try to get it out of my mouth. It's impossible to get news from them." Chu Wan'er said angrily after a sneer.
"Wan'er, I didn't come here to tell you this. I just...just missed you and wanted to come and see you..." Chu Xiyan sighed and said.
"Really? I miss Brother Yan too. Now that Brother Yan has seen Wan'er, please come back. It's cold here at night, so don't freeze Brother Yan."
Chu Xiyan didn't expect Chu Wan'er to issue an eviction order so quickly, and she didn't react for a moment.
