In that simple and elegant room, Su Qiqi saw a middle-aged woman who still had charm.
She held the tea cup with a smile and sat in the Eight Immortals chair, looking elegant and noble.
Seeing shopkeeper Dou and Su Qiqi come in, she said in a kind tone: "Come, sit here." After that, she put the tea cup on the table, stood up and walked over, took Su Qiqi's hand, and asked She sat down next to her.
Leader Dou said a few polite words and went out. Only then did Su Qiqi take a closer look at Yu Louchun.
Although there were stars of white hair on her head, there was still a clear light in her eyes, and her whole person had a unique charm.
According to Team Leader Dou, in the past few years, Senior Yulouchun has retreated behind the scenes and rarely performs on stage. He occasionally receives dignitaries who come to visit him. Most of the time, he lives in seclusion and spends his time playing the piano, arranging flowers, and reading novels.
"Senior Yu, what do you want from me?" Su Qiqi was silent for a while and asked tentatively.
Yulouchun nodded kindly and said with a smile: "I have a token that I want to ask Miss Nangong to bring to King Jingbei..."
Su Qiqi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then suppressed his curiosity and asked calmly: "Oh, what is it?"
Yulouchun didn't answer immediately. She got up and walked behind the screen beside the bed and took out a delicate small wooden box. Then open it carefully.
Su Qiqi took a glance and exclaimed: "What a good piece of jade!"
Yulouchun took out the jade placed on the silk cloth, handed it to Su Qiqi, and whispered about the origin of the jade.
This is a priceless piece of blood jade, which was a token of love given to her by the late emperor. At that time, the late emperor was still the crown prince of the East Palace and was ordered to go to Yulouchun's hometown to provide disaster relief. The two met by chance while giving out porridge and fell in love at first sight. However, due to the disparity in status, they were not destined to get married.
After the former emperor ascended the throne, he appointed the daughter of the prime minister as his queen and selected a group of beautiful women to enrich the harem. A few years later, the late emperor took the throne and sent people several times to secretly search for his beloved, Yulouchun, but there was no news and he finally died in depression.
However, Yulouchun was disheartened and left his hometown, adopted many abandoned babies, and formed a grass stage opera troupe to make ends meet. In the blink of an eye, decades have passed, and I thought I would have nothing to do with the royal family in this life.
Unexpectedly, a month ago, someone spread the news in the world that Yu Louchun's theater troupe had hidden a piece of blood jade that was paid tribute by the feudal vassal state. With Qi Hongxiang from Muyun Villa, he could practice peerless magical skills and dominate the martial arts world. Many Jianghu sects covet this mysterious blood jade and have sneaked into theater troupes many times to hunt for the treasure.
Yulouchun was worried that his adopted sons and daughters would be implicated and lose their lives in vain. I heard that King Jingbei, the son of the late emperor, was a wise and generous man, and was highly skilled in martial arts, so he wanted to return the blood jade to King Jingbei to end his bad relationship with the royal family.
Yesterday at the temple fair, she accidentally saw Su Qiqi and felt that she looked very similar to Nangong Qin, the chief escort of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau. She thought she must be Nangong Su, the young chief escort of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau, who was hotly discussed in the world, so she entrusted someone to I brought a letter inviting me to come here for a banquet, hoping that the Weiyuan Escort Bureau could take over this escort, so that I could get my wish.
Su Qiqi sighed secretly: Alas! The world is unpredictable! Some people are so hateful that they even dare to snatch love tokens given by the late Emperor! How audacious!
Thinking of this, she secretly glanced at Yu Louchun. Yu Louchun's face was covered with a layer of confusion and loss.
She probably couldn't bear to part with this token, but she was also afraid of it being taken away... Oh, how pitiful! Su Qiqi couldn't help but sigh.
Yu Louchun turned around when he heard the sound, smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Nangong, the head escort!" After saying that, he reinstalled the blood jade and handed it to Su Qiqi solemnly.
Su Qiqi took the wooden box, put it into her baggage, and then bowed and saluted. Then he said goodbye and left.
Yu Louchun stared at Su Qiqi's back in a daze for a while, then called Team Leader Dou and asked him to arrange for his servants to purchase some specialties from Qingfeng Town and deliver them to Su Qiqi.
Su Qiqi and Yan Ruoyu accepted the special products and gave back some handicrafts they bought on the road. Then he continued riding on his horse.
After arriving at Ziyun Mountain, walking on a familiar mountain road and looking at the familiar sights in front of him, Yan Ruoyu became a little dazed. As he walked, he suddenly became dazed. Sometimes he would murmur while looking at a pavilion or a tree. For a long time, he told Su Qiqi about the years he spent in the mountains with his master.
Su Qiqi has been following her closely, chatting a few words from time to time.
When they arrived at Lingyue Cave, they found a suitable place to enshrine the ashes of the master of Lingyue Cave, sealed the cave using their skills, and then hurried back to Weiyuan Escort Bureau.
Early the next morning, Su Qiqi personally took the blood jade to find King Jingbei.
King Jingbei's expression changed drastically when he saw the blood jade. When he was a child, he had only heard the emperor's grandmother mention the blood jade that the vassal country paid tribute to. Now he saw its true form. He couldn't help being shocked and quickly asked Su Qiqi about the blood jade. origin of.
Su Qiqi repeated what Yu Louchun told her. King Jingbei fell into deep thought for a moment. After a long time, he put the blood jade away and asked Su Qiqi not to spread the news.
When Su Qiqi returned to Weiyuan Escort, she was surrounded by Zheng Miao and Yan Ruoyu, who pestered Su Qiqi to tell the royal secrets about blood jade.
Su Qiqi changed the subject in a few words, and asked the two of them not to talk about the blood jade outside, and then went to Qin Chuan to discuss countermeasures.
"This matter is a bit tricky... Royal affairs are not something that we ordinary people can interfere with..." Qin Chuan couldn't help but blurt out his complaints after listening to Su Qiqi's story.
"I also know that this matter is not simple, and it may lead to trouble... But this involves dozens of lives in the theater troupe, and I still can't bear to stand by and watch..." Su Qiqi sighed and argued.
Qin Chuan shrugged helplessly and said with a wry smile: "The key depends on the royal family's decision... If something goes wrong, our escort agency will suffer... Right now, rumors are spreading all over the world. If someone adds jealousy and spreads it to the palace, Not only will it make the emperor suspicious of King Jingbei, but it will also bring disaster to the theater troupe and our escort agency..."
"Alas, but we have already waded into this muddy water, and it's not that easy to get out..." Su Qiqi frowned and said uneasily.
"Right now, we can only wait and see what happens and see what King Jingbei wants... If he tells the emperor about this in time and presents the blood jade to the emperor, there may not be any big problem... If he keeps it privately If the emperor finds out about the blood jade one day, the consequences will be disastrous... The crime of deceiving the emperor will cost you your head... Although King Jingbei is now a holy family member, there is no guarantee that the brothers will not turn against each other in the future..." Qin Chuan Analyzing in a low voice, his face gradually became serious.
"Let's see what King Jingbei says in two days... Let's think about countermeasures... Try not to implicate the elders and other innocent people..." Su Qiqi glanced outside the window at Ning, who was playing ball with the maid on the verandah. Son, he said firmly.
