Yu Zheng was worried at first, but when he heard the emperor's last words, his heart immediately relaxed. How could the sitting emperor not see Yu Zheng's expression clearly.
"I accept the decree."
Since it was late tonight, Yu Zheng came out of the palace and went directly back to his house. He planned to go to Jinjia Village tomorrow morning to pick up Su Yu and go to Dali Temple with Er Hu.
Su Yu woke up with two big panda eyes in the morning. She woke up at dawn today. She didn't sleep well that night because she was worried about her father.
"Mom, is my dad awake?"
Su Yu pushed the door open and entered the couple's room. He saw that my mother was still guarding the bedside. Just by looking at her face, she knew that she must have been awake all night.
"Is your father awake yet?"
"Mom, go and sleep for a while. I'll just watch here. I'll call you when dad wakes up."
"Wait a minute. Didn't the doctor say that your father will wake up this morning? I will wait until your father wakes up before going to bed."
After a few words of persuasion, Su Yu stopped trying.
"Mom, let's have breakfast first. Mother Wu has cooked the porridge, and I'll bring it to you."
Only then did Mrs. Lian notice that her daughter's complexion was not good, and her eyes were all blue. She knew she was worried that her father had not slept well at night.
"You sit down, mother will bring it over. We will eat in the house today."
Su Yu thought to himself, it would be a good idea to let his wife find something to do.
"Mom, you go ahead, I'll guard dad here."
Mrs. Lian was almost out of the house when Su Yu saw Su Laoer lying on the bed and opened his eyes.
"Dad, you wake up."
Even without Su Yu's loud voice, people in the courtyard knew that Su Laoer was awake, and Mrs. Lian quickly returned to the house.
"Master, wake up."
The two of them, Su and Lao, were still a little dizzy when they woke up. Their eyesight was blurred due to excessive blood loss. After slowly adapting, they could see three anxious faces clearly, and then they realized that they had returned to their home in Jinjiacun.
"I'm fine."
"Dad, please drink some water first. Drink some water before we talk."
The mother and son quickly helped Su Lao'er half-rely on the bed, and Su Yu brought a glass of water and handed it to his father.
Su Laoer took the water glass and drank it in one gulp.
"Dad, do you want another drink?"
"No."
"Then you must be hungry. Mother Wu has already cooked the porridge."
As he spoke, he shouted outside.
"Wu Ma, bring us breakfast into the house."
"Girl, I'll go right now."
After a while, Mrs. Wu entered the house with breakfast for the family of three, placed it on a small square table next to the bed, and then left.
Su Yu scooped up a bowl of porridge and handed it to his father.
"Dad, you haven't eaten anything since noon yesterday, so you must be hungry. Let's have a bowl of porridge first to nourish our stomach."
After handing it to his father, Su Yu scooped up another bowl and handed it to his mother.
"Mom, you must be hungry after guarding my father for so long. Eat more."
"You eat the fish too, don't patronize me and your father."
Su Yu finally scooped a bowl for his eldest brother before serving himself, and the family of four drank the porridge silently.
"Mom, you must be tired after staying up all night. Dad is definitely fine now that he's awake. You can go to my room and sleep for a while. Otherwise, if you sleep in this room, my father won't dare to move."
"Okay, I'll go to your room to sleep for a while. If anything happens to your dad, just call me?"
"I see."
After sending his wife away, Su Yu looked at Su Sheng next to him.
"I won't leave."
"All right."
Su Yu had no intention of driving away his eldest brother. He was also a member of the family and had to face some things.
"Dad, tell me what happened to you yesterday. How did you get knocked unconscious in the secret passage?"
Thinking of everything he experienced yesterday, Su Laoer was still a little scared.
"Oh! It's my fault for being so nosy. I was watching the carriage when I heard something moving in the alley on the right. I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but then I heard a woman calling for help, so I went over to take a look. Just look I saw a man carrying a woman away. It looked like the man was not a good person. I didn’t think much about it at the time and hurriedly followed him. I originally wanted to find a chance to save the woman, but I didn’t meet anyone along the way. When I saw someone, I followed around and came to a small courtyard. The courtyard door was closed and I couldn't get in, but there was a crooked quince persimmon tree next to the courtyard. I climbed in and took a look. The courtyard was not big. There was a garden at the back of the yard I entered. I didn’t find anyone in the front yard, so I went to the back garden and saw the hole next to the rockery. I entered the hole without thinking much, but before I could react, I was People were knocked unconscious.”
"Dad, do you remember when you were knocked unconscious?"
Su Laoer thought for a while.
"It seems to be around Shin Shizhong."
Su Yu calculated that the time when they found her father yesterday was not much different from the time when she was knocked unconscious. In other words, if they had arrived a little later, her father still wouldn't know what to do.
"Daughter, how did you find me?"
"This is all thanks to Erhu. When we came back from shopping and found you missing, we asked Qinglin to go back to Jinjia Village to pick up Erhu."
"Has the kidnapped woman been rescued?"
"Rescued, dad, don't worry. There are many women locked in that secret room, and they have all been rescued."
"There are others, so my injury was not in vain."
Su Laoer was obviously knocked unconscious when he was in the passage. He didn't even touch the secret room inside, so he didn't know that someone else was locked up inside.
"Dad, your most important task now is to recover well, and leave the other things to me. The doctor said that you have lost too much blood and need to be replenished. Now that you have just woken up, you should drink some porridge first. I will wait until noon. Mother Wu will prepare delicious food for you."
"It's just a scratch on the oily skin, it's not as serious as you said."
"Dad, you have to listen to me this time, and you have to keep it in the house for at least two days."
Su Lao Er also has a tough mouth. Now you ask him to get up and he really can't get up.
"Okay, Dad listens to you."
"Girl, the master's medicine is ready, and your servant will bring it in."
"Wu Ma, please bring it in."
After watching their father drink the medicine and fall asleep, the brother and sister left the house.
"Girl, Master Yu is here."
As soon as the brother and sister came out of the house, Wang Kuan said that Yu Zheng was here, but no one in the family called Yu Zheng the future uncle.
Su Yu wanted to say let people come in, but when he saw the people walking in from outside the yard, there was no need to say anything.
"Uncle Xiao Wang, go down and do your work."
Su Yu had guessed that Yu Zheng would come today, so he wasn't surprised at all.
"Wu Ma, go and make a pot of tea."
Su Yu looked at Yu Zheng after giving instructions.
"Come with me."
After saying that, he walked towards the main room. Yu Zheng greeted Su Sheng and followed him into the main room. Su Sheng followed after thinking about it.
"If you tell me what happened after yesterday, I will feel better."
Yu Zheng did not mince words and told the Su family brothers and sisters about going to the Kyoto government office yesterday to report the crime and the emperor Zhao Jian.
"What you mean is that my sister and Erhu will go to Dali Temple with you to handle the case."
"This is the emperor's wish. The case is very urgent. We have to leave soon."
"How can this be done? My sister is a woman. How can she go to a place like Dali Temple!"
Su Sheng had been studying for several years, so he knew what Dali Temple was about. In addition to the officials who were on duty, there were also prisoners. The reputation of going there was not good for my sister.
(End of chapter)
