Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Five
"I wouldn't dare!" Shanzi lowered his head, not daring to voice the thought in his heart—that he knew the Prince had already arranged for soone to go to the Prince of An's mansion.
As long as that person went and searched the Prince of An's mansion, wouldn't they find out?
However, Shanzi certainly didn't dare to say this directly.
"Enough. You shouldn't stay in the capital recently. Go out and lay low for a while! Don't concern yourself with other matters." Prince Lanhuai knew this task had to be done sooner or later. Since Shanzi had done it, there was no point in regret.
He was just worried about leaving any loose ends.
It was better for Shanzi to go out and lay low.
As for the Prince of An's mansion, he didn't know if Zheng Qiaoshu had made a move yet. It seed he needed to have Zheng Qiaoshu take advantage of Xu Heming's absence from the capital to thoroughly search the Prince of An's mansion.
Li'an County
Yao Qisheng knew that since his sister had decided to return to the capital, she would likely be leaving soon.
Once they parted this ti, who knew when they would et again.
Although his sister had invited him to the capital to attend his niece's wedding celebration,
he felt that if he went, he would probably embarrass his niece. It was better not to go.
Thinking this, Yao Qisheng lovingly wiped the box clean.
Then, holding the box, he went to Lady Yao's courtyard.
"Elder Brother?" Lady Yao was sowhat surprised to see Yao Qisheng.
Especially seeing him holding that box, which looked sowhat familiar.
"Sister, this is for you." Yao Qisheng presented the box to Lady Yao.
Lady Yao looked at her elder brother, puzzled.
"Elder Brother, what are you doing? You've already prepared so many things for and Wei'er." Lady Yao frowned at the box, thinking it might contain banknotes.
The Li family never shorted her on food or clothing; her brother really didn't need to do this.
Moreover, the Yao family's circumstances weren't as good as the Li family's; her elder brother didn't need to be so concerned about her.
"These are things Mother asked to give you when she passed away. They're not valuable items, just so jewelry she often wore. She said to leave them for you as a nto. There are also so items left to her by our maternal grandmother. She said to leave those for you too, for you to pass on to Weiwei later. These things are passed down through the female line, not the male." Yao Qisheng stroked the box, speaking with reluctance.
These things were also a keepsake for him.
After their mother passed, his wife, Lady Qin, had actually asked him for these things. At the ti, he hadn't agreed. Firstly, these items weren't really worth much money, but they were extrely precious to both him and Lady Yao.
Upon hearing they were items left by their mother, Lady Yao hesitated no longer and took the box.
When she saw inside the box the prayer beads their mother often wore on her wrist, so hairpins, and that jade pendant Prince Lanhuai had been searching for all along, a wave of longing for their mother instantly surged in Lady Yao's heart.
In this life, following Li Tianyou in Li'an County, she hadn't suffered much hardship. The only regret was her mother.
She hadn't been able to see her mother one last ti before she was gone.
By the ti she arrived, it was already the day of her mother's funeral.
Thinking of this, Lady Yao's tears began to fall.
"At the ti, I was selfish and didn't want to give these things to you. I hope you don't resent your elder brother for it." Thinking of this, Yao Qisheng, a grown man, couldn't help but get teary-eyed.
When their mother left, until she closed her eyes for the last ti, she hadn't been able to wait for her daughter's arrival.
Even though he had sent soone with the fastest carriage to Li'an County, and Lady Yao had co with the greatest haste, they were still a step too late.
Back then, he still held so resentnt towards his sister.
That's why when his sister wrote wanting Zhiwei and Shuheng to marry, he hesitated.
He didn't want himself or his sister to end up like their mother, leaving with regrets at life's end.
Whether Yao Shuheng ca to Li'an County or Li Zhiwei married into Qujing, one of the two siblings would have to endure that tornt.
"It was my lack of filial piety." Thinking of not being able to see her mother one last ti when she passed was also a deep regret in Lady Yao's heart.
Now, seeing these things her mother left for her, Lady Yao felt as if she could see her mother standing before her again in the old days, a very intimate feeling.
However, upon seeing the jade pendant, Lady Yao found it unfamiliar.
"Elder Brother, I haven't seen this jade pendant before." Lady Yao picked up the erald green pendant, asking with so confusion.
"This was sothing Mother specifically prepared for Weiwei back then." Seeing the pendant, Yao Qisheng sighed.
At the ti, Lady Qin had even taken the pendant away. It took so effort to get it back.
But Mother had said these things were ant for his sister and Weiwei. Even his wife couldn't take them.
Lady Yao felt even sadder. When her mother passed, her daughter was still young. If only Mother were still here, how wonderful it would be.
"Don't be too sad. Mother passed very peacefully. Leaving these things for you wasn't to make you grieve." Worried his sister would be too heartbroken, Yao Qisheng added.
"Thank you, Elder Brother. I'm about to go to the capital. Why don't you co along to see our new ho?" Lady Yao thought since her brother was here anyway, they might as well go together.
"No, there are many matters in Qujing that need my attention. When it's ti for Weiwei's grand wedding, I'll bring your sister-in-law along." Yao Qisheng didn't want to go and be a bother.
There would be other chances to go to the capital in the future.
"Then rember to bring Sister-in-law for Wei'er's wedding ceremony. You are Wei'er's maternal uncle; you cannot miss the most important celebration of her life, her wedding." Lady Yao, afraid her brother might be unwilling to go, reminded him again.
"Alright!" Yao Qisheng originally hadn't planned to go. But then he thought, if his sister went to the capital, what if Li Tianyou bullied her? Then, he would definitely bring generous wedding gifts to add to Weiwei's trousseau and to back his sister up.
Most importantly, Li Tianyou had transford from a re rchant into a second-rank official. Who knew if he might have other ideas now?
Although it was common for n to have three wives and four concubines, he feared Li Tianyou might forget the old for the new.
In Li Zhiwei's courtyard, Li Zhiwei simply sat, looking at the familiar surroundings.
Thinking about soon leaving for the capital, she still felt sowhat reluctant in her heart.
"Is there anywhere else you'd like to go?" Seeing Li Zhiwei like this, Xu Heming guessed she must be reluctant to leave Li'an County.
Perhaps from now on, their lives would be centered mainly in the capital. Who knew when they would return here next.
"The places I wanted to go, I've already been to." Li Zhiwei shook her head. She had visited the places she wanted to see when she first returned.
Li'an County was familiar to her, but after all that had happened since her return these past days, she didn't really feel like going anywhere anymore. After all, everything was different now.
"If you want to go out, I'll accompany you." Worried that Li Zhiwei might be unwilling to go out because of the assassin incident earlier that day, Xu Heming assured her again.
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