Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

After Chu Yao was brought into the city by Prince Yun Xiao Zuochen, Prince Yun asked Yun Feng to drive to a house in the western suburbs in order not to reveal his identity.

The carriage drove for a long time in the city before stopping. As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw the golden words "Yun Mansion" printed on a red plaque hanging high.

"Is this your home?"

Chu Yao looked at the two golden characters, his eyes shining. His clothes and expenses were indeed extraordinary, but he didn't expect that even the characters on the door plaque were made of gold.

"how?"

Xiao Zuochen raised his eyebrows slightly and looked in the direction of Chu Yao's direct gaze.

"Are you interested in the plaque on my door?"

Chu Yao nodded, then shook his head awkwardly. What nonsense is it to say that he liked the door plaque of a family? He just liked the gold.

Huh~

Xiao Zuochen smiled secretly, took a step forward and walked straight into the mansion.

The design of the Yun Mansion is actually exactly the same as that of the Wang Mansion, except that all gold and silver products have been replaced with jade products, because Concubine Yun likes beautiful jade. However, this door plaque was given by the emperor and cannot be changed.

In fact, this Yun Mansion was not the home of Concubine Yun's mother, but was specially built by the emperor to please her. Since Xiao Zuochen began to remember things, Concubine Yun had handed over the Yun Mansion to him to manage. However, the people all knew that there was only one concubine named Yun in Tai'an City, and this Yun Mansion was her mother's home.

"So you are a relative of Concubine Yun?"

Xiao Zuochen paused for a moment. He thought Chu Yao didn't know that the Yun Mansion was related to his mother, so he tilted his head and looked at him.

Chu Yao thought he had said something wrong and asked with a guilty conscience.

"Isn't the Yun Mansion the mother's home of Concubine Yun?"

Now it was Xiao Zuochen who became curious.

"Does Beiguan also know about Concubine Yun?"

"The person who is in the palm of the hand of the current emperor naturally knows it!"

After listening to this, Xiao Zuochen nodded, indicating that he understood.

"So you are...?"

"Concubine Yun's nephew, Yun Chen."

The emperor's surname cannot be used, the word "Zuo" cannot be mentioned, so it would be easier to just use the word "Chen".

When Chu Yao heard that his real surname was Yun, he immediately looked like he was trying to curry favor with him.

"Are you really Mr. Yun? I was saying that I felt you were extraordinary the first time I saw you. You are worthy of being a member of the Yun family! Don't worry, I promised to teach you Qinggong until you learn it. I promise to do it properly~"

Do you think he is extraordinary at first sight? Xiao Zuochen looked at Chu Yao with suspicion. If he remembered correctly, Chu Yao had chased him out of the room he was supposed to stay in last night.

And Chu Yao seemed to have seen through his eyes.

"Hehe~ People who achieve great things don't care about small details! Besides, some things are just misunderstandings~"

Xiao Zuochen didn't say anything else, turned around and walked towards the living room again.

But when he reached the front hall door, he did not go in, but suddenly whispered a few words to Yun Feng. Yun Feng nodded and left directly.

"Where is he going?"

Chu Yao became curious again.

"It has nothing to do with you. So now, can you tell me about your story?"

"What's the matter with me? I'm a good citizen. And we've already walked to the front hall. You're not going to let me stand here and talk to you, are you?"

Chu Yao pretended not to understand what Xiao Zuochen meant.

"If you don't explain clearly, don't even think about entering my front hall. You are a good citizen from the North Gate coming to Tai'an City, so you can just go through the city gate. Why do you have to come in with my carriage? What are you afraid of them finding out? How do you know that the guards won't check my carriage?"

"So many questions? Then you have to let me think about it."

Chu Yao saw that the questions he asked were all on point and knew that he couldn't fool him even if he pretended to be dumb. He thought that since he was a member of the Yun family, it would be of great benefit to him to have a good relationship with him.

"I am indeed from Beiguan, and my name is Chu Yao. I lied to you about this. The reason why I got on your carriage to avoid the search was because I was being hunted. You saw it before, too. Someone wanted to kill me."

"Then why are you hiding from the soldiers? They're going to kill you?"

"This is also related to my identity. Have you heard of the Beiguan Chu family?"

Xiao Zuochen thought about it and shook his head. Is there a Chu family in Beiguan? I have never heard of it on the Internet.

“It’s normal that you haven’t heard of it. Our family lives in a secluded place deep in the mountains and has little contact with the outside world.

I am the only direct descendant of the Chu family. My father died early. Grandpa originally planned to let me take over the position of head of the family this year, but my uncles and aunts disagreed with my succession because I was young. In order to help me, Grandpa said he would give me three tests. If I can pass them all, I can inherit the position of head of the family. If I can't pass, I can make other plans. "

"So your uncles sent people to hunt you down?"

"That's right. My second uncle used to be a minor official and has some connections. If the officers and soldiers knew that I had entered Tai'an, my second uncle would definitely receive the news."

Xiao Zuochen was silent. The dispute between legitimate and illegitimate children had existed since ancient times, regardless of age, identity, or status.

"So what are your three tests?"

"The first test was because recently some outsiders wanted to enter the mountains to look for traces of our Chu family, and we discovered them, so Grandpa asked me to come out and investigate who did it and what their purpose was. But I didn't expect that I would be followed to Tai'an City while investigating. The second test was survival. I didn't have a penny when I came out, but they required me to earn 100 taels of gold when I return."

Chu Yao finished speaking, looked at Xiao Zuochen, and suddenly a flattering smile appeared on his face. Xiao Zuochen was helpless.

"If you do what you promised me, I will give you 100 taels of gold as tuition. What is the last test?"

"The last test is for me to bring someone back."

"Who?"

"I don't know. The test said they would tell me after the Chinese New Year. But I secretly overheard them discussing who they loved the most, but I don't know who it was."

"It's not yours, is it?"

Xiao Zuochen showed a questioning expression again, thinking that he was talking nonsense.

"Impossible! My grandfather said that I am not allowed to have a crush on someone before I inherit the title of the family head!"

"Humph, what a weird request!"

Xiao Zuochen shook his head. After listening to Chu Yao's overall story, his impression of the Chu family was that they were a single-line family, closed-off, short of money, and without love.

I don’t know how such a family could raise someone with Chu Yao’s personality.

"But what I said is true!"

Chu Yao was still explaining when a woman dressed as a maid came over. Behind her, a row of maids dressed in the same way lined up and walked towards the backyard.

"master!"

She didn't say anything else, just walked to Xiao Zuochen and bowed respectfully. Xiao Zuochen nodded and turned to walk towards the front hall. After taking two steps, he suddenly coughed. The maid helped him to breathe, and he turned back to look at Chu Yao.

"Ahem~Come in too!"

Chu Yao, who originally thought he would be kicked out, suddenly regained his luster in his eyes.

but!

Although Chu Yao walked into the house, his eyes were still glancing in the direction of the maid.

From the time they came in until their conversation just now, no one came to greet Yun Chen. He thought that there were not many servants in the mansion, but that row of maids showed that there were quite a few servants in the mansion, so why had no one come to greet him?

As soon as this maid arrived, Yun Chen agreed to let him enter the front hall. Is this another coincidence?

When I first entered the mansion, I passed by a few potted plants. There were traces of rain on the pots, but it has been sunny these two days, so why hasn't anyone wiped them?

And the most important thing is that not only this maid knows martial arts, but all the maids in that row are also very skilled in martial arts!

So Yunchen, Yunchen, are you really just a sickly pretty boy? You can't be hiding it better than me, right?