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When they returned to the front door of the Tao Mansion, the carriage did not stop but entered directly from the side door.

As they approached the gate, Jing Chunxi deliberately lifted the curtain in front of the carriage and looked up at the tall gate. The words on it had indeed been removed, but there were still some traces left, vaguely showing the mark of the Tao Mansion.

Tao Jin watched her movements and explained softly, "After the accident, my father used his connections with the government to buy it back in the name of a local gentry."

Jing Chunxi had nothing to say, but felt heavy-hearted.

For some reason, I feel that Tao Jin's father is not that bad.

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The breakfast was very filling and varied, with steaming hot porridge, golden and crispy fried dough sticks, delicate pastries, and fresh fruits.

Under normal circumstances, Jing Chunxi would have eaten heartily, but now he had no appetite at all.

She picked up the chopsticks, took a casual bite of each food, and put it down again.

"Let's go! We'll come back later to eat, let's go see Mulan Courtyard first."

Tao Jin knew that she was in a bad mood, so he didn't force her, and he himself didn't eat much.

Tao Jin originally wanted to take Jing Chunxi to his mother's room, the room where Jing Chunxi slept last night, to show her the specific location of the secret passage.

Unexpectedly, Jing Chunxi said, "Let's go to the orchid garden first."

For some reason, she didn't like Tao Jin's behavior. What he told her made Jing Chunxi feel vaguely uneasy, resistant, and uncomfortable.

She added, "We can't use up all the basements we walked through today. We'll look at the others together next time."

Tao Jin said "Okay" and didn't force her, nor did he ask when the next time would be.

The two walked straight to the moon gate at the innermost part of the backyard. Jing Chunxi couldn't help but stop and look at the words "Lanyuan" for a long time.

Needless to say, this handwriting is indeed a bit similar to his own hairpin-flowered small calligraphy. Although the two characters are very large, they still retain their original elegance.

No wonder Chuntao saw it at a glance.

Tao Jin looked quietly at the little girl in front of him. He had seen Jing Chunxi's handwriting in Yamen Village, so he knew why she had been looking at it for so long.

Now, looking at her profile, which is as elegant as orchid and as calm as water, I feel that she bears a bit of a resemblance to her mother. This resemblance is not just about appearance, but also a resonance of temperament.

It’s just that a little girl of this age is a little naughty and willful, and doesn’t have the calmness and composure of her mother who has grown with the years.

But she is different from her mother. She has extraordinary perseverance in the face of adversity and never backs down.

It's no wonder that even though he didn't like her at the beginning of Exile, and even the two of them had some resistance and some tit-for-tat, he couldn't help but silently protect her and guard her.

He would even make further plans for her safety, support her efforts for the revival of the General's Mansion, and provide her with the necessary information.

Even he himself couldn't explain this feeling.

"What pattern is this?"

Jing Chunxi's voice brought Tao Jin back from her memories. She pointed at the back of the Moon Gate, where a strange pattern looked like a child's scribbling. It looked a bit like a picture, but also a bit like a symbol. She was a little confused.

I usually only pay attention to the front of the Moon Gate and never pay attention to the back. Tao Jin took a closer look and found that the pattern was indeed very strange. It looked like a picture but not a picture, and it didn't look like words either. It looked strange.

He thought for a moment and said, "I noticed the painting in the secret passage. At the time, I thought it was just a random drawing by a craftsman. I didn't expect it to be here."

Jing Chunxi couldn't make any sense of it, so he nodded and said, "This is exactly the same as the one in the secret passage under the garden!"

If it was just one drawing, they might think it was just graffiti. But when two identical drawings appeared in different places, it made people think more deeply.

The two of them just memorized the pattern in their hearts, there was no other way.

The two walked around the orchid garden again. The area here was very large and wide, and had no other use except for growing flowers. There were a few big trees growing in a corner at the side, and the yellow leaves on the trees had almost all fallen off.

At this time of year, you can still see a few dry leaves of flowers and plants in the flower beds. They are so sparse that they no longer look like their original appearance. Even the orchids that should have grown in midsummer are only a few.

The garden should have been a very flat terrain, but instead it was built into a hill with stones and bluestone slabs, with soil piled up step by step and flowers planted layer by layer.

Although the garden is in decline, one can still imagine the scene of orchids on the hill in the past, with layers of lush branches and leaves.

At that time, the breeze blew and the fragrance of orchids filled the air, how refreshing.

When they turned back, they still stood next to the pattern behind the moon gate for a while.

To be honest, they had no confidence in making any sense of the scribbles and patterns, but they couldn't ask others for help, so they could only stare blankly.

But Jing Chunxi felt that since he had doubts, he had to go back and think about it carefully. Maybe there were some clues that would be useful to Tao Jin!