allendalepharm Chapter 713 Restoring Memory
Chapter 713 Restoring Memory
Jiang Ci stood outside and waited quietly. He couldn't help but feel excited at the thought that the little fox might remember everything soon. However, the waiting process was extremely torturous.
At this time, Ying Si hurried over.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Yan and his men have arrived. They heard that Miss Yan had returned, so they went to the palace overnight to see her."
Jiang Ci pondered for a moment and said, "Please invite them in."
"Yes!"
Ying Si stepped back and soon came over with a group of dusty people.
"I, a humble commoner, pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"
Yan Ersheng came with Liu Wenniang, Yan Wen, Yan Huai, Xu Shuangxue, Wen Yutang and Su Tang.
Jiang Ci immediately stepped forward and helped Yan Ersheng and Liu Wenniang up.
"Uncle and aunt, you don't have to bow to me in private. You two are always Jiang Ci's elders."
Yan Ersheng nodded with red eyes: "Your Majesty, Shu'er... is she really back?"
Jiang Ci said: "She is inside. The town is helping her recover her memory. It will take a while for her to come out."
Liu Wenniang choked up and said, "How could she lose her memory for no reason? Isn't Shu'er a fairy? After she returned to heaven, did she have to erase her memories of the mortal world? Doesn't that mean she doesn't remember us?"
The Yan family hurried here from Xinyang Prefecture. They worked day and night for a month without feeling tired. They all wanted to see Yan Shu as soon as possible, but when they got here they found out that Yan Shu didn't remember them. The joy in their hearts immediately turned into loss.
Jiang Ci said in a deep voice: "Don't worry too much, Aunt Yan. With the small town here, maybe she will be able to recover her memory soon."
Afterwards, Jiang Ci ordered the palace servants to prepare tea and snacks. He invited the Yan family into the palace. Yan Ersheng and Liu Wenniang stared at the door of the bedroom, thinking that their daughter was only separated from them by a door, and they waited with anticipation in their hearts.
After about half an hour, a slight sound of footsteps was finally heard in the bedroom, and everyone's eyes instantly turned to the door of the inner hall.
With a creaky sound, the door slowly opened, and a young lady walked out slowly. She looked directly at Yan Ersheng and Liu Wenniang, and tears immediately fell. "Dad, Mom, your daughter is back!"
"Girl!" The two elders stood up first and walked forward.
Jiang Ci, Yan Wen, Yan Huai, Xu Shuangxue, Wen Yutang, Su Tang and others also stared at Yan Shu quietly. The moment Jiang Ci saw her, he knew that she must have remembered everything.
Yan Ersheng and Liu Wenniang came up to Yan Shu, and Yan Shu immediately knelt down.
"Dad, Mom, I am an unfilial daughter. I have not been able to show my filial piety to you two for so many years."
Liu Wenniang squatted down and hugged Yan Shu tightly, and began to cry.
"My dear, you are finally back. Your father and I have been looking forward to seeing you again every day, even if it's just for a moment. Woohoo, I was afraid that I would not be able to see you again in my lifetime."
Yan Shu also couldn't stop crying. Yan Ersheng, who was standing beside her, turned his head and secretly wiped away his tears with his sleeve. Jiang Ci, Yan Wen, Yan Huai, Xu Shuangxue, Wen Yutang and Su Tang also came forward.
After the mother and daughter cried for a while, Jiang Ci stepped forward to help them up, took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from Yan Shu's face.
"It's a good thing that Jiaojiao has recovered her memory. Second Uncle and Second Aunt should stay in the palace for the time being so that they can catch up with Jiaojiao."
The two nodded repeatedly. They just wanted to spend more time with their daughter.
Eight years of yearning day and night has made them wait too long, especially as they are getting older. When they think of their daughter in the dead of night, they can't help but sigh.
"Brother, sister-in-law, third brother, Yutang, sister Tanger, long time no see."
Yan Wen smiled and said, "It seems that my little sister really remembers us."
Xu Shuangxue and Su Tang came over and talked intimately.
"Little sister, I haven't seen you for many years. You still look the same as before. You seem to be more beautiful than before."
Su Tang said: "I thought Sister Shu'er was a fairy-like figure before, but I didn't expect that I was right. Now Sister Shu'er is even more beautiful and charming."
Yan Shu burst out laughing and said, "Okay, stop praising me with your eyes closed. If you continue praising me, I will have to find a hole in the ground to crawl into."
Su Tang joked, "Don't call me sister from now on. I'm already a mother of two children, and I look older than you. How about I be the elder sister from now on?"
Yan Shu said coquettishly, "Hmph, don't even think about taking advantage of me. Sister Tang'er, tell me what's going on between you and Lord Wen?"
Wen Yutang, who was standing aside, coughed lightly. Although he was now a new noble in the court and a close minister to the emperor, and his years of officialdom had honed his sharp authority, he was still a little shy when facing his wife.
Jiang Ci smiled and said, "Everyone, sit down and talk."
The family chatted for more than half an hour, and Yan Shu learned a little about their situation over the years from everyone's words.
The eldest brother has already taken up a job in the Ministry of War. He also took Grandpa Wenren as his teacher. Grandpa Wenren developed a lot of new weapons from the draft drawings given by Yan Shu. Relying on these new weapons, Jiang Ci formed a powerful artillery battalion. This team was directly authorized by the emperor and was invincible on the battlefield. The surrounding small countries all respected and feared the Sui Dynasty, and no one dared to invade the dozens of small countries on the north and south borders.
Yan Shu had met his third brother that day and learned that he was the top scholar in the sixth year of Emperor Guangwu's reign and had been promoted to the position of Shaoqing of the Dali Temple three years after entering the court. He had a bright future.
"Sister-in-law, where did your second brother go?"
Xu Shuangxue smiled and said, "Your second brother became a disciple of Taoist Xuankong by chance, and then he and Miss Liu San followed Taoist Xuankong to go out to sea. They said there was a fairy island called Penglai outside the North Sea..."
Yan Shu:......
The lies she told to deceive Liu Yuanxin many years ago never occurred to her that her boomerang would hit her second brother more than a decade later...
She has always known that her second brother is obsessed with cultivating immortals, while her younger sister Xin'er is obsessed with finding the fairy island overseas. In a sense, the two are really the same kind of people.
"Second brother and sister Xin'er are married?"
Liu Wenniang smiled and said, "From now on, I should call you Second Sister-in-law. Xin'er is a smart and kind girl. Since she learned that you were gone, she would come to my house every now and then to chat with an old woman like me. Over the years, I have treated her like my own daughter. I never thought that the Second Brother would fall in love with this girl."
Yan Shu was very happy: "Sister Xin'er is really good. She and my second brother are a good match."
Xu Shuangxue said: "They left in a hurry right after they got married. One wanted to seek immortality and the other wanted to save the world. They are indeed a perfect match."
Jiang Ci asked: "How long have they been gone? Have they sent any letters back?"
Yan Wen said, "They have been gone for more than half a year. They sent a letter back before they went out to sea. Since then, there has been no news for more than three months. We are very worried about them, but we heard that Taoist priests Xuan Kong and Xuan Heng from Qingyun Mountain have gone with them, so they will not go wrong."
Yan Shu couldn't help but feel a little worried about Yan Wu and Liu Yuanxin. She didn't want the two of them to take her casual joke seriously. Fortunately, her two uncles Xuan Kong and Xuan Heng were both masters of cultivation, so protecting their safety should not be a problem.
Afterwards, Yan Shu and Su Tang chatted for a while. Su Tang and Wen Yutang got married in the third year after she left this world. From what Su Tang said, it seemed that the relationship between them was more like he was running away while she was chasing him, and he couldn't escape even if he had wings.
At first, Su Tang thought Wen Yutang had no interest in her and wanted to give up after pursuing him for more than two years. His family also selected several good young talents for her at this time. As a result, Wen Yutang traveled day and night and killed two horses before he finally rushed back to the capital. This taciturn man finally expressed his feelings for Su Tang, and revealed all the entanglements and struggles in his heart for many years.
He fell in love with Su Tang at first sight. As they got along, he found that Su Tang did not have the arrogance of a lady from an aristocratic family, so he liked her more and more. However, when he thought that she was the granddaughter of Prime Minister Su and the apple of the eye of the Minister of Revenue, his love for her gradually turned into inferiority.
At that time, he was just a small editor, how could he be worthy of the daughter of the Su family? So he put all his thoughts on the court, but how easy was it for a civil servant with no family background to make achievements and become a noble and prime minister? And any of the families who came to the Su Mansion to propose marriage were far better than him. This gap in status became an insurmountable gap for him. Fortunately, the emperor appreciated him very much and gave him the important task of national grain reform. After some efforts, he gradually had the ability to get close to her. Therefore, when he learned that she was looking for a husband, he immediately put down the job at hand and rushed back to Bianjing overnight.
It took the couple several years to finally get married, but now they are still as loving as ever after many years of marriage and have a pair of children.
Yan Shu's gaze fell on Yan Huai. Everyone else had found their own destination, but why was the third brother still single after so many years?
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That night, Yan Wen and Xu Shuangxue went to the Yan residence in the capital. This was the mansion in the capital bestowed upon the Yan family by His Majesty. It was very close to the imperial city and only took about a quarter of an hour by car.
The Yan family has lived in Xinyang Prefecture for many years, so Yan Huai has always lived in the house here alone.
Tonight, Yan Ersheng and Liu Wenniang stayed in the palace. Yan Shu chatted with the couple until late at night. During the conversation, Yan Ersheng mentioned Liu Hanyue, and Yan Shu's eyelids trembled slightly.
She was very grateful for Liu Hanyue's care for her and understood his feelings for her, but she was ultimately unable to respond to this emotion.
"Has he not married in all these years?"
Liu Wenniang said, "Xiao Han has never left Qingyun Mountain since you left. Taoist Xuankong said that Xiao Han was weak and suffered many disasters since he was a child. It was difficult for him to live past the age of 20, but you cured his body and changed his fate. However, his fate was too weak, so it was best for him to practice cultivation. So he decided to practice in seclusion in Qingyun Mountain. We haven't seen him for all these years, but Lord Yongding and his wife have visited Qingyun Mountain many times and said that he is living well there."
Yan Shu's troubled heart was relieved a little. He was originally the disciple of Taoist Xuankong. It was a good choice for him to stay in Qingyun Mountain to practice. With his talent, he might become a master of Qingyun Mountain.