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Chapter 356 Brother and Sister Meet
After a while, he seemed to come back to his senses, looked at Shen Chuhan in a daze, and said with some difficulty, "Your Highness, you said...Rong Zheng is... the sister of the subordinate?"

Shen Chuhan nodded, "This matter...it's a long story, and we learned about it by accident when we visited the concubine mother last time."

Because Emperor Zhao is still secretly searching for the whereabouts of Concubine Xiao Gui, so Xiao Zhuo has not found an opportunity to visit her, and hearing Shen Chuhan say this, he couldn't help but look awed.

"Before Mrs. Murong was imprisoned, she gave birth to a daughter. Do you know about this?" Shen Chuhan said in a deep voice.

Xiao Zhuo nodded in confusion.

Although he was only two years old at that time, his memory was already blurred, but he still remembered the fact that his mother gave birth to a younger sister for him.At that time, my father was fighting on the front line, and the battle situation was very bad, and the army was retreating steadily.The mother was worried and worried every day, and she was pregnant again, and her body was very weak.

Later, when the news of the father's defeat came, the mother was overwhelmed and gave birth to a baby girl prematurely.He had only met once, and before he had time to be happy, the armored guards who ransacked the house came to the door.

Later, when Murong He's family was imprisoned, he was secretly sent by the concubine to rescue him from prison. After living in the Xiao family for several years in secret, he was brought into the palace by Concubine Xiao.But his younger sister who was just born back then has never heard from her again.

Back then, Emperor Zhao's methods were ruthless. Murong's family and the whole family, regardless of gender, old or young, were beheaded. He thought that his poor sister would not be spared, but he didn't think about it. Now Shen Chuhan suddenly told him that his sister was not spared. It was Rongzheng, the third miss of the Rong family who had met him a few times before he died, which really shocked him.

"Before Mrs. Murong passed away, my concubine mother secretly went to see her in prison."

Xiao Zhuo nodded, indicating that he was aware of this matter.

"Mrs. Murong entrusted you to my mother and concubine. Unfortunately, before my mother and concubine could find out your sister's whereabouts, she was invited out of the prison by the jailer. Two days later, Murong's family was arrested by..."

Shen Chuhan paused, but did not say what was to come.

Xiao Zhuo's eyebrows darkened, and the hands beside him clenched into fists.

Shen Chuhan glanced at him, and then continued, "A few days ago we went to see the concubine mother, talked about this matter, and sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, which inevitably gave rise to some doubts."

Xiao Zhuo raised his eyes to look at him, and his eyes regained some light.

Song Qinghuan said, "At that time, my concubine was pregnant with Ashu. If Emperor Zhao knew about it, he would definitely force her to abort the child. After Mrs. Murong found out, she gave her concubine an idea, asking her to take her jade pendant to the The Rong family asked for a medicine, and with that medicine, the concubine's pulse can be delayed by a month."

Hearing the name of the Rong family, Xiao Zhuo frowned, doubts appeared in his eyes.

Seeing the change in his expression, Song Qinghuan probably guessed something in his heart. After thinking for a while, he opened his mouth and said, "I've heard about what the Rong family did back then. So after hearing about this, doubts arose in my heart."

He pursed his lips, and raised his voice slightly, "Master Rong is a businessman, who is this medicine for? I think he can guess the general idea with a little guesswork. But in this case, he is still very He readily gave the medicine to the concubine's maid. So I wonder if there is something hidden behind the Rong family's ruthless approach back then."

Xiao Zhuo's eyes fluctuated more and more.

Shen Chuhan nodded, and took over Song Qinghuan's words, "Ah Wan had a guess in her heart at the time, and I asked someone to check after I came back, and it turned out that Rong Zheng was the daughter born to your mother back then, that is, your relative. Sister. After your mother gave birth to her, she probably realized that the Murong family was in dire straits, so she secretly sent someone to send Rong Zheng to the Rong Mansion. She was just born and not many people knew about her. If something really happened to the Murong family It might save her life."

Xiao Zhuo swallowed with difficulty, glanced at Song Qinghuan, then back at Shen Chuhan, his voice was a bit stagnant, "So...the reason why the Rong family announced so unfeelingly to sever ties with their mother and the Murong family was because of ...Is it because you want to keep your sister?"

"That's how we guessed. After all, since Master Rong dared to take the risk to help his mother and concubine, there is no reason for him to be so unfeeling to his own sister. And I heard that Mrs. Murong had a very good relationship with Mrs. Rong before she got married."

Xiao Zhuo was completely stunned and didn't know how to react for a moment.

He didn't expect that the Rong family, whom he hated all his life, would turn out to be like this in the end.

After a long silence, he opened his mouth with some difficulty, "I don't know if Your Highness knows, my sister...does she know her real identity?"

Song Qinghuan lowered her eyebrows and said, "There were rumors about Azheng's life experience in the Rong family, but no one thought about the Murong family. They only thought that Azheng might be the daughter of Master Rong's concubine. A few days ago, Azheng She came to me suddenly, saying that she had heard some words from her parents, and suspected that she was not their own, and asked me to help her find out her life experience."

"At that time, Xuanying only found out that Azheng was indeed the child brought back by Master Rong, and the Murong Mansion had not yet been found out. I informed Azheng of the result. Azheng thought for a long time, and decided to let me stop the investigation. Now you I haven't recovered my identity yet, so I don't know what you're thinking, so I haven't told Ah Zheng about this matter yet."

This is Xiao Zhuo and Rong Zheng's private matter, Song Qinghuan has no position to make decisions for him, and can only tell him everything she knows.

Xiao Zhuo fell into a long silence after listening.After a long time, he raised his head, stood up and saluted Song Qinghuan and Shen Chuhan with fists in his arms, his eyes were heavy, "Thank you, Your Highness, and thank you, Princess."

Shen Chuhan nodded, with an indifferent expression, "There is no need to be polite between you and me. After all, this matter is your family matter, and A Wan and I will not interfere any more. Whether you want to tell Miss Rong the truth is entirely up to you."

"This subordinate understands." Xiao Zhuo took a deep breath and lowered his eyebrows.

Shen Chuhan glanced at his face, "I called you here this time for this purpose. You go back and think about it, I won't keep you here."

When Xiao Zhuo suddenly learned about this, he must have been very upset, so Shen Chuhan intentionally gave him time to think.

"Then... this subordinate will leave first." Xiao Zhuo understood Shen Chuhan's kindness in his heart, bowed again, turned and left the hall.

Watching his figure disappear from sight, Song Qinghuan slowly withdrew her gaze, and said in a low voice, "Ashu, tell me...will Xiao Zhuo tell Azheng?"

Shen Chuhan took a sip from the teacup in hand, "Before he recovers his identity, I think he probably won't."

"Really?" Song Qinghuan responded lightly, with a gleam of melancholy in her eyes.Thinking of something again, he looked at Shen Chuhan and said, "Ashu, if someday Zishu is free, I would like to borrow him."

"What's wrong?" Shen Chuhan frowned slightly.

"It's probably because Mrs. Murong worried too much when she was pregnant with A-Zheng, and she was born prematurely, so A-Zheng suffered from insufficiency as soon as she was born. I would like to ask Zishu to take a look at her. If it can be cured completely, it is a It could not be better."

"Okay." Shen Chuhan nodded lightly, "He has been locked up in the mansion by me to mix poison these few days, and he has already complained a lot. I will let him go out with you in two days."

Song Qing laughed happily, and returned to Yaohua Courtyard with Shen Chuhan.

And the other side.

Xiao Zhuo was undecided, he left Han Palace through the side door in a daze.As soon as he went out, he happened to meet Mu Bai who was returning home. Seeing his appearance, Mu Bai couldn't help wondering, "Young Master Xiao, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Zhuo regained his composure, and seeing that it was Mu Bai, he smiled, shook his head and said, "It's nothing." Suddenly, Song Qinghuan once told him that Mu Bai was interested in Rong Zheng, and it was unavoidable to think again. Startled.

Although he doesn't have much contact with Mu Bai, but he knows that he has a gentle temperament, outstanding martial arts, and handsome appearance, he is indeed a good candidate for brother-in-law.

Seeing his strange expression, although Mu Bai was surprised, he didn't want to ask any more questions, so he said, "Then I won't bother Young Master Xiao, Young Master Xiao, go slowly."

Xiao Zhuo let out a "hmm", his gaze swept across Mu Bai's face, and Fang slowly withdrew his gaze, "Then I'll go first."

"Okay." Mu Bai bowed to him and entered the mansion.

Xiao Zhuo took a deep breath, and continued to walk forward, with a self-deprecating smile on the corner of his mouth.He didn't even recognize his sister, so why did he think of his brother-in-law going up there.

In a trance, he walked to the street.

Just after the new year, although the temperature is still very cold, the streets are still full of people coming and going, very lively.

Xiao Zhuo's mind was a little flustered.

He always thought that he was the only blood of the Murong family in the world, but he didn't expect that he still had a younger sister in this world, and he had treated this younger sister coldly before, so he was a little at a loss for a while.

In the end, should he tell Rong Zheng about this?

Sighing, he slowly raised his head.

But he found that before he knew it, he had almost reached the Chenxiang Pavilion, and his eyes moved when he saw the signboard shining in the sun not far away.

After thinking for a long time, he finally walked up.

But when he actually stood in front of the Chenxiang Pavilion shop, he felt timid for a while.The golden sunlight shone on him, and his face was somewhat ethereal and transparent, which made the little girls passing by couldn't help but look sideways.

Xiao Zhuo naturally didn't notice this, and just stared at the situation in the shop.

The temperature has risen slightly in the past few days, and many people have come out to walk around.There were several ladies from aristocratic families looking at the spices in the shop, and Xiao Er was busy greeting them, and did not see Xiao Zhuo standing outside the shop.

Xiao Zhuo stood blankly for a while, but still couldn't muster up the courage. He spun his toes and was about to turn around when he caught a glimpse of a graceful figure coming down the stairs from the corner of his eye.

He subconsciously stopped and looked at the man.

The person who came downstairs was indeed Rong Zheng, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.Today she is wearing a white silk skirt embroidered with begonia lake, which makes people look beautiful and graceful, and her body is slim, but I don't know if it is an illusion, Xiao Zhuo feels that her complexion seems a little pale.

Could it be that she is too tired recently?

Thinking of the time when she was in danger in the alley, his eyes darkened.Later, he also heard Mu Bai inadvertently mentioned that incident, it was Rong Se, the third young lady of the Rong family who was jealous of her, that's why she hired someone to harm her.From this point of view, although Mrs. Rong loves her, her life in the Rong family may not be so easy.

What's more, she is a girl and has to support this huge shop, no wonder she looks tired.

Thinking about it, the bottom of my heart became more and more uncomfortable.

However, his identity has not yet been restored, and the Murong family has not been rehabilitated. It seems that it is not a good time to meet Rong Zheng at this time.

Sighing heavily, he finally lowered his head, turned around and prepared to leave.

But he didn't want to, at this moment, Rong Zheng happened to look over and recognized Xiao Zhuo at a glance.Slightly startled, he still walked over.

Just as Xiao Zhuo turned around, he heard a pleasant voice behind him, "Young Master Xiao, please stay."

His body trembled violently, and panic appeared in Xiao Zhuo's eyes.Taking a deep breath, he turned around and looked over.

I saw Rongzheng standing at the door of the shop, looking at him with a smile on her face. The begonias embroidered on the lake silk skirt were vivid under the sunlight, reflecting the bright spring in her eyes.

"Is Mr. Xiao here to buy spices?" Rong Zheng asked with a smile.

Xiao Zhuo lowered his eyes, a little afraid to look into her clear eyes.After all, the last time we met, he had a bad attitude towards her because of the Rong family, so he was a little guilty now.

"No...no." After a pause, Xiao Zhuo murmured.

Rong Zheng frowned suspiciously.

Just now she accidentally saw Xiao Zhuo standing outside the shop, he seemed to have been here for a long time, she saw that the waiters in the shop were busy, so she greeted her personally.For some reason, she always had an inexplicable sense of intimacy towards Xiao Zhuo, but last time Xiao Zhuo's indifferent attitude made her a little bit discouraged.

But after thinking about it, the visitor was a guest after all, so he said in a gentle voice, "Then...do you want to come in and have a seat, Young Master Xiao?"

She was just asking casually out of politeness.Judging from Xiao Zhuo's attitude towards her last time, she knew that Xiao Zhuo would most likely refuse. Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhuo was stunned, nodded and answered "OK".

Now it was Rong Zheng's turn to be stunned. Although he was puzzled, he quickly frowned, and slightly moved aside, "Mr. Xiao, please."

Xiao Zhuo regained his senses, only to realize that he subconsciously agreed to Rongzheng's invitation, but he agreed to everything, and there was no reason to change his words.Besides, he felt ashamed and worried about Rong Zheng's life in Rong's residence. After thinking about it for a moment, he followed Rong Zheng into the shop.

Because there were many people in the shop, Rong Zheng thought for a while, turned to look at Xiao Zhuo, smiled and said, "If Mr. Xiao doesn't mind, how about sitting upstairs?"

Xiao Zhuo nodded, lowered his head slightly under the gaze of her clear eyes, and responded lightly, "Okay".

Rong Zheng ordered Xiao Er to bring a pot of tea, and together with Xiao Zhuo, they went upstairs one after the other.On the second floor, Rong Zheng paused, and led Xiao Zhuo to the private room where she usually mixed spices.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Xiao Er served tea, put down the teapot and teacup, and quickly backed out.

Rong Zheng gathered his cuffs, picked up the teapot, and slowly poured Youbi's tea into the celadon teacup.

Soon, there will be a scent of tea in the room.

She pushed one of the cups towards Xiao Zhuo, and said in a pleasant voice, "Young Master Xiao, please drink tea."

"Thank you." Xiao Zhuo responded in a low voice, reaching out to hold the teacup.

Rong Zheng smiled, "Mr. Xiao came here today, didn't he come to see spices?"

Xiao Zhuo shook his head, looked up at Rongzheng, and quickly lowered his head again.

"Then... is Young Master Xiao here to look for me?" Rongzheng was silent for a moment, but still asked.For some reason, she always felt that Xiao Zhuo was a little strange today.When I saw him last time, he still had a cold expression of not getting close to strangers, but this time he completely lost the indifference of last time.

Xiao Zhuo's eye feathers trembled slightly, the hand holding the teacup was tightened, and she slowly raised her head, "En."

Rong Zheng was startled, and said after deliberation, "Young Master Xiao came to see me, what's the matter?"

Xiao Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, "I...I'm here to apologize to you."

"Apologize?" Rong Zheng became more and more puzzled, "Why does Mr. Xiao need to apologize to me?"

Xiao Zhuo glanced at her cautiously, with flashes of light in his eyes, he calmed down his complicated thoughts before he said, "I...I didn't treat you very well last time, you...don't forget to go up."

Rongzheng was even more confused now.

It's been a long time since she met Xiao Zhuo last time, not to mention that she didn't think there was anything wrong with Xiao Zhuo's attitude last time, even if she really wanted to apologize, it shouldn't take so long?Unless, what happened recently made him realize that there was something wrong with his attitude towards him last time?
The first possibility that came to mind was that Xiao Zhuo knew about her insufficiency, but apart from her parents, she only told Song Qinghuan about it.But with Song Qinghuan's temperament, since she had asked her to keep it a secret, she would not casually talk about it with others.

Then...well, why did Xiao Zhuo come to apologize?

After looking at Xiao Zhuo for a moment, she smiled, "Young Master Xiao, you are being polite, there was nothing wrong with Young Master Xiao last time, so you don't have to take it to heart."

Xiao Zhuo let out a "huh", but became embarrassed again, not knowing what to say.

Rong Zheng glanced at Xiao Zhuo's reddened ears, and couldn't help laughing, didn't he see that he was still shy?She pursed her lips and smiled, and was about to speak when there was a knock on the door.

She frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Come in."

Xiaoer pushed the door open and entered.

"what's up?"

"Second miss, a young master named Mu Bai came to the store and said he wanted to see you."

　The rewards have been issued yesterday, but there will be no second update today, and it will be restored tomorrow.

　　
　
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