"It's my fault. I didn't protect her well." Xia Huanyu's low voice came with endless remorse.
Yun Shang was taken aback and felt a little depressed. She thought for a moment and said, "The reason why His Highness and I decided to hide the truth from you was that Her Ladyship has had a new family as she lost her memory. We thought it not appropriate to disturb her. Besides, we also knew that during these years after the incident of Empress Hua, Your Majesty had set up a new empress and married many concubines. And you also had many children with them. So, we really didn't know if we should tell you the truth. We just thought it might be good for everyone if we hid it."
Xia Huanyu kept silent. Yun Shang didn't hear any response from Xia Huanyu until he returned to the yard house.
Knowing that Xia Huanyu must've been in a complicated mood as he had suddenly got to know too many things in one day, so she didn't say anything. She just returned to her room quietly and wrote a prescription. Then she asked Qin Yi to fill the prescription and send it to Lady Zhao.
When Yun Shang returned to the yard, Xia Huanyu had already gone. Yun Shang was shocked and wanted to ask someone to look for him. But she remembered that since Xia Huanyu had left the Palace, he must have brought a lot of secret guards with him. There was no need to worry. She calmed down a little and ordered Qin Yi to prepare something to eat.
But Xia Huanyu didn't come back until the dusk. Yun Shang was a little flustered. She stood up in a hurry, took Qin Yi and Qian Zhuo out of the door, and rushed to the yard house where Lady Zhao lived.
Huaiyin City was not big, so Yun Shang didn't take the carriage. When she turned the corner beside Lady Zhao's yard house, she suddenly stepped back.
Qin Yi and Qian Zhuo looked at her with curiosity. Yun Shang took a look at them and then poked her head out again.
Xia Huanyu stood outside the wall of Lady Zhao's yard. After a
City? I should go back and have a look."
Yun Shang fell silent again.
After a while, Yun Shang finally raised her head and asked Lady Zhao softly, "Do you feel familiar with the emperor when you saw him?"
After thinking for a while, Lady Zhao shook her head.
Yun Shang couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. She could see that Xia Huanyu loved her very much, but Empress Hua had forgotten everything.
Yun Shang lowered her head and thought, 'Indeed, in love, only the one who can't forget is most likely to be hurt.' All of a sudden, she felt sorry for Xia Huanyu.
Yun Shang kept silent for a while. When Lady Zhao mentioned her parents just now, she remembered one more thing. She turned to Lady Zhao and said, "Your Ladyship's father is Lord Hua Guo. He is now in Ganying City. You could see him when he comes back with His Highness after defeating the army of the State of Yelang."
Hearing this, Lady Zhao was slightly stunned and smiled. Yun Shang saw her hand holding the teacup trembling slightly.
Yun Shang meditated for a moment, and then said slowly and clearly, "Once the news that Empress Hua is still alive spreads out, I'm afraid it will cause a big storm the State of Xia. But since Your Ladyship has been involved, it's too late for you to retreat even if you want to."