After his son sent him away, the house suddenly quieted down, Luo Qingluan looked at the breakfast on the table, sat down and chewed slowly and ate a few bites. Then she was quite bored, she had nothing to do at home, and she really didn't know what to do.

If it's in the northern county town, you can at least go to the store if you're bored, but now in the capital, you really don't know where to go to relieve your boredom.

Xiao Yu'er is not here, Yuyan is also out, so she can't be allowed to play with Leng Li.

The housekeeper saw that Luo Qingluan had nothing to do, so he came up and asked, "I don't know if the princess wants to go back to the general's mansion to have a look?" The housekeeper also suggested it for a while, seeing that she really had nowhere to go, and it had been two days since she returned to the capital.

Anyway, if you go out for a walk, you might as well go and see the old people at home.

"Oh, yes."

Luo Qingluan then remembered that she had been here for so many days, and she hadn't seen her grandmother, although they weren't very close, but at least she was her grandmother, she was old and didn't know if she was in good health.

There is also stepmother Hongyu, and step-brother, who is estimated to be more than four years old now.

"I don't know how they're doing now." Luo Qingluan muttered.

The housekeeper said with a smile: "When the princess and the princess just left, the little one did take the old woman, Mrs. Hongyu and the little prince to live in the Chu Palace, but then the prince and the princess were absent for a long time, and the rumors were missing, so they didn't stay long and returned to the general's mansion." ”

Luo Qingluan recalled it, indeed.

In those days, no one knew their whereabouts, even the closest people, they did not tell their whereabouts, that is, in the past two years, the news has circulated, and they have not been heard from, and it is indeed like they have disappeared.

After all, Nangong Qing sent people everywhere to look for their whereabouts at that time, and they didn't find them until last year, no wonder they went back.

"I still want to go, but ......" Luo Qingluan thought of his father, who had been missing for three years, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. Let's say disgust, it's been all those years, but it's impossible not to hate, and she is even a little puzzled.

In the past three years, she has also secretly sent many people to inquire about the news of Los Angeles, but she has not heard anything.

Three years ago, he was involved in the case of reselling ordnance in the Southern Wei Dynasty, and then he was wanted and disappeared until now, and he has not been arrested.

Although they are father and daughter, their relationship has long been broken, and now Luo Qingluan thinks of him as a father, it is still like a thorn in his heart, it will hurt if he inserts it in his heart, and it will bleed when he pulls it out.

"Hey, since you want to go, let's go and see, life is only a few years, those old people and old things, let's put it down first." The housekeeper couldn't persuade him, after all, these things were not something that their subordinates could talk about, so they could only persuade Luo Qingluan to open up.

Luo Qingluan listened, and it made sense, so he ordered the housekeeper to prepare a carriage and head towards the general's mansion.

Anyway, Nalan Ye also said it today, and he will follow up on the palace side, as for the Benlei Villa, there is no reply anyway, it will take at least two to three days, so she will go and take a look.

Take advantage of these two days to rest, and you will definitely be busy in a few days.

Along the way, the carriage passed through the bustling streets, and the streets of the capital were indeed much more lively than those in the northern county town, with an endless stream of vendors and horse-drawn carriages driving slowly.

When he arrived at the General's Mansion, Luo Qingluan got off the carriage.

See the eye

The gate of the former depressed mansion only feels that the former rich general's mansion no longer exists, and is replaced by a deserted and blandly mansion. Walking into the gate, in the huge courtyard, there was not even a sweeper, and the gate was unattended, and she came in for a long time, and she didn't even see a minion.

With a heart, I only felt that if she was not here all these years, Nangong Qing didn't even take care of her mother's family.

"This Nangong Qing, is it a set of things on the surface?" Luo Qingluan muttered, scolding Nangong Qing thousands of times in his heart.

At this moment, an elderly butler stepped forward, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Luo Qingluan's back.

"Girl, are you?" The butler asked.

When Luo Qingluan heard this, he turned around, and then saw that it was the old housekeeper of the General's Mansion.

"Butler, it's you." Luo Qingluan greeted.

The housekeeper was surprised all of a sudden, and felt that the person in front of him was very familiar: "Are you ...... Miss? The housekeeper watched for a long time, only to realize that she looked very similar to Luo Qingluan.

Although Luo Qingluan hasn't changed much in the past few years, after three years, people's temperament is always different, plus the dress and appearance, the housekeeper is old, and he can't recognize it for a while.

"Hmm." Luo Qingluan nodded, "It's me." ”

The housekeeper immediately put the thing in his hand, walked in front of Luo Qingluan, and looked up and down carefully.

"It's Miss, it's really Miss." The housekeeper was at a loss for excitement, "Miss, when did you come back, where have you been in the past few years, the old lady has been looking for you for two years." ”

When the housekeeper recalls the time when he was looking for Luo Qingluan, he should not be so sad, the old lady looks forward to Luo Qingluan's return every day, but most of the news that she is waiting for is disappointment. The old lady also lost weight rapidly during that time, and finally collapsed on the bed.

"Haven't I come back?" Luo Qingluan smiled comfortingly, and didn't say anything, only said: "Where did you go just now, I thought there was no one at home." ”

When he first came in, Luo Qingluan really thought that there was no one in this general's mansion, the ground was not swept, and the door was unguarded, it looked depressed, and those who didn't know thought that no one lived there.

"Oh, I just went to the front to get clothes for the little master. There are few resources in the house in recent years, everyone is frugal, or so many slaves, they are all sent home, leaving a few close, the work at home is generally done by a few of us, no, tomorrow is the day when the young master starts school, Mrs. asked me to go to the front street to order two sets of clothes for him, I just went to get it. ”

The housekeeper explained, picked up the little master's clothes from the ground, and Luo Qingluan knew that the original minions in the family had been sent away by Hongyu, and only a few intimate ones were left in the house.

"I see." Luo Qingluan didn't say much.

"Miss, you're back, don't they know yet, madam?" The housekeeper said enthusiastically: "Let's go, let's go to the backyard, the lady is usually in the backyard." ”

"Okay." Luo Qingluan followed the housekeeper into the General's Mansion.

After three years, revisiting the old place is really a different feeling, everything is so familiar and unfamiliar.

"Madam, ma'am, look, who's coming!" The butler walked all the way and called all the way inside.

When Hongyu heard this, she hurriedly looked over, only to see that at the end of the corridor, it was Luo Qingluan's figure. She hurriedly put down the kettle in her hand, wiped her hands, and walked over to this side.

"It's Qingluan!" Hongyu was surprised and delighted, "It's Qingluan!" ”

Luo Qingluan smiled politely at reminiscence, after not seeing her for three years, Hongyu's face became more and more ruddy, I thought she would be a withered middle-aged woman, but I didn't expect that her mental outlook was much better than Luo Qingluan's thoughts.

"Hongyu, long time no see."

Luo Qingluan has become more and more temperamental in the past two years, and her gestures are not at the same level as back then, she is more mature and charming, and she even looks so good when she laughs.

Hongyu saw it, with a little joy in surprise, and a little surprise in joy, in short, it was an indescribable feeling.

"Long time no see." Compared with Luo Qingluan, Hongyu was not so comfortable, she beckoned her to sit down, "You sit, sit down, housekeeper, bring a pot of tea." ”

"Eh, yes!" The butler went to make tea.

Luo Qingluan sat down on the edge of the stone table, and saw the two completely different scenes in the front yard and the back yard, and suddenly had some thoughts in his heart.

"Hongyu seems to have had a good life in the past few years." Luo Qingluan quipped.

As she spoke, her eyes were looking around indistently.

I don't know how her stepmother spent the past few years when her father disappeared, there is no financial resources, no man, a woman guards a huge family business and takes care of a child, the old and the young, she actually takes care of the house tightly, and there are so many flowers planted in the backyard, it seems to be very leisurely.

"Where, it's just idle to have nothing to do, plant a few pots of flowers, be a female celebrity, and you can exchange it for money." Hongyu smiled and said naturally: "Look at the pot of peonies over there, it is very good, it has been booked, and someone will come to remove it in a while." ”

She said it very naturally, Luo Qingluan listened casually, but saw a trace of unnaturalness in her flickering eyes.

"Oh, that's what it looks like, I thought ......" I thought she was being favored in private.

"Huh." Hongyu smiled, and the housekeeper brought tea at this time, "Tea is here, Qingluan, you drink tea." ”

Hongyu smiled and was very polite. has been separated for a long time, but Luo Qingluan doesn't have much affection for her, and she came here today to see her grandmother, so she didn't plan to talk too much with Hongyu.

"Biluochun." Luo Qingluan took a sip and said the name of the tea.

Hongyu drank the tea, and she didn't seem to expect that she would drink this tea all at once.

"Yes, thanks to the emperor's care over the years, our mother and daughter have drunk such a good tea, in previous years, I didn't know that Biluochun was originally a tribute." Hongyu explained.

"Really?" Luo Qingluan was thoughtful.

It turned out that Nangong Qing took care of her mother's family so much.

"Of course, otherwise, with my pots of flowers and handkerchiefs, where can I afford to drink such good tea."

Hongyu smiled and asked, "Have you been okay in the past few years?" You don't know, in the two years that your father just left, our mother and wife were really at home. ”

While looking for Luo Qingluan's whereabouts, he was abused and complained by people from all walks of life, saying that Luo Cheng was a fugitive and their whole family was a sinner.

At first, even people who went to the street to buy groceries were disliked, and after a long time, they sometimes couldn't even eat a decent meal. Later, the old woman was more tough, and the close-fitting maid helped to re-take care of the family together, and after that most difficult time, it was considered to be living a human life.