frightfiction Chapter 334 I Found My Daughter
Chapter 334 I Found My Daughter
An Yonghou stood in the corridor, quietly watching a few ants struggling to move on the ground, with a piece of maltose of medium size on his body.
When Eunuch Wei walked out of the palace gate, he saw Marquis An Yong standing there quietly looking at something. When he got closer, he discovered that it was actually a group of ants moving something.
He frowned, "Who is sweeping the floor today? How come you can't even see such a large group of ants? If they accidentally eat some pillars and accidentally enter the hall, can you bear the consequences?"
After he finished speaking, he immediately changed his expression and walked towards An Yonghou, "My Lord, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. The Emperor just came back from court and is a little tired. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Please come in now."
Marquis An Yong nodded, "The emperor is very busy, and I am an idle person. The emperor still indulges me. It's my problem."
As he said this, he followed Eunuch Wei into the hall.
"Your Highness." Marquis An Yong bowed respectfully as he entered the hall.
As soon as the emperor put down the ginseng tea, he looked at An Yonghou and asked, "An Yonghou, why did you come here today?"
Marquis An Yong said what he had prepared thousands of times, "Your Majesty, I have finally found my daughter after searching for eighteen years."
The emperor was originally still nervous as to whether something big had happened, but at this moment he suddenly felt relieved and his nerves were lifted again.
An Yonghou's youngest daughter, the little daughter who was less than one year old and disappeared eighteen years ago.
He suddenly thought of his mother, who was always thinking about her niece.
A few days ago, she was still complaining to him that the soup her niece used to make was delicious, but ever since her niece married that rough man, she could rarely drink the soup made by her niece.
My niece is gone, and my great-niece’s daughter is also lost. It’s true that one should not marry a reckless man.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. This is great news." The emperor was also delighted.
Although this child who had been lost for eighteen years was not his own flesh and blood, he was also a child who had been passed down in the imperial city for eighteen years.
When my father was still alive, he sent people to look for this little daughter. However, no matter how many people he sent, they all fell into the sea and no news was received.
It was only after he ascended the throne that this matter gradually became an unsolved mystery. It could not be found and no one was looking for it anymore.
But no one dared to mention the daughter of Marquis An Yong again, for fear of accidentally touching Marquis An Yong's reverse scale.
"Your Majesty, this is truly fate..." Marquis An Yong explained how he found An Qiao, why he was sure it was An Qiao, and what happened to An Qiao in the palace.
This talk lasted for more than half an hour. The emperor and all the eunuchs and maids in the inner hall pricked up their ears to listen, as this was huge gossip.
"It's so far away and yet so close at hand, but I only discovered it after so many years. Your little daughter is incredible. During the previous plague, if it weren't for the prescription she gave us, I don't know how long we would have been tormented by this plague." The emperor still had some impression of An Qiao.
After all, at that time, Gu Qingyun was only thinking about gaining some status for An Qiao, and he mentioned her many times in front of the emperor.
"She just stumbled upon it by accident. She still has to thank the emperor." Marquis An Yong was as slippery as a loach and spoke without making a single mistake.
"She has made great contributions, why should she thank me? If the Queen Mother knew this news, I don't know how happy she would be." The emperor said and called the eunuchs around him, "Go to the Queen Mother, and make sure not to scare her... Forget it, I'll go and tell her in person later... No, we've found the person, bring him to the palace and let her see him."
The emperor was talking about this and that, and suddenly he was a little confused. Marquis An Yong was also stunned. "My daughter said that she will go to the governor of Kyoto to change her household registration today. Only after this is done can the name be changed."
The emperor paused for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter. "Marquis Anyong, are you too excited or too happy? With your status, do you need to go to the governor of Kyoto to line up? Just bring your little daughter to the palace, and I'll take care of it. Besides, if it weren't for me, it would be easy for you to change your name. It's just a matter of registering the household registration. As long as you confirm that it's this little girl, isn't it easy?"
An Yonghou was also suddenly amused, "Just say something is strange. Last night An An said that she wanted to go to the Kyoto prefecture to change her household registration, and I agreed immediately."
As he said this, he scratched his head embarrassedly. What An An said, how could it be wrong?
But what the emperor said is right. Sooner or later, she will have to meet the Empress Dowager. If she is told the news today but An An is not shown to her, she will definitely be itching to see her.
So what happened next was that An Qiao, who was still quietly waiting for Marquis An Yong in the restaurant, was suddenly taken away by a sedan chair from the palace.
"The emperor sent me to pick you up." It was Eunuch Wei who came in person, and An Qiao recognized Eunuch Wei.
So when the emperor said he would send someone to pick up An Qiao, Marquis An Yong was afraid of scaring his precious daughter, so he specifically said he would go to pick her up himself.
Eunuch Wei then talked about an incident that happened before.
He talked about a time when he went to the Dali Temple to convey an imperial edict and passed by that restaurant. It was lunch time and the food was so delicious that he couldn't resist his greed.
So he asked Xiao Pingzi to go down and buy some food, which turned out to be exceptionally delicious. So after a while, he had another opportunity to go to the Dali Temple to convey the emperor's order.
The two of them went into the restaurant to eat, and neither of them revealed any secrets about their past in the palace, but An Qiao recognized them at the first sight.
There was no servility at all, and his attitude remained neither humble nor arrogant, with a hint of distance in respect. It was obvious at first glance that he did not want to please him or have any relationship with him, but just treated him as an ordinary diner.
But it made him feel very comfortable, and he kept praising the young lady for being very sensible, thinking that she must be someone who could do great things.
Unexpectedly, she turned out to be the legitimate daughter of Marquis An Yong. That explained everything. A good father will have a good son. It was normal for her to look like her own father.
After the eunuch told this story, the emperor and Marquis An Yong couldn't help but burst into laughter.
The emperor could not help but raise his eyebrows. "Mingyue also loves to eat the food in this restaurant. She bought it secretly several times. If I hadn't turned a blind eye and didn't tell her mother, I don't know how the imperial concubine would deal with this little girl. Gu Qingyun also looks very happy every time she eats. People around me seem to love to eat. After Xiao Ran left the palace, he did nothing but stayed in the restaurant every day. Several times, I was afraid that he could not adapt to life outside the palace. Unexpectedly, he looks much better now, which makes me curious. Is it really so delicious?"
Eunuch Wei was in a hurry to pick someone up. As he walked, he turned back and said, "Your Majesty, this is really delicious. Not only is it delicious, but the price is also very reasonable. Many people working at the docks like to eat lunch at the restaurant."