Chapter 55 : Sister

July, the summer heat, the annoying robin's cries do not stop for a moment, the sun is hot and scorching the earth, there are very few pedestrians on the street, the vendors are hiding in the shade, constantly fanning their fans.

Pei Si Yan sat in the garden pavilion, cosily drinking chilled sour plum soup. She had taken half a month's sick leave from Lanxuan and had not moved an inch from Tantai Mansion, intending to take a good rest, and if she continued to toss and turn like this, she felt that she wasn't far away from dying of overwork.

Since Lanxuan ascended to the throne, he further suppressed Feng Taishi and the remnants of forces that were unfavourable to him, and brought talented people into his inner circle, and repeatedly promoted people from the Tantai family to become officials, making the Tantai family leap into the dynasty as one of the most powerful forces supporting the new emperor, and no one can fight against the Tantai family anymore.

And the dynasty to the new emperor of a bias in favour of the Tantai family appointments, coincidentally remain silent, the officials still remember Zeng Taifu read out the imperial edict on the day of the Lord Wu Pan was the first to come forward to express support for the new emperor and the Lord Wu Pan is what kind of relationship, everyone is also unambiguous.

Pei Si Yan was quite satisfied with Lan Xuan's keeping his promise, and also slightly lowered his guard against him. However, everything can't be smooth, the only thing she is not satisfied with is that after killing Feng Taishi's remnants and the second house, there are still various rumours and scorns against her, but Lanxuan is not in a hurry to tell the world to clarify the facts, always using the reason that he has just ascended to the throne and has a heavy load of affairs, delaying the matter for an indefinite period of time.

How important is reputation to an innocent person! Especially when thinking of Mo Xuan, Pei Si Yan's easily calmed mind was stirred up again, she wanted the people of the Mo family to accept herself without any prejudice.

Mo Xuan hadn't returned from Jiangnan yet and didn't know how things were.

Nowadays, there are large and small officials to visit Tantai House, offering gifts of various colours of great value, on the surface saying that it is the courtesy of serving as an official in the same dynasty, but in reality it is just flattering and flattering, hoping that Lord Wushan can say a few words of praise in front of His Majesty and get promoted to a higher position and become rich.

Pei Siyan all come, accept them all. However, she let Li Qing dye will gift giver's name and the number of gifts all write down, and then will treasure donated to more than half a year ago suffered from the drought of the people in the disaster area.

In this way, she would not fall into disrepute for accepting the gifts, but could also take care of the people and re-establish a good image.

There was one more thing that Pei Si Yan cared about - she didn't expect the days to fly by so fast, and before she knew it, it had been a whole year since she came to the Spirit Abyss Continent! Thinking about herself a year ago, she was still an unemployed young woman who had accomplished nothing, but a year later she had fulfilled her dreams, had a successful and smooth career, had become a powerful official of the Blue Country, and had guarded the Tantai family.

It really was true that things in the world were unpredictable and changeable.

A few days ago, she had also taken the patriarchs and clansmen of the various houses of the Tantai family to Yanjing Mountain outside of the city to pay homage to the former patriarch, Tantai Yu, and his wife, who had passed away a whole year ago. In her heart, she told them and Tantai Yan, who was buried further away, that all the turmoil had passed, that the murderer had been brought to justice, that the Tantai family had regained its glory, and that they could rest in peace.

And she will continue to go on and guard the Tantai family well until the end of her life.

Thinking of this, Pei Si Yan smiled faintly and drank up the bowl of sour plum soup, the cool, sour and sweet flavour dispelled her body's dryness, it was comfortable and cosy. She squinted her eyes and stretched, ready to find a shady place to take a nap.

Li Qingye's footsteps were hurried, stopping outside the gazebo and presenting a letter, "Miss, a letter from Lord Wang."

Yun Qi took the letter and passed it to Pei Si Yan, who hurriedly opened it and read it, her brows gradually furrowing.

Although the Cangshan Mountain West Road Festival Minister was already a high-ranking and powerful official who governed one side of the border, but Wang Jinshan was not satisfied with this, his ultimate goal was to return to the imperial capital to take up a higher official position. After all, the Cangshan West Road was located on the border, which was dangerous and barren, and there was no way to express his loyalty to the new emperor in a timely manner, as well as to learn about the situation in the imperial capital.

Despite the fact that Lord Wang Mishan had been kind to her, Pei Si Yan had never intended for Lord Wang to return to the imperial capital - Lord Wang Mishan was the only way back for herself in the event of future perils!

No matter how good Lanxuan was to her, there was no guarantee that there would be changes in the future, she had to arrange everything for herself, even if she was pushed into the abyss while standing on the top of the heap, there had to be a branch that grew on the precipice to drag her down.

"How should I discourage Lord Wang?" Pei Si Yan's head ached again, in case it was not handled well, being called ungrateful was not something she wished to see. That would be more dangerous than transferring Wang Mishan to serve in the imperial capital, after all, the imperial capital is unpredictable, and it is still unknown whether Lan Xuan will change his heart later.

Li Qingyan said, "Why don't you tell Lord Wang about the worries you have in your heart, I think Lord Wang will understand."

Pei Si Yan hesitated, "If I tell him ..."

"Xiaoyan, Xiaoyan!" A cheer interrupted Pei Si Yan's words, looking for the sound, it was Lady Yuexi carrying her skirt hurriedly running to, her beautiful face full of joy.

Pei Si Yan stood up and greeted her, "Auntie, what happened?"

"Xiao Yan!" Lady Yuexi grabbed Pei Si Yan's arm and happily called out, "Little Si is back!"

"Little ... Si?" Pei Si Yan felt very unfamiliar with this name, yet felt as if she had seen it somewhere.

"Yes," Lady Yuexi was immersed in excitement, completely unaware of Pei Si Yan's strangeness, "Little Si she came back alive, finally came back alive! If only brother could see that, then give how good it is!" Saying this, she wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes and held Pei Si Yan's hand, "Xiao Si is waiting in the main hall, let's quickly go over."

Pei Si Yan suddenly remembered - Tantai Si, her own sister who was two years younger than Tantai Yan, had suddenly disappeared without a trace five years ago, and everyone in the Tantai family thought that she had had an accident and had died away from home.

Unexpectedly, the sister who was treated as a dead person by the whole family, actually came back alive?

Pei Si Yan looked at Li Qing Dye with some uneasiness. Sisters are the closest relationship, what if Tantai Si could see that her "sister" was different from before? Although five years have passed, there will be many changes, but the feeling between close sisters will not change.

Li Qingye slightly nodded to Pei Si Yan, letting her not be nervous and worried.

Pei Si Yan took a deep breath of fresh air, on second thought she was now accepted and recognised by the entire Tantai family, and was in a position to call the shots in the imperial court, so what if she was seen? Would anyone believe it?

It was just the strangeness and detachment of not having seen each other for a long time!

The four of them came to the main hall, there were already quite a few clansmen gathered here, happy and relieved to surround a beautiful and clear looking woman in the middle, talking loudly about something.

Pei Si Yan walked forward without opening her mouth first, smiling and quietly looking at the woman.

"Sister." Tantai Si called out sweetly.

"Little Si," Pei Si Yan pulled her hand and embraced her into her arms, "Sister is so happy to see you back."

The two sisters embraced for a long time before parting, the crowd remembered the former matriarch couple who passed away a year ago, they couldn't help but be sad again, if only the old matriarch could have seen the return of her youngest daughter that would have been so good.

Unfortunately, it was a year too late, and things have changed.

Tantai Yuan asked, ''Little Si, where have you been these past few years? Ever since you disappeared five years ago, everyone has been worried."

Tantai Si's smile froze, she lowered her head and was silent for a long time before she said in a voice so low that it required the onlooker to make an effort to listen, "I'm sorry for making everyone worry, I'm sorry father and mother, I'm sorry to all of you ..."

"Xiao Si, come, first kowtow to your father and mother and report peace, their spirits in heaven will be happy when they see it." Lady Yuexi pulled up Tantai Si's hand and brought her to the portrait of the former matriarch, and a maid brought a soft cushion and placed it on the ground.

"Hmm." Tantai Si wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes, knelt on the soft cushion, her hands were ten in front of her chest, looked up at the portraits of her parents, and said with a slight sobbing tone, "Father, mother, my daughter is unfilial, and was not able to see you for the last time, and send you on your way. Today, my daughter has returned safely, everything is fine, please don't worry, father and mother. Daughter will serve her elders well in the future, get along well with her sister and cousins, and never leave the house again!"

At the end of her words, Tantai Si lowered her head and cried bitterly. Her crying infected the emotions of the other clansmen, and the atmosphere in the main hall fell into depression for a while.

Pei Si Yan's eyes were a little sore, the year she came to the Spirit Abyss Continent she seldom thought of her family members who were far away in another time and space, but now that she saw such a scene in front of her eyes, she couldn't help but miss them extraordinarily. However, it had already been a year since she left, and her family had treated their own daughter as if she was dead outside just like the Tantai family a few years ago, right?

"Sister." Pei Si Yan was thinking about her mind when she suddenly heard someone calling her, and slowed down to find Tantai Si back in front of her, her two eyes red like a rabbit's.

"Little Si." Pei Si Yan reached out and smoothed out a stray hair on her sister's forehead.

"Five years ago, I heard that a famous juggling troupe had come to the imperial capital, so I sneaked out of the mansion to go see it, not wanting to ... "Knowing that her family was curious as to where she had been these past five years, Tantai Si slowly said, "Halfway there, I met A young man, he ... "Her face couldn't help but blush, her voice even lower, "He was very good looking, helped me fight off a few loitering ruffians, and even took me to see a sideshow.

"He was very gentle and friendly, so I carelessly believed him, followed him to dinner, who thought that the meal had long been drugged with ecstasy, and when I woke up, I found myself tied up and lying in a small carriage, surrounded by four or five girls of my age, I instantly realised that the teenager was false, but a shameful human trafficker. "

There was a low shriek from one of the clansmen as they realised what terrible things were going to happen next to the second young lady of the first family, and it was expected that Tanya Si would be too ashamed to say any more, but she didn't stop.

"How could I possibly be willing to be sold like this? I asked the girl beside me to help me remove the cloth ball stuffed in my mouth and then shouted for help, the carriage stopped and the curtain lifted up, it wasn't that teenager anymore but a tall and stout big man, he saw me struggling so he carried me out of the carriage and slapped me a few times, I took the opportunity to bite his arm with all the strength I could muster, the big man screamed miserably and let go of the hand that was gripping me, I seized the moment to get off the carriage and Rolled to the ground, but I forgot to check where we were at that time ... The carriage was next to the cliff ..."

The crowd sucked in a breath of cold air, although Tantai Si had returned unharmed, their hearts couldn't help but still lift.

Lady Yuexi nervously asked, "What happened afterwards?!"

Tantai Si sniffled and continued to talk about her experience, "That big man didn't have time to catch me and I fell down the cliff, I don't remember anything after that. Like a long dream, I suddenly woke up from my dream and saw that I was living in the home of an old couple who were famous local doctor. The old doctor told me that when he went out to collect herbs, he saw me fainting at the foot of the cliff; at that time I was covered with blood, but there was still a trace of breath, so he took me behind his home, and took care of me with great care, and only then did I come to life."

"My God, heaven bless heaven bless!" Lady Yuexi was terrified and murmured to the clear blue sky.

"The oldest husband reckoned that when I fell from the cliff, I was blocked by a tree branch or something, and only managed to survive, but unfortunately I lost my memory and don't remember anything, so they adopted me as if I were their granddaughter. Half a month ago, I finally regained my memory, and after explaining my identity to the oldest husband, he told me that Lord Wu Pan had passed away, and that my sister had succeeded to the seat, and he immediately gave me enough money for a plate, so that I could hurry back to report to my family."

"Little Si, my poor child." Lady Yuexi excitedly hugged her niece, who had been missing for five years before returning, again, sobbing uncontrollably, and the clansmen beside her rushed to comfort her.

"It's good when people come back, let's treat the past as a dream and forget about it."

"Yes, yes."

"Little Si, you rushed back and travelled, you must be very tired, right?" Pei Si Yan adjusted her emotions and said in a high voice, "Go and rest, I will arrange for someone to prepare your favourite meal for you."

"Thank you sister." Tantai Si came over to hug Pei Si Yan again, her slender eyelashes stained with tiny teardrops, looking pathetic. She blinked her eyes and forced a smile, "Sister, you're different from five years ago."

"Is that so?" Pei Si Yan naturally and calmly picked up, "People, they will continue to change as they grow, and I am no exception. Xiao Si, quickly go to sleep, see a bruise under your eye circle, weirdly heartbreaking. If you have anything to say, wait until you have rested well, then you can talk to everyone, okay? I have something to take care of, and I have to send someone to prepare a gift to thank the old man who saved you. That oldest husband, where does he reside, tell us first."

Tantai Si nodded her head obediently, "Mm, Sister! The oldest husband he lives at the foot of the mountains in Yongchang County, his surname is Guan."

"I'll take Little Si back to her room." Lady Yuexi affectionately held Tantai Si's arm and nodded to the clansmen before leading her niece out.

Pei Si Yan said to the clansmen who hadn't left yet, "Everyone disperse, let's wait until the evening to talk about what we have to say."

The clansmen bowed to the matriarch and returned to their respective courtyards while talking cheerfully in twos and threes about Tantai Si's return.

When everyone had left, Pei Si Yan lowered her voice and instructed Li Qing Yan behind her, "Send someone to Yongchang County to see if there really is this old man surnamed Guan, go and return quickly!"

"Miss you suspect Miss Si?"

Pei Si Yan was somewhat helpless, "How can one deliver full trust even if they are close relatives? The second house is the best example, I want to know everyone in the family, to prevent problems before they happen."

"Yes, subordinate understands." Li Qingye cupped his fists to receive the order and hurriedly went out.

Pei Si Yan slowly walked to the doorway and looked up at the sky, now he had to hurry up and deal with the matter with Lord Wang Jianshan.