withered prosperity

The one who bypassed a clump of pruning bamboo and walked into the wing room was a man with a very delicate appearance.

"Master Qiu?" Yan Hai put down his teacup and stood up.

Of course he knew this famous folk art master, but he had never seen him until today.

"You are Yan Hai?" Qiu Lanyu's voice was a bit indisputable when she sang, but her voice was completely clear and masculine, and if it wasn't for the fine lines around her eyes, she would not have looked more than 26 seven.

Just based on the age at which he became famous, he is at least in his early forties now.

"Exactly." Before, Yan Hai only thought that he had gone to the wrong place, but he didn't think that he really came to find him: "Master Qiu is looking for me?"

Qiu Lanyu didn't speak immediately, but looked at him up and down.

Yan Hai didn't know why, so he could only stand there and let him look at him.

"What's the relationship between you and Yan Yingniang?"

Yan Hai's eyes froze.

Qiu Lanyu was extremely sensitive to changes in expression, and seeing Yan Hai's reaction made her more and more sure of what she was thinking.

He walked to the grand master's chair on the other side, lifted up his robe, and sat down upright.

"If you are Yan Yingniang's child, then I am your uncle." Seeing that Yan Hai did not deny it, he pointed to the teapot beside him with his chin: "Tea."

Yan Hai glanced at him, poured tea and handed it to him without saying a word.

Maybe it was because he didn't kneel down to offer the tea, Qiu Lanyu showed some dissatisfaction on her face, but she still took the tea and drank it.

"Your mother...is she no longer alive?"

"Yes, nearly 20 years."

Qiu Lanyu lowered her gaze, staring at the teacup in her hand.

"How did you die?" He asked in a low voice.

"Sick and dead."

"Why don't you call me uncle?" Qiu Lanyu raised her head and asked him, her beautiful eyebrows slightly frowned.

"Because my mother never mentioned that she has a brother." Yan Hai explained: "She said that her parents died since she was a child, and she has no close relatives in her family, so she is considered an orphan."

"Does it have to be biological to be counted as brothers and sisters?" Qiu Lanyu said impatiently, "What nonsense!"

Yan Hai was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.

"Isn't your nickname... Douer?"

Qiu Lanyu let out a "tss", and said reluctantly, "We all call it Douerguoer in the countryside, just for good luck."

But it still made him feel too shameless to be known by the juniors that the original name of the dignified Qiu Sanye was Qiu Dou.

Yan Hai was very surprised.

His mother did mention to him that there was such a person.

When she was in Shaohuafang, there was a child named Dou'er who was very close to her, and later recognized her as a sibling.He thought he was just a servant boy, but he never thought that that "Douer" would be the famous actress Qiu Lanyu...

He poured another cup of tea, knelt on the ground, respectfully offered Qiu Lanyu, and said, "Tea to Uncle."

"Okay, okay, get up!" Qiu Lanyu raised the corner of his mouth, and then he actually took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Yan Hai. "In our place, whenever we meet a junior for the first time, we will give a red envelope to celebrate the new year. This is for you."

The corner of Yan Hai's mouth twitched, thanking him for taking it.

"You really look like your mother!" Qiu Lanyu looked at his face: "The first time I heard the song you sang in Prince Cheng's Mansion... is the song "On the Lake", which is to teach you The master who sang the song was written by the master before his death, and no one else will understand it. Later, when I saw you, I thought you were my sister's child."

"That's it!" Yan Hai couldn't help touching his face: "My mother and I..."

"It's a bit strange to say." Qiu Lanyu sighed: "The Xie family doesn't know what skills they have, and the children born more or less look like their family. Fortunately, God has eyes and didn't let you grow up. Be like that heartless and shameless person!"

After he finished speaking, seeing Yan Hai's dazed face, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"Don't you know..."

"No, I know." Yan Hai continued calmly: "I am Xie Zhilan's son."

"what?"

Yan Hai looked at Qiu Lanyu.

"No!" Qiu Lanyu said suspiciously: "The one who gave birth to you was not Xie Zhilan, but Xie Manting."

"What?" Yan Hai was really stunned at this moment.

Xie Manting is the youngest son of the previous generation of the Xie family, and Xie Zhilan's uncle.

It is said that he is talented in literature and martial arts, especially handsome. He was the most popular in the capital city at that time, and he was the dream of countless women.

It's a pity that such a person, after drinking alcohol and drinking, galloped on horseback, fell into the blue lake and drowned. When the body was found, it was almost rotten... when he died, he was only 25 or [-] years old.

"It's a good death!" Qiu Lanyu sneered: "I only know how to harm others when I live, so it's better to die cleanly! Even this way of dying is also cheap for him!"

"But I thought..."

"Why do you think that you are Xie Zhilan's son? Xie Zhilan is old-fashioned and not interested in romantic affairs. Although Shaohuafang was still in his charge at that time, he didn't come here often." Qiu Lanyu shook her head, revealing A bit dissatisfied: "At that time, there were not many girls who were not fascinated by Xie Manting. At that time, he often came to the workshop to listen to the music, and always praised your mother for singing well. I really thought he was interested in me, and I was thinking about it, no matter how I persuade her, it won't work."

"My mother didn't blame him."

"I blame him!" Qiu Lanyu patted the table: "Others don't know, but I know that he doesn't like your mother at all, but your mother's voice is very similar to that Princess Yun Ni, Xie Manting is infatuated with Yun Ni Princess, it's a pity that the princess has no intentions for him, he is just looking for comfort with your mother!"

"What did you say?" Yan Hai frowned: "What Princess Yun Ni?"

Princess Yun Ni is not Yun Ji's...

"It's all retribution! That Princess Yunni deserves to die! If she hadn't been a hindrance, Xie Manting brought your mother back to be a concubine, and at last he could give your mother a place to live. How could she let my sister be pregnant?" With you leaving Shangjing, you ended up dying outside?"

"But didn't you say that Princess Yun Ni has no intentions of Xie Manting, why would you say that she is a hindrance..."

"I didn't understand it before, but later I figured it out." Qiu Lanyu said coldly: "There is such a kind of person in this world, she may not like you, but she won't want to see you with other people .”

"what have you done?"

"I'm just an actor, what can I do to a princess?" Qiu Lanyu laughed: "I just asked someone to find the best fairy powder, and dedicated it to this princess, in exchange for some rewards!"

The room suddenly fell silent.

"Look at me, I'm talking crooked." Qiu Lanyu broke the silence first: "I shouldn't have mentioned such bad things just after meeting you. Tell me quickly, you and your mother How was life after leaving Shangjing? I sent people to her hometown many times, but there was no news at all. When I think about it these years, I feel tight in my chest."

"Actually, it's nothing." Yan Hai said curtly, "My mother was cheated on the way back to her hometown. They sold my mother to a place far away...I was born in that place, and later I lived there with her until she fell ill and died."

"You must have suffered a lot." Qiu Lanyu's eyes glistened with tears: "Did you do hard work there? Have you been bullied?"

Yan Hai opened his mouth a few times, and finally picked the truth and said: "I killed those who bullied my mother and me."

"Good kill." Qiu Lanyu was not surprised or frightened at all, but applauded loudly: "I hate what people say when they repay kindness with kindness, it's all stupid words, it's extremely ridiculous!"

Yan Hai looked at him and suddenly laughed.

"Uncle Douer!" He said to Qiu Lanyu, "Actually, I have always wanted to look like my mother."

"It's pretty similar!"

"I look like her, she will be happy too! She had no choice at that time... In fact, she probably doesn't like people who look like the Xie family..."

"A man's husband is talking about a man's mind, and it depends on his talent and ability. What does appearance matter? Besides, whether you look good or not is not something you can choose! But..." He said with some reluctance: "Uncle is just uncle. There is no need to add anything else!"

"My mother always talks about Uncle Dou'er, I'm used to it." Yan Hai said with a smile.

"Sister, she... still remembers me!" Qiu Lanyu lowered her head. "I'm useless. I've made you suffer all these years... I heard that you have stayed in Chaomu Pavilion for many years. Why didn't you come to Shangjing to look for me, instead of going to such a place as a servant?"

His tone was low at first, but he became angry again in a blink of an eye.

"No, it's not what you think..." Yan Hai didn't know how to explain it for a while, but he was reluctant to lie to him: "Yun Ji treated me very well..."

"Yunji?" Qiu Lanyu jumped up: "Isn't he the son of Princess Yunni?"

"Yes!" Yan Hai looked at him suspiciously: "But it has nothing to do with it!"

"What's okay? Didn't you hear what I just said?"

"Yun Ji is not close to his mother..."

"What do you know? Is this a question of being close or not?" Qiu Lanyu squinted at him and smiled maliciously: "Maybe he has some skills, and others think he is extraordinary and refined, but he is like that. People, from the moment they were born, they were doomed to be...you don't know! He is actually Princess Yunni and..."

"Enough said?"

The two turned to look outside the door.

At some point, a person stood there.

He was dressed in black, blocking the sunny courtyard behind the door.

The whole room suddenly became dark.