Chapter 1271: Chapter 957: Poison Doctor Unrivaled 18 (Four Thousand)_3

As he spoke, he turned and walked at the front, with Shui Yixuan following a step behind. Jiang Xue tugged at his sleeve and mouthed to him.

"What’s going on?"

Shui Yixuan blinked mischievously: "You’ll know soon, I promise it’s a surprise!"

Despite having someone carrying a lantern ahead, Jiang Xue still stumbled over a stone, luckily caught by Young Master Runyu.

"Careful!"

Jiang Xue forced a smile, her curiosity growing, until they finally entered a bamboo house in the bamboo forest, the flickering candlelight leaving only Jiang Xue, Shui Yixuan, and Murong Han in the room.

"Can you tell me now? What’s the matter? Why so secretive?"

Murong Han struggled to suppress his emotions, his burning gaze fixed on Jiang Xue: "What’s your name? How old are you this year? When is your birthday?"

Jiang Xue glanced suspiciously at Shui Yixuan, who simply gestured with his chin, clearly indicating she should say whatever she needed to.

She pursed her lips, reluctantly revealing her birth date details.

After hearing it, Murong Han stumbled a little, his hand promptly supporting himself on the nearby table, and he asked again: "Who are your parents? Do you know?"

Jiang Xue shook her head, "I don’t know. The woman who raised me was named Yuan Tian, but she passed away ten years ago."

"Assassinated?"

"Yes, I don’t know by whom,"

"Do you have any token on you?"

At this point, Jiang Xue finally reacted. She carefully scrutinized the face in front of her and exclaimed: "Could you be?"

Despite this, she still quickly removed the Jade Pendant hanging around her neck and handed it over.

The pattern on the Jade Pendant made Murong Han’s heart race instantly.

The warm touch caused Murong Han’s heart to tremble. He carefully examined the Jade Pendant in his hand, transparent and crystal-clear, without any blemishes, exuding an oily sheen. The patterns were natural, and under the candlelight, he could faintly see the frosty flowers hidden inside. Its front was a crescent moon, with the word "Xue" engraved in the center, and the back had the large ’Murong’ character.

At this moment, Jiang Xue was incredibly nervous, instinctively swallowing hard.

Murong Han didn’t respond to her, but in front of both of them, he removed something from his neck and gently placed it in Jiang Xue’s hand.

Jiang Xue’s hand touched the Jade Pendant, still warm from his body, slightly bowing her head, her eyes filled with excitement.

Because the Jade Pendant in front of her was different from hers, although similarly oval-shaped, it was carved with a dragon pattern, the significance of which need not be stated.

The dragon’s mouth held a pearl, engraved with the ’Han’ character, and the back of the Jade Pendant also had the large ’Murong’ character.

Unconsciously, something seemed to blur her vision, while in her ears echoed a voice full of deep emotion, though unfamiliar.

"Do you know? Brother has been searching for you and mother for ten full years. I never believed you both would just die like that, I didn’t believe it, neither did Father Emperor. We spared no effort searching for ten years, but found nothing. We’ve also felt despair, yet had to repeatedly remind ourselves to be strong, to hold onto hope, otherwise, we’d lose even the hope to stay alive!"

"Our brother and sister have actually been separated for thirteen full years. The last time I saw you, you were only two years old, at that time, you were like a glutinous rice Tuanzi, incredibly cute, but little did I expect that thirteen years would pass, you’ve grown into such a captivating beauty, resembling our mother when she was young. In fact, just at the first sight of you, I was already sure you are indeed my sister."

"Why thirteen years? Wasn’t it ten years?"

Murong Han sighed: "When you were two, I went traveling everywhere with my master. Perhaps Mother had already foreseen trouble, so she arranged for me to leave early, whereas you weren’t so fortunate. It’s been many years since we parted, Xue’er, I’m thankful to the heavens to still be able to know you!"

"So, Mother wasn’t in the Imperial Palace of Lanyue Country?"

Murong Han’s eyes filled with an evident coldness: "She wasn’t, she disappeared with you, and to save you as well as Aunt Yuan, she diverted those people. But unexpectedly, Aunt Yuan sacrificed her life for us in the end, I will remember this grudge, and Mother won’t forget her kindness."

"Tonight, we’ll pack up, and set off back to Lanyue tomorrow morning. Father, because of you and Mother, has been consumed by longing, distressed for years without finding you. Otherwise, given his health, he might not even have held on until now!"

Murong Han’s words made Jiang Xue’s heart grow fond of this father she had never met, perceiving him as a man of deep affection and righteousness. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have named the country after Mother’s name. Speaking of their mother, she was indeed the kind of figure akin to a femme fatale!