Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 256 Sachet
Liu Qingguang was forced to stop. He frowned and said unhappily, "What are you doing?!"

Yan Ciwan walked up to him with a cane and said with a smile.

"You're still here!"

Liu Qingguang still remembered what he had said three days ago. He felt very ashamed and angry at the moment. If he had known that he would run into these two people here, he would not have come today!
"I stayed a few days longer because I had some things to do in the city. I came here to take a look today. I'll leave after I'm done and I won't come again!"

Listening to his explanation which made things even more revealing, Yan Ci Wan and Xiao Wang knew in their hearts that he still couldn't completely give up this father-son relationship.

Even hatred is a manifestation of being unable to let go.

Yan Ciwan did not expose his lie. She said, "Luckily you are here. I have something to give you."

Liu Qingguang felt strange: "What is it?"

Yan Ciwan took out the navy blue purse and handed it to him.

"Open it and take a look."

Liu Qingguang did not reach out to take it. He frowned and said, "A purse is a personal item that can only be given to close people. I don't know the girl at all. It would be inappropriate for me to rashly accept it. I hope the girl will take the purse back."

Yan Ciwan didn't expect the other party to have the wrong idea, so she explained with a helpless smile.

"You misunderstood. This is actually Governor Xie's purse."

Liu Qingguang was stunned: "This is my father..."

He shut up halfway through his words because he still remembered the scene when Xie Tanyu ordered people to kick him out. Xie Tanyu was unwilling to acknowledge him as his son, so he naturally couldn't have the nerve to call him father.

Yan Ciwan held the purse forward again: "Aren't you curious about what's in it?"

Liu Qingguang really wanted to say in a tough tone that he was not curious and then leave without looking back.

But his right hand stretched out as if possessed by a ghost.

The purse was placed in his hand.

The purse was obviously very light, but Liu Qingguang felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds, weighing him down and making his hands tremble slightly.

He asked quietly, "Why did you give it to me?"

Yan Ciwan said, "Because its original owner should be your mother. If you take it back and give it to your mother, it will be considered as returning it to its original owner."

Liu Qingguang couldn't believe it: "This is my mother's purse? How is this possible?"

"The purse is not your mother's, but the things inside it are. You will understand everything if you open it."

Liu Qingguang untied the string with trembling hands, opened the purse, and took out a small sachet.

Two lotus buds are embroidered on the moon-white background.

He stroked the embroidery on the surface of the sachet and said in a trembling voice, "This is my mother's embroidery."

Yan Ciwan asked, "Your mother's maiden name is Yuan He, right?"

Liu Qingguang raised his eyes to look at her and asked, "How did you know?"

"The green bamboo still has powder on it, and the round lotus begins to shed its fragrance. Governor Xie once recited this poem before he died. In fact, he was always thinking about his wife in his heart." Liu Qingguang didn't believe it at all: "If he still had feelings for my mother, why did he divorce her back then? For more than 20 years, he has never visited my mother. Even when I knelt in front of him and begged him to go see my mother one last time, he was unwilling to do so. He said that he had already forgotten my mother a long time ago."

He glanced at the sachet in his hand and said mockingly, "He probably forgot that this sachet existed, so he didn't throw it away."

Yan Ciwan said, "If you really don't care, you can just throw it anywhere, but this sachet is carefully protected in a purse. Look at the sachet again, the embroidery on the surface is a little fuzzy, which shows that someone often rubs it with their hands."

Liu Qingguang lowered his eyes, looked at the purse and sachet in his hands, and was silent for a long time before he spoke.

"Since he still cares about my mother, why did he want to divorce her?"

Yan Ciwan thought about this question for a long time, and then asked, "In the past twenty years, has your mother ever complained to you about the bad things done to Governor Xie?"

"My mother never mentioned anything about my father to me, whether it was good or bad, she never told me."

"If Governor Xie was not kind to your mother, how could she not have complained for more than 20 years? She became ill and her mind became confused. She could not remember anything except Governor Xie's name. If it were you, would you still be thinking about someone who was not kind to you during the last days of your life?"

Yan Ciwan’s analysis made Liu Qingguang stunned.

Ever since he knew that his father was Xie Tanyu, he had been determined to find his father and had never thought deeply about the relationship between his parents.
After a long while, Liu Qingguang murmured, "Since they still have feelings for each other, why do they choose to divorce?"

Yan Ciwan recalled the figure of Xie Tanyu walking alone in the boundless white fog. He was thin and a little hunched, and it was obvious that he had been released from prison not long ago. He was surrounded by accusations and curses. Those vicious words were sharper than a knife and stabbed at him mercilessly.

Yan Ciwan said slowly: "Maybe he knows that this road is not easy to take, so he doesn't want to implicate you and your son."

Liu Qingguang didn't understand what she meant.

Yan Ciwan sighed, "If I'm not mistaken, Governor Xie publicly announced his betrayal of Crown Prince Renxian and his allegiance to the Second Prince Li Mingguang only after he divorced your mother, right?"

"Ah."

"Afterwards, Crown Prince Renxian was murdered, and Governor Xie was involved in the abdication incident. He was tortured in prison for several years. Although he was finally released and appointed by the emperor to serve as an official again, he still bore many infamy. If Governor Xie and your mother had not divorced, then when Governor Xie was imprisoned and tortured, your mother, as a family member, would certainly not have been spared. Have you ever thought about what your mother would have encountered at that time?"

Liu Qingguang looked at her in a daze.

At this moment, he finally understood what Yan Ciwan meant.

The reason why Xie Tanyu divorced his wife and announced to the public that it was because of a breakdown in their relationship was actually because Xie Tanyu knew that his life might be in danger in the future, so he let his wife go early.

Liu Qingguang tightened his grip on the sachet and asked, "Since he knew there would be danger, why did he still do that?"

Yan Ciwan sighed: "I'm not him, and I don't know what he was thinking at the time, but I guess he must have had his reasons for doing so."

"Even if he had his reasons back then, what about now? Everything is over, why is he still unwilling to see my mother?"

Yan Ciwan thought of the secret letter that Xie Tanyu received. The last sentence of the letter reminded Xie Tanyu that his investigation into the old case of Prince Renxian had been discovered and his life might be in danger, so he must be extra careful.

This shows that Xie Tanyu knew that there was a hidden story behind the murder of Prince Renxian, and he has been secretly investigating the truth of the matter over the years. This move will inevitably bring great danger.

Yan Ciwan guessed, "Perhaps because he knew the crisis had not been resolved, even if he wanted to see your mother very much, he couldn't go."

Liu Qingguang's voice was a little choked up: "My mother doesn't have much time left. Even if there is danger, what does it matter? She won't care."

"But you still have a long life ahead of you."

Liu Qingguang was stunned again.