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Chapter 202 Do you still remember things from your childhood?

Before leaving, Xiao Xingfang glanced at Yaoqin, stared at her for a moment, and then turned away, walking straight to Li Quan who was standing to the side. He extended his right hand to Li Quan, who immediately understood and handed him Xiao Xingfang's sword.

After receiving the sword, Xiao Xingfang skillfully and gracefully fastened it to his waist. Then, he leaped onto the horse's back, gently spurred it with his legs, and the steed galloped away like an arrow, leaving only a cloud of dust billowing in the air.

"Yaoqin, Commander Xiao just looked this way at you." Jinse blinked her bright eyes, a hint of mischievousness on her face, and deliberately teased Yaoqin.

Upon hearing this, Yaoqin blushed slightly, but still managed to remain calm and replied, "How could that be? Sister Jinse, please don't joke with me."

"I'm telling you, I saw him turn around and look at you when he left." Jinse continued to tease Yaoqin relentlessly.

Yaoqin raised her head, her eyes flickering, and retorted coquettishly, "Sister Jinse, even if he turned around to look, how do you know that he saw me and not you? Maybe Commander Xiao actually has his eye on you!"

"Haha, that's absolutely impossible," Jinse denied without hesitation, her tone unusually firm.

Su Nuannuan, who had been quietly watching the two bicker with a smile on her face, suddenly opened her eyes wide and stared straight at Yaoqin as if she had discovered something extraordinary.

After careful observation, Su Nuannuan was surprised to find that Yaoqin looked quite similar to Xiao Xingfang, especially their eyebrows and eyes, which were almost identical, as if they were carved from the same mold.

"Yaoqin, come here for a moment," Su Nuannuan called out hurriedly.

Upon hearing Su Nuannuan's call, Yaoqin and Jinse, who had been playfully teasing each other, instantly stopped joking and became extremely respectful. Not daring to delay, they quickly walked towards Su Nuannuan.

"Your Majesty," Yaoqin greeted respectfully in a soft voice.

Su Nuannuan, who was sitting on the soft couch, raised her hand slightly to signal her to get up, and then asked softly, "Yaoqin, I'm asking you, do you still remember things from your childhood?"

Faced with Su Nuannuan's sudden question, Yaoqin was completely stunned, never expecting the Empress to ask such a question. For a moment, she stood there dumbfounded, her mind racing, but she couldn't figure out why her Empress would ask her this. After a long while, Yaoqin finally came to her senses, gently shook her head, and said, "Your Majesty, this servant... doesn't remember."

Standing to the side, Jinse looked at Su Nuannuan with a puzzled expression, wondering what the Empress was trying to do.

Suddenly, as if she had just thought of something, Jinse turned her head sharply and stared at Yaoqin with an incredulous look.

Seeing this, Su Nuannuan, who had been observing Jinse's actions, couldn't help but smile faintly and asked Jinse, "Well, you noticed it too, didn't you?"

Upon hearing this, Jinse quickly composed herself and replied with a smile, "Your Majesty, I only just discovered it myself."

Seeing the two of them talking back and forth, Yaoqin felt increasingly confused, her heart pounding with anxiety. Her face full of worry, she couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, Sister Jinse, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong or inappropriate? Please enlighten me!"

Hearing Yaoqin's urgent words, Jinse turned her gaze back to her and asked calmly, "Yaoqin, don't you feel a strange sense of familiarity when you look at Commander Xiao?"

“How could he look familiar? I don’t know him at all!” Yaoqin’s eyes widened immediately upon hearing this, and she retorted without hesitation.

Seeing this, Su Nuannuan couldn't help but smile and shake her head, saying, "Alright, Jinse, she's always been this carefree and thoughtless. Let's not beat around the bush with her, let's just be frank and say it directly!"

Jinse sighed helplessly, then turned her gaze to Yaoqin and said seriously, "Yaoqin, haven't you noticed that you and Commander Xiao look extremely similar? Especially your eyebrows and eyes, they are practically identical."

However, after hearing Jinse's words, Yaoqin still looked bewildered, blinking her big eyes and muttering to herself, "I...I haven't paid any attention to Commander Xiao's appearance." Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she turned her head sharply and asked Su Nuannuan with a puzzled look, "Your Majesty, do you think I really look a lot like Commander Xiao?"

Su Nuannuan looked Yaoqin up and down, then nodded slightly and answered with certainty, "It does look very similar."

Upon receiving this answer, Yaoqin became even more confused, frowning as she muttered to herself, "How could this be? I never knew I had an older brother!"

Su Nuannuan coughed lightly and reassured him, "We'll find an opportunity to ask Father about the specifics before making a conclusion. However, in my opinion, this Commander Xiao is most likely your elder brother."

"This is too unbelievable. I was saved by the Duke of Zhenguo, and Commander Xiao is also under the Duke of Zhenguo's command. This is too much of a coincidence!" Yaoqin said incredulously.

"Fate is so wonderful," Su Nuannuan murmured softly with a smile on her lips.

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps approached, and Canglan Jingcheng and Canglan Jingyao, like two joyful little deer, rushed into the house, their foreheads covered in sweat, calling out loudly, "Mother!"

Hearing the sound, Su Nuannuan looked over and saw the two little ones in such a state. She was both amused and annoyed. She quickly stood up to greet them and scolded, "You two, where have you been playing around again? Look at all that sweat on your foreheads." As she spoke, she reached out and gently wiped the sweat from the children's foreheads with a handkerchief.

Canglan Jingcheng's face flushed with excitement as he eagerly replied, "Mother, we went to dig shepherd's purse in the back field with Granny Jin and Granny Ru! It was so much fun!"

Su Nuannuan asked with a smile, "Oh? So how many did you dig up?"

Cang Lan Jingcheng immediately puffed out his chest and said proudly, "We dug up so many! And the people in the village told me that shepherd's purse can not only be used to make dumplings, but also to make pancakes. So I asked Aunt Zhixiang to make shepherd's purse pancakes for us tonight." After saying that, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, as if he had already begun to imagine the delicious pancakes.

Hearing this, Su Nuannuan couldn't help but laugh out loud. She gently tapped Canglan Jingcheng's little nose and said affectionately, "You little glutton, all you ever think about is eating delicious food." Meanwhile, Canglan Jingyao stood obediently to the side, her big, watery eyes fixed on her mother, her face full of happy smiles, quietly listening to her brother's report.

After a brief pause, Canglan Jingyao spoke up, not to be outdone: "Mother, besides shepherd's purse, we also dug up some purslane."