Early in the morning, the Houfu began to get busy.
The second master, Xie Feng, took leave yesterday and took his people to the city gate early in the morning. The second wife, Yang, led her children to the Ronghua Courtyard and invited the old lady to accompany her to wait for the second master.
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Of course Xie Wu is not here.
The old lady glanced at Mr. Yang, but said nothing.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for a while, and not long after, the mother-in-law ran in with a happy face and said, "Old madam, second madam, the prince and his wife are back! They have entered the house now and are coming towards you.
Got it!"
"Really! Quick, help me up!" The old lady hurriedly stretched out her hand, making a gesture to get up.
Aunt Zhu hurriedly stepped forward and helped the old lady up.
Yang and others also stood up and followed the old lady out of the door.
While everyone was looking forward to it, a tall and straight figure came into view first. Under the black cloak was a turquoise-colored straight coat with dark patterns. A leather belt with a pebbled pattern was tied around the waist. He had thick eyebrows and dark eyes, and he was a handsome figure.
Xie Zheng, the crown prince of Wu'an.
"Mother."
Xie Zheng walked up to the old lady in three steps, lifted up the hem of his clothes, and knelt down towards her on the spot.
Mrs. Chen behind her also hurriedly pulled Xie Xu, who was only nine years old, to follow Xie Zheng and gave the old lady a big salute.
"Okay, okay, good boy, get up quickly!" The old lady helped Xie Zheng up with red eyes.
"Mom, uncle, it's cold outside, let's go inside and talk." Yang said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, come into the room and talk, come into the room and talk." The old lady nodded repeatedly, took Xie Zheng's hand, turned around and walked towards the house together.
Soon, the group of people sat down in the room.
After everyone had seen the ceremony and said hello, the old lady took Xie Zheng's hand again and said, "Is your father okay?"
"Don't worry, mother. Father, everything is fine. Last month, he was practicing with the soldiers in the school field, and he chopped off a man's horse with one knife." When he mentioned his father, Xie Zheng smiled at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
The old lady nodded.
As soon as Mrs. Chen entered the house, she scanned the room and saw that Xie Wu was not there, so she hurriedly and secretly tugged at the corner of Xie Zheng's clothes.
Xie Zheng understood, and quickly turned to the old lady and said, "By the way, mother, why don't you see Sister Wu?"
Seeing Chen's actions, the old lady frowned in displeasure.
She did not answer Xie Zheng's words. Instead, she waved to Xie Xu who was beside her. She smiled and put her arms around him and said, "We haven't seen you for more than a year. Brother Xu, do you miss your grandmother?"
"I thought so." Xie Xu nodded vigorously.
The old lady smiled again, stretched out her hand to touch Xie Xu's face, and ignored Xie Zheng.
Seeing some embarrassment on Xie Zheng's face, Mrs. Yang quickly took over the words with a smile and said, "Uncle, I don't know, Sister Wu accidentally caught a cold a while ago. The disease has not been cured yet, so Jiangcai drank the medicine.
She was sweating all over and fell asleep. It was very cold and windy today, and I was afraid of blowing her, so I decided to let her rest in the room. After a while, when she woke up, I asked the maid to take her.
She came to say hello to you."
"Sister Wu, are you sick? Is it serious? Have you asked the doctor to take a look?" Upon hearing Yang's words, Chen immediately couldn't sit still.
Mrs. Chen felt guilty from the bottom of her heart towards Xie Wu, her daughter.
At first she couldn't defeat the old lady, and she was worried about Xie Zheng, so she had no choice but to leave Xie Wu in the capital.
When she was in Ningxia, she had thought of bringing Xie Wu to her side countless times, but the old lady never responded.
Her marriage to Xie Zheng has always been a thorn in the old lady's heart. Coupled with her background, the old lady's disgust for her is simply written on her face, even after she gave birth to Awu and Axu.
Still no relief at all.
Later, her wet nurse, Aunt Gui, advised her to leave the eldest daughter with the old lady if she refused.
Maybe for the sake of the older lady, the relationship between the old lady and her can be eased a bit.
"What? Do you think we are treating Sister Wu harshly? Or are you blaming us for not taking good care of Sister Wu?" As soon as she heard Chen's voice, the disgust in the old lady's heart immediately came out.
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"Mother, mother, my daughter-in-law didn't say that." Chen's face turned red. She rubbed her hands uneasily and looked towards Xie Zheng as if asking for help.
"Mom, A Yao didn't mean that." Xie Zheng felt quite helpless when his wife asked for help.
But the old lady just snorted coldly and turned her face away from Xie Zheng.
"Grandma, please stop being mean to my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law has been thinking about my sister all this time." Seeing the old lady's face darken, Xie Xu quickly stood up straight and looked at the old lady and said.
After listening to Xie Xu's words, the old lady's face became darker and darker, and her hand holding Xie Xu loosened.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry. Sister Wu is fine. She took the last dose of medicine this morning and she sweated a little. The doctor said she's fine." Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense, Mrs. Yang hurriedly smiled and smoothed things over.
"Big girl, you are here."
At this moment, the maid's voice suddenly sounded outside.
Mrs. Chen's eyes lit up and she immediately turned to look at the door.
The heavy curtain was lifted up, and a girl wrapped in a bright red wintersweet cloak embroidered with gold thread walked in. She had slender eyebrows and crooked eyes, and a tear mole in the corner of her right eye.
She has a beautiful face, and at a young age, she has a vaguely charming appearance that will captivate a country.
"Ah Wu." Looking at that familiar yet unfamiliar face, Chen's eyes suddenly filled with water.
A trace of surprise flashed in Yang's eyes on the side, and her eyebrows furrowed slightly.
Xie Wu walked up to the old lady and blessed her, "Grandma."
The old lady raised her eyes and glanced at her lightly, "Why are you here? Why don't you go see your father and mother soon?"
Xie Wu bowed her head and responded. She tried her best to steady her mind and walked to Xie Zheng and Chen with a strong composure and blessed them respectively, "My daughter has met her father and mother."
Although Ms. Chen in front of her had a somewhat sad look on her face, she could not conceal her rosy cheeks and beautiful face.
Unlike later when she and A Xu were sick in bed, their cheeks were sunken and thin.
And her father was still standing in front of her.
It's so good. The sadness of being abandoned, treated poorly, owed, and wronged has long been worn away by the long time in her previous life. She has secretly prayed in her dreams countless times that it would be fine if she could do it again, and she would never be alienated again.
They ignored them, but perhaps God listened to her prayers and allowed her to live again.
"Hey, get up, get up." Chen's eyes were getting redder and redder. She reached out to help Xie Wu up, and couldn't bear to let go of her hand.
"Sister." Nine-year-old Xie Xu was also very happy.
Even Xie Zheng couldn't help but feel a little moved when he saw Xie Wu, "Wu, you have grown so big..."
Xie Wu lowered her eyes and blessed Xie Zheng again. Her long eyelashes drooped, covering the moving expression in her eyes, and she tried her best to calm her voice and said, "Yes, my daughter has grown up."
This time, she will cut off all the claws extending towards the long room one by one.
No one could plot against her parents and brothers under her nose.
In this life, she will definitely protect them!
Even if her hands are stained with blood, she will not hesitate!