Ten days is just a moment for many people, but it feels like a year for the Hua family.
As Hua Zhi was the Grand Tutor, she could no longer stay in the old house and began her daily routine of teaching. After several days of acupuncture, the injury on her hand gradually improved. Everything was moving in a good direction.
However, as the date got closer, not to mention the other members of the Hua family, even Hua Zhi lost her usual calmness. The emperor saw this and simply gave her a few days off so that she could wait at home with peace of mind.
As a qualified fiancé, Gu Yanxi had already sent people to guard the place, and the news arrived in the afternoon of that day.
"arrive?"
"Yes, it is still forty miles away from the capital, and we should be halfway there now."
Forty miles, Hua Zhi bit her tongue to calm herself down, "Are they all riding horses?"
"yes."
Twenty miles on horseback, so fast!
"Reward, Madam Su, reward him."
Nanny Su responded loudly and excitedly, and quickly took out a red envelope and handed it over. The man took it with a smile and left tactfully.
Hua Zhi raised her voice and ordered, "Tell everyone to gather in the front yard in a quarter of an hour."
"yes."
Seeing everyone walking briskly, Hua Zhi also walked back to the room and sat in front of the dressing table. Looking at herself in the mirror, she raised her hand and touched her face, "Change clothes and put some makeup on me."
"yes."
Yingchun looked at the official uniform hanging in the cabinet and turned back uncertainly, "Do you want to wear the official uniform?"
"No, give me some bigger clothes."
"yes."
Hua Zhi really hadn't dressed up carefully for a long time. Before she became the Grand Tutor, she always let her hair hang out however it wanted. After wearing official uniform, she mostly tied her hair on top of her head to make it easier to wear a crown, and everyone was used to her dressing like that.
So when she walked out of the house, everyone was stunned, and Gu Yanxi who was waiting outside was no exception.
Her eyebrows were lightly drawn and her eyeliner was lightly drawn, making her eyes look brighter. The rouge on her cheeks made her look healthy, but the color on her lips was weakened. Even though her aura had not completely dissipated, the pink lips did not give people a sense of dominance.
Looking at her body again, I saw that she was wearing a pink plain gauze shirt, with three green and three blue bamboos embroidered on it, and three sets of gold and silver thread vanilla clouds piled up. She was wearing a West Lake water plain silk pomegranate skirt, with three blue small flowers hidden in the pleats of five light colors, and a sky blue woven gold lace underneath. Standing still, it looked like a plain skirt, but when she moved, the flowers in the pleats were revealed. If she was wearing it like this, it would be enough, but she was afraid of the cold, so she wore a sky blue jacket on the outside.
Hua Zhi is gentle like this, but this gentleness is only relative to her before. After the experiences of the past two years, even if she wants to be the eldest daughter of the Hua family again, she can hardly restrain herself in such a short time. Her gentleness inevitably reveals coldness, but her eyes still show decisiveness and sharpness, which makes her look charming and heroic. It is very contradictory, but also very beautiful.
Hua Zhi didn't notice any of this. She walked up to Yan Xi with a happy look on her face and asked, "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to accompany you." Gu Yanxi coughed lightly to cover up her previous gaffe, "According to the time, we should be entering the city soon."
Hua Zhi was a little hesitant. She wasn't afraid to go out with Yan Xi in front of the elders. She already knew everything she needed to know. However, it was a family gathering after all, and Yan Xi might feel awkward there...
"I won't go over, I'll just stay by your side." Seeing what she was thinking, Gu Yanxi smiled softly. He spent nearly two years getting close to Ah Zhi's heart. Now that he succeeded, she would think about him, keep him in mind, and think about his face...
These are all manifestations that she has him in her heart.
"Then I won't be able to take care of you for a while..."
"Don't worry about me, I just need to stay by your side."
Hua Zhi immediately understood his intention and nodded with a smile.
Gu Yanxi also smiled, "Go ahead."
Hua Zhi nodded, took a deep breath, and walked towards her family who had been waiting for a long time.
The Hua family's door opened wide and members of the Hua family filed out.
Hua Zhi stood at the front, followed by the son of the Hua family, Yang Sui'an and Zeng Han in the middle, then the daughter of the Hua family, then the wives of several families and Hua Xian, then a group of concubines, and finally the servants of the Hua family. It was a huge crowd and no one was left behind.
Although they were obviously very excited, everyone was extremely solemn. No one spoke, and everyone pricked up their ears and stared at the alley entrance, only blinking quickly when they really had to.
After two years of separation, we are about to meet again. How can we not be excited
An unknown amount of time passed, perhaps a long time, perhaps just a moment, when the sound of horse hooves could be heard. However, the sound came closer and then went farther away, and it was not the person they were waiting for.
Before he could regain his composure, the sound of horse hooves rang out again. The difference from the previous time was that this time the sound of horse hooves was very heavy, as if many horses were coming together. Many people from their Hua family had returned...
Hua Zhi couldn't help but take a step forward, and clenched her hands on her lower abdomen tightly, even feeling a little dizzy.
Closer and closer, when the familiar figure appeared in sight, Hua Zhi's mind went blank, and she instinctively led everyone to kneel down. Her clear voice, which could not hide her sobs, spread throughout Hualin Lane, "Welcome home."
Immediately afterwards, the tender and tender voices of young people with crying tones rang out, "Welcome home!"
Hua Yi was holding the reins tightly, wanting to dismount but couldn't find his legs. He knew he was covered in frost, looked miserable, and ached all over, but he wanted to help the child up.
Hua Pingyang rolled off the horse unsteadily, and hurriedly helped his father down, trying to support his father who was trembling slightly over to the side.
Hua Yizhen pushed him away, walked to his eldest granddaughter alone, bent down and helped her up. Looking at his granddaughter who was so thin that her cheeks were sunken and her clothes were hanging, his lips moved, but in the end he did not say a word. He just patted her arm gently, and everything was said without words.
"Everyone get up, everyone get up!"
The people on this side stood up, and the people on the other side walked over quickly, their eyes met the people they cared about most. When they saw others with tears streaming down their faces, they realized belatedly that their cheeks were also wet.
No one felt ashamed. They had been waiting for this moment for two years. They also thought that they would never see each other again. Thanks to their ancestors, God had never treated the Hua family badly!
The crowd parted ways. Hua Yi looked up at the door of his home, which was so familiar to him in his bones and blood, for a moment, then walked ahead with his hands behind his back. After taking two steps, he turned back and waved to Hua Zhi. Hua Zhi apologized to her father beside her and went forward to support her grandfather. Although it was a bit inappropriate, in the Hua family, the person she was closest to was never her parents, but her grandfather.
Thinking of something, she looked towards the place where Yan Xi had stood before, only to see that he was also looking at her. He met her gaze and smiled. Hua Zhi's brows immediately relaxed with a smile.
Hua Yizhen watched the two people's actions and felt relieved. Other things would have been fine, but at least nothing went wrong in this matter.