Protector's Mansion!
From the moment she learned the news about her daughter, Madam was already extremely excited. She stood up that day and asked her servants to tidy up the Xiangling Courtyard where Chunfeng Niang had lived before. People went to the warehouse and picked out a lot of good things and put them in.
Although my daughter has been gone for sixteen years, the courtyard where she lives has never been abandoned. It is still the same furnishings as before and has never changed.
This morning, I even ordered the kitchen to prepare a lot of food, all of which Chunfeng Niang likes to eat.
The whole house was filled with joy, and even the Duke of Guo was wearing a very festive color.
Although he wanted to cut off the relationship with his daughter at the beginning, it was just a moment of impulsive anger because he was angry that his daughter would not listen to his arrangements.
But he didn't expect that his daughter would be so stubborn. However, it had been so long, and he was not as impulsive as before. Knowing that the daughter he had not seen for many years was coming back, he couldn't tell how happy he was!
After all, it's your own flesh and blood. What do you mean by that? Blood is thicker than water, no!
Since noon, a large number of people have been standing in front of the Lord Protector's Mansion, all of them are beautifully dressed and beaming with joy.
Among them, He Pingting, the eldest grandson and daughter, was also prominently listed.
Everyone craned their necks to look around. The old lady was already too sick to support her, but she still managed to hold on and was supported by the grandmother beside her.
Finally, after waiting for an hour, I saw the familiar blue brocade carriage slowly approaching from a distance.
Looking at the carriage approaching from afar, the eyes of the old couple flashed with inexplicable light.
I can't tell whether it's sadness, guilt or what...
The carriage stopped in front of the tall gate of the Protector's Mansion. The moment Chunfeng Niang opened the carriage curtain, the first thing she saw was her old father with gray hair on his temples, and her mother who was weak and sick for a long time.
At that moment, the tears couldn't be held back any longer, and they fell like short bead curtains.
"Father, mother, my unfilial daughter is back." Chunfeng Niang, who had just gotten off the carriage, knelt down in front of the old lady with a plop.
"My Wan'er, you are finally back. Mom is finally alive and looking forward to your return." When the old lady saw her daughter kneeling, she walked down the stairs excitedly, stepped forward and hugged Chunfeng Niang, calling her " Baby name, sobbing and crying.
"Mom, it's my daughter's fault for being unfilial. I haven't been able to honor you properly for so many years, and I've made you worry day and night. It's my daughter's fault that I have old illnesses!"
Chunfeng Niang's guilt towards her parents cannot be explained clearly in a few sentences.
"No, it's my fault. I shouldn't have let you leave in the first place and made you suffer so much for nothing." The old lady touched Chunfeng Niang's rough hands and felt heartbroken.
"Okay, Mom, let's go inside and talk. My sister is probably tired from all the walking."
The speaker was a woman who was about thirty years old, with a very pretty face, and a very dignified and decent dress.
I saw the woman wearing a rich scarlet dress, a white jade hairpin flying on her head, blue jade and gold steps, and her delicate and beautiful makeup made her look like a young woman in her twenties.
This person is the eldest lady of the Duke Protector's Palace, and He Pingting's biological mother, Wang Fanghua.
She is also the eldest aunt of Chunfeng.
"Yes, Fang Hua is right, let's go into the house to talk." After some reminders, the old lady also felt that it was inappropriate to talk at the gate, so she led a group of people into the house.
"Father, mother, these are my three children. This is the eldest daughter, Chunyu, who is sixteen years old, the second daughter, Chunfeng, who is fourteen years old, and the youngest son, Chunsheng, who is nine years old."
After entering the hall, a group of people sat down, and then Chunfeng Niang began to introduce the Chunfeng siblings to everyone.
"Okay, okay, they are all good children who have come to their grandparents' place. Let us take a good look." After listening to Chunfeng Niang introduce the Chunfeng sisters and brothers, the old Duke and his wife waved to them and let them pass.
The old lady took the two Chunfeng sisters and looked at them again and again. They were really handsome. Although they were girls who grew up in the countryside, they were so outstanding. They were really good.
Look at the clothes of Chunfeng and others. Although they are not as luxurious as others, they are not that shabby either. They are just like the clothes of children from ordinary merchant families.
The old lady felt that maybe her daughter's life was not as bad as she imagined, and she felt somewhat comforted.
The old Duke also held Chun Sheng in his arms. Seeing that Chun Sheng showed no signs of cowardice, he felt very happy, so he asked Chun Sheng if he had ever attended school and what books he had studied.
Chun Sheng also answered generously about the schools he had attended and the books he had spent time in. After another round of questioning, the old Duke discovered that the child was very talented and immediately asked him to follow him to the study room after dinner.
This is a rare honor, because no one in the entire He family, except his direct grandson He Luohua, has ever been so valued by the old Duke.
The old lady felt relieved when she saw that her old man loved her grandson so much. She was worried that the old man was not enlightened, but now it seems that these worries are unnecessary.
"Wan'er, you have been working hard these days on the road. If you come back this time, please don't leave. I have asked someone to pack up your Xiangling Courtyard for you, as well as some gadgets for the children. Put them all in their respective rooms. Think of it as some compensation for your mother for having suffered for so many years. "
The old lady gently called out Chunfeng Niang's nickname with a look of guilt on her face.
"Mom, thank you for not blaming your daughter for being unfilial. Thank you. It's me who should be sorry. I'm the one who made you and your elders worried." Mother Chunfeng was deeply moved when she knew that her mother still kept her own Xiangling Courtyard for her.
It turned out that her mother had never blamed her. It was because she was too cowardly and never dared to come back to see them, which was why her mother was ill for a long time.
Thinking of Chunfeng Niang, she walked up to the old Duke and knelt down again: "Father, my daughter realizes her mistake. Please forgive her for her unfilial piety."
Looking at his daughter who was kneeling heavily in front of him, there were faint tears in the old Duke's eyes.
How could he not feel guilty in his heart? If it weren't for his stubbornness, what would have happened? These close relatives have been separated for more than ten years!
The eldest lady on the side saw that her father-in-law had not made any move, so she thought that her father-in-law was still concerned about what happened back then, so she hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over.
"My sister finally came back today. Don't talk about those unhappy things. I just sent someone to have a look. The food in the kitchen is ready. I think the children are also hungry. Let's finish the meal before talking." "After saying that, he stepped forward to help Chunfeng Niang up.
"Yes, yes, let's finish the meal first and then talk about it. In a moment, I have to introduce you to a few people in our family!" The old lady also agreed.