After Jixiang left, the palace servant came in cautiously and asked: "Madam, the reward you just ordered to prepare..."
"Give it to me." Lu Minglan said in a deep voice without raising his head.
"Yes, I obey my orders." The palace man hurriedly chased out with the reward.
"You all stand down," Lu Minglan said softly, her voice slightly hoarse.
"Yes, I will leave." All the palace servants bowed and left.
For a moment, Lu Minglan was the only one left in the room. She faced the white smoke rising straight from the gilt dragon three-legged incense burner, and her tears fell on the back of her white hands bit by bit.
"Nanny, Nanny, mother, I'm sorry for you..." She finally couldn't help crying.
When Ji Xiang left the palace with the reward, Song Tong was already at the door. Seeing her coming out, he rushed up to meet her, took the heavy brocade box from her hand and put it on the carriage, while casually asking: "Why? Coming out so soon? I thought Madam Da Zhangyou would have to talk to you for a while."
"The right lady said I was tired, so she let me out of the palace," Ji Xiang said, looking at Song Tong, "Why did you come out so quickly?"
"It's nothing important. I just talked to the Khan about things in Dali." Song Tong said, calling for someone to bring the carriage out.
"Didn't the Great Khan allow you half a year's rest? Why do you always call you into the palace?" Ji Xiang asked in a low voice. Since Mrs. Song was buried, Mu Yuante would call Song Tong into the palace from time to time.
"The Great Khan was worried about me resigning, so he called me into the palace from time to time." Song Tong smiled slightly, "Actually, it's nothing."
"Then do you really want to resign?" Jixiang asked cautiously.
Song Tong smiled and said nothing, helped Ji Xiang get on the carriage, got on the horse himself, and drove slowly back to Song Mansion with the carriage.
Song Mansion.
As soon as he returned to the Song Mansion, Ji Xiang had no time to spare and took the housekeeper and a few boys to the outskirts of the city to move his mother.
Jixiang's mother is seriously ill. Since she has returned to Beidi, she naturally has to serve Song Fu all the time. But she doesn't trust Song Fu, and now Ke'er is very clingy to her. The little girl often cries for her mother in the middle of the night, and Jixiang has to go over to coax her. After much deliberation, Ji Xiang and Song Fu discussed moving his mother directly here to recuperate. Song Fu naturally wished that Ji Xiang could stay with him all day long, so he was so busy that he ordered the housekeeper to clean up a courtyard. Give the auspicious mother a place to stay and recuperate.
After settling down Jixiang's mother, the two families had a reunion dinner together for the first time. The dinner was very enjoyable. Ke'er obediently served tea to Jixiang's mother. Song Tong also specially asked the cook to serve tea to Jixiang's mother. A medicinal meal was prepared and the meal was not finished until dark. Ji Xiang served his mother to bathe and go to bed. Song Fu and his son drank tea and talked in the side hall.
"Dad, brother," after finishing his work, Ji Xiang hurried back to the side hall, came in with the freshly baked horseshoe cake, and said with a smile, "Originally, I made it for Ke'er, but Ke'er fell asleep, so I luckily brought it. Let me give you a taste.”
Song Fu took a piece of water chestnut cake from the plate with a smile and said, "It's really prepared for Ke'er. There's a lot of honey in it."
"Ke'er loves to eat sweets, but if you eat too much sweets, you might break your teeth. It's okay to eat honey," Ji Xiang said with a smile, and asked Song Tong, "Brother, do you want to try it too?"
Song Tong didn't like sweets. Looking at Ji Xiang's eager eyes, he finally took a chopstick and ate it: "It's delicious."