Ling Qingwan nodded to Mingyue and did not refuse.
One is to make up for the debt from her previous life, and the other is because she has too much to do and she needs someone who is loyal and skilled in martial arts to help her.
But if Mingyue told Lingxiao what she had done...
She took a mouthful of rice and chewed it carefully. After swallowing it, she turned her head and looked at Ling Xiao: "Mingyue is mine now. From now on, brother is not allowed to restrict me through her, and you are not allowed to ask her about my affairs!"
"Okay!" Ling Xiao saw that she was seriously negotiating with him, so he agreed with a smile and said to Ming Yue, "From now on, Wan Wan will be your only master. You will only follow her orders and I can't order you around. Do you understand?"
Mingyue agreed immediately without any hesitation.
Ling Qingwan was relieved. As long as it was Ling Xiao's words, Mingyue would strictly follow them. And Ling Xiao would do whatever he promised.
"Come on, come on, brother, have this, this is delicious too." She smiled contentedly and kept picking up food for Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao accepted everything and ate whatever was offered to him.
After a lively meal and a short rest, they set off for Tokyo.
Because the government was urging us to travel quickly, we drove very fast along the way and arrived in Tokyo in just seven or eight days.
Perhaps because she was homesick, Ling Qingwan couldn't help feeling a little nervous at the thought of seeing her mother soon.
Ling Xiao noticed her strangeness, held her hand and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I'm here. Mother is a very good person, she has been looking forward to your return. As for the others, you don't have to pay attention to them, they are not important."
Ling Qingwan smiled at him and responded softly.
Living her life over again, she naturally would not be foolish enough to please those who did not care about her. She just wanted to protect those who were good to her and avenge her past life!
The carriage stopped, and Ling Qingwan's heart, which had been tense all the way, finally calmed down.
She held Ling Xiao's hand and got off the carriage, then looked up at the towering mansion.
The vermilion door was wide open, like a bloody mouth, ready to swallow people.
Ling Xiao held her hand and said, "Come in, mother is waiting for you in the house."
Ling Qingwan nodded, collected her thoughts, let him lead her, stepped over the high threshold and entered the gate.
A group of people had already gathered in the flower hall, chattering away.
The little maid came in through the curtain and reported respectfully, "Madam, the prince and the second young lady are here."
Madam Hou, Ling Shen, stood up suddenly, and without caring about the displeased words "Second Miss" from her mouth, she hurried to the door.
Seeing this, Ling Chuchu, who was sitting below Old Madam Ling, quietly clenched the handkerchief in her hand and lowered her head bitterly.
A pair of well-kept hands rested on the top of her head.
She raised her head and saw that Old Madam Ling was looking at her lovingly. Her nose felt sore and she almost cried. She called out "Grandma" in a trembling voice.
In this mansion, she is probably the only one who treats me sincerely.
How could Madam Ling not know what she was thinking? However, she could not say much in front of so many people. She only said, "Your second sister is back. You and your sisters should go with your mother to welcome her."
Ling Chuchu turned around and saw that everyone had already gone to the door.
She hurriedly stood up and was about to go out when she heard Madam Ling whispering, "Don't forget what I told you."
She paused, nodded slightly, and then walked out quickly.
After turning around the nine-turn corridor and passing through the hanging flower gate, Ling Qingwan looked up and saw Ling Shen standing in front of the door, looking at her with tears in her eyes.
"Wanwan, my daughter!"
After a brief pause, Ling Shen walked towards Ling Qingwan crying, her steps quick and steady.
Worried that Ling Qingwan would be frightened, Ling Xiao was about to tell her that it was her mother, when he saw her lift up her skirt and run towards Ling Shenshi. The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly.
Ling Xiao touched his nose, smiled, and walked towards them.
She could recognize herself the first time, so how could she not recognize her mother
"Daughter, I'm sorry for making you suffer. It's all mother's fault. I left you outside for so many years without knowing it. I was so foolish!" Ling Shen hugged her lost daughter and cried bitterly.
Ling Qingwan shook her head desperately in her arms: "My daughter is not miserable. I will be happier if I can return to my mother's side."
"You are good, you are good." Ling Shen touched her face, "I am ashamed..."
Ling Qingwan looked at her eyes which were swollen from crying for days, and felt so distressed that she shook her head repeatedly.
Everyone present was moved to tears. Only Ling Chuchu clenched her hands.
She looked at Ling Qingwan, who behaved properly and did not lose her manners even when crying. She found that she was far from the rude person she had imagined.
She also cried, not because of the touching scene, but because her future situation might be much more difficult than she had imagined.
Madam Ling frowned when she heard the crying in the room, but she suppressed her displeasure and said to Madam Qian, "Go and invite the second young lady in."
Madam Qian had been by her side for fifty years and could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her eyes. Hearing this, she just bowed, sighed in her heart, and walked out.
"Madam, it's freezing outside. The old lady sent me to invite you two in." Nanny Qian said respectfully.
Ling Shenshi then remembered that the old lady was still waiting in the house, and hurriedly took Ling Qingwan's hand and walked into the house, asking about her well-being: "Are you cold? Look at me, I was so busy talking to you that I forgot that you might be cold."
"Your grandmother is waiting for you in the house. I will take you in to meet her first."
Ling Xiao saw the mother and daughter walk in hand in hand, shook his head helplessly, and followed them.
I guess his mother didn’t even see him come back
Madam Ling loved precious gold and silver the most. Her residence was magnificent and golden. When she came back in her previous life, she was dazzled by the sight and forgot to perform the formalities. She was always ridiculed by her sisters for this and was given a bad reputation for being greedy and vulgar.
In this life, she followed Ling Shenshi with her head lowered and walked to the center of the hall, kneeling and bowing to Madam Ling in a proper manner.
She suppressed her hatred and said loudly, "I, your unworthy descendant, Qing Wan, pay my respects to your grandmother. I wish your grandmother good health and a long life."
"Okay, I'm glad you're back." Old Madam Ling said with a smile, "There's no need for so many formalities for a family. Hurry up and get up and show me."
Ling Qingwan stood up, back straight, with a faint smile on her face, and looked at Old Madam Ling.
Madam Ling nodded and said, "She looks like Qingyun, as if they were carved from the same mold."
"Don't you look different from my grandson?" Ling Xiao walked forward, stood beside Ling Qingwan, and asked with a smile.
Madam Ling was overjoyed: "Brother Xiao is back? The Seventh Prince has returned to the court?"