Chapter 86 Chapter 86 I’m the one who did it, what do you think?

Although Xuan Jinyu, Su Guanzhang and Lan Jie'er, their family of three, were at the bottom of the cliff and could not celebrate the festival with them, and there was still no trace of the missing second uncle of the Su family, at least the Su family was basically complete, so they could have a good New Year.

At this time, the whole family gathered in the front hall, making preparations for the festival.

After Xuan Wensheng finished writing the letters to his wife, children, parents, he opened the wooden box that was placed at the head of his bed every day and put a few letters in it.

The wooden box was already full of letters and there was almost no room for new envelopes.

"I'll send it out in a few days." Xuan Wensheng counted the days and sighed.

This was the first time since he was born that he wasn't spending the New Year at the Xuan family home, and he truly missed his family. He also missed his wife Fang Yuanyuan and his son Zhi Ge'er. He wondered if they were missing him so much that they were crying.

The breeze at the door urged a few more times.

"I'm here." Xuan Wensheng closed the wooden lid, put the box back on the bedside, then got up and opened the door.

Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the person finally come out. He had thought that the young master was hiding in the room crying alone!

After all, the Su family was almost reunited; but the young lady, the younger sister and the son-in-law could not leave the bottom of the cliff, and the young master was essentially alone in Huaizhao County.

Seeing such a comparison, I’m sure you must feel very uncomfortable!

Qingfeng glanced at his master's expression and saw nothing unusual, though a flicker of surprise crossed his eyes. He quickly collected himself and said, "Sir, my father-in-law and his wife have been waiting for quite some time."

Xuan Wensheng hummed, "I'll go and apologize later."

He turned to look at Qingfeng, "Are the food and drinks for the rest of the people ready?" he asked.

Qingfeng nodded, "Don't worry, sir. The caravan is well prepared. When I arrived, they were already about to start feasting."

"Okay, I don't need you here for the time being. You should go quickly!" Xuan Wensheng had just finished speaking when he remembered something and changed his words: "How about you come with me to have a reunion dinner with my in-laws?"

Qingfeng was born in the Xuan family's secret guard camp, where there were orphans without parents, so he also had no relatives.

In previous years, he had always celebrated the New Year with the Xuan family's secret guards, but this year...

The Xuan family's secret guards who were familiar with Qingfeng had all been sent back to Shengjing City by Xuan Wensheng to wait for orders; those who stayed in this house now were the secret guards left by the late crown prince to his posthumous son, as well as the caravan trained by Xuan Wensheng himself.

Instead of letting Qingfeng have New Year’s Eve dinner with people he is not very familiar with, it is better for him to eat with him and the Su family.

Qingfeng felt a little warm in his heart, but he still shook his head, "I won't go. Let's go back and eat with the caravan!"

He smiled and said, "Sir, have you forgotten? For the past six months, I have been communicating with the caravan members and those in the dark. I have become familiar with them."

Xuan Wensheng didn't force Qingfeng to leave after he said this. He waved his hand and let him go. He went into the front hall, apologized to the Su family, and sat next to Su Guanwen, making lanterns with him.

The New Year's Eve dinner was served in two waves. The first wave was for the secret guards and bodyguards, who took turns on duty after they finished eating. The later wave was for the masters, who were still arranging the house and were in no hurry to eat.

As dusk fell, the Su family's secret guard entered the hall and reported that the carriage carrying the second young lady and her husbands was heading towards the house.

The crowd who were busily pasting couplets, cutting window flowers and hanging red lanterns were stunned for a long time.

"Second Miss? You mean the second lady in the mansion?" Su Sheng quickly came back to his senses and stared at the secret guard, still somewhat incredulous.

The secret guard's name is Su Yi, and he is the leader of the secret guards who has been following Su Sheng.

He nodded again and said affirmatively, "Master, it's the second young lady of the mansion. She is driving towards the house with her cousins ​​and young masters."

In order to make Su Ming clear that he was not talking nonsense, the secret guard even added the children's names.

Although it was a bit awkward, Su Sheng finally stopped questioning what he said.

"Yu boy, your sister, niece and nephews are here, come out with me quickly." Su Sheng walked out in a hurry, and did not forget to call Su Guanyu to follow.

Logically speaking, as the elder, he should not go to meet his daughter in person.

But he was really worried and didn't care about that anymore.

Xu Yu Niang, who had just come out of the kitchen, heard the news and quickly rushed over to catch up with them.

"What's going on? I heard that Miss Mian brought the children here?"

Xu Yu Niang walked quickly, her breathing was not rapid, but the sound was like firecrackers, crackling non-stop.

"Isn't she stationed in Tongcheng with her son-in-law?"

"What happened? She came here alone with the children? Her son-in-law didn't come with her?"

"Oh, I'm so anxious, why don't you say anything?"

Xu Yu Niang spoke out hurriedly like pouring beans, not giving Su Sheng a chance to answer.

However, Su Sheng didn't know the answers to her questions at the moment. He could only reply, "It was Miss Mian who brought the children here. As for the rest, I don't know yet. I can only find out after I meet them in person."

Xu Yu Niang resisted the urge to ask him any more questions. The three of them hurried along, each taking a bigger step than the last.

When they arrived at the door, the secret guards in the mansion had already unloaded the carriage and were moving the luggage piece by piece to the back of the house.

"Where are the people?" Xu Yu Niang only saw the familiar guards and secret guards, who were sent by her and Su Sheng to serve and protect her daughter.

However, not only the masters, but even the other servants were not seen.

"Didn't they say they've already arrived?" Su Sheng was also puzzled. He pulled a guard and asked, "Where's the Second Young Lady? Where are the children?"

The guard was about to answer when a familiar, clear voice came from behind them, next to the screen wall, "Dad, Mom, Big Brother, the children and I are here!"

Su Guanmian had just gotten off the carriage with the children. However, they had been walking too fast, and the three children had drunk some water on the way, and they were a little unable to hold it in. So she quickly had someone take them to the bathroom before the Su family's masters arrived.

After she finished solving the problem, she heard Su Yi beside her father say that Su Sheng, Xu Yu Niang and Su Guanyu were looking for her, and she hurried back to the door.

Although Xu Yu Niang received the news and heard the familiar voice, she was still stunned for a while when she suddenly saw her daughter.

"Why are you here?"

She looked down and saw her three little grandchildren looking at her eagerly. They called her in unison, "Grandma."

She agreed without hesitation and went to see her daughter again. She felt surprised and happy, but more of a fear.

"How dare you bring the kids here without even knowing where this place is?"

"Where's your son-in-law? Does he know you're coming? Did he send anyone to help you?"

"You are such a grown-up and yet you still dare to act so foolishly."

Xu Yu Niang felt sad when she thought of her daughter traveling thousands of miles with her young children across half of the Great Sheng Dynasty to find them.

It took them more than half a year to walk here from Shengjing City.

Even if my daughter and grandchildren rode in a carriage at top speed, it would still take months. How much hardship would they have to endure during this period? Especially the children, who were still so young!

Su Guanmian affectionately took Xu Yu Niang's arm and said, "Alright! Mother, please stop scolding me. Please save some face for me in front of the children!"

Xu Yu Niang felt her daughter's familiar coquettish movements and voice, and finally laughed, "You!"

She nodded at Su Guanmian's hand, then went to greet the children, "Come, come, the New Year's Eve dinner is ready. You've come just in time. Come in with grandma and eat. You must be starving, right?"

The dinner table was filled with laughter and joy. The children, who had just made up a perfect ten, were all chattering with excitement. Amidst the lively atmosphere, the complex emotions of the family reunion had mostly dissipated.

Only after all the dishes and chopsticks were cleared away did they start talking about business.

"He agreed when I was about to come. In addition to the Su family guards, we were also escorted by the deputy general he sent." Su Guanmian said, looking at the family, and nodded to Xuan Wensheng.

The "he" Su Guanmian mentioned was her husband Wang Yezhen, and this was in response to Xu Yu Niang's question about where her son-in-law was.

"When you were attacked by wolves, I packed up and headed south. It's just that the journey was too long, so I only found you now."

A small number of the Su family's guards in Shengjing City stayed behind to guard the house and protect the servants who stayed behind; the remaining majority went south in groups, secretly avoiding the eyes and ears of the new emperor, and went to look for people together.

"When we met at Yu'an Mansion, both sides were surprised." Su Guanmian smiled.

The guards who escaped from Duke Su's Mansion were surprised to see the second young lady. They met up with her and escorted her and the children south. Fortunately, they did not attract anyone else's attention.

"When we were passing Beiqiu Mansion, my husband sent someone to deliver a letter saying that someone attacked the mansion, but they didn't find us and were repelled by the garrison."

Everyone in the room, except for the still ignorant children, the adults and the sensible Qi Ge'er, just calculated the time when Tong Cheng's mansion was attacked, and they all understood.

It turned out that when the new emperor sent people to assassinate their family, he did not even think of letting his married daughter go. Both sides calculated the time and attacked at the same time.

Xu Yu Niang had just been blaming her daughter for her recklessness, but now she couldn't help but feel relieved.

They had not yet dispersed when Bai Suan came over with Su Guanzhang's worried letter.

"You said you were in such a hurry to leave just now."

Xuan Wensheng nodded at Bai Hun, who was happily enjoying his meal, sealed the envelope, and sneered, "Another trip? I've made my sister and brother-in-law worry for nothing."

It was unclear whether Bai Falcon didn't understand his scolding or understood but ignored it. He just buried his head and ate bitterly, as if he had been hungry for a long time.

But it was clear that they had just fed it less than an hour ago.

Seeing that Bai Falcon didn't react at all, Xuan Wensheng sighed helplessly, "He is really a glutton."

The others were so amused by the man and the falcon that they couldn't stop laughing. Even Su Guanmian put his arm around Xu Yu Niang and fell into her arms with laughter.

Su Sheng sealed the written envelope and asked Xuan Wensheng curiously, "Brother Xuan San, do you have something to say to Zhang and the others?"

Xuan Wensheng shook his head and gave a wicked smile, "I wrote an impeachment letter to my sister and brother-in-law, exposing Bai Falcon's greedy behavior that nearly led to his downfall."

Everyone in the room looked at each other in surprise after hearing this. After a long while, they burst into laughter, almost blowing the roof off.

When the bell rang, symbolizing the arrival of the new year, the candles at the bottom of the cliff were still burning.

The clear sound of the bell passed through several mountains and rivers, and when it fell to the bottom of the cliff, only the lingering sound remained.

"Happy New Year!" Su Guanzhang kissed Xuan Jinyu's forehead and whispered.

Xuan Jinyu hugged him, "Happy New Year!" she said, rubbing her face against his shoulder.

The sound of firecrackers could be heard faintly from far away in the mountains. However, except for Su Guanzhang, who had extraordinary hearing, Xuan Jinyu and Lan Jie'er did not hear it.

Lan Jie'er had just had her milk again and was still awake. She bit her little hand and watched her father and mother hugging each other.

"Ahhh!" Finding herself being ignored, she made little baby sounds in Su Guanzhang's arms to remind her parents of her existence.

Xuan Jinyu smiled and pushed Su Guanzhang, asking him to let go.

"My dear sister Lan hasn't gone to bed yet?" She rubbed her daughter's little head. The touch was so good that she was reluctant to let go.

The fine wrinkles on Lan Jie'er's face caused by soaking in amniotic fluid when she was born have completely disappeared. Now her whole little face is white and tender, as if water can be squeezed out of it, and it is extremely elastic to the touch.

Xuan Jinyu gently touched her little face again.

Sister Lan danced with joy.

"We're so excited tonight, I'm afraid we won't need to sleep." Xuan Jinyu raised her eyes and said to Su Guanzhang who had been looking at her and her daughter.

"It's okay. It's okay to sleep late once or twice occasionally." Anyway, the two adults didn't feel like sleeping tonight.

There were only three of them at the bottom of the cliff, so the family could get up whenever they wanted the next day.

Xuan Jinyu felt relieved.

Since my daughter doesn’t want to sleep yet, I’ll play with her for a while!

Soon, the baby's childish voice lingered throughout the cave, echoing the intermittent sounds of firecrackers in the distance.

Xuan Jinyu's heart was melted by her daughter's cuteness. She rubbed her little head and wouldn't let go. "Sister Lan's little head feels so nice to touch," she said.

Su Guanzhang also lowered his head, looking at his daughter's round little head, a smile in his eyes, "Sister Lan has seven brothers and sisters, but none of them is like her. She's less than four months old, and her little head is so round."

Xuan Jinyu also smiled, her hands moving non-stop, and continued to touch Lan Jie'er's little head, "I made it, what do you think?" She was very proud.

Sister Lan tilted her head, smiled sweetly at her, and then blew out a bubble.