Chapter 1057 Meng Yunzheng Returns to Beijing

An hour? That's so fast.

"Is everything packed?"

Meng Yunzheng smiled and said, "There's nothing to pack." He planned to ride as fast as he could to the capital and wouldn't stop too much along the way, so he only prepared one bundle.

Knowing that Shu Yu was worried, Meng Yunzheng could only reassure her, "Don't worry, just wait for me at home. The Fifth Prince is still in the capital. Everything is ready, so there's no big problem."

That's what they say, but who knows if something unexpected might happen?

Shu Yu gently touched her wrist. She was wearing a bracelet that Meng Yunzheng had given her that morning.

He said it was the only thing his mother left him.

The fire that year destroyed the Meng family's house and everything inside. By the time the fire was extinguished, very little was left.

This bracelet was hard to find.

Even now, when Shu Yu wears it on her wrist, she still feels a burning sensation, as if she's being burned by fire.

An hour passed quickly, and even though Shu Yu still had many things to say, she had to get up and see him off.

But when they reached the screen wall, Meng Yunzheng stopped her. "Don't see me off. You'll only feel more reluctant to part later. You've had a long day, so go back and rest. I'll write to you if anything comes up. Xiang Weinan will get the news about the situation in the capital as soon as possible. If you want to know anything, just ask him."

Shu Yu could only stop and say with concern, "Be careful, I'll wait for you to come back."

"Um."

Meng Yunzheng left, and Shu Yu stood by the screen wall for a while before going back.

The front hall was still bustling with activity, filled with children's laughter and exclamations from the Lu family, sounding like a housewarming party.

In reality, the gifts from the villagers were limited, mostly a bag of brown sugar, a small basket of eggs, or a piece of cloth.

Despite this, the Lu family watched with great interest.

As for the gifts that Dr. Xu and the others gave to Shu Yu, they have all been returned to Yu Garden.

Shu Yu took a deep breath, shook off those messy thoughts, and walked into the main room.

What are they all talking about?

"It's a gift from Village Chief Fan," the old lady said with a smile. "He's really generous this time, giving away two such fine pieces of silk."

Shu Yu was also somewhat surprised, "Was it a gift from Village Chief Fan?"

"Which Village Chief Fan?" an excited voice came from outside. Shu Yu turned her head and saw, "Zhao Xi?"

Zhao Xizheng walked in cheerfully, but was startled by her reaction. "What's wrong?" She looked at him as if she had seen a ghost. Was there something wrong with his face?

"Where did you go? Why, why are you still here and haven't left yet?" Shu Yu frowned, her tone somewhat urgent.

Zhao Xi was taken aback, then laughed and said, "What are you going out for? I went to the county government office. You don't know, that County Magistrate Zhang, she's clearly awake but she's still pretending to be unconscious. Lord Xiang asked me to go and check on her, and she woke up after I gave her one acupuncture. Xiang Weinan is questioning her now, and the results will be out later."

The Lu family was overjoyed. "That County Magistrate Zhang came to cause trouble for no reason; she should be punished, right?"

Zhao Xi thought for a moment, "Princess Zhang may not know, but that Zhang Maolin is probably in trouble, he..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Shu Yu interrupted him. She didn't care about Princess Zhang at all; she was just shocked.

"Zhao Xi, you...you didn't go to the capital with A-Yun?"

(End of this chapter)