Chapter 1254 The message sent by the Hou family

Shu Yu was taken aback, took the letter, and was somewhat surprised when she saw the signature on it.

"Sent by Consort Hou?"

She opened the letter as she walked into the courtyard. After reaching the main room, she took a sip of tea before unfolding the letter and reading it.

Upon seeing this, her eyes widened in disbelief.

Seeing that her expression was strange, Ying Xi asked in a low voice, "Miss, what's wrong?"

Shu Yu smiled and shook her head. "It's nothing, I just saw some good news."

Good news? Ying Xi was puzzled.

Shu Yu didn't tell her that Ying Xi didn't know Aunt Hou and didn't know what happened to them on their way to exile. She wouldn't understand if she told her.

Shu Yu returned to Yu Garden with a smile, and soon went to the storeroom to pick out gifts.

The old lady went home after picking out half of the items.

Hearing that Shuyu was in the warehouse, I rushed over to find her.

"Ayu, what are you looking for?"

"Grandma." Shu Yu put down what she was holding, smiled, walked to her side, and helped her sit down before saying, "Aunt Hou sent me a letter. She has left the Lin Zhang Mansion."

The old lady was taken aback. "Left Linzhang Prefecture? Wasn't she... wasn't she an exiled prisoner? Could it be that she, like you, performed meritorious service and was also pardoned?"

"No, she left with Lord Wan and is now his concubine, accompanying him to the capital." Shu Yu added, afraid that she might not remember Lord Wan, "The official from the Ministry of Personnel who went to Uncle Yao's house to read the imperial edict and returned to the capital with him was Lord Wan, the one you met, Grandma."

The old lady thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "It's that tall, thin high-ranking official?"

“Yes.” Shu Yu nodded. “Speaking of which, I saw Lord Wan on my way to the capital. At that time, I guessed that he might have gone in the southwest direction. Later, when I returned from the capital, I saw him again at the dock. He was followed by a woman wearing a veiled hat. Seeing that he was busy, I didn’t go up to say hello. Now that I think about it, that woman might have been Lady Hou. We just missed each other!”

The old lady said regretfully, "What a coincidence! But how did Lady Hou become Lord Wan's concubine?"

Shu Yu also found it quite strange. In her letter, Hou Shi said that when Lord Wan first met Hou Shi, Hou Shi happened to save him.

Perhaps it was because of this connection that Lord Wan had a deep impression of the Hou family.

However, Hou's letter did not mention the development of their relationship, when they became ambiguous or when they developed feelings for each other.

Such private matters are indeed not easy to bring up.

The letter only said that after Lord Wan left Linzhang Mansion for the first time, he bought her a lot of things.

Hou thought it was just a thank-you gift from Lord Wan, but who knew that a few months ago, Lord Wan would reappear in Linzhang Prefecture, at the post station where she was.

This time, he was still going to read out the imperial edict, pardoning a court official who had been exiled.

Originally, the imperial court had assigned a different official from the Ministry of Personnel, but it was Lord Wan who took the initiative to take on the task.

After arriving at Linzhang Prefecture, he met Lady Hou again. Lord Wan told Lady Hou about the situation at home and asked if she would like to return to the capital with him.

Hou was naturally willing. She was originally the concubine of the second master of the Shu family, and now that she had become the concubine of Lord Wan, her status had been elevated.

Moreover, Master Wan's wife had passed away, and he had not remarried. There were only two concubines in the backyard, and one of them was a maid who had been with him for a long time. All things considered, it was even cleaner than Master Shu's backyard.

(End of this chapter)