Chapter 68 Going Home

At the entrance of the Duke of Liang's mansion, Li San Niang and Gao Ya Hui exchanged a few words before parting ways.

Gao Ya Hui had servants come to fetch her to take a carriage home. Li San Niang watched the Gao family's carriage leave and then walked out as well, thinking that her second brother Li was probably waiting for her on the outskirts.

Before she had gone too far out, Li San Niang heard someone calling, "San Niang, San Niang!" She followed the call and finally found her second brother, Li Er, looking for her between two carriages.

"Second brother, I'm here."

Upon hearing this, Li Erxiong quickly turned around and saw that it was Li Sanniang, whom he had delivered that morning, dressed beautifully and in perfect condition. He finally felt relieved, breathed a sigh of relief, and ran over.

He approached and looked Li Sanniang up and down carefully before saying to her with a hint of relief, "You scared me to death, brother. Luckily you're alright. Are you hungry? Thirsty? Come on, walk along the side of the road. I've arranged for a donkey cart to wait behind us."

Before Li San Niang could reply, Li Er Xiong grabbed her arm and pulled her outside.

Little did they know, in a carriage closest to the entrance of the Duke of Liang's mansion, a man was craning his neck to look at Li San Niang.

"If you're so worried, why don't you use this carriage to pick up the young woman and take her home? Why are you just standing here looking around?"

"Chengxian, you don't understand."

I was the one who was rude to her today, how could she do this?

It seems that the man who pulled her must be one of her brothers.

It's good that she's safely reunited with her brother.

"Alright, let me take you home first."

Fang Chengxian, wearing a cloak, listened to these words while sitting in the carriage. He coughed twice, looked out the window a few more times, and then said, "Alright, then I'll wait and see how you, Xu Sanlang, plan to marry that woman."

"Haha, it's too early to talk about marriage, the wind is picking up," Xu Jingzhen said as he stepped from the carriage shaft into the carriage and lowered the curtain closest to Fang Chengxian. "Alright, Wuwei, let's go to the Fang residence first."

Of course, Li San Niang was unaware of this scene. She carefully avoided the carriages and servants coming and going with her second brother, while also listening to her second brother's worried words: "You don't know, I came a long time ago. I wanted to wait for you a little further away from the door so that you could see me as soon as you came out."

As a result, the longer I waited, the more carriages and people came from outside the gate.

I realized something was wrong, so I gave the driver of the carriage next to me some money, and then I heard that there had been a murder at the Duke's mansion, and officials from the Court of Judicial Review and the Ministry of Justice had gone there.

When they arrived at the donkey cart that Li Erxiong had arranged, Li Sanniang helped Li Erxiong get on the cart and sit down. Only then did Li Erxiong continue, "I was afraid that something had happened to you in the Liangguo Duke's mansion and you were in a great hurry. I went to the gate to announce my name, but the yamen runners wouldn't let me in."

However, when I asked at other places, they wouldn't let me in either.

Therefore, I think you're just held up. There's nothing I can do but send a message home saying I might be late, and I'll wait here to see when the Duke's mansion will release me.”

"Thank you for your hard work, Second Brother. This matter is indeed complicated. I will explain it to Father and my brothers in detail when we get home."

"I know walls have ears. Let's not talk about that anymore. Seeing that you're safe and sound, I can finally put my mind at ease."

Brother Li the Second was a shrewd man. Ever since he learned about the Bad Guys, he had become even more careful when he was out. He whispered these words to Sister Li the Third, afraid that the coachman might overhear a single word.

"Does Second Brother have any money on him? I promised Dewdrop I would buy her candy when I left home."

“No problem.” Brother Li lifted the carriage curtain and said to the driver, “Old Ji, stop at Xiang Gui Ji’s shop. We’ll get off and buy some candy.”

"Alright, Xiang Gui Ji, stop for a moment."

When they arrived at Xiang Gui Ji, Li Erxiong and Li Sanniang got off the carriage, spent one tael of silver to buy some sweets, and then got back on the carriage to head home.

At night, there were few pedestrians and cars. After a short while, I finally arrived at the entrance of Li Family Medical Hall.

Brother Li paid the driver double the fare and even took out a small paper-wrapped bag of candy for Lao Ji, saying, "Don't refuse. We're in a rush today, so I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Take this candy home and sweeten your child's mouth."

"Li the pharmacist is very efficient. Well, thanks a lot. Call me again next time you need help."

When Li San Niang entered the house, her hair was taken down and her makeup removed by Li Da Sao. She was then dressed in casual clothes and sat down to drink the red bean porridge that Li's mother had been cooking all afternoon. It was almost time for Lu Zhu'er to go to sleep.

He put down the red bean porridge, took out the candy and showed it to Dewdrop, telling her that he hadn't forgotten his promise to her and had bought the candy. However, it was already late, so he couldn't eat it today and would give it to her tomorrow.

“Mother, Zhu’er understands. Eating sweets at night is bad for your teeth and can cause black worms to grow.”

"Then my dear little dewdrop, go to sleep now, and I'll give you some to eat tomorrow."

After coaxing Lu Zhu'er to sleep on the low couch in the side hall, Li San Niang, exhausted from a day of running around, still had to go to the main hall to tell her parents what had happened at the Liangguo Duke's mansion that day.

Just like the last family meeting, except this time Li Ersao brought Xiao Wulang with her. Now that Xiao Wulang is a bit older, he can sleep soundly in the basket after being fed, even if there is noise.

This time, Li Sanniang suggested that Li Sanlang and Li Silang also come and listen, so that they wouldn't be treated like children because of their age.

As Li Sanniang increasingly felt that she was encountering more and more troubles and meeting people of increasingly higher social standing, and because she was also thinking about returning to the path of medicine and opening a clinic in Chang'an, the situations she would face in the future would only become more complicated.

She was afraid that if she didn't explain some of the things that had happened to her family clearly, her family would suffer because they didn't know, or even be used as a scapegoat to harm the whole family.

Li San Niang detested white lies the most. No matter how well-intentioned, it is still a lie, and a lie is deception.

In the TV dramas and movies that Li San Niang watches in modern times, aren't most of the dramatic events caused by misunderstandings arising from well-intentioned lies between family members?

In movies and TV dramas, the main characters can have a happy ending, but in real life, there aren't that many happy endings.

Therefore, Li San Niang felt that she absolutely could not hide the truth from her family, and no one should be kept in the dark.

Right now, Lu Zhu'er and Xiao Wulang are still young, and Chen Qiu Niang is still an outsider, so she hasn't been able to tell them yet. But when Lu Zhu'er and Xiao Wulang are older, she will naturally let them participate.

Shen Qiuniang will see whether she stays in the Li family and becomes part of the family, or she leaves; she'll decide then.

So at this moment, apart from Shen Qiuniang who was in her own room, the entire Li family was in the main hall. However, Xiao Wulang was sleeping in a basket, and Lu Zhu'er was sleeping on a low couch in the side hall.

Brother Li also returned under the moonlight, and together with Third Sister Li and Second Brother Li, they ate the dinner that Mother Li and Sister-in-law Li had prepared.