"Second Elder, come immediately!"

Xiao Lengyu took Yang Wenqing to a nearby clothing store, bought him a piece of clothing to change into, and then Xiao Lengyu tidied him up a little.

Although it was just an ordinary piece of coarse cloth, Yang Wenqing felt that it was the best piece of clothing he had ever worn. Because it was bought for him with the money earned by his son Xiao Lengyu, Yang Wenqing felt very at ease and his heart was filled with warmth.

"Dad, let's go."

After letting Yang Wenqing get on the carriage, Xiao Lengyu drove the carriage towards Huaqiao Village.

It was still the same familiar country road, but Xiao Lengyu felt as if he had been transported to another world. A few months ago, he had followed Hua Qingcheng down this road, but now, when he returned, everything had changed.

Because Xuanming was old, Xiao Lengyu did not drive the carriage very fast. After two quarters of an hour of bumpy ride, they finally arrived at Huaqiao Village.

“Stop!”

"Who is coming?"

At the entrance of Huaqiao Village, the carriage driven by Xiao Lengyu was stopped by two yamen runners armed with swords.

Today, Huaqiao Village is no longer the impoverished and remote village it once was, but now home to the Crown Princess' adoptive mother and adoptive father. To curry favor with the Crown Princess, the prefect of Wuyang Prefecture had sent officials to Huaqiao Village after the completion of the Yuanwai Mansion, assigning them to guard the village entrance and strictly check anyone entering.

"My lords, we are here to visit the princess' adoptive mother and adoptive father." Xiao Lengyu jumped off the carriage nimbly from the driver's seat, bowed to the two yamen runners guarding the village entrance, and spoke slowly.

"Visiting the princess's adoptive mother and adoptive father?"

Yamen Runner A sneered slightly, and then she raised her hand and pointed at the endless row of people on the side of the road.

"Look, that group of people are queuing up to visit the princess's adoptive mother and adoptive father. You can line up over there. As for whether Mr. Hua and others will see you after the inspection and registration, that depends on your luck..." said the yamen runner A indifferently.

After all, they meet many people like this who come to establish relationships with them every day.

Xiao Lengyu: ...

"So stupid that he can't even do such a small thing!" Xuanming in the carriage complained speechlessly.

When he stood up from his seat and was about to raise his hand to lift the curtain of the carriage, Yang Wenqing, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, had already taken the lead in lifting it for him.

"I'm here at the invitation of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess. If you don't let me into the village, I'll have to return the same way I came..." Xuan Ming handed the token sent by Hua Qingcheng to the two yamen runners guarding the village entrance.

The two runners were puzzled as they looked at the exquisitely crafted gold-stamped nanmu token in their hands. One side of the token was inscribed with the words "Hua Qingcheng," while the other side bore two lines of smaller characters: "For Second Master Xuanming's exclusive use, eat all you want for free."

The yamen runners certainly didn't recognize Xuan Ming, the second elder of Xuanyi Valley. However, they were very familiar with the princess's former surname and name.

"Excuse me, are you the second master of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess?" Yamen Runner A hesitated whether to let him in. The man before him had the air of a Taoist immortal, and didn't look like the kind of fraud that would be out there.

"If you insist on saying so, it's not wrong." Xuan Ming stroked his gray beard and smiled slightly.

In Xuanming's view, Hua Qingcheng was Han Yichen's wife, so it was only natural for her to follow Han Yichen in calling him "Second Master"...

"Second Elder?"

Just as the yamen runner guarding the village entrance was hesitating whether to let Xuanming pass, Qiu Fu, who had just returned from the town, dismounted and stepped forward to greet Xuanming.

"Butler Qiu, is this old man really the second master of Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess?" Seeing Qiu Fu coming, Yamen Runner A immediately asked him.

"Um."

Qiu Fu did not explain further, just nodded slightly and signaled the yamen runners guarding the village entrance to let them in.

A quarter of an hour later, at the mansion of the wealthy man next to Hua's house in the west of the village.

"Second Elder, please take a seat."

Hua Rongsheng, who was studying at the Hua family's private school in the east of the village, heard that a guest was coming, so she rushed back to the mansion in the west of the village and treated him as a guest of honor. Even Xiao Lengyu and Yang Wenqing who were standing beside her were warmly entertained.

"Second Elder, you have worked hard and come all the way here. I am so sorry that we should have gone to Xuanyi Valley to see you..." Seeing that Han Yichen's second master, who was in his seventies, came to Huaqiao Village to visit him, Ye Maochun was very moved.

"You two are Xiao Chenchen's parents-in-law, and we are family. There's no need to be polite." Xuanming waved his hand indifferently.

"Yes, we are one family and should keep different opinions." Ye Maochun's eyes were slightly red and he nodded to Xuanming.

"Brother Ye, stretch out your hand. I'll check your pulse."

As Xuanming finished speaking, Ye Maochun stretched out both hands. Xuanming casually placed his hand on one of Ye Maochun's wrists and carefully grasped it.

"Second Elder, how is the child's father?" Hua Rongsheng asked a little nervously.

"Brother Ye and the fetus are both doing well. As the fetus grows, you should pay more attention to a regular diet, a balanced diet of meat and vegetables, and continue to walk for 25 minutes every day."

Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Xuanming withdrew his hand. Xiao Chenchen had asked him to come to Huaqiao Village to visit Hua's mother and father on his behalf, and he was afraid that it would be more appropriate for him to take his pulse and check...

"Thank you, Second Elder!" Hua Rongsheng and Ye Maochun expressed their sincere gratitude.

"It's just a piece of cake." Xuanming waved his hand indifferently.

"Second Elder has come from afar, so please stay for a few more days and let us show our hospitality." Ye Maochun invited warmly.

"You two may not know that this time I left the valley to go to the capital. Little Chenchen is very filial and always cares about me. But because he is pregnant now, he cannot go back to the valley to visit me, so he wrote to me specially asking me to go to the capital to accompany him." Xuanming stroked his gray beard, his face full of arrogance.

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