This New Year's Eve, the Wei and Xiang families spent it together in a small courtyard in Jingping Lane.
The two families were familiar with each other. In the past, when Xiang Yuying was in Beijing, she often visited the Wei family. Except for little Jiarong, who was still an infant when she left the capital, everyone else was familiar with Xiang Yuying, Lord Xiang, and Madam Xiang.
Even Xiao Yuying, after holding Xiang Yuying's hand and smelling the soft scent of lilac on her sleeves, fell in love with this seemingly gentle "little aunt".
She called her like that because she couldn't speak clearly yet, and she couldn't even pronounce the word "Xiang". When she called her "Aunt Xiang", it sounded the same as "Little Aunt".
It seemed appropriate to call him that, so the Wei family members stopped correcting him.
Without all the red tape, the New Year's Eve dinner was particularly enjoyable.
After having a good meal and drinking, as the night deepened, Madam Xiang and Lord Xiang returned to the courtyard in the next alley. Xiang Yuying stayed at the Wei family today to keep Wei Yunlan company.
Xiao Jiarong had been taken back to the room by her sister-in-law Cheng Yue'e to sleep, and the rest of the people gathered together in the main hall, playing mahjong.
Wei Yunlan didn't know how to fight this, so he stood behind Gao and watched the fun.
"Mom, isn't it time to play this one? It just happens to make a pair."
Gao covered the cards and waved her hands quickly, "Stop making trouble, go help Yuying!"
If she continued to read on, all the good cards in her hand would be "read out".
Wei Yunlan simply stopped looking and was about to help everyone fill their teacups when she saw Jia Yan running in from outside the main hall, saying with surprise, "Daddy, auntie, there are flowers in the sky outside!"
"Put flowers?"
Everyone looked at each other, some of them not understanding what Jia Yan meant.
Wei Yunlan was standing beside the table, and Jiayan grabbed her hand and dragged her outside.
Seeing this, everyone put down their cards and followed.
As soon as I entered the yard, I heard two "whoosh" sounds in the air in the distance.
Then, two huge "bouquets of flowers" bloomed in the distant sky ahead.
The bouquet was made up of golden spots of light that burst out from the center and the flowers bloomed, instantly lighting up the sky.
There were also noises coming from the courtyards of the neighbors on both sides. Many people put on their outer robes and walked into the courtyards, looking up at the flowers blooming in the capital.
After more than a dozen flowers were released, the sky finally became quiet.
The people who had held their breath and watched carefully finally took a breath and exclaimed in amazement: "This is the first time I have seen such a spectacular sight in all my years in Beiguan."
"It's so beautiful and magnificent."
"I don't know where this flower came from, Nanjiao Forest Farm?"
I could vaguely hear the neighbors talking around me.
Wei Yunlan already had the answer in his mind. This flower was definitely not released from the Nanjiao Forest Farm.
Although she had no idea how the flowers that had just bloomed in the sky were made, she roughly determined that it was related to the "firearms" that she had seen Xue Linglong tinker with in her previous life.
This thing should not be placed in the mountains and forests.
A more likely place than the Nanjiao Forest Farm is the temporary camp where King You's army was stationed.
Isn’t that temporary camp just to the south of Beiguan City?
These flowers were placed there on the orders of King You.
Before I could return to the house, several "whooshing" sounds were heard in the distance.
A "flower" bigger than the previous one bloomed three times in succession in the air.
Wei Yunlan raised his head and looked up, wondering how King You spent his days in the military camp.
As I thought about it, the corners of my mouth slightly raised.
No matter how they passed, at this moment, they were all standing under the same sky, looking up at the same scenery.
…
"You said that Yuying's deficiency was actually caused by poisoning?"
After a long journey yesterday, and being stuck at the end of the year, Wei Yunlan and Xiang Yuying did not tell anyone about the diagnosis made by Doctor Yu.
At dawn the next day, after a good night's sleep and sufficient rest, Mrs. Xiang told her the truth.
"Can this poison be cured? Is there any chance to remedy the situation?" Madam Xiang asked with trembling lips.
"Mr. Yu said he can cure this poison, but it will take some time."
After Xiang Yuying answered, she looked at Madam Xiang nervously and asked softly, "Mother, do you know who poisoned me?"
The poison that was contracted from her mother's womb was naturally not given directly to Xiang Yuying, but to Madam Xiang.
Mrs. Xiang also understood this, and there was even more guilt in her eyes when she looked at her daughter.
If she had not failed to protect herself and not known she was poisoned, her daughter would not have been weak since childhood and diagnosed with a deficiency. She would not have had such difficulty in getting married and she is already over 20 and still hasn't found a good match.
Mrs. Xiang's eyes were full of guilt and pity.
But when she was asked how she got poisoned, she was a little confused. When she was pregnant with Yuying, she was in good health, ate well, drank well, and even rarely had morning sickness.
For a moment, I really couldn't figure out how I was poisoned.
"Then think about it again. Where did you often go and what did you often eat when you were pregnant with me?"
"At that time, your father passed the imperial examination and our family moved to a bigger house. There was no change in food. Apart from our own house, there was your grandmother's house and the Baohua Tower that we often went to.
Baohua Tower is one of the four famous towers in Beijing. It is a century-old restaurant famous for its juicy golden scale fish with just the right amount of sourness and sweetness.
Until they left the capital not long ago, Baohua Tower was still operating well, and there were many dignitaries among the guests of the restaurant. They would not bother to harm a mere wife of a Jinshi.
The Xiang mother and daughter did not avoid Wei Yunlan about this matter.
Hearing this, Wei Yunlan had already guessed it, sighed, and reminded in a low voice, "Mr. Yu said that this poison was not given overnight."
Madam Xiang was startled, bit her lip for a while, and said, "When I was pregnant with Yuying, my younger brother from my mother's family was planning a marriage. Apart from my family, the place I went to the most was... my mother's family."
If the poison didn't come from my own home, then it could only have been given from my mother's home.
The Xiang family had a small population, and the servants in the family at that time were continued to be employed. Twenty years passed, and nothing wrong was found.
On the contrary, my mother's family...
Madam Xiang's eyes dimmed, and she already had a vague answer in her heart.
Because Xiang Yuying and Wei Yunlan were sitting in front of her, she tried hard to hold back the bitterness in her eyes and said through gritted teeth, "I'll write a letter back to the capital and ask them for an explanation."
"I'm afraid my grandmother and the others won't admit it."
"I have a way to force them to tell the truth." A look of determination flashed across Mrs. Xiang's brows.
When she looked at Xiang Yuying again, her face was filled with guilt and regret, "Yuying, mother is sorry for you."
…
Leaving the Xiang mother and daughter to comfort each other, Wei Yunlan found an excuse to leave.
When I returned home, I went to see Doctor Yu.
"Mr. Yu, I didn't have time to ask you yesterday, how did you know about this poison?"
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