Chapter 285 The Ding Family
Early in the morning, someone sent a message to Xue Jiaer.
Xue Jiaer was startled. He knew it was Feng Aoqing, because in this country and this city, she didn't know anyone else except the prince's people.
She opened the post and saw that it was indeed Feng Aoqing.
Xue Jiaer decisively said to An Wan, who was delivering the invitation, "I just arrived at the Prince's Mansion and it's inconvenient for me to leave. Please go back and apologize to Feng Huajun."
Feng Aoqing knew that she didn't dare to see her, so she had already told An Wan.
An Wan said, "Madam said that she is still a member of your family. When she is free, she will have a good talk with the Crown Princess about your situation. It doesn't matter if she is the Queen or the King."
Xue Jiaer could only agree. There was no other way except to agree to her. She didn't want the prince, the queen, or even the king to know what she had done in Zhaojing. She didn't know how much Feng Aoqing knew and what she would say.
Zhou Jirou happened to pass by the courtyard gate and asked what was going on.
Before Xue Jiaer could speak, Zhou Jirou recognized An Wan.
"So it's Feng Huajun's people."
"Exactly. Princess Consort, our Madam would like to invite Madam Xue to have a chat."
Zhou Jirou asked Xue Jiaer: "You and Feng Huajun still know each other!"
Xue Jiaer could only nod and say, "Yes."
"Since it's Fenghua Jun who invites you, just go. You two know each other and are both from Zhaojing, so you can be considered as your maternal family. Fenghua Jun must think the same. You don't have to be nervous, Fenghua Jun is a very easy person to get along with."
Zhou Jirou had a good impression of Feng Aoqing.
She asked Xue Jiaer to wait for a while while she went to prepare some gifts.
Now that Xue Jiaer is a member of the Prince's Mansion, she cannot lose the etiquette of the Prince's Mansion. Since she is a figure like Feng Huajun, gifts must be prepared.
But An Wan bowed to Zhou Jirou and said, "Crown Princess, our Madam said that you must be very polite and she doesn't care about these things. Come back to see the child in a few days. Let Madam Xue come with us today. The two of them will just have tea and a meal."
When Zhou Jirou heard that they were not going to the mansion but outside, she said, "Then we are being rude. Sister Jiaer, you can come with us."
She also sent two clever little girls to follow her.
Along the way, An Wan didn't say anything. She drove the car towards the city.
If they were going to eat on the street, they should walk to the most prosperous main street. The residences of these princes were very close to the main street, but for some reason, they did not stay on the main street, but walked towards the north city.
The two little girls were a little surprised. How could someone like Feng Huajun invite people to dinner in North City? Because North City is a slum, people above the middle class would not live there.
But they didn't dare ask. Madam Xue was the Crown Prince's favorite and could accompany him on his campaigns, so they believed that Lord Fenghua would not do anything to her.
The car stopped at the entrance of an alley and An Wan got out.
She said to the two little girls, "Just wait here. I won't do anything to your wife."
The two little girls had no idea what to do and could only wait there.
Xue Jiaer followed An Wan into the alley. After a few steps, she saw Feng Aoqing standing alone in the dark alley. She was wearing a grape purple dress. She hadn't worn dark clothes for many days. She didn't even have a pearl flower or a hairpin on her head. No one knew what she was doing.
"Qingqing," Xue Jiaer called gently, "Why are you here?"
Feng Aoqing turned to look at her and replied calmly: "I also want to ask the same question, why are you here?"
"When I left Hantian Valley, something happened and I was rescued by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. We..."
Feng Aoqing nodded and said, "I understand. It's good. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a good support. Although he can't be the principal wife, his wife Ru will never have to worry about food and drink."
Xue Jiaer heard his tone was very cold and contemptuous. She didn't want to hide it anymore. She put away her sweet voice and asked, "I wonder what Feng Huajun wants me to do here?"
"Meet an old friend from Hantian Valley."
"I've only been in Hantian Valley for over a month and don't have any old friends." Xue Jiaer didn't know who she was talking about.
"You'll know in a moment."
Ling Shuang went forward and knocked on the door, and someone answered it immediately.
She was a little girl of about twelve or thirteen years old, neatly dressed and with clear eyes.
"Who are you looking for?" the little girl asked politely.
"Little girl, is this Ding Yuan's home?" Feng Aoqing asked.
The little girl quickly replied, "Ma'am, that's right. Ding Yuan is my uncle. Are you looking for him? He's not at home."
"We're not looking for him, we're looking for your grandma and your dad." Feng Aoqing answered gently.
"Grandma, someone is looking for you! My dad will be back soon!" The little girl shouted into the house first, and then said to the two of them.
An old woman came out of the room, looking somewhat sick.
Ding Yuan once asked Feng Aoqing for medicine to treat his mother's illness. Ding Yuan said that his mother could not get out of bed before, but now although she looks sick, she walks steadily, which seems to indicate that her condition has improved.
Ling Shuang stepped forward and introduced: "Old Madam, this is Madam Feng, she is..."
"Madam Feng, I know Xiao Yuan is helping you. The medicine I used to treat my illness was also given by Madam Feng! Please come in, Madam Feng!"
The old lady welcomed everyone into the main house and asked her granddaughter to serve tea.
The eldest son of the Ding family also walked into the house at this time. When he heard his daughter say that Madam Feng had arrived, he kowtowed as soon as he entered the house.
"Thank you, Madam Feng. If it weren't for you, my brother wouldn't have such a good job in Hantian Valley. I'm sick, and my mother isn't in good health either. He's the only one working outside to support our family. He also said he'd take us to Hantian Valley after the New Year. Did he come back with you to do this?"
Feng Aoqing took a deep breath and told the two of them the truth, which was just that she had an acute illness.
When he arrived here, he had actually found out where the Ding family lived, but he never dared to come.
The three of them didn't ask any more questions and just hugged each other and cried.
Feng Aoqing waited quietly for the three of them to calm down.
Then Ling Shuang put a box on the table and opened it. It was a box of gold ingots.
"This is my compensation to you two. Although no amount of silver can make up for the pain of losing your loved ones, please accept it."
The eldest son and the old lady of the Ding family both said that they could not accept the gold, but Feng Aoqing insisted on keeping the gold.
She shook the little girl's hand and said, "You must accept the gold, otherwise how will you continue your life in the future? The girl still has to grow up and get married. For her sake, you should keep this box of gold."
The whole family is grateful.
The group left the Ding family.
Xue Jiaer didn't say a word from beginning to end. She knew who Ding Yuan was and what Feng Aoqing meant by doing this. It seemed that Feng Aoqing already knew everything that had happened before.
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