After learning that Han Luoxue had used herself to bring the three of them back, Han Luoyu had remained silent. This was the first time she had spoken when she heard her brother's shout.
"Yu'er, don't worry, your eldest sister will be fine!"
Han Mingyuan held Han Mengze tightly, his voice unusually firm.
"But eldest sister..."
Han Luoyu was still uneasy, so Han Mingyuan rubbed her head and said, "Just focus on getting better, or you can take a nap now, and your sister will be back when you wake up!"
Could it really be like this? Han Luoyu still couldn't quite believe it.
However, she also fell ill. After taking the medicine, she felt a little sleepy and eventually closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Ouyang Zhen stood outside the door, listening to the conversation inside, his fists clenched.
He hoped that Han Luoxue would start taking action tonight.
Ouyang Fu! He's like a rat in a ditch; only by crushing him to ashes can his hatred be appeased.
Ouyang Zhen went inside after the child had fallen asleep.
"Your Majesty, is there any news from Xue'er?"
Han Mingyuan's eyes were red-rimmed; he hadn't been getting enough rest these past few days. At first, he was worried about his two younger children, but now he was worried about his eldest daughter.
"Not yet, but I feel she'll make her move by tomorrow at the latest!"
"This girl is still too impulsive!"
Han Mingyuan sighed: "I also want to save the three children, but definitely not by swapping her with them!"
Ouyang Zhen quickly said, "Xue'er is capable of protecting herself, so you can rest assured!"
"I hope so. If Xi Wujue dares to do anything to her, I will never let him go, even if it means my death."
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"I don't know why, but I've been feeling restless these past two days!"
Yunniang's favorite thing was embroidery, but these past two days she had been feeling unwell and had pricked her hands several times. Her once delicate fingers now had several needle marks, which pained Old Madam Chi.
For embroiderers like them, their hands are incredibly precious. Usually, they only get a lot of needle pricks when they first start embroidering; once they become more skilled, they rarely get pricked.
“Yunniang, you’re not settled right now, why don’t you embroider later?”
Madam Chi brought over the ointment, took Yunniang's hand, and carefully applied it to her.
Her fingertips still stung slightly; the ointment was cool and felt extremely comfortable when applied to her hands. But Yunniang's heart still couldn't calm down.
"Are you missing Xue'er's father?"
Yunniang has been staying here for several days, but her husband hasn't come even once. The old lady is still a little worried. Husband and wife should live together. This long-term separation is not a good thing.
“He’s quite busy over there. I heard Xue’er mention a few days ago that once the handover of his work over there is complete, Brother Yuan will return to Beijing.”
Madam Chi was shocked and asked in disbelief, "He's come to the capital? Wasn't he a county magistrate there? Has he quit?"
After saying this, she felt something was off and quickly comforted her, "Yunniang, don't overthink it. What's so good about being an official? There are too many problems in the world, and our family doesn't have any powerful backing. It's inevitable that things won't go smoothly for us in the local area. It's better to be an ordinary person!"
Yunniang knew that Madam Chi had misunderstood, but she didn't want to explain.
"Brother Yuan has something to do in Beijing!"
Madam Chi was startled. An idea popped into her head, but she felt it was impossible. When she first learned that Yunniang was her daughter, she had sent people to investigate. The man Yunniang had found was just an ordinary peasant.
Being able to serve as a county magistrate is already quite an achievement; how could he possibly be transferred to the capital?
To become an official in the capital, one needs very strong connections.
However, what Madam Chi didn't know was that Yunniang's backing was the strongest.
"Yunniang, why don't you go and see him?"
Yunniang nodded. She hadn't been in the mood for embroidery these past few days; she was irritable and easily agitated. Her daughter hadn't visited her for several days either. She decided to go back to Le'an Town. She'd pack her things and also ask Yuan-ge when he could come to the capital!
"Do you want to come along?"
Yunniang asked casually, and the old lady wanted to come along, but was worried that it would be too much trouble.
"Me? I'd better pass!"
Yunniang smiled and said, "You don't have anything to do at home, so you might as well go out for a walk. You two can come with me; there's enough room in one carriage anyway."
Madam Chi's eyes welled up with tears. She hadn't expected her daughter to be so good to her, but she felt even more guilty.
I was such a jerk before, breaking my daughter's heart for someone like Chi Ling'er.
No, she would treat her daughter even better from now on. No one could change her mind; she was determined to be devoted to her youngest daughter.
Madam Chi secretly made up her mind; Yunniang was indeed completely unaware. She instructed the maid to prepare the carriage, thinking she could go whenever she wanted, since she had nothing else to do anyway.
It would take two hours by carriage to get there, so they went directly to the county government office in Le'an Town. However, after the carriage entered, Yunniang excitedly got off, only to find that Han Mingyuan was not there at all.
"The master has been gone for several days, and we don't know exactly where he went!"
Upon hearing this, Yunniang felt a wave of dizziness wash over her. Han Mingyuan had been gone for several days? And he hadn't even said anything to them? How could this be?
When she went outside, Yunniang's face was deathly pale. When Old Madam Chi saw her daughter like this, she was startled: "Yunniang, what's wrong?"
"He, he's not here!" Yunniang's voice trembled slightly, and Old Madam Chi was also stunned.
"They must have gone home, right? Why don't we go home and check on them?"
She had heard that Yunniang had a home here, but she had never been there.
Yunniang thought it made sense, so she hurriedly got into the carriage and rushed home.
Hearing the commotion, Aunt Xu peeked out from the courtyard. Seeing that it was Yunniang, she hurriedly greeted her warmly, "Yunniang, why are you back at this hour?"
They remain neighbors here, not too far apart.
"I went to the county government office to look for Brother Yuan, but he doesn't seem to be here!"
"Oh, you mean Han Mingyuan? It seems like he's been gone for several days now!"
Aunt Xu didn't know either, but she said, "Xue'er came over a while ago and it seems she went up the mountain. She went in the afternoon when it was almost sunset, but I found her at home the next morning."
Yunniang felt even more uneasy. She opened the courtyard gate and went inside, only to find that the house had indeed been uninhabited for several days.
It was getting late, and she couldn't leave right away, so the group decided to stay there for the night and return to the capital tomorrow.
They quickly prepared some food and ate, but none of them were in a good mood.
Madam Chi advised, "Yunniang, don't worry. Why don't we go to Xue'er's house tomorrow and ask her?"
"Something's happened! Something must have happened to them!"
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