Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Yes, my aunt loves my uncle the most...
At this time, after listening for a while, Mu Ge'er could no longer hold back and asked his brothers and sisters, "Brothers and sisters, doesn't my aunt like my uncle the most?"
He still remembered what his grandmother had said two days ago in the dense forest: that his aunt loved his uncle dearly. "Why do they all say that? My aunt..."
He was still young and could not quite remember what Xuan Wenwei and Xuan Wensheng were talking about, "Who does your sister like more?" He only said half of it before scratching his head, laughing, and looking at his six brothers and sisters embarrassedly.
The adults who heard his question couldn't help but laugh, and Xuan Jinyu's sisters-in-law couldn't help but stare at her in a teasing manner, which made her face flush.
Just at this moment, Sister Tong touched her little cousin's head and confirmed his doubt, "Brother Mu, you are right. Auntie likes uncle the most."
As soon as Tong Jie'er said this, the other four people younger than her started to agree with her; even her brother Qi Ge'er nodded seriously.
Now, even Xuan Jinyu's sister-in-law Fang Yuanyuan couldn't help but look at her with a mischievous look - the two of them had just said sweet words last night, and she knew the truth best.
Xuan Wenwei and Xuan Wensheng, the only two confused brothers, went to see Xuan Jinyu in tacit understanding. What had she said to the Su children? Why were they so sure of their sister's concerns?
Xuan Jinyu was so embarrassed that her neck turned red. She wanted to deny it, but she couldn't tell the children in front of everyone that she didn't like their uncle, right?
She turned around, buried her head in Su Guanzhang's arms, and punched him angrily.
Why did his nieces and nephews all say that she liked him? Couldn't it be that he liked her?
No matter how reluctant we are, we have to say goodbye.
There is a pavilion outside the manor, built beside the pond, with a gentle breeze blowing. It was specially built by Xuan Wensheng for farmers to cool off when they want to take a break after working in the fields for a long time.
At this time, only the Xuan family and Xuan's son-in-law Su Guanzhang were standing in the pavilion.
Xuan Wenwei still held his nephew in his arms and nodded slightly to his third brother, "Don't worry, third brother, your sister-in-law and nephew will not be wronged at home, so you can rest assured."
Xuan Wensheng touched Zhi Ge'er's little face and looked at his son who had no idea that he would not see his father for a long time. "Zhi Ge'er, do you still remember what your father said to you these days?"
Zhi Ge'er nodded and counted on his fingers, "You must listen to your grandparents, listen to your mother, listen to your uncles and second uncles..."
He checked them one by one and called all the elders in the family.
Xuan Wensheng laughed, thinking it was incredible that his son, at such a young age and having not been back to Beijing for several months, could still remember who was at home.
"Brother Zhi is right. I'll give you a piece of candy as a reward." Xuan Wensheng casually took out a piece of candy from his sleeve and handed it to his son who was very excited because of his father's praise.
"Daddy, open it for Zhi Ge'er."
Xuan Wensheng took it back, unwrapped it, and put it in his mouth. "Daddy and little aunt are going to a very far place for a while, so we can't accompany you."
He controlled his emotions and said, "Brother Zhi, you must listen to your mother and if you miss your father, just ask your mother to write a letter to him, okay?"
That's what Daddy said, too. Zhige'er, his cheeks puffed up from eating so much candy, mumbled "Okay."
"Daddy misses Zhi Ge'er and writes to him too." The little boy, who is only two years old, can speak fluently already. I think it has something to do with Fang Yuanyuan often teaching him to recite poems.
Xuan Wensheng's nose felt sore, "Okay, let's pinky promise."
Fang Yuanyuan's eyes became hot and she quickly turned her head away.
Xuan Jinyu buried her head in Su Guanzhang's arms, crying silently.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the carriage." Xuan Wensheng calmed down and said to Xuan Wenwei.
He pulled Fang Yuanyuan's hand over and held it tightly. He wanted to say something but was stopped by her.
"When you have time, send a letter home," Fang Yuanyuan said with tears in her eyes and a smile on her lips, "Don't worry about us, mother and son."
Xuan Wensheng finally couldn't help it and hugged his wife tightly in his arms without caring that he was still in front of others.
Xuan Wenwei turned away and said gently to Xuan Jinyu, who was crying, "Trust me, I will hand it over to my grandfather and parents personally. Don't cry anymore and take care of yourself."
Xuan Jinyu buried herself in Su Guanzhang's arms, just nodded, not daring to speak.
Zhi Ge'er still had candy in his mouth. He looked curiously at his father and mother, his aunt and uncle who were hugging each other, and then looked at his uncle who was holding him. There was a look of confusion in his clean and clear eyes.
Xuan Wenwei touched his head and held his small body in his arms.
"Let's go, uncle will take you home."
"Great, let's go home!" Zhi Ge'er only understood the word "go home" and immediately cheered. The childish voice scared away the birds that were about to land.
The flapping sound of wings outside the pavilion finally brought Xuan Wensheng and Fang Yuanyuan back to their senses. They separated and looked into each other's eyes, and everything was said without words.
"Jinyu, come and talk to your third sister-in-law for a while!" Fang Yuanyuan wiped the corners of her eyes, walked to Xuan Jinyu, and called her in a gentle voice.
Su Guanzhang patted her back, took a step back, and pulled her out of his chest, "I'll wait for you here." He wiped her tears with a handkerchief, his tone very gentle.
Xuan Jinyu didn't care about his rare gentleness, and didn't hear any difference from his usual tone.
She followed Fang Yuanyuan to the outside of the pavilion and to the side of the carriage.
The coachman was an old man from the Xuan family. Seeing that his young lady and the third young master's wife were obviously about to discuss something, he bowed to them, controlled the horse, and walked aside.
"Third sister-in-law." Xuan Jinyu called Fang Yuanyuan guiltily, but didn't know what to say.
"Silly girl, don't take everything on yourself." Fang Yuanyuan gently tucked the hair that was stuck to Xuan Jinyu's face behind her ear. "Don't feel sorry for us. I only know that we are a family."
Xuan Jinyu choked up and nodded continuously.
Fang Yuanyuan reached out and hugged her, whispering in her ear, "Sister, if you think your brother-in-law is a good man, don't worry about who he had in his heart before. Just make sure that he only has you in his heart from now on."
These were the words her mother had taught her before she met Xuan Wensheng and when she was still unmarried. Now she was teaching them to her sister-in-law.
"Don't be wronged. The girls of our Xuan family should be as bright as the sun."
"Don't worry about losing face just because so many people are watching you. Don't forget, you're pregnant! It's normal for pregnant women to have mood swings."
"Didn't you say you often forget about grievances? If you forget about them, you'll be happy and healthy!"
Fang Yuanyuan advised Xuan Jinyu, "If you feel unwell, don't endure it. He is your husband and the father of your unborn child. You have the right to order him around."
"Just do what you want, whether you make a fuss or cry. I see from my cold eyes that my brother-in-law is quite fond of you." She couldn't help laughing.
In the past, whenever my sister got angry with her brother-in-law, if the Su family couldn't comfort her, she would run back to Xuanfu in anger.
She had heard from her mother-in-law, Lin Qingwan, that as soon as her sister returned to her parents' home, her brother-in-law would rush to Xuanfu to look for her.
Even she, who often traveled with Xuan Wensheng on business trips and seldom returned to Shengjing City, had the honor of witnessing it once.
She pondered this for a long time after returning to her room last night, and decided that the young couple's vastly different personalities weren't entirely a bad thing. After all, there's always a way out! The couple simply had each other's hands full.
Xuan Jinyu listened to her third sister-in-law's heartfelt words in surprise, and even forgot the sadness of parting.
Fang Yuanyuan looked at her sister-in-law, who was stunned by her words, with pity. "I thought about it for a long time last night, and I feel that you have done very well in the past. From now on, just live according to your own temperament and wishes. I am sure you two will be happy together."
Xuan Jinyu blushed until she saw Xuan Wenwei get on the horse, Fang Yuanyuan and Zhi Ge'er get on the carriage, still thinking about what her third sister-in-law had just said.
"We'll go first." After Xuan Wenwei confirmed that his brother-in-law and nephew were seated, he nodded to the group of people who were seeing him off. "Take care, everyone. We'll be waiting for you in Beijing."
Fortunately, Chen Yang, Wang Hu and others knew that the Xuan family was going back to Beijing, and it was inconvenient for them to watch the farewell scene, so they took the initiative to stay in the outer courtyard and did not come out.
Otherwise, when Xuan Wenwei said so frankly that he was "waiting in Beijing", they didn't know whether they should think that he was disobeying the emperor's will.
Looking at the emperor's edict, although he omitted the conviction, every densely packed word on it was telling the Su family to stay well in Guangxu Mansion and not to have any "evil thoughts"!
Even Wang Hu murmured in his heart in a treasonous way, "Could it be that His Majesty wrote so many words and was so emotional that he temporarily forgot about the conviction?"
"Take care." Xuan Jinyu's tears flowed again.
Xuan Wenwei turned around to look at his sister one last time, then hardened his heart and signaled to the people in front that they could leave.
The horses started to run, and the horses harnessed to the carriage were also ready to go, waiting for the driver's instructions.
Xuan Wenwei, with a group of guards, stood in the middle of the team, guarding Fang Yuanyuan and her son on both sides of the carriage.
In the front were dozens of guards from the palace leading the way; in the middle and back were a few carriages filled with maids and servants; at the end of the team, there were also dozens of guards accompanying them.
Because it only takes half a day to travel from Lingfeng Mountain to Shengjing City by carriage, and Xuan Wenwei had made some preparations when he came, the group's luggage was not much and could be loaded into one carriage.
But such a large group of people were not inferior to their team of more than a hundred people in terms of their outfit.
When the team heading north disappeared from their sight, it was time for the team heading south to continue on their journey.
Most of Fang Yuanyuan's luggage was loaded into Xuan Wensheng's caravan. He pretended to be a merchant and followed the Su family all the way to Guangxu Prefecture.
With Chen Yang's prior reminder, Xuan Wensheng did not bring too many people with him.
Seeing that he had only brought five carriages, ten guards, and two maids who cooked for him, Chen Yang said nothing. After all, it was just a replacement for the carriages purchased by the Ministry of Justice, with a few more people.
And far behind the team was a traveling merchant who seemed to have accidentally joined their caravan. After discussing with Wang Hu, he just turned a blind eye and pretended not to know.
As for whether the third son of the Xuan family had arranged other people in secret and how many people he had arranged to follow him, they had no way of knowing, and they had no suitable reason to stop him.
The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Yesterday they thought that Master Xuan San had listened to their previous warnings, but they didn't expect that he would outmaneuver them in this way.
But they had no valid reason to accuse him of breaking his promise.
However, apart from this little episode, after Xuan Wensheng joined the team, he did not use his power to overwhelm them and make things difficult for them as they thought; instead, contrary to their expectations, his performance was quite low-key.
Apart from giving the necessary preferential treatment to the Su family, especially his sister, Madam Xuan Xiaoshao, he did not take any extra actions. As he promised, he let them arrange the itinerary and did not interfere.
In this way, Chen Yang and Wang Hu completely let down their guard.
The group continued on the road for three more days. With the help of a carriage, they finally moved faster.
Although the carriage was traveling at a speed comparable to walking to accommodate the pregnant Xuan Jinyu and to prevent her from being shaken, at least there was no need to stop and go.
Finally, they no longer had to force themselves to keep a certain pace, or to follow the pace of women, children, and young kids. Instead, they could relax and walk with every step having a brisk pace.
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