Chapter 256 Departure
With a lot of questions in her mind, Gu Huan patiently waited for Mu Junyan to come back from showering. She couldn't help but hold him back.
"What's going to happen? Tell me quickly, or I'll get anxious."
Mu Junyan picked her up and placed her on his lap, wrapped his long arms around her and gently stroked her long hair which was still steaming with moisture.
"I have something to discuss with you."
Gu Huan stared with her misty eyes, unable to hide her full of worry.
Seeing this, Mu Junyan's heart softened and he pecked her pink face.
Gu Huan stretched out her jade ring and wrapped it around his neck, staring into his eyes. "Look into my eyes and tell me what happened."
Mu Junyan smiled helplessly: "Look how nervous you are. Don't worry, everything is under my control. But I want you to accompany your mother back to Juzhou in southern Xinjiang."
"Why are you suddenly going back to Juzhou? You're not going back? That must be something big."
Gu Huan choked up as she spoke.
Although the scene just now was shocking, it was also really scary, like a deathbed vow.
"Mu Junyan, if you treat me as your wife, you have to tell the truth, otherwise, I will worry to death, and it will also affect the child."
As Gu Huan spoke, she couldn't help but shed tears.
Mu Junyan smiled and wiped away her tears: "Okay, I'll tell you the truth."
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One or two courtyards in the main courtyard of the Duke's Mansion were also burned down. Zhou Chunyu led a group of people and worked quietly until dawn.
All the people detained in the back yard were also quietly transferred.
In the main room of the burned Zuimoxuan, there was a new bed, on which lay Mu An, motionless.
The two personal maids who usually served him stood by in fear.
Biyu walked over and glanced coldly at Mu An, who looked almost dead.
"Don't let him die."
The two maids said with bitter faces: "Sister Biyu, we..."
Biyu glanced at them and said, "Normally, the young master dotes on you. You eat delicious food, drink spicy drinks, wear gold and silver. Why do you want to be ungrateful now?"
The two maids shed tears.
One of them bravely said, "Sister Biyu, why do you have to embarrass us? We are all sisters. You are now with the old lady and living a good life, but what about us? Are you going to let us guard this living dead in this burned yard?"
Biyu sneered: "Then why didn't you say anything when you watched the young master and the outsiders pile up dry firewood and prepare to burn down the Duke's Mansion yesterday?"
The two of them immediately cried even harder.
"We dare not say it. Sister, you know that the young master is very cruel when he gets mad and beats people."
Biyu said coldly: "So, the Duke's Mansion has given you a chance. Otherwise, you would have been sold to that shameful place long ago! Instead of letting you stay here!"
She scolded impatiently: "If you cry again, I will report to the old lady to change someone to guard you, and you two can just be sold out."
After saying this, she turned around and was about to leave, but the two maids quickly grabbed her.
"Good sister, we will obey you. But please say a few good words for us, we are all forced to do this."
Jade said coldly: "Wait, someone will come to pick him up. When they come, come find me. I will give your slave contracts to them and let you go with them, wearing gold and silver as usual."
The two maids looked at each other, trembling with fear as they had an uncertain future.
The next morning, the sky was just turning white.
Five carriages were parked neatly in front of the gate of Duke Yong's Mansion.
The first one was the largest, with the old lady, Gu Huan, Yi Niang and Zhou Zhilan sitting in it.
The last two cars were occupied by eight maids and nannies who served closely.
The remaining two were filled with large wooden boxes.
Akabane led more than forty guards riding on tall horses to protect them from the front and back.
The group headed straight for the south gate of the city.
Along the way, smoke was already rising from the breakfast stalls that had been set up early to do business, and there were a few people walking on the road.
When they saw the carriage with the word "Mu" on it slowly driving out, they all stopped and looked at them in astonishment.
A major incident happened at Jinming Lake yesterday afternoon, and there was a fire at the Yongguo Mansion at night. This morning, the old lady and the wife of the Mu family left the city together.
I have a feeling that something big is going to happen in Bian Jing!
Suddenly, the carriage stopped at a wonton stall beside Lingying Bridge.
As soon as the curtain of the first carriage was lifted, Zhou Zhilan and Yi Niang got out one after another, and then helped Gu Huan and the old lady get out.
Seeing this, the old couple running the wonton stall hurried over to pay their respects.
"I have met the old lady, ma'am."
Yi Niang helped them up personally.
Gu Huan supported the old lady.
The old lady laughed and said, "When I was young, I loved eating your wontons the most. I would sneak out to eat a bowl almost every morning, and that would make me feel comfortable for the whole day."
The old couple's eyes were filled with tears.
"Yes, the old lady also sent people out to buy wontons in the past. I have also delivered wontons to the Duke's Mansion."
The old lady smiled and nodded: "Yes, you have worked hard to deliver it to the palace in the past two years. But I still miss the freshly cooked ones. They are fresher and more delicious, hahaha."
The old man said happily: "Then old lady, would you like a fresh bowl today?"
The old lady smiled and said, "Okay. I want a big bowl. Everyone in my family will have a bowl."
"Okay, okay."
The old man quickly instructed the old woman: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and wrap it up."
The old woman came to her senses, nodded her head vigorously, put on an apron and opened the package.
The old man boils water.
Akabane and his friends put away the only table and four chairs at the wonton stall.
The old lady said to Gu Huan, "It's really delicious."
Gu Huan smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's delicious. I used to love it. Whenever there's a chance, my daughter-in-law will come and have a bowl."
After a while, four bowls of steaming wontons were served.
The chair was too low for Gu Huan to sit down, so she sat on the edge of the carriage and ate with the bowl in her hand.
The people accompanying us were given a bowl each and ate it while standing.
The old couple running the wonton stall were extremely excited when they saw for the first time such a large group of people gathering around their stall to eat wontons.
Surrounding them, he asked each of them, "Is it enough? If not, add more."
"Would you like more soup? You can also add wontons."
The old lady ate happily and said with a smile: "You can eat more if you want. You can walk faster if you are full."
The guards were not polite and each ordered another big bowl.
Women should also add half a bowl of what they can eat.
In a short time, all the wontons were sold out.
Those who wanted to eat wontons didn’t get to eat any and just stood around watching them.
The curious and brave one stepped forward and asked Akabane: "Excuse me, where are the old lady and the madam going?"
Chiyu said, "Let's go to Juzhou. There was a fire yesterday and half of our Duke's Mansion was burned down. It's completely uninhabitable. Our wife has to go to Juzhou to prepare for the birth of her baby."
"Ah? Can't live in the Duke's Mansion anymore?"
Akabane took a big sip of the soup and said, "Boss, I want another bowl. I don't know when I can have a proper meal on the way."
The old man came running over and took Akabane's empty bowl: "Please wait a moment."
Akabane wiped his mouth and sighed to the person who asked the question: "It's not that we can't live here at all, but who would dare to live here? They set fire to the house in broad daylight, and many masked killers came in. Even a captain of the Fire Squad was killed. Don't you think it's scary?"
The sky was getting brighter and more and more people were watching.
"Ah? There is such a thing?"
"We wanted to help put out the fire last night. We had buckets and basins filled with water, but the firefighters wouldn't let us in."
"Yes, my husband and I also went there."
"Isn't it too far to go to Juzhou? It's a long journey. Isn't the Madam pregnant?"
Akabane shook his head: "There are evil people who want to destroy the descendants of the Mu family. The old lady has no choice but to take the lady back to Juzhou first, and wait for her to give birth safely. She can come back after the mansion is repaired."
"Hey, what's the point of an orphan and a widow being next to them? This is really too much!"
"That's right. The Jiang family has always been arrogant and domineering. The eldest prince was unwilling to accept his defeat and actually wanted to kill the whole family."
"that is……"
The old man came over with a bowl of steaming wontons, smiling until his eyes became slits: "Master Guard, your wontons, you like more chopped green onions."
"Thank you." Akabane took it and continued eating without talking to anyone else.
Donghua came back panting with two attendants, each carrying a large food box.
"Madam, Madam, I have bought the snacks from Jixiangzhai."
The old lady finished eating and was helped to stand up by Yi Niang.
"Although the road is official, there is no good place to stay for a hundred miles after leaving the city. With this snack, Huan'er won't worry about being hungry anymore."
Gu Huan came over and took the old lady's arm.
"Mom, how can I eat so much?"
The old lady looked at her belly and smiled even more: "My grandson eats a lot and grows strong."
Gu Huan's belly has grown rapidly in the past month and is even bigger than that of the average pregnant woman.
Gu Hua blushed: "My daughter-in-law has had a really good appetite recently."
"My grandson from the Mu family can eat."
The old lady got into the car while smiling.
The people who had been peeping around dispersed and returned home to report the news.
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