Chapter 297 The Third Brother and His Wife Are Back
In court, Zhou Ruiyuan's few words exposed the woman's weakness, and he had her thrown out.
"My lord, you mustn't show favoritism! My lord!"
Mengru shouted loudly outside the yamen.
However, he tripped and fell after walking only a few steps, tumbling into the stinking ditch beside him.
Just then, the madam of the brothel happened to pass by. Seeing that the girl was quite pretty, she took her back to the brothel.
When Mengru woke up, she found herself transformed into one of the girls in the building, and there was no way to escape.
Zhou Ruiyuan returned to Changliu Village and told Aunt Zhou and Du Wanchun about it.
Aunt Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that she's gone. That woman is really shameless, actually trying to stay in our house like this."
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "It's just in time, so she won't bother my third sister-in-law."
She had barely finished speaking when she heard a sudden call coming from outside the door.
"Big brother! Mother! Sister-in-law!"
Upon hearing the sound, Du Wanchun looked towards the courtyard gate and saw Zhou Zhao, dressed in military uniform, jump off his horse and walk briskly into the courtyard.
Aunt Zhou almost didn't recognize her.
Zhou Zhao had grown a head taller than before, and he had to duck to enter the room.
His appearance is also different from before; he has sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and is much more composed.
"Zhao'er, is it really you?" Aunt Zhou strode up to him.
Zhou Zhaoxin said happily, "Mother, it's me."
Aunt Zhou looked him up and down, overjoyed. "You've changed so much in just over a year!"
Zhou Zhao smiled and said, "Mother, it's been almost two years now."
Aunt Zhou listened and calculated the time, then slapped her forehead, "Yes, look at my memory, it's been almost two years since you left."
Zhou Zhao quickly pulled the woman behind him over, "Mother, this is Ling'er."
Nan Fengling slowly walked up to Aunt Zhou. She lowered her head, smiled with her eyebrows curved, and looked very well-behaved.
"mother."
Upon hearing the call of "Mother," Aunt Zhou beamed with joy and quickly ushered them inside, saying, "You must be tired from your journey. Come in and rest for a while."
Nan Fengling nodded lightly and said, "Yes, Mother."
After she finished speaking, she smiled and bowed to Du Wanchun and the Third Prince, saying, "Sister-in-law, Father."
The word "father" startled everyone.
The Third Prince was secretly delighted, but he politely said, "Zhao'er usually calls me Third Uncle, so you can call me Third Uncle too."
Nan Fengling was a little confused, but thinking about what Zhou Zhao had told her before, she immediately understood.
She was about to call out to her third uncle.
Aunt Zhou suddenly stopped her and said, "Call me father, just call me father."
The Third Prince and everyone else were startled.
"Zhou'er, what's wrong?"
Aunt Zhou looked towards the door and said, "You are a man in my Zhou family, so of course you are her father."
Only then did the Third Prince notice the villagers passing by outside the door.
In the villagers' eyes, he was the father of these children.
However, this was the first time that Aunt Zhou had taken the initiative to let the children call him "Dad," so his efforts over the past two years had not been in vain.
Nan Fengling was a very sensible girl, and she followed Tian Tian's example and called out "Father".
The Third Prince laughed happily.
Du Wanchun and Zhou Ruiyuan, who was standing next to her, smiled at each other.
In the hearts of these children, they hoped that their mother could stay away from the turmoil in the palace, and that she could stay here with her beloved forever.
As for clearing their names and seeking revenge, that should be left to the younger ones.
"Third sister-in-law, come, let me take you inside to have a look." Du Wanchun smiled and walked to Nan Fengling's side, leading her to the backyard.
The Zhou family's house was renovated more than a year ago. It's a large three-courtyard house, and each of the three children has their own small courtyard.
Although Zhou Feng and Zhou Zhao were not at home, Aunt Zhou still left their courtyard there. A few days ago, she heard that Zhou Zhao was coming back, so she had already cleaned the courtyard.
Du Wanchun even specially picked out several beautiful silk mattresses for them to change into.
When Nan Fengling entered the courtyard, she saw some flowers and plants planted at the entrance and liked them very much. "These are all flowers that I like."
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Sometimes when my third brother writes, he mentions what you like, and I remember it all. Whenever I have time, I prepare it in this courtyard."
Nan Fengling was deeply moved.
Although she had known for a long time that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were close, seeing it with her own eyes made all the difference.
She quickly turned around and had the servants bring in their luggage, then pulled out a large wooden box from the luggage.
"I heard you were coming back, so I specially prepared gifts for my sister-in-law, my parents, and Xiao Mianmian."
Du Wanchun quickly said, "Third sister-in-law, we're family, no need to be so polite."
"Mm." Nan Fengling nodded with a smile.
As she finished speaking, she got up and opened all the boxes. The items inside were not very valuable, but they were all made with great care, especially the three children's clothes, some of which were handmade by Nan Fengling herself.
Nan Fengling rarely does needlework at home, but she learns from the embroiderer every day in order to make these few small garments.
In the end, Zhou Zhao felt sorry for her and stopped her.
However, I still made five or six pieces.
Looking at the little clothes in her hands, Nan Fengling said with a smile, "I wish I could have a child like Xiao Mianmian."
She had barely finished speaking.
Little Mianmian followed Madam Wu here.
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