When the aunt and sister-in-law arrived at Xue Hanyu's yard, it was quiet and no one spoke.
After walking in, I saw Xue Hanyu and Ji Feifei sitting at the stone table, their eyes red, looking at each other in silence.
"Hanyu, Second Sister-in-law, what are you doing? We haven't seen each other for so long, are you crying?"
Cheng Yue stepped forward and said with a smile.
"No, no, I just haven't seen Feifei for a long time, and I think she has lost some weight."
Xue Hanyu subconsciously wiped her tears and explained.
"Sister-in-law!"
When Ji Feifei saw Gu Xuelan, she stood up and gave her a big hug.
Gu Xuelan patted Ji Feifei on the back and said, "Okay, you're a mother now, don't act like a little girl!"
"Sister-in-law, I just saw Ning'er. He's very good-looking. I know you must have put a lot of effort into him! Thank you so much, sister-in-law!"
Ji Feifei let go of Gu Xuelan and thanked her solemnly.
"Don't say that. It's our mother who takes good care of the child! Besides, even if I took care of the child from time to time, it was because the child was cute and lovable, not because of the child's mother!"
Gu Xuelan said seriously.
Ji Feifei snorted.
Well, her sister-in-law still speaks like this.
However, this is good. It is much better than talking to her cousins in Ji Beihou's mansion.
After only a year of getting along, Ji Feifei felt that the people in the Cheng family were like her own family. Although the people from the Jibei Marquis Mansion in the capital were related by blood, they had no family affection at all. They only cared about their own interests and were cold and indifferent.
If Ji Feifei had grown up in a marquis's mansion in the capital, she might have gotten used to it, but she grew up in Jiangnan, with only her parents and brothers at home, so she was not used to the way her relatives in the capital got along with each other.
Xue Hanyu asked the three of them to sit down, and went to the kitchen to ask the maid to make tea and bring some snacks.
She doesn't have a maid by her side now, so she has to do many things by herself.
"Fei Fei, when are you planning to go home? Do you really have to wait until Jin Yan and Jin Xing pass the civil and military exams? What if they don't pass?"
After sitting down, Gu Xuelan got straight to the point.
"It won't take that long. I might be back early next year, or at the latest by the end of next year. Things in the court are changing rapidly. The Crown Prince is seriously ill, and even the Dragon God Doctor is powerless to save him. The Second Prince is now competing with the other princes to find a princess from a powerful family. He has his eyes on my father, and I am his only daughter. If I don't recover from my illness, he will have to look for someone else. But, sister-in-law, Ayue, did my eldest brother tell you that I must pass the imperial examinations and become the top scholar in both civil and military studies before I can come back?"
After Ji Feifei finished speaking, she asked curiously.
"That's not the case. Lord Ji only said that Jinyan and Jinxing should strive to be together until the end, and then they can win the emperor's favor. By then, even if the fact that you and Awu are already married is exposed, the Second Prince can only make things difficult for our family in secret, and he won't dare to do anything openly. Moreover, by then, when Jinyan and Jinxing have made their own progress, the people in your mansion will not make things difficult for you and Awu."
Gu Xuelan shook her head and said.
"Yes, big brother is right. The Second Prince and Concubine Shu are very powerful. If they knew now that I had already married and had children, our Ji family would be able to withstand it. I'm just afraid that they would harm the Cheng family. In the final analysis, it was my willfulness that harmed everyone!"
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