After traveling day and night for ten consecutive days, Chen Qiu returned to the Ye Mansion on the morning of the eleventh day after leaving the northwest.
"Lan Yu, this is a letter from Xiao Hang to you. It's up to you to read it or not. I'll just deliver it. But you can decide later whether to take it or not. This is my future sister-in-law. She needs your help. I've traveled day and night for ten days just for her. Please, I must save her." As soon as Chen Qiu entered the door, he asked someone to call Lan Yu back to Qiuchen Courtyard from the medicine garden. Xiao Hang said that Lan Yu could be saved. In fact, Xiao Hang knew Lan Yu best, so Chen Qiu believed that Lan Yu could be saved.
"Don't worry, I will do my best. You should go and do other things first. You haven't seen An An yet, right? He has started eating rice porridge now. It's been more than a month since you, his mother, left. Don't you miss him?" Lan Yu patted Chen Qiu's shoulder and went to the house. Everything he needed was ready.
Chen Qiu asked Xing'er to take people to clean up a room for Xiao Mu and Hong Gu. Since Xiao Mu had to wait for her master, and she had helped him sleep on the roof of the carriage all the way, he couldn't kill her right away, right?
Chen Qiu took Xiao Mu to the next door, and as soon as he entered the house, he knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Taijun and the old Duke, "Grandfather and grandmother, the unfilial granddaughter-in-law is back."
"What are you doing? You are doing this for the people in the northwest, not to cause trouble. Get up quickly. You have become so thin after walking for more than a month." Madam Xiao asked Nanny Sun to walk over quickly and help Chen Qiu up.
"Who is this?" The old Duke noticed Xiao Mu at a glance. He recognized this person, but he didn't dare to recognize him after so many years.
"Xiao Mu, Uncle Ye, long time no see!" Xiao Mu raised his hand and bowed to the old Duke.
"Is it really you? It's been more than ten years since we last met. You've gotten older too."
"I came here when Brother Ye was in trouble, but I never showed up."
"Grandfather, do you know Hero Xiao?" Shen Qiu listened to the conversation between the two. It seemed that they were quite familiar with each other?
"He's a good friend of Chen'er's father's from the martial arts world. We haven't seen each other for a long time. How come he followed you back?" The old Duke asked in confusion. Madam Xiao hit the old Duke and said, "Wait a minute. Xiao Qiu's sudden return must have happened."
"How's the situation in the northwest? Where's Chen'er? Did something happen? Why did you come back alone? I heard the maids report that you brought back a patient." Madam Xiao asked Xiao Mu to sit down and started asking Chen Qiu. When the maid came to report, she thought that something had happened to Ye Chen, but she felt relieved when she heard that it was a woman.
"In the Northwest, I originally thought that the three counties in the Northwest were all affected by the disaster, but when I went there I found that Ning County was not affected. The grain that my husband had harvested before was enough to support the people in Lan County and Qi County for a year. But I never want to see a scene like that in the Northwest again. The grain has been eaten up, and even the wild vegetables in the fields cannot escape the locusts. A stone thrown into the field is like poking a hornet's nest. There are locusts everywhere from one field to another." Chen Qiu took An An from the wet nurse's arms and kissed An An on her little face. An An stared at Chen Qiu without blinking.
"What's wrong? Don't you recognize your mother?" Shen Qiu looked at An An with a smile. An An stared at Shen Qiu for a while and then smiled. He then reached out to touch Shen Qiu's face, but he didn't know how to use enough strength and accidentally poke Shen Qiu. Shen Qiu smiled, then grabbed An An's little hand, gently placed it on his face, and stroked it up and down twice. "An An, do you want to touch your mother? Look, you can touch it like this, right?"
"Hahaha, she is my own mother after all." Madam Xiao looked at Chen Qiu and An An, and sincerely felt that their Ye family was finally like other families and had the feeling of family happiness.
"Grandfather and grandmother, don't worry. My master has returned to the northwest. She will protect my husband for me. I left Xing'er behind when I left. Black Hawk and Brother Pang have also gone to the northwest. My husband will be safe with them around. The person I brought back is my sister-in-law. She was poisoned. Xiao Hang had no choice but to bring her back to Kyoto and let Lan Yu try." Shen Qiu told them all about the arrangements and progress in the northwest and the identities of the people he brought back, but he concealed Hongling's identity as a bandit. Since Honghe Village no longer exists, the only people related to her are Hong Gu by her side and Hongxia and the others in prison. Then Hongling is no longer bound by her previous identity, and her and Shen Yue's path will be easier.
"Your sister-in-law? Your brother got married? Wasn't it less than three months since he came back? So soon? But your brother is not young anymore, it's time for him to get married." Madam Xiao was also emotional. With generation after generation pushing them to get married, how could they not get old?
"Don't ask so many questions. Xiaoqiu just came back and didn't even have time to change her clothes. Let her go back and take a good shower. Madam Sun, ask the kitchen to prepare a few more delicious dishes to welcome Xiaoqiu and Xiaomu. They have lost a lot of weight and need some nutrition." The old Duke stopped Madam Xiao from asking Chen Qiu any more questions.
Xiao Taijun slapped her head and said, "Yes, yes, go wash up quickly and have a good meal at noon. Don't worry too much about your sister-in-law, Lan Yu is with you. Everything will be fine."
"Take An An away with you. This kid has been missing his mother so much lately and is always crying. Take him back with you, and you and your mother can relieve our homesickness, so we two old guys can have some peace and quiet." Madam Xiao said these words with disdain, but her eyes were full of doting. She would rather An An quarreled with her than say a harsh word to An An.
The old Duke kept Xiao Mu. The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, so it could be considered a reunion between old friends.
Chen Qiu took An An and the wet nurse back to her own yard, "Madam, the girl has woken up." Mingyue had been helping Lan Yu.
"Awake? I'll go check." Chen Qiu walked out and came back, looking at Mingyue. "Your belly is so big, it's only been seven months, how come you've grown so big? How come you're so much bigger than when I left? Did you eat too much? Or did you not move the baby and let it grow?"
Mingyue smiled and said, "No, I walk around the mansion every day just like you did back then. Lanyu said it was twins, but I couldn't see clearly before, and it was confirmed last month."
Chen Qiu looked at Mingyue's belly suspiciously, "Is it reliable? When I left, you were almost six months old, and you didn't realize you were having twins then? Is there anything wrong with the baby?"
Mingyue shook her head. "Lanyu said one of them wasn't feeling well. She hadn't noticed it before, but she probably only noticed it now that the fetus is bigger and has a stronger heartbeat. We'll know the specific conditions of both children after they're born."
"Oh, that's good. Everything will be fine with Lan Yu here."
Chen Qiu entered Hong Ling's room. Lan Yu was giving her acupuncture. "How is it going? Is this poison easy to cure?"
Lan Yu put the last needle into the needle bag, then looked up and spoke to Shen Qiu, "The poison is extremely toxic, but it came from my Medicine Valley. I can cure it. I'll go and prepare the medicine now. It seems I have to go back to the Medicine Valley. The poison from the Medicine Valley has appeared outside several times. I'm worried that something will happen to the Medicine Valley."
Chen Qiu thought about it and spoke up for Mingyue, "Is one of Mingyue's children really in poor health? What will happen to her child if you are not around?"
Lan Yu looked at Ming Yue and said, "Don't worry, I will let my junior sister take my place. I promised to protect your child and I will not break my promise."
Chen Qiu suddenly felt that he was actually quite selfish. Lan Yu was just their friend, but he tied her up here again and again to do things for them. She had done a lot for the Ye family and for her, but he and the Ye family did nothing for her. The wedding that Lan Yu had been longing for was also ruined because of his assassination.
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