Zhuye was startled: "Madam."
Taohua's eyes were calm: "This is human nature."
Gu Yunran reached out and held Taohua's hand, and asked, "Do you miss me like this?"
"Me?" Taohua was speechless.
Gu Yunran reached out and playfully flicked her forehead. "What do you mean by 'child of a criminal'? You are just a peach blossom to me. Your brother is my housekeeper, Chen Mo."
She patted Taohua's hand to reassure her: "As long as you don't tell anyone, no one will know."
Taohua's eyes turned red, and she lay in Gu Yunran's arms and cried: "Madam, I am willing to die for you."
All of Daddy's men avoided them, but Madam was willing to keep them by her side. She had no way of repaying this kindness.
Gu Yunran reached out and patted her on the back: "Good girl, cry if you want to."
She had heard from her grandfather about Prince Suping's character: he was steady and loyal. It was indeed unbelievable that he suddenly led his troops in rebellion just after the new emperor ascended the throne.
Li Changan, who was driving the carriage outside, breathed a sigh of relief. He was grateful for his wife's kindness and vowed to be loyal to her until his death.
After a day's journey, the carriage finally arrived at the village. It was already late at night.
"lady."
Zhuye helped Gu Yunran get off the carriage and looked at the dilapidated thatched house in front of them. The roof was leaking even more severely and some walls had collapsed.
This is Lu Qingzhou’s original home. How blind must she have been to fall in love with Lu Qingzhou?
"Madam, this place is so dilapidated that it looks uninhabitable," said Zhuye.
"Let's go to my second uncle's house."
Zhuye didn't know what Gu Yunran was going to do, but she still helped her get on the carriage and went directly to Lu Qingzhou's second uncle's house.
In fact, they are not blood uncles, but they are from the same village. They are more or less related. Moreover, Uncle Lu helped Lu Qingzhou's family in his early years, so Lu Qingzhou affectionately called him Uncle Lu.
Uncle Lu was collecting firewood in the yard. When he looked up, he saw a carriage parked in the yard.
How could there be a horse-drawn carriage in the countryside?
He was stunned.
Suddenly he thought of something and shouted happily into the house: "Second girl, come out quickly, your sister is back."
"Okay, Dad."
A maid in a coarse blue dress ran out happily, but she was stunned when she saw that the person getting off the carriage was Gu Yunran.
She stared at Gu Yunran blankly, not knowing what to address him for a moment.
"Who are you?" She seemed to have never seen Gu Yunran before.
Gu Yunran looked at her and asked with a smile, "Are you Lianhua's sister?"
Three years ago, when she saw this girl, she was only up to her waist. She didn't expect that she had grown so tall now.
"Ah?" The second girl didn't react at first, and then she remembered that her sister went to the Lu family to be a maid and changed her name to Lianhua.
She nodded. "Yes."
"I am the wife of your fourth brother Lu." Gu Yunran said.
When Uncle Lu saw Gu Yunran, he hurriedly threw the axe in his hand to the ground and wiped his calloused hands on his clothes.
He walked over quickly and bowed, "Madam, please come in."
He stretched his head to look behind Gu Yunran, but did not see the figure he missed. He felt a little disappointed. He pursed his lips and finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Madam, the eldest girl didn't come back?"
The eldest girl has been in the Lu family for three years and has never come back once.
Gu Yunran was stunned.
She came here today just for this matter, and her eyes suddenly turned red: "Second Uncle, let's talk inside."
"Why."
Uncle Lu led Gu Yunran into the main hall and said to the second girl, "Go and boil a glass of water for the lady."
"No need." Gu Yunran pointed to the kettle on the table next to him, "Just drink from that."
"I don't care."
The second girl scratched her head, feeling a little embarrassed.
It was Taohua who said, "My wife is very kind, you don't have to worry."
The second girl looked up at Gu Yunran. Seeing her smiling at her, she relaxed a lot. She went to the kitchen, took three porcelain bowls, and poured three bowls of water.
Two of the worn-out porcelain bowls were chipped.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry, our home is so simple that we don't even have decent teacups." Uncle Lu felt a little uneasy. He had lived in the countryside all his life and had never met an important person. He didn't know if it was appropriate to invite guests like this.
He always felt that he had neglected Gu Yunran.
"No problem."
Gu Yunran picked up the bowl and took a sip of water. She put the bowl down and looked at Second Uncle Lu. After a long while, she said, "Second Uncle, I came here today because of Lotus."
Uncle Lu was suddenly shocked: "What happened to the eldest girl? Did she make a mistake?"
Gu Yunran shook her head and said to Taohua, "Go get the box from the carriage."
"yes."
Taohua walked out quickly and came back holding a black wooden box.
Uncle Lu felt a sinking feeling in his heart. He always felt that something bad was going to happen.
"Madam..." His voice trembled as he opened his mouth.
Gu Yunran's eyes also turned red. She opened the small black box. Inside was a piece of black satin cloth. When she opened the black square cloth, she saw a pile of...
Ash.
The second girl was so frightened that her face turned pale, "Madam, what is this?"
Uncle Lu's heart was in his throat. Before he could speak, Gu Yunran nodded and said, "Yes, this is Lianhua's ashes. I brought it back for you."
"Ah, my son."
Uncle Lu held his daughter's ashes and burst into tears. The second girl also burst into tears.
She didn't understand why her sister was fine. She had asked someone to send some money back last month, so how could it suddenly disappear?
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