Chapter 192 The two little princes welcome their mother
More than twenty miles away from the city gate, the road was blocked and the Xiao family's convoy had to stop.
Xiao Lingzhao looked at the endless carriages and crowds in front of him, and rode his horse to Shen Yuanwei's carriage.
He leaned closer to the car window and said in a gentle voice, "Yuan Wei, there are many people returning to their hometowns and going in and out of the city during the New Year. The road ahead is blocked. We have to wait here for a while."
The drowsy Shen Yuanwei rubbed her brows and lifted the car curtain.
Looking at the dark crowd ahead, she smiled and said, "I was about to enter the house, but was stopped on the road."
She stretched her arms and said, "Since there's no way to go, I'll get off the carriage and walk for a while."
Xiao Lingzhao got off the horse and walked over to help her get off the carriage by the arm. "Slow down."
Shen Yuanwei's legs were indeed numb from sitting so much that she had to lean on Xiao Lingzhao to walk.
She looked at the carriage behind her, "How are the two children today?"
Xiao Lingzhao smiled, "It's fine. The nanny takes good care of them. The eldest one sleeps like a pig and can't be woken up even by the shaking of the carriage. The youngest one wakes up easily and suffers more than her brother."
Every time Shen Yuanwei heard Xiao Lingzhao call her "youngest daughter", she wanted to hold her forehead with her hand.
I always feel like she is calling me a witch or a monster.
However, many families in the border town call their youngest child "Ya Nu Ya Er". Xiao Lingzhao insisted on calling him that, and she had no choice.
Moreover, Xiao Lingzhao said that calling her the youngest daughter was a way of telling people around her that they would no longer have children in the future and that their daughter was the youngest, so she was not averse to calling her that.
She walked to the back of the carriage, pulled open the curtain and took a look.
When the two wet nurses saw each other, they immediately greeted them.
Shen Yuanwei raised her hand and put a finger to her lips, and the wet nurse immediately fell silent.
She leaned over, lifted the swaddling clothes and took a look. Seeing that the two babies were sleeping soundly, she felt relieved.
She gently touched the little faces of the two children and whispered to the nurse, "If you get tired of sitting, carry them down and walk around. It will make you feel more comfortable."
The two wet nurses smiled and said they were not tired.
The general and his wife were heroes to the people of the border town. They served as wet nurses for the young masters and young ladies not just to make money, but also to repay the heroes. At that time, the competition for wet nurses was very fierce. Hundreds of people competed with them, and they had to fight their way out of the crowd.
After really getting along with the general and his wife, they liked these two masters more and more.
They are good-tempered and considerate to them, and do not treat them as servants. Naturally, they are 100% devoted to the young masters and young ladies.
Now the lady called them to go downstairs for a walk, but how could they go? The winter wind was so cold that it was biting. Adults could bear it, but a two-month-old child could not suffer in the cold wind.
They will get home if they just bear with it a little longer. It’s okay. They are not afraid of being tired.
Seeing that they did not get off the carriage, Shen Yuanwei smiled at them, lowered the curtain, and walked away with Xiao Lingzhao.
Stepping on small gravel, my numb legs and feet slowly came back to life.
She looked towards the capital and said to Xiao Lingzhao, "My parents must be waiting for us at Shili Pavilion, but they have no idea that we are stuck 20 miles outside the capital."
Xiao Lingzhao smiled, "Perhaps they can't wait for us at the Ten-Li Pavilion, so they will rush here again. They dream of seeing their grandchildren, but now that they are so close to each other, how can they hold back?"
Shen Yuanwei also felt that her parents would come over here.
She sighed and continued, "I wonder if Yun'er and Yuan'er are waiting for me at the Shili Pavilion. The Dragon Scale Guard who delivered the imperial edict said that the emperor ordered us to return to the capital because these two children wanted to see me. Will they also be waiting for me at the Shili Pavilion?"
Xiao Lingzhao gathered her cloak and held her shoulders tightly, "Maybe they are. They have never seen mother in their lives. Now that mother is back, they will naturally be eager to see her."
Xiao Lingzhao changed the subject and said, "It's just that they are princes and cannot leave the palace at any time. Maybe they can only wait for you at the palace gate at this moment, so don't be disappointed if you can't see them later. You will see them when you enter the palace."
Shen Yuanwei leaned in his arms, "I wonder how tall those two children are now, and what they look like."
Xiao Lingzhao smiled and said, "Haven't our parents said this many times in their past family letters? The eldest prince looks like the emperor, and has a temperament like the emperor, with a bad temper, aloof, stubborn, and not easy to mess with. The second prince looks like you, and has a temperament like you, lawless and teasing cats and dogs. Sometimes he makes the emperor so angry that he wants to beat him, and sometimes he makes him laugh out loud."
Shen Yuanwei couldn't help laughing.
She also wanted to see how troublesome and lovable this little guy who looked like her was.
She was a little nervous as she was about to see the two children she had abandoned.
"Tell me, will they be disappointed in me when they see me? Will they think I'm not the mother they imagined? Will they dislike me?"
Xiao Lingzhao turned around, opened his arms and held her completely in his arms.
"Don't be afraid, they will like you. Your children will like you very much, for sure."
While Shen Yuanwei was feeling nervous here, someone in Shili Changting was also feeling nervous.
The two little princes, wrapped in furry fox fur, like two cute balls, stood hand in hand in the cold wind, looking towards the end of the official road.
Xie Chengyun pursed his lips, very anxious but not wanting to show it. He didn't want anyone to know that he really wanted to see his mother.
Xie Congyuan is more loyal to his own heart.
He turned to look at General Xiao and asked in a baby voice, "General, why hasn't my mother come yet?"
He stamped his cold feet and said anxiously, "Didn't they say my mother would arrive at noon today? It's already past noon, why haven't they arrived yet?"
The old general and the old lady looked at the second prince with excitement in their eyes.
Everyone thought that they were excited because they would soon see their son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. In fact, they were excited because their eldest grandson was right in front of them!
This adorable second prince is the eldest grandson whom they cannot recognize!
Early this morning, the Emperor ordered the Dragon Scale Guards to send the two little princes to their general's residence and go with them to Shili Pavilion to pick up Yuan Wei. The chatterbox Second Prince was full of excitement and nervousness about meeting his mother. He chattered non-stop to them all the way. They were so happy to hear their eldest grandson chatting with them in a baby voice that they almost fainted.
Even though the eldest grandson called them "old general" and "old lady" instead of grandpa and grandma, they were still very happy.
The old general bent down and looked at Xie Congyuan kindly, "Maybe you were delayed on the way. Let's wait a little longer. Your mother will be here soon."
Xie Congyuan pouted, "But I've been waiting for a long, long time..."
He lowered his head to look at his feet. "My brother and I's feet are numb from the cold..."
The old general was amused and helpless. "Didn't I always ask the two princes to sit in the carriage and wait? The carriage can protect you from the wind and cold, and you can also use a hot water bottle to cover your feet——"
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