There is a surprise waiting for Xu Lin on this trip to his next post, but Xu Lin knows nothing about it yet.
After returning home, Xu Wen learned that Xu Lin would be leaving for Quanzhou in a month, so she quickly helped him pack his luggage and return to Jinling. After thinking about it for half the night, the next day, Xu Wen took Sheng Shu back to Jinling.
The boat sailed at high speed all the way. After paying double the silver, the boatman doubled the manpower and worked day and night to sail the boat. Finally, on the fourth day, they saw the Jinling dock. When getting off the boat, Xu Wen was still a little dazed, until she was hugged by someone with a familiar scent. Xu Wen burst into tears and finally woke up.
"My son! My son, you're finally back!" Marquis Xu's mother hugged Xu Wen and patted her back, tears streaming down her face. Marquis Yongyi looked at Xu Wen with red eyes, and seeing that there was no sign of trouble on her face, he felt relieved.
Prince Xu Ting, who was accompanying him, asked Xu Lin, "Did the journey go smoothly? Was there anything wrong?"
Xu Lin, who had been left out in the cold, finally had someone to pay attention to him. He quickly replied, "Brother, I'm fine. Everything is going well."
Glancing at Xu Lin, Xu Ting said bluntly, "I'm asking if there's anything wrong on the way. What's there for a grown man like you to worry about?"
Xu Lin, feeling as if struck by an arrow, clutched his chest and replied unhappily, "There's nothing wrong with my sister. Everything is fine on the way."
After getting the answer, Xu Ting looked at Xu Wen without even glancing at Xu Lin. Xu Lin, with a wry smile on his face, consoled himself, "We haven't seen each other for over a decade. This is normal. Don't make a fuss about it, don't make a fuss about it."
A quarter of an hour had passed before the group set off for the mansion. Xu Wen wiped the tears from the Marquis' wife, and the Marquis' wife wiped Xu Wen's tears. After everything was packed up, Xu Wen respectfully paid her respects to the others.
"I, the unfilial daughter, pay my respects to my father and mother. I, the younger sister, pay my respects to my elder brother." As soon as she bent down, she was helped up by the marquis's wife.
Lord Yongyi looked at Xu Wen eagerly and said, "Okay, it's good that you're back. As long as you're back, it's good." Seeing Xu Wen's tears welling up again, he quickly waved his hand and said, "Go back home quickly."
On the way back home, Marquis Yongyi forced his way onto the carriage. Watching the mother and daughter chattering about the past decade, his usually stern face softened like spring snow melting. This was his daughter, the one he had loved so dearly since she was a child. If it weren't for that brat Sheng Huairen, his daughter would have definitely married in Jinling, and he would have been able to see her from time to time. Thinking of this, Marquis Yongyi felt a little regretful. If he had been more assertive and gone to the capital to see his daughter, he would have been able to see her long ago, without having to wait so many years.
Ultimately, they were afraid their daughter would be angry with them and unwilling to see them. They had initially said they were severing ties, but who really took it seriously? Seeing their daughter's resolute expression, they truly didn't dare to go to Beijing.
After talking with her mother for a while, Xu Wen noticed that her father looked a little lonely. She bravely took her father's hand and asked, "Father, have you been in good health these years? Do you still do your morning exercises? Do you still have the dagger you said you would give to your daughter?"
Holding his daughter's hand, Marquis Yongyi instantly felt like he was back in her childhood. Xu Wen was still very young back then, and he often carried her on his back or in his arms. He personally taught his daughter horseback riding, archery, and pot-throwing, and back then, they were incredibly close.
The elderly Marquis Yongyi nodded with tears in his eyes and said, "I carry that dagger with me day and night." After that, he pulled up his waist bag with one hand and took out a palm-sized dagger from it.
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