Chapter 159 Mother and Daughter Meet

Lan Xu's home is very close to Pufu Temple, just half a street away, and it only takes half an hour to walk there.

It is a secluded small courtyard, at the deepest part of the street, far away from the surrounding neighbors, as if it was separated independently.

Lan Xu walked to the locked wooden door, took out the key to open the door, and went in first, smiling and greeting Jiang Ning: "The house is relatively simple, Miss Jiang Ning, please forgive me."

Jiang Ning looked up and saw several rooms facing the door, which seemed to be the kitchen, bedroom, living room, toilet, and probably one of them was a utility room. It looked small, but it was fully furnished and very exquisite.

The ground in the courtyard was paved with green bricks. On one side, a few large winnowing baskets were propped up with bamboo frames to dry things. Jiang Ning smelled the sweet fragrance of osmanthus in the air and knew that osmanthus must be drying there. She

was just a little curious, why there were osmanthus flowers at this time of year.

The other side of the courtyard was only half paved with bricks, and the area near the wall was still mud, which was carefully turned up and planted with plants.

Jiang Ning took a casual glance and only recognized green onions and rapeseed, as well as a kind of thin, white flower, which was not clear.

Lan Xu led Jiang Ning to the kitchen, took the steamer from her, and put it in the room, saying, "Miss Jiang, please go to the living room and sit for a while. I'll pour you a glass of water. If you don't mind, we can have lunch here later."

Jiang Ning followed her instructions and went to the so-called living room and sat down.

This living room should never be used to entertain guests. There was only a stool next to the table, and there was a pile of oil paper and a pair of scissors on the table.

Lan Xu came out with a glass of water: "Come, drink some water." Putting

the cup next to Jiang Ning, Lan Xu put away the things on the table, put them on the small table next to it, and then went to the corner to get another stool and sat down next to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning slowly held the cup and drank it sip by sip. She exhaled a long breath, looked at Lan Xu with a questioning look in her eyes, and chose the most direct way.

"I came from Beijing specifically to find you. I also have a name, Nan Gong Ling!"

The smile on Lan Xu's face froze instantly, her eyes trembled fiercely, and her lips trembled.

Jiang Ning smiled, reached out and held Lan Xu's shaking hand, and told her firmly: "I am your daughter, Nan Gong Ling."

Bean-sized tears rolled down from Lan Xu's eyes, as if they were free. She was not only shaking in her hands, but also in her whole body. She opened her mouth several times, but could not say even a single word.

But Jiang Ning still distinguished from her lip shape that Lan Xu was calling "Ling'er".

A hand was raised tremblingly and moved towards Jiang Ning's face, the movement was very slow, as if cautiously testing.

Jiang Ning smiled and leaned her face forward, letting the rough hand with a thin band fall on her face.

"Ling'er..."

Those two words finally came out of her mouth, Lan Xu burst into tears, stood up and hugged Jiang Ning in her arms.

"It's my Ling'er, my Ling'er... You've grown up so much, I'm so useless, I didn't recognize you at all..."

Jiang Ning leaned in Lan Xu's arms, put her arms around her waist, a smile on her lips.

This mother really loves her.

Lan Xu took a long time to calm down and sat back on the stool. She held Jiang Ning's hand tightly and looked at her daughter whom she had not seen for seventeen years. As she looked at her, she could not help but shed tears.

"Mom, why don't we eat first? We can talk after we eat."

Jiang Ning raised her sleeves to wipe Lan Xu's tears, but they would not dry up, so she suggested this. At least she could divert her attention.

Lan Xu nodded repeatedly and choked up and said, "Ling'er, what do you want to eat? Mom will make it for you."

When she said goodbye to her daughter, her Ling'er was only five months old and was still breastfeeding. She had never cooked a meal for Ling'er in her life.

"Just cook anything. I'm not picky about food." Jiang Ning replied.

"How can I do that?" Lan Xu wiped her face and walked to the living room door without saying anything. She held a large basket in her arm and turned back to Jiang Ning with a loving look in her eyes: "You sit at home for a while. I'll go buy some food and come back soon, very soon..."

Before Jiang Ning could say anything, Lan Xu had already hurriedly opened the door and left.

When Lan Xu came back, the basket in her arm was full. She walked in and called to Jiang Ning, "Ling'er, sit for a while. I'll cook dinner," and then she went straight into the kitchen.

Jiang Ning wanted to go in and help, but was pushed out by her: "Sit down, sit down, I just want to cook a meal for you myself."

Jiang Ning sighed in her heart and went back to sit down obediently, but seeing that Lan Xu was ready to cook a full banquet, she couldn't help but persuade her, "Make less, we can't finish it."

Lan Xu responded with "Okay, okay", until she had prepared six dishes and a soup, Jiang Ning came into the kitchen and stopped her firmly, and she reluctantly stopped.

The small table was full, and the two of them definitely couldn't finish it, but Jiang Ning tasted every dish and praised every dish. The meal made Lan Xu's eyes tear up several times.

After the meal, Jiang Ning took the initiative to wash the dishes, and as expected, she was driven out by Lan Xu again.

After everything was packed up, the mother and daughter could finally chat peacefully.

"Ling'er, Liu Juren told me that you came all the way from Lingshan Town. How did you go there?"

Lan Xu asked worriedly. She had been thinking about this question just now. Nangong Ling was the daughter of the prime minister. How could she go to Lingshan Town?

After thinking about it, Lan Xu thought of a possibility, that is, the prime minister's mansion did not raise her, but gave her to someone else to raise.

Lan Xu's eyes were red again. Jiang Ning didn't know what she was guessing, but if she told the truth, she was afraid that she would cry again.

After thinking it over, Jiang Ning said, "Mom, don't worry about it. Anyway, we know each other now, and I don't want to be the third lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion anymore. It's all right for us mother and daughter to be good in the future."

Upon hearing this, Lan Xu's eyes were filled with tears again: "Ling'er, is it... is it that they treat you badly?"

"I can't say it's good, nor can I say it's bad. It's just that I'm an outsider in the Prime Minister's Mansion. I have you and Liu Ming'an, which is enough." Jiang Ning said sincerely.

Lan Xu nodded with tears in her eyes, and her eyes were full of self-blame: "Blame me, it's all my fault that I was useless. I could only send you back that year. You must have suffered a lot of grievances in these years..."

"Mom, I don't blame you, I don't blame you," Jiang Ning said with a sigh, "You have never been wrong, you are innocent."

Lan Xu's tears suddenly burst out.