Chapter 348: Finally Arrived in the Capital
The wind was howling so hard that it actually felt painful when it blew on my body.
Xingxing quickly lowered the car curtain, fearing that the strong wind would damage Old Lady Liu.
In the end, seeing that the storm was getting stronger, Huai'er and his men stopped arguing with the women of the Xin Guo Mansion and asked Hongling, the maidservant of the Third Lady, to borrow the two carriages.
The women of the Xinguo Mansion were obviously very picky and disgusted with the two carriages of the Yu family.
But the wind was blowing hard at the moment, and they had no other choice. They couldn't go to the only intact carriage and squeeze in with the third wife of Duke Xin and the two young masters of the third house.
They had no choice but to reluctantly get on the two carriages that the Yu family had given up, and the carriage team of the Duke of Xin's Mansion could finally set off.
When they could see the majestic city walls of the capital from afar, they happened to run into the convoy of women from Marquis Anyuan's residence who were returning to the capital after enjoying the autumn harvest. The relatives from the third wife's family of Duke Xin's residence were busy squeezing into the convoy, as if they were about to collapse if they stayed in the Yu family's narrow carriage for even a moment longer.
When the steward came to return the carriage, he was also very arrogant. He left twenty taels of silver and left as if he was rewarding someone.
Huai Ge'er sneered, picked up the twenty taels of silver, and threw it directly onto the manager's shoulder in the midst of the strong wind.
One on the left shoulder and one on the right shoulder. It's very fair.
The steward screamed and fell to the ground under the impact of the silver. The wind blew violently, but the culprit could not be found for a while.
The Yu family was too lazy to care about others. Huai Ge'er clamped his legs around the horse's belly and led the Yu family's convoy to set off.
Xingxing lowered a corner of the car curtain and pouted.
The Xinguo Mansion behaves in the same overbearing manner as the Linyang Marquis Mansion, making it difficult for people to have a good impression of them.
Xingxing is a little worried now. Are all people in the capital city like this?
She couldn't help but smear her face lightly.
Liu Ge'er looked over and said, "Xingxing, stop scratching your face."
Xing Xing leaned over to show Liu Ge'er: "Third brother, I'm fine now."
The previous abrasion on the little girl's cheek has scabbed over and fallen off. She has been using medicine and there is no scar at all. The new skin and the surrounding skin are both pink and tender, and there is no difference between them.
But Liu Ge'er insisted: "New skin is delicate, so be careful."
He was really worried about his sister getting a scar on her face.
Little girls may not care too much about their appearance now, but when they grow up, they may regret it.
Xing Xing stuck out her tongue: "Okay, okay, I get it!"
Old Lady Liu looked at the brother and sister with a smile, but when she thought of the troubles in the mansion after she returned to Beijing, she couldn't help but frown.
At that time, he wrote a letter asking his eldest son to divorce Mrs. Liu, Cui. However, the eldest son did not divorce Cui on the grounds that his and Cui's youngest son were about to get married, and if Cui was divorced, it might affect the marriage of the youngest son.
However, Old Lady Liu's eldest son also knew that if he didn't divorce Cui, he wouldn't be able to give Old Lady Liu an explanation, which would really make Old Lady Liu very angry, and he might even write a letter to the heaven to complain that he was unfilial. So Old Lady Liu's eldest son said in a stern letter that he had sent Cui to the family temple to pray for the Liu family, and he would never take her back.
At that time, Old Lady Liu just sneered and no longer cared about the mess in the Liu Mansion.
But no matter what, it doesn’t mean that Old Lady Liu doesn’t know.
The Liu family's situation is not far from collapse.
Why is it that the Yu family raises their children so well, but he fails so badly in raising his own?
Old Lady Liu couldn't help but sigh silently.
He is back to the capital.
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Not long after the Yu family's carriage left, the carriages of Marquis Anyuan's Mansion, which coincidentally were the two carriages borrowed by the female relatives of the third wife of Duke Xin's Mansion, also broke down on the road.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Why did they destroy four cars in total and specifically the two cars carrying the relatives of the Duke Xin?
This seems a bit moldy...
Thinking of some vague rumors that have been circulating in the capital in recent days, the people in Marquis Anyuan's Mansion are all thinking that they should stay away from the people in Duke Xin's Mansion in the future!
Inside the carriage of Duke Xin's mansion, the graceful and elegant Third Lady was so angry that her face was twisted!
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The capital city is right in front of us, and the towering city walls stand there majestically. After thousands of years of wind and rain, they still guard this ancient capital.
There was a queue in front of the city gate, and the guards checked the pass one by one.
The Yu family got off the carriage, opened their mouths slightly, looked up at the ancient city wall, and exclaimed in amazement.
The farthest Xingxing and her friends had been was the provincial capital, and this was their first time in a prosperous place like the capital.
Before, they had never dared to imagine what the capital city looked like, but now looking at the city walls, the Yu family’s imagination of the capital city finally had some reality to fill in.
It is said that one feels timid when one is close to home. When they arrived in a strange and prosperous place, most of Yu’s family members also felt a little timid.
Li Chunhua murmured, "Oh my God, when I married Daniu, I never thought that I would be able to come to this capital city one day."
Bai Xiaofeng was also very emotional: "Yes, when I got married, I didn't expect that I would actually live such a good life! My son has also become a great man... Think about it, we didn't have enough to eat a few years ago. At that time, we just wanted to have enough to eat. How could we dare to think about such a good life..."
These words made the sisters-in-law turn their heads away and wipe away their tears.
When Mrs. Wei thought of the past, tears welled up in her eyes.
Huai Ge'er put one hand on Wei Po's shoulder and the other on Li Chunhua: "Grandma, mother, this is just the beginning. Wait, I still have to give you the imperial decree!"
This made Li Chunhua and Mrs. Wei laugh so hard that they couldn't stop.
Bai Xiaofeng was also overwhelmed by what she heard. She nudged Liu Ge'er beside her with her elbow and said, "I don't think I can count on Gui Ge'er and Bang Ge'er. I'm just waiting for you to win the bridal tiara for me!"
Su Rouer looked at Ju Ge'er standing beside her and couldn't help but sigh.
Orange Brother: “???”
No, mom, what do you mean?
While we were queuing, we saw a few horses galloping up behind us. Judging from their attire, they must be the young men and women of some powerful family going to the mountains to hunt.
Sure enough, the group of young men and women waved their badges and the guards quickly let them pass. They didn't have to line up and rode directly into the city through the archway on one side.
"That's great! If you have power and influence, you don't have to queue." Gui Ge'er muttered.
There was no problem with the Yu family's pass, and they were quickly checked and entered the city.
Old Lady Liu naturally wanted to go to the Liu family.
He hadn't been back to the Liu family for many years, so he knew that the situation was in a mess. He asked Ah Wu and Si Yang to take Xu Ge'er and go with the Yu family first, and he would go back to tidy up the Liu family first, and then he said goodbye to everyone at the city gate.
The Yu family looked at the red-tiled buildings lined up in rows in the capital, the neat and tidy bluestone streets that seemed to have been washed clean, and the sounds of hawking along the streets. They were overwhelmed by the prosperity of the capital and were speechless.
This is the capital city!