Chapter 643, The Dong Family Returns to Beijing
Old Mrs. Dong bluntly ordered them to leave, and her words hinted that it was Daohua who led Dong Yuanyao astray, which made Daohua feel very embarrassed.
However, when Dong Yuanyao woke up the next day, Daohua still went to see her.
Looking at Dong Yuanyao lying on the bed, pale and weak, Daohua ignored the maid beside her and sat down beside the bed, holding her hand: "What can I say to you? How did you end up like this?"
When Dong Yuanyao saw the rice flowers, her eyes suddenly turned red. She looked at the newly assigned maid in the room and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.
Daohua saw that she had something to say. When the maid brought the medicine over, she quickly sat down at the head of the bed, helped Dong Yuanyao up and leaned her against her shoulder. While feeding her the medicine, she whispered, "What do you want to say?"
Dong Yuanyao held Daohua's hand tightly: "Changze."
Daohua sighed: "Don't worry, he's not dead."
Dong Yuanyao's dim eyes suddenly brightened up. After a moment of silence, she said hurriedly, "Grandmother will definitely not bypass Hongyu and Hongfang. Help me, help me!"
Before he could finish his words, Old Mrs. Dong came over with Madam Dong.
Seeing Daohua feeding Dong Yuanyao medicine, Old Lady Dong immediately scolded the maids in the room: "Didn't I tell you that Miss Yan is a guest, how can you let a guest do things? Hurry up and serve your lady."
The maid who had stopped Daohua before hurried to take the bowl of medicine from Daohua's hand.
Daohua looked at Old Lady Dong and said nothing. She handed the medicine bowl to the maid, shook Dong Yuanyao's hand, nodded at her implicitly, then stood up and moved away.
Old Madam Dong didn't want her granddaughter to continue interacting with Daohua, so she said directly, "Yan girl, your elder brother and the young prince are both very busy people. Thank you for your help these past two days. Now that Yuanyao is fine, you can go back to your own things. We won't stay any longer."
"Grandma. Ahem."
When Dong Yuanyao saw that Old Lady Yan was taking her anger out on Daohua, she became anxious and started coughing violently.
When Mrs. Dong saw this, she looked anxious and quickly stepped forward to pat Dong Yuanyao on the back.
Having said that, Daohua couldn't stay any longer. After Dong Yuanyao stopped coughing, she said to Madam Dong, "Aunt, we really should go back."
Mrs. Dong looked at the old lady and nodded helplessly.
Daohua looked at Dong Yuanyao and said, "Yuanyao, take good care of yourself and don't let anyone worry about you." Seeing that Dong Yuanyao wanted to ask him to stay, she quickly shook her head at her.
Mrs. Dong escorted Daohua out, patted her hands on the way and said, "Good child, don't be angry with the old lady. She was just scared by Yuanyao."
Daohua pulled the corner of her mouth and shook her head: "Auntie, I know."
Soon, Daohua saw Yan Wenxiu and Xiao Yeyang in the front yard.
After saying goodbye to Governor Dong, Dong Yuanxuan sent the three of them out of the house.
On the way, Daohua whispered to Xiao Yeyang, "Xiao Yeyang, please help me find out about Hongyu and Hongfang's situation."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at Daohua and said, "Mrs. Dong blamed you for her granddaughter's elopement. Why are you meddling in other people's business?"
Daohua looked at him in surprise: "How did you know?"
Xiao Yeyang snorted and said nothing.
Daohua tugged at his sleeve: "Yuan Yao is my friend, if I don't help her, who will?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua helplessly, winked at Defu, and then Defu left quickly.
In front of the gate of the Dong Mansion, Dong Yuanxuan looked at Daohua apologetically and said, "Sister Yan, my grandmother is used to being strong and always thinks only of herself. Please don't take it to heart because she is old."
Daohua smiled and nodded, then quickly got into the carriage.
She felt very uncomfortable with Mrs. Dong's accusations, but she was not too sad. For an old lady like her who was used to everyone obeying her, she would be happy if she could please her, and she would not feel anything if she did not like herself.
When Daohua, Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wenxiu arrived at the dock, Defu was already waiting there.
After everyone boarded the boat, Defu began to report the situation: "Fortunately, I arrived in time. If I had been a step later, Miss Hongyu would have been shipped to the Northern Frontier."
Daohua quickly asked, "Where's Hongfang?"
Defu's face showed pity. "Miss Hongfang was seriously injured and died before last night. Miss Hongyu was lucky and still has a breath left. I wonder if she can make it through this?"
Daohua felt a little upset after hearing this. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Where's the person? I'll go check."
Defu: "In the innermost room of the cabin."
Daohua immediately took Wang Maner over and soon saw Hongyu lying on the bed with a weak breath.
Daohua went forward to check Hongyu's injuries, asked Wang Maner to bring hot water to clean her wounds, and then went to boil medicine. She was busy until the boat docked at Ningmenfu Pier.
"What are you going to do with this guy?"
Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wenxiu both looked at the rice flowers.
Daohua: "Send her to the farm to be taken care of first. We'll talk about the future after she gets better."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wenxiu said nothing more.
Only Madam Li in the Yan family knew about Dong Yuanyao's elopement. Neither Daohua nor Yan Wenxiu told anyone else. After all, it was not a glorious thing.
Madam Li heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that Dong Yuanyao had been found. She took the opportunity to lecture Daohua, "Since ancient times, when young and passionate about someone, people are willing to give up everything for a wife or concubine. However, when the relationship fades, nine out of ten people will regret it."
On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, when the Yan family was having dinner together, Yan Zhigao suddenly said to Madam Li, "The Dong family will be returning to Beijing the day after tomorrow. When they pass by the Ningmenfu Wharf, you should take the children to see them off."
Mrs. Li didn't know what happened to Daohua at the Dong family before, so she nodded in agreement without much thought: "It's time to go and see her off."
At the Ningmenfu Wharf, the Dong family's boat slowly approached the shore.
Mrs. Dong took Dong Yuanxuan off the boat to meet Mrs. Li and others.
Seeing Daohua looking towards the cabin, Mrs. Dong smiled and explained, "The old lady and Yuanyao both caught a cold, and the doctor told them not to get out of the wind, so they were not allowed to get off the boat."
Hearing this, Daohua's eyes flashed and she felt a little regretful.
Madam Li smiled and said, "The old lady and Yuan Yao's health is very important. They can't get cold in this cold winter."
After that, the two sides talked for a while. Because they had to hurry on their journey, Mrs. Dong didn't dare to stay any longer and prepared to take Dong Yuanxuan back to the boat.
"Brother Dong."
Before boarding the boat, Daohua called out to Dong Yuanxuan.
Dong Yuanxuan looked at Daohua: "Sister Yan, what's the matter?"
Daohua handed over two food boxes: "These are some snacks I made, you can eat them on the boat."
Dong Yuanxuan took the food box with a smile: "Thank you."
Daohua smiled and waved: "Have a safe journey, I hope we can meet again in the future."
Dong Yuanxuan tightened the food box in his hand, and when Daohua turned around, he said, "Sister Yan, Yuanyao and I are very happy to meet you."
Hearing this, Daohua smiled and said, "I'm very happy to meet you too."
The boat started slowly. Dong Yuanxuan stood on the deck and looked at the rice flowers on the dock until she got on the carriage and left, then he quietly returned to the cabin.
In the cabin, Dong Yuanyao held a piece of date paste cake and cried silently.
This was made by Hongyu, she remembered the taste, Yiyi was telling her that Hongyu was fine.
Hongyu is fine, so Hongfang should be fine too, right?
Dong Yuanyao took a bite of the date paste cake and was about to chew it when she suddenly caught sight of a figure passing by on the shore outside the window. She immediately stood up.
However, as soon as he took a step, he sat back down again.
So what if I saw it?
There was no chance that she and he would be together again.
On the shore, watching the Dong family's boat getting farther and farther away, Sun Changze's eyes were red. Just when tears were about to burst out, he raised his head and forced them back.
(End of this chapter)
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