Xiao Yan said, "Please ask for two days off for me."
"What are you going to do now?" Gu Linchao frowned.
"I need to get some rest," Xiao Yan sighed. "What happened today was just too shocking. I still haven't processed it. My uncle's heart has been deeply wounded, and only a good rest can heal him."
Gu Linchao: "..."
"It's settled then, I'm leaving now." After saying that, Xiao Yan hurriedly ran off, afraid that Gu Linchao would refuse.
Gu Linchao pinched the bridge of his nose.
Xiao Yan was clearly making excuses to go out and have fun, but he insisted on coming up with so many reasons.
However, he didn't have the time to deal with him.
...
Wen Nongnong returned to Chenxiang Courtyard to change her clothes, and then walked towards the mansion gate with Lüqiao.
When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, they saw Steward Chen directing his servants to move things into Gu Linchao's private carriage.
"Uncle Chen, what are you doing?" she asked as she stepped forward.
Upon seeing her emerge, Steward Chen bowed to her first, then smiled and said, "I heard that Your Highness is returning to the Wen residence today. The Prince just instructed me to go to the storeroom and select some gifts for you to take back. Everything is ready. Your Highness, please take the Prince's carriage back."
Wen Nongnong was somewhat surprised to hear this. She hadn't expected that Gu Linchao would be so thoughtful and considerate as to have someone prepare a gift for her to take back home without saying a word.
The lingering resentment in her heart faded away.
"Thank you for helping me prepare, Uncle Chen. I'm off now." Wen Nongnong said, about to get into the carriage. At this moment, Wang Houde hurriedly ran out from inside the mansion gate, "Your Majesty, please wait for this servant."
As he was talking, he had already run to Wen Nong Nong's side and helped her into the carriage before Lü Qiao could.
"Thank you, Eunuch Wang," Wen Nongnong said with a smile.
Wang Houde scratched his head. "Your Highness is too kind to this servant." After saying that, seeing that Lü Qiao was still standing there, he hurriedly urged, "Miss Lü Qiao, please go up quickly too."
Green Fairy felt a mix of emotions. With Eunuch Wang's arrival, she felt like she was about to fall out of favor.
Wang Houde drove Wen Nongnong to the Wen residence.
When they arrived at the gate of the Wen residence, they happened to run into Madam Xu and Old Madam Wen, who had just returned.
Madam Xu helped the gloomy-faced Old Madam Wen down from the carriage. Turning around, she saw Wen Nongnong and was immediately surprised and delighted. "Nongnong, why are you back?"
"Mother!" Wen Nongnong was also overjoyed and quickly took two steps to greet her.
Seeing that Madam Wen had turned around, the smile on her face faded. "Grandmother."
Madam Wen's already gloomy face became even more unpleasant upon seeing her. "Why aren't you properly serving the Prince at the Prince's residence? What are you doing running home? What kind of behavior is it if others see you constantly visiting your parents' home?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Xu's expression turned quite unpleasant. "Mother has been away from the manor for so long, how can you assume that Nong Nong is always running back to her parents' home? Besides, Nong Nong is our Wen family's daughter, not just anyone. It's a good thing that she wants to come back more often, so how is that improper? Mother is really overthinking things."
Madam Wen was taken aback, and her expression turned even more unpleasant.
At this moment, Wen Nongnong also said, "Grandmother has been away from the mansion for so long, it is understandable that she has some misunderstandings. In fact, I have not been back for a long time. After all, I have not been very free. A few days ago, I accompanied the Empress Dowager to Huangming Temple to worship Buddha, and I only returned yesterday."
Thinking that she hadn't been back to the Wen family for a long time, she came back to see her father and the others. She didn't expect that she would run into her grandmother today. If she had known earlier... She paused and didn't continue.
Madam Wen understood her unspoken meaning: if she had known she would come back today, she wouldn't have come.
Once she understood what she meant, Old Madam Wen's face turned extremely gloomy.
Having been repeatedly humiliated by her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, she was furious and displeased, her whole demeanor gloomy. Turning to look at the graceful Wen Nongnong standing there, she suddenly sighed and said in a well-meaning but earnest tone, "Don't think your grandmother's words are unpleasant. Isn't your grandmother doing this for your own good? After all, you are now married, and you should prioritize your husband's family in everything. Try to come back as little as possible in the future, otherwise you will definitely attract criticism and people will say that our Wen family doesn't know how to raise a daughter."
Wen Nongnong sneered inwardly. This was a blatant attempt to tell her not to go back to her parents' home under the guise of doing what was best for her.
How much does Madam Wen dislike her?
Just as she was about to retort, Madam Xu suddenly laughed.
Wen Nongnong looked at her in surprise.
Madam Wen frowned and said, "What are you laughing at for no reason? Do you think what I said is wrong?"
Xu suppressed her anger and said calmly, "I told you Mother was overthinking things. If others wanted to say that our Wen family doesn't know how to raise girls, they would have said it long ago. Mother, are you worried about this now? When Wen Ruyi used her poisonous scheme to harm Nong Nong, Mother didn't have this worry. At that time, she even hoped that Nong Nong would change her ways."
As a result, she turned around and climbed up to the Emperor, thinking she had risen to a high position and become a phoenix. She was arrogant and even lied at a palace banquet, claiming she didn't know the Wen family. Her glory didn't last long; the Emperor banished her to the Cold Palace, where she's probably still suffering.
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