Chapter 303 The Lu Family Returns to Beijing
In the flower hall of Lu Garden in the capital.
The whole family is happy.
Jiang Miaomiao was led into the flower hall by her mother.
The first thing I saw was the old woman sitting in the middle.
The old woman's hair was half white. Although she looked a little thin and her face looked a little weathered, she was still in good spirits.
I think it’s because he comes from a family of generals and has a solid physical foundation.
Otherwise, if you are tortured in that kind of exile, you will lose half your life.
The old woman's features are very similar to A Niang's.
Jiang Miaomiao recognized at a glance that she was A'niang's mother, her and her brothers' grandmother, Old Madam Lu.
I think that when they met, A Niang and Second Brother had already hugged each other and cried bitterly, and had expressed all their bitter tears.
Now everyone was looking at her.
It was the first time she met everyone in the hall.
Because of A Niang and her brothers, these people became her non-blood relatives.
It's really magical.
"Miaomiao, come here, come here, let grandma see you." Old Madam Lu waved at her and called out.
"Grandma, I'm fine." Jiang Miaomiao called sweetly, and then sat down next to her grandmother obediently.
Let grandma touch her hair and face.
The hand that was stroking him was a little rough, with calluses all over it. It was obvious that he had done a lot of hard labor in exile and suffered a lot.
Jiang Miaomiao's nose couldn't help but feel sore.
Looking at my grandmother and mother again, both of them had red eyes.
Everyone present had red eyes, and some were even crying.
Mrs. Lu looked at her daughter, grandson, and this beautiful little granddaughter and felt like she was dreaming.
She never thought that one day she would be able to return to the capital and see her daughter and grandson.
She thought she would die of old age in that place of exile.
To be honest, the whole family was able to survive thanks to their daughter. It was like their daughter was sent by God to save them.
Her dowry was donated to save them.
Over the years, they have been provided with a steady supply of food, cloth and medicinal herbs, which has enabled them to survive safely in that place.
But my daughter is alone, labeled as the daughter of a traitor, and has to raise three children alone.
She didn't even dare to imagine how she survived and how she got to where she is today.
Looking at the little granddaughter in front of me.
In fact, she can’t be considered a real granddaughter, after all, she is not my daughter’s biological daughter.
But she is my daughter's treasure.
Perhaps this child became her spiritual support during the time when she lost her biological daughter.
Her daughter told her that for a long time, whenever she saw the child, she would think it was her daughter who had returned.
Calling Miaomiao is like calling your own daughter.
Maybe it's just a coincidence.
One had just left, and the other appeared before her in that way.
Anyone would be confused if they were in this situation.
Although this kind of supernatural theory is really unbelievable, she still has some hope in her heart.
But now look at the little girl in front of me.
She doesn't look like my daughter or Jiang Yunze at all.
She is really pretty. Her two daughters combined are not as pretty as her.
As she read on, she began to laugh. She thought she was getting old and confused. How could she actually believe it?
Looking at my daughter again, I believe she has already accepted the reality.
Life goes on, it’s better to accept it sooner.
But who are this baby's parents? Since he is so pretty, his parents must be even better looking.
I just hope they never appear in my lifetime.
After all, no adoptive mother who loves her child would want someone to snatch the child away from her.
Lu Qingyao saw her mother looking at Miaomiao with a loving face, and it seemed that she liked Miaomiao too.
So she felt relieved.
Apart from her two sons, she only told her mother that Miaomiao was not her biological child.
Sooner or later, it will be impossible to hide the child's appearance.
And recently she discovered something shocking that kept her awake all night.
She met Princess Yuqing that day.
I found that the princess actually looked a bit like Miaomiao.
Others couldn't find out because they rarely saw Princess Yuqing and didn't know Miaomiao's life experience.
I don't think about it that way at all.
And when she saw that face, she turned back to see her daughter.
I can't help but think more about it.
She couldn't describe how she felt. She was happy for Miaomiao, but also scared.
Glad she has such a powerful and noble mother.
If that's true, she would be able to walk sideways in the future.
But she was also afraid that the child would leave her and return to Princess Yuqing, or be taken away by Princess Yuqing.
After all, she is a noble princess and wants to take her daughter away.
She couldn't be stopped at all.
Lu Qingyao has been hesitating whether to tell her mother about her suspicions.
After thinking about it, I decided not to do it for now and wait and see.
Jiang Miaomiao always felt that the way her grandmother and mother looked at her was a little strange.
But I didn’t think much about it.
Jiang Ziyan saw the way his grandmother looked at his sister and guessed that his mother must have told his grandmother about her life story.
My grandmother is a very direct person and never keeps things to herself.
Most of what they have will be revealed, even if they try to hide it, he can still see it.
But my grandmother is also a cheerful and open-minded person. She will love everything that my mother likes as well.
You can see that she likes her sister very much.
After all, my sister is so smart and cute, who wouldn’t like her?
Jiang Miaomiao's eyes rolled around as she looked at these family members she had never met.
The first person I saw was the old woman sitting next to my grandmother. She had gray hair and looked even more worn out than my grandmother.
Her mother asked her to call her aunt Wu.
My great-uncle was weak and could not survive the exile, dying of illness early.
Leaving only my aunt-in-law behind.
They also had an only daughter named Lu Wan, who married into the Zhou family, which was considered a good match at the time.
Logically, Lu Wan should be the happiest person when her aunt returns, and she should be the one to stay with her.
But A'niang never mentioned her, nor did she ever see her.
The aunt held Miaomiao's little hand, her eyes full of loneliness.
Mrs. Wu looked at her sister-in-law's family reunited and living happily together, while she herself was old and still alone, and she felt very unhappy.
Mrs. Lu took her sister-in-law's hand and comforted her, "Sister-in-law, my children are your children. You have more than just Wanwan as a daughter. You also have them. They will respect you as they respect me."
"Yes, aunt, you are not alone, you still have us." Lu Qingyao held her hand.
Mrs. Wu burst into tears. Looking at the children in front of her, the depression in her heart was slightly relieved.
These children are all filial, and it is thanks to them that I was able to reach the capital alive.
Madam Lu instructed her daughter, "Yaoyao, please move all my things to your aunt's yard. We two old people like quietness, so it's more appropriate for us to live together."
Lu Qingyao nodded. "Okay, I didn't think it through. I'll have someone move it right away."
After Jiang Miaomiao met her two grandmothers, her mother introduced her aunt and cousins to her one by one.
"Miaomiao, this is your aunt, this is your cousin Mingxi, and this is your cousin Zhizhi."
As soon as she finished speaking, her cousin named Zhizhi came up to her and touched her little face.
A face full of envy, "Miaomiao sister is so beautiful, her skin is like a peeled egg."
Jiang Miaomiao suddenly said, "Cousin Zhizhi is pretty too."
This made everyone laugh.
Lu Zhizhi especially laughed the happiest, with her teeth showing. No one had ever praised her like this before.
Jiang Miaomiao didn't think what she said was funny at all.
Although cousin Zhizhi is not very beautiful, she has nice facial features and wheat-colored skin.
Maybe people at this time also like white, young and thin.
Jiang Miaomiao looked at her aunt's family.
My aunt, Lan, was born into a military family. Like my grandmother, although she looked haggard, she still looked quite energetic.
She and her uncle had two sons and one daughter, one son was a scholar and the other was a warrior.
My eldest cousin Lu Mingshan followed his grandfather and uncles to the frontier to join the army.
My second cousin Lu Mingxi is the same age as my eldest brother Jiang Zifeng.
He looks like a scholar.
Because his uncle wanted him to study and take the imperial examination to become an official.
But he cannot take part in the imperial examination for the time being. Although he is thin, he is also handsome.
My third cousin Lu Zhizhi, a girl in her teens, looked very lively. She looked around as soon as she entered the room. Now she was pulling Jiang Miaomiao to look at her and touching her here and there.
Jiang Miaomiao asked Xier to give her the gift she had prepared in advance, which was a silver necklace.
Lu Zhizhi loved it so much that she couldn't let it go.
She was exiled with her family when she was less than six years old, and she had never seen these beautiful jewels again since then.
As soon as she returned to the capital, her aunt sent her off, then her cousin sent her off after her aunt had a banquet, and now her cousin sent her off too. She felt that she would have more and more such gifts in the future.
She wanted to save it all as her dowry.
After giving gifts to cousin Zhizhi, Jiang Miaomiao also gave cousin Zhiyun a jade hairpin, but seeing that her cousin seemed to be uninterested, she just said thank you lightly.
Not even a hug for her.
His expression was also somewhat indifferent and distant.
It was only because my second aunt said a few words of thanks and praise to her that the situation was not so awkward.
Jiang Miaomiao looked at her second aunt Lin, who was born into a scholarly family and looked even more vicissitudes of life than her eldest aunt.
His face was a little pale, and he looked weak and frail, and it seemed that he was sick.
But looking at her condition, it seems that it is very difficult for her to come back alive.
Cousin Lu Zhiyun, who was sitting next to her, was the only daughter of her second uncle and second aunt. She was very pretty, but her skin was a little dark.
I guess it's because of the wind and sun, or maybe it's because it's been smeared with something for years, and it turned black over time.
It looks like it has a good foundation, it should turn white after some care.
A'niang said that she was eighteen years old and had an enviable marriage in the capital.
Unexpectedly, the Lu family met with misfortune, and her fiancé broke off the engagement without any explanation.
I drew a line between myself and her as quickly as possible.
Lu Zhiyun is now old and is the descendant of a criminal. It is difficult for her to get married, let alone a good one.
Eighteen!
In modern times, she would be a young girl, but here she has become an old maid who cannot get married.
No wonder there was no joy on her face after she came back.
Jiang Miaomiao felt that except for her grandmother and her aunt's family, everyone else in the family was not in good condition.
Everyone is worried.
After meeting A Niang's relatives, Jiang Miaomiao followed her back to her own courtyard.
My second brother always stayed with my grandmother, even reading in front of her.
Yan Cheng'an was taken to the house next door by Aunt Jiang Yue, and Jiang Miaomiao didn't know whether he was beaten by his mother.
Although he didn't see the person, he still begged his mother to plead with Aunt Jiang Yue on Yan Cheng'an's behalf.
So now she follows A Niang like a little shadow.
I had just returned to the yard and had a sip of water when a guest came to visit.
The people who came were my second aunt and cousin Zhiyun.
Both of them looked serious and knelt down in front of A Niang as soon as they arrived. Jiang Miaomiao and A Niang were both startled.
Ah Niang quickly helped them up, "Second sister-in-law, Zhiyun, what are you doing? If you have anything to say, please stand up and speak slowly. You are kneeling like this, it is really tiring for me."
"No, I won't get up unless you promise me one thing. Otherwise, my mother and I will never get up even if we kneel down to death." Lin almost hugged Lu Qingyao's legs and begged with tears in her eyes.
"Second sister-in-law, if you have anything to say, please stand up and say it." Lu Qingyao took great effort to pull the mother and daughter up from the ground.
Looking at Lin's current appearance, Lu Qingyao couldn't help but feel a little sour in her nose.
Lin was born into a family of scholars and was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was a typical lady from a noble family.
He used to be such a cold and aloof person.
I always felt that my sister-in-law was ignorant of etiquette and her words and actions were rude.
For this reason, he even taught her in the name of his second brother.
Before getting married, the relationship between the aunt and the sister-in-law was quite ordinary.
But what Lu Qingyao admired was that after the Lu family suffered a disaster, her second brother wanted to divorce his wife for fear of implicating her.
But she refused and was willing to share the hardships with her second brother.
She is a woman who values love and friendship.
So now, Lu Qingyao is full of gratitude to her, grateful that she did not abandon her second brother and grateful that she is filial to her parents.
Jiang Miaomiao sat obediently beside A Niang, looking at the two of them quietly, her eyes falling on her cousin Zhiyun.
He is a bit reserved, with tearful eyes and a dull look.
From her current appearance, one can vaguely see her former radiant charm.
Calculating the time, she should have been fourteen years old before she was exiled.
She is about to reach the age of marriage.
She should be waiting with great joy for her coming of age and her fiancé to marry her.
However, overnight, everything turned into bubbles.
The coming-of-age ceremony was cancelled and the fiancé broke off the engagement.
And go into exile.
It’s hard to imagine how this girl got through that time.
Jiang Miaomiao felt that her second aunt came to see her mother most likely because of her cousin Zhiyun's marriage.
Lu Qingyao naturally thought of this, so she didn't dare to agree immediately.
Holding Lin's hand, he said, "Second sister-in-law, if you have any difficulties, please tell me. As long as I can do it, I will do my best to do it."
"Third sister, you know, I only have this one daughter. Although she has returned, she is no longer at the prime of marriage. Even if she is freed from slavery, she is still the daughter of a criminal. Finding a good family is harder than climbing to heaven. But as a mother, I can't watch my child waste years like this. Although I know it's difficult, I still want to ask you to help me find a marriage."
After Lin finished speaking, she had already burst into tears.
Lu Qingyao pursed her lips, thought for a long time, and said nothing.
This is a difficult thing.
Even I am a divorced woman, how can I be sure to find a good marriage for my niece?
But I can't just watch her being alone.
Looking at my second sister-in-law's health, she is very weak. I guess she is afraid that her daughter will be left alone if she passes away.
eighteen.
If he waited for his father to return triumphantly, he would be in his twenties already, and it would not be easy even if he was honored.
But it is even more difficult now.
worry!
It's so worrying.
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