Mrs. Hu was also busy handing over the tasks of planting and raising flowers to several ladies in the village with whom she had a good relationship.
The person with the most free time now is Zhou.
In order to have a legitimate reason to visit her, Jiang Qianruo did not ask Mr. Huang to prescribe medicine for her. Instead, he boiled the medicine himself every day and personally brought it to Zhou to watch her drink it.
Worried that she would be bored, he made some inquiries and found Zhang Dazui, who had a good relationship with Zhou and loved to talk. Every day he would tell her some interesting stories from the surrounding villages in different ways. One loved to talk and the other loved to listen, and the two of them chatted happily every day.
Just when everyone was busy preparing to go to the capital, Yuzhi and the Ji Fengshou brothers arrived at the Ji family almost one after another.
The family just met, and before the joy on their faces could unfold, they saw Jiang Qianruo walk in. "The imperial edict to the capital has been issued. It was written by the emperor himself. You can read it for yourselves."
Jiang Qianruo casually threw the envelope-like object in his hand over.
Ji Fengyi felt a buzzing in his head, and he rushed over to catch it without caring about his image, and finally managed to catch it in his hand.
This is the emperor's own handwriting!
It was thrown away so carelessly... Ji Fengyi lifted his sleeves and kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. Hu Shi also almost couldn't breathe.
Jiang Qianruo's attention has shifted to the two strange men.
From the information she had heard, the one with a more bookish air should be the eldest brother, so the one next to him... is Yue Niang's husband?
She looked at Ji Fengshou beside her, and after just one glance, she couldn't help but frowning, with a bit of disgust and patience in her eyes.
When Ji Fengshou saw that his elder brother had received the imperial edict, he dared to look directly at his mother-in-law, whom he had never met but was suspected to be his biological mother.
He was stunned for a moment after just one glance.
Wow!
Before, he still held a glimmer of hope in his heart, but now that he has seen her, he knows that this is definitely her biological child!
But what's that look...?
Ji Fengshou followed Jiang Qianruo's gaze and looked down at his... feet!
The toes of the tattered shoes were exposed, and you could vaguely see the black ash in the gaps between the toenails.
He looked at himself again and saw that his clothes were wrinkled from the rush, his shoes were torn without him noticing when, his hair was even a little messy, and he looked like he had just come from a refugee camp.
Ji Fengshou touched himself from head to toe, clasping his toes together suddenly. He shrank back awkwardly, smoothing his hair with his hands before speaking with a stiff upper lip: "Alas! I was so worried about Yue Niang and how anxious she would be to go home and cause a fuss, I didn't dare close my eyes the whole way. I was so anxious that I didn't care about my image at all. It's a bit... not very pretty, isn't it, Ying?"
Ji Changying turned her head and saw the expressions on their faces. She immediately understood and exclaimed, "Oh my God! How did you get into this state? Don't worry about my mother. You must be tired from traveling so fast. Hurry up, go wash up and change clothes!"
These words brought Ji Fengyi and Hu back to their senses. They finally had time to take a closer look at Ji Fengshou. This look made Ji Fengyi gasp: "Go!"
"Haha, they came back in such a hurry that I didn't have time to tidy up. I didn't expect you to come over. My uncle has always been very concerned about his image. This time, he was really too nervous about Yue Niang, otherwise he wouldn't be like this... Haha, Mingxuan! Go boil some hot water for your uncle, Minghao! Go and tidy up your uncle's clothes!"
Jiang Qianruo pretended not to notice the chaos in the family, "Where's Yue Niang? Is she awake?"
"Wake up! Wake up! I'll take you there."
Mrs. Hu also breathed a sigh of relief. It would be inconvenient for them to talk with outsiders present.
Watching the two of them go into the room, Ji Fengyi gave them a look, and Ji Changying and the others followed them into the study.
"What happened? Your father and I had just been released from our thatched cottage outside the Great Wall when the superiors came and told us, your father, and your uncle to leave immediately for home."
They thought something big had happened at home, so the three of them rushed home day and night, and ran back to their own home as soon as they arrived at the village. Unexpectedly, they were stunned by this "imperial edict from the capital" before they even touched the chair.
"It's like this, a few days ago, my sister and I returned home..."
Ji Changchuan recounted what had happened in an orderly manner.
Ji Fengshou couldn't sit still this time: "So we all have to go to Beijing? When do we leave?"
He didn't know how other people felt, but he suddenly felt as if there were thorns on the chair, and it was uncomfortable for him to sit on it, so he simply stood up and turned around.
Ji Changying's eyes followed Ji Fengshou around, "It's like this, we are all going to Beijing, and the departure date hasn't been decided yet. We are waiting for uncle to discuss it with you! The same goes for grandma's family."
"So, we can discuss and set a date."
Ji Fengyi felt a little relieved. At least from this small detail, it can be seen that at least the two people in the palace still care about his younger brother and sister-in-law. Otherwise, if they directly ordered them to go to Beijing at a certain time, they would have no choice but to do it, right?
"Dad! Stop turning around. I'm feeling dizzy!" Ji Changchuan felt irritated and annoyed watching his father turning around in the room.
"Oh! I don't want to turn around, but I can't calm down. I didn't make a good impression the first time we met. What if the other party uses force to force your mother to divorce you? What will you do?"
Ji Fengshou couldn't help but express his inner concerns.
Ji Fengyi didn't expect his younger brother to be so self-aware. He looked at him with some satisfaction and said, "You've grown up and know how to use your brain."
"····Are you praising me or insulting me?"
Ji Changying and Ji Changchuan suppressed their laughter and said, "My mother is like that. She doesn't know what power is. As long as she cares about you, no one can say anything."
This was true. Thinking of Yue Niang, Ji Fengshou felt relieved and his fighting spirit was instantly ignited: "I'll go see if the water is boiled. I have to pack up and go see your mother!"
Seeing him leave, Ji Fengyi looked at Ji Changying seriously and said, "After I shower and change my clothes, we can watch the emperor's handwriting together. Don't make this public in advance."
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Although Ji Fengshou was anxious to see his wife, thinking of his current appearance, he patiently washed and dressed neatly before going to see Zhou.
The two of them were naturally surprised and embarrassed when they met, and Jiang Qianruo couldn't bear to watch it.
She only left a sentence "Come over tomorrow to discuss the date of going to the capital" and then left.
After Ji Fengyi bathed and burned incense, the family slowly unfolded the letter:
"Zhou Yueniang has done a great service in saving Zitong and deserves to be commended in person. I also heard that the two of them are destined to be together. I am very surprised and will grant special pardon to the Zhou family and the Ji Fengshou family. They will come to the capital on a chosen day and there must be no delay."
After reading it, the family was silent for a while.
If this thing was not brought by Jiang Qianruo, they would really think it was a scam.
It would be fine if the whole article was written in plain language, but the key point is that the word "emperor" looks like, probably, or perhaps a little bit unpresentable.
"Is this really the emperor's handwriting?" Ji Mingxuan felt that the emperor's image in his mind was somewhat disillusioned.
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