When General Yuan was ordered to return to Beijing, it was almost the end of the year. He could be considered to have retired and returned to his hometown. However, unlike others, the Yuan family's ancestral home was in Kyoto, and they were a well-established family with deep roots.
This was also one of the most important reasons why the Queen Mother only dared to expel Yin Qianhua's parents but did not dare to kill them. Because of the relationship with the Yuan family, she had to be cautious. If it were someone else, their bodies would probably have turned to ashes by now.
Yin Qianhua's father was just an imperial censor at the time. Because King Jing insisted on marrying the daughter of the Yin family despite the Queen Mother's opposition, the Queen Mother and the Han family demoted the Yin family to commoners and expelled them from the capital on false charges.
After General Yuan and his wife received the news, they sent people to meet and protect the demoted Yin family members, and at the same time wrote letters asking the Yuan family in Kyoto to put pressure on the Queen Mother and the Han family to save the lives of the Yin family members and keep Yin Qianhua's position as the principal wife in Prince Jing's Mansion.
It can be said that without the protection of General Yuan and his wife, Yin Qianhua might not be able to live safely to this day.
After King Jing's consolation and guidance, Yin Qianhua finally understood that even if she stayed in Jinhua Garden for the rest of her life and never left the house, she would not be able to change the Queen Mother's opinion and attitude towards her.
So why should she put herself in such a difficult position? So on the day when her aunt and uncle returned to Yuan Mansion, she brought Yun Yichen and personally stood at the door to greet them.
When she saw her aunt, whose hair had turned gray and whose face had aged, Yin Qianhua could no longer contain her excitement. She rushed forward, knelt at the old lady's feet, and burst into tears.
"Is that Hua'er? Why are you crying? Get up quickly and let your aunt take a good look at you." Yin had not seen her niece for many years. She helped Yin Qianhua up with her own hands, looked at her for a long time, and wiped the tears from her niece's face with trembling hands.
This is also a miserable child. Although marrying into the royal family seems glorious, but with Queen Mother Han around, how can she live a comfortable life? She must have suffered a lot of grievances over the years. Now that she has returned to Beijing, she can be considered to have a family and is no longer alone.
The mother and daughter exchanged greetings for a while before they remembered that there was a large group of people standing outside the door with them.
"Greetings to the princess."
General Yuan led his entire family to pay their respects to Yin Qianhua.
"Uncle, Qianhua was busy meeting my aunt just now and was unable to greet you. Please forgive me." Yin Qianhua hurriedly stepped forward and helped General Yuan up with both hands, explaining.
"Achen, please pay your respects to my maternal grandfather on behalf of my mother."
"How can this be done?" The Yuan family unanimously objected. The person in front of them was the prince and grandson of the emperor. How many people in the world would dare to accept his courtesy?
"Cousin, there's no need to be so formal. We are a family." Yuan Yutong came back with her parents when they passed through Songjiang.
If Yun Yichen had seen this kind of scene in the past, he might have turned around and left. But today, when he saw his mother crying bitterly, the idea of turning around and leaving naturally disappeared.
The Yuan family in front of him not only saved my grandfather's family, but also took care of them for many years. For this reason, he had to give them enough respect.
"Yun Yichen greets General Yuan." Yun Yichen bowed deeply and respectfully.
"Please stand up, Prince." General Yuan took two quick steps over and helped Yun Yichen up.
In public, Yun Yichen could not pay his respects to General Yuan as a junior. That would not only embarrass the Yuan family, but if the Empress Dowager knew about it, it might also embarrass his mother.
Now that he was paying his respects to the general as a prince, no one would feel embarrassed or talk about it. After all, he often paid his respects to General Xiao, and this was something everyone in Kyoto knew.
"Don't stand at the door. Let's talk inside." Yin took her niece's hand and walked towards the door. She hadn't been back for many years and she really missed her!
"Hua'er, do you still remember this place? Back then, you and Yutong often ran around in this yard. When you two were together, it wouldn't be long before you started arguing. Playing separately was boring. Back then, the most I did every day was to settle lawsuits between you two."
"No way?" Yuan Yutong refused to admit it no matter what.
"I also remember that my cousin used to want to fight me when she couldn't win an argument. My uncle also said that one of us is the daughter of an imperial censor and is good at talking, while the other is the daughter of a general and always wants to solve problems with fists."
"Shouldn't I have come back today? This is so embarrassing. Could you two please save some face for me in front of the younger generation?" Yuan Yutong said as he felt lucky that his children did not come with him. Otherwise, if those two little guys knew about this embarrassing thing, he would be laughed at by them for who knows how long!
"Haha, haha." Many people laughed out loud when they heard this.
After entering the living room and sitting down, Yin had someone bring up a thick letter. This was a letter that Yin Qianhua's parents had asked her to hand over to their daughter personally before returning to Beijing.
Yin Qianhua held the letter in her hands and burst into tears again. In the letter, her parents told their daughter that everything was fine now, and asked her to take care of herself and take good care of the prince and the princess... Yin Qianhua's mother even made clothes, shoes and socks for her grandson and granddaughter with her own hands.
For a long time, the only sound in the living room was Yin Qianhua's sobbing, and other than that, there was silence.
When Yuan Yutong returned to the Xiao family, it was already time for dinner.
"Mom, have you forgotten that you have a daughter now that you have your own family...? I miss you so much that my heart is...broken." Xiao Yuan ate delicious snacks while shaking his head and insincerely expressing his longing for his mother whom he had not seen for several months.
Yuan Yutong circled around her daughter, who had obviously gained weight, for three full circles. She didn't show any sign of longing or excitement.
"Ping'an, come to Aunt San."
"Meet Third Aunt."
"I would rather believe that Ping'an misses me than believe Ruyi's words. They are too fake and perfunctory." Poor me, she still talks about her daughter to her husband every day. It turns out that she is only concerned with eating and drinking, and has long forgotten her mother and father.
"I've practiced it several times. Qianyu said it already looked pretty good. Turns out she lied to me. Don't be angry. I'll deal with her when I get home tonight." Xiao Yuan said, putting his hands on his hips.
If I had known the answer was this, I would rather not have listened to her explanation!
"Look everyone, this is my wonderful daughter." Yuan Yutong found a place to sit down, otherwise, she was afraid that she would not be able to bear the shock and faint.
Everyone finished their dinner happily while watching the mother and daughter entertaining themselves.
"How are your parents' health? I will visit them in a couple of days. It has been more than ten years since we last saw each other. I really want to see what Old Yuan is like now." General Xiao said with emotion.
"Isn't the New Year coming soon? My father said that we don't need to trouble you for now. On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the Yuan family will hold a banquet to entertain relatives and friends." Yuan Yutong explained.
"Okay, our whole family will go on the 12th day of the first lunar month." General Xiao answered promptly and concisely.
Tong Mingyu didn't want her daughter to go because the weather in the first month of the lunar year was still very cold.
Xiao Yao slapped her forehead. How could she have forgotten to tell her parents that she was well again? She had been so busy researching cream cakes these past few days that she had forgotten such an important thing.
After chatting for a while, everyone dispersed.
After leaving Ninghetang for a distance, Xiao Yao lay on her father's warm shoulder and announced the news of her health improvement in public.
"Ping An, you are not kidding me, this... this is really great."
"I'm not lying to you. It's definitely much better."
"Great, great! It must be Doctor Sun's new prescription and Nanny Ruan's medicinal bath that worked." Upon hearing this news, Xiao Jingkang was so excited that he almost threw his daughter up. Fearing she might scare him, he decided to celebrate in a different way, kissing the little girl in his arms hard on the forehead and rubbing it back and forth with his beard.
"It's itchy, hehe, Daddy, stop it quickly." Xiao Yao said coquettishly.
Xiao Yi, Xiao Yang, and Xiao Rui came over, and each of them hit Xiao Yao hard on the head a few times.
In a short moment, the originally cute and pretty little girl turned into a sloppy and angry little beggar.
Laughter suddenly broke out in the Xiao family's courtyard.
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