Chapter 215: Guilt and Loyalty
But there was already someone else in his heart, so Natsuki slowly lowered his eyes, but he didn't feel very tempted.
"The country is so pretentious, but why did you let the lord of the county come out to do such a thing?" Xu Ruyu handed the hijab behind him, and Xia Shu realized that there was Xu Yi who was almost an inch away behind him.
"Your Highness is not interested in your purpose, but since the matter has come to this, as long as you don't cause trouble, Your Highness doesn't mind accompanying you to act. Xu Yin, send the county lord over. β
When the words landed, Xia Shu couldn't help but clench her handkerchief tightly, before she got married, she knew that Xu Ruyu was a smart and powerful character, and she was apprehensive for a while, and she couldn't even say anything to refute or justify her words.
"Yes." Xu Yi agreed, walked up to Xia Shu and made a gesture of please. Xia Shu stood up, with a pale and hot face, in this quiet night, there was no one around, and he followed Xu Yi outside alone.
Soon arrived at the destination, but to Natsuki's surprise, the door opened by Xu Yi turned out to be a parallel sliding door unique to the Wa Kingdom.
Natsuki was stunned for a moment, and then walked into the door to see that not only this room, but also the entire courtyard had been built in the style of a Japanese house.
I thought that after the purpose of my being sent was discovered, even if it wasn't too miserable, it might not be treated by good students, but I didn't expect it to be treated like this.
"Thisβ" Natsuki was stunned for a moment, as soon as the sound of the door opening sounded, the fluorescent and grassy lacewings that accompanied her had already changed into the clothes of the Wa Kingdom, and came from the back corridor to salute her respectfully.
"His Royal Highness."
"The meaning of the second prince, the county lord is a guest, so he should naturally treat each other politely. The county lord and stay here in peace, if you need anything, you can mention it to me. β
Xu Yi lowered his head in the faint candlelight, and he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but what he said was enough to stir people's emotions.
"What? This ......" Natsuki opened his mouth slightly, still in disbelief, Xu Yi didn't say anything more, only put one hand behind his back and bowed to her.
"Then, please ask the county lord to have a good rest."
Xu Ruyu can be regarded as very generous, this modification of the entire courtyard is not easy to complete, it must have taken at least two or three months of effort.
However, what will be the life of the lord of Peony County in the other courtyard when he marries, no one in the capital cares. After the wedding of the second prince is over, it is almost time for the Yang family to arrive in the capital.
Early this morning, Su Jiao specially packed up, and wanted to go to the street with Zhang Yuge, who was easy to recover, to take a walk on the street, loosen her muscles and bones, but she didn't want to be cut off by Mrs. Su before she had time to go out.
"Jiao'er, is there something going on today?"
Mrs. Su asked a clueless question, so Su Jiao didn't quite understand, looked left and right, and shook her head gently, "It's not a big deal, mother, are you okay?" β
"Your uncle and cousin are back, Huai'an told me early this morning that he has been sent to pick up people, if you are fine, you might as well go back to Yang Mansion with your mother to clean up, otherwise your uncle and cousin will not be able to come back to live."
The poor aunt died of illness at a young age, and his cousin Yang Huairen was also stationed outside the Saiwai with his father at a young age, and there was no woman at home to take care of him, which was really sad.
After thinking about it, Su Jiao nodded and agreed, anyway, it's the same to watch Yuge tomorrow, presumably she can understand.
Mrs. Su couldn't help but be happy when she saw this, and then Xiaolian assigned a broom to each of them, and several people got into the carriage that had been prepared and went to Yang's mansion.
However, although Hibiscus also has a broom in her hand, the work of driving still has to fall on her head. She squinted her eyes slightly, with a helpless face, and according to the route she had written down before, she came to the once magnificent Yang family mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyi after a while.
When the original Zhongyi Marquis was also alive, the Yang family was full of glory, so the location of the mansion was also very close to the palace, but it was a pity that the creation made people, who would have thought that they would fall into such an embarrassing situation now.
In order to not know who framed and planted the false accusations, he searched out some things from the Yang Mansion, and first because the situation remained unchanged, he did something to the Yang family, and the current emperor also waited for the old marquis to die before he belittled the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion.
Yang Fujian, the uncle who should have inherited the marquis, took Yang Huairen, who was only ten years old, to Nankang to garrison and suppress in order to atone for his crimes.
Su Jiao raised her eyes and looked at the front yard of the Yang Mansion, which was declining, although she had never returned to the Yang Mansion since she was born, but just by looking at the furnishings and house buildings in front of her, she could imagine the grandeur of the beginning.
Not to mention, Mrs. Su, who grew up here, should be so nostalgic and sad when she saw this scene.
Su Jiao turned her head to look, gently pulled Mrs. Su, and stroked her back to comfort her, Mrs. Su only smiled faintly at her, and then exhaled a long breath of relief.
"Alright, let's get started!"
"Ruopei!" As soon as the words landed, Su Fu had just given an order, and even the fastest-moving hibiscus had not had time to do it, when an old but very loud shout suddenly came from behind.
Listening to the momentum, it felt as if there was a boundless sky and wasteland in front of me, and even the stinging sensation of the wind rolling the sand particles outside the plug was vivid.
Su Jiao couldn't help but tremble, and turned around in surprise at the same time as Mrs. Su, and saw Yang Fujian and Yang Huairen, who were dressed in dust, walking towards here, followed by Xiao Huai'an, who went to pick up people in the morning.
Mrs. Su was stunned, but Yang Fujian opened his hand very enthusiastically and excitedly, and stepped forward to give Mrs. Su a hug, which stunned his niece Su Jiao next to her.
"Ruopei, sister, I can be regarded as seeing you, I heard that you came here after entering Beijing, so I rushed to see you, this is my niece, oops, Jiao'er is really as cute as the portrait you sent when you were a child."
Yang Fujian let go of his hand, I don't know if it was because the customs outside the plug were too wild, or because he was too excited, although he didn't hug her with a pair of big hands full of calluses, but he hooked out a few strands of broken hair from his easily combed hairstyle.
"Uncle, uncle." Su Jiao squinted his eyes and shouted obediently, with mixed feelings in his heart, what surprises, fright, affection, nostalgia, and touching, all of them rushed up, so that he didn't know what kind of emotions to show now.
When Xiao Huai'an saw Su Jiao's appearance, he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, and said in his heart, a little fox like her, who can act, actually has times when she is at a loss, and then she took Yang Huairen to his side as well.
"Brother Yang, this is Su Jiao."
"Well, I've seen it on the portrait before, Jiao'er." Yang Huairen was relatively stable compared to his uncle Yang Fu Jian, but his palm, which was also covered with calluses, also fell on Su Jiao's gradually crumbling hairstyle.
Su Jiao held her mouth and smiled, she couldn't help but be a little curious, the portrait that Mrs. Su sent at the beginning, how old was she when she was there?
"It's really hard for my eldest brother to travel all the way, but why did you come back all of a sudden?" Mrs. Su held her hands, although she could no longer hold Yang Fujian's hand delicately like when she was young, but she could not hide her emotional and excited emotions, but the art of speaking still had to be sharpened.
Su Jiao's chest jumped, she wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to laugh, she was so uncomfortable, but Yang Fujian didn't care very much, and patted Mrs. Su twice with both hands, and the person who patted her almost wanted to cough.
"Isn't this a stoppath, I heard that you and Jiao'er are here, so I naturally want to come to see you as soon as possible, and then enter the palace in a while to return to Your Majesty."
"But it's also true, we haven't seen each other for so long, I didn't expect to see you again after more than ten years, you are still the same as before, why are you getting uglier and uglier the longer you get?"
Yang Fujian laughed and laughed, and Mrs. Su immediately blocked his hand with amusement and anger. "Besides, where does the eldest brother think you are good?"
Although the brother and sister talk like this, it is just a joke to belittle each other, but this habit of not being able to speak looks a bit like a traditional skill inherited by the Yang family.
Su Jiao only felt that this scene was funny, but she was also moved so that she couldn't take her eyes off.
After Yang Fujian and Mrs. Su joked with each other, they gradually calmed down, and their temperament changed significantly, becoming much more serious, and there was a little melancholy in their eyes.
"Okay, it's not too early now, Ren'er and I have to hurry up and enter the palace. Is Su Zhongshi finished writing with you, if you refuse to write, brother, I will personally ask him to come over for you. From now on, you will come back to live, with your brother here, you will no longer be afraid of someone bullying you, and Jiao'er. β
Yang Fujian said, Mrs. Su pursed her mouth, nodded with tears in her eyes, he and Yang Huairen glanced at each other, and then said hello to Su Jiao, and the two of them rushed to the palace with the smell of dust on their bodies.
"I have already sent someone over to help clean the Yang Mansion, and I want to come to the Yang family to return to Beijing this time, and I will finally be able to be ashamed." Xiao Huai'an's words seemed to have other meanings, but Su Jiao's heart was now full of the Yang family's return and the worry of the unknown in the future, and he didn't have time to think about it when he heard Xiao Huai'an's words, and his hand also fell on his head.
"It's just the team brought back by the Yang family, and I still need to go to the outskirts of the city to hand over and make arrangements, so I have to have my mother-in-law here to take care of it more."