Because the eldest son of the Hu family ordered his attendants to inform the Hu family of the news of the return trip in advance, the palace of Prince Jin had already been arranged in advance. Xiao Jin's coffin was put into the mourning hall, and Xiao Yu rushed to put a stick of incense on him as soon as possible.

Concubine He took her daughters and others to the backyard to meet the Hu family.

"Concubine He." Among the group of people who came back, Concubine He had the highest status, and everyone stood outside the courtyard of the Hu family and waited for the summons of the Hu family, Xiangdong was ordered to pick them up, and walked to Concubine He to say hello. "After eight years of separation, the princess thanked Concubine He for her hard work, and specially asked the slave maid to pick up the concubine and the ladies to talk."

"My aunt and the other young masters and young ladies have been working hard for many days, and today the princess understands that you don't need to be courteous. Concubine Liao has already sent someone to clean the house, so now please go back and rest first. After that, Xiangdong arranged for someone to take everyone else away one by one.

The others didn't expect them to come back and the Hu clan didn't see them, but they came to the imperial capital for the first time, even if they had some complaints, they had to swallow them honestly and follow the maids sent by Xiangdong.

"yes, eight years." Concubine He took her daughters and followed Xiangdong to the courtyard. "I didn't expect that I would be able to return to the imperial capital one day in this life."

"I've seen the princess." After entering the main hall and seeing the Hu family, Concubine He immediately took her daughter to curtst to the Hu family.

After Concubine He knew that she could take her daughter back to the imperial capital, she taught her daughters etiquette along the way. When her daughters saw Concubine He saluting to the Hu family, they remembered Concubine He's instructions and followed Concubine He to sweetly call the Hu family's mother concubine.

Hu Shi, who was sitting on the main seat, received the salute from Concubine He, and glanced at Xiangdong, who immediately stepped forward to help Concubine He and the two children.

"It's been a long journey, Concubine He doesn't have to be polite, sit down quickly." Hu said with a smile and waved at the two children. "Come, come to the mother, and I will talk to you."

The two children subconsciously looked back at Concubine He, who was sitting down with Xiangdong, Concubine He nodded slightly, and the two children obediently walked up to Hu.

Hu Shi took one by one, gently asked them what they had seen along the way, and asked the people in her yard to invite her daughter to come and play with her sisters. He also asked them if they had learned to read and write when they were in the fiefdom?

"Don't hide it from the princess, the two children are not enlightened yet." Speaking of the upbringing of her two daughters, Concubine He said with some embarrassment. "The prince said that the girl's family doesn't need to understand any big truths, and the concubine is not allowed to invite the female gentleman back to the house to teach. However, when the concubine is in her spare time, she will teach her two children to read and write. It's just that the concubine's knowledge is limited, and there are not many things to teach. ”

"The prince is gone, and I can't say anything about him. It's just that I think that both men and women are indispensable for literacy. "Seeing Concubine He speaking and acting respectfully, Hu Shi spoke softer." After the prince left the imperial capital, thanks to His Majesty's grace, the prince went to the palace to study. Although their sister did not have the opportunity to enter the palace school to study, I also asked the female gentleman to teach them various subjects. Now that their sisters are married one and the other are to be married, it just so happens that the female husband will continue to teach them. ”

"Thank you, Princess." The Hu family arranged the time for the two daughters to enter school, and Concubine He was naturally grateful in her heart.

"There is also the residence of you and your children, although you already had a reputation as a side concubine when you left eight years ago, but because you left in a hurry, you did not change your residence." Speaking of the living life of Concubine He and the two children in the future, Hu Shicai said again. "When Your Majesty asked the prince to take you back, I asked Concubine Liao to choose a suitable place to live for you. You are the same as Concubine Liao, but because you have two children, your yard is bigger than Concubine Liao. I don't know the preferences and habits of you and the children, so I just simply arranged some before, and selected a dozen rough slaves and maids to put in your yard. If you need to add something when you move in in the future, you can just tell Concubine Liao directly. The people who are close to you, Concubine Liao and I thought about it, and I think it's better for you to choose it yourself. ”

I have to say that the Hu family has treated Concubine He very favorably.

Concubine He naturally knew in her heart that she could get such preferential treatment, probably because she had been honest and respectful in the past eight years.

Concubine He took the initiative to let her personal maid follow Xiangdong back to the courtyard to wash and rest, and she stayed behind to continue to talk to the Hu family.

When the children were gone, Concubine He took the initiative to inform the Hu family of the temperament and behavior of the women who came back with her.

"Most of the women who have given birth to the prince's heirs over the years have not followed them from the imperial capital back then, but the biological mother of the prince's little concubine is a local Qingqi, who was ransomed by a local rich merchant and sent to serve the prince. She is also a blessed person, and she has only been in the palace for three months. "The situation of the other women, Concubine He passed by, but there was only one person, Concubine He said it alone." She has scheming, means and skills, and she can still hold the prince in her room until she is five or six months pregnant. After she gave birth to her son, the prince liked it even more. ”

"Well, I see what you mean." Hu probably understood that the biological mother of the concubine must be restless.

After being favored and giving birth to a son, it is inevitable to think more.

"The prince's coffin is back, the house will be busy these days, you go back today to rest for a while." Hu lowered his eyes, pondered for a while, and then continued. "I've been lazy all these years, and the things in the house are all handed over to Concubine Liao. However, seeing that the prince is also married, I have already thought about letting Concubine Liao slowly hand over the things in her hand to the princess, and live in the mansion with peace of mind in the future. ”

"The concubine is grateful for the princess's compassion."

Xiao Lu and Xiao Xuan learned that Xiao Jin's coffin had been transported back to the imperial capital, and the two made an appointment to go to Prince Jin's mansion together to pay their respects.

"Second sister-in-law's Day mourning." As a female dependent, the two sisters were led to the backyard after the incense, Xiao Xuan saw Hu Shi and whispered.

The Hu family, who was originally entertaining the female dependents in the backyard, saw the two princesses coming, and several female relatives who were still talking to the Hu family retired one after another.

"The two princesses have arrived, and the day has been so busy that I haven't even noticed." Hu Zhang Luo invited Xiao Xuan and Xiao Lu to sit down in the main hall.

There was no one else in the main hall at this time, only Concubine Liao and her daughter, Concubine He and her two daughters.

Seeing the two princesses, everyone got up and saluted the princess.

"This is Concubine He, right?" After taking a seat, Xiao Xuan quickly recognized Concubine He Fang, who was standing on the side holding her two daughters, and asked her very kindly. "I haven't seen you for many years, is Concubine He okay? Is this your daughter? ”

"Thank you for the princess's concern, everything is fine with the concubine." Concubine He suddenly saw Xiao Xuan now, hit a spirit, and hurriedly replied. "These two are the daughters of concubines."

Concubine He pushed her two daughters forward and asked them to greet the two princesses.

"The children are still young, and there is no one else in the hall at the moment, so there is no need to let the children perform this unfamiliar ceremony." Xiao Lu said with a smile. "Just call your aunt."

"That's right." Xiao Xuan seemed to suddenly remember something, and called Lu Lin to pick up a box one after another. "My sister and I both have daughters, and I know that Concubine He has brought back two daughters, thinking that we, as aunts, should give some gifts to the two children. It is full of delicate jewelry suitable for their age, which is not very expensive but is better than the style of the time, and it is better to wear it for children to wear. ”

As soon as Xiao Xuan's words fell, Lu Lin stepped forward and held the box in front of Concubine He.

Concubine He hurriedly got up, and then, when she opened it, she was full of jewels.

"The two of them are still young now, where do they wear such expensive jewelry?" Concubine He said with some trepidation.

"They are the daughters of the prince and come from a clan, so they are naturally born noble, and these small jewelry can still afford to wear." Xiao Lu said.

"Yes, how can I say that this is also a meeting gift for the children of the two of us as aunts, Concubine He just accepts it with peace of mind." Xiao Xuan then persuaded. "The second brother is gone, and the children have to keep the filial piety period for three years, and those red and blue treasures are inconvenient to wear, and pearls or white jade are suitable. Let's just say that after the three-year filial piety period, children need to dress up when they walk outside. ”

"Concubine He, this is the heart of the two princesses." Hu also persuaded. "Take it."

Hearing Hu Shi's words, Concubine He accepted it.

Later, some female dependents came one after another, and Hu said that he was unwell, so he asked Concubine Liao and Concubine He to come forward to receive them, and Hu's daughter also took Concubine He's two daughters to play in the back.

"I heard that the prince picked up more than a dozen people from there this time?" Xiao Xuan asked. "Are those people honest?"

"It's all okay, only the one who gave birth to the prince feels that he is very different."

Hu Shi said that it was the Qing Qi who redeemed his body, and last night, the Qing Qi came to Hu's yard in the middle of the night with a crying baby to make trouble, and the lights were lit up all over the house.

Hu didn't give her a face, Na Qingqi was willing to let her go outside in the cold, she only let people pick up the baby and put it in her yard, after all, the child was innocent.

That Qingqi was just dissatisfied with the remoteness of the residence and wanted to make a fuss, but she didn't expect to make a fuss in the middle of the night but didn't even see Hu's face, she originally wanted to withdraw, but was held by Xiangdong with a few stout maids, and forced her to freeze outside the courtyard for a night, and was directly carried back early this morning.

I heard that the person started to have a fever as soon as she was sent back, so Hu asked a doctor to see her.