Haitang wrote a reply to Wu Qiong.

In the letter, she praised Wu Qiong's determination and sighed, "I don't have your courage", but also reminded the other party that it will be very hard to do this, and if it really doesn't work, don't force it. The Zhenguo Mansion is a relative of the Wu family, and has been sheltering their mother and daughter for many years and taking great care of them. If she encounters a difficulty that she can't solve, it's better to ask the elders of the Zhenguo Mansion for help.

Whether it is asking a reliable doctor to diagnose and grab medicine for Mrs. Gui in Chang'an City, or inquiring about the news of Mrs. Gui's relatives in the outside world, or the news of the change of the throne in the direction of the capital, it is not something that Wu Qiong can do on her own, even if she calls her cousin Wu Ke, their brothers and sisters are weak and unfamiliar with each other, they may not be able to do it, and they must have the help of the Zhenguo Mansion. In order to make Mrs. Gui's life better in the future and her condition can improve, Wu Qiong should not hesitate when she should ask for help. If Mrs. Gui's illness is delayed, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to cure her in the future.

Haitang wrote this, thinking that if she persuaded her like this, Wu Qiong should not refuse to ask the Zhou family for help, right? Otherwise, it would be too difficult to expect her, a little girl who has always been accustomed to being at the mercy of her mother, to restrain Mrs. Gui's words and deeds, so let's hope for a more reliable Zhou family!

Next, Haitang wrote some words in the letter that seemed to be chatting, on the surface, it seemed that she was discussing with Wu Qiong the unreliable places in Mrs. Gui's remarks, affirming Wu Qiong's conclusions about her mother's "illness", and revealing a little curiosity, guiding Wu Qiong to continue to communicate with her about this information.

Even if Mrs. Gui refuses to mention more of the past, Wu Qiong herself has the experience of living in the palace, which can be called an intelligence source, and she may be able to reveal something.

Haitang quickly wrote a letter to Wu Qiong, and sent someone to the Zhenguo Mansion as soon as possible.

The next day, Wu Qiong sent another letter, this time along with Zhou Xuejun's letter.

Zhou Xuejun's anger towards Mrs. Gui has gradually subsided, and she began to feel bored, so she asked the elders in the family for some books to read, and asked Haitang if there were any interesting books at home that could be lent to her.

Recently, my grandmother, the Duchess of Zhenguo, felt that she could learn to draw patterns while she was recuperating from her injuries. Mrs. Wednesday, the third aunt, once mentioned that the begonia paintings are very good, and she once did a few very chic needlework for her grandmother Ma, and she has a lot of books at home. Therefore, Zhou Xuejun borrowed books from Begonia.

Haitang quickly recalled the collection of books at home, and had silently made a list of books, feeling that she could first pick out a few books that Xuejun might be interested in this week and send them to her.

Then Haitang opened Wu Qiong's letter again.

Wu Qiong was very pleased with the recognition in Haitang's reply. Now she has to study hard to learn all kinds of homework arranged by the Duchess of Zhenguo, while worrying about her mother's "illness", and her brother is moving away, she has many things on her mind that she can't confide in, and she is about to suffocate. Now that she has Begonia, a pen pal who can talk to her heart, she can finally relax.

She thanked Haitang for her concern and said that she would do her best to support it, and when she couldn't hold on, she would ask the loving elders of the Zhenguo Mansion for help. After all, her mother's health and stability are the most important things, and she will not be reckless and delay her mother's illness.

However, she admits that when she accepted the advice of her pen pal in her heart, thinking that she still had the Zhenguo Mansion behind her to rely on, and that she was not alone and isolated, the weight of the boulder in her heart was much lighter, and she was able to sleep peacefully at night.

You know, when she just made up her mind to hide her mother's illness, she couldn't close her eyes almost all night, she had no energy during the day, and she almost fell to the ground when she was going down the steps. Fortunately, Mama soon found out that she just didn't sleep well, and got her a soothing soup, so that she could make up for a good night's sleep at noon, and covered up for her in front of the Duchess of Zhenguo and her mother Mrs. Gui, otherwise I don't know what kind of trouble my mother will make again.

This incident also made Wu Qiong more trusting and close to her grandmother. Although she is not as frank as Haitang with this grandmother, she will not reveal the troubles in her heart, but many times when she encounters difficulties, she will take the initiative to ask the other party for help. In the past, when she encountered this kind of thing, she could only ask her mother for advice, and Mrs. Gui often worried about her daughter, arranged everything for Wu Qiong, and ordered her to act according to her instructions. And now, with the guidance of her grandmother, Wu Qiong has also begun to learn to think and arrange some things by herself.

She also thinks it's a good thing. Because she no longer needs her mother to worry about her wife everywhere, she can't rest at ease when she is sick.

The joy in Wu Qiong's heart can be seen between the lines of the letter. However, with Mrs. Gui's character, she probably doesn't like to see her daughter grow up, right?

If Wu Qiong learns to think for herself and act on her own, and no longer needs her mother to worry about it, how long can Mrs. Gui's majesty as a mother be maintained?

Haitang raised her eyebrows, put down the page of the letter, and continued to read the content of Wu Qiong's letter.

I don't know if it was because she slept well at night and was full of energy, or because her mother's words led to childhood memories, Wu Qiong now remembers more things from her childhood.

She had already remembered what the small courtyard she had lived in when she was a child in Cining Palace had been like. It was quite far from the queen mother's bedroom and the courtyards of the other concubines and concubines, located in the corner of the garden, and should have been the residence of the rough palace people who were responsible for taking care of the garden. At that time, only their family of three lived in the courtyard, and later only she and her mother were left. There are three houses in the courtyard, a well, and a tall catalpa tree planted in front of the house, which blooms pink and purple flowers in the summer, which is very beautiful.

This flower can still be eaten. She remembered that one summer, Xu Gongren picked a basket of flowers for her and fried them to eat. Another time, for some reason, my mother had sores on her body, and it was also Xu Gongren who helped her cure it by decoction of catalpa leaves. The catalpa trees in the yard were almost bald!

There was no way, the three survivors of their Wu family lived in Cining Palace, and they didn't dare to attract any attention from Concubine Sun Guifei. Even if any of them were sick, they would only dare to let the old lady doctor trusted by the Queen Mother come to see them. But the Empress Dowager's most trusted old imperial physician died within a few years, his children and grandchildren failed to enter the Imperial Hospital, and the Empress Dowager couldn't trust other imperial doctors, even if she would call the imperial physician to diagnose her own pulse as usual, she didn't dare to let anyone contact the people hidden in the Cining Palace. In the end, it was Xu Gongren who turned to medical books and taught himself to solve the problem of the Wu family's illness.

Xu Gongren probably learned medical skills at this time and knew how to take care of the sick, and later when the emperor was recuperating in Cining Palace, she would be sent by the Queen Mother to wait in front of the palace, right? As for the fact that Xu Gongren got the emperor's blue eyes and was canonized as a concubine, that is also a reasonable return.

Wu Qiong remembered that when she was sick when she was a child, Xu Gongren would always comfort her softly, and would give her delicious medicinal food, so she felt that the other party was really a good person. From childhood to adulthood, Xu Gongren didn't know how many times she and her mother had been treated. Xu Gongren is obviously kind to their mother and daughter, and they have a good temperament, but their mother still doesn't look down on others, and there are many contemptuous things in their words, which is really unreasonable!

Even if her mother Mrs. Gui was confused because she had lost her husband and son and was trapped for many years, Wu Qiong thought she was unreasonable.

If she has the opportunity to return to Beijing in the future and see Concubine Xu Xian, who has been absent for many years, Wu Qiong feels that she must apologize for her mother!

No matter what her mother thought in her heart, she felt that this was what she should do.

(End of chapter)

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