Ch 162: Returning to the Homeland, A New Beginning

Third Uncle grabbed Guo Liangxian’s collar, furious.

“Give me back my Second Brother!”

Then, with a forceful shove, Guo Liangxian stumbled backward a couple of steps.

His footing was still very steady. He naturally didn’t take Third Uncle, who was as old as his mother, seriously!

Guo Liangxian silently lifted his foot and walked away, ignoring Third Uncle.

Passing by another place, Fifth Uncle stopped outside the guest room courtyard, helplessly watching Guo Liangxian walk away, his fists clenching and unclenching!

The Guo family’s manor was deserted. The servants had either fled or been dismissed!

Outside the residence, there was no involvement!

Inside the residence, an hour before the Yamen’s verdict, people from the Prince’s Residence and Yamen runners were already guarding it!

This outcome was predetermined!

They were trapped!

The more Guo Liangxian thought about it, the more his head ached. The more he thought, the more he felt short of breath, feeling immense pressure!

He solemnly knelt on the ground, felt a wave of dizziness, and fainted!

“General, General!”

A few busy servants nearby caught sight of him and immediately ran over.

Half a month later.

During Qingming, only two people from the Guo family were allowed to go out for ancestral worship, even to the nearby Guo Family Ancestral Hall!

Guo Liangxian had been sick for half a month and had no desire to go.

Madam Nian also had no hope of going out, her legs were sore and painful.

This task fell on Ji Ge’er and Song Ge’er. They represented the elders and the Guo family!

Third Uncle, Fifth Uncle, and some other Guo family elders, one person counted as two, were being harassed by the Yamen runners!

They all sighed helplessly!

In the past half month, only Lord Xiaozhao had visited the residence, along with Cuiping, who was beside the former Madam Guo, to pack up all of Madam’s belongings and take them away!

The Guo family servants were ordered to inquire, but they were all ignored!

When they pressed further, Xiaozhao waved the servant over and said,

“Your Madam is no longer in the Capital City. These are all things that the Yuan family asked our Prince to help retrieve!”

“Your Guo family has no possibility of using a single cent from the Eldest Daughter of the Yuan family!”

Although the accounting came to only a hundred or so taels, Miss Yuan didn’t allow it to be touched, so it had to be taken away! –

In the Capital City.

Yuan Ruiyu, who had been floundered to many places, had no way to get close to the Guo family!

She couldn’t even see their shadows!

Were they really under house arrest?

She had come to the gate of the Guo residence several times, but it was guarded by guards, and she couldn’t enter!

The servants also advised her to return quickly. Yuan Ruiyu stubbornly refused, insisting on staying in the Capital City!

Fortunately, she had brought enough travel expenses, and there was also the letter left by her father. Lord Ren, the Prefect who governed the Capital City, sent people to meet Yuan Ruiyu.

He specifically reserved a guest room in the residence for her to stay in.

This gave Yuan Ruiyu even more confidence to stay!

“Just wait a little longer. Isn’t it just a year? I’m tired of Lucheng!”

After saying that, Yuan Ruiyu ran off, causing the servants to complain bitterly, but they could only follow Second Young Mistress!

They had lost her once before, and Second Young Mistress was almost sold!

Fortunately, Third Young Master from Lord Ren’s residence happened to meet her and helped her.

“Third Young Master, that Second Young Mistress Yuan is so unruly and unreasonable, why are you still looking at her?”

Inside a window of a teahouse, a servant said.

Third Young Master of the Ren family, Ren Zhaoxi, curled his lips and said,

“What do you know? The Yuan family has connections with the Prince’s Residence. This Second Young Mistress is probably wealthy and noble. There must be a reason why Master Yuan left such a precious daughter in the Capital City!”

The servant was stunned. What kind of logic was that?

Ren Zhaoxi gave the servant a look, “Forget it, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you. Anyway, let’s see what she wants to do!”

The servant bowed and said,

“Your servant recently discovered that she always passes by the Guo residence and refutes some rumors about the Guo family. It seems… she intends to stand on the Guo family’s side.”

Saying it like this, Young Master should know that this Second Young Mistress has ulterior motives, right?

Unexpectedly, Ren Zhaoxi said,

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“Is that so! Let’s wait and see. Come on, let’s go meet her. Look at her running around like a headless chicken. She doesn’t even know the fun places in the Capital City!”

Ren Zhaoxi smiled and got up, shaking his fan as he walked away.

The servant was silent.

Half a year later.

Yuan Xueyue’s injuries, which she had been nursing at the Prince’s Residence, had completely healed, not even a scar remained!

She looked elegant and refined, and she was also dressed in silk clothes arranged by the Prince’s Residence, which were much better than the clothes she had in the Guo family!

Even Cuiping’s clothes were changed to good material!

When Dai Yixian proposed to return to Lucheng and take her back to her homeland to see the place where they had once met, Yuan Xueyue agreed without hesitation.

She had troubled him too much in the past six months, and Yuan Xueyue felt constantly guilty!

Although she was like a guest staying in the Prince’s Residence, she was treated as a distinguished guest in terms of treatment!

Prince Xian also often came to her Xian Yue Garden to sit, drink tea, meditate, and chat!

Yuan Xueyue had also personally asked about the origin of Xian Yue Garden, and Dai Yixian explained,

“Aren’t you and I, Xian Yue?”

So, the exquisite layout of this courtyard was named after them!

Even if Yuan Xueyue was foolish, she knew Prince’s intentions.

But her injuries were not yet healed, and within half a year of the divorce, she should also let go of the past and forget the past. When the time was right, she would naturally accept his feelings!

She had been staying in the Prince’s Residence and had not stepped outside for half a year. Half a year ago, it was rumored that she had left the Capital City and gone to Lucheng.

While recuperating, she couldn’t make a fuss!

Now, her injuries were healed, and the time was right, and she was about to return to Lucheng.

Her homeland, once filled with nightmares!

But, with him by her side, Yuan Xueyue was no longer afraid.

The gold, silver, dowry, and jewelry collected from the Guo family were not worth mentioning. Her mother hadn’t had time to leave anything behind. It was all things that her father had prepared that could be sold!

Plus the silver she had saved up over the past five years in the Guo family.

Everything was sold and kept as her private money. Returning to her homeland, starting anew!

Everything was ready, and three carriages were prepared!

One for Prince to sit in, one for Yuan Xueyue and Cuiping, and one for spare use, carrying luggage. The other guards rode horses, and the servants rode horses or walked.

Although this entourage was large, who would dare to seriously inspect the Prince’s Residence’s precious cargo?

Capital City, city gate.

The curtain was casually lifted for a glance, and the official let them pass.

The official smiled, “Safe travels, Prince, safe travels, sir!”

The person in the sedan chair, was that Prince’s woman?

No wonder it was heard that Prince had refused multiple marriage proposals from the Emperor and the favor of various officials’ daughters in the past six months!

Leaving the Capital City, the road ahead was uncertain.

Yuan Xueyue sat in the middle carriage, quietly closing her eyes to rest!

When passing through some waystations and resting, she would also exchange a few words with Dai Yixian. The journey was tiring, and there was nothing to worry about.

The only thing she was most worried about was Song Ge’er, who was implicated by her. How would he be doing in the confined Guo family?

After asking, Xiaozhao explained, “The Second Young Master of the Guo family is doing very well. Guards escort him to and from school. No one else cares.”

With these words, Yuan Xueyue was relieved.

There was also Ju Niuer…

By now, Lin Yan’er had already given birth, and Niuer must have just given birth too…

Having divorced the Guo family and left the Capital City, Yuan Xueyue felt a little melancholy, as if the time she had toiled in the Guo family was yesterday.