Ch 48: Old Acquaintances

Lin Yan’er wept weakly, as if she were about to collapse!

Seeing this, Guo Liangxian immediately stepped forward and embraced her.

“Are you alright?”

“…If General hadn’t come, I really would have been in trouble.” Lin Yan’er’s voice was filled with sobs.

In this situation, Guo Liangxian wasn’t heartless. With all the commotion in the residence these past two days, he had to shield her from Old Madam.

“General!” Lin Yan’er, unable to wait for Guo Liangxian’s response, grabbed his collar.

“Let’s go!”

Guo Liangxian had no choice but to pull her away and leave.

Mama Cui, watching from behind the curtain, came back in and said to Madam Nian, “General still has feelings for Aunt Yan.”

Madam Nian, who had been pressing her aching forehead, beckoned Mama Cui to come over and massage it.

She said, “I know what my own son is like. I suppose he’s not over that Yan’er.”

Mama Cui said, “Yes, I don’t know what kind of tricks that woman used! But these past two days, he’s often spent the night in my Niuer’s room. I’ll make sure Niuer gets pregnant soon…”

“Enough, enough, don’t say such upsetting things.” Madam Nian waved her hand, signaling Mama Cui to stop.

Mama Cui fell silent. “…”

It seemed that even after Lin Yan’er had caused so much trouble in the General’s Residence, as long as the General liked her, and no matter how much she displeased Old Madam, Old Madam would still side with her son.

Even though Ju Niuer was from the residence, Old Madam wasn’t actually optimistic about her.

Mama Cui knew this in her heart, and could only secretly hope that her daughter would conceive the General’s child soon.

The manor was unsettled, there was no news from the Prince’s Residence, she couldn’t go to school, and things in the residence were barely passable. These two days had passed in a blur.

Madam Nian got ready early in the morning and slowly walked out the back door. Soon, she arrived at the entrance of the ancestral hall.

She looked up at the prominent Guo Family ancestral hall and stepped forward.

Just then, Cuiping came out from inside, curtsied, and said, “Greetings, Old Madam.”

Madam Nian said, “Is Xueyue inside? Tell her to come out. I won’t go in.”

Going in would require bowing, and since there was nothing important, Madam Nian was still quite superstitious about these things.

Cuiping, unhurried, looked back into the ancestral hall and said, “Replying to Old Madam, Wife will be back soon. She just asked this servant to relay some words to Old Madam.”

Madam Nian frowned, “Whatever words can be said back at the residence. Quickly tell her to come out.”

Cuiping said, “It’s like this, Old Madam. After these past few days of Wife sincerely kowtowing to the ancestors, the ancestors have shown their presence.”

At these words, Madam Nian, Mama Cui, and the two maids behind them were all astonished!

Could such words be spoken so casually?

Madam Nian said displeased, “Don’t talk nonsense! How can the ancestors show their presence so easily?”

Cuiping said, “It’s absolutely true. The ancestors showed their presence to Wife and said that if Old Madam came, you should go to West Street in the Capital City. A familiar person will appear. You must go, you can’t miss it!”

At these words, Madam Nian’s face was filled with disbelief!

Was it real or fake?

Her chest heaved. Although she was skeptical, Cuiping wasn’t the type to lie, and Xueyue wouldn’t deceive her like this!

Madam Nian calmed herself and said, “Good, good. Remember to tell Xueyue to return to the residence quickly. I’ll go and see.”

She let Mama Cui help her leave.

The two maids behind them also followed. But West Street was far away, and Mama Cui ordered a light carriage along the way.

They boarded the carriage and set off.

The long road made West Street seem even farther.

Madam Nian didn’t often leave the residence. If she did, it was only for special occasions like Qingming Festival. Otherwise, she would just walk around the residence or stay in Zhongsi Hall.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to go out, but her legs were simply inconvenient!

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Mama Cui said, “That girl said someone familiar, who could it be?”

Madam Nian gritted her teeth, “Yue Xue, shouldn’t lie to me…”

She also couldn’t believe it, would it really appear?

What familiar person, besides the child she thinks about day and night, who else could it be?

The old man who died many years ago, there’s no need to worry about him appearing.

“Bad luck! Get out of the way! Don’t block the road!”

The Carriage Driver outside was shouting, because a down-and-out beggar woman was blocking the way.

He cursed and wanted to whip her!

Unexpectedly, the maid outside suddenly exclaimed!

“Ah!”

The beggar woman’s exposed half-face resembled Old Madam!

Mama Cui also doubtfully pushed open the carriage curtain and said, “What’s the matter, so flustered? Who dares to disturb the General’s Residence’s carriage?”

“Please, kind sir, spare some food… I’ve been hungry for half a month…” Even though the beggar woman was prostrate on the ground, she still wanted to raise her head to beg from passersby.

Her whole body was tattered and covered in blood, but because it rained a little in the morning, her face was partially clean.

And because she snatched buns from a vendor on the outskirts of West Street, she was chased to this corner of West Street!

She was so hungry that she heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance and struggled to crawl out from the corner, just to block the carriage!

If she couldn’t beg for food, she might as well starve to death!

She didn’t want to live anymore…

“This…! Old Madam, please take a look!” Mama Cui exclaimed, completely opening the curtain for Madam Nian to see.

Madam Nian was full of surprise, she squinted and looked out of the carriage, just one glance, and her eyes met the beggar woman’s!

“……!”

“Mo, Mother… is that you…” The down-and-out beggar woman seemed to see heaven, tears streaming down her face in disbelief!

Hearing the familiar sobbing voice, Madam Nian’s eyes also became misty!

She stumbled down from the carriage and rushed towards the beggar woman!

Such a scene, made people cry with joy!

Madam Nian was speechless for a moment, she used a Handkerchief to wipe the beggar woman’s face, and with each wipe, her heart trembled!

Until she wiped away most of it, she saw the person clearly!

“Lian’er…” Madam Nian’s voice choked, her eyes filled with tears.

She suddenly hugged Guo Lianglian, not caring how dirty, smelly, or miserable the person in front of her was,

She only knew that Lian’er called her mother!

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In the Pear Garden of the Residence.

As soon as Yuan Xueyue returned, she was assigned to look at the Account Book, which was brought by Mama Rong from the Back Courtyard.

Mama Rong said, “Wife, this is what Old Madam asked this old servant to give you.”

“……”

Yuan Xueyue casually flipped through it, “Alright, you leave it there.”

Guo Liangxian also learned that Yuan Xueyue would be back early in the morning, so he came specifically to see her. Seeing that she didn’t come out, he came in to find her!

“Xueyue, you haven’t been to the Manor once, shouldn’t you accompany me for a trip?” Guo Liangxian said.

“Has General not finished the matters of the Manor yet?”

Guo Liangxian said, “It’s almost done, but the leader is dissatisfied. Now that it’s proceeding normally, I need you to go down and take a look, to reassure the people.”

Yuan Xueyue smiled faintly, “General can’t even reassure them, and you want me, a woman, to go?”

“Isn’t this because I trust you? Why didn’t Mother come back with you?” Guo Liangxian asked doubtfully.

“Trust is better spared…”

Yuan Xueyue wanted to laugh in her heart. Every time he spoke with a tone of doubt, suspecting her from time to time, is this called trust?

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