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Chapter 254 The Return
Mrs. Cao sneered, and threw the teacup in her hand at his son's head. The teacup passed over his son's face and landed on the ground. All the tea splashed on the clothes on his chest. Mrs. Cao said angrily: " She is your sister, your own sister! If your sister hadn't come to see me, I wouldn't have known... Why did your father marry her to the Li family? Isn't it for you? You're fine, even for such a thing You have to keep it from me, can I still count on you to support your older sister and younger sister in the future?"

The expressions of the couple changed, but these words were embarrassing. Marriage, marriage. In addition to their own efforts, the support of the Cao family and his wife will be the relationship between married sisters. The concubine must have something to think about, and Mr. Cao couldn't help feeling a little regretful at this moment. Since the elder sister told his mother, what would the elder sister think of him?
Mrs. Cao's heart seemed to be torn open. Although her daughter's experience hurt her heart, but her son's behavior made her even more disappointed. She felt a sigh of relief. Seeing her son's worried face, he didn't seem to realize that he had done something wrong. He could only wave his hands feebly and said, "Send someone to Fujian to pick up your sister, you go there yourself!"

Mr. Cao hesitated, "But mother, this time because of the Li family, father was impeached at the court, and he has already withdrawn the seal of the general. I have been excluded in the past few days in the army, and our family is not in Fujian. Who, how could it be possible to fish out my sister?"

Mrs. Cao was furious, "The county magistrate who broke the door, could it be that you, the son of a second-rank official, can't even a fourth-rank official snatch a person from prison? It's not that the Li family committed some serious crime of punishing the nine clans, but Corruption and bribery are all, I am afraid, you are not willing to do your best, right?"

Grandma Cao was a little dissatisfied, but she didn't dare to show it. Mr. Cao had an ugly face, and muttered: "But this matter was ordered by His Royal Highness, who dares to oppose His Highness now?"

Madam Cao's eyes were full of disappointment, she closed her eyes and said weakly: "Don't worry, the girls of the Peng family and the girls of the Mu family went to beg Madam Changping Hou, Yuanyuan has been released, you just need to go to Fujian to bring her back. "Her daughter has a father, a mother, a sister, and a brother-in-law, but she wants two outsiders to intercede. The Cao family's reputation in the capital has been ruined for many years. Looking at her husband and son who don't know it, Cao For the first time the lady felt tired.

Maybe she was wrong from the beginning, she shouldn't have led her husband down this road, and now her husband is getting more and more obsessed with power, and even his son has forgotten the brother-sister relationship.

Mr. Cao was overjoyed when he heard the words, he raised his head and said with a smile, "Really? The son is preparing his horse now, and he will be able to arrive in Fujian soon."

Madam Cao nodded wearily and waved them off.

It was also because Mr. Cao rushed to Fujian with all his heart, so he missed Cao Keyuan's carriage. Cao Keyuan asked someone to send a letter to Peng Ying and others first, so the three of them would go to the gate of the city to pick her up that day.

On the second day after Mu Yingrong arrived in Xiyuan, Liang Yimei sent a car to pick up the five grandpas and five grandmas. Now Xiyuan is bustling with activity, and the four boys have a cousin, so they seldom go out. Mrs. Tai said with emotion to Mother Rui more than once: "It would be great if Xiao Wu also had a daughter."

Mother Rui smiled and said, "Madam Tai is too impatient, Madam is still young, and Fourth Young Master is only three years old."

"That's right." Mrs. Tai put this topic aside, but she just kept the four children from making trouble with Hou Yunping and Liang Yimei, so that they would have more opportunities to be alone.Sister Rui looked funny, and secretly cooperated with her.

When they received the letter from Cao Keyuan, Liang Yimei and Mu Yingrong were packing things to send to Shen Qiniang. Liang Yimei packed the clothes of Brother Jin and the others and put them in the box, "Bring some of these to her too. Madams often come to ask for it, but I don’t know if it’s useful?”

Mu Yingrong pursed her lips and smiled, "It's useful. Last time I heard that Zhong Jinghou's daughter-in-law gave birth to a son. Didn't I just ask you for clothes for two children? So now I want clothes for four children." But there are many, and there are quite a few who came to me through the door."

It was the first time Liang Yimei had heard of it, and she didn't know what to say, since she didn't believe it anyway.

"Sister-in-law is only three months old now, so I don't know if she will be embarrassed. I still have some sour plums that I pickled last time. Take some for her too."

Mu Yingrong nodded, "Fifth Grandma wanted to bring my sister-in-law back, saying that the conditions in Guangxi are not good, but Guangxi is too far away from the capital, so she didn't mention it for fear of something happening on the way, and Fifth Grandpa moved to Guangxi." Thoughts, I thought that although the bodies of the two old people are still strong, they still can't stand the bumps. Last time, they went back to Quanzhou County with us, and it took them half a year to recover. It's just that your second brother is not here now. , I can’t persuade them.”

"It's okay. I'll talk to my fifth grandpa and my grandma later. After all, my elder brother's term of office is coming soon. I should come back next year to report on my work. Then my sister-in-law will give birth, so I can just come back." Liang Yimei felt a little melancholy when she said this, but It's a pity that the eldest brother is a general, and he is destined to only guard the border. Unless he is in a position like Hou Yunping or General Hussars, he doesn't need to go out of Beijing to serve food, but this is easy to say, how many people can do it?

Liang Yimei suddenly felt a little sad.

Mu Yingrong also noticed that she was in a bad mood, and after thinking about it for a while, she thought of the reason. She could only sigh, and turned around to pack her things. Her husband was also worried about this matter, but he couldn't find any solution In fact, in Mu Yingrong's view, the two brothers and sisters valued the brother-sister relationship too much. Even in a big family, it is common for the children to grow up and go out to work, and to be separated for several years.

After entrusting the things to Xu Runxin's steward and sending them to Guangxi, Liang Yimei's attention shifted to several children. The triplets had already invited a teacher to enlighten them, but the triplets were naughty, and Liang Yimei felt that the children were only five years old, which was too young , advocated the free-range policy. These children have become more and more lawless these two days, so Liang Yimei detained them for a few days.

Cao Keyuan arrived in the capital at this time.

Liang Yimei and Mu Yingrong set off early in the morning for the gate of Nancheng by car, and when they arrived, Peng Ying was already there.The three of them said hello and got off the carriage at the Ten Mile Chang Pavilion to wait for her.

There were already people in the ten-mile long pavilion. Peng Ying and Mu Yingrong frowned slightly when they saw the people waiting there. Liang Yimei looked over curiously, "Do you know each other?"

Peng Ying's complexion was a little bad, "That's Yuanyuan's nurse." She was even more dissatisfied with Mrs. Cao, and even sent only one nurse.

The nanny also saw the three of them, hurried over, knelt down and kowtowed to them, Liang Yimei was startled, and quickly signaled A Tao to pull them up.

Peng Ying remained indifferent and sat on the stone bench.

Liang Yimei had no choice but to say kindly: "Get up, what are you doing?"

"This servant is thanking the three wives for saving me on behalf of the second young lady." The nun wiped away her tears and said gratefully.

Peng Ying ordered the maids to set out the tea sets, and said with a half-smile, "Your wife sent you here alone?"

The nanny was a little dazed, then her face turned pale, and she said cowardly: "The servant is no longer working in the mansion..."

A stern look flashed in Peng Ying's eyes, he took a deep breath, and asked, "You are not working in the mansion, so who did your wife send to pick up Yuanyuan?"

The nanny felt aggrieved, her eyes turned red, she shook her head and said, "I don't know, this servant came to pick up Miss after receiving a letter from Miss."

Even Liang Yimei, who doesn't have a close relationship with Cao Keyuan, frowned. Did the Cao family not know about this, or did they not come on purpose?

This matter is no longer a secret in the capital, the Cao family should not know about it, right?
The indifference of family affection made Liang Yimei feel a little displeased with the Cao family.

A few people wronged the Cao family. Mrs. Cao has been ill with anger since her son left. Grandma Cao knew that her mother-in-law was angry with her husband, so she waited on her without leaving the house. In this kind of atmosphere, one has to be more cautious in doing things, so where is the time to pay attention to the outside world?
And General Cao is a big man, no official gossip came to pay attention to the question of when his daughter would return, so naturally he didn't know.

Princess Ping has been in a bad mood ever since she knew that her younger brother lied to her mother and let her sister leave her alone. Now that her natal family has the strength to rescue her younger sister, and her younger brother has done so, if something happens to her in the future, won't her natal family not Stand up for her?
The concubine's complexion was ugly, and she was in a bad mood for several days in a row. Naturally, she would not pay attention to outside affairs, but Cao Keyuan took a gamble and insisted on not sending any letter to anyone in the Cao family, and only notified these four groups of people.

Cao Keyuan got down from the carriage and saw three people, she was in a daze for a while, Sister Peng became more silent, standing there, she could hardly see the agility she had before, while Sister Mu's brows and eyes were more tender, and her charming gestures showed It seems that she is well protected by her husband and hasn't changed much so far. Liang Yimei is the most handsome of the four, but standing there can't be ignored.

The three of them looked at Cao Keyuan, but their noses were sore, and Liang Yimei couldn't help but her eyes were red. Cao Keyuan was very thin, her face was weathered, and she was no longer in high spirits.

Peng Ying stepped forward to hug her, and suddenly felt that those little thoughts in the past were meaningless.

Cao Keyuan was hugged, and only then did she feel that she had really returned to the capital.

Several people cried for a while, holding back their tears, Cao Keyuan's wet nurse stepped forward to salute, choked up and said, "Second Miss, you are finally back!"

Cao Keyuan nodded, looked around, feeling a little disappointed in her heart, and her eyes dimmed. Although she didn't send a letter to the Cao family, she still hoped that they would come.

The three of them looked at each other, and Peng Ying stepped forward to hold her hand and said, "You are tired all the way, you should go back and rest first." Peng Ying looked at Mu Yingrong with some hesitation on his face.

There are too many elders in Peng Ying's family, and with Cao Keyuan's status, she might be wronged when she gets there. Mu Yingrong quickly took over the conversation and said, "Go to my place first, you still met Sister Xiang once last year." Well, now she can simply call someone!"

(End of this chapter)