After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Zhang Qi sent people to deliver a lot of food and clothing, as well as a letter.

Their business relationship with Pei Rong is getting closer and closer. This letter was brought back from Beijin by the caravan. When Liu Yunxiang got the letter, she thought it was written by Pei Rong, but when she didn't want to open it, it was Leng Yuxie.

Halfway through reading the letter, her eyes were filled with tears.

"Girl, what happened?" Zijin asked worriedly.

Liu Yunxiang cried for a while and then said: "Aunt Qiu passed away."

"When we left, Aunt Bai saw you once and said that Aunt Qiu was not well."

"She's not sick, she's poisoned."

"Ah, who dares to poison the Queen Mother?"

Liu Yunxiang sighed, "She took it herself."

Leng Yuxie said in her letter that in order for Emperor Wu to drink the poisonous wine she had prepared, she first drank a glass herself, and then Emperor Wu believed her and drank the wine she sent him.

After Emperor Wu was poisoned, the power fell into Leng Yuxie's hands, and Yan Mu and she also escaped.

Since then, Aunt Qiu has been using medicine to suppress the toxicity and brought the edict to her, but she was afraid that the cold rain would ruin her promise, so she gritted her teeth and persisted. As long as she doesn't die, the Queen Mother can support her.

By the time she returned to Da Rong, the Queen Mother was exhausted.

Last month, Aunt Qiu passed away.

Leng Yuxie respected Aunt Qiu, and in accordance with her last words, she and her daughter's graves were moved out of the imperial mausoleum and buried on a hilltop where peach blossoms could be seen.

Liu Yunxiang wiped away her tears. Aunt Qiu recognized her as her goddaughter, so she tried her best to be kind to her and protect her. Without Aunt Qiu, she and Yan Mu would never have been able to escape.

In the evening, Liu Yunxiang burned paper money for Aunt Qiu in the direction of Beijin and kowtowed three times.

"Godmother, you and Qing Qing are reunited. If you can see me in the sky, please help me rescue Yan'er and help our family of four be reunited."

The next day, someone came from the Minister's Mansion.

The one who came was Nanny Gan, who was next to Madam Liu. She married Madam Liu into the Minister's Mansion when she was young, and she had watched the Liu Yunxiang siblings grow up. When Aunt Gan saw Liu Yunxiang, she sighed first and then stepped forward to salute.

"Girl, since you have returned to Beijing, why don't you go home and see Madam?"

He came up with a reproach, and then looked at Xing Yi, who was leaning in Liu Yunheng's arms, "This is the daughter you gave birth to for His Majesty Seventh Prince. Ouch, girl, why are you so confused."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "Mother Gan, who asked you to come?"

"Of course it's Madam."

"Is something wrong?"

Aunt Gan crossed her hands in front of her and said, "The master is back alive, and the madam's resentment towards the girl will disappear. She knew you lived in a place like this, so she asked the old slave to take you mother and daughter home."

"I live very well in a place like this. You go back and tell her that you don't have to worry about it." Liu Yunxiang said lightly.

"Girl, are you still angry with Madam?"

Liu Yunxiang was a little impatient: "I'm tired, grandma, please go back."

"But Madam is ill, and she is worried about the girl."

The words "My heart is full of concern for the girl" made Liu Yunxiang's heart tremble. Maybe Yunheng came back and her mother's resentment towards her had really disappeared, but she could not forget the harm her mother had done to her.

It's just that her legs can walk now, and it's really time to go to Beijing.

Liu Yunxiang, Jin Yan, and Zi Jin got into the carriage of the Vice Minister's Mansion and followed Nanny Gan to the capital.

Another three years passed by. Liu Yunxiang looked at the streets of Shengjing through the car window and watched the people of Shengjing return to their hometown. However, she did not feel any joy, but instead felt endless sadness.

In Jin'an, Beijin, it was like a cage, full of dangers, but returning to Shengjing was like entering another cage, and the ones roaring outside, trying to bite them to death, were their compatriots.

Liu Yunxiang took a deep breath. At this time, she had already put on the armor for herself. Unless it bleeds, the soft knife could not hurt her.

The Minister's Mansion was still there, Liu Yunxiang pulled down the carriage, led by Nanny Gan, and she pulled Xingyi inside.

"Mom, where is this?" Xingyi asked, looking at the big yard.

Before Liu Yunxiang could answer, Grandma Gan answered first, "Little miss, this is your maternal grandfather's house. Your mother hasn't even mentioned your maternal grandparents to you, right?"

Xingyi frowned, always feeling that this grandma's words were strange, so he replied: "What did my mother say to me that you can find out?"

"Hey, you kid."

"You old bastard!"

Phew, Jinyan and Zijin couldn't help laughing.

As soon as they were in the carriage, Nanny Gan kept talking nonsense. Her girl was too lazy to care, so she became more and more unabashed and deserved to be scolded.

Liu Yunxiang shook Xingyi's hand and said, "This is your maternal grandfather's house, where my mother grew up."

Xingyi nodded, "Oh, is this my mother's home?"

Liu Yunxiang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It used to be."

When he arrived at the east courtyard, he smelled a medicinal smell as soon as he entered, and Liu Yunxiang frowned. Looking at the deserted courtyard, with only one or two maids and servants coming in and out occasionally, it really looked deserted.

Liu Yunxiang asked Jin Yan and Zijin to wait outside. Liu Yunxiang entered the main room with Xingyi, turned to the door of the west room, and heard someone talking inside.

"Auntie, you should drink this medicine while it's hot. It's not good for your stomach when it's cold."

aunt?

Liu Yunxiang felt something in her heart. She had a second uncle in her hometown, but this second uncle was a lazy man and lived off the family property left by his ancestors. This second uncle has a son and a daughter. I don’t know if the person in this room is his daughter or his daughter-in-law.

"Don't get up, I'll feed you."

"It's been really hard for you to take care of me day and night these days."

"Mom, you can't say that. We are a family."

"Hey, I also gave birth to a daughter, but what's the use? I came here to collect debts in my previous life."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, this was about her again.

"Auntie, I have lost my mother since I was a child. When I come to our house, I feel close to you as soon as I see you. If you don't dislike me, just treat me as your daughter."

"Okay, okay, it would be great if I had a daughter as caring and sensible as you."

When Liu Yunxiang saw Nanny Gan blocking the door of the west room, he probably wanted her to hear these words, to make her feel guilty or ashamed. It was a pity that she didn't feel anything.

But he was too lazy to listen anymore, so he said loudly: "Mother Gan, you are stuck here, covered in fat, and the door is tightly closed, how can I get in?"

Aunt Gan couldn't help but choked up because Liu Yunxiang's words were so unpleasant. She rolled her eyes when she looked back at Liu Yunxiang.

Liu Yunxiang raised his eyebrows, "I'm tired of standing, and I've heard enough. Isn't that enough?"

Grandma Gan was so choked that she lost her temper and had no choice but to enter the house first.

Liu Yunxiang followed him in. Once inside, the medicinal gas became even stronger, but the windows were still closed, and the air in the room seemed to be half condensed, making people feel chest tight.

She looked inside again, and first took a look at the person standing beside the bed. She was wearing a washed-out green long mandarin, her hair was pulled up, and her complexion was dark. She didn't look like a girl or a lady in the backyard of a deep house, but more like He is a farmer in the countryside.

She didn't know her, she must be her second uncle's wife.

At this moment, she was also looking at her, her eyes were shining, and her face was full of envy, without any concealment.

Liu Yunxiang glanced at her and looked at her mother, who was leaning on the bedside. She also looked at her, but her expression was unkind, as if she had an enemy.