The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

In the warm room of the side hall, Tang Zhongbai and Prince Yi sat in a small flower room separated by the Empress Dowager and drank tea.

Prince Yi took a sip and put down the cup, "I'll leave after the New Year."

"Yes, on the same road as my father."

"Your father has been away from the capital for many years. He is old and it is very tiring for him to travel back and forth. Now that the court is short of talented people, your brother intends to transfer him back to the capital. I wonder if he is willing to return to the capital?"

Tang Zhongbai shook his head, "Does Prince Yi have a suitable candidate to serve in Chenliu?"

Prince Yi looked up at him and said nothing more.

This family had always been very cruel to him, and he was afraid that Tang Shiyan would be like his father. He sent a memorial to the emperor, and no matter whether he agreed or not, he would never appear in the court again.

The Queen Mother pressed Jiang Muxia down and refused to let her leave, wishing she could stay by her side. It had been many years since she had been around someone who was so pleasing and made her happy.

"Empress Dowager, it's getting late. The second young master Tang has been waiting outside for a long time. If you don't let him go, the princess will come to you and cry." The nanny persuaded the empress dowager with a smile and gave Jiang Muxia a wink.

She understood and squatted down to help the Queen Mother rub her legs. "Would you please come and accompany you when you are free? You have been with me for a whole day and you are exhausted. How can I feel at ease?"

"This girl Ying is so lucky. Even an old woman like me is jealous of her." The Queen Mother closed her eyes comfortably. "Alas, you have been accompanying an old woman like me for a whole day. It's time to go back. Jinyu."

The nanny beside the Queen Mother immediately brought back a tray with a colorful treasure box inlaid with pearls on it.

"I don't have many hobbies. I only grow flowers and collect various beads. The flowers I give you are not in the right season, and I can't keep them alive. I picked out this box of beads myself, and they are of good quality. You can have fun with them."

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for your gift."

It was already evening when I returned to the mansion, and I went to Fu Shou Tang to pay my respects to the old lady.

"Has the Queen Mother given you any trouble?" The old lady had been worried at home for a whole day. When she saw her return safe and sound, she hurriedly grabbed her hand and asked.

Normally, ladies of honor would come into the palace and leave within half an hour, but the granddaughter-in-law stayed there for a whole day, and she thought the empress dowager had caught her and was torturing her.

She told the old lady what happened in the Empress Dowager's palace in one day. The old lady's eyes suddenly turned red and moist.

Jiang Muxia thought that she had some bad thoughts about the Queen Mother, so she quickly comforted her, "The Queen Mother is only giving her granddaughter-in-law a little face for your mother's sake. It's not difficult at all, so don't be sad, Grandmother."

No one in the room responded, and everyone had a complicated expression on their face.

When she returned to Yuzhaoyuan, Tang Zhongbai told her that she finally understood. It turned out that the Queen Mother treated her well, in large part because of the benefits her face brought her.

The old lady and the empress dowager were close friends. After they got married and had children, their relationship became even closer.

The Empress Dowager would invite the old lady to visit the palace every now and then, and Tang Li was always brought along by her.

Tang Li was smart, lovely, sweet-spoken and good-looking, so the empress dowager teased her and asked her to be her daughter-in-law.

The old lady and old man of the Tang family also tacitly agreed to Tang Li's marriage with the young Prince Yi. They had never expected that Tang Li, who had just entered college, would elope with Chu Ruo.

The old lady felt guilty towards the Queen Mother and was too embarrassed to see her for all these years.

Now that she heard that her granddaughter-in-law, who looked 70% like her daughter, was so loved by the empress dowager, how could she not be excited?

"So there is this reason." Jiang Muxia sighed, and suddenly remembered that Prince Yi appeared in the Empress Dowager's palace early in the morning. She thought that he went there specifically to see if she looked like Tang Li!

She admired Tang Li even more. She didn't even like the second son of the royal family, but turned to the penniless Chu Ruo. Love is really amazing! Just like how Tang Zhongbai, a son of a noble family, could like a village girl like her.

Things change over time, and finally everything falls on Jiang Muxia.

That night Jiang Muxia lay in Tang Zhongbai's arms and slept soundly.

The three-day homecoming banquet will be held at the Lai Ju wine house.

The sun was as bright as ever, dry and cold, with no wind.

Liu Ying prepared a cart full of silks and satins, fashionable items from the capital, and various dried fruits and cakes. Tang San and Tang Si each drove a horse-drawn carriage and left ahead of them.

Jiang Muxia and Tang Zhongbai went to the largest calligraphy and painting shop in Beijing and bought some study tools and books that were not available in Suanzao County, so that Jiang Yuzhou could take them back for his children to use for their studies.

They stepped into the lobby of the tavern and saw a figure that should not have been there.

"Sister Hongxin, why are you here? Is your master willing to let you out?"

"He gave me the day off."

The banquet was sumptuous, it was both a homecoming banquet and a farewell banquet.

After this meal, Jiang Yuzhou and his friends will return early tomorrow morning and rush back home before the New Year.

After the banquet, Lu Chaoyun took some time to talk to his daughter.

She looked at her daughter and choked up, "Did the Tang family bully you? I see you've lost weight in just three days."

Jiang Muxia wanted to laugh. How could you tell that she had lost weight? She ate well and slept soundly, okay?

"Mother, who am I, your daughter? I can beat a dozen strong men by myself. Who can bully me? Don't worry, I will come back to you in good shape."

Lu Chaoyun's face darkened and he lectured her, "You can't do this. If the elders say something unpleasant to you, just bear with it. If you find it unpleasant, just let it go in one ear and out the other. You must never take it the other way around. You're still fighting. Where are you going to block your husband?"

"Yes, yes, mother is right." Jiang Muxia continued with her words.

The mother and daughter exchanged some caring words, and she hugged her younger brother and sister and gave them a few words of advice.

After helping Lu Chaoyun pack her luggage, the sun had already set and Lu Chaoyun urged her to go home.

Before leaving, Jiang Muxia found Feng Baichuan and handed him a small box.

"Uncle Feng, please give this box to my mother before you leave tomorrow morning. Also, take these two hundred taels of silver as travel expenses. If there is any surplus, divide it among the brothers. It will be considered as my money for buying wine for the brothers."

He accepted the box but refused to take the money.

"Miss Jiang, you are slapping me in the face. The head of the Wei family has already paid me for the round trip expenses. You have no relatives or friends in the capital, so it would be more convenient to have more money in your hand. Take it back quickly."

The two of them were pushing each other around, and Tang Zhongbai couldn't stand it any longer and advised, "Uncle Feng, we asked you to come all the way here during the New Year. If you don't accept the money, we won't dare to hire you in the future. It's hard for the brothers to come here in the cold weather, so please help share the money with the brothers as a token of our appreciation."

Just as Feng Baichuan was about to speak, Tang Zhongbai raised his hand to stop him, "If you continue, it will hurt our relationship. This is what you and your brothers deserve."

The silver in Feng Baichuan's hand made him feel heavy.

He nodded, "Okay, I'll take it. In the future, Lord Tang and Miss Jiang can ask for your help if you have anything. I will definitely live up to your trust."