Fragrance Returned

Although Xun Xiang was a girl, she was a titled princess. The Xun Mansion felt sorry for her and opened the front door to welcome her.

Xun Qianli, Xun Qianyue and several nephews except the descendants of the Gu family stood outside the main gate to greet her.

Mrs. Xun Da and several female family members greeted her at the main entrance.

There was joy inside and outside the door.

The group of people took Xunxiang to the courtyard where old lady Xun lived.

Seeing such a grand and beautiful scene, Dongyang thought of Xunfeng's desolation when he returned and was about to be expelled from the capital, and felt sad.

It is still a century-old family, full of scholars, so high and low.

Gu's bad deeds have already been sentenced to death. Xun Qiansong and Guo were both bad and had been sentenced to beheading.

What's wrong with little Xunfeng?

However, fearing that the Prince Consort would be unhappy, Dongyang decided not to visit Xunfeng today. He asked his servants to bring some silver notes and jewelry bought in the silver building and secretly send them to Xunfeng.

The old man was lying on the bed, facing outward, looking at the door eagerly.

Even though the old man was covered with a quilt, he could still see that his body had shrunk severely and was so small. His hair is gray and sparse, his face is pale, and his cheeks are sunken...

He saw a little girl in red walking in. The girl was bright and gorgeous, with bright eyes and white teeth, and the whole room seemed to light up.

It is indeed similar to Xun Dong.

The old man grinned with only a few teeth left, but tears welled up in his eyes, "Xiangxiang, good boy, my great-grandfather did not take good care of his family, which caused Mr. Gu to do evil and made you suffer..."

Most of his teeth were missing and his speech was slurred.

Seeing such an old man, Xunxiang also felt sad.

When an old man is like this, he still has to worry about his family and taking care of his descendants. He may not even dare to die.

She walked to the bedside and knelt down to kowtow, "My great-granddaughter pays homage to my great-grandfather. I wish my great-grandfather good health and a long life."

The old man stretched out his withered and swollen hand, Xunxiang grabbed it, and the grandfather and grandson burst into tears.

Suddenly there was a cry in the room.

After the marriage recognition drama, the old lady gave Xun Xiang a character painting by Feng Daozi as a meeting gift.

Xun Xiang sat on the small stool beside the bed, and the grandfather and grandson held hands and talked in a low voice. The three brothers Xun Qianli and Xun Yiqing were with him in the bedroom, and the others were waiting in the side room.

Xunxiang has been thinking about how to please young people since she couldn't speak. Over the past eleven years, she has perfected her skills in pleasing the elderly.

A few coquettish words made the old man laugh heartily, and he couldn't let go of her hand.

Unknowingly, less than half an hour later, Xun Qianli bowed and reminded, "Grandpa, you still need to bring incense to kowtow to your ancestors."

The old man had no choice but to let go of his hand and said, "After bowing, Xiangxiang will come back to accompany the old man and have lunch here."

The original plan was to eat at the Flower Hall.

Xun Qianli hurriedly agreed. His grandfather had not been so happy for many years.

Xun Qianli wrote Xun Xiang's name and title into the ancestral hall, and Xun Xiang went in to pay homage to his ancestors.

This is the first time she has entered the Xun family ancestral hall, and it should also be the last time.

After lunch, the old man said again, "You can go on your own. Xiangxiang rests on the couch in the side room. When I am not short, we will chat with our grandparents again. We finally met, and we have enough to say..."

Seeing how childish the old man was, everyone except Xunxiang left with a smile.

The men went to the outer study to discuss matters, and Mrs. Xun invited the women to go to the main courtyard to talk.

Dongyang didn't talk much to them, and listened patiently to their jokes.

Not long after, there was a sudden noise outside.

Mrs. Xun’s face darkened, and Mrs. Xun stood up and shouted, “Who is making such a noise outside?”

A woman ran in and said, "Madam, grandma is Miss Xunfeng's nanny. She said that Miss Xunfeng is dying of illness."

Everyone knew that she was about to die. She said this deliberately when Princess Dongyang didn't go to see her.

Just as Madam Xun was about to scold her, Dongyang stood up and said, "Forget it, Feng girl's child's temperament, I will go and see her."

Mrs. Xun Da and Mrs. Xun San looked at each other. Fortunately, the empress gave her a deadline to leave the capital, so she didn't have much time to act like a monster.

The courtyard is dilapidated and mottled, the house is silent, and the eye-catching ornaments are gone...

Dongyang couldn't imagine that this downfall belonged to the once glorious girl.

The wall fell and everyone pushed back. The Xun family really didn't take their words seriously.

Dongyang entered the bedroom.

Xunfeng is thinner, her eyes are bigger and her chin is sharper.

Xunfeng started to cry, "Mom, you are the only daughter in this world..."

She came up with the idea because she didn't want to leave the capital. Unexpectedly, it had the opposite effect. Not only did she have to leave the capital, she also lost tens of thousands of taels of property.

She regretted it to death. Princess Dongyang would not harm herself, that dead girl Xunxiang must have instigated the queen to do it.

They say that old woman is virtuous and kind, but where is her kindness? I have been under Cheng Huan's knees for eleven years, but I have turned against him and refused to recognize him.

Princess Dongyang is also stupid and can't even handle this matter.

Dongyang walked in quickly, and the two hugged each other and cried.

Dongyang said distressedly, "Oh my god, why are you so thin?"

Xunfeng cried, "Mom, my daughter regretted it as soon as you left the day before yesterday. She shouldn't have had such thoughts. Now that Xunxiang is a cloud and I am a mud, who has the right to be her companion? If she is unhappy, the Queen will not I’m happy. It’s my daughter’s fault that my mother has to worry about, isn’t it..."

After hearing this, Dongyang was so angry that his liver ached, and it was difficult to say that he was not as good as Xunxiang in the heart of the emperor and queen.

She said, "It's okay for you to go out and avoid the limelight for the time being. I will find a way to get you back after a year."

Xun Feng shook his head and said, "Mom, don't worry about your daughter anymore. It wouldn't be nice if Xun Xiang knew that she was unhappy... Besides, my great-grandfather and uncle would not let their daughter return to Beijing."

"Mom, forget it, this is my life, I accept it. I just want to spend more time with my mother before I leave Beijing."

These words made Dongyang angry and embarrassed, and said, "You admit it, but I don't."

Dongyang asked his servants to come in and take a look at Xunfeng's belongings.

In addition to some jewelry and two thousand taels of silver that she was sent today, she only has two boxes of jewelry of poor quality, a few ornaments, a dozen pieces of brocade, and more than five hundred taels of silver...

Dongyang sighed and said, "Outside, Feng'er, don't treat yourself harshly and take good care of your health. I will have people visit you regularly. When you get better next year, people will gradually forget about it and plan your return." Beijing."

He also rewarded five servants with twenty taels of silver each, "If you serve Feng'er well, I will not treat you and your family badly."

The five people knelt down and kowtowed to express gratitude, feeling that they could see the road ahead again.

Xunfeng leaned into Dongyang's arms and burst into tears, saying gratefully, "Mom, thank you, your kindness and virtue will never be forgotten by my daughter..."

After dinner, the four people from Dongyang returned to the princess mansion.

After a tiring day, everyone went back to their respective houses. Xun Qiandai was still angry with Dongyang and went directly to the outer study to rest.

Xunxiang is not angry at all when she can return to Ding's house tomorrow, and she smiles even when she sleeps.

In Xun Mansion, it was a dark night and the wind was high. A girl quietly walked out of the secluded courtyard and came to a large courtyard.

She was brought into the house by her mother-in-law, bowed her knees to Madam Xun, and reported the conversation between Princess Dongyang and Xun Feng.

After the girl left, Xun Qianli came out of the side room.

Mrs. Xun said, "Did you hear that, that girl is still instigating the relationship between Dongyang and Xiangxiang. Dongyang actually listened to it and wanted to get her back without telling the family."

Xun Qianli snorted coldly, "Girl Feng is as big-hearted and evil-minded as Gu, but she doesn't have Gu's shrewdness and fortitude. My grandfather is kind-hearted and always wants to give her a chance. But she doesn't know how to cherish..." (End of Chapter)