Free Web NovelChapter 2660: Chapter 144
Mu Huaen said, "Everyone says each trade has its own specialty. Eldest Brother’s mind is all on big affairs outside. When it comes to matters of sons and daughters, he has no experience. Mother isn’t by his side, and Grandmother is getting on in years, so it’s hard to avoid overlooking things. Anyway, Eldest Brother is going to hold a proper wedding again. When the time comes you can help look everything over carefully, then outsiders won’t think our family is slighting Eldest Sister‑in‑law."
Then she added with a laugh, "Actually Eldest Brother knows your temperament, that’s why he dared to do it this way."
"You’re the one who understands my heart." Yang Chuxia laughed. "No wonder people say a daughter is like a little padded jacket."
Ye Rongqing chimed in, "When my sister was at home, I never felt like she was Mother’s little padded jacket."
"You talk too much." Yang Chuxia swatted him when she heard that. "Once your big brother’s married, it’ll be your turn."
"Oh my god!" Ye Rongqing tipped his head back to stare at the beam, knowing that his big brother getting married was no good news for him.
Over in Yushu Alley, when Li Luru saw Ye Haoxuan come back again, she was very surprised.
"Pack up. We’re going back to Prince An’s Mansion right now."
"?" Wasn’t it supposed to be tomorrow?
Ye Haoxuan said with a smile, "As soon as Mother heard her eldest daughter‑in‑law had arrived, she couldn’t wait to see you."
Hearing this, Li Luru brightened with delight.
When they reached Prince An’s Mansion, the Bamboo Courtyard was brightly lit. As soon as Li Luru went in, she saw a man and a woman seated in the place of honor. The man was very young and very handsome; standing next to Ye Haoxuan, they could easily be taken for brothers.
As for the woman, she was extraordinarily well‑kept, looking at most in her early twenties. If no one told her this woman’s real age, she would never dare believe the person before her was already thirty‑seven or thirty‑eight.
"These are Father and Mother!"
"Father, Mother, this is Leru!"
At those words, Li Luru hurriedly knelt to kowtow.
"Quick, get up!" Yang Chuxia beckoned to her. "Come over here to me."
Li Luru stepped forward as instructed.
"Such a good child." Yang Chuxia nodded, and when she remembered that this was all because her son could not speak, her heart couldn’t help but ache all the more. She glanced at Ming Lan, and Ming Lan brought a box forward. Yang Chuxia took it and handed it to her. "This is from Mother to you."
Ye Zi’an, of course, had also prepared a gift.
"Sister‑in‑law, we don’t need to bother with introductions between us." Ye Rongqing grinned. "Sister‑in‑law, what did you prepare for me?"
Li Luru blinked at Xiaohong, and Xiaohong came up holding a box. When Ye Rongqing opened it and saw it was a dagger, his grin instantly stretched from ear to ear.
When it was Mu Huaen’s turn, what she received was a set of children’s gold bangles and a longevity lock and the like. It turned out Li Luru had already learned that Mu Huaen was pregnant.
"Take your wife back to rest for a bit first. We’ll eat dinner together later."
"Alright!"
After the two of them left, Yang Chuxia finally sighed. Poor thing, she actually couldn’t speak.
Thinking of how Li Luru had come with only a maid, she had someone summon Xiaoyuanzi over.
"No one from First Mistress’s family came?"
"Replying to Madam, no one did. But over in Funan, First Mistress’s brothers did go to deliver her."
Yang Chuxia frowned. "Even so, it’s not good for no one from the Capital City side to come. I’ll fix a date in the next two days and send a letter to the Li Family."
Ye Zi’an nodded. "Do as you see fit."
The next day, as soon as Ye Haoxuan got up, he went with Li Luru to the Mu Residence. But just as they arrived, they learned that Mu Shaoling had gone into the palace.
They could only wait there, and it was not until late afternoon that Mu Shaoling returned from the palace. When he heard from Dongyang that Ye Haoxuan had brought his wife back, his footsteps sped up at once.
