Hearing what Xiao Jinghan said, Yi Qing murmured to herself for a moment but didn't dwell on it. Anyway, she would know in a few days.
When the carriage arrived at the General's Mansion, the servants of the mansion came out to greet them. Meanwhile, some palace servants were waiting there with a plaque in their hands. Soon, the plaque of the First - Rank General's Mansion would be replaced by that of the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion.
Ruo Hong was standing there holding Xiao Ran in her arms. Xiao Ran was curiously looking at the people getting off the carriage, showing no affectionate expressions.
It was the always - aloof Baozi who could hardly hide his emotions. When others said that his parents were missing, he never wanted to believe it. He thought it must be that his mother was lazy and had hidden somewhere to slack off.
"Baozi." Yi Qing opened her arms.
Baozi stood there for three seconds, then couldn't hold back and ran over. "Mother, why did you come back so late?"
Yi Qing felt a lump in her throat and rubbed Baozi's head. "Mother is back now, isn't she?"
Xiao Jinghan was a bit sulky on one side. He resisted the urge to pick Baozi up and throw him aside. He'd just let this kid have his moment.
Ruo Hong came over with Xiao Ran in her arms. "Young master, quickly call your father and mother."
Xiao Ran shrank into Ruo Hong's arms and said these two people were strangers to him. Although they looked kind, he didn't recognize them.
"These are our father and mother. Quickly call them." Baozi looked at Xiao Ran.
Hearing his brother say so, Xiao Ran felt a bit wronged but still said in a childish voice, "Father, Mother."
Yi Qing smiled with tears in her eyes. If it hadn't been for such an accident, she didn't want to be separated from her children again. "Good boy. Let's go home."
"Welcome, General and Lady, back to the mansion." The servants of the General's Mansion bowed in unison.
The palace servants from the Ministry of Internal Affairs also came over. "General Xiao, if we can hang up this plaque, your servant can go back and report."
Xiao Jinghan looked up at the plaque at the gate. Actually, he preferred the plaque of the General's Mansion. "Hang it to one side."
The palace servant was stunned. "This—"
"Hang them side by side horizontally." Yi Qing didn't want to make things difficult for the palace servants.
"Yes." This palace servant had never encountered such a strange thing before.
Baozi had grown a lot taller in the past year or so. Since Lu Tianxun was away and a new headmaster had come to the academy, there was naturally no one like Lu Tianxun to take care of Baozi. However, Baozi was no longer the old Baozi. Since his parents left the capital, he had silently sworn to protect this family.
Xiao Ran quickly got familiar with Yi Qing and kept calling her mother. But he was a bit afraid of Xiao Jinghan and didn't dare to be too naughty.
The whole family was happy and harmonious. Yi Qing finally felt relieved.
That night, lying in bed, Yi Qing thought that the events of the past year seemed like a dream. But fortunately, it was all over.
The next day, Yi Qing planned to sleep in. But just after Xiao Jinghan went out, Lady Lu came.
Yi Qing thought the first person to come would be her mother, but unexpectedly, it was Lady Lu.
Lady Lu had also aged a lot in the past year, probably because of Lu Tianxun's disappearance, which had worried and distressed her.
"Lady Lu." Yi Qing greeted her in the main hall.
Lady Lu stood up. Although Yi Qing was young, their titles were the same. Now that Xiao Jinghan had been conferred the title of Marquis of Zhenbei and her son also had a title, Yi Qing's status was faintly higher than hers.
"Please sit down, Lady Lu." Yi Qing wondered why Lady Lu was being so polite to her.
Lady Lu sat down only after seeing Yi Qing sit. "I've come for two things today."
Yi Qing was surprised. "Apart from the matter of Wu Min, what else?"
Lady Lu knew she was being a bit meddlesome. "I heard that Wu Min is a witch from the Southern Border. Could a witch..."
Yesterday, when Lu Tianxun brought Wu Min home, he didn't hide her identity. Although the Lu family didn't say anything, they must have been worried in their hearts.
"Lady Lu is worried that Wu Min will do harm to the Lu family." Yi Qing guessed and asked.
Hearing Yi Qing speak so directly, Lady Lu felt a bit embarrassed. "After all, she is not of our kind."
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Who let Headmaster Lu not be able to find someone he likes among our own kind." Yi Qing spread her hands. "Before, Headmaster Lu never got married. Lady Lu, did you think as long as it was a woman it would be okay? Now, Wu Min is good in terms of status, appearance, and everything. Lady Lu has started to be picky again. Lady Lu is making things difficult for Headmaster Lu."
Lady Lu cleared her throat lightly. She had indeed thought that as long as it was a woman, it would be okay, as long as she could leave an heir for Tianxun.
"Moreover, Headmaster Lu is such a wise man. He surely won't find a messy person. Since Wu Min has caught Headmaster Lu's eye and entered his heart, Lady Lu needn't worry."
"I'm afraid Tianxun has been controlled by a gu worm." Lady Lu didn't beat around the bush anymore.
"Lady Lu can rest assured on this point. Wu Min is the savior of our general. Although her personality is a bit unruly, her heart is kind." Yi Qing intended to stand up for Wu Min.
Hearing that Wu Min was Xiao Jinghan's savior, Lady Lu's attitude immediately changed.
Although the Lu family didn't need to curry favor with the powerful, the situation in the capital was unpredictable. Who wouldn't want to make friends with someone like Xiao Jinghan?
It was a pity that Xiao Jinghan was too cold - natured. Ordinary people simply had no chance. Lady Xiao actually said that Wu Min had saved Xiao Jinghan. That meant Xiao Jinghan owed her a favor.
"Then I can rest assured." Lady Lu smiled.
"What about the other thing?" Yi Qing had never realized before that Lady Lu could be so worldly.
"The other thing is about your mother." Lady Lu said directly. "Although your mother has divorced Yi Changxing and is free to remarry, her status is special. And that Bai Chengyi is too blatant. If they get married, it will surely set off some improper trends, which is not conducive to female virtues."
Yi Qing was stunned. Only then did she understand what Xiao Jinghan meant when he said she would know in a few days. No wonder the Empress Dowager would talk to her about this in person.
It turned out that this was not just a matter of her mother's remarriage but also involved female virtues.
"Not conducive to female virtues?" Yi Qing laughed. "I don't know which virtue it is not conducive to. If Yi Changxing were a loyal and heroic person, sacrificing himself for the country or for his family, it would be worth it for my mother not to remarry for him. But now that my mother has divorced him, and Yi Changxing favored his concubine over his wife and even caused the incident of substituting the prince with a cat. Not to mention his final actions, it is perfectly normal for my mother to remarry."
This time it was Lady Lu's turn to be stunned. She didn't expect Lady Xiao to support her mother. "Di's status is special, and she is your mother. Moreover, the person she is going to marry is her former adopted brother."
"If we talk about special status, isn't the status of the Grand Princess even more special? Why didn't Lady Lu tell her before that it was not conducive to female virtues?" Yi Qing retorted directly.
Lady Lu was left speechless by Yi Qing. "I'm doing this for Lady Xiao's own good. Gossip is fearsome. One mouthful of spit from each person on the street can drown a person."
"I am the First - Rank Lady of the Great Jin Dynasty and the Lady of the Marquis of Zhenbei. I'd like to see who dares to spit at me." Yi Qing looked at Lady Lu.
Lady Lu knew that Yi Qing was not easy to deal with. But now that her two sons had a close relationship with the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion, she was also doing this for Yi Qing's good. She didn't expect Yi Qing to be completely disdainful.