The subtle fragrance of cotton needles

Although Tu agreed to let Xia Yanxiang move to the general's mansion temporarily, she was still a little uneasy. Li arranged a room for her in the east wing, and Xia Yanxiang was arranged to live next door to Tu.

After hearing Li's arrangement, Tu felt a little uneasy: "Wife, are Yan'er and I causing you any trouble by coming here?"

"Mother-in-law, what are you talking about? You are the general's biological mother and my biological mother-in-law. If you want to live in the general's mansion, of course you can. What's more, the general specially brought you and your sister here this time. How can it be a trouble?" Xia Zhibai had already instructed Li. She knew why Xia Zhibai did this. Of course, she would not think that Tu and Xia Yanxiang were trouble.

Besides, Xia Zhibai had been fighting for three years, and she was alone in the capital. It was Tu who protected her and helped her get pregnant and give birth. Otherwise, she would definitely not have been able to make it on her own.

Tu still felt a little guilty. It was her own incompetence, but now she wanted her own children to protect her, which must be difficult for her upbringing.

Xia Yanxiang was also nearby. Seeing Tu's obvious guilt, she pursed her lips and said nothing. Instead, she looked at Li and said, "Sister-in-law, this is my fault. I caused my mother to lose face at home. That's why I begged my brother to take my mother to live with us for a few days."

"Sister, what are you talking about? Even if the second sister is to marry His Royal Highness Prince Yuan, she will only be a concubine. Her biological mother is only a concubine in the Xia Mansion and can never be superior to her mother-in-law." Li was afraid that the mother and daughter would rush to take the responsibility, so she quickly comforted them, "Besides, you were also harmed by a villain. It's okay if you have bad luck, but you are not inferior to the second sister. If you are arranged to marry, you will definitely be the principal wife."

Xia Yanxiang looked at Tu again, thus diverting Li's attention.

"Mother-in-law, you don't have to worry too much. Maybe it's a good thing that Yan'er didn't get to marry His Royal Highness Prince Yuan. As the saying goes, a blessing in disguise. The fact that Yan'er didn't get to marry His Royal Highness Prince Yuan means God has other arrangements. Maybe Yan'er's lover is not His Royal Highness Prince Yuan? Don't you think so?" Li understood what Xia Yanxiang meant and comforted Tu.

Tu just couldn't figure it out, and didn't think that it would cause her wife to worry about her, but she still couldn't get over it, so she just left first: "Okay, you don't have to worry about me, I need to be alone, wife, let someone take me to rest first!"

Li wanted to say something more, but Tu just needed some time to figure it out, so she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue: "Okay, I'll have someone take my mother-in-law away right away."

After Tu left, Xia Yanxiang stayed where she was.

Li watched Tu walk away before turning around and saying to Xia Yanxiang, "Sister, mother-in-law..."

Seeing Li's hesitation, Xia Yanxiang knew what she wanted to ask, but she didn't want to answer Li's question. Instead, she said, "Sister-in-law, I was wrong this time. I was the one who wrote to ask my brother to pick up mother. Father never took mother seriously. Now that Zhuxiangyuan is in power, mother's situation will be even more difficult. But mother is not afraid of hardship. She did it for me. She was worried that I wouldn't be able to have a good marriage from now on. That's why she couldn't figure it out for a while and acted a little too radically."

After listening to Xia Yanxiang's words, Li finally understood that her father-in-law's favoritism was obvious to anyone with a discerning eye. Now that her sister could not have a royal marriage, she was naturally even less important in her father-in-law's heart.

"Don't worry, sister. Just stay in the general's mansion. The general is your biological brother, so he won't watch you and your mother-in-law suffer in the Xia Mansion. What's more, there is your uncle, so he will definitely not allow your father-in-law to look down on you and your mother-in-law like this." Mrs. Li patted Xia Yanxiang's hand and comforted her.

The Tu family are all protective of their own people, and of course they will not watch Tu suffer at the hands of Xia Liu.

Xia Yanxiang had other plans of her own, so she accepted Li's comfort and said nothing more.

Not long after, Xia Zhibai had just returned and had not had time to meet Tu when he received a letter from Tu Song, asking him to bring his wife and daughter and Tu's mother and daughter to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion for dinner.

After reading the letter, Xia Zhibai went to the backyard in person, told Li and Xia Yanxiang first, then stood outside Tu's bedroom and said loudly, "Mother, your son greets you."

Xia Zhibai did not let anyone inform Tu, so Tu did not know that Xia Zhibai had come. After hearing Xia Zhibai's voice, Tu opened the door and asked, "Bai'er is back? Why didn't you inform me?"

Xia Zhibai leaned forward slightly and said respectfully, "Mother, I just came back and received a letter from my uncle, inviting us to have dinner together at the Right Prime Minister's Residence."

Tu was obviously shocked, and then a trace of bitterness spread in her heart. It turned out that her brother also knew that her current situation in the Xia Mansion was not good.

Tu was somewhat disheartened, so she nodded and agreed: "Okay, I'll pack up and come back."

"Grandma, grandma..." Xiao Yun'er was a lively girl. She seemed to have realized that the atmosphere in the carriage was too depressing, so she stretched out her hands to pull Tu.

Tu had been silent, and Xia Yanxiang and Li didn't know what to say to ease the tension.

The silence was broken by Xiao Yun'er, so Tu forced a smile and went to greet Xiao Yun'er: "What's wrong? Yun'er, can't you stay idle?"

Little Yun'er didn't know Tu's sadness, but she was keenly aware of her unhappiness: "Grandma, Grandma, Yun'er, be good, don't be unhappy!"

Mrs. Tu realized that her emotions had affected Yun'er, and she quickly said, "Grandma is not unhappy, and Yun'er is not disobedient. Yun'er is the most obedient."

Xiao Yun'er's eyes were wide open, and her mouth was open, looking silly. Suddenly, she seemed to understand something: "Ah!"

The three of them were amused by Xiao Yuner's silly look.

Tu's mood improved a lot after Xiao Yun'er interrupted her, and Xia Yanxiang and Li also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this.

By the time they arrived at the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Tu's mood had completely calmed down. Shen went to the door to greet her in person, as she was worried that Tu had not shown up. Now that she saw Tu getting off the carriage safely, she was relieved.

"Sister-in-law." When Tu saw Shen, she greeted her first.

Shen nodded, and saw Xia Yanxiang and Li behind Tu, and then saw Xia Zhibai, and she felt relieved.

Unexpectedly, people on the street outside saw the carriage of the general's mansion. Although they did not recognize Xia Yanxiang, they recognized Tu. When they saw a 28-year-old girl next to Tu, they naturally thought it was Xia Yanxiang. They couldn't help but think of the fact that she was not able to be married to His Royal Highness Prince Yuan because of poisoning, and instead her half-sister got the chance. So a burst of whispers started.