Uncle Xu came out in two steps and hurriedly saluted, "Class Shen, why are you here?"

Chen Yan sat in the carriage, looking at the familiar one. He had walked through the mansion for a moment, and his expression was in a trance.

Hearing Xu Bo's words, he came to his senses, "I went back to Beijing to report my work. On the way, I happened to meet a relative of your mansion being robbed, so I sent the person over."

Relatives of the Xu family?

Xu Bo looked at the carriage,

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a man in his fifties got off the carriage, with a face similar to that of Meng.

"Are you uncle?"

"yes."

"You are finally here. Our wife has been worried for many days. Please come in the house."

"Go and tell your wife, my uncle is here."

A servant ran into the mansion.

Meng Yang bowed to Chen Yan, "Thank you for your help. If you don't dislike me, please come to the mansion and sit down."

"It's just a little effort. I have to go to the palace to report my work, so I won't go in."

After saying that, he looked at Xu Bo, "Please ask Xu Bo to help me take care of the old man, the eldest man and the eldest wife, and come and visit me after I have time after reporting my work."

"Don't worry, Prince Shen, I will definitely bring it there."

Chen Yan looked up at the mansion again, turned his horse's head and urged the horse to leave.

Uncle Xu quickly led Meng Yang into the road. Not long after he walked into the mansion, Meng came out and looked at Meng Yang with white hair on his temples, his voice suddenly choked, "Brother."

When the elders of the Meng family were there, Meng Yang would come to the capital to see the only sister every three years. Later, the elders in the family passed away and he was busy managing the business and had no time. Only more than ten years ago when Xu Qingwan disappeared, he took a month to come. At that time, the younger sister was distraught and looked like an old woman. No matter how he persuaded her, she couldn't get up, which made him think about her all the time after returning to Jiangnan.

Although Meng's face is no longer young, she is energetic, as if she is back in her twenties.

Meng Yang was relieved and smiled, "Why is it still the same as when I was a child? Every time I see my elder brother, I cry."

"I'm going to cry."

In front of his elder brother, Meng was not scruples, just like a child of a few years old.

Looking at Meng's long-lost coquettish look, Meng Yang laughed heartily.

...

Chen Yan entered the palace and finished his job. After he came out, it was almost noon. Several close servants were waiting at the palace gate. When he saw him coming out, he immediately led his horse forward. Chen Yan took the reins, turned over and rode the horse, and returned home.

The mansion did not receive any news of his return, so he got off at the door of the mansion, and the janitor had not yet reacted.

"Heaven, prince?"

"Um."

Chen Yan walked in.

The janitor then came to his senses and ran in, "The prince is back, the prince is back."

The mansion suddenly became lively.

When the Duke of Zhenguo heard the shouts, he glanced at them, and felt uneasy.

Chen Yan has been leading troops abroad for many years and has not come back for more than three years, but now he is suddenly back. Could it be that he knew that Xu Qingwan was back and ran back secretly?

Chen Yan came over quickly, "My son has met his father and mother."

"Sit down."

Chen Yan sat down.

The Duke of Zhenguo looked at him earnestly. He was thinner and darker than three years ago. The Duke of Zhenguo did not care about his heartache and asked carefully, "Why did he come back suddenly?"

"If you say back to your mother, the emperor will call me back to Beijing to report on your duties."

Didn’t he hear the news that Xu Qingwan came back privately? The Duke of Zhenguo breathed a sigh of relief, and then he raised his heart again. This matter could not be hidden, if he knew...

The Duke of Zhenguo dared not think about it.

"How many days are you staying in the capital?"

Duke Zhenguo asked in a deep voice, he was more calm than his wife.

"At least ten days, at most half a month."

The Duke of Zhenguo nodded, "It's been a hard time to rush back all the way. You can go back and see your wife and children first, and welcome you in half an hour."

"Thank you father."

Chen Yan got up and went out

Looking at his back, the Duke of Zhenguo felt sad. If Xu Qingwan had nothing to do, Yan'er wouldn't have automatically requested to guard the border, nor would she become the serious look she is today.

...

"Husband."

Ming was waiting happily at the gate of the courtyard, and saw Chen Yan happily coming up.

Chen Yan nodded, slowed down slightly and walked into the yard.

Ming followed him, "I asked someone to prepare a bath water, my husband will take a shower first."

"Um."

Chen Yan turned his steps and went to the bathroom.

Ming followed him, walked to the door of the bathroom and was stopped by Chen Yan, "You don't have to follow him in, I'll be fine in a while."

Ming stood at the door in a lonely manner, stying the veil in his hand. If he had not married him, but Xu Qingwan, he would have been eager to pull the person in now, right?

There was a rustling sound of water inside.

Ming took a deep breath and adjusted her mood: Xu Qingwan had already married as a wife, so why would she not be able to live with her? What's more, on the day of the old man's birthday, she accompanied her mother-in-law to see her. Xu Qingwan was no longer what she used to be, and she looked much older than herself.

In the bathroom, Chen Yan leaned against the bathtub with his eyes closed, and his mind was filled with the appearance of Xu's mansion. He remembered clearly every grass and tree inside. It recorded the throbbing of his love when he first started to fall in love, and saw the heartbeat of the girl he liked, and all of this disappeared with Xu Qingwan's disappearance.

"Xu Qingwan."

He murmured the name that made him heartbroken, and suddenly raised his hand and slammed it hard on the water surface. Every splashed water droplet clearly reflected his painful face.

A quarter of an hour later, Chen Yan came out of the bathroom, entered the main room, changed into the clothes that Ming Shi prepared for him, and his hair was half-dried.

Seeing this, Ming quickly took a veil and asked him to wipe it.

"No."

Ming's hand was stiff in the air, his lips squirmed a few times, but he didn't say anything after all.

"I have not been at home for the years, thank you for your hard work in the mansion."

Chen Yan said what he said every time he came back, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for himself, brought it to his mouth and blew it a few times before drinking it all.

Ming pulled the corners of his mouth to make his voice sound natural, "These are all things I should do, why should my husband be so irrelevant with me?"

Chen Yan seemed to have not heard it, and gave himself another cup of tea and drank it again.

Ming sat down opposite him. He just heard Chen Yan's excitement and joy when he came back, and retreated little by little, "Why did your husband come back suddenly?"

"The emperor summoned me back to Beijing to report my duties, from at least ten days to half a month, I will go back."

Ming clasped his lips tightly.

They have been separated for three years, four months and eighteen days, but they have only been together for ten days. But when he leaves and comes back, I don’t know how many years it will take.

Then she smiled bitterly in her heart. From the day she insisted on marrying him, she should have expected that such a day would be like this, right? If Xu Qingwan, the one who married him back then...

"What happened in the mansion these days when I was not here?"

Ming looked at his eyes and smiled slightly, "Nothing happened in the mansion, but something happened to the Xu family, and Xu Qingwan is back."
Chapter completed!