Lady Hua Guo was silent for a moment before she continued, "I have several sons, but I have only one daughter. She is the apple of my eye. I doted on her ever since she was just a little baby. I didn't want her to join the imperial household at first, but she was chosen by herself. The emperor has also promised us that he will keep his promise as she is the only one in the imperial household. And he did it. But she was still very young. She died before she even reached twenty years old."
Tears welled up in Lord Hua Guo's wife's eyes. Yun Shang hurriedly held her hands in hers and said, "grandmother..."
"When I knew Qingyan's existence, I was so happy. I thought since Qingyan had survived, Ling'er should also be fine too." Lady Hua Guo shook her head and said, "Well, it's in the past. I'm fine. I've accepted the fact for a long time."
Yun Shang opened her mouth to say something, she wanted to tell her that Hua Ling was still alive, but finally she swallowed it down.
Lady Hua Guo stood up and said, "let's go. Your grandfather is coming back soon. Let's wait him in the garden house. Your aunts, uncles and cousins are all here. They must be happy to see you, but unfortunately..."
Yun Shang knew what she meant, but unfortunately the prince wasn't there. Yun Shang thought for a while and said with a smile, "grandmother, I have a way to ask Prince Rui to come here." "What is it?" Lady Hua Guo's eyes lit up and she looked at Yun Shang like a child.
Yun Shang smiled, "it's easy. I can stay in the mansion to accompany you later."
Lady Hua Guo meditated for a moment and knew Yun Shang's plan. She giggled and said, "you just arrived at the Jin City, but Qingyan is already famous for loving you. Since you haven't returned home at night, he must come here to look for you. All right, that's a good plan. Then we can have a chat with each other."
Yun Shang followed Lady Hua Guo into the garden house, and saw several ladies chatting in the garden. Some children, whom she had seen in her yard before, were playing games around them, laughing and making noises.
Then Lady Hua Guo led Yun Shang in, and all eyes were fixed on Yun Shang.
"This must be Lady rui. She is really good-looking. No wonder it is said that Prince rui dotes on his wife so much. If I had such a beautiful wife, I would have definitely doted on her as well." A middle-aged woman about 40 years old looked at Yun Shang for a moment, and giggled.
Lady Hua Guo exclaimed, "Nonsense!" But in fact she didn't blame her but indulged her. "This is your youngest aunt. The one who sat in front of her is your oldest aunt and your second aunt."
Yun Shang said yes, walked to the three women and bowed to them politely. They hurriedly handed over some jewels to Yun Shang. The woman in the lead said with a smile, "you are a princess consort, and it's our turn to salute you. But since you are our youngster, we will accept it. This is a greeting gift for you."
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