Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 1107 - 467: Mingzhu Leaves the Capital (Part 3)

Yueyao was truly reassured: "Nanny Qin may look a bit stern, but she’s experienced and sees people accurately. You should listen to her advice more in the future." The people the Empress Dowager sent to Mingzhu are certainly loyal. Yueyao just worried that Mingzhu might be stubborn and not listen to Nanny Qin, which might ruin things.

Mingzhu laughed, "Yes, if anything difficult comes up, I’ll consult Nanny Qin more." She wasn’t foolish; having been frightened by Xiang Wei, she knew she had to be more vigilant!

The two chatted for the entire morning, and then Mingzhu left with her two sons.

Xiang Wei watched Mingzhu’s figure with some emotion! In the past, Xiang Wei disdained Mingzhu, thinking she just had a pretty face but her head was full of mush. Given her looks and family background, people should be fawning over her, yet she made the foolish move of pursuing Ning Lixuan. Xiang Wei, without thinking, thought Mingzhu’s future would be bleak. But that was when Mingzhu met Yueyao, who awakened her using strange methods. Meeting Yueyao was good fortune, marrying Niu Yanghui was a blessing. Even now, Xiang Wei didn’t understand why Niu Yanghui liked Mingzhu. To Xiang Wei, this silly woman had grown a lot these years but was still inherently foolish. Xiang Wei felt Mingzhu was just one of those people who have the fortune of fools.

Yueyao didn’t agree with Xiang Wei: "Mingzhu isn’t as bad as you say, she has a lot of strengths; you just see her weaknesses."

Xiang Wei shrugged: "It doesn’t matter how I see her. As long as Niu Yanghui sees her strengths and overlooks her flaws, that’s all that matters." The idea that Mingzhu was an idiot was deeply ingrained in Xiang Wei’s mind, and it was impossible to change.

Yueyao smiled and shook her head.

At the beginning of April, Mingzhu took her two young sons and left for Suzhou with Niu Yanghui. Yueyao brought her four children to send them off.

The feeling of seeing Mingzhu off to Suzhou was completely different from seeing An Zhichen off to the Northwest. Yueyao held the sobbing Mingzhu, comforting her: "In a couple of years, when the children are older, I’ll come to Suzhou to see you, okay?"

Mingzhu, with tearful eyes, said, "Really, you promise not to lie to me?"

Yueyao nodded, "I won’t lie to you, I will definitely come in a few years. And don’t worry about Little Bun, I’ll visit him frequently." She planned to visit her teacher in Jiangnan in a couple of years, and Suzhou and Yangzhou aren’t far from each other, so visiting then wouldn’t be difficult.

Speaking of Little Bun, Mingzhu started crying again. Old Master Niu was worried that if Little Bun came to see them off, Mingzhu might seize the opportunity to take Little Bun away, so he simply didn’t let Little Bun come to see them off. Actually, Old Master Niu’s concerns were quite reasonable, considering Mingzhu’s nature, she might actually do something like that.

Niu Yanghui, seeing the two reluctant to part, walked over and said, "The ship is about to leave, let’s get on quickly!"

Mingzhu reluctantly got onto the ship, standing on the deck and watching Yueyao until she couldn’t see her anymore, before being persuaded by Niu Yanghui to enter the cabin.

Niu Yanghui, watching Mingzhu cry her heart out, gently comforted her: "Don’t cry, in a few years we’ll be back."

Mingzhu’s sadness wasn’t only due to the separation from Yueyao: "Husband, I’m worried that when we come back in a few years, Little Bun won’t recognize me anymore." Separation from her son was what worried and saddened Mingzhu most. According to Mingzhu’s true wishes, she certainly wanted to take Little Bun to Suzhou with her. But Old Master Niu refused, insisting that if Mingzhu really couldn’t bear it, she could stay in the Capital City and let Niu Yanghui go to his post alone. Between her son and husband, Mingzhu ultimately chose her husband.

Niu Yanghui took the handkerchief and wiped Mingzhu’s tears, saying: "Nonsense, how could a son not recognize his parents? If he’s truly so ungrateful, I’ll definitely discipline him severely." Niu Yanghui was adept at comforting Mingzhu, and soon had her calmed down.

On the way back, Xiang Wei asked Yueyao: "Are you really planning to go to Yangzhou? I thought you were just saying it!" From the Capital City to Yangzhou, even by waterway, it would take over a month at the fastest. Xiang Wei assumed Yueyao was just saying it and didn’t expect her to actually consider the idea.

Yueyao smiled, "The teacher is getting old, and his health is worsening; I want to take the children to visit him." One reason was to visit Mr. Yu Shan, but the most important reason was Yueyao wanted to return to Yangzhou to see. She had left Jiangnan over thirty years ago and really wanted to go back and have a look.

Xiang Wei smiled and said, "Sure, they say the scenery in Jiangnan is picturesque, let’s enjoy Jiangnan’s beauty when the time comes." Xiang Wei had been to Jiangnan, but back then she went for a mission and didn’t have the mind to admire the scenery.

Yueyao smiled.