After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Xu Linzhi had already thought about what to buy, and she was happy to have the silver in her hand. She did not take her father's instructions to heart at all.

She waved her hand and watched her father and brothers leave. Just as she was about to turn around and go to the cloth shop next door, she heard the hurried sound of horse hooves coming from behind her, accompanied by the panicked shouting of the coachman.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! The road is too slippery..."

"The horse is startled, everyone, get out of the way!"

The driver pulled the reins and shouted, and the pedestrians on the street stepped aside, revealing the cleared path in the middle of the street.

Xu Linzhi didn't know what was going on at that moment. She was so scared that her legs went weak and she stood there in a daze, not knowing how to avoid the attack.

"boom!"

With a dull thud, the carriage hit Xu Linzhi head-on, knocking her several feet away.

"Pfft..."

Xu Linzhi only felt a sharp pain in her chest and a fishy and sweet taste rising up in her throat. When she opened her mouth, she spat out a mouthful of blood.

By the time Xu Qingrong and his sons rushed over in a panic, she had already fainted and was unconscious.

"younger sister……"

"Open your eyes and take a look..."

"Zhi'er, wake up..."

The father and sons of the Xu family held Xu Linzhi and shook her, shouting and yelling, but she didn't respond at all. There was really no other way, so they had to carry her to the clinic on the corner of the street.

Fortunately, the situation was not the worst. After being treated by the old doctor in the clinic, Xu Linzhi only had some minor injuries to his internal organs, except for his arm which was dislocated due to the fall.

This was also due to the fact that she fell on a pile of snow. Otherwise, if it was the bluestone floor before, she would probably not have been able to get to the clinic and would have died.

The old doctor used manipulation to help Xu Linzhi's arm repositioned, and then used a wooden board to fix it. After that, she just needed to take good care of herself.

"Then why isn't she awake yet?"

Xu Qingrong asked anxiously.

This girl is the cash cow of their family. If she hadn't had some foreboding dreams from time to time over the years, how could their family have had the opportunity to settle in Kyoto...

"It's fine. Although she didn't have a fatal injury, she might have been frightened by the collision. I'll ask the medicine boy to make a bowl of medicine for her to drink. She can rest well."

The old doctor stroked his gray beard. Seeing that the men in the Xu family were very nervous about this little girl, he thought that their family was very harmonious, so he kindly comforted them and said,

"If you're worried, let her stay in the clinic for a day. If anything happens, we can prescribe the right medicine and handle it in time."

The old doctor's words made sense, and Xu Qingrong agreed immediately.

He was worried about others taking care of him, so he thought about looking after him here himself.

As for Xu Linzhi's brothers, they pushed and shoved each other and discussed for a long time, and then decided that they should all stay together and guard their sister until she woke up.

Before, because she wanted to put on a show to ask Guan's family for money, Huang was really determined. After all, she had to put on a full show and just stood in the snow for a while wearing thin clothes, which successfully caught a cold. So she had to stay in bed and wait for her family to go to Guan's family to plead for mercy.

So Xu Linzhi's eldest brother ran home to tell his mother about the disease, gave her the cold medicine he had bought, and then hurried to the clinic.

According to the old doctor, Xu Linzhi would wake up at midnight at most, but the Xu family waited for two days and two nights.

Xu Qingrong and his sons stayed by her bedside all the time, and asked the old doctor to come and check on her from time to time.

Because the weather has been too cold these days, there are quite a lot of people who have been infected with colds. The clinic is very busy with people coming and going. In addition, the Xu family comes to join in from time to time, which keeps the old doctor very busy.

The old doctor here was so busy that he was running around, and Yuxiu on the other side was also busy.

Early in the morning, the old princess sent someone to deliver a letter, asking Yuxiu to have time to go over.

Xu Qinghe stayed at home to accompany Cui, and whenever he had time, he would supervise the people making medicine pills.

Because she had heard from Qi Siyuan that Xu Muyun was coming back, Yuxiu had already prepared herself mentally.

"The government has received a letter today, saying that the woman and her family will arrive in the capital today, and asked us to send someone to greet them."

Sure enough, as soon as Yuxiu entered the room, the old princess couldn't wait to tell her what had happened.

Ever since she knew that it was most likely her sister-in-law Xu Muyun who switched the child, the old princess never called her name again, and always used that woman instead.

"So, they want to live in Prince Ning's mansion?"

Yuxiu patted her grandmother's arm soothingly, helped her sit on the chair and then asked.

"The Liu family is also a prominent family, but they have been developing in Taiyuan Prefecture in recent years. Naturally, they also have businesses in the capital, but..."

But no matter what, even if the old princess didn't say it, Yuxiu could guess it.

No matter how wealthy the Liu family is, they cannot compare with the Ning Wang Mansion.

Besides, Xu Muyun brought back the entire Liu family this time, plus the servants and guards who served them. They needed to buy all kinds of food and necessities every day, which was naturally a huge expense.

"I never doubted her in the past, so I naturally didn't care about these things. She is the daughter of the Xu family who got married, and it is understandable that she brought her family back to live for a while."

The old princess was a tolerant woman. In addition, before Xu Muyun got married, they often talked together and had a very good relationship. Since she became the sister-in-law of the old princess and her parents-in-law and husband were no longer around, she took on the responsibility of being the eldest sister-in-law and a mother, and loved Xu Muyun very much.

Thinking of all the good things she had done to that woman in the past, the old princess felt extremely regretful.

They harmed my child and got a lot of benefits from me. Maybe they are still laughing at me behind my back...

"Let's not think about the past for now. Since she's back this time, we must take this opportunity to get to the bottom of things. However, it's impossible for her to take advantage of us again."

Seeing that her grandmother was immersed in the past and was in great pain, Yuxiu quickly expressed her thoughts.

"The third master in Prince Ning's mansion is not in good health and cannot get up to entertain guests. Prince Ning and the second master are not in the mansion, so there are only a group of women left. How can we let so many people from the Liu family stay in the mansion? It sounds so unreasonable."

Yuxiu had already inquired about it. Those who returned from the Liu family this time were Xu Muyun's husband and two sons, plus the women from each branch and several grandchildren. There were more than ten people in total, young and old.