Hiding her pregnancy and divorce, she stopped licking and the general panicked

A small courtyard in the east of the city.

When Su Yujiao returned, the two little ones were playing house in the yard.

"Mother!" A crisp cry of joy rang out.

Then a soft and sticky voice called out: "Mom, hug me."

Su Yujiao's eyes curved into a smile, and she squatted down naturally, letting the two little babies running towards her with their legs twitching, jump into her arms.

Su Yujiao holds a baby in her left hand and another in her right hand, kissing the left and hugging the right. It’s amazing how loving a mother and filial she is.

"Jiaojiao!"

"Let mother see you quickly. I heard you were seriously injured, but are you healed?"

"Does the wound hurt?"

"My poor child, if anything happens to you, how will I live?"

As Chen spoke, tears began to fall.

Su Yujiao hurried to comfort her mother, knowing that she was too thoughtful to hide anything.

"Mom, I'm fine. I'm back safe and sound, right?"

"Look, he's alive and kicking, nothing's wrong with him."

Su Yujiao said this and turned around in front of Chen.

When the others heard the noise, they all hurried out and the whole family came to ask about each other's well-being.

"Have my mother-in-law, Weiwei, Mudan and the others returned?"

When they heard her mention Zhou, their eyes flickered a little, and then they hurriedly said, "Well, they all went back."

"After the crisis was over, they went back to their homes."

"Your brother also bought back our former house, but it's been abandoned for a long time and needs to be cleaned up before it can be lived in."

What he meant was that if the yard hadn't been cleaned up, we wouldn't have stayed at our daughter's house.

"Dad, Mom, Brother, and Sister-in-law, just stay here and don't rush to move."

"Anyway, the yard is big enough, and it looks lively even with more people."

"Brother, you've bought a house in the capital. Does that mean you don't plan to return home?"

Su Yujing nodded: "Returning to my hometown was a helpless move before, so I'm more used to living in the capital."

"What's more, a new king has ascended the throne and many things need to be done. I have read the sages' books for so many years and I don't want to live a life of mediocrity."

Su Yujiao could tell that her brother was going to enter the official career again.

But it’s better this way. Her brother is a capable man and deserves to shine in the court.

Country life is not for him!

More importantly, the crisis has been resolved and everyone's fate has changed.

The new emperor is a good and sensible emperor. I believe my brother's future career will be smooth.

The family stood in the yard and chatted for a while, then Chen asked her daughter-in-law to prepare dinner.

Since my daughter had escaped death, I naturally had to give her a good welcome and comfort her to calm her down.

"Mom, you and sister-in-law should get ready first. I'll go call mother-in-law and aunt to come and have some fun together."

Chen's face changed and she immediately spoke out to stop her.

"Jiaojiao, don't go."

Su Yujiao looked at her mother in confusion. Her mother and mother-in-law had always had a harmonious relationship.

During the time they lived together, the two of them treated each other like real sisters and even teamed up to deal with Zhang.

The reason was that Lu Ziwei had been married to Gu Heng for two years and had not conceived a child, so Zhang began to have objections.

Although she was afraid of the status of the general's mansion and did not dare to openly argue, the old country lady had many tricks to disgust people.

She's not particularly vicious, and she doesn't cause much harm, but I can't stand her daily sarcasm and disgust.

Lu Ziwei fell in love with Gu Heng over time. She wanted to live a good life with him and naturally wanted to give him a child.

But she had been drugged by her ex-husband for a long time and had to have abortions several times.

Now that she still hasn't been able to pay it back in two years, she guessed that her body was seriously injured.

Lu Ziwei, who was determined to have a child, put a lot of pressure on herself even when Zhang was not around to make sarcastic remarks.

The fact that she couldn't have children seemed to have become a source of worry for her.

She had lamented many times why she had such bad luck in having children. It was so easy for other women to give birth, but it was so difficult for her.

Seeing that her daughter was unhappy in her husband's family, Zhou naturally wanted to stand up for her.

Chen also couldn't stand Zhang's bullying and domineering behavior towards her daughter-in-law, so she naturally helped Zhou to squeeze her out.

Let’s get back to the topic. Her mother’s behavior today was very strange.

"Mom, did something happen at home while I was away?"

"Are you having a quarrel with my mother-in-law?"

Chen smiled awkwardly and scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Why would we be in such a fuss?"

"It's just... inconvenient."

"What's inconvenient?" Su Yujiao stared at her with a puzzled look.

Seeing that her mother-in-law was a little overwhelmed, the eldest sister-in-law He said quickly: "We are a family reunion, and you invite some outsiders. It will make everyone uncomfortable."

Su Yujiao frowned and looked at her sister-in-law unhappily, but did not say anything to refute.

My mother-in-law, Zhou, is indeed an outsider to my family.

To my sister-in-law, she is even more of an outsider.

What's more, she has already divorced Lu Ziqian, and Zhou can only be considered her ex-mother-in-law.

It’s actually okay to say that she is an outsider.

She just felt a little uncomfortable when she heard it.

Forget it, since my parents don’t feel comfortable eating with my in-laws, then I won’t call them.

In fact, she didn't think much about it just now, she just thought it would be lively with so many people around.

Moreover, her mother-in-law has always been very good to her. She has never treated her mother-in-law and aunt as outsiders, but she has ignored her own family, who are not very familiar with her in-laws.

She would wait until tomorrow morning to see them, mainly because she wanted to ask Lu Ziqian if he had sent any news back.

"Xiao Tao, go to the General's Mansion."

"Tell the old lady that I'm back safely and ask her not to worry. I'll go see her tomorrow morning."

Since the death of Mrs. Zhu, Mrs. Zhou became the legitimate old lady of the general's mansion.

The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law also changed from young wives to eldest wives and second wives.

Chen and her daughter-in-law looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief.

They didn't feel that Zhou was an outsider and felt uncomfortable getting along with her.

But he knew that Zhou was not in the mood to come over and eat, drink and have fun.

At night, Su Yujiao woke up suddenly, touched the half-empty bed, and felt inexplicably uneasy.

She couldn't remember what she dreamed about, but she was awakened by the shock.

He just sat there until dawn, not even having time to eat breakfast, and went straight to the general's mansion.

"Please wait a moment, my lady. I will go and inform the old lady."

"She is still chanting in the Buddhist temple."

Su Yujiao frowned. Zhou had no habit of fasting or chanting Buddhist scriptures, so why did she suddenly build a Buddhist temple and chant scriptures?

I always feel that everything is weird this time when I come back.

"Please come this way, my lady. The old lady is chanting sutras and cannot get up. She also wants you to move to the Buddhist hall."

"Ah."

As soon as Su Yujiao approached, she was choked by the smoky smell of incense and candles.

She coughed lightly twice and stared at Zhou's back as she recited the scriptures, feeling inexplicably uneasy.

Zhou was seen wearing a plain dark grey gown, with her hair combed meticulously into a simple bun, just like a Taoist nun, without any red hairpins to embellish her hair.