CHAPTER 646: CHAPTER 648: WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND (1 UPDATE)

Mrs. He finished speaking and had Xu Xinmo carried away.

After waiting for the doctor to arrive and take Yun Family’s Old Madam’s pulse and prescribe a remedy, and once the medicine was decocted and the Old Madam awoke, she gave instructions to Ming Liu and several others to take careful care of her, before leaving wearily.

She knew very clearly that because Yun Family’s Old Madam had been widowed early and raised her three sons on her own, Yun Chen, being the eldest, knew the most and was also the most foolishly filial.

If she truly neglected the Old Madam, Yun Chen might very well divorce her.

Therefore, she did not leave but chose to stay.

Xu Xinmo slowly came to her senses, somewhat unable to accept her current situation, especially the words of Mrs. He and Yun Chen, which made her clearly understand that she was despised by the Yun Family. Had it not been for her living maternal grandmother, and had her mother not entrusted her to her eldest maternal uncle’s care, she would have been sent back to the Xu Family long ago.

And she knew very well that life would never be as comfortable if she went back to the Xu Family.

The people of the Xu Family certainly wouldn’t pamper her as the Yun Family did.

"Nanny!"

Mrs. Hu hurriedly responded, "Miss?"

"I don’t want to go back to the Xu Family. Once I’m sent back, truly, neither heaven nor earth will respond to my cries, and I don’t want to live the tragic life Yun Jinnian once did. Nanny, could you please bring my grandmother back to help me?"

Mrs. Hu took a deep breath, "Grandmother has extremely important matters to attend to and can’t come back for the time being. Miss, in the upcoming days, you must reflect behind closed doors and not leave Yicai Academy, and everything will be fine!"

"Really?" Xu Xinmo asked.

"Mhm, as long as the Old Madam is still here, your position in the Yun Residence will remain unshaken!"

Xu Xinmo thought it over carefully and felt that Mrs. Hu’s words made sense.

"Then in the coming days, I’ll be well-behaved. Whenever I’ve got time, I’ll accompany my maternal grandmother. I won’t go out anymore!"

"That’s right!"

As compared to the shifting winds and clouds of the Yun Residence, Yun Jinnian was receiving many rewards in the palace.

Various consorts rewarded her with gifts, regardless of their rank, all sent by the palace maids in pairs, one as a thanksgiving for saving the Emperor, and the other to congratulate Yun Jinnian on being awarded the title of Commandery Princess.

Even several Imperial Concubines had rewarded her with precious Jade Ruyi.

The consorts didn’t mind that Yun Jinnian did not personally express her gratitude, but she had to make a visit to the Imperial Concubines.

Upon knowing this, the Empress Dowager invited the Imperial Concubines to Cining Palace, where Yun Jinnian thanked each of them and took their pulses in turn, gifting each of them a Snow Lotus Pill.

"As it turns out, we few old ladies have made a profit!"

Snow Lotus was already hard to come by, let alone when made into an elixir, which also contained other precious medicinal ingredients.

The Imperial Concubines, holding the pills, wondered if the rewards they had given were too light?

But they had already been given, and it wouldn’t be right to offer more. They thought about rewarding Yun Jinnian more generously the next time she came to the palace.

Yun Jinnian dined at Cining Palace that evening, and both the Emperor and the Empress were present.

Yun Jinnian had not expected the Empress to be back, but during the meal, the Empress spoke little and rarely smiled, whereas the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were in very good spirits,

After dinner, Yun Jinnian still stayed at Cining Palace.

"Jinnian!"

"Empress Dowager?"

The Empress Dowager gestured to Yun Jinnian, "Come, sit next to me and keep me company for a chat!"

"Yes!"

Yun Jinnian spoke little, mostly listening to the Empress Dowager reminisce about the past.

The Empress Dowager had once been just a daughter from a humble family, her father a County Magistrate, and as the eldest daughter at home with an early-deceased mother and a harsh stepmother, she was not treated well.

She was supposed to marry her childhood sweetheart, her cousin, but her aunt despised her, and her father went through great lengths to have her enter the palace.

After entering the palace, she served as a favored lady in waiting, and it was only gradually that she was favored by the Emperor. However, the Empress Dowager did not have any children. It was only after the mother of the current Emperor passed away that the Empress Dowager took the Emperor to her side and plotted step by step on his behalf.

But then, Noble Consort Chen arrived.

That is, the mother of Chu Yu...