allonlinenovel Chapter 193 Sending a Handkerchief
Chapter 193 Sending a Handkerchief
Xue He had very complicated feelings towards this daughter. As the only legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, she should have grown up in pampered love, but for the sake of the family's reputation, he had to let her suffer! Alas...!
He didn't believe it at first, but he didn't dare to disobey his father.
He had only seen Xia Xuelian once since she came back. The only thing that comforted him was that the Xia couple were very kind and treated Xia Xuelian as if she were their own daughter.
Xue He said to Madam Wang: "She left us the day she was born. She was already a young girl the next day. To Lian'er, we are no different from strangers. It is normal that you and your daughter cannot be close for a while."
Pat her shoulder to comfort her.
Mrs. Wang was worried that she was not close enough to her daughter, and Xia Xuelian was very nervous.
The maids around her no longer had the respect that a young lady should have and treated her perfunctorily. Moreover, the nanny had already returned to the main courtyard.
That day, she brought her maid to Mrs. Wang's courtyard. The gatekeeper bowed to her respectfully and asked her to wait for a moment.
When Xia Xuelian took out her handkerchief embroidered with marigolds, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Mrs. Wang's eyes, but soon she revealed a gentle smile.
"Lian'er has really skillful hands, mother likes her very much," said Mrs. Wang.
Seeing that Mrs. Wang liked it very much, Xia Xuelian felt relieved: "As long as mother likes it, it's fine."
The two of them being together was somewhat deliberate. Mrs. Wang thought that this was her daughter, whom she had carried for ten months, and yet now she seemed like a stranger.
Looking at Xia Xuelian's cautious look, he felt extremely sad.
I couldn't help but say, "Lian'er, you are my daughter, the eldest daughter of the Zhenguo Mansion, you don't need to be so cautious, huh?"
Xia Xuelian had been living very cautiously these days. When she heard Mrs. Wang's words, her eyes instantly turned red and tears fell like beads from a broken string.
She choked up and said, "Mother, I...I am not a good daughter. I don't know how to live in the mansion. Maybe I...I should live in Renyi Village. The people there are very kind..."
Mrs. Wang couldn't bear to hear such words, and quickly reached out to hug her shoulders: "My Lian'er, you have suffered. This Duke's Mansion is your home! You don't need to worry about others. Mother only hopes that you will be happy in the future."
The nanny outside the room could only hear occasional sobbing.
Later, the mother and daughter had dinner together.
The next day, everyone in the mansion had a noticeably different attitude toward Xia Xuelian, and she would walk around the garden from time to time.
The old Duke said to the old lady: "Now she is the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion. Whether she denies it or not, she is..."
The old lady looked at him steadily and said, "I understand."
The next day
Xia Xuelian went out with her maid and Liu.
Yesterday, Madam Wang told her that she was the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion and she didn't need to please others.
Liu learned what Mrs. Wang said to Xia Xuelian last night, so today she asked Xia Xuelian to take her for a stroll on the most prosperous streets in the capital.
Xia Xuelian asked her personal maid to arrange a carriage. The maid went directly to find the old butler. After a brief thought, the old butler ordered the servant to arrange a carriage for the eldest lady.
Xia Xuelian and Liu took a carriage out of the Duke's Mansion and headed straight for the most prosperous street in the capital.
The gatekeeper did not try to stop them and respectfully escorted them out the door.
He turned around and went to the main courtyard to report to Mrs. Wang.
At the same time, Zhufengyuan also received the news, and the old lady ordered someone to invite Madam Wang to Zhufengyuan.