Xun Qingran was sitting in the carriage, and Madam Xu and Citron were in the same carriage with her. Zitron naturally heard the words of this woman.

Xun Qingran looked at Citron and said, "Let's settle in the city first."

The convoy where Qi You took office was divided into three parts. Tang Younian brought some personal soldiers and his staff walked in front. Xun Qingran and his close-fitting girls were in the middle of the carriage, Qi You were personally guarding him, followed by a carriage pulling luggage, furniture and other items, and Licorice brought servants, personal soldiers to guard the palace.

Xun Qingran's carriage was in the middle of the convoy, so it was hard to stop on the road, delaying the vehicles behind.

Xun Qingran asked Citron again, "Why did your brother come? Do you know what's going on?"

Citron shook her head, and she felt a little uneasy.

"Grandma, Citron's brother said that there is something urgent." The woman outside replied.

Xun Qingran couldn't help but ponder. Citron was holding a veil in her hand, very afraid of hearing bad news.

The Qi brothers and Xun Junhui were sent all the way to Tongzhou, and they also planned to stay in Tongzhou overnight before returning to the capital tomorrow morning. Therefore, these brothers were at the end of the convoy and chatted while walking. It was also because it was the first day that the convoy walked slowly.

At this time, Citron's brother had already chased him to the rear of the convoy, got off the carriage, and was talking in front of Qi You's horse.

"...Fourth Master, my mother suddenly became seriously ill at the youngest family. The doctor who hired medicine was not helpful. It would be impossible. The youngest mother only had the little girl, the daughter. She was sold to the mansion after she had no way to live, and she received the favor from the mansion. The young man is now bold and must be shameless. She begs the fourth master for a kindness and asks the young girl to go back with her and meet her."

Qi Xiu, Qi Yi, Xun Junhui were both right away, so naturally they heard Brother Citron's words.

"Take him ahead." Qi You ordered Huang Jian.

Some of the girls and mothers who followed him secretly poked their heads out of the car, wondering that what Brother Citron did at this time would never be to see him off.

Scutellaria took Citron's brother to Xun Qingran's carriage, and Citron's brother knelt on the ground.

Xun Qingran had no choice but to stop the carriage.

"If you don't want to show up in public, you'd better be in the car with me." Xun Qingran said to Citron.

Citron nodded. Her identity was different from that of ordinary girls, so she naturally became noble.

Citron's brother said that his mother was seriously ill, afraid that she would not be cured, so she would take Citron to meet her.

"I have already returned to the Fourth Master. The mansion has always been kind, the Fourth Master, and the Fourth Grandma have waited for Kuanhe and had a little courage to come and pray."

Citron trembled all over and felt like oil in her heart. It was her biological mother. Although she sold her, there was always a mother-daughter relationship. When she heard that my mother was seriously ill, she could not worry about it. What she thought of then made her even more worried. The Qi family emphasized filial piety and brotherhood and rules. Although she was not a formal marriage, if her mother really passed away, she would have to wear mourning. The three-year filial piety period would not be taken away during this period. Who knows what would happen in it for three years?

Citron bit her lower lip unconsciously. It was a bad time for her mother to be sick. Even if she could be ignorant, Qi You and Xun Qingran knew what would she think of her? It was heard in Rong's ears and would even treat her as a heartless person. Xun Qingran faced the intentional difficulties of Mrs. Qi's second wife, serving her in disguise, and making herself tired and sick. What did the whole family think about her? If she ignored my mother's illness, she would not be able to stand in the Qi Mansion.

"Brother, what disease does my mother have? I have hired a doctor."

"My mother is still the same old habit. She hired a few doctors and took all the medicine she could take. But it didn't work. My mother was so drowsy that she kept calling the girl's name, saying sorry to her, and wanted to look at her." Citron's brother said.

Xun Qingran was beside her, and saw Citron's reaction in her eyes. She wanted to see what decision Citron would make.

Citron was struggling in her heart. She wouldn't have to go back to see me. If she could go back to see me, it would be best if she could save me. If she couldn't, she could also discuss with her brother and hide my death news. When she arrived in Pingxi Town, such a faraway place, the death news would come to her ears one or two years later, and no one could say that she was wrong. By that time, it would be fine.

Citron had made up her mind and knelt down to Xun Qingran in the car.

"My maid is grandma's man and has sold her death contract. Because of grandma's compassion, I heard from the family. At this time, the maid is reluctant to part with grandma, but she misses her, and the maid lets her make the decision."

But he kicked this problem to Xun Qingran.

Xun Qingran thought to himself, what a cunning girl.

"This is a major event in your life, you can make your own decisions." Xun Qingran said.

Seeing that Xun Qingran refused to recruit him, Citron had to say, "My maid asks for grandma's grace and let the maid go home to see me. The ancients said that loyalty and filial piety cannot be achieved at the same time. After seeing my mother, she was filial and rushed back overnight to serve the Fourth Master and the Fourth Grandma."

"Since you want to go back and be filial, I will naturally not stop you. The Qi family is not such a mean family. Just serve your mother and heal. I will send someone to pick you up at that time." Xun Qingran said.

Citron nodded and agreed.

"Go and find Citron's luggage and take it back to her." Xun Qingran ordered.

Citron waved her hand quickly. She didn't believe that Xun Qingran was really so virtuous and would send someone to pick her up. Taking all the luggage back was just a fact, and she couldn't bring her luggage. She made up her mind to go back and take a look, then turned around immediately, and said that her mother was already well.

"I'll go and go back quickly, so I won't bring those cumbersome items."

Seeing that Citron said this, Xun Qingran would not force her.

"Okay, don't worry when you go back, and serve your mother well." Xun Qingran ordered Jin.

Citron said goodbye to Xun Qingran, got on the carriage that her brother rushed to, and walked around the road.

Madam Xu closed the curtains tightly and the convoy continued to move forward.

"This girl is very tough." Madam Xu said.

Xun Qingran snorted. If an ordinary girl had cried so hard that she had already cried when she heard the news that her mother was critically ill, Citron could still be so calm and plan and shirk responsibility, and could drive others to explore the way for her at the cost of her life. Naturally, she was not a soft-hearted person.

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Citron was sitting in the carriage, anxious. Her brother drove the carriage away like her, as if he was afraid that someone would be caught up with him.

Before dark, he finally entered the capital. The carriage turned around and stopped at the back door of a big car shop. Before the carriage could stop, Citron jumped out of the carriage and headed straight into her mother's house. There was no crying or white hangover, Citron's heart was relieved.

"Mom!" Citron rushed into the room, but was stunned for a moment.

Citron was sitting on the kang, eating fried beans.

"Girl, you're back and you're worried about me." When I saw Jenny, I said happily.

Citron's heart sank. At this time, Citron's brother had already unloaded the carriage and walked into the house.

"What's going on?" Citron looked at my mother, then at her brother, and said anxiously.

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In Tongzhou City, the Qi family borrowed a house from a wealthy family to rest. Inside the house, Xun Qingran unloaded the decoration and was washing. Madam Xu brought some jewelry, such as hairpins and rings and clothes.

After Xun Qingran washed up, she sat on the couch and looked in the direction of the capital. At this time, Citron should have arrived at home and knew she had been fooled. But this was impossible. She could not put such a terrifying person around her.

In this era, information was not so developed, especially for ordinary people, most of the news was blocked. Pingxi Town is a desolate and terrifying place in the eyes of the people, because the exiled prisoners have gone but never returned. Even businessmen who run business rarely go to that place. Citron's mother and brother naturally think so.

After paying attention to Citron, Xun Qingran had to investigate the situation at Citron's house. Citron, like most feudal women, could not be said to be bad, but they had no knowledge. Citron's brother was hardworking and capable, quite loyal and honest.

Because he sold the money he earned from Citron, he did not save Citron's father's life, but gave the family the capital to do some small business. Citron's brother relied on this money to accumulate little by little. Now he has opened such a big car shop with others, and his life is quite reasonable.

The mother and son thought of Citron and wanted to make compensation, so they came here. Citron's brother had the intention to redeem Citron, but after Citron went back to visit relatives, he gave up the idea.

Before leaving, Xun Qingran deliberately controlled Citron by his side and cut off Citron's contact with the outside world. In the end, Citron was unable to ask her to pray. She asked Citron to send a message to her house. Citron found Xiao Ding, but as soon as Xiao Ding went out, she was stopped by Chen De. Between Citron and Grandma Qi Si, Xiao Ding had only one choice. Xiao Ding came back and told Citron that the message had been sent, and the other Xiao Ding had not gone to Citron's house at all.

Early this morning, Xiao Ding and Chen Decai came to Citron's house and reported that Citron was going to Pingxi Town with Qi You and was about to be Qi You's room.

Citron's brother had known the girl's plan, so he was naturally happy, so he left the two to drink. After drinking too much, people would talk too much and tell the truth that they shouldn't have told. Both of them were arranged by Grandma Qi Si to endure hardships, and they were very resentful to Grandma Qi Si. The two treated Citron's brother as their confidants and started to speak without any hesitation. They were just saying how sweet and bitter grandma Qi Si was even more sinister than the second grandma at home, and they were about to bear fruit on the way.

"People cannot fight with their lives. The fourth grandma and the fourth master are now mixed with the fourth master. The fourth grandma is from the Xun family in Yingchuan, and her father is the imperial censor. Her brother just ordered Tanhua and became a Hanlin. She wanted to kill someone, but she would not be like crushing an ant to death. Poor Miss Citron is infatuated, and a flower is so beautiful that she wants, hey!"

The two of them talked about Grandma Qi Si's methods vividly again, "... Another girl was taken out of the door by Grandma and never came back. Tsk tsk, I don't know if it's dead or alive. If I die, I will suffer even more miserable."

Citron's brother was frightened when he heard this.

"Good girl, how could I watch you jump into the fire pit? I hurried to pick you up." Citron's brother said to Citron.

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Chapter completed!