Chapter 1932: Meeting the Tang couple (Patreon)

Chapter 1932: Meeting the Tang couple

Before the middle-aged couple approached, Da Niu spoke to Shu Yu first, "Uncle Tang and Aunt Tang knew I was coming to Changjin Prefecture, so they discussed with me whether I could catch a ride with them. Ah Yu, has Tang Wenqian really become a county official?"

Shu Yu nodded, realizing that her grandmother and third uncle had guessed wrong. Although Tang Wenqian's parents were eager, they didn't rush over in a hurry.

It seemed like either the letter Tang Wenqian sent back had an effect, or their personalities had changed from before.

Tang couple approached Shu Yu, and Tang Wenqian's mother looked at Shu Yu with a complicated expression. Then she smiled and said, "Miss Lu, County Princess Lu."

Who would have thought that the second young lady of the Lu family had become a county princess.

When she received her son's letter during the New Year, learning that he had become the county magistrate of Chenggu County, she was so excited that she nearly fainted. She cried and laughed, sitting in the room dazed for almost the entire night. She had read and reread the letter, afraid that she had misread it, and even asked someone in the village who could read to help confirm.

Her son had studied diligently for many years, enduring the cold of winter and the heat of summer, never allowing any hint of complacency, all to achieve success and become an official in the future. When he passed the imperial examination to become a jinshi, his ranking wasn't high, so he said he would spend a few more years in preparation before attempting the jinshi examination.

Tang's mother had thought she would have to wait a long time, but the surprise came so suddenly.

She had thought her son was already successful, having become the number one person in Shishi Village. However, the second daughter of the Lu family was even more impressive, becoming a county official without relying on her husband's or family's power.

As a powerless young lady, without the path of the imperial examinations, she managed to go from a disgraced exile to a village lord and then to a county princess purely based on her own abilities. In this world, how many people could accomplish such a feat?

Shu Yu felt that Tang Wenqian's mother was looking at her strangely, so she lowered her head and looked at herself, finding nothing amiss.

"Aunt Tang, are you here to find Tang Wenqian? He told me that he would send people to pick you up once he's settled here. Why did you come at this time?"

Tang Wenqian's father quickly explained, "Yes, Wenqian did send us a letter. We're thrilled to know he's become an official. We couldn't resist wanting to reunite with him as soon as possible, especially since it's been over a year since we last saw him. However, in the letter, Wenqian repeatedly urged us not to travel alone, as he would worry. We were waiting for him to come and fetch us, but then we heard that Da Niu was coming, and they even hired escorts and had a large group of people, so we couldn't resist and came together."

In truth, Tang Wenqian's mother had begun packing her bags without a second thought after receiving the letter. She was in such a hurry to set off immediately.

It was Tang Wenqian's father who had talked her out of it, revealing that she had once impulsively mentioned to the Lu family that Shu Yu had been exiled, causing a huge commotion and almost ruining their son's future.

Tang Wenqian had even gotten quite angry about it, and at the time, Tang Wenqian's mother was truly scared.

Back then, Tang Wenqian had just returned from the township examination as a successful candidate, and now he was a county magistrate. As parents, how could they hinder their son's progress?

Though Tang Wenqian's mother often looked down on this person or that, she had nothing but praise for Tang Wenqian. For her son's sake, she had to be more stable.

This time, they thought that with so many people in Da Niu's caravan, it should be safer than waiting for Tang Wenqian to send someone to pick them up later.