After returning home, Li Xianglu was resolutely put to bed rest by Su Yan, who even called in a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to prescribe some herbal treatments. The kitchen was also instructed to stew bone soup for her to drink every day. Thus, Li Xianglu once again spent her days recuperating as if in postpartum confinement, only this time Qin Xi and Li Jianqing weren't there to help her eat and drink the broth.
Xu Wu completely wound down on the 28th day of the lunar year, staying at home to play wildly with the two children, while Qin Zhen returned to the capital that day. Arriving in the morning, he went directly to the Lu Family. Before noon, he took his wife and children to the courtyard house. Even the four-month-old Xinxin was brought along.
When Li Xianglu learned of Qin Zhen's arrival, she was lying in bed reading a book, and her face remained expressionless when she heard from Xu Wu that Qin Zhen had brought his family of four.
