The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1096: Weatherproof
Chapter 1096: Unforgettable
Murong Li knew that his mother had always been weak in character, so when Murong Yan and he decided to pretend to the outside world that the uncle and nephew had a growing rift over power, Murong Li chose to pretend to rely on his own uncle.
But… Murong Li knew clearly the ability of his great-uncle. It was impossible to send A Niang out of the palace without telling Uncle Jiu’s people.
Queen Mother Yan held her son’s hand all the way to Murong Li’s study. She lifted Murong Li’s sleeve and saw that the wound bandaged with fine cotton cloth seemed to be a real skin injury. She breathed a sigh of relief and her eyes couldn’t help but turn red again.
Seeing that there was no one around, Queen Mother Yan touched her son’s handsome face and said to Murong Li, “You…be more careful! You must never go to that battlefield in the future! Order people to pack up now, and return to the capital with your mother after New Year’s Eve!”
“Mother?” Murong Li looked surprised. As soon as his mother arrived, she asked him to pack up and follow her back to the capital. Did something happen in the capital?
He held A Niang’s hands and squatted in front of his mother, looking up at her: “Did something happen in the capital? Don’t be afraid, mother… I have my son!”
Queen Mother Yan murmured, but was hesitant to say anything. She only said, “Just follow me back to the capital. I’m worried about you staying here.”
“I’m with Uncle Jiu, why should you worry, mother?”
“That’s right…” Queen Mother Yan stopped talking abruptly and swallowed back her words, tears falling down her face. “If you still have me as your mother in your heart, go back with me!”
“Mother, it’s not that I don’t have you in my heart, but now Great Yan and Great Zhou have joined forces to conquer Xiliang and Tianfeng Kingdom. The Emperor of Great Zhou is still in Pingyang City even though she is pregnant. This is to boost the morale of the soldiers. How can a man like me leave?” Murong Li disagreed, “Mother, what happened? Tell me and we will discuss it with Uncle Jiu…”
Before Empress Dowager Yan could say anything, she heard repeated voices of “Ninth Prince” coming from outside. She quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears, and saw her personal maid come in and report that the Ninth Prince had arrived.
Queen Mother Yan straightened her clothes and said, “Please come in, Your Majesty!”
As soon as Xiao Rongyan entered the room, he bowed to Queen Mother Yan and said, “Ayan greets sister-in-law. Just now, the Tianfeng Kingdom sent an envoy to apologize. Ayan met the envoy in the study and did not go out to greet him. I hope sister-in-law will not blame me.”
“Uncle Nine!” Murong Li bowed to Murong Yan.
“Ayan, please sit down!” Queen Mother Yan smiled and pretended to be as usual. She spoke first, “I didn’t inform you and A Li in advance this time because I didn’t want to cause trouble for you. I wanted to spend New Year’s Eve with you and then take A Li back to the capital. After all, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and A Li is the emperor… If something happens on the front line, none of us can afford it, don’t you think?”
He has traveled among the nations for many years and met countless people. Even though his sister-in-law pretended to be the same as usual, how could he not see the change in her expression?
“Is sister-in-law angry because of Ah Li’s injury this time?”
He was willing to be open with his family and didn’t want to beat around the bush with his sister-in-law, so he said directly: “Sister-in-law, there are no outsiders here. If you are angry, you can beat A Yan twice! The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother… No matter how you teach A Yan, he will accept it! But… A Yan thinks that as the emperor of Yan State and a man of my Murong family, A Li should go to the battlefield to see it.”
“Besides, with me, Xie Xun… and Yue Shi here, we will never let Ah Li get seriously injured. A man should bleed a little… superficial injuries are something that must be experienced on the road to growth. Whether it’s your brother or me, we have all been on the battlefield. As the emperor of Yan, Ah Li cannot be put in danger. At least he must be allowed to see the danger. He can’t just stay in the imperial capital without experiencing the wind and rain.”
Queen Mother Yan tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand. She understood that Murong Yan wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with her, and she also admitted that Murong Yan’s words had their reasons.
Since Murong Yan was frank, Queen Mother Yan didn’t want to hide it, so she turned to Murong Li and said, “You go out first and wait outside. I have something to say to your uncle.”
Murong Li looked at Murong Yan hesitantly, and Queen Mother Yan was immediately furious: “Why, what A’niang said doesn’t work, and your uncle must give the order?”
Murong Li then bowed to Queen Mother Yan and Murong Yan, walked out of the study, but pricked up his ears outside the study to listen inside.
“Sister-in-law, please feel free to speak up. We are a family and there is nothing we cannot say.” He looked at Queen Mother Yan, “Sister-in-law, if you feel that A Yan has done something wrong, please feel free to point it out.”
Queen Mother Yan tightly grasped the handkerchief with both hands, almost tearing it apart. After a long while, she gathered her emotions and said, “Ayan, when my sister-in-law first married your brother… you know what the situation in our Great Yan was like. At that time, Great Yan was a mess. Father killed my mother and wanted to kill your brother. At that time, my sister-in-law was already four months pregnant. She desperately escaped from the palace and returned to her mother’s home, begging your father to lead troops to save your brother and you. Your brother and I lost our first child at that time, and my father also lost his life at that time…”
When Queen Dowager Yan spoke to this point, her voice choked with sobs and her body trembled slightly. The situation that year was like a nightmare to her. She would always wake up in the middle of the night and break out in cold sweats.
It was precisely because of the loss of that child at that time that Empress Dowager Yan’s health deteriorated day by day, and it was not until many years later that she gave birth to the eldest prince. She even almost lost her life when she was pregnant with A Li.
Murong Yan’s fists tightened slightly at his sides, and he was also drawn into the painful memories.
He lifted the hem of his shirt and knelt down in front of Queen Mother Yan: “Sister-in-law…A Yan hasn’t forgotten.”
Queen Mother Yan looked at his appearance and couldn’t bear it. She reached out her hand to help him up, tears dripping down her cheeks. She choked and said, “Later, Ah Yan, you were ambitious and said you wanted to build a big network for Yan State, a news network, so you wanted to become a merchant from other countries and travel between the countries as a merchant. At that time, all the money of Yan State was sent to Jin State, and Yan State was so poor… that it was on the verge of extinction!”
“Your brother was at a loss, and could only kneel down and beg the officials and the people to help tide over the national crisis. The whole country raised money for you. My mother’s family donated all the property, and all my dowry jewelry was handed over to you. Not even a single pearl or jade was left on my body.” Queen Mother Yan touched the jade pendant on her waist, which had been changed countless times, “I only kept… this jade pendant that your brother gave me when he engaged me.”
“Sister-in-law…” He looked up at his sister-in-law, his eyes red, “Ayan has never forgotten.”
Although Xiao Rongyan later recovered all of his sister-in-law’s dowry, Murong Yan never forgot the kindness of his sister-in-law who helped him in times of crisis.
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