The moon and stars are sparse and hanging on the willow branches.

Under the clear light of the bright moon, a gentle-looking woman was lying on the couch, looking at her daughter beside the couch who was holding back her sobs and crying. It was clear that her eyes were already filled with overwhelming sadness and loss, but she still tried her best.

He spoke out and comforted weakly: "Su Niang, don't cry, you Aye——"

"He died for the Zhou family he protected. This fulfilled his wish."

Looking at the medicine bottle tightly held in Wang Su's hand, Min reached out his hand, took Wang Su's hand and said sadly: "Don't blame you, Aye, he didn't want our lives, it's just——"

Speaking of this, Mr. Min did not continue, but tears burst out of his eyes first.

From acquaintance, acquaintance, to falling in love, after so many years of ups and downs in this life, she spent her whole life loving this man, his elegance, his uprightness, and his love for the people like a son. In just twenty-four years, he

Treat her as if you first met her, never changed.

In the entire Yanzhou, there is no woman who does not envy her, who does not envy their unquestionable love for decades, who does not envy that he never takes concubines, who does not envy that she was unable to give him a continuation even though she was injured due to dystocia and was unable to have children.

Heir, he has never had any intention of divorcing his wife.

But in the end, the love between husband and wife for these twenty-four years was defeated by his belief in the restoration of the country.

But she doesn't blame him, let alone hate him.

Because she used to love him who was passionate about the country and the people.

But when she accidentally overheard his secret plan with the Dou Qin rebels to use the entire city as bait to surround and kill Zhao Yi and restore the Zhou Dynasty, she knew that he had fallen into a paranoid belief in restoring the country and was being used by others.

.

However, what she never expected was that her efforts to stop her would be rewarded by the poison he gave her and Su Niang. In order to prevent them from leaking the news, he sent people to monitor them day and night, and even used this to coerce Su Niang into killing them.

Su Niang was also involved.

These will undoubtedly completely shatter all the good things in the past.

"Since ancient times, it is difficult to have both loyalty and justice. You, Aye, chose loyalty. He was not wrong, and you and I were not wrong either. It is just a mistake in the world where power dominates the world without distinguishing between right and wrong."

Min's words were light but heavy. When she reached out to wipe away the tears on Wang Su's cheeks, she looked at her for a long time before saying: "So don't blame yourself, don't be sad, forget everything, and start over."

Feeling the tenderness on her cheek, Wang Su tried her best to suppress her sobs, held Min's hand tightly and said, "Okay, I will be with you no matter what."

"For Aye, but also for myself."

After hearing Wang Su's words, Mrs. Min finally nodded with tears in her eyes, and then said: "Take the antidote quickly."

When Wang Su heard this, he immediately remembered it, quickly poured out two pills, and handed one of them to Min.

Min took the antidote and swallowed it. He slowly looked at Wang Su. Seeing that Wang Su had taken it, he said with relief: "Take care of it for me. I want to see King Yuling and thank him for saving you. Aye also saved me."

The people of Yanzhou."

"good."

Wang Su nodded and helped Min up. He carefully dressed her up and tied her hair under the service of the maid. It wasn't until she changed into a lilac-colored embroidered tunic skirt that she sat down on the bed under the window with Wang Su's help.

"Let's go and invite the King Yuling."

After Wang Su left, Mrs. Min stood up with difficulty. With the rustling of her dress, she walked to the dressing table and took out a small thing from the drawer, then slowly sat back down.

For a moment, he heard the footsteps outside the door, and the Min family was sitting upright. The next moment, he saw a young man with broad eyebrows and extraordinary bearing walking in.

"I have admired the name of King Yuling for a long time, and I am lucky enough to meet him today."

While talking, seeing that Mrs. Min was about to get up, Zhao Yi already said: "Madam, there is no need to be polite."

Hearing this, Mrs. Min nodded gently, then looked at Wang Su and said, "Su Niang, I would like to say a few words to King Yuling."

Wang Su heard this and glanced at Zhao Yi, who was upright, and then at Min, who was smiling softly. Finally, he suppressed his worries, nodded and retreated.

As if he knew what the Min family was going to say, Zhao Yi took the lead to break the silence and said: "Madam, don't worry, today I was able to kill Peng Jin and surrender tens of thousands of rebels, all thanks to the Queen. I will repay the emperor when I return to the capital.

The merits and demerits balance each other out, and the Wang family will not be affected."

Seeing Zhao Yi's dark lips due to excessive blood loss, and seeing his generosity in not embarrassing the Wang family out of personal grudges, the Min family finally nodded with relief and said harmoniously: "Thank you, Prince Yuling."

"actually."

Hearing Min's change of words, Zhao Yi followed the sound and saw Min's eyes said with a hint of secrecy: "Su Niang is not our biological daughter."

Zhao Yi raised his eyes in surprise when he heard this, and saw Min looking quietly at the bright moon outside the window, seemingly lost in memories.

"When we were still in Shouan, we had a child. However, on the night of delivery, Shouan experienced an unprecedented waterlogging disaster. I suffered from dystocia all night, and he, for the sake of the people of Shouan,

He also personally rushed to the river embankment during the storm, worked with the soldiers and civilians to block floods and dig mud, and worked tirelessly all night long. However, the child was dead as soon as he was born. When he came back and saw it, he cried all night.

I feel even more guilty for the rest of my life.”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Min held back her sobs, looked sideways at Zhao Yi and said warmly: "We met Su Niang when we went to Ankang. I remember it was a winter day, and we saw her when we went to the porridge shed to give porridge to the beggars.

He was thrown on the roadside and huddled with the beggars, freezing.

She was almost out of breath. She was still an eight-year-old child at that time. I don’t know why, but seeing her reminded me of my daughter who couldn’t even call me aunt, so we took her into our house and kept her there.

It took three days and three nights to bring her back from hell."

As he spoke, Mr. Min smiled bitterly, and said with half pity and half sourness: "Later we found out that she was born poor. Originally, her family wanted to sell her to a rich family to be a maid in exchange for two bushels of corn.

She never thought she would be deceived. Those people gave her rice and then sold her to Ankang. Because she looked good, those people's teeth would take care of her.

She was sent to Chu Guan, where she spent two years and was tortured and beaten for two years. Because she had seen girls who escaped being beaten to death by people in Chu Guan, she secretly took the drug in order to escape.

After taking the medicine, she broke out in rashes all over her body. It happened that a plague was prevalent outside the city at that time, and the people in the Chu Palace thought she had contracted the plague, so they let her out."

After hearing these words, the half-life experience of a daughter whose family was miserable and had nowhere to turn to for help emerged in front of Zhao Yi.

The heaven and the earth are unkind and regard all things as rudderless dogs; the saints are unkind and regard the common people as rudderless dogs.

But in this troubled world, what he saw was a person covered with silkworms, not a silkworm farmer.

There is no justice in this world, and there is no equal treatment. The rich and powerful have succeeded to the powerful for generations. It is so ridiculous that they pursue the so-called reputation and reputation all their lives, and they are elegance and fame, while the poor people will always live in the mud at the bottom, even their lives are at stake.

Can't ask for it.

"This child is smart and filial. We have adopted her as our daughter since she entered the family. Now we have moved to Yanzhou and we have been together for several years. Whether she is learning medicine from me or settling accounts for our housekeeper, she understands very quickly.

, her temperament is much calmer than other children of the same age. Later I realized that because of her childhood experience, she cherished this hard-won peaceful life more than anyone else, and she was afraid that if she didn't do well, she would be thrown away again.

, sell——”

Having said this, Mrs. Min finally looked at Zhao Yi, and the request in her eyes could not be clearer.

"I have a request to tell Prince Yuling."

When Zhao Yi heard this, his expression was solemn, and he saw a sentence coming from the corner of Min's lips: "Can I entrust this child to you, please take care of him."

Hearing this, Zhao Yi was surprised, and the girl's cries followed.

"No, I won't go. Mom, I won't go anywhere."

Before he finished speaking, Wang Su rushed in and knelt in front of the Min family, shaking his head as if he was the abandoned child again.

Mr. Min lowered his head and shook his head with tears in his eyes. He obviously wanted to say something with a smile, but his chest froze and a mouthful of black blood spilled from the corner of his lips.

Seeing this, Wang Su's pupils tightened, and he immediately stood up to help Min's shaky body. At that moment, Zhao Yi, as an outsider, understood everything.

“A’Niang, A Niang, what’s wrong with you, A Niang——”

Looking at Min's face, which was like gold foil, Wang Su tried hard to wipe away the dark blood from the corner of her lips, but the blood became more and more wiped away, as if it could never be wiped away.

"Didn't you take the antidote? How could it be possible, how could it be——"

Looking at Wang Su who was crying in front of her, Mrs. Min shook her head with difficulty, tried hard to hold Wang Su's hand, and said angrily: "Promise, promise my mother, live on, live well, go on -"

After saying that, Mrs. Min looked at Zhao Yi who was standing aside, almost begging. When their eyes met, Zhao Yi was shocked in his heart.

For Wang Jian’s loyalty, for Wang Su’s perseverance, and for the Min family’s great love.

"Don't worry, madam."

Hearing this promise, Mrs. Min smiled, but it was like a paper kite with its threads pulled out. Her eyes gradually became distracted. She looked at the bright moon outside the window and murmured softly: "Wherever you go, I will go."

After finishing her words, Mrs. Min smiled and shed tears, closing her eyes little by little.

"Aniang, Aniang——"

"Aniang!"

The girl's sadder cries lingered in Zhao Yi's ears. For a long time, he looked at the kneeling girl in front of him buried beside Min's couch, and said over and over again: "You lied to me, you lied to me..."

"Parents love their children and have far-reaching plans. I hope you can understand their painstaking efforts."

After hearing Zhao Yi's words, the figure kneeling there trembled slightly, and she cried for a long time, but she gradually came to realize it.

Aye was defeated and committed suicide in order to let the court see her merits and the coercion she and her mother were under, so that they could be spared.

Aniang told Prince Yuling about her life experience because she wanted everyone in the world to know that she was not the daughter of the Wang family, and she had meritorious service, so she could be spared.

And A-Niang's suicide separated the last bit of nurturing grace between her and the Wang family, making her completely immune to anyone's involvement and criticism.

Thinking of this, Wang Su hugged Min in pain, clenched her hands tightly, and cried uncontrollably. Even if the sharp pain in her palms entered her heart, it could not compete with the pain in her heart at this moment.

Overnight, she lost everything.

Lost Aye, lost Aniang, lost the last person who loved her in this world.
Chapter completed!