Chapter 200: Fanwai - Moon Falling and Fish Sinking (1)
My name is Yue Chao and my nickname is Yanyan.
My aunt Jiaojiao is the most favored woman of the Xiao family in Beiyuan. There are many people with the surname Xiao in Beiyuan, but when it comes to the Xiao family, it must be the Zhenguo Gongfu in the capital and the Hussar General's Palace in Yunzhou.
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The Duke of Zhen Guo and the Hussar General are my eldest uncle and the other is my second uncle.
My father, Quewu, was once the king of Sara, but later he gave up the throne to my cousin for my mother-in-law.
I heard from my grandmother that when I was born, everyone was paying attention to my birth. The entire Baicao Valley and as far away as Beiyuan and Saluo were paying attention to my birth.
Because my grandma was in poor health, no one thought that she could still be pregnant. Of course, when she was pregnant with me, she was in the best health.
My cousin was looking forward to my birth when my mother-in-law was still pregnant with me, because she wanted to give me the right to inherit the next throne. She gave birth to two sons herself, but did not consider them.
However, according to the order of succession to the throne, I do have the first right of succession.
Although my cousin is the queen of Sara, she has always been a temporary one. In time, she would like to return the throne to her father, although his father has no such consideration.
Daddy loves Aniang very much and has never thought of leaving her. Daddy wants to take Aniang to travel around the world, so he doesn’t have much energy to manage Sara. However, during the years when he and Aniang lived in Baicao Valley, Daddy would do it when he had some free time.
Helping my cousin handle the government affairs of Salo.
And a few years later, my father did return to Salo and continue to be his king, but this is a slightly sad afterword, which I will not express for the time being.
My birth was relatively smooth, which I attribute to the entire Baicao Valley and my father and grandmother’s careful care of my mother. Even so, I was still born one month early.
When my mother-in-law was pregnant with me, she was always worried that I would have heart problems and asthma like her after birth. But fortunately, my body is very healthy. Even if I was born a month early, I am still growing well.
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When I was born, my grandma was in poor health and did not breastfeed herself. Other aunts in Baicao Valley who had milk took me to feed me one by one. Even so, I was still very attached to my grandma.
I often bite my grandma because I want to eat her breast milk. My grandmother said that I was a little devil when I was just born, which made my grandma miserable.
When I was two years old, I once went to play in the flower field with my brother Ajing from my aunt Xinrou's house. When I returned, I hugged my mother and hugged her for a while. She broke out in rash all over her body and her hands and feet were swollen.
Seeing my mother-in-law's uncomfortable look, I cried so much that I didn't know what to do. Later, my father often told me in my ears that if I touch flowers outside, remember to wash my hands and change clothes.
I keep my father's words in mind, as long as I am with my mother-in-law, I will never touch a flower again.
When I was three years old, my mother-in-law fell seriously ill.
She is usually not in good health, but as long as she takes good care of herself, she will be fine, and she can even take me out to give free clinics to people all over the southwest.
But this time, my grandma's illness was very serious. My master, the head of Baicao Valley, and the uncles and aunts of Baicao Valley treated her for many days before she recovered.
This illness also laid hidden dangers for Grandma’s irreversible illness in the future.
The cause of this illness was the death of the most noble woman in Beiyuan, Queen Beiyuan.
It was a winter day, and news came from Beiyuan that the Queen was seriously ill and was about to die. She wanted to see her one last time.
The moment I got the news, my mother-in-law couldn't react for a long time. She was carving a gemstone for her cousin, my cousin, and was preparing to send it to Beiyuan as a New Year's gift.
The eagle carved with precious stones fell to the ground and broke into two halves. Aniang stood up suddenly, staggered a few steps and almost fell to the ground.
Dad held grandma in his arms and comforted her. This was the first time I saw grandma cry since I was born.
As soon as Grandma cried, her sister, who had just turned one year old and was still in the cradle, also started crying.
My younger sister Yuexi is very squeamish and loves to cry. She clings to my grandma more than I do. I don’t like this crybaby who always wants to compete with me for my grandma.
My mother-in-law, my father, my grandmother and others returned to Beiyuan together. When I left, my mother-in-law also took me back with her.
Because not long ago, my cousin wrote a letter saying that she hoped to meet me.
In order to return to Beiyuan Capital as soon as possible to see her cousin for the last time, Aniang endured her physical discomfort and walked the nearest mountain road quickly and returned to the capital in only five days.
Along the way, my second cousin was escorting us.
This is also the first time I have met my second cousin. I heard that he came to visit me and my mother-in-law when I was born, but he has never been here since. He has always been stationed at the border.
Zhou doesn’t go back often either.
When we entered the palace, my cousin's aunt was already unconscious, and all the concubines in the palace were sobbing softly outside the inner and outer halls of Fengyi Palace.
My mother-in-law took me into the inner hall in a hurry. As soon as I entered, I smelled a strong smell of medicine.
In order to wait for my grandma to come back, my cousin had been taking decoctions to keep her breath away.
"Sister, I'm back..."
Aniang threw herself on the bedside of her cousin's aunt and kept talking to her, trying to wake her up.
I looked at my cousin's face, which had no color at all, and her scattered black hair, which looked dull and withered.
I grew up in Baicao Valley and saw many patients with different illnesses. The dying person was exactly what my cousin described.
After a long while, my cousin opened her eyes with difficulty, and saw that her dull eyes finally had some sparkle.
My cousin stretched out her hand to caress my grandma's cheek, and said with a weak smile: "Jiaojiao, my Jiaojiao, you are back."
Grandma couldn't hold back her tears, and she even swallowed: "Sister, Jiao Jiao is back. If you hold on, he will be fine. He will definitely..."
My cousin shook her head and said softly: "Jiaojiao can't be cured. It's me who wants to leave."
As she said that, my cousin cast her eyes on me and said, "This must be Yan Yan. She looks exactly like Jiao Jiao when she was a child."
I walked to my cousin's bed and called her: "Cousin."
She smiled and touched my head, then dismissed everyone in the hall, leaving only Aniang and me.
"Jiaojiao, after holding on for so many years, I can finally leave."
Grandma was crying so much that she could no longer speak. She just held her cousin's hand and shook her head.
"Makino, he has been waiting for me for a long time..."
I know this name. Makino is my father's brother and uncle, but he has been dead for several years and I have never met him.