Yuan Chaochang thought about how his father would beat him with the back of his knife at any time when he was alive, and he couldn't imagine what it would be like for him to go digging herbs:

"With my father's temper, can he really control it and go looking for herbs? I think it would be more reliable for him to go hunting with a sword."

Yuan Chaokang nodded thoughtfully in agreement, but he still asked curiously, "How old does father look now?"

"When I first dreamed about him, I was about four or five years old! Now he looks like he's seven or eight. But I dreamed about him a lot, but I can't remember anything when I wake up.

I just remember that he was always looking for herbs everywhere. I don’t know if it was because someone in his family was sick, or if it was his hobby in this life, or a way to make a living?

I wonder if I will be able to see your father again after I die?"

This was the first time Zhou Qiongyue talked in detail with her two sons about the dreams she had had in recent years.

Yuan Chaokang knew that his mother wanted to see his father, so he comforted her, "If mother wants to meet him, she will meet him."

Although it was just consolation, he really thought so in his heart. Even a man like him who had committed countless murders could have a chance encounter. How could such a good person as his mother not have a chance encounter?

Zhou Qiongyue laughed weakly a few times, "You talk like I'm some insignificant figure. When faced with life and death, everyone closes their eyes and knows nothing."

"No one else has as much merit as my mother." In Yuan Chaokang's heart, the number of people saved by his mother can be said to be countless. It can even be said that it was his mother who saved the Tianyuan Kingdom.

Zhou Qiongyue didn't really think she had any merit. She only did what was within her ability and also received some benefits:

"What merit or no merit? I just did what I had to do. I'm not as powerful as you two think, nor am I that kind."

Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang did not argue with Zhou Qiongyue and the others, but quietly changed the subject.

Yuan Chaochang even told many interesting stories about his years in office, until Zhou Qiongyue fell asleep while listening. The two brothers gently helped Zhou Qiongyue to sleep, and then turned around and went to the front yard of the palace.

The two brothers were not in a hurry to leave, but instead had wine and food served, and the two brothers drank again. They were both drunk and fell asleep on the spot.

On the second day, Yuan Chaokang took a rare leave from the palace and prepared to spend a day at home with his mother and elder brother.

This day, Zhou Qiongyue woke up half an hour later than usual, but what was rare was that she was in good spirits when she woke up.

Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang accompanied Zhou Qiongyue for breakfast. After breakfast, Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang did not leave, but stayed around and chatted with Zhou Qiongyue.

Zhou Qiongyue had a chair moved to the corridor. She half-lay on the chair and talked to her two sons.

As she spoke, Zhou Qiongyue began to explain, "After I leave, all your father's and mine belongings, including my jewelry, will be left to Xuan'er! She has been with me and your father for all these years, so let her protect us!"

Your father and I both hope that Xuan'er can live a happy life.

As for the rest, you two brothers can just divide it equally. Mother hopes that you two will not ruin your brotherly relationship for these things."

After Zhou Qiongyue explained all this, she silently turned the bracelet on her hand. This was the first bracelet Yuan Bohua gave her. In the past few years, she had asked people to keep it carefully, but in recent years, she has worn it every day.

"This bracelet will be buried with me when the time comes!"

Zhou Qiongyue touched the bracelet on his wrist, and the expression on Yuan Bohua's face when he gave him the bracelet flashed through his mind. Zhou Qiongyue's face was full of smiles.

When Yuan Chaochang and Yuan Chaokang heard their mother's instructions for her funeral, they burst into tears. Last night, the two brothers drank together and thought that their mother could live for another year or two.

Unexpectedly, the next day, my mother started to explain these things.

Yuan Chaokang knew his mother's feelings for his father, so he didn't want those things to become a source of show-off or be used for other purposes. Even for his daughter:

"Give mother all the things that father gave you when the time comes! Xuan'er won't need so much. She still has me as her father and Ren Xiyu as her mother!"

Zhou Qiongyue originally wanted to say no, but at this moment, the image of Yuan Bohua, who worked hard to dig herbs in her dreams every night, flashed through her mind, and she finally nodded.

Yuan Chaochang wanted nothing but to keep his mother. "Mother, don't worry about us two brothers. We just can't bear to leave you."

Zhou Qiongyue looked at her two sons with red eyes and didn't know how to comfort them:

"You two are already quite old, and Mother only passed away twenty or thirty years before you. If you think about it this way, won't you feel much better?"

Yuan Chaokang squatted beside Zhou Qiongyue the entire time, holding her hand tightly, unwilling to let go for a moment:

"Mother, don't let your imagination run wild. You're still in good health! You can still accompany me and my elder brother for many more years. You can keep all the things that belonged to you and father."

Zhou Qiongyue actually hated this feeling. She couldn't breathe from time to time and fell asleep at any time. Her body was not under her control at all. "Mother knows her own body. I have been waiting for Chang'er for a long time."

"Mother..." Yuan Chaochang cried even harder.

Zhou Qiongyue reached out to wipe the tears from her two sons and comforted them, "Chang'er, Kang'er, don't be sad. Your mother is going to see your father, grandfather, and grandmother."

Yuan Chaokang tried his best to calm down and said, "Mother, do you still want to see my uncle and the others?"

Zhou Qiongyue looked at the sun in the sky, feeling the increasing heat, and smiled and shook her head. "It's gone. I saw everything I should have seen in the past few days. Your uncles are old, and it's not good for them to be overly happy or sad."

Yuan Chaochang's face was filled with sadness at this moment. "Mother, it's my son's fault. I should have come back soon. My son..."

Zhou Qiongyue touched her eldest son Yuan Chaochang's head as she did before, "Mother's Chang'er is fine. I am very satisfied that I can see you again before I leave.

If there is a chance to meet your father, your mother can also tell your father that our Chang'er has become a great man who can benefit the people.

Your father must be delighted to hear this. Although he never said it before, he was deeply worried about you. He was afraid you couldn't handle things on your own, that you were too dependent on your second brother.

But Mother knows that you are a good child and you have grown up very well."

After Zhou Qiongyue finished praising her eldest son, she warned her youngest, "Kang'er, I know you're smart. I only hope you can take good care of yourself. You need to live longer. If you don't live long enough, you might not be able to be your father's and my son in your next life."