Chapter 284 Lanyue Kingdom
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Liu Yuetang shook her head in disbelief.
Impossible, it absolutely couldn't be my aunt.
Her aunt died, and she saw with her own eyes that her aunt was put into the coffin and buried. How could it be her aunt?
The facial features of the woman in front of him were so similar to those of the 27-year-old aunt in his memory, as if they were made from the same mold.
The only difference is that there are a few more wrinkles, and the whole body has a more elegant and noble demeanor.
When the woman heard what Liu Yuetang said, she smiled with tears in her eyes and said to Zong Zhengjun, "Brother, look, she mistook me for her second sister. She is indeed her second sister's child."
Liu Yuetang turned to look at the elder brother, and was shocked by what she saw. It was the Khan of Lanyue Kingdom.
She looked around, taking in the layout and furnishings of the hall. Snow leopard skins were hung on the walls, and an ivory scepter inlaid with rubies and a bronze wine jar carved with animal heads were placed on the sandalwood.
The floor is covered with a thick wool felt rug, with patterns of white clouds and horses woven on an indigo background.
This is not Jinghe, not the imperial palace.
Is this Lanyue Country?
Liu Yuetang's heart trembled violently, and she wanted to stand up and ask Zong Zhengjun why he had brought her to Lanyue Country, but her head felt as heavy as if it were filled with lead, and she couldn't get up at all.
Seeing this, the woman who looked very much like the aunt came forward with a distressed look on her face: "Child...you have suffered."
Liu Yuetang was confused. This woman just said that she was the second sister's child. Could this second sister be her aunt?
Could it be that my aunt has some relationship with these two people?
She struggled to move her lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Who are you? Why am I here?"
The woman held Liu Yuetang's hand, holding back her tears, "Good boy, drink the medicine first, and I will slowly tell you the whole story."
Liu Yuetang looked at the medicine brought by the maid, hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand, picked up the bowl of medicine and drank it.
She couldn't help but let down her guard a little towards this man who looked so much like her aunt. Besides, if Khan Lan Yue wanted to harm her, he would have killed her long ago and would not have stayed until now.
After Liu Yuetang drank the medicine, Zong Zhengjun stepped forward and said in a gentle voice, "Child, do you still remember what happened that night?"
Liu Yuetang knew that he was talking about the night of the fire.
She nodded gently, her throat feeling a little better. She stood up and leaned against the soft pillow, then said slowly, "I remember crawling out of the secret door of the bedroom and then fainted."
Liu Yuetang slowly recalled what happened that night.
When Su Nanqing came to her with a jar of wine, she was completely unprepared. After all, they had agreed to drink the two-year-old osmanthus wine when they had time, so she took a small sip of the first glass of wine.
But later, she realized that the palace maids were no longer around and they were the only ones left in the hall. It seemed that Su Nanqing was intentionally sending the palace maids away.
When she suggested drinking again next time, Su Nanqing suddenly said that he was no longer dizzy and insisted on getting drunk with her.
So, she became suspicious and poured the wine into her sleeves, preparing to pretend to faint, but she never thought that Su Nanqing had put the poison in the fragrance on her body and the antidote in the wine.
Perhaps it was because she had taken a sip of wine, but as the fire grew bigger, her body gradually regained some consciousness, and she used all her strength to crawl out of the secret door in the bedroom.
At that time, she inhaled too much smoke and almost fainted. It was only thanks to Xiyue that she held on to the end and climbed out of the secret door before she fainted.
Zong Zhengjun nodded and said, "Indeed, you fainted, and I rescued you. Unexpectedly, a passing palace maid saw you, and I immediately knocked her unconscious and switched you with me. To avoid the guards, I placed you in a wooden box and brought you back to my bedroom. I then managed to escape the palace with you and brought you to Lanyue."
Looking at Liu Yuetang, who was full of confusion, he asked, "Do you want to know why I brought you to Lanyue?"
"Brother...let me tell this kid."
The woman interrupted Zong Zhengjun and turned to look at Liu Yuetang. Her eyes were instantly filled with warmth, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were filled with tenderness and kindness.
"My child, I am Princess Anmu, my name is Zong Zheng Jingying, and I have a twin sister named Zong Zheng Chenbi. These names were given by my aunt, who is Han Chinese, and are taken from the poem 'Floating light leaps like gold, and the still shadow sinks like jade.'"
"But thirty years ago, Lan Yue was in chaos, and while escaping, they accidentally left her behind. She was only five years old that year."
Mentioning this sister, Zong Zheng Jingying's eyes grew moister, and her voice ended in a bitter tone, "To this day, I still can't recall her appearance. I only know that she and I are identical. Back then, we always wore identical clothes, and I would ask Qimuge (the Queen Mother) to guess who was the elder sister and who was the younger sister. But even parents often guessed wrong. But the difference is that Sister Chenbi here..."
She raised her finger and pointed behind her ear, "There's a tiny birthmark."
Liu Yuetang was startled, her eyes rippled with panic, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Is that birthmark... pink, like a crescent moon?"
Zong Zheng Jingying was filled with mixed feelings of sadness and joy upon hearing this. She looked at Zong Zhengjun excitedly, "Brother! That's right, that's right! She is my second sister's daughter."
She held Liu Yuetang's hand tightly, fighting back the tears in her eyes and said, "Child! I am your aunt, and the Khan is your uncle, and your Eji's brother."
"Aunt? Uncle?" Liu Yuetang's mind was in a mess. She stared at the face in front of her that looked exactly like her aunt's. Even the tearful eyes looking at her were the same: distressed, loving, and kind...
Is the person in front of her really her uncle? Aunt?
How is it possible that my aunt is from Lanyue Country?
"But...but my aunt's name is Wen Qiqi." Liu Yuetang asked.
Zong Zheng Jingying patted Liu Yuetang's hand. "That's right. Your mother's name is Qiqige, and I'm Ayina. That's how we call her on the grasslands. Your mother was only five years old when she went missing. I guess she was adopted by someone else. I heard your mother's nickname and named her after it."
"If your Eji remembered his birthday correctly when he was young, then he would be thirty-six years old this year."
After saying that, she turned her face away and quickly wiped away the hot tears that were sliding down.
She found it hard to accept that just when she found her sister's whereabouts, she heard the news of her death.
She died before she was thirty...
The eldest brother said that she had found out that her younger sister was sold to the Liu Mansion when she was very young, and later became a maid in the Liu Mansion. Only after her younger sister became pregnant was she promoted to be a concubine.
But she is the most dazzling princess on the grassland.
Thinking of this, her throat suddenly tightened, tears welled up in her eyes, her shoulders twitched violently, and she could no longer suppress her sobs.
"That's right..." Liu Yuetang's tears welled up in her eyes and fell on her clothes. "My aunt is exactly thirty-six years old this year. She was born in May."
"The second day of May! Your aunt's birthday is the second day of May!"
"It's all right! It's all right!" Zong Zheng Jingying took up her handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, but the tears were like beads with broken strings, rolling to the ground more and more violently, difficult to stop.
"You are the daughter of Chenbi, my aunt's little lamb, and the princess of the grassland."
As she spoke, she pulled Liu Yuetang into her arms, holding her like a rare treasure, and stroked her back with trembling fingertips, afraid that if she used too much force, she would crush the softness that had been lost and regained.
"Child, I am your aunt, call me aunt."
Liu Yuetang felt as if in a dream, filled with both sorrow and joy. She leaned into her arms and softly called out, "Aunt."
The word "Auntie" was like the ice breaking in spring. She could no longer hold back her tears and burst out like a dam breaking.
For so many years, she has been alone in the Liu Mansion and has never felt such a warm embrace.
It turns out that she also has relatives.
She has an aunt and an uncle.
"Hey!" Zong Zheng Jingying smiled and responded, letting the tears flow down. She stroked Liu Yuetang's shoulders again and again, sobbing with guilt, "My dear child, you and your mother have suffered so much over the years. It's your aunt and uncle who have wronged you and caused you to suffer so much in Jingyuan."
Liu Yuetang shook her head slightly and wanted to speak, but her throat was choked with sobs and she couldn't say anything.
Although Zong Zhengjun was also overwhelmed with grief and joy, he was able to control his emotions. Tears welling up in his eyes, he stepped forward and placed his hand on Liu Yuetang's shoulder. "My child, now that you have arrived in Lanyue, you have returned home. No one here can hurt you. You are my uncle's daughter. I will give you all the good things. Even if it means the bright moon in the sky or the stars in the water, I will do my best to bring them to you."
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