Duanmu Junyu stared blankly at Su Xuening, unable to resist reaching out to gently stroke her small face, which was so similar to her own: "I never thought my Ning'er would get married and become a mother now. Is he good to you?"
Duanmu Junyu's sudden words of concern made Su Xuening's eyes redden instantly. She nestled into Duanmu Junyu's arms and said, "Mother, don't worry, he treats me very well, and Mother Consort treats me very well too!"
She was truly happy in this life, not only because she married Xuanyuan Zhan, but also because all her relatives were by her side: her mother, her brother, her children, Xuanyuan Zhan and his mother, and even her father might still be alive.
She had overcome everything in her past life, so no matter how great the difficulties were, they would not be able to defeat her. She would definitely be very happy in this life!
Duanmu Junyu had never met Xuanyuan Zhan, but she got along quite well with the Bai family.
With such a sensible mother, her son is unlikely to be a bad person.
"That's good. If he doesn't treat you well, your mother can choose another husband for you." Duanmu Junyu said domineeringly, affectionately stroking Su Xuening's head.
Su Xuening blushed at her words and quickly shook her head, saying, "I don't want to. As long as Xuan Yuanzhan doesn't do anything to betray me, he will be my husband for life."
Of course, she wasn't the kind of person who was stubborn and wouldn't stay with her husband even though he treated her badly or was unfaithful.
If Xuanyuan Zhan really has another woman in the future, she will definitely divorce him. Even if she never looks for another man again, she will spend her life with her children and parents. That would be better than compromising and making do!
Duanmu Junyu felt that Su Xuening had really grown up, and nodded with relief: "As long as you are happy!"
Now that she has returned to Xiliang, she will never allow anyone to bully her children again.
Although she hadn't met Xuan Yuanzhan yet, she believed her daughter had good judgment.
Thinking of Xuan Yuanzhan, Su Xuening raised her head and looked earnestly at Duanmu Junyu: "Mother, Xuan Yuanzhan has been forced to raise an army by them. I want to use the Su family army to help him."
She didn't know if Xuan Yuanzhan needed the Su family army's help, but she knew that with the Su family army's help, Xuan Yuanzhan would definitely be able to sit on the throne of Eastern Chu.
In truth, she didn't crave power, and neither did Xuan Yuanzhan. But if they didn't fight for it, Xuan Yuanyu and Xuan Yuanzhi wouldn't let them off the hook either. So, they might as well give it their all.
Duanmu Junyu regained all her memories and knew the current situation in Dongchu. She nodded silently and said, "Your father once told me that the Su family army recognizes that military tally. He told me that if I needed anything, I should take the military tally to the three deputy generals of the Su family army. They would help me if they saw the military tally."
When Su Huiyan captured her, she was caught off guard. Later, she was imprisoned and even fed muscle-relaxing powder every day, making it impossible for her to escape or find the Su family army to rescue her. As a result, the military token was never used.
Of course, she hid the military tally very well and didn't let Su Huiyan and the others take it away.
Duanmu Junyu leaned close to Su Xuening's ear and whispered, "That military tally was taken by me..."
Upon hearing the location of the military tally, Su Xuening's eyes widened in shock: "It's actually there!"
Then, thinking of something, Su Xuening became somewhat worried again.
Upon seeing this, Duanmu Junyu frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
Su Xuening thought for a moment and felt that Xuan Yuan Yu and his men would definitely not be able to find the hiding place of the military tally, so she shook her head and said, "It's okay, Mother. I want to go back to Dong Chu after I finish my postpartum confinement."
She went back to find the military tally for Xuan Yuanzhan, and since Xuan Yuanyu and Su Feiling were still alive, she really had a lot of things to do back there!
Seeing the determination in her eyes, Duanmu Junyu, though reluctant, nodded and said, "Okay, after you finish your postpartum confinement, I'll have Huo'er take you back."
"Thank you, Mother!" Su Xuening happily threw herself into Duanmu Junyu's arms. "Mother, you and Father are my greatest support."
Duanmu Junyu affectionately rubbed Su Xuening's head: "Of course, with your mother here, no one can bully you anymore."
At this moment, Su Xuening truly felt the power of her parents. Her mother was the Empress of Western Liang, which goes without saying. Regardless of whether her father was a member of the Northern Wei royal family or not, the Su family army he left behind was enough to turn Eastern Chu upside down.
Her father and mother are her strongest support in this life!
Just as the two were getting sentimental, Xiao Bao woke up and nuzzled his head toward Su Xuening, clearly hungry and wanting milk.
Seeing this, Duanmu Junyu found Xiaobao even cuter, and bent down to kiss Xiaobao's chubby little face: "Our Xiaobao is so smart, he even knows how to find food."
Su Xuening was both amused and exasperated by her praise. She really knew how to flatter people. Aren't all children like that?
Seeing that Xiaobao couldn't find anything to eat, Duanmu Junyu became anxious and quickly let go of Su Xuening: "Hurry up and feed our Xiaobao, don't let him go hungry. I'll go check on An'er."
"Mmm." Seeing her son about to cry, Su Xuening immediately lay down, unbuttoned her clothes, and breastfed the baby.
"It's not even dawn yet. You should sleep a little longer after you finish feeding the baby," Duanmu Junyu said softly before going to the side hall next door.
In the side hall, Su Yun'an was fast asleep. Perhaps because of his martial arts practice, he woke up as soon as Duanmu Junyu entered the room and shouted sharply, "Who's there!"
Duanmu Junyu smiled and said softly, "It's me."
This child is quite good at martial arts; he's so alert!
"Mother?" Upon hearing Duanmu Junyu's voice, Su Yun'an immediately softened her voice. She glanced outside and, seeing that it was still dark, was even more confused: "Mother, is there something you need from me?"
Duanmu Junyu walked to the bedside, lay down next to Su Yun'an, and hugged him, saying, "It's nothing, Mother just missed you and wanted to sleep with you."
Upon hearing Duanmu Junyu say she missed him, Su Yun'an grinned and snuggled into Duanmu Junyu's arms.
Duanmu Junyu patted Su Yun'an gently while singing a nursery rhyme to lull him to sleep.
Su Yun'an felt as if he had returned to his childhood, when his mother held him in the same way, patted him gently, sang nursery rhymes to him, and lulled him to sleep.
Before long, Su Yun'an fell asleep again to the sound of Duanmu Junyu humming a nursery rhyme.
Listening to Su Yun'an's long, even breaths, Duanmu Junyu affectionately kissed Su Yun'an's forehead.
An'er!
Her son An'er has grown up. Even though she was only imprisoned by Su Huiyan for a little over a year, she always felt that she missed out on a lot of her two children's growth.
Ning'er got married and had children, and An'er learned martial arts independently. She missed out on so much of their growth.
Never again. She will always stay by their side and will never leave them again!
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