Chapter 1001 Fulfilling a Vow
Jiang Xiaoan was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.
Because she was prone to fatigue during pregnancy, Jiang Xue went to bed early and fell asleep quickly.
Xiao Zhan stared at her quietly, a smile on his lips.
In the past, she rarely fell asleep so quickly unless she was extremely tired.
Looking at her quiet and sweet sleeping face, he couldn't help but kiss her cheek gently.
Suddenly, she frowned in her sleep, as if he had disturbed her sweet dream, so he didn't dare to move anymore and lay down to sleep.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xue shuddered violently and began to mutter to herself in her dream, her words confusing: "Brother, don't ride the horse... don't leave me..."
Xiao Zhan's heart sank, knowing that she must have dreamed of the scene where Jiang Ke fell off his horse. That was an eternal pain in her heart.
"Xiaoxue, wake up!"
He held her tightly in his arms and kissed her forehead gently: "I'm here, I'm always here."
Jiang Xue was still immersed in her dream: "Brother Emperor, I am very scared. I am afraid that I will have to face everything alone. I am afraid that I will not be able to protect the country even if I try my best. I am even more afraid that I will not be able to realize your wish. Can you please stay?"
At this moment, she was no longer the fearless regent princess, but a little woman full of fear.
"Don't be afraid."
Xiao Zhan whispered in her ear: "The children and I will always be with you."
Finally, Jiang Xue woke up from her dream and returned to reality.
But the scene in the dream was so vivid that she felt the pain of losing Jiang Ke again.
“Yun Che.”
She snuggled tightly in his arms: "I dreamed of my brother, and I felt very sad."
Xiao Zhan understood that she asked him to coax her just to make herself worry less.
This smart and sensible girl.
"Xiaoxue, there is a new story book published in Beijing recently. Let me read you a passage."
Jiang Xue nodded in agreement, so Xiao Zhan took out the book, let her lie comfortably in his arms, and began to read to her.
Halfway through reading, she had fallen asleep again in his arms.
He put her down gently and fell into deep thought.
They have been together for a long time. She seldom dreamed of Jiang Ke before, and even if she did, they were pleasant memories, not as troubling as they are now.
All these changes started with the appearance of Yun Zhen. Perhaps it was time to meet this Yun Zhen.
The next morning, Jiang Xiaowei left home with the Buddhist scriptures she had copied by herself and went to the temple to fulfill her vow.
Since Lan Feng had a training mission and could not accompany her, he sent two of his most reliable secret guards to protect her.
After arriving at the temple, she respectfully presented the copied Buddhist scriptures and bowed three times devoutly before the Buddha.
"Buddha, please accept my gratitude. Thank you for blessing Her Royal Highness the Princess with her own child.
I promise to come here in person every month to offer my hand-copied scriptures, and only pray that the Buddha will bless Her Royal Highness the Princess and my husband with peace and health. "
After fulfilling her vow, she took a carriage back to the city. On the way, the carriage suddenly stopped.
She asked in confusion, "What happened?"
A secret guard replied: "Madam, there is someone lying in the middle of the road ahead, blocking our way."
Jiang Xiaowei lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw a ragged woman lying on the road. Her face was covered with burn scars and she seemed to have fainted.
There was a pale, malnourished little boy next to her, pulling at her clothes.
Jiang Xiaowei immediately wanted to get out of the car to check the situation, but was stopped by a secret guard named Lan Ce: "Madam, please wait a moment. Let's talk about it after we confirm that there is no danger."
"All right."
Afterwards, Lan Ce went forward to check on the woman and confirmed that she had fainted only due to hunger and was not in danger of life.
"She fainted from hunger. If an adult is so hungry, the child must be bad too. We have to help her quickly!" Jiang Xiaowei said anxiously.
"Wait a little longer."
Lan Ce reminded: "In some cases, seemingly pitiful women and children may be hiding dangers."
After a careful inspection, Lan Ce confirmed that there was no threat from the two men.
So, Jiang Xiaowei decided to lend a helping hand immediately.
Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Jiang Xiaowei subconsciously touched her belly. She thought that if the Buddha could see her good deeds, he would definitely bless the baby in her belly.
Lan Ce pinched the woman's philtrum, and after she woke up slightly, he fed her some water and then some food. Only then did the woman gradually regain her spirits.
The little boy was carried into the carriage by Lan Ce. He seemed very quiet and just looked at everything around him timidly.
Jiang Xiaowei took out a piece of glazed osmanthus cake and whispered to the little boy, "Child, eat it."
Seeing the food, the little boy immediately started to gobble it up, obviously having been hungry for a long time.
Seeing his appearance, Jiang Xiaowei felt a pang of sadness in her heart. She stroked his head and said, "Eat slowly, there are still a lot."
The little boy seemed not to hear her words. He finished the cake in a few bites, then stretched out his little hand and said incoherently: "Eat...I want more."
Jiang Xiaowei quickly handed him another piece of cake, and this time he ate a little slower.
By this time, the woman was fully awake and able to speak.
Lan Ce brought her to the carriage, and she immediately knelt down on the ground: "Madam, you saved our lives, mother and son. The Buddha will surely bless you."
"So you are mother and son."
Jiang Xiaowei asked: "Why did you end up like this? How did you get here?"
The woman's name was Ge Lianxiang. She began to tell Jiang Xiaowei her story. She originally lived in Tongzhou. Although her family was not wealthy, they could get by.
But when she was eight months pregnant, a fire broke out in her home, which not only burned everything, but also caused her to lose her husband and her face to be burned.
Even more unfortunate was that shortly after she gave birth to her son, her brother-in-law seized the family property and drove her and her son out of the house.
In desperation, Ge Lianxiang could only take her children and beg all the way to the capital, hoping to find distant relatives, but to no avail.
In order to give her child a good life, she even considered sending him to the gate of the temple, hoping that he would be taken in.
However, just as he reached here, he fainted due to excessive hunger.
Jiang Xiaowei felt heartbroken when she heard what happened to Ge Lianxiang.
She has lived a carefree life since childhood, and her biggest worry is just love affairs.
And this mother in front of us, having experienced so much suffering, still insists on finding a way out for her children.
Finally, Ge Lianxiang kowtowed three times again, and said with tears in her eyes: "Madam, you saved my son and me today. It is really a great kindness. I have the audacity to ask you for a favor."
She paused, looked at the child in the carriage and said, "I am neither human nor ghost now, and I will only be despised. I can't find a way to support my child and me.
If we leave him in front of the temple, we don't know what fate he will encounter. So please take this child in, give him a chance to live, and let him repay your kindness by becoming a slave in the future."
"What are you going to do?"
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