“I was very scared and guilty at the time. I thought of when I was a child, I was curious and it was fun to listen to the girls reciting their lessons behind the rockery, and then I recited them. If I hadn’t recited them back then, I wouldn’t have been taken away. Like my older sister and mother, I did odd jobs in the general’s mansion. When my older sister and I grew up, we saved enough money to redeem ourselves and leave the general’s mansion.”
“There is a rule in the General’s Mansion that the wives and children of guards can leave the mansion after they have saved enough money to redeem themselves. If I hadn’t been curious back then, my mother and sister would not have been implicated by me.”
"Therefore, the General's Mansion did not simply choose me because I am clever and quick-witted. They also select others and specially train a group of people. Most of these people are descendants of the guards who died fighting pirates with the old general and several other generals. My father and the fathers of others have died, and I and others still have to work for the General's Mansion and do these things. I am actually very unwilling."
"It's all because I was young back then. I thought I knew everything that you couldn't even recite. You're not as good as me!"
"If only we could go back to that time..."
Ayin paused.
If she could go back to that time? If she could go back to that time, she thinks she would still do the same thing. After all, she was too young then, what could she understand?
Unless you go back to that time with the memories of your present self who has already experienced so much, nothing can be changed.
At this moment, the food was brought over; it was prepared just for Ah Yin.
Gu Xin didn't really want to eat it.
She ate all three meals well, while Ah Yin hadn't eaten much since morning. Now that she smelled the aroma of food, her stomach naturally started growling.
Gu Xin told her to get up and eat, and while watching her eat, she said, "You're very smart! You still remember things from when you were three years old, and you were able to be number one in that kind of environment."
Ah Yin shook her head shyly: "Actually, I wish I weren't so smart. Even being an ordinary person, or even a fool, would be fine."
Gu Xin shook her head: "Don't say that. How can a fool protect his family? Since God has given you this intelligence, you should make use of it. You couldn't fight against a behemoth like the General's Mansion before, but you can make your own choices in the future."
A glimmer of hope flashed in Ah Yin's eyes, but only for a moment.
She knew she had no choice; returning to Nanlin meant she was destined to take responsibility for poisoning the second princess.
Gu Xin saw through her thoughts and wanted to say that she had a way to protect her, but she didn't say it immediately.
It's too early to talk about these things now. As long as we know that Ah Yin won't be in any immediate danger, that's enough.
She couldn't keep Ayin here now; she would eventually have to let Ayin return to Nanlin.
After Ah Yin finished eating, Gu Xin let her rest for a while before starting her second treatment.
Gu Xin didn't leave the inn until dawn.
When she got home, she made it in time for breakfast. Grandpa and Grandma Gu felt sorry for her, seeing that she had been out for a day and a night without sleeping. They told her to eat more and then get a good night's sleep.
Gu Xin ate a lot, then went back to her room, lay down, and fell asleep.
I slept very soundly, without even having a dream, and slept until dark.
"Has my father come back yet?" Gu Xin rubbed her eyes and asked Dongxue, who was serving her.
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