"Brother, I'm still young."
Perhaps it was because Ning Hongze confidently told him that he could cure his grandmother that Ning Anuo was much happier.
The heavy feeling that had been weighing on her heart dissipated considerably. "You're overthinking it. I'm still so young—" Ning Anuo scratched her hair sheepishly.
"They're still too young, so forget it. I originally thought Qian Duo from the Qian family was quite good, and I was even thinking of arranging a marriage between you two first."
Qian Duo is a year younger than Anuo.
She is only ten years old this year.
She wasn't very pretty.
He was malnourished and had sallow skin, but his eyes were exceptionally beautiful.
If it were her, it seems acceptable.
Most importantly, her family doesn't treat her well either. Perhaps her brother could take her home first.
On the other side, in the capital of Anguo.
"He's awake, he's awake, the young master has woken up."
Mingzhi opened his eyes, and the bright sunlight stung them.
A cacophony of sounds assaulted his eardrums, one after another.
"Shut up, it's too noisy." The imposing aura of someone accustomed to being in a high position suddenly emanated from him, and the entire room fell silent instantly.
Mingzhi nodded in satisfaction, but then he heard a weak voice in his ear, a voice he would never forget, even in death.
"Mingzhi, how are you?"
He suddenly looked up and saw his mother, in the prime of her life, looking at him with a worried expression.
His mother was a beauty, with fair skin, almond-shaped eyes, a small mouth, and arched willow-leaf eyebrows. She always looked at him with a touch of tenderness.
"mother--"
Mingzhi called out softly.
He reached out and embraced Lady Hou's slender waist, burying his head in her arms. Tears streamed down his face.
"Mother, mother."
What happened?
Lady Hou, whose name was Jiang Yun, panicked when she saw her usually strong son crying like this. She quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from his face.
"Tell Mother, what exactly happened?"
“Mother, I—” Mingzhi took a deep breath, “I have something I want to tell you.”
"you say."
Jiang Yun patted Mingzhi's head. "Mother is listening."
"You may all leave now."
Mingzhi wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve.
Even though he was only eleven years old at the time, and his baby fat had not yet faded, there was a hint of coldness in his expression.
"yes."
The maids looked at each other in bewilderment.
They exchanged a glance and then withdrew.
"Granny Zhang, please keep watch at the door."
"Yes, this servant will go right away."
Although Zhang Mama was puzzled, she still obediently went out.
"mother--"
Everyone left the room, but no one could bring themselves to say those words.
He looked at his mother, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.
“Just say what you want to say. What can’t you say to your mother?” Poor thing, you’ve lost so much weight this time you’re sick. “It breaks my heart to see you like this.”
"Mother, I want to ask you, when you gave birth to me, was it in a very remote place?"
"Well, that's a long story."
Jiang Yun couldn't help but sigh when the events of that year were mentioned.
"Back then, there was chaos and turmoil. The princes were rebelling, and everything was in disarray. Your father was just a prince at that time. He was appointed to lead troops to quell the rebellion in a time of crisis."
To be honest, it was a time of great crisis.
The couple were newlyweds and naturally didn't want to separate.
After obtaining her in-laws' consent, she went to the front lines with Ming's father.
But no one could have imagined that she was pregnant.
Ming's father could only arrange for her to live in a town near the battlefield.
She stayed there, waiting for her father to visit her when he had time.
Everything was fine until an unexpected accident happened.
Ming's father was winning victory after victory on the battlefield. The vassal king, in desperation, somehow found out about her and sent men to kidnap her.
She managed to escape with great difficulty, under the cover of her guards.
Of course, they didn't neglect the midwife either.
The midwife was prepared well in advance, since she was in such a condition that she could give birth at any time.
"Your mother fled to a big mountain, and it was on that mountain that you were born."
However, the situation was extremely dangerous. The mountain road was winding and difficult to navigate, they didn't know the way, and there were pursuers behind them.
Later, one of her maids swapped clothes with her and had her and the midwife hide on the other side.
As for them, they deliberately appeared in front of the pursuers to lure them away.
"Up in the mountain?"
"Yes, we also encountered a couple, and it was thanks to them that we were able to escape completely." Thinking back to that time, Jiang Yun still feels lingering fear. That was truly the most dangerous moment of her life.
"However, to be honest, it's quite a coincidence that the lady is also pregnant."
However—she didn't have a very good impression of that lady.
She had been arguing with her husband, and perhaps because the arguing went too far, she started having labor pains.
"As you know, I'm always thorough in my work. The midwife was right there with me, helping with the delivery. Then, suddenly there was a loud clap of thunder, which startled me, and that's how I went into labor."
The midwives were extremely busy at that time.
Two women are about to give birth at the same time.
She only had two hands, and most importantly, she was truly exhausted. She had been running around with this lady for so long, and if it weren't for the lady's generosity and kindness, she definitely wouldn't have continued.
"You little rascal, you were born on the mountain. That's why you're so naughty."
Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
The two children were born one after the other.
Both pregnant women were too tired and fainted.
As for the midwife herself, she was exhausted, but she was still quite dutiful, cleaning up both mothers and the two babies.
I put them together, sat down, and immediately fell asleep.
"Mother, I have something to tell you. After you hear it, please don't get agitated or angry with me."
To outsiders, he was quite imposing as the heir apparent, but in front of his mother, he only wanted to be an ordinary child.
"You tell me, Mom definitely won't be angry with you."
"Mother, I may not be your son."
"What?" Jiang Yun was stunned. "Mingzhi, this is no joke. How could you not be my son?"
"Really, I must have been switched at birth."
Mingzhi raised her face, and the sorrow in her eyes was clearly visible.
"Mingzhi, tell your mother, who told you that?"
Jiang Yun's face turned cold.
“I had a dream that my whole family was executed by the new emperor, and that’s the reason I dreamt.”
This is not a dream, it's real, it happened in his past life.
Their whole family worked diligently to help the new emperor, but the new emperor turned his back on them and refused to acknowledge them.
All ninety-seven members of their household became wronged souls on the executioner's block—
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