When they reached the door, Banxia looked back and gave An Zhongtao a deep look: "General, please take a rest. I will make some nourishing soup for you later..."
An Zhongtao waved his hand: "Okay, you should be careful too, it's cold outside, don't catch a cold..."
An Mingxuan was very surprised that his always dignified father could say such gentle words. He had never heard such words before. But he didn't care about it. His biological mother was gone anyway. If he treated his aunt well, he would also benefit.
That night.
Banxia quietly came to the study room, where the light was still on. She did not knock on the door, but pushed it open. As soon as she entered the room, she saw An Zhongtao standing in front of the jade screen. When he saw her coming in, he turned around and said, "You're here."
The words were simple, but the voice was not cold, and there was no surprise at all. When Banxia came closer and the soup was served in front of her, her voice became very soft and natural: "General, I have been stewing for the whole afternoon. This is lily stewed pork knuckle, which can clear heat and promote salivation..."
An Zhongtao took the bowl of soup and placed it on the table. He sat in the wide chair. Banxia dressed up specially. She wore a light pink tube top that made her chest look white. Her hair was washed with osmanthus water. The fragrance of osmanthus filled his nose. An Zhongtao relaxed and took a deep breath. "It smells good."
Banxia fell limply into his arms: "General, you have a very sensitive nose. I just took a bath..."
As she spoke, she hung on his neck and kissed him with her beautiful red lips. An Zhongtao did not push her away, but hugged her tightly. The two of them lingered together, and the maids outside the door had already avoided them.
They sensed something; perhaps from today on, the wind direction in the general's mansion had changed.
Some time later, Banxia accompanied An Mingxuan to fly a kite. She saw two women coming over. They were Dongju and Chunhong. They also stopped to look up at the sky. Banxia pretended not to see them until she was tired. Then she handed them over to An Mingxuan and looked at them with a proud expression: "Why are you so free today? The weather is so good. You can go to the upper courtyard and help Madam take care of Mingchen. If you make Madam happy, good things may happen one after another."
Qiu Ju sighed, her tone sour: "Really? I'd like to make some soup for the general when I have time. Maybe it will be beneficial."
"That depends on whether the general likes it or not. The general's taste is not something that everyone can figure out. If you ask me, you should ask me seriously. I tell you, the general is in a good mood now, you should find a way to appear in front of him..." When Banxia said this, she looked back at An Mingxuan in the distance. He was flying a kite happily and couldn't hear their conversation, but she lowered her voice and said, "I know how much the sisters have suffered for so many years, so I won't hide it. Since the general has started eating meat, there is no reason for him to eat vegetarian food. It's a good thing. We are sisters. Last night, I heard that he would be back early today, so you go to see him one by one. Find any excuse, understand?"
When the two men saw that she was so sincere, they felt a little embarrassed.
Qiu Ju said, "Won't the general be annoyed with us if we do this? And it's too obvious."
"Look, you are so shy again. Do you still think you are a 13 or 14-year-old girl? I tell you, you can go or not. If you don't want to go, I will go." Banxia glared at them. "If it weren't for the fact that we have been widows for more than ten years, I wouldn't say it."
"Okay, I'll do as you say. Look how crazy you are. Do you think you've become a fairy just because you've been around the general?" Qiu Di pulled her sleeve and said with a smile, "When we are favored, don't be jealous and scold us behind our backs."
"It's all your fault. You've been gossiping behind my back. If you keep going, I won't pay any attention to you." Banxia spoke to them like a winner and a veteran.
The two men stopped arguing with her and walked away in a hurry. I don't know if they really did what she said.
Banxia looked at the scenery inside the general's mansion, with its beautiful red flowers and green willows, and she was not in a good mood.
An Mingxuan rushed over with sweat on his forehead: "Auntie, the child is thirsty, go drink some water..."
"Wait." Banxia took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and then looked at him carefully, smiling with satisfaction, "Mingxuan looks very majestic, just like your father... Hey, I think Mingchen is not as much like your father as you, but your father likes him so much, I feel sad for you. How should I put it? If there was no Mingchen, you would be the hope of the An family, and you would be the pride of all of us."
Hearing this, An Mingxuan pouted: "Yes!"
After saying that, he frowned and said coldly, "It's really annoying when he was born. I really hate it!"
A chill appeared on Banxia's lips. Now that she had this ready-made son, her mind had completely changed. Her previous resigned character had also changed. Now she understood why Lian Jinrong had fought so hard for her son and daughter. Now that it was her turn, even though he was not her biological son, she still had the same intention.
Banxia covered An Mingxuan's mouth and said, "It's enough for you to know it yourself. Why are you shouting so loudly? In the next few days, you should learn some skills from your teacher and write some poems for your father to see. Also, your father is a general and has always liked martial arts and physical fitness. Your two sisters learned it earlier, so you can't fall behind, understand?"
"Understood, Auntie. I will practice martial arts well. I will practice for father tomorrow."
"Well, An Mingchen is over one year old. I heard that he can walk, but he is very anxious to walk. He always likes to run around all day long. I am really worried about him. If he runs too fast and bumps into something, it will be really worrying. I don't know if your mother can take care of him now..." Banxia sighed in a pretentious manner.
When An Mingxuan heard her say this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He smiled and said that he had something to do, then ran away without even drinking the water.
Banxia looked at his back with a sneer on her face.
An Mingxuan ran to the front yard and really saw little Mingchen stumbling around beside the swing. The little maid behind him followed him, but she did not have as much energy as him. She stopped while running and leaned against the rockery to catch her breath. Before she knew it, little Mingchen turned a corner and ran behind the rockery. The little maid sighed, got up to chase him, but suddenly heard An Mingchen crying loudly. The little maid turned around the rockery and saw little Mingchen lying on the ground with blood all over his forehead. There was also blood on a vertical rockery stone. It seemed that he had bumped into it.
The little maid was almost frightened to death, how could this happen in just the blink of an eye? She picked up Xiao Mingchen with heartache, but saw a corner of green clothes appearing from behind the rockery and disappeared in a flash. She hurriedly chased after him with Xiao Mingchen in her arms, but vaguely saw a figure, not tall, who went into the bamboo forest. She was stunned for a moment, and was frightened by her own thoughts.
When the maid and An Mingchen were walking back to the East Warm Pavilion, Lian Jinyu was terrified. Someone immediately went to call a doctor. The maid cried and said, "Just now, the young master turned around the rockery and cried a lot. I saw a back figure... The blood on the stone didn't look like the young master bumped into it himself. The young master knows the corners best. How could he have bumped into a stone?"
"Speak slower, what did you say?" Lian Jinyu couldn't hear clearly because of her humming.
"I saw Master Mingxuan's back. He was hiding behind the rockery at that time." The more the little maid thought about it, the more certain she became, because there was no boy of that height in the general's mansion, and his figure and running posture were all the same. She couldn't have been wrong.
Lian Jinyu was shocked and angry when she heard this: "Someone, get An Mingxuan here."
An Mingxuan came over soon. He was still wearing the same green clothes that the maid had seen just now. She couldn't help but shout to Lian Jinyu, "Madam, it's the master, and it's the same clothes. I won't make a mistake again. It's exactly the same."
When little Mingchen saw An Mingxuan, he cried even louder and pointed at An Mingxuan and said, "Brother is bad, brother is bad..."
An Mingxuan secretly hated himself for being soft-hearted and not using more force. If he had just killed him, he wouldn't have testified against him. Now that both of them saw him, he couldn't hide even if he wanted to.
"Did you do it? Did you push your brother down?" Lian Jinyu looked at An Mingxuan in front of her. She felt disappointed. Ever since Lian Jinrong and An Yanran died, although she did not treat An Mingxuan as her own son, she had never treated him badly and always cared about his daily life. How could this child be so cruel?
An Mingxuan realized that it was useless to deny, so he immediately said, "Mother, I just thought my brother was cute and wanted to get closer, but I didn't expect that he ran so fast and we bumped into each other. I was scared when I saw him bleeding... Please punish me, mother!"
Seeing him kneeling there with his head down and looking pitiful, Lian Jinyu put down her raised hand again. While coaxing the crying An Mingchen, she sighed: "Why don't you get down? If you do something inappropriate next time, I will..."
What can she do?
Are you really so cruel as to punish a child?
He is only a dozen years old.
"Someone, tell Banxia to focus more on taking care of the young master, and stop being a demon swordsman who only knows how to..."
She really couldn't say the word "seduce".
Someone naturally went out to inform Banxia. Banxia came and she bowed: "Sister, it is my fault that I did not take good care of Mingxuan and taught him well. This child is too naughty. However, he also wanted to make the general happy, exercise his body, and practice martial arts, so he ran around all day. But please, sister, for the sake of his filial piety, you have to punish him. Just punish me."
Just here, An Zhongtao also came in. He briefly understood what happened, hugged An Mingchen and sighed: "You all should retreat. Don't run around anymore in the future. Do you understand?"
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