Mother Qin smiled and said, "Of course, my son and daughter-in-law are still working at the Yan residence. Especially my daughter-in-law, she is the steward by the lady's side and manages quite a few people."
"That's great. What I wanted to ask about wasn't anything else, but something about my family." Mu Run needed to find out about the Su family's situation from acquaintances first. Xiang Zhu wasn't from the Yan family, so she didn't know much about it either.
"Oh? Did something happen to your family?" Qin's mother asked with concern.
Mu Run said, "I dreamt of my mother last night. She said that giving birth to me was not easy..."
Mother Qin sighed deeply. "Alas! This is the truth. When your mother gave birth to you, it was in a dilapidated temple. At that time, the temple was drafty on all sides, and it was the dead of winter. You can imagine how difficult it must have been. After giving birth to you, your mother fell seriously ill, and her health never recovered. She didn't last many years and passed away. Three years later, your father, a widower, married your current stepmother. She was unable to have children, so naturally she treated you and your brother as her own. But you must still remember that you have a biological mother. On the days when it's time to pay respects, remember to burn incense for her and send some paper money for the dead. It will make things easier for her on the other side."
So Xiao Su's biological mother was gone, and now she had a stepmother... Mu Run thought to himself, his face full of sorrow. "Yes. Last night I dreamt of my mother. She was dressed in tattered clothes, and it made me so sad. I thought about going to sweep her grave, but I forgot where the grave is."
Mother Qin said, "Your mother lives in the Su Family Village, ten miles outside the city, in the Su Family Ancestral Hall. Now that you're married, you really should go and tell her."
Mu Run nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we'll choose a suitable day for the memorial service, and I'll take my husband to see her."
"Seriously." Qin's mother took a bite of the apple; it was sweet and crisp, unlike anything she had ever tasted. "Wow, this fruit is really sweet! Where did you buy it?"
"My husband brought it back. I'll ask him when he gets back." Mu Run passed the question to Shi Xuan.
Outside the city, there is Longxu Mountain.
Shi Xuan was leading the horse when suddenly his nose itched, and he sneezed.
Hearing this, Lu Hun laughed and said, "It's because your wife at home misses you."
"Your Highness is teasing me again," Shi Xuan replied, then looked at the lush, grassy hill ahead, where Jiang Hongyuan was leading the way, searching for prey. "Why doesn't Your Highness take the mountain path? It's all overgrown with weeds and rocks. Your Highness is of noble birth; if something were to happen to you, we couldn't bear the consequences."
"The prince loves this kind of untouched wilderness, just like the women he likes—they only like those who haven't experienced anything!"
"..."
"How dare you!" Jiang Hongyuan suddenly shouted, drew his long sword from his waist, and swung it down.
Lu Hun and Shi Xuan were both startled and rushed over to see what was going on.
It was a large, grayish-black snake, its head cut off by Jiang Hongyuan, its body, as thick as a wrist and over a meter long, still writhing violently.
Shi Xuan looked at the snake, paused slightly, and then quickly said, "Your Highness is incredibly powerful!"
Lu Hun frowned. Snakes are known as mountain gods and resemble dragons. When people encounter snakes, they usually walk around them or respectfully ask them to leave. They would never kill a snake unless absolutely necessary.
Jiang Hongyuan's immediate act of killing a snake gave people a somewhat ominous feeling.
"This was a poisonous snake. Your Highness did a good job killing it, ridding the people of a scourge. Otherwise, it would have been terrible if this snake had harmed the mountain people one day." Shi Xuan took off the burlap sack he was carrying from his waist. "I'll keep it for Your Highness."
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