"Princess, I want to take you somewhere."
The place that Aunt Li mentioned was none other than where they used to live in the village.
Although no one lives here anymore, it looks very clean and you can tell someone comes here regularly to clean.
"Ping An used to stay here for a few days from time to time, and he was responsible for cleaning. After he joined the army, this task fell on me."
Wen Yu looked around, and Yan An's former bearded appearance appeared in front of her.
She pushed open one of the doors and said, "This is the room you slept in. It is exactly the same as the day you left."
Even the placement of the water cups had not been moved.
"I brought you here because I wanted to fulfill Ping An's wish."
Aunt Li brought Wen Yu to the woodshed and gently pushed open the door. A brand new bathtub was placed inside, with exquisite patterns carved on it, which was out of place with the entire woodshed.
"Ping An said that he promised to make you a new bathtub, but you left before it was finished."
"He spent a long time making this tub. It has been lying here ever since it was made. No one has ever used it. If you don't mind, you can use it once. It will also be a wish of his."
Wen Yu reached out and touched it, then said in silence for a moment, "Since he gave it to me, can I take it away?"
Aunt Li smiled and said, "That would be great. If he knew, he would be very happy."
At first, Aunt Li did not agree with Yan An joining the army.
Call her selfish, she just wants to protect the only young master for her mistress and let him live a peaceful life.
But how could she not understand Yan An? Once all the hatred in his heart dissipated, he seemed to have lost his fulcrum and was not happy.
His only interest seems to be fiddling with flowers and plants, especially the foxtail grass that can be seen everywhere on the roadside.
"Have you forgotten that you said that you and the eldest princess are not from the same world?"
"Maybe I can try to reach her world."
“…The battlefield has no eyes.”
"If I die in battle, you should be relieved, mother. I have already put life and death aside when I decided to take revenge. Now that my revenge has been taken, my life belongs to the princess."
"You... you little brat always have your own ideas. Becoming a bandit is one thing, and wanting to join the army is another. I can't argue with you."
"Mom, if I really die in battle, I will choose to be cremated and have someone send my ashes back home..."
"Bah, bah, bah, you said something unlucky before you set off, you deserve to be beaten!"
"Okay, okay, I won't tell you... Wait, Mom! Do you agree?"
"Will it be of any use if I disagree? You little brat might run away secretly, so I won't hold you back. As long as you come back safely, that's all that matters! Don't forget, your name is Yan Ping'an!"
"Don't worry, mother!"
On the day Yan An set out to join the army, Aunt Li stood in front of the Yan family's ancestral tomb, squatted down and touched Mrs. Yan's tombstone.
"Miss, the young master has grown up and has a sweetheart."
"That's right, that sweetheart is higher than the sky, young master must try his best to reach her."
"I know he has been unhappy these days, but yesterday, he was very happy..."
Aunt Li sat beside the tombstone and started muttering to herself.
The breeze blew past the corners of her wrinkled eyes, as if responding to every word she said.
And today, Aunt Li came to the Yan family's ancestral tomb again with Yan An's ashes.
"Princess, this is my young lady, and Ping An's biological mother."
Aunt Li placed Yan An's ashes next to the tombstone, took out a handkerchief from her bosom, wiped the tombstone, and started talking to herself.
"I grew up with the young lady since I was a child. Although I was a maid, the young lady always treated me as a younger sister. She shared all the delicious and fun things with me, and taught me to read and write. When she got married, she only took me as a dowry."
"The master loves the young lady very much. They are a famous couple in Qingyang. The young lady is still like a young girl even after getting married. She treats me the same as before. It's great..."
"I thought I could stay with the young lady forever, until the day when something happened to the Yan family and the flames shot up into the sky."
"The young lady entrusted the young master to me with tears in her eyes. All the Yan family members were wiped out. From that day on, Yan An was no longer the young master, but my son, Li Yingyu, Yan Ping'an."
"The name Li Yingyu was given to me by the young lady. My previous name was Li Erhua, but the young lady thought it didn't sound nice. She said that I have fair skin and a delicate appearance, like a piece of jade, so I should be called Li Yingyu..."
Aunt Li's eyes were a little moist, and her fingertips stroked the wrinkles on her face, "The young master has grown up, and Yingyu has also grown old. I'm afraid that the young lady will not recognize me when she sees me."
Wen Yu couldn't help feeling sad when she heard this.
Ning Xuanyan was guarding at a distance and did not move forward. It would be better for him not to enter the Yan family's ancestral tomb casually.
Just seeing Wen Yu looking a little depressed, his heart suddenly felt as if it was being tightly grabbed, and it felt very sour.
He couldn't bear to see Wen Yu like this. His bad woman deserved to be happy every day.
At this time, Liuchun on the side was already crying, and he kept wiping his tears with his sleeves, but the tears kept rolling out and he couldn't stop them at all.
She completely immersed herself in the story.
Liuchun looked at Wen Yu's back with tears in her eyes. She didn't dare to think about how painful it would be for her if she lost the princess just like Aunt Li lost her young lady.
The more he thought about it, the sadder he became. Liu Chun squatted down, hugged himself, buried his face in his knees and burst into tears.
"Liuchun?" Wen Yu called her.
When Liuchun heard the voice, he stood up and hugged Wen Yu, crying and choking with sobs, unable to utter a complete sentence.
"Liuchun, Liuchun will, forever serve, hiccup... serve the princess, in this life, in the next life, hiccup... in the next life, wherever the princess goes, I will hiccup... go there."
Wen Yu patted Liu Chun's back to calm her down, and said gently, "Why are you suddenly showing your loyalty?"
"My loyalty does not need to be expressed..."
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