Chapter 106 Xu Family, Xu Hui
As a husband, he is really hard to evaluate.
Whether it was the former Empress or the current Empress, the Emperor could not be considered a good husband. Jiang Wan could not help but sigh for these two Empresses. They were both very good women, but they were born in the wrong era.
If they were reborn into the modern era, they would definitely be the career-oriented heroines.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Mrs. Xu patted her daughter's arm.
"Yes, I didn't complain."
Jiang Wan curled his lips. This was a lousy ancient time where there was no freedom of speech. Anyone who traveled through it would go crazy.
"well."
The mother rubbed her daughter's head.
"It is precisely because life is not easy, and it is even harder for women, that you must live your life well."
Her voice sounded vague and low.
"Given our family's current situation, you don't have the freedom to choose a husband at will. But fortunately, the Fourth Prince isn't bad either, especially since he's interested in you. Furthermore, the Empress also treats you with special favor. As long as you don't commit any major offenses in the future, I doubt the Empress will deliberately force someone to cause trouble for you. Her own frustration shouldn't make her youngest son suffer."
Raising her hand to tidy up her daughter's hair, Mrs. Xu looked into her eyes and spoke earnestly.
"Wanjie'er, be well."
"Don't worry, Mom. I know."
These two sentences often appear in their mouths.
After all, no one knows a daughter better than her mother. A mother raises her from childhood. Even if she becomes sober later, the rebellious spirit in her heart that cannot be tolerated by the world still cannot be hidden from her attentive mother.
Mrs. Xu always knew that her eldest daughter was very different from other girls, not in terms of appearance but in her spirit.
Too aloof.
I don't know why, but there's always a stubborn reluctance in this child's eyes that refuses to submit to the world. Even though she usually pretends to be virtuous, she looks just like the eldest daughter of another family.
But as a mother, Xu knew that there was actually a ferocious tiger locked up in her eldest daughter's heart, which would occasionally burst out unwillingly and roar at the world.
"You must remember what mother said. It's not easy for a woman to survive in this world. Being able to be protected and live a stable life is a rare blessing. Don't be too harsh on yourself.
Sometimes, in life, you don't need to be so clear-headed. When you need to be confused, just turn a blind eye. When you can't change something, you must compromise and don't force it. Do you understand, my son?
"Um."
Mother’s hands are so warm and make people feel attached to them.
Jiang Wan leaned gently on her mother's shoulder, thanking her for always embracing all her flaws like warm water. Perhaps the only blessing she had from traveling from the modern era to the ancient world was having a mother.
Spring is here, the sun and the moon are rotating.
The Flower Festival soon arrived. It was Jiang Wan’s birthday and also her mother’s death anniversary.
After informing her parents-in-law, Xu took her children and servants to Kaifu Temple, the largest temple in the capital, and settled there a day in advance.
The ceremony wasn't grand, but all present were members of the Xu family. This was especially true when Jiang Zhimian, the eldest sister-in-law who had divorced her eldest brother the night before the incident, unexpectedly came with a 13 or 14-year-old boy.
Xu almost cried herself to death while hugging the young man named Jiang Hui, no, Xu Hui. It was because this child looked so much like her eldest brother! A handsome and elegant face, a gentle and gentlemanly temperament, everything about him was alike. Anyone who had seen the eldest son of the Xu family back then would never mistake this child's identity.
"Little sister, I received a letter from my cousin in Dongling Mansion. I heard that you had vindicated our family, so I dared to bring Hui'er back to find you. I found out that you were pregnant, and your eldest brother asked me to leave a line of incense for the Xu family... You, please don't hate me..."
"Sister-in-law!"
Xu, with her big belly, threw herself at Jiang Zhimian's feet and kowtowed to her. Regardless of whether this was the reason at the beginning, the living son of the Xu family was real now!
Her Xu family is not extinct yet!
"Sister-in-law, thank you for raising my nephew and for leaving this bloodline for my Xu family. I pay my respects to you, sister-in-law!"
"Get up, Sister Yu, get up. I hope you don't blame me, and you still recognize me and Brother Hui..."
Jiang Zhimian supported her sister-in-law with trembling hands, but she was also heartbroken. In the end, the two of them hugged each other and cried bitterly.
"Sister Yu, I didn't abandon my husband!"
From the time she gritted her teeth and endured the infamy to divorce her husband, to the time her husband's family was wiped out, it was only with the dedicated help of her cousin that she was able to travel to Dongling Mansion within a month under the name of marrying for the second time. No one knew the pain she endured.
Fortunately, she was just an orphan whose parents had both passed away. Compared with her cousin Jiang Zhiyun, whose family was glorious, no one paid attention to how this unlucky, unfaithful and unloyal woman fled the capital in fear while pregnant.
So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. When I returned to the capital, everything had changed and nothing had happened.
The three Jiang siblings were stunned for a moment when they saw their cousin who suddenly appeared.
Jiang Wan politely nodded to the handsome young man, then rushed over and helped his mother, who was already crying, to her feet.
"Mom, please stop crying. It's such a great joy that my aunt and the others are back! You should be happy. Why are you crying so hard? What if you scare the baby in your belly?"
“…I…uh…uh…”
Xu was sobbing and hiccuping, and Jiang was noticeably unsteady. Standing on the other side, Xu Hui, with his long arms and legs, quickly stepped forward to support his mother and offer some solace.
"Mother, we have already met Auntie. We have a long way to go to meet each other again. Why are you so sad? Auntie is pregnant. Please comfort her quickly. Don't let her be too sad."
The young boy, who was not very old, spoke in an advanced and methodical manner. It was obvious at first glance that he was a difficult person with his own rules in mind.
"Yes, yes, little sister, please stop crying. Grief is harmful to your health. You should think about the baby in your belly. Come on, I'll help you sit down and drink some water to calm down."
"…Thank you, uh…thank you, sister-in-law."
Jiang supported her sister-in-law who was wiping her tears, and the two of them staggered to the side to continue reminiscing about the past.
The children stayed where they were, greeting each other politely.
"My name is Xu Hui, and I'm fourteen this year. Well, I should be your cousin for now, right?"
Jiang Wan looked at him once, and then looked at him again.
His eyes flickered again and again.
Don't get her wrong, she wasn't dazzled by the boy's beauty, but by his identity, which made her want to twitch her lips.
Jiang Hui, isn’t this Li Laosi’s military advisor in the original plot?
Although she had only skimmed through a few chapters in the middle of the book, she had read the general plot. The reason Li Chengxiu had been able to constantly cause trouble for the male protagonist, even setting traps and even killing him, was entirely due to the presence of Jiang Hui, the ruthless and treacherous traitor who was beside him.
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