Chapter 291 - A Letter From Her Mother (1/2)

Aunt Yue cleared her throat before she started to read the letter in a soft and melodious voice...

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Dear daughter,

When I write this letter, I suppose that I'm not by your side anymore. I send you away... not because I want to abandon you --- but because I want to protect you. Our Bei Yue's blood is quite strong and we have become the target of bad people. They took me as a prisoner because they want you... Someone whose veins are flowing with the pure blood of the Bei Yue royal family, just like your grandmother and father.

I ran away when it was time for me to give birth to you, so I can set you free once you are born... Don't worry about me! I'm alive somewhere... Don't search for me because they are lurking around me! I know they will use me as a bait to capture you and with that, they won't let me die.

Live for yourself and find your own happiness!

I love you.

Remember your father and I --- we both love you. Don't ever think that we didn't want you!

Your mother,

Su Wan.

'Su Wan... her mother's name is Su Wan. Such a beautiful name...' Yao Ling thought to herself. She felt elated when she heard that she was still alive. It was written a long time ago, but if she was used as a bait, then there was a possibility that she was indeed still alive.

When Aunt Yue finished reading the letter, both women started to cry once more. They could imagine what happened back then --- how Yao Ling's mother tried so hard to give birth to her all alone while being chased by the enemies. Yao Ling remembered that Jiu Lan had once said that she was sent away right after birth because she could see a hint of dry blood here and there. It seemed like the one who cleaned her up was in a hurry, but she was trying so hard to make her as clean as possible in a short time...

There was no hint of abuse, so the perpetrator should have done it tenderly. She made sure that the baby Yao Ling was bundled in a warm cloth so she could survive as long as possible. Jiu Lan had told her a few times that the perpetrator didn't really want to let her go, but Yao Ling was feeling doubtful about it. She only thought that Jiu Lan said that because she pitied her, but it didn't seem so now.

Now... Yao Ling understood the reason.

Her birth mother loved her and didn't want to be separated from her, but she had to let her go because she wanted her to live a happy life. If Yao Ling followed her mother, she would be imprisoned along with her mother and from the look of it, she would be used just like her grandmother.

Yao Ling really wanted to cry when she understood her mother's predicament. It must have been the hardest choice that she had ever made in her life. Yao Ling could feel the warmth of her mother's love --- even before meeting her in person.

In a way, her birth mother and adopted mother both had lived a hard life... their lives were quite similar. Both made a difficult choice and live with it, despite the pain. She admired how strong both women were.

She shook her head and started to think clearly... At least, Yao Ling knew that her mother should be alive somewhere. Su Wan... Her name was Su Wan... Her mother. She engraved the name inside her heart and she resolutely wanted to find her --- no matter what the consequences were.

Aunt Yue couldn't believe what her daughter-in-law had gone through, she thought that she had successfully escaped back then. Thus, she surrendered herself to the Han Emperor. Was the one who captured her daughter-in-law was the Han Emperor? However, Little Qiu never said something about it, so she didn't think that it was possible. But who? Who was the culprit?

It seemed like things weren't as simple as she thought. Their enemies weren't only the Han Emperor. Aunt Yue massaged her aching forehead and she suddenly felt tired... she had been fighting for her whole life --- inside her clan, her family, and even in this foreign land. She wanted to escape to live happily, but instead, she got into another trouble and became a prisoner.