4 Mother and Daughter (1/2)
An Jin forced a smile and didn't say anything. She lowered her head and continued walking. Should she tell Zi Yuan that she was an unfilial daughter? She wholeheartedly fawning over the first wife, looking down on her own mother. This was the previous life's An Jinxiu. She had no face to say these words out loud.
”Second Miss is here?” When the servant saw An Jinxiu appear at the side courtyard entrance, she cried out in surprise.
As soon as the servant called out, the three concubines who lived in the courtyard all went out of their rooms. One of them was An Jin's mother, who was also a concubine.
An Jinxiu politely greeted the other two concubines.
”Why is Second Miss here today?” The two concubines, Concubine Song andConcubine Feng, both asked An Jin this question.
”I have come to see my mother,” An Jinxiu said generously.
After hearing An Jinxiu's words, Concubine Xiu almost cried. The daughter who was born with hard work during the month of October had finally called her mother. This kind of heartache was something people who had never experienced before wouldn't understand.
”Mother,” An Jin had already walked to the front of the concubine and called out to her in a clear voice.
”Sigh.” After staring blankly for a long while, Concubine Xiu finally remembered to agree with An Jin's words.
An Jinxiu stood in front of her mother with a sincere smile, but she was also embarrassed. She was obviously a mother and daughter, but she didn't know what to say to her mother.
”Hurry up and enter the house, let's go inside to talk.” The beautiful woman lost her usual composure and let An Jin enter the house, ”Your little brother is here as well.”
An Jin's footsteps paused. Little brother?
An Yuanzhi stood under the eaves. A thirteen year old youngster, he already had a taciturn personality.
”Yuan Zhi.” An Jinxiu looked at An Yuanzhi and smiled, ”I didn't expect that you would also come to see mother.”
”Second sister.” An Yuanzhi called out to her, his voice cold.
”Mother, let's talk inside,” An Jinxiu said as she held onto the hand of her mother.
”Alright,” An Jin's actions made the Concubine Xiu feel rather flattered. She hurriedly said, ”Second Miss, Fifth Young Master, all of you enter the house. Let's talk inside.”
An Jinxiu felt sad at being addressed as' Second Miss '. She was clearly her own daughter, but this mother of hers could not even call out their names. After entering the house, An Jinxiu said to the embroidery aunt, ”Mother, when there are no outsiders in the future, you should call your daughter Jinxiu. Who can say anything about you?”
”You can't break the rules,” the woman said softly. ”If you want to come see me, I'm already satisfied.”
An Jin had a sour look in her eyes as she lowered her head to drink her tea, concealing her current appearance.
”Second sister is getting married. Congratulations,” An Yuanzhi said.
An Jinxiu looked at her brother. As a concubine-born of the Residence of An, this brother of hers had been ignored by her in her previous life. She even thought that her brother was a burden to her because her mother, the Qin family, didn't like her brother. However, who would have thought that when he was fourteen, he would go against the An clan's teachings and teachings and secretly leave the army.
He had to put his life on the line for himself, and after returning home in glory, he used all his military merits to exchange the Emperor for a favor to bring their mother out of the Residence of An. What was worse about this brother of hers? If he were to live this life once more, would he be able to make his younger brother suffer less, and allow him to act as he should in this youth's free and easy manner?