The night sky was so blue that it made people imagine. After coaxing Xiao Ling to sleep, she walked alone by the window, thinking about Huang Chenling quietly.
The purse he had given me back then was still hanging by the window. It had been exposed to the sun and rain, and became moldy and smelly. She just missed him, but since Xiaoling was born, she has not looked for it once.
Over the past few years, I have been learning medical skills from Xian Jianlan.
When Xiaoling asked where her father had gone, she only said that his father was dead and had been dead for many years. Although saying this made her feel sad, it was better than taking him to Huang Chenling to identify him.
relative.
A few days later, the bitter melon harvest was quite large. She packed a lot of it in a bamboo basket and planned to sell it in the city to make some money.
"Mom, where are you going? I'm going too." Xiaoling rushed out of the house and said.
"You stay at home and play. I'm going to the city to sell some bitter melons. It's boring to squat and sell them. Don't follow me." She persuaded him and let him look after the house.
"No, I want candied haws, and I want to go too. Staying at home will be even more boring!" Xiao Ling reluctantly grabbed her sleeves and said flatly.
"How boring can it be? Aren't Xiaobai just playing with you?" Xiaobai is their white black-bone chicken.
"Mom, if I continue to play stupidly with a black-bone chicken like this, I will turn into a black-bone chicken sooner or later. You always say that my brain is not flexible and I don't know how to distinguish herbs. Maybe I have stayed with the black-bone chicken for too long."
Ling said vomitingly.
"I didn't say you were not smart. You're just young and can't tell the difference for the time being. You're so cute." She picked him up with a chuckle, kissed his cheek, and coaxed him lovingly.
"I don't care. I want to sell bitter melons with my mother. When others see how cute I am, they won't even negotiate the price when they come to buy." He took the opportunity to wrap his arms around Yan Ruocheng's neck and refused to come down.
Yan Ruocheng sighed and had no choice but to take him with him.
Today some soldiers came to the city to guard the city gates and conduct routine checks on people passing by.
She didn't know what to check. She only saw some young men being arrested and taken away. She lined up to listen to other people's opinions.
It turns out that we are preparing for a war, a war with the Emerald Kingdom, and the city needs to recruit a large number of strong soldiers. The men in the city are more afraid of death, so they don't sign up. Now, they will attack and arrest anyone they see.
She hugged Xiao Ling tightly, a little worried that if the war started, Huang Chenling might go on an expedition.
After passing the gate, she took Xiao Ling to the market, found an empty seat, and squatted down to sell bitter gourds for three pennies a piece, so she didn't pick at random.
After squatting for half an hour, Xiaoling felt bored and wanted to go aside to play, or asked her to take him to play around.
"No, let's sell it for a while. When it's sold out, I'll take you to buy candied haws."
"Mother, when you sell out all the candied haws, we will buy them now and come back to sell the bitter melons."
Xiao Ling was so angry that he wanted to drag her away. She blamed her for doting on him too much. She couldn't pull him away, and then pulled her back three times. She put the bamboo basket on her back, dragged his hand, and went to buy candied haws together.
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At this time, a wealthy carriage drove slowly from a short distance away.
"Mom, the candied haws on a stick is over there!" When Xiaoling saw a vendor selling candied haws on a stick, she excitedly threw away Yan Ruocheng's hand and ran straight over.
"Xiao Ling!"
He suddenly rushed into the middle, and the carriage just arrived. Fortunately, it was slow and could stop immediately.
Xiao Ling was startled and fell to the ground. Yan Ruocheng was so worried that she hugged him tightly and ran away.
"What happened?" Wang Xiulin poked his head out and asked the groom.
"It's okay, a child just appeared out of nowhere. His mother has already taken him away," the groom explained.
Huang Chenling looked thoughtfully from the window at the figure that had run away.
Yan Ruozhen hugged Xiao Ling and ran to the lake before panting and stopping. She just recognized that the carriage just now belonged to Huang Chenling, so she ran away without a trace.
"Mom, I'm sorry..." Every time Xiaoling did something wrong, she would hide in her arms and admit her mistake obediently.
"It's okay, it's okay... Be good, you're not scared." She kissed his forehead and said comfortingly.
Xiao Ling shook her head, hiding in her arms with lingering fear, and whispered: "I won't eat candied haws anymore, let's go back and sell bitter melons."
"We won't sell bitter melons anymore. Let's go buy candied haws and toys and then go home."
I don't know if Huang Chenling recognized her voice just now. In order to avoid a long night of dreams and no matter what, it would be safest to leave the city first.
After buying a bunch of Xiaoling's favorite food and toys, when she went to the city gate, she was there again! Her old photos from back then were held in the hands of the guards, comparing them one by one with the woman leaving the city.
However, she has now returned to her original appearance, and she looks ten times more beautiful. It is impossible to tell that she is the same person. She left the city smoothly.
At dusk.
"Did you go to the city today?" Xian Jianlan pointed at Xiaoling who was playing with a new toy and asked her.
"Yes, I sold some bitter melons and took Xiao Ling to play with them by the way." She said calmly.
"Then have you heard about the upcoming war?" Xian Jianlan asked.
"Yes, I saw those soldiers in the city today grabbing people to be strong soldiers. I wonder if they will come here." She said worriedly.
"It's a war. If we lose, it won't be good no matter where we go. We'd better stay in the mountains." Xian Jianluo said calmly.
"That's right." After she finished speaking, she walked to the fence a little gloomily, looked at the sky and sighed.
Xian Jianlan followed and asked lightly: "What's wrong?"
"The second prince is also in this city. I was almost shaken just now." Yan Ruocheng grasped the fence tightly with both hands and said slowly.
"You don't have to force yourself to sever ties with him. He's always there in your heart. Xiao Ling talks about your old wallet and says you're not willing to throw it away." Xian Jianlu said with a sigh.
"It doesn't matter if I see him. His wife is by my side. And she is a very ruthless princess. For Xiaoling's safety, I don't want to see him. Just go to hell with him." Yan Ruocheng said with a sigh.
Another half month passed, and fighting began in the outer city, and both princes went off to war.
The soldiers of the Emerald Kingdom were very strong. After attacking one city, they attacked another city, and slowly came over.
People in the city were worried that they would be attacked, so they all moved away one after another. There were only a few people on the streets.
The guards were surrounded by people who wanted to summon doctors urgently to go to the front lines to take care of the soldiers.
On this day, Yan Ruocheng cooked a very sumptuous dinner. In order to celebrate his birthday, he also wanted to announce something he had decided for a long time.
"Mom, I'm one year older now. Eat red eggs. I'll peel them open and eat them for you, hahaha." Xiao Ling said happily.
Yan Ruozhen looked at his cute and innocent appearance, her eyes gradually turned red, and she stood aside to wipe her tears.
"Hey, if I peel an egg for you, there's no need to be so moved." Xian Jianluo said jokingly, taking a sip of wine.
"I'm not crying because of this. I want to go to the front line and become a doctor." She clenched her little hands and whispered her decision.
"Ahem! Ahem..." After hearing this, Xian Jianlan choked on his wine. After a pause, he said directly: "Do you know what you said? You have to leave Xiaoling alone and run away by yourself.
Are you going to die?"
boom!
Xiaoling heard their conversation and the eggs she held in her little hands fell to the ground. She ran over and hugged Yan Ruocheng's calf, crying loudly and saying: "Don't die, I don't want my mother to die, my father is gone."
, I don’t want to lose my mother too..."
Yan Ruozhen picked up the poor crying baby beside her legs, looked at Xian Jian Nuo and said, "You don't have to say it so loudly!" and glared at him. Xian Jian Nuo looked away helplessly.
"Xiao Ling, be good... don't cry. Mother won't leave because Uncle Xian heard you wrong. Be good, let's go to bed and let Uncle Xian eat the eggs by himself."
It's hard to coax Xiao Ling back when she cries. His thoughts are as delicate as Huang Chenling's, and he remembers them clearly as soon as he hears them.
Yan Ruozhen finally coaxed him to sleep, but he was still muttering in his sleep: "Mother, don't leave, don't leave me..."
After that, the decision to become a doctor on the front line had to be put on hold for a while.
Until the soldiers of the Emerald Kingdom really arrived and fought on the top of a hill several kilometers away from the outer city.
Huang Chenling retreated to a certain mountain with some soldiers, and set up camp to discuss how to repel the enemy soldiers. The biggest problem now is that most of his soldiers are wounded, and the treatment materials are not enough, and the doctors who came with him are greedy.
He ran away in fear of death. Now he could only wait for Huang Fengmo to lead his troops to rescue him, and prepare a bluff defense for the time being.
"Reporting to the Second Prince, the enemy has advanced up one hillside and will reach our side after five more hills." The spy came back and reported.
"I know, please step back." He held his sore forehead and moved his hand to ask the person to step back.
At this time, he couldn't help but think of Yan Ruocheng. It would be great if she were here now. The reason why he wanted to guard this place was also for her. He asked the guards to check, and there were indeed traces of her in the city. But she
I dressed up in disguise and couldn't find it for the time being.
For seven whole years, he never gave up looking for her.
That day, the news that she had been poisoned to death reached his ears, and he didn't believe it at first. Later, he learned from Huang Fengmo that she was not dead, and was safe and hiding in the Jade Kingdom. Only then did he
Don't go looking for her.
Until he had time to look for her, Huang Fengmo said that she had disappeared without telling him. He only left a letter that read: Take care of yourself, Your Highnesses, the villain took his leave.
She disappeared for seven years and even her biological father did not know her whereabouts.
That day, when he saw her nervously running away with the child, he had to wonder if the child she was holding was related to him.
Therefore, before he found her, he had to defend this city to the death. There was a possibility that she was not in this city, but his own intuition felt that she must be hiding in this city before she left. His obsession was