After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

Chapter 1 The unbearable truth

Ning Ruyan kowtowed step by step as she headed towards Lingyin Temple on the mountain.

Every August, she would come here to pray for blessings. From the year she learned that Jiang Bonian died in the battlefield, it has been ten years now, and she has never fallen ill even if she got sick.

She wanted to use her sincerity to move God so that they could meet as soon as possible in the next life and become a truly loving couple and stay together for a hundred years.

In this life, she will preserve the glory of the general's mansion and protect the family he cares about during her lifetime.

"Madam." The girl Banxia burst into tears, "Your knees are not good, so don't kneel down."

"You have to be sincere when praying to the gods." Ning Ruyan smiled, "In the past ten years, he has never entered my dream. I'm afraid he has never been reincarnated. After all... there are no bones left, so I hope I can use My sincerity moved God, allowing him to enter reincarnation early and have a stable future life."

Banxia still wanted to persuade her, but another maid, Bai Zhi, shook her head at her. The eldest lady put her uncle at the top of her heart and was willing to suffer any kind of suffering for him, so how could she listen to other people's advice?Hasn't it been like this for so many years?
Banxia could only wipe away her tears secretly. She felt uncomfortable seeing the eldest lady suffering like this.

Finally, after kneeling down the 81 steps, Ning Ruyan's face turned pale. She endured the pain in her knees and refused the girl's help. She staggered into the main hall and offered incense and sesame oil to the Bodhisattva herself. .

Bai Zhi handed a purse filled with silver notes to the presiding monk. It was already autumn. The money was used to buy food and cotton clothes for the poor down the mountain.

"Madam, the cycle of cause and effect, the Buddha has seen your sincerity and your good deeds in the past ten years, and will let you get what you want." The presiding monk said to Ning Ruyan Buddha chanted, and then handed her an amulet, "Go ahead."

"Thank you very much, master." Ning Ruyan took the amulet, bent down and saluted, then turned around and limped down the mountain.

The carriage did not go back to Beijing directly, but stopped at Lotus Pier, about ten miles away from Lingyin Temple. This is a very beautiful water town. The town is not big, because there is a lotus pond at the entrance of the town, and there is a road around it. It is named after the Lotus River that surrounds it. However, at this time, it is not the season when lotus flowers are in full bloom. Instead, several sweet-scented osmanthus trees by the river exude a faint fragrance.

After coming to pray every year, Ning Ruyan would not stay overnight in the temple. Instead, she would come to Lotus Pier to stay for two days before rushing back to the capital, so as not to delay the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Back then, the eldest son and I met here for the first time. It was the Lantern Festival at that time, and lanterns were lit here. In the sea of ​​thousands of people, I recognized him at a glance..." Ning Ruyan stood by the river. , with a smile on his lips and memories in his eyes, "Although we didn't speak, he asked people around him to give me a lotus lantern. I kept it, but unfortunately it was broken later."

Bai Zhi and Ban Xia listened quietly, because the eldest lady would recall the sweetness of the year every year. It was relying on these few memories that supported the eldest lady to survive one difficulty after another, so that the general's family could be rich. He ate, drank, and supported the second young master to become a Jinshi and enter the Hanlin Academy. The adopted young master even passed the childbirth examination at the age of ten.

"Go back." Sure enough, after a while, Ning Ruyan retracted her thoughts, turned around and walked back.

Bai Zhi and Ban Xia hurriedly came over to help her.

However, as soon as she turned a corner, Ning Ruyan froze.

Bai Zhi and Banxia hurriedly looked over.

"Madam? That's not..." Banxia couldn't help but exclaimed, but Bai Zhi quickly covered her mouth.

The two of them looked at Ning Ruyan worriedly.Ning Ruyan stared at the figure not far away. The man was hugging the woman and the child was jumping next to her. If that man was not her newlywed husband Jiang Bonian who died in the war for ten years, if that child was not raised by her with all her heart, As for her ten-year-old son, I'm afraid she would have to praise what a happy family of three they were.

Ning Ruyan's eyes were red, and she pushed away the two girls who were supporting her, and walked towards the family of three step by step. The closer she got, the clearer the pain in her heart was.

"Mom and Dad, this candied haws on a stick is delicious. I'll ask for more in the future." Jiang Changqing shook the candied haws on a stick.

"Okay, from now on, as long as Qing'er likes it, I will buy it for Qing'er every day." Jiang Bonian fondly touched his son's head.

"Thank you, Dad, but Dad, I hope our family of three can be together soon. I want to see my parents every day. I don't want to call that person mother."

"Almost." Jiang Bonian touched his son's head.

"Ms. sir, don't promise your son so easily, just in case..." Lian Susu looked at Jiang Bonian worriedly, "After all, you still have a legitimate wife, it doesn't matter if I feel wronged, but if my son becomes a bastard, his future will be ruined. "

"I don't like her. If it weren't for her family's wealth, how could I marry a businesswoman who smells like copper? Don't worry, I haven't touched her. My body and mind are pure, and one day , the position of the head wife will also be yours, and Qing'er is my only eldest son, everything in the General's Mansion now, and everything I earn in the future, will belong to him."

"But she is so beautiful, are you really not tempted?"

"Haha, Susu is jealous?" Jiang Bonian laughed and put his arm around Lian Susu's shoulders, "Don't worry, no matter how beautiful you are, you can't catch my eye. It won't take long for the Ning family to be raided. With all that wealth, your husband will be considered a meritorious service, and that man promised to give me a reward, and maybe even a title. At that time, that woman... whether she lives or dies is all you say."

"Baizhi, am I dazzled?" Ning Ruyan squinted her eyes and looked at the family of three in front of her, feeling a little dazed.

"Madam, it's the eldest young master." Banxia spoke first, "This bastard, he..."

"Panxia." Bai Zhi couldn't help but stop shouting, and then looked at Ning Ruyan worriedly, "Madam, don't be angry, let's ask clearly, okay?" She could feel Ning Ruyan's whole body trembling.

Banxia also realized that something was wrong with Ning Ruyan and wanted to say something, but Ning Ruyan pushed them both away and walked over step by step.

Banxia and Bai Zhi looked at each other worriedly, and hurriedly followed.

Jiang Bonian's family of three were startled by the sudden appearance of the person, and the smiles just now froze on their faces.

"Jiang Bonian, I thought it was an illusion just now, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Jiang Bonian's lips trembled, and he wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Jiang Changqing was also so frightened that his face turned pale, while Lian Susu had already hid behind Jiang Bonian.

(End of this chapter)